Three Kingdoms: I am not Liu Bian

Chapter 75 Arrest? No, suppress the rebellion directly!
There is naturally no need to use force when asking officials to return to the yamen to cooperate with the investigation.

However, if the other party not only refuses to be arrested, but also resists with force, or even assassinates the leading official, especially if the assassinated official is the Yin of Henan, a high-ranking official of the imperial court with a rank of Zhong Erqianshi, the nature of the matter will be completely different.

Especially this time, the visit was because the official was suspected of being involved with the Yellow Turban rebels, so the operation quickly changed from arrest to suppressing the rebellion.

The arrest operation must ultimately be carried out in accordance with the laws of the Han Dynasty. The arrest, interrogation, search, detention and other processes are indispensable, and incumbent officials who have not yet been convicted must not be abused.

But suppressing an insurgency is a different matter, as it is not bound by conventional procedures and rules.

What if he cuts off the head first and then interrogates the person?
Even if someone is accidentally silenced or even the whole family is destroyed, so what?

Who else dares to speak up for the rebels?
"Three volleys, fire!"

Shi A did the same. Facing the chaotic mess of Hu Muban's servants, he ordered three rounds of crossbow fire, and then ordered his men to attack with axes in hand.

However, Shi A did not charge into the battle with his subordinates. He flashed and leaped a few times to avoid the chaos. He shuttled through the crowd like a ghost, spotted Hu Wuban's figure, and rushed forward. His left hand locked Hu Wuban's neck like an iron clamp, and his right hand held his wrist tightly. After quickly capturing him, he returned to Jia Xu's side.

There is no need to think in embroidered clothes, and you will be embroidered clothes all your life.

Tonight, Shi A has made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion, so it is reasonable for him to share the remaining credit with his subordinates. Otherwise, if he takes all the credit, what will these subordinates have to eat?
However, when facing Jia Xu, Shi A unconsciously lowered his head slightly, a trace of awe flashed in his eyes, and he felt a little more uncomfortable and nervous in his heart.

Even though he was a knight who was used to fighting in the martial arts world and had seen vicious criminals who killed and burned people, he had never seen anyone as cruel as Jia Xu.

Being cruel to the enemy is nothing. This Imperial Censor even dared to be cruel to himself. He dared to take an arrow while wearing only a piece of close-fitting soft armor.

At a distance of twenty steps, even though Jia Xu's close-fitting soft armor was of the highest quality bestowed by the crown prince himself, the crossbow arrow failed to penetrate it, but there were already bruises under the armor, and perhaps even a few broken bones.

Jia Xu gritted his teeth, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, but he didn't say a word. He just endured the pain, took the strong liquor handed to him by a man in embroidered clothes, and drank a few gulps with his head tilted back.

After taking a breath, Jia Xu pulled up a strange smile and winked at Xiu Yizhizhi who was standing beside him. The Xiu Yizhizhi understood what he meant and hurriedly took out the pig blood that had been prepared in advance. Jia Xu grabbed it and splashed it on himself, pretending to be seriously injured by a crossbow arrow.

Is Jia Xu in pain?

Of course he could feel the pain, but at this moment, he felt more happy.

He finally let out this breath!
Guo Hong, Zhang Zhao and Zhong Yao were all kept in the dark by him!

Jia Xu's original plan was to first order Zhong Yao, who was good at calligraphy, to imitate the handwriting in the letter written by Zhang Jiao to Zhang Rang's guest, and forge letters between Zhang Jiao and the Chief Censor Han Fu, the Assistant Censor Hu Wuban, the Cavalry Commandant Zhang Miao, the Secretary Zheng Tai and others. Then, with these "evidences", he would invite all the scholars of the Modern Literature School who had been jumping around the most recently to cooperate with the investigation in the name of colluding with the Yellow Turbans, and search their houses to find traces of worshiping Huangtian, such as the statue of "Zhonghuang Taiyi".

To put it bluntly, just as you, the Modern Literature School, impeached Lu Zhi, we will impeach the scholars of your Modern Literature School in the same way.

If you think it's not enough, we will find some assassins. Although they are all unknown people, they can still perform a disembowelment on you and see who can endure it.

