Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 91 When Cao Cao made a mistake, Sima laughed (1)
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As the scorching midsummer approached suddenly, the air in Xudu City suddenly became highly tense overnight, as if a vat filled with gunpowder was about to explode at the touch of a button.

On June [-], news came from Jingzhou that Han Song, who had been conferred by the imperial court as a servant, returned to Xiangyang City, not only failed to persuade Liu Biao to surrender, but was also thrown into prison by Liu Biao; While killing Han Song, Liu Biao braced himself for his illness, recalled Liu Bei from Xinye urgently, and entrusted him with the important task of fighting against Cao Cao in the north.

On June [-], news came from Jiangdong that after the return of special envoy Lu Su, Sun Quan, instead of showing any signs of submissiveness, let Ma Jiangnan go to the south of the Yangtze River and returned troops to the treasury.He first sent Zhou Yu, the number one general of the shogunate, to practice naval training in Poyang Lake, and his warships cruised the river day by day, approaching Wancheng and Hefei city faintly; then, he dispatched his generals Gan Ning, Huang Gai and others to enter and guard Jingzhou. The area of ​​Echeng in the south of the Yangtze River is waiting and peeping on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

These two news made Cao Cao very upset, especially the arrest of Han Song in Jingzhou, which made him even more furious.Han Song went to persuade Liu Biao to join him as a close minister of the emperor and a special envoy of the prime minister, but he was imprisoned by a local Mushou without authorization. This clearly did not take Cao Cao seriously!At the same time, this also shows that Liu Biao is ready to fight him to the end!
In his fury, Cao Cao personally wrote a sharply worded memorial and submitted it to the inner court, claiming that Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, had a history of worshiping the heavens and the earth in the suburbs, but now he dared to supervise the emperor's close ministers, the prime minister's special envoy, and made a big statement. The armored soldiers tried to resist Wang Hua. They had no rules and regulations, great rebellion, and crimes that cannot be punished. , Kill Liu Biao.

His invitation to war form had just been submitted to the palace, and Kong Rong, the Taizhong doctor, immediately wrote a memorial to follow up, but its content was completely different from Cao Cao's form: Although Liu Biao had traces of rebellion that cannot be forgiven lightly, but he always It is not as rampant as Yuan Shuwang's self-proclaimed emperor, and secondly, he is not as violent as Yuan Shao raised his troops to commit crimes. If the prime minister of the dynasty can build virtue and harmonize people, weather the sea, cultivate the rule of culture diligently, cherish him, and practice judo extensively to caress him— ——Liu Biao can go down without hesitation; if the imperial court is vigorously fighting and sending troops south, I am afraid that there will be the disadvantage of resorting to military force.

Kong Rong's statement of persuasion was obviously aimed at Cao Cao's request for war, which immediately aroused controversy in Xudu.However, Cao Cao himself showed an inexplicable silence uncharacteristically, neither debating nor answering.

The next day, Chi Ji, the official censor, also gave a memorial.The content of his memorandum has nothing to do with the southern expedition to Jingzhou, but a "sharp dagger" aimed at Kong Rong:
Kong Rong, a doctor of the Taizhong, used to be in Beihai. He saw that the royal family was not quiet, and he recruited disciples to make mistakes. Su whispered and slandered the court.Also, Kong Rong was in the ranks of Jiuqing, did not follow the court rituals, bald and walked slightly, and was abrupt in the palace.He also spoke to Ni Heng, a wild student in white clothes, in a frenzied manner, saying: "What kind of relationship should a father have with his son? In terms of its original intention, it is really lustful. What is the son's relationship with his mother? It's like sending things In the cage, if you leave, you will leave." Then he and Mi Heng praised him even more.Mi Heng said to Kong Rong, "Zhongni is not dead."Kong Rong also praised Ni Heng: "Yan is restored to life." All kinds of infidelity, filial piety, disrespect and disobedience are not the same.
As soon as Chi Chi's impeachment form was sent to the prime minister's residence, Cao Cao immediately summoned Dr. Gao Qing and important civil and military officials to discuss the matter in the afternoon.This time at the court meeting, Shang Shu Ling Xun Yu intriguingly claimed that he was sick and absent.

