Chapter 1665 Wei Duan’s Arrow


    ?Two or three birds were jumping on the branches outside the window, seeming to be praising the sunshine and expressing the happiness and ease of life. In the past, when Chang''an was in distress, even bark and soil were eaten by people, not to mention such small living creatures. For birds, they are enemies everywhere, and if they are not careful, they will fall into the mouths of others. middle.


    ?Now that life in Chang''an has become stable, birds are no longer so fond of birds, so birds are naturally much more relaxed...


    Have lost vigilance.


    Fei Qian glanced at Pang Tong and rolled his eyes.


    When talking about this matter, Pang Tong gritted his teeth and said: "False accusation! Cai''s son is corrupt in the name of someone. It is true that someone was responsible for the recommendation and oversight, but there is absolutely no accusation that he made money!"


    Fei Qian chuckled, pointed to an article on one of the impeachment forms, and said, "This article is also a bit interesting, ''We heard that Pang envoy, but when discussing government affairs, he must talk about the benefits and not the morality.'' This one is also interesting. How to say..."


    Pang Tong glanced at Fei Qian, and then said: "My lord, it''s not what I said before. The corrupt scholars of the time talked more about morality than about profit. However, the family cannot survive without profit, and the country cannot survive without profit..."


    “Hey, so it was me who led you into trouble?” Fei Qian laughed.


    Pang Tong also estimated that Fei Qian was not really angry, so he relaxed a little and said: "The moral virtues of the sages are all they have said. If you still say the words now, you will eat the rest, how can you blame me!"


    ?Fei Qian laughed, and then said: "No! No! A certain word must have great meaning, when can you use it first to benefit it?"


    Pang Tong rolled his eyes upward and said, "What my lord said is true, true..."


    Fei Qian didn''t feel ashamed, but said proudly: "This is your fault. These are...well, it can''t be said to be nonsense, but it has to be said every time. How can you omit it at will? Look, this is not , have you been criticized?"


    In the later generations, Fei Qian often found those official accents very cumbersome, but now he realizes that not all officials actually like official accents, but in order to prevent various problems, they still have to speak official accents, just like the generals. Talking about morality is just like the political correctness of the Han Dynasty. Pang Tong''s lazy nature sometimes made him too lazy to say such useless nonsense, so now he has become a point of attack.


    "''Confucius said, since ancient times, there has been death, and the people cannot stand without faith.'' Why is it unrighteous not to speak of convenience?" Fei Qian shook his head and read the impeachment form, and sighed, "That''s really good... I guess if there is an expression of It can also be used to impeach someone..."


    The Analects of Confucius says that Zigong asked Confucius about the way to govern. Confucius said: "If you have enough food and enough soldiers, the people will trust you." These three things are enough. Zigong asked again: "If you have to leave as a last resort, which of the three should come first?" If I can''t do them all, which one should I give up first? Confucius said: "Go to the army." We can put the issue of national defense aside for now. Zigong asked three times: "I have no choice but to leave. Which of the two comes first?" Which of the remaining two should be thrown away first? So Confucius said: "Go and eat. Death has always existed since ancient times, and people cannot stand without faith."


    Of course, Confucius did not mean that the common people do not need to eat and only need to trust the king. People will die anyway, but faith is eternal. It means that when the other two conditions cannot be fully met, , that is, if you cannot be "satisfied", you must first "satisfy" faith, because only the inner thing of faith is the easiest to achieve. It is also easier to have sufficient food and sufficient soldiers because of sufficient faith.


    However, if we simply look at the words on the surface, it is easy to understand that we only need faith, and everything else can be discarded...


    This is the bad thing about ancient articles. In many cases, the number of words is small, and the power of interpretation is entirely in the hands of the nobles. They can say whatever they want, and explain how they want. Even in later generations, there are indispensable supplements behind many large words. A line of small characters that are almost invisible, "The right of interpretation belongs to so-and-so" shows the cultural inheritance of China.


    The only good thing about Fei Qian now is that he is in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the imperial power has fallen by the wayside. Therefore, under normal circumstances, unless his competitors impeach him, no one in his own territory will impeach him. After all, it is like taking off his clothes. Mi Heng was the only one who scolded Cao Cao. The others all knew that scolding was useless, so they either did it silently or said nothing.


    But when it comes to Pang Tong, who is under Yu Feiqian, these trolls are not so polite. They simply portray Pang Tong as a corrupt guy who colludes with cronies, controls power, and bullies the people. The sores were completely damaged from the inside out.


