"Your Majesty, what Liang Xiao said makes sense!"
The empress and princess on the high building couldn't help but be disappointed when they heard their subordinates reporting on Liang Xiao's conversation at the scene.
"Sister, maybe he just learned how a man can bend and stretch through doing business..." Duan Yunxiu said, lowering his head.
Even she couldn't convince herself.
There were three to four hundred people on one side of Duanmu Cloud City, laughing endlessly.
At this moment, Liang Xiao became a groveling joke in their eyes.
"Wait, I think..." Mu Qinxue was about to say something, but Liang Xiao walked up to Duanmu Yunqing.
Gongsun Wuji was startled when he remembered that Liang Xiao had martial arts skills beside him, and shouted quickly: "Liang Xiao, calm down!"
Liang Xiao just stared at the group of talented men and beauties in front of him who were slandering his father, and said with a smile: "Mr. Duanmu, I still have some questions."
"Say! I will convince you!" Duanmu Yuncheng laughed.
Liang Xiao asked again: "When the two countries were on good terms, the Beihu tribes wanted more than just money. They also asked me to donate five thousand young women for their enjoyment. Everyone knows this. Bar?"
Duanmu Yuncheng responded proudly: "So what? If you contribute five thousand women, you can exchange for peace between the two countries. How honorable are these women!"
Hearing this, the empress on the high building looked coldly.
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "Women from ordinary people's families can't be on the stage. Aristocratic families like yours, the Duanmu family, have many famous concubines. Why don't you contribute them?"
With that said, Liang Xiao looked at Nangong Ning.
Nangong Ning was shocked, rolled her eyes at Liang Xiao, and did not dare to respond.
Duanmu Yuncheng frowned and said: "There are common people who are responsible for 'making peace' with these Beihu people, so there is no need to let our noble officials' children go!"
As he said that, Duanmu Yuncheng looked back at the many children of aristocratic families behind him. They all nodded with arrogance on their faces.
Liang Xiao said: "Then let me ask you again, what Beihu wants is not just money and women, but also territory! They want land, do I, Da Zhou, want to give it away to others? Those who strongly advocate the cession of land and compensation are also led by your Duanmu family The group of North Korean and Chinese ministers, right?”
Duanmu Yuncheng said nonchalantly: "It is better to exchange land for peace than to resort to violence to weaken the country. Why not?"
Liang Xiao looked up to the sky and laughed wildly.
"Fart! You are just a bunch of capitulators and weaklings!" Mu Lingxiao was furious and started to fight, but was held down by Liang Xiao.
"General Mu, calm down and wait until I finish asking." Liang Xiao comforted him.
Mu Lingxiao's expression brightened slightly, he sat down and looked at Liang Xiao expectantly.
He could see that Liang Xiao was not forbearing, but was fighting back in another way.
Use the spear of the son to attack the shield of the son!
The other half of the audience was thoughtful and at a loss for a moment.
Duanmu Yuncheng's remarks have always been the mainstream of the current political and public circles and even the entire Zhou Dynasty literary world.
Liang Xiao then made an impassioned speech.
"Duanmu Yuncheng, how did the Beihu push themselves further in those days, plundering our property and people on the border of the Zhou Dynasty every year, causing tens of thousands of people in our country to have their families destroyed, so my father and the others couldn't bear it and tried to strengthen national defense. But you didn't say a word about these past events. Mention! The Great Zhou Dynasty has been constantly subjected to such harassment since the founding of the country, but under the interference of the courtiers of your family, they have repeatedly compromised, causing the mainland of China to sink!"
"Since ancient times, Beihu has been a gluttonous wolf. They want money, and you give it generously, just because the money spent is from the treasury, not your family. They want women, and you give them generously, but you never just give them to them. Let those powerless common people bear the pain of cutting off their love, but you can enjoy the happiness of family life with your children, wives and concubines at home. You are just generosity to others, and you will die as a Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist!"
"In order to compromise the important land of Beihu, you cut five cities today and ten cities tomorrow, and then you have to sleep overnight, but you have never considered that the Great Zhou Dynasty will be weakened by this, the soldiers will have no fighting spirit, and civil uprisings will occur everywhere!"
After Liang Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Duanmu Yuncheng and others who suddenly turned pale, and said with a smile: "Why are you so generous and strongly advocate for peace, even if you cede territory and pay compensation? Tell me, why?"
Duanmu Yunqing said angrily: "This is a plan of a meat-eater, what does it have to do with you!"
