MTL - Three Kingdoms-Chapter 2797 Hard labor still needs enough food and clothing, and the Western Regions must have a good day

  Chapter 2797 Hard labor still needs food and clothing, and the Western Regions must have a good day

  During Zhang Liao's arrival, although no one approached Zhang Liao to raise any doubts in person, Zhang Liao himself felt a breath of distrust, which seemed to have begun to spread around him.

   This is a very dangerous signal.

  A soldier is the one who holds the knife.

   Rangers also hold knives, and even butchers also hold knives.

   They all hold knives, but only soldiers are the only occupations that are approved by the state and take pride in killing people.

   With the knife in hand, either kill or be killed.

  Among the army, it is a place where people kill like hemp.

  In troubled times, human lives are minor, and people will die for a trivial reason.

  The knife was originally controlled by people, but when people kill a lot, it may become a habit, killing people like hemp. My mind froze, I didn't even think about it, and finally it really became a knife.

  If Lu Bu was just a knife, maybe he wouldn’t have too many troubles, but the problem is that Lu Bu can’t just be a knife. He is the guardian of the Western Regions, and he has other responsibilities...

If Zhang Liao hadn't stayed in Hanzhong for a period of time before, and didn't have the experience of working in a place where Hanzhong has experienced this period of time, perhaps for Zhang Liao, he may not have understood that for a region, there will be so many troublesome things in terms of people's livelihood and government affairs . This is still in an area with relatively sound institutions like Hanzhong, and the land of the Western Regions...

  If it’s difficult to do, don’t do it.

   In other words, it is going to be done, but it is not done well.

   is a dereliction of duty.

  Dereliction of duty is enough to become a reason.

  Although Fei Qian did not show any doubts about Lu Bu, Li Dian suddenly appeared in Hanzhong and took his place. When Zhang Liao was sent to Guanzhong, Zhang Liao knew that there was already a big problem...

   This is not just about Lu Bu alone, just like the governor of the Western Regions is not just a simple position.

  Every move of Lu Bu will not only affect the Western Regions, but also affect the Xiliang Army with a large number of Bingzhou soldiers, as well as other people who met Lu Bu...

  For example, Zhang Liao himself.

  Zhang Liao sighed deeply.

   Zhang Liao would not make a joke in front of the hussars that it was Lu's business, and it had nothing to do with me, Zhou, and the Bingzhou Army and Xiliang Army were not a matter of one or two people.

  When there are many people, it must not be a trivial matter.

  If the worst happens, it will not only affect Lu Bu himself, but also the new and old Bingzhou soldiers and Xiliang soldiers with about 20,000 soldiers under the hussars!

Zhang Liao understood that this was basically Lu Bu's problem. If Lu Bu had not had great prestige in the Bingzhou Army and the Xiliang Army, and also had certain meritorious service, if it were someone else, he might have been arrested or even killed. .

  How to better solve this problem?

   Not only for Lu Bu, not only for Zhang Liao, but also for other Bingzhou Army and Xiliang soldiers scattered in other places...

   For this reason, Zhang Liao didn't even dare to bring his troops to Chang'an to show his absolute loyalty, so as to avoid any suspicion that Zhang Liao wanted to do something with his troops.

Fortunately, after Zhang Liao arrived at Chang'an Sanfu, the worst situation of him being arrested immediately did not appear, but he seemed to be calm. The news of Dawan made Zhang Liao feel a little calmer and was tightened up again.

   Lu Bu's move can be said to open up the frontier, and of course it can also be said to be something else that is not clear, so the situation of the entire Bingzhou Army and Xiliang Army is still a bit delicate.

Although it is said that even Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, or other generals may not be able to say that they fully represent the Bingzhou Army and the Xiliang Army, and even if Lu Bu or Zhang Liao die, they may not necessarily have many people to be buried with them. , but the meaning of death itself can already explain a lot, and it will also make many people uneasy, and it is inevitable that there will be various turmoil.

