"What General Li said... Haha, I heard that the emperor was so happy when he saw the leader of the enemy country being captured and returned... Also... When Cao Cao saw Liu Chan coming back, he always entertained him and took some food with him during the banquet.
He came to amuse me, which made it a lot more fun..."
After hearing Li Jing's words, Yuchi Gong felt that he had to refute that sending Xiao Mian to Chang'an was a great achievement, and he couldn't let it be ruined by just a few words, right?
Zhang Lun and others had the same idea as Yuchi Gong, and they all nodded.
Zhang Shigui raised his head and looked up at the sky, while Li Jing closed his eyes. He probably had the same general thoughts in his mind. Did his mother Cao Cao entertain Liu Chan at a banquet? Was it a ghost banquet in the underworld?
Several others were still unaware.
Yu Chigong was from Xianbei. He made a living by blacksmithing when he was young and had never read any books.
Zhang Lun was born into a military family, and Zhang Liang was a farmer.
If the world is not in chaos, these monsters will still be struggling at the bottom of society. Even if they are smoking from their ancestors' graves, they will never have the chance to preside over the war to destroy the country.
Most of the generals who started their careers following Li Po were like this, so there is no need to be surprised.
Zhang Lun scratched his beard and continued to add, "That's right, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty also went to Chang'an and died of illness a few years ago. Didn't he live for many years?"
So everyone looked at the abbot again with wide eyes, thinking, you can't scare us with your alarmist talk.
Li Jing couldn't laugh or cry. He felt a little like when he was trying to enlighten his own child. He wished he could slap him in the face and let the bastard enlighten him.
He coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, and then said: "The king of a country holds great power, has countless concubines, and enjoys all the glory in the world. Once he is reduced to a subordinate... few people will be willing to..."
At this point, after thinking about the knowledge level of a few people, they said it more plainly, "Sending the king of a country to Chang'an is causing trouble to the Supreme Being.
Xiao Mian would often think of his previous life. The Supreme couldn't kill him, so he could only be on guard at all times. As time went by, if Xiao Mian was confused one day and the Supreme struck him with a knife, he might be left with a lifetime of infamy.
Then there is the Lanling Xiao family, a famous family that has produced so many monarchs. It has only been quiet for a few years, and there is another Xiao family. You think if he goes to Chang'an alive, how should the Supreme treat him, and how should he treat Lan Ling?
Lingxiao family?"
Li Jing stroked his long beard and laughed, and then said: "The Chen family of the Southern Dynasty moved west to Chang'an, and the Guanxi clan all married with it, which made it more and more popular. After Chen Shubao passed away, why did you give him the posthumous title Yang?"
The last sentence was so meaningful that the other people naturally couldn't understand it. They were just shocked by his tone and felt a chill down their backs.
At this time, Zhang Shigui couldn't help but said: "Xiao Mian can't die, can he? If he is alive, all his ministers and soldiers will be safe, and he can also appease the people and the people's hearts..."
Li Jing just smiled and said: "The Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Chen family of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and even the Xiao family of the Western Liang Dynasty have been in power for a long time... It is because of this that the emperors will treat them with kindness. Xiao Mian has only been emperor for a few years.
How much kindness will his subjects miss him?
Furthermore, he kills kings like chickens and dogs, and destroys families at every turn. Who can be loyal and honorable to such a person?"
Otherwise, knowledge is power. In terms of broad knowledge, none of the people here combined are as good as Li Jing. When he has an idea, it is extremely easy to convince others.
Li Jing's problem was that he didn't grasp the human world accurately enough. Just like now, he said a lot, which sounded reasonable, but he actually hindered the achievements of the generals.
If he hadn't had another identity, the generals wouldn't have been so polite to him at this time, and would have listened quietly to what he had to say.
Everyone else fell silent. Although the generals in front of the army were ambitious, they were still quite uneasy about letting them decide the life and death of the king of a country.
After a long time, Yuchi Gongcai murmured: "It's better to report it to the Supreme Being."
Zhang Liang, who had been silent over there, sneered and said: "I think what General Li said is reasonable. Instead of worrying the Supreme Being, it would be better for me to go to the palace and kill the person now.
Afterwards, it was said that Xiao Mian committed suicide out of fear of crime and that was the end of it."
Li Jing turned his head slightly and glanced at the rather delicate-looking Zhang Liang, thinking that this man was loyal, but he looked gloomy and did not look like a good person.
The others looked at each other, speechless.
However, everyone has led troops for many years, and they are not lacking in decisiveness. After a while, Zhang Lun smiled and said: "Then there will be Zhang Langzhong?"
When he said this, even if others didn't nod, they didn't intend to speak, and silence actually meant agreement.
At this time, Li Jing came out again, "Zhou Faming's family, young and old, were all killed by Xiao Mian. Now they are depressed and ill. It's really pitiful..."
Everyone suddenly realized this and looked over with bared teeth. Most of them were thinking, this guy is so insidious and vicious, so they should be more careful in the future.
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At night, Emperor Jiangling's palace.
The moonlight crawled into the hall along the window lattice, leaving many hazy shadows.
In the darkness, Xiao Mian undressed and lay on the couch. There were faint sounds of crying from outside, and they kept coming. It was his concubine and the palace people crying.
