Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2657 Neat and neat

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

  This effect is not only reflected in marching and combat, but also in other aspects.

  For example, Xi Xi dealt with Kong Rong.

  If Xi Xi couldn't press Kong Rong to death in one go, then he wouldn't have a good life in the future.

   Xi Xi was very irritable, he understood that the emperor Liu Xie used the word "drag".

   This dragging is excellent.

  If the Son of Heaven argues with Xi Ji and others head-on, saying how good Kong Rong is, then not only will he fall into the position preset by Xi Ji and others and be surrounded and suppressed from all directions, but at the same time he will not be able to keep Kong Rong.

  Yes, the emperor wanted to protect Kong Rong, he didn't believe in the so-called long list of Kong Rong's crimes at all.

   Xi Li hoped that he could be convicted on the spot, and then immediately behead Kong Rong, or give Bai Ling poisonous wine or something. Anyway, as long as Kong Rong died, the verdict would be settled.

   It's just a pity that the emperor didn't do this. He just dragged his feet, neither arguing directly with Xi Xi and others, nor expressing that he would punish Kong Rong. Anyway, he was expressing that people should continue to investigate thoroughly...

  What can I check?

  Kong Rong's wings?

  If Kong Rong really had any wings, would he still be able to get to where he is today?

  But Xi Xi himself has made up such a big crime against Kong Rong, can Kong Rong do it alone? So if no "wings" can be found, wouldn't it appear that Chi Ji's crime of framing is false?

  But if you really go to investigate what wings, won't you offend more people? Kong Rong is a soft persimmon, easy to pinch, but other people may not be as nerdy as Kong Rong. The more people involved, the bigger the relationship network and the more troubles.

  If I don’t check, I’m the one who’s embarrassed, and the longer the time drags on, the more incompetent I will appear. In the end, what if Kong Rong finds an opportunity, such as the emperor’s amnesty or something...

   Thinking of this, Xi Ji suddenly trembled all over his body.

  If Kong Rong came out, he would be the one who went in!

  Xi Xi's face couldn't help being very serious. This is an adventure, and it is also an extremely daring action. If it succeeds, of course it will be rewarding, but if it fails, the consequences will be unimaginable.

   Xi Xi pretended to be calm and went out, he was going to find Lu Cui. Although it is said that Xi Xi and Lu Cui did not have much friendship before, but this time they are in the same boat. If they want to avoid capsizing, they must discuss the plans that have been discussed before, in order to find out anything that will lead to Subtle points of planned failure.

  As the so-called collective brainstorming, the sooner this matter is finalized, the more people can feel at ease.

  Lu Cui didn't go out to greet Xi Ji, but he didn't chase him away either. He just sat in the hall and waited for Xi Ji to come in, then said to Xi Ji, "You don't need to come here." 』

   Xi Xi was silent for a while, "If you stop, you must go down." 』

  Lu Cui looked at Xi Ji for a moment, then breathed out and said, "That's how things are done. 』

  『…』 Xi Xi frowned, "Has there been any changes? 』

  Lu Cui nodded and said: "There is an envoy from Jiangdong to Jingzhou, and he will reach Xu County in a few days." 』

  『Could it be that Jiangdong wants to pay tribute to seek peace? ’ Xi Xi said in disbelief.

  Luci nodded.

  Xi Xi suddenly felt a toothache.

  Why can't Jiangdong have some ambition? That's it? Why not resist for a while? At least after this period of time, it won't be too late to vote after Kong Rong dies!

   After all, among the charges against Kong Rong, one of them is that Kong Rong colluded with Guanzhong Jiangdong and wanted to do something wrong. Now that Jiangdong has voted, can Kong Rong still be considered colluding? Maybe Jiang Dong turned his mouth and said that it was Kong Rong who persuaded him to surrender, so he paid his mother's credit!

  In this way, among the charges of conspiracy, even the charge of treason is not easy to be established...

   Xi Ji's face was filled with worry in capital letters.

  Lu Cui closed his eyes on the sidelines.

  Actually, Lu Cui is also worried.

