Chapter 3239 The officials scattered and the birds came to the empty courtyard
When the morning mist rises, it settles on the low hills and low ground in the Yuncheng Basin, and it seems that the resentful souls that spread out from the Nine Nethers are lingering.
The low temperature in the early morning freezes the smoke and blood that had been circulating not long ago. The once noisy and chaotic Yuncheng Basin is now gradually quiet.
The reason for the silence is not that the war has subsided, but that the creatures have transformed into dead souls.
War is the strongest manifestation of political conflict.
If it is just in the general, it is Fei Qian and Cao Cao, but in fact, it is the struggle between Fei Qian and the political group represented by Cao Cao.
It is obvious that most of the Hedong gentry in the Yuncheng Basin did not realize this and still thought that war was just a guide to the city and the generals fought each other.
Cao Cao's military front was approaching to Anyi.
Faced with the surging Cao's army, whether to fight or surrender is indeed a problem.
The external cause of Cao Cao, which ultimately determines the fate of Anyi, is certainly important, but what is more important is the internal cause in Anyi City.
It's like the climate of a small glacier.
Overall, climate change will not be consistent with the time when dynasties change, but when dynasties change, climate change is basically there to participate. This shows that in many cases, internal factors are more fatal, and external factors are just boosters. If the dynasty is united within, then even if the external factors are strong, they can still withstand it.
But if the internal situation is no longer possible, then perhaps only a little external force is needed to break the original balance...
Unfortunately, some people in Anyi City were still hesitating until Cao Cao's knife was handed in front of him.
This is also very consistent with the characteristics of the landlord manor economic system.
As long as the land is still there, the untouchables on the land will be just grass.
The wildfire cannot be burned, and the spring breeze will grow again.
Life and death, but that's it.
As long as you are alive and the other party is willing to admit the land deed in your hand, it will be fine. Or it is just a matter of enduring. So people who think they can still endure it is enduring, while those who can't endure it are trying to find a way...
On the way to Cao Jun camp, Pei Jun saw countless corpses on both sides of the road.
The black and red blood solidified, just like the color of the flag of the man fell to the ground.
The arrows inserted into the corpse were broken, and the destroyed village was filled with black smoke.
Everything in front of me was like an invisible hand, holding Pei Jun's heart tightly.
Occasionally, I would see Cao's soldiers in a team and looked at Pei Jun and his party with malicious intentions, as if they were looking at a group of cattle and sheep.
Occasionally, one or two lights appeared in the dead scenery, and I don’t know where it was ignited.
He didn't know whether it was right or wrong if he did this.
He just couldn't let it go.
I can't let go of the wealth and authority I once had.
It is obviously not so easy to be broken. The capricious spring cold current also caused some trouble in Cao's attack. After continuing to advance for a few days, I don't know if it was due to the weather or other factors, Cao Cao temporarily stopped and did not continue to move forward.
But they will eventually enter...
This was regarded by Pei Jun as the last "window period" given by Cao Cao, so he came.
Come secretly.
Like a little thief.
He came for his manor, his own wealth and his own authority.
That's right, whether they are ready to continue to endure or unable to endure, they are all figures at the level of Hedong gentry and gentry thinking about themselves. As for the ordinary people on this land, they did not take it into consideration.
In the eyes of the gentry and gentry, this world belongs to them, not to those lowly grass-roots people.
Unfortunately, Prime Minister Cao did not come to greet Pei Jun, nor did he throw off his boots to express his feelings. Instead, he sat high and said calmly, "I came here before, but what advice do you have?"
"I'm... I'm down..." Pei Jun coughed, as if he was choking by his saliva, and he seemed to be hesitating, but in the end he said, "I've lived in Hedong for a long time, and I know the facts and reality of it. If I don't give up, I'm willing to help the Prime Minister with a meager power."
"Ah hahaha... Feng Xian is too humble!" Cao Cao said with a smile, clapped his hands, and asked someone to send some wine, "Come on, drink one, so that Feng Xian will abandon the darkness and turn to the light!"
Skip the dark and turn to the light?
Pei Jun smiled on the surface, but felt a little confused in his heart.
If he could, he wouldn't want to do such a move.
