Everyone turned around and looked towards the door, and saw the guard outside the door hurried in, knelt on one knee in the hall, held the bamboo slips in his hands and said: "Report, Ming Gong, urgent official document."
"Show it to me."
Liu Biao said.
The guard came quickly with the bamboo slips in his hands. Liu Cousin Chengqi walked over and took the bamboo slips and placed them on Liu Biao's desk.
Liu Biao picked it up and glanced at it. After a while, his expression changed drastically. He slapped the table angrily and said, "Thief Cao!"
"Forehead"
Many celebrities and scholars looked at each other, wondering why Liu Biao suddenly became so angry.
After a while, Wang Jun couldn't help but asked: "Mr. Liu, what's the matter?"
Liu Biao raised the bamboo slips in his hand and threw them over, shouting angrily: "Look, this is the sage you said helped the king and the country. He killed the concubine, the prince, and the minister. The emperor was already imprisoned by him, and you are still there to speak for him." .”
Everyone was shocked for a moment. Wang Jun hurriedly picked up the bamboo slip, and after quickly scanning the contents, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly said: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, this must be false."
"This is an official document from Xuchang. Is it still fake?"
Shen Chen said.
Wang Jun looked at him and said fiercely: "Since it is an official document that just came, how did you know about it?"
Shen Chen smiled and said: "I have a blood feud with Cao Cao. I sent people to lie down in Xuchang a few years ago, always trying to assassinate Cao Cao, but there was no chance. However, this kind of news has already spread throughout Xudu. My people will soon Ma Huihui, I learned about this yesterday. If you don’t believe me, you must have relatives and friends in Xudu. Just write a letter and ask. Kill the uncle, the pregnant concubine, and even the unborn prince. Kill, can Cao Cao hide the news?"
"this"
Everyone was speechless and quickly came over to take a look.
Wang Jun trembled with his hands and muttered to himself: "How could Mr. Cao do this? How could Mr. Cao do this?"
Only Shen Chen stood there coldly and looked at him indifferently.
How could Cao Cao not do it?
If he was truly loyal to the emperor, he would not have pushed Liu Xie into such a hurry.
In the early years of Jian'an, when Cao Cao had just welcomed Liu Xie, Liu Xie was furious because of the affairs of Yilang Zhao Yan and scolded Cao Cao.
At that time, Liu Xie still had some troops, and the imperial guards were his strength. When Cao Cao was scolded by Liu Xie, the surrounding imperial guards all touched the knives on their waists and looked at him eagerly, which frightened Cao Cao. Half dead.
From then on, he did not dare to go to the palace to see Liu Xie, but took control of power in Sikong's mansion. At the same time, like boiling a frog in warm water, he slowly replaced the palace guards and completely controlled Liu Xie.
Later, he began to bully the emperor. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms said that it was Xu Tian's hunting that made Liu Xie aware of Cao Cao's tampering intentions. The specifics are unknown, but in mid-199 AD, Liu Xie did issue a belt edict, requiring Dong Cheng found reliable people and plotted to kill Cao Cao.
As a result, the incident happened at the end of the year and Liu Bei ran away. Dong Cheng, Zhong Ji, Wu Shuo, Wang Zifu, Wu Zilan, and the pregnant Dong Guifei were all killed by Cao Cao. Even Liu Xie personally interceded for Dong Guifei, hoping to save her. Prince, it's of no use.
This matter was too big for Cao Cao to keep silent. So the news soon spread all over the country. Yuan Shaozheng was worried that he had no excuse to cause trouble to Cao Cao. He was overjoyed to receive the clothing edict and finally ordered the entire army to attack.
You must know that although Yan Liang and Wen Chou had been sent to attack before, Yuan Shao was actually quite timid. Even Liu Bei did not dare to rescue him. This was because his "Appeal to Yuzhou for Yuan Shao" was not convincing enough and he was afraid of the world's scholars. I don't agree with it, so I have always been timid.
Many people say that the clothing and belt edict is false, because it is not mentioned in the appeal to Yuzhou for Yuan Shao.
However, this memorial was written between June and November of the fourth year of Jian'an, when Yuan Shao sent Yan Liangwen Chou to attack Yanzhou, and the Clothes and Belt Edict broke out at the end of the fourth year of Jian'an and the beginning of the fifth year of Jian'an, so the time is basically Can't correspond.
Therefore, those who vindicated Cao Cao and overturned the case, and said that the clothing edict did not exist, can go to sleep. These are recorded in all official histories. They are written in black and white and cannot be washed away.
Now that the clothes and belt order has come out and the news has spread, let me see how you wash it!
Shen Chen said coldly: "Don't you all think that Cao Cao is Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo? At least Wang Mang did not kill the concubine and the prince. Even the emperor could not avoid interceding for the pregnant concubine. Is this a matter for human ministers? The emperor Is it true that issuing an edict and asking my uncle to kill the traitors is what you call a virtuous person?"
At this moment, many well-educated Confucian scholars looked at each other with blank expressions.
Wang Jun coughed twice and felt a tightness in his chest, making it difficult to speak. Some people howled in pain, as if their faith had collapsed, and cursed Cao Cao for a good death, while others murmured in disbelief.
"Why is this so."
Li Yan's eyes widened and he sat slumped on the ground, completely losing the grace of a celebrity.
"Mr. Cao. Oh no, thief Cao."
