Chapter 455 Taiping asked the right question

February of the fourth year of Taiping was undoubtedly a nightmare month for Liu Biao.

Liu Ba was ambushed in Huannan and his entire army was wiped out; Li Yan's tens of thousands of troops were ambushed in the Bing Valley, and his entire army was wiped out. Liu Pan, who was in Linhuan, was unable to escape the disaster. Zhang Ren pretended to be Liu Ba's men and raided on the flanks of Linhuan. Zhou Xin sent troops to attack, and Liu Pan's army was defeated and returned. Originally, Liu Pan wanted to retreat to Zutang, but learned that Gan Ning's Jinfan Camp was fiercely attacking Cai Mao's naval camp.

So, Liu Pan led the remnants to retreat to Lingyang, and encountered Shamoko's army on the way.

Liu Pan died tragically, and tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops who entered Wuling also surrendered. At the same time, Hu Zhao, the eldest son of Shamoke, was the main general. After Li Yan entered Mount Wu, he led his army to attack Danyang. At this time, Han Song had rushed to Nanjun to defend against the surprise attack from the Jinfan Camp of Ganning, so that Yidao and Danyang gathered weak troops. There was almost no big trouble, Shachou seized Danyang gathering and occupied Yidao.

Nayi Road, adjacent to Yiling, is the gateway from Xichuan to Jingbei.

Now under the control of Shamoko, Nanjun shook, Xiangyang shook, and the entire Jingzhou was shrouded in a bleak cloud of sorrow.

But the bad luck is not over yet...

In late February, Lu Bu led the Feixiong Army to raid Luyang from Runan, and killed the head of the Luyang garrison Li Gui, galloping across Nanyang, and breaking three cities every day.

The evil tiger in the past has once again shown its might, which has made Liu Biao feel frightened.

Han Ji who went to Xuzhou had not yet replied, did Cao Cao take action first? Liu Biao was frightened and fell seriously ill and was bedridden. The affairs of Jingzhou were jointly hosted by Kuai Yue and Cai Mao. Although on the surface, everything was calm, but undercurrents could be turbulent.

In early March, Huo Jun led the eight thousand Wunan Army, with Zhang Song as his military advisor and Wang Wei as his deputy general, and arrived in Wuling from central Sichuan.

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In March, Chang'an is noisy and bustle.

More than two years of rest and recuperation have gradually restored Guanzhong to its vitality. The losses caused by the Luoyang War have disappeared as the war ceased. Not only Guanzhong, but also the Jingzhao area far away in Luoyang, have gradually recovered its vitality and the population is increasing day by day.

There are endless merchants traveling on the official road.

Since Dong Qi issued the order to open Ma and Tie City in the middle of the second year of Taiping, Chang'an Inn's business has become particularly prosperous.

Dong Qi set up two major institutions, Ma Jian and Railway Supervision, mainly Xingyang and Zhongshan, and traded with the princes of Guandong. Since ancient times, officials did not compete with the people for profit, Dong Qi set up the three Jianshe (including Hedong Salt Supervision), which caused many people to curse. But what can you do if you scold? After the scolding, you still have to trade obediently, which is the form that cannot be controlled by others.

From the Western Regions, a steady stream of horses were transported to Guanzhong.

Most of these horses used for trading came from the Juyan Ranch in the Western Regions. To be precise, they were slow horses that had been eliminated by the military mansion.

But even these slow horses are still in short supply.

The Central Plains war horses were short and impure in breeds. In those days, Emperor Wu of Han also set up a military horse farm in the Central Plains and used Western horses to mate with Central Plains horses to try to cultivate better breeds. But good horses all have a sense of arrogantness, or a sense of strongness.

You won't convince people easily!

Moreover, during cavalry wars, horses would be frightened. In addition, at that time, the knights often fell off the horse. Even Emperor Wu of Han encountered such a thing... I don't know if it was the unethical grandson who had the idea and the general was castrated. The war horse became honest and docile, and the knight was safe, but the continuation of the war horse had to give up.

Everything is pros and cons...

The military horse farm established by Emperor Wu of Han was closed.

The lack of horses in the Central Plains is still very serious. By chance, a good horse will be cherished as long as the king and the young masters.

But the castration has to continue!

All the slow horses in the Western Regions have not been castrated.

