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Chapter 85: Both Hard and Soft

() Caishikou does not refer to a specific place. In ancient times, it generally referred to a relatively prosperous and densely populated place. It existed in every city.

Since the soldiers were very kind, more and more people gathered outside, making it feel like watching a big show.

The people were not kept waiting for long, and when there was not much time, they saw a group of soldiers escorting several tied-up people coming from a distance.

Those with sharp eyes recognized that the person tied at the front was Wang Youweilai, and immediately shouted.

"Isn't that the king's death? Look, this beast is also here today? The sky has opened its eyes! Beat him to death,"

For a moment, I saw vegetable leaves, egg shells and other filthy objects all over the sky being thrown towards Wang Youwei and his party.

In fact, Wang Youwei still hasn't figured out what's going on. After all, he is also a court official, and I am a high-ranking official in the court. These people actually arrested him without showing anything. Is there any way for the king to do it?

Until now he still doesn't believe he will die.

It was only then that he remembered Wang Fa. I'm afraid it was of no use anymore. Liangshan only focused on fists when handling cases, so Wang Fa should not be mentioned with the heroes of Liangshan.

Now all the people knew what the high platform was for, and they cheered like a festival.

The window of a restaurant is facing the table.

Lu Shaoguang's face darkened again. Although he wished Wang Youwei would die early, he had to accept the punishment according to the court's laws. What authority did this person of unknown origin have to deal with the court officials?

He turned to Song Qing, who was sitting beside him, and said, "You are too brave to kill court officials privately? Who are you? Are you affiliated with them?"

Song Qing smiled calmly, took out the old emperor's appointment from his arms and handed it over.

Lu Shaoguang accepted the appointment and only glanced twice before his expression changed.

These are actually members of the Liangshan bandits. When did they accept the imperial court's invitation? Moreover, the imperial court never mentioned this matter in the imperial edict. Is this appointment a fake? But it clearly has the emperor's seal on it, so how could it be there?

False? There is obviously some hidden secret in this.

Lu Shaoguang somewhat understood why Shangguan's letter was written unclearly.

But since the imperial court assigned the two states of Deng and Lai to Liangshan, why did they break into our Yanzhou?

Song Qing smiled and said: "The emperor wants to trick us Liangshan into death, and then surround and annihilate us. Do you think I am that stupid, Mr. Lu?"

Looking at Song Qing's weird smile, Lu Shaoguang's heart panicked for no reason.

"What on earth do you want to do?"

"Actually, I want to thank His Majesty the Emperor for giving me an excuse to send troops, otherwise I would have had no choice but to raise the flag to rebel. It is said that it is not polite to reciprocate. His Majesty the Emperor gave me such a big gift, so I must give something in return.

, so I decided to take all the Shandong Peninsula and connect Shandong with our Liangshan Mountains as a reward for His Majesty the Emperor. Mr. Lu, what do you think?"

For the first time, Song Qing mentioned his plan to outsiders without reservation. It was not that he trusted Lu Shaoguang more, because he would not give Lu Shaoguang a chance to betray him. If Lu Shaoguang refused to cooperate, then he would have no choice but to kill him.

He's gone.

Lu Shaoguang had always taken it as his own duty to maintain royal orthodoxy, and he never thought that someone would talk so freely about rebellion in front of him. For a moment, he was so angry that he was shaking all over.

Pointing at Song Qing, he said: "In your dreams, you rebel, Lu will fight with you." He was about to rush towards Song Qing, but Song Qing beat him back with just one word.

"Don't you want your son anymore?"

Song Qing's voice was a little cold, and it seemed a bit immoral to threaten me with someone else's son. However, Song Qing believed more in the principle that power comes from the barrel of a gun. If you are honest and righteous, you should go find someone else!

His son was undoubtedly Lu Shaoguang's lifeblood. He stood blankly for a moment and then sat down slumped.

"What do you want? Ping'er is still young, you can't hurt him."

Song Qing changed his face and said calmly: "Actually, I don't want to hurt anyone. I know that in the hearts of you people, the most important thing is the so-called royal orthodoxy. Anyone who speaks out will be regarded as a traitor, but come and see

outside"

At this time, the scene outside was almost reaching a fever pitch, and the crowd was shouting louder and louder to kill Wang Youwei.

This time Wang Youwei knew that they were serious about it. He was so frightened that he urinated and pooped. His lips were trembling and he couldn't even say anything to beg for mercy.

Along with him, there were more than a dozen people who oppressed the people and committed all kinds of evil every day. They were all dragged up to the high platform by the Liangshan sergeants, and they were waiting for the time to be opened.

"Governor Lu, I'm not looking down on you. Look at the way the people under your rule have been bullied. Don't you, as a parent and official, have no responsibility? I know what you want to say. You bow to the powerful and watch helplessly.

While these people who provide you with food and clothing are being fished and eaten, how have you read all the books on saints? Are you worthy of being called the parents of the people? If you were really the great master of Qingtian, that person on the stage would not be there."

Song Qing's words were merciless and completely refuted the magistrate Lu Shaoguang, who always thought he was aloof. He sat there with his face turning blue and red.

Song Qing suddenly changed his tone again and said seriously: "Prefect Lu, I know you are a good official and want to do more practical things for the court and the people, but look at who are the important people in the court today?

