Three Kingdoms

There is a saying that people are poor but have short ambitions.

So if we put it another way, when people are rich, will their ambitions grow?

Or some people say that money makes a hero bold, so does it mean that without money, a hero loses his courage?

Just like these big players in Lotus Spoon.

It doesn't matter if you have more ambition, but if you don't know how much you weigh, there are some problems. Generally speaking, it is not a big deal if you think you are a hero if you have a little more money in your pocket. When a horse urinates too much, even the King of Heaven and I are not afraid. But if you really think you are a hero and provoke others, something will go wrong. .

Then the big lotus spoon player collapsed.

An avalanche is also a blood avalanche.

Wubao was breached, and the whole family was captured. The servants and private soldiers who were usually supported there were useless. Some of them escaped and were caught, and all of them were killed...

Gentleman clan is a very broad concept. The so-called "noble family" refers to "a family that has been rich and powerful for generations", that is, a family that has held a prestigious position for generations. Position is a kind of political power, and this social power can come from political status, economic status, and cultural status. There are bureaucrats in the officialdom, wealthy families in the countryside, and culture among the scholars...

The people of Lotus Spoon are undoubtedly a wealthy family system.

Today is a big day for the Lotus Shao wealthy family to gather together for execution.

The day before the winter solstice. This day is called the Final Day among the Four Days of Departure. It is also called "Water Li". It is extremely ferocious and is most suitable for killing people.

The daily values ​​​​are separated, so don’t use them for important matters.

The heads were separated and fell straight into the underworld.

In a year, there are fixed eight days of great inauspiciousness, which are called the "Four Separations and Four Absolutes". If you want to know whether some almanacs are deceptive, or whether some fortune tellers are professional or not, it is based on these "Four Destinations". Will the day of leaving the "Four Absolutes" still mean "it's time to get married, build beams, build stoves..."?

Humans are very strange animals. If ordinary animals see the same kind being killed, they will always panic and fear to some extent, and then basically all those who can run will run away. Whether they are in captivity or in the wild, they will basically behave the same way, but if humans encounter the army, they will Thieves, etc., the reaction is similar to that of ordinary animals, but like this concentrated questioning...

Cigarettes, beer, eight-treasure porridge, comrade, please give in...

Uh, it's a conspiracy.

Hu pancakes and steamed buns with meat swirled in oil, old and young gentlemen, please give in...

It’s lively!

If you don’t watch the excitement, is that still a person? !

"It's killing people, it's killing people!" Don't squeeze. What's wrong? Are you in a hurry to get up there? 』

"I'm betting three big bucks today!" Just bet on whether the heads of the three of them will be crispy at the beginning! 』

"Hey! Look over there, peed, peed! 』

"..."

Laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.

The fate of these wealthy people symbolizes the attitude of Hussar.

Wei Duan, Du Ji and others stood on one side, and none of them looked very good-looking.

Killing the chicken to scare the monkey? I have never seen any monkey laugh under such circumstances...

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, a new bureaucratic force, the gentry clan, gradually emerged, and from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it formed a major change in the political form. Several large gentry clans have been prosperous and monopolized power for centuries, becoming one of the most dazzling political landscapes for a long time after the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

But now, Fei Qian's sword struck the wealthy family of Lotus Shao, and also struck the roots of the "gentry family". It's just that some of these noble people are aware of it, and some are still ignorant...

The so-called "gentry", simply put, as the name suggests, is the combination of "gentry" and "tribe". These "scholars who have learned to occupy positions" use their official positions to consolidate their families and establish lofty family prestige, thereby monopolizing the officialdom and forming aristocratic families. This is a comprehensive phenomenon involving politics, economy, culture and other aspects.

In the turbulent succession process of political power in the past dynasties, some original old classes were always broken and new classes were formed. This gap period of class rupture due to drastic political transformation will show a certain degree of "popularization of the ruling class." .

For example, the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty.

Liu Bang himself was a ruffian, and his heroes often came from "desperate scoundrels." In the early Han Dynasty, there were also many powerful people from humble backgrounds. For example, Prime Minister Gongsun Hong was a pig herder in his early years...

Even the queen who is the mother of the world does not avoid being humble. Wei Zifu, Empress Wei of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Zhao Feiyan, Empress Zhao of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, were both geishas in the past. In today's terms, they were called "accompanying escorts". However, the emperor did not find it embarrassing. He liked her and was made empress. …

By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was no longer possible.

