Soon, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potato salad, sweet potato porridge, and steamed sweet potatoes were all brought out.
During his absence, these high-level officials in Kushan received bad treatment and are still hungry. When they see food, they don't care whether it is poisonous or not, and they don't care if they have never seen it before. They will sit down as soon as they smell the aroma.
Gobble it down.
"tasty!"
These people ate very quickly, and after a while, everyone looked happy and relaxed a lot.
Zhuge Liang did not talk to them about the authenticity of the news, but directly brought the problem to reality. He pointed at the Dahongqing on the table and said with a smile: "This kind of food is rampant in our country, Wei Dynasty, and there are too many in stock now."
"It can be said to be inexhaustible. One year's harvest can be used by five Kushans. If any of you can help me reestablish order and make the people obey the orders of the newly formed court, I, the Wei Dynasty, will have a steady stream of money."
Transport the sweet potatoes and distribute them to meet the needs of the people and gain their recognition."
The Kushan people looked at each other in confusion. After a long time, one person finally asked tentatively: "Is this true?"
Zhuge Liang nodded.
"Then I can try!"
However, the surrounding Kushan people suddenly focused on the man: "Zhisi, you traitor! Shameless! You actually sacrificed your life for a foreign tribe!"
Zhuge Liang called the Kushan man named Zhisi aside and pointed to the people below: "Let you be responsible for reorganizing the court. You will not need the previous monarch. You will be the new monarch. You can say who you want to use or kill.
Just do it, Wei will be your backing from now on, don’t have any worries!”
This man named Zhusi was once the finance minister of the Kushan Empire. He was always deeply trusted by the monarchs of the Kushan Empire because he could always bring a lot of money to the court and enable the empire to support various temples.
But at the same time, this obsession is extremely disgusted and hated by the people, because every penny he gets is taken from the people.
To be fair, even if Pig is allowed to be the puppet leader, he should not be allowed to come, because this will further worsen the image of Wei in the hearts of the Kushan people and cannot effectively alleviate the conflict, let alone reverse the Kushan people's hatred of Wei.
However, Zhuge Liang naturally had some considerations when doing this.
Zhusi also knows his past and knows that he is hated by others, but he is also extremely confident in his methods.
Of course, he is no longer a minister of the Kushan monarch, and he has also lost his appeal to the people. He cannot respond to everything at once. If he wants to restore order, he first needs the full support of Zhuge Liang and even the great Wei Dynasty!
Thinking of this, Zhisi immediately said: "Sir, is the sweet potato thing true?"
Zhuge Liang nodded: "It's absolutely true. If you're still not at ease, then go and have a look at my camp."
Zhisi shook his head: "That's not necessarily the case. Since the adults say there is no problem, then I will start doing things."
Zhisi didn't say what he was going to do. Zhuge Liang just glanced at him and stopped asking. However, Zhuge Liang was extremely smart and could roughly figure out what Zhisi was going to do just by looking at him.
Soon, Zhi Si gathered together his old friends, all corrupt financial system officials, to form the temporary court of the Kushan Empire, under which he was fully responsible.
"Sir, do we really have to sacrifice our lives for Wei now?" Several cronies couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Zhisi immediately snorted: "What else? We have done so many things unconscionably in the past. You don't think that if we don't sacrifice our lives for Wei, we will have a good death, right?"
The expressions of those people suddenly changed and they looked horrified: "Then what should we do? Why do we feel like we are all dead!"
Zhisi sneered: "How about I keep calling you stupid! Follow me and I will not only keep you safe, but I will also keep you rich and prosperous, and you will be famous throughout the ages!"
"Ah? Is there such a good thing? Sir, please give us a hand!"
Zhisi laughed and said: "Okay, next, as long as you strictly follow what I say, there will be no problems. The first thing we have to do is to unify our caliber and denounce the charges of excessive extortion in the past."
Throw the emperor over his head!"
"Let's just say that the emperor is forcing us to make a lot of money to build palaces for his own benefit, to reward his relatives, and to please the monks. When the time comes, if I do some more work, our charges will be completely cleared!"
After hearing this, these people used their respective connections to spread the news throughout Guishang. They first put the crime of extortionate expropriation on the head of the Kushan emperor, and then sent troops to the palace and the residences of the emperor's relatives.
A large amount of gold, silver and jewelry were found and distributed to everyone in the city. Anyone with hands and feet can come and get it!
As a result, Zhisi's generosity was spread around the city by the dignitaries in the city, and the people in Guishan knew about it. In the past, Zhisi was forced to do unconscionable things. Now, once the emperor falls, he will immediately come out to defend the emperor.
Everyone benefits!
"Sir, your good name is spreading all over the country now. When we go home now, we don't have to worry about being slandered by others. Moreover, the neighbors are still greeting us and thanking us!"
A group of subordinates have been praising Zhi Si for days, and they all look excited.
Zhi Si disagreed: "Next, we have to take the second step, inciting the people and killing the royal family!!"
"What?! Kill the royal family? Kill them all?"
"Yes! Kill everyone without leaving any one behind! Only in this way can we consolidate our position and completely give us the ability to control the entire territory!" Zhusi said decisively.
Soon, the Kushan royal family, those who were accused of greed and cruelty, were all tied up. All the famous unjust cases in the past were overturned, and the charges were also pinned on the royal family. Those who could easily arouse sympathy
The royal family members and children are still being held secretly.
Soon, under the deliberate instigation of Obsession, most of the non-parties believed these half-truths and half-false things, and their anger was ignited. Those royal families were beaten severely by the common people every day, and many people successively
die.
"Kill them! Avenge those who died unjustly!"
"Kill them so they can never exploit us again!"
Under the strong demands of the people of the Kushan Empire, Zhusi became very helpless and killed all the "chief criminals" who were tied up outside.
As for the remnants of the royal family, he was executed secretly to avoid arousing sympathy and causing trouble.
"Sir, what's the next step? What's the next step? I feel that since the killing of the royal family, the people's emotions have been a little too excited. There must be something to make them relieve their restlessness!" A follower who was obsessed with thinking,
Nervously expressed his opinion.
Zhisi immediately laughed: "There is a future. I have already thought about this matter. The next step is to move Da Wei to the front!"
"Sir, do we really want to be Wei's puppet? Now that we have some appeal, why don't we rise up to resist Wei?"
Zhisi immediately snorted: "Resist? What to resist? Back then, the empire had strong assistance from monks, but it was unable to stop Wei's attack. What can we do now? Since we are the rulers, we must do more for them.
The common people seek welfare and save them from war! Moreover, joining the Wei Dynasty is not necessarily a bad thing! The Wei Dynasty has great national power and I heard that there are a lot of sweet potatoes. If it is true, then our people will not have to starve to death every year in the future.