Chapter 8: I know the world is difficult at an early age
The fight between Yang Xiu and Fazheng was nothing but fun for Madam Gongsun to watch.
After all, it was just a fight between two boys with tied hair, and one of them was really mean-mouthed, and the other was really mean-spirited... Gongsun Auntie said that even when they are fifteen, these two will probably not be able to change this problem until they die.
As for the internal unity of justice?
Sorry, there is no such explanation.
In other words, Gongsun Xun's Baima Yicong, as a semi-military and semi-political organization with great future, has already established many recognized factions after its first expansion. By the time Gongsun Xun becomes a truly powerful person who can give these people a great future
Later, this struggle simply became superficial:
For example, during the initial crusade against the Yellow Turbans, Wei Yue, on behalf of the righteous followers from Yanmen, felt "uneasy" about Gongsun Xun recruiting a large number of Jizhou soldiers into the Baima Yi, but they were stared back by Lu Fan.
That's all.
Later, Han Dang, Wei Yue, and Cheng Lian all became popular. Among them, Bai Mayi became the dominant local force in Youzhou, the so-called Tian Chou, Tian Yu, Wen Ze, Jiao Chu, Zhang Nan, Yang Kai,
The old ones, the poor ones, the good ones, all of them are natives of Youzhou, and they have such a strong Changping color that people from other places of origin are inevitably ostracized.
After a hard-fought battle against Dong, everyone fought side by side and cleared away unnecessary barriers, but they were faced with a new staff rotation. In addition to Ertian, Zhao Yun, Wen Ze, and Yang Kai were promoted to outsiders one after another, and then
Baima Yicong immediately welcomed a large number of Gongqing's children and Guanxi children.
Because of this, this time Yi Zhong simply had a three-legged situation... No matter how late Jia Kui and his Hedong friends came, they were still qualified to challenge Dong Qian, so they were quickly affected by Yi Zhong's remaining You and native veterans.
The support of the emperor is quite transcendent; not to mention the children of Gongqing, they themselves moved from the little emperor as a complete group. According to the family lineage, the reputation of their fathers has its own ecology, but because Liu Zhang is really honest
A little bit, so the younger Yang Xiu became the leader instead; as for the other newcomers from Guanxi, including some Liangzhou hostages, they seemed to have neither qualifications nor family connections. Fazheng and Meng Da were even ridiculed for their eclectic backgrounds, but they
Who made Zhang Ji, Pang De, Wen and Wu, Sanfu and Xiliang the two new leaders of the White Horse Yi Cong appointed by General Wei?
It's better for the county magistrate to take charge now.
In short, the three are opposed to each other and have been entangled for less than half a year, but as long as they don't delay official business, Gongsun Xun doesn't bother to care about what they do privately.
Finally, as for the cause of this incident, the so-called local scholars in Kansai were worried that General Wei would not give them an official position. To be honest, Gongsun Xun didn't really care.
the reason is simple.
First of all, Gongsun Xun is not prepared to tolerate these people. If these people from Changping can indeed effectively fill the official vacancies in the shogunate, the central government, and the three auxiliaries in Hedong, then he has no reason not to use his own soldiers.
Otherwise, what kind of famous people do you really want General Wei to invite three times and four times to find famous people? Is your surname Zhuge or Xun?
Secondly, Gongsun Xun was not ready to act too hastily and immediately launch a pilot imperial examination in Sanfu and abolish the imperial examination system... because this issue may be more sensitive than Du Tian. After all, Du Tian's infringement is the economic benefit of the powerful.
; And the abolition of the imperial examination system was a huge spiritual impact on the noble families who held political privileges and all the scholars in the world.
So again, a huge, unprecedented military victory is needed to guarantee it.
In fact, before this, regardless of the effect of self-recommendation to General Wei's Mansion, Gongsun Xun was prepared to maintain this dual-track operation mode for a certain period of time... In other words, he would still recognize Xiaolian recommended by the following states and counties.
