Chapter 2531 Some people are happy and some are frightened.
The other side.
After the hustle and bustle, there is always a mess.
Just like after every party, there are always all kinds of messy things left behind, giving the person who cleans them up a headache.
After Cao Cao ended his coup, the Prime Minister's Mansion officially became the venue for the temporary court meeting. The ministers lined up outside to show their loyalty, and they all waggled their tails and left their afterimages, and the serious Chongde
No one went to the temple at all.
However, the so-called "court meeting" of the Prime Minister's Office is different from the normal court meeting, and the number of people participating is not that many. Especially those officials who were originally wavering and failed to make any contribution during this turmoil were basically excluded.
Outside of the court meeting at the Prime Minister's Mansion, those who could participate were basically the powerful figures under Cao Cao.
or certain groups of people.
Cao Cao is still just the prime minister of a country. Although he presides over the work, he is still a vice-president and not the real emperor, so the small court meeting in the prime minister's house does not have so many rules.
Just like today's meeting, it was also held temporarily.
In the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao is located in the middle, with many tables and seats placed on both sides. The distance between them is obviously much smaller than the distance between the monarch and his ministers in the palace hall. In addition, on both sides
There are also some empty seats, and the overall feeling is not very solemn, but more casual and flexible.
When the ceremony officer outside the hall sang Xiahou Dun's entrance into the hall, Cao Cao stood up from his seat and stepped down to greet him. Without waiting for Xiahou Dun to salute, he pulled Xiahou Dun inside and said with a smile: "Yuan
You can be said to have worked hard and accomplished a great deal by running around inside and outside, supporting the country, and setting the trend for the country. You don’t need to worry about these customs. Hurry up and take your seats. I think everyone in the hall is also eager to know how the surrounding thieves are..."
Xiahou Dun had been staying in the camp outside the city for the past few days. At that moment, he received the call and hurried from the camp outside the city to the prime minister's residence.
Xia Houdun glanced at him and knew why Cao Cao behaved like this, so he was not polite. When he arrived in the hall, he bowed and said in a deep voice: "After I received the order, I will dispatch all the troops to quell the rebellion. Today in Runan
The traitor He Shiyi has been crowned! Hanoi will never be peaceful again!"
Xiahou Dun recounted the general situation again.
In fact, Xiahou Dun had already sent people to report the relevant information to Cao Cao, but now that he was repeating it, the surrounding officials, including Cao Cao, still listened very carefully. Even Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Zhong Yao and others also
It's like I just found out.
After all, how to calm down the chaos as soon as possible is a test for Cao Cao's regime. Only by passing this test can Cao Cao's regime continue to move forward.
While Xiahou Dun was reporting on the military situation, he was looking at the layout of the lower section hall.
Except for the officials and generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family who were inherently close to Cao Cao, the first echelons were still Xun Yu and Guo Jia.
Not to mention Guo Jia, Cao Cao’s old friend, um, old subordinate...
Although Xun Yu was from Yingchuan, he kept to himself during this turmoil and did not take any action under strict surveillance. He also did not show any dissatisfaction after Cao Cao seized Xun Wangwu Fort.
In addition, Xun Yu's identity is placed over there, so naturally he still comes first.
Under Xun Yu and Guo Jia, there is the second echelon. In addition to Dong Zhao who rushed back to Xu County to report the relevant situation because he "died in an accidental attack", perhaps unexpectedly, but also expectedly, Cui Yanye
listed in it.
Thanks to Cui Yan's previous strong advocate for Cao Cao's promotion to prime minister, and the fact that this time Jizhou is relatively stable and there are no major disturbances, this is somewhat different from what Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun expected. I don't know.
Whether it was Cui Yan's suppression and management from behind or Chen Qun's dispatching in Yecheng, basically speaking, Cui Yan had been promoted to a position just one position behind Xun Yu.
As for Zhong Yao and Cai Hao, they are of course considered to be in the third echelon. To be honest, their positions are a bit embarrassing, neither up nor down.
If Zhong Yao was willing to show earlier, he could at least take two steps forward. Although he had an affair with Ren Jun in the Tuntian Camp, it could be regarded as having made a contribution to controlling the mutiny in the Tuntian Camp.
