Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 580 The role of loyal ministers is not necessarily positive
Feng Yanlu crossed the river overnight. In order to show the urgency of the situation, Judge Feng added a scene to himself.

So when the boat passed Caishiji, Feng Yanlu, who had a country in his heart, fell into the water in great anxiety and almost died for his country.

This move was very dangerous, because Feng Yanlu almost didn't get rescued.

But correspondingly, the rewards are also great.

As soon as Li Jing saw Feng Yanlu's drowned look, he immediately believed what Feng Yanlu said. Master Zhou Wanqi had already crossed the river, and Lord Zhou was furious because he refused to go to the country, and detained Sun Sheng and Han Xizai things that got up.

This Caishiji is only sixty miles down the river to Jiangning. Wanqi has already crossed the river, and he can reach the Qinhuai River in at most an hour.

If you add Zhou Jun's forced crossing of Yangzhou, the eastern capital across the river, there will be no suspense about the outcome!
In the past, Li Jing looked a little bit confident. It was because he still had a way out. At worst, he went to Hongzhou. Who was afraid of whom?

But now that the back road is being choked, he immediately feels uneasy. After all, no matter how important the country, wealth and face are, they are more important than life.

So Li Jingsui couldn't run away. Since Lord Zhou asked someone with weight to talk, only Prince Qi went down.

Li Jing quickly held a simple ceremony, and made his second younger brother Qi Wang Li Jingsui the emperor's younger brother, and asked him to replace him to go to Caishiji to beg for peace with Lord Zhou.

In Hezhou, Sun Sheng and Han Xizai, who were detained, were really terrified.

Because Zhang Zhao had to act like he wanted to know Jiang Ning's inside story, and was very eager to capture Jiang Ning and capture Li Jing alive.

Otherwise, Feng Yanlu would be easily exposed, that old fox Zhou Zong had already lay down and closed the door to make a villain.

The only person Zhang Zhao knew well was Feng Yanlu, and Feng Yanlu had an older brother, Feng Yansi, behind him.

So on the first day, Sun Sheng and Han Xizaina were almost starved all day long, and only took a bowl of syrup at noon.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhou Shizi, the commander of Jinyi's personal guards, and Zhang Liecheng, Marquis of Shicheng, personally brought the imperial cook and served lamb and fine wine to persuade them to surrender.

Although Sun and Han were exhausted from starvation, they still did not give in.

Among them, the staunch Sun Sheng kept silent and did not cooperate at all, while Han Xizai ate meat and drank in big bowls, but when asked about Jiangning City's information, he didn't say a word, and he was ready to be severely repaired.

Seeing that this move failed, Zhang Liecheng immediately started the most common method - using torture.

Of course, this would not be torture for Sun Sheng and Han Xizai, that would be too rude.

Zhang Liecheng brought the two bandits who were caught by Jin Yiwei in front of them.

These two bandits were both near Hezhou. After Southern Tang and Zhou Zhizhou ran away, these two bandits led a group of bandits and rogues outside the city to plunder the people who had escaped from the city.

A total of more than ten women were raped, dozens of people were injured, and nearly [-] pieces of property were looted. It can be said that the crime is heinous.

Zhang Zhao has always severely punished such shameless gangsters.

Even in his army, looting plus rape and beating the people would cost their heads, not to mention bandits.

It's just that the two leaders were unlucky. One second before beheading, they were pulled by Zhang Liecheng to make an example of others.

The so-called torture is also very simple, just pulling out nails and using a tiger stool.

But for literati like Sun Cheng and Han Xizai, it seemed too terrifying.

When the leading bandit had his fingernails pulled off in front of Han Xizai, Han Xi was so frightened that he was on the verge of collapse.

Because this is not simply pulling out the nails, Zhou Guojinyi's personal guard's torture master first used bamboo sticks to slowly pry around the nails, and after exerting huge psychological pressure, he inserted them suddenly and then slowly peeled them off.

