"Do you want to compromise?"

On the way back to Jinyang, Zhang Mo looked at the latest news from Lu Bu and muttered to himself in confusion.

He knew that there would be dissatisfaction and rebellion in Jizhou, but he did not expect that the battle would become so large. Ever since he received the rebellion from Zhongshan Kingdom, Lu Bu had sent a lot of news one after another in the past few days. The clan traitors were like stars.

The fire had almost spread throughout Jizhou in just half a month, and it was already difficult to control. For the first time, she felt personally the capabilities of powerful families in this era. If they unite, they can really subvert a regime.

"princess……"

Xu You called Zhang Mo, who was a little distracted, and reminded him, "Are the king and ministers still waiting for you to make a decision?"

She came to her senses and said nothing. She just got off her horse and climbed to a nearby high slope. Xu You and others quickly followed.

Standing on the slope, she looked at the vast land with traffic and canals in front of her. She took a breath for a while and said calmly, "Eight years ago, when I went to Xianbei to look for people, I passed by here. What I saw was overgrown weeds.

The desolate Xinzhou Basin; five years ago, I traveled around the world with my master. I saw refugees lying on the roadside like wild dogs eating carrion, and I saw a father who traded his daughter in order to survive.

Dear, I have seen children who almost choked to death after stealing wheat seeds, I have seen mothers cutting meat to feed their children, I have seen wealthy gentry enslave their servants like livestock and trample on their dignity and lives at will, but in order to survive

, they can only work as cows and horses but dare not say a word. Last winter, when I was in Jingzhaoyin, I saw that Sanfu, the most prosperous place in the past, was no longer inhabited, and no chickens or dogs could be heard."

"States and counties are divided, wars are everywhere, and a human life is not even worth as much as a dog. How has the world been harmed? I want to revolutionize the world and establish a new system. I want to end this troubled world where the people have no life, and I want to give the people of the world a foothold.

Land, is it wrong? I don’t want to exterminate all the families in the world. I give them opportunities. I will also use the Sima family and Zhang family in Hanoi who are loyal and available."

Her tone suddenly became sharp as she spoke, "But what about them? For the selfish interests of one family and one clan, they started wars all over Jizhou and robbed and killed civilians. They deserved death! If I compromise today, I will conquer the world in the future, and that's just

I am the spokesperson of a powerful family, but for more than a hundred years I have to fall into the misery of reincarnation where the people have no life. What is the point of coming to such a world? Why not just fight to the death, even if I lose in the end, I at least tried hard, and I will die with no regrets!"

She paused and her voice suddenly rose, "But if we win by chance, whoever wants to rebel in the future will have to ask me if the 100,000-strong army of the Tang Dynasty will agree! Ask the tens of thousands of people under my rule if they will agree!

"

"You also want to ask me whether the civil and military affairs of the Tang Dynasty will agree!" Xu You stood solemnly and said loudly, "I am willing to swear allegiance to the princess to the death and fight to the death!"

Others also spoke impassionedly and swore in unison, "I am willing to swear allegiance to the princess to the death and fight to the death!"

"Be loyal to the princess and fight to the death!"

"A fight to the death..."

The soul-stirring shouts echoed over the Xinzhou Basin. Zhang Mo took a deep breath to calm down, turned to look at everyone, and asked with a hint of ridicule, "The traitor in Jizhou said that when the world is settled, I will remove the mill and kill the donkey."

,Aren’t you worried?”

Xu You smiled and said, "How can you take the words of a traitor seriously? Anyone in this world can do something like killing a donkey, but the king and the princess will never do it."

Zhang Mo laughed out loud, "So sure? You don't shoot like this when you shoot a horse."

Xu You said seriously, "Everything I said came from my heart and was by no means a deliberate flattery."

As she walked down the slope, she said, "Today I will tell you everything that comes from the bottom of my heart!"

Xu You followed behind and said, "If the princess really wanted to kill the donkey, why would she call the children from the families of civil servants and military generals to Jinyang to study and practice martial arts and cultivate them carefully?"

