Chapter 100: Only Human Beings Can Be a Prince
"Zheng Zhuan, I will send someone in for interrogation later. I would like to ask you to be a witness in person on behalf of the General. After all, handling cases requires complete integrity. Even if there are only a front-line suspicion, you cannot wrongly accuse a good person."
"Don't worry, Mr. Zong, please serve this little thing, Mr. Chen will serve you first!"
After confirming that Zhang Lu and Liu Yan's rebellious beliefs were indeed the original works, that night, Liu Biao, the chief general, brought some of the patrol soldiers sent by He Jin and Chen Lin, He Jin's chief clerk, to testify to the mansion of Dong Fu, the servant who had just left office after he was sick.
Liu Biao has a good IQ. Although he learned from Cai Yong a few days ago that "how to set up a comparison group to let the suspect's relatives compare the authentic handwriting" method, Liu Biao finally believed that if you listen to both sides, he could not only believe in the lonely evidence.
Therefore, after the documentary evidence initially confirmed Liu Yan's crime, Liu Biao still took the initiative to suggest an additional special investigation to He Jin, the previous double insurance.
This is because Liu Biao is afraid that if Liu Yan is finished in the future, Liu Bei, who is responsible for helping the court investigate and punish Liu Yan, will also expand his ambitions and want to defend himself. If Liu Biao does not selflessly and is regarded as a member of Liu Bei in the future, it would be bad.
As an official in the center of the court, in the whirlpool of power, you can see how you can do it without taking one step and three steps.
Liu Biao understood too much how a person, a relative of the Han Dynasty, expanded step by step.
If Liu Biao, who was a year ago, was still the Marquis of the Northern Army, he might not be able to substitute for this kind of expansion, but now he has been promoted to a major and honest person, so he has also become a little thoughtful.
The earliest master Liu Yan, now the governor of Yizhou, was finally retaliated against due to his rapid expansion. The latter master Liu Yu, now the governor of Youzhou, is doing very well.
Although Liu Bei, who succeeded Liu Yu, was a generation younger and lacked qualifications, was just Zong Zheng Shaoqing when he was in Beijing. Now he is the real power prefect who is in charge of the three counties of Hanzhong. If he succeeds in defeating Liu Yan, he may not have no chance to go further...
Then Liu Biao is also a big shot, so why can’t he do in the future!
Liu Biao gradually became ambition to be self-reliant and no longer look at others' expressions. He did not believe that Liu Bei would have no ambitions!
The best way to thoroughly investigate the Liu Yan case and completely clear the suspicion of collusion with Liu Bei is tonight's second wave of review! Let the general's Jinwu Dingyuan and chief clerk Chen Lin go in to witness and listen with their own ears!
To put it bluntly, when Ding Yuan appeared in the capital, it means that the first secret order for He Jin to recruit foreign troops to Beijing in history had been issued! Because He Jin's secret letter was given to Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo at the same time.
However, Ding Yuan was close to the Hanoi Nowang County, opposite the Mengjin Ferry, so the express letter from Kuaima was delivered in one day. On the fourth day, Ding Yuan had already brought his troops to Beijing, but Ding Yuan had few people, and He Jin immediately appointed him as the Jinwu. Today is only the third day after Ding Yuan entered Beijing.
Dong Zhuo was far away, and his army was stationed in Hedong, and was Jieliang County west of Sanmenxia, which was Guan Yu's hometown. Because of the existence of Sanmenxia, He Jin's letter first took the land out of Hangu Pass, passed through Hongnong and Tongguan through Wuhan, and then went from the Yellow River to Puyangjin to walk to Jieliang.
Dong Zhuo's army is coming, and it has to re-take this road to be more economical, so it is at least ten days later than Ding Yuan. It is estimated that it has just set off and has not entered Hongnong County yet.
It was also for the purpose of smog bombs that Li Su actually bought a mansion in Luoyang at this critical moment. He also lived in his own house every day and did not go around with Cai Yong on the spot.
Although the housing prices in Luoyang in the Han Dynasty were not as expensive as those in Bianjing in the Song Dynasty, they were also very exaggerated. Moreover, Li Su had to pay a little attention to the show and acted for others to see, so he had to buy it better, so he spent three million yuan!
This mansion will be burned down by Dong Zhuo and the whole city in less than a year. Even so, Li Su still bought a house against the market, which is purely a realistic act.
