Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1143 Self-righteous and self-righteous

  Li Ru stood on a high **** in Longyou, looking eastward from a distance. The spring haze blew past, blowing up Li Ru's robes and flapping his teeth and claws in the air.

"Hmm...it's still a bit cold..." Jia Xu wrapped the cloak that wrapped her body, and asked the guards to put one on Li Ru, and then stood with Li Ru, looking eastward together, with a bit of disdain Looking at Dongfang in a calm tone, he said, "Han Wenyue? I'm afraid I have to wait a little longer. This guy's reaction speed, even if the knife is put on his neck, he will be stunned for a long time, hehe..."

   "Korean conventions are not enough to worry about..." Li Ru said lightly, "I'm looking at this world."

   "Heaven and earth?" Jia Xu raised one eyebrow.

  Li Ru nodded: "Longyou."

   "Longyou..." Jia Xu fell silent, then sighed, and looked into the distance with Li Ru.

  Longyou is not exactly the same as Longxi.

  Because in addition to the geographical attributes, Longyou also has a humanistic attribute, which specifically refers to some local forces that have emerged in this area, such as Kui Xiao, Dou Rong, and people like Li Ru.

  It is completely opposite to the habit of most people in the later generations to look at maps. People in the Han Dynasty took the east as the left and the west as the right. So Longyou is to the west of Longshan Mountain, and this area, just like Han Sui's lair in Jincheng, is also Li Ru's lair, and it can even be said to be the lair of Li Ru and his gang.

   It's just that now, there are not many people left in this group...

It is located in Qinghai, Tibet, the junction of the three major regions of the northern desert and the Loess Plateau, and it is also an important area between the East and the West after Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions. Very unique regional humanistic characteristics.

  There are not only Hu people here, but also Han people.

  Wusun Wusun of the Yueshi originated here at the earliest, and when it comes to the Han people, Fuxi, who is considered the ancestor of the humanities and the head of the Three Emperors, is here in Longyou. In later generations, there was an emperor who liked to mention calligraphy, and he once came here to leave calligraphy treasures for Fuxi.

  Of course, Nuwa, as Fuxi's younger sister, is naturally within this range...

  Even if we don’t talk about those ancient mysterious figures, let’s talk about those who are closer to the Han Dynasty. The ancestor Ji Qi of the Zhou Dynasty, Qin Feizi, the ancestor of the Qin Dynasty, and even the talented Qin Shihuang were all born in this area.

  Legalism arose here, and it also declined here.

   I don’t know when it started, but this place is no longer a prosperous place for culture, but has become a place of distribution, just like the ancestors of Li Ru and Jia Xu, who were sent to Xiliang for various reasons.

"Back then, the prosperity was like a dream, like morning dew, like sunset glow, and like clouds in front of my eyes..." Li Ru sighed softly, and said, "Back then, a certain person traveled to Heluo under the name of Zuo Fengyi; Among the army; in the end, with the strength of one person, the Han court was ruled...Now it seems that it is like a cloud...It is a small loss to a certain person, but it also harmed many children...It is the fault of a certain..."

"Hey!" Jia Xu interrupted Li Ru's words, and said, "What are these things? Even if you stay in Longyou, how long will you survive? Seriously, if you really don't leave the mountain, you will be It's a sin...Look, even an incompetent official like Han Wenyue can jump up and down twice..."

Li Ru nodded, then shook his head and said: "In the past, Manan County had thousands of people under the door, but now the classics are hidden, and the halls are full of dust. I heard that Beihai Zheng's commentary on the three rites has become everyone... After all, the West Classic has fallen in the East, it seems to be a A fixed number..."

"West meridian falls to the east?" Jia Xu knew that what Li Ru meant was that the cultural center of Confucian classics was constantly moving to the east, and this was not the case. In fact, the political and economic centers were also constantly moving from west to east, but for Jia Xu disagreed with this point, so he shook his head and said, "It shouldn't matter, it's just that you and I don't have much thought about it. Besides, if we talk about going east today, tomorrow we will go east." Yifu East also has an end, you know that Qingzhou is adjacent to the East China Sea, so it will not fall to the East China Sea? And if you look at Beipingyang and the Shoushan Academy, how can it be said to be a certain number?"

