Chapter 11 The Sunset of the Long River Section 56 At the beginning of August, the great Sima Xu Rong and his wife suddenly rushed to the Marquis of Anyi's mansion to visit the wife of the former chariot general Lu Yi.

Koji Yi's eldest son, Koji Biao, is under the command of Anxi general Jiang Wu and is now stationed in Longxi. The second son, Lide, was under the command of Pang De, the general of Zhengxi, and is now stationed in Jiuquan.

The third son, Koji Shengben, served in the military under the command of the general, and after the death of Koji Yi, the general deliberately sent him back to Chang'an and let him serve his mother at home, and now he is engaged in the Great Sima Mansion.

Xu Rong and Ko Yi met in Liangzhou in their early years and have been friends for nearly 30 years. Xu Rong's eldest son married the daughter of Ko Yi, and the two families were good friends of Qin and Jin, and the relationship could be described as very close.

Xu Rong is busy with official business, and he can take time out of his busy schedule to visit with his wife, obviously not to chat about family life.

Mrs. Koji cautiously tried a few times, but Xu Rong's expression remained as usual, and she kept talking about trivial matters about her children.

Mrs. Koji was a little flustered. Xu Rong acted steadily, and if it wasn't something extremely important, he would never come to the door in person.

Mrs. Koji sent someone to invite Koji Zhong to the house. Koji Zhong is the elder brother of Koji Yi, the head of the Koji family, and is now the commander of the Dasi Nong Mansion.

This position is very hot in the Dasi Nong Mansion, but Ko Zhong has been in this position for ten years, and no one can regret it so far.

The imperial court's chief Si Nongqing has changed several terms, but his order to lose is as stable as a rock, for no other reason than because he was the first person to help the general.

When the general was fighting corruption in Xiliang, he secretly withheld a lot of money, which was turned into food, ordnance, medicinal materials and other military supplies through Lizhong, and it was also through Lizhong that this money was doubled, and played a vital role in the general's recruitment of the Yellow Turban Army.

The general and many officials in northern Xinjiang are still grateful for Ko Zhong's help. In the government and the opposition, many people think that Koji Zhong can have today's power and wealth because of the relationship between Koji and Yi, which is actually very wrong.

Koji Zhong's power and wealth came from his help to the northern frontier. Without the earliest assistance from Lizhong, the general would not have been able to appease the Yellow Turban Army, let alone settle millions of displaced people in Tuntian, northern Xinjiang.

Koji Zhong's exploits are not known, but the general firmly remembered them, and he gave them the richest reward.

Koji Tadashi entered the Koji Mansion. Koji Sheng immediately greeted him and asked nervously, "Uncle, mother asked me to ask you, do you know why Da Sima came to our house today?" Ko Zhong's face was a little ugly, and he was silent.

Koji Yi has been very dissatisfied with his brother over the years and often quarrels with him. Once Mrs. Koji persuaded him, Koji roared angrily, saying that if the Koji family was destroyed in the future, it would be because of Koji Zhong's greed.

Mrs. Koji has always kept this sentence in her heart, especially after Koji Yi's death, she heard a lot of words that were unfavorable to Koji Zhong, and she was even more uneasy.

Xu Rong suddenly came to the door today, and her first thought was that something had happened to the Koji family, and the root cause of the accident was likely to be in Koji Zhong.

"You are by the side of Da Sima, and you go in and out of Shangshutai with him every day, you don't know, how do I know?" Ko Zhong asked,

"Who has Da Sima met recently?"

"The last few days?" Koji Sheng thought for a moment and said,

"A few days ago, the Prime Minister had come to Shangshutai, and then Da Sima invited Lord Taiwei to Shangshutai, and the two discussed in the study until midnight, I don't know what the big thing is, even Shangshu Lingtian is not qualified to participate. Yesterday, Da Sima invited the Prime Minister and the Taiwei to Shangshutai, and the three of them had a heated argument in the study, as if the Prime Minister was still angry, and the shouts were heard even by the guards outside the house. ”

"Did Lord Tian Chou ever participate in the discussion?" Ko Zhong asked with a frown.

"No, Lord Tian Chou still didn't participate, he was very worried, and he didn't know why the three adults were arguing so fiercely." Kojimori said,

"This morning, the Prime Minister went to Liyang to meet the eldest princess." Ko Zhong nodded thoughtfully,

"It shouldn't be fine. Recently, the weather has been too hot, and there is a drought in the Central Plains, Da Sima is probably in an impetuous mood, and he came out to walk his relatives to relax, haha...... "Koji Zhong patted Koji Sheng's back,

"It's okay, don't worry, rest assured......" Mrs. Koji asked Xu Rong to stay for dinner, Xu Rong agreed unprecedentedly, and Mrs. Koji became more and more frightened.

