Chapter 357 One Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves
In troubled times, the mandate of heaven will come out, the mandate of heaven will be revealed, and the national glory has been exhausted.
Contemporary Destiny, Tang Dynasty Horse Yang Ping'an is also.
The rumors came from Luoyang, the eastern capital, to be precise, Luoyang Palace, where the palace is, it is rumored that Yang Rui exclaimed in his sleep, and was heard by the eunuch on duty at night.
The little palace maid did not completely live up to his advice, and only told the two sisters who were good friends; The two sisters told a few people close to each other......
Of course, the natural gossip did not make them forget the commission of the previous messenger, and after chewing the root of their tongue, they would solemnly tell them "don't spread it".
Therefore, these rumors first circulated in a small area in Luoyang Palace, and later, I don't know how, they spread outside the palace, and the quality of the surname has completely changed.
There are still restrictions in the palace, and outside the palace, how can the common people have so many taboos, as a conversation after tea and dinner, and swept Luoyang City in a short period of time.
Luoyang, the eastern capital, is extremely prosperous, and traders from all over the country are constantly coming and going, and rumors are spreading all the way along with the vendors.
When Yang Rui realized that the problem was serious and wanted to stop it, it was all spread to the border of the Yangtze River.
Yang Ping'an is in Yangzhou, and there are always some people who are curious, so they ask someone to go to Yangzhou to investigate.
Knowing that the situation was out of control, Yang Rui was furious, the king was angry and bled for thousands of miles, for this matter, I don't know how many people in the palace lost their heads, and the palace maids, eunuchs, guards, and so on changed a lot.
Although his actions can calm the anger in his heart a little, it confirms the truth of the rumors, so that many people believe it to be true.
It's hard to say whether the Tang Dynasty has exhausted its qi, but Yang Ping'an, a colt, is definitely a man of destiny.
Yang Ping'an can figure it out with his toes, what kind of bullshit Yang Rui's dream words are definitely Tiance's strategy, and Tiance's trick was also forced by Yang Rui.
Due to the anxiety of the war between the two countries, there are local victories and defeats, don't look at Hailing was conquered by the Yan brothers, and opened up the road to the north of the Great Zhou, but Feng Changqing also hit the area of Jiuhua Mountain, and led the troops to wreak havoc in the territory of the Southern Zhou.
So on the whole, the two sides are still in equilibrium, and if one side gains an advantage in one place, it will inevitably come at the expense of the other.
Again, although the Southern Zhou Dynasty received the help of heaven, after all, the founding time was relatively short, and the foundation was not very stable; Although the Northern Tang Dynasty has a strong heritage, it has experienced chaos everywhere in the first two years, and it has suffered a lot of losses.
Today's war situation is that the two sides are fighting for people, money, and food, and they have completely entered a state of anxiety, and whichever side cannot support it first will fail.
Needless to say, Datang has seen many years of national wealth and strong people, and there is enough money and grain in the treasury, and although the Southern Zhou Dynasty was founded not long ago, Yang Shuo hoarded a large amount of grain, grass, money and silver before he raised his army, and Jiangnan is a natural granary, prosperous and full of taxes.
The war is not until the last moment, and it is really difficult to say who will be the final winner.
This is a balance, the chips of the two sides are roughly equal, but there is a Yang Ping'an, because of the identity of the Mandate of Heaven, he may decide the direction of the balance at any time.
Yang Rui and Yang Cao both have high hopes for Yang Ping'an, the former because of the hostage, and the latter because of that.
But Yang Ping'an has been in Yangzhou for almost two years, although he has had a confrontation with the Zhou army, defeated the enemy and none of them defeated, which made Yang Cao very angry, but he has never had the same confrontation with the Zhou army as Yang Rui imagined, such as waving his army south to force Nanjing.
This gave Yang Rui and Yang Cao a headache.
