August 23rd, the fifth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, is a day destined to be recorded in history.
Early this morning, Cao Gun got up and washed himself under the service of his entourage.
After washing up, Cao Gun eagerly took out a Buddhist classic and started reading.
Cao Gun was the son of Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao and the half-brother of Cao Pi.
When he was young, Cao Gun was granted the title of Marquis of Pingxiang. Later, after Cao Pi became emperor, in order to show the world that he loved and protected his brothers, he granted Cao Gun the title of Duke of Zan, and finally he was promoted to King of Zan.
After the Wei army suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Xiangfan, Sima Yi believed that the next target of the Han army must be Guanzhong, so he suggested to Cao Pi to "separate the clan to Guanzhong to appease people's hearts."
Under Sima Yi's suggestion, Cao Pi thought about it and finally chose to change the title of Cao Gun, who had always been weak, to the title of King of Fufeng and take charge of Fufeng.
Of course, Cao Pi was very afraid of his brother in his heart, so although he nominally asked Cao Gun to take charge of Fufeng, it was only in name.
As the King of Fufeng, Cao Gun did not have any military power in his hands.
Not only did Cao Pi have no military power, Cao Pi also sent several close associates to serve as Cao Gun's defense assistants, shouldering the responsibility of monitoring Cao Gun.
However, Cao Gun had no complaints at all about Cao Pi's arrangement.
Cao Gun loved reading when he was young, and he could write articles when he was a teenager. Every time he studied, his subordinates often worried that he would get sick due to damage to his energy, and repeatedly tried to dissuade him. However, he liked reading and could not stop reading.
As of this year, Cao Gun has written thousands of articles in total. Although his talent is not as good as Cao Zhi's, he is still a talented person among the clans of Cao Wei.
Cao Gun, who only loved studying, had no desire for power, and naturally he was not dissatisfied with Cao Pi's arrangements.
After unfolding the Buddhist classics in his hands, Cao Gun quickly immersed himself in the joy of acquiring knowledge.
During the reign of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism was gradually introduced to the Central Plains.
It's just that the current Buddhism has not yet been praised by the rulers of the past dynasties, so its development in China has been tepid.
For hundreds of years, only some dignitaries had access to Buddhist classics.
Cao Gun learned some Buddhist teachings by chance a few years ago.
Because some of the teachings of Buddhism were quite consistent with his personality, Cao Gun maintained a strong interest in Buddhism from then on.
But while Cao Gun was absorbing Buddhist knowledge, what he didn't know was that a huge change was taking place outside his palace in Fufeng City.
According to the prior agreement, a family head living in Fufeng City led the clan soldiers in the mansion to march toward Cao Gun's palace in a grand manner early this morning.
When each family head met on the road, their respective clan soldiers quickly gathered together, with Su Ze as the temporary co-leader, forming a force of over a thousand people.
Thousands of generations of family soldiers, led by Su Ze, continued to advance murderously towards Cao Gun's palace.
Thousands of generations of family soldiers marched with sharp blades, quickly causing panic in the streets of Fufeng City.
After seeing this team, many people were frightened and ran away, causing riots everywhere in Fufeng City.
The people didn't know why soldiers from thousands of generations of families suddenly gathered together today.
They didn't even want to bother guessing the direction in which thousands of generations of family soldiers were heading.
There was only one thought in their minds, and that was not to block the advance of the thousands of generations of family soldiers.
Thousands of generations of family soldiers don't sound like a lot.
But the leaders were all heads of aristocratic families with many years of reputation in Fufeng. When they appeared at the front of the team, their influence was enough to make the people in the city not dare to go against them.
As for the Wei army in the city?
As the administrative seat of Fufeng, according to common sense, there should be a Wei army garrison in Fufeng City.
But this year's situation is different from previous years.
Due to the large-scale Northern Expedition of the Han army, the Wei army in Fufeng City had long been transferred to the front line by Cao Zhen. The battle on the front line was urgent. How could Cao Zhen waste his troops to defend Fufeng City in the rear?
Of course, even if there are no regular Wei soldiers in Fufeng City, there should still be county soldiers responsible for maintaining daily order and assuming the responsibility of defending the city.
But the important thing is, which city in the world has its county soldiers not recruited locally?
As for the county soldiers, which are mainly composed of local people, their organizational structure has long been infiltrated by local wealthy families.
Apart from other things, the head of the family who angrily threw the official seal of Cao Wei in the secret room that day was the hero of Fufeng City.
As for the county captain in Fufeng City, he is his nephew.
You must know that today's act of righteousness is not the behavior of the Su family, but the common behavior of most of the aristocratic families in Fufeng City.
As long as they stick together and rely on the intertwined power network they have jointly constructed at the grassroots level in Fufeng for hundreds of years, it will be an easy task to control a Fufeng city in an instant.
