Chapter 3: Misfortune does not follow
The four lines of the poem recited by Shi Xun, whose real name is "Farewell to the Ancient Prairie", were well-known in the previous life, and women and children knew it. Even if a child who can speak at the age of two or three, if his parents do not teach him to recite ancient poems, it is fine, otherwise these four sentences must be learned.
The author of this poem was originally the great poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, and it is said that it was his study when he was sixteen years old when he took the exam - Xun couldn't remember the specific age, so he was six years younger when he put it on himself, pretending that he had a talent for writing poetry and was a prodigy. This poem is a five-character poem, and there are four sentences at the end: "Yuanfang invades the ancient road, and Qingcui connects the deserted city." He sent Wang Sun to go, full of farewell. However, the first four sentences say that a ten-year-old child can write, and some people believe it, and the last four sentences are relatively elegant and sincere.
After all, the meaning in the poem, even if the child can't think of it, it may be taught to him by adults, but the emotions in the poem can't be done by those who don't experience it. Moreover, the words of the last four sentences cannot be done unless they have been honed for a long time and repeatedly scrutinized - so Xun simply gave it up.
Besides, the truth he wants to say is all implicit in the first four sentences, and has nothing to do with the last four sentences at all.
Cao Cao listened to the four lines of Shi Xun's poems, and casually recited: "For the country, see evil like a farmer's business to grass, and worship it, cut off its roots, don't enable it to multiply, then the good will believe in ......it" This sentence is from "Zuo Chuan? "Six Years of Hidden Prince" is the earliest source of the idiom "cutting grass and eradicating roots" in the future.
Shixun's attitude is very clear, cutting the grass does not remove the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows. Yuan Shao has already admitted to it, and he may be in a state of collapse. No matter how difficult it is to revive, then it doesn't matter if you let it go first; However, I am not afraid of ten thousand. I'm afraid that in case, if he wants to regain his strength, he will use Youzhou, the last base area, to collect Hu Qi and accumulate grass and grain, and maybe one day he will be a disaster for the imperial court, but what should he do?
Therefore, Rather, Xun advocated continuing to go north, ploughing the court to sweep the Lu, and completely extinguishing Yuan Shao's forces. But he refused to say it explicitly, but borrowed the meaning of the poem, although there was no detailed analysis, and the persuasiveness was stronger than others. Cao Cao stroked his beard, and was about to make a decision, when suddenly a report was reported outside the door: "Xun Lingjun in the capital has a book to submit." ”
Xun Yu's letter said two things: First, recently, Zheng Xuan, the chief farmer, worked hard for days and unfortunately fell ill. As a result, the collection and transportation of autumn grain in various places have been affected to a certain extent; Second, because of the turmoil in Guanzhong, the tribute of the West cannot be expected, and the three prefectures of Yan, Henan, and Xu are all in ordinary years, which may not be enough to supply the army until the spring ploughing of the next year. Xun Yu patted his chest and expressed his determination, and he tried his best to solve the grain problem for Cao Cao. At the same time, it is better to control the war before the end of the year, so that it will not dry up and cause too much damage to local production and state finances.
In this way, Cao Cao couldn't help but hesitate again. Seeing that it was already dark, I had to dismiss the meeting. When the big guys have figured it out, we'll discuss it tomorrow - after all, the news came too quickly, and I'm afraid that the vast majority of people haven't figured out the pros and cons thoroughly.
Shixun said goodbye and returned to the temporary residence in Julu City, just wiped his face, and before he could even breathe, suddenly the door came to report: "Xu Yu asks to see." Shi Xun was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "Xu Ziyuan also knows that if he wants to say Cao Gong, he must first say that I care?" ”
If it was Xun Chen who came to ask for peace for Yuan Shao this time, then it would be reasonable to come to find himself - of course, Xun Chen has been captured by Cao Jun, and even if he is not captured, he must go to his nephew Xun You first - but it is Xu You who came, and he has no friendship with himself, why did he suddenly come to the door? Don't ask, this must be hoping that he will help the Yuan family in front of Cao Cao. Shi Xun is not presumptuous, he knows that in the army now, the first one who can influence Cao Cao's decision is Xun You, the second is Guo Jia, and the third is his turn, but he can't stand himself than the two who can speak well. So Xu You didn't go to Xun Wenruo, didn't go to Guo Fengxiao, and the first one came to find himself.
After all, Xu Zi is far from being an ordinary envoy of the Yuan family, he is Cao Cao's old man, and Cao Cao also hopes to win him over and surrender him, so he just sends people to monitor him, and does not restrict his actions in Julu City. Xu Yu was thus able to wander around—of course, the military stronghold was not allowed to enter—and inquired about where Xun was, and came to the door overnight.
Shi Xun is also very curious, why did General Xu Ziyuan say about me? If you offer gold silk, you won't fake it, you should accept it, turn your face and hand it to Cao Cao, and with Cao Cao's personality, it is estimated that he will allow himself to keep the money - this is not bad.
So he personally greeted Xu Yu and let Xu Yu into the room. After a few casual greetings, Xu You asked: "My lord asks Duke Cao, and he must also make a speech to the court in the middle of the court to forgive my lord's sins." ”
He didn't mention that Rang Shixun persuaded Cao Cao to agree to sue for peace and withdraw immediately, just saying that after you retired and returned to Xudu, you had to help say a few good words in front of the emperor - and deliberately did not call the word Xun, but was commensurate with the name - as if the peace agreement was a foregone conclusion. Shi Xun replied quietly: "If my lord agrees, Xun will naturally play the Son of Heaven for the peace of Youzhou, please pardon General Yuan." However, my lord may not become...... "Don't go around in circles, I understand your intentions, how are you going to convince me, come up with something practical."
