As long as there is a conflict of interests between political groups, various small parties under the large collective cannot be extinct.

Factions and factions fight each other, but sometimes cooperate with each other. This has emerged since the merger of the tribes of the Chinese Yanhuang tribes and has continued.

In Xu County, there are more factions.

Although Xu County is not very big now, if it is a faction, it is really a lot. Just like the six-person dormitory of girls in later generations, there can be twelve groups.

There are definitely more than six officials in Xu County, so how many "groups" will be there?

neither knows.

The flames flashed.

I don’t know how many ghosts and monsters shine.

There were a chaotic mass everywhere, and the screams of exclamations and roars were whistling by the cold wind of the autumn night.

Originally, the dry autumn things were irritated, but they had not rained for days. Now they were deliberately set on fire, which caused countless people in the city to panic and scream. The sparks, accompanied by the burning of wooden houses, were flying in the night wind, as if the whole city had fallen into a frenzy world.

Because Xu County has the Emperor's Imperial City, it is divided into inner and outer cities. The inner city is naturally the place where the imperial palace is located, while the outer city is where officials and a small number of people live. There are many guards in the imperial city who also settle down outside the inner city, so basically, most of the people living in Xuchang City are families who eat imperial grain, and the rest are merchants, shopkeepers, etc. who are related to various major families, and there are not many ordinary people.

The lower city lived with civilians, while the outer city was like a guard, guarding the inner city. In the outer city, Huang Wan, Jiang Gan and others encountered some trouble halfway through the escape. They met Ren Jun who came to put out the fire and quell the chaos.

When Huang Wan was begging for death, she had faced death calmly, but when he found out that he should have lived more, the calmness she had before seemed to have no longer existed. At this moment, she hid in the shadow of the alley, her face was blue and white, her Adam's apple rolled up and down, and her beard trembled.

This is like a person who has committed suicide once, and he will not want to commit suicide a second time in a short period of time.

Human desire for survival will control the human body and even affect the soul.

In front of Huang Wan, Jiang Gan volunteered to escape with Huang Wan.

Behind Huang Wan, there were more than ten followers who gathered together in scattered pieces. There were Huang Wan's old slaves, confidants, and some strong men brought by Jiang Gan. The people in this group did not have any decent weapons and equipment. Except for the short blades and swords in the hands of those strong men, the rest of the hands were empty, and even the Huang family members held the pen and ink that Huang Wan used frequently...

Such a team is unlikely to escape from the city, especially when they were halfway through, they accidentally met Ren Jun who came to put out the fire and suppress it.

Ren Jun was still wearing the extremely loose robe. I don’t know if it was too loose or something else inside the robe, so he looked a little bulging. He sat upright on the horse’s back, his eyes sharp, looking around. On his left and right were Cao’s soldiers, each wearing armor and carrying swords and guns.

As long as the two sides meet, or as long as Huang Wan and Jiang Gan and others are discovered, the consequences can be imagined.

Xu County's stable and peaceful fig leaf was torn to pieces by flames and restlessness.

The chaos, paleness and weakness that the Shandong gentry ignored were always covered up, and were revealed at this moment!

Ren Jun was calm on the surface, but in fact he was secretly shocked.

If a dynasty is strong from top to bottom, confident and self-reliant, then it will not be too panic when encountering things. Because everyone knows that someone will stand up and who will take care of everything. Just like when the Former Qin Dynasty was strong, what thieves dared to make trouble on the road? Everyone's heads are all credit! Needless to say, soldiers are going to pounce on the way when they see it, even ordinary people who are chaotic and thieves will have their eyes glowing green!

But it was the time for Qin Ershi...

Ren Jun is not sure if Qin II is reappearing now, but judging from Xu County's current performance, there is absolutely no self-confidence and self-reliance...

There are naturally panics, and there are also those with ulterior motives. They are indispensable to take advantage of the situation and fishing for troubled waters. Even Fangding, who originally wanted to maintain order, is no longer visible now.

