Chapter 1010 22. Questioning the crime in front of the palace!
At the junction of autumn and winter, the morning light suddenly shines from the east, bringing with it the coolness of the autumn wind. There are dead leaves swaying and falling from outside the palace wall, and each leaf seems to carry a bleak charm.
Luo Chengyun showed a hint of impatience between his brows, and said slowly: "Today I am standing here, and you are kneeling at the foot of the palace, how can there be any extra words?
You think that I have been given the mandate of heaven, and that is why I am standing here. However, you do not know that the so-called mandate of heaven can only reduce the amount of bloodshed in the world and prevent the land of China from being destroyed.
Could it be that the rapid failure has overloaded your pig-like brains, making them unable to think or discern?
Do you think that King Su bestowed the Mandate of Heaven just as a gesture to allow me to ascend the throne?
You underestimated me, and you also underestimated the power of the people in the world!
Even if none of these miraculous events had occurred, even if I had not been blessed by heaven, if I had started an uprising in Guandong, do you think you could have stopped me from coming west? Do you think you could have stopped me from entering Luoyang to call you to account?
I have gained the hearts of the people, while you have lost the hearts of the people, and this is the reason for the final result!
Since ancient times, those who have achieved enlightenment have always won, so victory must belong to me, and to the vast majority of the people in the world."
The questions were like a string of bullets, turning the faces of the New School members pale, but the other soldiers and civilians who followed Luo Chengyun all cheered.
Luo Chengyun's voice was transmitted through the wires to all provinces of Zhuxia. In countless cities and corners, countless cheers echoed. Luo Chengyun's words made each of them feel needed.
It is not just the Central Plains that are paying attention to what is happening in Luoyang. The entire world belongs to the Xia people. The rulers who have established their own countries, the rulers of the lands that have become independent and autonomous from other countries, are all listening to what is happening in Luoyang.
Their faces were filled with complicated expressions; some were silent, some were anxious, some were angry, and some were afraid.
Although they were far away from the Central Plains, and had never seen Zhaocheng return to the world, nor had they seen the phoenix streaking across the sky, and naturally they had not seen the Nine Cauldrons hanging above the sky, nor the golden and purple divine light shining on all four directions of Luoyang, but they could hear that the Luo family was going to become emperor!
If Luo becomes emperor, will he allow other lands in the world to be out of imperial rule?
Even the Tang Dynasty would not allow other independent forces to emerge. They would at least become tributary states, let alone the Luo family?
Who in the Chinese nation doesn't know that the Luo family has been pursuing great unification since ancient times, and has been pursuing the goal of making the whole world the king's land!
How could they not be filled with sorrow when they thought about having to face Luo's army in the future?
Luo Chengyun didn't care about the reactions of the crowd, nor did he care about the thoughts of the rulers of the distant countries or the leaders of a certain political party. He said with his hands behind his back: "Since ancient times, why do people who wantonly kill and harm the world always not know what crimes they have committed?
Why do people who have let the world down always think that they have not done anything wrong?
I often thought about these questions, and later I finally understood that it is because you think you are superior that you do not regard the common people as the same people, but as pigs and dogs.
Yes, how can a noble person feel pity for pigs and dogs and have compassion for them? "
Luo Chengyun's words made everyone in the palace change their expressions. These words were even sharper than what Li Jiye said just now!
Because the implication of this is chilling, some people can even hear what Luo Chengyun is going to say next.
Murderous and heartbreaking are not enough to describe these words. If bringing disaster to the world simply means having no benevolence or righteousness, then Luo Chengyun's words completely divide the New School members and ordinary people into two different species.
This method of division can only mean one thing, that is, Luo Chengyun will carry out an extremely cruel and merciless purge of the New Learning Party!
But in the eyes of the distant princes, this was Luo Chengyun, the future emperor of the empire, trying to intimidate everyone. He was revealing his character and attitude nakedly, letting all those who were hoping for luck take a good look at who he really was!
Is it tolerant and generous, or harsh and cruel!
While many people were already trembling, Luo Chengyun kept talking: "In the past, the princes of Jingnan questioned the officials in front of the palace. How similar were they to you now?
I think all dictators in ancient times were like this, with their original intentions unchanged for two thousand years. They were always high and mighty, turned into beasts, and lost the hearts of the people.
The people with beastly hearts and human faces mentioned in history books, who lead beasts to eat people, are probably people like you.
I am really curious, for people like you, is the heart in your chest still red and made of flesh? Is the blood flowing in your veins still hot red? "
"Of course, of course!"
