Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 969 Mind

  The situation in the distant Jizhou, the rise and fall of the court officials seem to have nothing to do with Han Sui and Fan Chou. At this moment, they are just leading the army towards Chang'an.

The Xiliang soldiers ate and drank well in Meiyang for a few days, and vented their original uneasiness. They were really excited for a while, saying that they would attack Chang'an. These soldiers didn't seem to think it was too difficult, and they didn't have many complaints. .

   Almost all the food and grass that could be looted in Meiyang City were taken away by Xiliang soldiers. As for how the remaining people in Meiyang will live in the future, it doesn’t matter what Xiliang soldiers do.

  The night is approaching, the camp has already been set up, after the night is over, the tired people have gone back to the tent to rest, and those who are still a little bit of energy are chatting in a low voice around the fire.

  The surrounding area in the wilderness was quiet, and the fire from the camp could not shine very far, and the surrounding area was hidden in darkness, like the heart of a conspirator.

The scout rangers formed a squad, and those around the camp flickered in the darkness to guard the surroundings of the army. These rangers were basically the only cavalry that Han Sui and Fan Chou had, so they were also very expensive. What to eat and wear All of them are closely used by these cavalry, because without these cavalry, the Xiliang soldiers who are pure infantry are half blind.

  The vast majority of these scouts are Han Sui's people, and the horses under Fan Chou had already followed Ma Teng to Xinfeng...

   This led to the surrounding information, Fan Chou always got second-hand goods.

  Fan Chou didn't think there was any problem before, but now he thinks there is a big problem...

   Forget about second-hand ones, it might be a fake!

   This made Fan Chou a little intolerable.

   After hastily inspecting the camp, Fan Chou returned to his big tent. As soon as he entered the tent, his face suddenly sank, so gloomy that it seemed that water could drip out at any time!

  Although Han Sui said before that he didn't care about the title of Lord Marquis, in fact...

  Fan Chou gritted his teeth, and snorted, he, Fan Chou, was a bit rough, but it didn't mean he was a fool!

  At this moment, the most urgent thing at the moment is how to fight fiercely with Chang'an's soldiers and horses! The mind should be put on the head-to-head matters on the battlefield, where is there any friendship between old friends? !

  But it happened to be this way, I don’t know how many people appeared there, and they sent a lot of gifts one after another, all saying that they were sent by some old friend of Han Sui...

  What old friend?

  Ask Han Sui, Han Sui said he doesn't know...

   Shit is not clear!

  Is there any **** old friend who would send things indiscriminately, and more than once?

  Why has I never met such an old friend?

   Shit old friend!

   Guaranteed to have something in it!

  People are often like this. Once the relationship between each other begins to crack, it is very difficult to repair it and return to the intact state.

  So until now, Fan Chou suddenly felt that the original friendship with Han Sui seemed less and less reliable now.

Fan Chou fought with Dong Zhuo all the way, and later with Li Jue and Guo Si, defeated the defenders of Chang'an, killed Wang Yun, and chopped off the heads of many court officials. Now it can be said that among all Xiliang generals Among them, he is the one with the least retreat.

   This time to regain Chang'an, Fan Chou must win, if he wins, he will die without a place to die!

   "General, Captain Li is here!"

   "Come in!" Fan Chou ordered, "Keep an eye on the tent, don't let anyone get close!"

  Fan Chou's personal guards naturally took orders. After Li Li entered the big tent, the sound of nails sounded softly, and immediately surrounded the entire tent. Obviously, the guards had cut off the possibility of outsiders eavesdropping.

   "Is the injury better?" Fan Chou asked Li Lidao. That day Li Li was defeated by Ma Chao, almost died on the spot, and was captured by Ma Chao, but after Li Jue made peace with Ma Teng and Han Sui, he released Li Li back. Although he escaped to death, Li Li thought that the lost soldiers were still beaten...

  Although the injuries on his body were not healed yet, Li Li still cupped his hands and said, "Thank you General for your concern, it's already much better..."

   "Well," Fan Chou hummed indifferently, and then immediately asked, "You followed General Han in front this morning...how is the situation?"

When marching today, Han Sui led the cavalry as the front army, and met his so-called old man. When Fan Chou's central army got the news and rushed to the front gate, Han Sui's so-called old man had already left. , Fan Chou didn't see it at all.

