Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 529 The Eternal Sinner (Please Subscribe!)
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Outside the Hall of Long Live.

Seeing Li Yan coming out of the hall to greet him in person, Wang Qing greeted him in three steps at a time.

Li Yan smiled and said, "Third brother, how are you doing recently?"

Wang Qing laughed and said: "Thanks to you, fourth brother, I live a very happy life now. I gamble for money, sleep with prostitutes, and drink wine. I am much happier than when I was the king of the mountain."

At this time, Wang Qing saw Li Zhu, Du Po and others beside Li Yan, and said with a smile, "Long time no see."

Li Zhu, Du Po and others bowed together: "Your Majesty!"

Wang Qing waved his hands and said, "I haven't been a king for many years, and I don't plan to be that thankless king anymore... Congratulations, you all fulfilled your wishes and didn't waste your life like when you were by my side."

Li Zhudao: "We are indeed living well."

Wang Qing said with a smile: "It can be seen that all of you have extraordinary bearing now, with the bearing of famous ministers and generals."

Wang Qing looked at Li Yan again, and said: "At the beginning, I thought that you must be the most promising among our four brothers, and it is indeed the case now."

Li Yandao: "Third brother must stay for a few more days this time, let me do my best to be a landlord."

Wang Qingdao: "That is necessary."

Li Yan rushed over to Cai You again and said, "I didn't expect Brother Cai to come here in person this time."

Hearing that Li Yan called him Brother Cai, Cai You felt relieved, and said, "Others dare not come, for fear that you, Governor Li, will cut off their heads."

Li Yan grinned and said: "Actually, I have already issued an order to execute all Song envoys. Fortunately, the general in front knows my relationship with third brother and brother Cai, so he specially reported your names, otherwise you will never come. to here."

After hearing this, Cai You secretly said: "It's a fluke!", and at the same time, a cold sweat broke out all over his body!
Li Yan said enthusiastically: "Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."

Cai You said, "Let's get down to business first, shall we?"

Li Yan said noncommittally: "After talking, are you still in the mood to eat?"

Cai You said: "Sooner or later we have to talk, sooner rather than later."

Li Yan looked at Wang Qing again.

Wang Qing shrugged and said, "I'm free."

Li Yan said: "That's fine, let's talk about the business first."

After speaking, Li Yan turned around and entered the Long Live Hall.

Cai You and Wang Qing glanced at each other, and they could see from each other's eyes, "Well, this person's attitude changes immediately when he talks about business!"

No one invited Cai You, Wang Qing, and Ma Kuo to enter the hall together, so Cai You could only bite the bullet and enter the hall by themselves.

fine--

No one stopped the three of them.

After Cai You and the others entered the main hall, they saw that Li Yan had already sat down on the dragon chair. They could only find a place to stand in His Highness like Li Yan's civil and military officials.

Just when Cai You was hesitating whether to pay homage to Li Yan first, Ma Kuo suddenly said, "I wonder if you are still a Song minister now, the governor?"

Li Yan looked at Ma Kuo, and said unequivocally, "No."

Li Yan didn't explain why he wasn't Song Chen, because there was absolutely no need for it.

Ma Kuo didn't hold on to this matter, but asked again: "Then the governor, are you still a Han?"

Li Yan vaguely guessed what Ma Kuo wanted to say, but he did not avoid the question because of this, but said unequivocally: "Whether it is before, now, or in the future, I, Li Yan, will always be a Han Chinese."

Seeing that Li Yan was playing tricks, Ma Kuo said: "Since you are a Han Chinese, why do you do things that hurt the Han and make the Hu happy?"

Li Yan asked with a smile: "What do you mean that the Han people hurt the Hu and the Hu people are happy?"

Ma Kuo said: "With your extraordinary wisdom, the governor, you must have imagined that under the current situation, Yanyun and our Song Dynasty are bound to win, otherwise the Song Dynasty will perish. Therefore, as long as you are the governor Forcibly occupying Yanyun, there will be a big battle between us, let’s not talk about who wins and who loses, if two tigers fight, one will die, and the remaining one will be scarred and unable to resist the pack of wolves. , the Han people will surely be wiped out, and you, the governor, will be the sinner of the Han people through the ages."

Before Li Yan could speak, Bao Kang said: "It's a joke, Zhao Ji's selfishness is small and wise, he has one side of his heart, he neglects the righteous, he is close to the treacherous and flattering, he is obsessed with nothingness, he worships decorations, exhausts the power of the people, the monarch and his ministers are Yiyu, The prime minister was born, neglected state affairs, and acted nonsensically every day. All the people in the southeast region were living in dire straits, and an uprising broke out, which seriously damaged the national power. Zhu Man and his sons intensified their efforts to search for Huashigang, causing the people to live in dire straits and complaints abound. Since ancient times, a king has lost his ambition by playing with things, indulged in lust and lost his life, and rarely dies. He must be the king of subjugation!" After a pause, Bao Kang said again: "My family's chief governor has been helping the people since he was in Zhenghe. Countless people in Shandong and Hebei survived because of my family's chief governor. One harmed the people and the other saved the people. The one who harmed the people stood at the commanding heights of morality, but the one who saved the people became eternal sinners. What's the point?"

Ma Kuo avoided talking about Zhao Ji's actions, and only said: "The money and food that the governor gave to the people came from my Song Dynasty, and the governor was just generous to my Song Dynasty."

The people in Shuibo Liangshan were just about to argue with Ma Kuo, but Ma Kuo stepped forward and said, "What's the use of talking about the right and wrong in the past? Let's just talk about the current situation." Without waiting for others to speak , Ma Kuo continued: "Now, you are under the joint attack of the six countries. If you are a little careless, even if you are as powerful as you, you will be sad. Take a step back and say, even if you are barely defeated Our Great Song Dynasty will also lose the strength to compete in the Central Plains after passing this pass, so you can only watch the Jurchens and Xixia people wreaking havoc in the Central Plains, and the Han people are bathed in the flames of war!"

Ma Kuo said leisurely: "History is sometimes very one-sided, especially for those national sinners. It may not record how many good deeds you have done. It will only record one-sidedly that you caused the Central Plains to suffer from war. It will only One-sidedly records that you caused the Han people to suffer, and it will only one-sidedly regard you as a sinner through the ages like Shi Jingtang."

All the civil and military officials in Shuibo Liangshan glared at Ma Kuo, and some even wanted to kill Ma Kuo!

But Ma Kuo turned a blind eye to all of these, he just looked at Li Yan on the dragon chair, and wanted to hear what Li Yan on the dragon chair had to say?
Li Yan looked at Ma Kuo and was silent for a long time before saying: "You are really not afraid of death."

Ma Kuo smiled and said: "Before coming here, Ma Kuo has already put life and death aside. Ma Kuo just asks the governor to let Ma Kuo finish what Ma Kuo wants to say. When he is here, Ma Kuo is dead." , and die without regret.”

Li Yan said: "What else do you want to say?"

Ma Kuo said: "Talk about the general trend."

Li Yan asked: "What general trend?"

Ma Kuo said: "It is most beneficial to the general situation of the governor."

Li Yan laughed and said, "You actually think about me?"

Ma Kuo shook his head and said: "Otherwise, Ma Kuo will only plan for our Song Dynasty, but you might as well talk about the general situation that is most beneficial to you, the governor."

Li Yandao: "You are honest, okay, then tell me, what should I do to be the most beneficial?"

After Ma Kuo heard this, he paused word by word: "Withdraw-out-yan-yun."

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(End of this chapter)