Chapter 210 Leisurely in the sky, why is it so thin to the people
Shortly after Cao Pi and others arrived at Jinling, Zhu Zhi had also returned with Jia Xu. As for the woodcutter... he had gone back to chop wood without any sense of presence and did not meet Bai Tu specifically.
When he first met this famous "Poison Master" during the Three Kingdoms period, Bai Tu didn't act too eager to avoid irritating Jia Xu's sensitive mind.
After listening carefully to Zhu Zhi's report, Bai Tu rewarded him and asked Zhu Zhi to go back to rest first. When he was alone with Jia Xu, Bai Tu asked him to introduce himself.
Jia Xu understood that this was not only an "introduction", but also an opportunity to defend himself...
But... even though he knew this, Jia Xu still didn't show any emotion when he was telling the story. He looked like an old man who usually had no energy.
If Zhu Zhi had not seen his capable appearance when riding a horse, he might have thought that he was acclimatized.
There was no deliberate sensationalism, Jia Xuping told his situation in a straightforward manner.
Jia Xu was born in Wuwei County, Liangzhou, and the situation here... has always been complicated.
During the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, although the Central Plains civilization repeatedly controlled the Hetao area, the degree of agricultural reclamation was always low. As a result, the area was inseparable from the Central Plains civilization. On the contrary, most of the time, it was dominated by nomadic peoples. It was not until the Sui and Tang Dynasties that the degree of agricultural reclamation became substantial.
With improvement, this situation begins to change.
Even before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, when the Central Plains and other places were still relatively stable, the Qiang, Huns, and Xianbei people... would cause chaos here from time to time.
Among the three, the Qiang people have the closest relationship with the Han Dynasty. Theoretically, most of the Qiang people in the Hetao area can also be regarded as common people of the Han Dynasty, but this is limited to "theory".
In terms of blood relationship, the Qiang people in Hetao are not nomadic people in the north, but closer to the Qiang people on the plateau west of Sichuan and Sichuan. This is also an area that was integrated into Chinese civilization relatively late. In the Tang Dynasty, even the Anxi Protectorate was built, but
Still helpless to Tubo.
The Qiang people in Hetao are theoretically people of the Han Dynasty, but... they are more wild-tempered than Shanyue in Jiangdong. Not to mention the Huns who have moved inland in Hetao, and the Xianbei people in the north who are eyeing them.
In contrast, although there are many rebellions among the Qiang people, most of the rebellions that have become serious are "hugging the thighs". Although the Han people call them all "Qiang", they actually have no national character. Even the Qiang on the plateau are in Tubo.
Before it was established, it was not considered a united entity. It was basically attacking whoever was beneficial.
A hundred years ago, the Xiongnu moved inland and divided the north and the south again. The northern Xiongnu rebelled against the Han, and the Qiang people followed... and were later conquered and destroyed by Dou Xian.
In the following decades, the Qiang people put down the rebellion and suppressed the rebellion, but they created the reputation of Duan Ying, the God of Killing in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Thirty years ago, the Xianbei invaded the border areas and the Qiang people followed them. They were later defeated by Zhang Huan. Dong Zhuo was Zhang Huan's army commander at that time. Later, Dong Zhuo, who was known as "a young good knight who tasted traveling among the Qiang", was in charge of Liangzhou.
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, Recruit more Qiang people for several purposes. There are a large number of Qiang auxiliary troops in the Xiliang Iron Cavalry. One is to the west of the Hetao and the other is to the east of the Hetao from Dingyuan in Bingzhou. They are used to protect the environment and the people.
At this time, the Qiang people are not so much a nation as they are the collective name of countless nomadic peoples living here.
In their logic, some tribes believe that the Han people are powerful, and it is normal for them to suppress and attack other Qiang people along with the Han people. On the contrary, they will not have any empathy with each other...
Just like ten years ago, after a Qiang rebellion, Han Sui, a Han official, was elected as the nominal leader. Now Han Sui, who is based on Qiang people, is still a relatively powerful prince in Liangzhou.
The Central Plains became turbulent with wars only after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but Liangzhou has never been peaceful...
It was in this kind of environment that Jia Xu grew up, and like a lone star, he killed his parents, brothers... and his former wife and children. He was even kidnapped by the Qiang and Hu in his youth and worked as a slave for several years.
slave.
Pain, madness, numbness...
The special growth experience did not make Jia Xu a murderer, nor did it arouse his gangsterism, but created his code of conduct with "survival" as the core. Even if the world is like this, I, Jia Xu, also want to
Stay alive!
I don’t want to be an ordinary person who has no control over life and death, but I also don’t want to be a dangerous big shot, trying to stay at the level of a petty official.
Until... Under Wang Yun's intimidation policy, Jia Xu broke out.
When telling these things, Jia Xu also spoke in a straightforward manner, seeming to be "disdainful" of using his experience to move Bai Tu.
After Bai Tu heard this, his first thought was...rejoicing!
Fortunately, there was never a Qiang Hu. He thought of using Jia Xu's wisdom, but even when he was captured and made a slave, he only used his physical strength.
Fortunately, Jia Xu got a chance to escape in time, otherwise...if it really came to a situation where Jia Xu would die if he didn't stand up, in order to escape the fate of being exhausted, Jia Xu would probably recommend himself to the Qiang and Hu leaders first in order to escape the fate of being exhausted.
, to proactively demonstrate value.
With Jia Xu, who takes the "desire for survival" as the bottom line, and Qiang Hu, who has no taboos in his actions, Liangzhou may be on a completely different historical path!
From this point of view, Jia Xu's upper limit is also very high. As long as his life is not in danger, there will be no unethical behavior for profit.