However, due to his previous vague attitude and Zhong Yao's own attitude towards the emperor, Zhong Yao's position will not be too high.
Similarly, Cai Mao's low position is not because Cao Cao has any dissatisfaction with Cai Mao. After all, Cao Cao and Cai Mao were old friends back then, but it is just that Jingzhou is now not as strong as before, and Cai Mao's value has dropped a lot, which can make
Cai Mao, whose intellectual ability in governance and combat military ability are basically mediocre, is a good perk to sit in the third echelon.
Of course, this may not necessarily mean stabilizing Jingzhou...
Further down, there are basically some officials who have behaved themselves during this chaos. Sitting on both sides of the lobby, although there may not even be a table, they are more or less an intruder.
When Xiahou Dun reported the general affairs and said that he would return to Yanzhou to continue to prepare for war, and recommended Ren Jun to serve as the guardian of Xu County and replace him in control of the Beiya Forbidden Army, Cao Cao thought about it and realized that
Nod in agreement.
Nowadays, the possibility of another unrest around Xu County is very small, and it is indeed not necessary for Xiahou Dun to be here. Relatively speaking, Guanzhong has become the place that needs to be focused on right now. After all, after so many days, even if there is news about the unrest in Xu County,
Even if it is ordered to be banned, I am afraid it will be difficult to isolate, and it will leak to Guanzhong to some extent.
Although Cao Cao's current internal line in Guanzhong did not convey any news, both Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun knew that General Hussar organized and assembled the army much faster than Cao Cao and the others...
If Cao Cao could assemble a large army, it would take about ten days at the fastest, then if the cavalry general Fei Qian could assemble a cavalry army of the same size, it would only take about five days, or even less.
This means that if Fei Qian really launches a military operation, the news may not have even reached Xu County, and Fei Qian's front troops may have already approached!
So even if there is no news at the moment, we must be on guard.
"Our family and country are in this critical autumn. Fortunately, Yuan Rang has such courage and courage to share weal and woe, guard against the dangers, and safeguard the country! Follow the law and you should be rewarded!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "I have now ordered the minister to approve the meritorious service.
When Yuan Rang arrives at Yanhou, we will surely be able to figure it out..."
Is it true that you haven’t figured it out yet?
Obviously not.
But it is obvious that if Xiahou Dun was given a reward in Xu County, then there would be no effect of taking this opportunity to appease and stimulate the Yanzhou officials and military academy. After all, hearing and seeing are two different things.
Depending on where people are located, their demands will be different.
Perhaps in the eyes of some ministers, the gold, silver, jewels, fine silks and brocades awarded by Xiahou Dun are really nothing, but to ordinary officials and military academies, they are indeed a considerable amount of wealth, and they will inevitably envy and discuss them.
What Cao Cao wants is just for these people to envy and discuss, and then put aside all the fears and uneasiness they may have felt before...
After the military talks, Xiahou Dun retreated to his seat. Although he expressed that he wanted to return to Yanzhou, he was not in a hurry for this moment. And it was obvious that Cao Cao asked Xiahou Dun to come not just to listen to Xiahou Dun's thoughts on what he had already said.
Known military reports…
Such as the following one.
As soon as Xiahou Dun was seated here, an official from Dali Temple stood up and said: "I am concerned that Confucius violated the etiquette, wrote many random texts, sow discord, and caused trouble..."
Almost at the same time, another person, a minister under Zhongcheng, also came out to report: "I have recently investigated the case in Qingzhou, and I was shocked to find that Kong's Zi Qian was involved in hidden things. I kindly request that Kong's Zi Qian be detained immediately."
, in order to find out the truth, and if Kong is innocent, we can restore his innocence and be conferred a beautiful position before it is too late."
Cao Cao smiled when he heard someone making noises one after another.
If Cao Cao wants to get rid of Kong Qian, he doesn't need to take action at all. He only needs to show his dislike of Kong Qian a little bit. With Kong Qian's little thoughts, some people will stand up to kill this evil trend and let this evil trend come to an end.
As a descendant of a so-called sage, the descendants of the Kong family clearly understand who they are.
As the saying goes, those who are not qualified will suffer disaster.
This is generally the case with Kong Qian.
