The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1390
For a long time, Mao Xuezhen bowed his hands to the north, "I am deeply favored by the emperor, so I am sorry that I can't follow my orders."

Su Quandang sighed softly when he heard the words, and slowly raised the spear in his hand again.

Some people, he is unwilling to persuade.And some people, persuasion, may not be useful.

Before he led the army to Sizhou, he had investigated Mao Xuezhen, and he knew that Mao Xuezhen was a good official, and he also knew that Mao Xuezhen was a loyal person to the Yuan Dynasty.

This is actually a rather contradictory thing for Da Song.

Since ancient times, there have been many celebrities with strong character.Like Lu Wenhuan, it is rare to see a good official who can care about the overall situation for the people and disregard his own reputation.

Regardless of whether Mao Xue really cherished his feathers or upheld the loyalty in his heart, the moment he said these words, Su Quandang knew that it was impossible to persuade him to surrender.

And as the head coach of the Jiankang Military Region, he had no choice.

You can't delay the process of attacking Sizhou just because you favor Mao Xuezhen.

Mao Xue could really sacrifice his life for the Yuan Dynasty, so how could he, Su Quandang, be a loyal general who could sacrifice his life for the Song Dynasty?
And just as Su Quandang's silver spear was slowly approaching the highest point, the top of the city suddenly changed.

At the top of the city, beside Mao Xuezhen, a general in armor suddenly put the long sword in his hand on Mao Xuezhen's neck.

Mao Xue was really stunned.

Under the city, Su Quandang and the others were also stunned.

Su Quandang's silver spear was slowly lowered again, and he looked up at the changes in the city.

Mao Xuezhen slowly turned his head, with anger in his eyes, "General Cao, what are you doing?"

Cao Guangxu, who was actually the commander-in-chief of Sizhou, said with guilt in his eyes: "Brother Mao, the reinforcements are not coming, and we have no chance of defending Sizhou. Do you really want to put the lives of the entire army at risk?"

The generals on the side remained silent at the moment.

Mao Xuezhen seemed to ignore the sword on his neck, slowly looking around at the crowd.

And when those generals came under his sight, they all quietly lowered their heads.

Mao Xuezhen laughed out loud, "You bastard! You bastard! Mao is really ashamed to be an official in the same dynasty as you bastards!"

These words seemed to touch Cao Guangxu's self-esteem.He also showed some anger, no longer being polite, and said to the general next to him: "Master Jiang Mao, please go down!"

Maoxue is really the magistrate of Sizhou, he is the official.However, as the general commander of the Sizhou army, he is also the immediate boss of the defenders in Sizhou city.

If the commanding generals of Linhuai and Huaiyin cities do not support him, it will not be easy for him to seize the military power of Mao Xuezhen.But now, the generals of Linhuai and Huaiyin obviously agree with his idea.

Only some civil officials in Sizhou City showed indignation and cursed.

However, these people were soon taken down together with Mao Xuezhen by Cao Guangxu's personal soldiers.

They kept cursing all the way.

Cao Guangxu, who was about forty, ignored him. He just looked down the city and shouted at Su Quandang, "Marshal Su, we are willing to surrender the city."

"it is good!"

Su Quandang said in a loud voice: "Su will definitely report your righteous deeds to the emperor truthfully."

Not long after, the gate of Sizhou City opened.

Cao Guangxu led the generals and many defenders in the city to surrender.

The sound of gold and iron is everywhere in the city.

Under the orders of the generals, the defenders in the city threw their weapons on the long street.

Wen Qi led the Tiangang Army into the city.

Sizhou City was captured by the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.

All the soldiers who surrendered in the city were temporarily detained in the military camp in the city.

However, after Su Quandang entered the city, he didn't have too much hypocrisy with Cao Guangxu and others, but after asking where Mao Xuezhen and others were, he hurried to the government office.

Mao Xuezhen and others have been taken to the government office by Cao Guangxu's personal soldiers and placed under house arrest.

Although Cao Guangxu and the others were disappointed, they also knew that Su Quandang admired the character of Mao Xuezhen and the others, so they could only sigh softly.

To die rather than submit is to be loyal to the emperor, to be patriotic, and to be righteous.

Qicheng's surrender was out of consideration for the overall situation and current affairs, but it can also be said that he was greedy for life and afraid of death.

This was originally a matter of not having both.

When he arrived at the government office, Su Quandang went directly to the room where Mao Xuezhen was under house arrest.Even Wen Qi and the others were left outside by him.

