In Yingchuan, the incidents that broke out in a row were disrupted!
After all, in the Han Dynasty, there were no public relations departments, and no special disciplines for crisis management. As for the successive bursts and the crowd of Yingchuan who were used to living a peaceful life, they all said that the melon was too big and could not be eaten at all.
Xi Lu sat alone in the Censorate's Office, frowning.
He once felt that he was a loyal warrior of a great man, a brave man lurking in the darkest but looking for light!
In front of others, Xi Lu had to maintain the demeanor of a three-president or nine ministers no matter what he said, and did not reveal his complex emotions that mixed with anger and fear. However, when he sat alone, he could not control himself.
Although many officials in Xu County were confused when the big melon fell from the sky, they still followed the old model and did whatever they should do. Of course, they were inevitably talking in private, and they also expressed that the world was getting worse and the times were changing, etc.
After all, when the melons are smashed, they are all big. The things facing the minor officials are naturally different from those facing the major officials.
Is Xi Lu the Censorate so big? It’s not too big or small, but it’s also hurt by the melon.
The Censorate was once glorious in the Han Dynasty, but at the moment, this glory had nothing to do with Xi Lu. Originally, the Censorate could impeach officials from all over the world, from the three dukes and nine ministers to local counties and counties, and even if they were wrong, they could express their integrity and be honest and honest to gain the title of being straightforward and upright, but now the components of the Censorate have completely collapsed.
The officials in the world are all determined by the two Shangshu.
Xi Lu can't control the west, and he can't control the east. Whether it's personnel dispatch or job arrangements, Xi Lu has no say in any way. Well, even if he has the right to speak, it's not a matter of responsibility...
In fact, at the moment, the overall structure of the Han court has been almost destroyed. Although many departments still have their original names, their authority is actually very different. Many times, like the current censorship, they only maintain a superficial decent, but in fact they cannot play a role. The current political system of the Han Dynasty has long become a distinction between power based on the power balance between the princes, and the normal operating political system has long been destroyed.
Cao Cao had no objection to Xi Lu becoming the Censor. In fact, the most fundamental reason was not the emperor's insistence, but Cao Cao knew that the institution of the Censorate was no longer the same as before and had little effect.
Xi Lu once worked very hard, but his efforts seemed to be completely incompatible with the changes in the current situation and the changes in the world.
Xi Lu originally wanted to borrow Kong Rong's affairs and jumped repeatedly in it, going in and out, and getting some oil and water out, but now...
After all, the emperor lives in the inner court and has many restrictions. If you want to break Cao Cao's hand, you must work together inside and outside to regain the world.
That's right?
So where is the support point of the outside world? Can it be achieved with the Censorate?
Even if Xi Lu is covered in iron, how many nails can he make?
So you have to find allies.
But once the power is greater, Cao Cao will be targeted and then slapped...
So, what should I do?
Of course, I pretend to be like the person under Cao Cao's crotch, so I can slowly think about Cao Cao's lower back.
Those who refuse to pretend, who have to show off their carriages and horses and Cao Cao are already full of Jingguan piles up at the intersection of the street.
Only by saving one's life can we serve the Han Dynasty better and be loyal to the emperor better, right?
Moreover, in this process, Xi Lu can slowly restore the authority of the Censorate!
You can kill two birds with one stone, no, you can kill two birds with one stone!
Otherwise, what benefits can you get by maintaining the superficial follower of the emperor? Even the Censorate cannot receive the salary! Can it be pleasing to the Shangshutai all day long to see the face of the minor official? But after reaching Cao Cao's crotch, everything seemed to be smoother and much more lubricated. The money and salary I owed before were also given by various names, and the Censorate also had some people in hand to build a stand.
Anyway, Xi Lu would never admit that he was targeted by Cao Cao at that time. In panic, he tried to use Kong Rong as a bargaining chip to protect his life as a letter of fame...
This is a transformation strategy adopted for the Han Dynasty and the Emperor!
Xi Lu comforted himself and then made an excuse for himself.
Well, strictly speaking, Xi Lu really thought so.
He wanted Kong Rong to die.
Because of China’s habits, only when people die will things become big and can cause trouble!
Xi Lu felt that Kong Rong was not willing to die.
The important thing is that he can use some strength to gain some real power through Kong Rong, at least to restore some authority to the Censorate, and then use this as a pedal to climb up, gather more people, and finally compete with Cao Cao. And he is like Kong Rong's big mouth, but he is not enough to make trouble. If he doesn't take the opportunity to kill him, he will not become an obstacle to Xi Lu's climbing upwards!
Xi Lu did work very hard. He even acted in front of the emperor in order to deceive Cao Cao. Then, when Kong Rong's incident broke out at a critical moment, he jumped out and stabbed Cao Cao in the back, but what he never expected was that at this moment, there was another change that made him speechless!
No one would worry about Kong Rong's life.
Politically, sometimes life is a bargaining chip.
A politician will have some blood in his hands, either from the enemy, from his own people, or from innocent ordinary people who are implicated.