  A moment later, Xi Xi gritted his teeth and said, "If you do it, you should do it!" 』

  『Huh…』 Lu Cui was silent for a while, then nodded, 『Good. 』

  The two looked at each other, and they both seemed to see determination in each other's eyes. Of course, there might be a trace of helplessness.

  『The most important thing, don’t involve too much. ’ Xi Lu said in a deep voice.

  Luci nodded.

If Kong Rong really conspired against him, then the so-called Xiji of Yushitai, of course, is not afraid of getting involved too much, and even hopes to make it bigger and better. It can even be said that as long as there is a little bit of it Really, Chi Chi can blow ten times as many bubbles.

   But the problem is, before it could be said that there was a little excuse, it was Jiangdong, but now there is no excuse for even that.

Jiangdong refused to accept the jurisdiction of the imperial court before and sent troops to the Northern Expedition. Although he said that he withdrew the army later, this is undoubtedly a point that can be used to make a fuss. It is said that Jiangdong is a traitor, and then Kong Rong's contact with Jiangdong is conspiracy, so what will Jiangdong think after the messenger comes?

  So as long as Jiang Dong really submits, then the original accusation of treason against Kong Rong will be somewhat untenable.

  With such an untenable charge, what other people do you want to implicate?

It’s not a big problem if there is no need to engage in one person or one family, but it is not a big problem to engage in a large group of vague crimes, just like Emperor Xiaowu followed the name of witchcraft and engaged nearly 100,000 people. Yes, the witchcraft incident did bring down a lot of people There are few people, but in the end, didn't even the arrogant and arrogant Emperor Xiaowu want to bow his head to show that he did something wrong?

  Then what will happen to those powerful men who executed "wrong" and killed a lot of political enemies for Emperor Xiaowu?

  Xi Xi or Lu Cui, do you want to end up like this?

  So they have to limit the scope to Kong Rong, and then blur the original crime of "rebellion", and then choose a new crime, a new direction...

   But what direction to choose?

  『Unfaithful or filial? ’ Lu Cui said suddenly.

  『Infidelity? Unfilial? ’ Xi Xi repeated.

   The two looked at each other.

  If "disloyalty and disfilial piety" is the key crime, then the scope will naturally be narrowed. However, Kong Rong, as a descendant of Confucius, has taken loyalty and filial piety as the standard since he was a child. It is not easy to prove his "disloyalty and disfilial piety".

  『It is unfaithful and unfilial! ”Lu Cui patted the table and said, “Besides this, there is no other way! 』

  Xi Xi nodded, "It should be so! 』

  …┐(T.T)(T.T)ノ…

   It's not just Xi Xi and Lu Cui who can only run wildly on the original road and can't stop.

   There are also Lu Hong and Zhao Da.

  While Xi Xi and Lu Cui were still considering how to accuse Kong Rong of more crimes, Lu Hong and Zhao Da had already set off, and they went to the State of Lu again to "collect" various criminal information about Kong Rong.

  Since the Son of Heaven wants to "check carefully", it can't be said that there are no actions, right?

   It is naturally impossible for the boss to do these trivial matters by himself, so Lu Hong and Zhao Da naturally became the main personnel to handle the affairs. To put it simply, Lu Hong and Zhao Da are doing work, whether it is clean work or dirty work, they have to do it.

   Xi Xi and Lu Cui have no choice, and Lu Hong and Zhao Da have no choice.

  Kong Rong, the Kong family, a descendant of Confucius. In the name of Kong, these people are entrenched in the hometown of Confucius, and then engaged in various jobs, from ordinary clothing, food, housing and transportation to elegant literature and art, they all have Kong's figure. They are like a huge family business, controlling It affected the place and affected the counties.

  So after Lu Hong and Zhao Da arrived, no one, at least those from the Kong family, did not give them any good looks. Deliberately disobeying orders is unlikely, but it is definitely not very cooperative, obediently obediently disobeying, or procrastinating.

  If it was an ordinary person, they might be knocked back by such a soft nail, but what kind of people are Lu Hong and Zhao Da?

  They directly made an excuse, caught two or three chicks and went straight to the knife!

   This is more or less scaring some Shandong monkeys.