  Fan Chou was a warrior after all, and he spoke straightforwardly. He asked three times and two times, but on the one hand, he couldn't find anything, and on the other hand, he made Han Sui very unhappy, and the two broke up unhappy.

   But this matter, like a pimple, was always in Fan Chou's heart, so after setting up camp at night, he called Li Li, who was marching with the former army, to ask about it.

Now there is no way to retreat, and they can only move forward. Originally, they expected that Li Jue could quickly turn around with this horse, join forces with him, and conquer Chang'an, but now there is no news from Li Jue. And there seems to be some trouble between me and Han Sui.

Li Li lowered his head, and when he heard Fan Chou's question, he couldn't help but feel agitated. Although he and Ma Tenghan were allies now, the shame of being defeated by Ma Chao was something Li Li couldn't let go of until now. I have to endure the sense of shame and do this and that under Han Sui...

  Especially that Ma Chao, it is really embarrassing to see him when he looks up and down every day.

   Every time he saw Ma Chao joking with a group of people, Li Li would feel that Ma Chao was talking about the ugly behavior of being captured that day. Sometimes Li Li wanted to rush up and fight Ma Chao again, but Li Li knew that he couldn't beat Ma Chao himself, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

   Now, it seems like, like, uh...

   Li Li's eyes flickered a few times, and then he slowly raised his head...

  ………………

   Han Sui also had some opinions on Fan Chou's petty emotions.

   My old friend gave me something, what's wrong?

   This kind of thing couldn't be more normal. Now that I am worshiped as the new Marquis of Feng, of course someone will follow me. If I am in Chang'an City now, maybe there will be a lot of guests!

   What's the matter, is it okay to beat an old friend away when you see one?

  I am well-known in Guanzhong and Xiliang, so could there be no old friends?

Han Sui's original name was Han Yue, and he was well-known in Jincheng. He was enlisted as an official by Yin Hua, the prefect of Jincheng at that time. Later, Yin Hua, the prefect of Jincheng, died of illness. He and another official, Jiang Ying, chased Yin Hua's body to Xiaqiu, and engraved a stone tablet for Yin Hua to commemorate his meritorious deeds.

   It is precisely because of this that when Han Sui later went to Luoyang, the capital, to handle official business, the living general He Jin, who had heard his name for a long time, specially invited Han Sui to meet him. At that time, Han Sui also advised He Jin, persuading He Jin to kill the eunuch...

   Later, the Qiang people in Xiliang rebelled and captured Jincheng, coercing famous scholars Bian Yun and Han Yue who were in Jincheng at that time to join the gang, and elected Bian Zhang and Han Sui as leaders. It was at that time that Bian Yun changed his name to Bian Zhang, and Han Yue officially changed his name to Han Sui.

So strictly speaking, Han Sui has more knowledge and reputation than Li Jue, Guo Si, and even Ma Teng, and deep down, Han Sui still hopes to get rid of a rebel the taint of...

   What's more, even if it is a poor family, there are at least a few poor relatives. Now that I am a marquis, it is not natural that there are so many so-called "old friends" that I am not very familiar with?

  How else do you need to explain this kind of thing, and how do you need to explain it? I'm not Fan Chou's father, is it necessary to break everything up for Fan Chou and talk about it?

   What's more, there is still a bad boy by my side, um, other people's bad boy needs to be taken care of, so I don't have time to care about Fan Chou's little emotions...

   "Uncle!" Ma Chao excitedly came to Han Sui's tent, bowed his hands and said impatiently, "Uncle, I understand what you said yesterday!"

  Although Ma Chao is Ma Teng's oldest son, Ma Chao's character is Meng Qi. This is because Ma Chao's mother is a Qiang girl, so...

  So after Ma Chao became reasonable, he knew that although his father loved him a lot, it was limited, or for his father Ma Teng, he was more inclined to a general, a general who could be trusted more. Of course, the current Ma Chao didn't think there was any problem with this. If he couldn't even be competent as a general, he might lose the value of his existence with his father Ma Teng.

No matter in the Han Dynasty or in later generations, when the children have not yet entered the rebellious thinking mode, most of the fathers are still the heroes in the hearts of the children. Therefore, Ma Chao not only practiced martial arts hard every day, but even He also took the initiative to show his favor to Han Sui, in order to learn something from Han Sui that he could not learn from other places.

