Chapter 181 people
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 one more time, then at Ye Feng, and went back to settle accounts with Ren Tianxing.
At this time, Mudan has followed Youji'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 leader of the mainstream public opinion in Kyoto. He is upright and helpful. He 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. But
At that time, the Jiang family did not attack him because of Qing Yu, otherwise he would have died ten thousand times earlier. 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 went to him to explain his purpose, he should have given him a rejection, but this time he agreed readily. So please don't mind when the king arrives. Ye Feng naturally understands what Mudan means.
Because it was considered a confidential conversation, Ye Fengping withdrew his attendants. There were only Ye Feng, Ren Xiaojin, You Ji, Lucia and Zhuang Yun in the hall.
Ye Feng looked at Zhuang Yun quietly and smiled helplessly in his heart. This person was here to help him. He was obviously here to scold him with the intention of killing 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 who killed countless people, or he was the emperor.
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 in a weak voice, "The king is so wise and powerful, but he also has moments of stupidity."
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, that's all.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin, the most famous emperor in history, the world only knows that he was a wise emperor with both civil and military skills. He was not afraid to repel the Turks in the face of danger, regain the Western Region, and expand the 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 visit the dynasty.
But who in later generations will remember him in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, in which he shot and killed Prince Jiancheng and Yuanji and forcibly took possession of 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, and he repeatedly asked historians to read "Daily Notes" and "Records" to break the
The precedent of emperors in the past dynasties cannot be read. Their lives began to be luxurious and decadent, and their treatment of advice also changed ridiculously. The evidence is his so-called mirror. Wei Zheng's tomb was knocked down by him with his own hands.
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 Taizong's aspirations."
It seemed that they were really here to die. Ren Xiaojin and You Ji's auras were rumbling, and both of them showed unprecedented killing intent. Even they could feel that Zhuang Yun's last words were mocking Ye Feng and mocking the person he loved.
, how can I endure 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 of whom 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 the powerful.
..."
Ye Feng explained one by one, Zhuang Yun also listened quietly, and the sarcastic look on his face returned to calm. After talking for three hours, he stopped when he saw that Zhuang Yun couldn't hold it anymore, and slowly
said
"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 a 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 a stumbling block 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 kill is 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. I just 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."
Chapter completed!