It is estimated that many people will not think about this question.
A shepherd boy.
Question: "Why do you herd sheep?"
Answer: "Make money."
Question: "What do you do to make money?"
Answer: "Get a wife."
Question: "What do you do with a wife?"
Answer: "Have a baby."
Question: "Why give birth to a baby?"
Answer: "Herding sheep!"
This is the answer given by most ordinary people to the question of why they are alive.
Just like the people of Yingchuan, they don't know why they are alive, and they also don't know why natural disasters and man-made disasters come to them again and again, and then bully them mercilessly, torture them, and destroy them.
They were like moths, fluttering above the flames of war and disputes, and then turned into a wisp of smoke, leaving no trace.
Yingchuan, heavy fog.
In the hazy fog, a group of people walked out.
Although this group of people are wearing custom-made clothes like soldiers, it can be clearly felt that these are not soldiers, but similar to soldiers, or they were originally just common people who put on soldiers' clothes.
Moreover, the so-called soldier uniforms are not armor like soldiers, they are just red and black robes, and if you look closely, you can see some differences.
This is just a replica of the Han Dynasty's jersey. It is very different in terms of fabric and style.
The shirt is an imitation, and these "soldiers" are naturally imitations.
Of course, for ordinary people, they can't tell the difference.
"Ahead is Wangjiazhai..."
"Let's go! Don't stop ahead!"
"Move faster!"
"..."
Noisy sounds rang out in the queue. Although the captain seemed to be arranging the formation, there was no sign of order at all, and it even seemed more scattered because of the uneven road.
In order to avoid the puddles on the dirt road, some people spread their legs and jumped left and right. Instead, they slipped and fell, and most of their bodies were immediately covered in yellow muddy water.
The farmers working outside Wangjiazhai couldn't help but laugh when they saw this, as if they saw a well-dressed gentleman stepping on a banana peel. However, they didn't wait long for their happiness before they realized that something was wrong...
This group of people rushed directly to the Wangjiazhai on the hillside.
"What are these people... going to do?" A farmer in the field lowered his hoe and asked, holding it with both hands.
"I don't know..." was the same blank answer.
Soon, the noise inside the stockade seemed to indicate some problems. The farmers working outside looked around, then put down what they were doing, and subconsciously followed them into the stockade.
The noisy voice gradually became louder, and then mixed with crying.
"It seems to be Wang Laosan's side..."
"Let's go! Take a look!"
When the farmers arrived, they happened to see a group of soldiers dragging Wang Laosan and tying them with ropes.
"What? What are you going to do?"
"Daddy! Wuwu...Daddy..."
"The child's father!"
A big mess.
In the outer circle stood a group of people from Wangjiazhai who stared at each other.
"What's wrong?"
"have no idea."
"Did something happen?"
"have no idea."
"Then what do you know?"
"……have no idea."
The leader of the soldiers in the field yelled: "Disperse! Disperse! What are you guys doing around here?"
"No, why are you arresting Wang Laosan?" Someone in the crowd finally asked Jiang to come out.
"Stay out of your own business!" The captain glared, "The higher-ups have ordered us to arrest him!"
"Then why did the superiors want to arrest him?" someone asked again.
"How do I know? It's the boss who wants to arrest me! It's not me who wants to arrest me!" The captain was impatient and pointed at the place where the sound came from in the crowd. "Do you want to be arrested too? Huh?! You are trying to resist the order.
Don’t comply? Huh?!』
"..." The crowd fell silent.
Anyway, they are not here to arrest me...
Or, luckily, I wasn’t caught...
Seeing that everyone was silent, the captain of the soldiers became more and more arrogant, widened his eyes, and yelled viciously: "Get out of the way! If you don't get out of the way, I will arrest you all! Don't block the way! Those who block the way will also follow the rules."
Catch them together if they disobey orders!』
Some timid people shrank to the side when they heard the sound. Even if these people were not standing in the road originally, those people standing in the road saw that their surroundings were thinner, so they could not stand anymore. The same thing
Stepped aside.
