Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 12 Little Mister

It was already noon after the meeting from Tao Qian, Tao Qian left everyone for a meal, and on the way back Liu Bei escorted Shen Chen towards Xiangben.

In fact, Shan County is not very far from Huangmen Pavilion. It is located about 400 miles to the northwest. One mile in the Han Dynasty is about 20 meters, so it is about [-] kilometers. It takes less than an hour to get there by riding a horse.

On the way there, Shen Chen sat in a carriage arranged by the clan. Now he is the hope of the Deng and Shen Second Clans. Every day he travels not only with a carriage, but also with escorts, and he is very tightly protected.

Liu Bei was riding beside him, and Shen Chen was very well-groomed in front of Tao Qian before, and his analysis was clear and logical, which surprised him, so he also wanted to learn from Shen Chen his views on the general trend of the world today.

"The Central Plains of Kanto has been a place of thriving population since ancient times, but during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Henan and Hebei were the hardest hit, because the land here is basically controlled by powerful families."

Shen Chen sat cross-legged on the carriage, and said softly: "So there are countless people in Henan and Hebei who respond and believe in the Yellow Turban. This is not caused by natural disasters, but caused by man-made disasters of powerful families."

"Mr. Xiao's words are quite novel."

Liu Bei was very surprised when he heard this point of view.But after thinking about it carefully, he found that what Shen Chen said was very reasonable.

Because Liu Bei himself was born at the bottom, he is very aware of the living environment of the bottom society. The tyrants occupy the land, and the people have nothing to depend on, so rebellion is a last resort.

Shen Chen added: "Now in Hebei, Yuan Shao is fighting with Gongsun Zan, and in Henan, Cao Cao, Tao Gong, Yuan Shu and others are fighting with each other. I can't understand the situation in Hebei right now, but in Henan, please be careful of Cao Cao. He is most likely to unify Henan."

"Oh? Why?"

Liu Bei was surprised and said: "Cao Cao is so cruel, how is he different from Dong Zhuo? I believe that the common people and the aristocratic families will not compete for attachment."

Shen Chen sighed and said: "Cruelty is cruelty, but Cao Cao is indeed a great talent. Whether it is military affairs or governing the country, he is one of the best existences among the princes of all walks of life. The aristocratic family values ​​​​profits and will definitely be attached to the strong, even if Cao Cao brutally kills the aristocratic family. There are too many, but there are still people who will follow him."

"I'm not afraid!"

Liu Bei said proudly: "Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, this blood debt must be paid back, if it happens again, I will make him pay the price!"

Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Although the Lord pursues benevolence and justice, benevolence and justice are in front of the butcher's knife, and the people are more afraid of life and death and will not cling to benevolence and justice. If there is a battle with Cao Cao in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to take advantage of the right time, place and people."

"The "Book of Zhou" once said that the strength of man can overcome the sky, and I also believe this sentence!"

Liu Bei's fighting spirit was high.

Shen Chen glanced at him, and his admiration and ridicule for Liu Bei were equally divided in his heart.

What I admire is his fighting spirit and benevolence.

What is ridiculed is that his thinking is too simple, and his view of practical problems is not deep enough.

The noble moral qualities of human beings should only be respected, not ridiculed, but people's naivety and idealism can be.

Because too naive and too ideal will kill people.

"My lord, why shouldn't Mr. Tao surrender Xuzhou today?"

Shen Chen didn't want to discuss the issue of moral character with Liu Bei, so he changed other topics.

Liu Bei said solemnly: "I came to Xuzhou to help Tao Gong because of righteousness. How can I take advantage of people's danger at this time?"

"Your thinking is commendable, but the way you think about it is wrong."

Shen Chen corrected: "It is true that Xuzhou cannot be obtained. The reason for not being able to obtain it is not righteousness, but the place where Xuzhou was killed in the Fourth World War. Other plans."

"Is that right?"

Liu Bei thought for a while, and the relationship here was so intricate that he couldn't understand the difference between Dayi and leading Xuzhou Mu for the time being.

"That's it."

Shen Chen nodded and said in a soft voice: "Although Xuzhou is rich and prosperous, the counties and states are governed by themselves and separated from each other. The only thing Tao Gong can order is the East China Sea. If you lead Xuzhou, it can be said that there are internal and external troubles."

"do not understand."

Liu Bei shook his head. What Shen Chen said was simple and clear enough, but he still felt that it was very complicated inside, like a ball of twine that couldn't be straightened out and kept cutting.

"It's very simple. When you think about a problem in the future, you must see the essence of the problem clearly."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "I like a saying very much, it is called, children only ask right and wrong, adults should see the pros and cons clearly, many things should not be done because of the so-called morality, but should think clearly about what to do and what not to do What benefits and troubles will it bring to me?"

"But you are the child."

Liu Bei retorted: "You can't deny this fact just because you are smart."

"Yes, I am a child."

Shen Chen laughed, glanced around, and had already seen Huang Menting from a distance, so he said to him: "I look forward to one day when I become an adult, I will talk to Liu Shijun about the general situation of the world. At that time, maybe Shijun The way of looking at the problem should have been different.”

Liu Bei didn't know what he meant, but he still felt that the 8-year-old boy in front of him was extremely clear and mature in terms of his way of speaking and logic of thinking, which made him unconsciously feel that what this kid said seemed to make sense.

