Chapter 136 Manifesto
When Li Jiancheng left the palace, invitations from various families arrived as expected, all wanting to find out what Li Jiancheng's attitude was.

If they want to wipe out Yang Xuangan, they naturally want such credit and are willing to eat meat and drink soup with Li Langjun.

If they wanted to raise an army and join Yang Xuangan, they would not want to miss the opportunity to follow the dragon, and were also willing to send their sons and daughters to follow Li Langjun.

Li Jiancheng's attitude was naturally firm, which surprised many people. As the son of a noble family, there were indeed few people who were completely loyal. After all, the country was founded by their ancestors together, and the emperor was nothing special.

Especially since His Majesty has failed in two expeditions to Goguryeo. No matter what the reasons were, can the current situation in the world be their fault?

After returning home, Li Jiancheng explained a few things to his family, then went straight to the Ministry of War to get the military mobilization order. He first ordered his 30,000 elite soldiers to station outside the city, and ordered the officers to follow him to select brave men from among the civilians.

He selected more than 40,000 out of the 100,000 people, and then ordered his old friends to recruit soldiers at the gate of Chang'an City. It was because the emperor had already recruited soldiers on a large scale, otherwise Li Jiancheng would not have to select from the civilians.

With his reputation in Chang'an, as long as the court allowed him to recruit soldiers, he would have 70,000 to 80,000 good family men and vagrants to serve him.

Therefore, recruiting soldiers was not very smooth, and there were only more than 10,000 people, but their overall quality was much better than those civilians, especially their desire to fight.

Civilians have to be pushed and pulled when they go to the battlefield, and there must be a supervisory team, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain the formation.

At present, the 30,000 elite troops assigned to him by the Ministry of War are the strongest, followed by the more than 10,000 recruited soldiers and the more than 40,000 civilians.

The most critical thing is that there is no time to train him, as he will be going to war in three or five days. His in-laws all know his difficulties and have sent some family generals to help him control the situation.

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Yang Xuangan won several battles in a row, and Wei Wensheng had been beaten to the point where he had no strength to fight anymore. In addition, several other troops who came to support him were also routed and dispersed.

It’s a pity that Luoyang City is still the same. Yang Xuangan tried his best to show himself, just to let the nobles in it see his abilities clearly and send people to negotiate with him.

He can offer a huge price to buy Luoyang City. If the hereditary duke is not enough, the prince will do. If the prince is not satisfied, I can also give him the title of prince as long as he is willing to negotiate.

But the problem is that there is still no one to discuss with him. Yang Xuangan is very anxious. He has won every battle, but he has not seen any hope of winning the entire battle.

He began to no longer trust Li Mi and relied more on Wei Fusi, not only because of problems with Li Mi's strategy, but more importantly, the Li family, which had long been in decline, had no influence in Luoyang at all.

But Wei Fusi was different. The Jingzhao Wei family was favored by the emperor, and he himself was very influential in Luoyang City. Yang Xuangan relied on him and hoped to convey his attitude through him.
But Prince Xiang was interested, but the goddess was ruthless. Wei Fusi just happened to not be the type to surrender to Yang Xuangan. He led his troops to fight, but he did not expect that his colleagues around him would surrender so easily.

Only he and his personal guards were able to resist Yang Xuangan, and thus they were captured.

At first Yang Xuangan thought that Wei Fusi was just like the others, the result of a bet by aristocratic families, but he soon discovered that this was not the case.
"Brother Wei, have you finished writing the letter to Fan Zigai?"

Yang Xuangan smiled amiably and asked, "Brother Wei is so talented, why does it take so long to write a mere manifesto?"

Wei Fusi was the same age as Yang Xuangan, but he was tall and thin and quite graceful. However, he was pale and had dark circles under his eyes. He forced himself to stay awake and handed the written manifesto to him.

If you are not sincere in surrendering, what is there to be afraid of? If you are asked to hand in your letter of surrender and your escape route is cut off, then you will naturally be sincere. Yang Xuangan took a look at it and found that it was full of ambiguous words, not light or heavy, without any sharpness. It did not seem like a manifesto to attack a tyrant, but more like a memorial to the emperor.

