Chapter 0159: Atrocity
In the midsummer of 342 AD, Shi Hu, the king of the Great Zhao Dynasty, took Shi Jian as the general of the expedition to the west, Liang Qian and Ma Qiu as the deputy generals of the left and right, led 80,000 cavalry, and 150,000 people to conquer the Liang country.
"Hateful! Wu Jin! I'm going to kill you! β
On this day, Shi Min, who was originally sitting quietly at home, ignoring what was going on outside the window, and only reading the books of the sages, suddenly received a report from the dark department, and was immediately furious.
Dong Qiaoqiao, who was on the side, couldn't help but smile dumbly, it was the first time she had seen Shi Min who was so angry.
Shi Min is wise and decisive, strategic, all-rounder, he knows that anger will be carried away, so in general, he is very calm, Mount Tai collapsed in front, and his face did not change, this is the psychological quality that a superior person should have.
In the past, even if he was under siege, or was whipped and scolded by Shi Hu, Shi Min had a cold face, and he would not be as angry as he is now.
"Brother Min, what happened to make you so angry?"
Shi Min snorted coldly and said, "It's a very bad thing. Yesterday, the monk Wu Jin told Shi Hujin that the fate of the Hu people was about to decline, and the Jin Dynasty should be revived, and the Jin people should be subjected to hard labor to curb their momentum! Shi Hu listened to Wu Jin's words, and asked Shangshu Zhang Qun to levy 160,000 men and women from nearby counties, 100,000 vehicles, and transport soil to the north of Yecheng to build Hualin Garden and a long wall, occupying a radius of dozens of miles! β
"So much labor is levied, not to mention the loss of money and labor, and it even occupies a radius of dozens of miles! The people in a radius of dozens of miles will be reduced to homeless refugees! β
Shi Min looked compassionate, but he was indeed not contrived.
Dong Qiaoqiao sighed and said, "Alas, Brother Min, it's so angry, let's open it a little." Shi Hu was tyrannical and always took pleasure in enslaving and killing others, and it was already a matter of good fortune that he did not go too far to slaughter Han people everywhere. β
"How dare he?" Shi Min glared and said, "My Han family has many sons, how can he kill them all?" It's not the first time Shi Hu has done this, and it is estimated that it will be even more excessive in the future. β
"Brother Min, what are you going to do?"
"Shi Hu, I can't help it for the time being, but this Wu Jin is really hateful! As a Han'er, he has a heart of a Hu person, worships Hu and flatters outside, eats inside and crawls outside, I can't tolerate him. β
Immediately, Shi Min summoned Jing Zhan and asked him to send several first-class assassins with high martial arts skills to assassinate the monk Wu Jin.
The next day, at the court meeting, the ministers all wrote to request the suspension of the construction of Hualin Garden. Shen Zhong, Shi Pu, Zhao Lan and others went up to the court, stating that the current astronomical phenomena are chaotic and the people are withering.
Zhao Lan was the first to come out and said: "King, the minister watched the stars at night last night, and found that the sky was chaotic, the purple micro star was faint, and the stars in all directions were bright and dark, I don't know what it meant!" The minister flipped through some ancient books, and according to their records, he found that at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the end of the Han Dynasty, there was this astrological sign, and its obscure and unknown phenomenon was because the people withered and had no vitality, which was a sign of great chaos! β
Shi Pu also echoed the authentic words: "King, the chaos of the heavens is also a sign of chaos, and it is the plan of my Great Zhao Kingdom for thousands of generations, you must not ignore it!" The minister heard that only a virtuous monarch would lightly dismiss the meager endowment and improve the people's livelihood, while a brutal monarch would only abuse the people's power and use the army to use force! In the past, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty worked hard to govern the country, lightly punished the thin endowment, persuaded the agriculture and mulberry, and finally created the rule of Wenjing, when the treasury of the Han Dynasty was said to have even broken the rope of five baht coins. β
"And the tyrannical monarch is none other than Qin Shi Huang. Ying Zheng swept away the six countries and established a unified Qin Dynasty, but he did not care about the people's strength, conquered Baiyue in the south, attacked the Xiongnu in the north, built straight roads and galloping roads, connected the original Qin, Zhao, and Yan Three Kingdoms of the Great Wall that stretched for thousands of miles, and built Afang Palace and Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, what Ying Zheng did exhausted the national strength of the Qin Empire. β
Hearing this, Shi Hu's face sank, and he said, "Shi Pu, are you saying that I am a tyrant like Yingzheng?" β
"I don't dare."
Shi Pu is Shi Le's brother, and he is also a generation of Shihu, and he has a very high prestige in the government and the opposition.
The current Shi Pu officials are in the middle of the permanent servant, Taishi, Hengshan Gong, not to mention the high power, but the right to speak is still very large, his protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over the court, it seems that Shen Bian, Ran Wen, Zhang Qun and other ministers have been supported by Shi Pu, at least Shi Hu does not dare to move him easily.
