Regarding Zhuge Liang's thoughts, Sima Yi was full of worries.

He quickly realized what would happen if this matter continued to develop according to Zhuge Liang's vision, so he immediately tried to stop Zhuge Liang.

But Zhuge Liang shook his head.

"It's not the reason why I don't care about this matter, no matter who it is, this matter must be investigated, and the court allocates the money, three meals a day, which is Your Majesty's kindness to the road builders.

Some bastards don't think about these things at all, and they don't care about them, they damage Your Majesty's kindness in vain, and the Lord humiliates the ministers to death, and we are the ministers, shouldn't we defend Your Majesty for such a thing? ”

Sima Yi pursed his lips.

"Kong Ming, I know that your brother is the right attendant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and I also know that your brother has a good relationship with the secretary of the ministry, but you must know that no matter which link goes wrong, the history of Yongzhou and Liangzhou will bear a certain responsibility, and the history of Yongliang and Liangzhou will be ......."

Sima Yi stared at Zhuge Liang, his eyes full of deep meaning.

Zhuge Liang understood what Sima Yi meant.

If this matter is pierced by Zhuge Liang and heard by the heavens, it will definitely be known by the emperor.

If the emperor ordered a thorough investigation, then what happened on the road construction site would inevitably be exposed.

Once exposed, no matter who committed the crime, the assassination history of Yongliang and Liangzhou will be responsible for dereliction of duty, and they will definitely be punished, that is, the difference between severe punishment and leniency.

But the history of the assassins in Yongliang and Liangzhou is not an ordinary person.

Yongzhou Thorn Shi Chen Gong, Liangzhou Thorn Shi Mao Jue, these two are both Yanzhou people.

Although he is not Yuan Cong, he is also an old team member who has been following Guo Peng for a long time, and he belongs to the main candidate in the first power echelon of the Wei Empire.

Qingyan joined Guo Peng's team in the Erzhou era, and worked hard with Guo Peng to overthrow Yuan Shao and annex the entire Hebei, making great contributions to Guo Peng becoming the strongest prince in the world, and also played an important role in the subsequent annexation and unification war.

Chen Gong assisted Guo Peng in formulating tactical strategies in the central government, and Mao Jue was in the localities, especially in the border areas of each time period, and risked the danger to help Guo Peng build an advance base.

Both have a lot of credit.

Later, Guo Pengxi conquered Guanzhong, defeated the Liangzhou warlords and occupied the land of Yongzhou, added Yongzhou, and used Chen Gong as the assassin of Yongzhou, so that he could build the entire system of Yongzhou from scratch.

It can be said that the reason why Yongzhou is Yongzhou, Chen Gong's efforts are very important.

Mao Jue is similar.

In the era of Liangzhou's two-step approach, Mao Jue also built the establishment of Liangzhou from scratch, and built Liangzhou, which was in ruins after the war, according to the emperor's requirements, and became as complete as the inland states and counties.

The existence of these two people is crucial to Yongliang Erzhou.

Therefore, Guo Peng's rewards before and after his accession to the throne were also quite rich.

Even if you don't talk about this, talk about their identity, origin, and political faction to which they belong, as well as their power in the court, no matter how you look at it, it is not something that Zhang Zhao, who has taken office as a new official, can compete with.

Zhang Zhao is indeed powerful, but in terms of official rank, the state assassin history is a whole thousand stones beyond the eight books.

Moreover, Zhang Zhao's power has not yet taken shape, although Chen Gong and Mao Jue are not central officials, but the political faction to which they belong is a big faction that has been deeply involved in the Guo Wei regime for countless years, and they are also standard heroes.

In the original Wei Gong Wei King incident, Mao Jue and Chen Gongke were both on Guo Peng's side with a clear banner, and they resolutely supported Guo Peng's advancement without hesitation, which can be called iron fans.

These two bigwigs are trying to stabilize the frontier for Guo Peng, but as a result, you suddenly jumped out and broke the good situation in Yongliang Erzhou, saying that someone is corrupt......

I know sensibly that you are working for the welfare of the people, severely punishing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and treating things not people, but your Zhuge Liang's identity is very embarrassing.