When other friends in the officialdom asked him, he laughed and said, "When Liu Yan's affairs are finished, the court may also call me such a famous scholar and scholar back to Beijing to work, so as to buy property as soon as possible to avoid panic."
Of course no one doubts him if he does a whole set of acting.
Moreover, Li Su's official position was to envoy the General of the Central Army. He had followed Liu Bei to Yizhou before, in his name, "lobbying Yu Fuluo's migration and resettlement", and the reason for this trip would be "handling Liu Yan's aftermath". From beginning to end, in the eyes of the emperor and the general, Li Su was both a minister of the court rather than Liu Bei's troops.
When Li Su bought a house, everyone thought that he and Liu Bei were just better temporary colleagues.
Although the rumors about Liu Yan's handling of the opinions have not been announced yet, Li Su still got them two days after Dong Fu's death.
When Li Su heard that Liu Biao had played such a supplementary investigation, he was also slightly shocked.
He didn't expect that Liu Biao, a guy who shouldn't have appeared in this incident, was a good-looking guy who had always been ignored by Li Su as an NPC, and he was quite skillful and actually showed his selflessness in this way.
As expected, people cannot be regarded as NPCs casually. In history, there is no one who can only ride into the state and take charge of one side. They are all talented people.
However, it's no big deal. As long as Liu Biao jumps out and Li Su includes this new variable into the deduction model, everything will be under rough control.
The fourth day after Dong Fu's death, it was already early August.
The discussion on the first day of August should have ended. As a foreign official, Li Su does not need to attend court for the time being, and he doesn't know what he said, but it is estimated that the reward and punishment measures to be discussed will definitely be discussed. We will wait for the next wave to be officially announced in five days.
But on the second day of August, a complicated summoning surprised Li Su slightly.
It was General He Jin who suddenly asked him to tell him about it.
Li Su hurried to the general's mansion and paid a visit to him: "The last general will meet with the general."
When he walked into the lobby of the General Mansion, he saw He Jin sitting upright in the hall. A general next to him was actually accusing him of guilt, carrying a thorn on his back. He Jin was there to comfort him.
When he saw Li Su, He Jin looked stern: "Li Boya! You are so arrogant! You ask you to hand over all the evidence and wait for rewards and punishments. Why do you still instigate Zong Bo to expand the attack? Could it be that Liu Bei wants to kill dissidents?"
Li Su was confused and thought to himself that He Jin was so soft that he was so soft that he was not in a hurry, and where did he listen to the wind and rain? Could it be that Yuan Shao made a report again?
Li Su: "Why did the general say this? Where did he start?"
He Jin waved his face and signaled the kneeling general to say it himself.
In the early August, the weather was not cold, and I would not catch a cold without wearing clothes and carrying thorns. The general turned to Li Su and bowed to confess his love: "The last general Wu Kuang has always been loyal to the general. My brother abandoned his life for many years, and my niece was forced to be hired by Liu Yan. I have never heard of anything in the capital. If I suspect that the last general colluded with Liu Yan, I would give up the military power of the capital and follow the general of Zhenxi and Li Zhonglang to Sichuan to persuade Liu Yan to return to Liu Yan to make my heart clear!"
Li Su's eyes turned: "It turned out to be General Wu. We submitted the evidence to the court without any interpretation. Every sentence is Liu Yan's original words. As for how to judge it, it is the authority of the court. How dare the last general interfere? Where does General Wu hear someone want to make trouble with this? It must have nothing to do with us."
Wu Kuang: "When Zong Bo investigated the case, he mentioned the last general after dealing with the three tribes of Dong Fu, so he came to the General's office to apologize for the crime."
Only then did Li Su realize that it was Liu Biao who started playing a role again. Since Liu Biao had strictly investigated Dong Fu, who was involved in the case of Chen and Impression, and scared Dong Fu to death, the Wu family, who was related to Chen and Impression, must also investigate.
In this way, Liu Biao can clear his entire tendency and not leave the word "check one but not the other".
Wu Kuang was afraid and wanted to protect himself, so he came to He Jin here to carry a thorn to prove his innocence.
After Li Su thought it through, he directly said to He Jin: "General, this matter is easy. The general dares to use his reputation as a guarantee, and he will never instigate Zong Bo to implicate General Wu's words and deeds. This time, he should use reason to judge him. Zong Bo should be in good faith in order to ensure safety.
