A hundred soldiers used wooden poles to lift the stele steadily, walked forward twenty steps, and placed it on the pre-prepared stele base, which fit perfectly.
But everyone looked at it and looked a little strange.
The strange thing is that the base of the monument is made of black stone, like ink, and the body of the monument is white. Black and white are opposite each other, the contrast is sharp, and the difference is obvious.
What does this mean?
Some keen people have already set their sights on Zhang Ximeng.
Sure enough, Zhang Ximeng prepared the following.
"We respect King Shouui's courage and affirm his achievements in the fight against the Yuan Dynasty...but we must also clearly realize that King Shouui made mistakes on many issues. It was these mistakes that caused his failure, and they must be cited as examples.
As a warning.”
When Zhang Ximeng said this, he also looked at Liu Futong's old subordinates.
Obviously, he wanted to make these words clear, and he could even say that these words were the most important.
Otherwise, if I, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, praise you, the Prime Minister of Han and Song Dynasties, and give you such a high evaluation, where would I put the Ming Dynasty?
What's more, over the years, the Ming Dynasty and Han and Song Dynasties have not been without conflicts. If some things are not made clear, it will cause future troubles.
"I think it was reasonable for Song Gong and King Shouyi to gather people to spread the law and conspire to resist the Yuan court from the beginning, but after the incident was completed, they still used the title of King Ming, which is unreasonable. Let me ask the people of the world... The Yuan court was cruel
Unkindness, natural disasters and man-made disasters are coming one after another. Famine is everywhere in the Central Plains. The people are in dire straits, with no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to eat. Has a bright king ever come to the world? Has a Bodhisattva ever appeared?"
"The only ones who can really save the people are the wise kings and saints who uphold the will of heaven and the will of the people, truly think about the people, trust the people, mobilize the people, have a deep relationship with all the people in the world, and will never abandon them! Only those who come from the ordinary people, fight bravely, and the people
Soldiers who have no regrets and are willing to fight for the people! Only they can truly complete the important task of expelling the barbarians and restoring China. Only they can truly save the people from the fire."
"In the final analysis, the only people who can save the people are the people themselves! We are not protected by gods and Buddhas, but by heroes. There are many righteous men among us. They are just ordinary people in normal times. But when danger comes, we are protected by heroes.
They will stand up and call on the heroes of the world to gather in response, go forward and fight, sacrifice their lives, keep fighting, shed blood and sacrifice, and save the common people from danger with thousands of lives!"
"We respect heroes and value history. Our historical annals record all the heroic spirits of our predecessors who have protected us for thousands of years. Every name in this is ten thousand times more important than some bullshit King Ming!"
When Zhang Ximeng said this, Xiao Ming Wang Han Lin'er in the crowd lowered his head deeply, cold sweat flowed down his temples, he was panicked and at a loss.
Liu Liu, on the other hand, immediately showed joy after a brief hesitation.
Mr. Zhang is a great virtue!
Han Shantong's nickname is King Ming, and Han Lin'er is Xiao Ming Wang. They are both nominal leaders of the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect is a group of professional rebels.
Even if Han Lin'er wants to be an ordinary person, there will always be people who want to use him for something.
Therefore, throughout the ages, most people in this situation would be killed, and it would be over once and for all.
Even if he doesn't die, he will be imprisoned and be extra vigilant... The old Zhao family is the most skilled at this kind of thing.
But Zhang Ximeng acted from another level and directly denied the mystery of Prince Ming, making the title worthless. In this case, Prince Ming is even more of an ordinary person.
Han Lin'er can probably live the rest of his life in peace, and there is no need to worry anymore.
But there is also a question, that is, denying the gods and Buddhas, will it damage the emperor's prestige, or even cause Lao Zhu's dissatisfaction?
This is just overthinking. In fact, Zhang Ximeng made changes to the foundation of imperial power long after he overturned the induction of heaven and man.
On such a big occasion today, of course it was impossible to just give Han Lin'er some relief. Zhang Ximeng wanted to further explain the orthodoxy.
What Zhang Ximeng did is indeed a bit similar to Zhu Xi's, except that the two people's arguments were completely different and the impact they had was completely different.
"The reason why a hero is a hero is that he cares about the common people and puts the people in his heart... This leads to the second level, where did King Shouyi fail?"
"I think King Shouyi was defeated because he forgot his original intention, or to put it more simply, Song Gong and King Shouyi did not sympathize with the suffering of the people and did not really want to save the people. All they thought about was to take advantage of the people's dissatisfaction and slap them on the wall.
The wind ignites the fire and achieves its own purpose."
"After the initial success of the uprising, King Shouyi gathered his troops and launched a large-scale northern expedition to compete with the Yuan army for the world. He made great moves and killed until the sky was dark. But he forgot that under his rule, there were still tens of millions of people who were waiting for food. They were hungry.
It's cold, people leave their homes every day, and people starve to death on the roadside... In addition to natural disasters and man-made disasters, there are military disasters, people's livelihood is even more miserable, and the people are even more miserable. As a person whose original intention is to save the people, he actually ignores the life and death of the people.
