Chapter 92 Past Events
Jianye City, Jiangdong Governor's Office.
Zhou Yu, the prefect of Luzhou, walked into the Governor's office under the leadership of Bian Ling, the deputy commander of the Jiangdong Jinyiwei.
Along the way, Zhou Yu remained silent and said nothing extra. His face was exhausted. In the past three months, it was simply a nightmare in his official career.
Bian Ling ignored him and brought it to him. After taking it to him, he nodded slightly to the Governor of Jiangdong Wei Sheng, and then left the room.
"Governor General." Zhou Yu stood in front of Wei Sheng and bowed to say hello.
Wei Sheng stared at him and said nothing for a while.
Zhou Yu was a little uncomfortable.
Wei Sheng is a man with a very strong figure, dark skin, and even if he sits, he is like a tiger.
The appearance and tough style of a soldier are what Wei Sheng gave to outsiders.
In fact, he was indeed a soldier. Wei Sheng, who was 59 years old this year, even participated in the Liang Dynasty's war to destroy Wu thirty-six years ago, as a soldier. Thirteen years ago, when King Li Yingchong of Wu attacked the Jin Dynasty in the north, Wei Sheng had become a general of the Jin Dynasty, leading an army independently, and made significant contributions in the fight to suppress the King of Wu.
Five years after the war, he retired from the army and was appointed Governor of Jiangdongdao.
This has been done for eight years.
He let out a long sigh and Wei Sheng asked, "There is a secret news that Jiang Yun was attacked at Burial Sword Villa, which is not a big deal. Didn't you do it?"
"The officials are not that stupid." Zhou Yu's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and he didn't look like a "slow officials" when he spoke.
"Hmph..." Wei Sheng sneered, "Have you suffered enough yet?"
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"You are the Prime Minister, I can't do anything to you." Wei Sheng continued, "But I can't figure it out yet. Why do you dare to move the Jiang family as soon as you take office?"
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"The six sects in Jiangdong are all one. The Jiang clan in Luzhou is one of the six sects. Jiang Ming has the title of "The Legend of Wu" and is faintly the pillar of the Wu River. I have never dared to move such a person for eight years. Why dare you to move?"
"The Jiang family gathered in the place where they had an underground arsenal. They had a large number of artillery, muskets, and combat equipment. With the reputation of the Jiang family, if they wanted to, they could use this arsenal to draw an elite force of ten thousand people. The Jiang family rebelled and the people and stolen were all obtained, and the evidence was conclusive. Why couldn't Zhou move such a rebel, Zhou was the prefect of Luzhou?"
Wei Sheng snorted coldly and said, "The Jiang family has a arsenal. I have been in the Governor's Mansion for eight years. How can I not know? All the famous six sects have made ill plans and are disloyal from the government. How can I not know?"
"Why don't care?"
"How to control?" Wei Sheng said, "You're in charge. Look at what Jiangdong and Jiangnan Road are now? The government is half paralyzed. I am a governor. Except for the Jinyiwei and Jianye garrison, no one can control it! Local affairs officials are slandering and cannot even collect taxes!"
"It's not very strong enough..."
"Enough!" The Governor slapped the table suddenly, "You really don't know how to live or die. If you don't protect you in this matter, you will have lost your head with a black hat!"
"Zhou is right." Zhou Yu stubbornly squeezed his neck and pushed hard.
He really doesn't think he has done something wrong. Even when he reaches this situation, he still doesn't even have much thought of regret.
"You..." Wei Sheng pointed at his nose, and after a while, he sat back on his seat.
He rubbed his eyebrows, his tone eased a little, but mentioned a past event: "Mr. Zhou, do you know the Huanglong Incident thirteen years ago?"
"Of course I know."
Wei Sheng nodded and continued, "Your Majesty replaced the former Liang Dynasty and started the Great Jin Dynasty. The world was in turmoil and rain. Beacons rose and the princes stood up together, and they all rebelled in the name of killing rebels. Your Majesty was very extensive in the north, and the chaos was immediately pacified. However, King Li Yinglong of Chu and King Li Yingchong of Wu were both princes and kings of the Liang Dynasty. They had been in Wu and Chu for a long time, and the uprising of troops echoed each other. The army heading north was powerful."
"Especially, with King Li Yingchong of Wu as his strongest, he all launched the elite army that destroyed Wu that year. Two hundred thousand soldiers were held by Armies, and later supported by Jiangdong and Jiangnan. He went north to cross the river for three days, defeated Huai'an in seven days, settled Xuzhou in half a month, and advanced west to the Central Plains. Shenjing was terrified..."
"At that time, from the princes and ministers to the Dawn people, they really felt that the King of Wu was coming in a fierce manner and the Great Jin could not last long. Your Majesty was wise and the Shenwei Army and the Central Plains soldiers and horses were personally led by Yu Xudu to fight against the King of Wu. At that time, the army led by Your Majesty was only 50,000. Do you know how Your Majesty defeated the King of Wu's 200,000 army with 50,000 people?"
"I know that the Divine Guard Army showed great power, and the soldiers of the Wu army were resentful of the King of Wu and turned against each other in the battle. Your Majesty personally led the Divine Guard Army and went down in one battle, beheaded Li Yingchong's head and returned, and the Wu area issued an edict to make a decision."
"Ha... the world says so." Wei Sheng smiled and continued, "But how many people know the secret? Back then, I was ordered to come to Jiangdong secretly before Xuzhou was broken. I contacted the famous families, aristocratic families, and powerful people in Jiangdong. It took only ten days to let them stand on the side of the Great Jin. The Wu family began to make efforts. They took advantage of the situation to make trouble, killed the royal palace, killed the left-behind officials of the Liang Dynasty, cut off Li Yingchong's logistics, and in the army of the King of Wu, they called on the soldiers of Wu to put down their weapons and return home."
"So, in just half a month, the previous army was powerful, as if it could fight against the King of Wu, the army of the King of Wu, fell apart. Many soldiers turned against each other and attacked Li Yingchong's loyal subordinates on both sides, causing him to be defeated."
"And I convinced the Wu family to rebel against what Li Yingchong used: one was the hatred of the people of Wu against the Liang Dynasty, and the other was the secret edict given to me by Your Majesty before leaving."
"The secret edict said that if the people of Wu were willing to help the Jin Dynasty rebel against Li Yingchong, they would support the restoration of the country."
"The restoration of the country is in line with the hearts of the people of Wu. Moreover, Li Yingchong was the King of Wu for fifteen years and always treated the local aristocratic races as a conqueror. He held the elites left by the Liang Dynasty and the support of the central dynasty. The people of Wu did not dare to act rashly, but their dissatisfaction was accumulated. At that time, the Liang army of the Pacified Wu gradually grew old, and the intimidation was not as good as before. There were few elites, and they were even taken to the north by him... These things made them quickly make up their minds, and even hit it off."
"But...there is no Wu Kingdom now."
Zhou Yu listened to the Governor's story, but he didn't say anything. He had heard of these news in the officialdom, but it was not as clear as Wei Sheng, the person involved.
"Your Majesty broke his promise and did not allow Wu to re-establish the country. At that time, the people of Wu almost rioted. It was me who talked with them for a long time, and they had a lot of talk and risked being beheaded and sacrificed their flags many times before they persuaded them."
Zhou Yu had to praise: "The Governor General has done his best to serve the country and has made great contributions."
Chapter completed!