Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2622 Raise the knife, what kind of knife is it?

 Xu County.

At this moment, in Xi Lu's mansion, there are several people who are more or less noble people or celebrities, sitting high in the hall.

Not to mention, after Xi Lu played his cards, he could attract some celebrities to come.

If it were normal, most of these celebrities would be attached to Cao Cao, but since Cao Cao followed Fei Qian in Guanzhong to do some meritocratic activities, these celebrities have been somewhat overwhelmed.

Go and beg in a low voice, you can't wipe your face away, what if you really want to compete with those children from a poor family, and you can't beat them in the exam?

The emergence of Yushitai seems to have become a new path.

Of course, perhaps on the surface, these people show that they are loyal to the emperor and are die-hard royalists, and they are definitely not here for the Yushitai...

  No matter in any era, the so-called "sincere" royalists are very few, and it can even be said that there are almost none. Even the behavioral purposes of some of the dead "royalists" that Liu Xie himself considers may not be completely "sincerely" for Liu Xie. Sometimes they are inevitably mixed with some of their own personal selfishness.

 As a political power, to be able to control the world, it must not place all its hopes on some unspeakable "loyalty", but should have a system that the vast majority of classes are willing to abide by.

 It is undoubtedly very difficult to form such a system. If the system built by the regime fails to achieve this effect and maintain the situation due to various reasons, or if other forces provide better solutions, then the regime will not be far from death.

This is why most regimes are positive in the early stages of their regimes, but at the end of their regimes, they start to hold each other back...

  It’s like Liu Xie at the moment.

There is no doubt that Xi Liu is using the name of loyalist to seek benefits, and most of the people in his hall also come in the name of loyalist, but they really want to "protect the emperor" in their hearts. It cannot be said that there is no such thing at all. , but really very few.

 Another reason why there are fewer and fewer "royalists" is that the Liu clan was eliminated in the first or second round.

 The clan is usually the most die-hard royalists. Some of them will kill or depose the existing emperor, but for the overall system, they are the absolute defenders of the imperial power. Because these people's power outside the system is relatively weak, imperial power is their source of power.

Even if these clans are ambitious and want to oust Liu Xie, they will probably wait until they have complete control of the country before doing so.

As Xun Yu, he personally tended to be loyal to the emperor, but his royal support did not necessarily protect Liu Xie as an individual. At the same time, the Xun family was not loyal to the emperor. After all, the gentry system was born to be completely inclined to interests at the political level. , whoever gives more benefits will fall to that side.

 Therefore, when Cao Pi finally bribed the nobles in history, the last trace of the Han Dynasty's royalist power disappeared, and the Han Dynasty was destroyed.

Now, these people are gathering at the place where they are worried, but it is really hard to say how much power will really come into Liu Xie's hands. And speaking of it, most of these people were not able to get many positions with Cao Cao, or the positions they obtained could not satisfy their desires, so when they turned around and saw that guys like Xi Lu could actually use the power of royal loyalists to My name has gained such a high position, so why can't I keep it safe?

 The current situation in the world is different after all.

Although Cao Cao is the powerful prime minister and no one can easily touch him, his reputation is not as prominent as in history. You must know that before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao's reputation was really at its peak. Just a hunting letter scared a group of people in Jiangdong so much that they couldn't hold back their urine...

Now…

 So, these people feel that it is not a big problem to mess around with Xi Liu for a while and then jump back when the opportunity comes.

 Changing jobs?

Who doesn’t?

As for why this group of people are gathering here at Xi Lu, it is naturally because Xi Lu has done a lot of things that show his face in the past few days. Originally, everyone thought that Xi Liu could not impeach Kong Rong, and they were all waiting to see Xi Liu disgraced and dismissed by the emperor or Cao Cao, but they didn't expect that Xi Liu actually did it well!

