Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

"In less than half a month in Luyang, the barbarian people slaughtered five or six hundred thousand of our Great Qian people."

"These five or six hundred thousand are all unarmed citizens of the Great Qian Dynasty!"

"This is truly inhumane! This is the behavior of beasts, worse than animals!"

"Back then, we don't recall you all making such a big show of raising your voices for these five or six hundred thousand citizens of the Great Qian Dynasty, did we?"

What is merit and what is demerit?

"The soldiers of the Great Qian Zhenguo Army fought for their country, sacrificing their lives and shedding their blood. What wrong have they done?"

"When two countries go to war, life and death are decided on the battlefield."

"To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself."

"This is war!"

"The Great Qian Dynasty is benevolent and righteous, but it is by no means the benevolence of a woman!"

"The barbarian people slaughtered my people and occupied my territory. On the battlefield, how could the soldiers of my Great Qian Zhenguo Army have made a mistake in killing the enemy to serve their country?"

On the high platform, Xu Jicheng spoke passionately and eloquently: "Early before the war, the Yi Kingdom's headquarters had publicly announced their war orders to the entire Yi Kingdom."

"Once war breaks out, the barbarian nation will mobilize its entire population for war!"

"8000 million barbarian people are 8000 million barbarian soldiers!"

"This is the public statement of Motono Yo, the chief minister of the Yi Kingdom."

"Moreover, that's exactly what the Yi Kingdom's headquarters did!"

“They distributed weapons to every barbarian in the barbarian territory.”

"Moreover, when you take it all into consideration, each barbarian has received more than one gun!"

"Many people have probably seen the photos and videos that were made public on the battlefield in the Yi Kingdom."

"On the battlefield in the barbarian lands, the soldiers of the Daqian Zhenguo Army faced unexpected dangers at all times."

"A single misstep could cost you your life!"

"Children who appear harmless may actually be carrying bombs; seemingly delicate women may appear pitiful, but they may be strapped with detonators."

"The price paid by the soldiers of the Daqian Zhenguo Army for their soft hearts was extremely heavy!"

"In order to stop our army's advance, the barbarian people frantically poisoned the enemy, causing countless deaths and injuries among their own people. As a result, the Great Qian Zhenguo army even had to import drinking water from within the country."

"The barbarian people on the battlefield truly embodied the spirit of 'the whole nation is a soldier, the whole nation is fighting'!"

"As Honno Yo himself said, from the moment the Daqian Zhenguo Army set foot on the land of the Yi Kingdom, there was no distinction between soldiers and civilians in the entire Yi Kingdom."

"Faced with such a mad enemy, a foe that slaughters the people of our Great Qian, are we to show mercy to armed barbarian forces?"

"Don't tell me to be tolerant of others or repay evil with good!"

"If anyone thinks that way, then go ask the hundreds of thousands of innocent lives that were wantonly slaughtered by the Yi people in Luyang whether they are willing to forgive these bastards!"

"We have no right to forgive those inhuman beasts on behalf of our compatriots who died under the swords of the barbarians!"

"What we can do is fight on the battlefield, with real swords and spears, to carve out a new world for the Great Qian Dynasty, to secure future peace for the Great Qian Dynasty, and to restore the dignity and confidence that the Great Qian Dynasty has long since lost..."

"How can the actions of the Daqian Zhenguo Army on the battlefield against the barbarians be compared with what the barbarians did in Luyang back then?"

"How can the two be compared?"

"The barbarian army slaughtered unarmed civilians in Luyang. They rushed into people's homes and swept them house by house, resulting in the tragic scene of Luyang being completely empty."

As Xu Jicheng delivered his righteous and impassioned speech, people in the audience began distributing photos of the massacre of Luyang by the Yi people and photos of the Daqian Zhenguo army being attacked by Yi people disguised as civilians on the Yi battlefield...

"And every barbarian killed by the Daqian Zhenguo Army on the barbarian battlefield was an armed person carrying a weapon!"

