On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, there was an undercurrent surging throughout Jingzhou's scholars, and the "royalists" who were loyal to the court and the emperor could not sit still.
Historically, after Cao Cao became the emperor, countless people urged Liu Biao to join him, like crucian carp crossing the river.
Later, while Liu Biao sent envoys to make offerings to the court, he also sent people north to form an alliance with Yuan Shao.
This duplicitous behavior caused dissatisfaction among a large number of scholars in Jingzhou. Countless middle- and lower-class families, officials, celebrities, and great scholars left Jingzhou, and countless people opposed Liu Biaoyin's alliance with Yuan Shao.
On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, it was reported that Liu Biao was going north to attack Xuchang, which suddenly detonated the whole Jingzhou Shilin. The most typical representative was Changsha County Gongcao Huanjie.
Huan Jie was also a "royalist" who was devoted to the imperial court. Although he was later regarded as a minister by Cao Pi after he succeeded to the throne, at least at that time, he believed that what Cao Cao was doing was to support him. The righteous act of the Han Dynasty.
He said this to Zhang Xian: "If a man does something without being righteous, there will be no invincible one. Therefore, Qi Huan led the princes to respect the Zhou Dynasty, and Jin Wen drove his uncles to accept the king. Now the Yuan family has done the same, and Liu Mu responded, this is the way to get disaster. The Ming Dynasty will definitely want to make meritorious deeds and clarify the righteousness. Full blessings far away from disasters, it is not suitable to follow this."
It means, "No matter what you do or what action you take, as long as it is not based on etiquette and justice, it will fail. Because he understood this truth, in the past, Duke Huan of Qi led the princes to respect the emperor of Zhou, and Duke Wen of Jin pursued and killed his uncle. Take in King Zhou Xiang and help King Zhou Xiang regain his throne. Now Yuan Shao has violated this principle, and Liu Biao is following closely behind. They are all taking the road of self-destruction. You must understand the righteousness and distinguish right from wrong. Preserve your luck and avoid disasters, and never join in their misdeeds."
Comparing Cao Cao to Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin who respected the king and resisted the barbarians, and comparing Yuan Shao and Liu Biao to rebellious officials and traitors, this is the true thinking of the current Jingzhou scholars, or most of the world's scholars.
They all believed that it was now the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the heroes were divided into separate kingdoms.
And Cao Cao, a prince, is just like Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin. He is helping the Emperor of Han to restore his country. He is a loyal minister who "respects the king and repels the barbarians".
Huan Jie's thoughts also represent the thoughts of almost all "royalists" in Jingzhou and aristocratic families who only care about family interests.
The reason why Zhang Xian launched the rebellion was probably due to the lobbying efforts of these people.
So Zhang Xian went to the court to express his determination to protect the court, and launched a massive rebellion against Liu Biao in the four counties of Jingnan, which made great contributions to Cao Cao's ability to concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shao in the north.
Shen Chen is now at Deng Hong's residence in Xiangyang.
At the end of the meal, after having breakfast at home, he got on the carriage to the governor's mansion.
At the end of 199 AD, Shen Chen was already fourteen years old. At the age of a junior high school student in later generations, he was about 1.72 meters tall. Because he practiced martial arts diligently every day, his body was muscular and strong, and he was quite brave.
The carriage drove slowly, passed through the bustling downtown, and stopped in front of the governor's mansion.
Today he came to say goodbye to Liu Biao.
Liu Biao was attacking Sun Ce from the east this year, and had a hard time defeating Zhang Xian. He was very busy and had no time to spare his extra troops to go north to deal with Cao Cao.
So Shen Chen asked him to lead the Huangmenting tribe and Gan Ning's troops there.
Liu Biao agreed to his request and gave him a hundred pieces of armor.
The armor had been transported to Deng Hong's residence yesterday, and it was all loaded on the ship today. It was escorted by two hundred guards from Huangmen Pavilion. It was planned to go north from Feishui to Xinye by ship.
As usual, Shen Chen asked Liu Biao to resign before going on an expedition.
When the carriage stopped in front of the Zhou Mu's mansion, Shen Chen saw hundreds of scholars crowded outside the mansion.
Seeing him coming, the crowd started talking: "He's coming, he's coming."
"Is this the Shen Xiaolang who unites knowledge and action?"
"I don't think he is anything special, but why are everyone shocked by him?"
"It's him. He doesn't know how to combine knowledge and action. He is just a rebellious official and traitor who fights against the imperial court."
"But I heard what he said makes sense."