But if he doesn't do this, his small money will not be saved...
When he is poor, he can express his gratitude, what is money? When he is happiest, he is when he has no money! If the man needs it, he can donate all his wealth to the country for free!
But when he really has money, the money becomes a part of his flesh and blood. If he wants to cut off some, it will be a pain like digging the bones and marrow...
After drinking a tour of wine, relaxing the atmosphere. After sitting back, Cao Cao asked Pei Jun about Hedong strategies to deal with.
Pei Jun bowed and said, "Gaozu established a country, and the prosperous era was blooming, and the people were harmonious, and the country was peaceful and peaceful. The king and ministers were virtuous, benevolent and governed the world, and generously expressed their kindness, and moistened things silently. All nations came to celebrate, and the world was peaceful, the weather was good, and the people were prosperous every year. So he ordered a ministry to light taxes and pay lenient treatment to the people. Farming the fields, the family was open to the goods, and the workers were able to weave silk. Rest and recuperate, which was the best virtue, like the light of the sun and the moon, shining for thousands of years, like the water of the river, nourishing all things. Later generations all admired Emperor Gaozu, and always kept their hearts in mind and never forget the grace of recuper. In this way, if the prime minister could follow Emperor Gaozu's actions and settle down the strategies of recupering, Hedong would be peaceful, and Guanzhong would also be able to settle...
Cao Cao seemed to be very serious when he listened, but he seemed to be completely careless.
Rest and recuperate?
It makes sense, but in fact, it is not ordinary people who are recuperating, and the key is how to "rest"...
At the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty, there is one thing that is certain that there is indeed a policy of "rest and recuperate", but many people did not carefully study what the "citizen" was to recuperate?
Among the vast majority of feudal dynasties, the "good intention" of the ruling class did not directly extend to the grassroots people.
Although this kindness is not much.
Strictly speaking, when the Han Dynasty was in Liu Bang's hands, he did not really "rest and recuperate" and was still constantly fighting.
Liu Bang reigned for twelve years, but after more than eleven years of fighting, he didn't fight in the last four months, and then he died. During the eleven years, the wars were frequent inside and outside. The first stage was the rebellion of Xiang Yu's old subordinates. Han Xin, the King of Han, surrendered to the Huns and colluded with the Huns to invade the south many times. The generals of the fake Han King Han Xin supported Zhao Li as the King of Zhao and colluded with the Huns to rebellion. The second stage was the rebellion of Chen Xi, a general who controlled Dai and Zhao, launched a rebellion, which triggered the rebellion of Liang King Peng Yue, Huainan King Yingbu, and Yan King Luguan, and also colluded with the fake Han King Han Xin and the Huns.
Of course, these rebellions also represented the reduction and suppression of the old local nobles and military lords in order to maintain the centralized imperial rule.
So when the second generation is about to "rest and recuperate", who is "rest and recuperate"? In which direction is the compromise and adjustment contained in the political system?
Therefore, what Pei Jun said about "rest and recuperate", so Lao Cao naturally would not understand that Pei Jun was speaking out for the sake of ordinary people in Hedong.
However, Cao Cao did not comment on what Pei Jun said. After smiling unanimously, he asked, "Does Fengxian gain something to do with the way of the cavalry Tian Zheng? Please give me some advice."
Pei Jun never thought that just a whole sentence would allow Cao Cao to really let go of Hedong gentry gentry, and more importantly, show an attitude.
Pei Jun’s own attitude.
Cao Cao's attitude.
As for the others, some things need not be said too clearly.
After all, Pei Jun doesn't want to be Xu You's second either.
After Cao Cao asked the question, Pei Jun was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "The cavalry was made similar to the Former Qin Dynasty, not the Qin law, but the Han laws, but not the Han rules..."
Cao Cao nodded, "I would like to hear the details."
Pei Jun said slowly, "Prime Minister, the system of the early Han Dynasty was followed by Qin..."
There is basically no objection to this.
Liu Bang was not an academic master in the traditional sense, nor was he a great scholar. Therefore, for the national system, Liu Bang could only rely on instinct to follow the suggestions of some Confucian scholars and then screen them. Therefore, in general, the early Han Dynasty was "continued but not changed" to the Qin system, and it was strictly implemented.
