Chapter 255: Boss Cao's Troubles
Jiang Song and Lu Fang's guards were called again, and the group went to Cao Cao's camp. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The soldiers outside the camp went to spread the word and went to the big tent under the guidance of the guards.
When I approached the big tent, I saw Hua Xiong, who was holding a bear on his back outside the tent, outside the tent, no accident, naturally Dong Zhuo was also invited by Boss Cao, and I didn't know what the big deal was.
Sure enough, when they heard movement outside the tent, Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo hurriedly came out to greet them.
"Brother Yunsheng, you are here!"
"Brother Meng De has been waiting for a long time, even Brother Zhongying is here, it seems that there is really a big matter to discuss!" Bao Hong greeted with a smile.
"Come in and say! Come in and say! Cao Cao stepped forward to welcome Bao Hong into the tent, Liu Bowen and Li Zuoche naturally followed, while Jiang Song and they waited outside the tent.
Entering the camp, sure enough, Li Ru was already sitting in front of the case, and there was no one else, and it seemed that there was indeed something secret to discuss.
"Yunsheng, sit down!" Dong Zhuo, who was still heroic at this time, greeted, "Brother Meng De insisted on waiting for you to come before saying it, which made the Sprinkle family's heart itch, which is really unpleasant!" ”
"Gotcha! Brother Zhong Ying, you are too shameless, you don't ask, you just gossip with me, but now you blame me for not mentioning business! When Cao Cao heard this, he replied with a smile, "Okay, take a seat first, there are indeed some things for us to discuss!" ”
The greetings ended here, and the three parties sat upright.
"Our plan can be regarded as a success in one fell swoop, which has greatly damaged the morale of the Yellow Turban Army, and it will be difficult to organize the Yellow Turban soldiers again even with the ability of Yingbu for a while." Cao Cao's expression was straight, and he said, "The next thing is not only to chase after victory or support other places, but also how to obtain meritorious deeds in political games, and even some dirty struggles and so on." ”
"Brother Meng De means that we should join forces to extract political benefits?" Dong Zhuo hurriedly asked.
Dong Zhuo was born in a wealthy local wealthy family. At that time, Min County was a remote area, adjacent to the Qiang people in the northwest. Dong Zhuo has been pampered since he was a child, and he has formed an indulgent, willful, rough and fierce character when he was a teenager. According to the history books, Dong Zhuo is "a young and good man, trying to travel in Qiangzhong", "rough and strategic".
When Dong Zhuo was young, he traveled to the Qiang people's residences, relying on the landlord's strong background and rich assets, and interacted with the Qiang tribal chiefs. Dong Zhuo is not only physically strong and powerful, but also proficient in martial arts, riding a horse, and can carry two bows and arrows to gallop left and right. His brutal and ferocious personality and strong physique made the local people fear him. Not only did the villagers dare not provoke him, but the surrounding Qiang people did not dare to slack off in the slightest.
In order to protect himself, the leader of the Qiang tribe, Hao Shuai, tried his best to cater to Dong Zhuo and became friendly with him, so as to be safe for the time being. Local tycoons often came to visit with a large number of livestock and belongings, and called Dong Zhuo brothers. He was very familiar with the situation there, and when he saw that the Qiang people were so reverent of him, he thought about how to use and control them, cultivate and recruit cronies among the Qiang people, and lay the foundation for his long-term development in the future. So, under the trend of ambition, Dong Zhuo did not hesitate to spend his family property, whenever the Qiang people came to the house as a guest, he would kill cattle and slaughter sheep to entertain the Qiang people, in order to obtain their support and support for him.
On the one hand, the Qiang people were afraid of Dong Zhuo's fierceness, and on the other hand, they were grateful to Dong Zhuo's "boldness", so they all attached themselves to him and were willing to listen to his dispatch. Once, a Qiang man saw that Dong Zhuo's cattle and sheep were slaughtered, so he rushed thousands of cattle from far away and gave them to Dong Zhuo. In addition to making friends with the Qiang people, Dong Zhuo also paid attention to maintaining his status and influence among the local powers, and relied on his extraordinary ability to win over and annex other forces, and constantly consolidate and expand his power. He often plays the role of a ranger hero, and enjoys a reputation as a "Jianxia" in the local area. At the same time, Dong Zhuo also collected a large number of frustrated and down-and-out scoundrels, who were moved by Dong Zhuo's righteousness, and later followed him with all their hearts. At that time, Dong Zhuo took up the post of state soldier Ma Peng, responsible for leading troops to patrol the border fortress and maintain local law and order. In this way, Dong Zhuo laid a solid foundation for the development of his future power by controlling more Qiang people. Suddenly, Dong Zhuo became a well-known figure in Longxi, whether it was in the government or in the people, Dong Zhuo had a pivotal position.