Xu You looked left and right, but did not speak. At this time, he and Shixun were not the only ones in the room, Shixun also called Zhuge Liang and Guo Huai to accompany them, and they were also briefly introduced to Xu You. It's Xun's meaning, I have a lot of customers, but most of them are useless, and even if they can come in handy (for example, Dong Meng), they have been formed, and it is difficult to teach them again, only these two young people, I have to cultivate them well, and the other party is an immortal talent - just let them come and listen to what Xu You said, and increase their knowledge and experience.
Xu Youguang squinted and didn't speak, that means, please leave others alone, so that we can talk alone. Shi Xun smiled slightly: "Kong Ming and Bo Ji are all confidants, and Ziyuan can be unscrupulous." Xu You shook his head: "If you wait for your words to come out, Hongfu will be reluctant to make a guest, I am afraid it will not be beautiful." "How do you know what I'm about to say that these two boys can hear? It's better to blast them out first.
Yes Xun was puzzled, and he didn't know if Xu Yu was pretending to be mysterious or really unexpected. What words can't even be listened to by henchmen? Even if you want me to secretly collude with Yuan Shao and turn my back on Cao Cao, it won't be a bombardment. Unless...... Rumors about me, saying that I am usurping?
I felt a sudden shock, but then I felt ridiculous, I couldn't help but think too much - I was a civil servant, and there were only three generals under him, and there were only a few hundred soldiers, even if there were a thousand people in China who wanted to usurp the throne, they would have to rank last in terms of strength. This delusion is too unreliable, but apart from this, what else must be carried by Kong Ming and Boji, he has to tell himself alone?
He was still hesitating, Zhuge Liang stood up first, and waved at Shixun: "In this case, the disciple will retire for the time being." "It's Xun Xin who said Kong Ming, you are really sensitive enough, you know that if Xu Yu can listen to what he says next, you don't have to stay in the house anymore, I will definitely tell you later, if you can't listen, it's better to flash people early. Guo Huai's reaction was a beat slower than Zhuge Liang's, and he had to wait for Zhuge Liang to pull his clothes before he suddenly woke up, so the two retreated together.
There are only two people left in the room, Xun and Xu Yu. Shi Xun looked this scheming Xu Ziyuan up and down, and saw that he was nearly fifty years old, with a thin face and long beard, no meat on his body, and a pair of hands like bird claws. Alone, even if you want to kidnap me to blackmail Cao Cao, unless you have secretly practiced some internal skills, you will definitely not be able to beat me at a glance - what are you thinking? What do you want to tell me?
He was very curious, but Xu You was not in a hurry, he first picked up the cup and took a sip of hot water, and after putting down the cup, he wiped his beard slightly with his sleeve. Did Xun Xin say that you want to play psychological warfare with me? Then I have to be calm - I don't ask, just look at Xu Yu faintly.
There was silence in the room for a while, and Xu Youcai finally let out a long sigh: "Hongfu, the disaster is near, and I don't realize it, it's a pity." Shixun felt funny, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Woe to me?" "You don't need to show off your lobbying clichés.
Xu You leaned forward slightly, stared at Shi Xun's eyes, and said word by word: "What Qing wants in his heart, others don't know, but I only know it." If you want to do this way, there are many dangers, if there is a Yuan family in other states to respond, then it may be safe, otherwise, the Xun family will be a different day. ”
Is it Xun Xin who says what do I want? I just want to protect Cao Cao and unify the world as soon as possible, so as to avoid the catastrophe of "five nonsense". Don't tell me that you also foresaw that day, unless you also came through time...... He didn't answer, but just listened quietly.
Xu You saw that Shixun didn't react, and couldn't help but feel a little breathless, so he simply made his words clearer: "Hongfu was in Yanzhou before helping Cao Gong Yiyi; went to Hedong to make the Xiongnu ravage the surname; Restored to the art of printing, opened the county school and taught it in person. What the Qing wants, it can be known - the decline of the Han family, in the family, occupy the land, the upper is to hook the party to control the court, and the lower is to build a dock and enslave the people, then the family will be prosperous and the court will be weak, and if the court wants to be strong, the family will be eliminated......"
When Shixun heard this, the muscles in his face couldn't help but twitch.
Xu You finally saw the reaction he wanted to see, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, a smile resurfaced on his face, lowered his voice, and continued: "This is not what I see, but what Meng De and You said. Therefore, Meng De was in Yanzhou, slaughtering Bian Rang and other prominent surnames, which caused Zhang Miao and Chen Gong to rebel, and in desperation, he was slightly restrained. Therefore, it is not feasible to know that the urgent road is not feasible, and Hongfu is to slow down the road, promote education, print books, and make the poor family get the best in order to divide the trend of the family. However, in the Mengde curtain today, there are Yingchuan Xun's family, Chen's family, and Hongnong Yang's family, etc., that is, Cao and Xiahou, who are also eunuchs, and now they can't see this, so Rong Hongfu, the next day, the picture is poor, and the next day is compatible? Hongfu is not prepared for it, and he is afraid of the disaster of destroying the door, and he will not be spinning! ”
Shi Xun originally felt that he had trained quite a city government over the years, although he couldn't reach Liu Bei's "joy and anger", nor was he a young man who was bluffing and putting all his thoughts on his expression. But after hearing Xu You's words, he still couldn't help but twitch his heart and frowned - could it be that in the past in Hedong, Xun Wenruo asked Cao Cao to deprive him of his military power, and this was the reason?!
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