Anyway, he has the final say on who to use and who not to use.
"We have to save money and food, stabilize the defense, and then send out troops as soon as possible." The next day, on the way back from Duling, there was a rare opportunity. Gongsun Xun simply sat in the car and talked with his mother about his various plans for the future. However, he
After discussing with my mother for a long time, I could only sigh like this. "Send troops as soon as possible so that you can use your power to do things; send troops as soon as possible to prevent powerful families from joining together to form clans; send troops as soon as possible so that you can free up your hands to organize the borders and outline the world... But
How easy is it to send troops as soon as possible?"
"So, my son is going to build a high wall, hoard food, and have already sent out troops?" Aunt Gongsun summed it up neatly.
"Mother's words are exactly what I said." Gongsun Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head. "However, I am really worried that I am not responsible for sending troops..."
"Didn't you already have arrangements in Hebei?" Aunt Gongsun's heart moved slightly. "Are you actually worried that you won't be able to stop Yuan Shao for a while?"
"Of course the arrangements have been made for a long time, so we don't need to worry too much." Gongsun Xun sighed slightly. "But Yuan Benchu acted decisively and violently. In just six months, he has swept across Qing Dynasty and the whole territory of Yan. He is afraid that he will enter Hebei as soon as spring begins.
The talents of Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou are there, and most of the people in this world will follow the current situation... Could my mother imagine Fazheng and Yang Xiu fighting under me before? Judging from my current situation,
A son of a high official and a native of Fufeng, it would be strange if these two people were not in my hands. And if Yuan Shao is fully prepared by then, I am afraid that Yuan Shao's subordinates include Wen Youju, Xu You, Chen Gong, Cheng Yu, Xin Ping, Xin Pi, and Feng.
Ji, Guo Tu; Wu Youwen Chou, Zhang Jia, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Yu Jin, Ju Yi, Li Jin, Wu Anguo, and even Dian Wei..."
Aunt Gongsun was stunned for a moment.
"Then the population of Qingzhou, Yanzhou and half of Jizhou is probably equivalent to what I control. With such a force and such a lineup, if I attack Handan before the autumn harvest, I will have no food and cannot mobilize. Secondly, the journey is too long and I will not be able to make time."
For rescue, it would be natural for Handan to be defeated if it is only Shenpei... But once Handan is defeated, Chao Ge Guan Yu and Julu Dong Zhao will both be trapped in a pincer attack and they will have no choice but to retreat."
"If Handan is lost, it won't necessarily delay the overall situation, right?" Aunt Gongsun came back to her senses and frowned slightly again. "Even if Handan is lost, there are still Taihang Mountains and Shangdang Taiyuan. Otherwise, Yuan Shao will have to
Instead of attacking Bingzhou, go to Zhongshan and Changshan, right? Your 20,000 soldiers, including Han Dang, Zhao Yun, Gao Shun, Tian Yu, and Tian Chou, have all gone back. Plus Cheng Pu, we are still fighting from the inside... I am not afraid of him."
"That's true." Gongsun Xun responded with a serious face. "Yuan Shao is not that stupid. He took the risk of Taihang Baxing troops attacking his flanks at any time and got stuck with me in the quagmire of Changshan and Zhongshan. If he could break Handan and take Chaoge
, Julu, then the next step must be to collect Hanoi and go to Shangdang. If Shangdang is blocked, we will go from Zhuojun to Changping, and we will never attack Changshan and Zhongshan first, which are extremely deep and have complex terrain." That's it.
At this point, Gongsun Xun paused for a moment, but then laughed again. "And besides, we have a huge back-up plan..."
"Then what are you worried about?" Aunt Gongsun looked down at the fat cat in her arms and shook her head and sighed.
"Isn't this a small talk between Mother and me, talking about the overall situation in the future?" Gongsun Xun also shook his head and sighed. "We are here to talk about abandoning a certain city or a certain county. It seems to have nothing to do with the overall situation...
