Chapter 480: Rebellion

"Lv Desheng, it doesn't matter whether you agree or not." While speaking, Prince Gong looked at Lin Ran.

At this time, Lin Ran stood up, expressionless, "Lord Lu, you are no longer the governor of Pingzhou now."

Lv Desheng thought, he is no longer the governor of Pingzhou?

"Lv Desheng, accept the decree." Lin Ran took out the secret decree.

As soon as the imperial decree came out, except for Lin Ran and the guards around him, the other Dali people knelt on the ground.

The people in the Xianbei royal court were watching the show.

Lv Desheng took a deep breath and knelt down, "Your servant Lv Desheng accepts the decree." He wanted to see what crime the imperial decree would give!

"By the grace of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims that the Governor of Pingzhou, Lü Desheng, has been in office for two years. He has been dishonest, perverse, and reckless. He has only taken his own interests as his own responsibility, and even colluded with bandits! He has been deceitful in government affairs, deceived the emperor, and has no ambition to be a loyal minister. I am angry about this and take it as a warning. Therefore, I decree to remove you from your post as the Governor of Pingzhou, and escort you and your family back to Beijing for further investigation! This is my decree!"

After Lin Ran finished reading the imperial edict, he looked at Lü Desheng who was kneeling in front of him, "Lü Desheng, accept the edict."

Lü Desheng knelt on the ground and did not get up for a long time.

Everyone was waiting for his reaction, to accept it or not?

At the same time, in the post station of Wencheng County, Zuo Yi was very excited. Pinggang was negotiating, and his uncle also came!

I believe it won't be long before he can return to Chang'an.

It's just hateful that he has suffered so much anger in Liaoxi County, and I don't know if he will have the opportunity to give it up.

At this time, Xu Junfan walked in and saw Zuo Yi packing his luggage.

"Lord Zuo, I received an order that the court agreed to our proposal to collect taxes from Pingzhou for the second time. You are going to be in charge of this matter."

Zuo Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Is this true?"

Xu Junfan replied, "Yes, this matter must be done as soon as possible, at least it must be notified."

"Okay, I'll do it immediately!" Zuo Yi did not doubt the authenticity of this matter at all. Now that the Dali army is approaching, it is normal to collect a wave of taxes after the negotiations.

Looking at Zuo Yi and his men hurried out, Xu Junfan secretly took a breath. Zuo Yi, forgive him, he had no choice. It's better to die a Taoist friend than to die a poor Taoist.

If you hadn't been so jumpy before, and your Zuo family had provoked others, or if you hadn't been so self-righteous, you wouldn't have brought this fatal disaster.

Wencheng County, a villa somewhere

"How is it going?" Lv Songli asked Xue Xu who had just returned from outside.

Xue Xu replied, "Everything has been arranged."

"Good!"

At this time, the gate of Wencheng County was crowded with people.

For the whole Pingzhou, because the negotiation site with the Xianbei was located in Pinggang, Youbeiping County, and the person in charge of the negotiation was Lord Lv Desheng, the people of Pingzhou, especially the two counties of Liaoxi and Liaodong, which were the closest, were very concerned about the progress of the entire negotiation.

At the strong request of the people, their Pingzhou Governor's Office decided to send someone to relay the entire negotiation process in real time.

On the day of the negotiation, the gate of Wencheng County was crowded with people, and everyone wanted to know the latest news.

Before the negotiation started, everyone had moved their small stools and sat down.

"Our Lord Lv is in charge of this negotiation."

"Lord Lv is very powerful and will definitely fight for them."

The negotiation started at the time of Si, and the guards in charge of the governor's office began to deliver the first wave of news on time.

"The negotiation teams of both sides have arrived at Pinggang!"

"The people who came to negotiate from the Xianbei royal court include Prince Tuoba Yu, the eldest prince Tuoba Xun, and two Xianbei generals Dugu Zhong and Yuchi Rui."

"On our Dali side, Lord Lu led Prince Gong, the commander of the Imperial Guards Lin Ranlin, and Lord Zuo Anmin and other deputies to attend."

The common people listened with great interest, "Look at the lineup of the negotiation team of the Xianbei royal court. Our Lord Lu can match their princes."

"That's right."

The messenger guard: "The negotiations have begun."

"At the beginning, the Xianbei negotiation team was always procrastinating and had no sincerity. Later, Lord Lu got angry and directly weakened the seventh prince Tuoba Lian, and the Xianbei side was honest."

"Good!" The common people heard the words and cheered loudly.

The messenger guard said, "Lord Lu has negotiated the request made by the Xianbei royal court from ceding five states to ceding only two states."

"Good! You are worthy of Lord Lu!"

