Chapter 329: Officials Are Still Cruel
Lu Chenyang knew that it was right to ask Zu Xingwei to come.
Although Ji Ping came from the underworld, he was a decent person. He was the type who supported the weak and upheld justice. Zu Xingwei was different. He came from the underworld, so he was a provocateur, which gave him the excuse to rob.
Lu Chenyang added: "Speak harshly to them, belittle Zar, insult Zar, let the Tatars know that Zar is nothing to fear from us. Say we want to defeat the Tatars and capture the Tatar king alive."
Zu Xingwei understood and assured him, "Don't worry, sir. This is my specialty! I will definitely make it beautiful for you."
Ji Ping was puzzled: "Aren't you a bandit?"
Zu Xingwei glanced at him and said, "We bandits don't just come out to rob. We have to provoke someone first, so that we can have a legitimate reason."
Ji Ping: "...You're all bandits now, so why bother with a legitimate reason?"
Zu Xingwei: "Who doesn't have a conscience?"
Ji Ping: "..."
It leaves people speechless.
Zu Xingwei and Ji Ping took the order and left.
Lu Chenyang did this to add fuel to the fire, to let the Tatars know that Zar was no threat to Da Gan. By belittling him, humiliating him, ignoring him, and reducing Zar's threat, the Tatars would think that replacing him was no big deal.
Coupled with Qian Yue's divisive tactics in Tatar, there is no need to worry that Zar will be dismissed!
Lu Chenyang suddenly found himself like a treacherous villain who framed loyal people.
The Tatar king was right to recruit people from humble backgrounds in order to break the rule of the aristocracy. If it were him, he would do the same. But unfortunately, they were his rivals, so he could only destroy his plan.
Zar was a little overwhelmed at this time. The shouting and cursing of the Lu family army outside were endless, and he also received a message from the country. Now those idiots were impeaching him for losing Yanhui Pass.
In fact, he accepted the impeachment for losing Yanhui Pass. It was indeed his fault. As the head coach, he had no choice but to take responsibility.
But he doesn't agree with those who say he is incompetent.
"I can't do it? If it were them, they would be killed by Lu Chenyang before they even show up." Zar sneered: "A bunch of useless people who can only rage helplessly behind the scenes!"
Zaer lost to Lu Chenyang, and although he couldn't say he was completely convinced, he did acknowledge Lu Chenyang's ability. He also had a sense of, "If you can do it, then go for it!"
Is Lu Chenyang so easy to deal with?
In fact, this was Marquis Dingyong's fault. He gave the Tatars the illusion that the Han people were easy to fight, that there were idiots among the Han people, and that there were quite a few of them.
Zar felt even more annoyed as he listened to the shouting and cursing outside.
He didn't expect that Lu Chenyang would use such a shameless trick and actually send people to insult him.
Aren't Han scholars very respectful? How could Lu Chenyang, a scholar of good family background, be so shameless?!
At this moment, Zar felt powerless for the first time.
Fight, but you can't win; scold? Scold with the scholar? And the other party looks even more rogue than him.
Zar had a vague premonition that his... no, Tatar's failure was about to come.
This is what Lu Chenyang is planning.
One day, Lu Chenyang called Dong Zhe over and pointed to a spot above and asked, "What's the situation here?"
This town is fifty miles away from Yanhui Pass. The people of Yanhui Pass fled or died, but there are still people in this village.
Dong Zhe looked at Lu Chenyang with a complicated expression, and Lu Chenyang was puzzled.
"What's wrong?"
Dong Zhe coughed lightly and said, "This is the Nanyang King's stronghold."
Lu Chenyang suddenly realized, "So it was him."
Dong Zhe looked at Lu Chenyang's expression and felt very sympathetic towards King Nanyang.
The thing that made Lu Chenyang famous throughout the world was not his ability to govern, but the fact that he defeated the King of Nanyang with a smaller force.
This battle forced everyone in the world, whether scholars or military commanders, to take Lu Chenyang seriously. The battles Lu Chenyang commanded are considered classics, the kind that will be passed down through the ages.
He was just a civil official who had never led troops in battle before. What a genius!
