The atmosphere in the metal hall was particularly heavy.
On the high platform in the center, a man wearing a golden nine-dragon robe was sitting at the table without saying a word, his eyes fixed on a golden booklet on the table.
The man looked to be in his late twenties, handsome, and had an aloof temperament.
But at this moment, the expression on his face was as cold as frost.
"Clang!"
There was a loud noise, and the man suddenly overturned the table in front of him, staring at the people below with red eyes.
"Trash! They are all a bunch of trash!"
"An army of 400,000! Our powerful army of 400,000 is blocked by a small Hanyue City!"
"Half a month! A whole half month! You can't even touch the city wall!"
"Their city guards total less than 10,000! Are you embarrassed!?"
Below, several ministers all trembled, lowering their heads and not daring to speak.
This Emperor Jingxuan is different from the previous puppet emperors. This one is a real ruthless person.
Only two years after taking office, he unified military power and used iron-blooded means to fight back the barbarians all the way back to the south of Lizhou, shocking the government and the opposition.
This kind of power can be said to be unprecedented in Korea.
However, such an emperor is now suffering a big loss in his own country.
Not long ago, battle reports came from the north. The six-pronged army led by the Jinlin Army, with a total of more than 400,000 people, suffered heavy losses when attacking Hanyue City. They were defeated one after another. In the end, they could only besiege the outside of the city and did not dare to attack rashly.
The golden booklet your Majesty just handed over is the battle report sent back urgently from the front line.
According to the battle report, the reason why they failed this time was not because of how powerful the city guards were, but because Hanyue City was protected by immortals, which prevented them from breaking through the city.
On the outside of the city wall, there is a wall invisible to the naked eye. It is extremely strong and cannot be shaken by swords, guns, sticks, bows, arrows and rocks.
There was an even more powerful monster in the city, a colorful giant tiger that jumped from a tall building more than ten feet high and jumped into the crowd, killing countless people in an instant. The soldiers all fled in fear when they saw this.
The immortals in the city were able to summon wind and rain, causing rain clouds to fill the sky. Within seven days, the outside of the city was finally flooded, and the army even began to suffer from epidemics.
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These are only part of what is reported in military intelligence.
All the ministers can imagine what the scene over there will be like.
"Your Majesty! Hanyue City is protected by immortals, how can the mortal bodies of the soldiers easily compete with them..."
An old minister couldn't help but said:
"Your Majesty, please take back your life! Let the soldiers on the front line come back! We really can't let them die anymore!"
After hearing this, several other people quietly wiped the sweat from their foreheads and expressed their deep admiration for this colleague for being able to say these words so boldly.
On the high platform, Jing Xuan stared at the old man below, slowly walked up to him, and said in a cold voice:
"The war is about to begin, how dare you disturb the morale of our army! Li Shiren! Don't think that because you are my teacher, I won't dare to kill you!"
"Hanyue City resisted and disrespected the decree and closed the city gates tightly. Now it even promotes monks and blatantly violates my will! Shouldn't such people be killed!?"
Below, facing the majestic power of today's emperor, Li Shiren's face turned blue and purple.
He held it in for a long time, and after a while he suddenly gritted his teeth, knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted loudly:
"Your Majesty! I don't understand!"
"No matter what, Hanyue City is still my Dafu city, and the people inside are my Dafu's subjects! They just want to live, Your Majesty! Why do you insist on killing them all, and both sides will suffer!"
As soon as the words fell, you could hear needles dropping in the Golden Book Pavilion, and it was eerily quiet.
After a long time, Jing Xuan's laughter came.
"Both sides suffer... Haha... What a lose-lose situation! Li Shiren! Do you even think that I can't defeat those so-called immortals!?"
Although his voice was stern, everyone below could feel that His Majesty seemed to have less confidence than before.
"I don't dare!"
"I don't dare!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Jing Xuan looked angrily at these duplicitous ministers, pointed at them with trembling fingers, and finally squeezed out one word.
"good!"
After saying that, he took a few steps back as if he was exhausted, and immediately sat on the dragon chair, watching them quietly without speaking.
"His Majesty?"
