Chapter three hundred and seventy-first, the oriole is behind
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Life and death, principles and flexibility, long-term stability and temporary benefits. These are always contradictory and helpless things.
After listening to Duan Hu's words, Liu Ming fell deeply into thought. Duan Hu, Ouyang Lan, and Yang Yan were also quietly waiting for Liu Ming's answer. This was not only an answer related to the fate of everyone present.
The test of Liu Ming’s integrity.
Through Duan Hu's statement, Liu Ming deeply understood: Duan Hu's thoughts are the criteria for the world's heroes to choose themselves and Cao Cao.
Since he had gathered a large population before the troubled times began, after the troubled times began, the states and counties he ruled were relatively stable. In addition, he had been opening schools since he took office. Although he wanted to avoid corrupt officials and evil officials.
When old Xi officials took up their posts, they strictly selected talents and retrained them for their posts. However, their own talent pool was still much larger than that of Cao Cao and others.
The rapid expansion of Cao Cao's territory also caused Cao Cao's talent depletion. Cao Cao had no choice but to issue this meritocracy order.
However, although this meritocracy can gather a large number of talents for Cao Cao in a short period of time, its hidden dangers are also extremely huge.
As the saying goes: good people may not be able to do good things, but bad people must do bad things. Otherwise, bad people would not be bad people.
This is just like the selection of talents advocated by Cai Yong and others at the beginning. The wise are in office and the capable are in office. Although there are no outstanding achievements, there are no unforeseen disasters. Of course, there are some flaws in moral character, but extraordinary talents are not
There is no need to appoint someone. However, there must be strict laws and strong monitoring by law enforcement agencies to prevent deviations.
But when Cao Cao got good, his meritocracy decree openly declared: There are different talents, some may not be worthy of being generals, bear a humiliating reputation, act for fun, or be unkind and unfilial, but they have the skills to govern the country and use military force, and they can do their best.
You know, don’t leave anything behind!
This means that no matter what kind of person Cao Cao is, no matter whether he is unkind, unfilial, despicable or shameless, as long as he has certain talents, Cao Cao will let him govern the country and use the army.
However, how important is it to use troops to govern a country?
Choosing talented people to govern the country and employing troops will inevitably lead to corruption. Cao Cao publicly promised that as long as he has talent, despicable and greedy people can rule the country. And there are no preventive measures. After a few years, these corrupt officials were all under control.
As the saying goes: people are divided into groups, and birds of a feather flock together. Those appointed by corrupt officials will definitely not be much better. If so, how will the country be governed and how will the army be used?
It is true that the officials are like tigers and leopards, forming cliques for personal gain and preying on the people; the soldiers are like bandits, burning, killing, looting, and harming the people. After that, the officials force the people to rebel. That is a matter of course. The world will fall into endless chaos as a result.
It can be said unceremoniously that Cao Cao has been cornered by himself in this war for talents and has resorted to all possible means. Although Cao Cao can temporarily gain some personnel advantages, in the long-term development, Cao Cao has already lost.
.Especially when my own future
After the school trains talents on a large scale, Cao Cao's advantage will no longer exist. Moreover, some of the most far-sighted and talented people in the world today, as well as capable people who can truly govern the country and stabilize the country, will also live in seclusion in the mountains because of this.
, that will not serve Cao Cao.
There was not only a smile on Liu Ming's lips. However, Liu Ming quickly thought: now is not the time to consider the political strategy between himself and Cao Cao, but to consider whether to agree to the requests of the four of them and how to save his own life.
time.
Liu Ming had the previous insights and made a decision in a moment: He must not agree to the unreasonable demands of the Four Fiends of Heluo. Otherwise, once this case is started, there will be endless disasters. And there will be more experts who want to threaten him.
to the point where they can do whatever they want for their own safety.
However, Liu Ming also knew that as long as he said no, the four guys would definitely swarm him. Although his own strength had not been tested, he could only survive as long as a second-grade warrior. And these four guys were sure
He is a master of fighting in the arena. Even if he has some Sanshou that they have never seen before, it is impossible to defeat one against four. It is better to delay time and wait for Ouyang Lan to get the strength of the medicine to pass.
So, Liu Ming said with a look of embarrassment: "Four heroes, I have strict laws in Youzhou. They are unchangeable. Even I must abide by them. Otherwise, if the laws are deviated, so what?"
