Han family achievements

Chapter 462 Kong Rong angrily spits at the Chancellor

Sun Ce's heart sank and he immediately said: "I only wish to follow Your Majesty!"

The matter in Yuzhou has been resolved, and His Majesty is about to return to Beijing, which means that the inspection tour is over and it is time to resolve some 'hidden dangers'.

Sun Ce and Wu Jun are one of the "hidden dangers".

Liu Bian was very satisfied with Sun Ce's attitude and said with a smile: "Since the Qing family said this, I can't refuse. Come back to Luoyang with me. I can rest assured that Sun Jing is in Wu County."

"I accept the decree." Sun Ce looked firm and spoke simply.

Sun Ce inherited Sun Jian's title of Marquis of Wucheng, and Liu Bian's position as governor of Wu County was given to Sun Jian's younger brother and Sun Ce's third uncle, Sun Jing.

Sun Jing has some abilities but no ambition. She is a scholar who is determined to pursue academic studies.

Liu Bian looked him over and said, "Second Master, is there any news about Liu Biao?"

Huangfu Jian said: "Not yet. There is no news from the messenger. I am worried that I will encounter bandits on the road and have not arrived in Changsha."

Liu Bian narrowed his eyes slightly, snorted and said, "Only Liu Biao knows whether he is here or not. Since he refuses to come to see me, I have to make some arrangements for him."

Huangfu Jianchang immediately said: "Your Majesty, this Liu Biao doesn't remember to eat or fight, or else he will submit..." As he said this, he made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Liu Bian waved his hand and said, "Ignore him for now. It's not worth wasting energy on someone who is worse than Yuan Shu. What does Shi Xie say?"

Lu Yu said: "Your Majesty, Lu Yu has reported that he will strictly implement the imperial court's 'New Policy', and all those sent by the imperial court will be arranged in accordance with the order of the Chancellor."

Liu Bian looked across Jingzhou and towards Jiaozhi, thinking in his mind.

The scholar family seemed to be respectful, but in fact they also had their own ideas. At the end of the dynasty, people's hearts were scattered.

Luoyang City.

News came from Xuzhou that Luan Jia was about to return to Beijing. Luoyang City, which was already boiling, instantly felt like a soldering iron being plunged into water, and the sound was like white mist, covering the entire city.

Not to mention Liu Cao and Jiu Temple, even in the streets and alleys there are rumors that "Cao Cao massacred three cities", and the sounds of panic are endless.

The Chancellor's Desk is not immune either.

At this time, an enlarged meeting was held at the Shangshutai. The chief officials of the Six Cao and Nine Temples were present, and nearly twenty people had a heated debate on the matter of "Cao Cao massacred three cities."

As the Minister of Punishment, Xu You sat in the crowd and said in a cold tone: "The act of massacre of the city is not tolerated in the world. I don't know why Xun Pushe spoke for Cao Cao!"

Faced with Xun You's strange aura, Xun You, as the right servant, sat on the second right. He just glanced at Xun You lightly and said: "Didn't you read the report of the supervisory censor at the censor's desk? It's some people He colluded with the gangsters and attempted to kill Cao Sima, but Cao Sima just fought back. "

"Isn't this a reason to massacre the city?"

Xu You immediately responded, but did not continue to argue with Xun You. Instead, he looked at Chen Lin, the Minister of Li Cao, who was one step away, and said loudly: "Chen Shangshu, doesn't Cao Li have an explanation?"

Among the six Cao Cao, households and officials have the greatest power because their jurisdiction has the widest scope and involves the word "money power". Punishment, military service, and engineering are relatively weak, and Li Cao's status is the most special, because the word "Li" is the most important, even exceeding "Law".

When Chen Lin saw Xu You's roll call, she looked thoughtful and said, "We need to find out further."

Chen Lin has always been sharp-minded and takes a long-term view. But in the case of "Cao Cao massacred three cities", even in the face of Xun You who supported him, Chen Lin could not protect him.

Because this matter is so big that if we don’t talk about it now, it will leave a mark in the history books!
Chen Lin would never allow the historian to write: In the first year of Jian'an, Cao slaughtered three cities, and Lin defended it.

Wang Lang was sitting second on the left, below Zhong Yao. Hearing this, he said solemnly: "Is this just a matter of further investigation? How can the court downplay such a matter of heaven? How can we explain to His Majesty? How can the court win the trust of all the people in the world? ?”

When Zhong Yao saw that Wang Lang was about to end, he turned back to look at him and said, "Tingwei Mansion, what do you think?"

Facing Zhong Yao's frontal attack, Wang Lang would not dodge, but directly accepted it, saying: "Of course, Cao Sima will be relieved of all military power, and Huang Zhong will be personally escorted back to Beijing by Yanzhou Zhonglang and handed over to the three divisions for trial."