Amidst the bandit's earth-shattering screams, the entire nail cover was completely peeled off, the nail shape was perfect, without a trace of damage, and even the root of the nail was not stained with flesh and blood.

After it was stripped off, the torturers would use spirits and fine salt to repeatedly smear the wound on him to prevent it from rotting.

Each nail represents a pain, and there will be an interval of about thirty breaths between each nail being pulled out, because this interval is just enough for people to barely adapt to the pain in front of them.

And after thirty breaths when the pain subsides slightly, the intense pain and horrible screams will sound again.

Even though this bandit was a very strong and strong man, he didn't last until ten fingernails were pulled out, and he almost passed out because of the pain and panic.

The torturer saw that the bandit was about to pass out, so he turned his head and looked at Han Xizai with some unsatisfactory expression.

"Do you know, Mr. Jinyi? I, Jinyi's personal guard, Fengyao Department, invented a new type of medicine for golden sores. Raw meat has a miraculous effect on stopping bleeding, and it is a supreme treasure.

It was also passed down by a sage that the intestines can be used as a thread to remove evil, sterilize and suture wounds. However, a certain family used this method to treat hundreds of warriors whose chests and abdomens were cut open, and only three of them survived. "

As he said that, the torturer seemed to be in deep thought, "If this method is useless, there will definitely not be two or three warriors who can survive. If it is useful, why can't even achieve [-]% of the effect?
It is a pity that ordinary people in a certain family cannot be good at this skill.

After thinking about it, could it be that a certain family doesn't know enough about internal organs?Or is it really like what the sage said, there are three, six or nine kinds of human blood, and if you study it proficiently, you can really take blood and change your life? "

After finishing speaking, the torturer looked at Han Xizai, "I heard that Zhi Zhi Gao is a well-educated person in the Southern Kingdom, but do you know the mysteries of human blood?"

Han Xizai's eyes widened in fear. Amidst the victim's screams, he was in this bloody cell.

A horrific torturer in a white gown with blood on his hands cut open the abdomen is an understatement.

As if the morality and laws of the world no longer exist, in his eyes, people are no longer human beings, but pigs and sheep.

The confined space, the blood that broke through the bottom line of human morality, Han Xizai's brain seemed to be overloaded, and the muscles on his face twitched unconsciously, so he couldn't speak.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the torturer shook his head in disappointment, "Now that I think about it, Zhi Zhigao is a person who reads sage books, so I definitely don't bother talking to someone like him.

Then I won't ask for advice. Tomorrow a certain relative will cut open the chest and abdomen of this person to check his internal organs.

Find the rest of the thieves, and repeatedly experiment with human blood, chicken blood, dog blood, and rabbit blood, and you can always get the result, but it's a pity that there are fewer thieves, not enough! "

As he said that, the torturer regretfully pointed at Han Xizai's belly, and gently stroked across the air.

Han Xizai suddenly felt a tightness in his back, as if he was about to burst out, his stomach suddenly felt cold, and there was a burst of pain in his internal organs, as if his belly had been cut open.

Li Xiaojie at the door saw Han Xizai's appearance, and hurried in. If he kept scaring him, something might happen, so don't scare him crazy.

Seeing that Han Xizai was carried out with the chair, Li Xiaojie raised his thumb to the torturer in satisfaction.

"The Eighteenth Lang is very capable. Not only is his medical skill superb, but he is also good at scaring people."

This torturer was Zhang Zhao's nephew, who was eighteenth, so he was called Shibalang.

Shiba Lang looked at Li Xiaojie strangely, looked at Li Xiaojie with his somewhat cloudy eyes, and said strangely.

"Who said I was scaring him? Please also ask the deputy commander to finish making the knives needed by a certain one as soon as possible. I will start the laparotomy tomorrow.

correct!The gangsters from the states along the river also recruited all of them. Among these people, there may be some who know the thaumaturgy of laparotomy. "

At this time, the bandit who fell into a coma due to the severe pain woke up slowly, and when he heard Shibalang's words, he screamed again and passed out.

