Chapter 492: Jackals Grabbing Meat
Just as Jiang Boya and others expected, when this manifesto becomes widely known throughout the world, Pingzhou will surely become famous throughout the world.
When people first heard the Pingzhou Manifesto, everyone in the world was stunned.
The first part of this manifesto that exposes the royal family's secrets is relatively normal, but the latter part is truly shocking.
It simply rode on the face of the Li Dynasty court and trampled on the court's reputation.
No, Pingzhou is so arrogant!
Some old scholars simply shouted, "How shameless! How shameless!"
Truly, I've never seen such an arrogant statement. A small city like Pingzhou actually dared to rival the imperial court. No, it actually dared to be so arrogant as to place itself above the imperial court.
But no matter what, Pingzhou became famous because of this arrogant manifesto.
As the manifesto became famous throughout the world, the truth about Pingzhou's independence also spread.
It turned out that in the face of the threat from the Xianbei royal court, Dali decided to cede Pingzhou and Youzhou, and also planned to punish the meritorious official Lu Desheng.
Isn't this going too far? It's normal for Lu Desheng to rebel against his will, otherwise he's just waiting to be killed.
In addition, Pingzhou was abandoned by the imperial court, and Youzhou was also ceded to the Xianbei by the imperial court. Is there a problem with Lu Desheng and others taking it from the Xianbei?
Therefore, when the old scholar once again criticized Pingzhou for his shameless remarks, some ordinary people were not happy.
"Although Pingzhou's tone was a bit arrogant, they weren't wrong. They said that if Dali couldn't provide relief, Pingzhou would. Whether it was the Nanyang earthquake or the Yanmen snowstorm, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce was there. How much affordable grain did the people of Nanyang eat from them? During the Yanmen snowstorm, how many victims did this chamber of commerce rescue? And the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce is from Pingzhou!"
"Let's take a look at their battle record. Facing the Xianbei army, Dali lost four battles out of four, while Pingzhou won three battles out of three! Doesn't this just prove the saying, 'An enemy that Dali can't defeat will be attacked by Pingzhou?'"
"Finally, Youzhou and Pingzhou were both ceded by the Dali court, but in the end, they were taken back by Governor Lu. Isn't this 'Dali ceded land, Pingzhou reclaimed it'?"
"So, although Pingzhou's manifesto was a bit exaggerated, it wasn't just bragging."
Human beings all admire the strong, especially when there is a weak control group like the Dali court on the side, the strength of Pingzhou makes countless people feel good and yearn for it.
Moreover, because the secret of Song Mo's illegitimate acquisition of the throne was revealed in the manifesto, all the sufferings of the common people in the past two years seemed to have found an outlet. They dared not speak out, but they might have complaints against the emperor and the court in their hearts.
As the saying goes, it is always easier to blame others than to find fault with yourself.
Chang'an, Main Hall
This manifesto from Pingzhou caused a storm throughout the court.
Song Mo tore up all the manifestos written by the Censorate in the past two days to attack Lu Desheng.
"Besides calling Lü Desheng a traitor and a traitor who has betrayed the late emperor, what else can you write?"
Song Mo stood up directly from the dragon throne, paced on the steps and cursed the ministers in the hall.
"You all read Lu Desheng's manifesto, right?"
"The Qin and Lu families clearly harbor evil intentions and are trying to steal the artifact, yet they're just making it up!"
"My face, the face of the imperial court, has been ripped off!" Song Mo said this while patting his own face. "What else can you do besides calling him a rebel? Ah!"
In this early winter, most ministers were like quails, shrinking their necks, fearing that if they stepped out, the emperor would grab their necks and snap them!
Zhang Xian was also silent. He had to remain silent. Lord Lu, whom he regarded as his mentor, actually rebelled against the court?
Only the Imperial Censor Zhou Chengzhong was kneeling in the hall, bearing the brunt of the attack, and he felt extremely miserable.
Your Majesty, Pingzhou is now in a dominant position, and stealing the artifact has become a convenient thing for them.
And he really couldn't refute this manifesto.
Putting aside the many facts in the story, even the claim that the emperor's accession to the throne was illegitimate is beyond his comprehension. This is simply a matter of the clap of an axe and the shadow of a candle; the key lies in the late emperor's words in the proclamation. And Lü Desheng was once a favorite of the emperor. Who knows if the late emperor ever said such a thing?
