Chapter 29 Yao, Shun, Jie and Zhou are all rotten bones
To the southwest of Gaoliang Pavilion, to the west of Xiangling City, and to the east of Pingyang City, there is a very famous and unexpected building on the Fenshui Plain with an unobstructed view. Not only is there a constant flow of incense during the four seasons, but when encountering some important political events, the Governor of Hedong will come to visit in person.
Sacrifice... This is a temple to Yao.
As an ancient sage recognized by Confucianism, Yao is naturally the object of worship these days, so there are many Yao temples. However, probably because Pingyang was the capital of Yao, the rules of Yao temples here are unusual.
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By the way, ever since Wei General Gongsun Xun surrendered 780,000 to 80,000 Hedong troops in the battle of Gaoliang Pavilion, he has been stationed here from the end of February to the beginning of March... This is of course reasonable, because 780,000 to 80,000 prisoners were captured.
, plus the more than 20,000 combat troops and 20,000 auxiliary troops led by Gongsun Xun himself, there are more than 100,000 people in total, which need to be properly organized.
Who should be pardoned and sent home, and who should be punished?
How to effectively manage and resettle those who are pardoned and return home, and how should they be punished for those who are punished?
Should he be killed or retained, should his family be confiscated or his clan be exterminated, should he be allowed to surrender to the army and serve his own purpose, or should he be killed and massacred?
Things are not that simple.
But then again, if there are more than 100,000 people, if they don’t want to sit in vain, they must deal with them as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty!" That afternoon, Wang Xiu and Wang Shuzhi, the commander of the town army, transferred in from outside the Yao Temple, but they were sweating profusely, as if they had worked hard all day. "Today, the good people of these last two counties are also
All of them have been released, but as before, there are many people who are willing to join the army. I also followed my previous instructions and told them that there are many preferential treatment for the good family members who join the army, but we have to wait until the local village pavilion is restored before talking about anything else."
With his head straight, Gongsun Xun, who was admiring the inscription somewhere in the Yao Temple, nodded slowly, and then turned back: "Uncle Xinxin has taken care of it. But there is nothing we can do about it. The Han family system in Yanmen and Taiyuan is still there. Ting
The hometown has not been lost and it is convenient to do things, but here, it has been two years without government control, so everything has to be done all over again."
"However." Wang Xiu suddenly sighed after hearing this. "These people are more or less a little strange when they hear that Tingxiang has been restored. It seems that these days there are less taxes and labor, and they are quite familiar with the marrow..."
"The more this is the case, the more important it is to restore the system as soon as possible." Wei Jian couldn't help but interjected. "Only by selecting outstanding figures can we govern the place and appease people's hearts, and we must quickly deal with those local tycoons and rebels.
Leader, prevent them from returning to the countryside to deceive people and cause chaos again."
Everyone nodded.
"That's it." Gongsun Xun said with a smile. "But things are not that simple. Just like this time, if you hadn't been waiting here in advance to provide a rough clue, I'm afraid I wouldn't know what to do now.
How to deal with these prisoners... Sometimes I think about it, no wonder so many people have killed prisoners since ancient times, why are they all cruel? It is obvious that they can neither afford to support them nor dare to let them go."
"If you use this wheel, if you want to implement benevolent government, you must first have intelligence, courage, financial resources, and material resources, and then you can do it." Tian Feng couldn't help but sigh. "This is why benevolent government is difficult to implement in the world, but evil government is.
It’s a common truth, no wonder the world is always getting worse and worse..."
"However, I don't think this can be used as a reason not to implement benevolent government." Wei Ju tried his best to persuade Gongsun Xun from the side. "The world is in ruins and the situation is difficult. Of course, harsh punishments can have a temporary effect, and they can even make people...
It's quick for a while, but adhering to the system and having solid authority and virtue is the long-term solution."
"Bo Xi is a wise man!" Gongsun Xun also sighed with emotion for a moment. "But things have to be urgent. On the other hand, the current situation in the fight against Dong is very serious. It only takes day and night. From now on, I will still be a bit of a woman.
Such kindness. Now think about it, if I could have endured a little longer that day, waited until dark, gritted my teeth and rushed for a while, at least it would have been much easier to deal with the prisoners today... I think about those powerful people in Hedong, some of them actually have not lost their strength. Compared with them
The soldiers and horses of our headquarters are still entangled and difficult to separate, but they surrendered in their entirety. It is difficult to deal with them arbitrarily, which is also embarrassing."
