Three Kingdoms

People should always have some dreams.

Although most of them are salty when they say this sentence, once people lose hope, it is still a very sad thing in the final analysis.

Liu Xie’s dream and hope is to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty.

Standing on the shoulders of historical giants, people who know a little bit about the history of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms seem to be able to say that he is hopeless. If he dies, he will be the last emperor of the Han Dynasty. But for Liu Xie, who is in the Han Dynasty and has no God's perspective, this dream and this hope are his obsession.

Picking it up and putting it down is not an easy task.

Among the Han emperors, some were short-lived and some were long-lived. Take the Eastern Han Dynasty as an example. The shortest-lived emperor did not even survive a year. Moreover, the emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty were also relatively short-lived. For example, Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty reached 70 years old. The two Han dynasties combined were so alone. One serving.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu was sixty-three years old, which turned out to be the oldest. Next was Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. The rest died early, and many Eastern Han emperors died in their twenties and thirties.

Logically speaking, Liu Xie was not bad at all. Even after he abdicated as Duke of Shanyang, he did not live in decadence and lament. Instead, he farmed the land himself and used the medical skills he learned in the palace to work with the queen. To treat the common people, we don’t charge for the herbs we dug ourselves. We give the common people free acupuncture, cupping, and scraping. Only the medicines we buy ourselves will be charged. It is said that later generations of Chinese medicine practitioners had the custom of free cupping and acupuncture by visiting doctors, which originated from this.

Maybe this is the follow-up development that Liu Xie got from feeling the need to be pro-agricultural?

Perhaps Liu Xie finally gave up on the world when he was in Shanyang, but at this stage, he feels that there is still hope.

Liu Xie wanted to save Kong Rong, not because he thought Kong Rong could play a big role and immediately turn the tide like a mainstay, but because he wanted to show an attitude through this incident. After being firmly controlled by Cao Cao, Liu Xie wanted to save Kong Rong. A gap was torn out in the court hall below.

To put it simply, Liu Xie needs people. Regardless of whether Kong Rong is a big cat or a kitten, at least he can catch some mice, which is a good thing. If he can attract more cats through Kong Rong, then the court will The big rat in the trap will be caught one day...

However, this process is not so smooth.

Sometimes Liu Xie is confused, why is this so difficult?

it's actually really easy.

Classes are like water and oil. They can only merge under certain conditions. They are stratified most of the time. Everything that can turn water into oil will eventually be proven to be pseudoscience.

Liu Xie and Squire are actually in love with each other.

The people Liu Xie can rely on most, whose goals and interests can be said to be basically the same, are the ordinary people outside the political circle who bear the heaviest burden, thousands of Guizhou heads.

Because only the simple wishes of these ordinary people and Liu Xie's truly coincide - "the resurgence of the Han Dynasty", or to put it another way, it is called "food, clothing and clothing".

Liu Xie hoped that the Han Dynasty would be unified, disputes in various places would be eliminated, and there would be no more wars or separatist regimes.

The people also hope so.

Therefore, in most feudal dynasties, as long as the emperor knew a little bit about things, he would know that his natural allies were these ordinary people. Unfortunately, most emperors ignored these people, but chose to seek skin from the tiger in an attempt to make peace. A compromise was reached within the landowning class…

Colleagues are enemies!

Although sometimes peers form alliances to deal with foreign affairs, most of the time, these peers undermine each other, compete with each other, and even use dirty tricks to kill their peers.

Therefore, even if Liu Xie and the rural gentry and clan could temporarily reach an agreement on some levels, it was difficult for them to cooperate in actions. When Liu Xie rushed forward, the squire did not follow him. Instead, he was watching. When the squire was making moves, Liu Xie also watched coldly.

Just like this time, these rumors about Dong Yu...

It seems that the same actions have different thoughts.

The Ancestral Temple has now become Liu Xie’s tree cave.

In the entire palace, well, maybe in the entire Han Dynasty, Liu Xie couldn't find a second person with whom he could talk and discuss.

The Ancestral Temple is like Liu Xie's last haven, the last piece of pure land.