Although Kong Qian did not obtain any high-level position in the court, he was actually pushed to the front desk and served as the signature thug of the Yingchuan gentry...
Qingzhou Soldier Incident.
A discerning person will know there is something wrong at a glance.
Is Cao Cao bad? To the people of Xuzhou, Cao Cao is a bad guy who commits all kinds of crimes and cannot be forgiven, and he will never be spared. However, under the circumstances at that time, Cao Cao was a good person in the Cao family's army. At the same time,
He is also a good person in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. After all, it was Cao Cao who ended the continuous war in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, allowing the surrounding areas to regain a peaceful life.
Everything has two sides.
There is a problem with the Qingzhou soldiers, and everyone knows there is a problem.
The problem of bullying the people is not only a problem for the Qingzhou soldiers, but also for the Cao family and the Xiahou family. It is also a problem for the officials in Yingchuan and the countryside...
So why not say that it is an issue of "bullying the people and killing the leaders of Guizhou" in the officialdom and among the soldiers, but say it is an issue of the "Qingzhou soldiers"?
Just like in the world itself, there are good people who do good things, and there are bad people who do bad things. There are even good people who accidentally do bad things, and there are bad people who occasionally do good things. Human beings are inherently contradictory, let alone people like Qingzhou Bing.
A collective.
Are all the Qingzhou soldiers bad guys? The Qingzhou soldiers also cultivated farmland. Over the years, which year did they not provide the people of Yingchuan with crops to stabilize food prices? All of these have been selectively ignored and forgotten?
Well, to take a step back, even if the Qingzhou soldiers really did something bad, if a problem arises, they should solve the problem, find out the whole story, and arrest the murderer, instead of making noise and making noise for the sake of making a fuss rather than to find out the truth.
In other words, if Kong Qian was really out for the pity of the people and running for justice for the people at the beginning, but in the middle of the road there were all kinds of inexplicable agitation sounds, weird support from all walks of life, and even conflicts with the so-called victimized people.
Completely unrelated people came out to support. Judging from normal people's rationality, something was wrong with this matter and needed to be reconsidered. However, Kong Qian still didn't hesitate at all and just appeared at the right time.
In front of the emperor...
Human beings are born with a circle.
Humans are indeed emotional animals. They will grieve and wail over the life and death of close relatives, and even become so deformed that they cannot eat. However, few people will not be able to eat or sleep well because of the death of their neighbor's relatives.
Not to mention grieving and feeling indignant for the people in the next village, neighboring counties, or even thousands of miles away. More often than not, one just sighs and feels indignant, and then just does what one has to do, and that's it.
Such behavior is not cold-blooded, but an instinct of human beings to protect themselves.
If everyone could howl in grief because of the life, death, illness, and illness of strangers thousands of miles away, couldn't help themselves, became extremely sad or angry when they heard or saw it, could neither produce nor live, then human beings would have been destroyed long ago.
perished.
Therefore, with the development of the Internet world in later generations, there may still be some people who say they are expressing solidarity from hundreds of miles away and running for injustice, but these are very few, and most people still know nothing more than
Just forward it on the Internet and complain about it. I really need to personally donate money, materials and efforts...
So in the current situation where information transmission is very slow, isn't it strange that many "sad and angry" people inexplicably appeared on the way, expressing "support" for Kong Qian to "fight"?
At the same time, who was Kong Qian before? Did he care about the sufferings of the people?
No, if you look at Kong Qian’s previous circle of friends...well, it’s the trajectory of his actions, you can tell that Kong Qian used to attend celebrity banquets and high-end places, and there were no white ladies in his contacts, and such a person suddenly said
We are concerned about the sufferings of the people. It would be too absolute to say that it is impossible, but the possibility is relatively small.
So it was naturally very clear why Kong Qian came here.
Kong Qian was also present at today's meeting, and the location was not too remote.
After hearing the impeachment of several people in a row, Kong Qian's eyes showed some fear and some resentment.
Kong is a descendant of saints!
Kong Rong was in Xu County before, but Xun Yu and others drove him out of Xu County like a refugee, without even a word of apology. This was naturally a great shame and humiliation for the Kong family who claimed to be descendants of saints!
Kong Rong fled many times, and finally fell seriously ill when he returned to his hometown. Everyone in the Kong family hated this!
