Long live Emperor Wu!

Later, the two of them sat down, and Li Ke asked him to tell Chen Shuozhen's story again.

It's pretty much the same as what the old man in the teahouse said, but with a few more details about his life experience.

Chen Shuozhen is 24 years old this year. He is from Qingxi County, Muzhou. His parents died when he was young, and he and his younger sister are dependent on each other. They were adopted by neighbors and grew up eating food from hundreds of families.

Later, when he grew up, he worked as a tenant in a squire's home.

She was married in her early years, but her husband died three years ago and she never remarried.

A year ago, there was a famine in Muzhou, and her sister died of starvation. She also saw that her neighbors were starving to death and selling their children and daughters. In a moment of anger, she secretly opened the owner's granary and sent them all out.

That time she was beaten half to death, but was rescued by fellow villagers, fled to the mountains, and was arrested again by the government.

Later, she was released by the jailer who sympathized with her.

After she came out of prison, she didn't know what she was thinking, so she started spreading rumors everywhere, saying that she was accepted as a disciple by Taishang Laojun and that she was the mysterious girl from the Nine Heavens descending to earth.

Now he is leading his brother-in-law to rebel against the imperial court, proclaiming himself Emperor Wenjia, and making his brother-in-law an official of Zuopushe.

Fang Renyu shook his head and said:

"It's like playing house, but she can't bear the people to believe her, but she is a group of hungry people after all. The reason why she attacked two cities in a row at first is because those places are serious and there are many people who are willing to follow her to death.

The day before yesterday, she divided her forces into two groups and attacked two cities to the south and east, but failed to win, so she retreated. "

He paused and said:
"It is impossible to win by itself. The disasters in other places are not that serious. If everyone lives a good life, who will risk their lives and rebel against the imperial court."

Li Ke looked at his sighing expression, put his elbows on the table, and asked in a low voice:
"Ting Fang, governor, seems to sympathize with those rebels?"

After hearing this, the governor of Fang quickly raised his head, looked at Li Ke and said:

"No, no! Absolutely not!... I will never show any mercy when facing an enemy!"

He said nothing twice in a row, his voice was high and firm, and Li Ke looked at him with a "why lie" look.

Seeing this, the governor Fang sighed again, waved his hand and said:
"Hi! I sympathize with the hungry people who were bewitched by Chen! Chen will definitely die!"

Li Ke slapped the table and said:

"This king thinks so too. It is said in the art of war that a soldier who subjugates his opponent without fighting is a good person. If you don't have to persuade him to surrender before fighting, you can just surrender and surrender, and let bygones be bygones!"

The governor Fang looked at him with a twitching face and said speechlessly:

"Look at what His Highness King Wu said, who doesn't persuade someone to surrender before fighting? You must say something to persuade someone to surrender."

Unexpectedly, King Wu Li Ke shook his head, his eyes shining with compassion, and said:

"What I mean is to persuade those people to come back as much as possible, mainly by persuasion and supplemented by beating. I saw it before I came... the people obviously sympathized with Chen Shuozhen and the Muzhou mob.

It's because the officials of the imperial court were at fault. If they forcefully use troops at this time, they will inevitably lose people's hearts. "

Governor Fang looked at him silently for a long time and suddenly asked:
"Is this what His Majesty meant?"

King Wu Li Ke shook his head and said firmly:
"Your Majesty does not know the situation here. If he knew, he would definitely agree to do this. He has always been soft-hearted. It is obvious to everyone in the court. Don't you know this?"

After hearing this, Fang Renyu paused and said: "That's what I said, but if His Highness, King Wu, behaves like this, if he is criticized for sympathizing with the rebels, delaying the opportunity to fight, and delaying the rebellion, that is not a trivial matter. Besides...how to persuade him? Does it work?
For more than a year, the imperial court turned a blind eye to the situation in Muzhou. The people of Muzhou had long since disbelieved it. Otherwise, why would they follow a country peasant woman to her death? "

Li Ke leaned slightly and said patiently:

"It all depends on people. Your Majesty has ordered the two nearby Changping warehouses to adjust grains and go to Muzhou to provide disaster relief. By the way, he will provide troops to supplement grain and grass for your two states.

You can wait for a while in the name of waiting for food and grass.During this process, advertisements were posted telling the mob that as long as they went home on their own, they would receive food once the rebels were wiped out. "

As he spoke, his eyes swayed and he said:

"Besides, I have to use rumors to dispel this rumor. I have a plan."

As he spoke, he waved to Fang Renyu and asked him to come over. The two of them whispered a few words across the table.

When Fang Renyu heard this, he looked surprised and began to think about it doubtfully.

……

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"Shuozhen! Shuozhen! Wake up!" Zhang Shuyin shook the lying person vigorously.

The man lying on the table raised his face after a while. He had big eyes, double eyelids, an oval face, and clean eyebrows, but his skin was very dark. At first glance, he looked like someone who had endured hard times.

She seemed to be stunned by a demon, her face was raised, her eyes were still distracted, as if she had not recovered, she was staring blankly at her brother-in-law.

Zhang Shuyin said anxiously:
"Oops! What should I do? There are rumors outside that we are revolting and rebelling. God does not allow it, and the sky fire smashed down next to your tent! I sent someone to ask, saying that there is a rumor there that there are noses and eyes, and hundreds of people have fled!"

Chen Shuozhen's eyes were now focused. She rubbed her face, looked outside the tent, her eyebrows showed her stubbornness, and said:
"Run, you can't stop those who want to run. Go back to the battlefield and delay our morale!"

"Hey! It has affected morale now, you should think of a solution!" Zhang Shuyin sat aside and sighed.

Chen Shuozhen stood up. She was wearing the armor captured from the Muzhou Governor's Mansion and a warm cloak. She stretched out her hand and pulled it tighter.

She hadn't had a good sleep for several days, and when she squinted for a while, she often felt bitingly cold.

What's more, she just dreamed that she died on a hill with corpses strewn all over the field, and there was no one to collect the corpses.

Since arriving outside Muzhou, she realized that the world outside was good, but Muzhou was not.

The people outside had no hatred and no objection to the court, and they resisted desperately. They really thought they were a mob rebel, so she came back defeated.

From that day on, she knew they couldn't win.

However, she didn't regret it at all.What she lost has been lost, and what the people of Muzhou have lost has also been lost.

When a person loses something or feels pain, he always screams twice to let others know!It's better than disappearing without a trace.

Zhang Shuyin suddenly looked at her back and said:

"Shuozhen, let's capture the deserters and behead them! If the imperial court recruits soldiers, they will be beheaded if they are late, let alone those who run away!"

Chen Shuozhen turned around and said angrily:
"Why are we rebelling! Learn from the imperial court?! The imperial court has no intention. It treats us like ants and bullies us. Isn't it bad enough!? Now you want to do the same as the imperial court and attack the neighbors and villagers?! "