Xiao Mian slowly stood up and sat cross-legged. Several people in the corner of the hall immediately stood up. They were the soldiers assigned to "serve" him.
Xiao Mian muttered twice, but no one could hear clearly what he was saying. The soldiers just watched and ignored him as long as he didn't make a fuss about hitting the wall or hanging himself.
Those who were sent to look after Xiao Mian were all aristocratic children. They would not be as curious as ordinary soldiers, let alone feel how pitiful Emperor Xiao was.
They fought for several months before arriving here and captured the kings and ministers of the Liang Kingdom. Everyone was so excited that they didn't care how miserable the last emperor was. Their duty was to keep an eye on this man and don't let him do it.
Something happened.
Xiao Mian would not care about them. In just a few days, Xiao Mian had lost a lot of weight. The successive blows had caused his spirit to completely collapse.
He cried, and also made a fuss about jumping into a well, hanging himself, etc., but in the end he was stopped like his predecessors. Once the excitement was over, the will to die was gone.
Now I am imprisoned in the palace, miserable and miserable, always half asleep and half awake. Sitting there, my pupils scanned the thick darkness without any focus, and I recalled the glorious days of the past few years, and I couldn't help but feel sad.
, sobbing and crying.
But this time, no ministers came to persuade me, and no concubines came to comfort me, which made it even more desolate.
In comparison, Li Yuan's last days seemed much more dignified.
Speaking of which, the Emperor of Liang, like many others in the late Sui Dynasty, could not be said to have any great talents or strategies. He could only be said to have risen up at the right time, and when he was destroyed by others, there was nothing to lament.
Xiao Mian also had no talent. At that time, he could not compose poems or articles that would be remembered throughout the ages, so he was left with... a pile of chicken feathers...
Later people commented that it was appropriate for Xiao Mian to gather a mob, and when the deer fled, he released his troops to seize the general's power, killed the old to secure his position, waited for the army to cover him, and surrendered without restraint.
It can be described as insightful.
Of course, Xiao Mian is not without any commendable qualities. He is very tolerant to the people. Compared with Li Mi, Wang Shichong and others, he can be called a benevolent master.
It's just that he didn't treat the heroes well, he was too cautious and fearful, he valued family status too much, and he was too tolerant to some people. This was the main reason for his defeat.
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The soldiers were a little upset because of his crying. The darkness inside the palace was a bit scary. The emperor was crying, the concubines were crying, and the Liang ministers were crying. It made people feel like they were in a ghost and hairy.
Very powerful.
At this time, someone came in from outside and murmured a few words to the leading general. After a while, the people who were guarding here quietly withdrew.
Xiao Mian, who was immersed in his own thoughts, didn't notice anything and was still crying sadly.
It wasn't until someone swarmed in with torches that he realized something was wrong. He raised his head and squinted his eyes and looked over. What he saw was Zhou Faming's distorted face.
The hatred overflowing from those eyes seemed to burn Xiao Mian's entire body to ashes.
Stung by that gaze, Xiao Mian screamed and crawled back on his hands and feet, no longer looking like a king.
Zhou Faming's voice seemed to come from hell, "Hunjun, you also have this day..."
He was obviously well prepared. He asked someone to hold Xiao Mian down and kicked him. Xiao Mian's mouth was full of blood and he was whimpering and could no longer make any sound.
His subordinates came forward and placed an incense table in the emperor's palace. When Zhou Faming knelt down in front of the incense table, his face was filled with tears. He and his son kowtowed repeatedly and broke down in tears.
When he stood up, Zhou Faming was already weak, so he asked his son to grab Xiao Mian, and said bitterly: "I was waiting outside to fight and fight for you regardless of my hard work, but you killed me all over the house... I will use your head as a memorial today."
My parents, brothers, wives and children, as well as the whole family of my friends, can only eliminate my hatred."
After saying that, he raised his knife to chop. Because he was ill, he slashed Xiao Mian on the shoulder. Xiao Mian struggled hard. Zhou Faming gasped and waved his hand. Everyone stepped forward and slashed randomly with their knives. Xiao Mian was cut into pieces with random blades.
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Zhou Faming still refused to give up, and wanted to lead people to kill Xiao Lang and others, but was stopped by others, so he reluctantly gave up and finally remembered his mission.
He went to the place where the concubines gathered, hanged more than ten of the concubines of the queen, and then led the people out of the palace to "please forgive" Yuchi Gong.
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In September of the second year of Yuanzhen of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army broke through Jiangling, and Xiao Mian surrendered.
That night, surrender minister Zhou Faming led his men into the palace and killed Liang Wang Xiao Xian due to personal vendetta... It took five years and four months for the Liang Kingdom to be destroyed.
Regardless of whether Li Jing's idea was bad or not, killing Xiao Mian anyway did not arouse much shock. No one cried out for Xiao Mian under the blade, and no one even died.
Apart from anything else, there is one sentence that Li Jing said that is quite pertinent. Xiao Mian has only been emperor for a few years, and he has killed very few of the old people who followed him in the army.
The children of the other noble families have no intention of being loyal to the death, and the common people have received a lot of favors from them. However, avenging the king is not something that the common people can do. Unless the new master forces him, he will remember the dead Emperor Xiao a few times.
Well, that's their limit by putting up incense sticks and worshiping in secret.