[Three Kingdoms] Xinghan

The scene in Yangzhou was quickly sent back to Yuzhou by Babaili.

After Yuan Shu read the letter, he immediately threw the bamboo slips to the ground angrily, and cursed: "Everyone is dead, yet these untouchables still refuse to believe that he is dead."

"The king of Changsha is really good at bewitching the foolish people and playing with people's hearts!"

Fortunately, he died, otherwise, who can compete with such a character?

Liu Xun said: "General, what should we do next?"

Yuan Shu thought, "Dong Zhuo was defeated and killed. Lu Bu led most of the Xiliang army to surrender to Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao's troops expand rapidly, and he was ready to fight Yuan Shao."If Yangzhou doesn't get into chaos quickly, after Yuan Shao and Cao Cao finish the battle and the winner is divided, at that time, even if Yangzhou's vitality is seriously injured and it becomes a piece of sweet pastry, how can it be his turn to pick it up?

So he said to Liu Xun, "Tell that person, if you don't do anything to cause chaos in Yangzhou, this general will tell him about King Changsha's whereabouts!"

Liu Xun was taken aback for a moment, and hesitated: "General, he doesn't have a high official position in Yangzhou, so I'm afraid he doesn't have such ability."

Yuan Shu snorted, "That's his business, it has nothing to do with this general."

"If you want to come to Yangzhou, no matter how fierce the internal strife is, as long as you know what happened, you will definitely tear up this traitor who betrayed King Changsha first."

sunset.

Zhou Yu and Sun Quan rushed to the border of Changsha, but before they could enter the city, the messengers behind them caught up on fast horses.

"Zhou Langjun, Mr. Zijing's urgent message!"

In the letter, Lu Su explained in detail how he visited Mi Fang but saw the King of Changsha.

Zhou Yu took the letter, and after a few seconds, his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Your Highness...is still alive!

Zhou Yu recalled quickly.

There are indeed many suspicious things about the news of His Highness's death.

Now it seems that the robbery and killing of the princes is true, and the death of His Highness is false.

After escaping from Yanzhou, His Royal Highness took this opportunity to implement a strategy of scheming.

If you care about yourself, you will be chaotic, and you didn't even think about it.

Beside him, Sun Quan was puzzled by Zhou Yu's change.

Compared with when he first met Ling Han, at this time, he has grown from an immature milk doll to a delicate young man.

Sun Quan thought in his heart: Ever since His Royal Highness the King of Changsha passed away, Brother Gongjin has obviously been in a low mood.How can now...

Wait, don't tell me!

He was suddenly a little nervous, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Gongjin! What did the letter say?"

Zhou Yu raised the corners of his mouth and said nothing, but put the letter in Sun Quan's hand.

After a while, Sun Quan also showed joy and looked at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu began to fall into deep thought.

He already fully understood His Highness' intention of feigning death.

Find out the rebellion in Yangzhou... Although Lu Su is smart, his background in the merchant family will eventually make many scholars not buy him.

If the other party was cautious, Lu Su would have no way to find him.

I really should return to Lujiang immediately.

However, Sun Ce will definitely receive the news of His Highness' death.

Sun Ce is impulsive by nature, if he does something that disrupts His Highness's plan, it will be bad.

And it would not be appropriate to ask others to send a letter to tell him the truth about the matter.

At this time, Sun Quan said: "Brother Gongjin, let's go back, I'll rush over to the elder brother's side."

Zhou Yu looked back at him.

Sun Quan has been intelligent since he was a child, and now, maybe it is true that he does not need to be treated as a child.

So he clasped his fists together: "Then it's up to you."

After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head and rode alone to Lujiang.

Lujiang.

Just as Zhou Yu expected, it would not be difficult for Lu Su to persuade Mi Fang, but it would be too difficult for him to test the aristocratic families in the eastern counties of Yangzhou one by one.

At this time, Lu Su was not the governor of Jiangdong who held great power in history.

On the contrary, he does not have any official position, and the only status he can enjoy among scholars is Zhou Yu's friend.

Although Zhou Yu himself has a relatively special status in Yangzhou, everyone will sell face, but in terms of official position alone, it is actually not high.

At dusk, Lu Su hurried to Mi's Mansion and reported on today's situation.

Hearing that things are not going well, although Ling Han was also a little anxious, he still relieved: "Zijing doesn't have to worry, Gongjin may come back in the future."

However, things were a bit beyond their expectations.

On the afternoon of the second day, Lu Su learned from one of the Lu family's spies that Quan Rou, the captain of Danyang, had been traveling around the various families since yesterday, and was very impatient and suspicious.

At this time, major changes are likely to occur in Yangzhou, and when the situation is in a cloud of fog, all the families will act cautiously.

Even if there is a plan, it must be done secretly and with extreme caution.

In comparison, Quan Rou's actions are undoubtedly too strange.It was as if he jumped out and said: I am a spy!

Ling Han originally wanted to wait for Zhou Yu to return, and Zhou Yu would go and test them one by one, but now...

He couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the real spies used some means to deliberately let Quanrou draw his attention away?

