Sichuanfu City is no longer as prosperous as it once was.
The residence of Xu Yongwen, the prefect of Sichuan Prefecture, was once the most prestigious residence of a famous family in Sichuan Prefecture. It seemed to still maintain its former glory. However, the interior of the residence was deserted and deserted.
In the study room of the Xu family, Xu Yongwen was wrapped in a tiger skin coat, but he still felt the biting cold wind.
"This damn weather is so cold!" Xu Yongwen muttered.
Jiang Shengnian walked into the study room, feeling a little anxious and uneasy.
"How is the situation outside?" Xu Yongwen asked.
Jiang Shengnian cried and said: "Master, the barbarians are not trustworthy at all. They said they would not rob, but from the beginning of the city to now, the barbarians have been looting, raping, and looting. They are all robbers! They robbed everything.
If they want property, they will rob people. Large numbers of young men and young girls were snatched away by the barbarians and prepared to be sent to the barbarian capital. These people will become slaves of the barbarians in the future."
"It's all Dai Ming Nian who mistook me! Dai Ming Nian mistook me! My Xu family's reputation has been completely ruined by my hands! Now I am a slave, and I am a fish. What can I do?" Xu Yongwen sighed, and his whole person became completely decadent.
It has completely lost the style of Confucianism and Taoism.
Jiang Shengnian was a little disdainful of Xu Yongwen in his heart. This surrender was really not something that Dai Mingnian could do alone. Dai Mingnian was indeed an idiot. He couldn't even deal with the chaos, let alone the barbarians. But this
Regarding the matter of surrender, although Dai Mingnian had this idea, he had Xu Yongwen's tacit approval.
The main reason why Xu Yongwen was willing to risk the world's disgrace and become a traitor to Daqi was that Jinwu agreed to make Xu Yongwen his prime minister. Xu Yongwen has always regarded himself as a hero who is useless. But in Daqi, he could not even enter the Kyoto circle.
It is all very difficult. In terms of Confucianism and Taoism, if you still stand still at the level of a great Confucian scholar, you will eventually be unable to enter the Confucian Temple. You may have to stop at the great Confucian level in this life.
There was something in the letter sent by Jinwu, and it was this thing that completely moved Xu Yongwen. It was a page of the saint's original work. Unfortunately, there was only one page. With just one page, Xu Yongwen could not improve his Confucianism and Taoism. But this
One page is a page in the book of saints' true biographies. Just one page can bring Xu Yongwen to the edge of promotion, let alone a whole book?
Jinwu holds this book of true biography of the saint, and it is this book of true biography that completely moved Xu Yongwen. Now this volume of true biography of the saint has been in Xu Yongwen's hands, but Xu Yongwen is still not happy. He thought that the reason for promotion was smooth,
Tengda also had the opportunity, but why couldn't he be happy? Xu Yongwen felt that his heart was gone. From the moment he recognized the thief as his father, he felt that his heart could no longer be felt.
"Sir, Lu Xiao wants to see you." A member of the Xu family's family came to report.
For some reason, Xu Yongwen was a little afraid of meeting this student. Lu Xiaowei was once Xu Yongwen's favorite student. He had already obtained a meritorious degree and had been promoted to a bachelor's degree. No matter in every aspect, this student was excellent enough.
Xu Yongwen frowned: "Let him come in."
After looking at the volume of true biographies of saints on the table, Xu Yongwen quickly changed his mind: "Let him wait in the living room. I'll be there right away."
When Xu Yongwen walked out of the study, a gust of cold wind blew, making Xu Yongwen shiver: "What a damn weather!"
A man of about 20 years old came to the living room under the leadership of a servant of the Du family. This man was Lu Xiaowei. Every move he made showed the demeanor of a scholar. He was upright and his eyebrows were high.
Lu Xiaowei had a look of anxiety on his face and did not sit down when he arrived at the living room. He paced back and forth anxiously in the living room. Hearing the footsteps outside, he hurriedly went up to meet Xu Yongwen. When he saw Xu Yongwen, he immediately shouted anxiously: "
Teacher, you have sacrificed your life to the barbarian dogs and sacrificed the lives of the people in the city. But what about now? You were worshiped as prime minister by the barbarians, but the people were not exempted from the disaster. The atrocities committed by the barbarians in Sichuan were simply appalling. I am here today,
I just want to ask the teacher one thing. It was said to be a false surrender back then, but what is it now?"
"Filial piety, you still can't see clearly my painstaking efforts. The people in Sichuan were in chaos and a puppet dynasty was established. But the court was unable to send troops to help. The barbarians are different from the rebels. Although they are extremely vicious, they will leave sooner or later. We and the barbarians are in vain.
, we can use the barbarians to attack the rebel army. After the barbarians return to the barbarian territory, this Sichuan mansion will still be our own." Xu Yongwen said.
Lu Xiaowei snorted coldly: "Teacher, I will call you teacher for the last time. From now on, we will never have any ties of friendship between teachers and students. Our Lu family has never had the tradition of serving foreigners, let alone the habit of being a dog. Men should stand upright, how can we survive just to survive?
, Selling the country for glory? I’m sorry that students can’t follow your path.”
"Xiaowei, don't be impulsive. You can't see my hard work as a teacher, and I don't blame you as a teacher. But don't be impulsive. Think about your family. If something happens to you, what will you do in the future?" Xu Yongwen
It vaguely touched Lu Xiaowei's Achilles' heel.
The result shocked Xu Yongwen, and Lu Xiaowei actually protested: "Xu Yongwen, it's okay for you to let yourself down, but why do you drag me to your path of no return? Hundreds of thousands of people in this city are all because of you.
Xu Yongwen and Dai Mingnian worked together in collusion, betrayed the country and sought glory, and both fell into the abyss."
"Xiaowei, if I had a choice, why wouldn't I want to fight to the death with the barbarians? But what's the use? The emperor of Da Qi is incompetent, villains succeed, and gentlemen are alienated. The world of Da Qi will be over sooner or later. Golden Crow Khan has
With great ambitions, the Xunlong Sect believes that Jinwu Khan is the current hidden dragon. If I defect, I will have the merit of following the dragon. You are young and promising, why should you embark on a road of no return and not want to have a bright future?" Xu Yongwen also simply said
Tear off the mask.
"I'm different from you!" Lu Xiaowei said.
As soon as Lu Xiaowei broke out of the Xu Mansion, he was kidnapped by several big men and taken to a remote place.
"I wanted to spare your life, but you were stubborn, so I had to give you a ride." One of the big men said.
"If you want to kill or behead me, it's up to you! If you want me to be a savage dog, don't even think about it!" Lu Xiao was determined to die.
"Hey, I thought that scholars were timid people, but I didn't expect that there are still such tough-minded people. I admire you. Someone did want to kill you just now, but we killed those people. You scholars, dignitaries
The dignitaries usually receive the most favors from the court, and the ones who surrender and rebel the most are the ones who sneer." A man said with a snicker.
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The city gate of Lingtaiwei was open, and from time to time barbarians rode through the city gate.
In the woods not far away, Du Xuan was discussing with his soldiers the issue of stealing the camp.