Han Shizu

Chapter 10 The Khitan Chaos
Hearing the question, Wang Jun smiled calmly, took half a step forward, and explained to Liu Zhiyuan: "Your Majesty, this crutch has some arguments. According to Hu Fa, only ministers with excellent courtesy are eligible to receive this reward, just like the gift of a few sticks in the Central Plains. Even among the Khitan nobles, very few people have received this reward. Among the Han ministers who served in Khitan, only King Zhao Yanshou of Yan has been abducted by this. The last general, on his way to the north, passed through the city, and the Khitan Fan will see this abductor. , treat each other with respect!"

Hearing what Wang Jun said, Liu Zhiyuan said with a sneer: "So, this Khitan master is still very fond of Gu! Gu, should you feel honored?"

"Returning to the king, at least in the eyes of the Khitan master, that's exactly what happened!" Wang Jun then replied: "At the end of the general meeting with the Khitan master, he praised the king a lot. Your Majesty is extraordinary. Be more affectionate in your words, make an edict to praise beauty, and call your Majesty a 'son'—"

When the sound fell on the word "er", Shi Hongzhao in the hall couldn't help but rise up, his face was full of anger, and he looked like the master humiliated his minister to death, and scolded: "The Khitan master deceived my master too much. Do you recognize a thief as a disciple of your father?"

One sentence caused several people in the room to yell and scold him, as if he had suffered some kind of humiliation. Liu Chengxun couldn't help but scolded him with righteous indignation.As for Liu Chengyou, he didn't say anything, just listened silently.

Liu Zhiyuan's serious face also had a sullen look. At first, he strongly opposed Shi Jingtang's claim to be a minister and ceded the "Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun".The word "er" was still a little irritating to him. After everyone calmed down, he said with disdain: "Could it be that the Khitan Lord still wants to stand alone again and be his 'Emperor Er'?"

"Master Qidan really has this heart!"

"Oh?" Liu Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows.

Wang Jun turned his body to the side, pointed to the southeast, and said with a light smile: "When the last commander bid farewell to Bianjing, the Khitan master privately hinted to the last commander that as long as the king himself goes south, he will appoint you as the new master of the Central Plains, and he will lead the Khitan army north. Return. However, the last general heard in Bianliang that the Khitan Lord had made similar promises to King Yanshou Zhao Yanshou and Du Chongwei who surrendered. However."

Speaking, Wang Jun's tone couldn't help revealing sarcasm: "The last general has not yet returned to Taiyuan, he received the news that the Khitan master proclaimed the emperor and built Liao. Come to think of it, what he said to the last general was just a perfunctory remark, the purpose was to I want to deceive the king to go to Bianliang. It's a pity that he is in a hurry, so he can't wait to sit on the throne of the emperor in the Central Plains!"

"Hmph, even if he can hold back, with the wiseness of the Great King, how could he be deceived by him and let him concoct?"

Hearing this, Liu Zhiyuan's mouth twisted into a contemptuous arc.Hanging his eyelids, he thought for a while, then raised his eyes and looked at Wang Jun: "Wang Jun, you have had a face-to-face conversation with the Khitan Lord, what do you think of the Khitan Lord?"

Faced with Liu Zhiyuan's question, Wang Jun pondered for a while, before he said solemnly: "As the last general sees, the Khitan Lord is in the northern kingdom, and should be a generation of Mingjun. However, this time to take the Central Plains to the south, after entering the capital, he committed an inescapable one. A big mistake to redeem!"

"Tell me!" Liu Zhiyuan waved his hand.

Probably aware that the "playing meat" was coming, Liu Chengyou, who was beside him, suddenly became energetic, his waist was straight, and he looked at Wang Jun, wanting to hear him talk about the situation in the Central Plains at this time.

Wang Jun coughed lightly, and told the crowd, "After the Khitan Lord entered Bian, the biggest mistake of the Khitan Lord was to 'rule China with the law'."

Looking up at Liu Zhiyuan, Wang Jun began to explain in detail: "Zhao Yanshou asked to supply the Khitan army with food and salaries. His original intention was to persuade the Khitan master to stop his troops and horses, but the Khitan master refused because of 'the country has no law'. Four out, in the name of herding horses, they plundered and plundered in different ways, which is called "beating the grass valley". During the ten-month period, from the east and west, Zheng, Hua, Cao, and Pu, within a range of several hundred li, wealth and livestock. This is a big loss of the people's hearts. When I returned at the end of the day, I saw that Ding Zhuang was killed by the sharp edge, the old and the weak were entrusted to the ravine, and the people of the Central Plains were like being in purgatory, displaced and miserable. Can not bear to look."

