From eunuch to emperor

In Jinling City, a new nursery rhyme suddenly spread.

The children took snacks and toys and sang everywhere in the streets and alleys:

Sheng Feisheng, Wang Feiwang, the scorching sun shines brightly, revives Daliang.

People in ancient times were superstitious. They believed that nursery rhymes were God's will and represented the aspirations of the people.

After nursery rhymes spread in the streets and alleys, everyone began to discuss the meaning of nursery rhymes in private.

In a restaurant, several men who looked like scholars were drinking and composing poems.

After a few glasses of wine, the scholar got drunk and started talking about nursery rhymes.

"Sages are not saints, and kings are not kings. This is not talking about the Liang court. The emperor is not like the emperor, and the officials are not like the officials."

"Yes, the emperor is like a slave, and the ministers are like pigs and dogs."

Two scholars who dared to speak patted the table and talked, scaring the surrounding guests away.

Those who heard such outrageous words would be beheaded.

"But what do the last two sentences mean?"

"The scorching sun is shining, revive Daliang, who must these two sentences correspond to?"

The scholar is still discussing like no one else.

At this time, a man held a glass of wine and said: "You all read the sages' books in vain, and you can't even guess such a simple and obvious meaning."

Several scholars turned their heads to look at the man, and said displeasedly: "You are a rough man, you dare to say that we read sage books in vain, how unreasonable it is."

This man was wearing coarse clothes, and he was not a scholar or an official at first glance.

Such people dare to say that they read dead books, and the scholar will naturally be angry.

The man laughed and said, "The saint is not the saint, the king is not the king, the scorching sun is shining brightly, revive Daliang."

"The meaning of this nursery rhyme is that the current emperor is controlled by ghosts and is no longer a holy king. There should be a new emperor ascending the throne."

"And this emperor is Li Zhaoliang, the king of Wu'an. He can revive Daliang and protect the country and society of Daliang for 400 years."

The man spoke loudly, and the guests upstairs and downstairs could hear him clearly.

Hearing these words, everyone fled in fright.

This kind of rebellious words clearly intends to rebel, anyone who dares to stay here is a traitor.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant was trembling with fright, and begged: "Several, please stop saying a few words, this is a serious crime of beheading and exterminating the family."

"If you want to talk, please go outside and talk about it, don't involve me."

The shopkeeper greeted the people in the store to sweep out several scholars and men.

When he got outside, the man still shouted loudly: "Ghost fetuses kill people without limit, Li Chengdao has become a puppet, Daliang exists in name only, and King Wu'an is the emperor."

A few scholars just drank too much and got hot-headed. After all this tossing, most of them were sober.

Hearing the man blatantly say that Li Chengdao is a puppet and that he wants to establish a new king, he was so frightened that his legs went limp.

"Let's go, let's go..."

A few scholars ran away, not daring to associate with men.

Pedestrians on the street also showed horror. In broad daylight, they dared to openly speak of rebellion.

It's really lawless and life-or-death.

Soon, the forbidden army went to the restaurant to arrest people, and the shopkeeper was pulled out, kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly.

"Master Jun, I don't know where they came from. They are rebellious, and it has nothing to do with the little ones."

The shopkeeper's wife held a small box and put it on the ground, begging: "Master Jun, I know the traitor, he is the second son of the Liu family, and he likes to talk about government affairs."

The young general of the Forbidden Army opened the small box, and inside it was gold and silver jewelry, which was very generous.

"You dare to let such a person in to drink horse urine, be careful to implicate you in exterminating the clan."

The young general got the money, and immediately let go of the restaurant's problem.

The shopkeeper said gratefully: "Yes, I don't dare to let these rebels drink urine anymore."

The imperial army brought soldiers and horses to Liu's house to arrest people, and also arrested several other scholars.

Except for the scholar and a few people, they were arrested together with their nine clans.

After the interrogation, several scholars also complained, saying that these outrageous words came from a man.

But who this man is, no one knows at all.

The imperial army searched inside and out, but they were still unable to find the man who openly said he was going to rebel.

In desperation, he had to kill several scholars.

In the yamen of the imperial army, the school lieutenant Zu Linhao and his deputy discussed whether this matter should be played.

"I think one more thing is worse than one less thing. If the matter is reported, the emperor wants us to investigate thoroughly. We must catch that man. Where can we find him?"

"There are a lot of lunatics in Jinling City recently, so let's just count them as ordinary criminals."

The deputy did not approve of the matter.

The reason is simple, Li Chengdao was controlled by ghosts and did not take the initiative to intervene.

If the matter is brought up, it is likely to require a thorough investigation.

If no one can be found at that time, the blame will be on the imperial army.

Anyway, there have been a lot of people making trouble recently, so it would be better to classify these people as ordinary prisoners.

Zu Linhao thought about it and felt it made sense.

Above the officialdom, don't find things to do by yourself.

Zu Linhao nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but who is that person, how dare he openly rebel."

The deputy said with a smile: "There are too many people who are rebellious, the front line is defeated, the government and the opposition are ready to move, and the nursery rhyme about King Wu'an..."

The deputy lowered his voice and continued: "I don't think King Wu'an has been honest recently. The people in his house have been very active recently."

Zu Linhao pondered for a moment and said, "Do you want to check?"

The deputy shook his head and said: "He is the prince, the emperor's brother, he is quite prestigious in the court, it is not appropriate to investigate him."

Zu Linhao said: "This nursery rhyme is about King Wu'an, there are always excuses."

The deputy still shook his head and said, "No, what if the nursery rhyme is true?"

Hearing this, Zu Linhao was also afraid.

In their eyes, the emperor is very sacred, the son of heaven, with the destiny of heaven.

In case Li Zhaoliang's fate really lies with him, he can't afford to offend him.

"This matter... just don't know."

Zu Linhao finally decided to close the case without further investigation.

A few scholars were exterminated by the nine clans, but the nursery rhymes spread more and more widely, and there were always people discussing them in private.

Everyone's topic points to Li Zhaoliang, the king of Wu'an, saying that he is the true emperor of Daliang, and Li Chengdao has been controlled by ghosts and has become a puppet.

If you want to rejuvenate Daliang, you must let Li Zhaoliang be the emperor.

For a while, everyone in Jinling City was talking about this matter.

Yong'an Lane, Qijia Wine Shop.

Lu Ji entered the room and said happily, "My lord, your idea is really good. Nowadays, nursery rhymes are being spoken in the streets and alleys, and Li Zhaoliang's momentum has been built."

The man in the restaurant who openly said that Li Zhaoliang was going to be the emperor was Long Chen.

He knew that there were often scholars talking about state affairs in that restaurant, so he waited there.

Sure enough, when a few scholars started to talk about it, Long Chen took the opportunity to boo and talk out the topic.

After a lot of tossing, the common people and subjects in Jinling City were all discussing the matter, the momentum was built up, and the hearts of the people gradually gained.

The people in Jinling City were disappointed with Li Chengdao, and hoped that a better emperor would come to power. Li Zhaoliang answered the nursery rhyme, and of course he was a better emperor.