It turns out that no one takes Kong Rong, a person who likes bragging and reading seriously, perhaps even Kong Rong himself does not take it seriously.
After all, since Kong Rong retreated from the court, he has become a squire in the wild.
And he became a big troll in the wild Qingliu...
It does not mean that these people have no authority after leaving the court.
Generally speaking, these gentry in the court do not have much say, but they are different in the local area. Moreover, these gentry in the country will transform into ruling parties at any time. Even if they are not the serious way for scholars to become officials, they may marry into a certain family because of a certain ladies, or simply choose a concubine, or they will immediately change from an opposition party to a ruling party...
At the same time, almost all the gentry and gentry in the wild control the local economic lifeline and make the entire local population a source of their industry. Even the government often cannot easily touch them. After all, the annual tax amount is there, so could it be that the county magistrate and county magistrate themselves go to farm the fields and pick mulberry to pay the tax?
But at the same time, opposition parties also have disadvantages, that is, although they are also vested interests, they have to pay more and get less than the ruling party. The ruling gentry children can use their authority to reduce or reduce their own burdens, and turn these burdens into other non-ruling gentry members. Therefore, these gentry members in opposition will naturally have the desire to re-enter the court and re-enter the rule.
So the path Xi Lu originally planned makes some sense...
When Cao Cao was obviously ready to attack Xi Lu, Xi Lu took the initiative to lay down and acted like a pleasure, which made Cao Cao feel a little unable to do anything. At the same time, Xi Lu killed Kong Rong, a big troll, on the one hand, also alleviated the risk of being criticized, and at the same time, he could disperse the opposition parties gathered around Kong Rong, and then consolidated and gained from it, eventually replacing Kong Rong and becoming the spokesperson for the new generation of opposition Qingliu.
This is Xi Lu's ultimate goal.
Kong Rong is not suitable as the spokesperson for the opposition Qingliu, at least that's what Xi Lu thinks.
He neither knows how to cooperate with the posture, nor knows about his progress in his studies, and even almost drags Xi Lu into the water. If Xi Lu doesn't mess with Kong, how can he prove that he and Kong are not wet?
Of course, Xi Lu would not admit that he wanted to use Kong Qian first to cause a series of problems. Anyway, for Xi Lu, it is all wrong for others. As long as he can find an excuse to shirk it, that would be right.
So it’s all Kong’s fault, and it’s all Kong Rong’s fault.
In order to protect himself, so that he could better serve the emperor and do his best to the Han Dynasty, he had to sacrifice Kong Rong.
In order to achieve multi-level needs, Kong Rong must die, and still die in an unknown way.
The crimes and culpability of Kong Rong, which was framed by Xi Lu and Lu Cui, actually cannot stand scrutiny in strict terms, but they just want this effect...
If the crime is really confirmed, how can you turn your confessions and make trouble in the future?
Under Xi Lu's most ideal state, Cao Cao came up and killed Kong Rong, and then it was very "unfortunate". After Kong Rong's death, someone discovered that he had killed the wrong one!
Well, then, shouldn’t Prime Minister Cao, who killed the wrong "good guy"?
At least I apologize and think behind closed doors and express my attitude, right?
Once Cao Cao closed his door and relaxed his authority, isn’t this the opportunity?
Even if Cao Cao asked the Censorate to take charge, Xi Lu could say that he was undermined, wronged, obeyed, and obeyed, and then he had a wronged and had a debt. Don't be angry with the knife, you have to find the person who took the knife...
Unexpectedly, when Xi Lu was planning how to win over the strength of some local gentry through connections, this situation became like this!
Kong Rong really made a statement about "unfaithfulness and unfiliality"!
How can we continue to implement this plan?
The crime of being unfaithful and unfilial was like a joke, and then the joke came true, which made Xi Lu unable to laugh at all.
The situation is now chaotic, and before the opposition parties could integrate, they were dizzy by the combination of punches by Lao Cao. They could not find the North. If Xi Lu jumped out and took the lead, there might be some hope of unity, but in this case, it would be necessary to say that they would definitely be evil to Prime Minister Cao. If it succeeds in the future, it might be fine, but if it fails...
How many people who detested Prime Minister Cao back then could live a smooth life?
Who? Chen Lin?
ha!
Chen Lin, who wrote an article to scold Cao Cao, was indeed alive, but she was not as good as a dog!
Cao Cao didn't kill Chen Lin, but what did he ask the talented man of Chen to do?
A small official in the room!
Didn’t Chen Lin write a manifesto? Just let him write a manifesto for the rest of his life!
That guy named Cao has never been a good guy.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Xi Lu had a bleak future. He could not understand that Kong Rong, who was obviously the name of loyalty and filial piety, would actually say something that was almost crazy and lost!
Didn’t this completely collapse the original position of Xi Lu and others, and that all Xi Lu’s previous calculations fell into nothing?
Next, what should we do?
Before Xi Lu could think about how Kong Rong would follow up, the news from the other side completely disappointed him...
Luci is here.
He brought the latest news...
