Chapter 16: Caught off guard

Speaking of the idea that the outside must first be the inside, although it has been emerging since the Spring and Autumn Period. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 I think that when Duke Qi Huan faced the situation of external Rongdi intrusion, the decline of the internal royal family, and the competition among princes, he put forward the strategic deployment of "respecting the king and fighting for the king". "Respecting the king" means to stabilize the interior, and only when the interior is stabilized can we have the opportunity and strength to "conquer the country".

However, it was Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, who really clearly put forward the phrase "the outside must first be at home". At that time, Zhao Kuangyin had just experienced the Chenqiao Mutiny, and the yellow robe was added. In the north, the Liao State occupied the sixteen states of Yanyun and threatened the nascent Great Song Dynasty. In the south, there were Jingnan, Wuping, Houshu, Southern Han, Southern Tang and other secessionist regimes, which were constantly threatened. Internally, due to his own improper position and unstable people's hearts, it can be described as internal and external difficulties. It was also at this time that Zhao Pu proposed in his book the strategy of first south and then north, first unifying the Han people, and then competing with the Khitan. He even said: "China is safe, and the crowd is self-serving." If the deceased husband wants to go outside, he must first settle inside. The creed that the outside must be settled first is proudly established on the letter.

Of course, the most well-known user of this creed should be Chiang Kai-shek during the Republic of China. From 1929 when he dealt with the warlords, Chiang Kai-shek had been using the phrase "seizing the outside and securing the interior" to describe his political actions to the people. In 1931, Chiang Kai-shek even published "To the Compatriots of the Whole Country - A Letter to the Inside and Outside", saying: "If you go outside, you must first settle inside, and to go to corruption can prevent stupidity." It's just that at this time, Annet's main goal has become a growing Communist Party.

It was precisely because of Chiang Kai-shek's creed that the millions of Nationalist troops did not fight the Japanese who invaded the three eastern provinces, but concentrated their firepower in a vain attempt to eliminate the red regime, which finally made the Chinese people completely disappointed in Chiang Kai-shek, and Zhang Xueliang of the Northeast Army launched the Xi'an Incident in disregard of the friendship with Chiang Kai-shek, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to unite with the outside world.

Yes, there are so many examples of how to go outside and be safe inside, and the high night of looking up at the starry sky is full of historical stories that I know by heart. All of these stories prove that if you want to achieve your goal of being outside, then Ann must be the most important thing.

What Cao Cao said to himself today really made him feel a little overwhelmed. Guo Jia's spy department came to report that Chen Gong of Dongjun had bad intentions, and he was afraid that there was a possibility of rebellion, to be honest, Gao Ye did feel surprised. That's right, the historical Chen Gong did oppose Cao Cao and supported Lu Bu instead. A plot caused the entire Yanzhou to fall, and Cao Cao only left Dong'e, Fanxian, and Zhencheng in Cao Cao's hands. This plan almost made Cao Cao, who was disheartened, listen to Yuan Shao's advice and send his family to Yecheng. Fortunately, with Cheng Yu's reminder, Cao Cao regained his spirits and competed with Lu Bu for Yanzhou. But it was such a rebellion that almost killed Cao Cao.

But in Gao Ye's opinion, there must be a reason to rebel. Now Cao Cao's soldiers and horses have not moved, first, there is no name for killing, and second, there is no other side to let such a famous man attack. Although the meritocracy made the Yanzhou family quite unhappy, but this is an exchange of interests, although the family lost some of the existing interests, but also from Cao Cao to go to school in Yingchuan Academy, as well as new grain, new farm tools, etc., in Gao Ye's view, this can not be the reason for Chen Gong's rebellion at all. So why did Chen Gong defect from Cao Cao?

Gao Ye pondered and meditated, and Zhang Miao was also meditating hard at this time. Chen Gong was sitting in front of him, lobbying himself to give up Cao Cao and greet Lu Bu.

"Gongtai, when you welcomed Cao Cao into Yanzhou, you also made great efforts. Now why do you want to abandon Cao Cao and welcome that Lu Bu into Yanzhou? Alas, to be honest, I really can't figure it out. ”

"Meng Zhuo, let me ask you, what do you think of the current situation of my Yanzhou family?"

"Yanzhou is in our hands, although Meng De proposed a 'meritocracy' not long ago, which caused us to lose a lot of interests. But even so, Yanzhou is still the Yanzhou of my Yanzhou people, and if Meng De does not have our support, it will be difficult to sit firmly. Why bother asking. ”

"I don't think so! The person who is Cao Mengde's henchman now is either Yingchuan Gaoye, or his own brother. As for the others, such as Xun Yu, Man Chong, Li Dian, and Le Jin, they are not the children of my Yanzhou family. What does this mean? It shows that Cao Cao doesn't pay attention to my Yanzhou family at all, not only does he not pay attention to it, but he even has vigilance! Now we can still control Yanzhou, that's because Cao Mengde wants to govern Yanzhou, so he can't do without our help. ”

"He can't do without it at this time, and he won't be able to leave it in the future, so why should he worry about the public station?"

