1391. The righteousness of character

After a long time, Mao Xuezhen bowed to the north, "I am deeply grateful to the emperor, but I am sorry that I can't obey my duty."

Su Quandang sighed softly when he heard this, and slowly raised the spear in his hand again.

Some people are unwilling to persuade them, while some people may not be useful if they persuade them.

He had already investigated Mao Xuezhen before leading his army to Sizhou. He knew that Mao Xuezhen was a good official, and he also knew that Mao Xuezhen was a loyal person to the Yuan Dynasty.

This was a very contradictory thing for the Song Dynasty.

Since ancient times, many famous scholars have had a strong personality. Like Lu Wenhuan, they are not often seen as good officials, but also considering the overall situation for the people and not taking into account their own reputation.

No matter whether he really cherishes his feathers or upholds the loyalty in his heart, Su Quandang knew that it was impossible to persuade him to surrender.

But as the head coach of the Jiankang Military Region, he had no choice.

You can't delay the attack on Sizhou just because you like the master.

The master of the Song Dynasty was able to sacrifice his life for the Yuan Dynasty. Isn’t it that Su Quandang was able to abandon his life for the Song Dynasty?

Just as Su Quandang's silver spear slowly approached the highest point, the city wall suddenly changed.

At the top of the city, there was a general wearing armor next to the side of the city, and suddenly put the long sword in his hand on the neck of the head.

Tu Xue was really stunned.

Su Quandang and others were also stunned under the city.

Su Quandang's silver spear slowly dropped down again, looking up at the changes on the city wall.

Tu Xuezhen slowly turned his head, with anger in his eyes, "General Cao, what are you doing?"

Cao Guangxu, who was actually the general commander of Sizhou, said with guilt in his eyes: "Brother Mao, reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, and we have no possibility of defending Sizhou. Do you really want to ignore the lives of all the soldiers in the army?"

The generals on the side were silent at this moment.

Tu Xuezhen seemed to ignore the sword on his neck and slowly looked around everyone.

And when the generals were at his sight, they all lowered their heads quietly.

Mao Xue was so surprised that he laughed, "Rats! You, rats! Mao is really ashamed to be an official in the same dynasty as you rats!"

These words seemed to touch Cao Guangxu's self-esteem. He also showed some anger and was no longer polite. He said to the general next to him: "Please go down!"

The Tu Xue is really the governor of Sizhou, and he is his superior. However, as the general commander of Sizhou, he is also the immediate superior of the defenders in Sizhou City.

If the commanders of Linhuai and Huaiyin cities did not support him, it would not be easy for him to seize the real military power. But now, the generals of Linhuai and Huaiyin obviously agreed with his ideas.

Only some civil officials in Sizhou City showed indignation and cursed.

However, these people were soon taken down by Cao Guangxu's personal soldiers with Mao Xuezhen.

There were constant curses along the way.

Cao Guangxu, who was about forty years, ignored it and just looked down at the city and shouted to Su Quandang: "Master Su, we are willing to surrender to the city."

"good!"

Su Quandang shouted: "Su must report all your righteous deeds to the emperor truthfully."

Not long after, the gate of Sizhou City opened.

Cao Guangxu led the generals and many defenders in the city to surrender.

The sound of gold and iron everywhere in the city.

Under the orders of the generals, the defenders in the city threw the weapons in their hands on the long street.

Wen Qi led the Tiangang Army to lead the city first.

Sizhou City was taken down by the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty.

All surrendered soldiers in the city were temporarily detained in the military camps in the city.

After Su Quandang entered the city, he did not have too many false feelings with Cao Guangxu and others. Instead, after asking where Mao Xuezhen and others were, he hurried to the government office.

Coach Xuezhen and others have been taken to the government office by Cao Guangxu's personal soldiers.

Although Cao Guangxu and others were disappointed, they also knew that Su Quandang admired the character of Mao Xuezhen and others, so they could only sigh softly.

It is better to die than surrender to the emperor, patriotism, and righteousness.

Qicheng surrenders is to take into account the overall situation and understand the current affairs, but it can also be said to be greedy for life and fear of death.

This is a matter of no two things.

When he arrived at the government office, Su Quandang went directly to the room where Kou Xuezhen was under house arrest. Lian Wenqi and others were left outside the house by him.

When he walked into the room, he saw Mao Xuezhen sitting silently at the square table.

