Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1659 Once and for all
Less than a thousand people gathered around Zhugedi, all of them trembling with panic, already terrified by the brutal massacre in the city, throwing away their weapons and crouching on the ground with their heads in their arms, waiting for the Tang army to judge their fate.

Zhuge Di was still sitting on his horseback, looking at the hellish city of Singapura, where the temples collapsed everywhere, the pagodas collapsed one after another, and the houses turned into ashes were razed to the ground. The royal palace in the distance is looming in the thick smoke...

Is this our royal city?

Then look at the pools of blood flowing in the streets and alleys of the city, the densely packed corpses, stumped limbs and broken arms...Zhugedi's expression is numb, his eyes are empty.

What have you done?
This royal city, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, was reduced to ashes because of himself.

Tens of thousands of young and strong soldiers of Linyi Kingdom died here because of themselves.

Tens of thousands of royal families, ministers, officials, wealthy families and civilians were brutally slaughtered because of themselves...

If it weren't for his ambition, at least half of these tens of thousands of King Qin's troops would return to their hometowns. It would be impossible for the Tang army to carry out massacres across the country, right?He finally understood that the Tang army used his hand to involve the tens of thousands of King Qin's troops in the war, and then wiped out all the young and strong of Lin Yiguo, including the rebels, so that it would be done once and for all!
Tens and hundreds of years later, how will the descendants of Lin Yiguo scold him, a sinner through the ages?
Thinking of this, Zhuge Di felt cold all over his body, he held the handle of the knife tightly in his hand, but he couldn't muster up the courage to end himself...

The matter has come to this point, it is too late to regret!
Zhugedi looked blankly at the ruined Singapura City and the corpses in front of him, howling and screaming in his ears, dizzy in his head, and fell straight from his horse.

"Bang" fell to the ground...

The guards beside him didn't dare to move, and just let him lie on the ground in a daze, for fear that Tang Jun would suspect that he was planning something wrong and shoot him with random arrows.

A war horse came slowly in front of Zhuge Di, and its bowl-sized iron hooves clanged on the road. Zhuge Di came back to his senses, raised his head, and saw Liu Rengui's square face.

"Traitor!"

Zhuge's anger rose from his heart, and his evil came to his guts. His infamy throughout the ages came from this person's deception, and he wished he could bite him to death!He suddenly sat up from the ground, the precious sword in his hand had just dropped, and his anger made him lose his determination, so he rushed towards Liu Rengui with his bare hands!

"boom!"

A Tang Jun flashed over from the oblique stab, lifted his foot and kicked Zhuge Di's chest fiercely, kicking him backwards for four or five steps, and fell to the ground like a broken sack.

Liu Rengui immediately took two steps forward, looking down at Zhugedi who was in a state of embarrassment, and said dissatisfiedly, "The rebels in the city have been wiped out, and it's time for you to ascend the throne. Why are you so crazy?"

"Traitor!"

Zhugedi yelled, struggled and was about to turn over and get up, two horizontal knives were already lying across his throat, the icy cold blades cut through his flesh, the piercing murderous aura made Zhugedi shiver, his courage was exhausted, He lowered his head and said: "If you want to kill or cut, you can do whatever you want, I only regret that I was fooled and mistrusted your words, and now I have ended up regretting for life..."

While talking, tears flowed out.

Sometimes, some things are indeed harder than death.

But when death is approaching, one realizes that death is not an easy thing. Since ancient times, the only difficult thing is to die...

"What are you doing? How can you be so rude to His Royal Highness? Back off quickly!"

Liu Rengui repeatedly scolded the two soldiers who put the horizontal knife on Zhugedi's neck, then threw their stirrups off the saddle and got off the horse. Don’t understand? The royal family of the Fan family has been slaughtered by the rebel Jiadu, and you are the only one in the world who bears the blood of the royal family of the Fan family, and you are the legitimate monarch of Linyi, how can you give up on yourself like this?”

Zhuge Di was helpless by Liu Rengui. Seeing Liu Rengui's sincere expression, his brain became more and more troublesome: "King? You used me to slaughter tens of thousands of young and strong soldiers of Linyi Kingdom. Now your goal has been achieved. After decades, Linyi Yiguo will not have the strength to fight against Datang, why don't you kill me, a worthless person now?"

Liu Rengui stared and said displeasedly: "Your Majesty, where did this come from? Datang and Linyi Kingdom are brotherly states. The traitor Jia Du killed the king and usurped the throne to bring disaster to the common people. Naturally, Datang is obliged to send troops to help the brotherly state. Put down the rebellion, set things right! The rebel army was tyrannical, slaughtered all the merchants and people in the city, and many temple houses were burned. Under the leadership of the king, the king's division did not care about his own life to kill the treacherous traitors. The casualties were huge. Only with the assistance of the Tang army did Linyi recover. Tang and Linyi are friendly countries, and they should develop in harmony and friendship from generation to generation, so how can we slaughter tens of thousands of young and strong people in Linyi country?"