King Nanyang was the loser who was set off by him, and now Lu Chenyang almost forgot about this person.
How could Dong Zhe not feel complicated?
After his defeat, the King of Nanyang arrived in this town. He still had an army of over 100,000 men, but now he was barely surviving.
Lu Chenyang had no time to deal with him, and the imperial court had no ability to deal with him, so King Nanyang huddled in this town.
King Nanyang… Lu Chenyang muttered the name: “He still has over 100,000 people under his command, right?”
Dong Zhe nodded. "I sent people to investigate, and they're pretty much the same people. But the King of Nanyang seems to be frightened by your beating, and now he just wants to live a peaceful life and stay out of sight."
Lu Chenyang believed this. Even when the Lu family army and the Tatars were fighting so fiercely, the King of Nanyang did not cause any trouble even though he was so close to them. It was obvious that he really wanted to behave himself.
Regardless of whether King Nanyang shows up or not, Lu Chenyang feels it's a pity that more than 100,000 people are in his hands.
Dong Zhe looked at the calculation in Lu Chenyang's eyes and inexplicably felt a little bit like the King of Nanyang. He felt that his master seemed to want to kill him.
"Such an unstable element has oppressed the people of our country. It is my duty to eliminate this harm for the people!" Lu Chenyang said righteously.
Dong Zhe: “…” Officials are really evil-minded.
Lu Chenyang thought about it and wrote a letter to Zhang Qian.
After the Prince of Nanyang fled, his princess consort and the crown prince were stranded in Lingnan. They were only found last year, and Zhang Qian didn't make things difficult for them, simply having them taken care of.
Now that Zhang Qian has completely controlled Lingnan, these people no longer pose any threat to her.
But Lu Chenyang thought that he could make use of their identities.
At this time, Qian Yue was running around the capital of Tatar.
The Tatars have an ambivalent attitude towards the Han Chinese: they despise their weakness, but at the same time they admire their culture. They like their porcelain and silk, their refined speech, and their various customs.
The Tatars were very welcoming to Han people who were cultured, knowledgeable and wealthy, because they could bring them many benefits.
Qian Yue used silver to pave the way for himself and successfully became a guest of honor among the Tatar nobles with his exquisite porcelain and gorgeous jewelry.
Of course, the Tatar nobles were also proud. They treated him arrogantly, seeing him only as a flattering, profit-seeking businessman who was trying to please them and make some money.
This was naturally due to the sense of superiority they felt every time they faced the Han. In their eyes, the Tatars had been unable to capture Dagan because of Yanhui Pass. The Han were weak in stature and willpower, easily defeated, and could not be compared with their warriors.
So they looked down on the Han people from the bottom of their hearts, and Qian Yue deliberately lowered his posture and carefully flattered them everywhere. If a scholar wanted to seriously flatter someone, he could fool them to heaven.
Within a few days, Qian Yue became a guest of honor among the Tatar elite.
After this period of time, Qian Yue has become very familiar with them.
He went directly to Prince Liang's residence, with a look of guilt on his face, and knelt down in front of Prince Liang, prostrating himself on the ground.
"I have failed the prince's trust. That necklace..." He was filled with grief and indignation: "It was...stolen by the people in the general's mansion."
Prince Liang had a beloved concubine whose birthday was coming up in a few days. Prince Liang ordered a necklace from Qian Yue as a gift.
But unexpectedly, Qian Yue said that the necklace was stolen by people from the General's Mansion, and Prince Liang was furious.
"You are so rude and incompetent? How are you going to explain to me?" King Liang shouted angrily.
Qian Yue said with a look of grievance: "It's all my fault, but I have already said that this is something ordered by the prince, but that person said..." He hesitated and did not explain clearly, which made people want to know more clearly.
"What did he say?" asked Prince Liang.
Qian Yue said indignantly, "That person said... they wouldn't accept anyone unless Prince Liang was interested. I heard that she was the general's concubine, and the general doted on her and even had guards around her. I'm really no match for her."
Of course, it was not that the people from the General's Mansion deliberately forced the purchase, but Qian Yue found a way to make the concubine notice the necklace.
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