Chapter 217 [Tang Empire]

I'll give you two examples, and you'll get it all. He captured a man named Yu Li, and was very annoyed that Yu Li dared to oppose him and refused to surrender, so he hung Yu Li on the fire, roasted and cut off his limbs, and slowly cut off his flesh for the soldiers to eat.

Xue Renguo was not only easy to kill, but also greedy, and when he conquered Tianshui County, he gathered all the rich people together, hung them on their heads and feet, and poured vinegar into their nostrils, so that they could sacrifice gold and silver treasures.

For Xue Renguo's inhumane behavior, Xue Ju saw it in his eyes, remembered it in his mind, and worried in his heart, Xue Ju once warned Xue Renguo with such words: "Your talent can achieve great causes, but cruelty and lack of kindness will one day fail." ”

Xue Renguo not only didn't remember these words, but didn't listen to them at all. When Xue Renguo was the crown prince≈→√, he didn't get along with many generals, either you don't look down on me, or I don't look down on you, in short, no one loves anyone, and when Xue Renguo became the emperor, he began to be suspicious of the generals who disagreed with him, and those generals did not support him loyally. As the first strategist of Xue Ju Group, Hao Ying had a very deep affection for this Xue Ju, Xue Ju died, Hao Ying cried bitterly, crying more grief than Xue Renguo, excessive sadness, and finally died of illness. As a result, the state of Qin began to weaken. But none of this seemed to affect Xue Renguo's mood and his ambitions. Now the world has changed, you used to be the old man in charge, and now I am in charge, let me complete your unfulfilled dream in your place (enter the guanzhong), Xue Renguo thought so, and then he did it. His specific approach is to keep looking for trouble, nothing to do, since Xue Renguo became the family of the Qin State. The border between Tang and Qin has not stopped for a day. Finally one day, Li Yuan couldn't bear it anymore. He also sent Li Shimin on the expedition. Li Shimin once again led the army to the front line, and this time he wanted to be ashamed. How I lost face, how I want to get it back. Li Shimin's garrison was in Gaoqi City, and Xue Renguo's garrison was in Zheqi City. The war is about to break out, but Li Shimin has taken a defensive position behind closed doors, no matter how you challenge, I just don't go out, what can you do to me. Li Shimin's wishful thinking is very good, didn't you Xue Renguo just achieve victory, isn't your morale very strong? Don't you think you're awesome? Don't you just want to take advantage of this momentum to defeat me? I just won't fight you. When your sharpness is exhausted, when you are no longer proud, when you no longer think that you are very good, then we will talk about it. Li Shimin issued a military order: "Those who dare to speak out will be killed", and hung up the exemption card for two months. Let you Xue Renguo provoke in every way, I, Li Shimin, will not move. Two months later, the situation changed. This change is not Li Shimin's battle. It's that Xue Renguo can't hold back (the food is going to run out). Xue Renguo's general, Zhai Changsun and others, surrendered to Li Shimin one after another, and Li Shimin knew that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to defeat Xue Renguo. If you have an opportunity, you must seize it, and the person who lets it go is not merciful. It's a failure. Li Shimin doesn't want to be a loser.

