Chapter 2501 Change one step


    When Lu Hong of Yecheng was eyeing Xia Hou.


    In Chang''an, a car swayed away from the Shenluyuan.


    ? Wei Duan, who was in the car, opened some car curtains slightly, looked at the pedestrians passing by on both sides of the street, and sighed slightly.


    The lecture at Qinglong Temple has begun.


    ?It’s a pity that I can’t go.


    The autumn air is crisp and clear. This is a good weather.


    It’s a pity that I am not in a good mood.


    Many scholars, including Wei Duan himself, had very complicated feelings about the Qinglong Temple Lectures, as if he had turned into a fish and was being carried forward in the rolling torrent of history. It is not like when I was young, I thought I was standing on the cusp of the storm and guiding the direction of history.


    Hold up.


    Naturally, we can’t help ourselves.


    Just like Wei Duan these days, although he said that he really wanted to take some time to go to Qinglong Temple and brush his face, otherwise the guys in Qinglong Temple would forget about Guanzhong Wei, but he was helpless because he didn''t have time. He was extremely busy.


    Wei Duan could not remember how many times he had encountered such a situation.


    ?This time, it was still the order issued by the Hussars General, "Shen Lv" from the Legal Academy. Others are envious, but I am in pain. At the same time, I still can''t let go, dare not let go, and are unwilling to let go, so I am even more miserable.


    Mainly feeling tired.


    ?Following the hussar general Fei Qian, I seem to be so tired all the time...


    It’s probably still the same word, being involuntarily held hostage.


    ?Being an official is so hard...


    At least it’s much harder than the big man before.


    ??However, Wei Duan couldn''t do it to let Wei Duan completely let go and show that he would not bend his back for "five buckets of rice", because this is not just a matter of "five buckets of rice", but also the young and old of the Wei family!


    Things in Yingchuan are going through ups and downs. Some people are gloating about the misfortune, while others are saddened by the death of a fox. Wei Duan wants to scold his mother, but of course he is not scolding the General Hussar. After all, he doesn''t dare. He wants to scold those guys in Yingchuan. Mother, if he could really scold me in person, he would definitely not let anyone go. Only by scolding each other in turn would he show some resentment.


    The General Hussars actually wanted to join the Court of Justice to use the Yingchuan incident as a case study to study why such a situation occurred in the Yingchuan officialdom, and then analyze the entire cause, process, and predict the subsequent results...


    ?How does this **** old man know? ! When Wei Duan heard this instruction for the first time, everyone was stunned, and the curse was rolling in his stomach, but when it came to his mouth, there was only one word left, "Wei!" 』


    ?Because he knows that if he doesn’t agree, someone will naturally agree...


    ? ? After this period of time, Wei Duan has completely adapted to the shape, er, specifications, um, style of the Hussars General. To put it simply, it is the system of A and B for positions. For a position, if A is in charge, there must be B as a deputy, and B also has a deputy. Once something happens and A can''t do it, B will take over, B can''t do it, C will take over, and so on.


    So there are always people who are willing to join, and it is not just a line, but even intersecting lines. For example, the county magistrate and the agricultural bachelor, the county magistrate and the engineering bachelor, the county captain and the patrol inspector can almost be directly exchanged without any problem. What''s the problem? This has been proven not only in Guanzhong, but also in Longyou, Longxi.


    ?At the same time, in the Shenluyuan, there is no system of A and B, but A, B, B, B, B, C, C, C, C…


    Each one is staring at himself.


    Wei Duan could only relax a little and relax his mood after returning home.


    But unfortunately, as soon as he returned home, he heard the housekeeper come in and report that the young master was back.


    What’s back? 』


    『The young master is back. 』


    ?Wei Duan suddenly felt heartbroken. If he had cardiovascular disease, he might have collapsed on the spot. After taking a few breaths, Wei Duan said, "Let him come to see me!" 』


    ??Didn''t he already tell Wei Kang to stay well in Longxi, but he didn''t expect that not long after the letter was sent, this **** came back on his own!


    ??What kind of trick is this? !


    ?After a while, Wei Kang arrived. With a somewhat worried look on his face, he went into the hall to pay his respects.


