Chapter Five: Seeing Through the Conspiracy and Going to the Hongmen Banquet (Part II)
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Gongsun Kang said: "Liaodong was originally a barbaric place in the four wars, since my father led Liaodong Taishou, more than ten years Liaodong soldiers and horses are strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there are many displaced people in the border who should be displaced by the war to vote. Now all of you in this hall, I am afraid that many of you have migrated from all over the world. But now Liaodong is our home, not the Liaodong of our Gongsun family, but the Liaodong of everyone. My father told me the day before yesterday that he intended to study the Tao and pray for the blessings of all sentient beings, so that he was afraid that the government would be desolate. Therefore, I hope to be able to choose a virtuous person from among the hundred officials to serve in the post of Taishou. In addition to celebrating the New Year, today's banquet also hopes that everyone will discuss an idea. ”
When Gongsun Kang said this, it was a surprise to everyone. First, if there is inheritance, it is either the elder brother and the younger brother, or the eldest son, or the selection of a virtuous person from among the children. Although this Liaodong is not a country, after all, they already recognize Gongsun Du as the master in their hearts. This kind of policy of promotion and concession is not unheard of in history, but few people use it in this way. If everyone can be the lord of Liaodong, I'm afraid that Liaodong will be in chaos.
Everyone didn't know what Gongsun Kang had in mind, so they didn't speak.
But at this time, Liu Ren came out and said, "Lord Changshi is the eldest son of Lord Taishou, and if it was inherited by the eldest son, he would have taken over the position of Taishou." However, the Lord Changshi is selfless and selfless, and he can let everyone recommend meritocracy according to the will of the Taishou Lord, which shows that the Lord Changshi is really the lord of benevolence. Moreover, during the period when Lord Changshi was acting as military affairs, the three armies of Liaodong were afraid of subduing, the civil and military forces were united, and the soldiers were all killed. In my opinion, it should be the lord of Liaodong with Lord Changshi. ”
Liu Ren's statement, how could those officials who were originally close to Gongsun Kang still not understand the current situation, and immediately came out one by one to show their loyalty, and they were all willing to inherit the position of Taishou with Gongsun Kang. At least half of the officials sided with Gongsun Kang at this time.
Although Gongsun Gong knew that Gongsun Kang had premeditated, he didn't expect him to make such a play, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Although there are also their own confidants among the officials, they are now in a passive position, and they are afraid that it will be too late to do anything more.
Tian Jing stood up at this time and said, "Wang has just arrived, and he doesn't know the situation in Liaodong. I haven't seen Lord Taishou today, and there is no explicit order, don't everyone feel that this matter is a little too anxious? Even if the meritocracy is promoted, it should be promoted openly in the lobby when the Taishou convenes the morning meeting, and there will be a witness at that time. Now on this banquet, I'm afraid it's too child's play? ”
When Gongsun Kang heard Tian Jing say this, there was a look of displeasure on his face, "Wang Sima seems to be suspicious of me?" ”
Gongsun Gong immediately said, "Big brother, I think what Wang Sima said is not unreasonable. After all, today's feast and drink to celebrate the New Year, and today I want to get drunk, and those military affairs are not too late to talk about them at the morning meeting next day. I recently got a new beautiful woman, you are good at singing and dancing, today I specially brought a performance for everyone, in order to wish Yaxing. Come on, come on, invite Lu Mei up. ”
Gongsun Gong interrupted, and the atmosphere immediately eased. Gongsun Kang also heard the report, Gongsun Gong brought a singer, and thought, and make you proud, I'm afraid that you won't even know how to die for a while. I don't stop it, I just watch from the sidelines.
Lu Wen came up to the hall, hugged the guqin, gave a salute, and said, "Slave Lu Mei, I have seen all the adults." I don't know if you want to listen to the piano or watch the dance. ”
Everyone saw that this Lu Mei was as beautiful as a peach and plum, a shy flower in the closed moon, and there was a vigorous and heroic spirit between her eyebrows, not like a weak woman, but like a heroine, and she was interested.
Gongsun Kang looked at Lu Wen looking up at him, and there seemed to be a lot of charm between his eyes, although he had read countless women before, he was also attracted by Lu Wen today. Gongsun Kang said, "There is a pianist in the house, how about a girl dance a song?" ”
Lu Wen said, "Then it's better to let the pianist play a song "Pu Jia", and I will dance for all of you!" ”
Gongsun Kang explained, and a pianist came up, and Lu Wen danced, just like a hibiscus out of the water, dancing independently; It's like a lonely shadow, dancing without a trace. Gongsun Kang unconsciously looked stupid.
Gongsun Kang suddenly had an idea at this time, it was better to accept this girl, but also humiliate Gongsun Gong. Thinking of this, Gongsun Kang applauded, "Miss Lu is really a peerless dancer, but the girl is a pity for her talent in Gongsun Gong's mansion, so it is better to come to my mansion and be willing to treat her as a guest." ”
When Lu Wen heard this, she seemed to be quite moved. Although he didn't agree, he had already made a choice, moved the lotus step lightly, and stood behind Gongsun Kang.
