Chapter 165: Public opinion raiding homes
The Liang State and the Liang army all relied on the support of the Turks and established a pseudo-emperor regime with the power of the fox and tiger.
Although it will be easily wiped out by Li Shimin in two years, the Liang Kingdom can be said to be a sparrow that is small and has all the internal organs.
Not to mention other places, a border-level important area like Shuofang Dongcheng has only a civil servant, but it has set up no less than three or four hundred people. After all, it is a big city with more than one hundred thousand people, and this is a result that no one in Liang Shi has available.
More than half of them are related households, Wu Yong, the governor of Shuofang Dongcheng, and Liang Shidu's brother-in-law, cannot be literary or martial. If you don't know a few words, you are basically just a fool.
Originally, Liang Shidu’s original intention was to let this kid restrain Liang Luoren for him, but who would have thought that Wu Yong was beheaded by Liang Luoren in a minute.
Last night, when the fire outside the general's mansion was soaring, the boy was still slacking off the woman's belly. When he received the news that he planned to leave Shuofang East City and went back to ask his brother-in-law Liang Shishu for help, the city gate was already blocked by Li Zhengbao and others.
And Li Zhengbao's goal is himself.
At this time, Shuofang East City and the North City Gate.
Headed by Wu Yong, who was in a mess, nearly half of the civil servants in Shuofang Dongcheng were confronting Li Zhengbao.
"Li Zhengbao, don't think I don't know that as a general of Liang State, you have let down Your Majesty's trust in you and take the initiative to recognize a Tang Dynasty as your leader. You... You won't surrender quickly and will apologize if you go back to your country."
Wu Yong was very nervous at this time. Although he said this, he already knew that he might not be able to escape from Shuofang East City today. He had offended Li Zhengbao a lot in the past, and he didn't know how he would deal with him this time.
The civil servants behind him were all guys with some backers. They usually called Li Zhengbao, the rude, and the soldiers of the city garrison had become laborers they sent at will, but now the form is better than others. Li Zhengbao openly treason, so who can I ask for reason?
Sure enough, as soon as Wu Yong finished speaking, Li Zhengbao waved his hand and saw a group of soldiers coming up in the crowd, pressing dozens of Han people in Turkic uniforms.
Li Zhengbao said loudly: "Two years ago, you organized the city defense without authorization, openly confiscated the city's expenses, and slandered me for not being strict in governing and embezzling military pay. This is one of the crimes."
Wu Yong was stunned when he heard this. Is he going to make an old account with him?
Seeing that he was confused, Li Zhengbao lifted his sword and waved his hand, and the guard at the gate closest to him fell directly to the ground.
It's so good that this man was the guard who collected Xi Yunfei's money at the city gate that day. It would be worth his time to die in the hands of Li Zhengbao.
Seeing this, Wu Yong was shocked. He knew that it was difficult to be good today. He hurriedly took out a military talisman from his arms and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers in Shuofang East City obey the order. The military talisman is here. I ordered you to quickly take down the rebel Li Zhengbao and take it to the capital to meet the emperor. You are all people of my Daliang Kingdom. Don't make mistakes again and again. As long as you take down Li Zhengbao, I will be the leader to protect him as a third-rank military officer and then give him a duke."
There was a silence up and down the city gate. The soldiers looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
Who can be brought to do such a job by Li Zhengbao? Who is not Li Zhengbao's confidant? How could Wu Yong succeed in the divisive plan?
Even Li Zhengbao laughed rather than angry, kicked the head of the human under his feet in front of Wu Yong, and said with his waist: "Over the years, you have robbed the civilian girl 81 times and killed countless innocent people. I originally wanted to confront you one by one so that you can die clearly, but now it seems that there is no need."
As soon as Li Zhengbao finished speaking, the soldiers guarding the surroundings made a pass directly, and saw more than a dozen men and women wearing prison uniforms walking up, each holding a sharp weapon in his hand.
Wu Yong looked shocked when he saw this, because these people were sent to prison by him, and many of them were tortured by himself.