Think about it, although those gangs are half a public identity, they work hard on weekdays and run like donkeys and mules. After working hard, they just pick up some residue from the crotch of the aristocratic families and wealthy families to make up for food and clothing. How could they be loyal and not consider life and death?

What's that for a month?

Even the children of the gentry who had been kind to the great man for three or four hundred years had no place in their hearts as the emperor and the great man, and they were in a state of intent and intrigue to fight for profit. How could they let the half-official family members, the ones who were temporarily recruited, sacrifice their lives for the great man?

Is it possible?

Therefore, Ren Jun's direct soldiers of Cao's family became the only force in Xu County at this moment.

The fire was shaking around, and the sound of rising became louder and louder.

Just when Huang Wan thought she had no choice but to be exposed, an accident suddenly happened.

Someone assassinated Ren Jun in the street!

In false assassination, those killers will take the initiative to jump out and say a lot of words to the protagonist. The main reason is that the debaters on both sides have a conversation again about a question that is already indisputable, and then insult them, which will inevitably be mixed with laughter or anger from one side. Then the surrounding minions either stand quietly as the background wall or are circled around the surroundings and are blocked by the air wall beside the protagonist...

In reality, real assassination is often time to fart.

"puff!"

Ren Jun on the horse's back fell down!

In the night, light and fire shaking. Who would pay attention to the loss of arrows shot in the dark and hear the sound of bowstrings hidden under the sound waves?

"Protect the Jung-in!"

Ren Jun's guard shouted loudly, and then partly separated, holding a large shield to cover Ren Jun and retreated to the distance, while the other part ran wildly in the direction where the arrow was missing, trying to capture the assassin...

The chaotic footsteps missed the hiding alley between Huang Wan, Jiang Gan and others.

Huang Wan let out a long breath, looking at Jiang Gan, and inevitably expressed a bit of admiration. "I never thought that Ziyi would have such a good skill... I also have such courage! The great man is very lucky, and the emperor is very lucky!"

Jiang Gan's smile seemed a little weird. His eyes couldn't help but aim in another direction, but he quickly withdrew it, "Ah, this... Lord, let's take the opportunity to leave quickly..."

The group, under the cover of chaos, headed towards the southern gate of Xu County.

On the other side of Xu County, Xun or sat on the side of the main hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Cao Pi sat on the top.

In a chaotic situation, of course, there is a core point to take charge.

Cao Pi and Xun may play the role of this stabilization center.

I don’t know if it’s because of poor sleep, nervousness, or other reasons, Cao Pi’s face is a little bad.

The Prime Minister's Mansion is adjacent to the Imperial Palace, and it is still a certain distance from the restless area. The palace has imperial guards, and the Prime Minister's Mansion also has elite guards of Cao's family, so there is no one who is blind to the eye. However, the sounds of shouting and crying in the distance are mixed with the night wind.

"Xun Lingjun, may I ask, now... are all planned?"

Cao Pi couldn't help asking, his attitude was much more humble. Before, the villain pretended to be an adult and the prince pretended to be a lord. But now, although the seat is still the same, his posture has been lowered a lot, like a student asking the teacher for advice.

Although Cao Pi now knows some Xun Or's arrangements, when he really hears such a chaotic voice, he can't help but feel nervous. This is a completely different concept from standing by his parents or watching how Cao Cao turns the tide.

It's like watching the chef cook, oh oh, I understand...

When the actual operation is done, how to do whatever you want?

Cao Pi is now like cooking a dish alone. Although all the work of preparing dishes is done by Xun or, Cao Pi only needs to pour it into the pot in accordance with his father's model and wait for the heat to be sufficient, but the sparks and oily flowers that splashed out during the process still scared Cao Pi.

The pot won't boil, right?

It won't explode like this, right?

Will it be burnt?

Is it cooked? Should I lift the lid of the pot and take a look?

Various choices circling in Cao Pi's mind, which made Cao Pi unable to help but want to send someone to check the situation. Fortunately, when the thought finally blurted out, Cao Pi thought of what Mrs. Bian said, which made him finally endure it, and turned to Xun or ask for advice.

