Three Kingdoms

Yang Xiu stared at the soles of his feet, watching his shadow curl up into a ball, just like his curled up heart.

I once had a tiger in my heart, sniffed the roses, and felt that I was an elegant person.

Now, they are like cows and horses, they can be driven as they please, and they can only flatter themselves to avoid suffering.

I used to look forward to the big scene, to show my career, and to wave thousands of troops at my command.

Now I just want my little life, my whole family’s fortune, I bow my head a hundred times and bend my heart...

The Yang family used to be Yang Xiu's ladder and booster, but now it has become the thorns and shackles on Yang Xiu's body, trapping him to death in Luoyang and tying him up in front of Cao Cao.

There are no shackles on my body, but there are more shackles on my heart!

"Ah haha... Dezu hasn't seen you for many years, are you okay?" ” Cao Cao still had a cheerful voice and old-fashioned words.

If it were Yang Xiu before, he would have been more arrogant as a scholar. He felt that his worth and family background were not inferior to Cao Cao's, and he used some cleverness to show that he was unusual. But now Yang Xiu honestly came forward and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and answered: "The common people pay homage to the Prime Minister..."

Cao Cao was a little surprised. He immediately stepped forward and pulled Yang Xiu up. On the way, he patted the dust on Yang Xiu's robes. He looked very friendly and said, "Hey, you and I have been friends for generations, why do you need to be polite?" Haha, hahaha..."

Yang Xiu smiled.

That's right, a family friend who met with swords and guns, stormed the city, and broke in?

This family friend is "iron" enough.

"My family is suffering from severe paralysis and I am having trouble walking..." Yang Xiu was not proud of Cao Cao's polite attitude, but still said humbly, "I have specially ordered the common people to apologize to the Prime Minister, and hope that the Prime Minister will remember the past." The friendship of the same dynasty avoids the crime of neglect..."

This is not to say that Yang Xiu is evading, it is indeed the case.

Yang Biao was old and had some rheumatism, so he needed to walk with a cane all year round. Cao Cao also knew this, so he did not express any disrespect for Yang Xiu to come on behalf of Yang Biao.

And from a certain perspective, when Yang Biao was the dominant figure in the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was just a marginal figure, just a county magistrate. If he saw Yang Biao today, he would be a little embarrassed.

Cao Cao was slightly embarrassed, but Yang Biao was greatly embarrassed.

Therefore, Yang Xiu came to replace Yang Biao, which was in line with Cao Cao's wishes. Cao Cao would come to greet him, which could be regarded as giving the Yang family some dignity, but Cao Cao did not expect that Yang Xiu would not have any fireworks after meeting...

How much of the smoke and fire in the world is willing?

However, the high-ranking Sangong family, even if they are just pretending, is rare.

Yang Xiu's appearance now is really different from Cao Cao's previous impression.

Cao Cao looked Yang Xiu up and down again, "Dezu now... come on, sit down!" Sit down and talk! 』

"Thank you, Prime Minister. Yang Xiu followed Cao Cao's instructions and sat aside. He was upright and upright, with a solemn face and a dignified look.

"..." Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu, and after a moment he said with a half-smile, "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes today, Cao Cao would never have believed that Dezu was like this... But what happened recently?" 』

Yang Xiu and Yang Dezu, who was so unruly and unruly back then and felt that the whole world was revolving around him, seemed to have disappeared without a trace, which surprised Cao Cao.

"If you don't do something, you won't get a piece of wisdom." Yang Xiu twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing a bit of a wry smile, "In the past, I felt that the world's heroes were no more than mediocre, but now I know that I am no more than mediocre." Just like what the poem says, "The jianjia is green and the white dew is like frost. The so-called beauty is on the side of the water. If you follow it back, the road is long and blocked. If you follow it back, you will be in the middle of the water..."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, "Dezu's words...are you making a mockery of something?" 』

"How dare you, the common people?" It was actually a sentiment, and it was definitely not meant to refer to the Prime Minister. Yang Xiu fell to the ground and spoke earnestly.

"Feeling it?" "Haha, no need to be polite, please get up," Cao Cao seemed to be smiling but not smiling, "This is what Dezu feels... I am listening attentively, you might as well give me a lesson or two." 』

"I don't dare to mention the word "teaching me", Yang Xiu cupped his hands and said, "Those reeds are like reeds. They drift in the air, swaying with the wind, but stop at their roots. Just like the Yang family, when they first looked green, they thought they were jade trees, but they were actually jade trees. Looking for a beautiful woman is also a matter of tossing and turning, and you can't find her. Seeing her very close, you move further and further away. It's like looking for the Luoshui River in Luoyang. In the end, you can't find her on the water side..."