"Lord Lu is really amazing. It's a pity that we can't go to Pinggang in person. Otherwise, it would be refreshing to sit down and listen to Lord Lu's debate with the Xianbei!"

The messenger guard brought news again, "The Xianbei asked Dali to cede our Pingzhou and Youzhou to them."

When the people heard the news, they were all shocked.

"What?!"

"How could this happen?"

Everyone present was shocked and speechless.

"What was the result? How did the court react?" The people asked in a flurry, no longer as leisurely as before.

"The court agreed."

The court agreed? Were they abandoned? Hearing this answer, the people felt that the world was collapsing, and some people couldn't even stand steadily and sat directly on the ground.

"Where is Lord Lu? What did he say?" Someone asked hurriedly.

"Of course Lord Lu disagrees, but——"

"But what?"

"Lord Lu has been dismissed by the emperor and is no longer the governor of Pingzhou."

The whole scene fell into silence, and the sky was really broken.

Just then, Zuo Yi came with his people.

"Everyone is here. Now we are announcing the news that Pingzhou needs to pay taxes and grains again. From now on, everyone will just pay according to the amount paid last time." Zuo Yi was talking to himself and didn't even notice that there were some things below. People looked at him with green eyes.

The common people had just experienced heartbreak and despair.

Zuo Yi's persecution was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire.

For a time, public dissatisfaction boiled.

"Go to hell! Dog Officer!" Xian Feng, dressed as a knight-errant, pulled out a long knife from behind Zuo Yi, and before he could react, his head was dismembered.

Pingzhou is a mixed city with strong folk customs. In the past two years, it has attracted many talents from all over the country to seek refuge, including some loyal and sword-wielding knights.

People were killed in broad daylight, and the people were just shocked at first, but after they came to their senses, it seemed like all their emotions had an outlet.

"Kill, kill this court dog official!"

"This is really unreasonable! What use do we, the people of Pingzhou, need from this court?! We have to pay endless taxes, but what has the court done for us in Pingzhou?"

"It has never protected us in the slightest, but it continues to bring us harm from wind and rain!"

"Fellow fellows, now that the imperial court has given up on us! We are no longer the subjects of Dali!"

"Let's go, those who are able-bodied, follow me. Let's go support Mr. Lu! We must support Mr. Lu as our commander!" Xian Feng called.

"Let's go together!"

Xian Feng hulala took away a group of strong men, while others who were weaker or younger or older were persuaded to stay.

At this time, Wang Dong quietly left with several subordinates, hiding his merit and fame.

Right Beiping County, Pinggang

Everyone was waiting for Lu Desheng's reaction.

Lu Desheng stood up. He first took off the black gauze hat on his head and threw it to the ground, "I will pick up your mother! I am not the governor of Pingzhou!"

Lin Ran narrowed his eyes slightly, closed the imperial edict with one hand, and placed the other hand on the handle of the knife.

At this time, a person quickly appeared next to Lu Desheng, blocking him and Lin Ran.

Others were frightened. This Lu Desheng was too courageous, but he had always been bold, so he was probably angry now.

Lin Ran quickly drew his sword, and Alice, who was wearing armor, quickly retreated while protecting Lu Desheng.

At this moment, a swift and fierce arrow shot directly in front of his door.

As soon as Lin Ran dodged, Lu Desheng was already out of his attack range.

The opportunity was lost, Lin Ran did not pursue, and someone was covering Lu Desheng in the dark.

At this moment, Xian Feng arrived with a group of strong men, "Master Lu, we are here to support you!"

"It doesn't matter if you are not an official in this imperial court, you can be our governor in Pingzhou!"

"Lord Lu, we killed the dog officials who bullied our people in Pingzhou."

Lu Desheng praised, "Good kill!"

Zuo Anmin staggered when he saw the human head in Ranger's hand.

Prince Gong's hands trembled and he asked sternly, "How dare you barge into the negotiation area without permission? Do you want to rebel?"

Lu Desheng quickly retreated, "What happened to the rebellion? I, Lu Desheng, will rebel against you, Dali, today!"

Everyone was shocked by this incident.

After Prince Gong came to his senses, he asked sternly, "Lu Desheng, do you dare to rebel? Are you worthy of the late emperor?"

As Lu Desheng retreated, he took off his official uniform and threw it away, while scolding, "Don't mention the late emperor to me! Don't even look at what nonsense your court has done! If you don't do business, you will only exploit every day." Common people! When something big happens, they will just let the common people fend for themselves.”

"Now, Dali has given up on Pingzhou, but we, Pingzhou, will never give up! The Xianbei barbarians want to occupy Pingzhou, unless they step over our corpses!"