Chen Qun and Zhuge Liang are classmates in elementary school, so they know each other. It's just that Zhuge Liang and the others are in the small class, and they are classmates with Lu Yi, Chen Feng and the others. Chen Qun is the monitor of the big class and is in the same class as Cui Lin. Zhuge Liang and the others are older.
When I was four or five years old, I rarely played with them.
And after graduating from Taishan Academy, Chen Qun was brought back to Yingchuan by his family, so they did not study together in Taishan Academy, and they had not seen each other for nearly ten years. Now they are standing together, looking at each other, and they don't even recognize him.
come out to each other.
Both of them looked very familiar, but I couldn't think of where I had seen them before. After a long silence, Chen Qun said with a slight hesitation: "Chen Qun, I have a long article, and some of them look very familiar. I don't know...
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"It turns out to be Senior Chen Qun, I'm Zhuge Liang, courtesy name Kong Ming. This is Kong Jian, this is Yao Bo, and this is Huang Qi. Senior, do you still remember that we were at Taishan Academy?"
Only then did Zhuge Liang realize that the person opposite him was actually Chen Qun, the class monitor at that time, so he followed the custom of the academy and called him senior.
These four people are basically around 17-18 years old, and only Zhuge Liang has his own character.
In ancient times, men usually took the title when they were twenty years old, but there were exceptions, that is, if their parents died early, they had to take charge of the family early, so they could take the title before they were twenty years old.
Among the four, Zhuge Liang's parents died, so he was given the title early. The elders of Kong Jian, Yao Bo, Huang Qi and others were still in the family, so they could not be considered adults, so they did not take the title until they were crowned.
After Zhuge Liang introduced them, Kong Jian and others also bowed their hands one by one.
Chen Qun suddenly said: "You are in the small class. You were only five or six years old back then. I didn't expect you to be so old in the blink of an eye."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Senior left the academy early. At that time, most of the seniors in the big class went to the academy. We studied in the academy for five years and in the academy for five years. We just graduated this year, so we followed our master and served as junior officers in the army.
Officer, I have learned a lot."
"So that's it."
Chen Qun tried hard to find the memories of that time in his memory. He suddenly remembered Cui Lin, his childhood friend, and asked, "Do you know Cui Lin? That Cui Lin from the top class, how is he doing now?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Senior Cui Lin is a few years ahead of us and has already graduated. Because of his excellent grades, he first served as an assistant in the Department of Civil Affairs. Later, he performed well and was transferred to a local supervisor. Last year, he was promoted to filial piety by Liu Qingzhou.
Lian is now the magistrate of Dong'an County."
"Is Cui Lindu already the county magistrate?"
Chen Qun was a little surprised.
Back then, Cui Lin's grades were lower than his, but he didn't expect that Cui Lin would rise so quickly that he was already the county magistrate of Six Hundred Stones.
He knew that Qingzhou had a separation of public security, prosecution and law. In the county, there were county lieutenants, supervisors and law orders, and only under the county magistrate and county magistrate, they represented the power of arrest, supervision and trial respectively.
After the separation of public security, prosecution and law, the power of the county magistrate has been greatly reduced. However, after all, he is the head of a county and has leadership authority over the supervision of county lieutenants and laws and regulations. Therefore, the official position is not low. Only through promotion of filial piety or integrity can he be able to
Responsible for.
Chen Qun was quite emotional when he heard that Cui Lin was already the lord of a city at such a young age.
If it hadn't been for the chaos in the world that year, and his father Chen Ji had to follow his father back to Yingchuan after he stepped down from the position of Pingyuan Prime Minister, maybe he would also be in the academy, systematically learning the coveted new knowledge, instead of only having to go through his master
Some of the books that were sent in, I could only see a glimpse of the leopard.
What made him even more emotional was that if he had still stayed in the academy, he would have graduated early and followed his master Chen Mu after graduating from the Academy. In this way, his starting point would be much higher than now, and his achievements might be no worse than Cui Lin's.
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You know, he is just serving as the chief clerk in the army now, and his position is the same as Zhuge Liang's. Now the young juniors have similar positions to him, and his classmates have climbed above his head.
Chen Qun inevitably felt a sense of disparity in his heart.
Moreover, Chen Qun also knew that his future path would definitely be much wider than his own, because he had a graduation certificate from Taishan Academy and was a disciple of Taishan Academy.
With this golden sign, at least in the Qingzhou political system, they will definitely be able to rise up the ranks much faster than others.
What's more, Chen Qun has also heard that graduates of Taishan Academy, just like the graduates of Taixue and Hongdu Menxue, can be awarded some good positions as soon as they graduate.