After all, there won't be any idlers waiting here. Ordinary people can't get in, and those who can get in, usually won't come either.

In the Ancestral Temple, green smoke filled the air.

Liu Xie only showed an exhausted posture after he had retreated from everyone. He did not even continue to maintain the so-called majesty of his emperor. Instead, he sat on the side of the incense table like an ordinary person, just like he had leaned on when he was a child. It's like being by my father's side.

Sometimes Liu Xie really wishes that he could turn back time and go back to when his father was still in the city. Then even if he couldn't bring him any advice, he could still listen to his father's nagging bits and pieces of political understanding back then, instead of Just playing with wooden swords and cloth armor.

Even his father's understanding of politics may not be so correct.

When he was a child, he was his father's "tree hole".

It's not because Liu Xie is so strict, but because Liu Xie's mother is dead. Although Empress Dowager Dong doesn't have many political means, she still loves her children and will definitely not go after Liu Bian like Mrs. He. Tiantian asked Liu Xie, "What did your father say to you?" 』

Not knowing too much is actually a happy thing.

Liu Xie smiled bitterly.

Now, his father's memorial tablet has become Liu Xie's "tree hole".

"Kong Wenju..." Liu Xie muttered softly, "Father, I'm afraid I can't save this Kong Wenju... Really, why can't these guys... ugh..."

ε=(ο｀*))) Liu Xie’s brows pulled down, his face full of exhaustion.

Liu Xie originally wanted to gather people together in the name of the celebration. Of course, if there are more people, it will be more powerful. Then someone will raise their arms and shout out, and Liu Xie can use the topic to play something. Even if this strategy fails, it can still Make a move in the name of amnesty.

Liu Xie said in a broken voice, his voice was very small and soft, just like the purring sound of a child in his father's arms.

Liu Xie and Kong Rong did not have much emotional bond, it was just that the enemies of enemies were most likely friends. For Liu Xie, those who can be used to involve Cao Cao and compete with Cao Cao can basically be regarded as friendly forces.

However, Liu Xie's entire rescue process for Kong Rong was not ideal.

The first is that many people do not support the celebration.

Because this is Cao Chun's victory, rounding it off is Cao Cao's victory, and Liu Xie wants to celebrate Cao Cao's victory. What does this mean? Liu Xie, you thick-browed man with big eyes, have you rebelled too?

Liu Xie couldn't say it clearly at this time.

After experiencing the Dong Cheng incident, Liu Xie understood one thing. He, as the emperor, does not mean that if he really gives an order, someone will definitely follow it...

In other words, the so-called Yiyan Jiuding only existed when the imperial power was extremely strong, but the current imperial power of the Han Dynasty is actually almost paper-like. After several setbacks, Liu Xie understood that he had to stand on the side of "righteousness" so that he could be said to represent the majority of people, and then gradually move from "representation" to "control".

He had to find an opportunity, and if he didn't use the name of the celebration, how could he break through the confinement of the court and see more people bypassing the chancellery? Without being able to see those outside the court, how could Liu Xie cultivate another wave of forces that did not belong to Cao Cao?

Therefore, Liu Xie knew that the celebration cost money, so he wanted to hold it and insisted on doing it. But it was a pity that the squires in Shandong, the Han Dynasty, did not think that what he felt was necessary.

At first, Liu Xie felt that there were many benefits to rescuing Kong Rong, and he also felt that many people must be dissatisfied with Cao Cao's treatment of Kong Rong, so Liu Xie thought that this was a good opportunity.

Liu Xie thought a lot and had high expectations. However, in actual operation, he discovered that there were not many people following him in raising the flag. Many people even watched from a distance and did not raise the flag to him at all. Under the raised flag.

Are those people willing to obey Cao Cao?

Apparently not.

Otherwise, Kong Rong would not have jumped out...

In other words, it was pushed out.

But do we really want these people to openly confront Cao Cao? These people don't have the courage.

In addition, they have to spend money, so these squires hold their money bags tightly, cry and shout that they really have no money, and then go to the club privately with friends...