First of all, Li Shimin ordered Liang Shi to camp in the shallow water plain as a bait. Zong Luohu, who tried every means to fight and was refused, saw Liang Shi. His eyes lit up, and he thought that Liang Shi was a lamb to be slaughtered. And he is precisely the hungry tiger. As everyone knows, not only are you not a hungry tiger, but a fish that has been lured into the bait. Stupid people have one thing in common. They tend to think they are smart. The hungry tiger pounced on the lamb very excitedly, and the facts seemed to prove that Liang Shi was indeed a lamb, and in the face of Zong Luohu's attack, Liang Shi could not retreat, and held on to the danger, and held the camp to the death. The more I don't want to get it, the more I want it. Zong Luohu's attack became more violent, and Liang Yongyong used all his strength to keep the camp. At this point, something even worse happened that took a turn for the worse. Liang Shi's camp was already short of water, and after being surrounded for several days, the water that had been stored was all drunk, and now there is not a drop of water left. What if there is no water? Liang answered this question with their practical actions, without water, do not drink water. In such a sinister situation, Liang Shi stuck to the camp, did not flinch, did not complain, and did not have fear and betrayal, he believed that Li Shimin would definitely come to save him. Because it's an agreement between them. "You go and be bait, I'll catch the fish." Li Shimin did not disappoint Liang Shi, he has been paying attention to the battle situation in Asuiwon, waiting for the time to be ripe, and attacking in one fell swoop, his purpose is not to defeat the opponent, but to solve the opponent at once. After Liang Shi cut off the water for several days, the Qin army led by Zong Luohu was already very tired, and Li Shimin thought that the time had come, and he gave the order to the troops that had been assembled for a long time: "Go". …

After solving a neighbor, Li Yuanyou set his sights on another neighbor - Li Rail. Li Liang is not as dishonest as Xue Ju's father and son, he always has nothing to do, and later angered others and brought him to death. If Xue Ju is a rogue student, the kind who is still involved in the underworld, collusion with the underworld is his capital; Then Li Liang is like a good student, good study and good character are his capital. Li Liang guards his one-third of an acre of land in a decent manner, does not invite disasters, does not cause trouble, as long as you don't take the initiative to trouble me, I will definitely not provoke you.

Therefore, Li Yuan's policy towards Li Liang is not tough, but soft; not to use the military, but to use the government; Not with Li Shimin, but with diplomats. A wise politician is always able to make correct judgments and adopt the most appropriate methods according to different situations and different opponents. According to the rules, let's first introduce Li Yuan's third opponent.

The first opponent, the Sui Dynasty Group, and the second opponent, the Xue Ju Group, have been eliminated, it is easy, it is very easy, and Li Yuan also enjoys it, and Li Yuan tastes the pleasure in the game of competing against the heroes. Yes, this kind of game is the most exciting, the most enjoyable, the most demanding for the gamer, and the most cruel in the game. It's not easy to join, but if your ability is very strong, and your luck is good enough to achieve the ultimate victory, you are the best in the world.

Li Rail, a native of Wuwei Guzang (now Wuwei, Gansu), was Sima of Wuwei County at the time, liked, eloquent, his family was very rich, and he was not stingy, often helping the hungry and helping the poor, so he had a good reputation, and the people liked him very much. Xue Ju revolted in Jincheng and joined the ranks of the anti-Sui. In fact, what he did was not as good as the army of the Sui Dynasty, and he did not produce himself. Rob if you have nothing to do.

Anyway, this is a transaction with no capital, and there is no time limit. The format is flexible and diverse. And Li Liang happens to be a big landowner, and the owners of private property are always afraid that their property will be taken away, so they will try their best to protect it.

Xue Ju is a threat to Li Rail, and there are many people who are also landlords with Li Rail, and these people don't want to be lambs to the slaughter, and it just so happens that they are friends again, so they come together. In such troubled times, under the threat of Xue Ju, some landlords wanted to keep their private property. On a dark night, I found a very secret place for a meeting.

The topic of the conference was simple, but very practical: how to protect our private property from infringement? It seems that it is impossible to expect those officials to protect themselves and repel the invaders, because those old men not only do not do anything in ordinary times, but also have no ability and no prestige. What's more important is that he doesn't have the courage to argue with Xue Ju. Do you better count on them than on yourself?

Another way is to escape, however, if you look closely at the map, you'll see. At that time, the huge Sui Dynasty was already exhausted, and it was more difficult to find a paradise-like paradise in the land of the Sui Dynasty than to find a three-legged toad. There is nowhere to escape, and even if you do. What can you do? At that time, the amount of property was mainly determined by the amount of land. No matter how much cash there is, there will always be a day when it runs out, but the land can be reproduced.

