sweeping the world

Chapter 728 Human nature is like this

"Xie Thief is heavily guarded. If we want to attack, we only have one chance."

The person who spoke was Pei Heng. He had no hatred with Xie Ai himself, but he was a courtier Zhang Jun once trusted very much.

I don’t know why, but people always habitually put themselves in a secret room or a dark place when they are plotting, and they don’t amplify their voices when they speak, making the scene very gloomy, and just looking at it will make you feel like A bunch of guys is not a good guy.

In fact, it was for the purpose of concealing one's identity and not wanting to be seen by too many people. Furthermore, the more closed the space, the less chance of the conspiracy being leaked, so the only option is to avoid the secret room and stay in a dark place.

Mrs. Zhang has never done any bad things in Xiliang. Apart from being king behind closed doors, she also accepts awards from the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and also fights against the barbarians and protects the people under her rule. Mostly positive.

A ruling class that does not do anything that angers people and complains, people living within its ruling area will not be able to resent at all, and there will be a lot of people who are even grateful.Some people will take advantage of the situation to seek a new way out after the ruling class collapses, but it is inevitable that some people will be grateful for their kindness and want to take revenge or be loyal.

Pei Heng belongs to the group that wants to be loyal. He was defeated and fled during the destruction of Zhang's Liang Kingdom. He has been hiding and was not captured by the Han Kingdom. For two years, he has been in contact with some people who think he is also grateful for Zhang's kindness. As a human being, I have been betrayed during the period, and I have been in danger many times.

Their group has a clear goal, they still respect the Zhang family as the leader, and want to accumulate strength to rescue the trapped Zhang family. The accumulation of strength is not enough and there is no action.

The Han State helped them a lot in some ways. After the Zhang family was destroyed in the Liang Kingdom, too many aristocratic families and wealthy families suffered. Their lands were redeemed by the Han State, and their slaves were forcibly dismissed. They were dissatisfied with the Han State. There will naturally be more people, allowing them to draw more people into their revenge group.

What I have to say is that although the Han Kingdom is domineering in some respects in terms of land redemption, the price should actually be considered fair, but the group of people who are executed will not accept it. What they want is land, and money is often not as good as Land matters.Furthermore, the reason why the aristocratic family and the wealthy family are the aristocratic family and the wealthy family is that they hold a large amount of land and servants. Once they lose the land and servants, no matter how much money they have, they can only be regarded as lambs to be slaughtered. They really have no sense of security at all. .

No matter how much money you have, it’s just that the lambs to be slaughtered are the fault of the Xian Han. Before the Xian Han, having money was still quite useful, but since Liu Che repeatedly slaughtered fat sheep, having money has become an original sin, so no one dares to own it. Too much spare money, even if you have a little spare money, you want to buy real estate.

"God gave a good opportunity. In the year of natural disasters, people everywhere were unstable, but the enemy country did not wantonly release food for disaster relief."

The person who spoke was Zhang Dan, and he was someone Zhang Chonghua trusted in the true sense.In history, he tried his best to assist Zhang Chonghua, and also recommended Xie Ai, so that Xie Ai had a stage to display his talents in Zhang's Liangguo.But in this historical version, he knew about Xie Ai, but he had never come into contact with him.

They have the confidence to do things because the Zhang family has won the hearts of the people in the Northwest. Although there are too many people who know how to judge the situation, there are still some people who are willing to resist. The foundation of the masses is established, and there are a bunch of wealthy families and wealthy families. The basis for possible success is that if you seize the opportunity, you may succeed in restoring the country, but it is too difficult.

Liu Yan sent Xie Ai to the northwest. Xie Ai naturally came to solve the natural disaster. They wanted to kill Xie Ai for that purpose. Killing Xie Ai would definitely interrupt Han's response to natural disasters. If no effective measures are taken in response to natural disasters, the people in the Northwest will be further separated from their virtues, and their hope of restoring the country will be even greater.

"It has been found out that Xie Bandit will go to the countryside today. The Yuan family will not personally participate, but will create an opportunity for us to attack and kill Xie Bandit."

"The Yuan family is simply stupid! Thief Xie was attacked and killed, and they would be punished even if they didn't participate. Why don't they participate immediately."

"Don't trust the Yuan family too much."

"The eldest son of the Yuan family is in our hands..."

"Under the crisis of genocide, let alone an eldest son, the life of the head of the family is nothing."

They can only operate in secret, because too many aristocratic families and powerful families are dissatisfied with Han, there is actually quite a lot of room for activities, but they just can't see the light.

