Chapter 35: Rumors Spread!
The next day, Ying Xuan tidied up his appearance and wore a black robe and a red-edged dark guard costume.
Just as he was about to go out, he heard the lieutenant shouting.
"Oh no, Childe! On the way I came, there were rumors everywhere that the Southern Expedition army had failed miserably, and the Yue people had begun to prepare to go north! ”
Ying Xuan's brows furrowed slightly, but he was not flustered.
If it is said that the Southern Expedition to Baiyue is in trouble and the army stops, he believes, but if it is said that the 400,000 army was leveled by tens of thousands of backward Yue people with backward equipment for no reason, it is definitely a big joke!
After calming the lieutenant a little, Ying Xuan prepared to go to Shushan Pavilion to see what the situation was.
I met Hu Hai again on the way, and I gave him a brain meltdown again.
He quickly left with a look of wanting to say and stopping.
This time, instead of crying, he was still calm.
The maid who followed on the side asked cautiously.
"Why doesn't Childe explain it to the eldest son!"
Hu Hai pouted a little helplessly.
"I thought, can I run so fast? I knew that my eldest brother suspected Zhao Gao of poisoning at that time, whether it was intentional or not, I couldn't worship him as a teacher! ”
"If it weren't for the concubine who heard the news, maybe I would still be in the dark now!"
"This damn Zhao Gao! It almost made me hate my big brother for the rest of my life! ”
The maid comforted her.
"Seeing that the eldest son is in a hurry, it must be a hurry, and it is not too late to explain when the son is busy!"
Hu Hai sighed, it could only be like this.
At this moment, a guard with a paper in his hand ran from behind them to the latrine.
Hu Hai looked at it with some emotion, he still laughed at his eldest brother's whimsy that day!
In just a few months, paper has rapidly spread in the palace, and it has become a good item for both writing and going to the toilet.
The eldest brother said casually at the time, and now it has achieved seventy-seven-eighty-eight.
At this moment, he deeply realized that he was ignorant and arrogant, and he couldn't even understand the thoughts of his eldest brother.
For a while, Hu Hai's back at a young age actually looked a little lonely.
……
When I came to the Shushan Pavilion, I hadn't entered the hall yet.
Ying Xuan heard Ying Zheng's angry voice.
With a "snap", the table was overturned.
"It's all who is spreading! Grab them all! ”
In the past, Ying Zheng liked to drop bamboo slips, but now that there are no bamboo slips, it is not easy to fall lightly, so he changed it to a table flipping case!
As soon as he entered the main hall, Ying Xuan saw Meng Yi kneeling below with an ugly face.
Zhao Gao and Li Si next to him were nervous.
In front of them were scattered pieces of paper.
At this time, everyone saw Yingxuan who walked in, and suddenly seemed to see a savior, and they gave Yingxuan a look!
But Yingxuan didn't understand what it meant! He didn't even know what was going on!
I could only quietly walk to my position on the right side, and halfway through it, I accidentally kicked the scattered twists.
Immediately triggered a roar!
"Are your feet useless? If you can't lift it, get out and cut it! ”
Ying Xuan is helpless, even if he farts at this time, he has to take two sentences!
I could only arch my hand with a dry smile, and I didn't dare to speak!
Then the unlucky one is still Meng Yi!
"What? On weekdays, you are so majestic in secret, and now you don't dare to arrest people? ”
Meng Yi was extremely uncomfortable, this rumor had been spreading in secret since yesterday evening, and it only broke out completely today, after a night of fermentation, it was too late, and now there are not dozens or hundreds of people discussing it.
The whole Xianyang City is discussing, how to catch it? You can't arrest hundreds of thousands of people!
Yingzheng doesn't care so much, let the rumors continue to spread like this, sooner or later it will cause turmoil! Something must be done to stop it!
At this time, Ying Xuan muttered quietly on the side.
"It's not easy to stop the rumors!"
Who knew it would be another roar!
"Did you sleep with your tongue in your stomach? Can't speak? ”
Yingxuan's temper has also come up! Anyway, the scolding has already been beaten, no matter how serious it is, it is just a beating.
He threw his head up and shouted.