This is the most terrifying thing about the wealthy family, and it is also the reason why Yang Biao dares to make a deal with Mi Yang!
Although there were no common people along the way who dared to stand in front of the thousands of clan soldiers, this did not affect the people who were hiding and observing the costumes of the thousands of clan soldiers in the dark.
Since thousands of generations of family soldiers come from different families, their uniforms are not uniform.
But some sharp-eyed people still observed that both the soldiers of the thousands of generations of families and the dozens of heads of aristocratic families who led them all had white belts tied around their waists on this day.
It is very clear what wearing a leucorrhea means in this world.
This kind of dress is often adopted by the younger generation to express their grief after the death of an elder in the family.
But the point is, these thousands of generations of family soldiers come from different families, and the death of any elder will make them mourn together?
Most of the people didn't know what was going on, and only some county officials hiding in the dark knew the whole story - the man the Fufeng family was mourning today was none other than Yang Biao!
As he got closer to the palace, the chill on Su Ze's face became more intense.
Today he can be publicly elected as the leader, not because his family background is superior to others, but because he has experience in leading troops.
Having put down rebellions in Hexi several times, it was an easy task for him to direct a righteous incident that was already a matter of course.
In fact, the entire Fufeng County had already fallen into their hands when they led their troops from the mansion.
For example, what Su Ze is holding in his hand is the head of the Fufeng Order appointed by the Cao Wei court.
It's just that perfection is what matters in everything. After removing that person, today's righteousness event will have a perfect start.
Only by removing that person can the matter of Fufeng's righteousness be completely transformed into a storm that sweeps the entire land of Guanzhong.
Soon after, Su Ze, who was wrapped in a white belt, holding a sharp blade in one hand and a head in the other, led thousands of family soldiers to the outside of Cao Gun's palace.
The soldiers who were responsible for guarding the palace were frightened to death when they saw thousands of thieves with sharp blades coming in front of them.
It is true that behind them is the palace of Prince Fufeng, but Cao Pi has always been afraid of the military power of princes and kings.
There are even strict restrictions on the number of guards for princes and kings.
According to regulations, Cao Gun could have a guard of 300 people, but in fact, most of Cao Gun's 300-man guard were old, weak, sick, and disabled, and there were only a few dozen people with real combat effectiveness.
How can dozens of people fight against thousands of people?
Seeing that the guards outside the palace were so frightened that they broke into cold sweat, Su Ze didn't even think about surrendering. He just gave a cold command:
"kill!"
At Su Ze's order, hundreds of clan soldiers rushed toward the guards.
Due to the numerical advantage, within a short time all the guards guarding the palace were lying on the ground and turned into stiff corpses.
The blood flowing out of the guard's corpse slowly flowed to Su Ze's feet along with the blood.
But Su Ze didn't hesitate at all. He stepped on the blood foam on the ground and walked straight into the palace.
As soon as Su Ze moved, the thousands of people following him also started to move.
After a while, the entire palace could be heard wailing without end.
Anyone who dared to stand in front of Su Ze, whether they were low-status guards in the palace, or high-status Fang Fu and Fufeng Wangfu, all fell under the swords of the clan soldiers.
The struggle for interests is basically a matter of life and death. How can there be any warmth at all?
The wailing sounds in the mansion soon attracted the attention of Cao Gun, who was studying.
Cao Gun quickly asked his personal followers to go out to see what happened.
But not long after he went out, several wailing sounds sounded outside Cao Gun's room, and then Cao Gun's door was pushed open by a huge force.
After the door was pushed open, the first person thrown in was the corpse of Cao Gun's personal entourage who had just been sent.
When he saw that the personal attendant who had been helping him wash up a moment ago was now a bloody corpse, Cao Gun had a look of great horror on his face.
Cao Gun's first reaction was to get up and want to run, but years of pampered life had made his body extremely obese, and the long period of sitting had left Cao Gun's feet numb.
His eager mood could not match his agility, which made Cao Gun fall to the ground uncontrollably after he stood up.
Although the physical pain made Cao Gun grimace in pain, Cao Gun wanted to get up again quickly due to the desire to survive.
But it's too late.
A pair of blood-stained shoes appeared in front of Cao Gun.
After seeing the blood-stained shoes, Cao Gun was so frightened that all the strength in his body suddenly disappeared.
In the end, Cao Gun could only struggle and force himself to lift his body slightly. It was his move that allowed him to see clearly who was coming.
"Suze!"
Looking at Su Ze in front of him, and then at the dozens of familiar faces with hatred on their faces behind Su Ze, Cao Gun couldn't help but ask blankly:
"Da Wei has always treated you well, why do you want to rebel?"
After hearing Cao Gun's incredible question, Su Ze seemed to have heard some big joke.