  Of course, Lu Hong and Zhao Da are not stupid, they can kill chickens, but they can't kill big monkeys either. And even if he killed the little chicken, it would be regarded as a feud with the big monkey.

   After an enterprise monopolizes, various overlord terms will appear in an attempt to obtain greater and more benefits. After a family takes control of a place, there will naturally be various situations that override the government and replace the national law with the family law.

  So if there is any crime committed by members of the Kong clan, there must be. There is no doubt about this, just like mobile phone manufacturers implanting various advertisements in mobile phones, or implanting apps that cannot be deleted is considered infringement. When no one checks, there is no such thing, and when someone checks, there is .

  China's property rights have been unclear since ancient times.

There is no doubt that the land in the hometown of Confucius in the state of Lu belongs to the Han emperor, but it also belongs to the Kong family. However, neither the emperor nor the Kong family will personally cultivate the land here, so In daily life, the land still belongs to the farmers who lease and cultivate it.

  This is like almost everyone in the future has one or more mobile phones. If you think that you pay for it yourself and use it yourself, this mobile phone is considered your own. In fact, it is a big mistake.

Because mobile phone manufacturers can have thousands of reasons to bypass various regulations, or pretend to be crazy and foolishly install all kinds of software that cannot be deleted on your mobile phone, mobile phone software manufacturers also use various methods to stuff advertisements into your mobile phone , even internet search engines, which have nothing to do with mobile phones, try every means to sell their software in your mobile phone, not to mention all kinds of Trojan horse viruses...

   At this time, someone will definitely jump out and empathize with the capital, alas, don’t use it if you find it troublesome!

  It’s like the Kong family, or other local squires, who will tell the farmers carelessly, that’s all, if you like to plant, plant, if you like to rent, rent, if you can’t, then get out!

  So under such circumstances, will there be any problems?

  There must be problems. Lu Hong and Zhao Da collected a lot of questions without much effort.

   Just…

  『These things,』Lu Hong patted the table, "Look, there are so many... But unfortunately, these things... are useless... Well, it can’t be said that they are completely useless, but they can’t be used to make a final decision..."

  Simply speaking, these evidences can be used to support the proof, but they cannot be used as the main crime charged.

  Conspiracy obviously cannot be used, because it involves too much.

   And corruption is not easy to use, and it also involves many...

   Didn't the emperor Liu Xie say everything, why didn't he find out after so long? Who is in contact with Kong Rong, who should be responsible for supervision, what is the source, what is the outlet, etc. If this gets involved, wouldn't it be endless?

   Those who are officials these days, um, not to mention being officials, even if they are local gentry, how many of those who talk about building roads and bridges every day are clean?

   It is not that there are no clean ones, but that there are too few.

   It is really rare to the extent that it is similar to cherishing species.

If the emperor Liu Xie didn't mention these matters, then everyone laughed and said that they didn't pay much attention at the time, didn't pay special attention, didn't supervise well, and then it passed, but the emperor Liu Xie said so seriously, we must strictly investigate Strict handling, now let me say that I didn't pay attention at the time, who knows if I will be pulled down to be buried with Kong Rong?

In fact, when most feudal officials were arrested, they were determined to have fallen, and then there were corruption issues, style issues, and various problems were revealed. Before they were arrested, everything was fine, and even You can talk about other people's problems on stage.

In addition, the problems that Lu Hong and Zhao Da found are also shared by the squires in other places, and all big families are like this. If these problems are accused of the crimes of the Kong Rong family, do they also represent the other major squires? Have the same charge?

  Does the Son of Heaven still want local taxes?

  Does the court still want local money and food?

  『Hmm…』 Zhao Da also scratched his head, 『Then what should we do? You can't just go back like this, can you? 』

  『It can only belong to Kong Wenju! Lu Hong rummaged through the desk case, "Don't involve too much, it's his problem alone..."

  『One person? ”Zhao Da frowned, and while helping to turn it over, he said, “I’m afraid it will be difficult…”

   Sure enough, after checking it again, the two of them stared wide-eyed.

  『Report! 』

   Just when the two were a little helpless, someone came to report that they had found the traces of Kong Rong's hidden children.

   Make sure you don’t give evidence, and catching the fugitive’s family members counts as merit!

