Chapter 49—The Ten Year Covenant (4)

"Fortunately, you have not touched my bottom line, so I can not blame you for what you have done before, but only before today; During this period of the court meeting, I sent a small gift to some of the ministers present, and after the princes returned, those who received the gifts could touch their hearts and think about what to do in the future and how to go on the road. ”

"Except for Xu Yi, the 535 people standing here today, I can clearly tell you that in this battle in front of my Shu Kingdom, I, Liu Chan, have made up my mind, and no one can make me change my mind!"

"You can complain or have emotions, I will also give you time to think about it, after retreating, until tomorrow morning, you are still here, you are willing to spend time with me, if you are willing to come, I welcome, I will not pursue anything in his past, including his dissent. However, once I stand in this square tomorrow, if there is any more adultery and dissent, I will be punished more severely! ”

"If you don't want to come, I won't do anything to you, after all, the monarch and the minister, I won't take any of you away, you come and go freely, no matter if you go to Cao Wei or Dongwu, I will order all of them to be released!"

"That's all I have to say, you should think about it, don't discuss state affairs today, if there is nothing to do, you will leave on your own."

The voice was not high, and the extremely plain words poured out from Liu Chan's mouth, echoing in the square, but ringing in everyone's ears like a bell, shaking the heartstrings, not how high Liu Chan's cultivation was, how strong the momentum was, but the content of what he said was a little shocking, as if the Shu Kingdom was really going to die, and the feeling that the lord of a country left his last words.

In fact, not only the ministers were shocked, but Kong Ming was also shocked, he originally thought that His Majesty might make a few examples, kill chickens and monkeys, and deter everyone, how could he have thought that Liu Chan would actually govern the ministers with "leniency", adopt forgiveness, and not blame those traitors in the past, so that the ministers can choose again.

"Your Majesty......"

Qin Mi stepped forward and wanted to speak, but Liu Chan slowly stretched out his hand to stop him: "If you have something to do, you will speak, if you persuade me, you will be spared, and you don't need to show loyalty at this time."

Seeing this, Qin Mi sighed helplessly, and immediately took steps, dragging a slightly heavy body, and gradually left the square.

With Qin Mi's departure, some people began to retreat gradually, and when they left, some people were helpless, some people were sad, and some people were indifferent.

However, this is only the beginning of the storm, and when they return home, those who have received the "gift" are all terrified, and this "gift" makes them uneasy, which is not a good thing, but evidence of their collaborator!

Even some people's gifts are a little heavier, in addition to collaborating with the enemy, it also involves some corruption and bribery, forming a party for personal gain, this is a big crime of killing the head, who can be indifferent to whom?

Seeing what Liu Chan did before, they thought that Liu Chan was going to do something to those who colluded with foreign enemies, but they fantasized that they were not caught, but that dense note full of words shook out all the secrets they deliberately hidden, and the content was so detailed that it was even accurate to the time and place.

Uneasy, a thick sense of uneasiness surged into everyone's hearts, after the uneasiness, everyone became flustered and began to look for a way out, the stupid people chose to pack up their things and flee immediately, the smart people thought of what Liu Chan said above, regained their composure, sat on the side of the desk, wrote their resignations, and some people, even a very small number of people, chose not to leave, and seemed to be ready to confess tomorrow.

Compared with these people who received "gifts", the other ministers who returned home and did not find anything, some were puzzled, some were happy, and some were fearless, and they continued to do their daily things.

That night, the gates of CD City were not closed all night, and from time to time on the streets that were supposed to be quiet and quiet, gangs of people drove out of the city in a hurry, looking very unnatural. At the gate of the city, there is not a single soldier guarding the city, which is an extremely dangerous thing, but because it is a CD city, the hinterland of Shu Kingdom, there will be basically no enemy army will suddenly appear outside the city, so it dares to do so.

Seeing the empty gate, the people who hurried could not help but feel ashamed, and some people chose to stop after leaving the city, bowing to this familiar city with deep meaning.

They know that after leaving this time, they will basically not come back, and they will not have the face to come back, and only those who have gone with peace of mind will think of one day coming back here in a high-profile posture.

The night, as if it had become very short, was opened by an orange skyline, and the sun radiated from afar.

On the square outside the main hall, Liu Chan was already kneeling on it, his eyes staring at the courtiers who were present one by one, he knew that it was these people who chose to stay, chose to go to the trouble with him, and remembered that each of them was the only thing he could do at present.

The morning meeting should have started a long time ago, Liu Chan still didn't speak, in addition to scanning everyone, his eyes also glanced at the steps from time to time, hoping that someone would appear.

Up to now, for the people on the field, Liu Chan doesn't know how many times, 312 people, 224 out of 536 people chose to leave, among them are not only collaborators, some are disappointed in Shu and do not want to stay, and some are for their families, after all, in their opinion, 400,000 troops are coming, and the catastrophe is coming.

As if comforting a smile, Liu Chan slowly spoke: "Today's events, I have thought about it countless times yesterday, and I have thought of countless results, but in today's personal experience, I am still heartbroken, and more than 200 people choose to leave me, with their own reasons; However, I am also glad that there are far more people than them who chose to stay, and did not choose to leave me behind when the crisis came. ”

"The ministers swear allegiance to the Han!"

"Ministers swear allegiance to Your Majesty!"

The crowd fell to their knees and shouted.

"Zhongqing get up, you are like this, I have nothing to repay, I promise here today, ten years, ten years, if I can't make Dashu regain the prosperity of the first emperor, I will face the north and bow to Cao Wei Kaicheng!"

"Your Majesty, no!"

"Your Majesty!"

As soon as this remark came out, countless people in the DPRK and China suddenly objected, and the people who stayed were basically those who had feelings for Shu and were loyal to Shu, and they were unhappy when they heard Liu Chan say that he was begging to surrender to Cao Wei.

Kong Ming also frowned, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, how can you be like this, the first emperor promised in the past that the Han and the thieves will not stand together, and the royal industry will not be partial, Your Majesty should inherit the legacy of the first emperor, and always take the revival of the Han family as its own responsibility!" ”

"Father, since we entered Yizhou, the battle of Hanzhong, the battle of Yiling, we have made the people of Yizhou pay too much, I have no right and no face to let them pay more for me, ten years of time, not long, not short, if you can restore the former prosperity of the first emperor, it is not possible to fight for the world again, in order to restore the Han Dynasty, if you still can't restore the situation of the first emperor in ten years, Zhu Qing also knows in his heart that the road to rejuvenation is very difficult, almost hopeless, so why force it?"

"Let the will of heaven decide, ten years will not be the case of the emperor, I am afraid that God will not bless the Han! Zhu Qing is a smart person, so why bother to go against the sky? ”

Thinking of the people of Yizhou who lived under the Shu Han regime in history, suffered from decades of war, they were already miserable, but in the end, the CD city was broken, but it was burned and looted by the Wei soldiers, and the good city of Tianfu turned into hell at that moment, Liu Chan couldn't help but feel heartache, although he said that he had crossed, but he might not be able to really go to the end as in the novel, it was better to let the will of heaven decide, in case he failed to lead the counterattack of Shu, it was better to surrender as soon as possible, and he was a canary in Luoyang, and he could also avoid the burden of the people of Yizhou for decades.