    ?? Wei Kang has a handsome appearance and a tall figure, but he also has a good skin. After all, it is not a matter of one generation for the children of noble families to improve their genes. It is normal for them to have outstanding appearance. Those with poor appearance can be regarded as genetic mutations, such as Boss Cao who condenses the essence...


    ?Wei Duan actually took great pains to arrange Longxi for Wei Kang.


    Although the official position in Longxi is not high, he can be exposed to the latest ideas and policies of the Hussar General on many matters. If the "education" and "Jingping" policies in Longxi and Longyou can be implemented smoothly this time , then as the local officials in Longyou and Longxi, it is very likely that they will be transferred to larger places to implement the New Deal!


    Once the new policies are implemented at the county and state level, it will be easy to advance to Sanhuai in the next step!


    ?These are all linked together, but Wei Kang doesn''t seem to understand Wei Duan''s painstaking efforts. Wei Kang only feels half of it, the pain.


    "Come in! sit…"


    ? Wei Duan glanced at Wei Kang and was silent for a moment. He felt that he might need to communicate with Wei Kang in another way. Because he had already demonstrated his interests in letters before, but Wei Kang still came back. Now if you ask Wei Kang why he came back, Wei Kang will definitely tell his reasons, and this reason must be very sufficient and necessary in Wei Kang''s opinion, and then the two sides of Wei Kang and Wei Kang may turn into nothing more than a dispute. Is the pointless reason correct…


    ?But Wei Duan was already very tired, he didn''t want to do this, and he didn''t have any extra energy.


    "Yingchuan..." Wei Duan said slowly, "Have you ever heard about what happened in Yingchuan?" 』


    Wei Kang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly felt a lot more alive in his body, and he started to speak fluently, "I heard about it, I heard that something big happened in Yingchuan this time. Prime Minister Cao killed many Yingchuan scholars. It is said that he killed Thousands of people, rivers of blood! 』


    “Well,” Wei Duan nodded, “Some people did die in Yingchuan, but... do you know the reason? 』


    『I heard that...Cao Mengde is purging dissidents? Was there anyone who opposed his appointment as prime minister before? ’ Wei Kang said.


    "Um. perhaps. ” Wei Duan nodded again, and then added, “But judging from the news that my father received...it was actually some officials who violated the common people''s laws, and then Prime Minister Cao became furious and ransacked the house...and the people who died were actually not. There are many, and the clan is not exterminated. It is just controlled within one household. Well, it is just a few families at most, not even a clan... What do you think after hearing such things? 』


    Wei Kang clicked his tongue in his heart. Although he knows that it is necessary to think about one thing, and he can also grow from it, thinking requires brains. Isn''t it nice to eat, drink, play and have fun without thinking about anything?


    ?But his father''s question had to be answered, so Wei Kang got rid of his own thoughts and thought for a moment before saying: "Is it difficult to tell whether the news is true or false?" 』


    『It’s not that it’s difficult to tell, it’s that someone deliberately adulterated the truth! ” Wei Duan said in a deep voice. Because he had to study the Yingchuan incident, Wei Duan of course also obtained relevant specific information. Among those specific matters, Wei Duan naturally saw shocking things. Even though he had been prepared for it, he still It looked like he was grinning and his heart was beating with fear.


    Then I understood why the Hussar General wanted to study the Yingchuan incident as a case study.


    It is indeed…


    ?Corruption harms the country, treacherous ministers harm the country, and mediocrity harms the country.


    And it’s very typical.


    But the Yingchuan incident was indeed too involved. Wei Duan thought hard in the Shenlu Yuan, and then quarreled with the people in the Shenlu Yuan. He even felt that he was the Prime Minister Cao in Yingchuan, because he also wanted to Faced with a large number of officials from the big and small councils and law courts with different thoughts, the only thing that is not as good as Prime Minister Cao is that he himself cannot kill people, he can only punish...


    Finally, Wei Duan integrated the opinions of the Shenlu Yuan and made a moderate memorial, which he submitted.


    Yes, a more moderate solution.