  A family, always neat and tidy?

  Lu Hong and Zhao Da were overjoyed, and immediately dispatched to arrest Kong Rong's children.

  Normally speaking, hiding a few people, or even dozens, or hundreds of people, is not very difficult for local gentry and big landowners who own a lot of land, or even contiguous mountains and forests.

  Because throughout the dynasties, it is necessary to check the population registration and land registration from time to time. Even if the imperial court checks every few years, it still often fails to find out the hidden land and population of those landowners. Even if those land and population are clearly placed there, they just can't find out!

  If this kind of large-scale magic technique is used to hide two half-sized children, is it difficult?

  Hey, but it’s so strange that the two children that Kong Rong “entrusted” to “a close friend” were “accidentally” discovered!

   An even weirder thing happened. When Lu Hong and Zhao Da started dispatching with their troops, no one went to report the news, no one notified the two children!

   No one went to cover, or ran away with the child...

  The children that Kong Rong entrusted to his "friends and friends" are a boy and a girl, the older one is a boy and the younger one is a girl.

  Entrusting your wife is the greatest trust in others.

   But the problem is that not all trust can get a positive return like Guan Erye.

  Kong Rong concealed the criminals wanted by the government and hid them. Even if he was arrested, he didn't back down in any way, even at the cost of his own or his elder brother's life. Because Kong Rong felt that he had to do this, and now he felt that he could not protect himself. When facing his children, he hastily arranged the marriage of the elder daughter, and then sent the younger daughter and the younger son to his friends.

  He thought his friend was good enough, but he didn't expect his friend to be a dog friend.

The married daughter is the daughter-in-law of someone else's family. Although saying this may make some women feel uncomfortable, it is also true. After Kong Rong was imprisoned, even people like Lu Hongzhaoda never thought about it To find trouble with this married daughter of the Kong family, but to arrest the young daughter and boy of the Kong family who were hidden.

  Kong Rong's two children live in a remote small manor outside the city.

  『It’s been two days...』 The older boy said with some worry, circling back and forth in the hall, 『No news for two days...』

  The younger girls seemed more calm than the boys, "Second brother, don't wait, no one will come. Most of the people who will come are not the ones we are waiting for. 』

  The boy stopped in his tracks, and said palely, "Little sister, what do you mean?" 』

  The little girl said with a big kid: "Do you remember what he said when he came last time a few days ago?" 』

"Last time? ’ asked the boy, ‘what was said? 』

  The little girl sat on one side, folded her hands in front of her body, and said sternly, "He asked us, "Why can't the father hold on?"』

  『I answered him and said, "There is a nest that is destroyed but the eggs are not broken!" Have you forgotten? 』Sitting there, the girl looks like a small flower bone, with a crisp voice, but with an extraordinary calmness, and even an adult's intelligence that may not be able to match it.

  『This…』The boy is obviously not as smart as the little girl, and he is a little dull and doesn't know what this question and answer means.

  The little girl glanced at the boy, and then continued to say in a slightly indifferent voice, "He is driving us away, can't you hear it?" 』

  『Can’t hear anything? ' the boy continued.

  The little girl was silent for a while, and said, "You just need to know, don't ask why." So he won't come again. 』

   The two were talking, but they heard a burst of noise.

  The boy jumped up, "Is my father back?" Or is Uncle here? 』

  The little girl sat there, sighed slightly, "Go and clean up... Forget it, I guess there is no need to clean up..."

  Lu Hong and Zhao Da rushed into the villa, and when he looked up, he saw two children in the hall.

  『Are you the son of Kong Wenju? Lu Hong looked at the two children, trying his best to show a trace of kindness on his face, "Someone is a friend of Brother Wen Ju... Entrusted by Brother Wen Ju..."

  『You are not my father’s friends...』 The girl stood up, 『If you arrest me, why do you pretend? Bullying my youth? Needless to say, when will we leave? 』

  Lu Hong was stunned, and after a while, he stretched out his hand and said, "It can be done now." Please. 』

  The little girl walked up to the somewhat sluggish boy, and pulled her, "Second brother, let's go." 』

  『Go...where? 』

  『Go see your father. 』

  (end of this chapter)