February of the fourth year of Taiping,.\

Liu Ba was ambushed in Huannan and the whole army was annihilated; Li Yan's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were ambushed in the valley again, and the entire army was also annihilated. Liu Pan, who was in Linhuan, also failed to escape the catastrophe. Zhang Ren pretended to be Liu Ba's men and horses, and raided on Linhuan's flank. Zhou Xin sent troops to attack, and Liu Panjun was defeated and returned. Originally, Liu Pan wanted to retreat to Zuotang, but learned that Gan Ning's Jinfan battalion was storming Cai Mao's naval army.

As a result, Liu Pan led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat in the direction of Lingyang, and encountered Shamoke's army on the way.

Liu Pan died tragically, and the tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops who entered Wuling also surrendered. At the same time, Hu Zhao took Shamoke's eldest son Sha (Chu) as the main general, and after Li Yan entered the mountain, he led the army to attack Danyang Ju. At this time, Han Song had rushed to Nanjun to defend against the surprise attack of Ganning Jinfan's battalion, so that Yidao and Danyang gathered weak forces. With almost no great effort, the sand captured Danyang and occupied Yidao.

Nayi Road, adjacent to Yiling, is the gateway from Xichuan to Jingbei.

Now controlled by Shamoke, Nanjun is shaking, Xiangyang is shaking, and the whole Jingzhou is shrouded in a bleak gloomy cloud.

But the doom is not over......

In late February, Lü Bu led the Flying Bear Army to raid Luyang from Runan, beheaded Luyang's defender Li Shou, galloped through Nanyang, and broke through the three cities in one day.

The evil tiger of the past showed its majesty again, which made Liu Biao panic.

Han Ji, who went to Xuzhou, has not yet replied, so did Cao Cao do it first? Liu Biao was frightened, fell seriously ill and was bedridden. Jingzhou affairs are all presided over by Kuai Yue and Cai Mao, although on the surface, everything is calm. The undercurrent can be stirred inside.

In early March, Huo Jun led 8,000 troops without difficulty, with Zhang Song as his military advisor and Wang Wei as his deputy general. Arrive at Wuling from Sichuanzhong.

After more than two years of recuperation, Guanzhong gradually recovered. The attrition caused by the Great War of the Sun. With the cessation of the fighting, there was no trace of it. Not only Guanzhong, but also the Jingzhao area in Luoyang, has gradually regained its vitality, and the population is increasing day by day.

There is an endless stream of merchants coming and going on the official road.

After Dong issued an order to open the horse market and the iron market in the middle of the second year of Taiping, the business of the Chang'an Inn became extremely prosperous.

Dong set up horse supervisors in Hedong, Xihe, and Luoyang. The two major institutions of the Iron Supervisor, mainly in the two regions of Xingyang and Zhongshan, carried out trade exchanges with the princes of the Kwantung region. Since ancient times, officials do not compete with the people for profit, and Dong set up three prisons (including Hedong Salt Prison), which made many people scold. But even if you scold, what can you do? After scolding, you still have to trade obediently, it is the form that is not up to others.

From the Western Regions. A steady stream of horses was transported to Guanzhong.

Most of these horses used for trading came from the Juyan Ranch in the Western Regions. To be precise, it is a colt that has been eliminated by the military government.

But these horses are still in short supply.

The Central Plains war horses are short and impure. To say in those days. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also set up a military horse farm in the Central Plains, and used Xiji horses to mate with Central Plains horses in an attempt to cultivate better breeds. But good horses have a sense of pride, or a fierceness.

It's easy to not convince people!

And. In the midst of a cavalry battle. Horses were frightened, and unilateral stirrups were the main ones at the time. Knights often fall from their horses. Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suffered such a thing...... I don't know if it was the grandson who lacked virtue who came up with the idea, and the general horse was castrated. The war horse is honest and docile, and the knight is safe, but the continuation of this war horse has to be given up because of this.

There are pros and cons to everything......

The military horse farm set up by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was closed because of this.

The situation of the lack of horses in the Central Plains is still very serious. If you get a good horse by chance, from the king to the pawn, you will cherish it as if you were your life.

But castration continues!

None of the horses in the Western Regions have been castrated.

Dong is a man who loves horses like his life. The death of the spotted beast made him feel guilty. For him, castrating a horse is tantamount to taking away its dignity. If you are not good at riding, then find an ordinary horse to practice first, and don't try to have a good horse.