In her impression, since moving to Chang'an, although Xu Rong has been here many times, he has never stayed to eat.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very harmonious, Xu Rong and Li Zhong talked about the past, and they were very happy with each other. But the two ladies felt that Xu Rong was too abnormal today, and they were extremely uneasy, and they both wanted to ask each other, so they immediately found an excuse and left.

Koji Sheng and several guests from Koji Mansion also took the opportunity to leave the table, and only Xu Rong and Koji Zhong were left in the house.

"When will the general come back?" Koji Zhong asked suddenly. Xu Rong looked at him and smiled faintly,

"If nothing else, at least until next summer." A hint of worry flashed in Ko Zhong's eyes.

"It's not the right time for Yuntian to go." Xu Rong sighed and slowly put down the wine jue, showing a very painful helplessness on his face, which made people look extremely sad.

Koji Zhong felt a little suffocated in his heart, and the hand holding the wine lord involuntarily shook a few times, and a little chill swept through his body.

"You have been making an equalization order for a long time, and you have worked hard, and the prime minister intends to ......" Xu Rong stared at Lu Zhong with both eyes, slowly lengthened his tone, and said word by word,

"Let you serve as the assassin of Qingzhou." Ko Zhong's face changed suddenly, and he was in a cold sweat

rushed out with a "bang", sweating profusely in an instant.

"Is it hot?" Xu Rong looked at the beads of sweat on Lu Zhong's face, and teased leisurely,

"Could it be that a history of thorns makes you so excited?"

"No, no......" Ko Zhong barely squeezed out a smile and said helplessly,

"Lord Xu said with a smile, I just felt surprised, very surprised......"

"How many years have we known each other?" Xu Rong picked up the wine jue and turned it gently, as if he was asking Li Zhong, as if he was asking himself,

"Twenty-one years ago. After I met Yun Tian, I always thought that Yun Tian's brother should also be a bold and righteous man, who ......knows" Xu Rong looked up at the frightened Li Zhong, his eyes looked very complicated, there was contempt, sympathy, sorrow, and a little anger,

"Over the years, the general has always been grateful to you and taken care of you in everything, and he even quarreled with Yuntian twice over your affairs, but how did you repay the general? You're going too far. Li Zhong stabilized his mood, wiped his sweat, and said respectfully: "Thank you Da Sima for the reminder, I know how to repay the general, I ......" Xu Rong stretched out his hand and shook it, as if he didn't want to listen to his defense,

"Yun Tian and I are brothers, although Yun Tian is gone, but what Yun Tian wants to do, I will definitely do it for him. You are Yuntian's brother, and Yuntian's brother is my brother, so I'm here today. I hope you understand my hard work. Ko Zhong thought for a moment and bowed to salute.

"Please give me some advice." Xu Rong sneered, and slammed the wine lord on the table, without saying a word.

The eldest princess resolutely disagreed, no matter how Li Wei persuaded her, she did not agree.

"Lord Koji died in battle, the horse leather shrouded body, the merit is high, it is reasonable, and the court should treat his relatives well." The eldest princess threw Li Wei's recital aside,

"Now that you want to hunt down Ko Zhong with one-sided words and some evidence to catch wind and shadows, what will the ministers of the DPRK and China think? What will the generals think? Before the bones of Marquis An Yi are cold, the imperial court will kill his relatives, what impact will this have? No, I don't agree, I don't ...... It's chilling, it's chilling. The eldest princess pointed excitedly to her chest,

"Prime Minister, even I feel chilled by your approach, what do others think, do you need to say it?"

"Your Highness, everything has a priority, is it the importance of the community or the importance of human affection? Is it the importance of Zhongxing's great cause, or the merits of An Yihou? ”

"Aiqing, isn't it important for the Son of Heaven and the prestige of the imperial court? If everyone in the world thinks that the Son of Heaven and the imperial court are unkind, then who else is willing to kill the enemy for the Han Dynasty? ”

"Your Highness, if the meritorious ministers and their clan relatives can wantonly trample on the Great Han Law and override the Great Han Law, where is the prestige of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court? Could it be that Marquis An Yi died in battle so that his clan relatives could violate the law and discipline, and even assassinate the prime minister of the Han Dynasty for personal interests? In front of the Great Han Law, everyone is equal, and even if the prince breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people. If the Son of Heaven and the imperial court tolerate and raise **, the consequences will be the destruction of the country and the collapse of the Han Zuo. The eldest princess was angry, glared at Li Wei and said angrily, "I will never agree." Li Wei sneered, leaned down and bowed, and roared: "For the sake of the Han, even if he is broken, he will not hesitate to ......" Li Wei left, angry and left.

