Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2654 Reverse black and white

  Xu County.

  Kong Rong was escorted to Xu County.

  This is a big event...

  Suddenly, Xu County became lively up and down, like a festival.

  Kong Rong survived, and it was a festival. If Kong Rong was killed, it was also a festival. Big and small eyeballs buzzed over like black-headed flies, and gathered on the matter of Kong Rong, and countless mouths wriggled like maggots, biting on it tightly, sucking blood and eating meat, There were bursts of groans happily.

  Natural disasters must be accompanied by man-made disasters.

  There was a flood, there were victims, and some pretended to be victims.

   There is a wildfire, there are fighters, and some pretend to be fighters.

  Man-made disasters also often cause natural disasters.

  In the current Xu County, the feasting people are eating flesh and blood, smiling all over their faces.

   Isn't it just to have fun?

  Is there any greater joy than what happened to Kong Rong?

  What you see must be the truth?

  What you hear must be the truth?

Three-year-old children know that this may not be the case, but when they meet in life, how many people will consider the relationship between "truth" and "falsehood", between "truth" and "lie" question?

People always feel that they need the "truth", but most of the time, the prerequisite for the so-called "truth" is not whether the "truth" itself is true, but whether people are willing to believe that the "truth" is true !

  One thing, as long as someone is willing to believe it, even if it is false, but for that person, it is the "truth"! On the contrary, if people are unwilling to believe this matter, then even if it is absolutely true, it is just a "rumor that cannot withstand scrutiny" or some "imagination that does not conform to reality".

   So, truth and truth, what is it?

Is the truth"?

   Or "believe"?

  Is treason a great crime?

obviously.

  Then, is it necessary to thoroughly investigate the matter of treason and find out all the accomplices?

   is also obviously necessary.

  But the problem is...

  Most people are aware of Kong Rong and Kong Wenju's crime of "rebellion"...

   That's the same thing.

   After all, there is a saying that a scholar rebelled and failed in three years. Just like that whining horse monkey, if he is really asked to rebel, it will definitely not work.

  It is inevitable that people like Kong Rong gather together to criticize this and accuse that, but to say that this is the evidence of his conspiracy, and immediately use it to kill the Nine Clans, I am afraid that everyone will think it is absurd.

  It’s like being in a certain group in the later generations, and then not only closing the group with one click, but also sending warmth to the group members one by one, checking the water meter, voluntary community labor, it seems a little bit of a molehill, and it’s overkill.

  So, it looks more and more like a farce.

  『See Your Majesty! 』

  In the Chongde Hall, hundreds of officials meet.

  Liu Xie sat on the throne, first glanced at Xi Ji intentionally or unintentionally, and then slightly raised his hand to signal, "Everyone loves you. 』

  There is still a process that should be there, the **** of the Huangmen shouted in a shrill voice: "Play early if there is something to do, and retreat to the court if there is nothing to do!" 』

   As soon as the Huangmen **** finished speaking, Xi Ji stepped out of the train, clasped his hands and began to play: "I report to Your Majesty, I have led the colleagues of Yushitai to investigate the case of Kong's family, and now we have found it out." 』

  Liu Xie already knew a little bit, but he still pretended not to be clear and asked, "Did you find out?" Then talk about it! 』

  『Your Majesty, the case of the Kong family was caused by Kong Rong and Kong Wenju, when he was appointed to Beihai...』

Chi Chi rambled on, recounted the content, and then added some minor, not so important charges, such as "disobeying court rituals, walking in a bald scarf, being abrupt with officials", etc., and finally concluded That is, Kong Rong was a great traitor lurking in the court of the Han Dynasty. It was Xi Xi and his colleagues at Yushitai who caught such a man who had no loyalty to the Han Dynasty, collapsed in thought, lost all beliefs, and lost principles through various clues. , engage in small groups, small collectives, and arrogant people to slander the government, be unfaithful and filial, be dishonest in office, not distinguish between relatives and clean, greedy, use power for personal gain, if you don't arrest, you can't complain about the common people, if you don't kill, you can't stabilize the country...