Li Xiaojie suddenly felt a little cold. He looked at Shiba Lang who seemed to have no human feelings, and shivered suddenly, without even raising his hands, he said, "It must be done as soon as possible", and immediately ran out.

While running, he also looked at the two thousand households beside him and said, "This is not a fucking human being, I will lead, you two and I will report to Commander Marquis, and we have to take the pharmacy department out of our Jinyi personal guards." Knock it out.

What we want is a master torturer, not a ghost who has no human taste. I suspect that one day he will have no one to disembowel him, and he will be able to dissect me with one knife. "

The two thousand households nodded their heads like chickens pecking at rice, and they agreed repeatedly.

And Sun Sheng on the other side, what he was watching was the execution on the tiger bench.

The pain of this kind of punishment is that it squeezes the person's legs to the limit. The pain is not a temporary pain, but a continuous large amount of pain.

On the other hand, Sun Sheng was a well-informed man, he could not fall down, and he could look at the executioner with a pale face and ask.

"A certain year ago, I saw dental soldiers chop people into pulp in Tokyo Prefecture. Can this pain be compared to the pain of chopping into pulp?"

Unexpectedly, before the executioner could answer, the tortured bandit couldn't stand it any longer. He cried out sharply, and tears flowed down his distorted cheeks.

"Chopping it into pureed meat only hurts for a while. This pain lasts forever, how can it be compared to chopping it into pureed meat?"

After hearing this, Sun Sheng turned pale and stopped talking.

. . . .

Later in the day, Zhang Liecheng personally brought the two into a secret room, held a banquet again, and persuaded them carefully.

"My father, Emperor Shaoming, inherited Tang De from the top and followed the hearts of the people from the bottom.

In the past years, there was great chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the flames of war rose together, so Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty swept all directions.

The Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Jin Dynasty was also a turmoil in the world. The North and the South had been opposed for 400 years. Therefore, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty first had a short period of Liuhe, and then the great dynasty unified China and rejuvenated Huaxia.

It has been 200 years since the Swallows invaded China, and it is time for my father, Emperor Shaoming, to unify Liuhe. Don't you two want to join in this grand event and work for the benefit of all people in the world?

At that time, not only will he have a high-ranking official and a high salary, and he will go down in history, but also Li Jing, the lord, will also have the blessing of Emperor Huai of the Han Dynasty.

Although the son was furious and sent the two to prison today, if the two can turn to the light and tell the truth about Jiang Ning one by one, they can get out of prison and sit as guests for my great week. "

After the two listened, they remained silent. Han Xizai's heart had already collapsed, but it was absolutely impossible for him to betray his master and seek glory.

He was about to reply to Zhang Liecheng's words, but when he saw Sun Sheng attacking the case, he flew into a rage.

Because of Zhang Liecheng's intimidation and hunger, Sun Chen couldn't help but think of the bad deeds of the Five Dynasties of the Central Plains. At this moment, the anger in his heart had been ignited, and he couldn't hold it anymore.

"It is not righteous for Emperor Shaoming to detain his envoys! Forcing his subjects to betray the emperor is not loyal! He already has the eastern capital of Yangzhou, but he still wants to destroy Jiangling, so that the lives of the people will be destroyed. It is not benevolent!

If you want to rule the world and rule the world, if you don't have loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, even if you get a magic weapon, it will be just a flash in the pan like the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty.

The two of us are ministers of Jiangnan, and we will never betray the master of Jiangnan. "

Zhang Liecheng was extremely angry, he laughed, and then walked away.

And Zhang Zhao was waiting for him not far from this secret room, seeing Zhang Liecheng flushed with anger, but Zhang Zhao didn't care at all.

Not to mention that Sun Chen and Han Xizai were unwilling to surrender, even if they were willing, Zhang Zhao was not prepared to surrender now.

Because although Sun Chen has the name of loyalty, he is actually not very capable.

This is a loyal minister who is loyal, cautious, able to keep secrets, and can complete the tasks of the king with perfect precision.

