Three Kingdoms

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

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

For example, Xi Lu dealt with Kong Rong.

If Xi Lu couldn't pin Kong Rong to death in one go, he would not have a good life in the future.

Xi Lu was very irritated. He understood that the emperor Liu Xie used the "drag" technique.

This drag is extremely useful.

If the emperor were to argue head-on with Xi Lu and others about how good Kong Rong was, he would not only fall into the position prepared by Xi Lu and others and be surrounded and suppressed from all sides, but he would also be unable to save Kong Rong.

Yes, the emperor wanted to protect Kong Rong, but he did not believe in the so-called long list of Kong Rong's crimes.

Xi Liu hoped that he could be convicted on the spot and then behead Kong Rong immediately, or give Bai Lingzhen wine or something. Anyway, as long as Kong Rong died, the coffin would be sealed.

It's just a pity that the emperor didn't do this. He just delayed, neither directly arguing with Xi Lu and others, nor saying that he wanted to punish Kong Rong. Anyway, he just wanted to let people continue to investigate thoroughly...

What can I check?

Kong Rong’s wings?

If Kong Rong really had any wings, could he still be as successful as he is today?

But Xi Ji himself compiled such a big crime for Kong Rong. Can Kong Rong alone get the job done? So if no "wings" could be found, wouldn't it mean that the crime framed by Xi Liu was false?

But if we really check the wings, wouldn't we offend more people? Kong Rong is a soft persimmon and easy to pinch, but other people may not be as nerdy as Kong Rong. The more people involved, it means a larger network of connections and more troubles.

If you don't check, you will be embarrassed, and the longer the time goes by, the more incompetent you will appear. In the end, if Kong Rong finds an opportunity, such as the emperor's amnesty or something...

When Xi Liu thought of this, his whole body trembled.

If Kong Rong comes out, he will be the one who goes in!

Xi Liu's face couldn't help but look solemn. This is an adventure and an extremely bold action. If it succeeds, it will be rewarding. If it fails, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Xi Lu pretended to be calm and went out. He wanted to find Lu Cui. Although Xi Lu and Lu Cui didn't have much friendship before, this time they are on the same boat. If they want to avoid capsizing, they must discuss the previously discussed plan again in order to find out anything that will lead to it. The subtle points where plans fail.

As the saying goes, the sooner this matter is finalized, the more people can feel at ease.

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

Xi Lu was silent for a while and said, "If you stop, you will have to stop." 』

Lu Cui looked at Xi Xi for a moment, then exhaled and said, "As it is done, it will be done." 』

"..." Xi Lu frowned, "Has it changed?" 』

Lu Cui nodded and said, "An envoy from Jiangdong is coming to Jingzhou and will reach Xu County soon." 』

"Could it be that Jiangdong wants to pay tribute and seek peace?" ” Xi Lu said in disbelief.

Lu Cui nodded.

Xi Lu suddenly felt a toothache.

Why can't Jiangdong have some ambition? Just vote? Why don't you resist for a while? At least after enduring this period of time, it won’t be too late to vote again after Kong Rong’s death!

After all, one of the charges against Kong Rong was that Kong Rong colluded with Guanzhong Jiangdong to commit evil acts. Now that Jiangdong has invested, can Kong Rong still be considered collusion? Maybe Jiang Dong twisted his mouth and said that it was Kong Rong who persuaded him to surrender, and he deserved his damn merit!

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

Xi Lu's face was suddenly filled with the word "sorrow" in capital letters.

Lu Cui closed his eyes on the side.

In fact, Lu Cui was also worried.

After a while, Xi Lu gritted his teeth and said, "If you do it, you should do it!" 』

"Huh..." Lu Cui was silent for a while, then nodded, "Shan. 』

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

“The first thing is not to involve too much. ” Xi Lu said in a deep voice.

Lu Cui nodded.

If Kong Rong is really plotting rebellion, then of course Xi Liu, the so-called Yushitai, is not afraid of being involved too much, and is even eager to make it as big as possible. It can even be said that as long as there is a little bit of it, Really, Xi Li can blow ten times the bubbles.

But the problem is that before, there was an excuse, namely Jiang Dong, but now there is no excuse for this.

Jiangdong previously refused to submit to the jurisdiction of the imperial court and sent troops to the Northern Expedition. Although he later withdrew, this is undoubtedly a point that can be used to make a fuss. But now that Jiangdong has surrendered and the envoys have arrived in Jingzhou, if it happens again and again, again and again They said that Jiang Dong was a traitor, and then Kong Rong's contact with Jiang Dong was a conspiracy. So what would Jiang Dong think after the envoy came?