Yu Shi Cheng Xi Zhi, who should not have appeared here, made an exception and reminded: "Wang Tingwei, according to the regulations of the imperial court, the Grand Sima Mansion is not under the supervision of the Three Laws Department."

Xu You sneered and said: "Yushitai means not to care? Then who will take care of it? Is there anyone in the world who can escape from the king's law? Yushitai, please be careful what you say!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Liu Xie, who was in the front on the right.

Liu Xie frowned and said reluctantly: "According to the regulations, it is indeed not under the control of our Yushitai. It involves the Grand Sima Mansion. Only with His Majesty's decree can the Yushitai intervene in the investigation."

"That's not right,"

Xu You sneered and said: "I remember that King Chenliu has the power to investigate the Grand Sima Mansion. This is the power given to His Highness by His Majesty. There was an edict before, right or wrong?"

Liu Xie looked unnatural, but still said: "Yes, but I will not use it easily."

In the past few years, Liu Bian's relationship with Liu Xie and Queen Mother Dong was extremely tense. The government and the public were always worried that Liu Bian would kill his brothers or even his grandmother.

At that time, the Yuan family had just been destroyed, and the world was panicked and the people were uneasy. In order to appease the people, Liu Bian showed "royal harmony" to the world and gave Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xie a series of privileges.

This is one of the ways to 'monitor lawlessness without purpose'.

"If you don't use it now, when will you use it again?"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out, shaking everyone in the conference room.

The person who spoke was not Xu You or Wang Lang, but Kong Rong, Taichang Qing.

He sat and listened for a long time, and also endured it for a long time. Now he finally couldn't bear it anymore. With a sigh, he stood up, came to the center, looked directly at the big shots in front of him who really decided this matter, and shouted angrily: "Cao Cao massacred three cities and nearly ten thousand people. Such atrocities were disgusted by heaven and abandoned by the people. This is an unforgivable act! The Shang Shutai was perfunctory and did nothing. The Yushitai even avoided it and acted wisely to protect himself. ! You gentlemen, who follow His Majesty’s decree and manage the affairs of the world, are helpless and stand by in the face of such evil deeds. Do you really not know the word ‘shame’?”

Xun Yu, Zhong Yao, Xun You, Liu Xie and others were angered by Kong Rong, and their expressions suddenly became bad.

This is the Shangshutai Conference Hall. Here are the highest-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty. No one can easily accept being scolded like this in public. Xun You said with a sullen face: "Kong Taichang, this matter has not been found out yet, how can we do anything lightly? It should be noted that Cao Sima came out of the capital with a decree, and there is no decree and no evidence. What do you want us to do?"

"quibble!"

Kong Rong was immediately angered. He took out a document from his arms, opened it, looked at Xun Yu and others, and shouted: "Don't you guys have this list? More than thirty aristocratic families in Yanzhou were slaughtered. Thousands of people? Isn’t this proof? Xun Pushe, do you dare to say those nonsense again after you leave the palace?”

"You..." Xun You's face turned livid and he pointed at Kong Rong, too angry to speak.

Who would have thought that the most lethal person was not Wang Lang, but Kong Rong!

Chen Gong, Huangfu Jianshou and others sat there and witnessed all this, but they had no intention of making a sound.

In their eyes, Cao Cao's incident has evolved into a 'party struggle', and there will be no results if His Majesty does not return to Beijing.

Chen Lin was recommended by Xun You and was also a member of the Yingchuan Party. Seeing Xun You being besieged, she sighed in her heart.

Although he was a member of the Yingchuan Party, he did not want to get involved in the party struggle, but he had to speak out in the middle of the situation, so he had to say: "Kong Taichang, where did you get this list? From Yushitai or Yanzhou Prefecture Mansion?”

Kong Rong's eyes widened, he glared at Chen Lin, and shouted: "Chen Shangshu, you said this list is fake? Then tell me, where is the real list? Do you dare to publish your files at Shangshu Terrace and Yushi Terrace? Massacre of thousands Scholars, how is this different from massacre? Will those common people appear on the list? Is it thousands or tens of thousands? Shangshutai, Yushitai, do you dare to say it loudly, let me wait, let your majesty, let the world Do all the people know?”

This time it was not just Xun You, Xun Yu, Zhong Yao, Liu Xie, Xi Zhicai and others were also livid, hating and helpless towards Kong Rong.

Every word of Kong Rong's words was poking at their lungs, but on such a big matter, they couldn't quibble and play with words as they did on other matters, lest they leave something to say and be reckoned with later.

Xun Yu sat still and glanced at Xu Yan, who was busy writing in the corner, recording the words and deeds of everyone present. He took a deep breath and said: "First, please order your Majesty to order Cao Cao immediately. Return to Beijing. Second, ask for orders from the three law departments to jointly investigate the case and find out within a time limit. Third, order Yanzhou to appease the counties and counties first to ensure that no chaos occurs before Cao Cao arrives in Beijing. , no one can say anything about this matter anymore!”

