Three Kingdoms

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

  Xu County.

  At this moment, in Xixi's mansion, there are a few people who are more or less Qingliu, or famous people sitting in the hall.

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

  As usual, most of these celebrities would attach themselves to Cao Cao, but since Cao Cao followed Fei Qian in Guanzhong to do some meritocracy, these celebrities have been more or less hard to eat.

  Go and beg in a low voice, you can't wipe away that face, if you really compete with those poor children, you can't win the exam.

  The appearance of Yushitai seems to be a new path.

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

   No matter in any era, the so-called "sincere" royalists are very few, or even almost non-existent. Even some of the dead "royalists" that Liu Xie himself thought, the purpose of their actions may not be completely "sincere" for Liu Xie, and sometimes it is inevitable that some of their own personal selfishness will be mixed.

  As a regime, to be able to control the world, it must not be pinning all hopes on some unspeakable "loyalty", but there should be 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 due to various reasons, cannot maintain the situation, or other forces provide a better solution, then the regime is not far from death.

  This is why most regimes are positive at the beginning, but at the end of the regime, they start to hold each other back...

   It's like the current Liu Xie.

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

  Another reason for the decrease in "royalists" is that Liu's clan was eliminated in the first round or the second round.

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

  Even if these clans are ambitious, if they want to drive Liu Xie out of power, most of them will wait until they completely control the country.

As Xun Yu, he personally tends to protect the emperor, but his protection of the emperor does not necessarily protect Liu Xie as an individual. At the same time, the Xun family is not an emperor. After all, the gentry system is born to be completely inclined to interests at the political level , Whoever gives more benefits will fall to that side.

  So when Cao Pi in history finally bought the gentry, the last vestiges of royalist power of the Han Dynasty disappeared, and the Han Dynasty was destroyed accordingly.

  Nowadays, these people gather in Xie, but it's really hard to say how much power will actually be in the hands of Liu Xie. And speaking of it, most of these people were unable to get many positions with Cao Cao, or they could not satisfy their desires if they got a position, so when they turned around and saw a guy like Xi Xi, they could use the power of protecting the emperor. The name has gained such a high position, so why can't I guarantee it?

  The current situation in the world is different after all.

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

Now…

  Thus, these people think that it is not a big problem to hang around with Xiji for a while, and then see the opportunity to jump back at a certain time.

  Changing jobs?

  Who wouldn't?

  As for why this group of people gathered here at Xiji, it is naturally because Xiji has done a lot of things to show his face these days. Originally, when Xixi impeached Kong Rong, everyone felt that this matter could not be accomplished, and they all waited to see Xixi disgraced by the emperor or Cao Cao to refute him, but they did not expect that Xixi could do it in a decent way!

  Although it is said that the officials sent by Xixi were beaten in the state of Lu, it is not a big deal. These days, the officials of the central court may not be easy to use when they are in the local area. Even those who are regarded as important positions in the Shaofu, such as general ministers, who are close to the emperor, will be killed if they are killed by the local princes. , there is not even a shit, so the officials of Yushitai are just beaten, so what is it?

  The key is, the benefits...

  How many benefits can be reaped from this matter!

   It's like Confucius' sage position.

  Confucius ascended to the position of sage, not depending on whether this matter is right or wrong, but because of "benefits".

  The children of Confucianism in the later feudal dynasties said they must be Confucian sages, but in the Han Dynasty, most of the gentry children did not very much recognize the concept of the so-called Confucius and Mencius sages. There is this statement, but most people don't agree with it. Therefore, when Fei Qian put forward the argument that Confucius and Mencius are human beings rather than saints in Chang'an Qinglong Temple Great Discourse, it did not cause chaos in the world.

There are rumors that Emperor Wu of the Han consecrated Confucius, but in fact, in the eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han, Confucian children are just tools. After going to the toilet, they should be thrown away and washed. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han respected Confucianism for his son. Very dissatisfied. It was Emperor Han Ping who really granted Confucius an official title.

  Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty was the first emperor to honor Confucius, and conferred the title of "Baocheng Xuannigong", and he was not a saint either. The reason why he was conferred as a public, rather than a lieutenant in the title system of the Han Dynasty, is because it is just a purely honorary title. But in the time of Emperor He of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was changed to "Marquis of Baocheng", and 800 households in Shiyi came to enshrine his incense, which is the happy capital of a large group of Kong Rong and the Kong family.