Of course, I will not force you to promise me anything now. I just hope that you can continue to govern the people of Yanzhou well and become a true master of Qingtian."

Lu Shaoguang came to his senses and looked at Song Qing coldly: "You want me to rebel with you? I tell you, if you can't do it, even if you kill me, I won't join in the rebellion with you."

"Haha! Of course you don't have to go along with me, but your son will"

At the mention of his son, Lu Shaoguang became weak again, his head drooped, and after a long time he said: "Let him go, I promise you."

Song Qing stared at him for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "You can rest assured about one thing, I will not raise a flag to rebel, and I will not let you bear the reputation of being a rebellious minister, so you'd better not try to get involved with me.

What scheming? Since I have told you everything, I will naturally find a way to keep you from saying anything. Also, Brother Shi Qian likes your son very much, and he will not be in danger when he is around Brother Shi Qian."

Lu Shaoguang had been educated in Confucian orthodoxy since he was a child. Although he was bound by his son, it was obviously impossible for him to be subdued by the Song and Qing Dynasties so easily. Therefore, he did not pretend to surrender in his heart. He first kept his son and then reported it to the court.

idea.

How could he hide his little thoughts from Song Qing? After telling him his next move, he also warned him not to treat anyone as a fool.

Lu Shaoguang prided himself on his wit, but when it came to this young man, he was always at a loss. Every step of his mind was lagging behind. For a moment, he was so frustrated that he let out a long sigh, lowered his head and stopped talking.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a loud voice coming from the high platform outside.

"Fathers and fellow villagers in Yanzhou City, I know you are all wondering where we are from. Now let me tell you, we are neither rebels nor the imperial army. We are from Liangshan. Do you know Liangshan? We are the ones who fight for the sky.

The purpose of Liangshan is that it is our duty to help all poor people. After knowing what this man did and that the government could not do anything to him, our general manager was very angry and personally led his troops here to eliminate the problem for the people.

Harm and bring justice to the people.”

The person who spoke was Zi Lehe, whose voice was actually not that loud. It was just that he was holding a deep iron bowl without a bottom in his hand, which made his voice so loud.

Lehe shouted loudly what Song Qingjiao told him, still thinking about it in his heart! Not to mention, although the manager's words were rude, they were indeed quite inflammatory. And this thing, why didn't he know that it could be used with this thing?

Make the sound louder?

Many people in the crowd knew about Liangshan. In the past, they had only heard that they were bandits, but they had thought that they were actually a benevolent and righteous team that could vent their anger on the poor people.

After a brief moment of shock, someone in the crowd suddenly started asking questions loudly.

"Can Liangshan really stand up for us poor people? Aren't we afraid of government retaliation?"

"Haha! Brother, when did you hear that we in Liangshan are afraid of the government? To say that the government is afraid of us is just enough. And from now on, you no longer need to be afraid of threats from the government, because we in Liangshan will set up an yamen here.

, the people can go there to complain if they have grievances. As long as the complaint is true, no matter who it is, just like this Wang Youwei, we in Liangshan will never let it go."

Liangshan wants to set up a government office here? What about the government government office? Some sensible people suddenly realized something was wrong.

At this time, someone suddenly heard someone shouting, "The time is up, the execution will be carried out."

Following the execution, the executioners who had already stood behind Wang Youwei and others raised their machetes and dropped them. A dozen bloody heads rolled to the ground like ripe melons.

The people in the crowd who had been deeply affected by this rejoiced again. The people asked for something and the evil in their chests came out. Do they care whether you are a government official or a Liangshan?

I don’t know who took the lead in shouting “Long live Liangshan, long live Liangshan” followed by everyone else. The whole city was filled with Liangshan’s voice.

Hearing the shouts, Lu Shaoguang's face turned ashen. Liangshan has been so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Who in this Yanzhou City will still believe in the government in the future?

Song Qing glanced at him and couldn't help but think of a lyric in his mind: "The one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. Who will dominate the country?"

The public trial in Liangshan was so successful that as the large group of people withdrew from the city, countless people followed them. They still don’t know where the Yamen in Liangshan is located, so some of them went to follow and inquire, and some even wanted to

Want to join Liangshan.

It only occupied one city, which did not count the occupation of the entire Yanzhou, but this is no longer a problem. First, there are no decent troops in other places, and there is no trouble. In addition, Liangshan did not openly raise the flag of rebellion. Except for Lu Shaoguang himself,

Everything still runs as before.

As for the other officials of the government, even if they wanted to resist, they were unable to do so. The post station was in the hands of Liang Shan, and the news could not be sent out either.

Although news cannot be spread through formal channels, there is one thing that no one can control, and that is the mouths of ordinary people.

What the Liangshan people did in the capital of Yanzhou has spread like the wind to surrounding villages and counties, but it may take some time before it reaches the capital.

Song Qing ordered the army to rest temporarily in Yanzhou, and Lu Shaoguang was sent back. Anyway, his son was there at that time! Song Qing believed that Lu Shaoguang was a smart man and knew what to do and what not to do.

The original Xiang army was disbanded, and the government treasury in the city was emptied to use as military supplies. Chen Da, the jumping tiger, was ordered to lead 3,000 troops to garrison Yanzhou. Just like Jezhou, the occupied area must not be let go again until the court reverses its policy.

It seems that the Liangshan troops have completely controlled these places.
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