Han Dao world

After going out, Yang Biao grabbed Jia Xu. "Wenhe Liubu, are you busy today?"

Jia Xu smiled. "No matter how busy you are, it's not as busy as Situ."

Yang Biao said: "Since this is the case, the three of us will do a joint trip to discuss how to deal with the escape from overseas. I can take full responsibility, but I can't solve the problem independently."

Jia Xu nodded in agreement.

Zhou Zhong was a little embarrassed and followed silently.

The three of them walked side by side, chatting nonsense.Officials walked by from time to time, and they were somewhat surprised to see the three men walking side by side, and they all bowed and saluted.

Yang Biao suddenly laughed. "Twenty years ago, if the three princes were traveling together, the emperor would summon him within half a day."

Jia Xu smiled and said nothing.

Zhou Zhong was also a little emotional. "As Situ said, the Son of Heaven's magnanimity can be compared with that of Yao and Shun, and the revival of the Great Han Dynasty is bound to happen."

"We are fortunate to meet the prosperous age and treat the three lords. Although we can't follow suit, we can't set a bad example for future generations." Yang Biao said quietly: "It's just that the Yuan family is my Yang family's in-law, so I should avoid suspicion. I have to leave this matter to the two of you, and you must handle it well to satisfy everyone."

Zhou Zhong nodded again, but did not speak.

Jia Xu took up the conversation. "It's easy to satisfy the superior, just handle it impartially. I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to satisfy the inferior. How to separate justice and personal feelings has always been the crux of Confucianism. Although Situ's first report comes from the highest public, it will inevitably be criticized in the future."

Yang Biao sighed. "Two evils are the lesser of two evils. Between public and private affairs, I can only choose this way. But these are trivial matters. What I am most worried about is the people behind Yuan Mai's mother and son. After many years of enlightenment, "Mencius" has been printed by tens of thousands of people all over the world. Ben, even Huangkou Xiaoer knows the truth of being born in sorrow and dying in peace, but few of them can really practice it, and there are still people who risk their families and exterminate their families and flee back to the Central Plains, I really didn't expect it."

"It's not so easy to change customs." Jia Xu said lightly. "The Son of Heaven often says that it takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to grow a man. There is no rush."

Zhou Zhong also echoed: "Yeah, Yuan Mai is young, what can he understand? The responsibility lies with Liu. In my opinion, let her be used as an example to make an example. After a long time, those people think that the law does not blame the public. Woolen cloth."

Yang Biao also said: "Yes, it should be soon rather than later."

Jia Xu shook his head. "I understand how you two feel, but you don't have to worry. In my opinion, there are at most some people from Yanyuqing and Xu Sizhou, and there will not be many people."

"How do you see it?" Zhou Zhong asked puzzled.

"After Yuan Benchu ​​was captured, there were not many Central Plains people who stayed in Jizhou, and those who were later exiled were mainly Jizhou people. Jizhou people are more hardworking, and most of them are in the army. They can have the opportunity to conquer overseas. They wish for it. How many will abscond and return to their hometowns at the risk of extermination?"

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

"Furthermore, apart from Bohai Sea, Jizhou arranges all young and strong ministers trusted by the emperor, who are smart and capable, unlike the officials in the Central Plains who are accustomed to being famous. If there is any trouble, it has already been heard by the emperor. Why wait until now ?”

Suddenly, Yang Biao raised his hand and patted his forehead, feeling mixed feelings.

No wonder Jia Xu is so calm, not only because he stays out of the matter, but also because he already knows that the matter is not that serious, so there is no need to worry too much.

It's just that, the emperor has nothing to fear, and he has to take the opportunity to clean up.

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Because the matter involved the Yuan family in Runan, Yang Biao had to avoid suspicion and handed over the handling power to Taiwei Jia Xu.

Sikong and Zhou Zhong can participate, but after all, he can only assist, not take the lead.In addition, Zhou Zhong himself had broken with Yuan Shao a long time ago, even when they met in battle, he had no interest in helping Yuan Shao cover it up.

The matter went smoothly, and two months later, just after the twelfth lunar month, Jia Xu submitted a report.