In the end, Yang Rui couldn't bear it at first, and wanted to quell the war as soon as possible, although the Northern Tang Dynasty could afford to drag it out, but he didn't want to drag it out, not to mention the loss of money and food, the northern grasslands, the Goryeo Peninsula, and the Fusang Islands all had forces ready to move.
In fact, the Southern Zhou also faced the same situation, and there were local tribes secretly planning in remote places in the south such as Jiaozhi and Qiongzhou, wanting to rebel.
This kind of problem arises when the territory is large, and there will always be a small number of people who want to stir up trouble at any given time, especially when the country is at war with another country.
Yang Rui couldn't help it, and decided to quell the war as soon as possible, at least to have the upper hand in an all-round way, Wei Zhen secretly had a small night, so he ordered the shadow guard to throw out the news that Yang Cao's real name was Wu Cong, who was the master of heaven.
Earlier, when Yang Shuo was killed and Yang Cao ascended the throne, the Southern Zhou Dynasty raised objections to the cause of Yang Shuo's death and Yang Cao's legal surname on the throne...... Well, it was brought up by force.
It's just that Yang Cao was fully prepared, Tiance was amazingly powerful, and he used iron-blooded means to pacify and pacify those rising birds, and there was no movement in the Northern Tang Dynasty at that time, not because they ignored this opportunity, but because they thought that Tiance Wei had been planning for many years, since he had done it, he must be very well prepared, and he would never be hindered by such a small matter.
Another important point is that Yang Rui was very unhappy at that time, Yang Ping'an went to Nanjing, which was coerced by him, and he wanted to get rid of Yang Shuo's father and son with the help of the Mandate of Heaven, so that the Southern Zhou Dynasty was in chaos and the Tang army had the opportunity to go south.
But who would have thought that Yang Cao would be a trick above him, and he would have been lurking beside Yang Shuo for a long time waiting for an opportunity, which is equivalent to saying that he sent Yang Ping'an for nothing and did Yang Cao a great favor, otherwise Yang Cao would never be so easy if he wanted to get rid of Yang Shuo's father and son and seize the treasure.
So he didn't fall into the well at that time, because he felt that he didn't have the certainty of killing with one blow, and now he felt that it was almost enough, so he threw Yang Cao's true identity out, which was equivalent to a bombshell dropped in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.
It's just that he didn't expect that Yang Cao would be two moves higher than him this time.
First of all, he misestimated Yang Cao's means and Tiance's ability, today's Southern Zhou is no longer the same as it was back then, most of the dissidents who dared to take the lead have been knocked out, and I don't know how many famous families in Jiangnan have been uprooted, so this news, although there are still dissidents coming up, but there are few responders, even if they are dissidents, there are also many people who are wise enough to protect themselves and want to see the limelight first.
If Yang Cao can't stand it, then they will definitely take advantage of the situation to echo each other, overthrow Yang Cao's "tyranny", and avenge Yang Shuo, but if Yang Cao is powerful...... That's a big deal, and it's not bad anyway.
Secondly, Yang Cao rebelled against Yang Rui's army and threw out Yang Ping'an's true identity, and the means were very ingenious, using the annihilation that had been lurking in the palace for many years and not being used, and spreading it in the way of Yang Rui's dream words, which was particularly credible.
The influence of the Mandate of Heaven on the world is definitely beyond Yang Ping'an's imagination, and it is even said that he can never imagine it.
He used to think that the Destiny was just the buddy who failed before him, and the boring gimmick he came up with, in addition to adding a layer of mystery to himself, was just using the ghost and god thoughts of the ancients to gather people's hearts.
It wasn't until his identity spread all over the country that he knew the huge influence of the three words "Destiny".
What is the mandate of heaven and what is the mandate of heaven, that is, the mandate of heaven is not a human being, but a messenger sent by heaven to the earth, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a god.
Heaven's will is the greatest, even the Ming Monarch and the Holy Lord have to sacrifice heaven and earth.
