Chapter 6742 Internal Logic

Chapter 6742 Internal Logic
If we are discussing top talents, the Zhuge family is indeed very powerful now. Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin are both considered to be the most outstanding figures in the world. However, if we talk about the family, the Zhuge family is really just a third-rate family.

It is common for every family to have geniuses. After all, as time goes by, it is normal for a family to have a few top figures. At most, the Zhuge family’s ancestral tomb is a little more prosperous this time, but a genius is a genius, and foundation is foundation.

In this era, top figures can bring enough foundation to the family, but how much power can a third-rate family that has just produced top figures have?

Can you, like the Zheng family of Xingyang, pull out enough people to fill the bureaucracy of a region with a nod? Can you, like the old Chen family, when Chen Shi died, more than 50 scholars came to see him off? Can you, like the Yuan and Yang families, directly mobilize more than % of the officials in the court to defend certain things when necessary?

Zhuge Liang is indeed a genius, but there is only one Zhuge Liang. The foundation and background mentioned above are not something that a genius can accumulate. It takes several generations and continuous efforts to gradually form a network of connections.

Of course, things like personal networks may be okay once or twice when facing a god-level existence like Zhuge Liang, but after a few times, they will be useless.

Just like the group of people in Shu Han in the official history, they did not have no ideas about Zhuge Liang, but it could be said that Zhuge Liang was too strong, and their power and connections were not enough to support the ideas of this group of people.

So what is strong about most other families is the family itself, while what is strong about the Zhuge family is the people.

To put it bluntly, when Chen Qun was in Xuzhou in the official history, Liu Bei should not have developed an inferiority complex and accepted Chen Qun. Then the prime minister of the Han Dynasty must have been Chen Qun, not Zhuge Liang. This was not because of his ability, but because of his connections and relationship background.

It is true that there is a clear gap between Chen Qun's ability and Zhuge Liang's, but that ability is enough to maintain the blood transfusion of the bureaucratic system. Combined with his own ability, it is actually enough to secure his position as prime minister.

As I said, ability is very important, but the ability required for most positions is not extraordinary. When the abilities of both parties are not strong enough to assume the job responsibilities while the other cannot, things beyond ability are actually more important than ability.

Therefore, the people of Xuzhou died in vain, and the blood of hundreds of thousands of people was only enough to stain a few lines in the history books.

Even if those noble families in Kandahar are trash, even if they have ways to die, for most of the noble families, this is just sympathy for their own kind, so even if they don't take the initiative to spread the news, at least they will not stop the spread of this matter.

On the contrary, how can we say about the Xuzhou incident? For the aristocratic families, this is the best time to be reasonable - the person is dead, the incident has passed, and we have to look forward. People cannot live in the past. It is meaningless to keep dwelling on the mistakes of the past. Things have already happened. Can you change the past? Since Cao Sikong still exists in the court, as a bureaucrat of the Han Dynasty, he needs to maintain some dignity. This is not to protect Cao Cao, but to protect the country.

In short, there are reasons, and these reasons are indeed quite legitimate, but ordinary people feel uncomfortable when they hear them. But so what? You have a channel to speak out, can you pass your voice to people who think the same way? Do you have the right to interpret universal morality and the power to interpret the law?

You said nothing!

There are many people in this world who know that certain things are wrong, and there are also many people who are in the same situation as you. In theory, you can find these people with a little effort, then sit down with them and have a good communication, and then make them your teammates.

But do you have the time? Do you have the energy?

What's the point of saying all this without you?

To put it bluntly, the means by which a minority suppresses the majority are organization and information asymmetry. No matter how large the massacre Cao carried out in Xuzhou was, it would be difficult for the people of Xuzhou to form an organization to fight against Cao. But if Cao did not follow the rules and destroy a few aristocratic families, then he deserved to be treated like this.

There is basically no gap between the aristocratic families and Lao Cao at the information level. Although there is a gap between the two sides at the organizational level, Lao Cao has not crushed them, so they can naturally win.