Cao Cao laughed.

Cao Cao felt that Yang Xiu had really changed.

I won’t talk about other things. If it were before, most of them would use other people as examples, but now everything is based on Yang’s example.

Although Yang Xiu's current words still have the flavor of mocking Cao Cao, they are much more subtle, and the change in this example habit can already explain some problems.

Based on the previous glory of the Yang family, would Yang Xiu use it casually to make metaphors and give examples, or to make fun of himself?

"There is no need to be too modest, Dezu!" "Cao Cao said with a smile, "Cao has known for a long time that Dezu has talents in warp and latitude, but he has never had the opportunity. Now he wants to recruit Dezu to be the prime minister... I wonder if Dezu is willing to surrender? 』

Yang Xiu was silent for a while, then stood up and left the table and bowed, "Prime Minister, great virtue, Xiu is indescribably grateful, and is willing to be driven by the Prime Minister..."

"Hahaha..." Cao Cao also left the table and stepped forward to help Yang Xiu up. Cao Cao's smile was very cordial, and he didn't seem to care at all whether Yang Xiu addressed him as prime minister or lord.

"Come on! Sit down! ” Cao Cao laughed and said, “Now that I have Dezu’s help, I will be like a tiger with wings!” 』

Yang Xiu said a few words of humility, and then he heard the unsurprising words. Cao Cao asked how to defeat Hangu.

Yang Xiu was silent for a while, "It's easy to break Hangu, but it's difficult to attack Tongguan." If the Prime Minister thinks that Hangu is easy to defeat and takes it lightly, he will use the hussar strategy. 』

Cao Cao's eyes flickered, "I dare to ask for details." 』

"The danger of Hangu began in Qin. However, Hanhan Valley today no longer has the prestige it once had. ” Yang Xiu’s voice was very steady, as if he was describing an ordinary thing, “Since the Han Dynasty, Shandong has been afraid of the dangers of Hangu, so there are many dangers in it. The Qin Han Valley was ruined, and the same was true for the Han Valley. Even if the hussars were skilled in craftsmanship, it would be difficult to reverse its decline... What's more, Han Valley was hanging alone outside, and its shape was like a bait. If the prime minister wanted to take it, it would be easy. ...』

When Yang Xiu came to the end, he paused, licked his lips slightly, and swallowed the last half of the sentence "How could the Prime Minister not know"?

Yes, Yang Xiu has changed.

People will change, especially under repeated blows.

The youth and frivolity of the past cannot be compared with wealth, rice, oil and salt, and the vows of each other will be turned into ashes in the day after day. What's more, Yang Xiu in history actually did not have much objection to Cao Cao. What's more is just young people's arrogance and desire for expression, as well as their undisguised preference for Cao Cao's next generation.

This is a taboo.

Now Yang Xiu has lost three points of his impetuousness and gained three points of calmness. He buried his hatred for Qiusi and his resentment against Cao Cao deep in his heart.

Yang Xiu is still the same Yang Xiu, but he is no longer the same Yang Xiu.

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, but did not say what Yang Xiu thought of Hangu, but continued to ask: "If you want to take Tongguan, does Dezu have any good strategies?" 』

Yang Xiu smiled and said, "The Prime Minister wants to capture Tongguan, so Xiu has a plan..."

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Of course, Cao Cao's purpose in occupying Luoyang was not to deliberately attack the Yang family, or because he had some unresolved hatred with the Yang family that was not clean even after Huabei, but because Cao Cao needed a good base for advancement, and Linhan Han In the land of Gutongguan, what place is more suitable than Luoyang?

Could it be that Cao Cao was willing to fight at the front and let Yang shout cheers from the top of the city behind?

Therefore, at the necessary stage, it became inevitable for Cao Cao to attack Luoyang like thunder.

The danger Luoyang faced has always existed. It's just that Yang Biao, Yang Xiu and others have always tried to bury their heads in the sand to comfort themselves and hypnotize themselves.

Now I wake up from the dream.

Then I realized it was better to dream...

After all, there is everything in dreams, but in reality there is only cold iron and hot blood.

Although Cao Cao's army tried their best to conceal the news that Cao Cao had captured Luoyang, it could not be hidden for long. It was detected almost at the same time and was reported to Chang'an in a hurry.

In Chang'an, in the yamen of Huqi Mansion.

