At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Regarding Zhuge Liang's thoughts, Sima Yi's face was full of worry.

He soon realized what would happen if this matter continued to develop as Zhuge Liang envisioned, so he immediately tried to stop Zhuge Liang.

But Zhuge Liang shook his head.

"This is not the reason why I don't care about this matter. No matter who it is, this matter must be investigated and found out. The imperial court allocates money and eats three meals a day. It is His Majesty's kindness to the road builders.

Some bastards don't think about these things at all, and they don't care about them. They harm His Majesty's kindness for nothing, and the Lord humiliates his ministers to death. As ministers, shouldn't we defend Your Majesty for such things? "

Sima Yi pursed his lips.

"Kong Ming, I know that your brother is the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and I also know that your brother is on good terms with the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but you have to know that no matter what happens in any link, the Governor of Yongzhou and the Governor of Liangzhou must bear certain responsibilities. And the governor of Yongliang and Liangzhou..."

Sima Yi stared at Zhuge Liang with deep meaning in his eyes.

Zhuge Liang understood what Sima Yi meant.

If this matter is exposed by Zhuge Liang, Shang Datian listens, and the emperor will definitely know.

If the emperor ordered a thorough investigation, then what happened on the road construction site would definitely be exposed.

Once exposed, no matter who committed the crime, the governors of Yongliang and Liangzhou will be responsible for dereliction of duty. They are absolutely inseparable and will be punished, which is the difference between severe and lenient punishment.

But the governors of Yongliang and Liangzhou are not ordinary people.

Chen Gong, governor of Yongzhou, and Mao Jie, governor of Liangzhou, were both natives of Yanzhou.

Although he is not Yuan Cong, he is also an old team member who has been working with Guo Peng for a long time, and belongs to the main candidate in the first power echelon of the Wei Empire.

He joined Guo Peng's team during Qingyan Erzhou era, worked hard with Guo Peng to overthrow Yuan Shao, annexed the whole of Hebei, made great contributions to Guo Peng becoming the strongest prince in the world, and also played an important role in the subsequent merger and unification war effect.

Chen Gong assisted Guo Peng in formulating tactics and strategies at the central government, while Mao Jie was at the local level, especially at the frontier areas in every period of time, risking danger to help Guo Peng build a forward base.

Both have a lot to do with it.

Later, Guo Peng conquered Guanzhong, defeated the warlords of Liangzhou and occupied the land of Yongzhou, added Yongzhou, and made Chen Gong the governor of Yongzhou, allowing him to build the entire system of Yongzhou from scratch.

It can be said that the reason why Yongzhou is Yongzhou is that Chen Gong's efforts are crucial.

Mao Jie is similar.

In the era of Liangzhou's two-step walk, Mao Jie also built Liangzhou's institutional system from scratch, and built Liangzhou, which was in ruins after the war, according to the emperor's requirements, and became as complete as the inland states and counties. system.

The existence of these two people is crucial to Yongliang and Liangzhou.

Therefore, the rewards given to them by Guo Peng before and after his accession to the throne were quite generous.

Even if we don't talk about this, their identities, backgrounds, political factions they belong to, and their influence in the court are not something that Zhang Zhao, who has just taken office, can contend against.

Zhang Zhao is indeed powerful, but in terms of official rank, the governor of the state surpasses the eight ministers by a whole thousand shi.

Moreover, Zhang Zhao's influence has not yet formed. Although Chen Gong and Mao Jie are not central officials, the political faction they belong to is a big faction that has been deeply involved in the Guowei regime for countless years. They are also standard heroes. Attack, the strength still exists.

In the incident of Duke Wei and King Wei, both Mao Jie and Chen Gongke stood firmly on Guo Peng's side and firmly supported Guo Peng's promotion without hesitation. They can be called iron fans.

These two big bosses are working hard to stabilize the frontier for Guo Peng, but you, a little shrimp, suddenly jumped out and punctured the good situation in Yongliang and Liangzhou, saying that someone is corrupt...

It is reasonable to know that you are working for the welfare of the people, severely punishing corrupt officials, and not dealing with people, but your identity as Zhuge Liang is very embarrassing.

You are from Xuzhou, and you are a representative existence among the group of people who just won the political turmoil. Your brother Zhuge Jin is the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was single-handedly promoted by Zhang Zhao, the new minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

You guys just took a big advantage, and now you suddenly want to expose this case involving an unknown number of people in Yongliang and Liangzhou. It's hard not to be regarded as a political offensive in pursuit of victory.

what's going on?

Insatiable?

Is it cheap to be good?

Not greedy enough to swallow an elephant?

Luoyang is not enough, so do you want to attack Yongliang and Liangzhou?

Start with Kansai?

All kinds of doubts will instantly confuse the situation in Luoyang that has just been calmed down again. If something happens, it's really hard to say.

I, Sima Yi, know that you, Zhuge Liang, are right about things and not about people. You only focus on corruption cases, regardless of other things. You are great for the country and the people.

But once this matter is placed in a place like Luoyang, it will not be regarded as a case of official corruption so simply.

Not everyone knows that you, Zhuge Liang, are a decent person who is right about things but not about others.

