Chapter 36: Wang Fen is defeated

Although the letter was repaired and sent, Wen Chou did not pin his hopes on it. First, let's not say that their friendship is not too deep, are they willing to answer questions for Wen Chou, and secondly, they can't come in time! How could Wen Chou delay this matter again and again? In general, these letters are just letters of friendship between Wen Chou and them, and the questions and requests in them are just excuses for sending letters.

After Wen Chou finished doing everything, he fell asleep with confusion and helplessness in his head.

The next day, the annual ring of time came to the fifth year of Zhongping, summer and June.

And this originally ordinary month, but because of Wang Fen and Xu You's planning, it brought a little unusualness to Jizhou.

This month, Liu Hong, the son of heaven who has been in charge of Luoyang for more than 20 years, suddenly missed his place of origin - Hejian, so he "wanted to tour the old house in the river north", which gave Wang Fen and Xu You, who had been planning to do the 'abolition' thing, a chance. On the pretext of the Black Mountain Affair, they wantonly recruited soldiers and dramatically expanded their troops! And he thought of taking advantage of Liu Hong's northern tour, on the grounds of preventing Montenegrin thieves and sending troops to escort him, so as to achieve the plan of mutiny.

But the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, but because "there will be red gas in the north, and the east and west will be in the sky, Taishi said that 'there should be a conspiracy, it is not suitable to go north'." Emperor Naizhi. So the imperial court issued an imperial order for Wang Fen to withdraw his troops, and soon recruited him into Beijing. Wang Fen was so frightened that she committed suicide. And Xu You had already realized that something was wrong, and fled away.

In this way, the "Eight Chefs" Wang Fen, Nanyang Xu You, Peiguo Zhou Jing and others planned for several months to 'abolish the establishment' plan went bankrupt. The local heroes in Jizhou who were connected with them also immediately turned into monkeys and scattered, and then died down.

And Wang Fen, who has the famous 'Eight Kitchens' in Shilin, has since withdrawn from the stage of history, but the failure of their plan this time is really as said in history, "There will be red gas in the north." The east and west are in the sky, and the Taishi said that 'when there is a conspiracy, it is not appropriate to go north'. Emperor Naizhi. Or is it because some people have betrayed the nobles? This is a public case, and no one knows. But Wang Fen and the small group affiliated with it have indeed fallen.

And at this time. It is worthy of five years of Zhongping, summer and June. When this news reached Wen Chou's ears, it was just a lament. Relatively speaking, he is more concerned about Xu You's movements. But with his fame, it is not enough to know, the person who violated the 'heavenly rule' dared to blatantly visit relatives and friends? It's all that after finding someone close to and trust, he disappeared! Wen Chou can only regret one or two things about this.

And before that. Wen Chou still thought a lot about it because of the three surnames of Zhu, Wang, and Cui.

On the first day of June, the weather was cloudy with a light breeze.

After Wen Chou got up early, he uncharacteristically did not choose to go to the morning exercise, perhaps the bad and gloomy weather made his already not very good mood even worse. Came to the study - this is the usual office of Wen Chou, and look at the mountains of cases and books. There is an urge to look up to the sky and roar, which is certainly not a pleasure. It's about venting their frustrations.

With Jiang Zhe's cautious and careful character, while dealing with the affairs of the county, he did not stop the habit of summarizing the affairs because Wen Chou was not in the county. There are so many cases that need to be reviewed and understood.

Not long after Wen Chou's distress, Liu Zhong, Lu Liang and other people in charge of the county also sent people to send them one after another, concisely and summarily recording the case files of the things they were in charge of. This makes it. Wen Chou felt a headache, but he couldn't help but read it. This situation continued until noon, when the county Cheng Cheng Qi heard the news, and then stopped. At this point, the news that Wen Chou had returned quickly spread throughout the city and the county.

Of course, not only Cheng Qi came to visit, but other county officials and magnates in the county also came one after another, either to inquire about the results of Wen Chou's trip, or to inquire about Wen Chou's intention to deal with the three families still in prison, or to express his own attitude, or to find out Wen Chou's strategy and political actions for the future governance of the county, and so on.

Wen Chou's visits were answered one by one, and more or less revealed his political thoughts, characteristics, and dislike for the three surnamed households. However, it is gratifying that there is no such magnate and county official who dares to go against the wind and blatantly intercede for these three surnames, let alone coerce Wen Chou to release them with 'public opinion and rhetoric'. Wen Chou knew that this was the result of his iron army strategy. Although the iron army and high-pressure strategy are not conducive to long-term rule, in the era of war, it is a necessary stage, otherwise how can we talk about separating the locality?!

After Wen Chou dealt with many affairs in the county for the first two days, the outside world was already more impatient, and different and reprimanding voices were revealed, although the momentum was not large, but it also showed their impatient mentality. Among them, there may also be worries and fears, worried that Wen Chou will detain the three surnames like this, and afraid that Wen Chou is secretly planning a bigger action against them.