  Li Ru glanced at Jia Xu, nodded slightly, and said, "This is the reason why someone is willing to go out to see the mountain again...Shoushan Xuegong, Shoushan...I don’t know what mountain he wants to defend..."

"...This..." Jia Xu pondered for a while, but decided not to continue entanglement on this issue. Anyway, Li Ru has already come out. Let him go and see what is going on in Pingyang. It's not good, "...Well, by the way, speaking of which, the icing and saber brought by someone are gifts for you, why did you let someone take them out..."

  The corner of Li Ru's mouth curled up slightly, ignoring Jia Xu's superficial rhetoric, and said directly to the essence: "Could it be that you are afraid of Zhengxi getting angry?"

"Ah? How could it be?" Jia Xu stared, at first categorically denied it without even thinking about it, and then continued after a long silence, "...There were two or three times, I don't know if I felt wrong...I felt something murderous. meaning…"

   Li Ru suddenly turned his head and stared at Jia Xu, then couldn't help but smile first, and then burst out laughing so hard that tears flowed down his face.

   Jia Xu rolled his eyes at first, but couldn't help himself for a while, and laughed together with Li Ru.

The main reason is that when he came to Li Ru this time, Jia Xu realized that he did not report to Zhengxi, and Li Ru took out the icing sugar and swords produced in Pingyang to lure and divide the Qiang people, and he did not report to General Zhengxi. Fei Qian took a breath, in case the pot was smashed later and was exposed, it would be somewhat hindered.

   "...hehe..." Li Ru wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "...it's okay...the icing swords you carry are all high-quality goods, and ordinary people can't get them...it's not like salt and iron, so it's okay..."

   It took Li Ru a lot of thought to select these two things for trading.

  Although Li Ru doesn't know the concept of luxury goods, he has instinctive recognition. The icing sugar is rare and precious, as is the refined and forged sword. Such items are expensive, and it is impossible for those who buy them to arm them on a large scale or increase the benefits of the people.

Therefore, this kind of thing is different from ordinary salt and iron, and it is not the daily necessities of the people. Even if there is no prior consultation with General Fei Qian of Zhengxi, no matter how many are sold, it will not have much broad significance for Qianghu. Help, and even if the Qiang Hu can buy people, most of them are the leaders. There are only a few dozen pieces at most a hundred pieces, and where they can be widely spread, ordinary Qiang people can't afford them.

"Ahhh..." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "No, no, I regret it...I found that when I was with you, I was always a little unthinking. It's a hole..."

Jia Xu naturally doesn't understand that this is just a kind of lazy instinct of human beings, just like when a child is around an adult, the first thing he thinks of when encountering a problem is not to solve it by himself, but to ask an adult for help The same, and when the adults are away, you will find that these problems are solved by the children themselves.

  Li Ru smiled, patted Jia Xu's arm, and said, "...Don't worry, if I really cheat you, I will definitely leave you a way out..."

   "Oh?" Jia Xu asked, "Let's talk about it first, what is the way out this time?"

  Li Ru suddenly felt something, raised his head, looked to the east, pointed with his hand, and said loudly: "This is it!"

  ………………

  Han Sui had another dispute with Ma Chao this time.

  Han Sui felt that there was something wrong with Jincheng's nest, and he had to rush back to rescue him. After all, near Jincheng, there is Han Sui's property, and there are also many clansmen. After bringing out most of the force, Jincheng's defense is empty. If there is really a case...

   But Ma Chao completely disagrees. He thought that Chang'an was right in front of him, and they were cavalry, so they were faster, so they could take Chang'an first.

Strictly speaking, people in the line of Ma Teng and Ma Chao think that they are descendants of Ma Yuan, which means that their ancestral home should be near Maoling in Youfufeng. Therefore, Chang'an is Ma Chao's real home in his heart. Ryo is just a helpless guest...

   After all, Ma Chao was young, so Han Sui saw some signs of his words, so Han Sui was very angry, and asked Ma Chao: "If we can't take Chang'an and lose Jincheng, what should we do?"

   Ma Chao rolled his eyes and said, "How is it possible to say this? Now that we are about to enter the city of Chang'an, how can we not take Chang'an? Uncle, don't try to destroy your prestige, but go to help others..."

