Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

My husband and son are fighting bloody battles on the front line. As a family member, I am also working hard. I would rather die of exhaustion than be dragged down.The supply of food and grass is related to the life and death of the soldiers. I have devoted myself to taking care of it carefully, lest something goes wrong.It's a pity that things backfired. Even though I said in advance that "those who are greedy for ink will die", some people still took risks for five baht.Looking at the secret report presented by Ma Liang, I almost wished I could devour these greedy rats alive.

A small grain transport official dared to lie to the world and went to Caodi to sell the general grain dealer privately; an unknown clerk was able to conceal the number of soldiers killed in battle, and easily swallowed the empty pay of thousands of people. Shamelessly expressing that he had no knowledge, everything was the personal behavior of the scribe. "He's really wronged." They are all in their fifties, and it's fine if they haven't cultivated the open-mindedness of Qian Fan, but they still kneel on the ground with snot and tears pretending to be pitiful, it's really contemptuous, "It's a pity that I, Ping An Han, can't tolerate this kind of wine bag and rice bag. I order someone to catch it and execute the Fa on the spot. It just happens to make an example."

Money is the demon of the heart, even if it is severely punished, it still cannot restrain the desire of the greedy.Not all corrupt officials are in high positions, and many of them have never even served in key departments. In peacetime, their every move is supervised by Shangfeng and colleagues, and there is no chance of corruption.However, the war disrupted everything.In order to defeat Cao Jun, Liu Xi set up a military department outside the army, temporarily dispatching people from various places and departments to dispatch personnel and escort food and grass. Became a slave to money.

Although some scumbags were executed, I know that there are more corrupt officials hiding in places I can't see, using all kinds of unimaginable methods to absorb the people's fat and anointing.Unfortunately, in the short term, I can only hold back.The ancients said that "to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down at home." Wartime is different from the past. In the case of huge consumption on the front line, maintaining stability in the rear is the top priority.Otherwise, if corrupt officials jump over the wall in a hurry, Liu Xi and I will be flanked by internal and external attacks, making the situation even more difficult.

All I can do now is to ask Ma Di to record the names of the verified corrupt officials, and when the war is over, he will start the mode of settling accounts after autumn.

At the same time, I am also paying close attention to the changes in Jiangdong.Although the Sun and Liu families are already married, they are in harmony with Liu Xi and Sun Shangxiang. Jiang Dong and Pingan Han are also constantly testing each other's bottom line.Sending scouts to each other and spying on each other are the tacit secrets among the various forces. With the pretense of marriage, it is more convenient for Sun Quan to send spies to Hanzhong. Sending the cook to accompany the room is justified.Not to mention that Sun Shangxiang is dedicated to her natal family, and she is a spy chief who eats inside and out. Before I can announce the news of Liu Xi's "death" to the public, she has already sent someone to notify Jiangdong in a vain attempt to "cooperate internally and externally" with Sun Quan to seize Jingxiang benefit regime.If it weren't for Liu Xi's scruples about Cao Cao and his reluctance to tear up the Sun-Liu alliance before defeating Cao Cao, Jiangdong and Ping'an Han may have already started a war by this time.

Even so, Jiangdong is still ready to move.After Sun Shangxiang’s coup, there were only a few maids around her who were either killed or imprisoned, and the few who were left had rebelled in the early years. I chose a maid who looked smarter and asked her to use Sun Shangxiang to contact her. Jiangdong's secret channel told Sun Quan that "Madam was blocked by the princess several times, and although the palace was preparing for the funeral, the prince's body was never seen. Therefore, Liu Xi's life and death are confusing and unknown."Although Sun Quan is not as suspicious as Cao Cao, but he is in a high position, and his whole body can be affected by one move, so he cannot be careless.Sure enough, Sun Quan, who thought he had got accurate information, ordered Sun Shangxiang to "continue to spy", but the Jiangdong soldiers still stood still.

But this is just the calm before the storm.The drums of the battle between Cao and Liu will be beating, and news of Sun Quan's urgent transfer of [-] troops for training will follow.As a third party in the Battle of Cao Liu, Sun Quan's purpose of training troops is intriguing.Although some people think that Sun Quan's move is just to show his muscles, most of the Hanzhong advisers agree that he will take the initiative to participate in the war, but whether he intends to assist Liu to attack Cao or assist Cao to attack Liu remains to be discussed.Due to the existence of the Liu-Sun alliance, theoretically Sun Quan should assist Liu in attacking Cao, otherwise he would bear the stigma of treachery.However, there is an obvious gap between Liu Xi and Cao Cao's military strength, and there are rumors of Liu Xi's death. It is hard to guarantee that Sun Quan will switch to Cao Cao's arms because he is not optimistic about my leadership ability.In later generations, people often use Sun Quanquan's deeds of resisting public opinion and refusing to surrender Cao before the Battle of Chibi to prove Sun Quan's "kingly arrogance", saying that he is not a mediocre person who can win the hearts of the people, but I think he is not.Although Jiangdong was not strong enough at that time, combined with Liu Bei's strength, he was not invincible against Cao Cao.If in a different situation, Sun Quan insisted on going his own way and fighting Cao Cao even though he knew that he was not strong enough, then he would be overthinking his own strength, not a domineering king.

Winners and losers are the same in ancient and modern times.

I asked Pang Tong: "Among Mr. Yi, what is Sun Quan's intention?"

Pang Tong replied: "If the lord loses, it will be worse; if the lord wins, we will work together with the lord to carve up Cao Cao's territory."

In the final analysis, it still depends on the frontline win or lose.

