Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 252 Sudden Assassination
"Little brother asks himself that his talents and learning are not as good as your brother's, but brother, although you are also a great person in the world, the current situation in the world has become a situation of confrontation between the north and the south. Both Cao Gong and Liu Bei have already occupied half of the country. If you think about it, brother, I'm afraid it's the same You have no strength!" Sima Fu said leisurely.

"Ah!" Sima Yi sighed a long time after hearing the words, and said after a while: "Third brother, do you know what is the biggest hatred in your life?"

"What?" Sima Fu asked a little strangely.

"My brother only regrets that I was born ten years late. If I was born ten years earlier, I would have been able to start a rebellion at the time of the yellow scarf. With my martial arts skills and my Sima family background, if I can make good use of it, how can Yuan Shao let it go?" , Cao Cao's generation occupy the land of Hebei?" Sima Yi said angrily, his wolf eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

"In the past, when Chen She started an incident in Daze Township, he once said that princes and generals would rather have kindness? I think so. After Cao Cao was an eunuch, Liu Bei was just a weaver of mats and shoes. Both of them could sit Why can't I, Sima Yi, sit down?" Sima Yi's words full of hatred continued to sound, and Sima Fu's brows couldn't help but frowned.

"Second brother, although your ambition is in the world. But if things like this fail, we, the Sima clan, let alone continue to enjoy wealth and honor, I am afraid that from now on, we will have no place in the world!" Sima Fu held back For a long while, I could only hold back such a sentence.I hope that with the fate of the family, Sima Yi can be persuaded to change his mind.

"Don't worry, third brother, I have my own measure!" Sima Yi said indifferently, Sima Fu knew that he could not persuade him, so he could only sigh secretly, and did not continue to discuss this issue.The two brothers chatted some more, and Sima Fu went to work.After Sima Yi waited for his brother to leave, he ran back to his study.

"Guanzhong, Guanzhong!" Looking at the map of Guanzhong unfolded on the desktop, Sima Yi murmured.The land of Guanzhong has been the foundation of emperors since ancient times.Both pre-Qin and Liu Bang won the world by guarding Guanzhong.The core foundation of Sima Yi's family is in Sili, which is adjacent to Guanzhong.If you can occupy Guanzhong, plus Si Li, it will be enough to form a tripod.

"Zhao Botao, Xiahou Miaocai, Cheng Zhongde, you've been wasting your time in vain, but you never expected that Sima Yi would be fulfilled in the end!" Sima Yi sneered, his tone full of confidence.At this moment, a flash of lightning pierced the sky outside the window. Under the lightning, Sima Yi's wolf eyes were emitting a faint green light, which made people shudder.

The news that Cao Cao also implemented the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System spread back to Henan not long after.Liu Bei was also very surprised when he heard the words, and hurriedly called everyone to discuss the matter.

"Everyone, this Cao Mengde also opened up the nine-rank Zhongzheng system to recruit talents from all over the world. What do you think about this matter?" After gathering everyone, Liu Bei asked quickly.Liu Bei felt extremely strange to be learned by his deadly enemy step by step.

"My lord, the reason why Cao Mengde acted like this is just to recruit the world's talents for his own use. Now, my lord, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system and the imperial examination system are parallel, and the world's talents can be recruited according to their ability regardless of their origin. However, Cao Cao's single method, Although there is an emperor in Hebei, but Cao Cao is dictatorial and powerful, I am afraid that not many people will go to him, so there is no need to worry, my lord!" Lu Su said slowly.

Lu Su's vision has always been superior to others, and what he said basically considered all aspects.He also has mixed opinions about the pros and cons of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system and the imperial examination system.After saying this, Liu Bei felt a little relieved.At this time, Han Song remonstrated: "My lord, the candidates for Zhongzheng officials in these states have not yet taken office, and the Spring and Autumn Siege is imminent. Please make a decision as soon as possible, my lord!"

The nine-rank Zhongzheng system and the imperial examination system are assessed twice a year, and the time is set in the Spring and Autumn Period.Now that the depths of winter are approaching, it is time to determine the candidate for the Zhongzheng officer.Liu Bei nodded, and then set the candidates for each state.Jian Yong of Xuzhou, Zhang Zhao of Yangzhou, Chen Gong of Qingzhou, Xu Shu of Yuzhou, Sun Qian of Yanzhou, Shi Guangyuan of Jiaozhou, and Zhuge Liang of Yizhou.Some of them are directly served by the head of a state, and in some states, because the state pastor is a general, they are replaced by educated people.After all, the selection of talents cannot be expected to be handled by Guan Erye and the others.

At the beginning of spring, the first nine-rank official selection and imperial examinations were all held in the Henan provinces.Examination rooms were set up in various states and counties, and Zhongzheng officials also began to inspect the local scholars who reported their names from various places.In Yizhou, Zhuge Liang was in charge of selecting officials for the ninth grade, Zhao Feng was in charge of the military examination in the imperial examination, and Huang Quan was in charge of the civil examination.Scholars who signed up from all over the country went through the county-level selection examination, and then went to the county-level examination. Finally, [-] scholars were selected from each state to go to Xuchang to take the final exam.The specific selected talents are only applicable after they are measured.