"This is a vicious talk that will subjugate the country. Don't listen to it."
"oh."
The scholars stood at the door and watched.
Liu Biao raised scholars in Jingzhou. Countless famous scholars and scholars fled to Jingzhou from Yizhou, Jiangdong, Guandong and even the Guanzhong area, and naturally they had countless disciples.
For example, Guang Yingrong alone had thousands of disciples, and the other famous scholars and Confucian scholars had dozens and hundreds of disciples, adding up to tens of thousands.
Tens of thousands of people is nothing, the problem is that they are scholars.
At that time, the people at the bottom were not considered human beings because they did not even have basic names and font sizes.
For example, many of Zhang Jiao's generals only have nicknames and no names, because they are from the working class of the lower class and live a life inferior to that of cattle and horses.
Scholars are the backbone of society.
These scholars themselves were intellectuals, could afford to read, and their family background was basically decent. They had fertile land, real estate, slaves and vassals, and they controlled a huge amount of social power.
Although it is not as good as those top aristocratic families with tens of thousands of acres of farmland, countless servants, and even some private armed forces.
However, they are far more powerful than the ordinary people at the bottom.
That’s why it was said in ancient times that “he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.”
The people's hearts won are not those at the bottom who can only work as cattle or horses, no different from slaves.
It is only through these scholars with certain social power that we can succeed.
Now Cao Cao has gained this so-called "popular support".
With the title of emperor in hand, scholars all over the world are full of expectations for him.
Now that they heard that Shen Chen was going to expedition to the north, they all gathered at Liu Biao's door.
On the surface, it was to dissuade Shen Chen from the Northern Expedition, but in fact, it was to warn Liu Biao not to form an alliance with Yuan Shao but to surrender to the imperial court.
Shen Chen got off the carriage and looked around. He was naturally protected by dozens of guards, all of whom were wearing armor. They had fought bloody battles with Cao Jun and were filled with murderous intent.
But those scholars thought they upheld the morality in their hearts and were not afraid. They crowded over one after another and looked at Shen Chen angrily.
Some people have even started to curse.
"How dare you, a bratty little brat, be rebellious?"
"What kind of bullshit is the combination of knowledge and action? Do you deserve to be compared with Mr. Cao?"
"When Cao Gonggong decides on Yuan Shao, the emperor will issue an edict on his name in the future, so that you, the person who deceives the world and steals your reputation, will have no way to hide."
The crowd was noisy.
Shen Chen didn't squint his eyes, dusted off his clothes, walked towards the governor's mansion with his head held high.
Although the combined power of these people was so huge that even Liu Biao did not dare to provoke them, this did not mean that he was afraid.
He knew very well that the scholars outside were nothing, and the real resistance was inside the door, above their heads.
When the gatekeeper at the door saw that it was him, he did not stop him, because Liu Biao had given instructions a few years ago that Shen Chen could enter and leave his mansion at any time, so he just asked the guards to wait at the door.
After entering the front door, there is a large front yard. The front yard of buildings in the Han Dynasty was slightly smaller. An ordinary house would be a courtyard at most, and after entering, there is the front hall.
But Liu Biao's governor's mansion was grand and luxurious. There were two gates beyond the front yard, and cloister courtyards on the left and right, with towering trees and lush flowers and vegetation.
After passing through these two doors, I saw the front hall.
The front hall is very large. It is a place used by Liu Biao for large-scale receptions. When he usually holds meetings with Deng Hong and others, it is in the middle hall. Because the front hall is too big and can accommodate many people, banquets are sometimes held. .
There is a banquet today.
When Shen Chen passed by the front hall, he saw that there were tables on both sides of the hall, and maids and servants were placing various fruits and vegetables on the tables, and serving sumptuous dishes one after another.
"Ming Gong is waiting for Xiao Lang in the backyard."
Liu Biao's close confidant Cheng Qi came out to greet him.
Shen Chen looked at the hall and said, "Who are there today?"
Cheng Qi shook his head and said: "More than twenty of them are all famous Confucian scholars who are famous all over the world."
"Well, I understand."
Shen Chen nodded.
Follow Cheng Qi all the way to the backyard.
Liu Biao was recuperating in a small building in the backyard. He was sitting cross-legged on the banquet, and a burner of incense was burning on the table next to him.
The small building was covered with a curtain. Shen Chen opened the curtain, walked in slowly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty."
"Um."
Liu Biao opened his closed eyes and said, "Sit down."
"Thank you very much, envoy."