There was some fear in Wei Fusi's eyes, but he still stood up straight. This was the most he could do. He could never harm his wife, children and family just for the sake of his own life.

Yang Xuangan smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Wei. Please join me for the banquet."

Wei Fusi was very surprised that he could get away with it. He was grateful in his heart and could not help but persuade him: "Lord Chu, although the people of the world are resentful, your majesty still has the mandate of heaven. You can't shake it by your own strength. You'd better flee overseas as soon as possible."

"If Brother Wei can assist me, there is no need to worry about not accomplishing my great cause. The tyrant emperor has been treating our nobles harshly for a long time. Otherwise, how could so many people come to seek refuge with him?"

"Lord Chu, since there are only the two of us here, I will speak frankly. Your Majesty's expedition against Goguryeo has not been successful this time, and the bandits who had been suppressed by Zhang Xutuo have gathered again. This is something that no one wants to see."

Yang Xuangan said with great righteousness: "As long as the tyrants and the people are not eliminated, the wars and corvées will not be abolished. The people cannot survive, so how can they not rebel? Zhang Xutuo can suppress them for a while, but not forever."

Wei Fusi nodded, "Perhaps so, but it is not right for you to start a rebellion. The former Duke of Chu, Su, was treated kindly by the two emperors and was the most powerful official in the country. Before he was twenty, he was made a pillar of state. Before he rebelled, he was the Minister of Rites of the Duke of Chu. The favors bestowed on your family by the late emperor and Your Majesty are unprecedented."

"Brother Wei wants to say that I am ungrateful, but do you really not know how my father died?"

"The Duke of Chu was sixty-three when he passed away."

Yang Xuangan looked at Wei Fusi with a cold gaze. Wei Fusi did not dare to look him in the eye, but he still said, "No matter what, you should not be the first to rebel against His Majesty."

Yang Xuangan suddenly smiled: "Forget it, let's talk about this later. Brother Wei, please accompany me for a feast first, and then have a good rest."

Wei Fusi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Yang Xuangan would undoubtedly be defeated. Although this proclamation was a bit excessive, His Majesty should be able to understand that he was in the enemy camp and had to yield to protect himself.

The two men came to the big tent that had been prepared long ago. After greeting everyone, Yang Xuangan took out the letter of accusation from his bosom and said, "Brother Wei has spent several days and finally finished writing the letter of accusation to Fan Zigai. Let's listen to it first."

A teacher without a legitimate reason cannot win the support of the people. Yang Xuangan's words at the city gate in the past can only be regarded as a token of his ambition. What will really spread throughout the world is this official manifesto.

Yang Jishan bowed to Wei Fusi and said, "I am just waiting to see Brother Wei's magnificent article."

Yang Xuangan smiled and recited aloud: "There are many ways to establish loyalty and righteousness. One should act according to the situation. There is no single rule. In the past, Yi Yin banished Taijia to Tong Palace, and Huo Guang deposed Liu He to Changyi. These are all included in the public scale, and it is impossible to list them all.

Emperor Gaozu Wen was born with the Mandate of Heaven and created this world. He governed the seven political affairs in the sky and controlled the six dragons with a golden mirror. He did nothing but brought about changes and governed the world with ease.

Now the emperor is compiling the Chengbao calendar, and should consolidate the great foundation. However, he has cut himself off from heaven, destroyed the people and corrupted their morals. He has been writing books for many years, and thieves have multiplied. He has exhausted the people's strength in repairing the land. He has indulged in debauchery, wine and women, and his children will surely be abused by them. He is addicted to playing with hawks and dogs, and all animals have become poisonous."

But Wei Fusi, who had been stunned for a long time, suddenly came to his senses, roared and rushed to fight Yang Xuangan to the death: "No! This is not written by me! You are such a big old woman, Yang Xuangan, you are so cruel, you will die a violent death, and your soul will be scattered in the underworld. Your Majesty, today..."

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(End of this chapter)