Wu Ma feels that all these years of being an enthusiast of Sui and Tang history have been in vain.
According to official history records, Wang Wei and Gao Junya actually guessed that Li Yuan was going to rebel through clues.
It's not quite accurate to say there are clues.
Anyone who is not blind can see that Li Yuan wants to rebel.
Wang Wei and Gao Junya, one can be a county magistrate, and the other can be a general. Until now, one is equivalent to the deputy secretary of the prefectural committee and the other is equivalent to the deputy commander of the military region. They are not small officials, and they are certainly not fools.
In the thirteenth year of Daye, all the colleagues around him looked like they did not regard the Sui Emperor as a piece of cake, but when they saw Li Yuan, they were flattering and flattering, and each one was more diligent than the other.
Wang Wei and Gao Junya are obviously independent and out of place in this environment.
The most important thing is that Li Yuan is recruiting troops. The purpose of recruiting troops is to deal with the officer Liu Wuzhou who raised a rebel flag in Mayi not long ago. But the scale of Li Yuan's recruitment is too large, and it does not seem to be to deal with Liu Wuzhou.
Li Yuan handed over the management of the army he recruited to three people, two of whom were criminals who were evading military service. This clearly showed that he ignored the laws of the Sui Dynasty.
All in all, Wang Wei and Gao Junya have long been in a state of "when everyone is drunk, I am alone sober", or in other words, "when everyone is awake, I am alone drunk".
But what Wu Ma saw in front of him was that Wang Wei and Gao Junya relied on Tian Deping's sacrifice and almost drained Wu Ma of his flesh, blood and energy before they were sure that Li Yuan was going to rebel.
These two guys also plan to perform another rain-making sacrifice to drain the dancing horse's energy completely. This is really intolerable.
Regarding praying for rain, the official history doesn’t talk about it like this.
It is said in the Tang Dynasty that the Jinyang area has been experiencing drought for several months. Therefore, a rain prayer meeting was held. Wang Wei and Gao Junya planned to set up an ambush at the rain prayer meeting and kill Lao Li.
There is nothing in the history books about bullshit sacrifices.
The so-called rain prayer meeting was not completed after all. Otherwise, the emperor Li Yuan would not have been able to do it.
As for the reason why it didn't happen, there was a traitor on Wang Wei and Gao Junya's side, an official smaller than Sesame—Liu Shilong, the head of Jinyang Township in Jinyang County.
It's time for the mayor to show up.
Grassroots cadres should run more errands and show up more in order to be close to the masses.
The most important thing is that Mayor Liu will not show up again. Not to mention Li Yuan, Wu Ma himself will also prepare to meet Marx.
Wu Ma was thinking about it when he heard Tian Deping's voice again:
"You two are staying behind. I wonder if the location of the rain prayer meeting has been decided. I might as well make some preparations in advance."
Wang Wei said: "Gao Langjiang and I were arguing about this matter before. Now the options are, one is Jinci Temple, and the other is the altar in Jinyang Township."
"Of course it is Jinci," Gao Junya said: "Jinci is connected to the Qi channel and reaches the sky. Only when you pray for rain in Jinci can the gods hear the people's cries, and the possibility of rainfall is greater."
"Is your brain broken?"
Wang Wei said: "Are we really preparing for the rain prayer meeting just to pray for rain? We want to kill Li Yuan! Wherever the conditions are convenient, we will choose that place. The head of Jinci Temple is close to Li Yuan, and the others have not attracted him. Once we want to take action, we will do it.
People and horses need to be redeployed, and the risk of exposure is not small."
Gao Junya said: "Sacrificing a living person and murdering Li Yuan is an act that harms the harmony of the world. Only by doing more good things to the people can we feel at ease and offset our sins. Furthermore, Jinyang Township has no
Our people?"
"It never happened before," Wang Wei said, "therefore, I specially invited Liu Shilong, the mayor of Jinyang Township, to come here today to discuss important matters together."
The dancing horse was hidden not far behind Wang Wei. After hearing this, he secretly thanked Wang Wei's whole family.
"This...isn't quite appropriate,"
Tian Deping said: "The matter we are discussing involves everyone's lives and fortunes. Who knows whether this mayor Liu is Li Yuan's person, so we should think more carefully."
Wang Wei said: "Li Yuan's informants are everywhere in Jinyang now, and everyone is talking about it without any hesitation. Who is in the same boat with Li Yuan is obvious. Only this Liu Shilong, whom I have come into contact with several times, is a decent man and treats me like a great Sui man."
He is also loyal and is a talent worth winning over.”
Tian Deping said: "Li Yuan is now very powerful. Even if Liu Shilong is sincere to our court, he may not dare to go against Li Yuan."
"The great achievements in eradicating rebellion can reach the heavens," Wang Wei said with a smile: "After the deed is accomplished, he will become famous and prosperous, and his fame will last forever. I am not afraid that Liu Shilong will not be tempted. Isn't that why Tian joined the army and joined us?"
Tian Deping waved his hands repeatedly, "In this humble position, I just want to be loyal to my master..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that he was afraid that Wang Wei was too honest, that he might really think that he regarded his fame and career as rubbish, so he quickly added:
"Of course, if the counter-rebellion is successful, it will be best if you help me a little bit."
Gao Junya said: "No matter what, we have to guard against Liu Shilong and Li Yuan secretly colluding."
Wang Wei nodded. He seemed to think it made sense, so he remained silent.
"This is easy to handle," Tian Deping said: "When Liu Shilong comes, let's not talk about praying for rain to kill Li. We might as well test it with words to see what Li Shilong is thinking and whether he is really willing to be loyal to his lord.
How about making a decision?"
Wang Wei smiled and said: "You are really a clever guy."
After hearing this, Wu Ma could only sigh: I don't know whether these three loyal ministers will become officials, but they should not be very stupid.
Just as he was thinking about it, the guard outside announced that he had arrived——
Liu Shilong, the mayor of Jinyang Township, Jinyang County, is here.