The yellow dog is very old, so old that even if someone sits next to it, it will just glance at it and not move. It just continues to move towards the city gate. The meaning of life given to it seems to be just waiting.
Chu Nan stretched out his hand and stroked Huang Quan's head. Huang Quan's ears moved, feeling a little uncomfortable, but then a very comfortable feeling spread throughout his body. He finally gave up resistance and closed his eyes unconsciously to enjoy it.
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Spirit dog:
Talent: Psychic (full level) (can see things that normal creatures cannot see)
Danger Prediction (full level) (can detect the hostility of others and have a certain chance of detecting danger in advance)
Protector (full level) (when the owner is in danger, the protection and combat effectiveness are increased by 20%)
Racial Talent: Dog King
The body size has grown a bit, but it is not as exaggerated as the demon ants, nor has it turned into an egg like the pigeon demon. The little white dragon has not encountered the heavenly catastrophe. It still looks like that, but the smell on its body
The feeling of age is gone.
As Chu Nan withdrew his hand, Huang Quan subconsciously raised his head to look at Chu Nan, and rubbed his head affectionately on Chu Nan's palm.
"Your master has gone to another world and will not come back. Follow me from now on." Chu Nan rubbed the dog's head. He knew that this dog could understand human speech and was already an old dog who understood human nature.
In addition, the strengthening of Qi has the effect of enlightening the mind to a certain extent, so it is not difficult to understand people's words.
But what surprised Chu Nan was that after the dog advanced, it did not become a monster, but a spiritual beast. I don’t know what the difference is?
"Woo~"
The yellow dog stood up and suddenly let out a whimpering sound to the sky. The sound was slightly sad, as if he was mourning the departure of his master and saying goodbye to the past.
"Master, are you still going to the dog market?" Zhou Cang looked at the dog uncertainly. He felt that there seemed to be some changes, but not much. He had seen a white snake turn into a dragon. Compared with that time, this dog
The changes are somewhat commonplace.
"No need." Chu Nan shook his head. This dog is enough. He looked at Tian Qiong and said, "Mr. Boyu, do you have any intention of becoming an official?"
Tian Qiong, who was a little surprised by the change in the dog, was slightly startled when he heard this, looked at Chu Nan and said in astonishment: "Let you know about me?"
"Kang Chenggong's disciples, like Liu De mentioned by Mr. Cai Boyu just now, came from a poor family, but they were noble in nature, unwilling to bow to the world, and had their own ethics. How could I not know that such a person came from a poor family?
Taishan County is now employing people, and I wanted to pay him a visit. Unfortunately, I have been busy with secular affairs these days, so I will not be able to visit him in the future. It seems like God's will to meet him today, but I don't know if Mr. Boyu is willing to follow my reputation.
Shameless people can create a career together?" Chu Nan said with a smile.
Although he has a bad reputation now, and the name of Chu Rentu is now completely established, from the beginning, Chu Nan targeted the nobles and attracted only the poor families. Anyone with a certain perspective can see that Chu Nan is
It was a screening process. Tian Qiong, as a disciple of Zheng Xuan who came from a poor family, naturally would not reject Chu Nan like the nobles did.
Now that Chu Nan personally invited him, Tian Qiong still felt a sense of excitement and vanity in his heart. After all, in terms of status, Chu Nan could be regarded as the deputy of Lu Bu's forces.
Besides, it is easy for children from poor families like them to join the officialdom, but it will be difficult to move up the ranks. With Lu Bu's current momentum and the imperial court behind him, joining at this time is a good choice.
At that moment, Tian Qiong saluted Chu Nan and said, "If you don't give up, I will do my best to help you."
Chu Nan stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "In that case, there is no need to be polite. It is also a blessing for me to be able to help you, sir. If sir, you have nothing to do at this time, why don't you come back to the house with me to talk?"
Chu Nan's current propaganda concept has basically taken shape, with four sentences as the core: establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a destiny for the people, inheriting the unique knowledge for the past saints, and creating peace for all generations. While doing everything possible to downgrade the status of the gentry, he also
In order to win over all the companions he could win over, others only saw his ruthless methods and harshness towards the nobles, but no one saw that the Lu Bu Group was frantically recruiting talents from poor families.
The situation that the nobles imagined with no one available was actually not as embarrassing for Lu Bu as outsiders imagined.
It is true that they are short of people, but it is a bit ridiculous that there is no one available. They are recruiting a class, not a few specific people. As long as you have some vision and your own judgment, it is not difficult to see Lu Bu's intentions. In this case
, how come there is no one available?
Of course, Chu Nan's suppression of the gentry does not mean that there are no good people among the gentry. In fact, the probability of virtuous people among the gentry is far higher than that of other classes. However, it is precisely because of this that the status of the gentry is too high.
, so high that they don’t know the sufferings of the people. Now if you ask any nobleman how the people are living, they will either not be able to answer, or they will make some ridiculous remarks. Not eating minced meat is not a problem, but it is almost the same.
If they cannot understand the sufferings of the people, no matter how high their virtues are or how much they have learned, how can they be expected to care about the people? Or in their hearts, the people are two different things from what ordinary people think of them.