With this ability, Zhang Zhao is qualified to be a left-behind in Xijing Chengtian Mansion (Liangzhou) or Jingzhao Mansion Chang'an. The rules of these two places are ready-made, as long as they are loyal and cautious.

But putting him in the Southern Tang Dynasty to be the prime minister, facing such a complicated situation, Sun Sheng would definitely mess things up.

Although Han Xizai is talented, the absurdity in history is also because the Southern Tang Dynasty was suppressed by the Northern Song Dynasty, and the country was doomed to have no future, so Han Xizai was somewhat self-defeating.

But even if he doesn't give up on himself, this man has a lot of shortcomings.

He has a strong personality, likes to argue with others, and likes extravagance.

If these three personalities are combined with outstanding ability, then he is a capable minister and a hero in troubled times like Cao Cao.

Or like Zhang Juzheng, who helped the building to collapse and turned the tide from the ancient fame that had already fallen.

It's a pity that Han Xizai's ability is far from matching his temper, and the dignified minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty ended up living as a low-profile version of Liu Yong.

Therefore, even if this person is a prime minister of peace, he is not very qualified. If he is a king, he can be a ruler of success.

Since these two talents are average, Zhang Zhao didn't want to recruit them, nor did he want to get information about Jiangnan through them, so why should he treat them like this?
In fact, there are two considerations.

One is that Zhang Zhao wants to put on a big show for his subordinates.

Zhang Shengren has instilled loyalty in his subordinates since he was in Anxi, but up to now, there are not many examples. Many people doubt whether the loyal ministers in the history books are real.

So Zhang Zhao wanted to find some role models of loyalty. It happened that Huangfuyu's wife had already been found, and Liang Hanzhang's third son died in the battle of Chuzhou, which happened to be a lesson for Zhou's ministers.

The second is that Zhang Zhao wants Li Jing to think that these two are amazing talents, even Lord Zhou wants to have them.

But there is a great talent, and he is so loyal and unyielding. After being sent back, Li Jing will definitely use him more and more.

This can lead Li Jing astray, make him mistakenly think that the two are geniuses, pay all the state affairs, and break the political balance of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Because the political situation of the Southern Tang court was a struggle between two parties, Sun Sheng and Han Xizai were one party, Feng Yansi and Zha Wenhui were one party.

If the two of them win the general trend, Feng Yansi and Zha Wenhui, who have the reputation of villains, but are actually very talented, may have to rely on Zhang Zhao.

Zhang Shengren saw very clearly that after taking over Jiangnan, it was up to people like Feng Yansi to rectify the big clans in Jiangnan and equalize the land. People like Sun Sheng and Han Xizai with their personalities and backgrounds couldn't do it at all.

Therefore, when Zhang Liecheng and other courtiers and adopted sons were very angry, Zhang Zhao had a rather indifferent attitude and patted Zhang Liecheng on the shoulder.

"Execute the last step!"

. . . . .

At the foot of Jilong Mountain in Hezhou, the Yangtze River is not far away. This mountain is not too high, but in Hezhou, where there is a flat river, you can feel the feeling of seeing all the small mountains.

Sun Sheng and Han Xizai, as well as more than a hundred officials of the accompanying mission, as well as officials, Li Fu, etc., were all pushed to the foot of Jilong Mountain by Zhou Jun.

Zhang Liecheng was riding on a tall horse, looking at them viciously, holding a piece of ocher brocade in his hand.

"Sun Sheng, Han Xizai, the saint is asking a certain family to ask you one more question, would you like to inform Jiangning City?"

Han Xizai trembled slightly and stopped speaking. Sun Sheng was so angry that he stiffened his neck and refused to bow his head.

After a long while, Zhang Liecheng seemed impatient to wait, his complexion gradually turned pale, and he waved his hand.

Two executioners in red clothes came forward, holding strange thick-backed swords. This look was specially designed by Zhang Zhao, even the shape of the sword was the same.

"According to the imperial edict, Sun Sheng and Han Xizai committed the crime and executed them immediately. The followers of the mission will fight and kill together!"