When he said this, Wang Jun couldn't help but feel a little excited.After taking a deep breath, he continued: "The Khitan Lord Nanping Dajin, in order to encourage Hu soldiers, wanted to take all the treasury to reward the soldiers. However, after the young emperor's extravagance and successive years of wars, the treasury has long been empty. How can the remaining money satisfy the gluttony of 300,000 Hu soldiers? Therefore, an imperial edict was issued to borrow money from the officials and people in the city as a reward. However, it is clearly a loan, but in fact there is no repayment. In this way, there is still insufficient, and dozens of "money envoys" were dispatched to various places. State, plundering people's wealth. The scholars and people are suffering from it, accumulating anger and resentment, and rushing to the bullfight!"

"It lost both the public opinion and the hearts of the soldiers. The death of Zhao Zaili and Liu Jixun forced them to attend the festivals, dispatched troops and generals to their places, and lost the hearts of the vassal towns. Moreover, the Khitan Lord was afraid of the surrendered Jin army, and he repeated his words. Although the words of killing and surrendering were stopped, they wanted to move their parents and family to the north as hostages, and threatened Jin soldiers. Nowadays, the Jin soldiers in the Central Plains are all angry and fearful and resentful. According to the view of the last general, chaos may arise at any time ."

"The young emperor's family went north in a dusty way, and the supplies were not continued all the way. It was in a hurry, and the old officials of the locality were more sympathetic."

"As for the Khitan Lord, he enjoys drinking in the Bian Palace. Every time he talks to people, he underestimates our people. The arrogance of his people is impressive!"

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"The Khitan's tyranny and atrocities are too numerous to describe, and the non-ministers can describe them in a few words. However, the ministers have a short view of the journey to the north, and the people in the Central Plains are on the verge of erupting. Only a hero can turn things around." He said dryly. In desperation, Wang Jun licked his lips, clasped his fists, and summed up confidently to Liu Zhiyuan: "Scholars and people in the world look forward to heroes, such as the rain, the king is the hope of the sea, if he can raise troops, he will definitely be a shadow of the world!"

After listening to Wang Jun's narration, the hall was extremely quiet. Most of the people were emotional animals, and the civil and military people in the audience were basically angry at the tyranny of the Khitan.I had only heard about the abuses of the Khitans before, but after listening to Wang Jun's description, he couldn't help but burst into anger.Many people looked angry, and the generals clenched their fists.

"The Khitan is really a barbarian! I've been tortured to this point!" Liu Chengxun's elegant face flushed with red tide, his expression was very indignant, and he muttered in his mouth.

Liu Chengyou still didn't make a sound, but that autistic face looked more and more gloomy.

This did not stop his subordinates from expressing their anger. Liu Zhiyuan sat for a long time before sighing: "I know today that the political chaos in the Khitan has come to this! The suffering of life in the Central Plains has come to this! Hulu, if you can't rule China!"

It is not far from Liu Zhiyuan, and his long emotion is full of resentment, but Liu Chengyou feels a vague excitement from it.
As Liu Zhiyuan spoke, the enthusiastic condemnation in the hall gradually subsided until it was silent.The atmosphere suddenly became strangely depressed.

At this time, a burly figure stood up, strode to the center in three or two steps, and knelt and pleaded loudly: "The Central Plains are lost, the Hu Kou abuses, the world is angry. The king is the sight of the four seas, please increase your honorary title and take the right place. Son of Heaven, send troops to the south to attack Hu Kou and relieve the danger of life and people!"

Taking the lead, Hedong Wenwu, who was present, immediately got up and asked for orders. The hall quickly fell to his knees and persuaded him to enter!If you say that in the past, persuasion was for power and wealth, and for the sake of the dragon's merit.So this time, everyone can hold high the banner of righteousness "to fight the chaos and save the people".

Liu Chengyou also unhurriedly landed on his knees.Out of the corner of the eye, he glanced at the person who took the lead - Guo Wei.This guy, he didn't say a word in the last court session, but this time, he was ahead of everyone.
Facing everyone's request this time, Liu Zhiyuan did not respond, neither angry nor happy.Raising his head and looking out of the hall, the gazes that crossed the crowd of civil and military officers seemed a little blurry.After a long time, I just looked at Wang Jun who was kneeling in the crowd: "General Wang's trip to Bianjing has been hard work all the way, and there will be a generous reward for you. Go back to the house and have a good rest."

"As for everyone, leave!" After speaking, Liu Zhiyuan left the table.

(End of this chapter)