The uneasy and well-meaning black fat bird chuckled, "Cao Mengde is too careful too!" I’ve really been getting more and more mixed up over the years! I don’t have the spirit to chase Zhongying under the moonlight..."

Of course, Cao Cao also knew that his military action of invading Luoyang could not be concealed in the end, but it was obvious that Cao Cao wanted to conceal it as long as he could and maintain a certain degree of concealment as much as possible...

Feizhen also laughed, "That's chasing Han Xin under the moon!" It's Prime Minister Xiao, not Prime Minister Cao! 』

"What a pity..." Pang Tong shook his head and said with some emotion, "Prime Minister Cao is old!" It no longer has the energy it once had! 』

Pang Tong is indeed right. Cao Cao is already older and is not as sharp as he was when he was challenging Dong, or before he was challenging Dong.

But where does the enthusiasm of young people come from?

Of course, you can only be energetic if you are not afraid of failure, but why are young people not afraid of failure?

It's very simple, because the young man has never failed, or in other words, he has never had a real bad fall, and he has never broken his arms or legs, or suffered hemiplegia. Therefore, he does not recognize his relatives while racing, laughing and joking, without any fear.

Feizhen was somewhat fearless in the face of war. He was very excited and even had some expectations.

"finally come! ” Fei Zhen waved her hands, trying hard to imitate words and deeds similar to Fei Qian’s, “This time there will definitely be no way for Cao’s thieves to come back!” 』

"well! ” The fat black bird looked at Fei Zhen, chuckled, and then narrowed his eyes.

Feizhen puffed out her chest and tried her best to show off her heroic spirit, but in Pang Tong's eyes, it was just a forced show, not a true hero at all. Because Pang Tong knew that Fei Zhen still didn't understand what he was fighting against.

Is it Cao Cao?

Are you from Shandong?

Yes and no.

Under Pang Tong's gaze, Fei Zhen was a little confused, and she instinctively sensed that something was wrong, "What's wrong?" Uncle Shi Yuan? 』

"Haha... nothing, nothing, nothing..." Pang Tong said perfunctorily while sighing in his heart.

As Fei Qian said, some people should "make up for a lesson."

Among these "some people" was Feizhen.

Going smoothly will not produce good heirs.

When Fei Zhen was born, Fei Qian had basically gone through the most difficult period in the early stage.

Feizhen had neither spent the time like Liu Bei who drank Songhe Laojiu until he went bankrupt, nor had she seen the sword flash that made Qinchi Laoqu fall like Cao Cao. Overall, Feizhen's greatest pain during her growth period was studying.

Even though Fei Qian took Fei Zhen away from Yinshan, what remained in Fei Zhen's memory was more about traveling around the mountains and rivers, and practicing horse riding...

As for other bloody things, Fei Zhen didn't actually retain much of them in her mind.

Fei Zhen has no shortage of theoretical knowledge.

When it comes to the principles of loving the people, valuing the military, and governing the country, Fei Zhen is not bad, but most of them are just verbal theories. How much real meaning is there in the heart?

Of course, it is not completely impossible, but the road from theory to practice is long and arduous.

Fei Qian has also taught carefully over the years, but it is also deceptive to say that Fei Zhen can have a very clear understanding of the current situation just like Fei Qian or Pang Tong.

Just like the children of later generations, primary school, junior high school and high school, standing under the flag, they scream love, love, love every year. In the article, various examples of love are repeatedly listed. Although they are all just formalities, there is some truth to them. But if this is all true, the talented and beautiful ladies in the preparatory class for studying abroad just laughed and said nothing...

Therefore, Feizhen's current situation was a bit embarrassing.

Pang Tong touched his chin.

The problems Fei Qian mentioned before have indeed happened now.

Fei Qian and Cao Cao chose different directions, so Fei Qian couldn't use Cao Cao's method.

Cao Cao and later generations of dynasties were accustomed to the kind of heir model of having more children and raising more ghosts. It is possible that they would indeed cultivate a ruthless guy, but most of the time, becoming an emperor would mean being unscrupulous. The pronoun even brought many people into the trenches, thinking that the emperor should be ruthless and kill people just by hanging them...

But in fact, is such an emperor really a good person?

Is it possible for an iron-blooded emperor who shows no mercy to his relatives, parents and brothers to sympathize with ordinary people at the lowest level, who have no blood relationship or any communication with them?

Obviously impossible.

So from what perspective would such an emperor consider the problem?

Only itself.

