Chapter 2692 North and South combined Pang Shiyuan
Jingzhou.
Xiangyang.
Cao Ren has some headaches.
As a general, even if he cannot be ranked among the first-class ranks, he is still very close to the first-class group. Especially in defense, he can be said to be extremely good. He has been able to stick to one side in several battles, even in isolation.
The soldiers can still remain stable until Cao Cao's main army retreats.
But no one is perfect. In terms of civil affairs, Cao Ren can only be said to be too bad.
Because of the very complicated gentry system in Jingzhou, it was impossible for Cao Ren to delegate people's livelihood and government affairs to other descendants of the Jingzhou gentry, especially the Cai family and the Kuai family. However, Cao Ren could not do without Cai Kuai, so he formed
A very interesting situation.
The people who handle things are people from the Cai family and the Kuai family, but there are many "supervisors". Well, that's right. Since there were civil servants and eunuchs in later feudal dynasties who served as supervisors, now there are naturally descendants of the Cao family who serve as "supervisors".
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Of course, the job title of these people is not "supervisor", but a certain man, or a certain subordinate, or simply an official in the general's palace, etc., but basically the work they do is the same.
Attempts to use the Cao family as the core to maintain the security of local government affairs. The problem is obvious that although relative security can be guaranteed to a certain extent, it is different from most systems that adopt this kind of supervision system, or even surveillance systems.
Similarly, it is very easy for a layman to guide an expert, or even for the layman and the expert to deliberately contradict each other.
As a result, people's livelihood and political affairs became increasingly chaotic.
Cao Ren had a headache, and he had to pretend that he didn't have a headache.
The Cao family's children also didn't understand civil affairs, so they did cause a lot of trouble in the beginning.
Originally, when there is a problem, we should discuss the matter, and then deal with it when it needs to be dealt with, punish when it needs to be punished, and judge the crime when it should be judged, right?
But this is not actually the case.
Because these "supervisors" of the Cao family are members of the Cao family.
So how can the Cao family handle it as they please?
Therefore, we did not go through external review at all, but went directly to the internal review process. Naturally, most of the results were that major issues were reduced to trivial matters. Many Cao's "supervisors" who had clearly caused trouble ended up turning a blind eye.
Just close one eye and forget it. After all, these "prisoners" are also "dare to do things and take responsibility", right? They are really willing to do things for the Cao family, even if they really made a mistake accidentally, or
It's something a little out of line, but it's not a bad thing. At least it's better than those who have "different intentions," right?
If the problem is really too big and the public dissatisfaction is too great, then he can be temporarily removed from office, then avoid the limelight, change places, or simply go through the process internally, and then after a few days, when the public dissatisfaction subsides, he can be reinstated and continue.
work.
Cao Ren did this, on the one hand, he was helpless. After all, he didn't have many people under his command. There were fewer available people on Cao Cao's side, let alone Cao Ren's place. It's not that the total number of officials was small, but that they really belonged to Cao Ren.
There are few loyal people.
If you don't protect these "loyal" people, then who else will do things for Cao Cao and Cao Ren next time?
So something went wrong.
After many of the original Jingzhou officials suffered losses once or twice, they learned better. They either pushed or unloaded, dragged or kicked. They made more mistakes and made fewer mistakes. Do they still have to choose what to do?
The accumulated people's livelihood and government affairs were not dealt with, and those that could be dealt with were not dealt with. After repeated approvals, repeated declarations, and repeated confirmations, the spring matters could be postponed to winter. Look, it was almost the next spring, so I simply threw them away.
Anyway, it has been delayed for one year, and it is not bad to delay it for the second year...
Under such circumstances, Jingzhou became increasingly chaotic and chaotic, even worse than during the Liu Biao period.
Fortunately, Jiangdong was too busy to take care of itself and had no intention of attacking Jingbei. Otherwise, as public dissatisfaction gradually grew, another war would break out in Jingzhou. No one is sure of the outcome.
However, in the past few days, a piece of good news and a piece of bad news came, which somewhat diverted the attention of people in Jingzhou.