He coughed softly and shouted, "Sir Spear."

Mao Xuezhen looked at Su Quandang and said, "Now Marshal Su has obtained Sizhou City, why should he persuade Mao to surrender again?"

Su Quandang walked to the opposite side of Mao Xuezhen and sat down. He did not deny that he was here to persuade Mao Xuezhen to surrender, and said, "I came here, not for Sizhou City, you are here to persuade Mao Xuezhen to surrender. As Mao Zhi said, Sizhou City has been taken down by our Song army. Even if you are loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, you will not be able to change anything."

"Then why are you here?" Mao Xuezhen asked again with a sneer.

I just don’t know whether this sneer was sneering at myself or Cao Guangxu and others.

Su Quandang said, "I am here to persuade you, Lord Cop for the people of Sizhou and the Song Dynasty."

Tu Xuezhen revealed a little doubt, "What does this mean?"

Su Quandang sighed softly and said, "The years have been conquering the Song and Yuan dynasties, and I will not hide it from Master Mao. Although our emperor tried his best to reform the imperial examinations and selected many talents for our country, there are only a few officials like Master Mao who are truly talented and knowledgeable but who love the people as much as his son. Has Master Mao ever thought that whether in the end the Song Dynasty will win the world or the Yuan Dynasty will win the world, in fact, the one who really needs officials like Master Mao is not the monarchs of both countries, but the people in the world?"

He said to himself, "I have said something to the emperor, you may not have heard of Master Mao. The emperor said that in his heart, the emperor is not the master of the world, the people of the world, and the ministers are not the vassal of the emperor, nor are the emperor's slaves. All the kings under the world are nonsense, and the people are the real masters of the world. The emperor and the ministers are not born nobles, but people who seek welfare for the people."

When Mao Xuezhen heard this, he was slightly stunned and said, "Is this what you Emperor Song said?"

Su Quandang said: "The emperor said to me personally, there is no false statement."

Mao Xuezhen suddenly chuckled, "So according to what you said, wouldn't anyone in the world be able to sit in the position of the Nine Five Lord? You Su Quandang, how can you do it?"

Su Quandang was silent for a long time after hearing this.

Finally, he shook his head and said, "No, I can't do it. There must be not many people in the world who are capable of being emperors."

“Why?”

Mao Xuezhen chuckled, "Take your ministers such as Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu of the Song Dynasty for example, which one of them is not capable of governing the country with full heart?"

Su Quandang smiled, "It does not mean that he can be a good emperor. I dare to ask Lord Mao, how many people can love the people as much as our emperor? Among the emperors of countless dynasties in the past, only a few emperors such as Yao, Shun and Yu regarded the people as the masters of this world, but did not regard themselves as the masters! What about you Yuan Emperor?"

This time it was Mao Xuezhen's turn to be silent.

He didn't know how to mottle Su Quandang's words.

The emperor is the true emperor and the emperor of the Nine Five. This is the truth for countless years. The sentence Su Quandang said that Zhao Dongting really shocked him.

It is hard to imagine that the emperor of the Song Dynasty had such a mind.

But after silence, he still said, "Maybe you Emperor Song is really a good emperor, but this cannot be the reason for my surrender."

Su Quandang was slightly stunned, "Does Lord Mao not want to contribute to the people?"

Mao Xuezhen murmured: "Because Mao Xuezhen is a Yuan minister, how can he join the Song rituals? In this world, without me, Mao Xuezhen, there will always be countless people with real talents and knowledge... "

After saying that, he stood up and turned his back to Su Quandang with his hands behind his back, "Marson Su please come back!"

Su Quandang sighed softly, bowed to the spear and walked out of the house.

He didn't know how to comment on Tu Xuezhen, so he could only say that Tu Xuezhen is a stubborn and pedantic person, because Su Quandang himself actually had this idea.

He asked himself, if he had been defeated, he would never choose to surrender to the Yuan Dynasty. In the world, there would be no people who were not as good as the spear, and there would be no one who could live in poverty without him.

After Su Quandang left, Mao Xuezhen was in the room for a long time.

In the end, Yuanchen, who had devoted most of his life to Sizhou, took off the curtains on the bed in the room.

A curtain hangs on the beams of the house.

"Dong."

A dull sound.

The small round stool rolled to the ground.
Chapter completed!