Chapter 172 The people are not afraid of death
The news that the imperial court borrowed troops from the Heavenly Wolf Khanate to quell the rebellion and ceded Ningyuan City to the Heavenly Wolf Khanate made the people of the entire Heavenly City unable to believe their ears. For hundreds of years, Dayan has always been a high-ranking existence, when did it fall to the point of ceding territory in exchange for the support of other countries. It's a shame, a great shame.
If Dayan asks Manggul for help, no matter how much food is given, Dayan people will not say anything, because the friendship between Manggul and Dayan is cemented with blood, whether it is Manggul or Dayan, they are free to help each other, and they help each other wholeheartedly. However, after Emperor Suzheng came to power, he gradually diluted the relationship with Manggul, and not only that, but also beware of Manggul everywhere. In response to Emperor Suzheng's actions, the Manggul Kingdom also adjusted its relationship with Dayan accordingly, and the people-to-people commercial exchanges were still smooth, but the relationship between the countries was no longer as close as before. But even so, as long as Dayan speaks, Mang Guer will definitely lend a hand.
The people did not understand what a brain-dead man could do to let Manggul, a traditional brotherly state, not ask for help, but reach out to his enemies for help.
The crowd in Fengtian City was excited, and the people were talking about it, and they were completely disappointed in Emperor Suzheng, and even dissatisfied with the crown prince Long Xingrong. Long Xingrong's good reputation established with the help of Niu Tianci fell to the bottom all of a sudden, and there were already rumors among the people that the emperor was confused and the prince was nestled. When the people heard that the old servant shot Zhao Zhen, the prince of Qiguo, and died of vomiting blood because he learned that the imperial court ceded Ning Yuan, the people couldn't hold it anymore.
When the herald was about to set off for the Heavenly Wolf Khanate, he was blocked by the swarm of Guozijian, Taixue, students from various academies in the capital, and countless ordinary people. Looking at the crowd outside the Suzaku Gate, the Imperial City Praetorian Guards immediately rang the bell and assembled, and a human wall was erected outside the Suzaku Gate, and the Imperial City was also full of Praetorian Guards.
The chief officials of the six departments of the three provinces and the crown prince Long Xingrong, who were in the early dynasty, hurriedly rushed to the Vermilion Bird Gate, Long Xingrong looked at the black crowd in front of him, and couldn't help but be a little nervous. Li Ke saw Situ Min, the priest of the country, who was standing at the front, so he leaned down and shouted: "Situ Sacrificial Wine, do you always come to persuade the students to go back?" ”
Situ Min waved at the crowd behind him, and the noisy crowd gradually quieted down. Situ Min arched his hand at the prince on the Suzaku Gate and said, "Your Highness, the old man is here to ask Your Highness." I heard that the imperial court was going to cede Ningyuan City to Rong Yu, but is it true? ”
Long Xingrong was about to answer, but Li Ke spoke first: "Situ Sacrificial Wine, ceding Ningyuan City is a policy set by His Majesty, and it has nothing to do with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Because Murong Feng, the rebel in the south of the Yangtze River, has crossed the Qingjiang River and approached Yunzhou, the states along the river are struggling to support and are in danger. His Majesty had no choice but to make this decision, at the cost of ceding Ning Yuan, in exchange for the Heavenly Wolf Khanate sending troops to assist in quelling the rebellion. ”
"If you know it's the next step, why do you insist on going your own way? Counterinsurgency is Dayan's own business, and there is no need to rely on the power of outsiders. Even if you want to use external forces, you should ask Manggul for help, why do you have to cut meat and feed tigers, and ask for help from the enemy of life and death? Besides, the northwest has been pacified, why not transfer Niu Tianci to the south to quell the rebellion, is Niu Tianci not as reliable as Rong Lu in His Majesty's heart? The old man originally devoted himself to teaching students not to care about political affairs, but now I Dayan has constant internal and external troubles, the Far East has lost its teacher and lost its land, and that Ulit does not know whether he is alive or dead. No one can even say clearly how the Far East and the Heavenly Wolf Protectorate were lost, and the situation has been eroded to this point, and the old man can't help but stop talking. ”
"His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Servant, now one of you is the prison of the country, and the other is the minister of the country. In the face of the students' pure hearts and the people's love for the country, don't you make an explanation? ”