The reason why the system is clearly the same, but the Former Qin Dynasty was brutal and the Han Dynasty was born and raised. In addition to the politically correct smear, it was also because during the Liu Ying and Lu Zhi period, "external labor" required the number and scale of households to be assigned to serve in the county or even the county, which was much better than that of the Qin Dynasty. In addition, "Daxingzhu" was a large-scale construction, which was indeed much less than that of the Qin Dynasty.
There is no way, the people at the bottom are so easy to fool. As long as you get a little better, you will be grateful, which makes the rulers above them feel good and feel so good.
In fact, both the Han and Qin dynasties did not regard grassroots people as human beings.
It’s just that the early Han Dynasty was not as hard as the late Qin Dynasty.
The Han Dynasty could truly be called "light taxes and low taxes", and it would take a series of tax service reforms after Liu Heng ascended the throne. Of course, compared with the Han Dynasty that lasted for three or four hundred years, Liu Heng could indeed be considered "early the Han Dynasty". However, this "light taxes and low taxes" benefited the most from ordinary people, but the landlord manor class with the characteristics of the Han Dynasty.
"The cavalry system is based on military merit first." Pei Jun said slowly, "What is meant is not that military merit is not important. Military merit is the important weapon of the country and the honor of the scholars. In the past, emperors complied with virtue and did not forget the affairs of military armor, so they could maintain peace and stability and tremble the world. Military merits were not called killing generals and slamming the flags, but they were also planning and then moving, and both wisdom and courage were released, so..."
Pei Jun glanced at Cao Cao, lowered his head and said, "The military achievements of the cavalry are very important, so they can use the soldiers and the masses. Those who are powerful can take their strength, and those who are good at wise can take their wisdom. This is similar to this, and there are methods of imperial examinations, and the learning of workers and peasants is like this."
Cao Cao nodded, "This is why it is indeed the key to governing politics."
Everyone knows that talent is a very important link in governing the country.
Everyone knows the truth, but the practices and results are somewhat different.
At least between Cao Cao and Fei Qian, just like what Pei Jun hid in his words just now, there are two completely different sides.
On the surface, it seems to be a battle between Guanzhong and Shandong, and a war between Fei Qian and Cao Cao, but in fact it is a collision of different political concepts.
By understanding all this, we can understand that the so-called Qin Dynasty in the Han Dynasty was a typical process of "transferring from a military economy to a manor economy", and in this process, the people who fill their cornerstones will always be the lowest-level people.
The Qin Dynasty was a typical expansionary military country, and everything was served by war.
This is because of the national temperament that grew up under the specific historical conditions of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. A national temperament that mainly focuses on farming and warfare and has a world-renowned mind. If it were not for the Qin Dynasty's relatively low productivity, the Qin Dynasty's territory was not just like the Central Plains, but might even expand to East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and other regions.
The Qin Dynasty was basically based on war. The ultimate goal of all economic activities was to fight. When war, some people gained military merits, and the state distributed the land obtained through external plundering to them, injecting mobility into the entire Qin Dynasty society.
Therefore, the entire Qin Dynasty's economy was based on external plunder. The money and slaves plundered from outside were the pillars of the country's economic development. Once the expansion slowed down and there were not enough slaves, the entire economic system collapsed.
Pei Jun means Fei Qian's political system, which is somewhat similar to the Qin Dynasty.
This is indeed a very important weight that Pei Jun finally casts on Cao Cao.
He cannot obtain military merits like others.
He only knows how to study and ask him to go to battle and kill the enemy. He really doesn't have the courage and wants to give advice, but he doesn't have the intelligence. But if he can't get enough military merits here, even if he has more wealth, he will be consumed after three generations, and even three generations cannot be saved.
In fact, the central leadership and central protection system under Cao Cao's command is actually the same military merit system. However, Cao Cao did not do it as thoroughly as Fei Qian, and Cao Cao's military merit system has too many of his own people.
However, now, the military meritorious class under Fei Qian is more extensive than that under Cao Cao, which makes Fei Qian have more hidden dangers at present and fewer hidden dangers in the future than Cao Cao.
