The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 193 I'm Not Cao Thief After All

Cheng Yuanzhi looked over one by one, looked at the four people and said: "I didn't want to stay, but I have something to ask. I heard that the four of you and Dong Cheng have been plotting for a long time. I don't know what they are discussing?"

Prince Fu said: "It's just an ordinary gathering, and nothing was discussed."

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hand and said: "There is nothing that cannot be said to others, what is written on the white silk on the jade belt?"

"Since you dare to plot against me, why don't you dare to recognize each other?"

Wang Zifu and others looked at each other, horrified and speechless.

Cheng Yuanzhi summoned Qin Qingtong and confronted the four of them in court.

Wang Zifu didn't know this person, so he asked, "Who are you? Where did you meet?"

Qin Qingtong said: "You avoided the crowd, five people conspired to draw calligraphy together, I saw it with my own eyes."

Wang Zifu suddenly said: "This is Qin Qingtong, a traitor from the uncle's family. He committed adultery with his concubine and concubine. Because of being accused, he falsely accused his master. The general should not listen to him."

Cheng Yuanzhi asked back: "Dong Cheng ordered Ji Ping to poison him?"

Wang Zifu and others shook their heads again and again, saying that they didn't know, and said: "Uncle Guo has always been honest and honest, and he would never do such a thing!"

He is honest and honest?hehe……

If so, he should stand up and die for Ji Ping at this moment, instead of hiding at home and being a shrinking turtle!

Cheng Yuanzhi said in a deep voice: "You all know who I am. Before dark today, no matter who turns himself in, he will be forgiven; if the incident happens, with all the witnesses and material evidence, the whole family will definitely be killed! "

Wang Zifu and the four of them didn't know whether they were lucky or determined to fight to the end, but they all said there was nothing wrong with it.

Cheng Yuanzhi sighed, and said to himself, "How stupid."

Sigh, order the four people to be arrested and imprisoned.

The next day, they led the crowd to visit Dong Cheng's house.

When Dong Cheng heard the news, he had no choice but to welcome him.

Cheng Yuanzhi looked directly at Xi Cheng, "Why didn't my uncle come to the banquet yesterday?"

Dong Cheng cupped his hands and said, "I haven't recovered from my minor illness, so I don't dare to go out lightly."

Cheng Yuanzhi sneered and said, "Don't dare to take it lightly, could it be that Uncle Guo is suffering from the plague? I think it's a disease of worrying about the country."

Xi Cheng was stunned and couldn't answer.

Cheng Yuanzhi said again: "Ji Ping poisoned me, does Uncle Guo know?"

Yu Cheng shook his head: "I don't know."

Cheng Yuanzhi sneered and said, "It won't be a few days before the vow is made, how could Uncle Guo not know?"

Dong Cheng was at a loss and remained speechless.

"This person has confessed that five people, including Prince Fu and Guojiu, conspired to kill me. I have captured the first four. Today I am here to arrest Guojiu."

Rong Cheng shouted: "I'm not guilty, I can ask Ji Ping to confront me!"

Cheng Yuanzhi ordered Ji Ping to be brought here, and asked face to face: "I ordered you to poison me, didn't you? If there is no need to speak, if not, let's speak."

Ji Ping, who had long been heartbroken, just stood there in a daze, not saying a word or moving.

Cheng Yuanzhi made people grab Fu Cheng, "What else do you have to say?"

Unable to observe Ji Ping's demeanor carefully, he asked in surprise, "Ji Ping, why are you spitting blood!"

Ji Ping still had dull eyes and said nothing.

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hand to make Ji Ping take him down, and then asked Shao Cheng, "Are you not convinced?"

Fu Cheng struggled fiercely: "One person's words are not trustworthy, I refuse to accept, I am the uncle of the country, you have no right to arrest me!"

Cheng Yuanzhi sneered: "Since one person's words cannot be trusted, I'll make you understand!"

So he taught left and right to lead Qin Qingtong to Shaocheng.

"Does Uncle Guo recognize this person?"

When Shao Cheng saw Qin Qingtong, he was furious and said, "A fugitive slave who betrays his master deserves to be hacked into pieces!"

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hand: "Let's put aside his crimes. Today he sued you for treason, and he came here to testify. Do you have anything else to say?"

Yu Cheng argued: "Why does the general listen to this one-sided speech against the master and villain?"

