"Lord, Kong Rong conspired and participated in the rebellion. The evidence is conclusive. Extermination of the family is not a matter of course."
Jia Xu took it for granted. In his opinion, even if Qin Hao came back, the fate of Kong Rong and others would still be wiped out, and this would never change.
Qin Hao said: "It is indeed natural to rebel and destroy the family, but what I ask is why the Kong Rong family was destroyed so suddenly."
Jia Xu understood clearly and explained: "It's like this. Shortly before my lord returned to Luo, the Kong family sent someone to intercede for Kong Rong's two youngest sons.
Kong Rong was from the Kong family, and he committed such a major crime as treason against the nine clans. The Lord did not hold the Kong family accountable, which was enough to give him face, but the Kong family actually wanted to save Kong Rong's two youngest sons.
It's just too much.
Naturally, I couldn't agree to such a rude request, so I refused very forcefully. The Kong family is so stern in appearance, but they didn't dare to bother me too much."
"Since you have refused, why do you want to destroy the family in advance?" Qin Hao asked with some confusion.
"I'm worried that the Kong family has hit a snag with me, and I'm unwilling to wait for the lord to come back to find the lord. In order to prevent you from being in a dilemma, lord, I simply kill Kong Rongman's family in advance to completely cut off the Kong family's obsession.
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After hearing what Jia Xu said, the corners of Qin Hao's mouth twitched involuntarily. He never expected that Jia Xu would be so confident, and it was because of himself that he wiped out the entire Kong Rong family in advance.
However, this is indeed Jia Xu's acting style, decisive, vicious, and merciless.
Kong Rong had a very high reputation among officials. In history, Cao Cao caused a lot of criticism when he exterminated his entire family. However, Jia Xu, who had always been good at protecting himself wisely, went out of his way this time and killed Kong Rong's entire family in such a tough manner. This was naturally justified.
Deep reasons.
Because Cao Cao had different political views from Kong Rong and was offended by Kong Rong, he destroyed his entire family. Kong Rong himself did not commit any serious crime.
The situation was different when Jia Xu killed Kong Rong's entire family. Kong Rong had already participated in the rebellion, and the evidence was conclusive. No matter how high his reputation was, rebellion was a capital crime. It was not an exaggeration to exterminate the entire family.
Of course, Jia Xu's purpose of killing Kong Rong's family in advance was not because of Kong Rong's crime, but to use it to beat the Kong family.
Jia Xu felt that the Kong family was trying to take advantage of the situation, so he deliberately killed the Kong Rong family to slap and warn the Kong family, don't be shameless, otherwise the Kong Rong family will be your fate.
Because they are the descendants of Saint Kong, the Kong family has a transcendent status and is treated kindly wherever they go. I have never seen such a rude person as Jia Xu.
Seeing that Jia Xu not only disagreed, but also wanted to be wiped out by Kong Rong's family. The Kong family was so frightened by Jia Xu's cruelty that they no longer dared to say "no", and they fled back to Qufu in despair.
After understanding all the causes and consequences, Qin Hao felt speechless for a while. He knew that not only did Jia Xu not do anything wrong, but he also did something right. He had considered all aspects, but he just felt like he had been cheated.
Looking at Qin Hao with a gloomy expression, Jia Xu knew that the handling of the issue of Kong Rong's family should have aroused his lord's dissatisfaction, but he did not feel that he had done anything wrong, so he asked: "My lord, what do you think?"
Did I do something wrong?"
Qin Hao shook his head and said, "No, uncle, you did the right thing, but the current situation is a bit special."
"How is it special?" Jia Xu asked puzzledly.
"How should I say..."
After Qin Hao organized some conversation, he told Jia Xu all about the relationship between Kong Rong and Kong Peng, as well as his intention to recruit Kong Peng. After hearing this, Jia Xu looked stunned and finally understood Qin Hao's intention.
If Kong Peng was an ordinary person, the Kong Rong family would naturally be wiped out as well, but he happened to be the second master of the Kong family after Kong Xuan.
The inexplicable enmity between such a peerless general would make it impossible for all the princes not to worry about it.
"So, the relationship between Kong Peng and Kong Rong is closer than that of brothers. Is the lord worried that killing Kong Rong's family will make Kong Peng angry with our army, and even disregard the safety of his family to oppose our army?"
"That's right." Qin Hao nodded.
Jia Xu looked unbelieving and said, "This is unlikely. The Kong family has been a family for thousands of years. How can it be possible that it cannot even manage its own disciples well?"
"Well, how should I put it? Kong Peng is different from the rest of the Kong family. He is a reckless man. No, it should be Leng Touqing. This person accepts death and is not a person who cares about the overall situation of the family."
The look of surprise on Jia Xu's face was even worse: "The Confucian Confucian family has thousands of years of experience and can actually teach a direct descendant to become a reckless man?"
Qin Hao looked speechless: "Uncle, you don't seem qualified to say that."
Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red.
He was very attentive to his son's education, but Jia Fu still became a reckless man. It seems that he was really not qualified to say so.
"Actually, my lord, there is no need to worry. The Kong family has finally established a relationship with our army. It is impossible for this unfilial son to destroy it. If this Kong Peng really dares to go against our army, he will not need our army's action.
The Kong family will definitely suppress it first."
"That is true, but I am worried that Kong Peng will cause losses to our army before that happens."
"There is no need to worry about this either. Any losses suffered by our army, as long as they are caused by Kong Peng, will be recorded on the Kong family. Who gave birth to such an unworthy descendant of the Kong family?"
"Isn't this a bit too bullying?"
"How could it be? Since this trouble comes from the Kong family, the Kong family has the responsibility to solve it. If it can't be solved, Kong Peng will be responsible for it. It's fair and just."
Regarding Jia Xu's domineering and unreasonable behavior, Qin Hao had only one thought in his mind, and that was that he did a great job.
"Report...report to my lord, important information has been sent back from Qingzhou."
After Qin Hao took it and looked at it, he frowned at first, then relaxed, and handed the letter to Jia Xu on the side.
"Kong Peng escaped from the Kong family. Kong Xuan went to stop him but failed. Kong Peng was rescued by his two sworn brothers. The Kong family was worried that Kong Peng would do something bad and decided to send Kong Xuan to serve under the king."
After saying this, Qin Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the Kong family is worthy of being a thousand-year-old family. With this carefulness, it is possible to survive to this day.
As soon as something happened to Kong Peng, the Kong family immediately tried to find a way to remedy it. They abandoned Kong Peng without hesitation and declared that Kong Peng was a traitor to the Kong family. All his actions had nothing to do with the Kong family. At the same time, they sent Kong Xuan to join the Qin Dynasty.
Under Hao's command.
The Kong family has such a spineless, self-respecting posture. Qin Hao can't find any fault even if he wants to cause trouble, otherwise other wealthy families will inevitably die in grief.