In the entire political system that is dominated by military merit, a large number of interest classes will be born in every victory of the war, which is the so-called military meritorious landlords. These military meritorious landlords will have a strong impact on the manor landlords formed in the three or four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. In the face of such an impact, the moat originally built by scriptures and prophecies in Shandong can be said to be basically useless.
Pei Jun’s meaning is very clear. Cao Cao does not need to completely defeat Fei Qian, he only needs to interrupt Fei Qian’s continuous victory trend...
Cao Cao was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Can Fengxian know about the affairs of Shanshan Kingdom?"
Pei Jun was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "I know. However, the land of the Western Regions is not a good place. Gold and silver are also obtained for a while, so can it be obtained every year? Therefore, it is impossible to fight for a long time..."
Pei Jun is not optimistic about Fei Qian because of this.
Pei Jun felt that Fei Qian had no way out now and was forced to start a war in the Western Regions. Although he had conquered the Shanshan Kingdom, it was like drinking poison and could not last long. Once the war stopped, the military and meritorious landlords had a strong need to start a war. If you don’t let them fight, they would have to rebel. Fei Qian either wanted to suppress the princes like Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty, or they would be killed in the rebellion.
Pei Jun thinks that Lu Fengxian is the best proof...
Even though the official claims that Fei Qian did not kill Lu Bu, Pei Jun did not believe it.
Once the wars are frequent, a considerable number of military landlords will face the situation where their land may not be able to inherit. They will not be happy. Even if Fei Qian reforms again, saying that future land inheritance does not require military merit, it will not work. Not to mention how many of the military landlords who have died in battle in order to inherit their titles before will cause trouble. Even for the rest of ordinary people, if there is no new land and the original land has been divided by the former military landlords, then wouldn’t there be hope? They will never have a piece of land of their own in the future?
These factors determine that Fei Qian cannot stop the pace of war, must continue to fight, constantly plunder new land, and enfeoff new landlords.
Then there was a fight against the desert in the north, arriving in Jiaozhi in the south, and arriving in the west.
There is no way, everyone knows that those bad things are boring, but they can't beat them...
I have to say that Pei Jun’s logical chain still makes some sense.
But Cao Cao just nodded slightly and did not look happy because of this.
Cao Cao knew that the landlords of the Shandong political group were indeed different from the system of Fei Qian, and did not have as strong desire to attack as Fei Qian's subordinates. It can even be said to be completely opposite. He had no idea of ​​expedition to the outside world, and even wanted to directly cut off Xiliang and other frontiers and cut off Yong'an.
So if Cao Cao also adopted the so-called "rest and recuperate" strategy as Pei Jun said, that is, to pull up with these manor landlords, compromise with the obedient landlords, and eliminate the landlords, and then fill in their own people after they are eliminated, and try to be strong and weak branches. It seems to be a good strategy, but in fact, Cao Cao knew in his heart that he had no time anymore.
At the moment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the manor landlord class in Shandong had evolved towards the separatist rule of the powerful, and the process was irreversible.
This kind of manor economy with the core of the powerful has been formed in Shandong. The fort manors of each wealthy family are independent small kingdoms, and the internal economy can be self-circulated. Each wealthy family has its own family soldiers. As long as Cao Cao relaxes, the local area will gradually form a situation of actual separatist rule by big and small tyrants. In the end, the rest policy will be that all the princes and counties will become kings, and Cao Cao can only stay in his acre of three-point land...
Just like the King of Zhou back then.
Cao Cao looked at Pei Jun, his eyes slightly cold.
If Cao Cao had waited and had some hope and patience before Fei Qian's gunpowder appeared, but when he found that Fei Qian's gunpowder was used more and more, the craftsmen's skills were getting better and better, and the economy was getting stronger, Cao Cao understood that he had reached a dead end.
If you wait any longer, you will be dead.
Although the landlords and powerful people in Shandong may not die, Cao Cao will definitely not have any good endings...
Cao Cao smiled on his face and seemed to nod his head slightly, but in fact, his evaluation of Pei Jun has been declining again and again. "What Fengxian said is good...is not bad...haha, but what else is there to give me some advice?"
Chapter completed!