Empress Ma of Emperor Ming was the daughter of General Fubo Ma Yuan, Empress Dou of Emperor Zhang was the great-grandson of Great Sikong Dourong, Empress Hedi Yin was the great-grandson of Zhijinwu Yinshi, Empress Hedi Deng was the grandson of Taifu Deng Yu, and Empress An of Emperor Yan was the grandson of Shangshu Yan Zhang. , Empress Shun Emperor Liang was the daughter of General Liang Shang.

As the saying goes, "The meaning of the Spring and Autumn Period is to marry a great country first." The queen's origin is also a weather vane, reflecting the concept of "family name" and "family status", which was already very strong in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Later, at the present moment, the actual controllers of the entire Han Dynasty, Fei Qian and Cao Cao, had different marriage models, and they did not blindly pursue the marriage of wealthy families, especially classmate Lao Cao, who personally worked for the benefit of the nobles and became an old man. The king sends warmth...

Therefore, this attack on the big Lianshao households can basically be regarded as Fei Qian's attitude towards these powerful households.

As for Wei Duan, Du Ji and others, as well as more nobles and nobles, although they inevitably felt somewhat sad in their hearts, many of them did not feel that there was anything wrong with Hussar's actions.

Because in the Han Dynasty, Fei Qian was not the only one to target powerful households. In order to maintain administrative order and the household registration system, the emperors of the Han Dynasty also often attacked powerful right-wingers to protect small farmers. This was the so-called strict prohibition on attacking those who "arbitrarily judge rural music".

In the Warring States period, there were already some non-aristocratic wealthy families with the right surname. They used their children, concubines, apprentices, guests and other people with various statuses to form master-slave and dependency relationships with them.

The wealthy families occupied large tracts of fertile land, in which hundreds of thousands of people were gathered, called guests, tribesmen, disciples, etc. They were physically attached to their masters to varying degrees. In addition to farming, they also took care of the homes and homes. During wars, They can be transformed into private soldiers at any time, which may affect the rule of the country at any time, just like this incident of collusion between big Lianshao families.

Of course, it is impossible to just drag it up and click it. Just like a big play on the stage, there must be the sound of gongs and drums before the protagonist appears. After the time was almost up, Pang Tong took a sideways glance. Wei Duan.

Wei Duan shivered slightly subconsciously, then coughed, slowly moved forward, and stood on the high platform.

Countless eyes focused on Wei Duan, making Wei Duan feel as if thousands of bugs were crawling all over his body. He was very uncomfortable, but he couldn't give up, so he had to bite the bullet and take out a stick from his sleeve. Roll the edict and read it loudly:

"There are many people of the Lotus Spoon family, the Zhao family and the Ma family, who have been living in Zuofengyi for a long time. They enjoy the supplies, but do not care about the people's livelihood. They live in Fengcang Village. They do not eliminate disasters and mishaps. They are extravagant and extravagant. They do not respect frugality. They are greedy for leadership and have no loyalty. Evil, greedy for money and property, ignorant of shame, causing trouble to the public, disrespecting the law, rebelling in the dock, and disrespecting heaven and earth! 』

"These greedy people are doing the wrong thing, causing the star to lose its time and not see it in the daytime. This is a crime against heaven." Exploiting the local area and impoverishing the land in pursuit of wealth will cause the people to be unable to survive and the village will not grow. This is a sin against the land. Luyan is poor, demands more and more, his money is empty, the price of food increases again, leading to starvation in the wild, chaos and chaos, this is a crime for others! 』

"The hostility in the surrounding areas has condensed and never dispersed, and the hatred of heaven and earth has taken shape!" This is a sign of yin taking advantage of yang, evil doing good, and the bottom rebelling against the top! Therefore, if the weather undergoes extraordinary changes, with rain and snow coming, the sun rising again, drought, autumn, cold spring, and water and soil disturbances, can we use this to alert the living beings? Is it still possible to remain calm and unconcerned? 』

"The so-called heaven is selfless, but the people listen. When the government is close to the earth, thieves act in public, and if they investigate the cause, they are traitors, disrupting the order of the government, and causing trouble to the place!" Luck is like a ghost, and all the money is spent! People near and far lament together, rich and poor share the same hardship! The husband suffers from the piercing poverty, the pain of heartbreak, the traitor is born from within, and the profit comes from the outsider! 』