"Sun Ming is useless! An army of 100,000 couldn't even take Pingzhou!"
His Highness's generals were making excuses for General Sun in their hearts. They sent soldiers from the south to the north, without giving them a break or time to adapt. They were lucky not to lose in the face of the Xianbei army and the Pingzhou soldiers who were not inferior to the Xianbei army.
After venting his anger, Song Mo sat back heavily on the dragon throne and said, "My fellow ministers, this is the situation. Now, please share your thoughts."
Scolded to bits by the Emperor, Zhou Chengzhong, upholding the spirit of "a friend's death is worse than my own," said with a determined heart, "Your Majesty, you have always praised Master Zhang Xian for his brilliant literary talent and eloquence. Why don't you give Master Zhang the proclamation to attack Pingzhou?"
The ministers' eyes immediately turned to Zhang Xian's position.
Zhang Xian: ...He refused!
Song Mo looked at Zhang Xian with extremely cold eyes.
Sensing the emperor's death gaze, Zhang Xian cursed Zhou Chengzhong in his heart, "You bastard Zhou Chengzhong, I, Zhang Xian, will remember you."
"Your Majesty, I had no idea that Lü Desheng had such evil ambitions. If I had known, I would have resolutely opposed him!" Zhang Xian quickly expressed his loyalty, almost swearing an oath to heaven. "Sir Lü, I'm sorry. Saving my life is more important now."
Song Mo listened expressionlessly, neither believing nor disbelieving. He knew that Zhang Xian and Lü Desheng were good friends, and had always defended each other, both openly and covertly.
At this time, Song Mo wanted to immediately deal with those related to Lu Desheng to relieve his hatred.
But he still had a little bit of common sense and knew that if he dealt with Zhang Xian at this juncture, it would just be in line with the manifesto, showing that he was narrow-minded, intolerant, and persecuting loyal and good people.
"Zhang Xian, how about you write the manifesto to attack Lü Desheng?"
"Of course I have no problem with this, but I am worried that my writing skills are not as sharp as that of the Imperial Censor Zhou. Moreover, Lord Zhou has been dealing with Lu Desheng a lot and must be very familiar with his weaknesses. Why not let Lord Zhou write and I assist?" Anyway, if we are going to die, we will die together, don't even think about leaving him out!
"Okay, as you said, you two will be responsible for this matter." They were all small matters, and Song Mo decided it with a wave of his hand.
Zhou Chengzhong: ...Damn it, the hot potato has been kicked back again! I'm so tired.
Zhang Xian could only accept the assignment at this time, "Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your orders."
Song Mo knew that he would not get any useful advice from these ministers, so he finally selected a few important ministers to go to the imperial study to continue the discussion.
After the emperor left with several ministers, Zhang Xian and Zhou Chengzhong looked at each other, then looked away in disgust.
Xianbei Royal Court
With the assistance of Prince Gong, the Xianbei royal court has completely taken over the northern border and Liangzhou. The Xianbei army has withdrawn from Yanmen and Daijun, and these two places are taken over by the Sun family army.
The seriously injured Tuoba Jin is still receiving treatment. He is in a coma and has not yet regained consciousness.
Tuoba Khan and his ministers were also discussing the manifesto from Pingzhou.
"Pingzhou, the hostility and prejudice against us Hulu people are too great. If we can eliminate them, we must do so."
"They don't necessarily hate us Xianbei, Hulu and other tribes so much. This is probably just an excuse for them to establish Pingzhou as an independent state." The speaker was a leader of other tribes who had never dealt with the Pingzhou army.
People like Tuoba Xun and Dugu Zhong didn't say anything. They had dealt with Pingzhou before and could feel that they really hated foreigners like them.
Tuoba Khan said, "Let's keep our troops in place and wait and see for a while." These two pieces of territories are enough for them to digest for a while.
Considering this from the perspective of a leader, Tuoba Khan did not agree to attack Pingzhou and Youzhou to the death.
The weak Dali is like a piece of fat meat, and the Xianbei and Pingzhou are like jackals. The best thing to do at this time is for everyone to use their own abilities to put the meat on their own plates first.
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