Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 979 The Haze of the Plague

  By the time of the Han Dynasty, Fei Qian no longer believed in the special curative effect of the wind of a king and hegemony, nor did he believe that singing a ditty about the rise and fall of the world and the suffering of the people could attract a lot of admiration.

It is no problem to use a big pie of the world map to fool the generals, because most of the intelligence of those generals is used in the military, and the cognition of the world and the direction of the future do not necessarily have a certain meaning. How much their own mature ideas.

   But counselors are different.

  Have a knife, have aspirations, and then these counselors will jump up and hug their thighs, and then shout if you want it?

  Counselors, especially these top-notch wise men, measure not how lofty ideals they have, but the real strengths in front of them, and then judge which of these strengths can be used by themselves...

  It's like the three Zhuge brothers, isn't the friendship between them not good?

In the previous example that happened to Fei Qian himself, in terms of friendship, Fei Qian and Pang Tong are not bad. In terms of relationship, whether from the perspective of Pang Degong or the relationship between Jing and Xiang, they are not bad. When Jingxiang was in Jingxiang, Pang Tong obviously wanted to come with him, but in the end he didn't.

  There is only one reason.

  Pound Lord does not allow.

  Perhaps there is a part of the reason why Mr. Pang De is indifferent to fame and wealth and admires Huang Lao, but the most important thing is that Fei Qian at that time had less than a thousand soldiers, less than ten, and no more than five counties. What can be used to attract Mr. Pound to change his mind?

  It is as if Feiqian is facing Jia Xu at this moment.

In history, Jia Xu started from Dong Zhuo, from Li Jue to Zhang Xiu, and then to Cao Cao. Among these choices, the goal is probably the main line just mentioned, to cut off the rotten arm of the Guandong gentry .

It is estimated that after the Battle of Wancheng, what Jia Xu said when he saw Cao Cao was probably similar to what he said now, inciting Cao Cao and the Kanto gentry represented by Yuan Shao to confront each other. After all, not long after the Battle of Wancheng, the Guandu War broke out. war.

   On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, in Yanzhou, where Cao Cao was located, except for a few people from Xun Yu and Guo Jiana, there were basically not many optimistic and firm support for Cao Cao to contend with Yuan Shao...

  That's why Cao Cao finally said that sentence to Jia Xu: "The one who makes me believe is more important than the world is Ziye."

  That’s right, even the killing of children and enemies can be accommodated, what could be more convincing than this? So when Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, the gentry in Jizhou turned their heads and bowed to Cao Cao's dominance without hesitation, probably because of Jia Xu's move.

Such a counselor, who even counts what may happen in the future, how can he refuse to look back just because of a few words, or a few social problems in later generations, or because of a display of the so-called lofty ambitions? Abandon everything, even your own family position, and serve yourself wholeheartedly?

  Fei Qian's current form seems to be different from Cao Cao at that time in history, or in some respects, it is slightly stronger, especially for Jia Xu.

   After all, there are not many Kanto gentry here in Feiqian.

  So this soft-shelled turtle decided to come to me to fool you?

   Shouldn't this be my job?

  It seems that the previous arrangement is correct. If this big fool gets the chance to speak, he might be numb or limping...

  Who can tell how much of what Jia Xu just said is true and how much is false?

   Which ones are true and which ones are false?

  Fei Qian glanced up and down at Jia Xu, wondering if it is better to ask someone to boil some water, or just make soup and drink it.

  Jia Xu was a little hairy when Fei Qian stared at her, and she couldn't help but put it away before showing an impassioned look, and put on a serious face.

   "Wen He," Fei Qian also put on a serious look, and said seriously, "Your words, although there are targets, there are also faults!"

  Jia Xu didn't show any emotion, just cupped his hands and said: "Please enlighten me."

   "...You are a member of Legalism, you should know the advantages and disadvantages of Legalism." Fei Qian looked at Jia Xu and said, "Let's just say, if there are deficiencies, Wen He can just say so."

   "Dharma, technique, and power each have their own magical effects, and they are supplemented by ritual..." Fei Qian raised three fingers and said, "This is the great achievement of the pre-Qin legalists, and Han Feizi's contribution is indispensable."

  Jia Xu nodded,

   "Confucianism respects propriety, Taoism respects emptiness, Mohism respects righteousness, law..." Fei Qian paused for a moment, then looked at Jia Xu and said, "Admiration of people, or in other words, respect of kings..."

  Jia Xu opened his eyes wide, with a hint of admiration, and nodded in agreement.

