Chapter 2502 Further (Additional Update)

"These guys," Fei Qian knocked on the table gently, "are watching a joke..."

The guys Fei Qian was talking about were from Shandong, and mainly belonged to the category of descendants of the Jizhou gentry.

As Cao Cao launched a purge in Yingchuan, some officials who violated the law were arrested, questioned, and punished. However, a greater wave of resistance was immediately triggered, and for a while there was a vague state of smoke.

"My lord..." Pang Tong stood aside, with a hint of questioning in his voice.

Fei Qian stood up and looked at the map of Shandong for a long time, "Cao Mengde...is he waiting for news from me?" 』

"information? Pang Tong frowned.

Fei Qian nodded, and then said, "Perhaps these Shandong nobles are also waiting for my news..."

Pang Tong's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he immediately understood, "My lord is saying that the current situation in Shandong is actually... not considered to be a situation where fire and water are incompatible with each other?" 』

Fei Qian laughed and said, "Unless it's really a life-and-death battle, there will always be room for attack... foreign enemies..." Fei Qian pointed at himself, "Foreign enemies are peeping outside, so both sides are naturally a little wary..."

Although Fei Qian sent some people to add fuel to the fire, on the one hand, not all of these people on the outside are 007, and they have no ability to break into the devil's cave alone. On the other hand, because the big man's own message transmission speed is slow, various places Relatively isolated, even if turmoil occurs in one region, it may not immediately spread to other regions.

So overall, there are actions currently taking place, but the results are average.

Pang Tong nodded, laughed twice and said, "So, my lord, do you want to take another look?" But in this case, both of them will be kept..."

This is the most normal choice, and it seems to be the one that maximizes benefits.

When Shandong fights among themselves and beats each other black and blue, Fei Qian, the "foreign enemy", can easily take advantage of him if he takes action again. It is precisely because of this that both parties in Shandong who are currently in love and killing each other will subconsciously hold back.

Fei Qian was silent for a while, shook his head slightly and said, "I'm going to help Cao Mengde." 』

Pang Tong frowned slightly, and after a moment, he said in a deep voice, "My lord, you think... this Cao Mengde... might lose?" 』

Fei Qian nodded.

Cao Cao, if the current situation is followed, may indeed lose.

It's just possible to lose, but not necessarily. After all, Cao Cao has many experiences of turning defeat into victory. There's no telling what tricks he might be hiding...

Cao Cao only has military power in his hands, and among the military power, only the Qingzhou soldiers can be regarded as the power that Cao Cao truly controls. It is also a power that is completely incompatible with the sons of the gentry. However, this power is a double-edged sword, and Cao Cao cannot fully control it. Not even Cao Cao's successor could control it.

As for the general's private soldiers, these things, at this stage, have more advantages than disadvantages for Cao Cao, but as time goes by, the disadvantages will become more and more serious, until the day when Cao Cao cannot control it, or the first generation When the leaders grow old, these inheritance-based private military structures will become a cancer for the Cao family's regime.

After all, the situation that Sun Erluzi is facing is the future that Cao Pi may have to face.

It is impossible for Cao Cao not to see this.

In addition, Cao Cao did not make good personnel reserves.

In Fei Qian's memory, Cao Cao issued the order to recruit talents, and issued it many times. At present, Fei Qian encouraged Han Emperor Liu Xie to issue the order first. Coupled with Guanzhong's attraction to poor people, and As for the children from poor families that Cao Cao is currently attracting, they are not very successful...

Killing is not difficult, but who should be replaced is the problem.

If we were to switch to a "Sun Ce" type, it would certainly be a coping strategy to destroy all the structure of the original house and rebuild it on the same spot. But the result is that during the period of reconstruction, all people have no place to live.

The safest thing is to bring in a middle-of-the-road faction, neither from Cao Cao's side nor from Shandong side, such as the Jizhou faction or even the Qingxu faction, and then fill in the holes in the house first, and wait until everyone has settled in. , come back to settle accounts after autumn.

Historically, Cao Cao used the people of Jizhou to compete, but it is obvious that at this stage, the power of the people of Jizhou has been dispersed, and can even be said to be relatively weak, and they are completely unable to compete with the already established Yingchuan.

So Cao Cao is very likely to choose another direction...

Replacing people also takes time.