So now, even with Liu Xie "taking the lead", these squires still have not cooperated as Liu Xie imagined. More people will not express their attitude easily, and some even openly oppose Liu Xie's celebration. , there are endless criticisms about the so-called waste of people and money. No matter what Liu Xie does, these people will stand up and criticize him. It seems that if they don't do this, they can't show their superior attributes.

This made Liu Xie feel very tired.

Liu Xie let out a long sigh.

It was so wonderful when I was a child, but now I really feel the complexity of the world and the indifference of family ties. Getting up every day is like wearing a mask, no matter who you are facing.

But this kind of life must continue, and Liu Xie can only bite the bullet and adapt, change, learn, grow, and play with political methods that he originally didn't like...

Liu Xie spoke in a low voice, looming in the green smoke. He didn't need anyone to hear him. It was just his habit to make a sound, which made him think that he could think more clearly.

Liu Xie felt that Cao Cao wanted to kill Kong Rong not because Kong Rong himself was guilty, but because he was conducting a kind of temptation, a kind of temptation that was close to transgression, so Liu Xie had to fight back, even if it was weak resistance. , which is at least better than lying down and enjoying it. Otherwise, one day, Cao Cao would still tie his belt and say with a smile, "Look, don't you enjoy it too?" Then he shouted to the onlookers, "See, he did it voluntarily!"

On the other hand, Liu Xie wanted to save Kong Rong, but it was also not because he wanted to save Kong Rong.

Liu Xie had a certain fondness for Kong Rong, but he would not force it.

Saving Kong Rong was also Liu Xie's temptation. Liu Xie has been depressed for too long. He needs fresh air...

Those who were watching and making noises were also not interested in whether Kong Rong was wronged or not.

Politics is not something that most people can play around with.

Just like this Dong Yu’s experience record...

It seems like an inexplicable extra record of experiences, but what is it actually? Were these things sent to Liu Xie as soon as they arrived in Xu County?

So why was it delivered at this time?

Liu Xie felt that this was a "compromise", a compromise between Cao Cao and Liu Xie and the local rural gentry and clan.

To put it simply, Cao Cao was also "cowarded".

This made Liu Xie even more delighted than seeing the contents of Dong Yu's records!

This shows that Cao Cao did not want to overturn the table.

Not lifting the table means that the people around the table will not change, just those who share more and those who share less.

These letters and records of Dong Yu's experiences seem to be equivalent to Cao Cao secretly showing Liu Xie that there are many great scholars in the world, not just Kong Rong, so killing one Kong Rong is not the same as killing all of them. Great Confucian!

Look, everyone, isn’t this Dong Yu also a great Confucian? In time, there is hope that he will become a real great Confucian, and everyone will not have to fight over Kong Rong!

Look at what Dong Yu did. Isn't it better than Kong Rong's kind of talk that only stayed on the surface and talked from a high position? What Dong Yu lacked was that he did not have the reputation of Kong Rong, but now with these letters and records of his experiences, didn't his reputation rise?

Cao Cao seemed to be using this method to express that he was not targeting Confucian disciples, but those Confucian scholars who did not live up to their name. For those great Confucians who were really capable and considered for the sake of the people, he would not only not attack them, but would also praise and support them. As a result, some people who originally opposed the killing of Kong Rong will definitely split away.

Therefore, Cao Cao took out this letter now, on the one hand, it was to split, and on the other hand, it was also to win over. If we understand the specific gaps in farming in Guanzhong, Shandong, and can get better harvests based on the diagram, then who can take the lead in piloting and improving, who can concretely improve the gaps and mistakes, and who has the final say? Someone must be weighing whether it is worth losing the opportunity for his family to gain more for Kong Rong.

Maybe Cao Cao also had some other meanings, but Liu Xie could only think of so much now.

Liu Xie sighed.

What a rabble!

Once those people start to weigh things up, Kong Rong's life will be completely over.

But Liu Xie couldn't object to Dong Yu's letter. He couldn't say that everyone didn't need to make up for the agricultural gap or increase their income, and then seize the letters, saying that there had never been a person named Dong Yu, nor were these letters written by Dong Yu...

You can only go with the flow, or you can jump down even though you know it is a trap.

Because "people's livelihood" represents a certain degree of "public opinion"!

