Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

The yellowed withered grass was constantly blown down by the autumn wind, and the last batch of southbound migratory birds flew in the air, singing empty and lonely.

"Brother and I haven't seen each other for a year and a half." Ah Sheng put the roasted tea leaves into a glass teapot, and when the boiling water was poured, the tea leaves stretched out, suspended in the water like new buds . "Jiang Ai sent tea from the south, although he only mentioned it once a long time ago, but he just likes these exquisite things without much practical significance."

Cao Cao sat across from her, looking curiously at the tea leaves floating in the teapot. "Interesting. Is this a new way to drink tea?"

"En. I'm just waiting for my elder brother to drink the first pot of tea." Ah Sheng poured the yellowed tea soup into a glass tea bowl, and gave himself and his elder brother a cup. "According to the usual practice, the first pot of tea is to wash away the dust and should be discarded. But we are rough people, so we drink it in the most common way. Please!"

Cao Cao subconsciously placed one hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, grabbed the rim of the glass with one hand, raised his head and drank it down in one gulp.He smacked his lips: "Water-patterned glass cups, colorless glass pots, are these the most common way to drink? And you talk about the convention, where is the convention? Why don't I know?"

Ah Sheng smiled and squinted his eyes, as if he was enjoying the bitterness of the tea: "Adding boiling water to a glass is the most common way to drink."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes: "How are you doing in Xun's house?"

"It's all good. It's just that I've been away from the people I raised for a long time, and I can't help it, and I feel a little lonely—brother, is the sky at the Border Pass higher and farther than the Central Plains?"

The corners of Cao Cao's mouth suddenly rose: "Ah Sheng's words are still so sharp, it really is such a feeling. Although the atmosphere is depressing during wars, and there are also dark clouds overwhelming the city, I just feel comfortable physically and mentally. The wind is bold."

Ah Sheng filled the teacup again, and asked his brother, "Is there anything interesting about the border? It doesn't matter how big or small it is."

Cao Cao raised his hand and flicked Asheng's forehead: "I know you like to listen to the big picture, so today I will tell you about 'Liangzhou Sanming'."

Ah Sheng hastily and courteously presented the teacup.

"Duan Jiong, styled Ji Ming. Huangfugui, styled Weiming. Zhang Huan, styled Ranming. These three were the most distinguished military generals of the dynasty. They were all born in Liangzhou, and they all had the word 'Ming' in their characters. Therefore, it is called "Liangzhou Sanming" by the world."

"Hmm. And then?"

"Then..." Cao Cao frowned, and drank his second cup of tea like a cow chewing a peony. "The relationship between 'Liangzhou Sanming' is not at peace. To sum it up in one sentence, swords are on the verge of breaking out."

"Eh?"

It takes half an hour to tell the inside story little by little.The tea leaves were so soaked that they lost their taste, and it was only then that Ah Sheng sorted out the clues.

The conflict between the "Liangzhou Sanming" is ultimately a battle of ideas for foreign-related wars.

Duan Jiong is an iron-blooded radical.Whenever he beat the Qiang people, beheading the capital would start with a few thousand. Up to now, the blood of tens of thousands of aliens has been stepped on his feet.This spring, there were also reports of a massacre of captives.

However, Huangfugui and Zhang Huan probably read more books, and their methods were more benevolent, tending to appease foreigners and persuade people with reasoning.At least, you have to use both suppression and appeasement.When the two of them fought, they often killed hundreds of enemies and took tens of thousands of prisoners.There are also many tribes who heard about Huangfu and Zhang's reputation and surrendered without fighting.

In fact, no matter which one of these three people comes out, they can guard one side.

But it happened that in terms of the attitude towards aliens, neither side could convince the other.At the beginning, relying on the friendship of fellow villagers, "Liangzhou Sanming" was relatively restrained. They could verbally understand the other party's policy, but they couldn't agree with it in their hearts.But as the official positions of the two sides alternated, they eventually reached the point of attacking each other.

Duan Jiong accused Huangfugui and Zhang Huan of buying off the aliens and making them surrender falsely.However, whether it is Qiang, Xianbei, Wuhuan or Southern Huns, they all have the old habit of surrendering and rebelling: they surrender when they are afraid of being beaten. Once Zhang and Huangfu are transferred from their posts, or if the weather is bad in a certain winter After that, they entered the customs again to loot.It is the Han people in the frontier who suffer again and again.

Huang Fugui and Zhang Huan said: Duan Jiong's willful genocide plan is too expensive.Just to fight the Western Qiang, tens of billions have been invested back and forth, which has not been completely killed, and the hatred between the Han and Qiang has deepened, and the problem has not been fundamentally solved.And the finances of the Eastern Han Dynasty were almost ruined by Duan Jiong, or even the salaries paid to officials in the previous year were reduced.

And the central government headed by the emperor and Sangong has been undecided.When they wanted to appease foreigners, they would use Zhang Huan and Huangfu Gui;Repeatedly.The result is that the two paths do not work.

Both Duan Jiong and Huangfu Gui firmly believe that the succession of the other party will destroy their own efforts.It was hard enough to kill the other party until they were about to exterminate their clan, and the population increased again after a stroke of appeasement; or, after Jia En was half assimilated with great difficulty, when the meat grinder came, who would dare to surrender to the Han Dynasty in the future.

Now even Zhang Huan, who is relatively neutral, has joined in this sad and ridiculous dispute.It's really like what Cao Cao said: swords are on the verge of breaking out.

"Brother thinks, Ji Minggong's iron-blooded means, Wei Ming's or Ran Ming's way of enlightenment, which one is more capable of resolving border disputes?"