    The Senate is generally divided into three different directions of opinion. One is more radical and expresses the need to severely deal with corrupt and mediocre officials. The other is naturally the prudent faction, which holds a conservative and moderate attitude. The remaining Those who sit on the fence are, well, moderates. Wei Duan likes to jump over the wall and be like Lao Wei. Wrong, he prefers moderation.


    This is also the choice of most people.


    What’s interesting is that most of the young and low-ranking officials choose to be radical. On the contrary, the old ones, or the ones before, um, such as those under Yuan Shao, choose to be conservative. Of course, those few It is normal and understandable for someone who was born in Yingchuan to say a few words of favoritism for the people in his hometown...


    As for other people, such as Wei Duan, they are moderate.


    ??Wei Duan put himself in Cao Cao''s position more than once, and then thought about what to do, and found that maybe only the moderate way is best...


    In other words, the most acceptable.


    This person is part of a person.


    In other words, these "people" are scholars.


    Most "people" know what happened in Yingchuan.


    Everything that is put on the surface, even if it has been carefully displayed and cleverly decorated, but as long as the core point is grasped, no matter how many decorations and cover-ups are used, it will still be seen. A clue came out.


    Benefit.


    At a very small scale, this is just a few small pieces of money, but at a larger scale...


    It''s hard to say what General Hussar thinks and how he sees it. But as the dean of the Council of Laws and Regulations, Wei Duan has been ups and downs for so many years. He has even planned some events himself, so how can he not know the secret?


    Although it seems that everything is cleverly cut off in the outer circle of Xu County, as long as you want to close the case, you can definitely close the case, and it is difficult to prove whether there is any connection within a single city, because these are exposed Things will inevitably be disrupted, and the core evidence will be cleverly evaporated and lose its meaning.


    Being able to do such a thing must have a certain status in Yingchuan, and it seems appropriate for Xiahou Dun to cut it in one go. On the one hand, it will shock people, and on the other hand, it will be on the line.


    ? It’s just that Wei Kang doesn’t seem to understand this, and he even feels that this matter has little connection with him.


    "Father..." Wei Kang added kindly, "Looking at your father looking tired... Why don''t you take a rest first?" 』


    『Sit tight. ” Wei Duan said in a deep voice.


    Wei Kang swallowed his saliva and said, "Wei. 』


    Do you feel that this matter has nothing to do with you? ” Wei Duan looked at Wei Kang sideways, with a somewhat worried look on his face.


    『My child, my child dare not...』 Wei Kang did not dare to express his actual thoughts, he just said that he did not dare.


    Wei Duan suddenly laughed, "Look, this is "Yingchuan"... What you think in your heart and what you say... this is "Yingchuan", this is what the Lord ordered the Legal Academy to study..."


    "ah? ” Wei Kang was startled.


    ‘Do you think Yingchuan is just a place of Yingchuan? Or are the officials in Yingchuan just in Yingchuan? Wei Duan did not use any big reason to suppress Wei Kang, but sighed after a moment, "Yingchuan is Shandong... You don''t even know how many people will be involved this time and how big this situation is." Big...』


    『You don’t mean what you say, do you think I don’t know? Then it''s just like the people of Yingchuan. Doesn''t Prime Minister Cao know? 』


    "Know! Of course we do! Wei Duan patted the table and said, "To be able to sit in this position...Haha, do you think I''m a fool?" Is it like the Yingchuan people thinking that Prime Minister Cao is a fool? But why would the people of Yingchuan do this? And... why would you do this? 』


    Wei Kang’s eyes widened and he was speechless for a moment.


    Wei Duan pointed at Wei Kang''s nose, tapped it twice, then put down his hand and sighed, "Because you are my son." Right? You are the heir, the one who will inherit the family business, and the successor of Webster, so you think I dare not kill you, even if you are unwilling to listen to me, you are relying on me! Fang is fearless! 』


    "No, no...Father...My child, how dare you..." Wei Kang was startled, and hurriedly left the table and bowed, kowtow to apologize, "My child is just...just...but it''s getting colder now, and I know that my father''s legs and feet are cold." , even though there is a lot of inconvenience due to the blood barrier, I brought some furs here, specially dedicated to my father..."