Therefore, as long as Jiang Dong really surrenders, the original charge of treason against Kong Rong will be somewhat untenable.

With such an untenable accusation, who else do you want to implicate?

It's not a big problem to target one person or a whole clan, but to target a large area with the crime of Mohu, just like Emperor Xiaowu did with nearly 100,000 people using the name of witchcraft. Yes, the witchcraft incident was indeed brought down at that time. Many people, but in the end, even the arrogant and arrogant Emperor Xiaowu wanted to lower his head to show that he had done something wrong?

Then what was the final fate of those capable men who "did something wrong" and killed a lot of political enemies for Emperor Xiaowu?

Do Xi Liu or Lu Cui want to end up like this?

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

But which direction to choose?

"Unfaithful and unfilial?" ” Lu Cui said suddenly.

"Infidelity?" Unfilial? ” Xi Lu repeated.

The two men looked at each other.

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

"That's disloyal and unfilial!" Lu Cui patted the table and said, "There is no other way!" 』

Xi Liu nodded, "That's right!" 』

……┐(T.T)(T.T)ノ……

It's not just Xi Lu and Lu Cui who can only run wildly on the original road without stopping.

There are also Lu Hong and Zhao Da.

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

Since the emperor wants to "check carefully", he can't just say nothing, right?

Naturally, it was impossible for the elder to do these trivial tasks himself, so Lu Hong and Zhao Da naturally became the main personnel in handling matters. To put it simply, Lu Hong and Zhao Da work, whether it is clean work or dirty work.

Xi Lu and Lu Cui had no choice, and Lu Hong and Zhao Da had no choice even more.

Kong Rong, Kong family, descendant of Confucius. In the name of the Kong family, these people were entrenched in Confucius' hometown and were engaged in various jobs. From ordinary food, clothing, housing and transportation to elegant literature and art, the Kong family was involved. They were like a huge family business, controlling It affects the local area and affects the counties.

So after Lu Hong and Zhao Da arrived, no one, at least the people from the Kong family, gave them a good look. Deliberately disobeying orders is not a problem, but it is definitely not very cooperative, disobeying orders in disguise, or procrastinating.

If they were ordinary people, they would probably be knocked back by such a soft nail, but what kind of people are Lu Hong and Zhao Da?

They just made an excuse, grabbed two or three chickens, and went to the knife immediately!

This can be considered as scaring some Shandong monkeys.

Of course, Lu Hong and Zhao Da are not stupid. They have no problem killing chickens, but they can't kill big monkeys either. And even if you kill the chicken, you will be considered as enmity with the big monkey.

After a company has a monopoly, various overlord clauses 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 where it overrides the government and replaces national law with family law.

Therefore, if we say whether the Kong clan members have committed crimes, they certainly have. There is no doubt about this. Just like if a mobile phone manufacturer implants various advertisements in the mobile phone, or implanting an APP that cannot be deleted, it is not considered infringement. When no one checks, it does not exist, but when someone checks, it does. .

China has been very unclear about property rights from ancient times to the present.

The land currently in the hometown of Confucius in the State of Lu belongs to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. There is no doubt about this, but it also belongs to the Kong family. However, neither the emperor nor the Kong family will personally cultivate the land here. Therefore, In daily life, this land still belongs to the farmers who rent and cultivate it.

This is like the fact that almost everyone in later generations has one or even multiple mobile phones. If you think that if you pay for it and use it at home, the mobile phone is considered your own. In fact, you are completely wrong.

Because mobile phone manufacturers can have thousands of reasons to circumvent various regulations, or they can pretend to be crazy and install various software on your mobile phone that cannot be deleted. Mobile phone software vendors also use various methods to stuff advertisements into your mobile phone. , even Internet search engines that have nothing to do with mobile phones are trying their best to forcefully stuff their software into your mobile phone, not to mention various Trojan viruses...

At this time, someone will inevitably jump out and sympathize with capital. Alas, if you find it troublesome, don’t use it!

Just like the Kong family or other local squires, they would carelessly tell the farmers, that's all, if you like to plant, then plant, if you like to rent, then rent, if not, get out!

So in this case, will there be any problems?

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

only……

"These things," Lu Hong patted the table, "Look, there are so many... But unfortunately, these things... are of no use... Well, it can't be said to be completely useless, but it can't be used as a final word... …』

To put it simply, these evidences can be used to assist in proving the crime, but cannot be used as the main crime of the accusation.

Rebellion obviously cannot be used because it involves too many things.

And the place of corruption is not easy to use, and it also involves many things...