Little did they know that Xun Yu was already merciful at that time, otherwise wouldn't it be simpler to deal with Kong Rong like Xu You?
Later, Kong Qian understood clearly that the current situation, although Cao Cao controlled Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places, seemed to be huge, but in fact Guanzhong was rising vigorously and had great power. As for the emperor Liu Xie, there was no such thing
How much authority.
Therefore, Kong Qian originally wanted to go to Guanzhong. If he could rely on his reputation to become a high-ranking official, wouldn't he be able to avenge his disgrace when the Hussar General returns to Shandong?
So Kong Qian naturally used his reputation to eat and drink all the way to the west.
Although Kong Qian is not unfamiliar with the situation in Guanzhong, the old order is being broken and a new order is still being formed, so there is plenty of room for maneuver.
The fact that Kong Qian and Xi Lu met was actually Kong Qian's intention.
Xi Lu came from Guanzhong, and Kong Qian also wanted to know something about Guanzhong through Xi Lu. After all, he had never been to Guanzhong before, and his reputation was not as great as Kong Rong's. Naturally, he was a little worried about what would happen if he arrived in Guanzhong.
Wouldn't it be more beautiful to get a recommendation from Xi Lu, or to meet Zheng Xuan through Xi Lu, and then preferably to get a recommendation from Zheng Xuan? Wouldn't it be more beautiful?
Therefore, Kong Qian has the BUFF status bonus of a descendant of Kong, and his identity is somewhat similar to Xi Lu's. At the same time, they also have a common topic. The literati's whining and sour smells are the same, so naturally they meet each other too late.
In addition to Xi's concerns, Kong Qian also paid attention to and contacted people in Yingchuan who were suppressed by Cao Cao, as well as some powerful local nobles in Jizhou and Yanzhou who were dissatisfied with Cao Cao's arrangements. With these people coming closer, Kong Qian's small circle
It was initially formed.
The reason why Kong Qian and others used the Qingzhou soldiers as a breakthrough point was a careful weighing.
First of all, it is naturally because Cao Cao is too powerful and controls most of the military power in the entire Shandong court. It is not painful to do other things. If he can take the opportunity to defeat the Qingzhou soldiers, or he cannot be defeated temporarily, but in
It would also be great to plant a thorn between Cao Cao and the Qingzhou soldiers.
Secondly, the conflict between the emperor and Cao Cao is not a secret that no one knows. The two even openly clashed in the court. So after Cao Cao was killed, the emperor would naturally be happy. If he could directly trip up Cao Cao,
Wouldn't he immediately become a hero? Although this possibility is very small, but what if it happens? People can't live without dreams, right?
Thirdly, the reason why Kong Qian is not as famous as Kong Rong is because there is no one to help publicize it? With advertising and publicity, even garbage can be promoted as high-quality products! And he pleads for the common people in the world and works for the suffering people.
Isn't complaining the best advertisement and the best reputation?
Therefore, under the overlapping interests of several aspects, there was a series of previous actions.
Kong Qian deliberately bypassed Cao Cao, even left the place where the incident occurred, and went to Xu County specifically to complain in front of the emperor in front of all the civil and military officials and the common people!
From Kong Qian's point of view, this is naturally a great trick, a trick that can make him proud...
If Cao Cao gets angry and refuses to investigate on the spot, then Kong Qian's mission will be completed, because Kong Qian has successfully established his "innocent reputation" for the people's injustice. As for the follow-up, he does not need to participate in the follow-up, he only needs to wave on the spot.
Walking away, expressing contempt and disappointment for Cao Cao, is considered a perfect exit.
But Cao Cao didn't get angry!
Completely beyond Kong Qian’s expectation!
And Cao Cao didn't even have the slightest excuse. When the emperor said to investigate, Cao Cao said to investigate, and said where to investigate. Cao Cao nodded and agreed to investigate there...
As a result, many of the things Kong Qian originally prepared were useless!
Cao Cao even said that Kong Qian did a good job and redressed the injustice of the people. Don't leave in a hurry. You can be a witness. It can be said that there is a beginning and an end, and he does not forget his original intention.
So it was naturally difficult for Kong Qian to leave.
At that time, Kong Qian felt that there might be trouble, but now the trouble is really at hand!