"Your Majesty has a cloud: internal strife is uneven, how can external troubles disappear? Now is the time to put an end to the internal strife first, and then to eliminate the external troubles. We'll give Rong Lu some sweetness for the time being, and we'll definitely be back in the future. Although the northwest has been pacified, there are still rogues who are in turmoil. The Niuhou appeasement area must not leave without permission, and this is done in order to avoid the occurrence of a situation in which the northwest descends and reverses. ”
"Do you expect the meat to be spit out of the wolf's mouth? Even if Niu Hou can't leave without permission, why can't he use the Duke of Qin to lead the army to quell the rebellion, or guard the grassland? If the Duke of Qin was here, how could he be so passive, he was already burning his eyebrows and still holding on to his flaws and stubbornness, did he take the Jiangshan Sheji and the people of Li in his eyes? ”
This sentence was said by a student behind Situ Min, and his words resonated, and the students and the people shouted in unison: "Don't cut the land, don't borrow troops, and use the Duke of Qin." ”
When the cries gradually stopped, Situ Min said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, listen to the voices of the people, this is all the voice of your subjects. Your Highness, you haven't signed a contract with Rong Lu yet, and you can also correct your mistakes, and ask Your Highness to be the master of not cutting land, not borrowing troops, and using the Duke of Qin. ”
"Your Highness, as the people of Dayan, our students are willing to be loyal to Dayan. As long as Your Highness agrees to our request, we will voluntarily join the army, whether we go south to quell the rebellion or go north to regain lost territory, it is all up to Your Highness to decide and never break our word. ”
After the student said these words to Long Xingrong, the students behind him echoed in unison.
"Gu remembers you, you told Sun to not regret it. Sun doesn't regret it, how can national affairs be as simple as you think? Don't you want to reclaim the lost land? Are you willing to give away the land that your ancestors have won in a hundred battles to others? Lone also led the army to fight against the rebels, and now the decline of the Dayan State is caused by civil strife, so the first peace of civil strife is the foundation of maintaining the society of the country. There is no need to worry about the temporary gain of foreign enemies, and after Dayan quells the civil strife, he will recuperate and strengthen his national strength. Didn't Emperor Taizu also fight with Beirong for hegemony in the grassland after he first quelled the civil strife? What Taizu can do, he can do alone. ”
"Your Highness, when Taizu was chasing the Central Plains, he did assign the Beilun Plain and Wolf Mountain to Beirong. However, Taizu unified the Central Plains by relying on his own strength, not foreign enemies. Now that His Royal Highness has borrowed troops from Rong Lu to quell the rebellion, what will the people of Jiangnan think, and what will the people of Jiangnan think when they are the center of Dayan. When the Great Yan plague was prevalent, the displaced people crossed the river to escape the plague but were slaughtered by the foreign army of the son of the army, will His Highness repeat this scene now? ”
Sun Buregret's words suddenly hit Long Xingrong's sore spot, and he was the last thing he wanted to hear about it now, because this incident was the fuse that led to the decline of Dayan, and it was also the beginning of Emperor Suzheng's unpopularity. Long Xingrong has always regarded this matter as a shame for the Dayan royal family, and today Sun Buregret revealed the scar, and Long Xingrong's anger finally attacked.
"Bold Sun does not regret it, you don't study hard in the country, and you will govern the place for the imperial court in the future, but here you are clever and famous, what do you want? You have been included in the list of officials elected by the Ministry of Officials, and Lone originally wanted to release you to govern a county, but your current appearance is really disappointing Lonely, you quickly retreat and go back to study, prepare for the Ministry of Rites selection examination, don't destroy your future. ”
"Sage Cloud: The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband. Sun does not regret reading the book of sages, he knows the right way in the world, as long as he can serve the country and the people, what does it matter if he destroys his future. ”
Long Xingrong was confronted by Sun Buregret one after another, and he couldn't hold it back.
"Sun doesn't regret it, you are a scholar who is full of words for the country and the people, and you know what a national affair is, and you must not say much, retreat!"