   Such as Zuozhuan.

   Such as political affairs.

  For example, the topic mentioned two days ago, why did Lao Qin in Guanzhong suffer a crushing defeat after the unification of the world...

"Oh?" Han Sui smiled, gestured for Ma Chao to sit down, and then said, "Okay, tell me..." Being a teacher and giving advice has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of all Chinese people, and Han Sui has not gotten rid of this. Since I'm idle now anyway, I might as well just give some pointers to the young people.

   Ma Chao said: "The defeat of the old Qin was not due to the fact that the soldiers were unfavorable, but because the corvee was too much, and the people did not have a living, so the chaos arose."

  Han Sui nodded and said, "That's right, Meng Qi really got something."

  When Ma Chao heard this, he immediately smiled happily.

   "However, why did Lao Qin want to use corvee?" Han Sui asked again slowly.

   Ma Chao suppressed his smile, blinked his eyelids and pondered for a while, and said, "This... Emperor Shihuang is so happy?"

"Yes, and no." Han Sui said, then looked at Ma Chao's puzzled look, smiled, and explained, "When the world is in chaos, the whole country is full of soldiers. To prevent the resurgence of the Six Kingdoms, more labor must be imposed to weaken the population..."

  Qin Shihuang was so happy, of course there is a little bit, but after the reunification, a series of large-scale projects were built, not just for his own enjoyment.

The Warring States Period was a troubled time, and the dynasty that ended the troubled times needed to establish a new regime in addition to completing the task of "conquering the world". Therefore, in addition to those processes that must be experienced, there are two single but more complicated than dynasty changes. Tougher issues to deal with:

  How to deal with the princes, nobles, troops and other personnel left over from the previous countries?

  How to deal with your own huge army when fighting the country?

  The number of troops needed to attack the country is far greater than that required to defend the country. If the previous armies of various countries cannot be properly placed, it is very likely to form a crisis for the new dynasty.

   More importantly, whether it is a soldier or a down-and-out aristocrat in another country, it needs a transition from years of fighting, from a luxurious past to the life of ordinary people.

  So Qin Shihuang chose to build huge projects, the Great Wall, Mausoleum, Afang Palace...

  These major projects require a lot of manpower and material resources, and in this way, the forces that might have subverted the dynasty were handled very well.

   "..." Ma Chao was stunned.

"Conquering the Quartet is not for chaos, but for stability. Chaos can be settled, and it will show holiness, just like Emperor Guangwu..." Han Sui smiled again and said: "So, today's question is, why is the Emperor Qin still alive? , the corvee service in Guanzhong has not caused chaos, but during the time of Qin II, there were wars all over the place?"

   "Oh..." Ma Chao repeated in a murmur, wrote down the question, and then bid farewell to Han Sui.

  When he reached the entrance of the big tent, Ma Chao paused for a moment, then turned his head and said, "...Well, then, uncle has treated the old people in Guanzhong well these two days. Could it be that it is for the sake of the war?"

  Han Sui heard the words and said with a smile: "Meng Qi now draws inferences from one instance to another, kindness! Your father will be overjoyed when he finds out!"

  Receiving such praise from Han Sui, Ma Chao burst into laughter from ear to ear, and saluted Han Sui again with a smile on his face, before walking out of the big tent.

  The smile on Han Sui's face slowly disappeared after Ma Chao left.

  The **** will be decided after the battle.

  Whoever believes is a fool...

  The most fundamental reason for the decline of the old Qin Dynasty was not the so-called corvee labor, the people's livelihood, or the laws and regulations, but simply because of the uneven distribution of benefits after the victory...

  Who will easily hand over the interests in their hands to others?

  Anyway, Han Sui himself can't.

  It belongs to Lao Tzu, but his mother belongs to Lao Tzu, who dares to try it? Now that I have worked so hard to reach such a position, I have finally become a noble from a small official in a border town. Is it because of the so-called friendship that I have to throw it out?

snort!

  A gust of night wind blows open the curtain of the big tent, causing the flames of the torches inside the big tent to flicker for a while, reflecting in Han Sui's eyes, it seems to flicker likewise...

  (end of this chapter)