You are a native of Xuzhou, and you are a more representative existence in the group of people who have just won in the political turmoil, and your brother Zhuge Jin is the right attendant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he was also pulled up by Zhang Zhao, the new secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Your group of people has just taken a big advantage, and now you suddenly want to crack this case in Yongliang Erzhou that I don't know how many people will be involved, it is difficult not to be considered a political offensive to pursue by victory.

What's wrong?

Insatiable?

Is it cheap or good?

Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant?

Luoyang is not enough, and you have to attack Yongliang Erzhou?

Attack Kansai?

All kinds of suspicions will instantly muddy the situation in Luoyang, which has just been calmed down, again, if something happens, it is really hard to say.

I, Sima Yi, know that you Zhuge Liang is right about things and not people, only focusing on corruption cases, regardless of others, you are great for the country and the people.

But once this matter is placed in a place like Luoyang, it will not be so simply regarded as an official corruption case.

Not everyone knows that you Zhuge Liang is a decent person who is right about things and not about people.

And those people don't care about your intentions at all.

Anything you do will be magnified infinitely.

Your words and actions are bound to be politicized, crisis-liked, and then turn into a real political crisis.

Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi had just experienced the Cui Yan case, and then decided to leave Luoyang and come to the border, but now they want to start an incident with their own hands that they don't know the development and outcome of things?

The political turmoil between the Qingyan Erzhou Alliance and the people of Jizhou has just ended, and both sides have suffered heavy losses.

As a result, the weak clique represented by Zhang Zhao and Xu Jing suddenly had to set off a fierce confrontation with the strong clique represented by the people from the three states of Qingdao, Yanji and Hebei?

If you want to complete the replacement of the old and the new, you don't have to be in such a hurry, right?

It is too much to do things just after entering the central government.

How to think about this kind of thing and how to feel terrible.

Zhuge Liang is not a simple young man, after experiencing the Cui Qu case and Cui Yan case completely, Zhuge Liang has also grown a lot.

So under the gaze of Sima Yi's meaningful eyes, Zhuge Liang immediately understood what Sima Yi meant.

He knew what Sima Yi's reason was for stopping him.

His identity is not simple, his elder brother Zhuge Jin has a close relationship with Zhang Zhao, and is one of the representative figures of the newly promoted weak representative group.

With such an identity background, it is very likely to rashly expose such a thing...... No, it's going to make things bigger.

At that time, it is certain that this matter will evolve from a simple case of corruption without political inclination to a political confrontation between the two groups.

Zhuge Liang, who has experienced the previous two major political cases, can guarantee it.

It's really dangerous.

But is it possible to turn a blind eye to such things?

Could it be that they just watched the hard-working people eat wheat rice that can't be mixed with salt water, and then work hard to do such high-intensity work?

What is the purpose of coming here by yourself?

Isn't it just to know what they need and what they will do when they return to Luoyang in the future?

But now I know what they need, and I know that they want to get a little more brine, just a little more!

Doesn't that satisfy them?

So what does this official do?

What is the purpose of leaving Luoyang and running to the border?

This is completely contrary to one's own purpose, it is not the same thing at all!

What is Zhuge Kongming's purpose?

Zhuge Liang asked himself.

He remembered what Guo Peng had said to him before he left Luoyang.

[I will watch you in Luoyang City, and I will look forward to the day when you return to Luoyang City. 】

Your Majesty, did you say to me what I imagined?

Do you wish I could have made such a decision?

Zhuge Liang knew that what Guo Peng said to him would not be aimed at this thing that had not yet happened, but Zhuge Liang had to face a choice.

Then he quickly came up with a very firm answer, an answer that could not be changed.

I'm not here for a few people, or a group, I'm just for these hard-working road builders to get what they deserve.

It's as simple as that.

So he looked at Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, what I did is not my brother, not Zhang Butang, not Chen Yuanjun, not Mao Yuanjun, not Cao Shoufu! All I'm trying to do is get the road builders to eat what they're supposed to eat.

All I did was for them to have three meals, pickles, and meat every five days, instead of that little bit of salt water that couldn't even get their rice wet! Chung Da, what would you do if you were faced with such a thing? ”

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