Now the hussars have been reorganizing all over the place, from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, from Longxi to Hedong, from Mobei to southern Sichuan, almost all of them are stabilizing themselves, especially in these areas, the extension generation is expanding, and the surrounding neighbors are being integrated. , This may represent that the hussars' tolerance for some small movements is constantly decreasing, and the requirements for local stability and development are also continuously increasing.

   Then, under such circumstances, is it necessary for Lu Bu to enter Chigu for the second time and conquer Dawan?

  Zhang Liao didn't know, but Zhang Liao knew that Hushi gave the position of "Da Du Hu" a very high degree of tolerance.

  But behind this tolerance, there must be a correspondingly higher degree of trust.

  Northern Governor General, that is, Zhao Yun, sends personnel to Chang'an to submit the annual report almost every year, and Zhao Yun's deputy also changes once. It is said that a group of middle-level military academy non-commissioned officers will return to Chang'an every year for training. After training, these mid- and lower-level military academy non-commissioned officers are either assigned to other regions or go back again.

  As for the guardian of the Western Regions, since Li Ru's death, it seems...

   While he was in a trance, Xu Chu came out and said that the hussars were welcome.

  Xu Chu is wearing full body armor, which should be the latest version of armor. In addition to strengthening some of the previous weaknesses, it seems that some other patterns have been added to the armor, especially when Xu Chu turned his back and led the way in front, there was a pattern on the back of the helmet and the back of the armor. Very distinct patterns.

  Xu Chu led Zhang Liao to the hall, and called out loudly, and then Fei Qian's voice came out, "Please. 』

  Zhang Liao walked into the festival hall with a bow, bowed his head and saluted, "I will see the Lord at the end!" 』

   Fei Qian smiled slightly, asked Zhang Liao to excuse him, and motioned Zhang Liao to sit down beside him.

  Looking at the slightly reserved expression in Zhang Liao's eyes, Fei Qian understood it in his heart.

   Zhang Liao is not like Lu Bu, he is smarter than Lu Bu.

  Since it is smarter, there is no need to say stupid things.

  Fei Qian asked and greeted some basic words, and then asked directly: "Wen Yuan, do you think Feng is prior to the Western Regions, can you calm the land?" 』

   Zhang Liao's heart skipped a beat.

   If it is said that Lu Bu is indeed a good player on the battlefield, few people can deny this, but in terms of civil affairs, if Lu Bu is said to be a third-rate level, that is really flattering him.

Because like Lu Bu, he has neither experienced a career as a local official, nor has he undertaken any specific work in the central administrative department... It is not an exaggeration to say that this guy with full military strength may have a high political value in terms of tactics. A passing grade may even be much lower than that of ordinary generals.

   What Fei Qian asked was not victory, nor the conquest of Chigu or Dawan, but Jingping.

  War gains some things and destroys much more.

   Zhang Liao didn't know how to answer for a while.

  Fei Qian pondered for a while, and then he didn't insist on Zhang Liao's answer, but stood up and said, "Wen Yuan, come with me." 』

  Xu Chu picked up his guards, and then he left the Hushi government office, and the group headed straight for the labor camp.

  In the early days of labor in the labor camps, they were basically Xianbei and Qiang people, and some of those people have survived the labor stage, got rid of the status of slaves, and are moving towards the direction of Han residents.

  These early laborers who got rid of their slave status basically lived near the labor camps. On the one hand, these guys who have been released from labor are very familiar with the work in the labor camp, so they have become helpers hired by the labor camp in turn, and can share some work for the Han people; on the other hand, they are also a demonstration model for new labor , so as not to make those new slaves feel completely hopeless, so that unnecessary problems arise.

Except for a small number of war criminals or criminals who have committed the most heinous crimes, they will be sent to more dangerous jobs such as mining and quarrying. Normally speaking, hard labor is actually a little harder, and the danger is relatively small. There are also daily meals and drinks. A special person is in charge, and as far as possible, it will ensure that these labor forces will not suffer relatively large damage.