"General, as soon as the imperial examination is held, the scholars in Sichuan will be very happy!" Huang Quan also sighed as he watched the candidates swarming in from the side of the examination room.

"Yes, this is just an exam in Yizhou. After today's exams, a hundred Yizhou scholars were selected. The first 30 went to Xuchang to catch the exam, and the remaining 70 were distributed to various places in Yizhou as officials. Heng, you have to be prepared!" Zhao Feng was also a little excited, although Chinese people have liked to be an official since ancient times, but this situation was made by him more than 400 years in advance.Looking at it now, it is quite a sense of accomplishment.

"That's right, Quan has his own measure!" Huang Quan nodded, then lowered his voice and said: "General, Fa Xiaozhi has restrained himself a little recently, thanks to the general who beat this person!"

"Fa Xiaozhi was only angry for a while. After the matter is over, he will naturally know the priorities and not go too far." Zhao Feng knew that Huang Quan and Fazheng had deep grievances, so he had no choice but to vaguely explain it.Huang Quan didn't want to entangle this issue for too long, the two of them only waited for all the candidates to enter the venue, and then organized staff to prepare for the inspection tour.However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred.

"Kill!" Suddenly roared, several martial arts applicants suddenly picked up the weapons in their hands, cut down the people around them, and then killed Zhao Feng and Huang Quan.At the same time, a large group of guarding soldiers who stood on both sides grabbed the guys in their hands and charged at Zhao Feng and the others.

"Be careful, general!" Niu Jin, who was in charge of security, was in a hurry when he saw this, and quickly drew out his waist knife to resist, and chopped down the few people who rushed in front.But at this moment the situation was in chaos. Although these martial arts and the actions of the soldiers were only a few people, they caused panic and even confusion among most people.Whether it is other candidates or soldiers, they can only subconsciously pick up the weapons in their hands and start fighting with the people nearby.

"What's going on here?" Zhao Feng and Huang Quan were really a little confused this time. They never expected that the martial arts and the soldiers would suddenly attack, especially the former. The attack killed everyone by surprise.Although only a small number of people made the attack, the rest of the people were coerced into it, and they were at a loss for a while, and then they were forced to take up the weapons in their hands and meet other people with swords.

"All the troops step forward and protect the general!" Niu Jin shouted angrily while finishing off a few people, Zhao Feng's five hundred personal guards immediately centered on him, surrounded him to protect him, and by the way also protected Huang Quan. core.These 500 people are all old troops who have followed Zhao Feng for many years. They have been battle-tested and loyal. Although the matter started hastily, upon hearing Niu Jin's order, they quickly stepped forward and assembled, no longer obsessed with fighting to the death with the peripheral people.As soon as they assembled, the situation in the rest of the field became much clearer.

At this time, apart from the 500 people under Zhao Feng's command, the rest surrounded them were the martial arts candidates who had come to take the exam, as well as the soldiers who were originally guarding and guarding the exam room.These people are miscellaneous, and there are about two thousand people.Now most people are holding weapons in their hands, but their faces are very confused.They don't know where this turmoil will come from and where it will go.

"Who are you instigated by? Dare to assassinate the Shangguan, do you want to rebel?" Zhao Feng shouted loudly when he saw that the situation had stabilized a little bit.

"Brothers, don't listen to him, let's go together, hack him to death with knives, and then go to Chengdu to assist the lord to become the throne!" A man who was obviously the leader shouted, shouting and waving his knife to encourage the soldiers to come forward.But now that Zhao Feng is firmly guarded at the core, whoever wants to go up first, the guys in the hands of hundreds of people are not free.This person shouted quite vigorously, but no one caught up with him.

"Listen, everyone, whoever puts down his weapon has merit and no crime. If he resists, he will not be spared lightly!" Zhao Feng knew that he had to make a decisive decision now, otherwise, if it was delayed, Ye Changmeng would be in trouble.

"Brothers, don't listen to him. If you put down your weapons, you will definitely be implicated when you go back. Let's go together!" The same person just now continued to instigate.Before Zhao Feng could speak this time, Huang Quan had already said loudly: "I recognize you, you are the captain Chen Zheng under Deng Xian's command." Turning his head and looking around, Huang Quan sternly shouted: "Where is Old General Yan? , have always wiped out this group of traitors!"

For this admissions exam, Zhao Feng set up the exam room in Deyang.Deyang belongs to Brazil County, and the current governor of Brazil is Yan Yan.For this exam, Yan Yan did not come to the scene, but his training place is only a few miles away from here.

"Don't panic, General, don't worry, Yan Yan is here!" A voice came from a distance, Zhao Feng and the others were standing on a small high ground, everyone turned their heads to look, but saw a group of thousands of people rushing over , the first person is Yan Yan.Fortunately, this old guy has such a loud voice that people can hear him even from far away.

