After Zhang Zhao returned to his hometown of Pengcheng, he immediately closed the door to thank guests, entertained himself with poetry and wine, and was recruited by the imperial court many times, but he did not obey his orders. But he just closed the door, and did not close his eyes and ears, because he was quite prestigious in the former Han Dynasty, so his old acquaintances were all over the world, so he often paid attention to the situation of all parties, and wrote to Sun Quan to plan for it. This time he wrote again, and it began:

"The Kanto region is in turmoil, I am afraid that the old people will incite me, and the heart of Zhong to make a living is not ......" and then analyzed, saying that the general trend of the world has been decided, and the people's hearts are also stable, if you jump out at this time, the result will inevitably be a dead end - "Zhao received the order of Brother Ling, and assisted Zhong to seek to settle in the southeast, which originally meant to defend the territory for China, and the vast number of Sun clans, which had no intention of splitting. Today, the Sun family is in a county, Zhao Nai is ashamed, and he doesn't dare to die, because he has no face to see his brother underground. If Zhong plots to act recklessly, it will make the Sun clan and Zhaoning turn into ashes! ”

If it was just these words, what kind of statement Zhang Zhao would make, Sun Quan could guess. But at the end of the letter, Zhang Zhao said again: "Zhao has an old man in the boat master, yesterday he sent a book, Yun Chao ordered the boat master to go south, unknown to the sea Xu Ye, to Wu Huiye?" Zhongmou pondered carefully......"

Sun Quan took a look, hey, Yu Zhongxiang was right, the imperial court really sent the East China Sea division over-"Is it Hongfu's strategy?" When he saw that the situation was so fast, I had no chance. ”

So he had to obey Yu Tuo's teaching, and immediately ordered Yu Zhongxiang to go to Luoyang, and through Wang Lang's play, he asked to go to Luoyang to meet the Son of Heaven. Wang Lang was entrusted by Yu Tuo, and was grateful for the friendship of master and slave who never abandoned in the past, so he greatly said something good for Sun Quan: "Previously, Quan was entrusted by his brother to guard Jiangdong, because he was young and knowledgeable. To be confused by Zhou Yu. Western Union Liu Biao. to reject the first emperor. Now that he has surrendered, he has repented of the sins of the day before yesterday. The Kwantung Rebellion broke out, and Jiang Qin, Chen Wu and other former ministers of the Sun clan also rebelled, and the power was confused and wanted to ask for guilt. Fu Wei Holy Cut. ”

Cao Chao asked Shi Xun's opinion, and Shi Xun smiled and said: "Sun Zhongmou I is a hero, and because of his strength, he was annexed by the first emperor. I don't see any contrition. However, the general trend is established, he is not ignorant, because he is invited to the Hajj, he is afraid of the suspicion of the court and will be killed. If it is forced to rebel, it will be very disadvantageous in China; He was summoned to come, comforted him, and awarded him a knight, so as to show the benevolence of the court and the wisdom of His Majesty? If the power is separated, the southeast can be safe. ”

In fact, it is not only Sun Quan who asks for Hajj. There is also Zang Xuangao, the Zang Ba of the garrison Langxie. Sun Quan saw the situation clearly because of Yu's persuasion. Knowing that there was no good fruit to eat in the rebellion, in order to save the life of the whole family and ensure that the Sun family would not be completely destroyed, he pinched his nose and took the last step; Zang Ba is different, he has no intention of rebelling at all.

Zang Xuangao has no ambitions, but he is reluctant to give up guarding his one-third of an acre. When the Kanto Rebellion arose, Cao Chong sent people to contact, but Sun Kang, Sun Guan Brothers, and Yin Li persuaded Zang Ba not to listen, and actually led his troops to the west privately to join Cao Zhi and others. Zang Ba is really scared now, and he grinds with the government office all day long, not knowing what to do.