Can you convince the public? Not as big as me
Greatly increase your salary and rank, and recommend you all to be first-class generals. Let you enjoy endless glory and wealth. In this way, heroes will no longer have to do evil. From now on, you can become a good person and be praised by the people. Wouldn't it be wonderful?
What?"
The black-hearted ghost Duan Hu was a little hesitant at that time.
The benefits of following Liu Ming are obvious. Among all the princes in the world today, Liu Ming is the most powerful. In the future, Liu Ming is the one who is most likely to dominate the world. Moreover, the salaries of Liu Ming’s officials are so high that all the people in the world have
I know. In addition, Liu Ming
To be honest, the reputation of keeping promises is something that everyone admires just like Cao Cao. Therefore, no matter from every aspect, following Liu Ming is much better than following Cao Cao. This is why I seize the opportunity and want to express my gratitude to Liu Ming.
The root of asking for commitment.
However, this is the key. Liu Ming did not let go even when his life was at stake. Although this made me admire Liu Ming even more for being a gentleman who is consistent in his words and deeds, can his brother really be a good person from now on?
You must know that my brother did not choose Liu Ming at the beginning because he was afraid of Liu Ming's rectification movement and the monitoring and reporting of Liu Ming's people's subordinates. Think about how many people who followed Liu Ming in the Jianghu did not stand the test. During the rectification movement,
They all fell down one after another. Can their brothers bear it?
For the first time, Duan Hu felt that making a decision was so difficult. Duan Hu couldn't help but turn his attention to his second brother, Ma Shan, hoping that his second brother could give him an idea.
"Brother, the situation is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. Even if you and I, the two brothers, have a lot of money in the future and don't need to harm others with a bad heart, how can the third brother's violent temperament be restrained from killing people?
.And how could the fourth child not retaliate when being looked down upon by others? Think back to the beginning, when Li Lang and others under Taiwei Liu followed Taiwei from scratch.
Even though we didn’t mean to do evil, our nature is hard to change. Didn’t the Taiwei still show his head to the public and warn future generations? Since the Taiwei cannot agree to our request, then eldest brother should make a decision early. We are
We are in a dangerous place, so we can't stay here for too long." Ma Shan fully understood Duan Hu's thoughts and immediately expressed his thoughts without hesitation.
Duan Hu suddenly understood, opened and closed his eyes, and said with a burst of divine light: "Sir Taiwei, since your words are not speculative, there is nothing more to say. My brothers and I can only take your master's head to seek wealth."
Liu Ming's heart tightened. He screamed secretly and immediately put his whole body on guard.
However, suddenly there was a series of laughter like silver bells, and a woman said: "Who among you four pustules are going to get the head? You don't even look where you are, how dare you say
Such big words."
As soon as Liu Ming heard this woman speak, he immediately relaxed. His wife Zhang Xiuer came. With the martial arts skills that his wife has improved in the past few years, even the Heavenly Sword Wang Yue would not dare to despise him. How could he deal with these four people?
Isn't it easy? Moreover, since his wife is here, it is impossible for his wife to come alone. His shadow guards should also be here. In this case, who else can threaten him?
However, some people are happy while others are sad. When Liu Ming is happy, the four evil spirits of He and Luo are depressed.
The Four Heluo Fiends managed to sneak out while Wang Yue and his martial arts disciples arranged for everyone to rest. When they returned to the ring to look for clues about Liu Ming and Ouyang Lan, they happened to find Yang Yan using the alien beast Feifei to search for clues.
Liu Ming's aura. So he followed Yang Yan quietly. But he never expected that he and others would be followed behind him.
This person who can track me without letting me know must be much better in martial arts than me and others. What should I do?
At this time, Zhang Xiu'er and Liu Ming's shadow guards and spies had appeared. Except for Zhang Xiu'er, they had nothing in their hands. Everyone else had a crossbow in their hands, and they were all pointing fingers.
There are four evils in Heluo.
Liu Ming chuckled and said: "Four heroes, it seems you don't have to think about it. You can only capture them today without any help."
"Do it!" Ma Shan, the second among the four evil men in Heluo, the black-hearted scholar, suddenly shouted. At the same time, he ignored the crossbows pointing at them from behind and flew forward like Liu Ming.