The captain waved his arms arrogantly, threatening the people behind him, "Be more honest! If you disobey orders, you will not get the consequences! Go away! Take them away!"
A group of soldiers dragged Wang Laosan out.
Wang Laosan was tied up with rags and his mouth was gagged with rags. He was staggering and being dragged by the rope at the back of the queue.
After walking through the field ridge, the dirt road, and the official road, we arrived at a small inn.
The captain proudly stepped forward to hand over the order. "Chief of the pavilion, we have captured you!"
"I got it, bring them up!" The pavilion chief nodded, then stretched out his arm, lifted up his sleeves, and shouted to Wang Laosan who was being escorted up, "Wang Laosan! You have committed a crime. I know it."
No?! Tell me! Yesterday, who did you meet at the market the morning before yesterday? What did you say? Who did you say it to? And where did you go after that? Tell the truth! Otherwise, don’t blame me for serving you with torture!』
Wang Laosan hesitated.
"Oh..." Only then did the captain react, and stepped forward to tear off the rag blocking Wang Laosan's mouth.
"Cough cough cough..." Because he had been blocked for too long, Wang Laosan coughed and wheezed violently, curled up on the ground like a skinned sheep, and couldn't even scream.
"Oh?" the pavilion chief sneered, "Are you still being stubborn? Someone is here! Give me ten lashes first and then ask questions!"
The captain smiled grimly and took the whip handed to him by his subordinates.
He liked this part the most. When he saw the helpless guy wailing under his whip, and seeing his flesh and blood become mangled when the whip came down, he became excited and felt that there was more than just a simple thing in his hand.
A whip also represents something that he cannot express, but that makes him as excited as climbing into the sky...
"one!"
"ah……"
"Two! Three, four, haha..."
Wang Laosan was rolling around, trying to twist his body to avoid it, but where could he escape?
Wherever the cowhide whip struck, it immediately became red and swollen, and blood seeped out, staining the gray-yellow ground red.
"Stop! Stop!" the pavilion chief stretched out his hand and shouted, then lowered his voice, "Didn't I say ten lashes? Why do you keep beating me?"
"Uh..." The captain was stunned for a moment, "I couldn't help it... No, he was hiding here and there. If he hadn't been hiding, I wouldn't have forgotten to count!"
"Okay, we won't do this next time!" The director of the pavilion waved his hand and asked the question again.
Wang Laosan was panting violently, with snot and tears sticking to his face.
"You're still not honest?" the pavilion chief threatened, "Are you going to be beaten again?"
"No! No no..." Wang Laosan shouted, "I don't know, I don't know..."
"You don't know yet?" the pavilion chief said contemptuously, "I have received instructions from above. Someone reported that you openly spread disobedient words and slandered Prime Minister Cao at the Wang family gathering the day before yesterday..."
"I've never been to the Wang Family Market!"
"I didn't say you were going today, I said you were going the day before yesterday..."
"I didn't go the day before yesterday! I didn't go yesterday either!" Wang Laosan shouted with real expression, "I really didn't go! I haven't gone out for more than ten days! They were all in the fields! My home... no, inside the village
People can testify! I have been in the stockade! I haven’t gone anywhere in the past ten days!"
The director of the pavilion was stunned for a moment.
There seems to be something wrong with this situation.
Wang Laosan said so definitely that it didn't look like he was lying. After all, a witness is easy to find. If you can see him in a village and testify, and the possibility of collusion in advance is not very high...
It is inevitably a bit difficult to handle.
"Have you never been to the Wang Family Gathering?" the pavilion chief asked again.
"I really haven't been there!" Wang Laosan kowtowed repeatedly to express his injustice, "I really haven't! If I tell a lie, God will strike me to death with a thunderbolt!"
The director of the pavilion looked up at the sky.
The fog gradually dispersed, and the sky became clear and clear.