As soon as Zhang Liecheng finished speaking, more than a hundred members of the Southern Tang Mission burst into tears.

Sun Sheng showed no signs of fear. After throwing off the escorting soldiers, he tidied up his clothes and bowed to the east again and again, "I would like to serve the country with my death!"

Although Han Xizai was trembling all over, he still plunged headfirst into the ground, imitating Sun Sheng's example, and yelled sadly.

"The Great Tang knows the edict, Han Xizai of Beihai, the country is dead today!"

Among them, several officials of the mission also began to arrange their clothes after knowing that death was inevitable.

Li Min and Li Jing's father and son promoted culture and education, and built academies in various places. Other effects have not yet appeared, but a few loyal ministers have been cultivated.

Originally, the surrounding Zhou Guowen officials and military generals all watched the excitement with a little bit of anger. These Southern Wu people are so ignorant that they should be beheaded.

But at this meeting, more than [-] people from the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, including Sun Sheng and Han Xizai, were arranging their clothes and saying that they would serve the country (the king) with death. Then it's a taste.

Among them, Huangfu Chong, the nephew of Huangfu Yu, and Wang Shoujun, the son of Wang Qing, felt the same way.

Both of them were serving in front of the army at this time, they rushed out together and shouted at Zhang Liecheng.

"I heard that the sage and the lord do not kill the loyal ministers, please command the envoy to report to the sage, and let them go!"

This role was supposed to be played by Murong Nobunaga, but unexpectedly, someone actually came out ahead of time.

After Huangfu Chong and Wang Shoujun said this, Bai Congxin, Li Cunhui and other dozens of civil and military personnel came out to ask for orders, Zhang Liecheng could only nod his head, and flew to ask Zhang Zhao for instructions.

Not long after, Zhang Zhao came to the execution ground, everyone knelt down, and Bai Congxin led the way and said.

"These two are just blind scholars. Killing them will damage the reputation of the saint. It is better to pardon them to show the virtue of the saint."

Zhang Zhao didn't answer, but looked at Sun Sheng and Han Xizai: "You two, would you rather die than tell Jiang Ning the truth?"

Han Xizai keenly sensed the change in Zhang Zhao's attitude, and was afraid that Sun Sheng's harsh words would annoy Zhang Zhao, so he came out to answer first.

"The salary of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king, how can you betray the lord just because of the glory and wealth?"

Sun Sheng is actually not stupid, he looked at Zhang Zhao and shouted: "Wealth and honor cannot be licentious, and might cannot be subdued. This is what the sages admired, and it is also a certain wish!"

Zhang Zhao heaved a sigh, "It's really a loyal minister! Think about it, Huangfu Taishi, Ming Guogong, Ying Guogong, Taiyuan County Duke and others died unyielding to Khitan, that's what it looks like.

Just now I heard that Zhang Xibao reported that the bones of Duke Ming and two thousand soldiers had been retrieved, and the wife of Grand Master Huangfu had also been found.

Wang Shoujun, take a look, is this the wrench your father used? "

Zhang Zhao took out a finger puller just sent by Jin Yiwei, Wang Shoujun stepped forward when he heard the words, and burst into tears after receiving the finger puller.

"Returning to the saint, it is the relic of my father."

Then, a group of palace people came, surrounded by an old woman, who was dressed as a nun.

It turned out that Huangfuyu's wife, Huo Shi, became disheartened after hearing that Huangfuyu committed suicide and became a nun. She was still in a small temple in her hometown of Caizhou, no wonder she couldn't find it.

Huangfu Chong knelt down on the ground, and said to Zhang Zhao in a mournful voice, "Returning to the saint, he is the minister's aunt!"

Zhang Zhao helped Wang and Huangfu up, and looked at Sun Sheng and Han Xizai proudly.

"There are loyal ministers in the southern kingdom, and there are righteous men in my northern kingdom. In the future, the world will be unified, and the loyal ministers and righteous men will no longer divide the north and the south, and will no longer be loyal to the separatist master.

