Chapter 20: The Old Road to the West Wind
"It's a pain in the neck, good kung fu. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info "Stuffy gourd cherishes words like gold.
Hei Qi looked at the hoof prints on the ground and the remaining horse manure, his eyebrows twisted into pimples, and he said to himself: "No wonder, how can the horses not be guarded?" How can so many pursuers retreat in one piece? ”
The stuffy gourd looked at Hei Qi with a puzzled face.
The light in the room was like a bean, Yang Ke and the drunk state just now were like two people, the dark pupils were bottomless, and he looked at Tang Zhong, "Second uncle, what you have seen and heard along the way is shocking, and the world is really going to be in chaos." ”
Tang Zhong nodded: "Corrupt officials and corrupt officials are ineffective in their careers, extravagant in pleasure, do not practice good governance, do not do agriculture, and excesses and miscellaneous taxes make the middle-class family ten rooms empty, and the poor people are even more hungry, and the people's livelihood and country are already in decline." The local tyrants are rampant and accumulate farmland, and the people have no land to cultivate, so that the wanderers are rampant, and the people of the displaced people have not been seen in previous dynasties, and once there is chaos, the court will see wolf smoke everywhere in a few months. The alien internal migration is the official Hao forced to make the envoy, but he can decide life and death without guilt, since the Han Dynasty, there has always been a great hidden danger, and now it has been a grudge for a long time, and it is about to erupt. The princes of the DPRK and China either fought for power and profit, or they supported the army and respected themselves, did not repair their armaments, and the military discipline was lax, and the officials and troops openly plundered the merchants and the people in broad daylight. Alas, it's rotten, it's rotten to the bone. (Shi Chong is a well-known rich man through the ages, but also a negative teaching material for the corruption and depravity of life, when his father divided the family property, he did not give Shi Chong a penny, some people were uneven, Shi Chong's father said: "This kid can earn a lot in the future.") Sure enough, Shi Chong later became the richest man on the list. But how did Shi Chong's money come from? The answer is that when Shi Chong was the local administrator, he led the officers and soldiers to rob the merchants and made a fortune, which was not made up, but recorded in the official history, so it is said that at that time, the soldiers and thieves were not separated. )
"Yes, it is precisely because it is rotten that there is a chance to scrape the bones to cure the poison and remove the saprophytic muscle."
"Oh?" Tang Zhong vaguely felt that there was a flash of inspiration, but he didn't want it, but he dimly saw a little hope: "According to your words, it's rotten and there is actually a hidden opportunity?" ”
"It's a big opportunity." Yang Ke accentuated his tone: "There have always been three kinds of changes in the court situation, thriving, lifeless, turbulent and divided, in fact, they are not isolated, on the contrary, they are the same line of dynastic changes, cycle after cycle, and only turbulence and division are the best time to re-layout, so I said that Liu Yuan was the first person to break the game, and I wanted to check the people's livelihood at the border gates, border trade, armaments and officials, but it was an unexpected joy to get to know Liu Yuan, second uncle, you wait and see." ”
What Yang Ke said is no longer the words of the sage, but the philosophical problem of later generations, in fact, everything has a life cycle and the cycle of quantitative change and qualitative change, which is also the biggest advantage of Yang Ke and the two generations, popularly speaking, it is not only historical foresight, but also the height and advancement of world view and methodology, and at this time Zhu Xi, Wang Yangming and others are still in the era of plankton, although Tang Zhong is rich and resourceful, and he is unheard of for this remark, but after careful consideration, he feels that the mystery is endless, broad and profound, The admiration for Yang Ke is like a high mountain, and there is a sense of Zhuge being close to a demon: "The son is a scholar of heaven and man, and it is no longer something that the old man can see, but if Liu Yuan follows the policy of the son, there will be trouble." ”
Yang Ke didn't explain, but pointed to the point: "Does the second uncle think that Ke is colluding with the Huns for personal revenge and ignoring the common people?" ”
Tang Zhong nodded: "Other than that, the old man really doesn't see any other reason. ”
Yang Ke thought silently, he couldn't explain to Tang Zhong that this was the historical trend of Haohao soup, whether he suggested to Liu Yuan or not, the Xiongnu would eventually be Koubian until the establishment of the Han regime, and also posthumously worship the famous Adou Emperor Liu Chan as Emperor Xiaohuai to serve as a tiger skin banner to attract people's hearts. And he took the opportunity to offer advice, firstly, to gain Liu Yuan's trust, and secondly, to form an alliance with him, burying another possibility of changing history, that is, "Herong" instead of "fighting", even if a war with Liu Yuan could not be avoided at that time, but spoiling history, it means that he still has one move to go, let Liu Yuan launch half a year in advance, contain Sima Yi, Sima Ying, Sima Yue and Sima Teng, the history books of the previous life are clearly recorded, the war between the four kings is the fuse that ignited Liu Yuan's army, once Liu Yuan supported the army and stood on his own, The rear of the four kings was immediately upgraded to the front line filled with gunpowder, and they also became rats who drilled into the bellows between the minority and the center, and the four kings naturally had no time to take care of the court dispute, and they easily did not dare to put themselves in the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, but could only stand on the side of the center to fight against foreign enemies. The only risk is what if Liu Yuan doesn't launch it in advance? In other words, after he launched it, he beat these four kings in advance, and he didn't have time to complete the task of turning the tide at all. The former is easy to do, if it doesn't work, put a few more wildfires on your own, and it will burn Liu Yuan can't sit still. As for the latter, you have to rely on yourself to fight quickly and grab the head pillar incense, calculate the time, the dispute between the queen and the vassal king is also fast, and Tang Bin's news should also arrive. This is also the only way that can be chosen at present, the most beneficial and least harmful, as a traverser Yang Ke deeply understands a truth, there is no perfect strategy in this world, just according to their own purpose to do pros and cons of the choice question, everything you want will inevitably be nothing.
Thinking of this, Yang Ke looked at Tang Zhong and said in a slow but firm tone: "Second uncle, no matter what strategy Xiu Lie uses, it must not be for power and profit, but for the purpose of using power to stop the war and rest with the people, whether it is Han or foreign, they are all Chinese people, and they would rather be a peace dog than a chaotic person, Xiu Lie swore today that he must save the people of the world from this catastrophe." ”
Tang Zhong's eyes revealed relief, but his expression was very sad: "The white bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, the people are left behind, and the thought is broken." Xiu Lie, if you can really stop the war and support the people, it is immeasurable merit, the old man fought hard but survived, helped you with a hand, and died unswervingly. ”
Outside the stone city, the yellow sand is all over the sky, the ancient road is sparsely populated, under the long canopy, Liu Yuan led the crowd to say goodbye to Yang Ke and others, and after drinking the parting wine, Yang Ke took off the sword from his waist and offered it with both hands. I saw that the scabbard was simple, and the seal on the hilt of the sword was engraved with the word "Tai'a": "This sword is the little brother's beloved thing, and I will give it to my brother at parting, so I will keep a thought." ”