As for the younger female relatives in the clan who were accidentally injured by prophecies and divination, how can we blame General Wu? Please tell us that the general was clear about it. The former concubine of Wei Bao was met by Xu Fu, saying that he would have the emperor. Could it be that after Emperor Gaozu got the Bo family, he would not succeed in the Bo family because of prophecies and divination?
Even if the Wu family really has the order of the queen, it will be guilty of General Wu. If Liu Yan goes against the will of heaven and forcefully responds to the will of heaven, he will be nothing more than Wei Bao and Liu Xin, who are just laughing at the future generations and are not worth worrying about.
What's more, I heard that Liu Yan married Liu Mao for a year with the Tian family's courtesy, and it was far from the door. General Wu was willing to show his loyalty and asked General Zhenxi to take his niece back and send him to the palace to be a palace maid. Isn't the prophecy of "destined to be a great noble" self-defeated?"
The Wei Bao mentioned by Li Su was the princes of Liu Bang's era. The mother of Emperor Wen of Han, Empress Dowager Bo, was originally Wei Bao's concubine. After Wei Bao was seen, he said that his concubine would give birth to an emperor in the future. Wei Bao was ecstatic and rebelled against the Han Dynasty and became independent. As a result, he was attacked and killed by Liu Bang and his wife was also taken away. Finally, it was Liu Bang that Bo Ji gave birth to Emperor Wen of Han and responded to the prophecy.
The Liu Xin he mentioned was a great classicist in the late Western Han Dynasty and an important official in the late Western Han Dynasty. Later, because he did not want to have a different name than Liu Xin, the Emperor Ai of Han, so he changed his name to Liu Xiu. However, after Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, there were prophecies and divinations among the people that Liu Xiu should revive the Han Dynasty for the emperor. Liu Xin (already changed his name to Liu Xiu), who was already a Taizhong doctor under Wang Mang, was afraid and wanted to kill Wang Mang, but failed and committed suicide.
However, after Liu Xin, whose name was changed to Liu Xiu, the real Liu Xiu, who was originally named Liu Xiu, revived the Han Dynasty.
Li Su's words were nothing more than telling He Jin and Wu Kuang to relax: Destiny is not yours, and there is nothing to be afraid of forcing the fate of heaven. Isn't it just that the Wu girl is the queen? If you are afraid, bring Wu back and send him to the palace. Seeing Wu's own fortune, wouldn't it be all solved?
He Jin was a pig killer with a very soft ear. When he heard Li Su's words make sense, he immediately believed that Li Su had no malicious intentions towards Wu Kuang.
Liu Biao symbolically investigates Wu Kuang, it should not be Li Su's instigation, but Liu Biao's own intention.
"In this way, I misunderstood you. I don't think you and Wu Kuang had a marriage. It turned out that Liu Biao was afraid of losing his words. Then it would be fine!
By the way, since you are here, I might as well tell you in advance that the mission officially announced during the Tian Dynasty will be officially announced. At that time, the court will ask you to go to Shu County to read the decree, summon Liu Yan back to Beijing to serve as the Grand Tutor, and promote openly and secretly and reduce his military power first.
Don't bother with this light treatment. After all, he is different from Dong Fu. He has already occupied a corner of the world's borders, holding money, food, and horses. He will directly punish him if he is forced to rebel, and he will work hard for the court to conquer. If he can use soft ones, use soft ones first.
However, at that time, you will also give you two decrees. The second is that if Liu Yan is alert and refuses to obey the order, then he will order the general Zhenxi to fight against Liu Yan by force!"
"The last general will receive the order! You must keep it in mind, and the last general will leave!" Li Su agreed humbly.
However, what Li Su didn't expect was that just when he was about to leave, the manager of the General's Mansion came in and informed: "General, Cai Yong, the prefect of Ba County, asked for an emergency meeting outside the door, saying that there was something important to express his feelings."
Li Su retreated to the side: "General, it's better to avoid it than the last general..."
He Jin waved his hand: "Hey, no need! I heard that Mr. Cai is not your mentor? What can I avoid between teacher and student? Su Zhiboya is eager to learn, so it's better to listen together."
Li Su stood beside him with his eyes, nose and heart.
Cai Yong came in quickly, and then asked directly in front of He Jin: "General! Yong had known that the general and Wang Shaofu were kind to him, so he would be the prefect of Ba County to be the first to stay in the middle and let me be the attendant.
