Chapter 2833 The road determines the blood bubbles
The night is dark.
Under the swaying light and shadow, Zhang Liao could not hide the tired look on his face.
Zhang Liao took out a well water and washed his face.
Human blood is not only smelly, but also very sticky. Coupled with the shredded meat and bone residue that have become tight due to the loss of water, it is difficult to clean off the face. It must be soaked with water, and then slowly
It will fall off. And don't use too much force, otherwise the bone residue will happily scratch the skin and draw out more blood.
Of course, if you use hot water to wash it, it will naturally be better removed, as long as you can tolerate the heavier bloody smell caused by the higher temperature...
Zhang Liao didn't care about the smell of blood. He was just too tired. In addition to washing, he also needed cold water to stimulate his dizzy head. The temperature was lower at night in the Western Regions, and the well water had a slight temperature difference. When washing,
On the contrary, I don't feel cold, which is quite acceptable.
The blood stains looked like smudged ink under the firelight.
Zhang Liao took the clean old linen handed over by the guard, wiped the water on his face, then used another bucket of water to wipe his loose hair casually, and quickly tied it up again.
bun.
He didn't have time to take a shower, and he was still waiting for dinner.
The breakfast preserved meat was eaten near noon, and the bowl of couscous and soybean rice was completely consumed by now.
But before eating, Zhang Liao still had something to do. He left the side courtyard and headed to the main hall.
Zhang An was sitting in the hall, waiting silently. When he saw Zhang Liao coming, he immediately stood up and saluted respectfully, "I have met the general."
"You can take action in the city...I mean, all of them..." Zhang Liao said directly, he didn't have much energy left to make detours.
Zhang An was stunned for a moment, "Now?"
It's night now, and Zhang An originally thought that he wouldn't do anything on a large scale until tomorrow.
Before, we only dealt with thirty or forty people from the Duhu Mansion, but in Xihai City, there are not only the Duhu Mansion, but also other officials, merchants who are in cahoots with horse thieves, and even spies from the Western Region countries. If you work carefully, it will be even worse.
The more dangerous...
Before coming to the Western Regions, Zhang Liao had imagined the situation in the Western Regions, but he thought that the situation in the Western Regions was very bad. However, what he didn't expect was that after arriving at the Western Regions and the West Sea, he discovered that the current situation here was not just "bad".
Words can describe it.
Therefore, Zhang Liao gave up his original plan and used the most brutal method that might have future consequences to deal with people and things in the West Sea.
Just like the officials who were killed before, is it possible that they were partly unjust? Or was it possible that Zhang An made a mistake in his records? Is it even possible that Zhang An's personal emotions were mixed with private anger and revenge?
It's all possible.
Moreover, people cannot be resurrected after death, so even if there is subsequent compensation or something, the damage caused is irreversible.
But Zhang Liao could no longer delay. He found that the West Sea in the Western Region was like a rotten wound. If the rotten flesh and pus-producing sores were not removed as soon as possible, it might lead to inflammation of the whole body and a high fever that would not go away.
, and died in the end. So even though he knew that cutting through the mess with such a sharp knife must be partly good and partly bad, and even cut some good meat, he didn't care.
As soon as Zhang Liao arrived at Xihai City, he sent the last batch of grain and grass to Lu Bu in the morning, killed the officials in the Protectorate at noon, arrived at the camp outside Xihai City in the afternoon, and lured out the horse thieves in the evening, and now...
This day has been extremely long.
But it's not over yet.
The purpose of sending out food and grass in the morning was to preserve the soldiers in the Western Regions as much as possible, and at the same time, it also brought a message to Lu Bu. How Lu Bu would react depends on the subsequent changes...
The purpose of sending out food and fodder was to paralyze the officials of the Protectorate, making them think that Zhang Liao could not do without them and needed them to continue sending food and fodder. It also depended on the face of the Protector-General, and that was why Chief Yan led others so arrogantly later.
Later, perhaps in Chief Yan's mind, he still felt that Zhang Liao had to compromise with them due to the pressure of the situation.
Otherwise, if we went to settle accounts with the officials of the Duhu Mansion in a serious manner from the beginning, the big one might not have been caught yet, but the little one would have messed up the situation and run away!
After killing Master Yan, he used thunderous means to frighten the officials in the Duhu Mansion, executed more than a dozen leader-level figures, and arrested the rest and imprisoned them, which also frightened General Ma in the camp outside Xihai City.