   Xi Li burst into tears, "Your Majesty, I have received great favor from the emperor, and I am the head of the censor, but I never thought that Kong's audacious behavior, ignoring the king's law, brazenly resisting arrest, injuring and killing many court officials, is really a heinous crime!" His Majesty! 』

  Liu Xie couldn't help but twitched the corner of his mouth slightly when he heard it. What is called "heinous crime, Your Majesty", it sounds like Liu Xie himself is a heinous sin...

  Although Liu Xie was more or less prepared in his heart, when he heard that Xi Xi said so simply that Kong Rong was worthless, heinous and unforgivable, he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

   And after Xi Xi's voice fell, Lang Zhongling was seen, and the army teacher Jijiu Lu Cui came out and reported to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty! Kong Wenju's facts are heinous! All kinds of crimes really make me furious! I want to impeach all members of the Kong family headed by Kong Wenju for a total of nine crimes! The crime deserves to be punished! 』

  Hearing Lu Cui's words, Liu Xie glanced at Cao Cao intentionally or unintentionally, his expression became serious, and he said slowly: "Oh? The nine deadly sins? Should the crime be punished? Let's play! 』

  『Kong Wen committed one crime, corruption! According to my minister's thorough investigation of the files in Beihai, it was found that since Kong Wenju became an official in Beihai, he has been corrupting ink property, embezzling public funds, and falsely reporting the amount. The total amount of corruption is no less than five million yuan! Among them, under the guise of disasters and chaos, they cut off the taxation of the court and embezzled it for other purposes. The amount was huge, exceeding tens of millions of dollars! 』

  『Kong Wen committed the second crime, forming a party! According to the investigation of the ministers, Kong Wenju claimed to be a descendant of Confucius, and took advantage of his fame to recruit desperadoes, recruit arrogant people, bribe court officials, and show favor to local officials. Now he has formed his own party in the countryside! Among them, there is even a link between Guanzhong and Jiangdong, which can be said to be a great conspiracy! 』

  『Kong Wen committed three crimes, disloyalty and filial piety! Kong Wenju..."

"enough! 』

   Just when Lu Cui wanted to continue reading, he was suddenly interrupted by Liu Xie.

  If you want to commit a crime, why don't you have excuses?

  Kong Rong is really conspiracy? Is it really disloyalty?

  If you only look at the evidences of Xi Ji and Lu Cui, Kong Rong is a villain with a heinous crime and ulterior motives!

   But what if we look at the problem more comprehensively?

It's just a pity that many people are only willing to see what they want to see, they don't want to see the whole truth, and even insult the person who let them see the truth, because the people who uncovered the shady Black, that's why I saw the dark scene. Otherwise, how come most people haven't seen it?

  Why do you have so many things when everyone else is fine?

  Why everyone can do it, but why can’t you?

   Empathy with capital may not only be at certain times.

  Liu Xie looked at Xi Ji, then turned to look at Lu Cui, and said in a deep voice, "Xi Yushi, Lu Jijiu, you two impeached Kong Wenju, do you have any solid evidence?" If there is evidence of guilt, where did it all come from? 』

Xi Xi bowed his head and replied: "As the imperial censor, I am loyal to His Majesty and responsible for the imperial court. Naturally, I dare not aim at nothing. The charges of impeachment of Kong Wenju are convincing. Both the censor platform and the officials involved in the case confessed after repeated investigations. , there can never be a fake! 』

  Lu Cui also said: "The charges of the minister are all true! 』

  Liu Xie nodded and said: "In this case, Kong Wenju's heinous crime was all interrogated by the two of you?" 』

   Xi Xi and Lu Cui looked at each other, naturally it was difficult to deny it, and it was impossible to deny it, so they agreed in unison.

  Liu Xie nodded, suddenly slapped the armrest of the throne, and said in a deep voice: "If you are such a rebel as the two Ai Qing said, why can you continue to do evil for so long?" ! Is it possible that during this period of time, the big officials from all over the place and the nine officials of the imperial court are all decorations? ! Why was it that no one investigated it until Xi Yushi and Lu Jijiu, two lovers, could uncover the matter? Could there be imperial officials obstructing it, or is there something unclear about Shangshutai's decree? ! check! This matter must be very strange! Continue to investigate thoroughly! 』

  In the main hall, the faces of the officials suddenly changed.