"Your Highness, there is a way of loyalty against the ear, can't Your Highness even listen to the advice? Doesn't His Highness want to be a promising king? ”
"Bastard! Come and arrest Sun Buregret. ”
The Praetorian Guards rushed up and pressed Sun Buregret to the ground, and when the students saw where they were willing to agree, they rushed up and kicked and beat the Praetorian Guards. The students are usually used to pride, and they are at the age of strong blood, how can they stand this humiliation, they rushed up and fought against the Praetorian Guard.
"It's the other way around, do you want to rebel? Praetorian Guard, bow and arrow ready! ”
With a click, the Praetorian Guards on the city wall brushed their bows and arrows, and the arrows were aimed at the students and people under the city. Long Xingrong originally wanted to scare them, but he didn't expect a group of old men and women to rush to the front, forming a human wall to block the young students, and Sun Buregret had also been rescued by his classmates at this moment.
Situ Min walked to the front tremblingly, he took off his gauze hat with both hands and held it in his hands, the white hair and the silver-white beard trembled uncontrollably.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, do you know who your bow and arrow are pointing at? Do you understand where your bow and arrows should go? Where is the wise and kind prince taught by the old man back then? Your Highness, these people you are pointing at with your arrows are all the people of Dayan, and these students are the elites of Dayan, don't you want them? Today, the old man has asked everything he should ask, and he has understood everything he should understand. Your Highness, the old man begs you to spare these students, these people, the old man apologizes to His Highness on their behalf. ”
Situ Min knelt on the ground and bowed, slamming heavily on the ground every time, and the sound of the bang made the women and the elderly cry bitterly. Sun Buregret and the students shouted: "Master~~~~." Qi Qi fell to his knees.
"Don't do that, sir. Lonely, lonely doesn't mean that. Hurry up, get up. ”
"Your Highness, if you don't agree to our request, we will kneel and die here."
The students shouted in unison, and the people also knelt down and shouted with the students.
Long Xingrong ordered the Praetorian Guards to put down their bows and arrows, hesitating and not knowing what to do. Gao Ping helped Emperor Su Zheng to the Vermilion Bird Gate, and all the people fell to their knees.
"Situ Min, I ordered you to take the students back, and I am not to blame for the past. Otherwise, it will be punished as rebellion! ”
Bands of armored samurai surrounded the square in front of Suzaku Gate, and the Snow Wolf Guard had already shown his long sword. Situ Min Yuan stood up with his eyes open and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is old, but a heart to serve the country is still there, the minister bids farewell to Your Majesty today, Your Majesty take care." ”
As soon as Situ Min's words fell, he slammed into the wall, and blood splattered Situ Min fell to the ground. There was a rumbling thunder, and the rain poured down with lightning speed. Thousands of students looked at Situ Min who died by hitting the wall in a daze, and tens of thousands of people in front of the Suzaku Gate were silent, and only the sound of raindrops hitting the ground was left between heaven and earth.
"Angry hair rushes to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rests. Raising his eyes, he looked up to the sky and roared, and he ...... fiercely, "Sun Buregret slowly stood up and chanted this song of Manjianghong given by the cow in a loud voice.
"Angry hair rushes to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rests. Raising his eyes, looking up to the sky and roaring, he was fierce and ......" Thousands of students slowly stood up and chanted in unison.
"A lifetime of fame and dust and earth, thousands of miles of journey clouds and months.
Don't wait, the white boy, the head is empty and sad!
The Far East is ashamed, and it is still snowing; When will the hatred of the family and the country be extinguished?
Drive a long car and step through the lack of red rock mountain!
The strong man was hungry for meat, laughing and thirsty for wolf blood.
Stay from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky! ”
Sun Buregret picked up Situ Min and turned around and walked out of the square, and the students silently followed him.
"Brother without regrets, let's just leave like this?"
"Let's go, let's go. Dayan belongs to his Long family, what does his Long family want to do with me! Let's go! ”
The crowd gradually dispersed, and the stone floor in front of Suzaku Gate was washed clean by the rain. Long Xingrong stared blankly at everything in front of him, letting the rain soaking wet.
"The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death!" This is a sentence that Long Xingrong repeated repeatedly. (To be continued.) )