Swish swish. As soon as Ma Shan moved, Liu Ming's men immediately pulled the trigger and sprayed all the dense crossbow arrows at Ma Shan and others.
However, the four murderers of Heluo have been brothers for many years. As soon as Ma Shan shouted, the other people all understood. If they fall into the hands of Liu Ming at this time, there will definitely be no good end? Assassinating the Taiwei of the dynasty would be
How big a crime is that? Besides, Liu Ming, the Taiwei, is no different from a local emperor. At this moment, as long as Liu Ming is captured, there is a glimmer of hope for survival.
Therefore, the eldest brother Duan Hu did not hesitate to rush towards Liu Ming. The third eldest violent bear Wang Kui roared angrily and dodged suddenly, using his huge body to block the crossbow arrows aimed at Ma Shan and Duan Hu.
In an instant, the violent bear Wang Kui was shot into a hedgehog, and Ma Shan and Duan Hu also came to Liu Ming's side smoothly due to Wang Kui's cover.
The horse was good at holding a strange-shaped weapon, an acupuncture pestle, and struck Liu Ming with a single blow. The tiger came last, and grabbed Liu Ming with a pair of sharp claws like iron hooks.
At such a critical moment, it can be seen that Liu Ming's previous skills in the army have not improved. Moreover, he has improved a lot after following so many experts. At this time, when Liu Ming saw the outflanking posture of these two people, he immediately
Knowing that he couldn't hide, Liu Ming stopped dodging. Following the close combat and military stab method taught by his previous instructor, he suddenly pounced on Ma Shan's acupuncture pestle.
Liu Ming's attitude was beyond Ma Shan's expectation. Ma Shan never thought that such a noble captain would not cherish his own life and dare to risk his life. Moreover, Ma Shan pounced
The purpose of coming here was to kidnap Liu Ming as a hostage so as to find a way out. If Liu Ming was killed by surprise, his brothers would really have to be blamed here.
These distracting thoughts made Ma Shan stunned. In just such a moment, Liu Ming's left shoulder had already hit Ma Shan's acupuncture pestle. At that time, Ma Shan's acupoint pestle was inserted. However, in this way,
, Ma Shan’s acupuncture pestle was also used
Liu Ming restricted the direction of movement. Before Ma Shan could take out the acupuncture pestle before using it, Liu Ming had already hit Ma Shan on the chin with a right hook. Ma Shan flew out at that time. Seeing that the neck was crooked
With such a posture, it would definitely be difficult to survive.
At this time, Duan Hu, who continued to rush towards Liu Ming, suddenly seemed to have a flash of silver light on his neck. After the silver light passed, Duan Hu's head was suddenly lifted into the sky by the blood spurting out of his neck.
.At this time, Duan Hu, whose head was flying in the air, vaguely heard two clear words: "Look at the sword."
But it turned out that Zhang Xiuer had already flown within ten feet of Duan Hu, and used her Thousand Mile Thread to kill Duan Hu from a distance of ten feet.
As soon as Ma Shan and Duan Hu died, Liu Ming immediately relaxed. At this time, Liu Ming only felt unbearable pain above his left shoulder. Zhang Xiuer also ran over with concern and helped Liu Ming stop the bleeding.
But suddenly Ouyang Lan behind Liu Ming shouted loudly: "Be careful." Immediately, Ouyang Lan jumped on Liu Ming's back. Then, a sharp blade struck Ouyang Lande in one stroke. And randomly
Zhang Xiuer reacted with a flash of silver light in her sleeve and stabbed Zhao Sheng to death with a knife from behind.
But it turns out that the fourth of the four evil men in Heluo - Yin Dao Zhao Sheng, his nickname is not for nothing. Although this has a certain relationship with the fact that he usually doesn't talk much and doesn't attract much attention.
, However, the most important thing is that Zhao Sheng is good at sneaking and is used to using the knife from behind.
This time, Yin Dao Zhao Sheng took advantage of the opportunity of his third brother Wang Kui to block the crossbow, and also took the opportunity to lie on the ground and roll over. And everyone was paying attention to Ma Shan and Duan Hu who attacked Liu Ming.
Time actually ignored Yin Dao Zhao Sheng,
I thought that Zhao Sheng was shot to death like Wang Kui. But I didn't expect that Zhao Sheng stabbed Liu Ming from behind. If Ouyang Lan hadn't protected him, Liu Ming would have been dead. However, now,