On the wooden platform, Liu Zhenbang was still talking loudly with foaming at the mouth.
"Fellows and elders, if a person is ungrateful, how are he any different from an animal? In such a difficult situation in our country, who can turn the tide and defend the capital to ensure that our capital city is not destroyed and keep the hope of the people and officials in our country? It's Prime Minister Lu
Everyone, if it weren’t for Prime Minister Lu’s careful planning, who could have stabilized this situation? However, there are people who use all means to slander Prime Minister Lu and attack Prime Minister Lu extremely viciously, which makes Prime Minister Lu really feel chilled. I know that some of you are being deceived by others, and your heart is broken.
In the hope that the Luoyan rebels outside the city will invade the capital, some of you are even secretly planning to make trouble and cooperate with the rebels' siege. Hehe, do you think the court doesn't know? Everything is under the control of the Imperial City Division. You
The names of many of them are on the arrest list of the Imperial City Division, because you intend to collude with foreign enemies and cooperate with others. Originally, these people were going to be arrested and executed, but it was Prime Minister Lu who stopped this. Prime Minister Lu said, these people
People don't know the truth, they are deceived by others, and their circumstances are excusable. You can give them a chance to correct themselves. Listen to me, how kind Prime Minister Lu is? Anyone with a conscience shouldn't be ashamed of it?"
Hearing this, some people among the people looked a little panicked. Indeed, there were indeed people among the people in the city secretly working together to prepare for a rebellion. Many of them were the men left in the capital by the Xuanyi Guards of the Luoyan Army, and their mission was to spy
The intelligence in the city was used to instigate the officials and soldiers in the city, and to recruit the common people to participate in the internal response. However, the number of these people was actually very small. Under Lu Zhongtian's strong prohibition policy, they had very little space to move, so things did not go smoothly. The whole thing did not go smoothly.
There were only a few generals in the capital who instigated rebellion, and there were no more than a thousand soldiers and horses. Most of the people did not dare to participate in such a thing, so the total number of people was no more than 3,000. Although they knew Liu Zhenbang was bluffing, these people could not help but panic.
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"...today I will tell you the truth. Not long ago, I was ordered by Prime Minister Lu to leave the city and meet the rebels Lin Jue and Guo Kun in the rebel camp. The reason why Prime Minister Lu sent me to meet them was because once the siege started, I would
The Zhou soldiers and civilians will surely suffer a large number of casualties. Whether they are the subordinates of the Luoyan rebels or our soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City, they are all people of the Zhou Dynasty. Although their positions are different, they are all our people of the Zhou Dynasty. Once we fight to the death, all of us will be killed or injured.
We, the Zhou people, and the Jurchens are watching the area north of Beijing, waiting for us to lose both sides. The rebels can ignore it, but Prime Minister Lu can't ignore it. That's why he sent me to discuss the joint expulsion of the Jurchens. After the Jurchens are driven away,
Then solve the internal disputes within the Great Zhou Dynasty. This was originally a benevolence and righteousness of Prime Minister Lu for the sake of the overall situation, but it was rejected by them. They didn't care whether the Jurchens would take advantage of the danger that we would lose both sides and attack. The traitor Lin Jue only
Because of some personal grievances with Prime Minister Lu, he ignored the overall situation and refused to listen to dissuasion at all. Not only that, do you know what Lin Jue said about you people in the capital?"
Liu Zhenbang was like a storyteller, and at the critical moment when he was talking, he even let it slip. The people were really eager to know what Lin Jue said, and asked one after another: "What did he say?"
Huh? Please let me know, sir."
Liu Zhenbang was very satisfied with everyone's reaction. He sneered and said, "I'm afraid you will be angry to death if I tell you. Then Lin Jue said that the people in Bianliang City are all bandits and deserve to die. When the city is destroyed, they will definitely be punished."
They carried out liquidation. Those who deserved to be killed were killed, and those who deserved to be imprisoned and exiled were not tolerated. Hey, fellow villagers, listen to how barbaric the rebels have become. They hate the court, they hate Prime Minister Lu, and they even hate you.
. What’s ridiculous is that many of you are still looking forward to them attacking the city, and plan to cooperate with others to cause trouble in the city. You are a bunch of fools, and you will be liquidated when the city is broken. The Luoyan rebels are bandits to begin with.
They are composed of green forest bandits, folk thieves, murderers, and criminals who have violated the king's laws. These people have no humanity and enjoy stealing, robbing, killing, and setting fires. Once they conquer the capital, it will be a catastrophe for the capital, and heads will roll.
Rivers of blood flowed."
The people were all shocked, and there was a sound of sucking air in the square. Unexpectedly, the Luoyan Army outside actually regarded ordinary people like themselves as thieves, and they would be liquidated after entering the capital. This is incredible. Of course.
There are also people who have brains, but they don't believe it.
"The Luoyan Army seems to have no bad deeds. As far as I know, the Luoyan Army has been entrenched in Funiu Mountain for so many years, but they have not killed innocent people indiscriminately or robbed the surrounding people. I have a friend whose cousin even went to Funiu Mountain to do business.
He said that the people inside are very friendly and that it is much better inside than outside. They have food and clothing and no worries about food and drink." Someone whispered to the people around him.