As he predicted at the beginning, almost all the people involved in the case were from Yanyuqing and Xusizhou, and the total number was limited, that is, a dozen households, but there were hundreds of people who helped them cover, including Runan prefect Zongcheng.

Zong Cheng was arrested by Han Sui a long time ago, but he refused to cooperate with the investigation, kept silent and did not provide any information.

Han Sui didn't dare to touch him easily, but he also refused to let him go. He was locked up all the time and no contact with outsiders was allowed.After the captain of Runan took over, he gave up resentfully.

Although the captain of Runan was not from Han Sui's old department, he was from Liangzhou.Knowing that Zong Cheng didn't take Han Sui seriously, Han Sui was upset, and he didn't let Zong Cheng go, so he made a special car and locked Zong Cheng inside. The body squats.

Before leaving Runan County, Zong Cheng was exhausted, and the rest of the journey was basically hanging by his neck on the carriage.

If it wasn't for the escort who didn't want him to die on the way, he couldn't have seen the gate of Wancheng alive.

Taiwei Mansion is in charge of the investigation, and Sikong Mansion is in charge of the interrogation, specifically executed by Tingwei Temple.Tingwei Xuanbo, who had always been relatively leisurely, suddenly became busy and couldn't contain his excitement. After receiving the imperial edict, he rushed to the imperial edict immediately.

He saw an old acquaintance: Guo Tu.

Guo Tu is the person in charge of resettling Yuan Mai's mother and son, so he cannot escape responsibility.Compared with a few years ago, he is a little less anxious, a little more calm, and looks a bit like an outsider.

But the moment he saw the announcement, his calmness disappeared.

Humiliation and anger came to my mind along with the memories, and my fair face flushed instantly.

"You..." He stood up, his hands trembling.

Announcer grinned. "It's me, Guo Jun, are you safe?"

Looking at Xuanbo's smile, Guo Tu's whole body was cold and his face turned pale.He didn't want to talk anymore. When he met a person like Xuan Bo, begging for mercy was just to humiliate himself, and it was useless at all.

He sat down slowly, watching his nose with his eyes, his mouth with his nose, and his heart with his mouth.

Xuanbo waved his hand, ordered someone to open the cell door, walked in with his hands behind his back, and walked around Guo Tu twice. "Okay, don't pretend to be superior in front of me. I don't know the virtues of you party members. Do you really think of yourself as Li Yuanli and Fan Mengbo?"

Guo Tu's cheeks twitched for a while, regretting it too much, and his front teeth ached even more.

In the past few years, he has really lived in seclusion so comfortably, knowing nothing about the situation of the court, that he didn't even know that the scum of Xuan Broadcasting was actually a court lieutenant.If he had known this earlier, he would not have tied his hands and committed suicide directly would be the best choice.

"Speaking of it, this is fate." Xuanbo sighed: "You say that you party members are all saints. If you are poor, you will be alone; A person who can keep his words and deeds? So many people went overseas, but they couldn’t bear the pain, escaped after all kinds of hardships, and implicated so many people. What does this mean? It means that you are destined to be like this, you can escape for a while, but you can’t escape for a lifetime .”

Chapter 1115 Be Proactive

Guo Tu couldn't help spitting Xuanbo, and shouted: "Shut up! You are worthy of criticizing party members?"

The face of the broadcast did not change color. "I'm a villain, and you're not a real gentleman. What do you deserve? Besides, don't forget who led the wolf into the house and called Dong Zhuo into the capital. If you really want to say it, you have no right to judge me. If you can To leave a name in history, I can at most be regarded as rebellious, what about you?"

Xuanbo laughed. "Don't think that you can escape by hiding in Ruyang. The Son of Heaven is aware of the details, and will use the party affairs as a guide to clearly illuminate you ghosts and ghosts. You just wait to live forever."

Guo Tu's face changed again, and he felt uneasy.

He knew that the emperor was collecting the deeds of the party members to prepare for the compilation of history books. Some articles had already been published in the mansion newspaper.

The emperor may not intend to discredit the party members, but he is very clear about what the party members have done.If you really want to write it all out, the image of the party members will never be good.

For this reason, he wrote many times to Xun Yu, Xun You, and even Cao Cao, hoping that they would find a way to stop this matter.

But he didn't hear back.