Pang Tong was able to see through Sun Quan's superficial nature, so Liu Xi and Guo Jia and Kong Ming who were beside him naturally couldn't be unaware of it, but they were not worried.Liu Xi analyzed: "Because of my time travel in this life, Cao Cao's losses in the Battle of Chibi were even more severe than in history. Although he has recovered after several years of recuperation, he is still seriously injured. His current life Although the strength is slightly better than that of Pingan Han and Jiangdong, it is not a wise move to provoke a war. If Sima Zhongda hadn't fanned the flames, I took the opportunity to send him the false news of his death, and I would never be willing to send 50 troops pour it all out."

Since I hooked up with Sima Yi a few years ago, I have never met him face to face.But I know that there is an extremely hidden compartment in Liu Xi's study, which is full of correspondence between Liu Xi and Sima Yi.As the ancestor who created the century-old romance of the Two Jin Dynasties, Sima Yi was capable and courageous, and he hid in Cao Ying for several years without showing his feet, but he gained Cao Cao's trust.But at the same time, he is also an ambitious man who is not willing to be manipulated by others. Even if he completes every task assigned by Liu Xi with 120 points, it cannot conceal the fact that he may bite back at any time.Fortunately, Sima Yi is a person who is calm enough. In front of Liu Xi who is currently in the limelight, he chose to avoid the edge and use it for him.

Liu Xi shrugged nonchalantly: "For the time being, I still need to rely on him to deal with Cao Cao. When Cao Cao dies, hmph, see if I will keep him."

This pair of monarchs and ministers who were wary of each other, but could work together to push Cao Cao into the pit, contributed to the disintegration of the Cao family regime.Just as Sima Yi and Cao Pi complemented each other in history, Sima Yi in this life got on the line with Cao Pi early under the hint of Liu Xi, and provoked an open and secret fight between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi at the right time. Cao Zhang, who has a simple mind and well-developed limbs, was also involved.Although Cao Cao was still in his prime at this time, the battle for heirs had not yet been put on the table, and the power in the hands of the Cao family's children was limited, but the lethality of Cao Pi, who was nearly [-] years old, should not be underestimated.In order to compete with his younger brother for merit, he listened to Sima Yi's slander and rushed forward in an important battle, which eventually led to the annihilation of the entire [-]-strong army.

Liu Xi didn't write to me for more than a month. He was so excited after the victory that he wrote three or four pages eloquently, among which there were about five or six thousand words praising his nephew happily: "Your son is like me, It's really awesome! He didn't know where he found out that Cao Pi had a marriage contract with you, and he was suffocated. He saw Cao Pi from a distance across the trench, and called his grandson in front of the whole army. He was so angry Cao Pi's face turned green."

...I combed through the genealogy carefully, and only then did I understand how the "grandson" in Zhuge Zhan's mouth came from—Liu Xie's eldest son, Liu Feng, is already married, and Cao Cao, who did not know what to think, actually appointed his wife Bian's aunt For the main wife.From this point of view, Zhuge Zhan, Liu Feng's cousin, is indeed worthy of Cao Pi's "grandpa".

Even across thousands of mountains and rivers, I can still feel Liu Xi's strong gloating feeling between the lines: "Didn't you see that those royalists in Cao Cao's army almost didn't get excited on the spot when they heard our Zhan'er's words?" Cry out loud."

Although Mrs. Bian made great achievements after marrying Cao Cao, she was born into a prostitute family, and she will always be a stain that cannot be washed away in this era.The little Bian who was about to become the crown princess was also dragged down by her family background. Even though she was beautiful, she was still evaluated as "difficult to be elegant" by a group of Han Dynasty loyalists.For example, Shao Chan, who was thousands of miles away, deliberately wrote a long Fu to ridicule, bluntly saying that Xiao Bian's superiority is the sorrow of the Han royal family.

Cao Pi, who was implicated and became his grandson, was already angry in his heart. Sima Yi, who had premeditated, took the largest plantain fan and made an extremely irrational decision, which directly led to the defeat of the front line.

It is said that the little Bian family is also a pungent person. After carefully studying Shao Chan's long Fu, he actually compiled a libretto to respond to doubts. One of the lines was widely circulated: "Uncle dies and nephew succeeds, the world returns, and a hundred birds go to the phoenix." ", pretending to be clever that Liu Xi "has no children after death", and her future husband will inherit his uncle's territory, which is hopelessly naive.

I looked at the sky speechlessly: "She was misled by us to think that Liu Xi is dead, that's fine, the question is which of her eyes sees that I will choose Liu Feng as Liu Xi's heir?" But first, Liu Feng has been listed as the crown prince, so it is impossible to give up the inheritance rights given to him by his father Liu Xie and turn to his uncle. Second, it is difficult to raise a child who has already remembered. He would ask for trouble to choose the adult Liu Feng as Liu Xi's heir.A more conventional approach is to adopt a baby who is still in its infancy, and educate him to seize the power of Liu Xie and Liu Feng when he grows up.In this way, the Ping'an Han annexed the dying Eastern Han Dynasty. When the great cause is successful, Liu Xi can be traced back to Liu Xi as the founding emperor, and he will be worshiped by later emperors.

Pushing such a mindless person to the position of the future mother of the country can also blame Cao Cao for being besieged by the royalists.However, according to Liu Xi's reliable information, Liu Feng died early due to illness in history. Counting the days, I don't know if he will be able to make it to the little Bian family...it's none of my business!

Realizing that I had been away for too long, and I was almost overwhelmed by work, I couldn't help but feel guilty. I quickly waved away my thoughts and focused my energy on the seemingly endless reports.