Chapter 4: Blockade of Xudu

"What the hell should I do?" Single-mindedly pacing back and forth outside the thatched house, if Lu Rui starts to search the Forbidden Palace now, I'm afraid he won't be able to escape.

"Who!" Suddenly, a hand grabbed Ichichshin's shoulder.

"Shut up, Eighth Brother!" The old horse whispered a scold.

"Second brother?" At this time, Yixin found that Lao Ma was wearing the clothes of a eunuch, followed by two Cao soldiers.

"They are?" was shocked, could it be that his second brother was also arrested?

"My own people!"

I see, Ichishin breathed a sigh of relief.

"You two are out there!"

"No!"

As soon as the two of them turned around, the old horse took out a dagger from his bosom. used a move and a sword to seal the throat, and the two fell down in response.

"Second brother, what are you doing here?" Seeing that the old horse had killed two of his retinue, he instinctively took a step back.

"Hmph, they don't die, can we get out?" The old horse glanced at Yixin, and then threw the knife away.

"Quick, let's change into the soldier's clothes, and let these two change into our clothes."

"Yes, second brother!" Yixin immediately understood the old horse's intentions and stole the dragon and turned the phoenix!

Yixin hurriedly crouched down and began to untie the soldier's armor.

"Eighth brother! Drag the corpse into the hut and change it again! The old horse scolded him in displeasure.

"Huh? Second brother, when we were young, we all went to the river to bathe together, do you mind? ”

"Hmph, that's when I was a kid!" The old horse glanced at Yixin speechlessly, and dragged a corpse into the hut by himself. Without hesitation, Yixin dragged another corpse into the hut.

When I was changing clothes with the old horse in the thatched house. Lu Rui's army has already begun to search for people in the palace. All those suspected are detained. Pending further processing.

"Stop, who are these two?" After Yixin and the old horse changed their clothes, they dragged the corpse and didn't walk a few steps before they met a chief.

"Lord Hui, these are two students and eunuchs who tried to escape, and they were beheaded by their subordinates." The old horse calmly replied to the general.

"Good! Good job! To give you a credit, these people actually dare to resist, I really don't know what to do! The general patted the old horse. He smiled smugly.

"Thank you, sir!" The old horse showed an embarrassed look and arched his hand in return.

At night, at the Zhengbei General's Mansion, Man Zhong took his subordinates to Lu Rui's study.

"See the general!"

"Berning is here, don't be polite, get up, and report the matter to Benhou."

"Master Xie!" Man Zhong smiled, the identity of the Hou Ye is more easy-going, it is a knighthood not an official position.

"Berning, how many people did we kill this time?" Lu Rui put down the bamboo slip in his hand. I glanced at the full pet.

"Master Hou, this time our army searched the palace. His Majesty arranged a lot of henchmen to garrison the halls, and there were clashes with our army, but the number of people captured and killed was not much, only a few hundred. ”

"That's enough, Your Majesty doesn't have many people left." Lu Rui nodded with satisfaction, this is similar to his estimate, Liu Xie's forces have been purged several times, there are not many people in the military anymore, and there are still a group of supporters in politics, as long as this group of supporters is defeated, Liu Xie will really be an empty shell.

"During the search, if you find a suspicious person, you must carefully investigate it, and if you find something particularly difficult, you will immediately report it to Ben Hou!"

"Yes, Master Hou!"

"Master Hou, Berning has a question, I don't know if I should ask it?"

"Tell me Berning, what else can't I say?" Lu Rui smiled, this is the so-called authority of a high position, and even people like Man Pet have begun to pay attention to etiquette.

"Yes, Master Hou! Master Hou, now that Kong Rong is in our hands, and there are still a large number of students and filial piety, what should we do? ”

"Yes, people are caught, what should we do with them?" Lu Rui touched his forehead, the person was caught, and it was not easy to deal with it.

Liu Xie's henchmen are very simple, click, or copy the family and distribute the problem. But a large number of students and filial piety are not easy to handle. Among these people, there are a group of talented people from poor families, which Cao Cao wants to reuse, but most of the rest are children of the family, and these mediocre talents are difficult to arrange.

"Berning, how many students and filial piety are there in Xudu this time?"

"Back to Hou Ye, the number of people is about more than 10,000 people!"

"What? 10,000 people! Lu Rui was stunned, grandma's, the books of the Han Dynasty were not popular, and 10,000 readers should be half of the Han scholars.

"How can there be so many students and filial piety?"

"Back to the Hou Ye, this is also something that his subordinates did not expect, His Majesty issued a holy decree of the judges, and so many people gathered in Xudu, I'm afraid?"

"I'm afraid what?"

"I'm afraid someone premeditated!"

"Humph! Berning is really Berning, so quickly I thought of something inappropriate, yes, Ben Hou and Lord Sikong felt that someone did it on purpose! ”

"I see, Lord Sikong is really wise, Master Hou, it seems that the person behind it is not simple, and he actually thought of using Tai Student and filial piety."

"yes, it's an impossible strategy to crack, and we can only control it in the direction we want." There are two main systems for the election of officials in the Han Dynasty, one is probation, and the other is filial piety. No matter what kind of official selection method must be trained by Guozijian, inspection and filial piety are only the first exams, and Guozijian's Taixue system is an important criterion for the final selection of officials.

After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the number of court officials was greatly reduced, and although Cao Cao issued many expressions of talent, there was still a certain gap. Cao Cao originally wanted to take the Han family as the leader and gradually control the imperial court, but now that there is an official comment, Cao Cao's plan has been completely disrupted.

Xun Yu's attitude made Liu Xie's holy decree promulgated, and everyone gathered in Chang'an, Lu Rui can eliminate the so-called "corrupt" people, but he can't destroy the official's big evaluation, because the court is unspeakable and untrustworthy!

"Berning, you have to investigate the abilities and backgrounds of the poor disciples among these people, make a clear list, and present it to me."

"Yes, Master Hou, my subordinates understand, but the children of those big clans?"

"The children of the big clan also follow their arrangements with the Cao family, and try their best to let the children who support the Cao family get benefits."

"By the way, have the disciples of the Xiahou family and the Cao family been included in the general election this time?"

"Back to Master Hou, there are a few, but not many!"

"Since there are those who are removed, there will be substitutes. The children of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, as long as they meet the age, are all selected for appointment! Only then did Lu Rui understand why there were so many idiot children of the Cao family and the Xiahou family in the Cao Wei regime in history, I am afraid this is also a helpless move.

Politics is sometimes about numbers, even if you occupy the pit and don't, you have to occupy the position. The Cao family and the Xiahou family have idiot children and genius children, so it is also a good choice to let them enter the official career!

"Yes, Master Hou!"

"There's one more thing Berning must hurry up with."

"Please command!"

"Starting tomorrow, the four gates of Xudu will be blocked, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave. Search for the remnants of Kong Rong in the city! ”

"What is Master Hou's intention?"

"Doesn't Berning want to catch the person behind it? Kong Rong is just a substitute for the dead. ”

"Master Hou is clever!"

"Remember, Berning, we only have seven days!" The blockade of the city gate can't be too long, seven days is the limit that Lu Rui can get. (To be continued......)

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