In fact, from a fair point of view, this person is more noble than 99% of people, and is contrary to most "gentlemen". As Mencius said in "Gaozi 1", those who can withstand coercion, "the country will die for the sake of one's own body without giving up."
People who are "received" will be tempted by "the beauty of the palace", "the support of wives and concubines", and "the poor people I know get me", Jia Xu... is the opposite.
When his life is not threatened, Jia Xu can be a Yan Hui who eats food and drinks, but once his life is endangered, he will not hesitate whether he is a bandit or a pawn of the bandit.
After Jia Xu mentioned offering advice to Li and Guo Si, he stopped and did not explain much.
He didn't even mention that he had given Liu Xie advice. If Bai Tu didn't know, he wouldn't mind talking about it, but since Bai Tu already knew, he didn't want to mention it again.
The reason for being so indifferent is not that Jia Xu's "desire to survive" has become lower, but quite the opposite... Jia Xu is trying to test Bai Tu's reaction!
Since Bai Tu "invited" him to come to Aurous Hill, he would never kill him as soon as he arrived. Even if he behaved more recklessly now, it would be safe in a short time.
Therefore, Jia Xu wanted to take advantage of the safe period to test Bai Tu's attitude towards him. At this time, it would be meaningless for Jia Xu to use emotional words to please the other party.
If Bai Tu shows disgust, Jia Xu needs to think about the way to get out later. If it is a pretentious and conciliatory way, a business-like expression of understanding, but in fact he wants to take advantage of him, then Jia Xu needs to consider how much effort he can make is the safest.
Even if his family is taken to Jinling in the future, it will not affect his desire to escape. Even...if Bai Tu lets down his guard because his family is here, Jia Xu will feel lucky.
Of course, as long as it does not threaten his life, he also loves his remarried wife, several children, and grandchildren, and has real emotions, but... in Jia Xu's view, emotions, etc.,
You only deserve it if you are alive.
Jia Xu now seemed to be out of energy and had drooped eyelids, but in fact he was very focused and nervously observing Bai Tu.
I saw... Bai Tu's eyes turned red.
The eyes were not red with anger, but red with sympathy and sadness...
"Youyou Cangtian, how can you be inferior to Qing?" Bai Tu said, stepping forward to hold Jia Xu's hand.
Jia Xu:......
Jia Xu couldn't tell for a moment whether Bai Tu's reaction was true or false.
If he were to judge others by himself, Jia Xu felt that Bai Tu should be lying now. No matter he was a hero or a sage, there was no reason for him to be considerate of a chaotic man like himself.
However, if you really want to make a lie, you should do it in the direction of "You are not guilty" or "You are allowed to make mistakes".
However, as soon as Bai Tu opened his mouth, he complained to the sky for Jia Xu, why he was treated so poorly...
"Heaven acts as it should, without partiality or love, and I am not the only one... The Han people who were captured in that small tribe with me at the time were only one or two out of ten who escaped during the civil strife, and the people of Liangzhou died in the war.
, and far more than just my family." Jia Xu said solemnly, and at the same time wanted to take his hand out.
On the one hand, it was to further test Bai Tu's attitude, and on the other hand... Bai Tu's words actually hit the softest part of Jia Xu's heart, causing him to lose control of his emotions. He was not as indifferent as he appeared.
If he had thought carefully about it, Jia Xu would not have forced himself into a dead end like this. This was not to tell Bai Tu clearly that God was not so unfair. Wang Yun wanted to kill all the people in Liangzhou, but Liangzhou only got out.
He is just Jia Wenhe! He must hold the shit basin to death?
"How can the sky be so poor as the people?" Bai Tu changed one word, but he held Jia Xu's hand and did not let go.
No matter how strong Jia Xu is, how can he have the strength of a young man?
"Mr. Bai...does he only complain to the sky?"
After Jia Xu finished speaking, he regretted it first. Although it was a safe period, he... shouldn't have gone through such a temptation!
I seem to be in a bad state today... When was the last time I was so emotional?
Is it the time when you abandoned your wife and children and ran away alone during the rebellion, crying bitterly on the edge of a cliff, but in the end you couldn't even think of jumping off?
"I would like to change the sky for the sun and the moon!" Bai Tu said firmly.
"Mr. Bai is indeed a sage. He is willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses in order to punish his own mistakes." Jia Xu said "touched".
Although his expression was moved and no longer as casual as before, in fact... this was Jia Xu's "desire to survive" gaining the upper hand again. He wiped out the desire to survive by wiping out the sentimental emotions just revealed and told Jia Xu that he should lick now
A wave instead of continuing to test.
When Bai Tu heard this, he showed hesitation, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Wen He just gave a good idea to a tyrannical person... The fault of Guanzhong's calamity lies with Dong's thief and the remaining sins, and the fault of Chao Zhonggun
Lord Gon, if Wen He is only willing to be a commoner, my land of Jinling can accommodate an old man."
"No, Xu meets the lord." Jia Xu seemed to be really aroused, and the meaning of taking the initiative to address the lord was very obvious.
"Okay! Heaven has failed you, and I will treat you kindly... I also hope that from now on, all the people in the world will be treated kindly!" Bai Tu said, patting the back of Jia Xu's hand with his other hand before letting go.
Jia Xu had also just arrived in Jinling. After bathing and changing clothes, he came to see Bai Tu, so Bai Tu also asked him to go back and rest first. The mansion was ready.
When leaving the main hall of the Cavalry General's Mansion, Jia Xu breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes wandered slightly, and said to himself: I really want to be an ordinary old man, but... what if a hundred and eighty swordsmen and axemen rush out?
But there was a hint of smile at the corner of his mouth that he didn't even notice...