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Liu Bei didn't say anything, but frowned, with a look of sadness on his face.
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but ask: "Why is my lord unhappy?"
It was okay not to ask, but when asked, Liu Bei burst into tears and burst into tears in the blink of an eye.
"I cry to Gongyou, if there were no little thief of the Cao family, why would we be a prisoner today?
The little thief has ruined my big things several times, but he is also cunning and cruel. Although I have the intention to get rid of this wolf, but...I think Liu Bei has been wandering around for half his life and finally found a place to stay. Why do I let this little thief come forward again?
Come? If I don’t get rid of this beast, I will have trouble sleeping at night.”
Zhuge Liang suddenly fell silent!
To be honest, he didn't know much about Cao Peng.
Zhuge Liang was slightly older than Cao Peng. When he settled in Jingzhou at the age of seventeen, Cao Peng was reborn in Zhongyang Mountain. Although he heard Cao Peng's name later, he didn't take it to heart. He even learned that Pang Degong wanted to
When he accepted Cao Peng as his disciple, Zhuge Liang even showed disdain. For this reason, Zhuge Liang asked his sister Zhuge Ling to privately persuade Pang Degong to pay more attention to him.
When Cao Peng was framed in Jiunu City, Jiyang ordered Kuai Zheng to send someone to deliver a message to Lumen Mountain.
It was Zhuge Liang who secretly suppressed the letter, and it took a full month for it to be transferred to Duke Pang De.
However, Cao Peng had already left Nanyang at that time and followed Dian Wei to flee to Xudu. Because of this incident, Pang Degong became furious and almost asked his nephew to divorce Zhuge Ling. Fortunately, Pang and Zhu had a deep relationship, so it was
This bad luck was avoided. But because of this, Zhuge Liang could have studied in Lumen Mountain, but was rejected by Pang Degong. Later, Zhuge Liang relied on his family connections to study at Shuijing Villa.
From then on, Cao Peng's name also disappeared from Zhuge Liang's ears.
While he was studying hard at Shuijing Villa, Cao Peng followed Deng Ji all the way to Haixi County to take office.
Haixi's political achievements were outstanding and made Deng Ji famous.
And Cao Peng only had a small reputation because of the battle of Huushi Ming and Quyang. Zhuge Liang heard about it at the time, but didn't take it seriously... It wasn't until a few years later, when Xu Shu and Shi Tao returned to Yingchuan and defected to Cao Peng, that Zhuge Liang thought of Cao Peng again.
This person’s past history.
But at this time, Cao Peng was already a disciple of Hu Zhao in Wolong Valley.
In the seventh year of Jian'an, Cao Peng went to Hexi to take office.
He also poached Zhuge Liang's classmate and friend, Meng Jian.
At this time, Zhuge Liang finally faced the existence of Cao Peng, but Jingzhou was far away from Hexi, and he was still unable to understand Cao Peng deeply.
Later, he defected to Liu Bei and heard a lot about Cao Peng from Liu Bei's mouth.
Zhuge Liang now had a general understanding of Cao Peng.
From the bottom of his heart, Zhuge Liang didn't take Cao Peng seriously. In his eyes, Cao Peng had a false reputation, but he was just lucky. With Cao Peng's background, it was destined that he would not achieve much, even if he later joined him.
The Cao family became a member of the Cao family. Zhuge Liang still dismissed it. Cao Peng's identity as a "Cao family member" was really unreliable, and it might not be Cao Cao's way of winning over people.
Zhuge Liang was born in a wealthy family in Langya and had been an official for many years. He had an arrogance that ordinary people did not have.
History says that he farmed and studied in Nanyang and lived in a thatched hut. But this does not mean that Zhuge Liang's family was very poor. In fact, his family background was not too bad, at least he was an upper-middle class family. The so-called farming and studying in Nanyang, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty,
It is a kind of custom. Not only Zhuge Liang, but also many literati at that time had the habit of farming and studying. It is like that later generations were tired of living in the city, so they longed for rural life and went to farmhouses. As for living in thatched huts, the same is true.
A unique method.
However, since surrendering to Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang has not monopolized power.
Because he was too young, he had not visited the thatched cottage twice before Liu Bei. And among Liu Bei's men, there was a counselor like Xun Chen.
No matter in terms of reputation, status, status, or origin, compared with Xun Chen, who was born in the Xun family of a wealthy family in Yingchuan, there is a huge gap between Zhuge Liang and Xun Chen.
"Brother, why should you worry about what the little thief is capable of? He just relied on small tricks to get his reputation today.
I am not very talented, so I would like to lead an army of soldiers and horses to kill Ben Wuyin, take the head from the neck of that little thief, and make wine for my brother..."
Zhang Fei stood up, raised his arms and shouted.
Unexpectedly, Liu Bei glanced at him and said coldly: "I am very relieved that Yide has such a heart. But Cao Peng is not that incompetent person who only knows small tricks. Don't make any noise, just sit back.
Come down and listen to how the military advisor responds, and don’t act recklessly like before."
Speaking of which, Liu Bei and Cao Peng had three confrontations.
Two of them were caused by Zhang Fei...
For the first time, Zhang Fei robbed Cao Peng of the food and supplies sent to Cao Peng's camp in Xiapi, and also wounded Cao Peng's men. Cao Peng was so angry that he led his troops to block the gate of Liu Bei's camp and cut it in pieces.
The second time, Zhang Fei wanted to grab the building of the post station, and he clashed with Cao Peng again, and even lost his mount. As for the third time, it was not Cao Peng who took the initiative. It was purely
Because Cao Peng avenged Zhu Zan, he accidentally exposed Liu Bei's conspiracy. He also killed Chen Dao's brother, which exposed Liu Bei's plan.