Walking into the room, he only saw Mao Xuezhen sitting silently at the square table.

He coughed lightly and called out, "Lord Spear."

Mao Xuezhen looked at Su Quandang and said, "Now that Marshal Su has acquired Sizhou City, why bother to persuade Mao to surrender again?"

Su Quandang walked to Mao Xuezhen and sat down on his own. He did not deny that he was here to persuade Mao Xuezhen to surrender, but said: "I am not here to persuade you, Master Mao, for Sizhou City. Just like Master Mao As I said, now that Sizhou City has been captured by our Great Song Army, even if you are loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, Lord Mao, it is impossible to change anything."

"Then why did you come here?" Mao Xuezhen asked again with a sneer.

I just don't know if this sneer is sneering at himself, or at Cao Guangxu and others.

Su Quandang said: "I am here to persuade you, Lord Mao, for the people of Sizhou and for the court of the Great Song Dynasty."

Mao Xuezhen showed some doubts, "What do you mean by that?"

Su Quandang sighed softly, and said again: "The Song and Yuan dynasties have been fighting endlessly for these years, and I will not hide it from you, Lord Mao. Although my emperor tried my best to reform the imperial examinations and selected many talents for our country, but such a person with real talents and studies like Lord Mao is not a person. There are really not many officials who love the people like their sons. Lord Mao, have you ever thought about it, no matter whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Yuan Dynasty that wins the world in the end, it is not the monarchs of the two countries who really need officials like you, Lord Mao , but the people of the whole world?"

He said to himself, "I once said something to the emperor, and you may not have heard of it, Mr. Mao. The emperor said that in his heart, the emperor is not the ruler of this world, and the people and courtiers all over the world are not the master of the world." It is not the emperor's vassal, let alone the emperor's slave. In the whole world, the kings are all bullshit, and the people are the real masters of the world. The emperor and his ministers are not born nobles, but serve the people People who work for the welfare."

Mao Xuezhen was startled when he heard the words, and then said: "Is this really what your Emperor Song said?"

Su Quandang said: "What the emperor said to me himself is absolutely not false."

Mao Xuezhen smiled lightly, "According to what you said, isn't it true that some capable people in the world can sit in the position of the Ninth Five Lord? You Su Quandang, you can do it?"

Su Quandang was silent for a long time after hearing the words.

In the end, he shook his head and said, "No, I can't do it. There must not be many people in the world who are capable of being emperors."

"Why?"

Mao Xuezhen chuckled, "Take Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu and other ministers of the Great Song Dynasty as examples, which one of them is not full of the ability to govern the country?"

Su Quandang smiled, "Knowing how to govern the country does not mean being a good emperor. If you dare to ask Lord Mao, how many people have you seen who can love the people as much as our emperor? Among the emperors of countless dynasties in the past, only Yao, Shun and Yu The few emperors who waited for the people regarded the people as the masters of this world, but did not regard themselves as the masters! How about you Yuanhuang?"

This time it was Mao Xuezhen's turn to be silent.

He didn't know how to refute Su Quandang's words.

The emperor is the true son of heaven, the emperor of the ninth five years. This has been the truth for countless years.What Su Quandang said about Zhao Dongting really shocked him.

It's hard to imagine that the current emperor of the Song Dynasty had such a mind.

But after the silence, he still said: "Perhaps your Emperor Song is really a good emperor, but this is not the reason for my surrender."

Su Quandang was slightly startled, "Could it be that Mr. Mao is unwilling to help the people?"

Mao Xuezhen murmured: "Since Mao Xuezhen is a Yuan minister, how can he have the gift of voting for the Song Dynasty. In this world, without me, Mao Xuezhen, there will always be countless people with real talents and real learning..."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and turned his back to Su Quandang, "Marshal Su, please go back!"

Su Quandang sighed softly, bowed his hands to Mao Xuezhen, and walked out of the house.

He didn't know how to comment on Mao Xuezhen, he could only say that Mao Xuezhen was stubborn.Pedantic, can't say.Because Su Quandang himself actually thought the same way.

He asked himself, if he was defeated, he would never choose to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty.The world will not learn the truth because of Mao, and the people will not live without Su Quandang.

After Su Quandang left, Mao Xuezhen was lost in the room for a long time.

Finally, the official who had devoted most of his life to Sizhou took down the curtain on the bed in the room.

A curtain hangs from the beam.

"Boom."

Muffled.

The little round stool rolled to the ground.

Mao Xuezhen, the magistrate of Sizhou, hanged himself in his room.

(End of this chapter)