Chapter 1003 15. Please accept the mandate of heaven!
The sharpness of the words in this open letter exceeded everyone's imagination. This was not an advice but a declaration of war. This was not an exhortation but a trial. Even if the New Learning Party members were really guilty and really wanted to retreat, they could not retreat because of this letter. No one could step down with such a charge. Bearing such a harsh accusation, the only way to apologize to the world is to die!
But asking the New School Party to die to thank the world is simply the biggest joke. This letter is not giving the New School Party a chance to regret, but forcing the New School Party to completely give up all their fantasies. They can only resist to the end, and then be killed in the indelible fear all day long!
This was the plan of Lu Chang and Li Jiye. The birth of a new dynasty is always like this. The Zhou Dynasty killed King Zhou, the Han Dynasty overthrew the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty ended the end of the Sui Dynasty, thus gaining the world.
The Luo family should not rely on pure force to rise to power, but should truly use people's hearts and virtues to obtain these things. This is the right way to practice the kingly way that has been upheld for two thousand years.
It can only be said that most people are very familiar with the New School Party and can guess that their defenses have been breached. In fact, the top leaders of the New School Party have not only been breached, but their defenses have been breached particularly severely.
Since ancient times, no one who has fought against the Luo family has had a good ending. Throughout history, only Emperor Qin Shi Huang won half the game. But the Luo family at that time was not as ultimate and complete as it is now. Facing an opponent who had almost no defeats in two thousand years, they still had to fight a life-and-death battle, and they could not surrender. Whoever came would have to break their defense!
Those with strong psychological endurance just cursed, while those with poor psychological endurance just collapsed to the ground.
Under the pressure of life and death, the top leaders of the New School Party gathered at No. 5 Xinjie to discuss countermeasures. After all, the other party has come to their doorstep and they can't just sit and wait to die. They have to struggle if they can.
The chief executive sat solemnly at the head of the table, looking at his subordinates who were sitting in two rows at the long table, each of them looking a little uneasy. After a long while, he said, "The Lu and Li families are asking us..."
"Chief, it's Luo."
An elder of the New Learning Party said in a deep voice: "Even if the Lu and Li families had ten guts, they would not dare to provoke us like this. Only the Luo family is supporting us from behind. The situation has come to this point. We no longer need to deceive ourselves. We just have to face the existence of the Luo family.
We have to admit that we have become Luo's new target!
It’s like…”
He couldn't say anything, but everyone knew what he was going to say, just like the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Li of Han, Emperor Yang of Sui, and every dictator in history. Now the New School Party has become the new dictator, and they know best what they have done. Even if the Luo family does not become the emperor, the Luo family and the New School Party cannot coexist peacefully.
The face of the leader of the New Learning Party was very ugly. Firstly, he was interrupted in the middle of his speech, which damaged his dignity. Secondly, if the people under him were not too greedy, if he was not the emperor, if he did not have supreme power, if he could really implement the reform of the civil service system, how could the world have come to this point today, and how could he have fallen to this point. If he had known this earlier, he would not have chosen to become the chief executive, which resulted in him having no way to retreat and being roasted in such a blazing fire.
"I will never allow myself to be judged like this. Even Luo Clan cannot judge me like this and sentence me to death. Everyone, if we don't resist, we will die. If we resist, we will also die. Do we have any other choice? We should not sit here and discuss useless matters. There is only one thing we need to do, and that is how to win!
Give up illusions and prepare for war! "
The deafening voice rang in everyone's ears. Their hyena nature made them raise their heads. The extreme pressure from Lu Chang and Li Jiye made them embark on the predetermined path - hostility.
The chief executive hesitated for a moment, then said in a cold voice: "Luo is in Zhaocheng. Immediately issue an order to have the troops stationed in Hebei and Henan provinces to strangle Luo, and then hunt down all those who participated in this petition across the country. Those who resist arrest will be shot on the spot, and those who do not resist will be taken back to Luoyang for trial.
We should mobilize all our newspapers and other media to launch opposing propaganda and stabilize people's hearts. After all, we are the orthodox government, and we can no longer allow them to stir up people's hearts at will. We should call on our people to unite. Now is not the time for internal strife.
In addition, we must prepare the troops loyal to us and be ready at all times. If we fail to strangle the Luo family, we must guard against them raising an army in Guandong. They will definitely raise an army in Guandong!"
After everyone finished discussing, they left.
"As you expected, the New School members have become desperate and are determined to unite and turn to full-scale confrontation. They are trying to use their strength to shake the tree and oppose the Luo family."
Li Jiye said calmly: "Master Lin is a smart man and a kind person. If he seizes this opportunity, the Lin family may have a chance to rise to a higher position in the future. At least he won't have to die with them."
"Yes, yes, yes. I also want to thank the head of the Luo family for his tolerance and generosity. He can give a lowly and immoral person like me a chance to start a new life. I will definitely be grateful and keep it in mind. I will definitely be a good person and work hard to become a person of Zhuxia that the Su King will be proud of."