    "The Han Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, so filial piety and honesty were promoted to respond to talented people..." Fei Qian continued, "Because you are filial to your relatives, you can be loyal to your king, and if your officials are honest, they can be diligent in their work... However, times are not the Spring and Autumn Period. , the world is not the same as the early Han Dynasty, everything is different, the population is prosperous, and there are many merchants, how can we generalize it... And there is the matter of scholars... Haha, it is just right..."


    "There was a seal before, indicating that the three auxiliary places in Guanzhong have not promoted filial piety and integrity for many years, which is quite responsible for losing the country..." Fei Qian calmly threw the watch in his hand on the table, "Sometimes Since Emperor Xiaoheng, there have been many people who are looking for fame and reputation, bragging about their hometown, and those who are waiting for the opportunity to trade off their reputation...But, after all, it is not a long-term solution..."


    ?Fei Qian suddenly looked at Pang Tong, looked him up and down, and smiled with some evil intentions, "I didn''t expect that today it would be Shi Yuan..."


    “Shi Yuan, just come up and serve as an official…”


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    When Pang Tong delivered the certificate of appointment, it is said that the Hussars General approved it soon. Then Pang Tong returned home in despair, collected his belongings, sent away some servants and attendants, and finally died in a gloomy place. In the morning, the back door was opened, and a group of vehicles slowly walked out.


    “Pang Tan came out through the back door!”


    “Back door! Let’s go! Go to the back door quickly!”


    Suddenly some sharp-eyed guys greeted each other, and then a group of people swarmed away, blocking Pang Tong''s group of vehicles tightly...


    “Corrupt officials!”


    “You eat the fat of the people and get fat by the people’s anointing, you are ashamed to be the son of man!”


    ?Suddenly a group of people blocked the middle of the road, surrounding Pang Tong''s carriage and preventing Pang Tong from leaving. Many people stood in the crowd and shouted, "Pang Tong, Pang Shiyuan! Come out! Come out!"


    Pang Tong exposed a little bit among the guards, then glanced around with his small eyes, staring at the nobleman standing at the front, and sneered: "Do you want to imitate Li Yuanli?"


    The nobles who intercepted Pang Tong sneered again and again, and then shouted loudly: "You are not Li Yuanli, but you must be Yang Yuanqun! Look at your heavy vehicle, full of stolen wealth! Silverfish! Corrupt officials! Everyone who gets it will be punished!" During the reign of Emperor Heng, when Li Ying, a Qingliu celebrity, was serving as Yin of Henan, a bureaucrat named Yang Yuanqun had just resigned from his post as Beihai County Sheriff and was preparing to return to Beijing to wait for orders. It is said that Yang Yuanqun was greedy and was so greedy that he left. At that time, even the window of the toilet in the county office was removed, and he was loading the car on the way back. When Li Ying learned about this, he wrote a letter of impeachment. However, it turned out that Yang Yuanqun had bribed the **** in power at the time, and not only was he not punished , but instead accused Li Ying of "false accusation", removed him from office, and sentenced him to hard labor.


    Although the problem cannot be solved temporarily, the person who raised the problem can be solved first, and then the problem will disappear. This was also traditional in the Han Dynasty...


    ??The exchange between Pang Tong and this nobleman was about this matter.


    Pang Tong''s expression changed immediately, and then he remained silent.


    The nobles who blocked the road were even more excited, waving their skinny arms, looking a bit like poor and miserable common people, and shouted: "The great man has a bright world, how can we allow corrupt officials to run rampant! In the past, there were sheep Yuanqun, and today there is Pang Shiyuan!" Come out! Do you behave like a rat?"


    ??Pang Tong glanced at the second-floor windows along the street and vaguely saw a few familiar faces. He couldn''t help but sneered in his heart, but did not move or utter a word to refute.


    The nobles who blocked the road thought that Pang Tong had a guilty conscience, so they kept making noisy noises. Even the melon-eating people around them couldn''t help but start shouting along with them, and the noise became louder and louder.


    However, most of the people who eat melons are in a similar pattern. It''s okay to stand aside and eat melons and make noises, but if you really want to go forward and take action, you basically don''t dare to do it, so the scene was in a stalemate for a while. , Pang Tong did not show his head. Although the noble boy was making noise, the scene was not chaotic.


    “What is your bus carrying? Can it be found?”


    Finally, I didn’t know who it was, and shouted in the crowd...


    The gentry boy who was blocking the road suddenly came to his senses and immediately made an excuse: "Exactly, exactly! The bus must be used for personal use and must be carrying ill-gotten gains! Pang Shiyuan! How dare you show up!"