Shi Hu couldn't help but be furious, and said coldly: "I know what I'm doing!" I might as well tell you! Even if the palace and walls were built in the morning and I died at night, I would have no regrets. β
As soon as Shi Hu's words came out, it was completely blocked the way for the ministers to write the book.
"Zhang Qun!"
"The minister is here!" Zhang Qun crawled out of the queue with a rolling belt.
"The project of Hualin Court must be completed as soon as possible! I can't wait. β
"My Majesty, I'm afraid it will take some time. If it is to be completed as soon as possible, unless more labor is levied. Zhang Qun said tremblingly.
"And to be conscripted into labor?" Shi Hu said with a displeased face, "Isn't 160,000 people enough?" Hmph, there must be some of the laborers who are lazy! Spread my will, and the laborers who built Hualin Garden lit candles and worked non-stop at night! I don't care about the process, just a result! β
"Minister, obey!"
"Shi Hu, this is crazy! Look, is this a human thing? This is clearly sending people to death! β
This night, the torrential rain was like a note, and it was pouring rain in the sky, and Shi Min immediately summoned Qin Mu, Cui Hao, Dong Kuang, Wang Ping, and Wei Zheng to the mansion to discuss matters.
Wang Ping's temper is the most irritable, he has long been dissatisfied with what Shi Hu has done, in front of these own people, he can't help but complain, he can't help but eat Shi Hu alive!
Seeing this, Dong Kuang immediately sighed and said, "Alas, the third brother is a little restless. Shi Hu has indeed gone too far, but no one can stop him from doing what he wants to do! Shen Zhong, Shi Pu, Zhao Lan and others went up to the court, stating that the current astronomical phenomena are chaotic and the people are withering, aren't they also rejected by Shi Hu one by one? β
"Is there any reason for such a tyrant not to die?" Wang Ping said indignantly, "I knew this was the case, when Shi Xuan's rebels besieged Jianzhang Palace, Min'er, you shouldn't have led troops to save him!" Shi Hu is simply a scourge! β
The ministers' letter not only did not change Shi Hu's mind, but made him even worse! Isn't it an attempt to make the laborers burn candles and work day and night? Now there is a storm and rain in the sky, and I don't know how many laborers will die! Moreover, the laborers levied by Shi Hu are all Han Chinese! It's all our Han people! β
Dong Kuang gritted his teeth and said: "Third brother, you are sad and angry in your heart, we all understand, why is it not like this in our hearts?" But what's the use of grief and anger? We have to take some action! β
"Min'er, what do you have in mind?"
Dong Kuang believed that Shi Min would not summon them for no reason.
Shi Min squinted his eyes and said, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Fifth Uncle, I summoned you here this time to let you put the big things first, and remember that if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan." Shi Hu listened to the words of the monk Wu Jin, and thought that the fate of the Hu people was about to decline, and the Jin Dynasty should be revived, and the Han people should be subjected to hard labor to curb the momentum of our Han people! β
"I estimate that Shi Hu will do more excessive things, so during this time, you must restrain the officers and soldiers in the army, not go out, and at the same time cut off the correspondence between the army and the outside world."
This ......" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other.
"Do you understand?" Shi Min said in a deep voice.
"No!"
At this time, Qin Mu suddenly said: "Lord, I heard that in the past month, the counties have sent sixteen Canglin and seven white deer, and Shi Hu ordered Si Yu Zhang Haozhu to tame them, and use them to drive the Zhigai chariot and display them in the palace courtyard when a grand court meeting is held?" β
"Yes."
Qin Mu said again: "And Shi Hu also ordered Yan Gong Shi Bin and Peng Cheng Gong Shi Zun to go to the mountains and rivers in various places to pray for well-being, and travel around hunting by the way. What does this mean? β
Hearing this, Shi Min lowered his head and was silent.
Wang Ping, who was on the side, babbled again: "Hmph! Speaking of which, I'm angry! Shi Hu sent Shi Zun and Shi Bin, two little beasts, to go out to pray for blessings, and even hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, they rode in a big car, the car was decorated with a bird feather canopy, and set up the flag of the Son of Heaven! β
"Isn't this what an emperor should be? What's even more hateful is that Shi Zun and Shi Bin, the two people who kill talents, are really not human beings! They like to hunt, enclose land at will, and hold hunting activities everywhere they go, but they also humiliate the accompanying civil and military officials, and even the accompanying soldiers are killed and injured innumerable. What is the difference between such a man and an animal? They're just disregarding human life! β
Wang Ping's words immediately resonated with those present.
I don't know what Shi Hu's purpose is, or his disgusting "imperial mental technique".
After Yiyang Gong Shi Jian went to conquer the Liang Kingdom, many of the ministers in the court fell to Shi Jian's side, believing that he was most likely to become the crown prince. This caused strong dissatisfaction among Shi Zun, Shi Bin, Shi Yi and other Shi Hu sons, and this is exactly what Shi Hu wants to see.
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Chapter 0159: Atrocity