Chapter 491 Pingzhou is famous all over the world
Pingzhou, Liaoxi County, Governor's Office
As soon as the proclamation was released, Lu Songli laughed and said, "Dad, once this proclamation is released, Prince Gong will probably be in trouble."
Song Mo is a man who cherishes his life when doing great things and forgets his principles when seeing small profits.
This manifesto put Song Mo under too much pressure. In order to save the royal family's reputation and his own face, he would definitely put the blame on Prince Gong.
This is all basic stuff. I just don't know what Prince Gong will choose, Lu Songli thought to himself.
"Then there's nothing I can do." Lu Desheng spread his hands. Political struggle is cruel. It's either you die or I die. There is no room for compromise.
Song Mo has always been ruthless when he attacks.
Ping Gang was in charge of the negotiations with the Xianbei royal court. He had originally intended to go all out and do his best to handle this matter. He never expected that Prince Gong and Lin Ran, under a secret order, wanted to use him and then dispose of him.
If it weren't for the daughter's sharp perception that Song Mo could no longer tolerate him, their entire family would probably have been killed by now.
"Then there's nothing we can do. Prince Gong can only hope for the best."
Chang'an, Imperial Palace Study
When the manifesto reached Song Mo's ears, he was in the imperial study.
This manifesto not only exposed Song Mo's true colors, but also slapped the imperial court in the face.
Song Mo was furious.
As the saying goes, when the emperor is angry, corpses are everywhere.
The young eunuch who relayed the manifesto was ordered to be executed on the spot by the emperor.
At this time, all the palace servants were huddled in the corner, and the imperial study was in a mess.
"Slander, this is slander!" Song Mo roared.
Song Mo was so angry that his face turned red and white.
Song Mo never expected that even after he ascended the throne, the secret of his brother's murder would be dug up and hit him like a boomerang.
All of this was caused by the Qin family and the Lu family!
"Your Majesty, you have really left me a disaster! You took away so many ministers, why didn't you take this villain with you? Leaving him here will bring disaster to me and the country of Dali!" Song Mo growled with gritted teeth.
Hearing such secret words, the palace servants wished they were deaf.
"The Empress Dowager has arrived!"
After venting his anger, Song Mo's emotions stabilized a little, and he let his grandmother in.
When the Empress Dowager came in, she turned a blind eye to the mess on the ground.
"Emperor, calm down and don't let those treacherous ministers and villains harm your body."
"Grandmother, please take a seat. Do you know that Lü Desheng rebelled against Dali and issued a proclamation to the whole nation?"
"The late emperor was foolish. I met Lu Desheng's second daughter, and I said then that she had a rebellious streak. From this, we can see that nothing good can come of the Lu family. Now it seems to be true. The late emperor chose to bestow the golden medal of immunity from death on a traitor, which is why we have today's disaster."
Song Mo was silent. He could complain as much as he wanted when he was alone, but he couldn't do that in front of others.
"Grandmother, I believe that the court's top priority is to suppress the rebellion."
"That's right, Emperor, you must not forgive these traitors! Lu Desheng has slandered the royal family so much, and his entire family should be torn into pieces!"
"If you have nothing else to do, please return to the palace. I will handle this matter."
"Come, summon the ministers from all departments, I want to hold court!" Song Mo ordered.
At this time, the imperial court was already assembling a large army. He originally wanted to prepare slowly and wait for Prince Gong to return to Chang'an.
At this moment, he couldn't wait even a moment.
Southland, Xie Mansion
After Jiang Boya finished reading Pingzhou's manifesto, he was completely amazed and could hardly help but clap his hands in admiration. "This manifesto is amazing! It's really defeating the new emperor."
The manifesto began by questioning the legitimacy of his succession. The natural disasters that occurred in the past two years and the loss of cities in Dali after the Xianbei army marched south this year could all be attributed to the new emperor's illegitimate accession to the throne.
All the blame was put on the new emperor, but the people just believed it.
Once the manifesto becomes public, if the new emperor does not give the world an explanation, it will inevitably lead to public resentment.
The second paragraph of the manifesto tells how the new emperor, who came to power illegitimately and felt guilty, favored flatterers and persecuted loyal and good people, and the injustices suffered by the Qin and Lu families.
This part is nothing, it is difficult for others to empathize with it.
But the author of this manifesto combined it with the current crisis of the Xianbei and Hu people invading the south.
To put it simply, the current emperor is the youngest son of the previous emperor. Even though he came to the throne illegitimately, he is still blessed by his ancestors and deserves to enjoy the throne.
If this had happened in the past, they would have suffered a little injustice, but now the Xianbei have moved south, and the righteous path of the world is changing. If the court does nothing, the Han people will become pigs and dogs!
They were right to secede from Pingzhou and establish their own regime, both in terms of public and private interests, as well as moral and rational considerations.
This manifesto puts the Qin and Lu families in a high position. If they want to rebel, you can't find any fault with them.
Pingzhou doesn't talk about the cycle of seasons, but the change of power.
Just to talk about the rebellion of the Qin and Lu families, it was not due to personal grudges. Although both families were persecuted by the emperor, they stood up because the court was weak and unable to fight against the foreign barbarians and protect the Han people.
These are closely related to the survival of the people.
Righteousness and justice are all there.
It’s high, really high!
Jiang Boya stroked the paper in his hand. Seven or eight generations of the Qin family had guarded the northern border and made great sacrifices to protect the people of Dali.
If the world is destined to change hands, then it is not impossible for the Qin family to become the ruler of the world.
This may be what many ordinary people think.
The Qin family’s sacrifice is remembered by all people in the world.
The world may not know Lu Desheng, but in the minds of ordinary people, everyone knows the Qin family.
Previously, it was because the Qin family was implicated in the death of the former crown prince, and then the death of the previous emperor and the ascension of the new emperor. These major events were too big, and they happened one after another. Then the Qin family was exiled. The people did not react, otherwise many people would have gone to the government to plead for mercy.
"Thank you, sir. When this manifesto becomes known to the world, Pingzhou will surely become famous throughout the world."
Xie Zhan also strongly agreed with Jiang Boya's high evaluation of this manifesto.
As expected of a man from the Censorate, Lu Desheng was a great writer and the entire manifesto was extremely inflammatory.
After Xie Zhan read it twice, he put it aside, thinking about where he could get help.
"Mr. Jiang, how about we in the South start an uprising in the name of 'clearing the imperial court, punishing the treacherous and corrupt officials, and restoring the country'?" Xie Zhan asked.
Based on Xie Zhan's understanding of Emperor Song Mo, the Pingzhou rebellion was so righteous and so natural that he could not bear the title of forcing people to rebel, and he would definitely find a scapegoat.
Therefore, Xie Zhan thought that after the rebellion in Pingzhou, with such an influential manifesto, they in the south would take advantage of the situation and start an uprising under the banner of purging the court.
Jiang Boya thought about it for a while after hearing this, and agreed, "Thank you, sir, this is a very appropriate move."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
The Pingzhou Rebellion started from a manifesto that was too high.
They in the south couldn't join Pingzhou in their rebellion and issue a letter to Song Mo. If they did, they would be giving it the upper hand, and how could they fight for power with Pingzhou in the future? But they in the south had to find a legitimate reason to rebel, and the name of "clearing the court" was a perfect fit.
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