Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

He mustered his courage,

Carefully open your eyes.

However, Zhao Yuan was holding Lü Fangde's halberd in his hand.

The halberd stopped right next to Zhao Mingcheng's neck.

The sharp blade pressed tightly against his neck.

Through peripheral vision,

Zhao Mingcheng even saw a trace of blood.

It was flowing down the blade of the halberd.

"Lord Zhao, what else do you have to say now?"

Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.

"I surrender! I surrender!"

Zhao Mingcheng's legs went weak.

Kneel directly to the ground.

"Alright, with Lord Zhao's help,"

Zhao Yuan reached out to serve Zhao Mingcheng.

"It's a fortunate thing for everyone."

Just finished speaking,

Zhao Yuan, however, saw that Zhao Mingcheng was impossible to help up.

He was clearly so terrified that his legs went weak.

I can't stand up at all.

He shook his head speechlessly.

Zhao Yuan gestured for Jiao Ting to summon two personal guards.

They helped Zhao Mingcheng down.

"Brother, he's just a spineless coward,"

Lu Fang asked, puzzled,

"What use is such waste?"

Why must we try to persuade him to surrender?

“I had Shi Qian send someone to investigate before,”

Zhao Yuan explained,

"This is Prefect Zhao Mingcheng,"

"Although he has some talent, his performance as an official can only be described as mediocre."

"Although not outstanding,"

"But he wasn't incompetent either,"

"Furthermore, he was considered relatively honest and incorruptible while in office."

"Such officials, in the current environment,"

"That's already pretty good."

"He's not a corrupt official or a treacherous minister,"

"If we kill him,"

"The officials and scholars of that world,"

"How can you still look down on Liangshan?"

"That's true,"

Lü Fang nodded.

"Governing a place truly requires scholars,"

"If it were left to us to manage,"

"I'm afraid things will get chaotic in just a few days."

"We certainly needed scholars to conquer the world, but we can't rely on them entirely,"

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment,

"The reason I insisted on persuading Zhao Mingcheng to surrender,"

"It's still because of his background,"

"Who told him to have such a good father?"

"This fellow's father, Zhao Tingzhi, was once a prime minister."

"He has many capable former officials and subordinates under his command."

"Let's keep him,"

"When we try to persuade those officials to surrender in the future,"

"It'll always be a little easier."

Do this

Zhao Yuan had no choice.

Liangshan now,

Indeed, there is no shortage of capable and battle-hardened soldiers.

However, civil servants who understand governance and administration are extremely rare.

The entire mountain,

At most, scholars

It was just Wen Huanzhang and Pei Xuan.

Although Xu Guanzhong was also well-versed in poetry and literature,

But as the top martial arts champion,

He is still more suited to military matters.

After Zhao Yuan went up the mountain,

Although literacy classes were also set up on the mountain,

Let all the leaders, big and small, on the mountain go in and learn to read.

But after more than a year,

These leaders,

At best, he can barely understand official documents.

I can write some simple copy.

As for the private school that Zhao Yuan built separately,

Although thousands of children enrolled,

But in just over a year,

Obviously, they won't amount to anything.

For Zhao Yuan and Liangshan now,

By persuading the imperial court to surrender, one can obtain civil officials.

It's the only option left.

He didn't expect to recruit any capable officials.

As long as you are not greedy or bad

Do not harm the people.

Zhao Yuan was satisfied.

Other than that,

Zhao Yuan had another reason for recruiting Zhao Mingcheng.

Naturally, it was out of respect for Li Qingzhao, the greatest female poet of all time.

However, regarding Zhao Mingcheng,

Zhao Yuan naturally wouldn't completely believe it either.

Because in the original history,

This guy is spineless.

But he did something that will be remembered as infamous for all time.

At that time, this fellow was the prefect of Jiangning.

The subordinate officers rebelled.

Someone in the city noticed,

He quickly informed Zhao Mingcheng.

But Zhao Mingcheng felt it was impossible.

He didn't take it to heart.

No action was taken.

Then that night,

And then a rebellion actually broke out!

Instead of taking remedial measures, Zhao Mingcheng...

On the contrary, upon hearing of the unrest in the city,

So frightened was one person who climbed onto the city wall.

They abandoned the city and fled, tied together with ropes...

Chapter 1571 A Show of Force

In the end, it was up to the officials in the city to organize it themselves.

The minor rebellion was quelled.

As for Zhao Mingcheng's abandonment of the city and escape,

The message was sent back to the imperial court.

Naturally, they were not spared either.

He was immediately dismissed from his post.

Besides that...

When this fellow ran away,

His first wife, Li Qingzhao, was also in the city.

Li Qingzhao obviously did not expect this.

Zhao Mingcheng actually abandoned her.

He ran away alone.

In the midst of grief,