Wei Jian was startled for a moment, but couldn't help but sigh: "Things in the world are indeed difficult!"
"Actually, you don't have to worry so much," Ju Zong said while twirling his beard. "In my opinion, you were a powerful warrior in Gaoliang Pavilion that day. You almost single-handedly forced 70,000 to 80,000 thieves to surrender, and we all did it."
Shenchi. And after this battle, the leaders who came from the wealthy families in Hedong probably don’t dare to think about it anymore... Just take it into the army and use it, there is no need to worry about it."
"Yes." Lou Gui also sighed. "Regardless of anything else, although our army won a great victory in this battle, it also suffered a lot of casualties. The 20,000 cavalrymen lost two to three thousand casualties, and the six thousand infantry also lost nearly two thousand casualties.
...After crossing the river east, Dong Zhuo's army was extremely heavy. There were more than 50,000 or 60,000 old soldiers from Guanxi and Luoyang Imperial Army. So, these people should still be used."
"As long as we don't let them go back to their hometowns." Wang Xiu also said seriously. "Such powerful people should be used on the battlefield!"
"It's better to intimidate one or two more." Gongsun Xun walked out of the gate of Yao Temple, but looked thoughtfully at the huge military stronghold that suddenly appeared in front of him. "And what should be dealt with must also be dealt with. I think, I will be able to survive that day.
There are so many people coming down, firstly because the soldiers fought hard and the overall situation was determined by the fate of the three armies; secondly, I have learned to be benevolent as a woman; thirdly, Mrs. Guo took the initiative to sacrifice her life and sacrificed her life to be benevolent...How can these people just sit back and enjoy the success?"
Although the accompanying staff members all held their own opinions when discussing before, when it came to the treatment of the captured magnates, no one objected... After all, government is government, and military management is military management. During the war, Gongsun Xun could maintain
basic rules
"That's right!" Gongsun Xun suddenly remembered something again. "My invitation to my senior brother Wang Wendu and other leaders of the Hedong clans to come here to worship the Holy Lord in the future... won't be delayed, right? Why has no one been there until now?
Here?”
"A letter from my family. They have arrived in Jiangyi. Calculating the time, they will arrive tomorrow night." Wei Jian replied seriously. "The reason why no one arrived here in advance is because they have to gather in Anyi first, and then accompany Wang Taishou.
arrival."
"It seems that my senior brother is quite prestigious in Hedong?"
"That's true." Wei Jian continued. "Wang Fujun took office after the Baibo bandit rebellion. He had been in office for nearly two years. Although he could not regain Hedong, he was able to maintain his position in Anyi to some extent, and
All the families relied on him for their protection... In the end, not only was Baibo in the north, but Dong Zhuo was in trouble in the south, the prince also did his best in Anyi, and everyone saw it."
"I remember that the same was true for Cui Jun and Cui Zhouping, the prefect of Xihe (the second son of the former Situ Cui Lie, Zhuge Liang's lifelong friend in history, and the inventor of the term copper smell)." Gongsun Xun said thoughtfully. "He is here.
Although Xihe cannot be controlled because of the huge power of the Xiongnu, it can somewhat appease the local area and win the hearts of the people, without losing any major integrity."
"That's right." The person who nodded yes this time was Tian Toyota Yuanhao. "The Cui family of Anping (also known as the Cui family of Boling), although they have a bad reputation because of Cui Lie, they still maintain their righteousness after all, especially Cui Zhouping.
, that day when the prince arrived in Taiyuan, he took the initiative to send a message, asking for help to fight against Dong. However, the prince thought that there were few soldiers in Xihe, so he persuaded him to help pacify the Xiongnu..."
"Then invite him too!" Gongsun Xun sighed. "Even if we can't make it in time to sacrifice to the Holy King, we should still invite him to go to fight against Dong Dayi!"
"General, you are tolerant." Everyone knew about Gongsun Xun and Cui Lie's feud, but they quickly praised him.
Even Tian Feng rarely nodded.
"I am not a tolerant person!" Gongsun Xun kept shaking his head, but he left Yao Temple and went to the camp.
Everyone didn't understand what he meant, but they didn't ask too many questions.
The next day, just as Wei Jian said, the governor of Hedong, Wang Yishuai County, and the officials and famous people came to Yao Temple on time... This was of course a good thing, and Gongsun Xun also took the initiative to hold a banquet in Yao Temple that night as a ceremony.
