The cold winter wind, carrying the moisture of the river, crazily penetrated into the Chengxin Hall through the gaps in the doors, windows and tile eaves, refreshing the Jiangnan ministers gathered here. However, the coldness of the winter wind was not as cold as the cold in the heart after all.
Liang, especially after Xu Xuan brought back a stern and decisive reply from Emperor Han.
The situation has fallen to the current situation. Even Chen Qiao, who has been taking the lead, suddenly doesn't know what to say to continue to encourage Li Yu and encourage him to continue to persevere.
In the final analysis, these Jinling courtiers present are just literati, who can barely be called politicians. They are not politicians at all. It is necessary to be cautious when letting them govern the country, but in such a critical situation, it is indeed necessary to let them save it.
It's embarrassing for them.
"The King of the country, the unification ambition of the Han Emperor is unbreakable, and the incompetence of the ministers cannot change his will!" Xu Xuan spoke again, breaking the dullness, and made a summary of the Tokyo delegation.
After hearing this, Li Yu also showed his magnanimity and said: "Sending Xu Gong to the north was a helpless move. It was just an experiment. Now that the Han army is besieging the city, how can it be possible to stop the army?"
After a pause, Li Yu looked at Xu Xuan and asked, "Mr. Xu, in your opinion, where should we go?"
Upon hearing the question, Xu Xuan was silent at first, then raised his head and solemnly said to Li Yu: "My lord, I swear to follow the king to the death and support the king's decision!"
Well, what Mr. Xu said was smarter. In front of Li Yu, he was not as tough as Emperor Liu and Li Gushi in their dialogue. They were tit for tat and their ambitions were unwinnable. Xu Xuan's meaning was also obvious, whether to fight or to surrender. He
They all follow Li Yu.
Literary people, sometimes they are pretentious.
After another period of silence, Li Yu sighed, picked up the copy of Li Gu's handwriting on the case, and said to the ministers: "Today, the commander-in-chief of the Han army wrote a letter asking me to surrender. What do you think?"
Everyone looked at each other with rich expressions, but no one took the initiative to express their opinions. They seemed to be waiting for others to take over. After a while, when Li Yu's young face became more and more bitter, Zhong Mo took the initiative to stand up.
He came out and spoke affirmatively without any nonsense: "The Lord of the country, I think it is time to surrender!"
After saying this, the others looked at Zhong Mo with similar expressions: It is indeed you, Zhong Mo!
When the Han army came to the city, Zhong Mo's voice began to get louder and more active. While getting in touch with the Han army, he also gathered comrades to prepare for the army to enter the city, and even considered assisting the court to stabilize Jiangnan after the war.
Government affairs and people's livelihood. Of course, if you can encourage Li Yu to surrender and avoid the disaster of an offensive and defensive war, it will be a credit to Zhong Mo.
"The king must not listen to Zhong Mo and give up easily!" Chen Qiao also stood up: "It is not easy for my grandfather to start a business, and it is especially difficult to keep it. How can future generations give up so easily and become unfilial kings?"
Hearing what Chen Qiao said, Zhong Mo couldn't help but sneer and retorted: "Today the army is approaching the city, Jinling is in danger, the people in the city are panicked, the morale of the army is shaken, how can a weak army with weak troops resist the strong troops of the Central Plains?
If the king of the country surrenders, he will not lose his position as a prince. If he resists stubbornly and forces his troops to destroy the city, not only the people will be harmed, but the safety of the king will also be unpredictable! If the ancestral temple is destroyed and the Li family has no heirs, no one will be able to worship his father and ancestors in the future.
But Xiaoyi?"
After Zhong Mo finished speaking, Li Yu shuddered subconsciously. His imagination was rich, and the scene of the palace city being destroyed and the strong soldiers raging was automatically sketched in his mind. It was simply shuddering.
In the final analysis, Li Yu is just a weak scholar who stayed in the wrong position at the wrong time and has never really experienced any setbacks. When encountering such a crisis, it is difficult to deal with it calmly and he is easily influenced by others.