Cao Cao rested his chin and leaned his elbows on the cases: "According to my initial thoughts, I yearned for the achievements of Huo Qubing and Ji Minggong. They attacked alien races far away and killed tens of thousands of enemies, so that Rong Di dared not look far into the Central Plains all his life. , How majestic it is to leave a name in the annals of history like this. But after I studied under Duke Ran Ming for less than a year, I realized that I was naive. The whole body is affected by the war. The so-called three armies are not moved, but the food and grass go first. There is no accumulation of three generations of Mingjun How can wealth support Wei Qing and Huo Qubing's expedition to the Xiongnu?"

"Brother, do you think enlightenment is better now?"

Cao Cao curled his lips: "Rong and Di didn't keep their promises, surrendered and rebelled and endangered the people. I don't accept simple verbal surrender. If I want a long-term solution, I still have to kill the chief culprit and move them to the Central Plains so that they Lose the grasslands on which to live, and then slowly civilize."

"Moving in." A Sheng wiped the glass teapot and cups clean, carefully put them into a padded box and sealed them. The table was replaced with a black pottery fruit plate and seasonal fruits. "Moving in, you can do it."

Cao Cao picked out a persimmon and gnawed on it: "What's your opinion, Ah Sheng?"

Ah Sheng smiled and said, "I really have an opinion on this issue."

"Appreciate further details."

"The northern grasslands have been the greatest pain for the Central Plains dynasty in the very long past and in the very long future. From the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there were Beidi, then the Huns, and now there are Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Qiang. We spent a lot of money The Northern Huns were driven away, and the Southern Huns were moved inland at a great price. But the Huns disappeared, and the Wuhuan Xianbei and Qiang people rose. Even if we can wipe out the Wuhuan Xianbei and Qiang people now, new ones will be born on the grasslands in the future. Enemies—" such as Jin, Mongolia, Xixia, and Jurchen.

Cao Cao had forgotten to eat, and was engrossed in listening to his sister.

"The real problem has never been a certain alien race with a certain name, but the grassland itself. As long as the grassland is still there, tough and poor people will be bred there. Ready to take advantage of the situation and go south."

Cao Cao's eyes are getting brighter and brighter. This kind of perspective that overlooks the millennium to explain the problem is too broad, as if it has opened a new door for him. "What Ah Sheng means is that whether it is massacre or indoctrination, it is not the fundamental solution. Killing is inexhaustible, and inland relocation is also inexhaustible. So what should we do?"

"Emigration."

"External...relocation?"

"Establish cities and counties on the grasslands, open up fields, mine mines, develop commerce and trade, let the people who originally lived by water and grass settle down, and let the lifestyle of Han immigrants affect them." Ah Sheng squinted his eyes because of a smile The slit slowly opened, "Brother, do you understand? Although I say that it is not environmentally friendly and violates the laws of nature, but eliminating the 'grassland' means eliminating the soil that breeds toughness, poverty, and predatory nature."

"That's right! We shouldn't move them in, but let's go out!" Cao Cao protested.He walked around the room five times excitedly before he calmed down. "It's going to take a long time."

"The solution to the root cause is inherently more difficult than the solution to the symptoms. I'm just a useless person sitting in a comfortable study and daydreaming."

"How can Ah Sheng belittle himself?!" Cao Cao shouted, "Just what you said just now is enough to make many high-ranking officials feel ashamed."

A Sheng shook his hands quickly: "They just didn't think about it in this direction. In fact, it is a place that has gone through a lot of hard work and fought several times, so there is no reason not to rule it. Besides, the cost of war is already Somewhat unbelievable."

Cao Cao was in a daze: "Is there anything wrong with spending money on war?"

"Of course it costs money to lose. But if you win, why not let the loser bear the cost of the war? Such as war reparations or something."

"War...reparations? If you mean the precious beasts they paid tribute to..."

"What's the use of something that can't be eaten or worn?"

"That……"

"Uh...how about we talk about this another day?"

"No!" Cao Cao slapped the cases again, "Let's talk now!"

Since you are so unafraid of being shattered, young man, let me give you an example. "For example, Xianbei invaded and killed [-] civilians. We counterattacked and won, killing [-] enemies and injuring ourselves by [-]. Xianbei turned to seek peace."

"Uh-huh."

"Should Xianbei bear the compensation for the [-] civilians because the unrighteous troops violated our border first? Should Xianbei also bear the compensation for the [-] soldiers who died in battle?"

"That's natural."

"Furthermore, should Xianbei pay for the rest of the life of injured and disabled soldiers and civilians? The food and grass consumed by our dynasty, the abandoned fields, the houses and walls that need to be rebuilt, and the fright that the people received should also be funded by Xianbei." Compensation by Xianbei?"

"..."

"There are also rewards from the three armies, so they should pay for it."

Are you a devil? "Ah Sheng, Ah Sheng, I'm afraid Xianbei won't be able to afford it."

"If you can't afford it all at once, you can pay it in several years. If you have no money or food, you can use cattle, sheep and horses. If you find it difficult to live like this, we will also accept people. For children of foreign races under the age of five, I am willing to pay one hundred The price is the price of one piece of gold. If you want to come to the Holy One and the family, you will not dislike the strong labor of the foreign race. There are fewer people, just to reduce the food pressure of the foreign race, right. It’s just that the people who come like this need to be broken up as slaves and scattered throughout the country Go everywhere, don't let them gather together."

Damn, it's really ruthless.Cao Cao ran away, and Ah Sheng became more and more horrified as he talked. Like a fairy tale, he needs to calm down and reorganize his views.