Although the officials sent by Xi Lu were beaten in the state of Lu, it was not a big deal. These days, the officials in the central court may not all be easy to use at the local level. Even the general minister, who is considered an important position in the young government and is a close minister of the emperor, is killed by the local princes. , it’s not even a big deal, so the officials at Yushitai were just beaten, so what does it count?

 The key is, the benefits...

 How much benefit can be gained from this matter!

 It is like Confucius's sage position.

 Confucius became a saint not because of whether something was right or wrong, but because of the "benefits".

 The Confucian disciples of later feudal dynasties always believed that Confucius and Mencius were saints. However, in the Han Dynasty, most of the gentry disciples did not fully recognize the concept of Confucius and Mencius. There is this statement, but most people do not agree with it. Therefore, when Fei Qian put forward the argument that Confucius and Mencius were human beings rather than saints in the Great Treatise of Qinglong Temple in Chang'an, the world was not in chaos.

Some people say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty canonized Confucius, but in fact, in the eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Confucian children were just tools. After using the toilet, they should be thrown away and washed. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism for his son. Very dissatisfied. The person who really gave Confucius an official title was Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor to give Confucius a title and canonized him as "Praise to the Duke Xuanni". He was not a saint either. The reason why he was named a Duke instead of a prince in the Han Dynasty's title system was because this was just a purely honorary title. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor He, he was renamed "Baochenghou", and 800 households in the city were dedicated to his incense, which is now the capital of freedom for a large group of Kong Rong's family.

Until the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in order to appease the hearts of the Han people, the Hu people's regime in the north tried their best to smear themselves and enhance the status of Confucianism and Confucius. Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty honored Confucius as "The Father of Literary Saints and Nifu", which was the first official official The word "holy" was added to the title. Later, Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty regarded Confucius as "Gong Zou", and at the same time, his title, title, and fiefdom were much higher than those of the Han Dynasty.

So this "sage position" of Confucius can actually be said to have been dyed with the blood of countless northern Han people during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It was a sweetener given by the emperors of the Southern and Northern Dynasties in order to better rule the northern Han people. If Confucius himself knew how he got his holy status, I wonder if Kong Zhongni, who was compassionate and compassionate during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, would be happy or unhappy?

However, looking at the Confucian disciples in the feudal dynasty, is it true that everyone is ignorant of this matter? Obviously not, but after knowing it, he still held up Saint Kong high, wasn't it just to gain some benefits from this matter?

These celebrities have been holding back for too long. Now that they have seen some benefits, they should hurry up, otherwise they will not be able to keep up with the hotness of whatever they eat.

As for Xi Liu, he is naturally becoming more and more proficient in the art. Sitting in the hall, his expression is indifferent. Especially today, he gave up his brocade robe and satin and only wore a Gebu robe. He looked even more like Like a hermit from the world, he does not have the arrogance of the second-in-command in the court, but shows the demeanor of a celebrity.

　　『Someone heard recently that the Kong family gave the Prime Minister of Lu another sum of money for food and grass! Many people have seen this with their own eyes and cannot fake it. Some even say that this batch of food, grass and money is worth eight hundred thousand yuan! 』

“In addition to the previous ones... isn’t this 1.5 million dollars? The entire Kong clan is really... tsk tsk..."

　　　『What is this? This proves that the Kong family is ruthless in conquering places and doing everything they can! Otherwise, how could we have so much money? The world is really declining and the reputation of Confucius has been ruined! 』

　　　But I don’t know how much profit the Prime Minister of Lu made from it? 』

"It's hard to say this, but I must have gotten a lot of advantages... Although it says that it is going to be donated to the imperial court, in fact, hehe, how much is donated, what is eaten and consumed along the way, it is not just casually said ! 』

　　　"Master Yushi Taizun, how can we tolerate such filthy things in our pure and upright generation?" 』

 A group of people spoke with envy and jealousy, speaking righteously and sternly, but in their hearts they mostly resented not being able to participate in the incident involving Xi Lu and reap the benefits.

