But when a person is old, his heart will not grow old.
The same is true for most officials in the feudal dynasty. Unless they really can't do anything, they will die in office, and there is absolutely no word for early retirement.
Now Cao's army invaded the Yuncheng Basin, with four battles and left-handed strategies, aiming at Anyi.
Pei Mao naturally couldn't continue to stay in Wen Xi pretended to be stupid, so he could only stand on the top of Anyi City wearing armor.
He stood there in armor, not like he was hanging armor on his body, but like he was supporting his thin body.
"The cavalry watched the chaos in the counties and ignored the safety of the people!" Pei Jun muttered a little angrily, "I used to swear that I would protect the country and the people, but now? When the Cao army came, it was not coming to protect the place. It's really... it's so damn..."
Pei Mao raised his head, his white hair and long beards floating in the cold wind, as if he was listening to Pei Jun's nagging, and it seemed that he hadn't listened to him at all.
"How many years of hard work have led to the current foundation of Pei family! If... if... if Cao's army is hurt, wouldn't it be destroyed by decades of hard work?! What a pity!"
The first thing that affected the Cao army's attack was Hedong's original economic system.
The reason why Pei Jun had such angry words was actually very simple because his manor was damaged.
At first, Cao's army had military rations, and he also looked forward to the Hedong gentry that could take the initiative to "abandon the dark and turn to the light" and give Fei Qian a kidney strike or back stab. Therefore, his attitude was quite friendly and expressed his desire to establish a great Heluo common prosperity circle...
However, on the one hand, Cao's army could not keep up with the consumption of food and grass, and on the other hand, it was burned a lot by Sima Yi, resulting in the inability to supply military food, Cao's army couldn't help but stretch out their claws.
No matter how kind you are, you can't let Cao's army eat!
Isn't it?
Therefore, in the Yuncheng Basin, remote manors were the first to become the "extra" supplies for Cao's army.
Among them is Pei Jun’s Zhuangzi...
In the Hedong area, Zhuangzi is no less than in Shandong.
You know, the "powers" in Hedong are famous among the Han Dynasty...
The so-called "the house of a wealthy man is hundreds of buildings, the fields are covered with fields, and the slaves are thousands of people are only attached to ten thousand." In order to protect his own land, these powerful landlords built walls of docks and forts on the edge of the land to form relatively independent manors.
In the manor, "Bamboo and wood form forests, six animals grazed, fish win pear fruit, sandalwood, mulberry and hemp, closed-door market", can be said to have everything. His years of production savings are often stored in the manor. Now, Cao Jun has "accidentally" eaten a few, which naturally makes Pei Jun heartbroken and unable to sleep at night.
In fact, in the old Han economic system, the manor economic model of Hedong is not all a bad thing.
After all, under the threat of Hu people in the north, if the small peasant economy and self-cultivated structure of self-cultivated farmers cannot resist the invasion of Hu cavalry from the north. Only by gathering together and building city walls and forts can we resist the plunder of Hu people and ensure orderly production and life. Therefore, the manor economy can be said to have resisted foreign invasion to a certain extent and also ensured the stability of the local economy.
At the same time, because a large clan population is gathered in the manor, in order to ensure the long-term prosperity of the clan, powerful families will also attach importance to the cultural education of clan members, especially the descendants of clans. Things are always divided into two parts. Although the off-lived clan children are in the position of exploiters, they also bear the responsibility of some of the inheritors of Chinese culture.
But……
The situation has changed now.
When Fei Qian recovered Yinshan, he also gathered the Hu people in the desert, either educated and divided, or traded, which basically stopped threats from the Hu people in the northern part of Hedong. However, the powerful Hedong did not open the manor because of this. Instead, he took advantage of the chaos in Heluo and the chaos in the Central Plains to fight desperately...
Fei Qian said nothing about the Hedong gentry and powerful people's behavior of intercepting refugees.
After all, being able to give refugees a meal during war is a good deed. Even with some other purpose, at least more people can survive.
However, as time goes by, it is obvious that the expedient measures in times of war cannot be implemented like this forever.
"There were actually cavalrymen coming before, but they just bypassed the places of Anyi..." Pei Mao said slowly, "They won't come here..."
Pei Jun was stunned for a moment, and then said dissatisfiedly: "Why? We aren't we ruled by the Cavalry here?!"