The imperial court sent Fufeng Taishou Wang Xiong's nephew, Wang Xiang, an evil man from Lang, to Jucheng to lobby Zang Ba, originally meaning that the Wang clan was one of the best snakes in Lang Evil County, and if Zang Ba did not comply, he used the clan power to try to expel him. Unexpectedly, when Wang Xiang saw Zang Ba, Zang Xuangao cried loudly and said: "Bashi has no two hearts." Sun Kang and others rebelled, originally wanted to bind themselves to their subordinates and ask for the guilt, but also worried about the hegemony and died in chaos, if the sea and Xu were turbulent, then a hundred deaths would not atone for this crime! What is Badang? Hugh taught me. ”

Wang Xiang said: "The general's merits are high, and the first emperor ordered Zhenhai and Xu to be the hanging map of Yuntai." If you don't enter the capital immediately, you are afraid that the evening will not be guaranteed, and you will be laughed at by all generations. Now you should return from auspiciousness - no one can entrust you? ”

Zang Ba said that I can't think of any suitable person - my soldiers and horses are one with Sun Kang and the people they took away, I am afraid that if I leave, others may not be able to suppress it, and they will all be bewitched by Sun Kang and others and follow the thief. Wang Xiang thought for a while, and said tentatively: "If the general is not dull with auspiciousness, please be the town army." ”

Zang Ba was overjoyed - in fact, he didn't care if the sea and Xu were in turmoil, what he cared about was whether the chaos of the sea and Xu would aggravate his guilt, and now that someone is willing to take the blame, it would be better to slip away quickly - he handed over the military power to Wang Xiang, and took his family to the north, went around from Qingzhou, and went straight to Luoyang.

The first thing Wang Xiang did after gaining military power was to install the brave and healthy people of the Wang clan as a school, and then dispersed all parts and scattered them in Dong'an, Dongguan, Yangdu, Haiqu and other counties. Among them, it is inevitable that some people will make trouble, but fortunately, the scale is not very large, Wang Xiuzheng led the Wang clan to conquer one by one, and soon stabilized the situation - but the hegemony of the Wang clan was in Langxie, and then became the first surname in the Kanto region, which also started.

Zang Ba and Sun Quan entered Beijing one after another, which to a certain extent prevented the further expansion of the chaos in the Kanto region. Shi Xun immediately asked for a holy decree to pardon the sins of the two, and added the rank of former general of Zang Ba, and the rank of Taizhong doctor of Sun Quan, and worshiped them as the marquis of the township - belonging to the second level of Cao Wei's surname - as for the real power, of course, they can no longer be left.

Zang Ba was close, and as soon as he saw Wang Xiang, he immediately set off, Sun Quan was far away, and he first asked Yu to turn over and hit the front station, coming and going, delaying, and when he entered Luoyang City, it was already midsummer and May. At this time, the chaos in the Kanto region was also approaching the time of complete calm.

Le attacked Juancheng, Cao Zhi and others waved their troops to rescue, and Xuan was besieged in the city. Cao Zijian sat in the city of sorrow, drank and got drunk all day long, and then scolded with his halberd fingers: "Zihuan kill me!" In the end, he was killed by his disciple and Wang Guan, a native of Xiaqiu, and tied Cao Kai, and opened the city to accept Wang Shi.

As for the southern front, Yu Ban and Xiahou Shang successively destroyed Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Zhu Ju, etc., and Wang Chang led the troops of the Anfeng Domain to encircle Cao Chong in Liyang. In fact, the battle was not very beautiful, and Xiahou Shang was even attacked by Jiang Qin for a time, and almost even took his life. Fortunately, the troops of the various anti-rebellion units were extremely weak, no more than a few thousand, and they plotted for Zhuge Liang to divide and surround them, and they were exterminated one by one - Jiang Qin and Chen Wu fought to death, and Zhu Ju was captured and sent to Luoyang to be beheaded.

Seeing that things were not in order, Cao Chong once wanted to highlight Liyang City and fled from Niuzhu to Danyang, but Lu Zijing was ordered to return to the division, and first made Ding Feng lead 20 fast boats straight down to Wuhu, which just stopped Cao Chong. Cao Chong's crossing of the river was unfavorable, and he was forced to retreat back to Liyang, and it was only a matter of time before he was wiped out.

Besides, Cao Zhi is dead, Juancheng is restored, and Cao Zhi's two sons, Cao Miao and Cao Zhi, are still in Chongling, that is, they are bound by Wang Guan and sent to Le Jinjun with Cao Kai. Le Jin has long been cared for by Cao Hong, and said: "He is the blood of the heavenly family, and only the son of heaven can decide whether he is alive or dead, so he must not be humiliated, so that the first emperor will not be able to sleep in the ground." "So Le Wenqian is kind to receive - anyway, it's just three children, as long as they are completely isolated, they are not afraid of what will happen to them - and they don't wear shackles, they don't shackle, they just pushed the car and sent someone to escort them to Luoyang.