At this time, Mi Fang suddenly remembered something.

He reported to Ling Han: "Your Highness, a year ago, Quan Heng, Quan Rou's only younger brother, was punished by His Highness for annexing the land."

After Mi Fang said this, Ling Han also remembered.

At that time, he made up his mind to let the low-level farmers in Yangzhou own their own land.

It can be said that the most important thing in Yangzhou is to open up land for these people.

But at this time, some people secretly used debts to coerce some people to expand land for themselves, and continued to merge land.

Ling Han then made this person a model and publicly executed him.

Of course, before the execution, he checked the person's family background, and the person had no background.In fact, it is impossible for a real family member to take such a risk in order to covet a little land at that time.

Therefore, when Ling Han ordered him to be executed, the most thoughtful and prudent people around Ling Han didn't take it to heart, and no one pleaded for mercy.

Lu Su was thoughtful: "It seems that this person named Quan Rou has a grudge against His Highness because of his brother's death."

Mi Fang said: "Your Highness has made clear orders, but Quan Heng obeyed and disobeyed. He deserves to die! And Quan Rou actually hated His Highness because of this matter. The whole family really deserves death!"

Zhao Yun was puzzled and said, "But why did Quan Rou jump out at this time?"

Regarding this, Ling Han quickly guessed the truth, and said with a smile: "I guess it's because of some prince's persecution."

What's more, if she is really dead, even if Quan Rou jumps out, there is no danger.

When Yangzhou is in a mess, people like Zhou Yu will definitely try their best to maintain the peace in Yangzhou; while some people with other thoughts will want to take advantage of the opportunity.

Who can notice a little Danyang captain?

After thinking for a while, Ling Han said again: "Although [-]% of this matter was done by Quan Rou, you still need to have definite evidence to convict."

He didn't want anyone to have any chance of being wronged, and he didn't want any possibility of true rebellion to escape.

There is no doubt that this matter must wait until Zhou Yu returns.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yu knocked on the door of Mi Mansion.

He was travel and dusty, and he was still holding a horse in his hand. Obviously, he had been traveling all night and did not rest.

After Ling Han woke up and walked out of the room, Mi Fang's confidant who was stationed outside the Dongyuan Gate told him: Lord Zhou has come.

Ling Han was a little surprised, did Zhou Yu come back so quickly?

He didn't care about having breakfast, so he went to the main hall.

Zhou Yu sat at the side, and there was a cup of tea on the table in front of him, which was brewed by Mi Fang.

His gaze quietly fell on the teacup, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhou Yu came back to his senses when footsteps came from outside.

Seeing Ling Han coming in, he stood up and said, "Your Highness!"

Ling Han smiled at him: "Gong Jin, long time no see."

Zhou Yu said silently: Yes, long time no see.

It has been two full months.

He stared fixedly at Ling Han, and the morning light outside fell on Ling Han's clean and bright eyes.

Until this moment, he felt that the news that His Highness was alive was extremely true.

Zhou Yu walked over slowly.

He has a lot on his mind to say.

But thousands of words came to his lips, but he only said: "Yu...can you give Your Highness a hug?"

Why?Ling Han blinked, suspecting that he had heard wrong.

Zhou Yu didn't wait for him to agree, and went forward to give him a hug.

This hug came very briefly, and they separated almost as soon as Ling Han had just realized it.

Zhou Yu knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please punish me." Ling Han was a little confused.

When Mi Fang saw her, she also looked extremely happy.

And Zhou Yu's reaction...does he have to touch himself to be sure it's real?

He thought it was a little funny.

"Okay, get up."

Ling Han smiled and said, "There's no need to punish this."

He told Zhou Yu about Quanrou.

After Zhou Yu finished listening, he cupped his hands and said, "Yu will definitely live up to His Highness' trust."

As expected of Zhou Yu.

Before the day passed, he had grasped Quan Rou's criminal evidence.

In order to prevent the other party's yelling from attracting attention, he first knocked Quan Rou unconscious and covered her with a sack, then took two soldiers and transported her to the Mi Mansion for His Highness to dispose of.

When Quan Rou woke up, she found that her surroundings were pitch black and still jolting.

He quickly figured out his situation.

Before he passed out, it was because he ran into Zhou Gongjin from Lujiang and had a conversation with him...

Quan Rou then shouted: "Zhou Gongjin!"

Zhou Yu said, "What do you want to say, Lord Captain?"

Quan Rou was completely sure now.

It wasn't a chance encounter at all. After Zhou Yu suspected him, he came here to test it out, but he didn't realize it at all, and he was overjoyed thinking that he could convince Zhou Langjun.

As a result, more things were exposed, allowing this Zhou Langjun to finally identify himself.

Quan Rou said unwillingly: "The king of Changsha is dead, and the future of Yangzhou is still unknown. Why do you insist on making life difficult for me?"

Seeing that the other party did not answer, he said again: "The king of Changsha weakened the family, didn't he weaken your Zhou family? As a child of the Zhou family, instead of resisting, you are helping the tyrant to do evil?"

The other party still did not speak.