Pei Mao turned his head slightly and glanced at Pei Jun, "Drug? What is the rule?"
『…』 Pei Jun wanted to blurt out, but looked at Pei Mao’s eyes, “Is there something else to say?”
Pei Mao sighed, "Is the tax in your farm... paid in full? I'm talking about the real number, not the number on the book..."
"Of course I am..." Pei Jun was stunned, and then he was a little surprised, but then he jumped a little, "Just for this?! Say it earlier! Say it earlier..."
Pei Jun said halfway, and then reacted, and took a few tricks and swallowed up all the subsequent words. Who is he and who is the Cavalry? What's more, even if the Cavalry said it, would he really do it? There are policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom, but the fine traditions of China!
『Since that's the case, do you know what to do?』 Pei Mao sighed, 『This cavalry is so amazing... I sent officials to Hedong to check and register... I thought it was just a formality, but I never thought... It turned out to be here... You said, this cavalry, how could you know that Cao Jun... It's really...oh...
『Then...then now...』 Pei Jun asked, 『How should we deal with it?"
Pei Mao pondered for a long time, "All those who could be gathered together will be gathered into the city... As for the remote places in the suburbs... they can only abandon them..."
This is all I can do. If I do it at this time, even if it is fine now, I might be recorded in the account book again.
I'm afraid it will...
"Give up? That's..." Pei Jun widened his eyes, but after a moment he softened like a deflated ball. "Well, maybe that's all...
But is he really willing to give up?
...
...
Pingyang.
Yang Xiu was about to go back, and he came to Fei Qian to say goodbye.
These two days in Pingyang have made Yang Xiu deeply remember it.
Looking at the scene in Pingyang's city and thinking about the situation in Luoyang before, Yang Xiu felt all kinds of feelings and a thousand kinds of pain.
Perhaps it was this kind of thinking that made him look a little different when he saw Fei Qian again.
There is a little less pride and a little more admiration.
But there is only a little bit.
Yang Xiu was proud before.
Because Yang Xiu had not really experienced the miserable miserable family and family breaking up, many times, others respected him and called him Yang Langjun, and he could still get treatment beyond ordinary people, so his pride was still there.
Even if it is gone on the surface, it is still hidden in the bones.
Until he arrived in Pingyang, he met Yuan Shang...
Yuan Shang back then was a person who was even more proud than Yang Xiu.
But what about now?
Just do some books to help with small things, and the Academy to help with the knowledge.
Fame is like a heavy burden, it is not easy to bear, and it is extremely difficult to let go.
Yuan Shang has basically let go now, but what about Yang Xiu?
Looking at the hall, Yang Xiu paused slightly, then his eyes flashed a few times, and finally lowered his eyelids and stepped forward.
"pass!"
Fei Qian's voice sounded in the hall.
Yang Xiu came forward to pay a visit. He no longer had the enthusiasm he had when he arrived in Pingyang before, nor did he continue to talk to Fei Qian about any "ritual" matters. He just reported and said, "If the next general returns, if the cavalry has any words, can he ask him to sue?"
Fei Qian was a little surprised, thought for a while, and pointed to the seat beside him.
Yang Xiu bowed and thanked him, sat down slowly, and his etiquette was still perfect.
Fei Qian looked at it and felt quite moved.
Nouveau riche has no precipitation for three generations, so he can't imagine any upper class temperament. Now looking at Yang Xiu, Fei Qian feels that this is indeed a truth. This kind of daily influencing of ears and ears is definitely not a habit of words and deeds that can be formed after two classes or special training for a few days.
A person's temperament, that is, these subtle actions, are more pretentious, and less one, tend to be rude. It is indeed difficult to be just right. Even Fei Qian himself cannot be as elegant and calm as Yang Xiu.
The efforts of three generations may not necessarily change the words and deeds of the tribe.
So what about changing your mind?
How long does it take?
"Ancestor of virtue."
Fei Qian said slowly.
"exist."
Yang Xiu answered.
