"PS: I'm sorry, I fell asleep in a chair after dinner, and there's another chapter later."

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Just when Kong Jian was stunned, Wang Shangde looked at Zhao Yu with interest.

"You say that you want to persuade Wang to remove Kong Jian from his official position?" He asked curiously, "How will you persuade Wang?" ”

Zhao Yu thought for a while, and said half-jokingly: "Naturally, it is to move with affection, know with reason, and lure it with profit." ”

He originally just said it casually, but he didn't expect Wang Shangde to be a little interested, only to see the latter stroke his beard and nod and say, "Interesting, you can say it." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu tilted his head slightly and thought for a while, organized the words and said: "Then, let's 'move it with affection' first." ”

After that, he turned his head to look at Kong Jian, raised his hand and pointed, and said in a deep voice: "General Wang, Kong Jian, although he claims to be the descendant of the Confucian saint, his moral character is corrupt, and when he served as the commander of Luyang County, he repeatedly pretended to be in the name of the imperial court, cleverly set up a name, expropriated and extorted, and oppressed the people under his rule, causing the people of Luyang to suffer unspeakably......

As he spoke, he learned about Kong Jian's bad deeds from Liu Wei and Luyang Xianghou, and told them one after another.

After listening to Zhao Yu's story, Wang Shangde did not show an obvious attitude, but Peng Yong's face showed contempt and contempt, and in the room where it was so silent that only Zhao Yu's voice was left, he stared at Kong Jian with his hands and snorted.

And for these past bad deeds, Kong Jian has no way to refute them, after all, what he did in Luyang back then, he can just pull a Luyang person to testify, even if he wants to deny it, he can't deny it.

“…… In terms of human favors, such corrupt officials are not available! Zhao Yu concluded.

Originally, when he heard Peng Yong's cold snort, Kong Jian was a little flustered in his heart, not to mention that when Zhao Yu finished speaking, Wang Shangde glanced at him lightly, which made him panic in his heart, and he immediately explained: "General Wang, that is just a mistake made by Kong Mou who was once confused, and when he was in the prison of the royal capital, he had already changed his mind and reformed himself." ”

Hearing this, before everyone could say anything, Zhao Yuxian sneered: "Change your mind? Live a new life? I don't think so, right? ”

As he spoke, he arched his hand towards Wang Shangde, and said with a straight face: "I just talked about human feelings, and now I will talk about righteousness." …… This Kong Jian used power for personal gain, was exposed by my father and lost his official position, it has been 15 years ago, during this period, he escaped the execution of the imperial court, defected to the palace of Wang Taishi as a guest, this time in the name of boasting that he could restore the governance of Nanyang County, deceived Wang Taishi to allow him to take an official position, and appointed him to return to Nanyang County. But what was the first thing he did when he returned to Nanyang County? He went to Luyang and went to my family's house, and threatened his father with the ugly face of a villain's ambition, 'Fifteen years of resentment will be returned from today'. ……

When the first term of the county guard arrived in the county, he did not go to the county of the county, and did not pay a visit to General Wang, who was stationed here, but came to my house first, recounted the grievances of fifteen years ago, and threatened to dedicate all the humiliation he suffered that year...... With this kind of person, can he help the general govern Nanyang and restore the governance of Nanyang County? ”

"......" Wang Shangde glanced at Kong Jian again, and his expression became more and more indifferent.

I have to say that although he once agreed to Zhao Yu's request to exempt Kong Jian from his official position, it was only out of his previous promise to Zhao Yu, in fact, for the grievances between Kong Jian and the father and son of the Marquis of Luyang, General Wang did not want to participate.

Including Zhao Yu rehashing the old accounts and counting Kong Jian's crimes back then, Wang Shangde only felt that this Kong Jian did have a loss of morality, but he was not moved by Zhao Yu and took the initiative to remove Kong Jian from his official position, after all, this Kong Jian was also sent by his uncle Wang Ying Wang Taishi, if it was not necessary, General Wang still had to give that uncle some face.

But at this moment, Zhao Yu mentioned that when Kong Jian came to Nanyang County, he didn't come to Wancheng to meet him first, but went to Luyang to threaten the Luyang townspeople, which really made this General Wang a little unswerving.

Noticing Wang Shangde's increasingly indifferent eyes, Kong Jian was anxiously covered with cold sweat, and explained in a loud voice: "No, no, General Wang, under the ...... In the next just pass by Luyang ......"

"Oh?" Zhao Yu heard a cold snort and debunked: "You said that you were passing by Ye County, then how much can I believe it, you said that you were passing by me Luyang?" Ha! My Luyang is located in the northernmost part of Nanyang County, and further north is Rushui County, you come to Wancheng, why pass through Luyang? ”

"I ...... I...... Under the wrong. ”

Under Wang Shangde's indifferent gaze, Kong Jian was in chaos.

In fact, Zhao Yu was right, he came to Wancheng to take up his post, in fact, he didn't need to go through Luyang, at most he passed through Ye County.