After a long time, someone couldn't help but want to ask about the situation, but he interrupted with a wave of his hand.
"I know that you all want to ask why I have to attack Hanyue City..."
"The people present are all loyal veterans of our Dafu Dynasty. There are some things that I can tell you without any harm..."
The ministers did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly say this, and they were all excited for a moment, intending to listen to what he was going to explain.
"I am not cold-blooded and murderous, but I really don't want to see the immortal chaos happen again!"
Jing Xuan let out a long sigh and looked towards the north, as if he saw the immortal in Hanyue City through the far distance.
"It has been more than three hundred years since our Dafu Dynasty was established. At the beginning, Central Continent was in chaos and war, and various countries were fighting for hegemony. We were just one of them."
"In these troubled times, human life is like a piece of grass. People are dying every moment. Countless corpses are buried every day, and countless small countries are annexed and destroyed."
Everyone below nodded, they naturally knew about this history.
"But have you ever thought about how this situation was caused?"
Jing Xuan suddenly asked a question, leaving everyone stunned for explanation.
After a while, someone bowed and answered:
"Back to Your Majesty, according to historical records, there were many countries at that time. The strength of the countries was almost the same, and they were attacking each other. It was difficult for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and the people were in dire straits. As a result, the population grew slowly, fertile farmland was abandoned, and the land was idle for hundreds of miles. There is no human habitation, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles... In such a situation, how can there be unity...?"
The others nodded.
Indeed, the situation at that time is said to be very complicated, but the most important thing is that the population of the people cannot meet the requirements. Under this premise, even if there are talented people, it will be difficult to achieve unification.
Jing Xuan listened silently without commenting.
Just when everyone thought he had acquiesced, they didn't expect him to suddenly speak again.
"Liu Qing is right, but...this is not the main reason."
"As the saying goes, major events in the world will be reunited after a long period of time, and they will be divided after a long period of time. Fighting between princes has always happened in ancient times. But have you ever thought about why, throughout history, the unity is always short-lived and divided for a long time? Why is this?"
Everyone thought hard, but couldn't get the answer for a while.
Jing Xuan couldn't help but smile helplessly when he saw this.
"The reason is very simple, that is the 'immortal disaster'."
"Immortal disaster?"
The ministers looked puzzled when they heard this. They had never heard of this word before today.
"Yes, these secrets have always been recorded in the secret chamber of the royal family. It is normal for you not to know."
"I ask you, when you heard that monsters and immortals appeared in Hanyue City, were you secretly happy? Did you think that you would have the opportunity to practice cultivation and pursue immortality?"
Jing Xuan raised his hand to stop the ministers who wanted to speak, and then said:
"Don't rush to answer, I know your answer."
"Life is short. Everyone in the world is afraid of death and wants to live forever. This is human nature, and I am the same."
"But you may not know that not everyone can embark on the path of immortality. Among hundreds of thousands of people, there may be only one talented person who can embark on this path."
"And have you ever thought about what you will face if a cultivator of immortality appears in this world but you don't have the talent to cultivate?"
He paused for a moment when he said this, and the people below him did not react for a while. It was not until the leader, Emperor Master Li Shiren, came to his senses a moment later, and the expression on his face couldn't help but change.
"Difficult, could it be that...Your Majesty, you mean..."
"Haha, how can a person from the immortal realm be willing to live under others for a long time after he has mastered extraordinary power?"
"The laws of the mortal world will no longer be able to restrain them. They can come and go as they please, and killing people is as easy as picking out objects from a bag!"
"When the time comes, those common people, those wealthy households, officials like you, and even me! will all become sheep to be slaughtered..."
"Are you willing to see such a scene...?"
At this point, everyone understood what His Majesty meant, and their expressions changed greatly.
Yes, if those ordinary people are really allowed to reach the sky in one step and gain the power to control immortal magic, then who can guarantee that they will not be concerned about their current position?
At that time, I really turned into a big fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, and everything on my body became fat for the other party to take away.
This is undoubtedly bad news for the ruling class.
Therefore, everyone finally understands why His Majesty the Emperor vigorously searched for immortal cultivators and then took such actions to exterminate the Tao in the end.