In terms of manpower, they have brave generals, there is no shortage of brave men who dare to fight, and there are even people who give advice.This is also the standard "configuration" of the remnants of the past dynasties, unlike some people who have the heart but do not have the capital.Therefore, in some respects, it may be difficult for their type of group to succeed, but it is also really difficult for the government to eradicate it.

"Always keep an eye on Yuan's family, and if there is nothing to do, he would rather give up." Seeing everyone looking over, Zhang Dan said with a smile, "Zie Xie is just a member of the enemy country, and we are the hope of Da Liang's restoration of the country, so we must not compromise it."

Pei Heng didn't think so in his heart, he couldn't spare his life when he was doing big things, and if he was doing big things, he couldn't do big things.But he didn't say much. In some respects, the group is headed by Zhang Dan.The reason is quite simple, Zhang Dan is Zhang Chonghua's favorite, and Zhang Dan is indeed very wise.

There was another round of discussion, those who should leave left, but some wanted people couldn't leave even if they wanted to, and they had no desire to chat while staying in the secret room.

"The great Han has swept the Hulu and restored Zhuxia, and his momentum has already been achieved. Looking at the internal and external situation, it is difficult to find an enemy to contend with the Great Han. This matter is not difficult to think about." Zhang Dan said to Pei Heng: "Xie Ai must have received the wind. .”

Just now, I was talking about enemies and thanking thieves, but people who really want to achieve great things will never despise their opponents, and will even respect their opponents to the greatest extent.In front of his subordinates, he will use some insulting names to the greatest extent, but in front of people who are all sensible, there is really no need for that.

"First of all, the Yuan family is untrustworthy, and then..." Pei Heng paused, and said with a wry smile: "As Sima said, the big man has shown the power of the sky. We hope that things will come true, but it is difficult to estimate that everyone is like this .”

Zhang Dan nodded, stood up, and said, "Transfer."

Pei Heng stood up without saying anything.

Naturally, a group of people will not walk around the streets blatantly, and will not ride in any fancy carriages in order not to attract attention. They will disperse and transfer after disguising, and will reunite at a new hiding place.

On the other side, Xie Ai was receiving a guest, but after the guest arrived, he knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and Chaodouzi said everything he knew.

"Zhang Dan and Pei Heng?"

The guest Xie Ai received was Yuan Kuai, the patriarch of the Yuan family, and he was not surprised to know that someone wanted to kill him.

For successful people, the process of success must be to face one opponent after another, and there must be countless people whose interests have been harmed. It is impossible to be friends with everyone in the world.

After Yuan Kuai finished speaking, he buried his head down, knelt on the ground and dared not move.His family also had land redeemed. It would be a lie to say that he was happy in his heart, but he did not resent to the point where he could not see the current situation clearly, so he would not push the whole family to the guillotine just because of hatred.

Before Xie Ai received Yuan Kuai, he had actually received several letterheads from the police. Some letterheads were not signed, and some letterheads were signed. Looking at the list, none of them were ordinary people, either former officials of Zhang's Liangguo, or aristocratic families. Members of the Hehao clan, even if Yuan Kuai didn't come over, they are not ignorant of being attacked and killed.

"I heard that when the imperial envoy visited the south, he conspired to attack and assassinate no less than a hundred times?" Li Kuang was talking about Sang Yu's inspection in the south, but since Sang Yu returned to the center well, he was naturally safe.He glanced at Yuan Kuai who was kneeling on the ground and said to Xie Ai: "There are always people who block the car with their hands. I don't know whether to call them ignorant or foolish."

Both ignorance and stupidity are derogatory terms, but there are still differences in meaning.To be ignorant is to do something without knowing the truth, and to be stupid is to do it after knowing the facts, and the end result is usually the same.

In a country that has just been established, officials are often assassinated or attacked. There are too many people who are going through a dynasty change and are unwilling to lose their original status, and there are too many people whose interests have been damaged. They have no chance to do it. The ruler of the new dynasty wants to kill the ruler's eagles and dogs when he has the opportunity.

It is not a safe thing for a new court that has just taken over the world to go to a local government to become an official. It is normal for officials to be killed every two days. As a result, a country that has just established a new court will lack people who are willing to be officials.

Liu Yan personally inspected the territory twice in order to use the system to clear up local dissatisfaction to the greatest extent, and it did clear up a lot of dissatisfaction.It is precisely because he has a system that can distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, that he has not encountered even one assassination, and he always strikes first when the assassin is brewing.