"The rise and fall of a dynasty is not a cold one day, nor is it a danger one day. Its foundation is always green, and it says that the return of the destiny of heaven is what people want, and that wise rulers and ministers will be for generations. However, why is the world impermanent, why is the destiny of heaven unpredictable, why is the destiny of heaven uncontinuous, how is the ministers unconstrained, how is the ministers mediocre, and how is the destiny of the royal family? " Fei Qian said slowly, "What is the case with the dynasty of the dynasty? What kind of family is like? Those who say that the return of the destiny of heaven are often possessed by ghosts, and those who speak of the success of the plan are mostly conceited. Since ancient times, would there be a king and general? How can there be a family in the spring and autumn now?
There are many words that have been said because people's hearts are not the same. But then, who is the heart of the people? What are the soldiers, soldiers, or people? Scholars often say that those who win the hearts of the people can win the world. The people who speak of the people claim to be the people, or... Ordinary people who do not know how to write, illiterate, or ritual, or people who do not understand things. Since the people are too stupid, they will let them be fooled. When they see that the people are too resentful, they will complain about it. Knowing that the people are too troubled, they will feel annoyed. In this way, how can the people's hearts come from? Please teach the ancestors of virtue."
Yang Xiu frowned.
He understood what Feiqian meant.
These are two ruling policies that are completely different from those in Shandong.
The same is true for Fei Qian’s potential Pingyang, in Hedong and Guanzhong.
Shandong people verbally value the people, but actually value scholars.
Fei Qian verbally valued scholars, but actually valued the people.
So even if Yuan Shang is the loser, as long as Yuan Shang is really willing to come out and no longer blames the world and does things, Fei Qian will let Yuan Shang come out to do things.
The reputation of a scholar is worthless in Fei Qian's eyes.
If it were before, Yang Xiu would have been a big talk, saying that what Fei Qian said was all fallacies, saying that "the nature of the people is all stupid", etc., and then explain that if a country and dynasty wants to be strong, it must rely on the "wise man" and if there is order, it must rely on the "clan" and so on.
There were also many bricks in later generations who called them beasts, saying that they were the most punished in governing the country.
But in fact, if you think about it for a little bit, you will understand that those beasts in the brick house are just dogs raised, and whoever gives dog food will speak out for them.
Although sometimes they seem to be standing next to ordinary people, they are actually not looking down on the steamed buns in the hands of the people at all, nor are they really speaking for the people, but are greedy for the flesh and blood thrown out by capital, and barking to achieve certain purposes of capital.
At this moment, after seeing the prosperity and stability of Pingyang, if Yang Xiu said anything "ritual" again, he would be invisibly quibbling.
After all, Pingyang was developed not by public intellectuals... Oh, it was not from the beginning when it was developed by the Han gentry. Even Fei Qian built the academy first. After Cai Yong was invited, the children of the gentry gradually came to gather in Pingyang.
"The desires of human hearts are not enough." Yang Xiu said slowly, "The desires of one person are still difficult to curb, let alone thousands of people? Everyone is competing for greed, and they never get tired of seeking."
Yang Xiu said, his eyes drooping, "I know that being stubborn is a problem, but I can't give up... Today I say bluntly, I hope the cavalry will forgive me."
Fei Qian smiled, "Please give me advice."
Yang Xiu slowly raised his head, "I know that the ambition of the cavalry is great, but how about it? The despise of the aristocratic family is due to the inheritance. Now he has resigned and returned, not because he does not understand the ambition of the cavalry, but... can there be a successor after the cavalry?"
"The cavalry was developed in Guanzhong and Hedong, one is based on the grand ambition of the cavalry, and two is... Oh, two is based on the military and swords and the foundation is established. The soldiers are prospering and the deaths of many people. In the past, the power thieves were busy fighting, and the people were alive and dead. Therefore, fertile land was abandoned, disease and epidemics were everywhere, and the population was damaged by seven or eight. Therefore, peace and stability were the first priority, just like the Han Dynasty, which cultivated literature and governed military affairs, and stabilized the country to rest and recuperate, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment."
"When the land is wide and the people are few, the remaining ones will be vast and the fields will be vast, and the planting will not be given. Therefore, great cause can be achieved. If it is not subject to changes in twenty years, it will definitely be treated and prosperous. The reason is that the people in Guizhou are full and warm, and can be raised and raised."