Zhuge's eyeballs are about to pop out, everyone has been killed by you, how can you still deny it?
"Let your tongue bloom like a lotus flower, but how can you keep this matter from the world?"

Liu Rengui let go of his hands, straightened his waist slowly, and looked at Zhugedi with a cold face: "History is written by the victors. Jiadu killed the king and usurped the throne, Your Excellency led the army to crusade, when the battle was in crisis, the Tang Dynasty acted righteously... The matter is as simple as that. Most of the dignitaries and ministers of your country have been lost, and the common people in the countryside can’t even read the words, so why don’t you just say what you say?”

Zhuge Di's originally dead gray eyes gradually brightened up...

Yup!

How many literate people can there be in Lin Yiguo?Most of them died in this battle, and the rest of the countrymen are all savage and stupid people, how can they tell the difference between true and false, good and evil?As long as the unified caliber is followed by Liu Rengui's rhetoric, after a hundred years, this will be the only truth!
After thinking about it, Zhuge Di was still a little uneasy, and asked in a murmur, "But the people are still literate after all, in case these things are written down and passed on to future generations..."

Liu Rengui waved his hand domineeringly: "What's so difficult about this? For the sake of your throne and reputation, His Majesty the King, you can promulgate a decree. From now on, all citizens of Linyi will learn Chinese characters, speak Chinese, and read Chinese books! As long as the king Unified propaganda, even if there are one or two foolish people who spread rumors, who would believe it?"

Zhuge Land suddenly became enlightened!
As he is familiar with Han Chinese books, he naturally knows the importance of propaganda.

"The way of a sage is far-reaching, but it is not easy for people to understand." National affairs cannot be understood by those short-sighted and illiterate fools. As for the government's political strategy, "the people can use it every day but can't know it." Whatever the court asks you to do, you just do it obediently. There's no need to figure out why you did it, because you don't understand...

In this way...it doesn't mean that I will definitely become the eternal sinner of Linyi Kingdom?
There is a lot to be done about this!

Seeing that his reputation might not be nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of Linyi Kingdom, Zhugedi regained his spirit, rubbed his painful waist, and said to Liu Rengui with a flattering smile: "That's right, that's right, Jia Du Killing the king and usurping the throne, a certain leader led the army of the king to defend the orthodoxy and punish the people, and with the help of the friendly army of the Tang Dynasty, he paid a huge price and finally punished the traitors!"

Zhuge Di's heart was about to blossom with joy. In this way, not only would he not become a sinner, but he would become a great hero of Lin Yiguo?

This is simply an unexpected harvest, so happy...

As for learning Chinese characters, speaking Chinese, and reading Chinese books... What's the problem?
A good thing you can't ask for!

Looking at the world, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, which of all the small neighboring countries has not regarded Sinology as the highest status?Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, Waguk, Linyi... Learning Chinese characters is a privilege that only nobles can have.

Zhugedi made up his mind that he must firmly hold on to Tang Ren's thighs, so that not only can he ascend the throne as firmly as Mount Tai, but also use the power of Tang Ren to spread public opinion, hide the tragedy in front of him and completely clean himself up.

As for the resentment of being deceived and exploited by the Tang army and the blood feud of more than [-] Linyi people...compared with the supreme throne of the country and the romantic history of his own country, it is a fart!

Although Zhugedi is also surnamed Zhuge, he is not a descendant of Zhuge Liang, and he did not inherit Zhuge Liang's wisdom, but he is not stupid either.

On the point of having to follow Tang Ren's footsteps to accept manipulation and prefer to be a puppet, he made a decisive decision: "I will ask the governor to show me what to do next. I will accept it and fully cooperate."

If you don't cooperate, you can't do it. If you are obedient as a puppet, you can still sit on the throne and clean up your crimes. If you don't cooperate, he is sure that the people of Tang will immediately say that he has been abandoned, and then find a remnant noble minister from Linyi Kingdom to push him up...

Liu Rengui laughed, and patted Zhugedi on the shoulder in relief: "He who knows the current affairs is a hero. I believe that Lin Yiguo will maintain a friendly cooperation with Datang under your majesty's leadership, and it will surely prosper and prosper, and the country will be peaceful!"

Zhuge smiled obsequiously, but he sighed in his heart: Bengu Bangning?More than half of Lin Yiguo's youth died, and his vitality was seriously injured. From now on, he is afraid that he will be gradually eaten away by you Tang people. Maybe thousands of years later, the country will be destroyed...

When the land of Linyi State is full of descendants of Han people, what difference does it make if the country is called Linyi or Datang?

　Mid-Autumn Festival full moon, family joy, happy holidays everyone!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)