They drove them away for the first time, joined the Northern Expedition, and fought against the Yuan army... The Central Plains were thousands of miles apart, and the people were in dire straits. The Yuan court had committed many crimes, and King Shouyi could not escape the blame!"
Zhang Ximeng's words can be said to be merciless, and he directly peeled off Liu Futong's face.
But Liu Futong's old subordinates couldn't say anything.
It can even be said that Zhang Ximeng was being polite. The soldiers of Han and Song Dynasty also looted everywhere, captured strong men, grabbed food, burned and killed everywhere, and committed all kinds of evil.
The so-called Northern Expeditionary Army was often just rogue bandits. Except for Mao Gui, no one really cared about the lives and deaths of the people.
Including Liu Futong, he had no idea of building a base. He just kept catching strong men, organized them into soldiers and horses, and sent them to the Northern Expedition to fight the Yuan army.
As long as he wins most of the capital, he can sit on the dragon throne and enjoy the taste of the Nine-Five Supreme.
As for the people, they are just his tools.
People like to say that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. However, in contrast, Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on building walls high, hoarding food widely, and becoming king slowly, which reflected the thoughts of the people everywhere.
Grant fields, collect grain, raise troops, and live the people...then concentrate all your efforts to destroy the powerful enemy, and succeed in the Northern Expedition in one fell swoop.
I don’t know how much better this strategy is than Liu Futong’s.
So, is it strange that Zhu Yuanzhang had the last laugh?
"What I want to say is that the Northern Expedition is not unimportant. On the contrary, the Northern Expedition is very important, and expelling the Huru is also our core proposition. But we must care about the people and think about the common people. All our energy cannot be spent on fighting.
, and even said that we should devote more than 70% of our efforts to developing and strengthening ourselves."
"Because only in this way can we accumulate more power, gain greater support, and explode with greater power."
Zhang Ximeng said loudly: "Improve people's livelihood, eradicate long-term abuses, expel the barbarians, and restore China. This is something that cannot be ignored. We want the people to see the real benefits and let the people know the reasons for following us. People's livelihood is the foundation of the people.
, is our foundation!”
After Zhang Ximeng said this, he turned his attention to this stone tablet with a black base and a white body, and it seemed to become obvious all of a sudden.
"We affirm Shouyi's contribution and respect the feats of the Northern Expedition. But we still want to say that King Shouyi forgot the most fundamental people, so the black stone was chosen for this monument. The two colors of black and white are also our comprehensive evaluation of King Shouyi Liu Futong.
"
Zhang Ximeng stopped, but the discussion among the crowd continued.
Zhang Ximeng just praised Liu Futong, which made those old troops happy.
But listening to these words again, each one of them was heart-breaking. They were even more vicious than calling him a thief. The black and white stone tablets not only affirmed, but also severely reprimanded.
It can even be said that as time goes by, what Zhang Ximeng said will become people's final verdict on Liu Futong.
Isn’t it unkind to say that the dead are the most important?
The faces of the old soldiers from Han and Song dynasties were not that good-looking. They had just kowtowed and thanked them, and now they found out that they had thanked the wrong person. It was quite embarrassing!
At this moment, Liu Liu knelt down again and kowtowed.
"Xiang Zhang is fair. My brother has merits and demerits. Before he died, he killed the shameless officials and gentry who harmed the people and acted arrogantly! It was the result of his introspection... It's a pity that he understood
It's too late, I have been deceived by these beasts for too long. Under his rule, people's livelihood has declined, and it is hard to blame him. It is precisely because of this that my brother committed suicide in shame."
"Now that a black and white stone tablet is erected in front of my brother's tomb, his soul in heaven will also think about it carefully... The common people thank Prime Minister Zhang for their good intentions!"
"Thank you, Prime Minister Zhang, for your good intentions!"
Liu Liu is already the leader of the old people of Han and Song Dynasties, and his statement finally attracted the support of many people.
Looking at the whole scene, the most embarrassing thing was those Song Zhongliang who came all the way from Shandong.
They have been preaching that Liu Futong went crazy in the end, massacred loyal people, and killed righteous men. His crimes were so heinous that they are too numerous to describe. They even wanted to kill King Xiao Ming and summon the souls of the dead because of this.
As a result, Liu Liu's words penetrated their souls and tore off their faces directly... The main culprit causing the decline of people's livelihood is this group of dog-like scholar-bureaucrats.
What will happen to them next, only God knows.
Others were convinced and knelt on the ground.
They were the only ones who were so frightened that their legs became weak, like mud, and they collapsed on the ground.
However, Zhang Ximeng had no intention of caring about these little shrimps at this time, because Liu Futong's was not the only stone monument to be erected today.
A carriage with the same regulations also has a stone tablet on it. There are three words on the stone tablet: Jialu River!
The base of this stone tablet is also made of white stone, and is far away from Liu Futong's cemetery.
This time the speaker was not Zhang Ximeng, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who walked up to Jia Lu.
"The old man's achievements in water control will last forever. It is well deserved to name this river after him!"
Although Jia Lu knew that the river should be named after himself, he never expected that there would be such a big battle. Moreover, the Red Turban Uprising started because of the river banknote change.
Now someone finally cleared his name.
"Old minister, thank God!" Jia Lu knelt heavily on the ground, sobbing.