"Everything a mortal should do should first be based on knowledge, planning and speculation, and then dare to make a decision." [Huainanzi·Human Lessons]
"King Chen actually bribed Liu Song?" In the palace, Wang Bi looked at Cao Cao and others with a horrified look. He was shocked when he first learned the news. Looking at the calm expressions of Cao Cao and others at this moment, he must have known it for a long time.
He said: "Liu Song has always been low-key and modest, never overly public, and never discussed government affairs in private. How dare he accept the donation from King Chen?"
"Speaking of which, it is the son's fault that he replaced his father." Dong Zhao sighed lightly, looked at everyone, and said slowly: "During the reign of Emperor Xiaoling, King Chen was exposed by the Prime Minister for privately offering sacrifices to the Emperor of Heaven. At that time
Not long after the death of King Bohai, Emperor Xiaoling couldn't bear to kill the two kings in succession, so he asked the Zhongchang Shi Wang Ye, Shangshu Ling, Shi Yushi and others to verify the facts. The result of the test was that the person King Chen was offering sacrifices to was Huang Lao, who was praying for the blessing of immortality.
That's all. He has no hope of luck, so I issued an edict to pardon King Chen."
Wang Bi vaguely knew something in his heart. He only heard Dong Zhao continue to say: "At that time, King Chen bribed Zhongchang Shi and others with a large sum of money, and then the crime was limited to the prime minister, not to King Chen. Among them, the official who was Zongzheng at that time
This is Duke Liu, the Marquis of Luxiang."
The Marquis of Luxiang mentioned by Dong Zhao was the great scholar Liu Kuan, who was the teacher of Emperor Xiaoling and had many disciples and former officials. He was also the father of the former Zongzheng Liu Song.
It is conceivable that Liu Kuan accepted King Chen's request and persuaded Emperor Xiaoling to suppress the matter, perhaps out of maintaining the stability of the court or for other reasons. However, no one expected that after King Chen's incident,
He did not repent. When the Yellow Turbans raised their troops, they even took out thousands of crossbows and marched out to the capital to recruit exiles. After the liberation, Liu Song was worried that when the court investigated King Chen, he would reveal the things that Liu Kuan had secretly protected.
After digging it out, several families tried to make up for it, but Liu Miao still exposed the clinker.
"I'm afraid there are many people involved in this matter." Wang Bi sighed softly.
"More or less, it all depends on God's will." Dong Zhao said in a deep voice: "With this matter, Liu Song will not be able to escape prosecution, and even Liu Yu's reputation will be greatly damaged. He often regards himself as the leader of the clan, and now
There is an unvirtuous person in the clan, and depending on his temperament, it may be difficult to convince everyone."
Liu Yu not only had to appease the clan and establish his style, but also had to severely punish Liu Song, King Chen and others to show justice. He was not a good dancer to begin with, and now he was obviously in a dilemma. King Chen was on the side
It is easy to say that a distant vassal king will be deposed when he is deposed, but Liu Song is different. After being a great Confucian and famous minister, he has been fair and impartial for many years, and has a good reputation in the government and the public. Once Liu Yu is asked to express his attitude and propose punishment, he will
Even if Liu Song had it, the perceptual scholars wouldn't care about it... What's more, Liu Kuan has been dead for many years, and it would inevitably make others uneasy if he reopened other people's old accounts at this time.
"If you want to rely on this excuse, it's not that you can't do it, but you want to use it to depose him..." Wang Bi looked at the other person up and down doubtfully: "It doesn't seem to be weighty enough? At most, it will only damage your reputation and prevent you from entering the Chengming Palace. If you don't record it,
As for the Minister, he is still a Taiwei."
Cao Cao spread his hands and smiled and said: "Isn't this enough?" Of course he was not satisfied with this. Cao Cao's eyes were calm, he took out a letter from his sleeve and held it in his hand. It was from a Sima of another department in Shuofang County.