Although the Lin family's head was on the phone, he still nodded and bowed, and was extremely flattering. After hanging up the phone, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then his brows were full of joy, "The family is saved now!"
As for the family's money and other things, most of it will certainly be difficult to sustain, but as long as the people are still there, relying on the talents of the Lin family, there will be no problem in redeveloping.
Regarding the fact that he was able to contact Li this time, the head of the Lin family couldn't help but sigh, "It was really the good deeds of our ancestors, and the family motto passed down from them that saved our lives."
The main reason why Lin caught Li's eye was that Lin was not so cruel and he had a bottom line and some conscience. In an environment like the New Learning Party, he could not be said to be independent, but it was understandable. Therefore, he became the only object of unity among the 18 new kings' families of the New Learning Party and was pardoned to a certain extent.
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Faced with a life-and-death crisis, the efficiency of the New School Party members suddenly increased significantly.
On the afternoon of the same day after the resolution was made, a letter to the people of the whole country was spread through almost all propaganda outlets controlled by the government.
In this letter, the government refuted the "Memorial to the Government Officials" with equally fierce words!
"Since ancient times, the Chinese have always put the people first. As early as more than a thousand years ago, a sage said that the people are the most important, the country is second, and the monarch is the least important. However, in the past two thousand years, how many emperors, the so-called Son of Heaven, have really put the people before the monarch?
Now it seems that there is almost no such thing. They always look high and mighty and regard themselves as gods. How arrogant is this? Is this what we expect?
We are here to warn everyone that the beauty of the world today is hard-won. Anyone who wants to destroy it is a sinner in the world and will be condemned and resolutely attacked by the people of the world! "
There was complete opposition and a complete refusal to admit that there was any problem. After confirming Luo's attitude, the New School Party also took out an unprecedentedly tough attitude, and this was exactly what Lu Chang and Li Jiye wanted, and what Luo Chengyun wanted.
The goal of Lü Chang and Li Jiye was to make the Luo family the emperor, while Luo Chengyun was planning to sweep most of the garbage from the old era into the garbage dump in the process of becoming the emperor. After all, garbage should stay in the garbage dump.
The public notice issued by the New School Party quickly caused a storm across the country, first in Luoyang, and then in every city.
Before this letter appeared, the New Learning Party had to face opposition parties such as the Lu and Li families who had long been dissatisfied with the New Learning Party. After this letter appeared, they had to face the people of the world!
If Luo didn't step down, it would be difficult for Lu and Li alone to completely shake the New Learning Party, but now with the fire of the people, the situation has been completely reversed.
Even Luo Chengyun couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he received this letter, and then slowly said: "The only lesson people learn from history is that they will not learn any lessons."
He didn't finish his words. "Even though there were so many regimes in history that fell because of loss, the new rulers still believed that people's hearts were not enough to be trusted. It is still the case now."
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. Is this just an empty statement?
The people are the world. They are the foundation of all rule and the basis of all economy.
Even those who believe most in the use of force may never understand until their death that the army ultimately has to come from the general public. Even if all the generals have instilled the same idea that "a soldier's duty is to obey orders," in fact, the army is also human. They always have their own ideas, and may not even shoot, or even turn against the enemy.
Just like the Hebei and Henan garrisons that received orders from Luoyang, when they were ordered to set out to strangle Luo, one-third of the troops had already fled on the way. When the Henan garrison reached the south bank of the Yellow River, a mutiny broke out. They killed their own superiors and directly revolted.
The same thing happened to the Hebei garrison. The soldiers killed the officers who obeyed the orders from Luoyang, then rioted and killed everyone in the direction of Luoyang. Eventually, they reorganized and sent people to Zhaocheng to ask for surrender.
The people's support can be seen from this!
At this point, who dares to talk about loyalty and betrayal, and who has the qualifications to talk about loyalty and betrayal.
Luo Chengyun was standing on the city wall of Zhaocheng. Autumn was gradually approaching and the bleak autumn wind was blowing, but he did not feel cold.
Outside Zhaocheng, there were tens of thousands of people, gathered in an orderly manner, and among them were people from the Luo family who were maintaining the balance.
People kept coming to petition, and everyone had similar purposes.
"The New School Party has brought disaster to the world, and the people have ignored it for a long time. I ask King Luo to accept the mandate of the Su King and be the leader of all the people. Let's unite our forces and march west to fight against the thieves in the world together!"
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"Remonstrance to the Officials" and "Letter to the People of Xia" are called discussions on politics, but in fact they are two urgent manifestos to completely overthrow the New Learning Party and demand the restoration of the imperial system. In the past two thousand years, Luo, who has had an outstanding reputation and good reputation, was asked to become the new emperor to lead the people. Both sides put all their honors, lives, reputations, and futures as bargaining chips. This is a struggle to the death! ——"Free Government in the Constitutional Era after the Tang Dynasty"
(End of this chapter)
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