And judging by the situation at the time. It doesn't matter how much money you have, what matters is whether you have food in your hands or not. Money doesn't always mean you can't buy food, so even if you're rich, you may starve to death one day.

Land is here to produce food, so land is very important, and the important thing is almost like human life, and you can't abandon your land unless you have to, Li Liang thinks so. If you can't escape, and the government officials can't count on it (you know how to eat, you don't work), you can't wait for Xue Ju to rob it here, right? …

After collective discussion, many researches, and repeated analysis, they finally came to the conclusion one day: the wife is ours, the grain is ours, the land is ours, and the property is ours, and we can't wait for Xue Ju to rob us, if that happens, we will become nothing, and our lives will be in danger.

Therefore, we must take up arms to protect our own qiē. "Take up arms to protect a qiē that belongs to us." The crowd was indignant and high-spirited, and this conclusion was supported by everyone present. After the discussion of the next action plan, what should be done?

A group of landlords did not necessarily have a high level, but they did things with amazing speed, and soon after the conclusion was reached, the next plan of action was released - an armed uprising and the seizure of power. There are only eight words, concise and concise. The final question is, who will be the leader? At the mention of this, everyone fell silent, no one spoke, and the atmosphere suddenly fell to the lowest point since the meeting. Everyone knows that if you follow others, if you win, you are a shareholder, you can share dividends, you can increase your official ranks, and you will not lose at all; If you lose, you can still change jobs in other companies, and the treatment is not guaranteed, at least you can save your life. It's a different story when you're a leader. The worst profession in the world is rebellion, and the worst position in the rebellion is the leader, because others may have a way out, and there is no way out for the leadership fever, and the winner is the prince and the loser, this is the fate of the leader.

Everyone understands these truths, so no one takes the risk of this, but an organization must have leaders, let alone do such a big thing as a rebellion? At the critical moment, Cao Zhen said that someone predicted that the surname Li would replace the surname Yang as the emperor, and Li Liang among us would be surnamed Li, so we would respect him as the leader.

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, knowing that Li Liang is usually very kind, and he can't treat himself badly in the future, if he loses, he will be afraid of something. So everyone agreed—they could be regarded as finding a black pot. He knows that in such an era, the people need a good ruler, and he hopes that he is the ruler who understands the suffering of the people and can make the people live a good life.

This group of landlords continued to carry forward the tradition of high efficiency, and caught several leaders in the city with lightning speed, such as Hu Benlang General Xie Tongshi, Wuwei County Cheng Wei Shizheng and others. So the power was in the hands of Li Liang, and they completed the goal of armed uprising, seized power, and established power in the next step.

It's still that fast. Li Liang proclaimed himself the king of Daliang in Hexi and changed Wuwei to Liangzhou. Set the capital here, pull a big banner. Officials and knights are naturally indispensable to the landlord brothers who are strong enough to stand up to themselves. Guan Jin, Cao Zhen, Liang Shuo, Li, An Xiuren and others all got the official positions they wanted. Guan Jin and other generals killed the officials of the Sui Dynasty and divided their property, to put it bluntly, killing people was auxiliary, and dividing property was their real purpose.

At this time, Li Liangbiao made a higher suzhì and said something like this: "Since you have elected me as a leader, you must listen to my orders." We raised an uprising in order to quell the chaos and save the people. It's not for the sake of killing and robbing money, then we won't become robbers? ”

So he ordered Xie to be the commander and Wei Shizheng to become officials. At this time, Li Liang had just become a leader, and he was full of ambition, wanting to govern his people well, let them be fed, let them be warm, and let them live happily under his rule. He opened the government warehouse to help the victims, and he did not take the initiative to stir up trouble. As long as others don't provoke him, he won't provoke others. So the people saw hope under his rule. But Li Liang just got a headache for his neighbor. …

Xue Ju has never been an honest person, seeing that Liangzhou is next to him, he has long wanted to grab it. I didn't have time to spare, and later I heard that a man named Li Liang killed government officials like himself. On one side, Xue Ju wanted to meet Li Liang more and more. Sue him, who is the real king. On a sunny afternoon. Xue Ju's troops set off, and he was confident that he could level Li Rail in one fell swoop.