Until the Southern and Northern Dynasties, in order to appease the hearts of the Han people, the Hu regime in the north tried their best to paint themselves and promote the status of Confucianism and Confucius. The word "Holy" was added to the title. Later, Emperor Jing of the Northern Zhou Dynasty regarded Confucius as "Zou Guogong".

  So the "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, and it was the sweetness given by the emperors of the Southern and Northern Dynasties in order to better rule the northern Han people. If Confucius himself knew that this was how he came to the throne, he wondered whether Kong Zhongni, who was compassionate and compassionate in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was happy or unhappy?

  However, if you look at the Confucian children in the feudal dynasty, don't everyone know about this matter? Obviously not, but after knowing it, he still held Kong Shengren high, wasn't it just to gain some benefits in this matter?

  These celebrities have been held back for too long, and now that they have seen some benefits, there is no hurry, otherwise they will not be able to catch up with the hot ones.

As for Xi Ji, he is naturally more and more proficient in the way of this. Sitting in the hall, his expression is indifferent, especially today he gave up the brocade robes and satins, and only wore Gebu robes, which looks more and more like Like a hermit outside the world, there is no arrogance of the second child in the court, but it shows the demeanor of a celebrity.

  『Recently, someone heard that the Kong family gave Prime Minister Lu another sum of food and money! Many people have seen this matter with their own eyes, and it cannot be faked. Some people even say that this batch of food, grass and money is worth 800,000 yuan! 』

  『In addition to the previous ones... Isn’t this 1.5 million yuan? This Kong family, from top to bottom, is really... tsk tsk...』

  『What is it? Otherwise, how can there be so much money? It's really a decline in the world, and it has ruined the name of Confucius! 』

  『But I don’t know how much this Lu Guoxiang profited from it? 』

"It's hard to say, but I must have gotten a lot of benefits... Although it is stated that it is going to be offered to the court, but in fact, hehe, how much to pay, and what to eat and consume along the way, it is not a matter of discretion ! 』

  『Censor Taizun, such filthy things, our generation is upright, how can we tolerate it? 』

   A group of people are envious and envious of what they say, and their words are righteous, but in their hearts, most of them hate that they cannot participate in the incident that Xi Xi stirred up to reap benefits.

  The most important thing now is how to seize this opportunity to carve up the money and food accumulated by the Kong family since the Second Emperor Pinghe, and secondly to improve their status and become the cornerstone of the next 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 gain power in the changing landscape is to step down the old forces and stand up. It is obviously unrealistic for Yushitai to **** Cao Cao. Is it still possible to stab a Kong family?

  Furthermore, the big profits that Kong has been operating for so many years are indeed coveted. It is so easy to spend 1.5 million yuan, how much of Kong's money is left, it is really hard to swallow. This is another reason for this generation to do this.

  Parties fight against each other, how to be a party if you don’t fight, how to be superior if you don’t fight.

  The best opponent to compete with now is Kong Rong, who seems a little weak at the moment!

   When talking about what to do next, everyone looked at the smiling and silent Xi Ji, with some greed and desire in their eyes, like a group of carrion jackals...

  ...(⊙x⊙;)...

   Those in Xu County were not the only ones who were eager to carve meat.

   Just like in Taiyuan, there are 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 the dead remains.

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

   What Wen Cheng likes most is good people.

   Of course, good people, everyone likes it.

  Wen Cheng believes that it is best for the whole world to be good people, how wonderful that would be...

  Especially when Wen Cheng saw those poor good people, he would stand aside and sigh with emotion, beating his chest and moaning, "Good people! It's not easy! It's not easy! Why do good people become like this, this is why! What happened to this world? ! 』

  Seeing someone going up to help, they quickly praised together, "That's right, this is the right thing to do!" Just to help good people! Do it right! support! We should support my move! 』

   Then the emotion is over, wait a moment and turn around...

  Wen Cheng can wipe away the tears from the corner of his mouth and leave.

   At this time, if you stop Wen Cheng and ask Wen Cheng why he doesn't do things to help good people, Wen Cheng will sincerely say: "Why? Why should I do good deeds? Isn't someone else going to do good deeds? Why do I have to suffer, not so-and-so? I am a person who has to be fair! What? What happened to that person before? I was not 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, and I am miserable too, why no one helped me first? what happened? Is this wrong? What's wrong? 』

  So is the Wen family miserable?

  The old man of Wen's family is Wen Cheng's uncle. At such an old age, he has to humbly find someone, ask for connections, apologize, and kowtow to others. Is it miserable?

