The Nameless of the Common Clans

When Chen Mo arrived at the court, he felt a gloomy atmosphere. The three dukes and nine ministers all looked depressed. These days, rumors in Chang'an City have never stopped. From the three dukes to the nine ministers, each one has become the target of criticism after dinner. On the contrary, Chen Mo, who was attacked by rumors at the beginning, is now ignored by few people. Even if there are occasional people, they are mostly good words. After all, there are so many immoral people in the court. How can you say that a person who runs around for the people and is busy with disaster relief and people's livelihood even if he is criticized by thousands of people is an immoral person?

The ministers in the court highlight Chen Mo's greatness. Maybe God punishes him because of this group of immoral people. Not to mention the people, many scholars have no good feelings towards these ***** in the court. Otherwise, there would not be a scene where scholars blocked the road and asked for life as soon as Chen Mo came back yesterday.

Seeing Chen Mo go to court, a group of court officials hurriedly came to greet him.

"Bo Dao..." Zhao Wen looked at Chen Mo and said with some guilt: "Now in Chang'an City, there are many rumors coming from nowhere. I hope Bo Dao can investigate this matter thoroughly."

When Chen Mo was framed by rumors, Zhao Wen did not stand up. Now he has experienced the pain of rumors. At this moment, facing Chen Mo, he feels a little guilty and guilty.

"Don't worry, Si Tu, this matter has been known. This time I came back to deal with this matter. Someone started to frame me two months ago. I thought it was just for me, but now it seems that it is for the whole court." Chen Mo nodded and said solemnly: "This matter must be investigated!"

Huangfu Song opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. His relationship with Chen Mo was not as close as Zhao Wen. He was turned away when he went to see Chen Mo yesterday. Now he couldn't put down his face and begged for mercy.

They knew something about the rumors about Chen Mo before, but Huangfu Song thought that the rumors that appeared later might be Chen Mo's doing. But just like Chen Mo couldn't do anything about the rumors before, they had no evidence to prove that it was Chen Mo who did it. But looking at Chang'an, it seems that there is no one else who can do this except Chen Mo, and judging from the results, the biggest benefit of this matter is to help Chen Mo clear his name.

But even if it is really Chen Mo, there is no way to do anything to him, just like when Chen Mo was attacked by rumors two months ago, Chen Mo didn't say a word, and looked like he was unlucky. At that time, many people, including Huangfu Song, were gloating. Now, whether it was Chen Mo who did it or not, they seemed to have to think that they were unlucky.

The other officials felt a little guilty when they heard this. They naturally knew about the rumors about Chen Mo at the beginning, and some of them were involved in it. Now that Chen Mo brought this matter up, many people felt bad.

"If you want to investigate, you have to start from the root. I think the person who spread the rumor two months ago is the culprit of this matter. I suspect that there must be people in the court involved in such a big incident. As long as these people are found out, the rumor will be broken by themselves!" Chen Mo looked at the ministers and smiled, "What do you think?"

Not saying anything after being beaten? That's not Chen Mo's character. He didn't move before because if he investigated deeply, the ministers in the court would definitely stop him, and it would not benefit his reputation. But now, if you want to investigate, start with the person who spread the rumor about me. I hold the military and political power in Guanzhong, so I deserve to be scolded? Being calculated by others?

If I stop this matter this time and keep quiet, I don't know what will happen next time. I have to beat them hard, otherwise this matter will never end.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment after hearing this, and finally Huangfu Song nodded. Obviously, although Chen Mo did not say anything about the actions of those people before, they angered Chen Mo. The people in the court provided convenience to a certain extent, so it is not necessarily true that Chen Mo made such a big fuss this time and hurt innocent people. Even if they did not participate in it, these people had the intention of adding fuel to the flames. Chen Mo only targeted the rumors against the three officials and nine ministers, not saying that other people were innocent. It was because these people were high-ranking officials and their reputations were too high, which might not be a good thing for him. Moreover, if they were investigated too much, it would make the whole court panic.

"Everything, please Bo Dao." Zhao Wen sighed. On weekdays, Chen Mo's humble and gentle image of a gentleman gave him many illusions. This time, he felt the ferocious side of Chen Mo. He turned the table with a smile on his face, but everyone was speechless. This was much more difficult to deal with than Dong Zhuo and Li Jue.

"The autumn harvest is coming soon. This year is a drought year. There are many things to deal with. I am too busy to do anything. How about asking Yuan Changgong to help me with this matter?" Chen Mo looked at Zhong Yao and smiled.

"Okay." Faced with Chen Mo's invitation, Zhong Yao could only nod his head. This incident was actually provoked by the Guanlong gentry. He was really implicated. But looking at Chen Mo's current intention, it is obvious that he wants to take this opportunity to split the court and break up the court officials who originally held a group. Zhong Yao is the representative of the Yingchuan gentry. Obviously, Chen Mo wants Zhong Yao to stand up and help him, leading the Yingchuan gentry in the court to compete with the Guanlong gentry.