  Whether you feel pitiful or gloating when you see other people's mountains on fire, you are still a little bit away from yourself, but if a fire is about to burn on your own head now...

  『Your Majesty…』

Seeing that something was wrong, Xi Xie wanted to say something, but Liu Xie flicked his sleeves, "Such a rebellious person is now the victim of a big man. If it wasn't for Ai Qing's thorough investigation, how could Sheji stable? check! Continue to investigate thoroughly! I don't believe that Kong Wenju, a scholar, can gather so many murderers! Where did the weapons and armor come from? Where did the golden drum flag come from? ! Can there be thieves in Qingzhou? ! Does Yingchuan have the aura of internal thieves? ! Xi Aiqing! Road offering wine! There is a saying in the poem, "Half a journey of a hundred miles is half ninety." This is the end of the road! I'll leave this matter to the two lovers! Never stop there! Thoroughly investigate the conspiracy to avoid future troubles! I am tired! Let's get here first today, retreat to court! 』

   After speaking, Liu Xie stood up, flung his sleeves and left.

  Hundreds of officials are helpless, no matter what their thoughts are, they can only bow their heads in the high-pitched voice of the **** from the Huangmen family...

  ...=╮(╯▽╰)╭b...

   During the three or four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, when the children of the gentry entered the official career and wanted to climb from the middle to the top, the way of promotion was actually not much different from that of the subsequent feudal dynasties.

First of all, we must have a clearer understanding of the policies of the imperial court, and have an overall understanding of the various laws and regulations, as well as the relationship between the factions and characters of the imperial court. Supervising the censor, or some important official positions under the Jiuqing, or even after a certain Cao under the Sangong, is a better promotion point.

Then, it will be sent to another place, serving as the prefect of a certain place, an important county, closing the country, and being transferred two or three times in different states and counties, so as to accumulate enough qualifications, experience and contacts. This is the second step. .

Then, if the official's political performance is good enough during his tenure as a local official, and his backer in the court is strong enough, he will return to the central government again. If his qualifications, methods, abilities, and luck are all sufficient, he can go further. , became an important figure in the court, ranked among the three princes, and from then on, one person was under one man and over ten thousand people!

  However, this is just a normal way of promotion, and it does not apply to Cao Cao and a series of people from the Cao family and Xiahou family.

  These members of the Cao family and Xiahou family, after entering the officialdom, are like a herd of wild boars breaking into the cropland, messing up the original rules of the cropland to be worthless.

It was too chaotic before, there were constant disputes in various places, and it was at stake. No one knew whether the flag hanging on the top of the city today would be replaced by another one tomorrow, so there was no time to worry about it, and I didn’t think about it. It's good to go down. However, as the situation gradually stabilized and the tripartite struggle was re-formed, the barriers to mobility between classes emerged.

  Of course, the regions of various officials in the frontier, such as Fei Qian, Sun Quan and others, also have similar problems.

It's just that Feiqian's side is slightly better. The people sitting in some of the top positions are all honored in several **** storms. Occasionally, I will be questioned and hostile by others, but after a few more dungeons, no one will dare to beep.

  Like Pang Tong, Xun Chen, Xun You, Jia Xu, Xu Shu, etc., basically no one dares to do any small tricks easily at the moment. After all, the people who did small tricks before are dead, and the death is on the side of the road.

At the same time, under the rule of Fei Qian, there were not many incompetent people in the direct line of the dead. Compared with Cao Cao and Sun Quan, the idlers were almost negligible. Most of the officials were capable, and the middle and lower officials were also in the middle of the exam. They are selected, so naturally there are relatively fewer conflicts between up and down, and everyone has a few catties and a few taels. Whether you can be promoted or not, make some gestures, the capable will go up, and the mediocre will go down. If you win, you will be promoted, and if you lose, you will be inferior.

   There is nothing to say, and no one will listen to it.

   Take the exam if you are not convinced!

   Enke does not prohibit grassroots officials from participating every year, and there is no death line at the age of 35, or graduation line, so as long as you have the ability and want to go, then you will have a chance, and naturally there will be fewer complaints.

  However, with Cao and Sun, a large number of children of the same clan take shortcuts, which often means that there will be some kind of hidden danger!