"Yes, I have never heard of the Luoyan Army's misdeeds of killing people randomly. The Luoyan Army held the banner of the former Prince of Liang, and now they worship the Prince as their emperor. He is a member of the Zhou royal family. Then Lin
Jue is the commander of the Luoyan Army. He is not a ferocious man. He was once our number one scholar in the Great Zhou Dynasty. This man was also a student of the great Confucian Fang Dunru. He was forced to leave the capital. He cannot be
That kind of ignorant person cannot possibly attack our people." Someone echoed from the side.
Liu Zhenbang seemed to have heard the whispers below, and said loudly: "I know that some of you may not believe it. You haven't seen it with your own eyes, so naturally you don't want to believe it. I, Liu Zhenbang, can swear to God here, if I, Liu Zhenbang, tell any lies."
If I say that, I will be shattered to pieces and die. I swear this oath, you should believe it."
Someone among the people shouted loudly: "The traitor Guo Kunlinjue has such disregard for the overall situation and does not spare us ordinary people. He is just a group of bandits and robbers. We implore Prime Minister Lu to guard the capital and not let them attack."
.Please ask Prime Minister Lu to keep us safe again."
Many people in the crowd shouted and knelt on the ground and kowtowed. These people were all arranged as shills. At this moment, they stood up one after another and started to build momentum. Most of the people had no opinions. After hearing what Liu Zhenbang said with a poisonous oath, he saw people kneeling around him.
He shouted for permission, and then he knelt down in confusion. This time, a large number of people knelt down. Even if many people had doubts in their hearts, but everyone around him knelt down, he did not dare to stand out from the crowd and did not kneel down.
I had no choice but to kneel down, and most of the people in the square knelt down with cheers.
They all shouted and asked Prime Minister Lu to protect the city and keep the rebels out of the city.
Liu Zhenbang achieved his goal and said loudly: "Fellow fellows, you don't have to ask for permission. Even if you don't ask for permission, Prime Minister Lu will definitely not let them attack the capital. Guo Kun, Lin Jue and others have already ignored the great Zhou Sheji.
An Wei has become insane. In this situation, only Prime Minister Lu can be our support. Guo Kun claims to be emperor outside, and has arrogated the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty and deceived the minds of the soldiers and civilians of the Zhou Dynasty who do not know the truth. We must expose their true colors.
They want everyone in the world to know their faces and to unite people's hearts. In view of this, I and all the officials in the city believe that at this moment, we must rectify the source and unify the hearts of the people. Therefore, I, the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, must be elected to the throne.
The chaotic people in the world can be calmed and surrendered. And this person is none other than Prime Minister Lu. Prime Minister Lu had to pass the throne through the imperial edict of the previous emperor. It was Prime Minister Lu who was upright and upright and refused to accept anyone's words, so he never ascended the throne. At this time,
We must ask him to ascend the throne in order to stabilize the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in the world. With a backbone, we can gather strength to defeat the rebels internally and reject the barbarians externally. My fellow citizens, do you think so?"
The people kneeling on the ground and standing in the square all stared blankly at Liu Zhenbang on the stage. They could never imagine that all this was connected with Lu Xiang's intention to become emperor?
What does it have to do with the enemy? They couldn't figure it out. It sounded like Liu Zhenbang had been talking for a long time just to pave the way for Prime Minister Lu to become the emperor in the end, giving people a feeling of deception.
Liu Zhenbang was prepared to hear the voices of approval from the people below, but the people's reaction made him feel helpless. What a perfect logic he said, clarifying the necessity of Lu Xiang's ascension to the throne, but in the end these guys didn't
Do you understand? They all stared like idiots? He wanted to create a momentum for all the people to invite Prime Minister Lu to ascend the throne, but the result was so embarrassing? Liu Zhenbang felt like he was playing the lute to others.
A man stood up on the chair a few steps behind him. It was Chen Bin, the commander of the front department. But when he saw him striding to the front of the stage, he frowned at Liu Zhenbang and said, "Master Liu, you are going around and talking.
What? Is it that hard? Look at me."
After that, Chen Bin shouted to the audience: "It's all in vain. We want Prime Minister Lu to ascend the throne and become the emperor. If you agree, shout three times to invite Prime Minister Lu to ascend the throne, and then receive five kilograms of rice and noodles."
Half a catty of pork and one catty of vegetables. You can go home and have enough to eat and drink. If you don’t agree, hey, you won’t have a share of rice, noodles, meat and vegetables. Which of you agrees and who opposes?”
The common people were stunned for less than two breaths, and then they burst out into a roar: "I respectfully invite Prime Minister Lu to ascend the throne, respectfully invite Prime Minister Lu to ascend the throne, respectfully invite Prime Minister Lu to ascend the throne!"
Although the shouts of 70,000 to 80,000 people were chaotic, they were enough to resound throughout the city and deafen the ears. The scene suddenly became extremely lively.
Chen Bin turned around, looked at Liu Zhenbang with a smile and said, "Did you see? Such a simple thing has been made so complicated by you. You are a nerd."
Liu Zhenbang was speechless, smiling bitterly and shaking his head.