Therefore, Chu Nanjue's own theory on the nobles has a sufficient audience. At least the poor families should be able to accept the concept. In addition, the basic base laid by Lu Bu now is still very attractive to the talents of the poor families.
As long as the direction does not change randomly, Chu Nanjue's path is very promising, and its attraction to talents will become more and more attractive as time goes by.
Chu Nan's theory is also simple in appearance. After Tian Qiong joined and accepted this concept, he introduced several friends to Chu Nan. Since they are friends, they are basically in the same circle, although they are not Zheng Xuan.
The disciples were all talented people from a poor family, and their abilities were all decent, which instantly eased Chu Nan's employment pressure a lot.
Things in Taishan gradually got on the right track with the addition of these talents. After Tian Qiong and several other talents helped Chu Nan handle official affairs at the county government for a few days, they were sent to various counties as county magistrates to supplement the work.
Taishan officialdom entered a blank period after a round of officialdom massacre.
Promoting the New Deal also assisted in publicity and attracting popular support; and as the rebellions caused by the gentry in various places were eliminated, the promotion of the New Deal gradually stabilized with the destruction of dozens of gentry, and the resistance became smaller and smaller.
As for the effect... we will have to wait until next year at least to see it.
People are very realistic. Without benefits, people's support is nothing to think about. But as long as benefits are given, people's support is the easiest thing to obtain.
As for Chu Nan, he actually didn't care much about the implementation of the New Deal. During this period, his more attention was actually focused on the movements of Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan's troops.
News of the fall of Xuchang has now spread throughout the Central Plains, especially after Cao Chun brought brothers Cao Pi, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi to defect to Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren. The Cao family began to panic. Facing the increasingly fierce offensives of Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Cao Ren and others,
They began to be unable to resist, and retreated one after another. While shrinking the defense line, they also quickly sent a letter to the surrounding former Cao army troops, gathering the strength of the Cao family together to prepare for a life-and-death battle with Lu Bu's forces.
Originally, Taishan County was a good place to go. It had good terrain and no shortage of food and grass. As long as Taishan County was occupied, it would be like placing a nail on Lu Bu's side. He could counterattack at any time. At the same time, it was easier to defend than other places. In the Central Plains
Generally speaking, the terrain of Taishan County is actually pretty good.
Unfortunately, Chu Nan occupied it first. He asked the 5,000 Cao troops led by Xu Huang to occupy the stronghold and stop Cao Ren's troops. This was also one of the reasons why he used local people to quell the rebellion but used less of his own troops. War might break out at any time.
, the main force is better to use it to deal with emergencies.
After Xu Huang and his troops were insulted by Cao Ren for a while, Chu Nan's bluffing strategy finally succeeded. Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan did not know the reality of Taishan County. Although there were secret contacts from the gentry in the county, it was rumored that Chu Nan was like a ghost and extremely cunning. Who knew it was not the case?
plan?
In order to avoid falling into the trap and leave some foundation for a comeback for the Cao family, they could only change their route to the Dongjun area.
Zhang Liao and Gao Shun pressed forward step by step, preventing them from easily retreating. The two sides fought dozens of battles of varying sizes in the land west of Mount Tai, and finally they were forced to retreat into Dongjun and Jiyin counties.
A defense was organized.
Gao Shun and Zhang Liao's troops were stationed in the Surabaya area, preparing to look for opportunities to completely destroy the remaining troops of Cao Cao.
"General Gongming, you are not wrong, and they are not wrong either." When Chu Nan came to the military camp, he saw that Xu Huang was a little depressed, so he smiled and comforted him.
Xu Huang raised his head and looked at Chu Nan in confusion: "Final general..."
"The biggest source of pain in the world is that no matter what happens, they want the best of both worlds. Take the general's current troubles as an example. Between him and Duke Cao, the general fought hard to the end, and he has already lost his loyalty.
The reason for joining the imperial court was firstly to protect his family, and secondly because he wanted to have a career. But since he wanted this, he was destined to draw a clear line with his former glory. It was impossible to have both. He wanted his family, his future, and his former glory.
recognition, this is impossible!
Now that the general is given a chance to re-elect, how will the general choose?" Chu Nan patted Xu Huang on the shoulder and smiled.
"The last general..." Xu Huang was hesitant. He didn't know how to choose him. It seemed that no matter what he chose, he was wrong, and it seemed that no matter what he chose, he was right.
"In this way, you choose to stand with them, and assuming you escape from Xuchang, think about what the outcome will be, and whether it is what the general wants." Chu Nan sat down and touched Ah Huang's dog head with a smile.
Huang lay comfortably next to Chu Nan's legs and narrowed his eyes.
Xu Huang thought about Chu Nan's actions during this period and realized that if he escaped, his family would probably not end well. However, when he came to Cao Ren's side, he fought hard with them, while Chu Nan's side was pursued and intercepted from all sides.
How long can they last without their logistics?
In a situation of inevitable defeat, Xu Huang did not want his wife to live the life of wandering with him. Besides, among Cao Jun today, there was no one as worthy of following as Duke Cao.
Xu Huang looked at Chu Nan with a wry smile. Even if he was given a chance to choose again, he would probably choose as before...