Why is the same thing handled differently and has different results? In addition to the internal differences in the events themselves, it is more likely due to the differences in external forces.

Even if everyone knows that the way this matter was handled was wrong, if you cannot form an organization or group to criticize it, then the organizations and groups that handled this matter will be able to crush them one by one.

The power of an individual is often vulnerable to an organization. There are indeed immortals who can fight against organizations with their own strength, but they all failed in the end. The best way to fight an organization is to use another organization. This is disgusting.

The fact that the people who died in Xuzhou remembered the hatred and came to assassinate Cao is telling, but they had long been divided by propaganda and were unable to work together.

To put it bluntly, if three million people went to Chang'an and knelt at the Xuanwu Gate to beg the Taiwei for justice, Cao Cao would have been rushed back and executed at the gate that same day, without even a trial.

The law means nothing under such rules. To put it bluntly, this thing is nothing but the collective will of the ruling class. The essence of the state is just an organized and systematic violence machine of the ruling class. What is the ruling class? It is not a few lines written in a book. It is a powerful entity that can run organizations and systems.

No matter what kind of organization it is, a feudal organization, a clan organization, a capital organization, a moral organization, etc., it’s all fine, as long as you can play one, you can count on those words.

However, most people cannot even form this part of knowledge. After learning it, it is squeezed out from the folds of their brains, so that nothing is left.

It is true that knowledge changes destiny. In this world, the only thing that can fight against all those things that people dislike is knowledge. The biggest gap between Xuzhou locals and Han families is actually the gap in knowledge.

What later generations call humans cannot earn money beyond their own cognition. In other words, things beyond their cognition are the technology that others use to exploit you.

Cao Cao knew all this, and the Cao family also knew all this, but it was meaningless. There are some mistakes that you can ignore because others cannot hold them accountable. Even some crimes are like this. Hundreds, thousands or even more people know that it is a crime, but the people who are trampled upon have no way to deal with it and can only be disgusted, just like the people who were massacred in Xuzhou.

The most intense resistance the people of Xuzhou can make is to arrange everything for the assassination, but the difficulty level is extremely high considering that Cao is still alive.

In fact, even in later generations, with the advent of special cars, it is basically impossible for ordinary people to assassinate. To put it more bluntly, you can't even do it. Extreme ideas can only be ideas, so that conflicts can only accumulate at the grassroots level.

But there are some mistakes that you cannot ignore because the other party has the ability to enforce them. Cao Cao can kill all the noble families in Kandahar, but he cannot kill Chen Zichuan, so what should be recorded in history books will be recorded as it is.

This is the most embarrassing situation for the Cao family now, and it is also the core of the Cao family's unstable foundation. The foundation is unstable not because of the massacre, but because of the propaganda.

Because there are some things that you can get by just pretending you don't know, but once they are brought to the table, you can only deal with them according to the rules. However, now the question is, how many people in this world have the ability to bring problems to the table? In other words, the problem returns to its essence. A few lines in the book are just a few lines, and you are theoretically within those few lines, but your authority has been taken back.

But at least you are given nominal authority, and with this title, at least you have a chance to regain authority. Without this title, then you really have nothing.

Cao Ren, a descendant of the Cao family who had a broad perspective, had long realized this, but he had no way of shutting those people up. The situation began to deteriorate from that time. Up to now, no matter how well Cao Cao performed, it was actually meaningless, because it was essentially a matter of people's support.

"Go to the ferry." Cao Ren went over everything in his mind, and then said coldly, "Brother Miaocai, be prepared. Something that you cannot understand may happen next, but when the time comes, you will have to consider how to deal with it."

"Cao Zixiao knows everything, and he is clear about it, but he is still struggling." Zhang Xiu rode back and said to Pang De, "But some things, once you think about them, you can't go back."

Loyalty, what loyalty? Cao Ren can die for his elder brother, but Cao Ren cannot die for Cao Sikong, especially Cao Sikong like he is now.

"Then what should we do now?" Le Jin said expressionlessly. He didn't want to get involved in this, but Lao Cao's approach did make him a little confused.