The good news is that Cao Chun, a general who seemed to have failed to achieve any results after arriving in Youzhou, sent troops to conquer Wuhuan some time ago, and made great achievements and gained a lot of gains! Not only for the Han Dynasty
They pacified the Youbei border and at the same time obtained the extremely scarce war horse resources of Cao Cao's regime!
Another good thing is that Emperor Liu Xie is going to hold a celebration for this great victory in Youbei and invite old people from surrounding counties and counties to Xu County to participate in the celebration...
After these two news came, everyone in Jingzhou suddenly started talking.
Some people are watching the excitement, and naturally some people are watching the door.
After Jingzhou was drained by Cao Cao, all the systems in the Jiangling area in the south of Jingzhou completely collapsed. The whole thing was like a white field. Decades or even hundreds of years of operations were wiped out. For the local gentry children,
He was extremely discouraged and disappointed with Cao Cao, just like Kuai.
"What kind of bastard celebration? Such a big man only made a hussar, how dare he call himself a hero?! He has the nerve to show off his achievements at this level! It's just a joke!" Kuai Yue waved his sleeves.
For ordinary people, maybe the Han had won the victory and the emperor wanted to hold a celebration, which was naturally a good thing, but for Kuai Yue, this was not the case.
It's not that Kuai Yue is really dissatisfied with the emperor Liu Xie, it's just that for a period of time, southern Jingzhou has been too difficult, and the base of the Kuai family is in southern Jingzhou. Even if they get what they want now
, really began to control a part of Jiangling in southern Jingzhou, but it was not as prosperous as Liu Biao's previous one!
And because of the constraints of the "supervisor", it is not known how long it will take for Jingnan to recover and develop!
"Be careful!" Kuai Liang frowned.
"Let's talk about it at home. What's the big deal?" Kuai Yue was unconvinced, but he didn't ridicule Emperor Liu Xie's celebration anymore. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "What happened in Linjiang County a few days ago?"
Brother, have you heard this?"
"..." Kuai Liang was silent.
Kuai Yue gritted his teeth and said: "Autumn Fu! The time has not come yet, so we have to set the quota first! The county magistrate of Linjiang County just said something, saying that if Linjiang suffered a disaster, it would be difficult to complete it, and he would be picked off on the spot.
After taking off his official title, he was thrown directly into prison! Well, now he is still claiming that he must use extraordinary methods, exert extraordinary efforts, do extraordinary things, and achieve extraordinary achievements! It is better to demolish the house for three thousand than to pay less than one
Fight! Give a rope to hang yourself, give a knife to kill yourself, I would rather die than hundreds of families will be short of food and grass! Listen, what is this called?! 』
Kuai Liang remained silent.
In fact, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others also did this, but squires like Kuai would be more obscure and not so simple and crude, at least not as unscrupulous as the "supervisors" did.
Kuai Liang didn't think these "supervisors" were doing a good job, but he wondered if they were sent by Cao Ren to test Kuai's obedience and to stir up some relationships to see if Kuai was acting like this.
What would you do in an extreme situation?
Kuai Liang felt a little guilty.
After all, Kuai is actually doing something secretly at the moment...
"That's right!" Kuai Yue suddenly rolled his eyes, "How about..."
"Shut up!" Kuai Liang glared at Kuai Yue, "Are you trying to bring trouble to the Kuai family?"
Of course Kuai Liang knew what Kuai Yue was thinking. After all, he was his brother and he was too familiar with him. It could be said that when Kuai Yue stuck his butt out, Kuai Liang knew which way the chrysanthemum was opening, so Kuai Liang immediately interrupted Kuai Yue's words.
, after all, we are not in a very safe area now, and there are still some idle people around. It will not be a problem if we complain a little, but if we are planning something and being tipped off to Cao Ren, it will be a big problem.
"Now is a time of crisis. We should work together to take the overall situation into consideration." Kuai Liang said in a deep voice, "As for the court, we are not in our position, so we don't need to pay attention to it, and don't get involved..."
"..." Kuai Yue frowned, then pondered for a moment, "I understand."
"Understood?" Kuai Liang glanced at Kuai Yue, "Then go, have a good life, and do things..."
……(oω`o)……
In fact, Kuai Liang still wronged Cao Ren.
Cao Ren didn't even bother to spy on Kuai's place now...
Cao Ren couldn't care less.