But yesterday Yong heard that his former Shizhong Dong was the position of Shizhong, who was a fool of himself and said that he knew the destiny of heaven and was crazy about his prophecy and divination. Yong did not want to be with this villain, so he asked the general to investigate clearly! He also heard that the Shu road has been opened again recently and Ba County can arrive. Why not ask the general to make mistakes? Let Yong go to Ba County for more than a year and make plans."
Li Su heard it from the side and was secretly applauding.
He has not had any new collusion with Cai Yong these two days, and this move was created by Cai Yong himself.
Originally, he could have taken office in Ba County, but it is also a good move to increase his chips by taking advantage of "the former Shizhong was a thief. I think the reputation of Shizhong is temporarily bad, and I don't want to take over."
He Jin was indeed not easy to refuse, and in front of Li Su and Wu Kuang promised: "Who could have thought that Dong Fu was so rebellious. Mr. Cai cherished his feathers and refused to be with this person. It is understandable that he was not willing to be with the dirty people.
I originally wanted to let Mr. Cai be appointed as a foreigner, but I heard that Director Cai has long been the subject of the classics and essays, and I will let you manage the civil affairs of a certain area, and it will be a hot summer in the south, which will make Mr. Cai suffer."
When Li Su heard this, he suddenly felt that he could use it. His eyes turned and pretended to be out of public opinion: "The general, the Shizhong belonged to the Shaofu, was in the Shangshu. He should also be in charge of Dongguan and was responsible for historical and intellectual science. Master Cai was also proficient in classical meanings for many years. The late emperor said that he knew the destiny of heaven and should have eliminated Dong Fuyu's poison.
Since he is now in a position as a minister, he is unwilling to take office, so he might as well ask the general to give him a special order and take charge of the classics and history, and allow him to select people from his disciples and old officials, and go to Ba County to study the classics and history. Anyway, he can do any knowledge anywhere, and he will not stick to the capital."
He Jin was soft-hearted, and he happened to be persuaded by Wu Kuang, Li Su and Cai Yong several times. It was just when the iron was hit while the iron was hot, and the more he listened, it became more and more reasonable. But he still asked: "How about Dongguan's calligraphy needs to be borrowed from many classics?"
Li Su: "It is better to allow Mr. Cai to make clear accounts when he is on duty, hand over to Lu Zigan, and borrow some of them. The rest may be used, but it is really inconvenient to the outside world, and you can copy and take them away. The amount required is large and if it is necessary to engrave, you can also choose the bookseller to engrave some. As long as there is enough staff, it can be prepared in less than half a month."
He Jin touched his head: "I have no objection to this matter, but this is not military affairs. I will help the government with Grand Tutor Yuan. You should take my handbook to Grand Tutor Yuan's office to confirm it again. He said there is no problem. In Lantai, Dongguan collection, you can copy it or record it for your account."
Theoretically, He Jin is still assisting the government with Yuan Wei. The situation after the death of the first emperor is to ask Yuan Wei if he is not determined by civil affairs and martial arts, so the process still needs to be done.
But Cai Yong also knew that as long as He Jin agreed, Yuan Wei would not deliberately be a villain to stop him.
Li Su was secretly happy: With such a run, he finally got all the borrowing rights of Lantai and Dongguan’s collection of books...
Anyway, Li Su has known that Ding Yuan has entered Beijing in the past two days, so the time difference between Dong Zhuo is not far away, and He Jin probably won't live to the end of this month.
When Dong Zhuo comes, such a rude man will not reject the previous old edict on cultural undertakings. Cai Yong will just copy it and move it away with ease.
Even Dong Zhuo people would not think of going to Lantai to take a look. Cai Yong left the copybook and took the original ones away. Dong Zhuo didn't know. If he lost a little, he wouldn't know. Anyway, Dong Zhuo was so angry that nothing was left here.
Cai Yong was the prefect of Ba County, and borrowed books and was in charge of the imperial court's classics and history. Cai Yong thought of all this trick!
However, in this way, Jiangzhou (the capital of Ba County and later Chongqing) may become a "big Han academic center" with the butterfly effect forked in the future...
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PS: Today is about two updates, but the number of words is definitely quite large, and there is one update in the afternoon. This update is more than 5,500 words, and it will be more than 5,000 in the afternoon. The total number of words exceeds the normal third update.
Chapter completed!