All the staff and officers of the camp, famous families in Hedong, including the tycoons from Hedong who had surrendered, were all present. Not only that, everyone was even shocked to see the Great Sima, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, sitting side by side with Gongsun Xun in the top position...
Compared with this person, the other officials and celebrities with two thousand stones, or who had held high positions with two thousand stones, seemed ordinary.
"Why is Mr. Wenxi Pei not among the guests today?" After some pleasantries, Gongsun Xun, who was sitting at the top, asked curiously towards Wang Yi, who was sitting next to him on his left.
"Pei Maogong is still in the court now." Wang Yi said with a helpless smile. "All his five sons are with him..."
Gongsun Xun sighed.
"You can't blame Mr. Pei for this." Wang Yi quickly explained when he saw this. "Wen Qi may not know that since Yuan Cao and others fled and rebelled, Dong Zhuo often dealt with these officials who fled Luoyang without authorization once they were discovered.
, as large as the Yi tribe, as small as being imprisoned, and so on. Although Pei Gong had served as a minister before and was regarded as a highly virtuous person, it is said that he seemed to be related to one of the princes of Guandong, who followed Wenqi that day.
That Liu Bei and Liu Xuande have some connections...so they are under very strict supervision."
Gongsun Xun waved his hands and laughed: "Brother Wendu thought too much, I don't mean to blame him. I just thought that Cui Zhouping of the Boling Cui family (that is, the Anping Cui family) will soon come to our army to conspire against Dong, and the Cui family of Qinghe
Cui Taishou of Zhuo County also made an alliance with us to fight against Dong early. As for the Yuyang Tian family, the Jinyang Wang family, the Yangqu Guo family, the Handan Li family, the Wei family, the Handan family, and the Taishan Wang family, they all have descendants.
In our army, if we add the Hedong Wei family, Jia family, Fan family, and Liu family who are coming this time... I will be able to see the scenery of most of the famous families in the world!"
People whose family names are mentioned often look proud.
"That's it." Wang Yi couldn't help but laugh. "In this case, we should have called a few of the Wenxi Pei family's children to come together..."
"It doesn't matter." Gongsun Xunfu waved his hand again and said with a smile. "It's just fate. If you have it, you will have it. If you don't, you will have it. There is no need to force it."
"Actually, where is the coincidence?" Wang Yi continued to compliment. "Wenqi's attack on Dong was in response to the destiny of heaven and the support of the people. She also won consecutive battles. Only in this way can we bring together the world's famous families and let everyone work together and conspire together.
Great cause... This is what is called many aids for those who have gained the truth, and few for those who have lost the truth!"
"That's good!" Gongsun Xun smiled even more happily. "But if you calculate it this way, why don't I have any descendants of the Yuan family of Runan and the Yang family of Hongnong under my command? If the children of Yuan Yang and the Xiongnu Chanyu share the same sword,
Standing inside the door, wouldn't it be more in line with current events?"
Wang Yi was calm when he arrived, and many people in the audience also changed their expressions... After all, Gongsun Xun had spent too much time.
By the way, the spring breeze was just right, the fire pits illuminated the courtyard, and the food and wine were all available. Many people had traveled all day with Wang Yi and were already very hungry. However, Gongsun Xun still refused to hold a banquet.
, it is inevitable that people will have doubts, and if they say such arrogant words in public at this time, then there will definitely be twists and turns in this banquet.
It was obvious that someone in the banquet was trying to dissuade him, but Gongsun Xun had no chance:
"I heard that senior brother is in Hedong. He is able to survive among tigers and wolves because of two heroes from the county's family...one is called Wei Gu and the other is called Fan Xian. I wonder which two they are?"
One person hurriedly avoided the table to see the ceremony, and Wang Yi immediately introduced him: "This is Cao Weigu, the commander of the county. As for the commander of the county, Ma Fanxian, because Anyi needs someone to look after him, he is left to guard the city."
"That's it." Gongsun Xun didn't ask the people on the ground to get up, but he just kept asking more questions. "Then I dare to ask senior brother, what is Fan Sima like? Do you know the word "powerful"?
"This..." Wang Yiqing knew it was not good, but he could only ask bravely. "Wenqi, Brother Yu has been known for his dullness since he was under Master Liu's sect. I really don't know what you mean? What does it mean to know how to be powerful?
?Please make it clear."
