Chapter 26 The Power of Government
Cao Ang returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and reported to Cao Cao, saying that his sister-in-law was like this, like this, wearing plain clothes, and waiting for his crimes. Cao Cao pouted when he heard this: "What does he want?" "He played this trick, did he come up with some demon moth?
I guess if Xun heard Cao Cao say this in person, he would be able to faint - in your mind, am I a playlist who likes to play treasures?
Cao Ang replied respectfully: "My son-in-law said that I was a child, and Yun recommended Wu Zhen as a broad and long-term person, and taught him to exchange markets with the Hu people, which is my sister-in-law, and the department of the city, and where my sister-in-law is located, so I am afraid that I will be affected by it." If Yun is detained by school affairs on a different day, then the name of the first life is paid in the flowing water, how is it different from death? Therefore, the sin is first treated with the sin in order to seek forgiveness from the adults. ”
Cao Cao continued to pout: "This is not true. The school is domineering, I know it, but Hongfu is a confidant and sister-in-law, who dares to act rashly? "Of course, I know that my spies are a bit arrogant and domineering, and I don't know how thick the sky is, but no matter how mixed I am, I don't dare to touch Shixun - the dog is raised to bite outsiders, not to let him bark at his own family. It's impossible for Kosuke not to know this.
In fact, Cao Cao was thinking a little left, he didn't see the things of the afterlife. Speaking of playing spy politics, Cao Cao was by no means the number one in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, and there was a kid who went even more overboard than him, and that was Sun Zhongmou, the Emperor Wu of Jiangdong. There was a famous spy named Lu Yi in Eastern Wu, who was deeply favored by Sun Quan, what kind of arrogance was that guy? He once wanted to frame Prime Minister Gu Yong, but fortunately, Xie Yong, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, said cleverly that if Gu Yong stepped down, the only person who succeeded him could be your great enemy Pan Jun, so Lu Yi started to stop. Later, Lu Yi investigated the case and found Sun Quan's son-in-law Zhu Ju. was so frightened that Zhu Ju "waited for the crime by grass". If it weren't for the warden Liu Zhu discovering the truth. Maybe Zhu Ju was convicted by Sun Quan.
It is said that "inseparable", but in terms of the comparison between Lu Yi and Zhu Yi, who is Sun Zhongmou's parent?
Zhu's case was dramatically turned over, and the ministers took the opportunity to bombard Lu Yi together, exposing a lot of his illegal affairs, and Sun Quan suddenly realized: "Zhu is in vain, and the people are in vain? "Put Lu Yi to death.
What does this mean? It shows that raising a dog is to bite outsiders, but when you go back and forth the dog without a chain. The dog is getting bolder and bolder, and it is impossible to say whether it will bite an outsider or an insider in the end. Sun Quan is also a smart lord, the lord of jealousy, not under Cao Cao, didn't he know about Lu Yi's various evil deeds before, and he was completely kept in the dark? Of course, this is impossible, he just needs the dog to bite, so he deliberately indulges it.
The same is true of Cao Cao, he said, "The school is in charge." I know also", since you know why not waste? Because school affairs are useful for him to clean up political enemies and dissidents. Then even if you bite a few innocent people by mistake - such as Wu Zhen - you can open one eye, close one eye, and pretend not to see. In this case, how can Shi-hoon be sure that the school affairs will not bite him in the end? Don't talk about him, even Xun Wenruo didn't dare to pat his chest and stay out of the matter completely. Isn't it too late to wait until the dog bites someone he shouldn't have bitten before he retracts the chain?
Of course, Cao Cao's authorities were fascinated and didn't realize this danger - if he really realized it, he wouldn't be a spy - so he didn't take Shixun's worries lightly, and decided that Shixun must have other meanings, but he just refused to tell Cao Angming.
When Cao Ang heard this, he couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in his heart, and said that his uncle's expectations were really accurate. So according to Shi Xun's instructions, he continued to say to Cao Cao: "Ang also thinks that it is not his uncle's true intention...... In his humble view, he gained a little, and he did not dare to show his lordship. ”
Cao Cao couldn't help but be interested when he heard this, leaned forward slightly, and said Whatever you think, you can say anything, our father and son, even if you guess wrong, can I still blame you?
Cao Ang asked rhetorically: "Do you know, what is my sister-in-law's request?" "Cao Cao said don't ask me, I want to hear your judgment. Cao Ang said: "When Uncle Xi (Cao De) was here, he was with Eryun, the person who asked for the Taoist aunt's son-in-law, and the name was also, so he admired ancient texts, carved scriptures and standing stones, made poems, and spread them for a while......"
Cao Cao nodded, and said yes, he even wrote a special article, and attached the names of all the people who participated in the proofreading and copying of Jian'an Stone to the tablet.
Cao Ang continued: "It is recommended by Wu Qian, and he is a former official, if the crime is not true, that is, he will not cling to it, and it will also hurt the name of his aunt-in-law." In addition, Shuozhou's service to the top, the matter of accepting fake children, the group discussion was raging, and the sister-in-law resigned from his position to avoid suspicion, and now the Wu case is involved in this matter, and the sister-in-law can't stay out of the matter. ”
Since Shixun has a good name, he cannot allow his reputation to be tarnished. Wu Zhen is the person he recommends, if the crime is true, it will be fine, if he is not guilty and is punished, Shi Xun will feel that he is pouring sewage on himself. Besides, it is Wei who is also involved in this matter, and it is the adopted son he adopted after all, even if the case does not involve him, the speculation and rumors outside can make him unable to raise his head. What do you think he should do? Completely out of the way? Wu Zhen was punished, and his other officials would feel cold; If you continue to contact Wei Wei, you will be suspected by someone who is interested in instructing Wu Zhen to fund the Tuoba Department; Abandon Wei now, as a father, where is the compassion? Does he still have the face to be a scholar and a Confucian?