  When they were about to arrive near the labor camp, the soldiers had already notified the officials of the labor camp. The steward of the labor camp rushed to meet Fei Qian.

  Zhang Liao didn't understand what Fei Qian meant, so he could only speculate secretly.

   Fei Qian didn't say anything more to the labor camp steward, but let the labor camp steward lead them to the kitchen of the labor camp.

  『No courtesy. ”Fei Qian waved to the busy cooks and kitchen helpers in the kitchen, “Everyone is busy with their own work. 』

The kitchen of the labor camp is a semi-permanent earthen house. The food should be stored in the house, and the stove is built under the shed outside the earthen house. There is a row of more than a dozen large cauldrons that are stewing. steaming.

   On the other side of the cauldron, there is a fire pit similar to baked buns. Pao Ding is sticking some black and gray pancakes inside, and then taking out the baked pancakes, and the cycle goes on and on.

   Fei Qian asked Xu Chu to fetch a baked black cake, then broke off a small half, and handed the rest to Zhang Liao.

  Zhang Liao took the black pancake and looked at Fei Qian, not understanding what it meant.

"Try it. 』

   Fei Qian said to Zhang Liao, then Fei Qian broke off a smaller piece from the half of the black pancake in his hand and threw it into his mouth.

Black cakes are made from old wheat and millet, etc., with rough things such as wheat bran. There is some food aroma, but it still can't hide the bad taste, like biting rough sawdust.

  In order to make the "sawdust" have a little taste, in addition to coarse salt, some fish powder is usually added when kneading the dough to make cakes. Fish meal is made from dried small river fish, and the powder is ground from the head and tail, which is full of fishy smell, which also gives the black cake some extra flavor.

  But it will still belong to the ranks of dark cuisine...

  The soup in Okanouchi is basically ordinary wild vegetable soup. There will be a lot of wild vegetables growing in spring, and there are also special laborers responsible for picking them in the Qinling Mountains.

"This stuff is really unpalatable..." Fei Qian didn't express his intention to try the wild vegetable soup, but after swallowing the small piece of black cake in his mouth, he pointed to the laborers who were busy coming and going in various factories in the distance Said, "This kind of black cake may not be available to everyone in ordinary people's homes... These labors are physically demanding, and the daily labor time is longer than that of ordinary farmers. If you can't eat this kind of black cake, it is a burden Can't live...Of course, we can also save these expenses, but...In this way, what do you think will happen to Wenyuan? 』

Zhang Liao just took a bite of the black cake, apparently he took a bite of a bigger piece than Fei Qian's, and it wasn't served with soup, so he naturally had difficulty swallowing. Seeing Fei Qian's question, he wanted to speak again, but his mouth couldn't help it. There was powder, so he coughed twice, which made Fei Qian laugh, and motioned Xu Chu to give Zhang Liao a water bag.

  Xu Chu untied the water bag from his waist, then handed it to Zhang Liao, took the remaining black cake from Fei Qian and Zhang Liao, threw it back into the hands of the labor camp steward, and then told the steward to go further away.

  If Fei Qian was allowed to eat these rough foods to buy the hearts and minds of the army and the people in the early years, Fei Qian could eat it, but now there is no need for it, and the other is that he really can't eat it.

  It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

   Zhang Liao drank water, and finally swallowed the food in his mouth, "At the beginning, the hard labor may be able to last, but later it will gradually weaken and die..."

