Chapter Twenty-Eight: Natural Disaster or Man-made Disaster?
After Pei Gai grabbed the Zhou feast in Baoda, he deliberately left Pei Wei and Pei Xu to study the three major murders of the Hu Han Pingyang regime last month. He asked: "Huo Shanlan, or providence; And the mantis is a hundred disasters, and Ximingmen Mu died by himself, is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? ”
Even after a time travel, he believes that there are many things in this world that cannot be explained by modern science, but he still does not believe that there is some supernatural force controlling and manipulating the chaos of the world. As Lao Tzu said: "Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs." "The laws of nature are not subject to change by the subjective desires of man, nor should they affect specific persons.
Besides, Pingyang Mantis is a hundred halls of water, and someone may have set it on fire; Ximingmen Mu doesn't have long legs, most of them were stolen by someone.
Pei Wei and Pei Xue are both relatives of Pei Cai, who are both shrewd and have a certain degree of understanding that Pei should not be afraid of natural disasters, and even do not believe in natural disasters and personnel. After all, the theory of "heaven and man induction" is made up by the old master Dong Zhongshu, and theoretically speaking, it deviates from the right path of Confucius's Confucianism - Confucius is not strange! Although Dong's doctrine, as well as the more biased doctrine of Weiwei, are still the mainstream views among scholars, there are many people who disdain it, and Pei should not be regarded as a maverick.
Although Pei Gai himself occasionally fakes Guo Pu's mouth and makes some gossip-this matter can't be hidden from Pei Wei and Pei Xu-but in their opinion, special people must have special abilities, even if they can pinch and calculate, it is different from the catastrophe of heaven and earth. As for the so-called starfall, the northeast lost a general Yunyun...... As Yu Xi, who is thousands of miles away, said, how can there be a reason for a person's life and death to give signs first when God is separated by many months?
Therefore, Pei should ask such a question, and the two were not surprised. Pei Wei thought for a while and replied: "The mantis is a hundred disasters, and the heirs of the Liu family will be broken, and Liu Yao will never do this matter...... Even if he has the intention of usurping and wants to get rid of Liu Cong's sons first, he doesn't have to start from a child......"
Liu Cong's adult sons are still in a large group, why do you want to do it to the children if you don't clean them up first?
"As for Ximingmenmu's suicide, it is clear that the traitorous ministers are plotting to usurp, but it seems that the sword is pointing at Liu Yao."
Pei Shu nodded and said: "After Liu Yao took office, although he asked for a big reward for hundreds of bureaucrats in order to win the hearts of the people, Liu Cong often made a choice, and wanted to accept the ministers for his own use, so that the party could not be with Liu Yao. In addition, most of his sons are in Pingyang, and there are not a few of the Jin and Hu ministers who do not attach Liu Yao......"
Pei Cai interrupted him and asked, "I heard that Liu Yao used the pseudo King Shangluo, the King of Ruyin, and the King of Beiqiu, how can they be like people?" Can administration be effective? ”
Pei Shu replied: "The two kings of pseudo-Shangluo and Ruyin, both named Liu Jing, were originally appointed as Dazai and Taishi, and there was no way to give them a grant, so Liu Yao ordered the two of them to write a book. They are all sons of Liu Yuan's family, known as prestige, but in the way of governing the country, they have not seen their strengths, and the military and political practices are in the hands of Liu Yao's cronies and Shangshu Liu Jun. As for Liu Yiguang, the king of Beiqiu, his bloodline is estranged and he has the same surname, and Liu Yao has high hopes and makes the general order in Taiwan. They are outside Fu Di and Qiang, and inside Anjin and Hu, stop redundant labor, reward cultivation and weaving, and there are clouds in Pingyang City: it seems to be the government of Guangwen ......"
Pei Wei smiled and said: "If you don't restore Liu Cong's politics in the early years, but Yunfu Liu Yuan's politics, this statement is a big taboo." ”
Pei Shu nodded: "Exactly, I don't know where such remarks come from." However, although Liu Yao has the intention of cheering up, after all, there is a shortage of people and materials, and it is difficult to turnover, and if you want to see results, you must at least wait for the next year...... At this time, if my rear is stable and there is plenty of money and food, then I only need 40,000 or 50,000 elites to reach Pingyang City! ”
Pei Gai sighed lightly and said, "I entered Chang'an, not long ago, and I am not an immortal, I can conjure up grain and materials out of thin air, and I can only temporarily allow Hu Kougou to be one or two years old......