In other words, I can’t care about it for the time being.
What happened in Linjiang County was just a few "prisoners" using Cao Ren's bird feathers as arrows.
The specific situation is that there are indeed economic problems in the Jiangling area in southern Jingzhou and need to be restored and developed, but it is not that they cannot get any food and autumn tax. For local officials, if they can pay less, they will naturally pay less.
If you bargain, bargain as hard as you can, but for the officials who "supervise the people", they don't care about the specific situation. They don't need to be responsible for the gentry, gentry and common people in the Jiangling area in southern Jingzhou. They are only responsible for their own official hat!
Where did the official hat come from?
Of course, they are from Cao Cao and Cao Ren, so they only need to complete the tasks assigned by Cao Cao and Cao Ren. As for the life and death of southern Jingzhou and the suffering of the people, what do they have to do with them?
They don't plan to work in the Jiangling area in southern Jingzhou for the rest of their lives. If they do well, they will be promoted, if not, they will leave in three to five years. As for the future life and death in southern Jingzhou, what does it have to do with their future?
The guys in the Jiangling area of Jingzhou have also gone too far. They have already exempted and exempted taxes for a long time on the pretext of suffering from disasters. Even now when they have to pay taxes again, they are dragging their feet as much as possible and making up various reasons not to pay taxes.
Under such circumstances, there are some "smart" "supervisors" who think they have found an opportunity, just like selling shoes to the islanders who don't wear shoes on a desert island. If they really achieve results, it will not be long before
Did he prove his superior ability?
So this "prisoner" really dared to issue a "die" order.
Anyway, it's not these "prisoners" who want others to die, but the "prisoners" who want others to die, so why don't they dare to give orders?
So under such circumstances, will the rural gentry family suffer?
Although the rural gentry are in some trouble, they don't feel that much hardship. Because they have many ways to go, they can still hide if they can't afford to offend them, but ordinary people who have no way to go are unlucky...
Anyway, for ordinary farmers in Guizhou, they have no idea about the political battles and competition for interests at the top. Anyway, the ones who suffer and suffer are always the people at the bottom.
Whether it is the Kuai family or the Cao family, or the Han Dynasty, or the future feudal dynasty, for these people, what they care most about is not the life and death of the people, but the taxes paid by the people. Of course, the more people alive, it means
The more taxes you pay, the more taxes you pay. No feudal dynasty would really be all about improving the lives of the people, and then provide the people with various benefits without requiring them to pay various taxes, but instead collect high land taxes from the gentry and landlord class.
and property taxes.
At the moment, Cao Ren didn't know that the "supervisors" he sent had caused him trouble. His attention was now attracted by another piece of information.
"Pang Shiyuan has arrived in Wancheng?!" Cao Ren frowned, "Is this serious?"
If Fei Qian is the number one figure in the Guanzhong political group, then Pang Tong, even if he is not the number two, is still an extremely important core figure. Now that he is in Wancheng incognito, he cannot help but let Cao Ren take him seriously.
Wancheng was a piece of Cao Ren's heart.
Although very early on, Wancheng announced that it would not participate in the struggle for hegemony, not join any party, and maintain absolute neutrality and free trade. As a result, Wancheng's economy developed rapidly and became an important alternative to Nanyang in Jingzhou and Xiangyang.
It is a trading city, but who can guarantee that Wancheng will always be neutral?
It's like the establishment of the covenant was for the final breach of the covenant. Now that Wancheng has declared neutrality, what will happen if Wancheng suddenly declares that it is not neutral that day? Moreover, Wancheng's position is too important, just like Cao Ren.
Like a thorn on his back, it would sting from time to time, causing Cao Ren to feel pain.
"My nephew heard that Pang Degong was seriously ill and thought that Pang Shiyuan might come back..." Cao Zhen replied, "So I sent people to keep an eye on me. Unexpectedly, I actually saw someone who looked like Pang Shiyuan..."
"You didn't confirm it in person?" Cao Ren asked.
Cao Zhen shook his head and said: "That's not true...but Pang Shiyuan's figure is very different from others, so he can't fake it..."
To put it simply, Fat Blackbird is so recognizable that it is difficult to find a replacement.