"As for the tragedy of the extermination of the barbarian homeland mentioned by Master Yan, what does it have to do with the Great Qian Zhenguo Army?"

"Aren't the documentary images and photos of the war against the barbarian countries released by the imperial court enough to explain the truth?"

"The destruction of the barbarian homeland is divine punishment, and the meteor shower is a punishment for the barbarian's evil deeds. Should the blame also be placed on the Great Qian Zhenguo Army?"

“Master Yan did not believe the facts presented by the court, but instead used false evidence from the Xiluo people with ulterior motives to accuse the Daqian Zhenguo Army of being too brutal and to accuse Chief of Staff Shen of being blinded by personal grudges.”

"If it weren't for Master Yan's 'high moral character and prestige,' I would have even thought that such shameless remarks, which distort the truth and fawn over foreigners, came from the mouth of a traitor!!!"

"Nonsense!" Yan Shuyuan, who was getting more and more terrified as he listened, now regretted the "magnanimity" he had shown in order to gain fame—deliberately letting Xu Jicheng express his opinions and never interrupting him before he finished speaking.

Because, looking at the young Xu Jicheng, Yan Shuyuan didn't take him seriously at all.

But now it seems we really underestimated this young man who dared to cause trouble on this occasion!

Seeing the commotion in the audience caused by Xu Jicheng's words, with whispers swirling and many faces showing shame...

Yan Shuyuan no longer cared about the rules he had made in front of everyone.

Before Xu Jicheng could finish speaking, Yan Shuyuan spoke up.

Good guy!

Yan Shuyuan broke out in a cold sweat: if he didn't interrupt, the gathering would completely lose its meaning!

He might not only fail to regain his fame, but also ruin his own reputation...

"You're spouting nonsense!" At this point, Yan Shuyuan could no longer care about his previous "magnanimity" and stepped forward again.

"Young man, your skill in labeling people is seriously out of character for your age!"

Yan Shuyuan scoffed, "With just a few words, you've steered all the issues to the level of national righteousness! So young, yet your skill in using the trick of shifting concepts is already masterful..."

“Master Yan,” Xu Jicheng smiled, then countered, “You just said that my skill in labeling people is inconsistent with my age?”

"Could this be interpreted by the younger generation as—the older a person gets, the better they become at labeling others? And the more cunning they become in their speech?"

"If we follow Master Yan's theory......"

Xu Jicheng deliberately looked Yan Shuyuan up and down with a meaningful look in his eyes: "Master Yan, at your age, your skills in labeling and substituting concepts should be already superb, right?"

"No wonder Master Yan dares to openly distort the facts and smear the Great Qian Zhenguo Army from a moral high ground in this kind of occasion!"

"Xu Jicheng, is it?" Yan Shuyuan suppressed his anger and gestured to the others who wanted to step forward not to move.

In front of so many people, facing such a young man, if Yan Shuyuan still needs the help of others to turn the situation around, then he has already failed!

He can't afford to lose this person.

Therefore, he must get his revenge himself today, in front of so many people!

"What a silver tongue she has, so eloquent and unforgiving!"

"So Master Yan also acknowledges that the concept of 'reason' is on the younger generation's side?"

"This matter is different in nature; if you are in the right, you should naturally argue your case!"

"This concerns my conscience as a Qian person, and Ji Cheng has no choice but to stand firm!"

"Good! Good! Good! It's really very good....................."

Seeing Xu Jicheng twist his words like this, Yan Shuyuan laughed angrily: "The younger generation is truly formidable! The younger generation is indeed formidable!"

"I think I've figured out your real identity."

Yan Shuyuan changed the subject: "If I'm not mistaken—you must have been sent by the imperial court, right?"

To put it more bluntly...

"You must have been sent by the Secret Intelligence Service, right?"

It must be said that Yan Shuyuan's mind works very quickly, and his analytical ability is also very strong.

The timing of Xu Jicheng's appearance and the viewpoints he expressed, as well as the details such as the opportune moment when people began to distribute relevant photos in the audience at the point of Xu Jicheng's statement.