"All the troops listen to the order. Putting down your weapons is not a crime. Don't be rebellious!" Zhang Ren shouted sharply after rushing to the scene.Yan Yan was well-known in the Sichuan army. When he shouted, people began to put down their weapons one after another, and then more and more people put down their weapons and walked aside to wait for orders.In the entire arena, there were only about two hundred people still holding weapons, but most of them were already at a loss and looked at one of them.

Zhao Feng knew this person, he was the one who repeatedly encouraged people to come forward to attack him.According to Huang Quan, he is Chen Zheng, the captain under Deng Xian's command.Obviously, the commander of today's attempted assassination was Chen Zheng.

"General, Gongheng, are you all right?" Seeing that the hundreds of people in the field were surrounded by the thousands of people he brought, and there was no big wave, Yan Yan hurriedly stepped forward to question Zhao Feng and Huang Quan .

"I'm safe, old general, try to capture these people alive, so that we can find out who is behind the scenes!" Zhao Feng nodded to indicate that he was safe, and then ordered Yan Yan to capture these people alive.Yan Yan repeatedly agreed, then turned around and shouted to these people: "You are so bold, how dare you plot to usurp and assassinate the superior? Now that you are surrounded heavily, why don't you quickly put down your weapons and surrender? If you continue to resist, you will definitely be killed." !"

"General... General!" Seeing Yan Yan, Chen Zheng didn't dare to be tenacious anymore. He trembled for a long time, the weapon in his hand fell to the ground, and then he collapsed to the ground.As soon as Chen Zheng stopped cooking, his subordinates didn't dare to be tenacious anymore, they dropped their weapons one after another and were captured back.

"General, the last general is so lax that such a thing happened, I am really ashamed, please punish the general!" After controlling the situation, Yan Yan hurriedly pleaded guilty to Zhao Feng.

"Old General, I can't blame you for this matter, but I don't know if this Chen Zheng was ordered by someone." Zhao Feng frowned slightly.Yan Yan and Huang Quan also nodded in agreement. Such a thing is obviously not something that a little Chen Zheng can plan.If it wasn't for Chen Zheng being too cowardly and Niu Jin responding quickly, maybe Zhao Feng and the others were really snapped by them today.

"This Chen Zhengnai is Deng Xian's general, I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with him!" Huang Quan nodded and said, at this moment someone came to report that Zhuge Liang from Chengdu sent an urgent letter.

"Deng Xian led his troops to attack Chengdu, intending to hijack Kong Ming for rebellion, but was repelled by Gao Xiang and others. Deng Xian was punished, and his accomplice Leng Bao was captured." After Zhao Feng finished reading, he briefly talked about the contents of the urgent letter. content.

"This Deng Xian, it seems that this is what he did!" Yan Yan sighed, but Huang Quan nodded again and again when he heard the words.Zhao Feng frowned slightly, and his intuition told him that the assassination this time seemed not so simple.At that moment Zhao Feng ordered the imperial examination to be held as usual, and he led his people to rush back to Chengdu, ready to find out the whole story with Zhuge Liang.Chen Zheng and the others also brought them back together.

"Kong Ming, how is your situation here?" Zhao Feng hurriedly asked Zhuge Liang after rushing back to Chengdu.

"Everything is fine. That day Deng Xian led his army to attack Chengdu suddenly, trying to get rid of me. Fortunately, General Gao Xiang led the Chengdu defenders and repelled them!" Zhuge Liang said succinctly.

"What's the sentiment in Chengdu now?" Zhao Feng continued to ask.

"It's good. Deng Xian and others took action for a very short time, and they led only 1000 soldiers. They were repelled by General Gao in half a day. Deng Xian was killed in the chaos, and Leng Bao was captured alive by General Gao," Zhuge Liang replied. road.

"Leng Bao was captured, did you find any clues?" Zhao Feng asked hastily.

"This person is very stubborn, and he has not asked anything yet." Zhuge Liang sighed.At this time Yan Yan also said: "I also asked that boy Chen Zheng, he only said that he was appointed by Deng Xian to act, and he didn't know anything else." The words were very helpless.

"There's something wrong with this matter!" Zhao Feng sighed, vaguely, he felt that this matter was not so simple.What he didn't know was that in a small black room hundreds of miles away, a middle-aged scribe was sitting at the table, waiting for a report from a person kneeling in front of him.

"So, this assassination has already failed?" The man asked with a sigh after hearing the report from the person in front of him.

"Exactly!" The man kneeling on the ground whispered.

"Ah, Leng Bao Deng Xian, great ambition and lack of talent. The assassination failed, and he wanted to occupy Chengdu and kill himself! It's a pity, if it weren't for this kind of person, maybe I would have succeeded in one fell swoop! What a pity, Xichuan, Xichuan! "The man sighed, but his eyes looked at the dark cloud outside the house, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)