Hearing Xun You talk about Cao Cao, Cui Cheng couldn't help but said: "The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family in Runan, starting from the great-grandfather, have held high positions for generations, second only to the fifth and third princes of the Hongnong Yang family. Couldn't they learn from Taihang Mountain?"
people?"
"The Yuan family in Runan is indeed very rich, but they are deeply entangled in the court and among the scholars. However, the methods of the Taihang Mountain people are indiscriminate, directly hitting the nerves of the scholars. If they imitate the Taihang Mountain people, they will inevitably
It will offend the scholars." Xun You shook his head and said, "I am sure that the Yuan family will not take it. If they get Jizhou, they will be severely suppressed."
"If they can't get Jizhou, they've already lost their chance." Xun Chen, later Yuan Shao's first adviser in the early period, suddenly shook his head and said.
Xun You and Xun You nodded one after another.
Cui Cheng was still a little confused: "Why is that so?"
"Because the Taihang Mountain people have 20,000 elite soldiers, and they have bought a large number of county guards near Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, and placed manpower among them. However, the Yuan family in Runan is still laying out its layout above the court, which is beyond the reach of the whip. They made a mistake.
Yes, in fact I also miscalculated, the future of the Han Dynasty will lie in the local government, not in the court." Xun You decisively admitted.
Indeed, in history, Xun You planned to achieve something, trying to kill Dong Zhuo, control the capital, assist the king, and command the world.
I also want to walk the path of Cao Cao.
It's just that there's no way to go, and he doesn't have military power.
Of course it doesn't work.
This is caused by personal vision and character, as well as family background.
Their family is a prestigious family, they do not associate with rangers, and they have never been involved in military power.
Cao Cao suppressed the Yellow Turbans from the beginning, accumulated valuable experience in leading troops, and had a large number of local warriors in his family.
"Then can Cao Cao do it? How can he have the courage to accept such a big thing after being a mere eunuch?" Cui Cheng obviously didn't know Cao Cao well enough.
"When Cao Cao first became an official, he made a five-color stick and killed the uncle of the great eunuch Jian Shuo. You can imagine how brave he was. This year, when the Yellow Turban broke out, he was promoted to Captain of Cavalry and joined forces with General Huangfu.
They defeated the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan with courage and strategy. If anyone can restrain the Taihang Mountain people, I can only find Cao Cao now." Xun You shook his head and said.
"But doesn't Cao Cao have a weak foundation? He is just a cavalry captain now and has no territory of his own." Cui Chengcheng said sincerely.
"His father is rich, very rich, even richer than the people in the Taihang Mountains. Of course, it's only now, not in two years." Xun You said with a smile.
Xun You didn't say anything. These words were too vulgar. He was still a little arrogant and didn't want to say it outright.
Because it will soon involve selling an official position and getting a title.
But once he handles the logistics, it won't feel cliché anymore, because money and food are the most real things.
Those guys who can only talk empty talk will understand the importance after a few hungry meals.
"I understand, you want to seek refuge with Cao Cao, tell him to quickly buy local officials, and then follow the example of the Taihang Mountain people in recruiting troops, establishing institutions, and absorbing a large number of talents. But will Cao Cao agree? This is a blatant rebellion.
"Cui Cheng understood.
"Cao Cao will agree. He must have seen what happened to the Taihang Mountain people." Xun You said confidently.
Because the Taihang Mountain people’s methods showed them a way.
A way to just copy without bothering to try, without bumping back and forth, without fussing.
If the Taihang Mountain people had not appeared, they would still want to save the big man, still want to sew, and still want to do all the troubles.
In the end, they chose to separate local governments and seek independence.
It would take another five or six years during this period before it transitioned to the era of separatist rule.
It is now 184 years. Of course they don't know the history. They only know that judging from the current situation, the imperial court still has troops to suppress local rebellions.
If they want to fight against the Taihang Mountain people, they have to step up their efforts to occupy territory and copy the opponent's methods.
However, the opponent is in the mountains. The mountains are high and the roads are far away, making it difficult for the army to conquer.
Where are they going?
"But where will Cao Cao start his career?" Cui Cheng asked again.
"Yizhou!" Xun You clicked on the map and said.
"How to do it?"
"Change the governor's position to that of a state pastor, and use the state pastor's authority to control the military and civilians."
"Ah, this is clearly a separatist regime. Can your Majesty agree?"
"As long as you tell your Majesty that in this way, many bandits will no longer appear. They appear locally and suppress them locally. Don't bother the court to spend money to send troops. Your Majesty will agree." Xun You said confidently.
He was right. Only three years later, Liu Yan put forward this suggestion, and the current Han Emperor Liu Hong actually agreed.