The eldest princess burst into tears and was at a loss. Liu Fang, the supervisor of the middle school, whispered to comfort her, and the eldest princess was very aggrieved, so she cried helplessly: "This is the evil result of the loss of restraint by Xiangquan." Li Wei is not afraid of me at all now, he dares to do anything in order to achieve his goal. Last time, he killed Master Zheng Xuan in order to reform the system, and threatened me with suicide. Now he is going to turn his face and deny people again, and attack An Yihou's family. Oh my God, what did the general do, why did he make Li Wei the prime minister? This prime minister is arrogant and domineering, he can do whatever he wants, how can he still have the Son of Heaven and the court in his eyes? ”

"Your Highness, hurry up and write to the general and ask him to return to Chang'an." After carefully reading Li Wei's recital, Sun Zi said with a wry smile,

Judging from this recital, the evidence of Ko Chung's conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister is credible, and the Prime Minister has already possessed evidence of Ko Chung's massive corruption and perversion of the law. In the past, he had organized money and grain for Northern Xinjiang, and later he was appointed as the commander of the equalization of materials, and he had every opportunity to use his power to embezzle wealth with impunity. Ko Zhong has been an equalizer for ten years, so it is conceivable how many gate valve families, wealthy businessmen, and large and small officials are involved with him? Sun Zi sighed in admiration,

"The Prime Minister was ruthless, and he immediately grasped the key point. If this case breaks out, hundreds of people will be implicated, and the clansmen, merchants, and military officials of the Chinese and the military officials in various places will be severely hit because of this, and they will be ...... hard."

"How many people are going to die?" Liu Fang asked in surprise.

"This is a storm of anti-corruption, and with the character of a general, he will definitely support it." Sun Zi said in horror,

"As for how many people will die, it depends on the mood of the Prime Minister. Recently, the prime minister has been talking about all parties in the upper and lower reaches of the government and the opposition, and intends to convert the debts of the imperial court into a thirty-year lease right of the land in the border county, which is actually a disguised migration of the population, and the tuntian is on the border, so ......" Sun Zi pointed to the chapter in his hand,

"If the gate lord tycoons surrender, there will be fewer people killed, and if the gate lord tycoons fight him to the end, it is estimated that there will be a river of blood, and the last person who will go to the border county is the clan family of these people." The eldest princess looked up to the sky and sighed bitterly,

"The Prime Minister is getting more and more ruthless, what will I do in the future? In September, the eldest princess's letter was delivered to the desert.

"The Prime Minister forced him too hard, and he actually cornered His Highness." Jia Xu said worriedly,

"General, I see you and Your Majesty going back together, lest the Prime Minister make a big deal and get out of control."

"No, things are still under control, there is no need for me to go back." Li Hong shook his hand and picked up the letter of the great Sima Xu Rong,

"Zilie didn't say a word about this matter in the letter, it can be seen that they are still pressing step by step, if I go back, it will be a bad thing."

"In fact, the matter is obvious, as long as the gate valve families and businessmen and tycoons give in immediately, this matter can be resolved satisfactorily." Fu Gan said,

"The key issue now is to capture Koh Chung. If Koji Zhong is not caught, he will not be able to kill chickens and monkeys, knock on mountains and shock tigers. ”

"The arrest of Ko Zhong is a big deal, and if His Highness doesn't agree, I'm afraid the Prime Minister won't be able to give an order without authorization." Jia Xu said,

"But if this matter continues to drag on, the contradictions in Chang'an may intensify, so ......" He looked at Li Hong and said solemnly,

"Either the general will go back immediately, or the general will ask the eldest princess to leave Chang'an immediately, go to Jinyang to stay for a while, and entrust all the state affairs to the great Sima."

"It's not that you don't know Your Highness's character." Li Hong said with a smile,

"She is now in power, and she is being forced to the death by a group of ministers, she is very aggrieved in her heart, and she is secretly competing with Zhong Yuan, it is useless to beg her now." The crowd was silent.

Jia Xu's worries are not unreasonable, since Li Zhong has already assassinated Li Wei once, then of course he dares to kill Li Wei again, so this matter must be resolved as soon as possible, so as not to leak the news and cause more trouble.

"In this way, I will tell Lord Taiwei and ask him to come forward to create a momentum and force His Highness out of Chang'an." Li Hong said categorically,

"Tell the Prime Minister again, those who should be killed must be killed, don't be soft, let alone compromise, the more ruthless you kill, the greater the harvest." Jump to