After all, the accumulation time in the Guanzhong area is still too short, and the materials are barely used, which is not abundant, and it is difficult to supply the expedition of the army. Of course, if you force the troops to go, it is not impossible, thinking that when Shile was in the Central Plains, there was almost no rear and no supply, and he lived by looting all the way. However, Pei Gai's purpose was to recover the lost territory, not to completely flatten and trample on the two counties of Hedong and Pingyang occupied by Hu Han, and there were still a large number of Jin people there, and they were bound to not engage in that kind of one-shot deal. Besides, if Liu Yao also carried out the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, and only ordered the main force to stick to a few key passes, it would be impossible for the Jin army, which lacked food and clothing, to advance too far.
Liu Cang is a lesson from the past, and he must not make this mistake.
Especially at the beginning of Yongzhou, Qinzhou was still unstable, and Pei Gai was also afraid that when the army went on an expedition to Pingyang, his backyard would catch fire. In fact, when he fought with Liu Cang in Fengyi County before, there were many civil uprisings in Longshang - both Di, Qiang, and Jin people - as if he wanted to echo Hu Shi. Fortunately, the scale was not large, Pei Wei stayed in Jicheng, and the generals sent troops, and they were soon suppressed.
However, now that Pei Wei has returned to Chang'an, the government of Qinzhou has been handed over to another uncle, Pei Cui, to be honest, Pei should not be very confident in this person's ability, but first, there is no suitable person to entrust Qinzhou, and secondly, since Pei Wei is strongly recommended, he has no choice but to agree for the time being. Can Pei Cui stabilize the situation in Qinzhou? It won't be like his brother, who will eventually be defeated and die, right? It is also necessary to observe carefully, if something really happens to prove that Pei Cuide is not ready, Pei should inevitably be replaced quickly.
Therefore, at this time, not only can the army not be able to go on an expedition, but also dare not transfer grain from Qinzhou on a large scale to supply Yongzhou - because Qinzhou is not rich, even if the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Degree have calculated the figures, they will not dry up and fish, and they are afraid that the local officials will make improper arrangements, and even take the opportunity to get their hands on it, which will cause dissatisfaction among the people.
After all, the counties of Qinzhou are not like Yongzhou, except for a few people who are attached to Sima Bao by the party, most of them have not been replaced. This is because Pei Gai does not have so many suitable talents in his hands, and the second is that the Hu army came to invade, and he hurriedly returned to help, so he could only temporarily calm down Qinzhou and maintain the status quo. Anyway, those guys are not like the various guards in Yongzhou back then, they don't have many soldiers in their hands, and they are not afraid of chaos.
However, I am afraid that they will provoke some civil unrest, and it will be more troublesome to calm down.
Pei Cai's administration is to take Yongzhou as the center and gradually promote it to Qinzhou, as far as the current situation is concerned, Yongzhou can be said to be relatively stable, but Qinzhou can only be said to have half of it.
Therefore, he couldn't help sighing: "It's easy to fight the world, but it's difficult to determine the world......"
Then he quickly pulled his thoughts back, and said to Pei Wei and Pei Xu: "In this way, the disaster in Pingyang City cannot be ruled out as a human ......."
Pei Wei said: "Zaichen wants to come, since the sword is pointed at Liu Yao, if it is for others, only Liu Cong and his cronies and ministers, and Liu Cang's henchmen, can do both." It's just that the mantis will be a disaster and burn Liu Cong's sons, it must not be done by Cong and his cronies, and as for Liu Can, it's hard to say......"
Liu Cong's earliest queen was Huyan, and his eldest son, headed by Liu Cang, was born to Huyan. However, Huyan's early death, and then Liu Cong took countless concubines, and even canonized several queens in a row - only those who reigned at the same time included the upper queen, the middle queen and the left and right queens - so that a large number of young sons could be born. For these brothers who are not the same mother, with Liu Cang's character, he really won't love them, and even directly set fire to them to death, he will definitely do it.