The eldest son Cao Ang sent a letter home. I saw him gently stroking the letter that he had read countless times. At this moment, he did not open it, but said: "But where we really want to go, we can't look at Liu Song, but start from
This new sect is taking action."
Everyone was curious about the content of the letter that Cao Cao suddenly took out. Only Guo Jia poked his head around and expressed his desperate desire to read it. Seeing that Cao Cao put it away again without letting him get his wish, Guo Jia was not annoyed and just smiled.
Everyone explained: "Whether Liu Gong is in Youzhou or Bingzhou, his consistent policies are to treat the Hu people with kindness, trade with the Hu people, and reward them every year to ensure the security of the border. Even though everyone in the world says that Liu Gong is thrifty.
As a Cao Cao, he would not replace his clothes with new ones if they were torn, but would have others mend them before wearing them again. However, the people around Liu Gong were not necessarily gentlemen. Over the years, the imperial court rewarded the barbarians and inspected the mutual trade. Among them, there was no one without money and silk.
Will you be tempted?"
Wang Bi immediately shook his head and said: "But Liu Miao is Liu Gong's confidant. King Langxie can get out of trouble now only because of Cao Gong's help. Even so, he can't repay this."
"Really?" Dong Zhao asked, and he thought of something very quickly: "Who said that King Langxie's matter has been settled?"
Wang Bi's face turned red. In fact, he had felt this way a long time ago. Although he was an old man around Cao Cao and had been with him the longest and had the most seniority, compared with the latecomers such as Dong Zhao and Guo Jia, he was always outsmarting him.
Fortunately, Cao Cao didn't care about this and still trusted him. But Wang Bi had the idea of dying for his confidant. He wanted to catch up in Cao Cao's footsteps and do something for him, but every time
He couldn't compare with Dong Zhao and others every time.
In the past, he would have endured it and just laughed it off like a good old man. But today, for some reason, maybe because he was choked a few times, he actually opened his mouth to retort: "When you plan to depose the Taiwei, you are not afraid of going too far and incurring the consequences of the emperor."
Are you dissatisfied?"
The ministers below plotted against each other and even used the emperor to achieve their goals. According to Wang Bi's long-term understanding, the emperor, who was accustomed to being a chess player, would never allow his ministers to use him as a pawn.
Seeing that Wang Bi couldn't say anything, he carried the emperor out. Guo Jia suddenly felt bored, curled his lips and turned his head away and stopped talking. Dong Zhao was so sophisticated that he took the initiative to pour tea for Wang Bi and said in detail: "Now outside the Great Wall
There are many barbarians in the world, but no one like Tan Shihuai has appeared yet. It is a matter of great importance that must be guarded against. The country intends to develop martial arts, and has a long-term vision. Next year, it will reach the Western Regions, and the country will have arms. It is safe to know that it will not send troops to chase the champion the year after tomorrow.
Hou’s footprints?”
Wang Bi suddenly understood why Guo Jia said what he just said.
Dong Zhao placed the poured tea bowl in front of Wang Bi and continued: "Liu Gong has always advocated peace and refused to take the initiative to provoke the Hu people. He has always been soft and gentle. Although there is nothing to do now, he will mobilize troops in the future and the court will fight for peace.
Let’s discuss the matter. Liu Gong’s mere presence here is contrary to His Majesty’s thoughts. In the long run, how can you allow Liu Gong to interfere in military affairs?”
Wang must understand, but he still seems to have doubts in his heart, that is, even so, Cao Cao still arranged all this on the premise of understanding the emperor's thoughts. Isn't this still taking advantage of the emperor's temperament?
It's just that the words have reached this point, and it's useless to say more, so I can only continue to play the role I should have.
Time passed quickly, and before Liu Miao and others left Hangu Pass, news came from Yuzhou that the palace of King Chen was on fire, and King Chen failed to commit suicide and was seriously injured.