There are various indications that it is difficult to stop the party members' affairs being announced to the world.Originally, he was hiding in Ruyang, and he could cover his ears and steal the bell, but now he was implicated by Yuan Mai's mother and son, arrested and imprisoned, and he couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Maybe it's better to be dead.

If he had known this earlier, he should have prevented Yuan Shao from marrying the Liu family as his successor.This woman is both arrogant and jealous, she caused Yuan Shao a lot of trouble, made him suffer, and spent a lot of time trying to appease Yuan Shao.

"Okay, I just came to see my old friend, nothing else." Xuanbo flicked his sleeves and said, "You don't have to worry, you should eat and drink. You are an accomplice, just make it clear, no It will be life-threatening.”

Guo Tu rolled his eyelids and said with a sneer, "I hope you can kill me."

Announcing grinned, smiling on the surface. "As a court lieutenant, obeying the law is the first rule. I am not the kind of party member who thinks that justice is in hand and can kill innocent people indiscriminately. Your Yangzhai Guo family is also a family of law scholars. Why don't you find someone to kill you?" reason?"

Guo Tu was speechless.

Xuanbo looked up to the sky and laughed, and walked away.

Guo Tu sat blankly, like a puppet, until he was awakened by a familiar voice.

"Guo Gong, Guo Gong, is that you?"

Guo Tu was taken aback, and turned to look at the source of the voice.Outside the gap in the cell, he saw half of Yuan Tan's face.He was taken aback, and then rushed to the door of the cell.

"Xiansi?"

"It's me." Yuan Tan's voice was full of joy. "Guo Gong, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Guo Tu glanced at the shackles on his hands, and said calmly, "Mrs. Liu and Yuan Mai have also been arrested. They have suffered a bit, but there is no danger of their lives for the time being."

Yuan Tan let out an "oh", a little indifferent.

The two just said a few words, and the jailer who heard the voice rushed over and stopped them.Although his tone was stern, his hands were still polite, and he hit the fence with the wooden stick in his hand, but it didn't hurt anyone.Yuan Tan asked him to pass several copies of the residence newspaper to Guo Tu, and he did as well.

Guo Tu felt a little emotional, and didn't know whether to be grateful or ashamed.

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Xuanbo worked very hard, interrogating for several days, and basically clarified the matter.

Propaganda has a bad reputation.Even if many people don't know him, they have heard about his attachment to Dong Zhuo.Some people also knew that Guo Tu's two front teeth were related to him. They heard that he was a Ting Wei, and he didn't have the courage to resist at all, so he did it quickly to avoid the pain of flesh and blood.

People who really have the courage to commit suicide will not live to this day.

Xuanbo quickly found new clues from the confessions. Some people did not return to their hometowns, but went to Bohai Sea, and those who accompanied Liu Bei to overseas expeditions were closely connected with Bohai Sea, and even had regular merchant ships.

Xuanbo felt that the news was not trivial, and reported it to Sikong Zhouzhong as soon as possible.

Zhou Kong scratched his head when he heard this.After thinking about it, he went to Yang Biao to discuss how to deal with this matter and whether he should report it to the emperor.

After hearing this, Yang Biao sighed. "The report must be reported, but the most important thing is that you have a solution, and you can't pass the responsibility to the emperor. You might as well assume that if the emperor is not in the Central Plains, but in the Western Regions, how should we handle this matter properly? It won't worry the emperor."

Zhou Zhong scratched his head even more.

How to deal with it to satisfy the emperor?It's hard to guess.

Unlike Yang Biao and Jia Xu, he and the Son of Heaven have not been in harmony with each other for a long time.The reason why he can be ranked in Sikong is due to many unexpected factors, not because of his ability.

But as a colleague, he couldn't let Yang Biao make up his mind for him, he had to make his own decision.

Otherwise, the Sikong Mansion would become a vassal of the Situ Mansion, unable to play a supervisory role, and unable to satisfy the emperor.

Zhou Zhong returned to Situ's mansion, thought hard for a long time, and finally decided to call the officials in the mansion to discuss.

Tingwei Xuanbo was also invited to discuss together.

