When he was thirteen years old, Kong Rong died of his father, grief was excessive, and he had to be helped to stand up, and people in the state praised his filial piety.
Zhang Jian, one of the "Eight Juns of Jiangxia", a shanyang man, was a descendant of Zhang Er, the king of Zhao, and was enlisted by Shanyang Taishou Zhai Chao as the governor of the east.
Zhongchang's family was in Fangdong, and his family oppressed the people and was lawless.
Zhang Jian exposed the sins of Hou Lan and his mother and asked the imperial court to execute them.
Hou Lan pressed Zhang Jian's recital and did not present it to Emperor Huan of Han, and the two formed a vendetta.
Zhang Jian's fellow countryman Zhu He was flattering and despicable by nature, and Zhang Jian looked down on him very much, and Zhu He was very jealous of this, and wrote a false accusation that Zhang Jian and twenty-four of his fellow villagers had set up a name for themselves, and were friends in an attempt to endanger the country.
The Eastern Han court then issued an order to Zhou Jun, arrested Zhang Jian, and concealed Zhu He's name to keep it a secret for him.
Zhang Jian only escaped, because he was friends with Kong Rong's brother Kong Bao, and after several turns, fled to Kong Bao's home.
But Kong Bao was not there.
Kong Rong was sixteen years old at the time, and Zhang Jian thought Kong Rong was young and did not tell him why.
Kong Rong saw Zhang Jian's embarrassed look and said to him, "Although my brother has not returned from outside, can't I be your host?" "Keep Zhang Jian at home."
Later, the matter leaked, the minister of state below, secretly captured, Zhang Jian still ran away.
The brothers Kong Bao and Kong Rong were arrested, sent to prison, interrogated, and sentenced to one of them.
Kong Rong said: "It is I who shelter and hide Zhang Jian, and I am guilty." ”
Kong Bao said: "Zhang Jian came to me, not my brother's sin, the sin is in me, willingly." ”
The jailers were not easy to judge, so they interrogated their mothers.
The mother said, "The elderly are the ones who are in charge of the family, and I am the one responsible for the crime." ”
The family was fighting for guilt and death, and the county officials could not decide, so they asked the imperial court for instructions.
Finally, the Eastern Han court issued an edict condemning Kong Chu.
Kong Rong was famous for this, and was on a par with famous people such as Tao Qiuhong and Chen Liubian Rang of the Plains, and the prefectures and counties were appointed by ceremonies, and he did not go to take office.
Later, Situ Yang ci recruited Kong Rong and became a subordinate of Situ.
At that time, the Eastern Han court secretly inspected the corrupt elements in the bureaucracy and prepared to depose them.
Kong Rong denounced many corrupt officials, mostly relatives of eunuchs.
Shang Shu, fearful of offending these emperor's favored people, summoned his subordinates to question and rebuke them, and Kong Rong stated their sins without concealment.
When Yin Hejin of Henan was about to be promoted to the rank of general, Yang Ci sent Kong Rong to take a business card to congratulate him.
Because the doorman did not report it in time, Kong Rong took back the business card and went back to the house to blame himself.
The Henan Yin officials felt that they had lost face and wanted to privately send swordsmen to hunt down and kill Kong Rong.
A guest said to He Jin: "Kong Wenju (Kong Rongzi) is very famous, if the general has a grudge with him, the people of the four sides will leave you one after another." It is better to treat him with courtesy, so that everyone in the world knows that the general has a broad heart. ”
He Jin thought that it was very right, and after being appointed as a great general, he recruited Kong Rong as a subordinate of the great general, and then raised the rank and promoted him to the position of attendant.
Because of the discord with Zhongcheng Zhao She, Kong Rong soon excused himself from illness and went home and did not work.
Later, Kong Rong was conscripted into the Sikong Clan and was awarded the title of Northern Central Army, and three days after his arrival, he was transferred to the post of General of hu ben zhonglang.
Dong Zhuo controlled the government, deposed the Young Emperor of Han, and established another Emperor of Han, Kong Rong often violated Dong Zhuo's will, and always argued with Dong Zhuo, his words were fierce, and he wanted to correct Dong Zhuo's behavior, which caused Dong Zhuo to be greatly displeased and transferred to The Chamberlain.
At that time, the Yellow Turban Army was in full swing and invaded several states, of which the rebellion in Beihai (present-day Changlexi, Shandong) was the most intense.
Dong Zhuo then instructed the three provinces of Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong to recommend Kong Rong as the Minister of Beihai, and sent this thorn head to the local government as an official, hoping to borrow the hand of the Yellow Turban Army to remove Kong Rong, at least he did not see it, and he was not upset.
After Kong Rong took office in Beihai County, he gathered soldiers and people, raised troops to teach martial arts, and wrote books and books by himself, exchanging voices with prefectures and counties, jointly planning, and actively dealing with the Yellow Turban Army.
Zhang Rao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, led 200,000 people back to Beihai from Jizhou, and Kong Rong fought and was defeated by Zhang Rao.
Kong Rong gathered scattered troops and retreated to defend Zhu Xu (朱虚; southeast of present-day Linqu County, Shandong).
Here he slowly gathered officials, took in more than 40,000 people who had been mistaken by the Yellow Turban, re-established the city, established schools, praised Confucianism, and recommended the sages Zheng Xuan, Peng Zhao, And Bing Yuan.
There was a man named Zhen Ziran in the county, who was very famous, but unfortunately he died early, Kong Rong did not see him, and he deeply regretted that he ordered the county community to be eaten.
Some others, although there was only a slight act of kindness, Kong Rong treated him with courtesy.
If a widowed old man in the county or a wandering person from outside dies, he will be buried in a coffin.
His political achievements and reputation became increasingly prominent, and he was sometimes called "Kong Beihai".