Su Ze sneered and asked:
"Each Dezu was his own master, so why were they killed?"
"Yishan Yishan performed great service in pacifying Liang, why was he killed?"
"Mr. Yang was famous all over the world, so why was he killed?"
After hearing these three rhetorical questions from Su Ze, Cao Gun's expression was both evasive and surprised.
The reason for dodging was because the deaths of Yang Xiu and Yang Fu were based on "unfounded" charges.
Even if it was Yang Xiu, it would be untenable for Cao Cao to kill him out of political stability considerations.
Because in real history, the personal relationship between Yang Xiu and Cao Pi was good, and in order to save Yang Xiu, many Kansai aristocratic families jointly pledged to exonerate Yang Xiu.
But unfortunately, because of the suspicion in his heart, Cao Cao finally raised the butcher's knife.
As for Cao Gun's surprise, it was because he didn't know the news of Yang Biao's tragic death yet.
There was news sent from Luoyang, but due to the efforts of the major aristocratic families, the news could not be sent to Huaili at all.
After seeing the complicated expression on Cao Gun's face, Su Ze was too lazy to argue with Cao Gun.
The outstanding figures of the Kansai family were killed one after another, which meant that the hopes of the Kansai family were wiped out one after another.
If they don't resist, will they just sit there and wait to die?
Su Ze threw the long sword in front of Cao Gun and said to him:
"You can make your own decisions."
Su Ze said this sentence with mockery.
Because many years ago, another of his leaders, Xun Yu, died unjustly because of Cao Cao's words.
Looking at the long sword stained with blood in front of him, Cao Gun's entire face turned pale.
At this point, Cao Gun knew that it would be difficult for him to escape death today.
But Cao Gun still held on to some hope and said:
"Buddhist teachings say that anyone who commits suicide and leaves wounds on his body cannot be reincarnated into a human body again.
Can you please spare my life for the sake of discussing scriptures and Taoism with me in the past?
The death of the three sages was an order from the late emperor and the present, what does it have to do with me?"
Cao Gun finished these words with a trembling voice.
When he said these words, he looked beyond Su Ze and looked at the dozens of heads of aristocratic families behind him.
Cao Gun's eyes were full of desire for life.
After listening to Cao Gun's words, some of the dozens of family heads showed thoughtful expressions on their faces.
Judging from the current situation, it is not impossible to save Cao Gun's life.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The hesitation of some family heads was quickly noticed by Su Ze. Just when Su Ze was about to say something to dispel their hesitation, a sentence suddenly appeared in the room.
Dispelled Cao Gun's last hope of survival.
"When the nest is overturned, how can the eggs be left intact?"
Everyone looked at the person who said this sentence, and that person was Yang Xiao.
And Yang Xiao's words also reminded everyone of a past event.
At that time, Kong Rong was arrested because he was feared by Cao Cao, which caused panic at home and abroad.
That year, Kong Rong's eldest son was nine years old, and his second son was eight years old. Because of his love for his son, Kong Rong asked the envoy: "If the crime is stopped, can the two sons be saved?"
But at that time Kong Rong's son said: "Sir, how can you see that there are still intact eggs under the overturned nest?"
What Kong Rong's son did not expect was that the envoys who arrested Kong Rong's son also arrived soon after.
In the end, all members of Kong Rong's family died unexpectedly, no matter how big or small.
Cao Gun was pitiful, but Kong Rong's two young children, Dong Cheng, Zhong Ji and other loyal ministers' families were not pitiable?
To cut the grass, you need to get rid of the roots, but this is what Cao Cao taught them back then!
After thinking of this, the eyes of the heads of the aristocratic families became firm again.
After seeing the resolute eyes of the heads of the aristocratic families, Cao Gun could only laugh a few times, lifted the long sword on the ground and wiped it towards his neck.
It is clear from heaven that some evil retribution will eventually come.
When he saw Cao Gun's body falling limply, Su Ze immediately ordered:
"Tie Cao Gun's body to the top of the city.
And sent envoys to inform all counties and counties that the sky in Guanzhong has changed!"
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In August of the fifth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, a piece of breaking news quickly spread throughout Guanzhong.
Su Ze led all the righteous men to capture Huaili, and Cao Gun, the Fufeng King of Wei, committed suicide out of fear of his crime!
When the news spread, many aristocratic families in Fufeng, Feng Yi, and Jingzhao counties all responded to Su Ze's call and followed Huaili's example - kill the county officials and seize the city!
In just half a month, more than 70% of the county towns in the three counties of Guanzhong fell back into the arms of the Han Dynasty.
Under this raging wave of righteousness, a long-forgotten motto is also spreading at an alarming speed:
There is a Han in the east and a Han in the west. It is not difficult for a deer to walk into Chang'an!
There was a big earthquake in Guanzhong!
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