Maybe it was because those words were incomprehensible, or maybe it was because his way of looking at problems was not at the same level as Shen Chen's.

At least for now, Liu Bei still only feels in the fog, but he doesn't know that people's fate is not predetermined.

Seeing the confused look in Liu Bei's eyes, Shen Chen smiled and said nothing.

If one can find an example in the history books where character does not completely determine fate, then Liu Bei should be the well-deserved number one.

After all, in history, he did refuse Tao Qian to let Xuzhou, and even said that "Yuan Gonglu is near Shouchun, this king has four generations and five lords, and he belongs to the country, and the king can give him to the state."

It can be seen that Liu Bei did not have any thoughts about Xuzhou at that time, and he was afraid that his virtue and integrity were not enough, so he did not dare to be the master of Xuzhou.

But after the Battle of Chibi, he finally decided to fight in the same room and defeated Liu Zhang to occupy Yizhou. This is the best personality change.

But now that I am young, I don't have enough understanding of the current social knowledge of the Han Dynasty.

And he believes that Xuzhou is absolutely impossible to defend, and Cao Cao's personal ability is almost unmatched, at least in the south.

So many things, let it be, wait for the answer in the future.

Soon Shen Chen returned to Huangmen Pavilion. After arriving home, his mother was whimpering. In the past few days, all the villagers in Huangmen Pavilion were preparing for the relocation, and the fields were not cultivated.

Now that Xuzhou is in such a mess, it is very difficult for the Deng and Shen clans to find someone to take over the land in Huangmenting. They have to buy food and grass, form village warriors, and protect the clansmen moving south, so now the entire clan is in chaos, and the villagers Very scared.

"Mother, what about father?"

Shen Chen saw his mother Deng was in the yard mending the clothes that his father had torn by branches and thorns when he was in Niqiu Mountain a few days ago, sighing, so he asked.

Mrs. Deng didn't even notice when Shen Chen came back. Seeing that he was already standing in the yard, she said, "Your father has been selected as a member of the clan and has been called to train martial arts. Chen'er, go talk to the clan elders." Tell them to let your father come back."

Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Uncles and the others couldn't have chosen Ah Weng. My elder brother was young and strong and didn't go. It's even more impossible for Ah Weng to be 38 years old this year. It must be Ah Weng who wanted to go. He was conscripted to guard the border before. I often go hunting in the mountains, so I must have the idea of ​​fighting, and my mother has to personally advise me on this matter."

"This"

Deng frowned, and sighed: "Then I'll go and have a look, there are still some grain cakes at home, Chen'er, you can eat something to fill your stomach first."

"Don't worry, mother, you can go."

Shen Chen entered the room and saw that there were indeed several pieces of cake on the table, so he took one and went back to his room.

His family is actually not too bad, because backed by two big families, they have allocated a lot of land, which is not only enough to raise a family, but even hired two farm slaves to help with farming.

But the so-called not bad is compared with most of the refugees at that time. In fact, the house of the Shen family is an ordinary house, covering an area of ​​about [-] square meters, which is divided into the front yard, the main room, the middle hall, the back house and the back garden. , and the outside is surrounded by rammed earth walls.

It sounds good, but in the Han Dynasty when the land was vast and sparsely populated, it was not uncommon for powerful manors to occupy hundreds of acres of land, and three hundred square meters was not considered a big family at all, at most it was considered a rich peasant, not a landlord class.

Therefore, being from a low-level commoner class, not even counting as a poor family, meant that even if Shen Chen was capable, it would be difficult for him to enter the family and mix with those high-ranking children and powerful princes.

There are three bedrooms in the back house, parents' master bedroom, brother's second bedroom and Shen Chen's bedroom.

Strictly speaking, Shen Chen is not ranked second, but fifth. There are three older brothers, one older sister, and one younger sister and one younger brother.

However, in the Han Dynasty, when the infant mortality rate was extremely high, even if the child was born at the risk of hell, it was often easy to die at an early age.

So Shen Chen and his elder brother Shen Zhong are the only descendants of the Shen family, and the age difference between the two brothers is huge. Shen Zhong is 11 years older than Shen Chen.

Although Han people are generally in their twenties and crown adults, they can write characters, take wives, and separate families.

But those are the rules of the rich and powerful families.

It's good for the people at the bottom to have a name, most of them are nicknames or nicknames, and they can't even express them, because they don't know how to read at all.

Therefore, the civilian class is not so particular. Shen Zhong married a wife at the age of 17 and separated his family. He gave birth to a nephew to Shen Chen at the beginning of this year. The age difference between the uncle and nephew is only eight years old. Not surprisingly.

At this time, because Shen Zhong lived in another place, only Shen Chen's parents were at home, his father went to participate in the clan selection, and his mother went to persuade him, now he is the only one in the family.

After returning to her bedroom, Shen Chen didn't go to bed immediately. It was already close to the evening and the beginning of the day, that is, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. In ancient times, there were no entertainment activities at night, and she would go to bed when it was dark at seven or eight o'clock. It's still too early.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, deducing Xuzhou's current situation.

Since there is no pen and paper, Shen Chen can only think in his head, which consumes a lot of mental energy, and requires an amazing memory, otherwise he will not be able to remember the intricate context.

(End of this chapter)