The Wen family finally lost money, cut their flesh, and then adjusted the interest relationship between the squires, giving a lot of benefits, and finally succeeded in being elected by public opinion and took the position of Taiyuan prefect. How long does it take to be kicked out, is it miserable?

  The old man of the Wen family was so angry that he had a stroke on the spot, and died before the next spring. Then there was no prefect position, so the Wen family business also encountered various problems, and finally encountered the dumping of hussars. No matter whether it was a salt brine factory or an iron smelting workshop in the mountains, they could not continue to operate. Is it a cheap sale, or it can only be discarded, is it miserable?

  Then since the Wen family is so miserable and there are so few good people in this world, then Wen Cheng can only be a villain.

  『Report him! ”Wen Cheng’s face was a little distorted, and his facial features seemed to be swaying, as if they were 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 Wang’s family, but…” Wen Cheng’s confidant in the hall nodded, “If you really report it, I’m afraid, this… I’m afraid…”

  The confidant is a real confidant, loyal to Wen's, but not very smart if he is just a brain. He obviously didn't understand Wen Cheng's strategy.

  『Speak up if you have something to say! 』Wen Cheng frowned.

  「Yes, yes…」The confidant said in a low voice,「If we report like this, won’t we implicate ourselves…」

  Wen Cheng frowned, "How could we be implicated?" 』

  『Lang Jun,』 the confidant lowered his head, 『This Wang family is smuggling... cough cough, we, um, this...」

   Wen's also smuggled.

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

  For example, Hu people ran to the border of the Han people in twos and threes, found outside the village, and said that a horse or two sheep would be exchanged for some copper and iron utensils, salt and tea, would these villagers exchange or not?

  If they were changed, would these villagers be regarded as "smuggling"?

  A minor crime, isn’t it a crime?

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

  Furthermore, Fei Qian, the general of the hussars, is not only the Taiyuan line that borders the Hu people, what about the Western Regions, and southern Xinjiang?

   So, it's a small problem and a big one at the same time.

  『You idiot! ”Wen Cheng patted the table, “Who said they were going to report them for smuggling? Smuggling who cares? Isn't there smuggling in Hedong? How about it, isn't it just killing an old rabbit to make up for it? What kind of crime is smuggling? What is the use of reporting smuggling? 』

  『Then… what Mr. Lang means…』 The confidant was stunned for a moment, 『What is that report? 』

  Wen Cheng suddenly laughed, "Hehe... Mrs. Wang, conspiracy! 』

  『Conspiracy... ah? ! ’The confidant suddenly stared round.

  Conspiracy is an unforgivable crime, which is completely different from the level of smuggling!

  『Lang Jun, this crime of treason cannot be justified by anyone...』My confidant still feels a little unreliable.

  Wen Cheng sneered twice, and said, "Do you know that the Southern Huns were in chaos a few days ago?" 』

  The confidant nodded, "I know. 』

  『I see, what’s the problem? Wen Cheng stared, let out a breath, and then explained to his confidant with a little helplessness, "The civil strife in the Southern Huns... If it is going to be chaotic, there must be weapons or something, right?" So where did those weapons come from? It fell from the sky? 』

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

  『Idiot! Not smuggling! "Wen Cheng couldn't help cursing, if it weren't for the fact that this guy is absolutely loyal to the Wen family, Wen Cheng really wanted to let him go back to the furnace and rebuild it, and said earnestly, "It was given by the Wang family!" So, conspiracy, is there a problem? 』

  My confidant suddenly realized again, "Lang Jun is really smart! Me, I'll do it now! 』

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

  『Yes, yes, sir, tell me. 』The confidant nodded and bowed.

  Wen Cheng looked at his confidant, pondered for a long time, and finally decided to let his confidant do it. After all, he could only let him do it. Couldn't it be Wen Cheng who went there by himself?

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

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

  『Who is it? Click on you! "Wen Cheng was a little helpless, "Send someone, are you afraid that others will not find evidence? Was caught and sent inside? You have to ask someone to find a refugee, find an illiterate person, and then ask that refugee to vote and post. Even if the refugee is caught, he can only identify the person you sent. You just need to send this person …Understood? 』

  『Yes, yes, I understand! 』

"There is one more thing, you can find some good players, those who come from hunters, the ones who pass through the mountains and pass through the forests as if they are ordinary..." Wen Cheng smiled, "I heard that the daughter of the Wang family is coming, after all, they want to come. Give me a good welcome...」

  (end of this chapter)