The ensuing problem is that people inside the house will find that Cao Cao does not dare to knock on the house, so in order to prevent being settled by Qiu Hou, they will naturally delay repairing the house as much as possible, preferably until everyone is exhausted. , naturally there is no energy to come to the autumn harvest to settle accounts, and there may even be a chance to do it the other way around...

To solve this problem, Cao Cao not only needs to use the army, but also needs to be able to mobilize a large number of grassroots personnel to the front line at any time, just like Fei Qian, just like Longyou Longxi, not only has the strong Taishi Ci as a force deterrent He has the power, and the shrewd Jia Xu is making overall plans, and at the same time, a large number of grassroots officials are required to move to the local areas. However, Cao Cao can only achieve half of these three points at most.

Therefore, Fei Qian judged that although Cao Cao was killing happily now, Cao Cao was actually at a disadvantage.

Most of the people who had no place to live after their houses were smashed were ordinary people...

Then there will inevitably be people who take advantage of public grievances to cause trouble.

First, someone used the name of Cao Cao's celebration to plunder people's wealth.

Then such behavior will inevitably cause unrest among the people.

Cao Cao will definitely notice this matter and deal with it immediately.

In the process of handling, problems with officials will lead to subsequent difficulties in people's livelihood, and then all the blame will be placed on Cao Cao...

You must know that although there are only four words for "Yang Feng Yin Violation", there are many ways to do it. "Inaction" is just the simplest one, and there are many other, more clever ways to make Cao Cao's original Many orders go in the wrong direction and are completely ineffective.

Didn't these methods and officials appear in the same way before when Fei was hiding in Longyou and Longxi?

From this perspective, perhaps Cao Cao did what he did now because he was influenced by Fei Qian's previous work in Longyou and Longxi to deal with the rectification of officialdom?

"Cao Mengde, if you really have a three-point chance of winning, you dare to bet..." Fei Qian sighed and shook his head.

Cao Cao had this temper back then, and it doesn't seem to have changed much now.

Cao Cao was gambling, and so were the Shandong nobles.

The bet is on the outside of the market.

"Prime Minister Cao..." Fei Qian said slowly, "This is waiting for me to place a bet..."

Sometimes, the outcome of the game can only be determined when everyone at the poker table has played all their cards. But those who are sitting at the card table now are actually staring outside the card table.

People in the courtyard were beating each other back and forth, but their eyes were fixed on the outside of the courtyard.

Fei Qian is standing "outside the courtyard" now. It is of course impossible to let Fei Qian leave, but you can throw some "knives, guns and sticks" into the yard...

"So, what should we give to Prime Minister Cao?" Pang Tong also thought about it, and then asked, "Weapon?" Or money and food? 』

"neither. 』

Fei Qian smiled gently, "It must be a good thing for Cao Mengde..."

Fei Qian feels that this is like an evolution.

China’s own evolution.

This evolution may not have earth-shattering sound effects, but it has profound meaning.

In the history of mankind, some species of Homo sapiens and Homo sapiens have merged with each other, while others have exterminated each other. Just like when Darwin's theory of evolution first began, many people didn't believe they were monkeys. It is true that humans are not monkeys, but they are actually relatives. The genes of humans and chimpanzees can even be roughly equal in simple mathematics.

So, when facing the Shandong Monkeys, does Fei Qian have the right to laugh at him from above?

After all, they all came out of the same monkey nest. Fei Qian just took half a step forward. Then Cao Cao watched, and then tried to follow.

In a sense, Fei Qian, the first monkey, wanted to give a little sweetness to the other monkeys that followed.

However, Fei Qian and Cao Cao have different concepts.

For Cao Cao, perhaps even Akano Chisato could accept it as long as he could achieve his goal and suffer tens of millions of casualties.

But for Fei Qian, those people come first.

Therefore, what Fei Qian wants to give to Cao Cao and Shandong must be something to promote the evolution of these "monkeys".

Or called a catalyst.

The autumn wind is getting colder and whistling by.

The yellow leaves on the treetops outside the window were blown away by the autumn wind, and then fell to the ground.

"Send gunpowder." Fei Qian said slowly, "Let someone send some gunpowder over." You don’t need too much, just enough to use it two or three times...』

Pang Tong was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Exactly!" You still need a sharp knife to pry open the turtle shell...but..."

For those manor and forts in Shandong, they are the armor of Shandong. As long as you peel off this layer of armor, you will find out whether it is a person or a monkey inside.

But giving gunpowder is risky, which was something Fei Qian was hesitant about before.