The general knew that he could not be kind, but he did not have enough prestige to lead other soldiers to resist Zhang Liao, so he could only use the name of surrender as a delaying tactic. On the one hand, he deceived Zhang Liao, and on the other hand, he tried to contact people, but he did not expect Zhang Liao to directly
So he followed the current and broke into the Xihai camp. On the surface, he wanted to ask General Ma Pian for questioning, but secretly, he wanted Meng Hua to come into contact with his old acquaintances in the Xihai camp, catching Ma Pian general off guard.
The result was just as Zhang Liao expected, the thieves were actually hiding among the vassal troops surrounding the camp outside Xihai City...
If we delay it for a few more hours, and wait until Ma Pianjiang has negotiated with others, it will not be so easy to remove the cancer in Xihai Camp. After all, Ma Pianjiang was not even prepared with swords and axes at that time.
There is no time to contact other people to discuss strategies. But if the time is extended, it will inevitably lead to longer nights and more dreams.
When Zhang Liao entered the camp, General Ma Pian sent an order to summon men. Only the horse thieves with the greatest interests and the deepest connections, who would definitely have only one way to get to the dark side, that is, Ma Xiu's group of people, would respond without saying a word. The rest
Most of the vassal troops were waiting and watching, which gave Zhang Liao time to use his methods again.
Under Zhang Liao's thunderous tactics, Ma Xiu was beheaded. When Ma Xiu's head was hung outside the camp of the vassal army, the originally agitated vassal army calmed down almost immediately. Ma Xiu died, and in the vassal army
In my eyes, I thought this matter was over...
Zhang Liao was able to temporarily hand over the Xihai Camp to Menghua, return to Xihai City, and handle the affairs of the city. That is to expand the cleaning operation in Xihai City. It happened that the curfew was already in Xihai City, and the gates of various markets were closed and opened.
You can clean up area by area.
"In Xihai City, arrest all suspects, regardless of officials or civilians!" Zhang Liao said in a deep voice, "Start from the west of the city first! Divide into areas and sweep them one by one..."
Zhang An slightly hesitated, "General..."
It's not that Zhang An was unable to do anything, but Zhang Liao's doing so was almost equivalent to standing on the opposite side of Lu Bu, and there would no longer be any room for maneuver. Although it was already close to Zhang Liao's killing of Master Yan before.
Yu slapped Lu Bu in the mouth, but now that he has cleaned up the whole Xihai City, it is almost like poking holes in Lu Bu's body.
After tonight, it means that either Lu Bu can only regain his authority by killing Zhang Liao, or it will be impossible for Lu Bu to continue to be the protector of the Western Regions...
"Just do it!" Zhang Liao was silent for a while, then waved his hand, "The land of the Western Region is not a place where the capital protects one person!"
Zhang An thought that Zhang Liao had obtained the authorization from General Hussar, so he stood up and left without saying anything else.
The guard came in with food. The simple and rough food, but filled with heat, finally brought a little warmth to this cold night.
"Have you all eaten?" Zhang Liao asked.
The guard nodded, "Eat them all."
Zhang Liao didn't say much nonsense. He sat down and started to eat big mouthfuls. He swept the food clean like a whirlwind. When he finished the last mouthful of soup, he felt sleepy.
He must take a rest, he is too tired.
Next…
Although he was very tired physically, he still couldn't relax mentally.
He had to hurry.
It has to be like this...
The Western Region cannot continue to be rotten.
Xihai City, the camp outside the city, Yumen Pass, Longyou's follow-up supplies, etc., many matters were reviewed in Zhang Liao's mind one by one, and then he sorted things out again, connecting the responsible people and things, and making sure that there were no
After missing something, Zhang Liao truly relaxed.
The sleepiness that surged up like a wave hit Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao yawned loudly, and the tense nerves and muscles in his body gradually relaxed. Even outside the courtyard, there were still noisy sounds coming from outside.
It couldn't affect him. He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Outside the house, guards were standing guard with swords.
In Xihai City, it was Zhang An who was arresting people in an orderly manner according to the established list.
And all this battle of light and shadow, the spread of fire and blood, seems to be just the beginning in the Western Region.
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Also at night, discussions in the general's mansion continued.
After the evening meal, Fei Qian, Pang Tong and Xun You continued their discussions.
You eat by yourself, walk by yourself, and the blood blisters on your feet are determined by the different paths you choose. You can blame the shoes on your feet for being small shoes given by others, but you cannot blame yourself for choosing them.
road.
So whether you endure the pain and break the blood blister, or cover it and cause erosion, it is actually a choice.