    So I would like to thank you for your filial piety? Wei Duan laughed and said, "Yes, this is a reason, but if you think about it again, is this really a reason?" 』


    ‘My child...uh, my child, I don’t dare...’ Wei Kang couldn’t answer.


    Wei Duan smiled, "So, you said you didn''t dare, but you still did it..."


    Wei Duan stood up. He wanted to take back the memorial he handed in before, which seemed to have a moderate conclusion. Because he suddenly discovered that his son Wei Kang had vividly demonstrated the status of the Yingchuan nobles, and his previous memorial was obviously not good enough, or rather perfunctory.


    But Wei Duan must solve his son''s problem first.


    ?Well, of course not killing him, after all, as Wei Duan himself said, Wei Kang is now the heir...


    “Come, come,” Wei Duan walked to the hall and looked at the trees in the courtyard that were beginning to wither with his hands behind his back. “Spring, autumn, birth, old age, sickness, and death are the cycles of life, and you and I can’t stop them. But some things can be changed... For example, if you move the trees to the south, the trees may not wither, or the leaves will fall later than in Chang''an... The same is true for people. If you are unwilling to change, then someone will touch you... I''m here What will you do when you get old and can no longer protect you? Do you really think that being a member of the noble family can exempt you from punishment? Avoid life and death? 』


    "However, I also want to thank you... If you hadn''t come, I might not have been able to understand your lord''s meaning..." Wei Duan turned around and said to Wei Kang with a smile, "As a father, I don''t thank you for showing my filial piety. Thank you for disobeying my father''s orders..."


    Wei Kang didn’t know how to answer, so he hesitated.


    Look at Yingchuan, think about Yingchuan. ” Wei Duan sighed, “My lord ordered the Legal Council to take the Yingchuan incident as an example, study its root causes, and find countermeasures. This is not what my lord wants!” This is the Lord’s warning! 』


    “You are confident, and the people of Yingchuan were also confident at one time...” Wei Duan looked at Wei Kang, “But what about now? Are those reasons, those principles that we rely on, are they really that indestructible? If my father told you that he is now your heir..."


    Wei Kang was horrified and his eyes widened. Not only his voice but also his hands started to tremble, "Father...Father!" 』


    “Look,” Wei Duan laughed, “Weren’t you afraid when you returned to Chang’an? 』


    ‘This…’ Wei Kang was speechless.


    ?Now the whole line is very clear.


    The reason why Wei Kang dared to disobey his own instructions and not take his letters seriously was to find a "reason". Perhaps he himself knew that this "reason" was not a serious reason, but it was just that he could do what he said openly. What he wants to do is not because he doesn''t know the good or bad of it, but because he doesn''t think he will be hurt by it, so naturally he won''t be afraid.


    The same is true for the people of Yingchuan. They don''t think they will be wiped out by Cao Cao, so they are not afraid either.


    ??Then Wei Duan felt that his memorial was also perfect, so he didn''t think he would be scolded by the Hussar General, so he was not afraid of Wei Duan before...


    But now Weicome was afraid. He was afraid that Wei Duan would really lose his status as his heir. In a man who put loyalty and filial piety first, parents really had the authority to sever the relationship between father and son!


    Then the children of Yingchuan were also afraid. The children of the Yingchuan gentry discovered that Cao Cao was really doing something and was not trying to scare people!


    Wei Duan was also afraid because he found that he could not even unify his own son''s opinions, so how could he possibly unify the opinions of the Senate? It''s unbelievable that someone had already secretly sent a seal to Qiusi in an attempt to replace him!


    “Anyone can do superficial things,” Wei Duan patted Wei Kang on the shoulder, “But superficial things are too easy... I’m going back to the Shenlu Academy, and you... are still staying at home? 』


    Wei Kang was stunned for a moment, and then said immediately, "My child, my child will set off immediately and return to Longxi!" 』


    ?Wei Duan nodded.


    "Humans, after all, must have some sense of awe..." Wei Duan said slowly, "Whether it is awe of heaven and earth, awe of gods, or awe..."


    『If you completely lose your sense of awe, you won’t be afraid of anything…』


    『It’s very troublesome...』


    (End of this chapter)