It is precisely for this reason that even the horses that have been eliminated are peerless horses in the Central Plains.

Moreover, Dong didn't want to trade gold and silver money, which was of little use to him. Dong exchanged grain and grass, and the first person to trade with Dong was Cao Cao. At the cost of grain from Shanshanyang County of Yanzhou and Beihai County of Qingzhou, he exchanged 6,700 high-grade horses, all of which were filled with tiger and leopard horses, which greatly improved his combat effectiveness and defeated Yuan Shaojun in Pingyuan County.

Think about the scale of 10,000 heavily armored cavalry charging across the plains with armor and cavalry......

At the end of last year, Yuan Shao, who suffered a big loss, ignored Tian Feng's obstruction, cleared the grain and grass in Hejian, Zhongshan, and Changshan, and exchanged more than 10,000 high-quality horses with Dong to form a halberd warrior, led by Han Qiong and Yuanjin, and vowed to meet Cao Cao again.

Xuzhou Liu Bei, although he has a grudge with Dong, also understands the importance of the cavalry.

He ordered Lu Zhu to try to buy off the officials of the Luoyang Iron Prison and the Horse Prison, and at the cost of Xuzhou's money and grain for a year, he got 3,000 war horses and countless ordnance.

The products produced in Guanzhong must be high-quality.

Regarding the ordnance produced by Dong's command, not only Liu Bei was red-eyed, but Cao Cao and Yuan Shao did not let it go.

even includes that Jiangdong Sun Ce, and Dong You have a grudge against his father. also had to tighten his belt, buy 10,000 Yuan Rong crossbows, and equip foot soldiers. Among the princes, that is, Cao Cao had less demand for Dong's armaments. But what Cao Cao wanted included a keel rollover and a giant hydraulic windmill...... etc., which are used for people's livelihood and aboveground utensils. And the cost of these utensils is also particularly amazing.

It stands to reason that Dong and the princes are enemies, how can they provide these to each other? Doesn't that make the opponent stronger?

At this point, Chen Gong, Gu Yong and others strongly admonished Dong, and even did not hesitate to threaten him with resignation, asking Dong to close the Sanjian Market.

on this. Dong held a banquet in the mansion.

The excuse is very straightforward: the family of Pang Degong, a famous man from Jingxiang, came to Chang'an, so they had to set up a banquet to pick up the wind for Pang Gong's family.

Some people may ask: "Why is Pang Degong here?" ”

Hehe, can Pang Degong not come? Two boys in the family. all took refuge in Dong. Pang Tong Pang Lin is now a pivotal figure in the Liang King Shogunate. So, on the body of the Pang family. is inevitably branded with Dong's land, can he do it if he doesn't come?

Coupled with Xu Shu Shitao earlier, Zhuge Jin also studied under him.

Pang Degong was in Jingxiang, and he had clearly felt the hostility from the Jingxiang clan. If you don't leave, something big will happen if you don't keep it together.

Although Pang Degong came to the place together, there is also Zhuge Jin's younger brother, Zhuge Jun's family.

In addition, there was another deceased of Dong who came to Chang'an with Pang Degong. This person. It is the original Yangzhou don't drive, Kuailiang.

The development momentum of Guanzhongdi is too fierce!

Suddenly, the family gates everywhere had to let go of their prejudices and face Dong with a vision that they had never seen before.

Just like the earlier Lujiang Lu Xun, Yingchuan Xun Shi, and Xiahou Ba of Qiaoxian...... Except for Lu Xun. Xun Shi and Xiahou Ba can be said to have a very distinct Cao brand. But even so, the two families had to let them observe.

Of course, they can only remain incognito.

In addition to the above three, there is another student in Chang'an County School. I'm exactly sixteen years old this year. This person's name is very strange, called Hou Da. Famous in the school of the county, this person came to Chang'an with Hou Ba in the first year of Taiping. Chen Liuqiao is a native of County and is Hou Ba's scholar. But he is extremely intelligent. And Chang'an County's policy of learning is to ignore the origin. As long as you are qualified, you can study.

This Hou Da was actually admitted to the county school with better grades than Hou Ba. He is now in the third year of county school.

At first, Dong Ji didn't notice the strangeness of this Hou Da. After this person entered the school, he was not publicized, and his grades were decent.

