After Ye Feng and the others came back, Lucia also came back. After Fang Jin saw her, he couldn't help but look at his daughter, then at Ye Feng, and then went back to settle accounts with Ren Tianxing.
At this time, Mudan has followed You Ji's instructions to find the person Ye Feng is looking for. His name is Zhuang Yun. He is 50 years old. He is familiar with the history of China and has extensive knowledge of ancient and modern times. He is the editor-in-chief of Kyoto Daily. Don't underestimate him. A newspaper editor. You must know that Zhuang Yun is the leading figure in the mainstream public opinion in Kyoto. He is upright, willing to help others, and never flatters the powerful. When the three major families of the Immortal Alliance were in power, they dared to say many bad things about the elders of the Jiang family. It was just that the Jiang family was in trouble at that time. Yu Qingyu didn't attack him, otherwise he would have died ten thousand times. This may be because he is still single and his parents have passed away long ago. It can be said that he is alone because he has no fear.
Mudan told Ye Feng that logically when Mudan came to him to explain his purpose, he should have been rejected, but this time he readily agreed. So please don’t mind when the king arrives. Ye Feng naturally understood what Peony meant.
Because it was considered a confidential conversation, Ye Fengping withdrew his attendants, leaving only Ye Feng, Ren Xiaojin, and You Ji in the hall. Lucia and Zhuang Yun
Ye Feng looked at Zhuang Yun quietly, and smiled helplessly in his heart. This person was here to help him. He was clearly determined to scold him. As expected, Zhuang Yun asked directly without waiting for Ye Feng to speak. Said: "The king is looking for me this time because he hopes that I can help make the whole society accept the so-called Jade Rabbit people."
"Yes" Ye Feng nodded.
"The king wants a good reputation" Zhuang Yun asked. After all, in his opinion, Ye Feng was the king or the emperor who killed countless people.
Ye Feng shook his head "I don't want to"
Zhuang Yun suddenly burst into laughter at this moment, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. After a long time, the laughter stopped, and he said a little helplessly, "The king is so wise and powerful, but there are also times when he is foolish."
Ye Feng smiled and said, "I would like to hear the details."
"Wang, as the emperor of Kyoto, don't you know that an emperor's historical reputation has nothing to do with how many unscrupulous and inhumane things he has done, as long as he has tangible political achievements and the means to change history. For example, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, is a famous emperor in history. The world only knows him as a wise emperor with both civil and military skills. He was not afraid to repel the Turks in the face of danger, regained the Western Regions, and expanded his territory. He worked diligently for the people throughout his life, accepted advice with an open mind, and finally achieved success. The unprecedented and prosperous Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty was praised by later generations. At that time, the social order was unprecedentedly stable, the politics was peaceful, the commerce was developed, the borders were open, and all nations came to the dynasty.
But who in later generations will remember him during the Xuanwu Gate Incident, where he shot and killed Prince Jiancheng and Yuanji and forcibly took over the crown prince's wife, and had sex with Dai Ji, promising to spare Jiancheng's fifth son and the position of empress, but in the end he went back on his word. Yuanji's lineage took over Yuanji's wife, Yang, but killed everyone else. In his later years, Li Shimin was worried about how historians would comment on the "Xuanwumen Incident" in the future. He repeatedly asked historians to read "Daily Notes" and "Records" to break the There is a precedent for emperors of all dynasties not to be able to read. His life began to be luxurious and corrupt, and his treatment of advice also changed ridiculously. The evidence is his so-called mirror, and Wei Zheng's tomb was knocked down by him himself.
In fact, it’s just that there are so many stupid people in the world. What they don’t know is that dead people can’t write history. As long as your emperor’s achievements are enough to impress the living people, it’s enough. Those who can’t be impressed, just let them become dead. Just like the countless people you killed, the king.”
Zhuang Yun looked at Ye Feng with a sneer and said, "I remember that the king seemed to have promised to give the people of Kyoto a prosperous age. He indeed had the ambition of Taizong."
It seemed that they were really here to die. The auras of Ren Xiaojin and You Ji were surging, and both of them showed unprecedented killing intent. Even they could feel that Zhuang Yun's last words were mocking Ye Feng, mocking the person he loved, how could he bear it?
Suddenly Ye Feng raised his hand to stop them. Ye Feng looked at Zhuang Yundao calmly.
"Jiang Wentian. 38 years old, bullied men and women, killed 20 innocent people, and occupied 16 women. The youngest was only 9 years old.
Jiang Jin, 40 years old, together with Jiang Wei, massacred the Liu clan in the west of the city. None of the 42 members of the clan survived.
Jiang Lang, 31 years old, killed his first wife and his biological children, a total of 7 people, in order to cling to powerful people.
. . . "
Ye Feng explained one by one, and Zhuang Yun also listened quietly, and the original sarcastic expression on his face returned to calm. After talking for a full three hours, Zhuang Yun stopped when he saw that he couldn't hold it any longer, and said slowly
"Mr. Zhuang, you may know the personal ethics and deeds of the Jiang family's senior officials, so I won't go into details. But if you can still hold on, I can slowly kill the 43,500 Jiang family members that you don't know about. One hundred and seventy-two people, let me tell you one by one, I can guarantee Mr. Zhuang that none of these people are innocent."
"If you are interested, I can slowly tell you all the people I killed in other families over a few days and time periods. Each of them is a person who deserves to die."
"Mr. Zhuang, although you call me king, I have never thought of myself in this way. I am just a person. Perhaps to the king, these dead people are enemies and just numbers that are stumbling blocks to the top. But I am a human being. A person who is equal and the same as each of them. The weight of each of their deaths on my heart will not be reduced in the slightest because they are my enemies, nor will it be less because they deserve to die. No peace of mind at all. Killing is heavy, and I have killed many, many people, and I will kill more people in the future. This is the path I will take in the future. I will not deny this, nor will I excuse myself. , because everyone I killed was the same as me, a human being. Everyone has a name, so I will remember their names forever. I will carry their names with me all the time."
"And I kill them just because I am a human being, and they want to kill me. That's all I want to live."
"Mr. Zhuang may not know that I am very lucky. The people I have killed before are all worthy of death. I may kill some innocent people in the future, but that will definitely be when they want to kill me, and I am also a human being. I just want to live"
"Maybe someone will lose their son, husband, father and other relatives because of me. I will try my best to compensate, but I will not compromise, because they are human beings, and I am also a human being." Ye Feng smiled at Zhuang Yun, but Zhuang Yun could not feel the smile at all, only bitterness
"The emperor wants to enjoy the imperial power forever for his own heirs, but I am not. I have no interest in the supreme imperial power. I just want to reach the end of the road. The reason why I am the king is just because I need to be the king now. I want my friends. Let's live together as a partner. As a human being, when everything is over and the world no longer needs a king, perhaps it is my ambition as a king to be the last king in the world who will disappear."