  The "rule of law" in the legal system is not the rule of law in the modern sense. Although emphasizing the use of law to control and weaken the power of the nobility, the fundamental purpose is to concentrate power in the hands of the king. What is above the law is still the power of the emperor. As the so-called "exiting is the law, and writing is the law", the king can surpass the law and surpass the law. It is not the rule of law in the true modern sense, so Fei Qian said that "the law is the king".

  This information may not be paid special attention to in later generations, let alone now in the Han Dynasty. Because the speed of knowledge dissemination is relatively slow, and most of them are inherited in the form of family learning, so in many cases, the indigenous people of the Han Dynasty did not have the opportunity to come into contact with something other than their own family learning. Even if there were, many of them were from other schools of thought. few words of...

Imagine that a bamboo slip can only contain a dozen or twenty characters at most, and a volume of three to four thousand characters. Under such conditions, it is a challenge to have a large number of books for personal reading. It is quite a luxury, so in ancient times, basically, a person can only refine one school of thought.

  So when Fei Qian can not only describe the characteristics of Legalism, but also compare it with other schools of thought, this amount of knowledge is basically beyond the grasp of ordinary Han Dynasty gentry.

But this is not over. Fei Qian continued, "...Wenhe inherits the mantle of the Legalists, and he should know the four characters of 'good for the good and evil for the bad'. Shang Yang once said, "There are likes and dislikes in life, so the people can be governed", and based on this point, relevant laws and regulations were formulated.

  The tendency to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages can be said to be the nature of the entire biological world, nature and human society.

  Sun-loving trees grow in the sun as much as possible, and shade-loving creatures gather in damp and dark places as much as possible. People shrink their hands when they encounter a sharp knife, and avoid it when they encounter a flame. This is the most basic axiom, and it is also the instinct for the continuation of life. Or "take advantage and avoid harm".

This kind of "good for the good and evil for the bad" or "avoid the bad for the good" is not all on the material level, it is even reflected on the spiritual level. When some people feel that a certain behavior of his may lead to worse consequences, they It is possible to take measures to sacrifice individuals and preserve the community, which belongs to a higher level of "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages".

According to the evolutionary principle of the survival of the fittest, those who can survive and reproduce in the end must be able to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and those who do not seek advantages and avoid disadvantages must be eliminated. Higher races rely on strength and wisdom to maintain reproduction, and inferior races rely on numbers to maintain reproduction and do not seek advantages. Avoid harm, and the race will perish. This is not only for living things, it is also effective for human beings.

"Therefore, the way of the Legalists is not the law of the king, but adapting to the times, taking advantage of the degree, taking the weight of the weight, claiming the power, and following the people's nature, asking for food when hungry, seeking loss when tired, seeking pleasure when suffering. Shame seeks glory... Therefore, Han Feizi has clouds, flying dragons ride on clouds, scorpion snakes swim in fog, clouds disappear and fog disappears, and dragons and snakes are the same as earthworms and ants..."

Fei Qian changed the subject and continued to Jia Xu: "...Yao is an ordinary man, but he can't rule three people; , what arm can be replaced? The new arm is rotten, so what? Kill them all? Make the evils of the pre-Qin reappear? Or..."

  Jia Xu was silent, but stared at Fei Qian closely.

  Jia Xu cannot deny that the Legalists serve the monarch.

  Then the left arm and the right arm also serve the body of the big man. Jia Xu also cannot deny this point. Then, as the most respected monarch of the Legalists, is he also responsible when the body rots?

   Then cutting off the rotten arm, until the end, is cutting on the monarch, but in this way, it is contrary to the position of the Legalists...

   This is also the most contradictory part of Jia Xu's heart. Jia Xu has also thought about such problems, but in fact, many times he would rather attribute these problems to the Kanto gentry, who are unworthy ministers and not the king.

  As the heir of Legalism, one must honor the ruler, or find a wise ruler, but in fact, Jia Xu also knows that the so-called wise ruler does not actually exist, so what should we do?

   Kill and change?

   What about another one?

  Traitor?

  Sorry, this kind of thing, in this era, at this point in time, even Dong Zhuo has never thought about it. The emperor can be changed, but the surname is still Liu.

  After a long time, Jia Xufang asked, "How about the king's opinion?"

  Fei Qian actually had some preliminary plans for this question, but he couldn’t fully express it yet, so he said: “Wen He knows, Hushu doesn’t worm, and running water doesn’t rot?”

  Jia Xu repeated it slightly, frowned and thought for a while, but shook his head and said, "What's the difference?"