Xun's family didn't move.
No movement at all.
"No, the Jizhou gentry has already been so arrogant, and it's almost stinging on his face!" Xi Lu has no longer had the so-called masters of classics and masters at this time, and he looks like a city-like person, saying bad words, "Can you endure this? Can you endure this?! How can you endure this?! Ah?!"
Lu Cui glanced at Xi Lu, then remained silent helplessly.
Although Lu Cui was called a military advisor, his priest was completely different from Guo Jia's priest. More of his affairs were like Chen Lin, a "record room" with a military advisor's priest, that is, drafting military orders, issuing announcements, etc., and he lacks any real power.
Do people have to have some dreams? Otherwise, what is the difference between them and salted fish?
While working in the recording room, Lu Cui looked at Chen Xianyu and naturally didn't want to be Lu Xianyu...
Perhaps people who are unwilling to be lonely can always hook up with the same kind in the nightclub, so Lu Cui naturally became more and more involved with Xi Lu.
"The Cui family is like this, and Xun family has no movement at all?" Xi Lu still refused to believe it and asked again.
Luci closed his eyes and nodded.
『This…』 Xi Lu sat down dejectedly, unable to hold back his originally stable appearance, and murmured, "How could this happen, how could this happen..."
Xi Lu couldn't figure it out.
Just as he couldn't figure out what Kong Rong, who regarded the word "loyalty and filial piety" as more important than his life, suddenly said the crazy words of "unfaithfulness and filial piety", he also couldn't figure out what happened to Cui Yan as the Prime Minister's Office, and there was no movement in the Xun family?
"Maybe... there are also measures, but I don't know it for you or me?" Lu Cui said slowly, "After all, right now... I'm afraid it's not just you and I'm staring at Xun?"
Xi Lu was stunned and then slapped his face, "That's right! That must be true!"
Will the Yingchuan faction let the Jizhou faction fight on his face?
Obviously impossible!
Even if Xun Yu can tolerate it, can the Xun family tolerate it?
Even if the Xun clan can tolerate it, can the Yingchuan people from the Xin clan of Chen family tolerate it?
"The Xun family's fortress was broken before..." Lu Cui said slowly, "The Xun family's ups and downs may be reasonable..."
This is not the first time that Xun is a turtle with his head-retching. Before, Xun Wang died, so there was no movement soon?
"No, this is different from that time," Xi Lu waved his hand and said, "The death of the past is just a branch. If it is today's danger, the whole clan will be closely related...
When Lu Cui heard this, he nodded, "This is true. But Xun's family doesn't move, what should I do?"
Yes, what should I do?
This is a difficult problem.
The original plan of killing two birds with one stone or killing more birds with one stone, but unexpectedly, it evolved to the present moment. Not only did the bird not hit, but the stone also had to hit itself in the foot? Who would have thought of calculating and calculating, but the result was like this?
If the Xun family does not move, it is very likely that the Yingchuan is unable to move. After all, there is no leader, and this is the same as Kong Rong. These gentry and gentry in the wild have no Kong Rong, and they can easily become a piece of loose sand, and then cut into different parts and vassals to other spokespersons.
Xi Lu's plan was to replace Kong Rong as the new spokesperson, but now he found that his plan became the booster for Cao Cao to disrupt and cut the entire Shandong gentry system. Until now, when Cui Yan became the Eastern Cao of the Prime Minister's Mansion, representing the Jizhou faction, or a considerable number of Jizhou people led by Cui Yan turned to Cao Cao completely, Xi Lu suddenly realized that he was staring at Kong Rong and plotting against the rural gentry, while Cao Cao was staring at the entire Shandong and plotting against everyone!
This naturally includes Xi Lu.
Xi Lu's worries soon became reality.
Cao Cao sent a personal soldier and brought the Prime Minister's order, asking Xi Lu to speed up the handling of Kong Rong's affairs, and he had to deal with it before the Emperor's Celebration.
This is really not a chance...
Xi Lu lamented, then suddenly his body shook, as if he had thought of something, and a little horror appeared on his face.
"What's wrong?" Lu Cui asked.
Xi Lu's face turned pale and said in a low voice: "Prime Minister... The Prime Minister shouldn't have planned all this since the rebellion in Xu County? What you and I do... will it be under the Prime Minister's plan?"
It is actually normal to be plotted by others. People are in the world, so how can they not be beaten? If you plot against others, others will also plot against yourself. Xi Lu naturally doesn't think there is any problem with this matter, but he has been planning since so early, and then he didn't notice it. He is still in the calculation of others, and he is following the pace scheduled by others. He even thinks that his plan has succeeded. This is really...
Lu Cui's expression suddenly turned pale like Xi Lu, "No...no...no...
Xi Lu seemed to have lost his skeleton, leaned limply on the edge of the table, murmured: "This... I thought that the Guanzhong cavalry had a profound plan and was accompanied by a tiger, so I came to Xu County... Unexpectedly, this cavalry, the prime minister... Oh, why are there so many heroes in the world?"