Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 92 When Cao Cao made a mistake, Sima laughed (2)
"Thank you, nephew, for your concern. Uncle Yu is now acting according to the law and righteousness, and he will no longer care about how he will react in the future. As the saying goes, "seek the country instead of personal life, worry about the road instead of worrying about yourself." '. Since he dared to take this step, he should have expected Uncle Yu to have such a reaction today." Xun Yu let out a deep sigh, "Uncle Yu did this, maybe it will hurt the person in charge. You are the nephew of the Cao family's military adviser!"

After hearing this, Xun You smiled wryly and said, "Uncle doesn't know something, and he may not be as devoted to his nephew, the military advisor of the Cao family, as before. Recently, Prime Minister Cao has been very close to Lord Jia Xu. .”

"Jia Xu?" Xun Yu was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, with a ray of bitterness on his face, "Sure enough, if the way is different, you will not conspire with each other, and if the way is the same, you will conspire with each other. Yes! Cao Mengde finally found someone who can A good helper to help him ascend to the top! Jia Xu has more than enough talents but not enough virtue. With him at the side to instigate, Cao Mengde will naturally drift away from me..."

"Uncle, Prime Minister Cao's ambition is born by nature, how could it be instigated by an outsider like Jia Xu?" Xun You said disapprovingly, "Yang Taiwei is still unparalleled. When he saw Prime Minister Cao in Xudu, he immediately See through his treacherous ambition."

"Ah...all causes and effects have unavoidable inevitability. At the beginning, Prime Minister Cao did not lack for acts of loyalty. At that time, Uncle Yu watched all the heroes, and he was the only one who could help the Han Dynasty." Xun Yu said indifferently, "Uncle Yu Back then, I wholeheartedly helped him, and I had no regrets in my heart; now, Uncle Yu parted ways with him, and I still have no regrets in my heart!"

Xun You sighed lightly, then changed the subject, and said thoughtfully: "I don't know how the court meeting in the palace is going now? If Prime Minister Cao really wants to attack Dr. Kong, he will be very disappointed. Uncle, it is said that there are many discussions about this matter in the prime minister's mansion. Cui Yan, Mao Jie, and Xu Yi all disagree with Xi Xi's impeachment, thinking that he is slandering and framing him. Even Cao Zhi, the third son of Cao's mansion, this morning I am still trying hard to persuade Cao Cheng in the mansion to "be cautious and be lenient" in the matter of Kong Rong, and beg for your kindness to let Dr. Kong go!"

"Cao Zhi is worthy of being a rare and wise man among the sons of Cao's mansion! Nephew! You should make friends with him more in the prime minister's mansion in the future, and don't let him go against the way of Prime Minister Cao." Xun Yu nodded and said, "But , Prime Minister Cao is not that stupid - he probably wouldn't take the risk of accusations from thousands of people to kill Kong Rong."

"Uncle, do you really think so?"

"That's right. Looking back now, what Jia Xu said at the Zhuquechi grand meeting that day was really meaningful." Jade can't be worn, nor can it be broken—then it can only be used as a sacrificial weapon in the ancestral temple. ’, which made Prime Minister Cao point out such a strategy. Taking advantage of Xixi’s aggressive impeachment to intimidate Dr. Kong in one fell swoop, and then exile him to the Confucian Ancestral Temple in Qufu, State of Lu, to ‘repent behind closed doors’.”

"That's right! Prime Minister Cao wouldn't do such an unfavorable thing like killing a minister suddenly at the time of the expedition." Xun You seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, "In this way, Dr. Kong is not in danger of his life. gone."

There was a bitter smile on Xun Yu's face: "Have you forgotten what Uncle Yu said to Zhao Yan just now? ——At present, Dr. Kong is committing suicide, and he is trying to force Cao Cheng to kill him. Only then can I use my own blood to awaken the loyalty of the subjects of the Han Dynasty, and let Prime Minister Cao bear the infamy of "indiscriminate killing of Zhongliang" for thousands of years."

Xun You said "Ah!", patted his forehead lightly, and nodded again and again: "Yes! Dr. Kong died for his country with all his heart, so Prime Minister Cao's trick of 'delaying troops and spreading disaster' is useless."