"Marquis Xinping has been in the south for four years, and there are countless people who have been disobedient and disobedient, so that the south is as stable as a rock." Li Kuang is of course talking about Huan Wen's massacre in the south, so that no one dared to fight with the country again. If you can't get through the north, you can kill the south to be tamed.He smiled before continuing: "The land in the northwest is a little more complicated than the south, and there are many people who are grateful to the Zhang family. Does Brother Xie have a strategy in mind?"

Xie Ai frowned deeply.When he was in the center, he already knew that the people in the northwest still missed the Zhang family, especially Zhang Jun, and it was precisely because of this that the center took less care of the northwest when formulating relevant policies.

This time, if Liu Yan did not call the name, he himself would take the initiative to ask for orders. I don’t think he will make the Northwesterners no longer miss or be grateful to Mrs. Zhang, but at least he must eliminate the hostility of the Northwesterners towards Han, otherwise the Northwesterners have been hostile to Han for a long time. The people in the Northwest who have no sense of belonging in the Han Dynasty will only be harmed.

"Natural disasters are both disasters and good opportunities." Xie Ai smiled bitterly: "The big man is short of food, so naturally he can't do a lot of free relief in the Northwest, otherwise he would be able to reap the gratitude of the people in the Northwest."

However, Li Kuang said: "Since ancient times, there has never been a large-scale distribution of food for disaster relief, and this example cannot be done by a big man."

It's actually very strange!In ancient times, people from pre-Qin to pre-Han served corvée and paid various taxes to fulfill their obligations as a member of the country, but the government really would not provide food for free relief when the people encountered natural disasters.

If you know the obligations and responsibilities at that time, you won’t be so surprised. Let’s not talk about the equality between the obligations of the common people and the responsibilities of the country. It is the greatest kindness to open mountains and rivers in the event of natural disasters. Not only the government thinks this is a matter of course, but the common people also think that this is the case.

Since when did the government have to open warehouses for disaster relief in the event of natural disasters?It was after Yang Jian established the "Yi Cang".

Yang Sui collected quite a lot of taxes on the common people, one of which was to collect a certain amount of grain reserves to the "Yi Cang", indicating that the grain was kept by the government, but in fact it still belonged to the common people, and it would be returned to the people when natural disasters occurred. People use it.

No one knows whether the food in the "Yi Cang" will be embezzled or embezzled, but it is precisely because of the existence of the "Yi Cang" during Yang Jian's reign that every place encountered a disaster year, it can be rescued in time. The "Yi Cang" has indeed played a role It works as it should.But after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, the function of "Yicang" collapsed, but "Yicang" was inherited by subsequent dynasties just like the system of three provinces and six ministries and the imperial examination system established by Yang Sui.

People will constantly change their minds due to different backgrounds and different locations. Xie Ai is now able to do something for the people of the Northwest, because he doesn't want the Northwest to deal with natural disasters and man-made wanton bloodshed.But judging from his status as a senior official of the Han Dynasty, he also knew that not killing people... at least not eliminating those who disobeyed would be detrimental to the Han Dynasty's rule of the Northwest.

"Ai will go to the village to inspect as scheduled." Xie Ai said to Li Kuang: "I also ask Chengji to cooperate more during the introduction."

"That's natural." Li Kuang first agreed, and he also knew that Xie Ai didn't want to kill too many people, but in many cases, how many people to kill was not controlled by them at all. If they couldn't bear it, too many people wanted to die.He thought for a while, and suggested: "Mingda has old relatives and friends to vote, maybe he can participate in this matter."

Even if Li Kuang didn't say anything, Xie Ai would let those relatives and friends who admired him participate in it.

If bad things are destined to happen, if you really want to be wise, you should have some good things happen among the bad things. It is undoubtedly the greatest good thing for Xie Ai to make those old relatives and friends build some credit.He was very grateful for Li Kuang's understanding, he didn't say thanks and gratitude, but he wrote it down in his heart.

Yuan Kuai was still kneeling on the ground, but at some point he raised his head and looked at Xie Ai eagerly.

"You have merit in the whistleblowing." Xie Ai didn't have a very good face towards Yuan Kuai, but he was not too vicious, and said flatly: "If you want to make more contributions, do you have enough guts?"

Yuan Kuai came to report because he didn't want his family to suffer disaster, and he could fight for a better future under the premise of safety and security. Not to mention forgetting his hatred for Han, after gaining benefits, he would be a loyal minister of Han even if no one forced him to do so. Immediately, he nodded violently.

(End of this chapter)