The pavilion chief waved to the captain, and then the two of them walked aside.
The director of the pavilion lowered his voice, "Let me ask you, where did you go to arrest the person?"
"Wang's Village!"
"Hi! It's Li's Village!"
"ha?!"
"The order from above is for the Li Family Village!"
"Li? Li's village?"
"Um."
"No, this, what, why is it Li's Village? Wang Laosan of Li's Village? Shouldn't Wang Laosan be in Wang's Village?"
"The order from above is the Li Family Village! How do I know why it is Wang Laosan of the Li Family Village!"
『……』X2
The captain and the pavilion chief secretly turned their heads and glanced at Wang Lao San from Wang's Village on the other side. Then they both turned their heads at the same time and got together.
"What about this...this?"
"..." The director of the pavilion was silent for a moment, "What else can we do? We have arrested them all... lock them up first and then talk about it... After all, what if you can't catch Wang Laosan from the Li family village? It won't be possible at that time.
, just put this one on top...』
"Excellent! Just do it like this!" The captain extended two thumbs up and praised, "Excellent! You are really talented!"
……(o▽)bb……
Something happened to Yingyin, and the officials in the counties around Yingchuan were so frightened that they almost flew away.
In other words, it started to move...
Yingyin County Magistrate, County Cheng, and a whole bunch of people all had their heads dropped to the ground.
These people quickly distanced themselves from each other and immediately began to praise Cao Cao.
That's all on the surface.
"No one can speak ill of Prime Minister Cao!"
"No one can criticize the government!"
"Anyone who dares to discuss Ying Yin's affairs will be arrested!"
"Anyone who spreads rumors must be severely punished!"
Suddenly, all the county soldiers and thieves and police officers were dispatched!
Do you want a good meal? It's not shabby.
The shabby ones are those who throw shit into the pot while eating.
In order to prove that they have never thrown shit, these people began to grit their teeth and assign fatal tasks to the people below, that is, the kind of tasks that they have to do whether they do it or not, regardless of whether they can do it or not.
This point is also a tradition in Chinese politics. When I first had time, I was too lazy to explain it. Later, when the situation was urgent, I didn't have time to explain it, so I simply didn't explain it at all.
During normal operations, everyone is in peace, harmony, safety, and smoothness, and everything is so beautiful. However, only in emergencies can we discern what the real bottom line is.
What is the appropriate model and what can better ensure the survival of the people?
Is it to protect the "people" or the "public"?
In Dahan, these are two completely different concepts.
But there are still people who can’t tell the difference, and don’t even know where they should stand?
Under the surface of respecting Cao Cao, obeying orders, and even doing everything to protect Cao Cao's reputation, there are still some hidden things hidden, like darkness under the light.
In the gloom and gloom, demons and monsters gathered together to discuss countermeasures with each other.
After taking off the outer human skin robe, it was like Lucifer dropped the camouflaged white feathers and exposed his fleshy wings.
"Put on Xiahou's clothes! Go beat people, kill people, and set fire to surrounding villages and fields!"
"And the flag! The flag is also very important! Let people see that it is Xiahou's flag!"
"Yes! I heard that Xiahou's soldiers will be here soon! You must move quickly! You must disrupt all the markets, markets, and villages before they arrive!"
"We have no way to compete with them. Only by raising those heads can we compete with them!"
"The rice is stuck and the caravan is stopped! Let's just say that these spies involved in the caravan cannot be released until they are thoroughly investigated. No one is allowed to transport even a grain of rice!"
"That's right! Since they don't want us to live well, we want chaos in the world!"
"The world is in chaos!"
So, almost quickly, the two aspects of information spread like crazy.
They "protected" Cao Cao's reputation without giving any reason and indiscriminately, and encouraged ordinary people to report each other, and even fabricated groundless reports, and threw them in jail after being caught. Anyway, the point is not really to protect Cao Cao's reputation.
It's to show that you are doing something and working hard.
