Yes, we do want to submit to the Tang Dynasty, but not because we are afraid of death."
The first person to admit it was Wang Yun.
When Shi Zhang saw it was him, his heart ached, as if he had received a fatal blow.
Because Shi Zhang suddenly inherited the family business when he was young, he didn't know how to deal with many things, and he didn't want his brothers to interfere, so he relied heavily on Wang Yun and handed over many powers to him.
In fact, on the day of worshiping Shi Tianze in the ancestral hall, Wang Yun did not have to tell Shi Zhang about Shi Gang's return.
But when I think about it, I understand that it is very likely that Wang Yun had not planned to rebel at that time. He caught Shi Gang on the way to find Shi Di and Shi Qi brothers in Shi Gang, but was persuaded by Shi Gang instead. This can explain
Why did someone clearly report that they saw Shi Bang and went to Shi Di's courtyard, but couldn't find him at all?
So Shi Gang can hide in Zhending Mansion these two days.
"Traitor." Shi Zhang's eyes seemed to be bursting with fire, and he said again: "You traitor."
Wang Yun responded frankly: "Erlang, I was moved by Sanlang's words. The Lord of the Tang Dynasty re-created China, so that the mountains and seas would remain as they were before, and the people would be able to wear their hats again..."
"ridiculous!"
Shi Zhang immediately retorted: "When you were enjoying the salary of the Yuan Dynasty, you said, 'If you follow the Chinese way, you will be the master of China'. In the blink of an eye, your clothes will be restored? Villains, hehe, you are all villains one by one."
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Wang Yun looked directly at Shi Zhang, not avoiding this question, and his eyes became even deeper.
Wang E also let out a long sigh.
In terms of behavior, Shi Zhang was right to call them "repetitive villains".
But for those who have not experienced the tragic situation when the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, it is actually difficult to understand how much courage it took for them to survive.
Whether to educate the barbarians and envoys to practice Chinese methods, or to rise up to resist, no matter whether the result is shared destruction or the re-creation of China, there were not many choices at the time.
Even in the past few years, when Li Xia was on the rise, they did not immediately join him. First, they had seen too many heroes end badly, and second, they instilled the idea of loyalty to the emperor in Mongolia, but they themselves switched sides first, and everything was lost.
It became a joke.
Nowadays, the situation is really different. In the past few decades, there have been struggles, compromises, persistence and giving up. I am a villain, but not just a villain. "Everything in the world should be done according to the trend."
Wang E said: "The Lord of the Tang Dynasty has the power to unify China. Whether we are gentlemen or villains, at least we should not hinder the revival of the imperial system.
"Who is the emperor? Does it all depend on your words?" Wang Yun said: "Erlang, I told you last night that the Yuan Dynasty intends to let the son of King Yan inherit the throne."
Shi Zhang said: "Yes, you told me that His Majesty has not given up on Han law, and now it is you who have given up first.
"But with Erlang's intelligence, why don't you think about how you can bypass him if King Yan is still around and appoint his son as the emperor's grandson?" Shi Zhang was silent, with a calm expression, as if he knew the answer, but he didn't seem to care about it.
Answer.
Wang Yun's eyes dimmed and he sighed: "King Yan died of illness."
In fact, he did not know the specific cause of Zhen Jin's death and had other suspicions about it.
But now that the matter has come to this, there is no point in making conjectures about what happened in the palace of the Yuan Dynasty.
"The King of Yan has passed away. We admit that it is useless to urge the Yuan Lord to implement Han law."
For a moment, Shi Zhang was actually disappointed.
His father Shi Tianze, in addition to preserving the family, cared most about restoring Han Dynasty throughout his life.
As for Shi Zhang, he used poetry, calligraphy and painting to cover up his ambition, but after seeing the splendor in these splendid books, how could he hope that the Central Plains would be ruled by crude scrawls like this.
Looking forward to Hanfa is not a noble sentiment, it is like a person's longing for his hometown.
Shi Zhang shook his head, pulled himself out of the disappointment, and shouted: "Stop looking for excuses for your betrayal, and talking about Han law all day long. Have you forgotten my father's kindness to you?!"
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He quickly glanced at the crowd around him, hoping to use the prestige left by Shi Tianze to make them all listen to his ideas.
However, Shi Gang had already shouted loudly: "This is my father's last wish for the Shi family to surrender to the Tang Dynasty!"
"Fart! Shi Bang, you are such an unfilial son, how can you say such ridiculous remarks?!"
Shi Zhang was immediately enraged. He pointed at Shi Bang and cursed, constantly emphasizing that it was Shi Bang's surrender that led to Shi Tianze's defeat and death.
"Absurd? Then do you know what father's wish is?" Shi Gang raised his hand and pointed to the door and said, "Did you see what is written on father's inscription? When the Mongolian army invaded, my Shi family protected the neighbors.
He led the villagers to surrender. After that, he repaired the city, erected towers and oars, cut through thorns, collected rubble, saved money to help the poor, and "shared the hardships with others through years of famine and hardship," and this is how Zhending Fucheng became prosperous today.
