Chapter 510 Join Us
Pan Sitong was almost angry to death. How could he not submit a memorial? He submitted it, and indeed he did say something about the emperor, but he was just being conscientious and his words were not so fierce.
Unfortunately, this memorial was secretly intercepted by his students, which he only found out later.
"The emperor is wrong. As ministers, we don't have to resist so fiercely."
Lv Desheng curled his lips, "If I didn't resist so fiercely, it would probably not be me who came to see you now, but you who went to see me at the grave."
Pan Sitong was choked again, "The emperor is still young now, can't you see the late emperor, for the sake of Taizu, Taizong, Renzong, etc., can you tolerate me a little?"
"He Song Mo never tolerated me for the sake of the late emperor. The late emperor didn't let me be buried with him, but he Song Mo wanted my life right away."
"Shanzhang Shanzhang, drink a cup of honey water, and you can drink the medicine in a while." Pan Sitong's eldest disciple hurried forward to prevent the two from quarreling again.
After drinking the honey water, Pan Sitong calmed down a little. Thinking about the current chaos, he said sadly, "Da Li has nurtured scholars for 200 years. You and I are deeply blessed by the emperor. Is it going to end here?"
Lv Desheng said indifferently, "The general trend of the world is that after a long period of unity, there will be division, and after a long period of division, there will be unity. Don't you know? There has never been a dynasty that lasted for a thousand years. Da Li's luck has come to an end after 200 years."
Seeing Pan Sitong glaring at him again, Lv Desheng thought about it and told him the story of a dragon-slaying boy who eventually turned into an evil dragon.
He heard this story from his daughter. After listening to it, he felt it was quite meaningful.
Pan Sitong was silent after listening to this story.
Not long after, Pan Sitong brought a bowl of black soup.
Lv Desheng waited for him to finish drinking it before saying, "I say, Old Pan, you have the time to get angry. You might as well train more talents for our Pingzhou and speed up the end of this chaotic world."
Pan Sitong was angry. Listen, is this reasonable? Does this sound like what you would say to a patient? ! Not letting him rest more, but urging him to work!
"To be honest, Lao Pan, don't say I don't give you face, let's make a bet. If Dali can take back the ceded land from the Xianbei and put down the rebellion in Yu Nei, our Qin and Lu families will return to Dali without saying a word and hand over all the territories we have occupied! How about three years?"
"And you, in these three years, you should honestly manage Liaodong Academy and train students, don't be petty, and don't be passive..."
"Don't dare to bet? Don't you have a way to convince yourself that Dali can do it?"
Seeing that he was still hesitant, Lu Desheng said, "In fact, you can think about it in a positive way. Maybe you are training these students for Dali?"
"Who said I don't dare to bet?!"
"Well, let's make it so."
Lu Desheng thought, he shouldn't lose this bet, right? His daughter shouldn't let him lose.
At this time, Lv Songli brought his followers to Songzhou to pay tribute to the soldiers and civilians who died in this city.
It has been more than half a month since Songzhou was massacred, and nearly a month.
At that time, there were no corpses in the city. After the negotiations with Pinggang, with the withdrawal of the Xianbei army and the Sun family army of Dali, Qin Heng and Lv Desheng discussed and sent a small team to collect the corpses.
All the corpses were simply identified and divided into civilians and soldiers, and buried in two places.
Lv Songli had a hero monument erected, on which were engraved the soldiers who died bravely in Songzhou.
As Youzhou was taken over by Pingzhou, the living people in Songzhou also returned to their hometowns one after another.
When Lv Songli came to Songzhou to pay tribute to the soldiers and innocent people who died here, many local people also came.
Lv Songli finally gave them three fragrant incense sticks, and countless people wept.
After leaving Songzhou, Lv Songli and his followers went to Yuyang County, the seat of Yuyang County.
Yuyang County and Shanggu County are currently under strict military control. Lu Songli noticed that there are few people on the street, and the people of Yuyang County live very cautiously.
She arrived at the governor's mansion of Yuyang County and ordered the officials of Youzhou to come and see her.
There are not many officials left in Youzhou now. Officials with official seals such as the county governors of Yuyang County and Shanggu County have left, as well as their subordinates and some local officials.
At that time, Pingzhou rebelled and Youzhou was taken over by Pingzhou. If these officials stayed, it would be considered as participating in the rebellion. Most officials were unwilling to do so. In addition, Pingzhou was just next to Youzhou, and Pingzhou had a clean administration. They had heard about it. If these officials stayed, they were also worried that they would be liquidated by Pingzhou.
Among the officials who left, many were corrupt officials who were causing trouble to the local area and exploiting the people. After these people left the city safely, they had not yet breathed a sigh of relief, and they were robbed by bandits disguised as Qin Sheng and others on the way to Chang'an.
Some only robbed money, while some officials took their lives directly.
The summoned minor officials soon arrived at the governor's mansion, all very nervous.
Lv Songli had read the resumes of these officials, most of them had no major problems, and could be used, mainly because they did not occupy too important positions. There were also some with big problems, and Lv Songli looked at one or two of them without leaving a trace.
Lv Songli also had an idea about the stay or departure of these officials, and she planned to make it public.
During the public announcement period, rules will be formulated to let the people decide whether they stay or leave.
In this way, they can quickly narrow the distance between them and the people of Youzhou, and at the same time alleviate the fear of the people of Youzhou about the new policy.
Since Lv Songli planned to do this, she also told them so.
After listening to Lu Songli's words, some were happy, some were worried, and some were ecstatic, feeling that a woman in charge was too gentle in her approach.
Qingzhou
Because of that majestic statement, people will always pay more attention to Pingzhou.
Lu Songli's declaration when he took office was also summarized by Wang Dong in a few short sentences and spread.
Employ talents on a merit-based basis and use talents in an eclectic way.
Pingzhou’s big stage, if you have talent, come and join us.
Wu Ren and Young Master Ji who were far away in Qingzhou had heard about it.
At this time, the two of them were hiding in a secret house. Whether it was a branch opened by the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce or a branch affiliated to the Ji family, all the shops were closed down by the government. In addition, the government is also arresting these important figures.
Wu Ren calculated that their losses were not huge. In the past month or two, they had deliberately reduced their supply.
Young Master Ji also reduced his business following his subtle reminder.
At this moment, Young Master Ji looked at Wu Ren with envy. Lu Songli's eldest disciple would have a bright future.
"Congratulations, brother Wu, don't forget each other even if you are rich or noble." Young Master Ji was truly envious.
Wu Ren slapped his hand away, "Come on, your Ji family's future will not be bad, okay?"
Hearing this, Young Master Ji giggled. He admired his father to death.
"What about me?" Tao Xun asked from the side.
Young Master Ji looked at him and said, "You might as well join us in Pingzhou."
Wu Ren explained on the side, "It is no longer easy to mess around in this world. Although Dali is powerful, there are too many enemies now. It is difficult for him to defeat four punches with both hands. It is hard to say what will happen in the future."
"Now among the five forces in Da Li, no one dares to say that they are sure to win. You can only place your bets."
Young Master Ji put his arm around Tao Xun's shoulders and said, "Brother, it's time to test your vision. If you want to join us in Pingzhou, tell me the truth!"
Tao Xun said resolutely, "Okay, I'll join you!"