Li Zhengbao glanced at the people's furious eyes and said aloud: "There is a cause of injustice and the debt is a master. You should seek justice on behalf of the people who were harmed by him. Now, Wu Yong is handed over to you. Whether to die or live, you have the final say."
More than a dozen people looked at each other, and finally a woman in the lead bowed to Li Zhengbao and thanked him: "We will always remember the great kindness of General Li."
Li Zhengbao looked at the knife marks and scalding on her face and frowned slightly. He thought that this woman should not be willing to surrender to Wu Yong's tyranny, so she was cruelly disfigured by him. I don't know how many hardships she has endured in prison.
Turning his head to look at the officials behind Wu Yong, Li Zhengbao shouted, "Go back to their own homes and wait for news. If you are dedicated to serving the people and being honest, it's okay, but..." Li Zhengbao gritted his teeth and pointed at Wu Yong who was trembling, and said, "But if you have ever colluded with him, then find a white silk and break it by yourself, otherwise I will find a result, haha......"
As soon as Li Zhengbao finished speaking, Wu Yong was dragged away by more than a dozen people wearing ragged prison uniforms. He kept wailing along the way, but no one dared to stop him. With Li Zhengbao's army suppressed, those ordinary servant guards were no match for them at all.
The other civil servants were worried when they saw this, and several of them who often associate with Wu Yong were so scared that they knelt on the spot.
Li Zhengbao glanced at them, his lips raised lightly. Now he had no time to pay attention to them. Li Zhengbao still had to rectify the city defense. Now Liang Luoren is dead. It can be said that he is the only one in Shuofang Dongcheng. Several military officers from Liang Luoren's group have long been controlled by him.
However, there are some neutral military officers who want to persuade him. If he is willing to turn against him, there will be nothing wrong. If he insists on working for Liang State, he will have to solve the problem by force.
Incorporate all military forces in Shuofang Dongcheng.
This is the first task Xi Yunfei gave Li Zhengbao, and it is also a proposition to test whether he truly surrenders.
For Xi Yunfei, if Li Zhengbao cannot use it for himself, it would be better to take uzi and directly make things happen with him and his subordinates. However, Xi Yunfei obviously underestimated the integrity of the ancients, and Li Zhengbao had indeed recognized him as the main one.
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After dinner.
Xi Yunfei asked his cousin to rest first, and he took his elder brother to the city garrison.
"Oh, I must bring Ma Zhou with me next time I go out. No matter how bad I am, I will bring my third uncle with me. Just leave it to you. It is best to give this kind of quaint word to a literary guy. I am really inappropriate."
Xi Yunfei held up an announcement he had drawn up in both hands and looked at the contents above. It was basically vernacular, and even ancient vernacular could not occupy the edge. I don’t know if scholars could understand it at this time.
Next to him, Xi Junmai, Xue Wanche, and Li Zhengbao, who had just joined, looked at the public announcement content above and looked at each other.
Li Zhengbao suggested speechlessly: "Just hold a voting meeting at the gate of the city garrison, so that those corrupt officials can see how unpopular they are. I think this notice is better not to post it to embarrass you."
Xi Junmai and Xue Wanche nodded at the same time, expressing their 120,000 agreement with Li Zhengbao's suggestion.
Xi Yunfei spat in anger, kneaded the notice into a ball, threw it in the corner, and looked up and said, "Since Uncle Li has this suggestion, I will leave this matter to you. Anyway, I can't come in vain this trip. I have to get some benefits before going back."
Li Zhengbao nodded when he heard this. Although Xi Yunfei did this unkindly, it has to be said that it was a very pleasant thing. He usually saw those corrupt officials who were unhappy.
Especially some of the confidants of Liang Shidu, who are used to being arrogant and prosperous in Shuofang East City on weekdays, really think no one can control them. Now that Xi Yunfei, a Tang Dynasty man, these people are afraid they will be in trouble.
So when Xi Yunfei said he wanted to search the house, he was the first to raise his hands to agree.
Chapter completed!