  Cao Cao is even more serious here!

   Sending local officials abroad and becoming a big official in the frontier seems to be far away from the center of the imperial court, and the period is also quite hard. But for those ambitious officials, it is definitely an indispensable key step. Because of the old dual monarch and official structure of the Han Dynasty, once he has the opportunity to become a feudal official, he will be a local little emperor! When promoting cronies, buying officials, and expanding contacts, there is not much pressure and competition. As long as you work hard, you can get a lot of cronies and cronies, and you can enter the court center in the future. There are also people who can help themselves.

  But now, the promotion routes of these children of other ethnic groups have been interrupted.

Then when Cao Cao collected the counties and counties in various places, except for a few places that were smashed and collected, most of the other areas were renovated, but on the surface, the demon machine with the original ID was bypassed, and he wanted to restore it. , Immediately there was a thunderstorm.

  How can Cao Cao not understand this?

  So Lao Cao has been operating, really operating.

Lao Cao is committed to the great cause of turning other people's wives into his own, so that other people's sons will become his own sons, so among so many adopted sons, there will naturally be some excellent heirs, Thus avoiding the situation where one's own children are lonely and not powerful enough.

   On the other hand, Lao Cao is constantly weakening the power of the local gentry.

   If you can buy it, you will buy it;

   It's like dealing with Kong Rong.

  After Kong Rong fled from Xu County and returned to his hometown, Cao Cao never did anything, nor did he say what he wanted to do with Kong Rong. Why did he attack Kong Rong all of a sudden?

   Is it those old accounts of Beihai, always in the light of day?

  Obviously, no, it's just that Kong Rong has trapped himself for a while.

When Xixi wanted to mess with Kong Rong, Cao Cao didn't pay much attention to it, and he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, his focus was not on Kong Rong at the time, but Cao Cao didn't expect that Kong Rong said that he was not afraid. He still feels afraid in his heart, so he will inevitably attend some gatherings and meet some people, so that he feels that he is still under the support of the "people" and obtains some comfort.

It's just that to attend a banquet, of course you have to drink, and if you drink too much, sometimes what you say doesn't go through your brain, and then it is recorded by someone with a heart... Bah, if it is revealed, it will naturally anger Cao Cao, as well as those under Cao Cao Those of the Cao family and the Xiahou family.

  Some things, it is better not to let ordinary people know! The fig leaf still needs to be covered, otherwise the people in the audience will laugh as soon as they come on stage, saying that there is a big word on the official's buttocks, so how can we manage it? Then how to govern?

Kong Rong played "The System of Yizhun Ancient King Ji". In the memorial, Kong Rong advocated that "within thousands of miles, not feudal princes", which means that Cao Cao should get rid of Yingchuan and leave Yuzhou to the emperor Liu Xie to manage. This kind of suggestion from the perspective of the emperor, respecting the emperor, and expanding the real power of the Han Dynasty is obviously at odds with Cao Cao's strategy of "taking the emperor to command the princes".

  Of course, apart from these incidents, Kong Rong is also involved in another matter...

  So, Cao Cao is going to let Kong Rong die. If Kong Rong couldn't be pressed to death, then there would definitely be a second person who would come up to spray him, the third, and finally a group of trainees and apprentices would flock to him. What would Cao Cao do then?

  Of course, if Kong Rong is able to change his attitude and vote for Cao Cao, then Cao Cao will inevitably stage a "courteous corporal" drama, and there is no need to elaborate on the boots. It's a pity that Kong Rong himself can only let pears go, and he was so stupid. He thought this time, just like when he and his brother were fighting to the death, it was the addition of tens of millions of glory and fame.

  Among the character design and life, Kong Rong finally chose the character design.

In the prison in Xu County, although Kong Rong was not allowed to see visitors, outside the prison, there were always "people" who came to visit, and they "spontaneously" shouted Kong Rong's name loudly, expressing their respect for Kong Rong. Support", which made Kong Rong more convinced that the suffering is only temporary and the light is ahead!

  But Kong Rong didn't know at all whether the so-called brilliance shining on him was man-made or natural...

  Brilliant and charming eyes.

   My eyes are fascinated, so of course I can't see the road under my feet.

  (end of this chapter)