Everyone listened to Xun Yu finally speak, savored his words, and nodded secretly.

With such an attitude, time can be delayed a little longer.

One of the reasons for delaying the matter is that the matter is indeed still unclear. It is not clear why Cao Cao did what he did, and whether Cao Cao really had a problem and that he had to take adequate precautions.

The second one is that the courtiers also have to wait for the attitude of His Majesty in the palace.

The matter fermented for half a month, but His Majesty, who was in Xuzhou, still had no intention and did not even express his attitude. As a result, the courtiers were quite scrupulous and could not let go to investigate and deal with it, and even spoke cautiously.

The third point is that the repeated attitude of the "Yingchuan Party" made officials of all sizes outside the "Yingchuan Party" confused. Some of them continued to criticize angrily, while others began to sit back and watch.

"Kong Taichang, how are you?" Seeing that the others were silent, Xun Yu looked at Kong Rong, who was still standing in the hall.

Kong Rong couldn't get rid of his anger, and his chest heaved violently. He just thought about Xun Yu's words for a moment, and continued to shout angrily: "The Prime Minister has a good idea! Do you want to continue to drag it out? Your Majesty left Beijing and entrusted the government affairs to the Prime Minister. This is what the Prime Minister does To repay your Majesty? Cao Cao's evil deeds have been delayed for another half month. There are tens of thousands of innocent souls in the three cities of Yanzhou. Prime Minister, do you dare? Look up?"

"Kong Rong, you are so presumptuous!"

Xun You was furious, stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "You are so messy and humiliating the prime minister in public, but you still have any decency? Please plead guilty to the prime minister immediately, otherwise I will punish you according to the rules!"

"Hahaha!"

Kong Rong suddenly laughed like crazy, pointed his finger at Xun You, and then at Xun Yu. Zhong Yao and others laughed with tears, and roared with a thunderous voice: "That Cao Cao slaughtered three cities is an unforgivable person. When Cut into pieces with a thousand cuts, I am sorry to the world! You wantonly indulged me and ignored me, but you are trying to punish me! Well, well, well, I, Kong Rong, have spent more than forty years in vain, and I still know right and wrong!"

Kong Rong said, in full view of everyone, he suddenly took off his shirt, then took it off, looked up to the sky and said angrily: "Your Majesty, you have entrusted an evil person, and the country of Han Dynasty will be destroyed by such evil hands. Your Majesty, you are stupid." ah……"

Xun You was shocked. He never thought that Kong Rong was so crazy that he would dare to say such crazy things in public!
Seeing that his upper body was naked and about to take off his pants, Xun You shouted urgently: "Quick, hold him down, don't let him take them off!"

Immediately some petty officials rushed in, held Kong Rong down, and even threw him down.

The courtiers were all watching with strange expressions on their faces.

This is Taichang Qing. If he takes off his clothes in a place like the Shangshutai conference hall, the Shangshutai's face will be completely lost.

Zhong Yao had a serious face and was filled with anger. He never expected that things would develop to this point.

"Carry it out!"

Zhong Yao looked at Kong Rong who was still struggling and said: "Keep an eye on him. He will not be released from the palace without an order from the Chancellor!"

If Kong Rong like this was released, I don't know how much trouble he would cause.

Xun You now wants to kill Kong Rong. His face today has been completely wiped out by Kong Rong!

Feeling those vague eyes, Xun You didn't want to look up at all. He glanced coldly at Kong Rong, who was being dragged away with his mouth covered, and sat back with a steely expression.

Wang Lang, Xu You and others looked at the three people at the Chancellor's desk with different expressions, but their eyes contained a smug smile, waiting to see their jokes.

Liu Xie, Chen Gong, Huangfu Jianchang and others felt the different atmosphere. They looked at the people from both parties and sat calmly, hoping that this farce would end as soon as possible.

The three people at the Chancellor's desk also looked at each other quietly at this moment, their eyes filled with concentration.

Their original plan was to take the opportunity to appease the ruling and opposition parties and wait for the palace to express its stance before taking action. But Kong Rong's commotion forced them all into a corner, and they had to make a further and clear response.

Xun Yu sat up straighter, with a majestic look on his face, and said: "What I just said remains unchanged. Cao Cao will definitely arrive in Beijing no later than five days, and will be placed in Honglu Temple by then. The Huangmen North Temple Prison will be responsible for the supervision until the investigation. Ming, leave it to your Majesty to decide. Do you have any objections?"

Huangfu Jianshou, Chen Gong and others quietly looked at each other, then glanced at Wang Lang, Xu You and others.

Xu You, Wang Lang and others were just about to speak but remained silent. Xu Yan, who was in charge of recording, suddenly interrupted: "Prime Minister, are you talking about Huangmen Beisi Prison? Do you want me to invite Mr. Zuo to come over?"

"No need, I will explain the truth to him personally." Xun Yu said.

(End of this chapter)