And judging from the fact that Zhuge Liang and the others had just graduated and were able to join the army and follow their master Chen Mu, they should be the best group.
After all, graduates from the academy are divided into three, six or nine grades. Those who can follow their master must be the best. Otherwise, they are not qualified to come. As long as they have the support of their master, their future will definitely be bright.
bright.
On the contrary, I was born in the Chen family of Yingchuan. I relied on the influence of my elders and the connections I had when I was a child to be able to join the army and follow my subordinates. However, others had already reached their level at the age of seventeen or eighteen. In comparison,
, it is really sad, and I regret not being able to continue studying in the academy.
For a moment, seeing these young people who were only seventeen or eighteen years old but full of high spirits, Chen Qun wanted to find his master, Chen Mu, and beg him to open the back door for him so that he could return to the academy to study.
Chen Qun regretted not being able to enter the academy, but Sima Yi, Sima Lang, Yang Xiu and others on the side also looked at them with envy.
Taishan Academy has now become a world-famous educational holy place, more prosperous than the original Taixue and Hongdu Schools.
This is because the emergence of paper and printing technology broke the knowledge monopoly of aristocratic families. Originally there were countless collections of Taixue and Hongdu sects, but because they were all bamboo slips or stone carvings, it was difficult for ordinary people to learn. Except for those children of wealthy families,
Even for children from poor families, there are very few opportunities for advancement.
With the emergence of Taishan Academy, it contained countless classic books brought from Taixue and Hongdu School, attracting scholars from all over the world to study. In addition, great Confucian scholars taught classics and recruited talents, making Taishan Academy
It is extremely prosperous now, even more prosperous than the Jixia Academy back then.
Although they, the children of aristocratic families, also studied ancestral classics, they could not compare to the countless books collected by Taishan Academy. Therefore, people like Sima Yi, Sima Lang, and Yang Xiu were still very envious of the students of Taishan Academy and envied them for having such a good opportunity.
In fact, when Taishan Academy first opened, the children of aristocratic families did not bother to go. Even because of the emergence of paper, many far-sighted aristocratic families could see that the future would inevitably have an impact on the status of the aristocratic families.
Therefore, many aristocratic families are resistant to Taishan Academy, and would rather let their children continue to study family heirloom books than go to Qingzhou to abandon their sectarian views and learn more knowledge.
But that's all.
Some people also say that if Chen Mu comes up with paper and printing technology, the family members will definitely resist like crazy, and they will lead Qingzhou into enemies and start crazy hostility.
However, what we need to know is that the power of the aristocratic families in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was not as strong as in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and their influence was also limited. The most powerful ones were the Yuan family in Runan and the Yang family in Hongnong.
The Yuan family was at war with Qingzhou, while the Yang family supported Liu Bei in the court.
Except for the Yuan family and the Yang family, other aristocratic families want no soldiers, no power, and at most they have hundreds or thousands of dead family members. With this strength, do you want to move Qingzhou?
Idiots talk about dreams.
Apart from anything else, how many aristocratic families did Cao Cao offend?
In the early days, Cao Cao suppressed aristocratic families. When Cao Cao controlled the affairs of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, did the Yang family of Hongnong have the strength to fight against him?
It's hard to explain why a scholar is right when he meets a soldier. This is the current situation between a noble family and a prince who has military power.
Therefore, even if the world's aristocratic families knew that paper and printing would have a huge impact on their knowledge monopoly, in the end they could only hold their noses and admit it, because they did not have an army of hundreds of thousands, that's all.
After Chen Qun exchanged greetings with Zhuge Liang and others across from him, they soon fell into an awkward silence. After all, Chen Qun left after studying for two years. Unlike Zhuge Liang and the others, who were very popular and used the academy to build relationships, he himself
They all felt blushing.
Chen Mu was sitting in the pavilion, the third position below Liu Bei's right hand. He could just catch a glimpse of eight people outside the door looking at each other. He chuckled. After everyone sat down, he was the first to speak: "Everyone
, the battle to destroy Yuan Shao is about to begin, but this battle should be slow rather than hasty, slow rather than fast, and Yuan Shao should not be forced to death too hard."
This is to set the tone for this war. If various departments pursue Yuan Shao fiercely, and Yuan Shao cannot hold it back and is destroyed soon, then it is a fool. Liu Yu gave the order together, and Jizhou Mu's
If you give up your position to someone else, you are making a wedding dress for someone else, so you must not be in a hurry.
But Liu Bei didn't know the reason, so he wondered: "Fourth brother, you said before that it is better to use the remaining brave men to chase the poor bandits, and not to use the name of the overlord. Why is it that today Yuan Shao is at the end of his rope, but you said it is better to slow down than to rush?"
"This is this moment and that moment."