It turns out that the reason is here. Your Majesty is trying to strangle the monks in the cradle and avoid the situation that the immortal cultivators cannot punish.
Over there, Jing Xuan stood up from the dragon chair, looked at everyone, and said slowly:
"Perhaps you still don't know what kind of virtue these so-called immortals are."
"Three hundred years ago, immortal cultivators spread all over the land of Central Continent. Countless sects stood on the mountains, rivers and dragon veins, and the cultivation world prospered."
"However, their prosperity has not brought any benefits to the people. On the contrary, the lives of ordinary people are like ants in their eyes, not worth mentioning."
When Jing Xuan said this, the expression on his face gradually became ferocious.
"According to the records of the Secret Pavilion, a cultivator was playing in the city and suddenly encountered a thunderstorm, but he did not avoid it. In order to buy time, he went through the disaster in this mortal city, affecting hundreds of thousands of innocent people!"
"There are also powerful monks who fight with each other, and with a wave of their hands they flatten dozens of villages, causing countless casualties!"
"There are also demonic cultivators who, in order to quickly improve their cultivation, use any means to make blood sacrifices of living people, and set up a large array to sacrifice an entire city! They cause endless killings!"
"There are even sects that cultivate immortals. In order to obtain resources and control the change of dynasties, they do not care about the people's livelihood, so that they starve to death everywhere!"
"Why do you think it was like that back then? Why could the land of Central Continent never give birth to a dynasty with a long-lasting national destiny? It wasn't because of them! Because of those immortal cultivators!"
When Jing Xuan said this, he was so excited that he was trembling all over.
He rubbed his forehead vigorously, and after a long time he calmed down and let out a long breath.
"This is an immortal disaster, a disaster brought to us by immortals."
All the ministers below were completely silent, and the expressions on their faces were extremely shocked.
Someone opened his mouth wide and made an unexplained "ho ho" sound.
Some people were so frightened that they fell to the ground, their eyes blank.
It turns out that the truth of history is actually like this.
I have read the books of sages for decades, but only now do I understand that this world actually hides such a terrible past.
"Are you willing to see such a scene...?"
At this point, everyone understood what His Majesty meant, and their expressions changed greatly.
Yes, if those ordinary people are really allowed to reach the sky in one step and gain the power to control immortal magic, then who can guarantee that they will not be concerned about their current position?
At that time, I really turned into a big fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, and everything on my body became fat for the other party to take away.
This is undoubtedly bad news for the ruling class.
Therefore, everyone finally understands why His Majesty the Emperor vigorously searched for immortal cultivators and then took such actions to exterminate the Tao in the end.
It turns out that the reason is here. Your Majesty is trying to strangle the monks in the cradle and avoid the situation that the immortal cultivators cannot punish.
Over there, Jing Xuan stood up from the dragon chair, looked at everyone, and said slowly:
"Perhaps you still don't know what kind of virtue these so-called immortals are."
"Three hundred years ago, immortal cultivators spread all over the land of Central Continent. Countless sects stood on the mountains, rivers and dragon veins, and the cultivation world prospered."
"However, their prosperity has not brought any benefits to the people. On the contrary, the lives of ordinary people are like ants in their eyes, not worth mentioning."
When Jing Xuan said this, the expression on his face gradually became ferocious.
"According to the records of the Secret Pavilion, a cultivator was playing in the city and suddenly encountered a thunderstorm, but he did not avoid it. In order to buy time, he went through the disaster in this mortal city, affecting hundreds of thousands of innocent people!"
"There are also powerful monks who fight with each other, and with a wave of their hands they flatten dozens of villages, causing countless casualties!"
"There are also demonic cultivators who, in order to quickly improve their cultivation, use any means to make blood sacrifices of living people, and set up a large array to sacrifice an entire city! They cause endless killings!"
"There are even sects that cultivate immortals. In order to obtain resources and control the change of dynasties, they do not care about the people's livelihood, so that they starve to death everywhere!"
"Why do you think it was like that back then? Why could the land of Central Continent never give birth to a dynasty with a long-lasting national destiny? It wasn't because of them! Because of those cultivators!"
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