Pei Gai nodded, deeply convinced. He knew that in the original history, as soon as Liu Cangfu ascended the throne, he wantonly killed important ministers and even brothers, but his hand was not soft at all.
So he turned to Pei Xu: "The discord between Hu Kou and his ministers is very beneficial to me. Since Qing is in Pingyang, he may take the opportunity to expand the suspicion between Liu Cong and Liu Yao, so that the two thieves will fight? ”
Pei Xuan arched his hand and said: "The first people in the room, and most of them are just ordinary people, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a big deal, but it is still possible to spread some rumors." Ministers should do their best. ”
Pei should pat him on the shoulder: "Brother, I have high hopes for my brother." He said in his heart that according to the historical records, Liu Cong should not have much time to live, but he can't remember whether he died this year or next year...... I don't know if history has changed, it is said that the thief is no longer a drinker, whether he will be able to survive for a few more years. This person captured and killed Emperor Huai of Jin - in the original history, he also captured Emperor Jin - even if he didn't care about those surnamed Sima, this is a shame for China. If Liu Cong dies a few years later, he is allowed to swing his army into Pingyang, capture him, and punish him in the Ming Dynasty, then he will be relieved!
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Pei Gaijun was in Chang'an City to discuss the disaster in Pingyang, in fact, not long before, Liu Yao also had a headache because of these things, and summoned his confidant Liu Jun to come to discuss.
Liu Yao's thoughts and even words were very close to Pei Gai, and he asked Liu Jun directly: "Regardless of the Huo Mountain Avalanche for the time being, the Mantis will be a hundred halls of disaster, and Ximingmen Mu will die by himself, is it anyone's concern?" ”
Liu Jun frowned and replied: "What the Ming Duke is worried about is also, the ministers detain the guards, slaves and maids, etc., as well as the guards of the Ximing Gate, and strictly interrogate them, but there is no result for the time being. ”
Liu Yao stiffened his neck: "This must be done by Shiguang (Liu Cang)!" He is in the city, and there are still henchmen, and he should have been killed in the first place, so he can avoid today's incident! ”
Liu Jun hurriedly advised: "Be cautious. The disasters of heaven and earth are endless, and the people in the city are in turmoil, at this time, they can only calm down, and secretly visit their traitors, it is not appropriate to suddenly raise a prison because of this. ”
Liu Yao was helpless, he couldn't help but sigh softly, and then asked, "How is the Son of Heaven?" ”
Liu Jun replied: "I'm already drunk again." ”
Although Liu Cong had a large group of sons, he was burned to death twenty-one times in one day, which was always quite heavy, so even with his tenacious nerves that had been on the battlefield for a long time and were accustomed to life and death, he couldn't help crying in bed, and he couldn't help crying for a long time. Since this person has fallen into such a state of unbearable grief, it is reasonable to think of drinking to drown his sorrows and escape life with intoxication.
Liu Cong is a good drinker by nature, since he broke Luoyang and captured Emperor Sima Chi of Jin Huai, he felt that the world was not enough, even if Lao Tzu did not make a move, the children were enough to break the enemy, so they became increasingly addicted to wine, and the court did not come, and everything was ignored. Even if he heard that Liu Yao waved his army and arrived outside Pingyang City, he still couldn't change his inertia. It wasn't until Liu Yao really strangled the soldiers into the palace that Liu Cong learned from the pain and finally regained his spirits and sat down to watch things.
But alcohol addiction to the extent of Liu Cong is not only a psychological problem, but also a strong alcohol dependence on physical functions. Liu Cong himself was finally a master of the moment, but he used strong willpower to control himself, and only drank alcohol during meals every day, only three glasses of a meal, just a little to satisfy his hunger, and he never dared to get drunk and make mistakes.
However, as the situation gradually stabilized, with the good news that Liu Cang was still alive, and the main force of the Jin army did not move to Hedong and Pingyang, Liu Cong was fighting with Liu Yao at the same time, and his self-restraint was inevitably relaxed day by day - the wine was still three glasses per meal, but the capacity of the wine glass was increasing more and more, and even a full and one liter of giant wine was used.
When he suffered the pain of losing his son, Liu Cong couldn't stand it anymore, and drank three buckets that night, and then fell headlong, so drunk that he didn't know who was ......
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