The fall of the Han Dynasty was inevitable, but when it fell was accidental.
This measure obviously accelerated the demise. If it was not agreed, it might have been delayed for another 20 years, waiting for the local powerful forces to suppress the bandits and expand to the point where the imperial army could not restrain it.
But this promise was tantamount to hitting the wrong knife on myself.
Therefore, the last imperial court was often like this. The measures taken to solve a problem actually accelerated its own demise.
This is determined by human nature.
Human nature wants to save itself, just like swimming and drowning. The more you struggle, the faster you will die, but if you do nothing, you will inevitably die.
In order to seize the slightest possibility of self-rescue, I kept struggling.
The later Ming and Qing Dynasties copied this perfectly.
Just like in the late Ming Dynasty, what is the solution to do nothing?
That is to give up outside the customs, run to the south of the Yangtze River, and cut off the burdens of the north.
Don't raise any additional wages, just defend the south of the Yangtze River and leave the north of the Yangtze River to the peasant army and the Qing army.
At that time, the economic center of gravity had shifted to Jiangnan. As long as Jiangnan could unite its efforts under one emperor and not mess around on its own, it could still be defended.
It is said that it can extend the life span by 100 years. As long as the emperor doesn't think about it, there is a high probability that it will not be a problem.
But who can make this decision?
Someone can make a decision, but many forces are entangled to prevent the decision from being implemented.
It has to be forced by external forces.
Another example is that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial examinations were suspended and a new army was established, which ultimately ended up burying itself.
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"Brother Xun is so talented that it's like the sun shines through the clouds. Yes, nowadays, he indulges in pleasure and muddles along. As long as he can avoid trouble, he will agree to it. This will be much more convenient. But who should I ask to write the letter?"
"A reputable clan is enough."
"who?"
"Youzhou Liu Yan." Xun You said directly.
"It's Governor Liu, no, it should be Governor Liu. It's strange. I feel something is not right." An uncomfortable feeling flashed through Cui Cheng's mind.
It's like if someone tells you in modern times that if you step on your left foot and your right foot, you can reach the sky.
"In short, when I look at his people, I have already seen the problem of the Han Dynasty, and I want to solve it from the local level, and then follow the path of Guangwu."
"Then he can't imitate the methods of the Taihang Mountain people?"
"He's too old."
Cui Cheng understood.
He couldn't help but admire him deeply.
This Xun family is so awesome.
If you win the Xun family, you will win the world.
In the end, he couldn't help but said: "So, your family will fully support Captain Cao?"
At this time, he also used honorific words towards Cao Cao.
Even chatting in a dark room.
"No, I want to go to the Taihang Mountain people." Xun Chen said.
"Well, if there are three caves, then I will go too."
"Let's go together. After all, we still have to learn and use it."
The four of them laughed.
As the true elite among scholars, they are not afraid of competing with the poor and humble.
Moreover, poor and humble people also want to belong to aristocratic families in the future.
Who would pass glory and wealth not to family members but to outsiders?
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Half a month later.
The four of them came to the Huang Level Fengzihao Village in the Taihang Mountains together.
Now the cottage is divided into four levels, the world is dark and yellow, and the universe is primitive.
In each level, they are arranged in order according to "sun, moon, stars, wind, fire, thunder and lightning".
Of course these were not done by Wen Rensheng, but by Xiao Huan.
According to her, the game has been completed anyway, so it’s time to go wild.
Xun You looked up and saw that the village had a neat layout, steep rocks, numerous sentry posts, and many bows, crossbows, and rolling stones.
Moreover, when you enter a place, you are often attacked from two sides, or even from three sides.
If someone comes to attack, the attacker will be extremely miserable.
Because you can't push in those conventional siege engines at all.
For example, don't even think about ladders, siege engines, or cloud carts with various protections.
There is only one way for the army to enter.
If you want to enter from other places, only a small group of people go over the mountains.
The opponent can easily kill as few as a hundred people.
You can't wear iron armor when climbing mountains because it's too heavy to climb.
There is no iron armor, but the opponent has iron armor. Both sides shoot at each other, and one side is condescending. How to fight?
The soldiers would refuse to attack if they took just one look at it.
Therefore, mountain warfare has always been difficult.
Not to mention the Han Dynasty at this time, this is the mountain warfare in the modern world. Unless you have no scruples and completely put everything aside, the costs will far outweigh the gains.
In the Ming Dynasty, it took several years to quell the rebellion of some chieftains.
Let alone the Han Dynasty.
That's why Xun You said that the people of Taihang Mountain have gained momentum.
It is impossible for the imperial court to succeed in the conquest.
Unless the opponent takes the initiative to rebel and attack, it will lead to conquest.
