Ding Yi wanted to use it as a gunman, and give Cao Chong a hard time, and at the same time cover himself - more importantly, to cover up the lord Cao Zhi. It's not afraid of being used as a gun, and he wants to take advantage of an opportunity to clean up the storage candidates, so that his father doesn't hesitate all day long and doesn't know who to bet on. But this matter is too big, directly involving the crown prince and the two princes (Cao Zhi and Cao Chong), if one of them is not careful, he may cause death......

So forget it, Ding Zhengli, you find a way to go yourself, don't get involved with me - are we very friendly?

But after thinking about it again, if he didn't intervene, Ding Yi would not dare to act rashly because he had scruples, and it would be a pity to waste this great opportunity. Why don't I spread it as a rumor?

Shixun often uses historical events to educate his son, but unlike other scholars, he still has countless historical lessons in his heart for the next 1,800 years, and he has no precautionary psychology in front of his son, and will always inadvertently reveal it - of course, the affairs of the future generations will be fooled by a casual fable. In those years, scholars did not study the role of rumors and public opinion thoroughly, especially focusing on the same class, but often ignoring the people at the bottom. Shi Xun is naturally different, he knows that as long as he takes advantage of the situation, a simple sentence of "Fusu, Xiang Yan is not dead", or "Shiren has one eye, provokes the Yellow River to rebel in the world", how much chaos can be caused.

Intentionally or unintentionally, this concept was also instilled in Shifu. It was Fu who took advantage of this opportunity to quietly disseminate Ding Yi's findings - but did not specify who was behind the scenes. Of course. Instead of simply spreading rumors, he played half-light and half-dark hands.

Ming's hand, he quietly told Cao Zhang about it. And I also wrote to Ding Yi a few days later, saying that I couldn't help it, I was drunk for a while and leaked the matter...... If the source of the rumors is investigated afterwards, it will end with Cao Zhang--with the nonsense the day before yesterday at the bottom, Cao Ziwen still thinks that he is completely with his own heart, and he is righteous and righteous. Unless it is a matter of life and death, he will never climb casually. And Ding Yi, as the head of the secret service, naturally did not deliberately find out that it was a comeback. Because that's tantamount to pulling yourself out......

The dark hand came out of the micro-service and spread the rumors to the villagers. If a scholar spreads rumors, it is not for the purpose of inciting the people to revolt. Otherwise, they will not take care of the common people. Thinking that they have no value in helping to spread the word - I am here to achieve some kind of purpose among the people, and no matter how evil it is spread by the common people, can it be useful? It is Fu who understands through the teachings of Shixun that rumors, as long as they scratch people's pain points, from ordinary people to scholars, there are also multiple ways to spread.

First of all, the pain point, the prince went to the White Horse Temple to become a monk. This matter spread to the world, at least inside and outside the city of Luoyang. Almost everyone knows it. The more ordinary people are, the more they like the absurd rumors about the Heavenly Family, and since they have this interest, how can they not spread rumors?

In addition, there are many civilians outside the city who buy and sell in the city, and it is easy for rumors to spread to the city. And there are many servants and guests in the city, once they hear about it, how can they not report it to the lord's house? If there are only two people vying for the throne, then the princelings want the matter to settle as soon as possible, and they must prohibit the spread of rumors - they may investigate in secret; The opposition is afraid of finding out who is behind it, that is, its own master, and will do its best to block it. However, at the moment, there is a crowd of heroes competing for it, and the scholars and doctors have their own support, even if it is only for the purpose of mixing the water, there will definitely be people who will help spread this rumor.

For example, if he revealed the news to Cao Zhang, Cao Ziwen pondered, I didn't do it, and it was unlikely that my subordinates did it from me, so don't ask, Bi Pi, Zhi, Chong and other henchmen did it. I'm going to have to get this rumor out so that one of them can't eat and walk around.

It is not enough to spread rumors through Cao Zhang, but to gradually spread the rumors from the bottom, even if the more sophisticated and clever secret agencies in later generations, such as the East and West Factory, the Central Unification, and the Military Unification, are unlikely to be able to investigate it.