Shen Chen knelt down in front of Liu Biao and said, "Chen Chen is going north to attack Cao Cao today, so he came here to ask for his resignation."
"I see."
Liu Biao nodded and said, "But I'm afraid it won't be that simple if you want to leave today."
Shen Chen smiled and said: "They are just rotten scholars. What can they do besides talking nonsense? How can they stop me?"
Liu Biao smiled bitterly and said: "These people are not kind-hearted people. Some of them have reputations that even I can easily offend. If I really offend them, your reputation in the future will probably be bad."
In fact, although those people had different stances from Shen Chen, they did not use any underhanded methods, such as spreading Shen Chen's reputation everywhere and making his reputation bad.
As great Confucian scholars, they still had their own dignity and moral standards. It was only because they considered Cao Cao a loyal minister who helped the emperor and the country that they had an unpleasant quarrel with Shen Chen.
Therefore, with their reputation and influence in Shilin, if they really unite to ruin Shen Chen's reputation, I am afraid that even Sima Hui and Pang De will not be able to help. To a certain extent, they can be regarded as martial arts. Virtue.
However, Shen Chen knew very well that even if these people had good moral qualities, they were ultimately nobles who had no sympathy for the people. They were fundamentally different from himself, so even if they talked about martial ethics, he could not agree with them.
Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "The Han Dynasty is in decline. Cao Cao coerces the emperor to order the princes. People are stupid, but they don't know that the emperor in Cao Cao's hands is just a tool to issue orders. Now only the envoy can save the Han Dynasty."
Liu Biao shook his head and said: "Zhang Xian of Jingnan rebelled, and Sun Ce of Jiangxia attacked. I can't do anything."
"Um."
Shen Chen cupped his hands and said, "That's why I'm willing to share your worries with you. If something unexpected happens to the emperor in the future and you are attacked by Cao Cao, only you can turn the tide before it falls and help the building before it collapses."
To turn the tide before it falls, or to support the building before it collapses?
After Liu Biao heard this, he glanced at Shen Chen thoughtfully. He was probably hinting at something.
At this time, Liu Biao's attitude was actually quite ambiguous. Historically, he was trying to pacify Zhang Xian, and after many scholars were disappointed with Cao Cao due to the clothing and belt edict, he offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, went out to compare himself to the king, spoke and acted inappropriately, and had the intention of proclaiming himself emperor. .
But before Zhang Xian was calmed down, he did not dare to take any action even though his strength was now greatly increased. Therefore, facing Shen Chen's hint, he just waved his hand and said: "Don't say these nonsense, it will cause misunderstanding."
"only."
Shen Chen glanced at Liu Biao's face and didn't care.
The two chatted for a while.
Near noon, Cheng Qi came to report: "Ming Gong, all the great sages are here."
"Let's go."
Liu Biao stood up, stretched his sore legs and feet, and a hint of haze flashed in his eyes: "It's time to meet these great sages."
He put his hands behind his back and walked out first.
Everyone knows that the scholars in Jingzhou are very interested in the imperial court. How could Liu Biao not know this?
After Cao Cao welcomed the Emperor, did not many of these so-called great Confucian scholars write to him to persuade him to join Cao Cao?
So Liu Biao knew very well that these people were not actually targeting Shen Chen, but him.
However, disaster cannot be avoided, their reputation is indeed very strong, and several of them are even great scholars who Liu Biao once wanted to recruit as prefects, such as Liu Ba, Wang Jun, Ying Rong, etc.
But precisely because of the other party's strong reputation, if you avoid seeing him, it will only arouse suspicion.
Therefore, Liu Biao must maintain this ambiguous attitude, neither letting the world know his ambition to become emperor, nor letting people think he is weak and incompetent.
But Shen Chen, who was following Liu Biao, looked at his back and was thinking in his heart.
This time the test turned out to be a problem.
Liu Biao is indeed very ambitious.
After leaving the backyard, we went all the way to the front hall. At this moment, Kuai Yue had already greeted many famous Confucian scholars to enter the hall.
Cai Mao was sent by Liu Biao to suppress Zhang Xian, while Kuai Yue was recalled to stay in Xiangyang.
Since he is also a famous person in Jingzhou, the reception work is naturally done by him.
As Cheng Qi came out and said "Liu Shijun has arrived", Liu Biao slowly walked into the hall, and many famous people and scholars stood up and saluted him: "I have met Liu Shijun."
