Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 420 The Incident of Chao Cuo in the Western Han Dynasty
A green lantern, shining like a flame like a bean sprout.But in fact, there was no need to light this oil lamp at all. The dazzling turpentine torches outside the courtyard were enough to clearly illuminate the interior of the house.

At the same time, the room was clearly not a good environment for conversation.Because the room next door was where Jin Yiwei interrogated and assassinated Tian Cao and Jing An Cao overnight.

Xun You knew the methods of Jin Yiwei and those guys, and what made him a little afraid to say was that many of the interrogation methods were the first of its kind today.Its cruelty is not much, but when it comes to people's mental breakdown, Xun You feels that if he is not familiar with the emperor, he will really think that he is a downright, psychopathic and tyrannical king.

After a while, Luo Lin cautiously stepped into this ordinary room, bowed to Xun You and said, "General, they have already been recruited. They really are the ones who assassinated Tiancao and Jing'an Cao."

Xun You waved his hand to make Luo Lin retreat.As for how to deal with these people, Luo Lin has more methods than him: for these people, it is not as simple as beheading them.Every dark room is a precious treasure.Jin Yiwei's priority is whether he can get the news out of their mouths to instigate them.

Shaking his head, Xun You put these things out of his mind that he shouldn't worry about.But at this time, he realized that he and his uncle hadn't spoken a word since entering the house.

"Uncle..." Xun You yelled this title with a bit of pain, and then couldn't help sighing: "My nephew still can't understand why you are so concerned about the Han Dynasty, but you still allow these spies to sneak into Xun You Home?"

"Then do you think that a Xun family can operate with Yuan Shao or Cao?" Xun Qu's tone was a bit aggressive, obviously the incident tonight had touched a scar he didn't want to open.What the elderly look forward to most is stability, and the arrival of Xun You undoubtedly broke the stability in his heart.

If Xun You learned anything in the court, it is that he knew not to argue with an emotional person.If it goes on like that, it will be a battle of wills.So, after hearing the anger in Xun Qu's tone, Xun You just lowered his head and didn't answer.

Seeing that the nephew didn't speak, Xun Qu seemed to feel that his tone was heavy, and he pulled back: "Your, I know, I can't blame you for this matter. As the general Anyuan of the imperial court, you are also a descendant of the Xun family. , when I returned to Xun’s house and saw this matter, I definitely wanted to make a move. It’s just... alas!”

Seeing that Xun Qu's tone slowed down, Xun You knew that he could speak now: "Uncle, it is impossible for a Xun family to be an enemy of Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, but you also know Yuan Shao's wolfish ambition, and you have already understood that the son of heaven is not the son of the late emperor. , and instigated the establishment of a new false emperor. Everyone knows the heart of anti-Han. Cao Cao and Cao Mengde are even more butchers and murderers. Wouldn't the Xun family be pushed into a place of infidelity and injustice by being contaminated with relationships?!"

After saying this, Xun You carefully observed Xun Qu's face, seeing that although Xun Qu was ashamed but not angry, he knew that his words had reached his uncle's heart.As a result, he strikes while the iron is hot and throws out his own solution: "Now my nephew is General Anyuan in the Han court. If you make it clear that you will serve the Han court, can't you still fight Yuan Shao and Cao Cao?"

"But your uncles..." The uncle Xun Qu said naturally refers to the branch where Xun Yu moved to Jizhou.If Yingchuan suddenly stated that it would submit to the Han Dynasty, Xun Qu was worried that that branch would definitely be affected.Even if it won't be an extermination of the family, at least the Xun family will be divided into two branches.

This reason really made Xun You think for a moment, after all, the concept of this time in the Han Dynasty is different from that of the previous life.Even, even the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the previous life are quite different.

In the previous life, the family became an independent small family, embedded in the entire social system with a molecular structure.In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the interests of the family were indeed to be considered, but what was more important was that loyalty and filial piety could not be both.People who sacrifice their family for the country will be praised by the world, but abandoning the country for their family is a traitor, a traitor, a person who has not deviated from vulgar tastes, and has impure and noble thoughts.

But in the Han Dynasty, Zhou Li was still followed.The country in the Zhou Dynasty was called a country, but it was actually just a collection of many big families.Therefore, most of the etiquettes in the Zhou rites were about respect and order, and the difference between seniority and youth. At that time, people believed that as long as one's own family was settled, the country would inevitably be harmonious and stable.

In the Han Dynasty, after abandoning the harsh legalism of the Qin Dynasty, Zhou Li Confucianism naturally became orthodox again.People think that family affairs are the most important thing, and it is only right and proper to give up state affairs for the sake of family affairs.The rulers of this era also believed that a person who did not love his family was definitely not patriotic. Officials in the court had to go home to observe mourning for three years after the death of their parents, not to mention that a family would be divided into two branches because of this.