"The rich man in Xiangqu has no official position, but he uses his power to cut off the straight and straight. He has no destiny, but he steals the clothes of Sanchen Longzhang. Instead of being the leader of a household, he has the battle of thousands of houses and famous towns!" These are not the virtuous people of the country, but the cowards of the country! The sin is one of the ten worst and cannot be forgiven! If we don’t eliminate it, we can’t bring peace to the place; if we don’t punish it, we can’t clean up the country! We are here today to expose his crimes and reveal his evil deeds, spread them throughout the world, and serve as a warning to others! 』

Wei Duan recited it in one breath. Thanks to a lot of practice, he didn't suffer from a lack of breath and slurred enunciation. However, when he recited on the stage, the wealthy people in the audience were not idle either. They all started crying. Some were shouting, some were praying, some were simply yelling, and some were paralyzed with fear, all of which were different.

Wei Duan looked around, and before he came down from the high platform, someone in a large house on one side shouted: "Unjust!" Unjustly accused! The villain wants to be exposed! To expose! 』

Hearing this voice, Wei Duan couldn't help but tremble...

Not only that, the monkeys who were originally on the side also became restless.

Among the monkeys, Du Ji suddenly realized that there was something wrong with the chickens!

How could a chicken under such circumstances still have such a high-pitched and full voice, full of grief and anger, and such strong penetrating power? Is it possible that the living conditions in this Qiusi prison are so good now? Shouldn't it be that he is dying and has no ability to resist?

Pang Tong, who was sitting at the top, waved his hand, and then some soldiers immediately brought out the wealthy man who was shouting to be exposed...

"Tian..."

Many people among the monkeys recognized him and started whispering.

Du Ji noticed that some people's faces began to turn a little pale, and even in winter, the sweat on their heads kept flowing down.

Du Ji sighed and moved his position silently and without any trace. Who would have thought that someone who thought he was a monkey would turn into a chicken in the blink of an eye! In this way, the people in the audience may be like monkeys. After all, monkeys are a group of people who just watch the fun and don't take it too seriously...

"What's wrong? Don't you want to ask about killing? 』

"I don't know...what was that person reading on the stage just now?" Did you understand? 』

"Who can understand?" Jittery, officials like to talk nonsense. If it were me, I would just say "cut off"! Then there were heads rolling all over the ground, what a joy! 』

"What are you going to do now?" Won't you kill him? If you really don’t kill, it would be boring! Is it easy to rush here early in the morning when the weather is freezing? If the head is not beheaded, wouldn’t it mean that there is nothing to see? 』

"Isn't it? Wait...what's going on? 』

Pang Tong, who was at the top, lowered his eyes and looked at Lian Shao Tian who was kneeling down, and said: "Your crime is extremely heinous. Even if you report and expose it, you will inevitably die... At most, your wife's labor service will be reduced... So, do we still want to expose it? 』

Pang Tong smiled, as if he was talking about eating and drinking tea instead of life and death.

The leader of the Tian family hesitated for a moment, then banged his head on the ground: "I want to expose someone!" 』

Human psychology is very strange.

Sometimes it is strong, harder than diamond, and sometimes it is fragile, like carbon powder.

For these wealthy individuals, from the day they were arrested, they had placed hope that someone would rescue them.

After all, they also paid...

Or something else, an object, a woman...

They think that it should be like a transaction. They give money, things, women, and everything they want to those people, and then those people will provide some conveniences, some discounts, and turn a blind eye at certain times. Close one eye and give special care and necessary help at certain times...

The problem is, no.

Then these big men discovered that no matter how good they were with each other before, no matter how close they were, even if they were "good brothers and good brothers" who shared a bowl of rice, drank a glass of wine, and had sex with the same woman, there would be no problem if it was just ordinary little things. , when they encounter real trouble, they immediately cut off the relationship and completely ignore these "brothers in distress".

This operation is naturally normal.

Don't blame me for being basic.

In the eyes of these money-collecting officials, these local and large households without any court positions are actually just like cash machines. They can withdraw money when needed, laugh and have fun, and everyone can spend money together. But who would risk their lives just because the cash machine is broken?

Is your brain flooded?

If the cash machine is broken, at most it will require a few extra steps and a lot of work. In addition, it will cost you your own life to find a new cash machine. Isn’t it cost-effective?