...But for the local people and the parties concerned, it is inevitably a matter of life and death, honor and disgrace, and even blood flowing into a river, so how can we give up so easily unless we have to?"
Aunt Gongsun became more and more silent, and after a long pause, she responded solemnly: "So, if you are used to these things, just take it on by yourself. Your mother and I are just a book writer, and later a businessman, no matter what
I can't afford to do these things anyway, so I'll just manage the logistics for you and collect business taxes... As for those things, haven't you seen it? Your mother and I are old, and now I can't even let go of a cat.
Not to mention humans?”
Gongsun Xun looked at the old fat cat in the other person's arms and was silent for a long time... He knew very well that although his mother claimed to be old, she was actually in excellent health both physically and mentally. That was why she had been hiding in the car.
Here, largely because of this fat cat that is about to die of old age, this is one of the cats that I personally carried out from the White Horse Temple more than ten years ago.
It is worth mentioning that at the same time, Zhao Yun's castrated cat died last year, and Feng Zhi's thin cat died earlier. Now the two of them still have Bian Yu, and Qin Luofu's cats are all dead.
The next generation of new cats. If you think about it carefully, Cai Yan's big white cat seems to be very strong and it is still the original white cat.
However, even this white cat is only a few years old...it can only be said that the clothes are not as good as the new cat.
In the afternoon of that day, the convoy rushed back to Chang'an City and arrived in front of General Wei's Mansion. Gongsun Xun, who had already got off the car and rode, naturally stood under the car and watched Diao Chan supporting his mother, while her mother carefully hugged her
An old fat cat got out of the car and walked with him to the backyard.
When the mother and son arrived in front of the back house, they saw their mother about to enter. By some strange mistake, Gongsun Xun, who was about to leave and go back to the front yard to deal with the things he had accumulated in the past two days, suddenly said: "Mom, eldest brother, I am indeed indulgent.
Even the meaning of use... Don't worry, as long as he survives, there will always be a place for him to go."
Aunt Gongsun turned around with a casual look on her face: "I was just talking about cats... You can take care of human affairs yourself."
Gongsun Xun shook his head repeatedly and left after all.
In this way, amidst the strange cold caused by the melting snow in Guanzhong, the first year of Jian'an officially arrived.
Next, there will be the Zhengdan Dynasty, the ice and snow melt, the Yellow River is flooded, and then there will be the Spring Society sacrifices and the busy spring plowing.
Plant one grain of millet in spring and harvest ten thousand grains in autumn.
Spring plowing and spring sacrifices are of extraordinary significance to the Chinese nation. So I don’t know if it’s an illusion. With the progress of spring plowing, only half a year has passed. The entire Guanzhong and Hedong, and even the western part of Hongnong where people have settled again
, all of a sudden there is a sense of vitality that everything is prospering and everything is flourishing.
For the audience and people who have experienced an extremely difficult year before, this feels somewhat like a dream... But this dream does not mean that the current life is a dream, but that many people secretly long for the best year before.
The experience I had was just a dream. I just opened my eyes and found that my dead family members were still not around.
And as spring plowing progresses, when the willow trees on the banks of the Wei River are just taking out their buds, and when the mountains around Guanzhong are gradually turning yellow and turning green, not to mention the previous complaints and nursery rhymes are gradually disappearing, some people in the court are even making new comments.
General Wei should be enlarged in the role of general and minister, and ten thousand households should be granted a title to show his merits against Dong.
This was not Gongsun Xun's suggestion, nor was it the work of his immediate cronies in secret... In fact, Feng Zhi tried to use his father Feng Fang to stir things up a few years ago. But who is Feng Fang? Who is he?
As a minister, he was chosen as his son-in-law by Cao Jie, and after Cao Jie died, he still served as the captain of Xiyuan. After He Jin died, he immediately led troops into the palace to punish the eunuchs. How could such an old man be led astray by his own daughter? So,
Gongsun Xun didn't need to remind him, he just stopped some of his daughter's movements.
