The school ground, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, has already been fully occupied by the people who came after hearing the news. Many people who were squeezed in the back could not hear clearly what the people on the high platform in the center of the school ground were saying, but they could not.
This does not prevent them from following the masses in front of them to shout and vent their anger.
As the first stop for the public trial of Liu Zhongli, the people of Rangcheng were very supportive. The first one required the government to organize the people to come and watch, but for the second one two days later, there was no need for the government to organize anymore. It was time for the public trial.
People were already coming in droves.
Now this public trial has been added to the tenth one, and it can be said that every venue is full, and the enthusiasm of the people is not diminished. Some people even hold back at every turn. They already know the links and content of the public trial on the high platform, but they still participate enthusiastically.
He also took the initiative to undertake voluntary publicity work and explained the situation to people outside the school who did not understand the situation.
"This can't be true, can it? Then Liu Zhongli is a famous general of the Liang Kingdom. How could he act so shamelessly, stupidly and absurdly?"
The reality is so absurd that many people cannot believe it is true.
The reason is also very simple. This person is richer, more famous than me, and more prominent than me. His quality must be far better than mine. Otherwise, how could he enjoy so many social resources? But even I will not be stupid enough to do this.
How could he make such a mistake?
"Then Liu Zhongli is just a scum who deceives the world and steals his reputation. If he is as famous as his reputation says, how could he allow the thief Hou Jing to rob his father? How could he be captured by our Governor Li and taken to Jingzhou?
He was unfavorable to the king because he surrendered to the rebels and betrayed his father to bribe the rebels before he was released. As a result, he also became a traitor and wanted to invade our Jingzhou, so he was defeated and captured by Governor Li. He is a stupid thief in the first place!"
Various discussions continued to emerge on the school grounds, because the public trial had been going on for many days, and the public's discussion was no longer limited to Liu Zhongli's ugly crimes, but gradually expanded to other personnel matters.
For example, the old Bodhisattva Xiao from Nanliang, his children and grandchildren are all unfilial, and his ministers are all disloyal. Even Hou Jing, who is currently causing trouble in Jiangnan, took the initiative to open the door to welcome thieves. Such a foolish old man can actually
To be able to enjoy the country is simply out of order, and now it is really causing harm to the common people.
Li Tai patrolled outside the school grounds for a week under the guard of his own soldiers. Hearing the indignant comments from the masses, he felt quite emotional.
Both the ancient court officials and the so-called elites of later generations had the idea of educating and guiding the common people, but in fact, the real public order and good customs rely on the common people to uphold it. They are the ones with social conscience and morality.
Representatives. Because once they violate public order and good customs, they will be severely punished and will have to pay greater costs when connecting and interacting with others.
On the contrary, it is the ruling class and the elite. Their position in the social structure allows them to be exempted from some punishments for violating public order and good customs. Therefore, whether they must abide by public order and good customs really depends on the quality of the individual.
People like Liu Zhongli were extremely unfaithful and unfilial, but even the most vicious people like Hou Jing treated him favorably. If he had not been defeated and captured, he would still be the proud leader of the Southern Liang Dynasty in the east of Han Dynasty, and the people would not dare to disobey him.
After a public trial, when Liu Zhongli was escorted back to the state capital, Li Tai went to visit him in person. He saw that Liu Zhongli only looked gloomy and his face was as pale as paper, but his physical condition was good and his injuries gradually improved. Even during dinner
I also drank a few glasses of wine.
Originally, Li Tai was worried that Liu Zhongli might not be able to withstand the pressure of public opinion, but now it seems that he was overly worried. Many times, once the bottom line is broken, that person will have no bottom line at all. If Liu Zhongli
To seek death, there have been many opportunities before. If I didn't have the opportunity before, I certainly won't have the opportunity now.
In this case, we can continue to increase our efforts. So Li Tai informed Liu Zhongli that he would follow him on a tour to the mainland. Of course, a public trial was also indispensable.
After Liu Zhongli heard this, his expression froze for a moment, and then he nodded again. He knew that he had no room for bargaining at the moment, and even if he refused, he would not be allowed, and he would only be humiliating himself.
Therefore, an ordinary man cannot seize his will. Liu Zhongli had already lost his courage in the battle of Jiankang that day. He was just greedy for peace, and he did not hesitate to ask Hou Jing to surrender directly. Now facing Li Tai, who was even more ruthless, he even
I don't even have the courage to refuse.
Previously, Yang Zhong moved forward like wind in the eastern part of Han Dynasty and accepted many letters of surrender. Although he nominally occupied the entire territory of eastern Han Dynasty, such a conquest was obviously not reliable.
Therefore, while Li Tai reported the results of this stage to the Taiwanese government and asked the Taiwanese government to send more personnel assistance, he also prepared to lead an army on a patrol and make more in-depth adjustments to the personnel of the occupied states and counties.
On this patrol, he planned to lead more than 12,000 infantry and cavalrymen, go all the way south via the Suizao Passage, arrive at Anlu, then turn west along the river and enter Jingling, where he would stay for a few days to shock Jiangling's enemies.
Xiao Laoqi.
However, after the plan was agreed upon, before the patrol team had time to set off, bad news came from the newly occupied Anlu territory. Ma Xiu, the former chief historian of Liu Zhongli, who was temporarily appointed as the prefect of Anlu after the surrender, sent an urgent report to Anlu.
There was a commotion in Lu City. Xia Houzhenqia, a powerful figure in the city, and others made a rebellion with the crowd, intending to attack the city. They were defeated by Ma Xiu and his people, so they left the city and took control of the three passes of Yiyang.