Quan Rou thought to herself: Zhou Gongjin didn't say a word, did she think my words made sense and she was pondering over them carefully?

In any case, the king of Changsha is dead.Zhou Gongjin was loyal to him before, and the light was extinguished when he died, but now he must always consider the family.

So I tried harder to persuade.

Just in the wild, it doesn't matter if Quan Rou yells loudly.

Unexpectedly, this person was eloquent, Zhou Yu glanced at him and said, "It's really long-winded, let's knock him out again."

"Yes!"

Quan Rou: "..."

It was already late at night when we arrived at Mi Mansion.

Being splashed awake by a basin of water, Quan Rou shook her head, not knowing where she was taken.

The bumps along the way and being knocked out one after another made his brain not very clear.

He was thinking about what to do when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure in his eyes.

King of Changsha!

Quanrou shuddered, and immediately became sober.

"You, you obviously already..."

Ling Han ignored the other party's shock, and he didn't want to waste too much time on this person, so he said directly: "Quan Rou, you secretly colluded with Yuan Shu, betrayed Yangzhou, and betrayed this king. The evidence is conclusive."

"So far, do you have anything else to say?"

Quan Rou gradually recovered from the shock, and then remained silent.

Just when Ling Han thought that the other party would keep silent and was about to take him out for execution, Quan Rou spoke.

"When Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, my second brother and I abandoned our official positions and returned to our hometown. We didn't want to be Dong's thief's minions."

"Later, the two of us heard that King Changsha was here, so we rushed all the way to Yangzhou to work for His Highness."

"But Your Highness, because of that trivial mistake, you executed my younger brother."

Hearing these words, Ling Han was really surprised.

Zhou Yu, however, had a clear idea: "Your Highness has made clear orders. Your second brother completely disregarded His Highness's orders, and dared to use the poor people to increase land for himself. A negligible fault? Obedience to His Highness's decree, this can also be considered a negligible fault." ?”

"Your second brother is already daring to act like this; and you are even more daring."

Mi Fang turned around and clasped her fists at Ling Han and said: "Your Highness, don't talk nonsense with him. Since he has admitted the crime, let's execute him directly."

Quan Rou laughed twice when she heard the words.

Then he stared at Ling Han and said, "Your Highness, I have indeed committed an unforgivable crime by betraying you. But before I die, I would like to ask you, is it possible that in the eyes of Your Highness, we scholars are the same as those farmers who only know how to farm? , is it the same?"

Ling Han waved his hand, and Zhao Yun immediately took him out.

Zhou Yu seemed to want to say something, Ling Han said: "I am tired, you all go down. Gong Jin, you have been running around for days, go back and get a good sleep."

Zhou Yu had no choice but to bow his head and leave.

Mi Fang also cupped her hands and said, "Resignation, my subordinate."

Ling Han got up and walked towards Dongyuan.

What happened to Quanrou this time gave him a big reminder.

The matter of reclamation of cultivated land seems to have been successfully completed.

The aristocratic family gave up part of their power and did not express any complaints. Yangzhou's grain production increased and the quality of life of the people improved, creating a peaceful scene.

But in essence, the aristocratic family still did not treat ordinary people as human beings at all.

Because they are afraid of themselves and have expectations of themselves, they willingly make concessions.

This kind of concession is not too much, so they are happy to accept it.

If I really deal with the children of the aristocratic family seriously because they violated ordinary people, then the other party is likely to turn from anticipation to hatred, such as Quan Rou.

Maybe many people have the loyalty of "the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die", but it is impossible for everyone to be like this.

Now I have used my personal prestige to forcibly implement many government orders, but whenever something similar to Quan Heng happens, my prestige will be reduced. This is by no means a long-term solution.

To get them to really agree, it depends on education, social atmosphere, and the aging of the previous generation of scholars.

Relying on personal prestige alone is simply unable to support the arrival of this day.

The economic base determines the superstructure. Under the current social productivity, it is impossible for Ling Han to say that everyone is equal.

If that's the case, it won't take long for many Quanrou to appear in Yangzhou. Even if he restores the Han Dynasty, he will end up with Wang Mang in the end.

So, under the existing social productive forces, how to protect human rights as much as possible?

Ling Han fell into deep thought.

Since they all regard the dynasty and imperial power as extremely sacred, maybe they can take advantage of this...

He squinted his eyes and had an idea in his mind.

However, if you want to really implement it, you have to wait until you come back from the north for revenge.

After Zhao Yun took Quanrou out, he quickly dealt with him and returned to Dongyuan.

After Mi Fang left, she went to Xiyuan.

On the way, he also recalled Quan Rou's last words, and felt that the other party was really ridiculous.

For us, those farmers are of course lowly and not worth mentioning.

But how honorable is His Highness, as His Highness, if farmers are ants, then scholars are livestock, and what is the difference between ants and livestock?

Of course, His Highness is benevolent, and even ordinary people can understand the mood, so naturally he will not treat them as ants, let alone treat scholars as domestic animals.

But the truth is the same.

Your Highness regards scholars and peasants as the same people, is there anything wrong with that?

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