  Fei Qian chuckled, explained a little further, and said: "You respect the king, and you enlighten your wisdom, then you can succeed..."

  Jia Xu rolled his eyes a few times, and then suddenly said: "I'm confused, I hope you can clear up your doubts..."

   Feiqian nodded, indicating that Jia Xu could ask questions.

   "So the monarchy returned to Bingbei?" Jia Xu asked.

   "Of course." There is nothing to deny, so Fei Qian nodded and said that there are fewer noble families in the north, which is convenient for reorganization.

   "So the emperor guards the mountain academy?" Jia Xu asked further.

   "Yes." Fei Qian nodded.

   "So why is the lord here not to say anything?" Jia Xu straightened his body and continued to ask.

  Fei Qian was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "But..."

   "So why didn't the prince abandon me before?" Jia Xu suddenly turned around and asked himself.

   "...This...Of course..." Fei Qian hesitated, looked at Jia Xu for a while, and finally admitted.

Jia Xu shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed: "...So, Junhou played such a big game of chess...Qingqi rushed forward, intercepted Meiyang...withdrew from the outside, and sat and watched Guanzhong...When the nobles in Guanzhong declined, it was another side and the north place…"

  At this moment, suddenly a soldier ran in from outside the hall, holding a military report high in his hand. The military situation was urgent, so naturally he delivered it as soon as he arrived, without any delay.

Fei Qian took the military newspaper from Huang Xu's hand, checked the wax paint, and found out that it was sent by Xu Shu of Sucheng. He took a deep breath and couldn't help blurting out: " ...There is an epidemic in Guanzhong?!"

   Jia Xu on the side also took a deep breath when he heard that, and stared at Fei Qian with wide-eyed eyes.

  Fei Qian smiled wryly, and said: "...Wenhe, this matter...has nothing to do with a certain..."

  Jia Xu nodded, shook his head again, sighed and said: "...God's will, God's will...Your Majesty, you can withdraw the soldiers from Sucheng..."

   "Withdraw the soldiers from Millet City?"

Jia Xu looked back outside the hall and said calmly: "Now it's the battle between Hongnong and Guanxi. The princes stationed troops in Sucheng are like thorns on their backs. The princes in Guanzhong dare not let go of their hands and feet... Besides, now Meiyang is gone. If Chi Yang dies, Chi Yang will be unable to support himself alone, and Ma Han and his ilk will not be able to achieve great things, Xiliang has no commander in chief..."

"...The time is right for the princes and princes to withdraw their troops...Combined with the epidemic, there is no doubt that Guanzhong will be in chaos..." Thinking of the Xiliang Group, which once had the power to sweep the world, now there are only three or two big cats and kittens left, Jia Xu also felt a little bit emotional .

  Fei Qian noticed that Jia Xu used the word "epidemic", and when he said it again, he felt somewhat helpless.

Because the Han Dynasty actually had plagues many times, and every time they encountered a plague, they could only endure it for many times, and then when winter came, everything was covered under ice and snow, so it was called the epidemic. .

However, most of these plagues were accompanied by wars. For example, in the third year of the founding of the new Wang Mang, in the year of Xinwei, locusts were born in Binhe County, and more than half of the dead were killed. Feng Mao was in Juding, and six out of ten soldiers died of the disease...

Not only during the period of regime change, even the general counter-rebellion, sometimes the plague will also break out, just like Ma Yuan's 20th year in Jianwu, when he marched south to Jiaozhi, four to five out of ten military officials died of miasma In the 25th year of Jianwu, there was a major epidemic in Wuling and Wuxi, and many people died...

  So if the war in Guanzhong does not cease, then the plague may not end, but according to the current situation, will the disputes in Guanzhong stop?

hehe.

Hard to say.

   Or it is basically impossible. Some of these people have put their wealth and lives on the poker table, so how can they easily stop?

   "Wen He's words are reasonable..." Fei Qian nodded and said, "...If that's the case, then withdraw troops from Sucheng..."

   Jia Xu looked at Fei Qian's Zhongxing Sword hanging sideways on the sword stand, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly bowed his hands to Fei Qian solemnly and said: "...Your Majesty, there is another matter, can I borrow the Zhongxing Sword?"

ah?

   He has heard of borrowing arrows, but never heard of borrowing swords. What does the turtle want to borrow this ZTE sword for?

  Jia Xu also saw Fei Qian's doubts, so he slowly explained: "...Your Majesty, I don't know if you have heard of Feixiong's army?"

  (end of this chapter)