"That's because I want to use them as hostages!" she said with a joking smile.

"If it was a pledge, they would not be so close to the eldest son. The princess is clearly training the next generation of ministers for the eldest son."

She nodded, "You are a sensible person!"

Xu You continued, "Furthermore, the king and the princess have been married for many years, and he has always adhered to his promise to you. He will not take concubines or have sex with each other. For a person with high authority, who can do this?"

"What does this mean?" she wondered.

Xu You said, "The princess can be compared to the two emperors Gaozu and Guangwu. They were both the founders of the country. One hated his wife and wanted to replace his eldest son with a concubine. The other never forgot his original promise and forbeared for many years to help his eldest wife to the throne.

Change the title of his wife's son to the crown prince.

Let’s look at how these two people treat the heroes. The ruthless one also has no justice. After he became emperor, he killed all the heroes. How many of those who followed him through life and death had a good death? The one who values ​​​​love also values ​​righteousness.

, reformed the official system, and gave preferential treatment to meritorious officials, so we have the Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai."

"The actual situations the two of them faced at that time were actually different, but... your example is appropriate, I like it!"

She smiled slightly, stopped suddenly, turned around and asked, "Ziyuan, when you were at Yuan Benchu's place, were you familiar with Cui Jgui?"

She jumped off the topic a little too quickly. Xu You was confused and replied, "I can't say we are familiar with each other. He is a leader among the scholars in Jizhou. His heart is full of benevolence, justice, morality, and etiquette for monarchs and ministers. And I... you also know

, I once tried to depose the emperor, and I am not on the same path as him, so we are just acquaintances."

"Is that so..." She felt quite regretful and asked, "Who among the original civil and military personnel in Jizhou has the best relationship with him?"

"I'm not sure about this either. What's the purpose of the princess asking?" Xu You was confused.

As far as he knew, on their way back to Jinyang, the king and the princess made a county magistrate of the Cui family who violated the alcohol prohibition, and then implicated several of the Cui family's children, and even Cui Yan was dismissed from office and rushed back to his hometown in Qinghe.

Went.

Zhang Mo said, "That day when I dismissed Cui Jigui and returned to his hometown, I actually asked him to serve as an internal response. But... now that Jizhou is in this situation, I'm not sure whether he is still loyal to the Tang state, and you also said that he is full of worries.

The etiquette of monarchs and ministers, he voted for me that day

During the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was dead, so he probably had no choice but to agree to me. Now Cao Mengde has established a separate emperor's court in Yanzhou. Although he is a puppet, he is under the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty. Ji Gui, will he?

Will you betray me and join Cao Cao like the others?"

Xu You couldn't help but secretly admire after hearing this. He originally thought that she was going to attack Cui to scare the monkeys, but it turned out that she had left a back-up at the beginning. With Cui as the internal response, Jizhou's chances of winning in this matter had already been determined by two people.

The percentage is raised to 40%.

Xu You smiled and said, "The princess only sees that he pays attention to etiquette, but she doesn't know that a scholar is also the most important person, especially a person like him, who is upright and upright. Since he has promised the princess, he will never betray him in battle. Retreat.

To put it bluntly, even if he no longer wants to follow you, he will not seek refuge with Cao Meng.

De, that guy massacred several cities in Xuzhou, and now he has brought out a member of the royal family, and just set up a court to try to wash away all these atrocities. Is it possible? Now go to those people who are attached to him and want to revive the Han Dynasty.

Either she is really confused, or she is pretending to be confused, or it is really... true love."

"Ha..." Zhang Mo laughed loudly, "Isn't Cui Jigui true love?"

Xu You said, "As I said before, Cui Jigui values ​​​​benevolence, justice and morality. The princess practiced benevolent governance in the Tang Dynasty, loved the people, and won the hearts of the people. He will not betray you."

"In that case, help me go to Qinghe County to meet him." Her gleaming eyes were covered with a layer of cold air, "If you don't compromise, I will directly counterattack."
Chapter completed!