"By God's blessing, the emperor has issued an edict... Master Chu has a beautiful heart, beautiful appearance and wisdom... I specially invite her to the palace and canonize her as Concubine Chu... I hereby express my gratitude."
The hall was silent, you could hear a pin drop, and the candlelight was swaying and distorted by the wind.
The eunuch who delivered the order was stared at until his scalp was numb, but he still looked at Xihe with a dry smile: "Concubine Chu, Your Majesty has longed for you for a long time. When you enter the palace, you will definitely... uh." 'Bang' fell to the ground, staring at the night sky. .
Fang Qinglin put away his sword and looked at everyone with a gentle smile: "Everyone, please continue."
The people present were stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed and raised their glasses to drink: "Yes, yes, yes, come on, come on, let's drink!" The whole hall burst into laughter, not taking it seriously.
But I couldn't help but curse in my heart: Is this emperor crazy? Dare to humiliate Jun Shang and Fang Wuxia.
This imperial decree did not mention that Chu Shishi was already married, and regardless of Chu Shishi's ability to drive out the Tatars and fight against Luo Cheng and Cui Pingyang, a mere Concubine Chu wanted to get someone into the palace. She really thought highly of herself.
Fang Wuxia just killed the eunuch who passed the order. It was considered a light thing. Just wait, this matter is not over yet.
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The next day, the news that the emperor Lao'er ordered Na Xihe to be his concubine spread quickly, and Fang Qinglin killed the eunuch who delivered the order with a sword, which was also known to both the government and the public.
Some of the ministers in the DPRK were so angry that they beat their chests and cursed, which idiot came up with the idea? Do you think they didn't die quickly enough?
There are also fat-headed people who disdain it. No matter how talented this Chu Master is, she is still a woman. Why would she not be happy to enter the palace and enjoy the glory and wealth? Your Majesty's decree, I don't know how happy this girl is.
His Majesty was indeed wise and defeated their powerful enemy without any effort!
However, one day and two days passed, and Master Chu still did not enter the palace. On the contrary, the complaints among the people became louder and louder.
"What are those people outside the door doing?" Jing Zhaoyin looked angry. It was so noisy that my ears hurt.
The police officer came in and replied: "Reporting to your lord, the people outside the door think that the taxes are too heavy and they can't survive, and they are dissatisfied, so..."
Jing Zhaoyin threw his brush: "A bunch of unscrupulous people! I think they are just living a good life and are looking for trouble! Catch them all!"
The police officer responded and went out. After a while, the noise outside the house disappeared. Jing Zhaoyin's frown relaxed and he sat on the Taishi chair and resumed writing slowly.
Unexpectedly, the matter was not over yet. Within two days, people came to beat drums to express their grievances and ask for an explanation.
Jing Zhaoyin was so angry that he imprisoned people again. However, within a few days, someone else... The people were so angry that the riot became bigger and bigger. There was even a riot and several people died.
At this time, the people in the capital broke out instantly, kneeling outside the Meridian Gate and begging the emperor to come forward.
The old emperor waited for a long time but still did not see Xihe entering the palace. He was already filled with anger. When he heard about this, he directly issued an order: "Cut it down."
The old minister couldn't bear it and persuaded: "Your Majesty, natural disasters and wars have continued in various places in the past two years. The people have been unable to make ends meet and have no surplus food to hand over. Why not wait any longer..."
The old emperor suddenly stared at him, his eyes gnawing at everyone, and the old minister suddenly became speechless.
The old emperor's eyes were gloomy: "I said, cut him off!"
The old minister frowned for a moment. How can the common people continue to live like this?
He opened his mouth to say more, but Prime Minister Zuo already smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. This matter is due to Jing Zhaoyin's poor handling of the matter. I will let him make atonement for his sins."
The sun was already shining above the head outside the Meridian Gate. The scorching sun made people dizzy and shaky.
At this moment, the palace door finally opened, and the people were shocked and looked over with expectation. They saw a father-in-law holding a whisk walking out, standing not far from them, covering his nose in disgust: "Your Majesty's decree, this is A group of unruly people with evil intentions and intentions to rebel should be killed."
The common people who just wanted an explanation were surprised and turned pale.
"Father, you are wronged. We are just ordinary people. We are not rebelling. We come to see His Majesty because the taxes are too heavy and we cannot survive."
"Yes, yes, father-in-law, please be clear to me, we are all good people, we..."
"You still won't take action?"
After giving an order, the policeman with a sword on his waist stepped forward with a serious face.
He grabbed a few people who were shouting the loudest, dragged them to the stage like dead dogs, looked down, and chopped them off with a knife.
Gululu, a huge head rolled down from the stage, and blood spread all over the floor.
There was silence outside the Meridian Gate, and the scorching sun became more and more anxious.
The people stared blankly with their mouths open, looking at everything in front of them in disbelief.
The father-in-law snorted coldly: "If you keep making trouble again, this is what will happen!"
He glanced at this group of lowly people with disdain, swung his fly whisk and turned around to leave.
"Damn dog officer, I'll fight you!"
With a loud shout, a man in the crowd rushed forward.
The father-in-law was frightened. He hid behind the guard in a panic and pointed at him: "Quickly, kill him!"
"..."
It is said that on this day, blood flowed into a river outside the Meridian Gate, and people wailed and screamed.
Xihe looked at the news in his hand and his face sank. These people were getting more and more excessive.
Liu Yurong was equally furious: "They simply don't regard the people as human beings! The taxes are so heavy every year, and they will increase it by 10% this year. Aren't they forcing the people to die! Killing so many people just to get an explanation, do they still have it?" human nature!"
Shen Yunzhuang thought thoughtfully: "I think their move may be aimed at us."
Everyone looked at her, Shen Yunzhuang frowned: "Some time ago, the old emperor's decree was not accepted. It is obvious that the two sides have been at odds and the struggle is inevitable. Although the old emperor is confused and the Ming Dynasty is full of internal strife, but There are also smart people, maybe the tax increase is just to deal with us."
Although Shen Yunzhuang is a woman, she is as resourceful as a man and is Xihe's right-hand man.
Everyone's faces changed instantly: "This old emperor is so cunning! Your Majesty, do we still have to wait? Why don't we just attack the capital?"
The people in this room have long been dissatisfied with the old emperor, not to mention that the old guy still wants the king to be his concubine Chu! Bah, they are not dead yet, yet they dare to hit their king's leader, they simply don't take them seriously.
Gearing up, I wish I could rush to the palace now and kill the old emperor.
Xihe glanced at the excited faces of everyone and shook his head: "There's no rush, the time has not come yet."
Everyone was stunned immediately, but your Majesty has a lot of troubles in his chest, so he will definitely not take it easy on the old emperor.
In the following days, the world was divided into two, with Xihe occupying the entire west and southwest, and the old emperor still occupying most of the fertile and fertile land. Both sides temporarily stood still.
Xihe had already had experience and everything was developing in an orderly manner, while the old emperor's side was becoming increasingly chaotic and uprisings continued.
Another spring, Xihe just came back from the fields. While walking and talking to the old farmer in charge of mulberry farming, a big black dog with smooth fur happily ran far and near. A subordinate hurriedly ran over and handed her a letter: "Old Emperor." At a critical moment, several princes fought for power, and Wu Yan attacked the city gate at night.
Xihe smiled and looked at the sky: the time has come.
(End of chapter)