And Zhong Yao has no choice. If he doesn't do it, he believes that Chen Mo is not a good man and his reputation will be directly ruined. At that time, even if he resigns and returns to Yingchuan, his reputation will probably become the biggest stain of his life.

However, Zhong Yao was not too angry. First, this matter involved too many people. If he really didn't give in, the end would be even more tragic. Chen Mo needed the court to fight for more political benefits for himself, so he would not allow the court to be destroyed. Second, since Chen Mo wanted to win him over, he would definitely leave a way out for himself. Third, Zhong Yao admired Chen Mo's calmness, skill and decisiveness in this incident. This is the courage and means that people who do big things should have.

Since Chen Mo has decided to separate the forces in the court, even if Zhong Yao disagrees, Chen Mo will definitely push other forces out. In this case, why not do it himself?

The ministers had no objection to this. After suffering from rumors for two months, their reputations were almost ruined. At this time, everyone just wanted it to end quickly.

However, Chen Mo was not in a hurry. He asked Zhong Yao to thoroughly investigate the authenticity of these rumors one by one and use evidence to refute them for the ministers. At the same time, he ordered people to start a thorough investigation of the things that framed him.

In fact, when Chen Mo's rumors appeared, Chen Mo had been secretly investigating the source while muddying the water, but he had not taken any further action.

Now that the time is ripe, the evidence found at that time and the people arrested can naturally be brought out. Of course, this requires a process in front of the ministers, and you can't be impatient. Anyway, it's not me who is anxious now.

The rumors in Chang'an City began to stabilize as Zhong Yao continued to find evidence to prove that the rumors were fictitious, but the voices of doubt did not disappear, and some people asked the court to show the mastermind behind the scenes to prove themselves.

"General, this is the information sent by Taichang and others. It should be the mastermind behind this rumor." Zhong Yao handed a list to Chen Mo, knelt down and said, "I don't know how the lord wants to deal with it?"

Chen Mo looked at the list and smiled. The list was not complete, but the matter had come to this point, and it was indeed time to stop. He couldn't really abolish the court.

"This Hou Wen, during this disaster relief process, has repeatedly disobeyed orders, not distributing grain on time, and even withholding grain." Chen Mo pointed at the first name and shook his head, "I wonder why such an immoral person became the Imperial Censor?"

"This person's morality is criticized, but the Hou family is also a big family in Fufeng." Zhong Yao nodded.

"Openly framing the three dukes and nine ministers of the current dynasty, this crime, how big is his family to suppress the matter?" Chen Mo asked back.

Zhong Yao nodded to show that he understood. If he wanted to fight, he would fight the biggest one. Who let Hou Wen participate in this matter, and he had been against Chen Mo everywhere before?

"In addition..." Chen Mo crossed out two more names and said, "Let's close this case with these three people, but this list, secretly released, can also be regarded as a deterrent to these people."

Zhong Yao looked at Chen Mo, nodded deeply and said, "General, you are smart."

The people on this list are equivalent to the abandoned part. Chen Mo only chose three people to close the case, which is equivalent to letting these people go. If these people are unaware, they may come to deal with Chen Mo in the future, but once this list is released, it is equivalent to telling them that they are regarded as abandoned pawns, and Chen Mo spared their lives. Invisibly, Chen Mo will have many more supporters on his side. In the court, Chen Mo's power will be greater. After this incident, it is difficult for the Guanzhong gentry to unite to deal with Chen Mo.

This move directly separated the Guanlong family. It is cruel enough, but also smart enough.

"The rest of the things will be troubled by Mr. Yuan Chang." Chen Mo smiled.

"That's right." Zhong Yao smiled and nodded, then stood up and said goodbye, "There's no time to lose. This matter can't go on any longer. I'll do it now."

Zhong Yao was also one of those who suffered from rumors. Now that Chen Mo had said that this matter could obviously end, Zhong Yao was naturally a little impatient.

Looking at Zhong Yao's back as he left, Chen Mo stretched his muscles. After this incident, the court should be much more stable. However, the emperor's absence from the court was a bit unreasonable after all. Although this year's drought was a disaster, it also gave Chen Mo the opportunity to sort out Guanzhong. As long as the next year's harvest was not too bad, Guanzhong would quickly stabilize after this incident. At that time, he should consider taking the emperor back from Cao Cao.

"My lord, urgent news from Yanzhou!" Dian Wei came in with a roll of bamboo slips and bowed to Chen Mo.

"Yanzhou?" Chen Mo frowned when he heard it, took the bamboo slips and opened them, quickly reading them, and his expression gradually became cheerful: "Brother, why bother with this matter...haha~"