Pang Tong also looked at Fei Qian with a slightly hesitant look, as if he didn't know what he should say.

"Are you worried that Cao Mengde will attack Guanzhong if he has these gunpowder?" Fei Qian asked.

Pang Tong nodded.

Never doubt the Chinese people’s ability to copycat.

Do you believe that Chinese people can rub nuclear bombs with their hands?

So if he was really forced to that point, even though Cao Cao couldn't make a nuclear bomb, it was not completely impossible to make black gunpowder. After all, the matter of black gunpowder was actually recorded in the Taoist alchemy of the Han Dynasty...

Fei Qian said with a smile: "This is the question for Cao Mengde... I also want to know whether Cao Mengde today is Prime Minister Cao, or... haha..."

Fei Qian is no longer the same Fei Qian he was back then. In the process of his rise, Fei Qian has changed in some ways, but also in some things he has not changed. So what about Cao Cao? How much has Cao Cao changed?

Everything is actually one choice after another.

So, how will Cao Cao choose this time?

……(｀)Ψ……

Choices are everywhere.

Lu Hong has come to the government office in Yecheng for the third time.

Cao Cao's political center, theoretically, should be in Xu County, but now it is slowly moving to Yecheng. In other words, just like when Emperor Guangwu changed from a wealthy family in Nanyang to the son-in-law of Jizhou, I don't know whether it is a step forward or a step back?

This was the former residence of Yuan Shao. It was very ornate with carved beams and painted buildings, but behind the splendor, it was cold.

After Lu Hong underwent the examination, he walked into the side door, filled with anger.

His investigation in Jizhou was stopped again.

Because of his people, he had a conflict with Xia Houyuan.

In this conflict, Lu Hong would not be so angry if he was beaten. After all, Xia Houyuan had a bad temper, and Lu Hong was mentally prepared, but he didn't expect that his men would be killed directly by Xia Houyuan!

Of course, Xia Houyuan also plausibly said that killing Lu Hong's men for spying on military affairs would be in vain! They even wanted to hold Lu Hong accountable!

Before Xia Houyuan, he suffered defeats under the hussars, but it did not mean that Xia Houyuan was completely incompetent. Later, in the battle in Youbei, Xia Houyuan also showed the bravery and skill of a Han cavalry general, which was more or less a move back. gained a little fame.

Where there is the core of the Cao family, there will definitely be a garrison of the Cao family or the Xiahou family.

Here in Yecheng, it is naturally Xia Houyuan's place.

Cao Cao went to Xu County. The main defense here in Yecheng was naturally controlled by Xia Houyuan.

And the behavior of Lu Hong's men was indeed spying on the military camp to a certain extent.

As for the reason for spying on the military camp, Xia Houyuan felt that there was no need for him to listen to any explanation.

"Damn General Baidi..."

Lu Hong kept cursing in his stomach, and then followed the clerks in the government office to the front of the hall.

Chen Qun was in the hall, and on one side of Chen Qun was Xia Houyuan.

"..."

Lu Hong's eyes crossed with Xia Houyuan's.

"Please sit down." School Lu," Chen Qun said, "I heard about what happened yesterday..."

Lu Hong leaned forward slightly, "Chen Shijun, my subordinates are investigating the person who spread rumors and caused trouble..."

Xia Houyuan's eyes widened, "Rat!" Are you slandering someone? ! 』

Lu Hong ignored him and continued to say to Chen Qun: "I received intelligence that the person who spread rumors was the Taoist You Fang in General Xiahou's camp. My original intention was to check on this Taoist You Fang... As a result, General Xiahou not only He created difficulties for various reasons and even killed my subordinates! This clearly means that the lord is not taken seriously, no..."

"fart! Xia Houyuan said angrily, "It's obviously your people who want to break in and disrupt the army!" 』

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Chen Qun quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Don't be impatient!" Everybody sit down! 』

The two of them sat down separately.

"Nowadays, the country is in turmoil and the local area is unstable. When the top and bottom are united and the internal and external forces work together, how can we fight with each other and act on our will?" If we hurt each other because of this, wouldn’t it mean that the loved ones would be in pain and the enemies would be happy? ” Chen Qun’s tone was gentle, but his attitude was very stern, “School Secretary Lu has the responsibility of checking local treachery, and General Xiahou has the responsibility of garrisoning and defending Jing’an. Although their responsibilities are different, they all work hard for the emperor and the lord. , loyal and responsible! What happened yesterday was just a misunderstanding..."

