Footsteps suddenly sounded, breaking the somewhat awkward silence between Yuchi and his son.
Li Hui strode in. Seeing the big eyes of the father and son, he knew that there must be another conflict. However, he didn't care about it anymore and said with a wry smile: "Today, a new one appeared on the streets of Luoyang.
Nursery Rhymes.”
Both Yuchi and his son were startled for a moment, but Li Hui started to read: "If the captain is not late, Heluo will be in trouble, heavenly soldiers and generals will arrive one after another, and the people of the Central Plains will be full."
"What?" Yu Chishun said with a frown.
And Yuchi Jiong also stood up suddenly: "This is too blatant!"
Although "Yuchi" comes from the Xianbei language and has a different pronunciation, when written down the middle two characters of "Taiwei" and "Late", it is also "Yuchi". This is clearly pointing at them by name.
Yuchi's family, not to mention the ones behind, the whole Heluo is going to be in trouble, who are the soldiers and generals talking about?
At least it was not the current Northern Zhou army, but in the recent Battle of the Northwest, the Han army marched hundreds of miles in the wind and snow, using the roundabout tactics that the Turks were best at and defeated the Turks. Therefore, the people know this.
Those who do something wrong, or those who know only a little bit about it, simply call them Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals.
Of course, this may also be the name of Yang Jian's Northern Zhou court. After all, Yu Wen Yun is also the nominal emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Yu Wen Xian is still just the king of Qi and has not yet proclaimed himself emperor, so now Yu Wen Yun still has legitimacy, Yang Jian
Supporting the emperor to death can only be said to be holding the emperor in order to command the princes, so it is reasonable to call himself "heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals".
And the final destination is even more chilling. What do the people care about most in these troubled times? Isn't it who can provide them with food and clothing?
After the heavenly soldiers and generals arrived, they would be able to have food and clothing. Of course, the people did not care who sat in the emperor's position, all they wanted was food and clothing.
Let’s look back at the first sentence. If the Lieutenant is not late, what will he do if he is not late? Obviously, if he is not late, he will stir up trouble in Heluo and open the door to welcome the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals. This is almost pointing at the nose and saying that Yuchi Jiong is going to rebel.
"When did this ballad come from?" Yuchi paced back and forth.
In ancient times when propaganda and public opinion were not taken seriously, it has long been difficult to grasp the hearts and minds of the people and the military. In order to create momentum, stabilize people's hearts or cause panic among enemies, nursery rhymes often became a powerful tool.
Propaganda method, after all, such a meaningful nursery rhyme is definitely not something that children can come up with. It is obviously someone who teaches it behind the scenes, and these children go around the streets and sing it.
Children don't know the pros and cons. As long as you give them a piece of candy, they won't mind singing the whole nursery rhyme to the whole city.
But in the eyes of the superstitious and closed-minded ancients, the emergence of these nursery rhymes was obviously not a simple matter, and might even be the result of "God's will". Therefore, the common people were very convinced of these sudden and often catchy nursery rhymes.
In addition, these nursery rhymes can often be compared with some things that are happening now, so these nursery rhymes actually express the aspirations of everyone today.
Why don't everyone inside and outside Luoyang worry about the fate of the entire city?
The use of nursery rhymes as a weapon is actually nothing new since ancient times. However, in this three-acre land of Luoyang, countless heroes and heroes come and go like crucian carp crossing the river, and they stage scenes of intrigue, so this nursery rhyme seems to have changed.
It is as terrifying as the Luoyang shovel. When Chen Qingzhi went north, the song "Famous ministers and generals should not stay in prison, and thousands of troops should avoid white robes" was heard in Luoyang City.
Although there are only two sentences, coupled with Chen Qingzhi's invincible record of seven thousand white robes, it can completely shake the morale of the army. It suddenly caused the first few reinforcements of the Northern Wei Dynasty to be defeated by Chen Qingzhi despite their absolute numerical advantage. In the end, if
If Er Zhurong had not come with all the strength of the country, I’m afraid we don’t know how many people would have become Chen Qingzhi’s achievements.
Later, nursery rhymes gradually evolved into prophecies, such as "The stone man with one eye will stir up rebellion in the Yellow River", and "Open the door to welcome King Chuang, but King Chuang will not accept food when he comes", etc., which directly led to
The two behemoths of the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty collapsed.
What's more, even if you know that nursery rhymes may in many cases be used to sow discord or disturb the morale of the military and the people, for some original opponents and internal enemies, this is not a method that can be used.
Especially for those who are waiting to impeach Yuchi Jiong, this is definitely a clue.
Even if they know the origin of these nursery rhymes, and they may even be the compilers of the nursery rhymes, it does not prevent them from telling lies with open eyes. This is similar to the fact that on the eve of the emperor's accession to the throne, various places began to report auspiciousness.
So even though he knew that this nursery rhyme was deliberately created, Yuchi Jiong was helpless. A bunch of little brats who didn’t know anything, so what if they were really arrested? How could they be expected to tell them what it was?
Did someone teach them that?
Moreover, once this nursery rhyme is sung, people's hearts will already be in turmoil. No matter what measures are taken at this time, it is actually just an afterthought.
"Where did you hear that?" Yu Chishun said with a frown.
Li Hui smiled bitterly: "Now the whole city is singing it, not just the children. Those salesmen and vegetable vendors walking in the streets say that when they meet each other, who knows how many people are thinking about this inside the high wall?
thing."
"You're really vile." Yuchi Jiong stamped his feet, "Who can do such a thing?"
"There are no more than two kinds," Li Hui said hurriedly. "One is the officials in the court who have long criticized the general and even the other generals who want to replace the general. The other is naturally Nanman and Yang Jian.
Most of them want to take this opportunity to criticize the general, and want to force the general to change his ways, or at least be replaced, to imitate the old battle of Changping."
Yuchi Jiong snorted: "I haven't thought about comparing myself to Lian Po, but these people think of me very highly."
Li Hui said helplessly: "Even if the old general has no such intention, the city of Luoyang is now sandwiched between three parties. Compared with Changping, it is even more important to Chang'an. Whether it is Li Xingchen or Yang Jian, they will definitely be
If you want to control Luoyang, the Central Plains is still the fat that everyone covets."
"Who is it? Between Yang Jian and Li Xingchen, I'm afraid the latter is more likely to be the one." Yu Chijiong said coldly.
Yang Jian and Wei Xiaokuan, who led the army, can be said to be Yuchi Jiong's most familiar opponents, and Yuchi Jiong is obviously their most familiar opponent, so Yang Jian may really send people to sneak into Luoyang City and create such a panic in order to replace Yuchi Jiong.