However, imagination is imagination after all, and it is too far from reality. Xue Ju was defeated and was defeated by Li Liang's subordinate Li Li. After that, Li Liang took Zhangye, Dunhuang, Xiping, and Caohan counties in one go, and occupied all the land west of Hexi. Since then, Xue Ju has never dared to underestimate this neighbor.

The final question is, who will be the leader? At the mention of this, everyone fell silent, no one spoke, and the atmosphere suddenly fell to the lowest point since the meeting. Everyone knows that if you follow others, if you win, you are a shareholder, you can share dividends, you can increase your official ranks, and you will not lose at all; If you lose, you can still change jobs in other companies, and the treatment is not guaranteed, at least you can save your life.

It's a different story when you're a leader. The worst profession in the world is rebellion, and the worst position in the rebellion is the leader, because others may have a way out, and there is no way out for the leadership fever, and the winner is the prince and the loser, this is the fate of the leader. Everyone understands these truths, so no one takes the risk of this, but an organization must have leaders, let alone do such a big thing as a rebellion?

At the critical moment, Cao Zhen said that someone predicted that the surname Li would replace the surname Yang as the emperor, and Li Liang among us would be surnamed Li, so we would respect him as the leader. When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, knowing that Li Liang is usually very kind, and he can't treat himself badly in the future, if he loses, he will be afraid of something. So everyone agreed—they could be regarded as finding a black pot.

He knows that in such an era, the people need a good ruler, and he hopes that he is the ruler who understands the suffering of the people and can make the people live a good life. This group of landlords continued to carry forward the tradition of high efficiency, and caught several leaders in the city with lightning speed, such as Hu Benlang General Xie Tongshi, Wuwei County Cheng Wei Shizheng and others. So the power was in the hands of Li Liang, and they completed the goal of armed uprising, seized power, and established power in the next step.

The speed is still so fast, Li Liang proclaimed himself the king of Hexi Daliang, changed Wuwei to Liangzhou, set the capital here, pulled a big banner, and was knighted, so naturally it was indispensable to stand up to his own group of landlord brothers. Guan Jin, Cao Zhen, Liang Shuo, Li Yun, An Xiuren and others all got the official positions they wanted. Guan Jin and other generals killed the officials of the Sui Dynasty and divided their property, to put it bluntly, killing people was auxiliary, and dividing property was their real purpose.

At this time, Li Liangbiao made a higher suzhì and said something like this: "Since you have elected me as a leader, you must listen to my orders." We raise an army to revolt in order to calm the chaos and save the people, not to kill people and rob money, in that case, we will not become robbers. So he ordered Xie to be the commander, and Wei Shizheng and the two became officials.

At this time, Li Liang had just become a leader, and he was full of ambition, wanting to govern his people well, let them be fed, let them be warm, and let them live happily under his rule. He opened the government warehouse to help the victims, he did not take the initiative to provoke trouble, as long as others did not provoke him, he did not provoke others. So the people saw hope under his rule.

But Li Liang just got a headache for his neighbor. Xue Ju has never been an honest person, seeing that Liangzhou is next to him, he has long wanted to grab a handful, and he has not had time, and later heard that a person named Li Rail, like himself, killed government officials and divided one side, Xue Ju thought more and more that he would meet Li Rail and sue him, who is the real king. On a sunny afternoon, Xue Ju's troops set off, and he was confident that he could smooth out Li Rail in one fell swoop. However, imagination is imagination after all, and it is too far from reality.

Xue Ju was defeated and was defeated by Li Yun, Li Liang's subordinate. After that, Li Liang took Zhangye, Dunhuang, Xiping, and Caohan counties in one go, and occupied all the land west of Hexi. Since then, Xue Ju has never dared to underestimate this neighbor. (To be continued......)