With the continuous expansion of his power and the successive rise of his status, Dong Zhuo seems to be no longer satisfied with the status of a remote and powerful person, and thinks that he needs a broader political space. As a result, he began to further accumulate strength and wait for opportunities to develop.
Since the beginning of the second year of Yongchu, the Qiang people have continued to launch rebellions, which have involved a wide range of rebellions and have lasted for a long time. During the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, the Xiqiang issue not only did not subside in the slightest, but became even more powerful. The Qiang people could not bear the cruel exploitation and oppression of the local officials of the Han Dynasty, and constantly killed the Han officials and invaded the prefectures and counties. In the face of the resistance of the Qiang people, the Eastern Han government, which was worried about internal and external troubles, was helpless at all, so it had to turn to the local Haoqiang for help, wanting to use their strength to alleviate the crisis in the Western Qiang. At that time, the local officials in Longxi, who knew Dong Zhuo's details, strongly recommended Dong Zhuo to the imperial court.
Dong Zhuo served as Yulin Lang and commanded the Yulin Army of Yuan County. Soon, he was promoted to military commander and followed Zhang Huan, the general of Zhonglang, to conquer the rebellious Qiang people in the state. In the battle, Dong Zhuo tried his best to show himself, giving full play to his advantages of being brave and strong, rushing and killing, opening bows left and right, and due to his outstanding achievements, he was promoted one after another, which can be described as a smooth progress.
But for Dong Zhuo, or for anyone, he would not be willing to just be an ordinary 'wage earner'. Although the military system of the Han Dynasty has been introduced many times before, it is also to prevent generals from sitting big, but in fact, it is inevitable that generals will sit big.
Not to mention anything else, even if you have to hand over the military power after leading the troops, it is very simple to pull some cronies and veterans to be the generals of the family, after all, it is normal for the family to raise private soldiers.
Of course, this matter is also complementary to each other, everyone knows that as the Han Dynasty, especially in the era of Emperor Ling, like Bao Hong, 'mixed food and waiting for death' to eat some military rations, and Bao Hong is mainly not a lot of soldiers, and when the Yellow Turban is in chaos, he will get some more in the local area, basically there is no shortage of materials.
However, it is only a short term, Bao Hong's subordinates themselves do not have much headquarters, and some of the local soldiers in Fufeng are completely supported by the local government, while those allocated by Zhang Wen will correspond to the allocation of materials, and there is no pressure at present.
But Dong Zhuo is different, as a local hero, especially the ghost place in Xiliang is not a rich place, supporting private soldiers, attracting Haoqiang, etc., the consumption itself is very large, and when he led the troops, Dong Zhuo also pulled a lot of Qianghu vassals up, these people are not counted in the grain and grass allocated by the Han Dynasty, and they are under great pressure.
And looking back, let's talk about the situation of the Han Dynasty, it doesn't matter if you don't have money, how can you get promoted?
In history, the reason why Dong Zhuo was able to fatten up was entirely because of the rebellion of a bunch of people such as Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, Han Sui, and Bian Zhang in Xiliang. In the end, Dong Zhuo, who had a lot of local power, was appointed to suppress the arrogance of Xiliang's rebellion, so Dong Zhuo began to play the trick of raising Kou, and finally fattened himself.
Now that Zhang Wen has directly brought them back to fight the yellow scarf, Xiliang will not say that he has given up, and he will not have time to deal with it for a while. Later, he sent Ma Yuan and other very cruel guys in Xiliang to deter him.
Therefore, at this time, Dong Zhuo's pressure is also very great, but there is not much to go through the door of the Ten Standing Attendants, and the current situation is uncertain, and I don't know if the Ten Standing Attendants on the Ling Emperor's side are useless, or whether the Ling Emperor has changed, and whether he is still interested in taking the backdoor routine.
But in any case, this relationship still has to go, but it hasn't made much progress all the time.
And the relationship between Boss Cao is still very strong, although it is not comparable to the Yuan family and the Yang family, but it is much stronger than Dong Zhuo.
At this time, Boss Cao said that they would discuss how to establish meritorious service and how to take it down after the meritorious service, and he naturally thought of asking for merit to obtain benefits.
However, Bao Hong felt that it was wrong, it didn't make sense for Boss Cao to pull them together to ask for credit, there must be something wrong with this.
