Chapter nine hundred and eighty clean up the old mountains and rivers
As a Jingzhou official, Lu Zhongsu had met with the Crown Prince and Princess Lechang in Jiangling. Although he only had a brief look at them at that time and did not even have the right to speak, Lu Zhongsu was still impressed.
What's more important is that Li Xingchen brought His Royal Highness Lechang to the south of the Yangtze River this time. This is already known to everyone. Now the only one who is qualified to call herself "my palace" here is Princess Lechang. Of course, she may use the title of "Prince of Han"
The title is more appropriate.
Chen Chen, who was south of Lu Zhongsu, regarded himself as a minister. He did not dare to neglect him at that time and solemnly saluted: "The guilty minister is here to see your highness."
Lechang laughed: "What does it matter if you can hold on or not?"
Lu Zhongsu was stunned for a moment: "Why did Your Highness say this?"
"This is destined to be undefendable," Lechang said lightly, "What's more, if you hold it today, what about tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow? Do you really plan to hold on when there are no reinforcements, no food, and low morale?
In the end? But in the end it’s not the same result."
Lu Zhongsu suddenly felt angry and wanted to argue, but after all, he was no longer an angry young man. He forced himself to calm down but found that he really had no way to refute this sentence. Apart from his passion, there was nothing that could help him keep going.
Lechang looked at the troubled Lu Zhongsu and sighed secretly in his heart. If the Southern Chen Manchu Dynasty were all such promising and loyal ministers, why would they be here today! But it is too late to say this now. All he has to do is
Just try to save the lives of these diligent ministers. After all, these loyal ministers should not die for a dynasty that is already riddled with holes.
Lechang immediately said: "Lu Qing, it's been three hundred years, it's time."
Lu Zhongsu suddenly raised his head. He obviously knew what Lechang's purpose was, and said sadly: "His Royal Highness, as a member of the royal family of Dachen, is like this, sir..."
Speaking of this, Lu Zhongsu couldn't help but stamp his feet. Even the dynasty he wanted to protect and the royal family he wanted to be loyal to didn't even understand this kind of loyalty and passion. They even tried to persuade him to give up. This made Lu Zhongsu feel like he had nothing to do.
Method accepted.
Lechang looked at Lu Zhongsu quietly. After a long time, Lu Zhongsu's mood seemed to have calmed down a bit, and he said calmly: "Now that the matter has come to this, what's the use of unnecessary resistance and casualties? Every battle is fought
If we go down, all the Chinese men will die, and all the Chinese people will suffer, so why bother?"
After a pause, Lechang sighed: "This Da Chen has long been no longer what it was yesterday, and this country has long been in pieces. Do the Lu Qing family still expect to be able to resist the King of Han with their current military strength and current court? The mantis is like a chariot.
After that, how many people were killed and injured, and how many mountains turned into scorched earth, have the Lu Qing family thought about it?"
Although Lechang's voice is not loud, every sentence is easy to hear and heart-wrenching.
Lu Zhongsu opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to answer.
In the final analysis, he is just a civil servant. This time he went into battle in person because of the current situation. But Lu Zhongsu knew very well that when a dynasty even needs civilian officials to direct the war, when a country cannot even organize an effective counterattack force.
When you stand up, you can only resist step by step. When you retreat step by step, you are not far away from destruction.
As a civil servant, Lu Zhongsu felt heartbroken for no reason when he thought of the fields filled with corpses and the city filled with displaced people.
"Why is this happening..." He covered his face with his hands and fell to his knees, "Why is this happening..."
Lechang closed her eyes. Her heart didn't hurt when she said these words.
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Lu Zhongsu finally surrendered, and Lechang's last words completely destroyed his last belief and persistence.
As a parent official, he cares about his people. As Lechang said, this war must be carried out as soon as possible and ended as soon as possible. Only in this way can the harm to the people be minimized and this war be ended as soon as possible.
Troubled times lasted for three hundred years.
Neither Jingzhou, which is still licking its wounds, nor Jiangnan, which has just recovered its strength, can withstand another incident such as the Hou Jing Rebellion.
The river flows through the porthole, the moonlight shines on the river, and the wind always makes people feel that there is a lingering smell of blood.
After Li Xingchen finished washing, he stretched and saw Lechang sitting beside the bed in his clothes, quietly looking at the river outside the window.
Li Xingchen strode over and closed the window with his hand: "I just took a shower and let the wind blow here, so I won't be afraid of catching the cold."
Lechang forced a smile, waited for Li Xingchen to sit down, and gently leaned on his shoulder: "Husband, why is this happening..."
Li Xingchen has already understood the conversation between Lechang and Lu Zhongsu, and also knows that Lechang did not answer this question in the end, not because she was unwilling, but because she did not know the answer herself. Fate has played a trick on people, and it happened in the blink of an eye.
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Li Xingchen gently stroked Lechang's hair and whispered: "Why, because this is the general trend. Look at the river outside, flowing eastward. No one can stop it, no one can save it. This is the general trend. Follow the general trend.
Those who resist will prosper, and those who rebel will perish. The world has been suffering from wars for a long time, so reunification is a real trend. The Zhou people couldn't do it, so they could only fall into civil strife. The Chen people couldn't do it, so they could only settle for peace.
Jiangnan. But I must do it and unify the world at all costs."
The general trend of the world will unite if it is divided for a long time, and it will be divided if it is united for a long time. Li Xingchen thinks this is the most correct sentence said by Mr. Luo Guanzhong.
Lechang hugged Li Xingchen and said, "Husband, have you always had this idea?"
Li Xingchen was silent for a long time and nodded solemnly: "There is nothing to deceive. From beginning to end, I am trying to clean up this broken country."
Not to mention that as a time-traveler, not reaching the pinnacle does feel like my life has been in vain. Just everything that I have experienced along the way has made Li Xingchen even more determined.
This troubled world is so cruel.
"You are just a liar." Lechang punched Li Xingchen on the chest.
He originally wanted to grab her wrist, but in the end Li Xingchen did not do so and let Lechang hit her twice more before saying with a smile: "So-and-so is a liar."
As he spoke, Li Xingchen threw Lechang down on the bed. Looking at the girl's tears, he hurriedly took out a handkerchief to help her wipe them clean. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Repent?"
"Is it useful?" Lechang's eyes widened and he said angrily. This guy started to lie to himself when he was in Jiankang Mansion. Now he has deceived everything. I really regret it when I think about it.
"It's no use."
Lechang immediately grabbed the pillow and was about to throw it at him. Li Xingchen dared to hold his head and said, "You are murdering your husband!"