Until the last moment, these cash machines, uh, big money players still held on to the remaining hope, hoping that there would be a "save a life under the knife" drama, and then they would escape from death...

Ordinary people don't quite understand what Wei Duannian said, but these wealthy people do. Even the stupidest people can understand to some extent what "the worst sins cannot be forgiven!" If we don’t eliminate it, we can’t bring peace to the place; if we don’t punish it, we can’t clean up the country! 』

The knife is about to cut it off, so if you don’t say anything else, there will be no need to say anything else!

So, are these big lotus spoon owners willing?

Not willing to give in.

I wouldn't be willing to change it for anyone else.

Since these people cannot save the big family, nor can they protect the wives and children of the big family, then naturally they can only rely on the big family to save their wives and children...

If you die, you will leave some way for your wife and children to survive! At least you don’t have to do hard labor! These big business owners know that if they don't say anything, will the officials who collect money take risks for a dead person when they really die? If you have no hope of living, why wait until you die?

"A certain person exposed that Chang'an received millions of money from a certain person from the Cao Yin family..."

"A certain report led to Changlingcang Cao taking over a certain village and hundreds of acres of fertile land..."

"A certain person gave evidence that the Maoling Zhang family demanded from a certain person two hundred thousand yuan and five hundred shi of food..."

"..."

With the sounds coming and going, many people were on pins and needles, sweating profusely, unable to control themselves even if they wanted to...

Look at Wei Duan.

Wei Duan looked at his eyes, nose, mouth, and heart, motionless, like a statue.

Take a look at Du Ji.

Du Ji closed his eyes slightly, as if his soul was wandering in the sky, not in the mortal world.

Looking back at Li Yuan and other officials who have not yet been mentioned, they all have smiles that take pleasure in others' misfortunes...

Who will help in this matter? Whoever comes forward will be the most suspicious, not to mention that the current situation is not that Qiusi wants to practice the palace again, or that Pang Tong wants to recruit people, but they are just reporting and exposing. Who dares to act rashly?

However, some people really dare.

Dogs will jump over walls when they are anxious, chickens will fly up trees when they are anxious, and monkeys will naturally show their teeth and claws and grin when they are anxious...

Only one person was seen stepping out.

"Pang Lingjun!" If such people have merit in reporting them, they should be spared from death and should not be executed! 』

"If a husband is a descendant, his clan will be disgraced; if a father is a father, his family will die. Isn't this a suitable ninja for a benevolent and filial master?" Nowadays, people like Lian Shao have done evil deeds, but they still know how to repent. Master has said that mistakes can be corrected, and there is no great virtue. Pang Lingjun has the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and he also has many actions to build up talents, and he is also respectful, thrifty, and wise. If you are so talented, why don't you care for the people, spare these lives, and bear the guilt, and seek virtue? 』

"Everything in the world must be based on cause and effect. Those who are hesitant and inactive, and those who are greedy and lucky, can succeed for a while, but not for a long time." People like Lotus Spoon don’t know this, so disasters and misfortunes happen. Although they want to make further inquiries and report at the moment, hoping to save themselves, there is no way to save them! I can only commend him for his repentance and clear fists, which can be encouraged. "Book" says: "If the medicine does not cure the dizziness, the disease will not be cured." If the Chao Gang is weak, it will be like a wolf's disease. We should not treat dizziness for a day as suffering. To treat diseases and save people, we should use acupuncture. How can we just behead directly because of the disease? Brothers and sisters? Can all the talents in the world be described? If a mistake is made, who among the world's most talented people would dare to follow it? 』

"I am not talented. I was promoted by the hussars and made into an official. Now the three assistants are in charge of chaos and safety. It is also an honor and a disgrace for me. This is why I dare not avoid the sin of advancing beyond the country and forget the meaning of the rules." I ask you to think twice. If you need to be more tolerant and allow others to pass by, then the three assistants will be very lucky! The world is so lucky! 』

Seeing someone taking the lead, a bunch of people followed, all holding their hands and saying, "I hope you will think twice, think twice!" 』

Wei Duan frowned, as if he wanted to do something, but in a blink of an eye, Du Ji was not far away like a statue, and it seemed that even his robes were not moving at all. He couldn't help but ponder for a moment, and then With his eyebrows lowered and his eyes lowered, he stood up like a fool.

Some people were shouting noisily in front, while others were just standing there like Wei Duan Du Ji. For a moment, the scene became more or less subtle...