"Ziyi, do you still remember this?"
Kong Rong spoke with absolute conviction, looking toward Taishi Ci standing beside him, expectation in his eyes.
"A-an ancient text passed down in my family?"
Taishi Ci's eyes widened, his face full of question marks.
Although his surname was Taishi, he belonged to a fallen branch of the family. When had his ancestors ever passed down any ancient text? And when had he ever shown one to Kong Rong?
Taishi Ci was exceptionally quick-witted, after all. After a brief moment of shock, he understood why Yang Xiu and Kong Rong were fabricating things that had never happened.
The Son of Heaven clearly intended to send troops to conquer Goguryeo, but as a great celestial empire, they needed a legitimate cause for war. They could not attack another country without cause simply because they wanted to expand their territory. That did not befit the dignity of a great celestial empire.
That was why they needed a reason to send troops!
As for what reason, the Son of Heaven's opening words had already made it perfectly clear-Goguryeo was an integral part of Great Han's territory.
Was recovering their former lands not perfectly right and proper?
Not only Taishi Ci, but the court officials in the hall also began to understand. Every gaze settled on him.
The Taishi Clan had chronicled history for generations.
During the Spring and Autumn period, Cui Zhu, a minister of Qi State, murdered his sovereign, Duke Zhuang of Qi. To conceal this, he threatened Qi's grand historian, demanding that he change the record of Duke Zhuang's death to say that he had died of a sudden illness.
Qi's grand historian refused and was killed by Cui Zhu. His younger brother, Taishi Zhong, continued to record the truth and was also killed. Taishi