Although these celebrities and scholars have a great reputation, Liu Biao is not weak either.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms rated him as one of the "Eight Heroes". In official history, he was the seventh among the eight heroes. According to the ranking of the Three Juns, Eight Heroes, Eight Gus, Eight Men, and Eight Chefs, his reputation in the Shilin ranks among the thirty-five people. Among them, the positive number is twenty-sixth and the bottom number is tenth.
Therefore, although the famous scholars in Jingzhou criticized Liu Biao for not taking the initiative to serve the king, not relying on the imperial court, and separatizing the local area, due to his reputation among the scholars, they did not dare to say anything and could only advise.
If it had been anyone else, before the Clothes and Belts Edict, if you had not relied on the imperial court, you would have been scolded to death. For example, Yuan Shao was scolded as a national traitor by many celebrities.
Liu Biao entered the hall, walked to the main seat, looked around at everyone, and then said: "Everyone, please take a seat."
Many celebrities continued to sit down.
In addition to Kuai Yue, there are also Kuai Liang, Liu Xian, Deng Hong, Wen Ying and several other cronies working in the hall.
Shen Chen's position was at the bottom, and he and Deng Hong were almost sitting at the door.
After everyone sat down, Liu Biao said: "Today all the great sages have written together and come to see me. I don't know what the matter is."
Wang Jun had an old relationship with Cao Cao in his early years, and he was the most anxious to get angry, so he was the first to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the way to govern the world is the way of loyalty, filial piety and benevolence. Is this true?"
Liu Biao frowned. Here are all famous Confucian scholars who are well-read in the classics. Who are you humiliating by asking such a question?
But he still had self-restraint and said: "Naturally."
Wang Jun said: "In the past, King Shang was unruly and King Wu attacked Zhou, but Boyi and Shuqi wanted to stop them. Is this correct?"
Liu Biao's face didn't look very good, so he forced himself to say: "That's right."
The Han Dynasty was founded on loyalty, filial piety and Confucian principles. Although King Wu defeated Zhou because King Zhou was unrighteous, Confucius, Mencius and other Confucian sages highly respected Boyi and Shuqi. Even Jiang Ziya considered them to be sages, so as long as they were Confucian disciples
, it is impossible to belittle them both.
Wang Jun then asked: "Then I would like to ask the envoy, are you immoral today?"
Liu Biao gritted his teeth and said, "The emperor loves his people, and everyone knows it."
When there was a severe drought in Guanzhong, warlords such as Li Jue and Guo Si did not care about the life and death of the people. Liu Xie could not bear the hardships of the people, so he ordered the opening of warehouses to release grain and relieve the people. This is known to everyone in the world.
Wang Jun looked around and said: "Today's people are benevolent and good, which is a gift from the wise king, and everyone admires them. However, there are people who want to raise troops to attack the court, using the ignorant to defeat the righteous, and using the ungrateful to challenge the virtuous. Tell me, this world
Is there any truth to this?"
"Of course there is no such reason."
"Ziwen Gong's words are really small words with great meaning!"
"Yes, we, the scholars, should be loyal to the emperor and patriotic. How can we be rebellious ministers and traitors?"
When the celebrities were talking, they all looked at Shen Chen. It was obvious who they were talking about.
Liu Feng is also under a lot of pressure now.
He had the intention of proclaiming himself emperor in history, but the reason why he did not proclaim himself emperor in the end was due to the existence of these people.
Because what they said is the truth and the most correct thing.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were many princes everywhere, but how many princes who did not have the support of aristocratic families would end well?
Even Yuan Shao had to talk about flattering the emperor and attacked Cao Cao. He was very hesitant at first. It was not until the incident of the Yidai Zhao that he had a reason to attack Cao Cao.
So if you don't talk about being loyal to the emperor and patriotic, then you are just a treacherous minister and traitor, and everyone will punish you if you find it.
Liu Biao is now being pointed at his nose.
But he couldn't refute it.
Therefore, he could only keep silent and look at Shen Chen.
Shen Chen stood up slowly and said, "I want to ask Duke Ziwen, who is raising troops to attack the imperial court?"
"Ah."
Wang Jun was amused by him and sneered: "It's self-evident who the thief is."
Shen Chen looked puzzled and said: "Yuan Shao is attacking Cao Cao, and I am attacking Cao Cao. Does this have anything to do with the emperor? Is it true that in the eyes of Ziwen Gong, Cao Cao is the emperor?"
"Be bold!"
Wang Jun had a bad temper and immediately drew his sword and said: "How dare you, the little thief, say such rebellious and unethical words?"