"Follow Cao Zixiao to attack, and after the battle go into Kandahar and capture Cao directly and send him away." Zhang Xiu spoke slowly. He didn't want to get entangled in such things anymore. Even if someone gave him a very complete plan, it was too slow. It would be better to keep it simple.

"What should we do with General Dian and the Tiger Guards?" Le Jin said with a frown.

"Leave General Dian to me. The Tiger Guards will then see how the situation develops. If all else fails, we'll have to kill them. When it comes to restoring order, dragging out time won't work." Zhang Xiu said coldly.

"I'm a little worried about Ardashir." Le Jin said with a frown.

"He only has so many people, and he can still wipe us all out." Pound said with a sneer.

"That's about it. No matter how strong Ardashir is, that's all. Our biggest problem right now is that we can't bring our overall strength into full play. To put it bluntly, with our current style of play, who can firmly believe that they won't be sold out?" Zhang Xiu sneered, "The people of Liangzhou don't mind being bait, because bait has three times the merit, but can it be implemented?"

The triple merit of bait has been around almost since ancient times. After all, bait is inevitable in combat. Victory or defeat in the main battlefield sometimes really depends on bait. During the Battle of the Ganges, Yu Jin defeated Patrayaga by relying on bait, which directly killed Brah and then captured Patrayaga.

But what was the price? Half of the legion used as bait died, and only Zhao Zhen and Yang Tuo, the veterans at the front, survived. But from a strategic point of view, was this bait wrong?
The true meaning of being a commander is to let the soldiers die on the battlefield with the greatest value when losses are inevitable.

Therefore, bait has always been a triple merit since ancient times. The person who executes the bait plan survives, regardless of the other three times. Danger and opportunity coexist, so being pulled to be a bait is not unacceptable. Everyone here has been a bait.

But in the current situation, officers and soldiers from other families are all suspicious of Lao Cao. Damn it, can Lao Cao implement this policy?
"Let's solve it as soon as possible. The people I left in Kandahar caught up with us earlier and said that the prince has been imprisoned." There was a hint of coldness in Pang De's eyes.

Again, Cao Ang was indeed not the best and most outstanding monarch, but Cao's actions really forced everyone to turn to Cao Ang.

Without the comparison with Cao Cao, Cao Ang's behavior in the previous year or so could be considered excellent at best, and was not enough to subdue foreign generals such as Zhang Xiu, Pang De, Xu Huang, and Le Jin. But with Cao Cao as a negative example, Cao Ang immediately became the only chosen one!
What else is there to say? I decided to manually add Liu Shu to the prince!

"I'm ready to execute it. If the prince is under house arrest, there is no need to launch the order after returning. But imprisonment..." Zhang Xiu was silent for a while. He had no choice. If he wanted to save Cao Ang, imprisonment would be really fatal. Although privately mobilizing troops was indeed a fatal operation, it at least proved that Cao Ang really had this awareness.

"Will the officers of the Cao and Xiahou families stand with me?" Le Jin asked with a sigh.

"As long as we remain neutral, we can solve the problem ourselves. Of course, if we are not neutral..." Zhang Xiu looked at Pang De. If he was not neutral, he would learn from what Cao did at that time and rush to Cao's house to let Cao bet whether they dared to do what Cao did.

As for what Cao Ang would do if he came to power now that things had come to this, there was no point in saying anything. The worst that could happen was that he would just put things right and leave. If he didn't do that and leave in disgrace, he wouldn't even have a reputation. If he did that, at least there would be people willing to take him in after he left.

The end of the Han Dynasty was an era of competing for fame. Without fame, you were trash. With fame, you would naturally have a good background. So when things came to this point, officers from other families had to be prepared to be the fifteenth!
"Then what shall we do next to the ferry?" Le Jin asked tentatively. Going to the high mountain camp seemed unrealistic to Le Jin. He even suspected that Ardashir was acting. After all, at this point in time, if Ardashir gambled his life with them directly, both sides would suffer losses even if he won.

I got up late, I'll make it up tomorrow