Faced with Zhong Mo's refutation, Chen Qiao widened his eyes, turned to Li Yu, and persuaded Li Yu with emotion: "Since ancient times, there has been no country that cannot be destroyed, and there is no way to surrender. It is just a humiliation, so please fight at your back."
It costs nothing to talk. Chen Qiao was loyal to Jiangnan. He was a little excited and directly suggested to Li Yu: "Zhong Mo is a disciple who betrays his master. Please kill him as a sign of resistance."
Heart!"
After saying this, Zhong Mo was suddenly excited. While cursing in his heart, he also expressed his face and said to Li Yu: "The Lord, Chen Qiao has his own ambitions and wants to trap the Lord and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to death."
, I am sincerely a treacherous minister, please kill him to show my surrender and protect the peace of the city!"
"I think we should surrender!"
"What Zhong Shangshu said is true, Chen Qiao should be killed!"
"I second the proposal!"
"..."
This time, the flag was directly displayed, and more and more people supported Zhong Mo. More than ten courtiers jumped out of the scene. It was already at this time, and it would be too late if we didn't express our attitude, put up a good posture, and surrender to the court.
Seeing this scene, Zhong Mo breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Qiao's face was twisted together in an extremely ugly way, and Li Yu's face was actually not very good-looking either. As for the one with the most complicated mood, he was the leader of the country.
Li Yu, the king of the country, no matter how bad he is, he is still the king of a country respected by the south. Even if the situation is exhausted and the decision to surrender is not easy to make. What's more, as far as Jinling is concerned, it has not yet reached the true meaning of
At the end of the road, the city is still strong, there are tens of thousands of defenders, hundreds of thousands of people, and there is no shortage of food and weapons for the time being.
After hesitating for a while, Li Yu looked at Feng Yanlu: "Feng Qing, what do you think?"
Feng Yanlu also looked solemn. He pondered for a moment, cupped his hands and said: "The general trend of the world is like this. Hundreds of millions of people are looking forward to the unity. Since God has come out, it is not advisable to go against the trend. I am deeply gracious to the Lord. Today
When the country is in danger, we have no other choice but to follow the leader with all our strength!"
Feng Yanlu's meaning was also very clear. The world was unified and unstoppable. Surrender was the only way out. He, Feng Yanlu, was willing to follow the leader of the country and surrender.
Of course, Li Yu was not a stupid person, and he understood what he heard. After thinking for a while, he said in a wan voice: "This is the end of the discussion today. Whether to surrender or not, I still need to ask the mother of the country for instructions and pay tribute to the ancestral temple!"
A court meeting once again ended in a depressing atmosphere, and no result was reached. However, as far as today's content is concerned, it can be said to be a major breakthrough. At least, in the many previous discussions, there were not so many people
Shout out the word "surrender" loudly.
After the meeting, Li Yu went directly to his mother and explained the current situation in tragic words, hoping to get support from his mother to surrender. Empress Dowager Zhong was kind and gentle. She was just a woman who cared for her husband and raised her children, and she never participated in politics. Li Yu
Ask her where she can get some strong support.
In the final analysis, it was up to Li Yu to make his own decision. He still had some time to think before the Han army officially launched an attack and broke the city.
Compared with Li Yu's entanglement, hesitation, fear, and helplessness, Zhong Mo felt much more relaxed after leaving the palace. A group of courtiers gathered directly at his home and held a banquet. Yes, even Han Han
For these bureaucrats, singing, dancing, and feasting were still common activities during the siege of the city, and they seemed not to be affected at all.
However, to be a little more cautious, Zhong Mo first said privately to several officials with close relations: "The matter has come to this point. Judging from the situation in the palace, the king has the intention to surrender, but is still hesitant. It is not Chen Qiao and his ilk."
We can do whatever we can to dissuade you. Next, we should spread rumors among the people of Jinling and encourage them to surrender. As long as the people of the country surrender, the ruler of the country can follow the will of the times and the people and open the city to surrender!"