"Meng Zhuo! You don't want to think about what Cao Cao is doing now! Let's not talk about meritocracy, you look at the eight counties of Yanzhou now, although almost all political affairs are under the control of my Yanzhou family, but what about the military? Only you, Chenliu County and my East County, are left, and the soldiers and horses are still in our hands. Without military power, we are like a rootless Ping, once Cao Mengde suddenly attacked, how can we stop it? ”

"Do you think too much about the public station? Meng De is now going to conquer Xuzhou, so he naturally wants to make the best of Yanzhou's soldiers and horses, and it is also his duty to let his generals prepare. ”

"Hmph, what should it be? It's just a matter of strong words. Meng Zhuo, let me ask you again, has the grain and grass you left behind been requisitioned? ”

"Naturally. The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first, this is the principle of the soldiers, what is the problem with this? ”

"Last year's bumper harvest in Yanzhou, isn't the grain and grass in Jiyin, Shanyang and other places enough to support his eastward expedition to Xuzhou? Why do you want to collect grain and grass from Dongjun and Chenliuer, this is to guard against our Yanzhou family. Without military power and grain and grass, it is naturally difficult to make any mess and affect his major events in Xuzhou. Besides, he Cao Mengde let the full favor supervise the Yanzhou officials, and how many people were put into prison by him for a while, if Cao Mengde did not mean to do anything to us, I don't believe it! ”

"This ...... This...... Gongtai, you let me think about it, think about it......"

"Besides, Meng Zhuo, what do you think, how does Lu Bu compare to Cao Cao?"

"Huh? Lu Bu is just a horseman's ear, he has courage but no strategy. How can it be compared with Mende? ”

"Yes, not only does he have courage and no strategy, but no one under him can plan for him, if I welcome Lu Bu into Yanzhou, it will naturally make our Yanzhou family reused. Besides, Lu Bu has no plan, and we can better control him in our hands and benefit my Yanzhou family. ”

Zhang Miao's brows are now tightly wrinkled, after listening to Chen Gong's analysis, even he feels that the Yanzhou family is under Cao Cao, but he is afraid that there will be no good results. And the reason why Chen Gong was so dissatisfied with Cao Cao was, in the final analysis, because he himself was not reused by Cao Cao. Also, Cao Cao has Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xun You and other strategists to help, how can Chen Gong's stinky temper be reused by Cao Cao? But Chen Gong is right now, I'm afraid that if he doesn't do it, he will also do it when Cao Cao pacifies Xuzhou.

"Gongtai, in that case, what do you want to do?"

Seeing Zhang Miao's expression, Chen Gong knew that he had now made up his mind to rebel against Cao Cao with him, so he laughed and said: "Although Lu Fengxian is brave and unscrupulous, he is the general of Fenwu who is personally appointed by the imperial court, Wen Hou, speaking of which the official position is much higher than Cao Cao." Welcoming him to be a pastor in Yanzhou is naturally understandable. Now Lu Bu is living in Yuan Shao's place, quite depressed. As long as I write a letter, I will definitely come gladly if I want to come, and when the time comes, I will welcome Lu Bu into the East County, and Meng Zhuo, together with the other county magistrates, will declare that he will return. Cao Cao is in Yingchuan at the moment, and he must have no time to react. At that time, Lu Bu's soldiers and horses blocked the enemy of Jiyin, the land of Yingchuan in Xiping, and Yanzhou and Yuzhou were all places for my Yanzhou family to benefit from. What did Meng Zhuo think? ”

"Since the public station has spoken, Meng De has been on guard against us. According to what the public platform said, Yanzhou only has the land of the two counties where you and I are located, and it can still be controlled, but I am afraid that if others want to annex, it is not possible. ”

"How could I not know about this? However, Cao Cao is now far away in Yingchuan, as long as we can defeat Cao Cao and pacify Yingchuan, other counties will naturally look to the wind. Now in addition to Jiyin, the soldiers and horses in other places in Yanzhou will not dare to move, after all, it is not beneficial to come less than the war situation, and if there are more, the county will be out of place in an instant, Cao Cao cannot not understand this truth. Besides, now I still have 20,000 soldiers and horses under my command, as long as one general leads me, it is easy to block the soldiers and horses of Jiyin. At this time, with 30,000 horses under Meng Zhuo, as well as Lu Bu and 50,000 male soldiers in his hands, it was not easy to attack a Yingchuan. Meng Zhuo, why are you worried? ”

"The High Night......"

"What about the High Night? Even if he can use soldiers again, he is not my Chen Gongtai's opponent! Chen Gong had a disgusted expression on his face, fully expressing his contempt for Gao Ye. Although Zhang Miao didn't know where Chen Gong got so much confidence, Chen Gong's intelligence has always been recognized by the family in Yanzhou, so Zhang Miao reluctantly chose to believe it. Besides, there is a fierce general like Lu Bu, even if he is high at night, he is not Lu Bu's opponent at all.

"Good! In this case, everything is arranged by the public station. I, Zhang Mengzhuo, followed. ”

"Haha, okay, now that Lu Fengxian and Yuan Shao are at odds, they are only a hundred miles away from my Yanzhou at this time. I will write a letter to let Puyang open the city gate and welcome Wenhou into Yanzhou! ”

Chen Gong said that, Zhang Miao laughed with him, as if Cao Cao had been beheaded by Lu Bu. Lu Bu came so quickly that even Cao Cao and Gao Ye didn't expect that the two of them were still discussing how to make a bureau and let Chen Gong and the others get in by themselves. After all, killing people for no reason, or being a member of the family, will only cause a backlash from the world's families, and for the current Cao Cao, this is something that must not happen.

It's just that life is like this, and the good things you hope to happen often don't happen. And the bad things you don't want to happen, they often happen. The two of them were still plotting against Chen Gong, but they didn't expect to be put together by Chen Gong first, Zhou Cang hurriedly ran into Gao Ye's study, bowed down and said: "Qi Cao Gong, Lord Gong, Yanzhou urgent report, Chen Gong opened the city gate to welcome Lu Bu into the city." Now Chen Liu, Dongjun are all in the hands of Lu Bu. ”