"It's not easy to stop rumors! Wouldn't it be enough to spread a few more rumors! ”
As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent.
Ying Zheng was stunned when he reached the angry reprimand on his lips, but he couldn't scold it.
He glanced at Li Simengyi, and the two of them were also stunned, thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.
Not only can it reduce the credibility of the first rumor, but it can also guide the public's attention.
After a pause, Ying Zhengcai scolded loudly again.
"How can you convince people of your rumors!"
Ying Xuan continued to shout with his neck strained.
"Then you tell me something! I don't even know what to do! ”
The unpleasant roar, the bluffing crowd was stunned.
Makes sense!
Ying Zheng's anger was suppressed.
Zhao Gao, who was on the side, rolled his eyes at this time and stepped forward decisively, this kind of embarrassing words could not be accepted by His Majesty.
He hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully to Ying Xuan.
"Go back to Childe! The army had penetrated deep into the hinterland of South Vietnam some time ago, and was supposed to wipe out South Vietnam in one fell swoop, but it was stopped by the rain. ”
"The army could only set up camp, but did not want to be infiltrated in the army, and ran around the camp on a rainy day with the poison used by Qu, causing thousands of people to die tragically and the camp was in chaos, and South Vietnam took advantage of this chaos to attack, resulting in the defeat and retreat of the two armies, and nearly 100,000 dead and wounded and missing."
"Even so, the army has not reached the point of complete defeat, let alone any Yue people going north, but this morning, for some reason, Xianyang City suddenly began to have news that the army was defeated and the Yue people had gone north!"
Ying Xuan frowned and nodded, as long as it wasn't a real fiasco, it wouldn't be difficult to quell the rumors!
At this time, Li Si on the side took a mouthful.
"And Jiujiang! The last rebellion in Jiujiang County had already been suppressed by the Daze Township military camp a few days earlier. ”
"But today's news that someone has taken the lead in rebellion again, and this time there are still many shadows of the powerful people of the family behind them!"
"They preached everywhere that the Southern Expedition had failed, that the Yue people had begun a counteroffensive, and that all parts of Great Qin had gotten out of control and that the Six Kingdoms had risen again! Tricking the local Chu people into joining them in their anti-Qin rebellion, saying that the Qu clan who missed the opportunity to exterminate the clan would be a lesson for them! ”
Hearing this, Ying Xuan frowned.
The matter is almost clear, there must be Yue people behind their backs to bewitch the old nobles of the Chu State.
And it is very likely that it is the Yue person who left Xianyang.
He wanted to mess up the interior of Great Qin as a way to ease the pressure on South Vietnam.
At this time, Ying Zheng spoke.
"The matter of Jiujiang will be settled, and you only need to solve the rumors in Xianyang and other places!"
Ying Xuan thought for a moment, and said respectfully.
"There are two solutions to this! A violent pacification, coupled with the spread of some deceptive rumors. ”
"There are both positive and negative sides, such as the Southern Expedition army, which has been completely defeated."
"Or maybe the army has collapsed! Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are dead! Great Qin has gotten out of control and is about to destroy the country! ”
"For better or worse, as long as it's outrageous enough to make people doubt the veracity of the rumors."
"In the end, the imperial court released a comparison of the military strength of the two sides, and there is no need for any nonsense! As long as the population of Baiyue, the number of soldiers, and the weapons and equipment of our Great Qin army are put on a bulletin board and conveyed to the world. ”
After Ying Xuan finished speaking, Meng Yi's eyes lit up and he immediately understood.
"In this case, the people will think that the court is very confident, and they don't even bother to say a word of nonsense to explain, and in less than a day, these rumors will be treated as a joke by the people themselves."
Li Si also exclaimed.
"That's right! If I had heard all kinds of rumors and seen the notice issued by the imperial court, there were 400,000 troops, millions of bows and crossbows and arrows, and tens of thousands of Southern Barbarians who could not get together their weapons and equipment. ”
"I'm afraid I'll think that rumors are a joke!"
Ying Zheng has already dissipated his anger at this moment.
He was very satisfied with Ying Xuan's method, but he was more curious about the second one, could it be that there was something better than this?
"What about the second one?"