Cao Cao listened while twisting his beard and groaning, and nodded again and again after listening, saying that this is reasonable, but I didn't think about it. Cao Cao himself loves power, and he doesn't care much about fame, if he is a person with a good name, he can't shout the slogan of "meritocracy" later - Shixun seems to have a good reputation, so he just said to Cao Cao in private "meritocracy", and he never dared to publicize it publicly. Therefore, Cao Ang first knocked out the good name of Xun, and then followed this premise to "judge" the mentality of Xun possible, which made Cao Cao feel that it was indeed the concern of people with good names.
Cao Cao is an extremely smart person, and the history books praise him as "difficult to dazzle and fake", whether it is Xun or Guan Jing, it is very difficult to pass the test if he wants to play tricks in front of Cao Cao. However, there are always blind spots in people's vision, and Cao Cao's blind spots have two: one is that he is not famous, so the concerns of people with good names will produce the illusion of a certain degree; The second is that Cao Cao takes Cao Ang as his heir, but he often thinks that Cao Ang is too loyal and thick, and now that his son can clearly analyze such a big set, Cao Cao instinctively feels happy, and then will recognize what Cao Ang said - the son of the dysentery head is good at home, and the father is the same.
So it's Xun's tricks, if he tells Cao Cao, Cao Cao will definitely not believe it - it is Hongfu has a lot of flowers and intestines, and Cao Mengde knows it; If someone else came to deliver a message to Cao Cao, Cao Cao would be a little sloppy. But when Cao Ang told Cao Cao, Cao Cao immediately believed it.
As for Cao Ang, he knew that his father was suspicious, so he was usually trembling and did not dare to make mistakes, so he developed an honest and old-fashioned character - if he grew up in a different environment, in fact, Cao Zixiu may not still have this virtue. Yes Xun sometimes thinks, who is Cao Ang's temperament like? As the history books say, at the critical moment of the struggle for the heir, the expression is not clever, only filial piety, and Cao Pi, who will shed tears when he touches his father's expedition! If Cao Pi was the heir from the beginning, maybe it would be Cao Ang today; And when his father died, Cao Zihuan showed his true colors, he was completely unscrupulous, suspicious and cautious.
Therefore, although Cao Ang has been cultivated into an honest nature, he naturally still wears a mask in front of his father, knowing that there are some things to say and some things not to say, rather than being completely heartless. So it was Xun who said to Cao Ang, you go back and report to the prime minister like this, this is to understand my worries, get rid of my difficulties, and be unharmed by the prime minister, so even if you are a filial son, you can tell a few lies in front of your father. And as soon as this lie is said, the prime minister will definitely praise you, do you believe it or not?
Sure enough, after Cao Cao listened to Cao Ang's pretended analysis, he couldn't help but praise him: "Zixiu can take this into account, and he has made great progress recently. Cao Ang wanted to hear the words of praise from his father's mouth, it was so rare, he was immediately moved to tears, and said that his uncle's teaching was not bad, such a lie, I still have to learn from him, talk to my father more!
After affirming Cao Ang's analysis, Cao Cao first groaned, and only said for a long time: "Then how to deal with it?" That is, to forgive Wu Qian? Cao Ang shook his head and said: "Since it has been detained, and it is pardoned by the adults, it will be difficult to relieve the burden of the uncle." "Wu Zhen was not released after the review of innocence, it was you who issued an amnesty order, so what will others think? I must be able to guess that this matter involves Hoon, so I have to deal with it so vaguely.
Cao Cao was half thinking about himself, half wanting to teach his son, so he continued to ask: "If you judge him by assassination, he will know right and wrong, and break the right and wrong, okay?" Cao Ang said that it would not be possible - "Uncle-in-law Yiyun, who takes it for school affairs, if it is not forgiven by adults, how can there be leniency?" Even if you stab the adulterer, you don't dare to rebel. "If you let go of the assassination Ling Shi to review, then Wu Zhen is innocent and guilty, isn't that exactly what Xun is worried about?
"What does Zixiu think should be done?"
Cao Ang asked tentatively: "Why don't you bring your sister-in-law to the case as evidence of Wu Qian?" ”
Cao Cao frowned, and said that if Xun was in the case, with his mouth, Wu Zhen would be guilty and innocent. So what? Anyway, my lord, you want to issue an amnesty order, and Wu Zhen is a small county magistrate, even if he is guilty of impunity, how big of a problem is it? "If you hurt your aunt's heart, you think that the damage to the adults is too much."
Cao Cao was still hesitating: "In order not to hurt Hongfu's heart, but to lose the Ming of assassination." ”
Cao Angxin said that what is the meaning of the assassination? Is it to lose the guilt of guilt to innocence? Then when the innocent becomes guilty, it will not be lost? He himself was also disgusted with the spy government, so he took the opportunity to persuade Cao Cao: "The assassination is a subordinate official of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and what the adult wants is what the assassin wants, and the adult's wisdom is the assassination and self-evident." Besides, Yang Kongqu is also an uncle-in-law, and he is not expected to be resentful because of this......"
Cao Cao said yes, how did I forget this ballast, and immediately nodded: "This is very good, Zixiu can pay tribute to Kong Qu for me." "Go and say hello to Yang Pei. After finishing it, he didn't forget to teach his son: "This is the power of government, and you can't be careless." (To be continued......)