It's like Fei Qian also gave Lu Bu a way. If Lu Bu could put down those things that were burdened on him and see the road clearly under his feet, maybe the current situation in the Western Regions would not have happened.
Didn't Fei Qian give any advice or warning to Lu Bu?
Before Lu Bu set out for the Western Regions, Fei Qian sent Lu Bu all the way, and even gave Lu Bu the Red Rabbit Horse No. 2...
The red rabbit and horse are brave, but they will eventually grow old one day.
It will eventually be replaced...
No matter how good the relationship was with him and how tacitly he cooperated with her.
Maybe Lu Bu didn't understand, or maybe he pretended he didn't understand.
But it doesn't matter, as long as you follow the rules, there will be no problem.
Rules will also protect Lu Bu.
Those who have meritorious service will naturally be rewarded.
It's a pity that Lu Bu felt that he had no freedom under the rules.
Later, when Li Ru was seriously ill and was about to go to the far west place mentioned by Fei Qian, Fei Qian sent Zhiyin Supervisor to the Western Regions as a replacement agency for Li Ru, and demonstrated the role of Zhiyin Supervisor, so that
Lu Bu made good arrangements.
Then how did Lu Bu behave properly? Lu Bu thought that after Li Ru left, he could do whatever he wanted? Was he pretending to be stupid at this time, or did he still not understand?
Later, Fei Qian asked Lu Bu and Zhao Yun to hold military competitions every year, select outstanding military academy non-commissioned officers to return to Chang'an to study, participate in martial arts training, dispatch officials to recruit, etc. Zhao Yun could do it as required. Why did Lu Bu do it three times?
He said twice that the Western Region has not yet recovered. He asked for leave and postponed it. He even slacked off on daily training in order to avoid the military selection competition.
Now that the incident in the Western Regions has happened, and then they blame Fei Qian for letting Lu Bu go, the responsibility is all on Fei Qian? It's like someone made a mistake, and instead of examining what exactly this person did wrong, he scolded his parents for what he did when he was young.
Was he overly pampered when he was young, which led him to eventually embark on the path of crime? Is the weakness of others the reason for his own violence?
Freedom obviously has limits.
This is true in the Western Regions, and it is the same in Jiangdong.
Maybe it was just a small thing at the beginning, but gradually it became more than just a small thing.
Fei Qian looked at Xun You, then at Pang Tong, thought for a while, then gently knocked on the table, "If the current situation in Jiangdong is a lesson, what can you two say?"
Xun You lowered his head and said: "It is difficult for Jiangdong's government to reach the countryside, and the soldiers only know their generals and commanders. Over time, there will be no communication between the upper and lower levels, and the civil and military forces will not be able to communicate with each other. Each will do its own thing, each will do its own thing, and it will be chaotic and unable to gather together. If there is a foreign enemy forcing the wall,
Only then can we work together to resist temporarily. If foreign enemies leave, we will be brothers fighting against each other."
Pang Tong said: "The power of Zhou Gongjin is too heavy, and there is no one who can replace him. At the top, it is difficult for Sun Zhong to plan, and at the bottom, it is difficult for all the generals to decide. Losing one general and defeating the entire army is not advisable. We should focus on soldiers."
, as for the light generals, even if the generals are lost, they will not cause chaos in the army."
Fei Qian listened and nodded in approval.
But after waiting for a while, neither of them talked about a fundamental issue in Jiangdong, which made Fei Qian couldn't help but touch his beard, "You two, why don't you ignore Jiangdong's cronies?"
"Cronies?" Pang Tong was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and said, "My lord, do you think...there are cronies in Chang'an?"
Fei Qian smiled and said, "Aren't the Zhen women and others just friends?"
Pang Tong opened his mouth, then clicked his tongue and shook his head.
Xun You didn't say anything at the side.
This is a very troublesome problem.
Party struggle is actually about interests, and the more interests, the greater the party struggle. Jiangdong demonstrated this incisively and vividly, and there was even a situation where Sun's own people were fighting against their own people.
When Zhou Yu was around, everything could be suppressed, but if Zhou Yu disappeared, who would balance the party struggle in Jiangdong?
Sun Quan? Or Lu Su?
Or who else?
And then extend it to Chang'an?
Now that Fei Qian is in charge, there are still problems like this and that. If Fei Qian encounters any problems, who can guarantee that the rest of the people will not fall into party strife?
"Cliques have existed since ancient times. People are not grass and trees. How can we be ruthless? A certain person has been on good terms with Shi Yuan since Lushan... He has known Gongda since Zhongxing Sword... Therefore, between superiors and subordinates, they know each other and are friends.