The important thing now is how to seize this opportunity, firstly, to divide the money and food accumulated by the Kong family since the Pinghe Emperor, and secondly, to improve their own status and become the cornerstone for the next step of job-hopping. As for whether Kong Rong himself was wronged, does that matter?

After all, everyone knows that the best way for new forces to take over in a changing situation is to overthrow the old forces and establish their authority. It is obviously unrealistic for Yushitai to anally **** Cao Cao. Is it still possible to stab a Kong family member?

Moreover, the great profits that Kong has made over the years are indeed coveted. He took out 1.5 million so easily. How much Kong still has is really making people salivate. This is another reason for this generation to have to do this.

Parties fight against each other. If you don’t fight, you won’t be a party. If you don’t fight, you won’t be in power.

 The best target to compete with right now is Kong Rong, who seems to be somewhat weak at the moment!

　　When talking about what to do next, everyone looked at Xi Xi who was smiling and silent. There was some greed and desire in his eyes, like a group of scavenging jackals...

  …(⊙x⊙;)…       It is not just those in Xu County who are eager to carve up meat.

Just like in Taiyuan, there is also a group of scavengers. They don't know how to find new land and cultivate new harvests, but they can watch others fall, and then pounce on them to eat the remains after death.

Wen Cheng is such a person, although he never considers himself a scavenger.

 What Wen Cheng likes most is good people.

Of course, he is a good guy, everyone likes him.

Wen Cheng believes that it would be best if all the people in the world were good people. How wonderful that would be...

Especially when Wen Cheng sees those poor good people, he will stand aside and sigh with emotion, beating his chest and lamenting, "Good people!" It’s not easy! It’s not easy! Why do good people become like this? This is why! What's going on in this world? ! 』

When I saw someone coming to help, I quickly praised them together, "That's right, that's right!" Just help good people! Done right! support! We should support my move! 』

 Then I finished sighing and turned around...

Wen Cheng could just wipe the tears from the corner of his mouth and leave.

At this time, if you stop Wen Cheng and ask him why he doesn't do something to help good people, Wen Cheng will say sincerely: "Why?" Why should I do good things? Not doing good deeds by others? Why should I endure hardships instead of so-and-so? I am a person who has to see things that are fair! What? What happened to that person before? I wasn't familiar with that person before. How could I talk nonsense if I didn't understand the situation? How could I help? I only understand my situation now. I'm miserable too. Why doesn't anyone help me first? What's wrong? Is this wrong? What's wrong? 』

So is the Wen family miserable?

 isn't that miserable?

The Wen family finally lost money and had their flesh cut off, and then adjusted the interest relationships among the squires and provided many benefits. In the end, they were successfully elected and took the position of Taiyuan prefect. How long did you work before you were kicked out? Is it miserable?

The old man of the Wen family was so angry that he suffered a stroke on the spot and died before the next spring. Then without the position of governor, the Wen family industry also encountered various problems, and finally encountered Qiusi dumping. No matter whether it was a salt brine field or an iron smelting workshop in the mountains, it could not be opened. So many people had to either Is it a cheap sale, or is it just abandonment? Isn't it miserable?

So since the Wen family is so miserable and there are so few good people in the world, Wen Cheng can only be regarded as a villain.

　　　Report him! ” Wen Cheng’s face was a little distorted, and his features looked like they were swaying around and doing their own thing, “Report him! Strike while the iron is hot! Kill him in one fell swoop! 』

　　"Lang Jun... this... report it? It's not difficult to report the Wang family, but..." Wen Cheng's confidants in the hall nodded, "If you really report it, I'm afraid, this... I'm afraid..."

The confidant is really a confidant, loyal to the Wen family, but his head is not very bright. He obviously didn't understand the strategy proposed by Wen Cheng.

　　　『If you have something to say, just say it! ” Wen Cheng frowned.

"Yes, yes..." the confidant whispered, "If we report it like this, won't we implicate ourselves..."