The high-ranking officials, civil and military ministers debated extremely fiercely against Xi Xi's impeachment list.Most of the ministers, such as Fu Wan, the head of the state and the general of the auxiliary country, Wang Lang, the admonishing doctor, Yang Jun, the servant of the Huangmen, Wei Xi, the official secretary of Duzhi, and Ma Teng, the general of Zhengxi, thought that Xi Ji's memorial was not true and should not be adopted; Bu Shangshu Hua Xin, Taichang Dong Zhao and a few other ministers believed that Chi Ji's memorial was true and should be adopted; however, four or five ministers including Sanqi Changshi Jia Xu and Sili Xiaowei Zhong Yao remained completely neutral. Opinions on both sides are non-committal.The court meeting lasted until late at night, and no result was confirmed. In the end, it was Jia Xu who suggested that Kong Rong be imprisoned temporarily, and wait for the four parties of the palace, the prime minister's mansion, Shangshutai, and Yushitai to jointly verify his identity. After the crime, it will be handed over to the Nine Ministers and Six Ministries for a public trial.In this way, the war of words among the civil and military ministers has just stopped, and this court meeting has finally come to a hasty end.

During the entire court meeting, Cao Cao never interjected, nor expressed his position.Amidst the disputes among the high officials, civil and military ministers, his face was always as deep as an ancient pool, without any waves.

Just when the court meeting in the palace to discuss Kong Rong's crimes was inextricably held, in the study in the backyard of the Xun Mansion, Zhao Yan, the secret envoy sent by the emperor and Yi Lang, was asking Xun Yu, the minister who said he was sick at home, about Xi Xi's impeachment of Kong Rong. coping strategies.

Xun Yu's face at the moment looked unusually tired and haggard.People outside were still suspecting that he was pretending to protect himself by saying that he was sick and absent from the court meeting. If those people saw his true face at this time, they would know that what he said was true.He is really sick.

He silently stared at the table in front of him with a bit of pain—the fragments of the red crane-shaped jade pendant that Kong Rong accidentally dropped and shattered at the Suzaku Pond event were lying piece by piece on a spread out multicolored brocade handkerchief. On it, there is a soft and elegant Yingying brilliance.

"Alas... people in the world laugh at Dr. Kong for pulling out his teeth and seeking his own death. He is extremely stupid. But they don't know that in this world, the 'wisdom' to follow others like Xi Xi and Hua Xin is really within everyone's reach. And there are very few 'fools' who are as disciplined as Dr. Kong!" Xun Yu's fingers slowly stroked the pieces of jade pendants, lowered his eyes and lowered his eyebrows, and murmured , "Dr. Kong's honesty, loyalty, and integrity are as glorious as Boyi and Shuqi in the past and present! Xun's self-conceited 'virtuous, perfect man of a generation' can't match it!"

Zhao Yan half-kneeled on the seat, weeping silently, choked up and speechless for a while.

Amidst misty tears, Xun Yu picked up a piece of snow-white jade pendant with the middle finger of his right hand, put it in front of his eyes and stared at it quietly, and after a long time, he said leisurely: "Doctor Kong was right back then." Ah! A gentleman with lofty ideals should act like jade in order to live in the world: solid and heavy, which can be called the quality of jade; noble and noble, which can be said to be the shape of jade; perseverance, which can be called the nature of jade; keeping the body flawless, can be called jade It is pure; round and clear, which can be said to be the moistness of jade. Dr. Kong’s brilliant words, Yu will never forget them, and stick to them for life!"

"Lord Lingjun, Your Majesty... Your Majesty begs you to come up with a perfect plan to save Dr. Kong's life!" Zhao Yan said in a choked voice, holding back his grief.