Gongsun Wuji and Mu Lingxiao, who were both soldiers, looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Mu Lingxiao said: "As a general who conquers the north, I am a carnivore, right? I also want to know why, Duanmu Yuncheng, you should tell me!"
Duanmu Yuncheng was speechless.
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "The reason couldn't be simpler! Because they have been on the sidelines for hundreds of years since the previous dynasty. As long as they adapt to the situation, even if the Great Zhou Dynasty is destroyed, for them, it is just a change of masters. !”
Liang Xiao's words stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and the whole place was excited.
"That's nonsense. The patriotism of our Duanmu family can be seen from the sun and the moon!" Duanmu Yuncheng and others were shocked and angry.
"Why is he talking nonsense? Your family, especially your Duanmu family, has always liked to adapt to the changing circumstances since the previous dynasty. Changing masters is just a common occurrence!" Mu Lingxiao laughed.
"That's nonsense!" The talented people behind Duanmu Yuncheng also blushed, but for a moment they didn't know how to refute.
Duan Yunyi and Duan Yunxiu on the high building stared at Liang Xiao with expressions of disbelief.
He actually unveiled the fig leaf of these wealthy families in public...
Liang Xiao glanced at this group of people with cold eyes and scolded them like a barrage of fire.
"Why are my father and the other soldiers trying their best to lead the battle? It's because they are used to seeing countless civilians in the north having their families destroyed, and even being exterminated by the Beihu. Women have been turned into military prostitutes, and even eaten as two-legged sheep! Aliens invaded, and the world changed hands. , you can change your masters at will with the resources in your hands, but tens of millions of people in my country can only be slaughtered by foreign races!"
"Scholars are supposed to cultivate their moral integrity, govern their families, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. You are reading the books of saints and sages in vain. You are only focused on plundering the people's fat and anointing you. You are only in the officialdom. You are a fan of the same party and oppose those who are different. You are also worthy of being called a scholar! But my father and one hundred thousand soldiers could have withdrawn their troops to seek safety. But in order to protect millions of people in the Zhou Dynasty, he resolutely cut off his retreat, sacrificed his life to go to the national disaster, and regarded death as a sudden return!"
"Back then, how many people destroyed their homes to provide relief, just to expel the aliens and give the broken mountains and rivers a chance to breathe. How many parents, wives, children, and sisters carried death flags and sent their sons, fathers, husbands, and brothers to The front line is just to regain the lost ground!”
"In the end, those who are braver and more loyal than you are these soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their country, as well as the millions of people in the Zhou Dynasty who you regard as ants! What qualifications do you have to call yourself a scholar?"
Liang Xiao's words were so shocking that everyone in the audience couldn't recover for a long time.
"All traffickers and soldiers can serve the country..." Duan Yunxiu muttered to himself, wiping away the tears on his face.
Even sister Duan Yunyi and Prime Minister Zhuge Hui couldn't help but have red eyes and couldn't help themselves.
"Compared to Liang Xiao, these so-called talented people from aristocratic families are the real joke!"
Everyone at the scene came back to their senses and began to talk about it. They pointed at Duanmu Yuncheng and others with disgust on their faces.
Duanmu Yuncheng was shocked and angry, and roared at Liang Xiao: "We have read many poems and books, but we are not worthy of being called scholars? Are you worthy? But tell me, you, Liang Xiao, are just a guilty minister, you Is it worthy?"
Just when Mu Qinxue and others were despising Duanmu Yuncheng, Liang Xiao said loudly: "Everyone, a trafficker or a soldier, can serve the country! I, Liang Xiao, am humble and dare not forget about my country. I am proficient in writing and calligraphy. Today I will express my ambition with this poem for you to see." See what it means to be a scholar!”
Mu Qinxue could no longer suppress her inner excitement and blurted out: "I, I'll polish the ink for you..."
Under the shocked gaze of everyone, Mu Qinxue really began to polish her ink for Liang Xiao.
Jiang Fuxue looked at Liang Xiao, who was splashing ink, and Mu Qinxue, who was polishing ink, and murmured in a low voice: "Hmph, red sleeves add fragrance..."
Liang Xiao finished the work in one go, with flowing clouds and flowing water.
When Zhuge Yun saw Liang Xiao's poem, his pupils shrank and he couldn't help but read it.
"Lying stiffly in a lonely village, I don't feel sorry for myself, but I still think about guarding the Luntai for the country. I lie down at night listening to the wind and rain, and the iron horse glaciers fall into my dreams!"
Everyone tasted it carefully, and after a while, the whole place burst into cheers.
"good!!"