Dong Qi is a person who loves horses as much as his life. The death of the spotted beast made him feel guilty. For him, castrating a horse is tantamount to taking away its dignity. If you don’t have good riding skills, then find an ordinary horse to practice first, and don’t want to have a good horse.

It is precisely this reason that even the obsolete horse is a peerless horse in the Central Plains.

Moreover, Dong Qi didn't want to trade gold, silver, money and silk, so that thing was not very useful to him. Dong Qi exchanged grain for food and grass, and the first person to trade with Dong Qi was Cao Cao. He exchanged 6,700 high-quality horses at the cost of grain from Shanshanyang County, Yanzhou and Beihai County of Beihai County in Qingzhou, and exchanged 6,700 high-quality horses, all of which were filled with tiger and leopard cavalry, which greatly improved its combat effectiveness and defeated Yuan Shao's army in Pingyuan County.

Think about it, what a scale it would be for ten thousand heavy-armored cavalry to charge on the plains...

At the end of last year, Yuan Shao, who suffered a great loss, ignored Tian Feng's obstruction and cleared grain and grass from the three kingdoms of Hejian, Zhongshan and Changshan, exchanged more than 10,000 high-quality horses to Dong Qi, forming a elliptical soldier. Han Qiong and Yuanjin were led by Han Qiong and Yuanjin, and vowed to see Cao Cao again.

Although Liu Bei from Xuzhou had a grudge with Dong Qiu, he also understood the importance of the cavalry.

He ordered Mi Zhu to try to bribe the officials of the Luoyang Iron and Horse Supervision Male Supervision, and use the money and grain of Xuzhou to obtain 3,000 war horses and countless weapons.

The products produced in Guanzhong must be of high quality.

Not only Liu Bei was jealous of the military weapons produced by Dong Qi, but Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were not spared.

Even Sun Ce from Jiangdong had a grudge against Dong Qi for killing his father. He had to tighten his belt, buy tens of thousands of Yuanrong crossbows, and equip infantry. Among the princes, Cao Cao had less demand for Dong Qi's military weapons. However, what Cao Cao wanted included keel rollovers, giant hydraulic windmills, etc., and the cost of these objects was particularly amazing.

Logically speaking, Dong Qi and the princes are enemies, how can they provide these to the other party? Wouldn't that make the opponent stronger?

At this point, Chen Gong and Gu Yong and others strongly advised Dong Qiong, and even threatened to resign from their posts and requested Dong Qiong to close the market for the third supervision.

In response, Dong Qi held a banquet in the mansion.

The excuse was very straightforward: the family of Pang Degong, a famous scholar in Jingxiang, came to Chang'an, so he had to hold a banquet to welcome Pang Gong's family.

Maybe someone will ask: "Why is Mr. Pang De here?"

Haha, can Mr. Pang De not come? The two boys in the family defected to Dong Qi. Pang Tong and Pang Lin are now an important figure in the Liang King's shogunate. Therefore, the Pang family is inevitably marked by the Dong family. Can he not come?

In addition to the earlier Xu Shu and Shi Tao and Zhuge Jin also studied under him.

When Mr. Pang De was in Jingxiang, he had already clearly felt the hostility from the Jingxiang clan. If he didn't leave, something big might happen.

Although Mr. Pang De came with him, Zhuge Jin's younger brother and Zhuge Jun's family were also there.

In addition, another old friend of Dong Qi came to Chang'an with Pang Degong. This person is the former Yangzhou Biejia, Kuai Liang.

The development momentum of Guanzhong is too strong!

It suddenly forced the aristocratic families in various places to put aside their prejudice and face Dong Qi with an unprecedented perspective.

Just like Lu Xun, Lujiang, Xun Shi, Yingchuan, Xiahou Ba in Qiao County earlier... In addition to Lu Xun, Xun Shi and Xiahou Ba can be said to have a very distinctive Cao family imprint. But even so, the two major families have to let them observe.

Of course, they can only hide their names.

In addition to the above three people, there is another student in Chang'an County School, who is exactly sixteen years old this year. This person’s name is very strange, called Hou Da. He is famous in the county school’s academic record. This person came to Chang'an with Hou Ba in the first year of Taiping. He was from Qiao County, Chenliu. He was a student of Hou Ba. However, he was extremely talented and intelligent. The academic policy of Chang'an County School is: No matter whether you are from a family or a qualified person, you can study.

This Hou Da was admitted to the county school with a score even better than Hou Ba, and is now in his third year of county school.