In short, there is an indelible hatred between Liu Bei and Cao Peng, both public and private.
After Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time, he said softly: "Cao Youxue has many tricks and tricks, and he is from Nanyang County, so he can easily get the support of local powerful people in Nanyang. If the lord wants to secure Nanyang County, he needs to start from two aspects. On the one hand, he must continue to exert force on Cao's army.
The pressure prevented Cao Peng from freeing up his hands to sort things out; on the other hand, he wanted to speed up the win-over of local powerful people in Nanyang to make it difficult for Cao Peng to gain a foothold in Nanyang.
Liang has a plan, but I don’t know if it will work.”
"Appreciate further details."
"Now Cao Peng first arrived in Nanyang, but his foundation was not yet stable.
Judging from this person's past methods, he will definitely implement the method of farming wherever he goes. Presumably he will also use such methods when he comes to Nanyang County... The lord can order people to send a message to the powerful in various places, saying that Cao Peng will promote farming and measure the land.
Check the population of domestic slaves. Presumably those powerful sons will not be willing to do this, and may even produce resistance. Once Cao Peng implements the method of farming, he will definitely encounter resistance, and the lord can take the opportunity to send troops to drive Cao Peng out of Nanyang County."
Liu Bei couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this.
"In addition, my lord should also show his strength with Cao Peng.
I wonder if my lord has ever heard of the story of Cen Gongxiao? Although Cao Peng is from Nanyang, he has no foundation in Nanyang County. Why not imitate Cen Gongxiao and make it impossible for him to gain a foothold?"
Cen Gongxiao, whose real name is Cen Hao, is from Jiyang.
This man is a descendant of the Jiyang Cen family of a large family in Nanyang. Together with Liu Biao and others, he is also known as the Eight Talents of Jiangxia.
In terms of his origin, he was the descendant of Cen Peng, one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, who was a hero in the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His father, Cen Yu, was once the governor of Nanyang.
Cen Hao was a man of great talent and great ambition, and he had a thorough understanding of the Five Classics and Six Arts.
At that time, Cheng Jin, the prefect of Nanyang, was the prefect of Nanyang, and Cen Hao was the meritorious officer. Cheng Jin's orders could not even get out of the gate of the prefect's mansion. The entire Nanyang County was controlled by Cen Hao. So there was a proverb at that time: Nanyang Prefect Cen Gong was filial and Hong Kong.
Nong Chengjin was sitting on the whistle. But sitting on the whistle means to be idle and have nothing to do. Chengjin was appointed by the imperial court as the prefect of Nanyang, but he was unable to control the situation in Nanyang County at all.
So much so that his meritorious service is even more like that of Nanyang Prefect.
Zhuge Liang's meaning is very simple.
That is to ask Liu Bei to come forward and lure Nanyang County's powerful people into the county's staff, thereby evading Cao Peng.
In contrast, although Cao Peng was from Nanyang County, he was not a powerful person, and he was not easily accepted by the local powerful people in Nanyang.
Once Cao Peng is eliminated, Liu Bei will be able to gain more space.
Zhuge Liang's plan is indeed very clever.
But Xun Chen glanced at him, with disdain flashing in his eyes.
What kind of bullshit plan is this, Zhuge Kongming? You can certainly make Cao Peng unable to gain a foothold in this way, but don’t forget that you have lifted up the Jingxiang clan, but you have also left a huge hidden danger for my lord’s future. In the future,
These powerful families can ignore Cao Peng and their lord. So even if the lord is the lord of Nanyang, what is the use? The powerful people in Nanyang are probably more willing to follow the Jingxiang clan.
But Xun Chen couldn't object in public because he couldn't think of any appropriate countermeasures for a while.
After pondering for a moment, Xun Chen suddenly said: "My lord, since Cao Youxue has come to Nanyang, how could you or even the Lord of Nanyang not express your gratitude?"
"Mr. Youruo means..."
"I estimate that when Cao Peng comes to Nanyang, he will temporarily rule Wuyin. My lord should send an envoy there to find out the truth about Cao Youxue."
Xun Chen had a feeling that although Cao Peng was in Haixi and Hexi, he opened up the situation by promoting farming.
But in Nanyang County, he would definitely not be like this.
Because the situation in Nanyang County is completely different from Haixi and Hexi.
Cao Peng is not the kind of master who can conquer the world with one trick. On the contrary, he is very good at adapting to local conditions and implementing different policies according to different situations. He has promoted commerce in both Haixi and Hexi. But in fact
, but the means of implementation in the two places are different.
In Haixi, it is mainly privately run and nine major guilds have been established to strengthen the competitiveness of private business.
This is because Haixi is located in the Jianghuai area, and the commercial market in Jianghuai is already developed... But looking at his methods in Hexi County, he promotes it officially. The establishment of the Hexi Chamber of Commerce is almost an official organization
.Through official trade and control, the commercial prosperity of Hexi County was strengthened. Two regions, two methods also show that Cao Pengfei is a stickler for convention.
This kind of person must not be treated with a conventional mentality.
He promoted farming in Haixi and Hexi, but he may not implement it in Nanyang...
But what exactly are his methods?
Xun Chen couldn't guess it for a while...
But he had no way to explain it in public. Firstly, it was to take care of Zhuge Liang's face; secondly, Zhuge Liang's idea could still produce results in a short period of time. Therefore, Xun Chen decided to observe in secret, and after understanding Cao Peng
, make plans again.
Liu Bei asked: "Who will be sent there?"
Xun Chen thought for a while, "Ma Mengchang has a reputation and is able to adapt to changes.
You can send him as an envoy to Wuyin to find out how deep Cao Peng is. Well... You can also ask Zilong to accompany you, and you can also give Meng Chang adequate protection."