"I'll tell you the truth, senior brother." Gongsun Xun still smiled calmly and took some time off. "I asked you to come here to worship the holy king before. I was also worried that Anyi would be lost, which would affect the army, so I sent Sima Chenglian, another subordinate under my command, to lead
Four thousand cavalrymen took a detour from Jieshan Mountain to Anyi to defend the city. Before leaving, they had given instructions that state affairs were of paramount importance. If there were any obstacles, they would be killed without mercy... It would have been better if Fan Sima was not here. Now that he is here, he does not understand the word "powerful".
He might be dead at this time!"
Wang Yi opened his mouth to speak, but finally fell silent, and many people in the banquet also became completely solemn.
"As for Wei Gu's guard Cao, do you know the crime?" At this point, Gongsun Xun didn't bother to cover up, but his expression remained unchanged.
Wei Gu, who was leaning in the court, said nothing and kowtowed repeatedly. Only in between kowtows could he not help but look at Wei Qian, who was sitting on a seat to the right of Gongsun Xun.
However, Wei Jian just closed his eyes and rested his mind, pretending not to know.
"Guard Cao, General Wei is asking you a question!" Wang Yi looked bad and couldn't help scolding him. "What on earth did you commit?!"
Wei Gu was so frightened that he could only kowtow with all his strength: "To be honest with you, I have not saved Anyi before. As a fellow countryman, I have contacted many people in Baibo's army and advised them not to march into several counties in the south of the county. This has always been the case."
General Wei won a great victory and found old letters..."
After saying this, Wei Gufu looked at Yang Feng and others in the seat again, but Yang Feng and others were also worried, how could they dare to speak out without permission?
"You are so confused!" Wang Yi stood up angrily and accused him. "Although the current situation is critical, how can you easily communicate with thieves without going through me, the prefect?"
Wei Gu quickly understood and kowtowed to admit his mistake.
"Wen Qi, it is shameful that he is so bold, but please forgive him for his achievements in protecting the place." Wang Yi had no choice but to temporarily plead for his subordinates.
"Senior brother and I have not seen each other for more than ten years. Since it is you who are speaking today, I will forgive him the death penalty." Gongsun Xun opened his mouth and came. "Forfeit all the property of the Hedong army soldier Cao Weigu except his house, and hand over the guests.
, a private soldier... He has twenty sticks and is punished as a slave for one year. He is immediately dragged to the back camp for execution, and then he is listed as a slave!"
Wang Yi was stunned, but countless soldiers with white blades had already poured into Yao's ancestral temple. They actually dragged Wei Gu, who had just been a guest, out in front of everyone... Wei Gu looked at Gongsun Xun as if he was talking about what the weather was like.
He glanced at Wang Yi, who was angry and speechless, and finally turned his attention to his clan brother Wei Jian, who closed his eyes and said nothing. After all, he didn't dare to say anything nonsense.
"Wen Qi..." Under the teasing gaze of Liu Yu, the other big shot above, Wang Yi, the prefect of Hedong, was finally unable to go back.
"I heard that the former Jinwu Hu Wuban among the nine ministers was killed by his wife's uncle Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi. This position is vacant, and brother Wendu has been in Hedong for a long time. He has worked hard to maintain it and has made great contributions... You might as well ask the Grand Sima to express his gratitude to Wendu.
How about my brother holding Jinwu?" Gongsun Xun had no intention of dragging his feet.
Liu Yu sneered and didn't say much.
But Wang Yi replied sternly: "Wen Qi is sitting on a powerful army with strong soldiers and horses, so naturally he will do whatever he says!"
Gongsun Xun sneered and shook his head: "It seems that senior brother still doesn't understand what the army is... It's a coincidence that Master Liu happened to lecture me on this matter in his suicide note. Do you want to listen to it?"
Wang Yi kept silent and everyone was hungry.
————What I mean is the dividing line between what is and what is————
"Wang Yi has an aggressive nature but lacks courage; Wei Gu has many plans but is invincible; Fan Xian relies on strength but is incompetent... Hedong is busy, but it can be settled lightly!" - "Old Yanshu". Volume 75. Biography 2.
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ps: Thanks to my book friend Xie Shen Zhou, the 40th cute guy... Until now, I'm not sure if he is one of my senior students in reality.
Also, I want to kowtow and apologize to everyone. I tried my best last night, but my whole body collapsed and I really couldn't concentrate...I broke my promise and gained weight. I deserved to gain weight!