The result of everyone's discussion is that although Bohai is a county belonging to the Han Dynasty, it has its own particularity as a place to try out the king's way.The new military service law was not implemented in Bohai, and when the Taiwei Mansion investigated this matter, it did not send anyone into Bohai, because it could be considered that it was not necessary to follow the practices of other counties and counties, and it could be a special case.

For example, in accordance with the method of overseas dependent countries, Da Honglu arranged for people to ask.

Or the governor of Jizhou will come forward and be responsible for Bohai's self-inspection and self-report.

Which method to choose can be decided by the emperor.

Zhou Zhong thinks it makes sense, so please see him right away.

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After listening to Zhou Zhong's report, Liu Xie thought for a long time.

"Which option does Sikong think is better?"

Zhou Zhong was prepared, and said bluntly: "I think it is most appropriate for the governor of Jizhou to come forward. After all, Bohai is not an overseas country, but a part of Jizhou. Moreover, the governor of Jizhou Manchong is a shrewd and capable person. It should not be difficult to find out about this matter."

Liu Xie was a little worried. "Manchong knows the law well, and uses it too harshly, so the scholar-officials don't like it. If he is sent to investigate, will it make people think that the court is impatient and wants to use this to tighten the constraints on Bohai?"

"Your Majesty's tolerance is a good intention, but the imperial court has its own system, and it cannot be lenient blindly. Although the Bohai Sea has special features, it is not a place outside the law. It is fine to have contacts with overseas countries. It is a law-abiding crime to house and exile criminals. We can't tolerate it, otherwise they won't be acting like kings, but hiding filth."

Liu Xie weighed it repeatedly and accepted Zhou Zhong's suggestion.

Although this plan may not be perfect, Zhou Zhong's attitude is still advisable.To take the initiative to solve everything, not only to look at the present, but also to prevent the present, this is the pattern that a veteran minister should have.

"Very good, let's deal with it according to Sikong's opinion."

Zhou Zhong was relieved, Xie En withdrew.

When he returned to Sikong Mansion, he immediately wrote to Jizhou and ordered Jizhou Governor Manchong to rush to Bohai immediately to thoroughly investigate the problem of Bohai's absconding overseas personnel.

Chapter 1116

What happened in Bohai is not what makes Zhou Zhong scratch his head the most, but how to deal with Mrs. Liu is.

Yuan Mai is underage, so it is impossible to make up his mind. The one who can make up his mind is either Yuan Xi or Mrs. Liu.Yuan Xi was originally a guilty body, and he was finally able to get away with meritorious deeds. If he becomes a sinner again because of this incident, the loss will be too great.

But naming Mrs. Liu as the first offender is also problematic.

Mrs. Liu is not a gentle and gentle person. No one can guarantee whether she will admit to the first offender. After all, she firmly denied it during the interrogation.

If she was tortured into a trick, without even asking the innocence, and without a confession, she was designated as the first offender, not to mention whether the emperor would be satisfied, Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, might not agree.

Liu Yao used to be Yuan Shao's ally, but now that Yuan Shao is dead, Liu Yao has also surrendered to the court.Whether he is willing to sacrifice his sister's life for Yuan Xi, Zhou Zhong can't say for sure.

If Liu Yao refuses to accept it and makes things worse, the Sikong Mansion will not be able to convince the public.

In the past, when the Son of Heaven was fighting for power with the Sangongs, he could still pass the responsibility to the Son of Heaven. Now that the Son of Heaven is in charge of the Sangongs, there is no reason to push the blame, and Zhou Zhong did not dare to do so.

Zhou Zhong was caught in a dilemma. He was so worried that his hair, which was not well-to-do, became thinner day by day, and even the hairpin couldn't bear it anymore.

In desperation, Zhou Zhong had no choice but to ask his wife to come forward to discuss with Mrs. Yuan, hoping that Mrs. Yuan could intervene and let Mrs. Liu plead guilty.Or ask Yuan Heng to come forward and ask the emperor to issue a kind order to pardon Mrs. Liu.

What Zhou Zhong didn't expect, Mrs. Yuan flatly rejected his proposal.

She neither wanted to persuade Mrs. Liu to plead guilty, nor did she want to ask Yuan Heng to come forward.

Please Sikong find a way to solve the matter of Sikong mansion.