Cao Chao asked the ministers, what should be done? The ministers all thought that it was a great crime of rebellion, and it should have been torn apart, and the three clans should be destroyed, because of the blood of the heavenly family, it can be lowered to a higher level: Cao Kai should be greatly opened, Cao Miao and Cao Zhi should be killed - died in prison, in fact, he was given to commit suicide - the wives and concubines of the two kings, etc., and should be enslaved as officials.

Cao Chao bowed his head, and waited for the order, and suddenly Shixun let out a long sigh in the train, and said sadly: "Alas, it is difficult to be a human being!" Cao Chao couldn't help frowning, so he asked, "What did Ling Gong think about and sigh?" Shi Xun stood up and arched his hand, and replied calmly: "The minister is thinking about life in the world, and there are many choices, but I don't know that I should follow the teachings of the saints, and I should follow the limitations of the law?" Hence the sigh. ”

Cao Chao said that there is still a need to think about this? "The saint preaches the way of heaven to the king, and the king is the law of the country, and if the law does not conform to the words of the saint, it is in power. If the law is meticulous and unreasonable, how is it different from Qin Zheng? ”

Yes Xun said that that is the case - "The punishment of the three clans, Zhou Li did not have it, it started in Qin, and set up a law for Shang Ying to sit together, one person touches the law, and the family relatives do not complain, the same crime." It is the crime of Miao and Zhi, and he failed to send his relatives and sued him. However, regardless of the fact that he is still young and does not know good and evil, that is, he is an adult, Ziyun: 'The father is hidden for the son, and the son is hidden for the father.' 'If he is punished immediately, it is against the words of the saints, and shows the world, filial piety deserves death, and if you are not filial, you can also be whole, and it is not also false? ”

It is recorded in the "Analects" that Ye Gong once said to Confucius: "There are people in our party who bow straight, and their fathers hold sheep, and their sons testify to them." "—There was a man in my hometown who was very upright, and his father stole sheep, and he came forward to testify against him. However, Confucius replied: "The upright of our party is different. The father is hidden for the son, and the son is hidden for the father, and it is in it. The so-called integrity in my hometown is different from yours, and it is called integrity if the father helps the son to cover up the fault, and the son helps the father to cover the fault.

So it was Xun who said that now Cao Miao and Cao Zhi's crimes are because they did not report their father Cao Zhi, so according to the crimes of the three clans, they can't escape. But let's not say that these two children are young and don't know how to rely on them at all, even if they are adults, if they follow the words of the saints, they should hide their sins for their father. So when we are in this world, we should listen to the teachings of the saints? Or should I be bound by the law? When there is a conflict between law and filial piety, what should be done?

In fact, Xun Ting disagreed with Confucius's words, because ancient China has been lacking the tradition and spirit of the legal system for thousands of years, all of which are caused by the proliferation of Confucianism's idea of "love is greater than law". Of course, it cannot be denied that Confucius had the limitations of his time, and he was bent on restoring the aristocratic society of the Zhou Dynasty at that time, using etiquette to restrain the aristocracy and using the law to restrain the "villain", of course, he was unwilling to infiltrate the legal system into all social strata, and then judge all cases. The Legalists regard this kind of talk as a fart, but the cold Qin Fa does not consider the facts of the case at all, and only knows mechanical execution, and goes to the other extreme, which is also cold.

Because of the Qin law, the Han Dynasty just deleted its cumbersomeness, which is basically the same as the Qin Dynasty. Later, Confucianism came to power and brought more favors into the judicial process, but did not completely revise the laws and regulations accordingly, so Dong Zhongshu had the "Spring and Autumn Prison Break" - with Confucian etiquette as the guiding ideology, it was possible to overturn the mechanical legal provisions in specific cases.

Shi Xun's soul came from later generations, and his concept of law was clearer than that of most Confucian scholars in those years, and he was unwilling to use love to break the law—even if it was a bad law, he should try to revise it first, rather than destroy it directly—but he couldn't stand the crime of one person and his relatives sitting together. With a living human life in front of us, how much of a sin are a few children to be involved and die?

Because of this, he pinched his nose and said something he didn't believe very much, deliberately trying to exonerate Cao Miao and others...... (To be continued.) )