"Isn't that what Ziwen Gong meant?"
Shen Chen was not afraid and drew his sword. He sneered and said: "Master Ziwen said that by attacking Cao Cao, I was attacking the imperial court. He compared Cao Cao to the country and the country. I think Master Ziwen is the treasonous one."
"Click rub rub!"
The Han Dynasty was full of martial virtue. From the officials to the head of Guizhou, they all had swords on their waists.
These ladies in their forties, fifties and sixties all wore swords. Even after entering Liu Biao's mansion, Liu Biao did not dare to let them remove their swords, so they all drew their swords and glared at Shen Chen.
"presumptuous!"
Liu Biao banged the table angrily and said: "How dare a child be so rude? How can a dignified scholar draw his sword during a banquet?"
On the surface, he was referring to Shen Chen, but in fact, he also criticized these great Confucian scholars.
Being scolded by Liu Biao, Shen Chen just sneered and took back his sword. The other famous scholars also put away their swords because of Liu Biao.
The celebrity Wei Xi stood up and said: "My friend, don't confuse right and wrong. Now Cao Gong is helping the Han Dynasty in the court, saving the country from danger in the autumn of the country's survival. If Cao Gong is not there, who can the emperor rely on?" "
"I."
Shen Chen looked around and said, "We."
"you?"
Wei Xi looked confused and said, "We?"
Shen Chen nodded: "Since you are loyal to the country, why are you unwilling to be loyal in front of the emperor?"
"Forehead"
Wei Xi's attitude was quite good, and he patiently explained: "The chaos in Guandong has caused us to grow old."
Shen Chen said: "Before answering your question, I actually want to ask you one thing first, that is, do you think Cao Cao is a good person or a bad person?"
Although we should try not to treat problems in black and white terms, these people are just like that. Their minds do not have such complicated dialectical logic. You have to use magic to defeat magic. So Shen Chen has learned the lesson now and starts to characterize people first.
"Cao Gong."
Wei Xi looked around and saw that he actually didn't know Cao Cao very well, but he had heard that he killed a lot of people.
Wang Jun was a good friend of Cao Cao, and he immediately said in a deep voice: "Gong Cao is a talented person who saves the world. In today's world, only Gong Cao can save the emperor and all the people."
"good."
Shen Chen nodded: "Then the next question is, do common people count as human beings?"
"What is the problem?"
Many celebrities were confused, and the great scholar Yingrong said: "People are born in heaven and earth, so they are naturally human beings."
Shen Chen said: "Since the people are human beings, why can't I see the nobles and nobles treating them as human beings? When I was in Xuzhou, I saw something. A vicious dog raised by a powerful man bit a child. The boy was followed by his sixteen-year-old brother. Seeing this, he raised a stick and beat the vicious dog to death. Later, the strong man grabbed the boy's brother, beat him severely, and forced him to The vicious dog that was beaten to death knelt down and was asked to wear sackcloth and wear filial piety, and to recognize the vicious dog as its father. You might as well tell me, is this powerful man a good guy or a bad guy?"
Li Yan, a famous scholar, is relatively jealous of evil and said without hesitation: "If we don't kill this evil thief, it will not be enough for the people to be angry!"
Shen Chen nodded: "That's good, but this evil thief didn't kill anyone. He didn't even kill a single person, so you think this person deserves to die. But I came from Xuzhou and saw Cao Cao raising the butcher knife in his hand to kill The people in Xuzhou are so devastated and their corpses are so blocked that even the Si River cannot flow. Can you tell me, which one is more serious is the crime committed by the powerful or Cao Cao? In your eyes, these dead people are no different than rotten grass and cannot be counted. people?"
Everyone was silent for a moment.
In fact, it is normal for the upper-class elites to kill and oppress the people.
Not treating people as human beings is a tacit understanding.
These great Confucian scholars may be kind-hearted and willing to help the common people, but they also naturally have noble backgrounds from aristocratic families. It is normal for them to look down on the lower class.
But these words cannot be said.
Like loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, loving the people is also a form of political correctness to a certain extent.
So Shen Chen is using magic to deal with magic.
Didn’t you say that Cao Cao helped the king and the country?
But he massacred the city.
Didn't you say that Cao Cao was a gifted person?
But he massacred the city.
Didn’t you say that Cao Cao saved the country from danger?
But he massacred the city.
Usually these things are selectively ignored by them, but now Shen Chen has made it clear that unless you say that the people Cao Cao killed are not human beings, it will be difficult for them to cross this hurdle.