At the beginning, Dong Ji did not notice the strangeness of Hou Da. After entering the school, this person was not ostentatious and his grades were also average.

However, Zhou Buyi later discovered that whether it was Hou Ba or Xun Shi, he seemed to respect Hou Da very much.

This attracted Dong Ji's attention...

This person is not from the Xiahou clan! This is the first result of Dong Ji's investigation, and the second result is even more interesting. He seems to be from the Cao clan.

Hou Da...

[Shuowen] Note: The big one is the best!

After hearing this name, Dong Qi almost choked to death.

Cao Pi?

Haha, this may be the code of the ancients. Even if you use a false name, it will be related to the real name. Just like Lu Xun's savage name Gongsun. Lu, the earth is also. The five elements are earth, and Wu guards the central palace. Correspondingly, the palace belongs to the five sounds. Gongshang, and the jue (jue) Zheng (zhi) Yu. The ‘gong’ is in the five sounds, corresponding to the earth of the five elements. Therefore, Lu Xun went to Chang'an and changed his name to Gongsun.

A little trick from the ancients, but it is also very interesting.

Dong Qi ordered Dong Ji to strengthen the surveillance of Cao Pi and others, and arrest him on the spot when there is an action that is unfavorable to Chang'an. If there is any resistance, he will be killed.

Then, his energy was focused on other things.

Kuai Liang came, which was considered a signal from the Jingxiang clan to Dong Qi. Naturally, Dong Qi could not take it lightly, and the reception specifications were extremely grand.

After the banquet at the King Liang's shogunate, Chen Gong Gu Yong once again advised Dong Qi.

Dong Qi asked them to sit down, then asked with a smile: "My husbands, let me ask you the previous question, what is the purpose of this military equipment being produced?"

Chen Gong said: "Arms are for military affairs and equipment are for civilian use. Why did Qiansui ask this?"

Dong Qi nodded, "Then I'll ask you again, what can we do if we produce these equipment and ordnances, and pile them in the warehouse, besides being used for our own use? Will it bring us money and food? Or can we make our military and civilian livelihood better?"

"this……"

"I gave these equipment and weapons to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, not that I wanted to support them to be strong. It is true that the shores of the land are the kings. What I did was just to live a better life for the people. Our enemies were princes, but not the people. We fought to the death, but nothing more than to make the world stable earlier, to make the people peaceful and live a better life."

Dong Qi can now tell some big truth!

If he just gave Cai Yong a speech and answered casually, then now, he has learned to speak out.

"The people are the most important, the country is the next, the king is the least... I don't need to explain this principle to you." Dong Qi took a sip of wine, cleared his throat, and then said: "We stockpiled the things that gathered the hard work and wisdom of countless people in the warehouse, but wasted the good intentions of the producer and the inventor. Besides, even if Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce got these, we are afraid? Can't we beat them... Haha, I don't think so. The people's hearts are in me, and the righteousness is in me, so why should I be afraid?"

This debate lasted overnight.

At first, they just argued about equipment, weapons and horses, but later, it turned into a purely crisp academic debate. Dong Ji, Zhou Buyi and others were just listening at first. But later, they found that more and more people were involved in the debate and felt that the situation was a bit bad.

Mr. Pang De is here!

Pang Shanmin is here...

Kuai Liang is here, and Huang Chengyan is here too...

What a guy, there were more than ten people sitting in the small study. At first, Dong Qi was involved in the argument, but later he shut up.

Fighting with these people is simply seeking death!

Dong Ji and Zhou Buyi acted as recorders. Later, Cai Jie also came, Huang Yueying was also listening, and five or six people recorded together.

This debate ranges from people's livelihood to military, from specific operations to academic heights.

All aspects include. In several books that have been circulated in later generations, such as "Book of Liang - The Original Annals of Emperor Gaozu" and "The Great Events of Taiping", this debate is called "Taiping Questions". Of course, the books mostly record ancient texts, including Dong Qi's original words, and are also processed.

In this book "Taiping Questions", Dong Qi first proposed a novel concept: forward consciousness.

The meaning of this competition is not only simple competition between people, but also competition in production, military, education, invention and other aspects.

If you use Dong Qi's most primitive words, "I am not afraid that Cao Cao will master my technology, because as my technology continues to be promoted, I will master better technology. As long as I always lead others, I can maintain my advantage and be invincible."
Chapter completed!