In this day and age, saying that loyalty and filial piety cannot be fulfilled, and that one should sacrifice one's family for the sake of one's country is simply nonsense.Clan power and family concepts are stronger than RMB and will never depreciate.

"Uncle, in the short term, the Xun family may indeed be divided into two branches. But the trend of the world, peaceful reunification is the mainstream, and Li Shu suffers, and what we most desire is the reunification of the Han Dynasty. As long as we wait until then, we The Xun family's family established by blood and family precepts will inevitably return to the same line because of this. It is even unknown that it will become more prosperous because of it." Xun You pondered for a long time, and could only discuss this issue from this perspective of development.

Although, he himself knew that this explanation did not satisfy Xun Qu.But after all, this is the best answer he can think of at present, because he firmly believes that the Han Dynasty must be unified, so today's investment and cost will not be without gains.

Therefore, Xun You believed that even if such an explanation would not satisfy Xun Qu, at least it would not allow Xun Qu to deny it.Unexpectedly, Xun Qu did not refute Xun You's argument at all, but looked up at Xun You with cloudy but meaningful eyes, and finally said slowly: "This is exactly what uncle is afraid of..."

"Why?!" Now Xun You was completely dumbfounded. He put himself in Xun Qu's place and thought of all the possibilities, but he never imagined that the unification of the Han Dynasty would be the reason for hindering the Xun family's participation: "Uncle, don't you have a heart? To the Han Dynasty?"

Xun Qu didn't sigh this time, but suddenly put on a majestic patriarch's face, and said slowly to Xun You: "Your, do you remember that there was a famous family who appeared in the place where Ying wears, he The most outstanding person in the clan, once became the royal doctor of the Han Dynasty, ranked among the three princes..."

Xun You's face turned pale, and he naturally knew who the person Xun Qu was talking about.Moreover, it is also known that that person was active in the most prosperous period of the "Wen Jingzhi" era in the Han Dynasty.

In the prosperous age, it is not that there is no sacrifice.On the contrary, more prosperous times were obtained through the sacrifices of countless people.However, Chao Cuo's sacrifice may be the saddest scene in a prosperous age.

Chao Cuo was a very famous Confucian scholar in the Han Dynasty, and he was also a person who was highly regarded by the Han Dynasty.When he was Emperor Wen, he served as Taichang anecdote, and later served as Prince Sheren, Doctor, and Prince Jialing.After Emperor Jing came to the throne, he was appointed as an internal historian, and later moved to the doctor of imperial history.

During Chao Cuo's reign, he developed the policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business", advocating accepting millet and accepting nobility, increasing agricultural production, and revitalizing the economy; on the issue of resisting the Huns' invasion of the frontier, he proposed the strategic idea of ​​"immigration to strengthen the frontier", and suggested that people should be recruited to enrich the frontier , Actively prepared to defend against the Xiongnu's attack; Politically, he advocated cutting down the vassals, depriving the political privileges of the princes and kings to consolidate the centralization of power.

Such a person can be said to have devoted all his heart and soul to the Han Dynasty, until he died.However, his final ending was not to shine on the lintel, but when the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" broke out, because the princes of the Seven Kingdoms headed by King Wu Liu Bi played the title of "Please punish Chao Cuo, take the side of the Qing Dynasty" as the head, Emperor Jing Therefore, following Yuan Ang's plan, Chao Cuo was cut in half in Dongshi.Moreover, it also implicated the other nine clans...

At first glance, Chao Cuo has nothing to do with the Xun family.But if you think about it, you can see how similar the situation of the Han Dynasty today is to that of Emperor Jing!The princes of the world are raging, and on the surface they respect the Han Dynasty, but in fact they support their own self-respect.And the Han Dynasty wanted to quell the hearts of these princes, even the blind can see it.

Yuzhou is the confidant of the world. If the Xun family stood up to support the Han Dynasty at this time, they might be favored by the Han Dynasty like Chao Cuo in the short term.But political games have never been about right or wrong, only about interests.

Didn't Emperor Jing know that Chao Cuo was a loyal minister?No, not only did he know, but he still killed Chao Cuo in half.Because at that time, Emperor Jing was not only thinking about whether the rebels would strike, but also the reaction of other fools.Killing Chao Cuo can at least stabilize these princes.Also, once Chao Cuo died, those rebels had no reason to rebel. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Emperor Jing criticized the memorial to kill Chao Cuo: Yes!
So, is today's world like Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty?
Xun You suddenly gave a wry smile, he really knew that this young emperor was much more powerful than Han Jingdi.If sacrificing a Xun family could bring greater benefits, he would hardly even bat an eyelid.

It's not that Liu Xie has no benevolence, it's just that politics has always believed in these...

(End of this chapter)