The Holy Lord of the Tang Dynasty has achieved martial virtue and is about to unify the world. In order to protect his neighbors, he does not follow the trend. Do he want to take his tribe and Zhending people to be buried with foreigners? Everything you do is for your own power!"
At the end of his words, his tone suddenly changed, and his momentum overwhelmed Shi Zhang.
"What is the father's wish? Who is the unfilial son?!"
Shi Zhang didn't expect that Shi Gang could beat him up like this. He was so angry that he didn't know how to answer.
Wang Yun replied: "Erlang, Sanlang's words are serious. But what he said is right. It must be Shigong's wish to preserve the historian and Zhending Mansion. Do you still remember Shigong's poems?" Yang Zhilu appeared in his hand, willing to wash it.
Fighting for peace', this is also the warning he left you before he went to war, please surrender."
"Surrender yourselves! Stop slandering my Father!"
Wang E burst into tears again and said: "I have no place to repay my confidant, and my heart is full of tears for the common people. I offer poems to Shi Gong, and every word comes from his heart. I believe that Shi Gong cares about the common people and never wants to be settled."
Fall into the flames of war again."
"Okay, okay." Shi Zhang said: "You have written these in poems a long time ago, and you are teasing me? Ha, you are teasing me."
He was too lazy to argue with these people anymore and took a few steps back, intending to leave the hall to mobilize troops to arrest all these rebels. However, when he turned around, he saw that a group of soldiers had blocked the outside of the hall, but it was Wang Yun who secretly mobilized them.
Got troops and horses.
"you·····"
Shi Zhang finally despaired and said, "Kill me."
"I will never kill Erlang." Wang Yun said: "We surrendered to the Tang Lord in order to make Shaoding Shao bleed. Please surrender Erlang."
"Yes, second brother, just surrender." Shi Di also helped.
"Second brother, surrender."
There are sounds like this all around.
Shi Zhang listened and gradually felt the world spinning.
He seemed to think he heard Yan Fu's voice in the crowd.
It was more than ten years ago in Kaifeng. Because of meeting Li Xia, he acquiesced to Wang Xun to kill his friend Yan Fu, which became a lingering nightmare in his heart.
The smell of pig pens in his nose became stronger and stronger, making him breathless.
Finally, he rolled his eyes and fainted. "Bang.
The back of his head was on the ground. What he was thinking in his mind was "You can't surrender Li Xia, don't surrender Li Xia." But he had already fainted and it was no longer up to him to make the decision.
Only Wang Yun's voice could still be heard in his ears. "Don't worry, Erlang is fine. Let me give you a few words of advice." With a few words, Wang Yun stopped caring about Shi Zhang and continued to talk to everyone about joining the New Tang Dynasty.
matters.
"What did you just say? Oh, I once had the honor to meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. It was during Li Fen's rebellion. I was ordered to go to Chang'an as an envoy to request a truce..."
Everyone listened, and some of them were even excited about rebelling against the Yuan Dynasty and returning to the Tang Dynasty.
There were no more fierce opponents like Shi Zhang. At the end of the night, everyone reached an agreement and sent fast horses southward overnight, first expressing their intention to submit to Zhang Hongdao. Then Zhang Hongdao sent people to discuss how to proceed.
, attack Zhangde together, and the two famous houses.
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Only five days later, a memorial was delivered to Luoyang and placed on Li Xia's desk.
Li Xiazheng and Zhang Wenjing were discussing the war situation in Hebei. They turned over this piece of information and said, "The Shi family has surrendered."
After Zhang Wenjing heard this, she was a little surprised and then smiled.
"It's quite surprising at first. You said, if it were us first time
How could I have imagined that one day the historian would be able to surrender to you? But if you think carefully about the weakness of Shi Tianze and his disciples, you can only make this choice."
"When we first met, I thought about asking the historian to surrender me." Li Xia said, "I even wrote a letter to Shi Tianze at that time." "Then why do you never write me a letter?"
Li Xia didn't expect that she would suddenly turn to this topic. She smiled bitterly and said, "The word Chou."
"That's the truth." Zhang Wenjing looked out the window with some longing and whispered: "It's almost time, the Zhang family can finally join us.
Li Xia couldn't help but think of the time when he had just defeated Shi Tianze on the battlefield of the Yellow River.
At that time, he secretly contacted Zhang Hongzheng, intending to use that battle to persuade the Zhang family to surrender, but in the end he failed. Zhang Hongzheng was discovered by Zhang Hongfan.
Later, Yang Dayuan was recruited, but Yang Dayuan died, and Yang Wen'an devoted himself to serving as an official. He recruited the Hao family in Taiyuan, but Hao Tianyi was deprived of power by his younger brother Hao Tianting.
On the contrary, when recruiting historians this time, Shi Gang, who seemed to be doing things poorly, actually succeeded.
Is Shi Bang's ability far better than that of Zhang Hongzheng, Yang Dayuan, Hao Tianyi and others? No, in terms of talent and ability, Shi Zhang is far superior to Shi Gang.
The situation is different.
People in the North have begun to turn towards Li Xia.
And with the surrender of historians and Wang E, this trend of popular support may become increasingly difficult to stop...