Chen Mu explained: "Yuan Shao is very powerful. If we defeated him in the early years, we must take advantage of the victory to pursue him and beat him up, further weakening his strength. But now Yuan Shao is at the end of his rope. In order to prevent him from jumping over the wall and causing us huge losses, we
You have to take it slow and don't do it too hastily."
"What does fourth brother mean?"
Liu Bei asked.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "We should just surround Yuan Shao without attacking, so that his own military morale will be even more dispersed, so that he will be defeated without attacking. If we are eager to attack, just like after the Battle of Changping, Qin was eager to destroy Zhao.
As a result, it is reasonable to lose troops and generals in the Battle of Handan, which may bring some unnecessary trouble to our side."
"I see."
Liu Bei has also led troops for many years, and of course he understands what Chen Mu means. He is almost like Mo Zhui, a poor bandit, and he can't help but nod slightly.
Many generals present also felt that it made sense, so they all nodded in agreement.
Only Jushou's eyes flickered.
The saying that you should not chase the enemy when you are poor, and that you must win if you are a sadist, that refers to the situation when the military spirit is still strong and the fighting spirit is still there.
The Battle of Handan was because the soldiers and civilians of the Zhao State were united as one, and they had a feud with the Qin State, so they had no choice but to face Qin's fierce pursuit and fight to the death.
In the pre-Qin period, there was no concept of grand unification. The people of Qin State only recognized Qin State, and the people of Zhao State only recognized Zhao State. Under the influence of this national concept, Zhao State, neither soldiers nor common people, had any sense of belonging to Qin State.
Will make sure that the enemy will win.
Since the unification of the Qin State, and the struggle between Chu and Han for hegemony, the people of the world have almost come to their hearts and have a profound understanding of the unification.
Xiang Yu was besieged on all sides and was at the end of his rope. His army's morale was so disorganized. But there is no reason why the soldiers must win. Didn't they end up committing suicide in the Wujiang River in the end?
Now Yuan Shao doesn't even count as a country, and the soldiers under his command are demoralized and have a hundred thousand troops left. But maybe he can be defeated with only tens of thousands of elite soldiers. There will definitely not be any desperate counterattack just because Yuan Shao is at the end of his rope.
Therefore, Chen Mu used the principles of the Warring States Period and applied them to the military wars of the Han Dynasty. The actual situation was completely different from that of the Han Dynasty. If we want to compare, we should also use the example of the conflict between Chu and Han. This is a steal.
The concept is that if a fight actually breaks out, it will definitely not be the same as the Battle of Handan.
But Jushou also knew that Chen Mu wanted to save Yuan Shao's life, delaying time until Liu Yu was dying. If Yuan Shao was destroyed now, Liu Bei's chance of ascending to power would be very slim. If he forced himself to ascend the throne, he would definitely be against Luoyang, and the world would rise up.
Attack it.
Therefore, he cleverly kept silent and did not point out the flaws in Chen Mu's words.
"What do you think?"
Chen Mu looked at Jushou with a smile. It was too weak to deceive him alone. Jushou could only add fuel to the flames to convince everyone.
Jushu then said: "What you said makes sense. In the past, when Han Xin fought with his last resort and Xiang Yu sank his boat, it was because the soldiers felt that there was no way out and they had no choice but to fight to the death to survive. If we continue to press forward step by step, Yuan Shao will be desperate.
Fearing that everything will be destroyed, the best strategy is to delay the attack, besiege but not attack, and wait until the food in the city is exhausted and Yuan's army will disperse without a fight."
"This might also be good for us."
Liu Bei thought about it on his own and thought it made sense, so he said: "Most of Yuan Shao's grain and grass have been burned by his third brother, and there is not much left. Our army still has more than 10 million shi of grain in stock, and the fields in the rear continue to be cultivated, which is enough.
Supporting it for several years and losing it to Yuan Shao can also reduce the losses of our army and avoid losing troops and generals."
"exactly."
Seeing that he had been brainwashed, Chen Mu immediately said: "Brother, give me the order."
Liu Bei nodded: "Okay, tell my general to besiege Yecheng and Handan without attacking, and take your time. Then send someone to pass the order to General Xianyu, asking him not to attack Handan, and discuss it after he joins our army.
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"only!"
The messenger at the door received the order and immediately went to various ministries to convey the military order.
The group of people discussed important matters and started laughing and joking.
Only everyone outside the door was confused.
Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Yang Xiu and others all have question marks on their foreheads.
In their view, this was a stupid strategy, just like Gaixia Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu but did not pursue him and let Xiang Yu cross Jiangdong.
At this time, if we don't take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill Yuan Shao, who has lost his morale, do we have to wait for him to recover and regain his strength?