In other words, although this request for the title cannot completely rule out the idea that someone is trying to flatter him, even if it is flattery, it also shows that Gongsun Xun's rule in Guanzhong has been stabilized and recognized by some outsiders.
After all, this is a troubled time, a troubled time where people are dead everywhere. There are even cruel actions like Dong Zhuo's move of the capital, which caused Henan to lose 20 to 30% of its population... After experiencing so much, it suddenly became stable again.
, why don’t you support Gongsun Xun?
Because what Dutian found out is considered a gift?
Because the Changping scholars with dog-skin hats grabbed many official positions?
To put it bluntly, if it were not for Gongsun Xun, these people would probably abandon everything and risk their lives to escape. For example, Sima Lang would find wild vegetables in his hometown in Hanoi to feed his family and a bunch of younger brothers; for example, Hua Xin would be on the run.
They met an old man on the road, and then fell into the moral dilemma of a Confucian scholar; as for Fazheng and Meng Dahui, they joined forces and fled to Yizhou as soon as they came of age to avoid famine and starve to death.
These people are really not stupid. They know very well what era this is, and some of them have even witnessed it with their own eyes. So why should they oppose General Wei because of this?
It can't be because General Wei has monopolized the government, right? But the Han Dynasty has lacked these two powerful officials since ancient times? And don't forget, this powerful official seems to be legal.
Or is it because he is cruel and domineering? Because he killed someone?
However, among the people in the world today, how many people have not killed anyone? Wasn’t it Yuan Benchu, the model in the world, who killed a bunch of Jiuqing? Wasn’t it Yuan Jiujiu who ordered Sun Jian to kill the governor of Jingzhou and the governor of Nanyang?
It was Liu Biao. How did he seize military power after riding into Jingzhou alone? Didn't he invite fifty-five so-called "clan thieves" to a banquet and kill them all to seize the young men's food and grass?
Among warlords in troubled times, who is cleaner than whom?
In the first year of Jian'an, people felt at ease, at least in Guanzhong.
However, at this time when spring plowing was still in progress, among the memorials sent from various places, four special memorials were delivered to Chang'an City within a few days... and aroused large-scale discussion and anxiety:
A letter came from Liu Bei, the governor of Yuzhou. He claimed that he had been invited by Jiujiang prefect Bian Rang to go to Jiujiang to exterminate the Shaopi bandits. However, Bian Rang suddenly abandoned his official post during the Chinese New Year, and his successor Zhou Ang was Yuan Cheqi's personal cousin.
, and now Liu Bei has stationed three thousand troops on the bank of the Huaihe River. He doesn't know whether he should continue the campaign and asks the court for instructions;
Another memorial came from Liu Biao of Xiangyang. He claimed that the later general Yuan Shu was unjust and invaded the place without authorization. He not only sent his personal cousin Sun Jian, the governor of Yuzhou, to attack Liang and Pei in Yuzhou without permission, but also asked Liu Chong, the king of Chen, for troops.
grain, and ordered the governor of Lujiang and the governor of Jiangxia to prepare for sending troops to besiege Xiangyang, so they asked the court to punish Yuan Shu and send troops to rescue him;
The last letter came from Gongsun Zan of the Bohai Sea. He went to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and stated Yuan Shao's nine major crimes in a clear and concise manner. He said that he was immoral and unrighteous. He proclaimed himself a chariot and cavalry general and named him Chao Dong. He was actually plotting to separatist power and asked the imperial court to send troops to punish him.
others.
Of the three memorials, except for the one from Liu Bei, which should have been sent around the New Year, it was only delayed because of the need to detour to Liu Biao's jurisdiction. Looking at the next two memorials, it is obvious that as soon as spring began, Er Yuan was patient.
I can't stand it anymore, I'm ready to move.