    Just as the situation gradually became more chaotic and noisy, Du Ji hurriedly boarded a restaurant and saw Wei Duan looking out of the window. He frowned, took a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice: "Xiu Fu. Brother! Let this matter go!"


    Wei Duan was looking out of the window. He was so frightened by such a sound that the wine jue in his hand almost fell from the window. He quickly stabilized himself, turned around and saw Du Ji, and felt a little unhappy. He said in a deep voice: "Brother Du, what is this?" What''s the matter? I''m just here to drink... If Brother Du is in the mood, why don''t we have a drink together? As for the rest, I don''t know..."


    Du Ji snorted, walked to the window, pointed down, and said to Wei Duan: "Brother Xiufu, don''t say you don''t know this person!"


    Wei Duan rolled his eyes twice and said, "I didn''t know it before, but I know it now."


    Du Ji raised his head and laughed, and then said coldly: "I wonder who was drinking with Yuan Kang in Xifang a few days ago!"


    Wei Duan''s color suddenly changed, he stared at Du Ji, and after a moment of silence he said, "Does Bohou want to do something bad?"


    "A good thing?!" Du Ji sneered, "I''m afraid it''s a disaster!"


    "How could it be a disaster? Don''t be alarmist, Bohou." Wei Duan didn''t take it seriously and put the wine prince aside.


    Because in the official position system of the Han Dynasty, basically there were no honorary official positions, or what we call casual officials. Officials and positions are completely integrated into one. Without specific positions, people are just civilians. Even if they are noble officials, once they are gone Their position is just a little better than that of ordinary people, not to mention people like Qingliu. If they really start to complain, even the three princes will do the same. Therefore, Wei Duan feels that since Pang Tong has become an official, and it is just a prefect who abdicated, he will complain. So what if I squirt?


    If Pang Tong forcefully resists the inspection of Pang Tong''s car belongings, then his reputation will be completely ruined. And among scholars, a guy with a ruined reputation has no human rights, and who will care about his face? question? He must have been despised by everyone, shouting and beating him across the street, and since Pang Tong lost power again, it would be even more fun to beat him up.


    What''s more, Wei Duan believed that when Pang Tong returned home this time, there must be some property in the car dealership. Even if the property came from a legitimate source, under such circumstances, even yellow mud in his crotch is still shit. As long as he finds a little bit, even if it is Pang Tong was covered in mouth and couldn''t tell the difference!


    When Ma Yuan returned from the war in southern Xinjiang, he transported a cart of coix, but people thought it was a precious thing. Then they all said that Ma Yuan was not interesting enough. He went to southern Xinjiang and harvested the good things without sharing any of them. As a result, everyone was talking about gold, and Ma Yuan was wronged because of it...


    So Wei Duan knew that no matter whether Pang Tong was inspected or not, it would be the same and there would be no good fruits to be gained. How could such a situation be called a disaster? If it really causes trouble, I''m afraid it will only be Pang Tong''s fault.


    ?Du Ji stamped his feet and said: "Brother Wei, don''t forget the old affairs of Sanfu Tianzheng!"


    When General Hussars was implementing the new land policy, there was a lot of opposition from many people. Then Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Jia Xu and three people made a trap to make those who danced the most happily start a fight, and then they started to fight viciously. Harvested a lot...


    Wei Duan trembled, his eyes swayed from side to side quickly, and he forced a smile and said: "Brother Du is overly worried..." As long as Pang Tong''s reputation for corruption can be confirmed, there is no need to worry about other problems. A long time has passed, but there is no movement from the Cavalry General Fei Qian?


    ?This may have shown that the hussar general Fei Qian was a little disappointed with Pang Tong and did not intend to unite with Pang Tong?


    In fact, from a certain point of view, Wei Duan hopes that the Cavalry General Fei Qian can take action. In this way, there must be sacrifices, and some political interests must be given up...


    The position of the third assistant in Guanzhong is now vacant, isn''t it?


    How can it be possible that all of them are people from Jingxiang?


    A few days ago, there was the Langya Zhuge family who was taking over some affairs. He was also very capable. Facing the huge project schedule of Qinglong Temple, he did not mess up at all. He was about to be the next capable official. This made Wei Duan and other Guanzhong nobles How not to be in a hurry?


    Wei Duan and other Guanzhong gentry did not necessarily want to pursue Pang Tong fiercely. They mainly wanted to take this opportunity to exchange for some benefits. As the saying goes, noisy children have milk...


    Now is the best opportunity!


    Wei Duan picked up the wine cup, was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "I''m just aiming at the string..."


    (End of this chapter)