Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 528 Rumors Spread
"What? Quit? When I am employing people now, you actually submitted your resignation letter to say that you will quit? This is really abominable!" Sun Quan was furious when he saw Huang Gai's resignation letter: "How can there be such a person in this world?" People? Not only did they not do things faithfully, but they dropped the chain on me at this critical moment, and my resignation was not allowed!"

At this time, Yu Fan said slowly: "My lord, what Huang Gai said is actually not unreasonable. Three months is indeed too tight. If you want to complete the task calmly, it will take at least half a year."

"Half a year? How can this be done? Half a year is enough time for Cao thief to recover. By then, it will not be so easy for us to attack Xuzhou. What's more, it happens to be winter after half a year, and most of the time we are blowing Needless to say, the northwest wind and the cold weather, even our transportation of supplies is against the wind, if the supplies cannot be delivered in time, we will lose half of the battle first, and if Cao thief recovers, we will definitely lose!" Sun Quan snorted With a sound, he said angrily.

"Actually, if the urging is urgent, and at the same time apply for conscripting some people from Wu County, it is not impossible to build the Stone City. However, in the eyes of the officials, it should be General Huang who cares about his reputation and is unwilling to do so. He is known as a 'cool official' among the people, so he submitted his resignation to the lord, but it's no wonder that General Huang has always loved the people like a son, and is well-known among the people, and now he is suddenly asked to do things that threaten the people. He definitely doesn't want to..."

"Hmph, I knew that this old man didn't want to do things for me sincerely, and he ignored the overall situation in order to cherish his own reputation. It's really hateful! I immediately wrote a letter to him, blaming him, and asking him to do things for me with all his heart. "

Sun Quan was furious, so he wrote a stern letter to Huang Gai, asking Huang Gai not to steal, rape and play tricks, but to complete the mission, otherwise, he would be dealt with by military law.

Huang Gai originally thought that he would get approval soon after submitting his resignation letter, but unexpectedly, he received a burst of severe criticism from Sun Quan, saying that Huang Gai ignored the overall situation in order to cherish his reputation. This is a selfish idea. I hope Huang Gai If you can take the overall situation into consideration and complete the task on schedule, otherwise, you will face accusations, infamy and disloyalty, and you will also face military punishment.

"Even if I follow your request and complete the task within a short time, I will definitely be criticized by thousands of people in the future. Don't the people in Jiangdong hate me to the bone? I am loyal to you, but I have no 'righteousness' to the people. "Now Huang Gai is also in a dilemma. He doesn't know whether he should be loyal to Sun Quan or be righteous to the people?

After some consideration, Huang Gai felt that he should be loyal to Sun Quan. No matter what, Sun Quan's strategy of attacking Xuzhou was indeed in the interests of Wu. For the sake of the overall situation, what's the point of being a cruel official?
Afterwards, Huang Gai wrote to Sun Quan to apologize, saying that he really only cared about himself and did not take the overall situation into account, so that he made a wrong decision. Now that he has been instructed by the lord, he has awakened from a dream, and he is willing to do his best and must complete it within three months. Task.

Afterwards, Huang Gai seemed to be a different person. He changed his generosity to the people, issued orders, conscripted people's power, asked the people to take up their posts for a fixed period, and stepped up their work. Anyone who violated it would be given a whip first, and then be imprisoned. They were tortured in prison and issued orders to officials at all levels. The county magistrate of each county was directly responsible for the collection of civil resources in the county. If it could not be completed within the time limit, he would be dismissed directly.

Under Huang Gai's strict demands, officials at all levels became tense, and the people suddenly complained, and the wailing and wailing in the villages and towns spread all over the country, because the grain was about to be harvested, but only young children and old people were left in the family. With their strength, how long will it take to cut the rice in the field?
After hearing that it was Huang Gai's order, the common people didn't believe it at first, but later they realized that it was actually issued by Huang Gai. Their attitude towards Huang Gai immediately changed from respect to hatred.

But at this moment, a rumor quietly spread among the peasants. This rumor saved Huang Gai's reputation, because it made the peasants shift their focus from Huang Gai to Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong.

The central content of this rumor is that the former Marquis of Wu, Sun Ce, was not killed by Xu Gong's disciples, but was actually assassinated by the current Wu lord, Sun Quan.

This rumor immediately caused an uproar and aroused great repercussions among the people.

The migrant workers were already very dissatisfied with their current situation, and now that they heard such rumors, they naturally spared no effort to write in order to vent their dissatisfaction.

"Third brother, have you heard? It turns out that the former General Polu and Jiangdong Sun Lang were not killed by Xu Gong's disciples, but were actually assassinated by people sent by Wu Gong."

"Ah? Really? How could it be like this? This, my brother killed my brother, what is the reason for this?"

"Why else? In order to fight for power. You don't know, Sun Lang loved his younger brother very much at the beginning, but no matter what, he has a son. Now the son is still young. Once the son grows up in the future, what will happen to him?" Can it be his turn to succeed? So take this opportunity to kill his brother, and he can use the excuse that his nephew is still young."

"It's really cruel! He was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time, right? He actually has such a heart!"

"Hey, if you're not ruthless, can you persecute our people like this? Besides, since ancient times, tyrants have been ruthless. For those in high positions, what is family affection? Only power is the most real."

"That's what I said..."

"The officers and soldiers are here, let's go quickly..."

At the beginning, these words were said behind the backs of the officers and soldiers. Later, even the officers and soldiers knew about them. When they heard the rumors from the common people, they almost turned a blind eye. Sun Quan's various is not.

Only half a month later, the rumor became known among the migrant workers who built the stone city. After another half month, the rumor quietly spread throughout Danyang County through those officers and soldiers. Now Danyang County It can be said that except for Sun Quan, the person involved, almost everyone knows about it.

Huang Gai had originally planned to sacrifice his own reputation and be called a cruel official, but he would take the overall situation into account and be loyal to Sun Quan, but now after hearing the rumors, he was no longer willing to work for Sun Quan, and left a letter on a certain night A letter, explaining his intention to resign, and then left with the crown on his head, forcing the construction of the stone city to be stopped...

(End of this chapter)