   Fei Qian nodded, "That's right. Even if you don’t care about whether there will be resentment, once the labor force dies too much, it will inevitably shake the morale and morale of the army. At that time, there will either be riots or a large number of deaths. At that time, we will be forced to invest more If there are more soldiers in the army, or to arrest new laborers... If you still don't get enough food, under the heavy labor, the new laborers will not be able to resist for a long time...』

  Fei Qian turned his head and asked Zhang Liao, "If the cycle continues as we just said, what will it mean in the end?" 』

  Zhang Liao nodded, "Rebellion, endless rebellion. 』

  『More than that, the rebellion will also cause all the things that were built before to be damaged again. ’ Fei Qian nodded and said, ‘This is just labor...the most basic labor labor that bears the heaviest work...if it goes up a little bit, for example, in Chang’an Mausoleum, the ordinary people in the shops, if let What will happen if they continue to eat this kind of black cake and drink wild vegetable soup for a lifetime? 』

  『This...』 Zhang Liao was stunned, he seemed to realize something, he understood why Fei Qian brought him here.

"Zoom in a little bit, to Guanzhong Sansuke, or even the whole world," Fei Qian raised his hand, and drew a larger circle in the air, "If the people in the world find that they eat poorly every day, they will So poor, and then for a lifetime, even their children can only eat poor food, or even worse things, and can only continue to work forever, without savings, without family property, and can only work until they can no longer work. Death is ushered in... Wen Yuan, do you think this kind of life is far away from another Yellow Turban Rebellion? Was the Yellow Turban Rebellion the fault of the emperor, the ministers, the local prefects, the rural gentry, or the common people? 』

  Zhang Liao was silent.

   Fei Qian glanced at Zhang Liao.

Even though Fei Qian came from later generations, he only knew these few words for the concept of "the needs of the people" at first. Only now, as the leader of the Shanxi political group, did he understand the true meaning of it more deeply. Connotation.

  Of course, whether this thing is in the Han Dynasty or later generations, it is easier said than done.

  Similar words, such as "The king is the boat, and the common man is the water." Water carries a boat, and water capsizes it,” but if one really only considers the unilateral control and rule of the people, then one must fall into the trap of metaphysics.

  The labor camps can be regarded as the lowest class of people at the moment, but even the people in the labor camps have their own needs, not to mention the current common people who are in other classes.

  Do you know what you want to build? Or where did the bricks and stones produced in the workshops of the labor camps go? Obviously these labors are not clear, just like the common people among the big men will not know the meaning of their labor, the future direction and so on, but it does not prevent them from needing the most basic survival needs, food and clothing, and a Stable and orderly living environment.

  The same is true for the Western Regions.

If the people in the Western Regions find that Lu Bu cannot bring them a stable life and continuous development, they will inevitably have some complaints. The flames will burn blazingly. However, Lu Bu didn't even think about how to calm down the resentment and clear away the firewood, but brazenly provoked the flames of war.

  『Now you understand? ’ Fei Qian said to Zhang Liao, ‘Chang’an and the Western Regions are like the two sides of the Wei River, and Longyou in the west of the river is a bridge built on the Wei River. The bridge is still there, but the foundation stone on the other side of the Wei River has begun to crumble...Wen Yuan, Among the generals, you know Fengxian best. In your opinion, can Fengxian still repair the cornerstone of this bridge? 』

  Zhang Liao pondered for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "My lord, please allow me to go to the Western Regions..."

   Fei Qian frowned slightly, "Why? 』

Zhang Liao bowed his head and said, "I have been separated from Fengxian for a long time, and I don't know the changes in the Western Regions... If I say it lightly here, it is not to disappoint the Lord's intention to lead the future... The labor camps are dominated by Hu people, while the Western Regions Among them, there are also a large number of Hu people, and they are all ruled by the Han people. If they can't afford food and clothing, chaos will arise and the place will be destroyed. At that time, it will be like the old things in the Western Qiang. Permitted, go to the Western Regions to make a strong statement, and save Feng before getting lost...』

   Fei Qian was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly, "Good. 』

  Zhang Liao didn't say what would happen if he couldn't be rescued, and Fei Qian didn't ask either.

  Because both of them are clear that some mistakes can be repaired after a sheep has been repaired, but some mistakes cannot be undone.

  (end of this chapter)