He sighed for a while, then took out a piece of silk from the sleeve of his robe, presented it to Xun Yu, and said: "Today when my nephew asked Prime Minister Cao for leave and came to visit you, he wrote a new poem , called "Songs for Wine"—I entrust my nephew to bring you a taste and appreciation."

"Oh? Cao Mengde still has the heart to give poems to Uncle Yu as a reward?" Xun Yu slowly unfolded the silk scroll with some surprise, and saw that it read:
For wine songs, in peacetime, officials don't call the door.The king is virtuous and bright, and the prime minister is loyal and good.Salty comity, the people have nothing to dispute.Three years of plowing and nine years of storage, the barn is full.Banbai is worthy of wearing.Yuze is like this, and a hundred grains are used.But he walked on his horse and used dung to make his soil.The son of the duke and marquis loves his people so much that he deposes you.The son raises his father and brother.Violations of etiquette and law will be punished according to the severity.There is no selfishness in picking up lost things on the road.The prison is empty, and the winter festival continues.People who are old can die.Enze Guang and vegetation insects.

Xun Yu read slowly and in a low voice, hot tears burst out of his eyes, and big drops fell on the poem on the silk, leaving clusters of ink stains.

"Master Uncle...Master Uncle..." Xun You hurriedly called from the side.

It took Xun Yu a long time to gather his mind. He held the piece of silk in his hand, looked at it again and again, and said, "No one knows me better than Prime Minister Cao! He is using this song "Song to Wine" "Tell Yu tactfully, even if you don't look at his face, but look at the cries of the people in the world who are deep in the flames of war, you should help him rule the world, calm the world, and return the people to a peaceful and prosperous world!" But walking on horses, using dung for their soil...the road has no selfishness to pick up things. The prison is empty, and the winter festival is endless. People who are old can die. The grace is wide and the vegetation and insects.' This picture of the peaceful and prosperous age he painted by himself is really beautiful. He is telling me that if he unifies the world and calms the world, he will definitely let such a picture of a prosperous age be vividly displayed on the thousands of miles of China in China."

"Master Uncle! This is a rhetoric carefully fabricated by Prime Minister Cao. He is deceiving you!" Xun You hurriedly reminded Xun Yu when he saw the bewildered look in Xun Yu's eyes.

"No, no, no... Nephew, you don't understand! Although Prime Minister Cao is decisive and ruthless, he is still a person who 'believes his words and resolutely acts'. He gave Uncle Yu such a He should not bother to deceive Uncle Yu with the promise of creating a prosperous and beautiful world." Xun Yu stretched out the middle finger of his right hand and slowly rubbed the temple of his head, his voice gradually softened, "This matter is related to the people of the world. Uncle Yu should think about the peace and well-being of his life..."

"However, my lord uncle, once Prime Minister Cao has unified the world and brought peace to the world, he is very likely to replace the Han Dynasty on his own and proclaim himself emperor!"

"That's right! That's why... that's why Uncle Yu has to think about it..."

Leading the knife into a fast, live up to the loyalty of the Chinese

Chixia in June was originally scorching hot with scorching sun, but the prison in the backyard of the Tingwei Department was dark and gloomy, and the cold wind blowing through the dark corridors made people's hairs tremble.

A nine-foot-square prison room was filled with a foul and pungent stench, making one sick from the smell.I saw Kong Rong wearing shackles and shackles, sitting on the straw mat, eyes closed with curtains, as indifferent as a stone statue.

On the stone wall in the south, there is a long poem written by him biting his middle finger and stained with blood. It looks blood-stained and shocking:
Talking too much will make things fail, but the device will not leak.The river collapses at the end of the ant hole, and the mountain is broken by the ape hole.The trickling stream of the Han Dynasty, the skylight leads to the dark room.Slander and evil harm justice, and the clouds cloud the day.There is no loyalty in extravagant words, and the prosperity is not true.People have two or three minds, which can be combined into one.Three people become tigers, impregnated with degumming paint.There are many worries about survival, and long sleep is all over.

