Traveling Through the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Ming Zun Zhang Wuji

Chapter 509 Giving Too Much

For the next two hours, Zhang Wuji was deliberating over the wording of this sacrificial oration.

After all, he is not a real ancient man. Although the original Zhang Wuji was knowledgeable, he also learned the knowledge of Taoism and medicine, and he was not so proficient in Confucianism.

And if this sacrificial oration is poorly written, it will appear that the current emperor has no culture, and will be looked down upon by his subordinates instead.

But if he wants to write well, Zhang Wuji is not very sure.

In addition to being gorgeous in rhetoric, this sacrificial oration is more about explaining Chen Youliang's merits and demerits.To deal with Chen Youliang's faults should be strictly detailed, so as to appease everyone and tell them why he absolutely wanted to kill him.There is a legitimate reason for eradicating Chen Youliang for himself that can reassure the hearts of the world.

And the achievements of Chen Youliang cannot be denied. After all, the current team was established by Chen Youliang, and it is difficult to maintain it in a short period of time based on his own prestige alone.At least for now, he should praise him fiercely and let his loyal ministers, such as Zhang Dingbian, fall to him.

After all, without their help, it would be difficult for me to take over all of Chen Youliang's troops and land.If this matter is not handled properly, it may set off an internal rebellion.

Right now, King Ruyang is coming in a menacing way, and there must be no more chaos within the rebel army.If there is any more chaos, if the Mongols break through the natural danger of the Yangtze River, then it will be very bad.Maybe it will repeat the mistakes of the Southern Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that when dealing with Zhu Yuanzhang who is on the side, he is more like beating him to let him recognize the reality.Even if he is eradicated, we have to wait until the Mongols are driven away and forced to surrender.

If Zhu Yuanzhang is attacked now, it would be a small loss to lose the hearts of the people, and it would be more than worth the loss if he lost his troops and generals.For now, the priority is to preserve strength.After regaining the hinterland of the Central Plains and opening up the Hexi Corridor to lead his Xiliang army into the customs, it will not be too late to deal with him.

Fortunately, Zhang Wuji often hangs out with Zhao Minsi during this time.Compared to other women around him, Zhao Min is simply a treasure.It can be sweet or salty, it can warm the bed and help yourself.No matter where you put it, it is an existence that can make you feel at ease.

If it wasn't for her being a Mongolian who couldn't convince the public, she would be the most suitable queen.

After nightfall, Zhang Wuji finally finished writing the sacrificial text.

He imitated the sentence pattern of Chen Lin's "Calling for Thieves" in the Three Kingdoms period, and wrote Chen Youliang's sacrificial text.The rhetoric cannot be said to be gorgeous, but at least it is better than Qianlong's poems that did not need to be recited.

The merits and demerits of Chen Youliang have been explained in great detail above.Zhang Wuji nodded in satisfaction after proofreading.

At this time, the maid outside the door came to report: "Your Majesty, Taishi Zhao, Taiwei Zhang, General Fu, and General Ding are asking to see you."

Zhang Wuji replied: "Quickly pass! Hurry up!"

As soon as Zhang Wuji finished speaking, Zhao Pusheng and the others walked in one by one.

Then the four stood in a row and kowtowed to Zhang Wuji together.

"Come on and see Your Majesty!"

Zhang Wuji said: "The four lovers are alive. I don't know how the aftermath is handled?"

Zhao Pusheng replied: "Your Majesty, I have brought all the soldiers and horses back to the camp according to His Majesty's instructions, and all the soldiers who died in battle have been properly buried. As for the compensation for the families of the soldiers who died, this matter is still under investigation. In the middle. I will report to His Majesty after a few days."

As he spoke, Zhao Pusheng took out a memorial and handed it to the maid beside him.The maid brought the memorial to Zhang Wuji's side.

"The minister has already written the course of the matter, please read it, Your Majesty."

Zhang Wuji took the memorial and looked at it briefly, and then said: "Very good. This is the best result at the moment. But I didn't expect that we would suffer tens of thousands of casualties. Alas! What a pity for these righteous men." Then Zhang Wuji Closing the memorial, "That's all! It's too late to say these things now, take good care of their families."

"Yes!" Zhao Pusheng replied.

At this time Zhang Wuji took out the sacrificial letter he had written, and he said to the four generals: "This is the sacrificial letter I personally drafted for Chen Youliang, the four lovers have a look at it. If there is no problem, then tell the whole army and give Chen Youliang's grand funeral."

Then Zhang Wuji handed the sacrificial letter to the maid, and the maid carried the sacrificial letter and unfolded it for the four generals to watch.

The four leaned close to the maid and looked around.Then the four of them are you look at me, and I look at you.

Seeing that they were silent, Zhang Wuji asked, "How? I wonder if there is something wrong with this sacrificial oration?"

And the four of them still looked at me, I looked at you, and then looked at Zhang Wuji, still not saying a word.

Now it's Zhang Wuji's turn to have one head and two heads.

Seeing their faces, Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "Tang Taizong once said, 'Use copper as a mirror to straighten your clothes, and use people as a mirror to show your gains and losses. All the kings are speaking out to each other. I dare not compare myself to Emperor Taizong of Tang, but I also hope to be the "King of Qi Wei" who can speak freely. Therefore, if you have anything to say, it doesn't matter if you speak out. I forgive you and others for your innocence."

Hearing that Zhang Wuji had said everything to this point, the four of them were no longer silent.

Zhao Pusheng said at this time: "Your Majesty, I do have some opinions on this sacrificial oration. But please speak first, Lord Taiwei."

Zhao Pusheng directly threw the hot potato onto Zhang Dingbian.

Zhang Ding looked at Zhao Pusheng, while Ding Pulang and Fu Youde also looked at him.

Zhang Dingbian cleared his voice and said: "If that's the case, then I will be blunt. Your Majesty is too tolerant towards the old master. Therefore, the mastermind usurped the court and committed the heinous crime of punishing the nine clans. Your Majesty He never punished us, and didn’t hurt his family, so it’s already a great tolerance to give him a generous burial. Now throwing it to the old master to become king, isn’t it too much?”

Zhang Dingbian looked at Zhao Pusheng and asked, "What does the Grand Master think?"

Zhao Pusheng expressed his opinion when he saw Zhang Dingbian, and then Zhao Pusheng didn't hide it anymore. He said: "What General Zhao said is very true. Your Majesty is merciful, so that the family will not be harmed. It is already a day to bury Chen Youliang." This is a great grace. It is indeed too much for him to be crowned a prince, buried with the ceremony of a prince, and given the mausoleum name."

This time it was Zhang Wuji's turn to be silent.Seeing that everyone was silent, he thought it was because he had given less grace.

But I didn't expect these people to feel that they gave too much.

But even if Zhang Wuji gave too much, Zhang Wuji couldn't change it.After all, you have no jokes, if you change the order day and night, then it will be difficult to convince the public in the future.

Zhang Wuji smiled and said: "Hehe, I wrote it very clearly in the sacrificial text. It is true that Chen Youliang was at fault, but he also had credit. He captured Xiangyang, resisted Meng Yuan's southward movement, and defeated him with the Han River. It is to his credit that he saved half of the south of the Yangtze River and preserved the vitality of the rebel army."

"And I have also learned that during Chen Youliang's lifetime, he practiced politics internally, and even though the people in the territory were not well-fed, they lived a stable life. Based on his love for the people and his previous achievements, I gave him the title of king. A piece of cake."

(End of this chapter)