The two of you claim to be loyal, but it's a pity that Li Jing didn't have the ambition to end the troubled times and restore the stability of the people in the world.

Not only did Li Jing not have this ambition, but neither did Liu Zhiyuan, nor would Gao Conghui, Ma Xifan, or Meng Chang, it is only me who has it in the world.

I have the lord of the world in my heart, and I will not kill loyal ministers and righteous people, so I will not kill you today. "

As soon as Zhang Zhao's words fell, there was thunderous cheers at the foot of Jilong Mountain, everyone on the left and right shouted long live, even Sun Sheng and Han Xizai, who escaped from death, bowed down.

Immediately, at the foot of Jilong Mountain, Zhang Zhao posthumously named Huangfu Yu the King of Song, made Huangfu Yu's wife Huo the Lady of the Song Dynasty, and bestowed purple clothes on him.

At the same time, Wang Qing was named King of Wu'an County, Liang Hanzhang was named King of Yanmen County, and Guo Lin was named Duke of Bingguo.

Another [-] pieces of brocade were given to Sun Sheng, [-] pieces of brocade to Han Xizai, and [-] pieces of brocade were given to everyone in the mission as consolation.

After the two experienced great life and death, great sorrow and great joy, they came to thank them in a very righteous way.

Zhang Zhao also specially asked, "Since you two want to be loyal ministers, you should warn your lord in the future not to have troubles like Sheng Song and Xu Erzhou."

Sun and Han said repeatedly that they must advise Li Jing more.

After this performance, Li Fang, Zhang Zhao's 'big secret', stood up and congratulated him: "A sage is magnanimous, which is rare in the world, and the ancient Ming Jun is nothing more than this. I feel that I would like to congratulate him with poems."

As he spoke, Li Fang recited the poems he had prepared a long time ago.With Li Fang taking the lead, civil servants from all walks of life came up to present poems one after another.

Of course, all this is to elicit the 'famous poem' written by Zhang Shengren.

Zhang Zhao immediately became popular in poetry, and left a famous piece by Lu You.

"A man of lofty ideals admires the ancients, and a loyal minister is very strange."

There is a place for death, and the sky is colorless.

No one knows the righteousness, and it is not healthy to make a decision in the face of difficulties.

I think Gao Qing's hair can match Ji Shao's blood. '

After composing the poem, amidst the flattering voices of all the people, Zhang Zhao said deeply: "Yan Gaoqing and Ji Shao are both great loyal ministers, but what they serve is great loyalty, the true loyalty of being loyal to the true emperor of the Central Plains.

I would like to use this poem to encourage people all over the world, and I hope that loyal ministers and righteous men all over the world will come to join in this grand event and rejuvenate the great dynasty. "

This is the meaning of Zhang Zhao's copied poems. In the cultural land of the Southern Tang Dynasty, nothing can spread faster and wider than poems.

Zhang Zhao just wanted to let the people in the world know that instead of being loyal to the lord of the separatist regimes in various places, it is better to be loyal to him, the true son of the Central Plains.

At this time, Li Jingsui, an envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the emperor's younger brother, also came across the river from Caishiji.

Zhang Zhao immediately dragged the tool man to Jilong Mountain, pointed at Sun Sheng and Han Xizai and told him.

"You have several brothers and are able to keep the family business, it's all thanks to the two of you!"

After Li Jingsui arrived, it marked that the war between Zhou and Tang was basically over, and the peace talks could begin immediately.

　Tomorrow I will take my family to do a laryngoscopy. It took a long time today just to go on the road and arrange the number. I will finish today’s code at the hotel. I don’t know if I have time tomorrow. If I can’t update it, I really have to ask for a day off. .

　　Book friends should also pay more attention to the health of the elderly at home!Don't be like Tiger, who sent away grandma, uncle, and uncle in a row for thirteen months, and grandpa was also admitted to the intensive care unit twice, feeling uncomfortable and physically exhausted.

　　Regarding the owed changes, originally four chapters were owed, but one chapter was made up on the National Day, and it will definitely be made up after the family is busy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)