As the emperor of Han Dynasty, there is no way to escape.

Liu Xie leaned on the side of the incense table and sneered, "Haha... these guys..."

Liu Xie muttered to himself, and then thought of something. He sat up straight, frowned and thought for a long time.

He must now change his goal, from rescuing Kong Rong, to focusing on the agricultural rumors about Dong Yu. The direction is there, but specific operational measures still need to be carefully measured.

While thinking about this, Liu Xie closed his mouth tightly and didn't say a word.

It wasn't until he seemed to have made up his mind that he stood up and saluted the ancestral tablet again, and then slowly walked to the door of the Ancestral Temple. He looked up at the sky for a moment and found that the sky was extremely clear and there were no clouds, no matter they were tiger-shaped. Not even in the shape of a rabbit.

Naturally, Liu Xie cannot be given any inspiration.

Maybe this is also a revelation?

Liu Xie pondered for a long time before leaving.

……(ˇˇ) @～……

This time, Wang Chang traveled to Xu County on behalf of Qiaoqi to congratulate the emperor.

After leaving Tongguan and passing through Han Valley, a mighty group moved forward slowly.

Dong Yu wrote a record of Guanzhong, and Wang Chang also wrote down some of his experiences in Shandong.

The Heluo area was originally the prosperous center of the Han Dynasty, and Luoyang was once a city that the world looked up to. But now, Wang Chang didn't even think of going in to take a look. He declined the invitation from the Yang family and ordered to move on.

After crossing Heluo and entering the Yingchuan area, we saw many farmers carrying burdens or pulling carts. The autumn harvest is here, and these farmers have a lot to do. But along the way, Wang Chang saw that most of these farmers were naked, wearing only a calf's nose skirt at most.

For Wang Chang and his party, the Shandong farmers seemed not to care at all, and no one was curious. Even if they met on the road, they would either kneel down by the roadside on the spot, or quickly hide in the bushes on both sides of the road. .

It's like an animal meets a human...

"Brother Zhong Chuan, don't the people of Shandong wear clothes when they work?" ” Wang Chang asked an older man next to him.

Wang He, Wang Zhongchuan. The little-known Mo family and Qingzhou people originally went to Chang'an to join Wang Shu, but now they temporarily returned to Wang Chang as an assistant.

Wang Chang is familiar with the situation in Beidi and Guanzhong, but he is not very clear about some things in Shandong.

Wang He followed Wang Chang. When he heard this, he glanced at the farmers, "These farmers probably only have one set of clothes. If they wear them for farm work, they will be worn out in two or three days, and no additional repairs are required..."

Wang Chang cupped his hands and said, "Brother Zhong Chuan is laughing... I won't care about Guanzhong for now. I just saw the Huns working in the North, and they also had leather robes, and this..." Wang Chang had been to the North before and served as A minor official for a period of time can be considered to have been at the "grassroots level".

Wang Chang looked at the farmers and shook his head slightly.

This should be the core area close to the Han Dynasty, but poverty still plagues these grassroots farmers. The Han Dynasty's national policy of valuing agriculture over commerce has always been emphasized. Every emperor has expressed that he should pay attention to agriculture and mulberry trees, but where does this emphasis go?

Is the size of the harvest important?

"This is autumn. If winter comes..." Wang He glanced at the farmers and sighed slightly, "When they go out to work in winter, many of them don't wear clothes, and there are not a few who freeze to death and get frostbite..."

Although farmers will be relatively relaxed after the autumn harvest, it does not mean that labor will be eliminated. There are still various repairs, assigned labor, and other matters.

"Are no officials paying attention to such things?" ” Wang Chang suddenly felt a little incredible.

Wang He shook his head.

"Chinese are barbarians, and they don't follow their lead. Now..." Wang Chang sighed and did not finish his sentence.

Along the way, especially after entering the land of Yingchuan, Wang Chang saw many Shandong gentry children dressed in rich and colorful clothes, with all kinds of valuables and jewelry on their bodies, even more than the children of Guanzhong. Wang Chang had the illusion at first that the people in Shandong were rich. But now it seems that only the nobles are rich. As for the ordinary people...