Yan Shuyuan was almost certain of Xu Jicheng's identity.

Moreover, Yan Shuyuan, who reacted very quickly, also realized the problem.

It seems that the reason they were able to hold this rally in the Imperial Square today "unnoticed" and without anyone stopping them is because...

It's unlikely that their secrecy was so effective that it fooled the secret intelligence agency's informants.

The truth is—they have now fallen into a trap set by the secret intelligence agency!

However, after a brief moment of panic and disorientation, Yan Shuyuan quickly calmed down upon realizing this.

Because Yan Shuyuan had already roughly guessed the true intention of the Secret Intelligence Bureau in tacitly allowing them to hold a rally in Imperial Square!

The key to this situation lies with Xu Jicheng, who is right in front of us!

The secret intelligence agency wanted to use this excellent opportunity to let Xu Jicheng crush them in a debate, thus perfectly resolving the gathering.

In an instant, Yan Shuyuan, who had figured everything out, calmed down.

Breaking the secret intelligence agency's scheme is actually quite simple.

That is—to leave Xu Jicheng speechless on this high platform!

Thinking of this, Yan Shuyuan's confidence returned.

He was definitely outmatched in a physical fight, but when it came to a battle of wits, he refused to believe he couldn't defeat this young man, Xu Jicheng!

Having made up his mind, Yan Shuyuan quickly identified the direction of his counterattack, directly targeting Xu Jicheng's true identity.

Once Xu Jicheng's true identity is exposed in front of everyone, the subsequent rebuttal will be much easier to launch.

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There's nothing to hide.

"That's right, I do hold an official position in the imperial court."

Faced with Yan Shuyuan's counterattack, Xu Jicheng not only did not deny or conceal his true identity, but also frankly revealed it.

"Moreover, I am indeed standing here today on the orders of the imperial court."

Xu Jicheng, with a frank expression, held up a megaphone and loudly proclaimed, "The imperial court has said..."

"Since some people want to hold a rally in the Imperial Square to promote what they believe to be the right views, then don't stop them!"

"The imperial court is willing to accept correct viewpoints and opinions."

"But if someone deliberately spreads false information for some ulterior motive, the court will absolutely not sit idly by."

Xu Jicheng stated frankly, "My mission was to come to the site and listen to Master Yan's profound insights."

"Incidentally, I will fulfill my supervisory responsibilities."

"We strongly support what is correct, but if it is not, then I must stand up on behalf of the imperial court and have a proper explanation."

"As everyone has seen, that's the result..."

Xu Jicheng glanced at Yan Shuyuan with disdain in his eyes: "What Master Yan said at the beginning was relatively normal."

"But the further they go, the more absurd it becomes!"

"If I don't stand up now, I'll be unworthy of being a citizen of the Great Qian Dynasty!"

"I would like to ask Master Yan—as a member of the Qian people, it's one thing if you don't believe the documentary videos and photos released by the court."

"But there's one thing I just can't figure out."

"That is—Master Yan, as a member of the Qianlong Emperor, does not trust the imperial court but has unwavering faith in the information published by foreigners."

"I just can't figure this out!"

"Xu Jicheng! Don't try to pin these accusations on me!"

"I'm telling you the facts and reasoning now..."

"Master Yan! Please watch your words!"

Xu Jicheng "kindly" reminded him, "I'm just telling you the facts and reasoning!"

"Everyone heard that."

What did Master Yan mean by those words just now?

"Is what the imperial court publishes not the truth? Are only the things published by foreigners the truth?"

Xu Jicheng seized on Yan Shuyuan's words again: "Master Yan, the Great Qian Dynasty is no longer what it used to be. It's time for the spine that has softened to straighten up."

"We need to change our habit of blindly accepting whatever foreigners say!"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was unclear who started it, but scattered applause first rang out from the audience.

Just seconds later, applause resounded throughout the entire Imperial Square........................