Therefore, in most cases, the successor raised by Gu will become an emperor who is extremely selfish, extremely egoistic, extremely jealous and other negative emotions. Any decision he makes must be just to maintain his own rule. , maybe in some cases it will happen to meet the needs of the society at that time, get some progress and development, and achieve certain achievements, but in fact, more often than not, it is no matter who cares about the flood, as long as you are happy!

If the dynasty has a big business, a few more emperors like this may not be able to cause all the harm in one or two generations. However, Fei Qian's current foundation looks very big, but in fact there are more points to pay attention to and maintain than in Shandong, among which the most important The key is not the support of the powerful clansmen from the noble clan, but Fei Qian's strong penetration and control of the word "military and civilian" in these years.

Especially in Guanzhong, under Fei Qian's continuous management, what if he could just say a few bad words about the Qins in front of ordinary soldiers and civilians?

Try it or die!

Respect is mutual. Ordinary people and soldiers feel Fei Qian's respect for them, so they naturally respect Fei Qian.

What if there is a ruler who only knows how to be selfish?

What will be the result?

If you want to gain the respect of others, you don't mean to say you don't rely on your parents, or to belittle your parents and promote yourself, and then only know how to call "my dad" and "give money" when something happens.

Does the entire Fei Qian group respect Fei Zhen?

Of course I respect him, but it's more because I respect Fei Qian that I respect Feizhen, rather than because of how powerful Feizhen is.

Feizhen didn't seem to be aware of this at the moment, or in other words, she was somewhat aware of it, but she didn't think it was important yet. Because in Fei Zhen's understanding, this time is still like a trip to the Yinshan Mountains, "touring around mountains and rivers", at most there will be some blood blisters on the butt...

Although he is much better than ordinary naughty children, he is not naughty or troublesome, he is also somewhat intelligent, and his ability to understand and think about some things is not bad. Overall, his personal abilities, if we look at him as an ordinary person , is more than enough, and can even be called relatively excellent.

But putting Fei Zhen in the overall situation and asking her to inherit Fei Qian's current huge legacy is still not enough.

Is it tough enough?

Do you have a keen sense of direction?

Do you have the patience of a hunter?

If you are not tenacious enough, you may change your mind at any time in the face of setbacks. And if you want to make a career, how can you avoid all the setbacks on the road?

Without direction, it is impossible to take the right path. Once you make the wrong choice, not only you will fall into the abyss, but also those who follow you.

If you don't have patience, you will want to rush for success, clamoring to defeat this little opponent today and watch the big scene tomorrow...

In these aspects, Fei Zhen cannot be said to be fully prepared.

In other words, it's not good enough.

"Young Master, I have a question..." Pang Tong laughed happily, as if he would win tomorrow, and asked Feizhen casually, "If we fight Cao Mengde and capture him now, how will the young master treat him?" ? 』

Feizhen's eyes were bright and she had no idea that the fat black bird was digging a hole beside her, "Haha, if I capture the thief Cao, I will ask him directly, "Are you willing to surrender?"

"Ah haha," Pang Tong smiled, "What if Cao Mengde says he doesn't want to surrender?" 』

"Push it out!" Kill it! Feizhen pretended to wave her hands and laughed a few times, then she suddenly realized, "Ah, actually, this matter should wait until Father comes to decide..."

"Haha..." Pang Tong laughed, noncommittal.

In fact, Feizhen's two answers each had shortcomings, but Pang Tong did not want to correct them at the moment.

Because Pang Tong knew that correcting it would be of no use, and Feizhen couldn't remember it.

It's not that Feizhen can't remember the answer to the question "Capture Cao Cao", but on the contrary, as long as Pang Tong or someone else gives Feizhen a "standard" answer, Feizhen will remember it, and most likely she will follow it. Do it with the "standard" answer.

But it was precisely because of this that it seemed inadequate. Feizhen only wrote down the answer itself without truly understanding the answer.

"My lord has something that I didn't quite understand before..." Pang Tong said as if chatting, as if it was insignificant, but in fact he was going to use it as the final basis for judgment, "I wonder if the young master has listened. But... "War is the continuation of politics"..."

"The military is a major event for the country!" Feizhen nodded and said, "I have memorized this book!" 』

Is "a major national event" equivalent to "political continuation"?

It seems so, and it seems not.

A slight difference can lead to a huge difference in the end.

Pang Tong raised his eyebrows, still smiling, and made a decision in his heart, "Since the young master knows, that's great..."

Feizhen laughed, not knowing that Pang Tong had already prepared a program to make up for him.

This is a lesson that needs to be made up, so let’s start from this point!