And those people don't care about your original intention at all.

Everything you do will be infinitely magnified.

Your words and deeds will definitely be politicized and crisis-oriented, and then turn into a real political crisis.

Both Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi had just experienced the Cui Yan case, and then decided to leave Luoyang for the frontier, but now they want to personally start an incident that they don't know the development and outcome of the matter?

The political turmoil between the Qingyan Two-state Alliance and the Jizhou people has just ended, and both sides have suffered heavy losses.

As a result, the power of the weak group represented by Zhang Zhao and Xu Jing suddenly set off a fierce confrontation with the powerful group represented by people from Qingyan, Hebei and Sanzhou?

Don't be so anxious to complete the replacement of old and new, right?

It would be too much to start something just after entering the central government.

No matter how you think about this kind of thing, it feels terrible.

Zhuge Liang is not a simple young man. After fully experiencing the Cui Qu case and the Cui Yan case, Zhuge Liang has also grown a lot.

So under the gaze of Sima Yi's profound eyes, Zhuge Liang immediately understood what Sima Yi meant.

He knew why Sima Yi stopped him.

His identity is not simple, his elder brother Zhuge Jin has a close relationship with Zhang Zhao, and is one of the representatives of the newly promoted weak representative group.

With such an identity and background, it is very likely that if you expose such a thing rashly... no, it will definitely make things bigger.

At that time, this matter will evolve from a purely non-political corruption case to a political confrontation between the two groups, which is certain.

Zhuge Liang, who has experienced the previous two major political cases, can guarantee it.

It's really dangerous.

But, is it possible to turn a blind eye to such things?

Is it possible to just watch the hard-working peasants eat wheat rice that can't be mixed with salt water, and then work hard to do such high-intensity work?

What is the purpose of coming here?

Isn't it just to know what they need and what to do when I return to Luoyang in the future?

But now I know their needs, and know that they want to get a little more salt water, just a little more salt water!

Doesn't that satisfy them all?

So what's the point of what the officer did?

What is the reason for leaving Luoyang all the way to the border?

This is completely contrary to my purpose, and it is not the same thing at all!

What is Zhuge Kongming's purpose?

Zhuge Liang asked himself.

He remembered what Guo Peng had said to him before he left Luoyang.

【I will watch you in Luoyang City, and I will look forward to the day you return to Luoyang City. 】

Your Majesty, do you mean what I imagined when you said to me?

Do you expect me to make such a decision?

Zhuge Liang knew that what Guo Peng said to him would not be aimed at this incident that had not yet happened, but Zhuge Liang had to face a choice.

And then he quickly came up with a very firm answer, an answer that couldn't be changed.

What I do is not for a few people or a certain group, what I do is to let these hard-working road builders eat what they should eat.

It's that simple.

So he looked at Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, what I did was not my elder brother, not Zhang Butang, not Chen Shijun, not Mao Shijun, and not Cao Shoufu! What I did was to let the people who built roads eat what they should eat thing.

All I want is to allow them to eat three meals, pickles, and meat every five days, instead of a little bit of salt water that can't even be mixed with rice!Zhong Da, if you were faced with such a thing, what would you do? "

chapter 1052 one thousand and sixty-two Sima Yi knows the answer

Facing Zhuge Liang's question, Sima Yi froze for a moment.

what would i do

The answer is obvious.

I just pretend I didn't see it.

Anyway, no one under my jurisdiction asked me to ask for more salt water for them.

I don't know about this.

Even if I know, it has nothing to do with me.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, no one below the county level, including the county government, can intervene in the supply of supplies. I have a legitimate reason to do nothing.

It's none of your business, hang up high.

Isn't this following the procedure?

Did i do something wrong?

But seeing Zhuge Liang staring at him with extremely clear eyes without any confusion, he suddenly felt a little guilty.

After feeling guilty, there was a trace of fear, and a trace of anger.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Are you mocking me?

Or do you think I have no backbone, think I am timid?

Do you think I'm like you?

You have Zhuge Jin and Zhang Zhao behind you, almost predestined your bright future, but what about me?

What backing does Sima have in the court?

Nothing good?

Cao Cao?

Does Cao Cao count?

I begged Cao Cao twice before, begging him to help our Sima family operate into the Guo Wei regime, which has exhausted the face of the old man Sima Fang, and even manipulated me into an old official of the Guo family.

Now it is not Cao Cao who owes Sima a favor, but Sima owes Cao Cao a favor.

Sima didn't even know what to give back Cao Cao's favor, so how could he have the face to beg Cao Cao again?

If something happens again, who else can I ask for help?

It can be said that the Sima family has no backer, and there is no way out. It all depends on whether I, Sima Yi, can find a way out.

so what do you want me to do

Use the political future and even life of the entire family in exchange for your respect and help that you may not be effective?

I really annoyed these Yanzhou people, Cao Cao can't speak well, how much political resources can you Xuzhou people use to save me, a Hanoi person?

Don't say I don't believe you.

Kong Ming, it's not that I don't believe you, I just don't believe you.

I am not from the same town as you, will you really accept me?

I'm not that naive, Kong Ming!