Some people could no longer bear Luo Chengyun's harsh rebuke, and some of them responded unconsciously with their defenses broken.
But Luo Chengyong replied in a more severe voice: "I don't believe it, I want to see it myself!
Use a sharp knife to cut open your chest, use a sharp weapon to pull out your heart, and put it under the sun.
Tear off the human skin on your face and carefully check whether there are any animal feathers.
Drain all the blood in your body and see whether you turn into a mummy or some other evil creature!
Let me and the people of the world see what kind of heart a person has who treats the common people and comrades as pigs and dogs!
Let the Su Wang above the Nine Heavens see how many hearts and courage those who dare to harm the chosen people of Zhuxia have, and what kind of evil spirits are parasitic on them! "
The so-called lip sparring, words are sometimes sharper than swords, piercing through those naked little things, exposing those bluffing, which is something that real swords cannot bring.
Luo Chengyun's tone was unprecedentedly sharp, something that almost no one had ever seen. In the past, at Hulao Pass and outside Luoyang City, he always spoke calmly, but now it was as sharp as a frosted sword!
Every member of the New School who knelt at the gate felt endless fear in their hearts, as if they were kneeling in the snow in the cold winter of December wearing only a single layer of clothing, with the wind and snow blowing in and cutting their skin painfully.
There was no one who was not trembling, no one whose cheek was not pale, no one whose lips still had the color of blood!
There are many halos and labels surrounding the Luo family, but none of them include being merciful or prudent in the use of punishment.
The Luo family had once erased many cruel punishments from the law, but that was only because they were worried that those punishments would be used on ordinary people by the already black-hearted officials. From the beginning to the end, those cruel punishments were in their hands.
When the officials were being purged time and again, these powerful weapons were released to shock everyone. For those who fell into the hands of the punishment, it was truly a life worse than death!
Luo Chengyun's words instantly aroused the New School Party's cowardly side. At this point in the situation, they no longer wanted to survive. They just wanted to die quickly and not suffer torture.
They begged for mercy from Luo Chengyun, hoping to be killed swiftly, no matter whether the body was intact or not, no matter anything else, as long as they could die instantly.
Those who were thousands of miles away felt a little scared when they heard Luo Chengyun's words. They had even made plans to directly telegraph the whole country and submit as soon as Luo proclaimed himself emperor.
There are not many people in this world who have the courage to go against the Luo family at this time.
If the New School Party had not caused chaos throughout the world, they would not have even had the chance to surrender and would not have fought to the death with the Luo family.
Facing the wailing and pleading, Luo Chengyun was unwilling to give them these opportunities. He put away his previous fierceness and said lightly: "I have never heard of anyone who can commit sins and not be punished.
If you die too easily, then how will the countless people who suffer because of you vent their pain?
Is it fair and just to be able to erase the wrongs you have done by praying and crying?
No one has given you this fairness before, so now that Luo is here, we will naturally give everyone fairness, give you, the new school members and new dignitaries, fairness in punishment, fairness in death, and fairness in repentance in pain. "
These last few sentences are really unbearable. Is this what you call fairness?
This is fair to you, do you want it?
Anyway, the New School members in the palace didn't want it, but they were no longer able to speak.
Because some people wanted to commit suicide by biting their tongues out of extreme fear, the guards who were guarding behind them had already stuffed cloth or other foreign objects into their mouths.
At this point, the best I could do was babbling, and I couldn't tell what they were trying to say.
But judging from the body language, it must not be something nice.
Luo Chengyun just waved his hand in the end, "No need to thank me, just curse me in endless pain and eternal damnation.
Drag them away and parade them through the streets of Luoyang so that every citizen can see what they look like at this moment.
Then, on the widest square in Luoyang, he judged them in front of the entire people of Luoyang city.
Inflict upon them the punishment I have just mentioned, without leaving out any. If any people wish to eat their flesh and blood, let them do it.
Remember, you only need to keep the head, seal it with lime, and make it into a specimen.
Then let the messengers take their heads and travel around the world, so that the whole world can see what the evil villains and traitors who betray the sacred faith of the Su King are.
That's it, go ahead."
Luo Chengyun's final verdict on the New School members caused thunderous cheers to emanate from the audience in front of the palace. The New School members struggled hard with fear on their faces, but it was useless under the suppression of the soldiers.
Countless people dragged the New School members to the prison van that had been prepared long ago.
Luo Chengyun turned and went towards the temple in the palace.
Countless people surged southward.
Luo Chengyun walked alone northward.
Looking down from the sky, I could only feel——
Clear distinction!
(End of this chapter)
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