Although Li Tai had known that the current Handong area was still not stable enough, it was a bit of a slap in the face that a rebellion broke out in Anlu as soon as Yang Zhong left. Ma Bofu, the son of Ma Xiu and the former governor of Yiyang, was there.
In Jingzhou, Li Tai summoned him to ask questions.
Ma Bofu was in his thirties, but he was timid and timid when he paid homage to the Jingzhou governor, who was much younger than him.
It was not because he was too timid, but because after seeing the tragic situation in which Liu Zhongli was ruined by the steward, he subconsciously feared him in his heart.
Who doesn't hide some of his ugliness? If Liu Zhongli is exposed one by one by his subordinates and cronies in the coming year and announces it to the public, then naturally they who follow the land will not have the awareness of Liu Zhongli to see through the world and all the four things are in vain. It will be scary to think about it.
"Yangquan Marquis, Liu Thie, when Liu Thie was appointed governor of Yongzhou by the King of Eastern Hunan, he used his general Xiahou Qiang to direct state affairs and left Yiyang in the north of the town.
, the Xiahou family has no intention of obeying the guests..."
The local administrative system of Nanliang is chaotic and complicated. Prefectures and counties are often abandoned and the names of many prefectures and counties often overlap. Coupled with the practice of double-headed prefectures and counties, the system of local prefectures and counties in Nanliang is as confusing as a code.
For example, Liu Zhongli served as the governor of Sizhou before, and Yang Yaren served as the governor of Beisizhou at the same time. One was in Zhi'an Lu, and the other was in Yiyang, and they had no control over each other. But in fact, Beisizhou was the original Sizhou, so
It was captured by the Northern Wei Dynasty, so Yiyang County in the south was established as Sizhou, and soon it was moved to Zhi'an Lu. Later, the original Sizhou land was recovered, so it became Beisizhou.
However, even the Liang people themselves found this superposition of east, west, south and north troublesome, and would occasionally omit it when describing it. For example, the governor of Yiyang that Ma Bofu served as before was Nan Yiyang, which was later known as Xiaogan, Hubei.
Xinyang, Henan, where Yiyang is located, is separated from each other by an entire Tongbai Mountain.
Liu Zhongli was appointed as the governor of Yongzhou by the King of Eastern Hunan, but he transferred his old position as governor of Sizhou to the general Xia Houqiang. He also took advantage of the chaos in the local establishment and subordinates to send Xiahou Qiang out of Yiyang, which was against the original intention of Zhengyang.
The boss, Yang Yaren, was still detained in Jiankang by Hou Jing, so naturally no one cared about the matter with him.
Just looking at Liu Zhongli's move, it is obvious that he wanted to establish a separatist power centered on Yong and Si states, and then use his minions to penetrate into the Huainan area. But now that the army was defeated and captured, his dominance was in vain, but the personnel arrangements made before
, but it has also laid hidden dangers for the security of Suilu areas.
The Xiahou family, which is based in Yiyang, obviously does not want to recognize and accept the Western Wei Dynasty's rule over the Suilu area. If it can successfully capture Anlu, it will have a well-established advance and retreat. With Anlu and Yiyang as the center, it will become a power spanning the north and south.
The local clans of the prefecture are strong. However, the northern and southern prefectures are connected to the two major regions of Handong and Huainan respectively. Therefore, the value of their clan's united front will naturally increase.
After listening to Ma Bofu's report, Li Tai pondered for a moment and immediately sketched out the logic of Xiahou's actions. And listening to Ma Bofu's words and Xiahou's expression of deep hatred, it was obvious that there were two sides.
There were deep conflicts when he was under Liu Zhongli.
The Ma family and his son were also powerful men in Yongzhou. They were from the Ma family in Fufeng, and their local power was not weak, so they were relied upon by Liu Zhongli. Now that the Jingzhou General Office controls Suilu, it also needs to temporarily borrow its strength.
Under such circumstances, it was obviously not easy to ignore the demands of the Ma family and win over the rebellious Xiahou family. Moreover, Li Tai did not intend to do so, because the power layout of the Xiahou family once again touched his heart.
Murong Shaozong.
Although Murong Shaozong's whereabouts are unknown for the time being, looking at his posture, it is estimated that he will not let go of the fat man in Huainan. If the Xiahou family is recruited by him, then the Yiyang and Yiyang Passes that the Xiahou family currently occupies are Murong
A passage used by Shaozong to invade the eastern Han Dynasty.
Although the Xiahou family first rebelled and the two sides had not yet colluded, the trend was very obvious.
The national power of the Eastern Wei Dynasty was far greater than that of the Western Wei Dynasty, and it was also more attractive. Murong Shaozong was the most powerful person in Henan in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. He personally defeated the Southern Liang Northern Expedition and put down the Hou Jing rebellion. This Xiahou family rebelled from Eastern Han Dynasty and chose
It is absolutely normal for Murong Shaozong to be a target of refuge.
Of course, even if the Xiahou clan didn't have such an idea and they dared to openly rebel against Han Dong's initial decision, Li Tai still needed someone to scare the monkeys.
So he led Yang Zhong and led two thousand fine cavalry south to Anlu, and summoned the defenders there to attack the three passes of Yiyang. He himself led his troops to Liyang City where Zhao Gang and others were stationed, and sent troops to notify Dongjingzhou
Hou Zhi and Quan Jing's Propaganda Department asked them to cooperate in attacking Yiyang.