In ancient times, there was a saying of sealing Zen, which was sealed as "sacrificing to the sky", Zen was "sacrificing to the earth", the ancient emperors in the peaceful and prosperous times or when the sky descended auspiciously, they would choose to sacrifice the heaven and the earth, the ancients believed that the emperor of the world should go to the highest Mount Tai to sacrifice to the emperor of heaven, before he was ordered by the sky.
Pay attention to the last four words, and be commanded by heaven.
What is the Mandate of Heaven, it is a person who is ordained by Heaven, and his appearance represents the exhaustion of a dynasty's qi, and it is the will of Heaven.
Although the legend of the Mandate of Heaven was strictly forbidden by the imperial court, the mouth of the people was more important than the defense of Sichuan, and even if the books related to the Mandate of Heaven on the market were burned, there were still some wild histories and gossip rumors about the Mandate of Heaven.
Xue Yufeng didn't know that it was because Xue Song did it intentionally and didn't want his children to have anything to do with Tiance.
But as the rumors spread wildly, more and more people understood the true meaning of the Destiny.
Although the statement of the Mandate of Heaven is just a gimmick made up by the failed buddy back then, the world does not think so, because there is a huge difference between the Mandate of Heaven and the world.
Just like Yang Ping'an, after coming to Datang, he has shown too many unusual things, although he can't be said to be all-round, but a person can dabble in multiple aspects at the same time, and he can also make achievements, and at the same time create a lot of things that the world has never seen or heard...... What else can it be if it is not commanded by heaven?
Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guangzai, has always been respected by the royal family, because when the Great Sui Qi was approaching, he snatched luck from a person of destiny, changed the name of the country to Tang, and continued to continue the national glory of the Yang family.
It is precisely because of this that Tian Cewei and Ying Wei have been secretly searching for strangers of unknown origin and with stunts that no one has ever seen.
Knowing that Yang Ping'an is the destiny of this generation, the people in the north and south of the country, regardless of their surnames, men and women, young and old, rich and poor, have set off earth-shattering ripples in their hearts.
Those who do their duty may only be shocked in their hearts, but there are always some active Lords.
This is about to change the dynasty, how can we seize this God-given opportunity to make a name for ourselves, for our family, and for future generations.
People who have this kind of thinking are not only the poor people, in fact, there are only a few people who think this way, and they are honest, they just want to be exploited lightly, so that they and their families can live a full life, as for who sits in the world, there is no difference.
More of them are rich and noble, especially small businessmen, small officials, and the like, who have experienced the benefits of power, and naturally want to seize this opportunity to seize greater power.
For a while, the eyes of the people of the world were focused on Yangzhou, and they all focused on Yang Ping'an, more and more...... Adventurers set off for Yangzhou one after another, even in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, some adventurers risked their lives to cross the Yangtze River north to Yangzhou, just to be able to get close to Yang Ping'an.
It is the so-called wealth and danger.
One of the most excited is the shameless trio, after hearing the rumors, Li Linfu rushed back to Yangzhou from Tianshui overnight, just to find Yang Ping'an to show his loyalty, and then privately determined the rumored real surname from Yang Guozhong and An Lushan Pass.
For the shameless trio, this is definitely a pie-in-the-sky thing, even the Yang family, which is far away in Yanshi, has sent people to Yangzhou, wanting to take advantage of Yang Guozhong's arrangement to obey Yang Ping'an's orders to make up for the damage brought by Yang Yuhuan.
But everyone was disappointed, Yang Ping'an was not in Yangzhou, just when the news began to spread from the eastern capital to the surrounding areas, a holy decree descended to Yangzhou, announcing that Yang Ping'an returned to the eastern capital to marry Snow White.
At the same time, he rewarded the generals of Yangzhou, Yang Guozhong also got his wish and ascended to the sky to become the Taishou of Yangzhou, and An Lushan guarded Yangzhou together with Xue Yufeng for the Yangzhou general.
In a word, Yang Ping'an can only return to Luoyang alone.