In fact, Xun or the overall plan is very simple.

Well, it's simple to summarize.

To fight against foreign countries, we must first settle the home.

You can't just hit the fire in the middle of the attack, right?

If you want to install it, it is naturally impossible to say that you can yell from your mouth and tuck your left pocket into your right pocket, and then you can 'install it'.

Cao Cao desperately sent school clerks to Sanfu Chang'an and other regions to plant nails. Then, in turn, they would be clean on his own territory? No one was secretly digging traps or throwing calves or something?

Xun may find that the methods of the cavalry far exceeded his cognition, and then what he thought was actually useless!

Moreover, Xun may have opened a hole in Chang'an for weapons and equipment, so the tradition of the Han Dynasty was developed. A small gap was made on it, and a large hole could be opened below. The top was only limited to purchase, and all the money could be released below. Anyway, the world is from the Old Liu family, the soldiers are from the Old Cao family, but the cute little money is from their own.

What is the country and the world?

Just have a home first!

Even though Xun may be a top-notch talent at the moment, he lost a lot in the battle of Fei Qian's new economic invasion and scissors-difference to harvest. He knew that something was wrong, but what was wrong, or how to solve this problem. He had thought of various solutions, but either it would not work in the short term, or it would be unwilling to cooperate.

After all, not everyone has this ambition, nor everyone has this condition, which can unite the whole country, from the central government to the local government, tighten their belts and rub the big mushrooms with their hands. Even if Xun or is willing to go hungry and reduce expenses, what's the use? Will the Emperor Liu Xiehui be willing to chew the stinky ox bones again? Will all officials be willing to curl up under the broken eaves and walls again and live by themselves? Will the children of the Xiahou family of Cao donate all their wealth and support Cao Cao's great cause? Are the local powerful and powerful families willing to take out all their land to maintain the orthodox Han?

No.

Xun or can’t do anything. In a sense, he is a clever wife, but it’s hard to cook without rice.

In fact, there are many wealthy families among the great families of Shandong. He even knew that some aristocratic families melted the collected copper coins and cast them into copper balls, copper cauldrons, bronze statues, etc., so much money that they had no place to spend. They would even ask someone to buy real estate in Chang'an, but if these people were asked to spend some money to support the construction of some great Han Dynasty and economic expenditure...

I have no money! Don't talk nonsense! Impossible!

Even if the Xun family, even if Xun or now has the status of Xun, serves as the patriarch of the clan, it is impossible to make the Xun family spend money to contribute to the Han Dynasty or subsidize Cao Cao’s military funds. At most, it is to give it a little more or less due to the romance, like sending a beggar. Even if Xun or repeatedly emphasizes that the Shandong crisis is in the middle of the Shandong crisis, the Han Dynasty is hanging upside down and the threat is right in front of him, and there is no change.

They are all greedy for their own abilities...uh, make... well, why should they contribute the money they earn?

Xun Or let out a light breath, and his thin face looked even more distinct in the candlelight and his cheeks were sunken. He knew that now was not the best time to attack Fei Qian, but now he could not hold on. Moreover, he had a premonition that if he continued to evolve like this, Shandong would be like being locked in a closed room, and in the end he could only suffocate to death.

Cao Pi looked at Xun or the various values ​​written on bamboo paper, "Lingjun, this is..."

"In Chang'an, there is a performance evaluation of counties and counties in Sichuan, Shu, Hedong and other places..." Xun said another word that he wanted to do, but he also couldn't do, "performance".

"Ah?" Cao Pi obviously had no idea about this word.

『In short, it means that the prefect and local officials in various places need to complete the job goals, including the annual tax amount paid...』 Xun or roughly explained, 『Some people collected some local amounts and used this as the total taxes paid by the cavalry... On the other side, the number of taxes from the Han Dynasty...』

"Oh?" Cao Pi looked carefully.

The tax revenue of both parties may not necessarily be an absolute factor in comparing the strength of both parties, but it can be used as a very important reference value.
To be continued...