Sima Yi was full of worries about Zhuge Liang's thoughts.

He soon realized what would happen if this matter continued to develop as Zhuge Liang had imagined, 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, I must find out the truth about this matter. The court allocates the money to three meals a day. This is the kindness of His Majesty to the people who build roads.

Some bastards don’t consider these things at all, nor do they care about them. They just harm Your Majesty’s kindness for nothing, and the Lord humiliates the minister to die. Shouldn’t we, the minister, protect Your Majesty for such a thing?"

Sima Yi pursed his lips.

"Kongming, I know that your brother is the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and I also know that your brother is in good terms with the Minister of Personnel, but you have to know that no matter what the problem occurs in any link, the governor of Yongzhou and the governor of Liangzhou must bear certain responsibilities, and the governors of Yongliang and the governors of the two prefectures..."

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

Zhuge Liang understood what Sima Yi meant.

If Zhuge Liang breaks this matter and Shangda Tianting, the emperor will definitely know about it.

If the emperor ordered a thorough investigation, then the things that happened on the road construction site would inevitably be exposed.

Once exposed, no matter who commits the crime, the governors of Yongliang and the two prefectures will be dereliction of duty. They will definitely not be separated from each other and will inevitably be punished, that is, the difference between severity and lenient punishment.

However, the governors of the two states of Yongliang were not ordinary people.

Chen Gong, the governor of Yongzhou, and Mao Jie, the governor of Liangzhou, are both from Yanzhou.

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

During the Qing and Yanzhou period, Guo Peng joined Guo Peng's team and worked hard with Guo Peng to defeat Yuan Shao, annex the entire Hebei, making great contributions to Guo Peng's becoming the strongest prince in the world, and also played an important role in the subsequent annexation and unification war.

Chen Gong assisted Guo Peng in the central government to formulate tactical strategies, and Mao Jie managed the local area, especially in every period of time, and risked helping Guo Peng build a forward base.

Both of them have made great contributions.

Later, Guo Peng went west to Guanzhong, defeated Liangzhou warlords and occupied Yongzhou, and added Yongzhou, and used Chen Gong as 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 because Chen Gong's efforts are crucial.

Mao Jie is almost the same.

In the era of Liangzhou's two-step process, Mao Jie also built the Liangzhou system from scratch, built the ruins after the war, according to the emperor's requirements, and became a complete system like the mainland prefectures and counties.

The existence of these two people is crucial to the two states of Yongliang.

Therefore, the rewards Guo Peng gave them before and after he ascended the throne were also quite generous.

Even if we don’t talk about this, their identity, background, political factions, and forces in the court, they are not something that the new official can compete with.

Zhang Zhao is indeed powerful, but in terms of official rank, the governor of the state is one thousand stones higher than the eight ministers.

Moreover, Zhang Zhao's power has not been formed. Although Chen Gong and Mao Jie are not central officials, their political factions are large factions that have been deeply rooted in the Guo and Wei regime for countless years. They are also standard heroes. They have the merits of following the dragon, but they are hit for a while and their strength remains.

In the incident of Wei Duke and King Wei, Mao Jie and Chen Gongke stood clearly on Guo Peng's side and firmly supported Guo Peng's advance without hesitation. They were loyal fans.

Two such big shots are working hard to stabilize the frontier for Guo Peng, but you, a little shrimp, suddenly jumped out and exposed the good situation in the two states of Yongliang, saying that some people are corrupt...

Those who are wise know that you are seeking benefits for the people and severely punishing corrupt officials and not dealing with things, but your Zhuge Liang's identity is very embarrassing.

You are from Xuzhou and are a representative group of people who have just won in the political turmoil. Your brother Zhuge Jin is the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he was promoted by Zhang Zhao, the new Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

You group of people have just taken a big advantage, and now they are suddenly trying to expose the case of Yongliang and two states, which is unknown how many people it will involve. It is difficult not to be considered a political offensive to take advantage of the victory.

What's going on?

Insatiable?

Are you still behaved when you get a cheaper one?

Greedy is not enough to swallow an elephant?

Luoyang is not enough, so we still have to attack the two states of Yongliang?

Take action against Kansai?

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

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

However, once this matter is placed in a place like Luoyang, it will not be so simple to be regarded as a case of corruption among officials.

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

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

Everything you do will be magnified infinitely.

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

Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi both had just experienced the Cui Yan case and decided to leave Luoyang and come to the border. But now they have to start an incident with their own hands that does not know the development and outcome of things?

The political turmoil between the Qingyan and the two prefectures alliance and the people of Jizhou has just ended, and both sides have suffered heavy losses.

As a result, the weak group forces represented by Zhang Zhao and Xu Jing suddenly had to set off a fierce confrontation with the strong group represented by people from Qing, Yan and Ji prefectures?

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

It would be too much to cause trouble just after entering the central government.

This kind of thing feels terrible no matter how you think about it.

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

So under Sima Yi's deep eyes, Zhuge Liang immediately understood what Sima Yi meant.

He knew what was the reason why Sima Yi stopped him.

His identity is not simple. His brother Zhuge Jin has a very close relationship with Zhang Zhao. He is one of the representative figures of the recently promoted weak representative group.

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

At that time, this matter will evolve from a simple case of corruption without political inclination to a political confrontation between two groups, which is certain.

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

This is really dangerous.

But, are you turning a blind eye to such a thing?

Did you just watch the hard-working men eat wheat rice that cannot be wet even with salt water, and then work hard to do such high-intensity work?

What is the purpose of coming here by yourself?

Isn’t it just to know what they need and what they will do after returning to Luoyang in the future?

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

Can't this satisfy them?

So what is the meaning of this official?

Why did I leave Luoyang and run to the border for a long time?

This is completely contrary to one's own purpose and is not the same as one!

What is Zhuge Kongming’s purpose?

Zhuge Liang asked himself.

He remembered what Guo Peng 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 the Emperor, is what you said to me the meaning I imagined?

Do you wish I could make such a decision?

Zhuge Liang knew that what Guo Peng said to him would not target this thing that had not happened yet, but Zhuge Liang had to face a choice.

Then he quickly came up with a very firm answer, an answer that could not be changed.

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

It's that simple.

So he looked at Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, what I do is not my brother, not Zhangbutang, not Chen Jun, not Mao Jun, nor Cao Jun! What I do is to allow road construction workers to eat what they should eat.

What I did was just to let them eat three meals, pickles, and a meat every five days, instead of the little salt water that couldn't even mix with rice! Zhongda, what would you do if you were facing such a thing?"
Chapter completed!