Water Margin people

Chapter 553 The So-called Loyal Minister

"Zhangzhi County, let's watch the public trial together!"

Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shuye with a smile and said, the first step of pua is to disintegrate the opponent's spiritual defense and destroy the belief in his heart. Isn't Zhang Shuye's belief in the Great Song Dynasty? Bad things come to light.

The townspeople had already walked out of the houses. Knowing that Liangshanbo was about to hold a public trial, they all talked about the arrogance of the officers and soldiers, seeking justice and compensation.

Zhang Shuye's face turned pale when he heard this, and the people were filled with righteous indignation, but the ones they confide in were "thieves", while the ones who did the evil were the officers and soldiers, the whole world was turned upside down.

"I didn't expect there to be traitors, pull them down, and cut them apart!"

The most serious thing is that several soldiers had evil thoughts in the forced requisition of food, committed the crime of adultery, and were afraid that this matter would be publicized, so they immediately wiped out any family, and threw their bodies outside the village. Misfortune Liangshan.

Several soldiers begged for mercy and kowtowed, but Sun Lei didn't show any sympathy. This kind of person must be punished with capital punishment. This is not only a stern and selfless to the crime, but also a warning to his soldiers. Some red lines cannot be crossed.

The scene of dismemberment by five horses was very bloody, but the common people seemed not to be afraid, but applauded instead.

"Zhangzhi County, look, this is the people's heart!"

Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shuye with a smile and said.

"Sun Lei, if you kill the officers and soldiers and applaud the common people today, you have won. If I win today and kill the thieves here, the common people will also clap their hands and applaud. The common people are ignorant and follow blindly."

Zhang Shuye looked at everything coldly and said, the common people just want to see someone beheaded to vent their anger, it doesn't matter who it is.

"Is that true? But we thieves are not the ones who committed crimes!"

Sun Lei laughed and said, he was not angry because of Zhang Shuye's sarcastic words.

"It is true that people will follow blindly and be powerful, but as long as they are individuals, good and bad are always clearly distinguished. Do you know why Anshan Town was destroyed so quickly at night?"

Sun Lei changed the subject and looked at Zhang Shuye with a hey smile.

These words aroused Zhang Shuye's interest. Why did Anshan Town collapse so quickly? Sun Lei only sent 4000 to 1 people to attack. According to his arrangement, [-] people could hold out until dawn.

"The people opened the door. The town wall was built by the local people. Where it is strong, where it is weak, and where there is a problem, who can know better than them? There was a problem with the town wall in that place, and it collapsed when it was pushed inside and outside."

Sun Lei pointed to the direction where the town was broken first.

Zhang Shuye remained silent, Sun Lei's words made him unable to refute, the so-called support of the people was nothing more than that, they lost the support of the people, they deserved to lose the town.

"Sun Lei, what are you talking about? Winners and losers, kill as you please. These humiliations are useless to me!"

Zhang Shuye was silent for a long time before he looked at Sun Lei and said.

Sun Lei didn't speak, but brought Zhang Shuye to the place where the town was broken. At this time, the town wall collapsed and it was a mess.

"Humiliation? Zhangzhi County, what kind of humiliation is this? If I were a Khitan or Xixia, what kind of humiliation do you think you would suffer?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shuye and said.

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Shuye said with a gloomy face, the most humiliating thing about Song Dynasty from top to bottom was that he was always oppressed and beaten by foreigners, whether it was Khitan people or Xixia people, they kept making troubles at the border.

"Do you know what you look like?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shuye and said.

"Speak straight!"

Zhang Shuye frowned and asked.

"You are like a self-deceiving papermaker, knowing that the pillar is rotten and will break if you touch it, but you still want to paste the surface to make it bright and beautiful!"

Sun Lei hit a wooden post on half of the town wall with a stick. His thigh was thick and smooth, and the extremely hard log shattered in response.

"What's the use of this rotten wood, Da Song, no matter how beautifully you paste it?"

Sun Lei took a piece of wood and threw it in front of Zhang Shuye. Under the smooth and clean paint, it turned out to be rotten wood, which could be crushed with a little force.

"This this……"

Zhang Shuye looked at everything in front of him in disbelief. He couldn't believe it. He punched the log in front of him. As expected, he punched a big hole and fell into the log.

"Here, there, and there, these ten feet are all this kind of rotten wood, but it has been specially painted, and it looks like high-quality wood from the outside, but it is actually vulnerable."

Sun Lei pointed to a round wooden wall around him and said.

"How dare the town wall cut corners!"

Zhang Shuye looked at the wood in disbelief, these things should be strictly checked by the local magistrate and prefect.

"I want to know why? There is a big family in Anshan Town. They spent some money to clear it up. They released a county magistrate in the south. It can be regarded as smoke from the ancestral grave."

"So the family wanted to overhaul the ancestral hall. High-quality wood is of course indispensable, so they decided to use the wood for the town wall. A family member of a county magistrate can do this. One leaf knows the autumn. How many moths do you think there are in this country?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shuye and said.

"Although there are many corrupt officials, there are also many honest officials. Your Majesty is just being deceived, and there will be a clear day in the world."

Zhang Shuye said slowly, he naturally knows that there are countless corrupt officials in the world, all of them are moths of the country, but as long as there are honest people, they will be eradicated one day.

"Yes, there are indeed some loyal ministers and righteous men. It's a pity that you are alone and lonely, and the emperor is fatuous. You have no power at all. It is estimated that you will never see that day."

Sun Lei looked at Zhang Shuye and said, there were indeed many loyal ministers and good generals in the Song Dynasty, but it was a pity that few of them had good results.

"You always think about waiting for the right time to set things right and the universe to clarify, but have you ever thought about it? Not everyone will give you time."

Sun Lei continued to ask.

"What is your purpose in saying this?"

Zhang Shuye's face became more and more gloomy.

"I'm just telling you that you are wrong about some things, and you are very wrong. You seem to be loyal and patriotic, but in fact you only cherish the fur and the name behind you. Regardless of the surname, it is simply inferior to pigs and dogs!"

Sun Lei pointed at Zhang Shuye and cursed angrily.

"you you……"

Zhang Shuye's face turned red and then pale. He had lived for more than 50 years, and it was the first time he was pointed and scolded like this. Moreover, Sun Lei was still a young man in his 20s.

"Am I wrong? The emperor has a problem, the officials have a problem, and the entire Song Dynasty has a problem. You people see it, what have you done?"

"The Song Dynasty, which is full of holes, is like this rotten wooden wall. How many holes can you mend? When the wooden wall collapses, when the iron hooves of alien races descend southward, what can you do? Once you die, In the name of loyalty? Leave a reputation as a loyal minister?"

"The emperor is fatuous and deserves to subjugate the country, and the officials deserve to die for corruption, but what about the innocent people who died? Should their lives be in vain? You officials who claim to be upright have no responsibility at all? You steal high positions and enjoy the world everything, the result is that the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, so you shouldn't be responsible for it?"

Sun Lei pointed at Zhang Shuye and continued to curse.

(End of this chapter)