However, later Zhou Budo found out that whether it was Hou Ba or Xun Shi, he seemed to have a lot of respect for this Hou Da.

This has attracted Dong Ji's attention......

This person is not from the Xiahou clan! This is the first result of Dong Ji's investigation, and the second result is even more interesting, he seems to be from the Cao clan.

Hou Da......

Said the note in the text: The great, Pi also!

After Dong heard the name at that time, he almost choked to death.

Cao Pi?

Hehe, this may be the password of the ancients. Even if you use a fake name, it will be related to your real name. Just like Lu Xun's pseudonymous grandson. Land, land also. Five lines of soil, guarding the middle palace. Correspondingly, the palace belongs to the five tones. Gong, Shang, Jiao (ju) sign (zh) feather. The palace is in the five tones, corresponding to the earth of the five elements. Therefore, this Lu Xun arrived in Chang'an and changed his name to Gongsun.

A little trick of the ancients, but also interesting.

Dong ordered Dong Ji to strengthen the monitoring of Cao Pi and others, and arrest them on the spot as soon as there was an action that was not conducive to Chang'an. If there is resistance, it will not be counted.

After that, he focused on other things.

Kuai Liang's coming was regarded as a signal from the Jingxiang clan to Dong. Dong naturally can't take it lightly, and the reception specifications are extremely grand.

After the banquet of the Liang King Shogunate, Gu Yong of Chen Palace once again admonished Dong Jin.

Dong asked them to sit down, and then asked with a smile: "Princess, let me ask, what is the purpose of this ordnance and equipment?" ”

Chen Gong said: "Ordnance is for military affairs, equipment is for civilian use, why does Chitose ask so?" ”

Dong nodded, "Then let me ask you again, what effect can we have by producing these equipment and ordnance, in addition to using them for our own use, and piling them up in the treasury?" Is it that it will bring us money and bread? Or can it make our military and people's livelihood better? ”

"This ......"

"I gave these equipment and ordnance to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, not that I wanted to fund them to be strong. There is a way that the shore of the land is not the king's land. All I did was to want a better life for the people of Lebanese. Our enemies are princes, but not people. We are working hard to make the world stable as soon as possible, so that the people of Li can live a better life. ”

Dong can also say a big truth now!

If it was said that when he talked about the world with Cai Yong, he just replied casually and unintentionally. Now, then, he has learned duplicity.

"The people are the most important, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light...... There is no need for me to explain this truth to you. Dong took a sip of wine, cleared his throat, and continued: "We have hoarded those things that have gathered the wisdom of countless people in the warehouse, but we have wasted the good intentions of producers and inventors in vain. Besides, even if he Cao Cao Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce get these, we will be afraid? Can't beat them...... Oh, I don't think so. The will of the people is mine, the righteousness is mine, why should I be afraid? ”

This controversy lasted all night.

What started as an argument about the equipment of ordnance and horses turned into a purely academic debate. Dong Ji, Zhou Budo and others were only observers at the beginning. But later, I found that more and more people were involved in the argument, and I felt that the situation was a bit bad.

Pang Degong is here! Pang Shanmin is here......

Kuai Liang came, and Huang Chengyan also came......

Good guys, in the small study, there are more than ten people around. At first, Dong was involved in the debate, but later, he shut up.

Fighting with these people is simply looking for death!

Dong Ji and Zhou Budo acted as recorders, and later Cai Jie also came, Huang Yueying was also listening, and five or six people recorded together.

This debate has moved from people's livelihood to military affairs, from specific operations to academic heights.

Everything and everything. In several books that have been circulated in later generations, such as "Liangshu - Gaozu Benji" and "Taiping Memorabilia", this debate is called Taiping asking right. Of course, most of the records in the book are recorded in ancient texts, including Dong's original words, which have also been processed.

In this book "Taiping Asks the Right", Dong put forward a novel concept for the first time: advanced consciousness.

And the meaning of this competition is not only simple competition between people, but also competition in production, military, education, invention and other aspects.

In Dong's most primitive words, he said: "I'm not afraid that Cao Cao has mastered my technology, because as my technology continues to be promoted, I will master better technology." As long as I'm always ahead of others, then I can keep my advantage and stay unbeaten. ”

And what kind of impact did Dong's words have on future generations? No one can tell......

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