"Those who governed the realm before lacked virtue! That was why Jiangbei fell and Jiaozhou was lost!"
"This is something I absolutely cannot tolerate!"
Sun Hao looked at the men before him, his face filled with fury.
"I will reclaim these lost lands! I will crush the Cao Thief and accomplish the great feat of unification!"
"Those who know how to read the energies say that I should become the sovereign of all under heaven. How can I let a petty man like Cao Mao usurp the Central Plains?"
"That Cao Mao-his father was nothing but a vassal prince, his grandfather was a traitor who usurped Han, and his great-grandfather was an even more ruthless enemy of the state!"
"He has no morals himself, either!"
"I have heard that Cao Mao has an illicit affair with the Empress Dowager! Utterly treasonous, corrupting all human relationships!"
"He also likes keeping male favorites. Sima Yan, Zhong Hui, Zhang Hua, and the rest are all his male favorites!"
"His eyes are defective, too. They say he cannot see out of one eye!"
"He treats his ministers and commoners with great cruelty, seizing their wives and daughters!"
"If I cannot rid the world of such a man, how can I face the people of the realm?!"
Sun Hao spoke loudly, while the ministers merely lowered their heads, their feelings particularly complicated.
Anything else you said about Cao Mao would be one thing, but you call him cruel??
In any case, Sun Hao had made his decision. He ordered wine brought and set before the assembled ministers.
He continued, "I have resolved to muster a great army to campaign against Cao Mao!"
"Take grain from the state treasury and my lands to distribute among the officers and soldiers! Anyone who kills one of the Wei