Wen Cheng frowned, "How could it involve us?" 』

　　　"Lang Jun," the confidant lowered his head, "this Wang family smuggles... ahem, we, um, this..."

 The Wen family also engaged in smuggling.

 And to be honest, in the border areas, even if there is no smuggling by big families, there are still smuggling by small families.

For example, the Hu people ran to the Han border in twos and threes and found the outside of the village. They wanted to exchange a horse or two sheep for some copper and iron utensils, salt and tea. Should these villagers exchange it or not?

If it were changed, would these villagers be considered "smuggling"?

 Are small sins not considered sin?

 If it is a crime, how should these villagers be punished?

Moreover, General Fei Qian of the Hussars, it is not only the line of Taiyuan that borders the Hu people, what about the Western Regions and the Southern Xinjiang?

 So, this is a small problem and a big problem at the same time.

　　　　You idiot! Wen Cheng patted the table, "Who said they were going to report them for smuggling?" Who cares about smuggling? Is there no smuggling in Hedong? How about it, isn't it just to kill an old rabbit to replenish the number? What kind of crime can smuggling be? What is the use of reporting smuggling? 』

　　"Then... Lang Jun means..." The confidant was stunned for a moment, "What is that reporting?" 』

Wen Cheng suddenly laughed, "Haha...Wang, you are plotting rebellion!" 』

　　　　　　　　? ! ” The confidant’s eyes suddenly widened.

Treason is an unpardonable crime, and the level of the crime is completely different from that of smuggling!

　　　"Lang Jun, no one can say anything about this crime of treason..." I still feel that it is a bit unreliable.

Wen Cheng sneered twice and said, "Did you know that the Huns in southern Japan were in trouble some time ago?" 』

 The confidant nodded, "I know." 』

　　　　Now that you know it, are there any questions? Wen Cheng glared, exhaled, and then explained to his confidants with a little helplessness, "The Southern Huns are in civil strife... To be in chaos, there must be weapons or something, right?" So where did those weapons come from? Falling from the sky? 』

The confidant suddenly realized, "That's what Wang smuggled and sold to them!" 』

　　　　Idiot! Not smuggling! ” Wen Cheng couldn’t help but cursed. If it weren’t for seeing this guy’s absolute loyalty to the Wen family, Wen Cheng would have really wanted to make him go back to work and recreate it. He said earnestly, “It was given by the Wang family! So, is there a problem with conspiracy? 』

 The confidant suddenly realized again, "Lang Jun is really smart!" Me, I’ll do it right now! 』

"etc! return! Wen Cheng stared, "I haven't finished speaking yet!" No hurries! 』

　　　Yes, yes, Mr. Lang, please say. ” The confidant nodded and bowed.

Wen Cheng looked at his confidant, thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to let his confidant do it. After all, he could only do it. Wen Cheng couldn't do it himself, right?

"For this matter of reporting, please find a reliable person, find a time, post a notice in Jinyang City, and throw another one at the yamen gate... Anyway, be careful, don't let anyone catch you. It's us who reported it, do you understand?" Understand? Wen Cheng explained in as much detail as possible, "If you get caught accidentally...do you know what to do?" 』

The confidant nodded and said, "Understood, I will find someone who is tight-lipped. If he is caught... I will send someone... click!" 』

　　　『Who? Click you! Wen Cheng was a little helpless, "You're still sending people, are you afraid that others won't be able to find evidence?" Got caught and sent inside? You have to ask someone to find a refugee, someone who is illiterate, and then ask that refugee to vote for someone. Even if the refugee is caught, he can only identify the person you sent. You only need to send this person …Understood? 』

　　　Yes, yes, I understand! 』

"One more thing, you need to find some good guys, the kind who are from Orions, who walk through the mountains and forests as if they were ordinary..." Wen Cheng smiled a little, "I heard that Wang's daughter is coming, after all, I want to come." Give me a good welcome...』

 (End of this chapter)