Suddenly, there was a sound of "thump, thud, thump" from the corridor outside the prison, and it was clear and loud, rushing to.

Kong Rong heard the sound of walking boots and slowly opened his eyes.Outside the prison gate, more than a dozen tall warriors lined up with torches held high in their right hands and waist knives in their left hands, standing awe-inspiring with murderous aura.Under the reflection of the flames of the torches, Cao Cao was dressed in casual clothes, with a serious face, hands behind his back, and with a long back, he walked slowly over.

"Brother Wen Ju, are you all right here?" In the unbearable silence, it was Cao Cao who spoke slowly first.

Kong Rong snorted coldly and didn't answer.

Cao Cao looked at the arrogance on his face, the murderous look in his eyes became more and more serious, and his tone became more and more cold: "In a prison cell, waiting for crimes in shackles, life and death depend on other people's thoughts, brother Wen Ju has fear in his heart. ?”

Kong Rong opened his eyes, his gaze was as awe-inspiring as a sword, and he went straight to meet him face-to-face: "As a minister of the prime minister, I don't want to cultivate morality and uphold myself, but I want to be obsessed with punishment, eliminate dissidents, When cruelty is used to succeed, all scholars and people in the world will look sideways at it, fear and want to resist, is there only one person?"

Hearing Kong Rong's aggressive words, Cao Cao blushed slightly.This Kong Wenju is really "boiling soup and boiling an old duck, the body is rotten and the mouth is still hard"!At this level, he still regards himself as "the patriarch of Confucianism and the teacher of all bureaucrats", as if sitting in a temple and discussing Taoism, he continues to talk and speak freely!Cao Cao knew that it was useless to intimidate him with words, so he turned his eyes and saw the bloody poem written by Kong Rong on the south wall of the prison room, so he read it carefully several times, and said with a cold smile: "Brother Wen Ju , it seems that your introspection on your own suffering is quite in place--"Too many words will make things fail, but the leaks will not be secret. Yi Bairi...Three people become tigers, soaked in glue-removing paint...'You have the thoughts of introspection and repentance, and that's good."

"Cao Mengde, you are wrong." Kong Rong interrupted him in a cold tone, "This bloody poem is not a work of Kong's self-repentance and self-pity! It is the crystallization of Kong's experience in confronting various traitors all his life. , it is Kong Mou's earnest advice to the people who came after... If you don't understand its meaning, there are many people outside who will understand."

After hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but suddenly became a little stiff: "Hehehe...Doctor Kong is indeed a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty with a good heart!" As soon as he said these words, he seemed to realize something again immediately. There was a moment of silence, and suddenly He waved his hands back——those warriors immediately understood, stuck the torches in their hands behind the cracks in the corridor wall, and filed out.Outside the cell door, finally only Cao Cao was left standing with his hands behind his back.

"Dr. Kong has a deep knowledge of the classics, is erudite and wise, and has outstanding knowledge. Cao has always admired him sincerely." Cao Cao's tone suddenly appeared very gentle, "Moreover, for Dr. Kong's loyalty to the emperor, his dedication to justice, and his upright and open mind, Cao I have always admired you from the bottom of my heart. Back then, when Cao Mou welcomed His Majesty to Xudu, you wrote three poems and presented them to Cao Mou: "Guo and Li fought against each other, moved the capital to Chang'an and thought of returning. Looking forward to the Kanto is sad, Dreaming of the return of Mr. Cao... From Luo to Xu Weiwei, Mr. Cao is selfless about his country. Minus the food and fat, and the leaders of the group are from Qi Qi...'Oh, Cao remembers the day when he received your poem manuscript, he was so excited I can't sleep all night, I'm more happy than receiving a commendation edict written by His Majesty..."

Speaking of this, the tears in Cao Cao's eyes dripped down like pearls with a broken thread, falling on his beard and beard shining brightly: "Such friendship, such friendship, such relationship, why is it so late today? , but you are so heartless that you tear it apart, and instead fight against Cao somewhere?"

Kong Rong looked at him quietly, and said: "If you, Prime Minister Cao, can help the Han family as always, Kong will still sing praises to you to this day, and help you live forever..."

(End of this chapter)