During the day, these county soldiers would wear formal clothes, and then declare righteously that there should be no chaos, no panic, everything is stable, everything is under control, don't believe those rumors, don't listen to them
Those rumors, those are all false!
"What rumors?" Some people were confused, "What happened recently?"
"Aha? You don't know?"
"have no idea."
Immediately, enthusiastic "people" began to tell the story vividly, and at the end they would definitely add, "It is said that this is a rumor, don't believe it..."
The people who heard this swallowed their saliva and rolled their eyes a few times. They wanted to ask for more details, but they saw that the enthusiastic person had already left.
"What did he say? What do you know?" Another man came over.
"I know...you don't know?"
"I have no idea."
"Oh, let me tell you then..."
As a result, the news that hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people in Yingchuan died spread like this, all the way to Guanzhong.
Naturally, it also spread to Xu County, to the Chancellery, and to Cao Cao, Xun Yu and Guo Jia.
Guo Jia smiled and put the information in his hands on the desk one after another, and said in a teasing tone:
"Look, this is saying that Xiahou's men robbed people's property on the street and smashed people, killing and injuring people... There are four witnesses and two victims who can testify..."
"Look, this is about Qingzhou soldiers who robbed caravans in the countryside, bought and sold by force, bullied and raped civilian women... There are witnesses who said they have a Qingzhou accent without a doubt!"
"Look, this means..."
Every time Guo Jia read a letter, Xun Yu's face turned pale.
"So, are you still protecting them?" Guo Jia patted the information on the desk, and then turned slightly towards Cao Cao's direction, "Where are the Qingzhou soldiers stationed under the lord's command? You don't know? You don't know?"
And Qingzhou soldiers went to Yingchuan to plunder the caravan? Not only did they rob property, they also raped and plundered! This matter... tsk tsk, and there happened to be witnesses... and they were left alive... tsk tsk tsk..."
"..." Xun Yu's face was extremely pale.
"The military discipline of the Qingzhou soldiers is indeed not good." Guo Jia bowed his hands to Cao Cao, while Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and waved his hands, saying it was okay, "Even if the Qingzhou soldiers really did this... I am assuming, if so
If you have really done it, you should be caught, punished, and killed! But the question is...should it be publicized at this point in time?"
"What should we do now? Protect the autumn harvest! Stabilize the people's hearts!"
"In the current situation, what are these people doing?"
"Look at these censors and officials, all of them speak righteously and righteously. They all seem to be asking for orders for the people, but what on earth are they doing?"
"Look, this book says that Xiahou's soldiers burned crops and plundered villages! Do you think these Xiahou's soldiers are really that stupid? They can't even tell what the focus is at the moment?"
"besides……"
Xun Yu closed his eyes, "Stop talking."
There was a moment of silence in the Shangshutai Festival Hall.
Outside the festival hall, the sky is clear and the wind is light and the clouds are light.
Cao Cao raised his head and stroked his beard slightly, wondering what he was thinking about.
Guo Jia slowly stacked the Censor's Impeachment Tables one after another in his hands, like bricks and stones on a city wall, or like stacking a high tower.
"These guys are not well-raised... When there is meat to eat, they will smile at you. When there is no meat to eat, they will pounce on you and bite your meat! You think they are loyal, and they will tamely circle under your feet.
Haha, they are just thinking that the piece of meat on your body tastes better!』
"That's the only way..." Guo Jia gently pushed the stacked watch stamps, and the watch stamps collapsed and scattered in all directions, "It's time to close the net!"
These matters were originally planned by Cao Cao and Guo Jia.
Lifting Yingyin high and putting it down gently can actually be called luring the snake out of its hole...
Xun Yu turned around and bowed to Cao Cao, kowtowing to the ground, "My lord... let me leave this matter to you..."
Cao Cao pondered for a moment, then stepped forward to help Xun Yu up, "Wen Ruo, this matter won't be difficult for you. Don't worry, just pretend that you don't know what to do..."