Didn’t Emperor Liu Xie say it all? Why didn’t he find out for so long? Who is in contact with Kong Rong, who should bear the responsibility of supervision, what is the source, what is the origin, etc. If this is involved, wouldn't it be endless?

Of those who are officials these days, well, let alone being officials, even local squires, how many of those people who talk about building roads and bridges every day are clean at the bottom?

It’s not that there is no clean stuff, it’s that there are too few.

It's really rare to the point where it's akin to a cherished species.

If Emperor Liu Xie had not mentioned these matters, then everyone would have laughed and said that they did not pay more attention, did not pay special attention, did not supervise, etc., and then passed on. However, Emperor Liu Xie said so seriously that strict investigation must be carried out. Yan Ban, if he now claims that he didn't pay attention at the time, who knows if he will be pulled down and buried with Kong Rong?

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

Furthermore, the problems that Lu Hong and Zhao Da found were also shared by squires in other places. This is true for all big families. If these problems are the crimes of the Kong Rong family, does it also represent the other big squires? Are you charged with the same crime?

Does the emperor still want to ask for local taxes?

Does the imperial court still want local money and food?

"Well..." Zhao Da also scratched his head, "What should we do?" You can't just go back like this, right? 』

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

"Alone?" "Zhao Da frowned, and while helping to turn the pages, he said, "I'm afraid this will be difficult..."

Sure enough, after checking it again, the two people stared at each other.

"Report!" 』

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

As long as there is no evidence of guilt, catching the fugitive's family papers is considered a success!

A family should always be neat and tidy.

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

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

Because throughout the dynasties, it was necessary to check the population registration and land registration from time to time. Even if the court conducts inspections every few years, it still often cannot find out the land and population hidden by the landowners. Even if the land and population are clearly there, they cannot be found!

Wouldn't it be difficult to use this large-scale magic technique to hide two half-grown children?

Well, it's so strange that the two children Kong Rong "entrusted" to his "close friends" 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 these two children!

There was no one to cover him, or he ran away with the child...

The children Kong Rong entrusted to his "confidant friends" were a boy and a girl, the older one was a boy and the younger one was a girl.

Trusting your wife is the greatest trust in others.

But the problem is that not all trust can be rewarded in a positive way like Master Guan.

Kong Rong concealed the criminals wanted by the government and hid them. Even if he was arrested, he did not flinch, even risking his own life or that of his elder brother. 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 his eldest daughter, and then sent his younger daughter and son to friends.

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

A married daughter is someone else's daughter-in-law. Although saying this may make some female boxers feel uncomfortable, it is also true that after Kong Rong was imprisoned, even people like Lu Hong and Zhao Da never thought about it. They were looking for trouble for the married daughter of the Kong family, but they were just here to capture the hidden daughter and son of the Kong family.

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

"It's been two days..." the older boy said worriedly, circling back and forth in the hall, "There's been no news for two days..."

The younger girl seemed calmer than the boy, "Second brother, there's no need to wait, no one will come." Most of the people who are coming are not the ones we are waiting for. 』

The boy stopped and said with a pale face: "Little sister, what do you mean?" 』

The little girl said like a brat: "Do you remember what he said when he came here last time a few days ago?" 』

"Last time? "The boy asked, "What did you say? 』

The little girl sat on one side, folded her hands in front of her, and said solemnly, "He asked us, "Why is my father clinging to me and refusing to rise?""

"I answered him, "The nest is destroyed but the eggs are not broken!" Have you forgotten? ” The girl was sitting there, like a small flower. Her voice was clear and clear, but she had an extraordinary calmness, and she was even smarter than adults.

"This..." The boy is obviously not as smart as the little girl. He is a little slow 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 cold voice, "He is driving us away, can't you hear it?" 』

"What can't you hear?" ” the boy continued to ask.

The little girl was silent for a moment and said, "It's enough as long as you know. There's no need to ask why." So he won't come again. 』

The two people were talking when they heard a burst of noise.

The boy jumped up and said, "Is your father back?" Or is uncle here? 』

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

Lu Hong and Zhao Da rushed straight into the village and looked up to see two children in the hall.

"Are you the son of Kong Wenju in front of you?" ” Lu Hong looked at the two children and tried his best to show a hint of kindness on his face, “A certain person is a friend of Brother Wenju...entrusted by Brother Wenju...”

"You are not my father's friend..." The girl stood up, "Since you are arresting me, why do you pretend to be so?" Are you kidding me about my youth? Needless to say, when will we leave? 』

Lu Hong was stunned. After a while, he stretched out his hand and said, "That's all right now." please. 』

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

"Go...where?" 』

"Go to see father." 』