As expected, the rumors soon spread to the four cities, and almost everyone knew about it. The school did not dare to conceal it, and hurriedly reported to Cao Cao, who was furious and immediately ordered a thorough investigation.

The unit that Cao Cao used to investigate rumors was not a serious imperial court supervision agency, but an assassin and school affairs under the subordinate province. In this way, Ding Yi seized the opportunity, and packed up his investigation results and handed them over after a few days - this is the emperor, you took the initiative to ask me to investigate, not that I deliberately wanted to frame someone, although the evidence is not conclusive enough, but it is pointing to the discipline, I checked, do I dare not report it according to the truth? This really has nothing to do with Cao Zhi, the king of Juancheng.

Of course, you asked me to find out the source of the rumor, and I really can't find out - in fact, Ding Yi believes that the source is Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, but he doesn't plan to kill two birds with one stone, so as not to complicate the situation, or to get around himself - but I found out the black hand mentioned in the rumor.

So Cao Cao summoned Shixun to come and talk to him about it. As soon as Shixun heard the word "Xiao Ji", he couldn't help but gasp, and said in his heart, sure enough, it has something to do with me...... But fortunately, it has been several years since Xiao Yuantu left my disciple, and theoretically, I did not recommend him as an official, so even if he commits a crime, I don't have to be jointly and severally responsible.

But despite this, the attitude must be put out, and he immediately avoided the table and knelt down, and apologized to Cao Cao: "Xiao Ji is a friend of the minister, and he has been a subordinate again, and now for this matter, the minister cannot excuse himself, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and said that you don't need to take the responsibility on yourself, I summoned you to ask, what kind of person is Xiao Ji? Is it possible that he would do something similar? Because in any case, the evidence of the investigation results reported by the assassination is not conclusive enough.

As soon as Xun Luo groaned, he immediately replied: "Xiao Yuantu, a wise man, but he and the prince are afraid to have a disagreement...... Cao Cao frowned and asked: "What do you mean?" Yes Xun said: "In the past, Yuan Tu betrayed his grandson and joined the army, and the minister sent him to Xu Du." I would like to recommend it to Your Majesty. It's a pity that His Majesty's expedition is not in the capital. If Your Majesty is here, how will Yuan Tuye be distributed? ”

Cao Cao said that Xiao Ji was a strategist of the Yuan family. The reputation is not very good, but it is appreciated by Yuan Shao, so he should have some ability. I have always been meritocracy, no matter what happened in the past, he has made great contributions, if he is really willing to obey me, at least give him a county guard.

Yes Xun said yes-"Ran the prince thought that Yuan Tu was yin. If you are not happy, you will be ordered to be the chief of the ink ribbon. Yuan Tu resigned because of this, and the minister returned to Xudu. With his talents still available, he summons his disciples. The posthumous ministers resigned, and Ji Nai went to ......"

Cao Cao nodded and said I understand. Because Zixiu refused to reuse the discipline. So he was resentful, so he plotted to trap him—this is also human nature.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, there were many heroes, happy and revengeful, and Sima Qian also specially wrote a biography for them, why is this so? Because the moral standards of the entire scholar class are similar, the so-called "the scholar who is a confidant dies", or "the king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as a heart; The king regards his ministers like dogs and horses. then the minister regards the king as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as enemies." There are only personal grudges, and there is no confrontation between good and evil. That's why Cao Cao said that Xiao Ji was looking for revenge because of the unfair treatment, and I can understand his feelings.

But understanding is understanding, and if you provoke Lao Tzu, you can't be spared! At the moment, his eyebrows furrowed: "This person can't stay on my side!" ”

Yes Xun said, I don't know the truth, so I don't defend Ji Ji, I just reason, such a conspiracy is indeed very likely to be done by him. But what are you going to do? "Why do you sin it?"

