Chapter 30: The Storm Suddenly Changes

Hearing the news of Cao Cao's death in Luoyang, it was already the warm spring season. The first reaction of the three ministers when they heard the news was, the opportunity has come!

Cao Mengde, this name has always been like a mountain on everyone's heads. Although he has very obvious shortcomings, he has also made some rather naïve mistakes, saying that I would rather bear the people of the world than let the world look sideways. But just as he does not hide his flaws, his foresight, his cultural and martial arts, his military strategy, and his strategic planning have all erected a monument to ordinary people in the contemporary era.

Even though Kong Ming, who is famous all over the world, once commented that Cao Cao's "wisdom is beyond others, and his use of soldiers is like Sun and Wu." "Cao Cao on the battlefield was extremely open-minded, and he fully interpreted the purpose of the soldiers' tricks. robbed and burned the grain of the black nest, Cao Cao used his troops quickly, and he succeeded in the moment before Yuan Shao's reinforcements arrived; broke the embroidery, Cao Cao deliberately walked as a car, lured the enemy deep at a speed of three or five miles a day, and then counterattacked; Attacking Karasuma, Cao Cao was willing to take a risk, first set up a puzzle, and then advanced with elite troops, at a moment that no one expected, no one expected the place, and suddenly a Biao army came out. Fighting Lu Bu, Cao Cao was full of scheming, sometimes deceiving death to lure Lu Bu to attack, sometimes letting women serve as suspicious soldiers, and sometimes arranging spies to think that it was an internal response, and finally Lu Bu was exhausted and captured in Baimen Tower. For example, forcing Gongsun Kang to behead the head of the second Yuan, "wiping the book between Han Sui", all showed his flexibility and wisdom on the spot. Even, for Cao Cao's life, Zhuge Qiao and I have carefully analyzed and seriously experienced, and every time we talk about it, we feel that it is really dangerous to confront such a person.

At this time, such a powerful person died, and the world that had been suppressed by him for a long time was in turmoil again. Among his group of tiger generals and famous ministers, four of the five major strategists have gone, Guo Jia died early, Er Xun died, Cheng Yu was critically ill, and only one Jia Xu remained; And Sima Yi, the only one comparable to Kong Ming, has not been reused; The general Xiahou Dun was critically ill, Zhang Liao was seriously ill, Li Dian and Le Jin had died, Xiahou Yuan died at the hands of Huang Zhong and Pang De, Yu Jin surrendered Guan Yu, still in the hands of Eastern Wu, Cao Hong and other generals all returned to Luoyang, and Cao Cao's four sons competed for the throne, and they were really unable to look west, which was a good opportunity to use troops.

Just as I was discussing with the three of Fa Zheng to send troops, the two twists and turns came almost at the same time.

Fa Zheng picked up one of them, glanced at it and threw it on the case, then took the other one, and said with a smile: "Wei Yanguo has the style of a general, he has already proposed it."

Send troops to Longyou, help the wind, and take the affairs of Yong and Liangzhou. ”

Kong Ming shook his head: "Wei Yanqi is too truthful, competitive and competitive, and when he entered Sichuan with the king of Hanzhong, he often competed with Huang Zhong for merit, if it wasn't for Huang Zhong's help, I don't know how many times he was defeated." Only the lord connived at him, and ordered him to guard Hanzhong, and after this, I am afraid that he will not be able to take responsibility. ”

I already had a candidate in my heart, and when I saw that none of them spoke, I took the Fa from the case and threw away the papers, and when I saw it, I was surprised.

It is clearly a blood letter, which is also about the capture of Yongliang, and there is a striking name falling below: "Pingxi General Duting Marquis Ma Chao weeps blood and worships the table"!

"This ......" I looked at Fa Zheng, and my hands began to tremble.

Fa Zheng sighed and didn't speak, I turned to Kong Ming, Kong Ming didn't say anything, Xu Jing said: "This is the twelfth seal." ”

The twelfth is sealed!

Xu Jing continued: "Ma Chao was killed because he was all over the house, and he was determined to take revenge and recover Liangzhou, but the lord did not allow it. All of them are suppressed. ”

Father! Why does he look up to Ma Chao so much? I couldn't wait to go back to the palace immediately to ask him, but thinking that there were still major matters to discuss, I forced myself to settle down and said with a smile: "In this case, I will go back to the palace to ask my father." ”

Then discuss the matter of talent acquisition. There is no general in Shu, and Liao has become a pioneer. In the later period of Shu Han, there was no one available, which has always been my biggest worry, so I ignored the heavy military affairs of the current situation, and I must start in advance to strengthen this work, ask Taifu Xu Jing to personally take command, and let Wang Fu from Jingzhou assist him. When Wang Fu was under Guan Yu, his evaluation of Zhao Lei and others left a deep impression on me, and asked him to come to study with Xu Jing.

When Xu Jing was young, he and his brother opened an altar in Runan City to comment on the current figures. Once a month, known as the "Yuedan Review" in history, it caused a sensation at that time, and all those who had been affirmed or praised by his brother were worth a hundred times and became famous all over the world. So, on the first day of each month, the people who came to them for evaluation were like carp crossing the river, just for his words. Even the deceased Cao Mengde came to them. At that time, Xu Jing's brother Xu Xun once gave Cao Cao a sentence: "The capable minister who rules the world, the traitor of the troubled times." Cao Cao burst out laughing. With Xu Jing's fame at this time, reopening Yuedan, even if it can't attract heroes from all over the world, at least it will make the characters in Shuzhong tempted.