In fact, at this time, Dong Zhuo also reacted, where is such a good thing, courtesy must be asked for by others, Boss Cao must have some purpose or difficulty, so he has to pull everyone together.
So, a group of people looked at Cao Cao, waiting for his next statement.
"That must be Mr. Li Zuoche, Guangwujun, right?" Cao Cao suddenly changed his words and greeted Li Zuoche beside Bao Hong.
"It's down there!" Since Li Zuoche came, he naturally wouldn't hide it, and answered directly.
"Brother Zhong Ying's side also has a resurrected character, right?" Cao Cao continued, "And they are all characters with good status, and what I want to say is related to you! ”
When Cao Cao said this, everyone didn't know why, and they didn't know what he was going to say.
"First of all, the first point, everyone should know or encounter a situation, that is, in addition to the Han family or the Yellow Turban, there will be some resurrected heroic spirits that will occasionally appear, and there is no kind of belonging in terms of psychology, which may be accepted by you!" Cao Cao continued.
This thing is actually basically just a system of explosive generals, basically too far away for ordinary people, but it is not a secret for people of their level, basically everyone knows it, and even like Cao Cao said, some have encountered it.
"Could it be that Brother Meng De has already taken someone under his command, and at the same time is a little embarrassed in what way, so he asked us 'fellow Daoists' who also have the Resurrection Heroic Spirit to serve under his command to come and discuss?" Bao Hong's heart moved, and he asked.
Bao Hong naturally has first-hand information, and he is still relatively confident when he says it.
Hearing this news, Dong Zhuo and the others looked at Cao Cao in surprise. After all, although he had heard about it, he really hadn't encountered it.
"Brother Yunsheng said yes!" Cao Cao is not surprised that Bao Hong can guess, after all, he has already said this, and it is natural to think of this.
"I won't hide it from you, the ancestor of the family, Pingyang Hou Cao Shen, suddenly appeared in the mansion some time ago, but because the situation is unknown, the ancestor did not directly identify himself and went to the imperial court." Cao Cao began to tell the story.
Bao Hong muttered to himself, Cao Shen was out of the table, but Boss Cao himself summoned Xiahou Ying. At this time, he exposed Cao Shen and didn't know what to do.
"Under the leadership of Jia Ding, my ancestor came directly to the barracks to join me. Then in the face of Yingbu's successive offsets, no one could stop Yingbu's edge, so Jiazu went to the coach's side to automatically ask Ying, hoping to do his part to resist Yingbu! Cao Cao continued, "I don't think that Liu Dai and even several generals have no intention of appointing the ancestor at all, and even detains the ancestor in the camp, although he can go to meet with the ancestor, he can't take the ancestor out. ”
"I thought it was something like that, but until today, when I urgently needed to expand the results of the battle, I still didn't let the ancestor come out, I guess it should be that the above has some scruples about this kind of heroic spirit, and I am not ready to let them appear in front of the world!" Speaking of which, Cao Cao was also helpless, after all, Cao Shen, who entered his mansion indiscriminately, didn't like him at all, so naturally he wouldn't listen to his arrangement. Otherwise, staying in the army with a hidden identity like Xiahou Ying wouldn't have so much.
"Mr. Li?" Bao Hong glanced at Li Zuoche and motioned him to think carefully about how to deal with this matter.
This matter was also unexpected by Bao Hong, but he didn't expect Boss Cao to invite them over to ask about this matter. For this problem, Bao Hong's attitude is still relatively clear, generally these people are still incognito and not exposed, and the same usage as the summoned generals of later generations, basically will not show anything because of their identity, unless they need to use their identity to do something special, such as Yan Zi to recruit some acquaintances of Qi State and the like.
But Bao Hong really has no interest in arranging those old men and heroes of the Han Dynasty to rely on the old and sell the old and inherit the title. This is a political game, as long as the Han Emperor is not stupid, it is impossible to give them too much authority, to put it bluntly, the so-called inheritance of the title is just a fictitious title, as for inviting them to rely on the old and sell the old or to elbow their own power, then the Han Emperor cannot be so stupid.
In this matter, Bao Hong's attitude is very clear, and the system of the whole team is also based on ability rather than identity, and those people really can't say anything about this rule.
How so? Admit that you are not established enough, and you need to rely on your status to get a position? Isn't that a slap in the face?
Another point is that Bao Hongya's people have already taken Zhao Hede in, why don't you talk nonsense anymore? According to the identity, this is directly the crime of the Nine Clans, is it good!