In the original history, Cao Cao was very ruthless in order to solve the problem of the sons competing for the heir, because Cao Pi's heir status was basically determined, and he directly slaughtered Yang Xiu, Cao Zhi's No. 1 henchman. However, there is a premise in this matter, Yang Xiu is an official, mistakes are easy to find, and excuses are easy to find, and now Xiao Ji is just Cao Chong's doorman, a white body, what reason do you use to clean him up?

It's Xun's heart is still a little soft, and since he had a friendship with Xiao Ji, he more or less wanted to reach out and pull him. If you want to say that you also died by yourself, it is not to plot for Cao Chong to trap Cao Ang, but to ...... I was grabbed by my pigtails, but even so, I can't bear to see you killed, I hope I can save your life.

So he asked, "Why do you sin it?" "It's not convenient to declare his guilt clearly, saying that he framed the prince, or to drive a wedge between your sons' feelings, after all, the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized, and there is no conclusive evidence of this matter-" If he is killed, I am afraid that King Liyang (Cao Chong) will also be injured. "Are you ready to turn your face with Cao Xiaoxiang?

Cao Cao tightened his eyebrows, muttered for a long time, and suddenly asked, "What is Hongfu's good plan?" "It's Xun who shuddered in his heart - I should have thought of it a long time ago, don't look at Boss Cao, you are resourceful and can make decisions on the spot, but whenever you encounter something that you can't make up your mind, you still like to play the ball, and I don't take your pass once or twice...... It's just that I don't want to kill Xiao Yuantu, and I don't want to get rid of Cao Xiaoxiang, so it's not good for you to come up with this idea.

After thinking about it for a long time, I guess I really can't escape this matter, and I have to let go of it-Yuan Tu, Ziying, I'm sorry for you...... No, how it ends, fate is actually in your own hands. So he asked Cao Cao: "What does Your Majesty want to do with King Liyang?" "Cao Cao said that I haven't thought about it yet, but anyway, if this matter is really instigated by Ziying, it is really not authentic, and I must teach him a lesson. Yes Xun said that it might as well be like this-"You can send someone to leak his affairs to King Liyang and watch his decision." ”

If we all wronged Cao Chong, in fact, we didn't do his business -- either the spy investigation was wrong, or Xiao Ji did it without him -- he would inevitably come to you to argue with him, and the father and son would naturally not hurt their feelings. If it was really Cao Chong's doing, he or he came to ask for the guilt in person, then you can forgive him; If he does not dare to admit it, he must plot to cover up, and the best way is to get rid of the specific person in charge. Let's take a look, how is he going to clean up the mess?

"The minister is not presumptuous, Your Majesty should not be guilty - if the place is changed, Your Majesty is the king of Liyang, what should you do?"

Cao Cao said that if I am Cao Chong, I know that the conspiracy has been exposed, and I refuse to admit my guilt, so I must kill Xiao Ji quietly, what else is there to say? Shi Xun shook his head when he heard this: "Your Majesty is in troubled times, and tricks and tricks are inevitable, but now the Central Plains is peaceful, and he is too cautious and too ministerial, but what?" harm his brother first, and don't be sorry; It would be unkind to kill his ministers again; In order to confuse the monarch's father, disloyalty, and unfilial piety - your majesty wants to have a son? ”

This can be regarded as a test for Cao Chong, to see if he is really carried away by the cleverness - in fact, what Xun thinks in his heart is that if Cao Chong really wants to kill Xiao Ji, then this person is mean and unkind, and he is really not a monarch I can serve, so it is better to remove him from the list of candidates as soon as possible. I have been in turmoil for half my life, wallowing in intrigue and intrigue all day long, it is forced by the situation, it has to be, who really likes this kind of fearful life? If the world is really peaceful, just your Cao Cao's character and behavior are enough to make the ministers tremble and sweat and dare not come out, where can the next emperor be equally virtuous?!

Cao Cao pondered for a long time and nodded slowly: "What Hongfu said is true, it is a ...... that can be tried" (to be continued......)