But today, Lou Shi suddenly arrived, and his words made everyone realize... The situation was so terrible, not only because of the two major problems left over from the founding of the country, that is, the inability to establish a reasonable law of succession to the throne, plus the problem of confrontation among the three major factions, but also because of the large-scale renewal of the top leaders of the Jin Dynasty.
It has been less than 20 years since Aguda actually unified the Jurchens, but because of the poor living conditions when they were young, the founding ministers are indeed dying out, and the rise of newcomers is unstoppable.
If things go wrong at the turn of the old and the new, the foundation of the country may be shaken.
Of course, over the past six months, this naked political struggle that was almost a farce has in fact shaken the foundation of the country, but they may not be willing to admit it.
"Woliyan (Lou Shi) is thoughtful."
Wu Qimai was depressed, and then he came back and held Lou Shi's hand again. "Although I am also ill, it is not that serious. On the contrary, you are really not well anymore, right?"
"If I lie down at home, I might only have two or three years to live." Lou Shi's words were as calm as ever.
But most of the people around smiled bitterly, because those who really knew Lou Shi knew that this man would never go home to enjoy his life, and he would die in the barracks. When they thought of this, Yin Shuke and Wanyan Xiyin (Gu Shen), two comrades who were familiar with Lou Shi, had already begun to test each other with their eyes. They vaguely guessed something.
"Is there anything you need to tell me?" Wu Qimai thought for a moment and asked seriously. "Or if you have something to ask for, just tell me..."
"That's true," Lou Shi answered seriously. "My two children, Huo Nu and Mou Yan, are useless, and now I'm going to die, but I'm afraid they won't have a good ending in the future..."
Wuqimai could not help but look back at Nianhan who was silent behind him, and he was unusually excited - although the King of Jin knew very well that Lou Shi's visit might have a lot to say, but no matter what the reason was, since things had come to this point, he would definitely show this favor to Nianhan.
Thinking of this, Wu Qimai simply answered:
"Wuliyan has made great contributions and I have long wanted to give you a golden medal of immunity from death."
"I thank you for your kindness, but my two sons are not the kind of people who would break the law and cause trouble. Although the gold medal is good, it is of little use." At this point, Lou Shi finally laughed. "And I won't hide it from you, my Lord. What I am worried about is that even if my two sons don't cause trouble, they will inevitably die one day and their clans will be destroyed..."
After these words were spoken, the Jurchen nobles in the hall felt awkward again... because these words sounded like a mockery of the excessive infighting in the central government over the past six months.
"No." Wu Qimai couldn't help but laugh dryly to cover it up, but he looked around. "Even if we were all dead, who among these young people in the hall would touch the son of Wuliyan? Why would you say that you will die and your clan will be destroyed..."
"The Song people will! That Cangzhou Zhao Jiu will!"
Just when Lou Shi was about to get to the point, Wanyan Wushu spoke again, causing him to stare at the young Fourth Prince.
Wuzhu ignored Lou Shi and stood up and turned around. After scanning the many Jurchen nobles in the hall, he pointed to the sky and continued to speak:
"Not only the sons of Wuliyan, but also your sons will be killed by him! Your wives and daughters will be taken to Tokyo and assigned to the Song soldiers just like the women of the Zhao family! You fight for power here all day long, not caring about the military and national affairs. I want to ask you this through General Loushi's visit today: when the Great Jin Kingdom is gone, how can your descendants not die and be exterminated?!"
Seeing that Wuzhu was behaving crazily and talking nonsense again, King Wuqimai, Marshal Nianhan, Crown Prince Oben, and Third Crown Prince Erlido, the only four people present who were qualified to restrain Wuzhu, stood up almost at the same time and prepared to scold him!
Wuqimai even let go of Lou Shi and turned around, not knowing whether he was going to slap Wuzhu again.
However, at this moment, Lou Shi suddenly spoke up: "Let the king, the marshal, and the princes know... What the fourth prince said is exactly what Oriyan must say today. If we continue like this, the Great Jin Kingdom may not be a match for the Song people in the future."
Wuqimai had already taken three or five steps when he froze in place. Nianhan, Oben and Erlido, the three people who had stood up, were also stunned as if they were under a spell. Even many dignitaries around were stunned for a moment... because the same words, spoken by different people, would sound completely different.
In fact, even Wuzhu was a little confused.
After a while, the first person to make a noise was Wanyan Yinshuke. The newly appointed governor of Yanjing could not help but move his buttocks, revealing his uneasy mentality... After all, if there was one person in this world whose military judgment Yinshuke could unconditionally believe in, it could only be Wanyan Loushi standing in the hall.
Yin Shuke was frightened, and so were the others.
PS: I wanted to sleep, but I didn’t fall asleep…I still coded and posted it.
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