It's just that he has always been unable to forget the resentment of being jointly exposed by the Marquis of Luyang and Mao Jue of Yexian County Commander fifteen years ago to expose the evil deeds and expel Luyang - Ye County Commander Mao Jue He didn't dare to move, because Mao Jue was honest and famous, and he was suspected of having a very powerful drinking friend, this drinking friend Kong Jian had heard of it somehow, and that was something he couldn't afford to offend, but Zhao Jing, the Marquis of Luyang Township, as far as he knew, did not have such connections.

Then, as Zhao Yu said, he went to Luyang County triumphantly, and with an attitude of returning to his hometown and being a villain, he went to visit the Luyang townsman who had just returned from the work site with his son Zhao Yu.

If you put it in the past, this is nothing, after all, the county guard is the biggest official in the county, who dares to talk about him? But the situation of Nanyang County is a bit special, because there is also a garrison general with a higher position than the county guard - Wang Shangde, even if Kong Jian is the Nanyang County guard, he should also come to see Shangguan as soon as possible, which is official custom.

"Wronged?"

Interrupting Kong Jian's explanation, Zhao Yu sneered: "If you have any wrongs, it is better to speak out and listen, including your repeated claims that you were wronged fifteen years ago, anyway, General Wang is here, so you can simply say it and listen to it, and I will talk about it...... Say it. ”

"I ......"

Looking at Wang Shangde and then at Zhao Yu, Kong Jian didn't know what to say for a while.

And Zhao Yu didn't give him a chance to think about it, he sneered when he saw this, and said: "You don't dare to say that you lost your official position back then, but you did a lot of evil, took the blame for yourself, and was wronged?" Slippery world! ”

After that, he raised his hand and pointed at Kong Jian, who was covered with cold sweat, and said to Wang Shangde: "General Wang, this Kong Jian obviously claimed to have come to Nanyang on the orders of the imperial court and entrusted by the prince, but has he ever fulfilled his duties so far?" Never! The first thing he did when he returned to Nanyang was to take revenge on his father who had exposed his crimes, and even to the entire Luyang County, trying to take advantage of the general's shortage of money and food, and instigate the general to borrow money and grain from our Luyang County, so as to sabotage the cash-for-work ...... The general may not know that this year, more than 10,000 refugees have poured into our Luyang County, almost causing a catastrophe, but fortunately, our county has a wise and benevolent county commander, Liu Gong, who and his father borrowed money and grain from Rushui County to help the refugees, and Kong Jian's purpose is to undermine the stability of Luyang County. Didn't the general think this was too ridiculous? This guy is the county guard of Nanyang County, but the first thing he did when he went to Nanyang was not to assist the general in restoring the stability of Nanyang, but to try to further undermine the stability of Nanyang for personal grudges...... This kind of person is ashamed of the imperial court, the prince, the general, and the people of Luyang County, even if he has some talent, what use do you want him? ! ”

After a pause, Zhao Yu added: "According to Liu Gong, my Luyang is located on the border between Nanyang County and Henan and Yingchuan Counties, once my Luyang falls into chaos, refugees will pour into Henan and Yingchuan Counties, or it will cause immeasurable harm to the two counties, who will be responsible for this guy's behavior at that time?" Isn't it you, General Wang? ”

“……”

Wang Shangde glanced at Zhao Yu, and then turned his gaze to Kong Jian again.

Of course, he knew that Zhao Yu's last words had the meaning of provocation, but it was undeniable that Zhao Yu was indeed right, Nanyang County was in a special situation, and he Wang Shangde was the current highest general in this county, and his authority was still above Kong Jian, who was the county guard, and on the other hand, if something went wrong in Nanyang County, the imperial court would naturally give priority to him for questioning.

A three-year-old child knew about this, and Kong Jian should know about it, but he still tried to destabilize Luyang County—although he Wang Shangde did hope to get some money and food from Luyang and Yexian, it didn't mean that he wanted the two counties to fall into chaos.

In fact, in view of the fact that a large number of people fled north due to the collection of money and grain in the counties of Wanbei before, Wang Shangde has also learned some lessons, and he does not dare to forcibly collect money and grain from the counties, otherwise he has garrisoned Wancheng in Nanyang for seven or eight years, even if he sends people to collect money and grain from county to county, how can it be the turn of Luyang and Ye County, why wait until now?

In the final analysis, it was just Kong Jian instigating him, and he also wanted to get some money and food by the way.

But now, when he realized that once there was further chaos in Nanyang, the ultimate responsibility would be borne by him, Wang Shangde, this General Wang would inevitably be a little uncomfortable, and his gaze at Kong Jian became more and more cold.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu struck while the iron was hot, and further persuaded him: "Move it with affection and know it with reason, then now it's time to lure it to profit." …… General Wang, you and other figures, ordinary interests are naturally difficult to impress you, because you don't care at all, the 'profit' that the kid says actually refers to more noble, such as the support of the people and the praise of the court. …… It is not difficult to guess that as long as the general makes reasonable use of these two strategies, Nanyang County is bound to regain its vitality in just a few years, the fugitives will return to their hometowns one after another, the people's hearts will be settled, the people of the county will support you, and the court will inevitably reward you for this. Moreover, it is still this kind of immoral and useless person who never takes the general to heart at all, and only uses the general to take revenge on personal grievances. ”

“……”

Wang Shangde's eyes finally changed.