Xu Jing said with a smile: "Old and decrepit people, dazzling and deaf, difficult to understand the world, how can they know people? That being said, there was a lot of eagerness in my eyes to try it.

I said: "When Emperor Xiaowu of Sejong (Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty) was the crown prince, Wei Juan was the crown prince. The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. If the prince wants to make a difference, the key is to win souls. The prince asked again, the northern Huns are arrogant, how to do it. Wei Wan replied, win souls. The prince asked again, after the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, the country still has internal worries, what should it do? Wei Juan replied again, win souls. The prince replied to ask, the people's livelihood is withering, how to seek prosperity and prosperity. Wei Juan replied, win souls. So the prince didn't ask again. When the military advisor was in Longzhong, he also said to his father: When Cao Cao occupies the sky in the north, Sun Quan occupies the land in the east, and the general can occupy the people. It can be seen from this that people are the foundation of the country, and only then can they be the foundation of the society, and those who win people will win the world. If the Han family is prosperous, the only way is to win souls.

Emperor Taizu Gao (Liu Bang) is a market wanderer, but with great ambitions, good at employing people, so he commanded the heroes, forced the overlord of Western Chu to kill himself in Wujiang, and unified the world with Han Xin, the king of Qi. Emperor Shizong Xiaowu (Liu Che) deposed a hundred schools, respected Confucianism, pacified the southern barbarians, drove the Huns, created the Han Dynasty of tens of thousands of miles, and achieved a four-hundred-year imperial example. Emperor Guangwu (Liu Xiu) was born in the crop, aiming at the world, Yuntai 28 generals assisted around, Rong Ma career, southern and northern wars, swept away the traitor Wang Mang, and rebuilt the foundation of the Han Dynasty. Even if Cao Cao's traitorous male, he also summoned the virtuous order three times, but only to move, and use it, to conquer the east and west, pacify China, and look at the world. My father started from cutting the yellow scarf, and he was famous all over the world. However, to gain a foothold in the land of no size, and to get the military division, like a fish in water, Dingjingzhou, Pingyizhou, is a cluster of sages. You can know what it means to win people.

Although there is soil today, the Han family has not prospered, the family and country have not recovered, the Central Plains fell into the hands of thieves, and Jingzhou died in Sun Quan. If the horses are lost, there is no way to forge ahead, and the dragon has no rain, and it is difficult to fly. I think of the sages, like the hope of the rain and dew of the dry water, and the hope of the parents of the baby. I also hope that the Taifu and the public are important, and do not take it lightly. ”

After speaking, I bowed deeply to the three ministers in front of me and asked for them again and again.

Although the three of them knew that I attached great importance to the selection of materials, they did not expect that I would put the selection of talents in such an important position, and they couldn't help but let it go. Kong Ming said: "The young master's words are wonderful, and with a little embellishment, they can be written." As he spoke, he picked up the pen, and without thinking, he waved it and wrote it into a merit-seeking order.

I looked at it, and it was a hundred times stronger than what I said, and I couldn't help but praise it. Xu Jing and Fa Zheng also nodded to themselves.

So discussing the details, I firmly believe that we cannot only continue the filial piety of the Han Dynasty, but more importantly, we should use the virtuous and the able. The people who are listed, whether they are commoners or scholars, whether they have read books or have not read, and even whether they are Han or Yi, barbarians or Hu, as long as they have talent, they can obtain official positions; The second is to set up Taixue, reward learning, mainly teach Confucianism and Legalism, mainly teach the way of governing the country, financial management and strengthening the army, and the national Chinese martial arts, all of which must be entered to Taixue to give lectures. Encourage people in Shu to go out of Shu to study, and appoint officials to those who return to Shu according to their talents; Again, it is a good work, and those who have capable workers and ingenuity in the people will be requisitioned by the government at a high price; Fourth, those who can put forward good policies for governing the country, enriching the people, managing finances, controlling water, and strengthening the army will be rewarded. The fifth is to lift ......

After discussing this until noon, Xu Jing touched his stomach and said, "Shizi, I'm hungry, I don't know what happened to the three of you?" "I feel hungry and embarrassed to look at the three elders, especially Xu Jing, who is already old, and forgets to starve with me. Busy arranging meals.

The meal was prepared a long time ago, but there was a strict order in the council hall, during the discussion, no one was allowed to enter to disturb, and those who violated the order were killed, so Ku Ding did not dare to enter, and Zhuge Qiao, who was in charge of the hall, also listened to the gods, but did not find out.

After the meal, continue to discuss, in view of the phenomenon of "showing talents, not knowing books, raising filial piety and honesty, and not living in the father" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and following the old law of "Yuedan Evaluation", the results of the selection will be made public in the counties, townships, and pavilions. In this way, the more people supervise, the problem of fraud can be effectively solved. Thinking that many capable people may not be able to understand literature and ink, I asked Kong Ming to find Wang Ping, this general Wang is said to not be able to read ten words, so he specially made a proclamation that can be easily understood. He also asked him to find a translator and translate it into the language of the barbarian tribes, Kong Ming laughed, the barbarian tribes did not have a written language. I thought about it and asked him to find someone to make up a children's song and sing it among the people, but in this way, he would be tired again. Although Kong Ming is now just over forty years old and in the prime of life, I am still afraid that he will be tired. But the state affairs were heavy, and I couldn't leave him, so I turned the palace through and sent a lot of supplements to these three ministers.

The three of them smiled and walked away.