Your mouth is really hard...Cheng Yuanzhi patted his forehead, "Wang Zifu and others have already confessed, Ji Ping pointed it out, Qin Qingtong came to testify again, many parties pointed you out as the mastermind, how dare you argue again?"

After all, I am too lazy to talk nonsense with him.He ordered his soldiers to go straight into Dong Cheng's inner room, searched out the clothes and belts and the declaration of righteousness, held them in his hand, glanced at them briefly, and reprimanded:

"You really are a rat, you don't cry when you see the coffin!"

Then he ordered his servants to imprison more than 700 members of Dong Cheng's family, old and young, and list Dong Cheng's crimes. They were posted in the streets and alleys as an edict to the people of Xudu.

Then he returned to his residence to discuss with the counselors how to deal with Xi Cheng and others.

Considering that Cao Cao in the original time and space used killing to frighten the younger generation, Cheng Yuanzhi did not intend to use such a violent method.

In the final analysis, this is just a political struggle, a dispute caused by different positions. Apart from this, the two sides actually have no deep hatred.

All the counselors were silent after reading the clothes and belt edict.

Cheng Yuanzhi said in a deep voice: "I want to abolish the establishment, what do you think?"

Cheng Yujin said: "The reason why Duke Ming was able to shake the world and dominate the Central Plains and Hebei stems from Duke Ming's brilliance and martial arts; the reason why he was able to command the world is because of the name of the Han family. It is no less than cutting off one's own arm, think twice before acting."

Cheng Yuanzhi said this on purpose, hoping that someone would pass the words to Liu Xie's ears.

The meaning conveyed by this statement is that since both parties are partners, they should live in peace.Since you, Liu Xie, took the lead in making troubles, I'm sorry, I can regard you as emperor, and naturally I can also make other clans with the Liu surname emperor.

Among the last three emperors of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhi was not the son of the first emperor, and Liu Hong was not the son of Liu Zhi, either.

There are so many Han clan relatives surnamed Liu in the world!
I really don't miss you, Liu Xie.

After the discussion was over, Cheng Yuanzhi only executed Dong Cheng and other five people. The five people's families totaled more than a thousand people, and they were all assigned as criminals, and they were escorted to various places for disposal.

Some were used as official prostitutes, some were sold as slaves, or some were sent to the frontier as coolies.

Seeing this, the officials and people in Xudu City felt sorry for each other, but they couldn't tell what was wrong.

Firstly, Ji Cheng was the first to take action; secondly, the general only killed the chief culprits and did not kill indiscriminately; thirdly, in the six years since the general took control of the Central Plains, the people's lives have indeed become much better than before.

Cheng Yuanzhi knew why the people in the Central Plains had a better life.

Because most of the money and food to support millions of soldiers and horses are borne by the wealthy Jizhou and Youzhou.The six prefectures of Yan, Qing, Xu, Bing, Si, and Yong shared only a small part of it.

In this way, the burden on the people is greatly reduced, and there is no war, how can the life of the people in the Central Plains be difficult?

However, Cheng Yuanzhi also knows that in the original time and space, the reason why this era can continue to be chaotic for a hundred years cannot be solved simply by making the people live a better life.

In the final analysis, there are still too many smart and ambitious people in this era, and the amazingly talented and gorgeous people emerge in endlessly, leading the people to pay for their dream of dominating the world.

This is the characteristic of the times, and it cannot be solved in a hurry, so we can only take it slowly.

Of course, it is precisely because of these amazingly talented people who came together that the Han Dynasty was the only dynasty that "perished with strength", and the rest of the dynasties all perished with weakness.

After killing Dong Cheng and others, Cheng Yuanzhi was still angry, and after two days, he led his soldiers into the palace to settle the score with Liu Xie.

At that time, Liu Xie was discussing Dong Cheng privately with Empress Fu in the harem, and there is still no news so far.Suddenly, Cheng Yuanzhi led the soldiers into the palace aggressively, with an angry face and a murderous look on his body.

Liu Xie was shocked and panicked.

Cheng Yuanzhi walked forward proudly and asked, "Does Your Majesty know about Dong Cheng's rebellion?"

The scene in front of him suddenly made Liu Xie return to the scene when he was held hostage by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, and Guo Si in a trance.At that time, they were also so disrespectful, facing the king with swords, yelling and domineering.