As soon as the four people came in, they were led to register their names, place of origin, and age. They also had to press their fingerprints and simply record their facial features.
Just looking at this aspect, they were shocked.
Because this requires a lot of manpower.
Why are princes' campaigns indispensable without the support of aristocratic families? It's because these days, if you want to rule a place, manage logistics, and population, you need scholars.
Only aristocratic families can provide these people. Without these people, you cannot take root.
It is expected that the poor can only work as coolies and cannot do these things.
But now, it is too difficult to complete the registration in just a copycat.
However, they soon discovered that those responsible for registration were also opportunistic.
"My name is Xun He." When it was Xun He's turn, the other party finally revealed his secret.
"Write it for me to read?" As he said this, the other party took out a bamboo slip.
Xun may write for the other party to read.
"Gou or." The registrant was a young man, and he copied it seriously.
"You, you, are Xunhe, not this." Xunhe was a very gentle and elegant person, but for the first time in his life, he was angry.
Xun You couldn't even be angry with him.
"It's all the same. I'll just add the pinyin. Why don't your parents give you a simple name, like Xun Er or something like that?" the young man said with a headache.
"Pinyin? Is it phonetic notation?" Xun or naturally knew how to phonetic notation.
The fanqie method is a method of using one Chinese character or phonetic symbol to represent "sound", another Chinese character or phonetic symbol to represent "rhyme" and "tone", and spelling them into the pronunciation of the notated character.
The other party's pinyin should be the same thing, but it seems simpler.
No wonder this native of Taihang Mountain was able to train so many junior scholars in just ten months.
"Haha, uncle, don't argue with this guy. It's serious that we hurry up and sign up for the class."
"Why don't you care about it? Your name is the foundation of your life. If your name is not correct or your words are wrong, or if you have the wrong name, you will be wrong in everything you do." Xun Yue was very serious.
Of course, what he said is right. If he has the wrong name, how will he accumulate fame in the future?
"Okay, okay, I'll write it again." The young man had no choice but to copy it again on the bamboo slips.
"You all take it, make two copies, one for you and one for me. If someone else impersonates you in the future, you can use this to identify yourself. If you lose it, come here and ask me to get a replacement." The young man said.
The four of them nodded solemnly.
They all understand that this simple sentence actually contains the great meaning of establishing households and improving the people's well-being.
If you can find an individual, you can levy population, collect taxes, and then go out to fight.
This is not comparable to thieves.
They had long known about the power of the Taihang Mountain people from various rumors and information.
But seeing is better than hearing a hundred times.
Then, under the leadership of another young man, several people took the bamboo slips of their identities to apply for their own food books.
"Liangben?"
"Yes, everyone has rations. You are not allowed to buy more or hoard. The excess must be sold to the general." The young man said proudly.
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In this way, it will not solve the problem that the poor have no food to eat and the rich eat too much and become as fat as big fat pigs.
There were many obese people among the rich and powerful in the Han Dynasty, such as Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu.
Moreover, this food base can control the population.
Every time you go to buy food, you are registering again with the government.
It is impossible for a person who hides in this way to hide himself again.
"Wait, if this happens, how can those who have a lot of land just give up and give up their food?" Cui Cheng asked the young man hurriedly.
The young man said proudly: "If you don't take it out, our swords are very sharp."
"If you have food, you must have a sword. Without a sword, you cannot protect the food. This is what the Master and the Saint have said repeatedly." The young man said proudly.
"Wait a minute, it's easy for non-farmers to say that food must be bought; but for farmers, after the autumn harvest, you hide a large amount of food yourself. Do you want to go against countless farmers?" Xun Chen immediately realized that there was a big problem.
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"Of course there is no need for this. Our general will charge 30% of the grain and then sell it to everyone at a flat price, no matter in years of disaster or famine, and the price will basically remain unchanged all year round. Regardless of whether you are a farmer or not, you can buy it without delay.
Moreover, farmers can also sell grain to the general at a fair price, and the general will bear the cost of storage."
"Isn't this Changpingcang? It's only because of strong opposition and the hands of officials that it exists in name only." Xun You shook his head and said.
"Yes, that's why the general asked everyone to learn to write, so that everyone can read secret messages, and then those villains can be restrained." The young man said proudly.
Everyone nodded slightly, that's it.
In this way, the arrogance can indeed be restrained.
In fact, they themselves are powerful, but they also understand that if they want to achieve hegemony, they must restrain their power.
This is the contradiction, so they are destined to fail and the dynasties are destined to cycle.
The enlightened among the powerful cannot restrain themselves, so they can only rely on peasant violence to restrain themselves, clear the land, and start another round of cultivating gu.