"But this is not long, and it will decline. Because the Qianshou is full and warm, he will think of lust. He is also stupid and does not seek the way of sages, and he is arrogant and chaotic, and seeks excessively. He has reproduction for generations, and his descendants have increased. All the desolate things are fields, and all the land will be dirty. The past sufferings were painful, and the past is happy today is happy..." Yang Xiu sighed, "This is the children of aristocratic families, and the ordinary people are the same. In the Zhongping period, he was also a young man with a bright clothes and an angry horse, and his spirit is good, but now... Therefore, he has said good intentions to the cavalry, but the fellow villagers are all in Heluo... His family is already old and has poor movements, and they need to use crutches when they enter and exit..."
Yang Xiu was not stupid himself. After arriving in Pingyang, he was a little confused at first, but later he slowly figured it out...
The aristocratic families have the habit of betting everywhere, and there are already many children of the aristocratic families who bet in Feiqian. These may be active refuge or passive dependence, but no matter what, these aristocratic children around Feiqian have formed a huge political combination, making it impossible for Cao Cao to rebellion in the Hedong gentry in Guanzhong that he originally hoped.
Yang Xiu was initially embarrassed and angry because Fei Qian put him and Yuan Shang together, but after calming his anger, he calmly thought about it. In fact, he was indeed no different from Yuan Shang. He was both a loser and defeated general. What qualifications are there to be angry or moaning? If we look at it from another perspective, at least for Fei Qian, Yuan Shang was able to appear calmly among the civil servants under the cavalry after spending the early Feixiong Xuan. Although there may not be any major position, it also proves that Fei Qian would not intentionally make things difficult for him after being hostile.
But Yang Xiu still won't stay. It's not that he doesn't believe in Fei Qian, but that he doesn't believe in Fei Qian's next generation.
Just as Fei Qian felt that nouveau riche would have to go through three generations before he could become elegant, Yang Xiu also felt that Fei Qian's huge institutional reform was impossible without two or three generations. And Fei Qian's biggest problem is not whether he can win at the moment, but how long can it last after winning?
Yang Xiu said that he was young and furious, and did not know his sorrow. He also said that Fei Qian was doing so many things now, and the next generation of Fei Qian could not say that "the joy of today is today and people are happy."
This is an obvious question.
Feudal dynasties gradually produced powerful classes, such as high-ranking officials, wealthy businessmen, and in any era, "real estate speculation" was a sure profit. Therefore, they would purchase a large amount of land after they had money. At that time, there was no effective land flow restriction policy. Many poor farmers could only sell their land once they encountered natural disasters and man-made disasters, and eventually became tenants who worked as landlords. As such, the situation of land annexation became more and more serious, and eventually formed a situation where "the rich were connected to the fields, and the poor had no place to stand". In this way, the country consumed more and more, and there were fewer and fewer taxpayers, which eventually led to extremely sharp social contradictions.
Of course, every last emperor knew where the reason came from, but it was already difficult to get on the verge of being a tiger. As a representative of vested interests, the emperor would never give up his own interests at any moment.
Such is the case with the aristocratic families, what about the people in Guizhou?
The same is true.
Just as Yang Xiu said, do ordinary people have a memory after their ancestors and parents have experienced pain?
None the same.
After food and clothing, thinking about lust and swearing to be apart from gambling and drugs. It seems like a joke, but in fact it is like Valentine's Day, Goddess Day, and bricks and stones are long-lasting. They are traps carefully selected by capitalists. Just like brain-deprived gold, if you talk too much, it will be rooted in your heart.
Yang Xiu did see Pingyang's strength and Guanzhong's strength, but he didn't think this strength could last much.
"Ancestor De...you have changed a lot." Fei Qian smiled and said, "After you have moved, how can the world be changed?"
Yang Xiu was stunned.
Has he changed? Yes, he has changed a lot. Although he said he wanted to speak frankly, in fact, he would no longer be as sharp as before, and he would never stop talking. He even gave examples of himself.
Yang Xiu took a breath, lowered his head and bowed his head, "The royal family is like a destruction. Although it is like a destruction, his parents Kong Er..."
Fei Qian nodded, "Good."
After pondering for a while, Fei Qian reached out to take a piece of paper on the table, picked up the pen and pondered for a while, wrote a few words, and used a seal, and asked someone to hand it over to Yang Xiu, "Since you insisted on leaving, you will not make things difficult for Dezu. This book... It is not a waste of Dezu's hard work!"
Yang Xiu took it with both hands, and when he glanced at it, his eyes moved and his mind was slightly shocked...