These memories are engraved deep in the heart of the 19-year-old Liu Xie. Hundreds of midnight dreams come back, and the nightmare is hard to break.

Immediately replied tremblingly: "General, I really don't know about this."

Cheng Yuanzhi threw a jade belt on the case: "What is the explanation for this edict?"

Liu Xie looked at his belt, speechless, for a long time, he whispered: "Is the general going to kill me?"

Cheng Yuanzhi glared at Liu Xie angrily, knowing that the latter must have heard what he said two days ago, "abolishing the emperor and establishing the new", and deliberately used the phrase "killing the king" to blame him.

"How dare a humble official kill the king? It's just to settle the final score."

So he named his personal guard and captured Concubine Dong Gui to her front.

Concubine Dong Guifei is about seventeen or eighteen years old. She has a pretty appearance and a gentle and delicate temperament. It can be seen that she is a well-educated lady.

Such a beautiful woman was implicated to death because of her brother's mistakes.

It's a pity...

This thought came to the minds of more than a hundred people at the scene.

Liu Xie pleaded: "Grand General, Concubine Dong is pregnant in May, and she sees pity and forgiveness."

Cheng Yuanzhi said with a cold face: "If the matter had not failed, I would have died at the hands of her brother long ago, how could I leave it as a future trouble!"

He knelt down and asked: "If you don't want to be relegated to the cold palace, it's not too late to kill after childbirth."

Cheng Yuanzhi came from a later generation, and he really couldn't do the cold-blooded murder of a pregnant woman like Cao Cao. In his heart, he planned to pardon Concubine Dong Gui, but he still said in a cold voice, "Leave this rebellious species and avenge your mother?"

Concubine Dong sobbed and said, "I just want the whole body to die."

Cheng Yuanzhi ordered the soldiers to bring the white silk to the front, and looked up at Liu Xie.

Liu Xie's face turned red and turned white, he struggled for a long time, gritted his teeth, knelt down and begged, "I beg the general to forgive Concubine Dong Gui, I will never dare again."

After saying this, the couple hugged each other and cried, tears streaming down their faces like rain.

Cheng Yuanzhi stretched out his hand and grabbed Liu Xie: "For His Majesty's sake, let her not die. However, although the death penalty is spared, the living penalty cannot be escaped. Now that she is pregnant, she will not be questioned for the time being. She will be severely punished in the future!"

Then, he repelled Fu Hou and Concubine Dong Gui, and said to Liu Xie:

"If your majesty feels that there are too many constraints in my jurisdiction, or if there is a better place to go, you can leave on your own. I will not stop you. I will send you a package and guards to escort your majesty there."

"Liu Zhang, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, Sun Quan, Zhang Lu, Ma Chao, Han Sui, any place is fine."

Since Cheng Yuanzhi started his career, he really hasn't earned much profit by relying on Liu Xie's name. Jizhou was won by stabbing Yuan Shao in the back and defeating Gongsun Zan by his own ability; Liu Xie's name was not used.

To be honest, I really don't owe Liu Xie anything.

Unlike Cao Cao in another time and space, if Liu Xie didn't have Liu Xie on his way to rise, he might have been cold for a long time.

Therefore, he really wanted to drive Liu Xie away-even if he couldn't unify the world because of this, he could only stick to the Central Plains and Hebei.

This kind of emperor who can't help himself much and always drags his feet.

No matter what!

Liu Xie was shocked when he heard the words, he shook his head anxiously and said, "I have no such intentions at all, why does the general have such thoughts?"

After finishing speaking, he was about to kneel again, but Cheng Yuanzhi hurriedly raised his hand to stop him,
"How can you kneel down? If Your Majesty doesn't come to trouble me, I won't disregard the courtesy of the emperor and ministers."

"From today onwards, Your Majesty will stay in this palace well and don't make any more troubles. I am definitely not a man who lets go of horses!"

"My minister retire."

Cheng Yuanzhi bid farewell to Liu Xie, and told the Baigong: "From now on, even relatives and clans will not be allowed to enter the palace to meet His Majesty without my permission. Anyone who enters the palace gate without permission will be beheaded! Those who are not guarded strictly will be guilty of the same crime."

Afterwards, another [-] Hebei soldiers were sent to fill the imperial army, and the brothers Lv Kuang and Lv Xiang were still commanded to guard against it.

(End of this chapter)