According to several people's predictions, the Modern Literature School would choose to negotiate. They argued for the inclusion of Huang Taiyi in Lu Zhi's mother's sacrifice, separating the mother and son's affairs and not implicating Lu Zhi. In return, they released the arrested Modern Literature scholars.

But how could Jia Xu give up just like that?

Oh, so you guys just stop and pretend this never happened?

Is it that simple?
Jia Xu considered himself not a petty person. He could choose not to fight or compete, and he could act low-key, but he could not accept being treated as a soft persimmon.

How could it be enough to just help Lu Zhi get away with his crime?
Simply having a family member follow the Taiping Dao was a minor issue, a case of poor discipline. They were not military commanders and had no military authority, so at most they would be fined or exiled. Jia Xu wanted to elevate this matter to the level of suppressing a rebellion, branding these people as traitors who had failed to cooperate with the Yellow Turban rebels and, desperately trying to assassinate high-ranking officials, would forever destroy their clans.

As for how to resolve the incident afterwards, that is up to the Modern Literature School to decide!
The commotion that night alarmed the entire Luoyang City. Zhu Gongdao and Bao Chu from the other two groups stopped their arrest operations and directly followed Shi A's example to break into the house and rush in aggressively with their troops.

Jia Xu had already sounded the clarion call to suppress the rebellion. They no longer needed to find excuses like Jia Xu had, but could simply launch their suppression operations. Aside from the officials and their families, only a few servants who were willing to expose these officials' private offerings to the Huang Taiyi statue were left alive. The rest were killed without mercy.

The next day, the scholars of the Modern Literature School who had written the impeachment memorial overnight were all dumbfounded when they learned what had happened last night.

How did things escalate to the level of suppressing a rebellion?

At Situ's residence, Yuan Wei looked at the scholars who only occupied one-third of the seats, and couldn't help but sigh and slowly shook his head.

Yang Ci was also somewhat helpless. He was originally against attacking Lu Zhi at this moment.

The Hongnong Yang family and the Zhuojun Lu family had a good relationship. Yang Biao, who married Yuan Wei's sister, and Lu Zhi were good friends.

Furthermore, Lu Zhi's rebellion occurred at a time when the situation in Jizhou was deteriorating and he was fighting a bloody battle. This was somewhat despicable.

The most important thing is that there should be no chaos in Luoyang at this moment.

The prince left the imperial saber to Jia Wenhe, wasn't it to prevent any of the modern and ancient literary schools from causing trouble?
But Yuan Wei refused to listen. He believed that Yang Ci opposed his plan because Yang Biao was on good terms with Lu Zhi and that Yang Ci would have a way out in the future by switching from the modern literature school to the ancient literature school.

I really didn't expect that Guo Hong, Jia Xu and others would react so violently. They quickly launched a fierce counterattack without leaving any room for maneuver.

Yang Ci took two steps forward, looked at Yuan Wei, and said solemnly, "The only solution now is to risk our reputation and ask for peace."

Now that two-thirds of the scholars in Beijing from the Modern Literature School have been arrested in one go, it is impossible not to rescue them.

If he wanted to rescue him, he would naturally have to swallow his pride and ask for peace from Jia Xu and the others.

Yuan Wei turned his gaze to Yang Ci and moved his lips but said nothing. However, Yang Ci understood that Yuan Wei wanted him to seek peace.

"Cough cough cough, I'll go, but Ci Yang must not act so impulsively in the future." Yang Ci coughed a few times, his face pale with a hint of sickness.

After all, he was a scholar of the Modern Literature School. Although he had reserved a way out for his family, the Hongnong Yang family would not easily change its allegiance until the Ancient Literature School completely suppressed the Modern Literature School.

Moreover, he is old and his health has deteriorated since the winter. It is still unknown whether he can survive this winter.

"There is Lao Bo Xian Gong."

Yuan Wei stood up and bowed respectfully to Yang Ci, watching him leave. Although his face was calm, the clenched fists hidden in his sleeves revealed his inner resentment.

Yuan Wei's heart was filled with resentment. In his opinion, it was the prince's favoritism towards the ancient literature school that led to his plan.

if……

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