In fact, even Gongsun Xun was a little shocked. He had expected that Yuan Shao would attack his eldest brother in the spring, but Yuan Shu's greed and stupidity were unexpected.
However, Yuan Gongsun was stupid, but Gongsun Xun had to take it seriously. After all, if Yuan Shu was so eager to deal with Liu Biao and Cao Cao, there was only one reason, that is, to solve the problems behind him as soon as possible, and then turn around to deal with him Gongsun
Xun.
if not?
In other words, this guy has essentially the same idea as his brother Yuan Benchu, but I don’t know if he was instigated by Yuan Shao... In fact, according to the results of the discussion between Gongsun Xun and his military advisers, it is very likely that Yuan Shao took the initiative.
Taking advantage of the low point and sacrificing Cao Cao's promise, Yuan Jiujiu took the bait.
Yuan Shu was thrown out as bait to lure Gongsun Xun south to Nanyang, consume Gongsun Xun's strength, and probably even have the purpose of delaying time.
Why does this strategy look so familiar?
In fact, if this is the case, the three memorials can be combined together... Yuan Benchu was gearing up as soon as spring started, preparing to deal with Gongsun Zan as soon as the spring plowing was over, and he also treated Gongsun Zan in his own way.
He took advantage of Yuan Shu's greed and ignorance to counterattack General Wei who was far away in Chang'an.
It must be understood that with Yuan Shao's self-intelligence and planning, as long as he doesn't make any mistakes, any strategy he can come up with is a matter of course.
Didn't you, Gongsun Xun, use the authority of the Chang'an center to let Liu Bei lead the governor of Yuzhou to disrupt Yuzhou and cut off the major forces? Then I will use my political prestige to seize the power of Jiujiang and counter Liu Bei;
Didn't you, Gongsun Xun, throw a clan brother here as a bait to lure me into Hebei while consuming and delaying me? I will use my more powerful brother to create a threat to you, but the bait... Could it be that you Gongsun Xun
Can you sit back and watch Yuan Shu defeat Liu Biao and in turn threaten Guanzhong? And if you send troops, at least you can be exhausted, right?
After thinking about it, Gongsun Xun's several military advisors were all silent. Even Gongsun Xun was a little helpless, because although Yuan Shu was a fool, he had the sharp blade of Sun Jian, plus a huge territory, population, military strength, and his people's
His stupidity and perversity have not yet been fully revealed, and Yuan's appeal is still useful to him... If Sun Jian is determined, if Liu Biao fails to resist, will he really end up?
But where did the military rations come from?
Moreover, if we send troops now, the loss of spring seedlings in Nanyang will inevitably be serious. If we wait until the autumn, even if we win a big victory and then capture Nanyang, given the population of Nanyang, there will inevitably be a shortage of food... Let’s not talk about starving to death, just talk about Hebei.
What should I do? I need to fight Yuan Shao in Hebei!
Gongsun Xun had no choice but to reach this point, and the whole court was even more shocked and confused.
"Do you want... to make some adjustments?" Tian Feng was also a little upset by the sudden situation, so he tentatively suggested. "We still have some spare strength."
"The overall strategy cannot be changed!" After thinking for several days, following Tian Feng's question, Gongsun Xun was resolute and made up his mind. "I have decided to fight in Hebei!"
I am the dividing line between determination
"In the spring of the first year of Jian'an, the later general Yuan Shu attacked Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou; the chariot general Yuan Shao attacked Gongsun Zan, the governor of Bohai Sea. He also appointed Zhou Ang as the governor of Jiujiang and blocked Liu Bei, the governor of Yuzhou. Zan was Taizu's brother; Bei was Taizu's younger brother.
Biao, Zan, and Bei all mentioned the two Yuan's crimes. Taizu was in power, so he denounced the two Yuan as thieves, dismissed his official office, and publicly informed the world. Then the war broke out and the world was in chaos again. ""Xin Yan Shu". Volume 2
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