, There is nothing wrong with it... Its disadvantage is that it is party struggle, and the party is united and opposed, which will harm the country... When it comes to national affairs, people should be selected based on their talents, and should not be recommended based on their likes and dislikes." Fei Qian said, "Now a certain person has moved.
Guo Gongze said that the two men of Feng Yuantu were appointed to refer to the law and test the merits, and this is also what he meant. A great man should have the heart to tolerate the world. Shandong, Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan are all one. Their talents may be higher or lower, and their habits may be biased.
He is also a man of great Han dynasty."
Xun You and Pang Tong both looked serious and nodded in agreement.
What Fei Qian said is somewhat vague, but it has to be said. Because Guo Tuhe Fengji was promoted to important positions, this indeed represents that people from Shandong have entered Fei Qian's political circle, although they are not the core.
, but it can also be regarded as a new beginning.
Of course, if it counts as an honorary sinecure like Zheng Xuan, perhaps it would be more accurate to change it to relative real power?
The Xun family cannot be completely regarded as a Shandong noble family, because one of the Xun family members was expelled and the other was "sold" to Fei Qian...
According to the traditional concepts of the Han Dynasty, people who are expelled from the family cannot be considered as members of the family.
If we insist that these people are considered Shandong gentry, then it is acceptable.
As for the Xin family, they were on the fringes. They only served as the Protectorate of the Northern Territory and did not enter the core area.
The rest of the Shandong nobles in Sanfu, Chang'an, had a relatively low position.
As Chang'an progresses and improves in all aspects, more people are attracted to Chang'an. The new generation is constantly entering Feiqian's political group, not only people from Jingxiang, but also people from other places.
Before Guo Tufengji took up the post of the Gong Examination Department of the Shenlu Yuan, for these people in Shandong, especially in Jizhou and Yuzhou, there was not much space in Chang'an at first.
This is understandable, but it does not mean that it can continue like this for a long time.
Just like Koto.
At first, Sun Jian's guard against Jiangdong was inevitable, but then Sun Ce and Sun Quan did not handle it very well. Sun Quan had found some ways, but it was a pity that by the time Sun Quan's skills were fully developed, he could no longer be tough.
Already.
Fei subconsciously realized that party strife was an inevitable problem.
Party struggle is a struggle between people.
It's both interest and emotion.
To put it simply, it’s about likes and dislikes.
It is to be tolerant to those you like and harsh to those you don't like.
The national political system, except for the dictatorship, basically allows everyone to participate in it. On the surface, public political life, such as capitalism, derives its political power from speeches and rhetoric to the basic people.
, to persuade ordinary people to win public opinion, or to rely on worse means to incite people's feelings or emotions to achieve a certain goal, it seems to be free, but in fact this kind of political model is exactly what happened
A hotbed of party strife.
Whether in the history of ancient Greece, ancient Rome or the European medieval republics, party struggle has always been one of the main themes of political life. Tribes, family classes, sects, as well as merchant and military gangs and various small groups,
Intrigues, cliques, alliances, and luring wolves into the house are filled with countless conspiracies, spies, murders, armed fights, rebellions, and coups.
Those with political power confuse the people and confuse right and wrong; those with military power launch bloody civil wars and foreign wars; those with religious power accuse their opponents of heresy and send them to the stake.
There are almost no exceptions at all times and in all countries.
Cliques have been formed for a long time in Chinese history. They were dramatized in the Eastern Han, Middle Tang, Northern Song, and Late Ming dynasties, eventually leading to extremely cruel party strife and even the destruction of the country.
"In the old days of the Warring States Period, there were scholars who came in to give advice and avoid slander, to suppress rumors and block the door of cliques..." Fei Qian chuckled and said, "It can be seen from this that if you move, you will compete, and if you compete, you will be cliques.
If you are a friend, you will make false accusations, and if you make false accusations, the truth will be false, and the truth will be false, and the master will listen and deceive, and the traitor will do it. Therefore, the disadvantages of party fighting are like this."
Pang Tong and Xun You looked at each other. Although the expressions on their faces did not change much, the atmosphere seemed to have become a little more subtle.
Who would have thought that Fei Qian would lead the Western Regions, Jiangdong, and then connect with cronies and get involved in party struggles?
However, the connection between all these does not seem to be strong, but if you look deeply, it seems that there is some inner, even inevitable cause and effect...
"So..." Fei Qian smiled and looked at the two of them, "What can you do to deal with it?"