Han Sui was patient and persuasive, saying: "Nephew, capturing Chang'an City does not mean taking control of Chang'an... Chang'an is so easy to take? If we still have the support of the Qiang people, we can use the momentum to control the city." If you can survive, then use some means to disintegrate the division, manage it for a while, and finally get the support of the countryside in Chang'an, and then you can truly master Guanzhong! And all of this will take time!"

   "Anyone who is not convinced, just kill him!" Ma Chao stared, "If you don't accept it, kill him! Kill him until he is convinced!"

Han Sui covered his head and said, "Nephew, you can't manage Guanzhong like you are in the Qiang land, just by fighting... It's easy to kill, but what about the money, grain and autumn gifts? What about the labor force? All these fell from the sky? "

   "No, I didn't say it fell from the sky? Don't grains, grasses, and crops all grow on the ground? Uncle, are you feeling dizzy? Do you want to take a rest first?" Ma Chao still didn't understand, and said with some doubts.

"I don't rest!" Han Sui almost jumped, but he said patiently, "Yes, the grain, grass, and crops all grow on the ground, but after all, people have to plant, harvest, and then hand them over? Kill all Guanzhong Gentleman Haoyou, do you and I do these things? Or let the Qiang people do it?"

   Ma Chao said: "I didn't say to kill them all. If you pick one or two leaders and kill them, wouldn't that be the end? Who said you would kill them all?"

Han Sui sighed, and said, "Nephew, how many times do I need to tell you... These Guanzhong gentry are different from Xiliang Qiang people, really different... Killing one or two tribes of Qiang people can still be compared with other Qiang people." People sit down to drink and talk about business, but these gentry tyrants in Guanzhong are different, different! These gentry tyrants, who have been in Guanzhong for decades or hundreds of years, who have not married with their surroundings, who are not intertwined and have many connections ? To use an analogy, if someone touches the tribe members of your mother's family, will you work hard and pretend that nothing happened?"

  Ma Chao slapped the table and shouted: "Who dares to touch a certain mother? I will kill him!"

   "..." Han Sui covered his head, speechless. No matter who it is, if you encounter someone who only listens to a sentence, no one will recruit, right?

Han Sui finally gave up the dispute with Ma Chao. He felt that Ma Chao was really an elm lump, and he wanted to reason with an elm lump's head, and let the elm lump understand what he meant. In my imagination, instead of opening my eyes to see the world, it would be easier to cut open a real elm lump myself.

   So divide the troops.

  Han Sui led his men back to rescue Jincheng.

   Ma Chao led his people to continue the journey in Guanzhong.

   Han Sui was a little skeptical at first about the crisis facing Jincheng that was reported by the Qiang people, suspecting that it was false. After all, there is no need for Qiang people to lie about this matter, and there is no reason to lie, and so many people have this news, which shows that this matter is more or less true...

  After all, Han Sui's thoughts went up and down in Xiliang, and many heroes had a great time, but eventually declined. Han Sui believed that these people had a very important connection with not having a stable rear. Therefore, Han Sui would rather shelve Chang'an for the time being than give up Jincheng. What's more, if he wants to truly control Guanzhong, it will not be achieved in a day or two.

Looking at the back of Han Sui going away, Ma Chao put away the numbness on his face, and sneered. He knew that Han Sui didn't think much of him, and even looked down on him, thinking that he was still a child and didn't understand the world. In this way, Han Sui is more at ease, isn't it?

   Ma Chao is not that dull, and his ideas about the Guanzhong gentry are not as simple as he said. Killing people requires one life for one life in normal times. In wartime, the more you kill, the more heroic you are. In peace and prosperity, killing one person may lead to death. In troubled times, killing a million people is a great talent. How can it be generalized?

  Guanzhong nobles are not easy to kill, because they are too involved with each other, but right now, there are still people who are easy to kill...

  Why use complicated methods when you can use simple methods to solve problems? Of course, there is one thing that Ma Chao kept hidden and did not say, anyway, Jincheng is Han Sui's lair, not Ma Chao's, so let's just do whatever...

  Han Sui left with more than half, or even nearly two-thirds of the troops, leaving Ma Chao with less than 2,000 troops, including his own clansmen, who were only more than 3,000.

   But that's all, Ma Chao thinks, it's enough.

  His father, Ma Teng, had only 300 people when he rebelled. Now that he has ten times more people under him, he must make a foundation ten times larger than his father's!

   Ma Chao looks at the east, full of ambition and ambition.

  (end of this chapter)