After a while, the famous scholar He Xia said: "There are times when a sage hides his wrongdoings for the sake of publicity. How can a person have no faults? There is no great good to be done by correcting one's faults."
"Cao Cao corrected his mistakes, but can hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou come back alive?"
Shen Chen asked.
He Qia added: "Only the Emperor can judge Duke Cao's faults. If in the future Duke Cao can assist the Emperor in governing the world, and the Emperor sins against Duke Cao, I believe that Duke Cao will have nothing to say."
"well said."
Shen Chen nodded: "You are worthy of being great Confucian scholars, much better than your disciples."
When he was at Xianshan Academy, someone told Shen Chen that Cao Cao had changed his mind, but Shen Chen was still speechless.
But the debating skills of these great Confucian scholars were so strong that they could silence Shen Chen with just one sentence.
It means that now Cao Cao is helping the emperor and assisting the country, so don't disturb him. When Cao Cao helps Liu Xie unify China and restore the Han Dynasty in the future, if Liu Xie wants to punish Cao Cao, no one in the world will say anything.
So in summary, these great Confucian scholars are indeed much better than their disciples. They will always have reasons to refute you, lock the framework in loyalty and patriotism, and make you covered with shackles.
However, Shen Chen suddenly laughed, without any intention of being defeated, and quickly asked: "I would like to ask you, how do you think about the division of the three families into Jin, and Tian and Chen usurping Qi?"
"They are just traitors and traitors."
Wang Jun snorted coldly.
This is not what he thought, but what Confucius thought.
When Tian Chen usurped Qi, Confucius immediately asked Duke Ai of Lu to send troops to attack him.
And he also severely condemned this rebellious act.
Therefore, whether the three families were divided into Jin or Tian and Chen usurped Qi, among Confucian disciples, this behavior was called usurpation.
Shen Chen then said: "Before Tian He usurped Qi, he used big buckets to lend money and small buckets to pay back, so as to win people's hearts. Before Wang Mang usurped the throne, he was respectful and modest, only virtuous and virtuous, quite like Yi Yin and Zhou Gong. Prime Minister, a truly wise person will not treat the people cruelly. Cao Cao doesn't even love the people, do you still think that he will love the emperor?"
He Xia retorted: "In today's world, etiquette and music are ruined. Although Duke Cao has done cruel things, he can't do anything about it. He is doing something to respect the king by welcoming the emperor. You divided the Jin into three families, and Tian Chen usurped Qi." For example, do you want to say that Guild Cao is like this? But we didn't see it!"
Shen Chen asked back: "Does that mean that if the emperor is controlled by Cao Cao in a deep palace and you don't see the emperor being bullied by Cao Cao, don't you believe it?"
"Why do you need to arrange something that doesn't exist in the first place?"
Li Yan said.
Shen Chen nodded: "Okay, please allow us to wait a little longer."
"Wait a minute?"
Everyone was puzzled, and someone asked: "What are you waiting for?"
Shen Chen laughed: "Waiting for the emperor's edict."
"Edict from the Emperor?"
Everyone was very surprised and looked at each other at a loss.
Is it possible that the emperor will issue an edict again?
But no matter how everyone asked after that, Shen Chen just smiled and said nothing, and everyone was helpless.
Liu Biao smoothed things over and said that everyone should eat first and then talk after eating.
If you come to be a guest, it’s not easy to refuse, so let’s eat first.
But what Shen Chen said just now made them feel confused, so they were all worried, and their meals were tasteless.
After about two-quarters of an hour, everyone had almost eaten, leaving only the leftovers.
Li Yan couldn't help but said: "Where is the emperor's edict?"
Shen Chen sat at the door, glanced at the sky outside, and suddenly noticed a guard hurriedly running outside the door, and said with a smile: "Here we come."
"What's coming?"
"The Clothes and Belt Edict."
"Clothes and belt edict?"
Everyone was confused, what are these things?
Only Shen Chen smiled slightly.
He actually arranged for people to sneak into Xudu a few years ago and observe the news every day.
The spies suddenly planted in Xudu the day before yesterday reported that a few days ago, the clothing edict incident occurred, Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu, Wu Shuo, Zhong Ji and others were executed one after another, and even the pregnant Dong Guiren was not spared.
This incident caused turmoil in the entire government and the public, and the news spread.
The people sent by Shen Chen rushed back overnight, and it would take several days to reach Jingzhou. Counting the days, they should have arrived now.