Gongsun Gong feigned to be furious: "This slut is rude, could it be that the official treats you badly?" ”
Seeing that Gongsun Kang had taken the initiative at this time, he ignored Gongsun Kang and said, "I said earlier that there are several important things to discuss with you, so there is another major matter to talk about with you today. Now the Central Plains is in turmoil, I heard that Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao, and now he is dead in the country, three sons and a nephew do not let each other, and now the two of them have surrendered to Cao, and the two have retreated to Youzhou. Although we are located in Liaodong, if we don't plan early, we are afraid that Cao Cao will annex Liaodong after conquering Youzhou. I think we should plot as soon as possible, first recruit the Wuhuan tribes in Liaodong, and then take the opportunity to occupy Youzhou. At that time, we can fight with Cao Cao and compete for the Central Plains. I don't know what you think? ”
The issue thrown by Gongsun Kang this time is not insignificant, especially the people in Liaodong have long since lost the idea of short-term comparison with the Central Plains under Gongsun Du's policy of closed development back then. But now that Gongsun Kang seems to be involved in the Central Plains, everyone can't react for a while.
At this time, several generals in the army stood up to express their support. Wu Da, the left captain of the infantry army, Liu Tong, the right captain of the infantry army, Sun Meng, the left captain of the cavalry, and He Mao, the right captain of the cavalry, are all gearing up, as if the heroes of the Central Plains are all incompetent, as long as they can win as soon as they send troops.
Only then did Tian Jing know all the hole cards of Gongsun Kang, he had already colluded with civil and military officials at the bottom, and the officials made many wishes. The front is to let the civil officials support themselves as Taishou, and the back is to let the military generals support themselves. To be honest, it is extraordinary for Gongsun Kang to have such a vision, but today both sides are their masters, and I am afraid that today's situation is already difficult to ride a tiger. Tian Jing estimated that at this time, Gongsun Xu should have led the troops to capture the four gates of Xiangping, and when the time came, he would be the one who took the initiative at that time. So Tian Jing didn't say much, he wanted to see how long Gongsun Kang could continue to make trouble?
Gongsun Gong couldn't sit still, and said in his heart, if this continues, Gongsun Kang will take advantage of the righteousness first, but he is afraid that even if he sits in the position of Taishou, it will be difficult to control these civil and military officials. Gongsun Gong said: "The eldest brother's words are wrong, when my father came to Liaodong alone and created such a foundation. When my father was young, he didn't have the ambition to go to the Central Plains to compete for a short time, but Liaodong was located in a corner, the population was sparse, and there was a shortage of soldiers and food, so he had the strategy of gathering and developing in the next ten years. Although the development of eastern Liaodong has improved slightly, we have less than 50,000 soldiers and less than 500,000 people. It is really unwise to compete with Cao Cao's million-strong army. The son said: Three years have not changed the way of the father, which can be described as filial piety. What's more, my father is still alive now, and my brother has changed his ways, isn't he afraid of being called disloyal and unfilial? Brother Gongsun Gong never dared to listen to him. The elder brother said that after the father finished the alchemy, he would come out and see everyone in detail. Why don't you ask your father to come and let him decide? ”
When everyone heard Gongsun Gong's politeness, they also wavered a little.
Gongsun Kangxin said, this Gongsun Gong is dying and he doesn't know it, and today he dares to come out and talk nonsense even though I have the upper hand, could it be that he still has some basis to rely on? Looking at it again, the only people in this hall who resolutely support him are Wang Qing and Lu Yu. They can't turn the sky over.
Gongsun Kang said, "Then please ask your father to come out!" ”
Tian Jing originally guessed that Gongsun Du was either critically ill or dead. When Gongsun Kang said this, he was taken aback.
After a while, Gongsun Du came out, but it was four house slaves who carried it out softly. Gongsun Du's body was weak, his face was pale, and his eyes were blank, which was much more serious than when he saw him ten days ago. A Taoist priest in Tsing Yi stood aside, not moving.
Gongsun Gong didn't expect his father's body to weaken so much, and his face showed sadness. Come up and say hello to my father. All the civil and military officials came up together to salute.
Gongsun Gong waved his hand and signaled that he would be exempted.
Without waiting for Gongsun Du to speak, Gongsun Kang stepped forward first, bowed down and said, "Father is on top, I have already asked you about the things I explained before." Everyone elected their sons and daughters as the duty of the Taishou, thinking that they would share their father's worries. However, this position is too guarded, and it is up to the father to decide who it will pass on. ”
Gongsun Du said: "Since this is the case, I will take my son Gongsun Kang as the Taishou of Liaodong, and everyone will be well assisted." ”
Everyone didn't expect that as soon as Gongsun Du came, they directly determined Gongsun Kang as the heir.
Tian Jing saw the angle at which Gongsun Kang was standing, just blocking everyone's sight. Whether Gongsun Du personally spoke up, but he couldn't see it. But the Taoist priest next to him obviously did not speak.
Tian Jing tugged on Gongsun Gong's sleeve and motioned for him to speak, Gongsun Gong said: "Father, at the banquet just now, only half of the people supported Gongsun Kang, how could such a big matter be decided so easily." And his father is not there, Gongsun Kang once said that he hoped to lead his troops south to win against the warlords of the Central Plains, which was contrary to his father's strategy of gathering for ten years before. Therefore, I hope that my father will think twice about the matter of the heir. ”
Gongsun spent a long time before speaking, "I have made up my mind, I don't need to say more!" ”
Before the words fell, Tian Jing rushed forward with an arrow, grabbed the Taoist priest in Tsing Yi, and held it down with his backhand, "You Taoist priest is making ghosts here, do you think I don't know?" ”
Gongsun Kang was furious when he saw this, "Wang Qing rebelled, come, take it with me." ”
As soon as the words fell, more than a hundred heavily armed guards came in with swords and shields. There was chaos in the hall.
Gongsun looked at it and said: "Gongsun Gong colluded with Wang Qing and Lu Yu to rebel, and the guards took it down with me." Other people don't need to panic when they sit down, if there is a mess of movement, don't blame me for hurting their lives! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, a soft steel sword was placed on his neck.