Chen Qun settled the matter, but Lu Hong was unwilling to accept it. After all, the person who died was his subordinate. "Chen Shijun!" Now there are unidentified spies operating near Yecheng, spreading rumors and disturbing people's hearts! If they cannot be eliminated early and the culprits behind the scenes are investigated, the consequences may be disastrous! 』

A person dies, and then everything is fine with a simple misunderstanding?

Xia Houyuan always had a bad temper. When he heard Lu Hong's words, he became furious. He stood up and kicked the desk away. He rushed to Lu Hong with two big steps and stretched out his hand to hold Lu Hong down. He pressed Lu Hong almost to the ground, then pulled out the sword from his waist and placed it on Lu Hong's neck, "My maid, raise him!" How dare you say it again? ! 』

After all, Xia Houyuan was also a brave warrior galloping on the battlefield. Like Lu Hong, even ten of them together were not enough to defeat Xia Houyuan. Xia Houyuan's sword was suddenly placed at his vital point, and Lu Hong's His face suddenly turned pale, his lips trembled greatly, but he couldn't say anything.

Chen Qun didn't expect Xia Houyuan to move so fast. He was surprised at first, and then hurriedly shouted: "General Xia Houyuan!" This is the school minister personally appointed by the lord! What are you doing! Let him go! 』

Xia Houyuan glanced at Chen Qun.

If Chen Qun asked him to let him go, Xia Houyuan might not be willing to listen, but if he said it was "appointed by the lord", Xia Houyuan would naturally think about it.

Xia Houyuan deliberately drew his sword on Lu Hong's neck, and then let go. The blade cut open the oily skin on Lu Hong's neck, and a trace of blood flowed out...

Lu Hong felt the sting on his neck, so he howled and covered his neck, thinking that Xia Houyuan had wiped his neck. When he saw a little blood on his hand, he almost collapsed to the ground and almost fainted.

Lu Hong is just an ordinary boy from a poor family, and martial arts training, which requires a lot of meat, is obviously not something that a boy from a poor family can afford. Therefore, Lu Hong has no experience in fighting at all. His pride was wiped out at such a moment. Devastated, the fear of having the blade against his throat was something he couldn't resist with the power of his words...

When he realized that he was not dead, Lu Hong subconsciously struggled to Chen Qun's side, hugged Chen Qun's calf in shock and gasped: "My Lord, please save me, my Lord, please save me..." He was so proud just now. Lu Hong was now pale, tears streaming down his face, and extremely embarrassed.

"General Xiahou!" Threatening officials with weapons and openly roaring in court! Do you want to rebel? ! Chen Qun was also very dissatisfied with Xia Houyuan's behavior, which did not show any concern for him. It could even be said that Xia Houyuan was challenging Chen Qun's authority!

"Heh..." Xia Houyuan put away the sword and saluted Chen Qun, "Sorry, I was impulsive at a certain moment... accept the attack and accept the punishment!" Please forgive me! 』

Seeing Xia Houyuan like this, what else could Chen Qun do?

Of course I forgive him.

After all, we can't say that we really have a real fight with Xia Houyuan, right?

As for Lu Hong, just give him some comfort...

This incident, for some reason, spread like wildfire in Yecheng the next day. Soon everyone knew that Lu Hong was scared to tears by Xia Houyuan in front of Chen Qun!

Cried!

Even the few tears Lu Hong shed were described in great detail.

As for Xia Houyuan, he was fined by Chen Qun.

Of course, Xia Houyuan didn't regard the mere fine as a problem at all, and even showed off to his subordinates...

……┐(~)┌……

With a gentle smile, Chen Qun returned the salute to his subordinates who paid tribute to him. After finishing his day's work, he returned to his small courtyard, took off his heavy official robe and put on a light outfit.

"People are gone?" ” Chen Qun closed his eyes slightly and asked softly.

The servant lowered his head and said, "Let's go." 』

"Yeah...I know..." Chen Qun nodded.

Lu Hong has been jumping up and down these days. Not only does Xia Houyuan dislike him, but Chen Qun doesn't like him either.

Now that Lu Hong was humiliated by Xia Houyuan in person, he naturally had no shame in staying in Yecheng.

Now that Lu Hong has left, then...

Chen Qun stood in front of the hall and was silent for a long time.

"Someone is coming..."