This is wrong to blame Wen Chou, it is precisely because there is no good way, so he chooses to deal with other affairs, and wait until he comes back to make a decision on the punishment of the three surnames. It is impossible to kill, no matter how secretive Wen Chou is, it is impossible for the slightest rumor to spread, and this matter has been brewing for nearly a month, and it is no longer beyond his control.

On the third day, that is, on the second day of the sixth month, Wen Chou finally came out of the study and ordered to invite many powerful figures and magnates in the county to discuss the punishment of the three surnames.

With the lessons of the first meeting, Wen Chou attended the meeting, and threw out his own thoughtful bottom limit decision at the moment. On this basis, the people will discuss the punishment and conviction of the three castes. What is the bottom limit of the ugliness? That is, it must not affect its own rule, of course, it means this, but it cannot be said that.

He said: "Since I was not in the county, the three families surnamed Zhu, Wang, and Cui relied on their own power and deep roots, and there were many vains, and there was a premeditated and planned demagogue of the unsuspecting county people, intending to plot chaos, and the evidence was conclusive, and Liu Zhong, the right county lieutenant, captured it with the momentum of thunder!" Now I want to deprive his family of his disciples, thinking that he is Qi people, collect his family's wealth, and help the displaced people, and the people with the three surnames will be expelled from the county! What do you think?! "But it's going to be a trick to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, completely cutting off their foundation, and intending to cut through the chaos quickly. That is, after they leave the country, whether they can join their relatives and friends alive is another matter.

As soon as Wen Chou's words came out, everyone in the hall suddenly became noisy, and they exchanged their heads and discussed endlessly. Many county magnates and right-handed family heads did not dare to come forward first, although they were indignant. For fear that Wen Chou will hold a grudge against him, he will definitely suffer in the future. But not all people are so cowardly, there are always those who are stunned and willing to come ahead of them.

Just as they thought, Cao Lesong, who was famous for his uprightness, was the first to speak: "Wenjun, this is to put people to death!" They are at fault, but they are not guilty to death! Even if you are blinded by power and money, you can punish it with a stick, and then make it guilty and make meritorious service, which is not a bad method! Most of these people were talented scholars! ”

"Exactly, Wen Jun's punishment is a bit heavy!"

"Yes, stick to blame, make them repent, in order to see the aftermath! Wouldn't it be wonderful?! ”

Since someone came forward, naturally some people echoed it, and there was more than one, and for a while, there was a slight rebuke in the hall.

"The view of the rotten Confucian sour people, don't you see it gathering a crowd to hide soldiers, intending to wash us in blood? Take over the county seat? If it weren't for the decisive action of the right county lieutenant, you would still be able to sit here today?! Zhang Lie's temperament was relatively hot, and he took the lead in making a move, because his voice was quite loud, but he frightened the scribes in the hall, making the hall quiet.

"Haha, it's not that you can still sit here today! But can I sit here today? Wen Jun can still sit here today!? Wen Ba's words were even more intense. It can be said that every sentence is heart-wrenching, and it is bluntly clear that these people who intercede for the three surnames are the accomplices of the three surnames! I just didn't get involved directly! If the three castes are victorious, they will be reused, and they will be safe and sound. Wen Chou, they are prisoners.

"Haha, it's a big joke in the world, since you have the intention of plotting chaos, you naturally have to be responsible! How can he not be punished by this punishment if he loses now! If it is according to the iron law of the Han Dynasty, such people who plot rebellion will be the same as the rebellion, and they should be punished by the nine clans! Wen Jun is kind-hearted, only accepts his wealth to help the poor, strips his vains, thinks that he is Qi people, and lets him go, he should be happy! Jiang Hui said loudly. But he knew that since Wen Chou had already expressed his attitude, he would naturally not change it easily, so he strongly supported it.

Gong Cao Lesong originally just thought that these people were not guilty of death, but he didn't expect that this matter could be big or small, if Wen Chou and others wanted to go online, it would be a felony of treason, if Wen Chou didn't care about it, it could just be regarded as an oversight on their part. Therefore, the sentence only cares about Wen Chou's mind. But Wen Chou still needs to do this matter beautifully, not to be criticized, at least to do it beautifully on the surface. Therefore, now he is the most embarrassing person, and he has an unpleasant quarrel with Wen Chou.

In addition to him, other figures who supported the three surnames died down after hearing the hardline attitude of the military forces. After all, the situation is stronger than people, and since Wen Chou intends to do so, then their voices will not play a role.

And Lu Liang, the military representative of the local county people, sat alone and did not speak, obviously agreeing with Yu Wenchou's decision; In addition, Cheng Qi, the county Cheng, has begun to close his eyes and recuperate since he entered the table, and the significance of it is very obvious. Without the approval of the military and the leadership of people with high moral integrity, it is impossible for their ideas to be realized.

In the end, the punishment set by Wen Chou was still imposed. (To be continued......)