"Save Dr. Kong's life?" Xun Yu moved his eyes away from the piece of jade pendant, stared at him, and smiled deeply, "Doctor Kong is determined to kill himself for benevolence and sacrifice his life for the country, except for him." Myself—who can save him? Even if we are willing to rescue him, he is not willing!" In fact, he has always been like a mirror in his heart.Kong Rong blatantly contradicted Cao Cao time and time again, because he deliberately wanted to anger Cao Cao and let him kill himself rashly when he lost his mind-letting his own body die for the Han as the last shot through Cao Cao's "outer respect" The sharp arrow of the hypocritical mask of the Han Dynasty, with different ambitions inside, is expected to arouse more Han subjects to fight against Cao Cao one after another.

"Why...why? Why is Dr. Kong so stupid?" Zhao Yan burst into tears, pounding his fists heavily on the floor in front of him, bang bang, "Zhao only hates himself for being a Confucian scholar and not good at martial arts, otherwise We must follow the example of Jing Ke, the warrior of the Yan Kingdom, to assassinate the arrogant Cao thief..."

"Hold on!" Xun Yu's eyes flashed like an ice front, and he stopped him with a wave of his hand, "The current situation is certainly critical, but it's not over yet, Zhao Jun said it before." He said so far , paused for a moment, seemed to think of something again, and said lightly, "After Mr. Zhao returns to the palace, you can remind your majesty to immediately order General Ma Teng to take up the post of Wei Wei, and he will be in charge of the guarding affairs of the palace. .”

"Follow the order. After Zhao returns to the palace, he must quickly convey this reminder to His Majesty, Lord Lingjun." Zhao Yanfu kowtowed on the table and replied, his face was wet with tears, "I'm afraid that Lord Prime Minister will not give this message to you." Appoint the edict to 'let go'."

"Just tell General Ma Teng the meaning of this, and he will know how to cooperate with His Majesty to pass this edict with Prime Minister Cao." Xun Yu's expression was as calm as the surface of a lake, "Xun believes that this time Dr. Kong Being impeached for no reason will definitely touch General Ma as well."

"Then... Sir Ling Jun, is there anything else you need to tell me to play to His Majesty?" Zhao Yan slowly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"I have a message for you to pass on to Your Majesty: hang your arch upright, hold it upright, calm it down, and be cautious about it. Even if there are tiger ministers by your side, you can't hurt it." Xun Yu looked at him with both eyes, As if he was facing the young emperor Liu Xie, he said respectfully, "I swear that in my lifetime, I will never allow anyone to damage the foundation of the great man. Please take care of all this, Your Majesty." .”

"I take the liberty to thank Lord Lingjun on behalf of Your Majesty. I hope Lord Lingjun will cherish everything." Zhao Yan nodded solemnly, then got up and said goodbye.

Xun Yu watched him go. After a while, he slowly stretched out his hand to tie up the brocade handkerchief, and gently wrapped the pieces of the crane-shaped jade pendant. Tears dripped from the corners of his eyes like beads.

"Uncle, don't be too sad." Xun You came out slowly from behind the sandalwood screen in the study, and persuaded softly, "Doctor Kong awakened loyal ministers and righteous men all over the world with his act of breaking jade. You should be happy for him. yes!"

"Having said that, the old man will pass away and never see him again. Uncle Yu is really reluctant to part with him!" Xun Yu said sadly, holding the small brocade handkerchief in his palm without looking back.

When Xun You heard this, his nose also felt sore.He sat quietly on Xun Yu's left side, and was silent for a while. After Xun Yu's mood gradually calmed down, he said worriedly: "Actually, my nephew is very worried about my uncle now—you called me sick today." I'm afraid Prime Minister Cao will be dissatisfied with you if you missed the court meeting to discuss the crimes against Dr. Kong!"

(End of this chapter)