Yingrong shook her hands, with a bitter expression on her face.
Only a few famous Confucian scholars, such as Wei Xi and Xia, looked at each other and felt nothing in their hearts.
They all later took refuge in Cao Wei. Each of them was a famous person who cared about the interests of the family. They didn't care how the emperor was being bullied now, as long as their family interests were not damaged.
Shen Chen sneered and said: "I used to respect you great Confucian scholars very much, but seeing you like this today, I really feel that you are a little pitiful. If you regard Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo as the Duke of Zhou Huo Guang, and regard the cruel people as the savior of the country, Master, if you are born again , seeing that all the disciples are like this, I must be more sad than heartbroken."
"Chen Chen!"
Wang Jun suddenly came to his senses and gritted his teeth and said: "Don't be too arrogant. This must be because the emperor has been deceived by villains, and someone wants to frame a loyal person like Duke Cao."
Shen Chen nodded and said: "Ah, yes, yes, the emperor was deceived by the villain and did not realize that the edict was written in blood. The emperor was deceived by the villain and did not send the edict to the minister's desk to spread the order to the world. Instead, he secretly handed it to the uncle. .Being deceived by villains, even Concubine Dong Guifei was implicated. Tell me, how do you explain these things?"
"this"
Wang Jun only felt that his chest was getting tighter and tighter, and he was speechless for a while.
Because you really can't wash it off.
The emperor could only use his clothes to write blood letters, so the palace must be full of Cao Cao's people.
If there are other people who are loyal to the emperor, there is no need to give the edict to Dong Cheng and just give it to Shangshutai to make the world famous.
The most important thing is that even if Dong Cheng rebelled, Liu Xie interceded for Concubine Dong, and the emperor pardoned the concubine. Why did you, Cao Cao, kill the concubine and the prince in her belly?
Therefore, various signs indicate that the emperor has indeed been imprisoned by Cao Cao, so he wrote an imperial edict and conspired to kill Cao Cao, but Cao Cao found out and counterattacked.
This kind of behavior was a slap in the face to all the famous Confucian scholars who had just been preaching about Cao Cao's loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
All of them lost their righteous attitude just now, their faces turned red, and they wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Seeing that they were silent, Shen Chen sighed and said, "You guys are so ignorant. The reason why the bad guys' words and deeds impress you is that they really do what they say and do, and they are righteous and have no taboos!"
"And the reason why good people always make people feel sad and uncomfortable is that they are always willing to spend more efforts to be strict with themselves. So after seeing too much, they don't want to think too much about the good people. Instead, they focus on the bad people. . Over time, you start to think that bad people are not bad just because they are bad.”
"But you don't want to think about it, Cao Cao has done so many bad things, can he still become good? If a good person does a bad thing, you will all attack together, and if a bad person does a good thing, you will praise him. But I don’t know that on the surface he welcomes the emperor, but on the inside he is just “holding the emperor to command the princes” in order to seek his own fame and righteousness.”
"Before the decree came down, didn't he successfully convince you that he is a virtuous man who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic? You all talk about benevolence, justice and morality, and talk about helping the country, but now you see Cao Cao's authenticity. You still don't believe it, but you come to attack a good person like me. Is this what you say is the law of heaven?"
These words made most of the famous Confucian scholars feel ashamed. They lowered their once noble heads one by one and did not dare to look directly into Shen Chen's eyes.
After hearing these words, Wang Jun felt a pain in his chest and suddenly spat out a mouthful of old blood "Puff".
Then he rolled his eyes and fell backward.
"Ziwen Gong! Ziwen Gong!"
Seeing this scene, the celebrities and scholars around him were shocked, and they quickly came over to help him.
But Wang Jun did not die.
Historically, he died of illness in 202 AD at the age of 64, and would not die until the following year.
But after suffering this blow, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive for long.
His face turned pale and he collapsed on the ground. He was carried hurriedly to the hospital in the city.
Seeing this scene, Liu Biao also snorted and said: "They are just a group of people who are seeking fame and reputation. It's a shame that I wanted to recruit them into official positions back then."
Shen Chen said: "The world is ignorant, only I can truly know the truth. Please tell me to tell Jingzhou and make Cao Cao's crimes known to the public, so that I can justifiably attack Cao Cao's thieves."
"good."
Liu Biao nodded: "Send people to various places to post lists to publicize the viciousness of Cao Cao."
Kuai Yue's face turned pale.
He is not a royalist, but he values family interests.
Originally, he supported Liu Biao's surrender, but he kept it well hidden.
Now that Cao Cao has revealed his true face, I am afraid it will be too difficult to incite Jingzhou scholars to speak for Cao Cao in the future.
Thinking of this, Kuai Yue glanced at Shen Chen with a sinister look.
It's all this kid.
I didn't pay much attention to him before, but now it seems that if this kid is not eliminated, I am afraid he will become a big problem in the future.
Shen Chen didn't know that Kuai Yue had already regarded him as a thorn in his side, so he bowed his hands to Liu Biao and said, "Thank you so much, envoy. In that case, Chen Chen will take his leave. Today I will go north to Luo with my sword in hand to seek justice for the people of the world!"
"Go ahead."
Liu Biao waved his hand indifferently. He didn't think Shen Chen could accomplish anything big with just a few thousand men.
But anyway, after the clothing and belt edict came out, Cao Cao's reputation would soon be ruined.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to send some people to show off.