Liangshan Town.
The Chinese New Year is already very lively. People from hundreds of miles away come to Liangshan Town to see the lanterns and feel the joy of the next New Year.
The long-circulated recruitment incident has naturally become a topic of discussion.
"What King of Qi? Brother Sun Lei led us Liangshan to destroy the Liao Kingdom! We have done what eight generations of the Zhao family have not been able to do, so how can we only be crowned king!"
"Yes, my son is in the Liangshan Army. If King Sun only grants the title of king, my son will be left with nothing but a big soldier? Then he might as well be happy in Liangshanbo!"
"This one is right. Brother Sun Lei is also a king in Liangshan. Why go to Tokyo to be a king? How happy it is here!"
The rumors in Liangshan soon reversed. Many people are closely related to Liangshan. If according to the gossip from Tokyo, these ordinary people will not get anything, but will have to return to the oppressive life of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Go in.
There are more and more voices of opposition. Everyone has his or her own plan. Even an ordinary citizen living an honest life under Liangshan will oppose recruitment because of his own interests.
The imperial court did not control the rumors, and Liangshan did not control the rumors. As the rumors spread, it became the people's business and had nothing to do with the imperial court or Liangshan.
"Military advisor, isn't this a little slow?"
In Broken Gold Pavilion, Sun Lei looked at the falling snow and said.
"Brother, too strong a reaction will only be counterproductive. We must deal with rumors coldly, and then reverse them from the very beginning. This is how to confuse right and wrong!"
Wen Huanzhang said with a smile.
Rumors stop with wise men, but rumors also start with wise men, and the people most affected by rumors are the ordinary people at the bottom.
When you go against smart people, it's easy to expose your flaws.
But the ordinary people at the bottom are different. Rumors have the greatest impact on them. When three people become a tiger, no one will investigate the truth or falsehood. Anyway, they just open their mouths and they won't suffer any loss if they say something wrong.
Cui Jing thought that the people at the bottom were the easiest to be exploited, so he came up with this trick, but he didn't seem to have thought that no matter how many benefits he gave Liangshan, the people under Liangshan's rule would get nothing.
It is impossible to bribe all the people under the rule of Liangshan. Exorbitant taxes and exploitation of the people are the foundation of the court. If you want the court with vested interests to give up these things, wouldn't it cost the lives of all the court officials and Zhao Ji?
"How are things going?"
Sun Lei asked again.
"Brother, don't worry, I'll leave it to Wu Yong to do it!"
Wen Huanzhang said with a smile that he could not get rid of this matter directly and could coordinate the overall situation behind the scenes. As for "charge into the battle", Wu Yong was a very suitable candidate.
"Haha, this is a good choice!"
Sun Lei said with a smile, Wu Yong is really an expert at doing this.
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There is a hotel in Liangshan Town. There is heavy snow outside, and pedestrians and business travelers cannot travel. The hotel is full of diners. Hot pot is cooking and hot wine is boiling on every table. People coming from north and south are sitting around the table with smiles and chatting. Interesting things on the road.
"I heard that King Sun Lei of Liangshanbo is recruiting people!"
A man with an unfamiliar accent spoke.
"It has been spread all over the place for a long time. I want to be crowned king and marry a princess!"
The person at the table next to me spoke.
"If this is the case, we won't be able to come to Shandong in the future!"
The merchants passing by sighed.
Due to the existence of Liangshanbo in Shandong, the security has become very good. As long as businessmen here pay protection fees, they don't have to worry about bandits and bandits, and even when staying in a hotel, they don't have to worry about encountering illegal shops.
What's more, Liangshan Town has a wide variety of goods and the prices are fair. It means children are safe and there is no need to worry about government exploitation.
These are very attractive to merchants who travel all over the country. What ordinary merchants like most is a peaceful world. Although there can be huge profits in a chaotic world, it must be tough enough.
"Your information is out of date!"
A voice sounded from the corner, and Wu Yong in brown robes said with a smile.
"Does this brother have the latest news?"
Everyone looked at Wu Yong. Now this messy news was flying all over the sky, and they didn't know which one was true and which one was false.
"Of course, one of my brothers is serving in the Liangshan Army. Last year, he followed King Sun to the north to destroy the Liao Kingdom!"
Wu Yong said swornly.
"Disrespect! Disrespect!"
When everyone heard Wu Yong's words, they all clasped their fists and became polite. The people in this hotel were all foreign merchants and they didn't know much about Liangshanbo. How dare they be negligent when they heard that Wu Yong knew people from Liangshan.
"King Sun has not agreed to the recruitment at all. What are the mere princes? Isn't he the king of Liangshan now?"
Wu Yong said with a look of disdain.
"But I heard that the princess was going to be married to King Sun! I passed by Tokyo two years ago and I heard that the princess was of great beauty!"
Someone spoke again.
"Looking at your potential, what does a little princess mean? You don't know that the capital of the Liao Kingdom was taken over by Liangshan, and how many princesses and concubines of the Liao Kingdom were captured? Are you such an ignorant person? I can't walk after hearing the word "princess"! Don't worry, the princess doesn't like you!"
Wu Yong glanced at the person who spoke with disdain.
"Ha ha!"
Everyone laughed, and when Wu Yong said this, they suddenly became enlightened.
To ordinary people, a princess is an unattainable and precious thing, but to Sun Lei, a princess is just an ordinary girl. Even if the emperor wants to marry her, it depends on whether Sun Lei agrees or not. Maybe he doesn't like it at all. Woolen cloth?
"Brother, if King Sun doesn't want to recruit people, why is it spreading everywhere!"
After everyone laughed, they started asking again. They all came to Liangshan Town to buy goods, and then returned to their hometown to sell. The situation in Liangshan will determine whether they can continue to do business and make money in the future, which is very important to them.
"King Sun is not very satisfied with Wang Jue. King Sun destroyed the Liao Kingdom. According to the rules, he should be the emperor of the Liao Kingdom now. He should be a brother to the Zhao Guan family!"
Wu Yong lowered his voice, as if speaking confidentially.
The diners immediately pricked up their ears, and even the shopkeeper and the waiter came over.
"Yes, King Sun destroyed the Liao Kingdom, so he is the emperor..."
Someone answered the call, but they didn't dare to answer it halfway.
There are no two emperors in the country, and there are no two emperors in the sky. How can we have two emperors in a country?
"Then let's start a fight!"
Someone said, then the only way is to fight.
"It's not that there is no way. King Sun doesn't want to kill his own people, so he thought of a compromise. Just like the Tang Dynasty, the two saints came to the court."
Wu Yong said.
"Then the two saints came to the court as husband and wife..."
Some merchants from the Central Plains said that Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian were husband and wife.
"You can't say that. The Zhao Guan family is still called a brother to the Lord of Liao! Now that King Sun has destroyed the Liao Kingdom, doesn't he also become a brother to the Zhao Guan family? Are there still so many divisions between brothers?"
someone retorted.
"It would be great news if we don't have to start a war!"
Many people said that they were very satisfied with their current lives and did not want a war to break out.