As dark as Pang Tong, not as fat as him; as fat as him, not as dark as him.
Especially in the era of relatively low productivity like the Han Dynasty, you can still find some fat people among the nobles, but it is really difficult to find them among the people.
So Cao Zhen's men said that they had seen a dark, ugly and fat man sneak into Pang's house. Cao Zhen naturally thought that Pang Tong was here.
Due to emotions and reasons, now Pang De is seriously ill. At that time, Pang Tong was promoted from a group of Pang's children against all objections, and took him with him. Then he met Fei Qian in Lushan, and he rose to great heights all the way. So if it hadn't been for him back then.
With this kindness from Duke Pang De, could Pang Tong survive today? Therefore, it is understandable that Pang Tong rushed to see Duke Pang De for the last time.
"I heard that Pang Shanmin came back a few days ago..." Cao Ren said, stroking his beard, "I thought Pang Shiyuan would never come back... If that's the case, Pang Shanmin returned early, but he was actually covering for Pang Shiyuan?"
Cao Zhen didn't say anything because his meaning had been expressed clearly.
Although it seems morally excessive to take advantage of the death of Pang Degong and then calculate Pang Tong, but since the collapse of rituals and music in the Spring and Autumn Period, all kinds of sexual intercourse have continued, and those who respect rules and ethics have died early, even
The whole family was given away in a wave, and among the genes that could survive, some "flexible" genes were gradually left.
What’s the big deal? I’ll apologize later...
Make an announcement.
If that doesn't work, send it twice.
Reflect deeply, draw inferences from one instance, and sincerely apologize.
As for why the two armies are fighting without killing each other...
Isn’t there no fighting now?
What's more, Pang Tong only went to Wancheng and did not come to Xiangyang as an envoy, so he did not belong to the ranks of this "envoy"!
And what if, for example, Cao Cao himself or Fei Qian personally acted as a messenger and went to the enemy's military formation to see whether the opponent would kill or not?
But Cao Ren really didn't want to kill Pang Tong, because what Cao Ren wanted more was Wancheng.
It is not about the so-called "neutral" Wancheng, but the full recovery of Wancheng.
If you can capture Pang Tong, whether it is forcing Pang Tong to call the Kaiwan City defense, or exchanging hostages with Pang Tong and Fei Qian, it is a good choice. As for killing Pang Tong, it is just the result with the smallest benefit.
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"But there is Huang Hansheng in Wancheng..." Cao Ren had a headache when he mentioned this name, "If we lead troops to conquer, I'm afraid we may not be able to get much advantage..."
Why are there so many fierce generals under the general Hussars?
Not to mention the soldiers who surrendered in Jingzhou, even the soldiers of the Cao family under Cao Ren knew Huang Zhong's reputation. If Cao Ren really sends troops, let's not say what the outcome will be. It hasn't been fought yet. I'm afraid it hasn't been fought yet.
It means losing three points of morale first.
"Wancheng has been repaired for many years. The city defense is complete and there are brave generals stationed there. If we invite a large army to attack, I am afraid it will not be effective in less than a year and a half." Cao Zhen said slowly, "Besiege the city and capture it. Sincerity is the best strategy. If you use your nephew,
What do you think...Since Pang Shiyuan is here, he must also be leaving..."
Cao Ren's eyes lit up, "Zidan means to set up an ambush at Wuguan Road?"
Cao Zhen nodded, "Returning from Wancheng to Guanzhong, we go all the way west, taking Wuguan Road, and all the way east, passing through Runan, Yangcheng, Heluo, and looping back to Guanzhong... Going east is tantamount to seeking the far away instead of the near, and all the way.
Regarding the pass checkpoint, Pang Shiyuan's appearance... Haha, he is quite outstanding. I am afraid it is difficult to conceal his whereabouts. Therefore, if he seeks to return, he must take the Wuguan Road! All we need is to pretend that something has changed in Runan and bluff to make Huang Hansheng think that there is something wrong.
We will place heavy troops in Runan...and then send elite troops to set up ambushes at dangerous places in Wuguan Road..."
"Good!" Cao Ren clapped his hands, "This is a wonderful strategy! Let's follow Zi Dan's strategy and wait for Pang Shiyuan to join us!"
