Chapter 142

Hong Lei is good at forbearance, even better at disguise, and has many capable people. Just look at the fact that he was able to launch a rebellion under the nose of the Tao of Lust, and finally succeeded in ascending the throne as the king.

It's a pity that half a year after ascending the throne, Hong Lei finally mastered the military and political power in the country, and felt that his throne was as stable as Mount Tai, and then he gradually changed, living a luxurious life, greedy for pleasure, indulging in lust and lust all day long, and rarely dealing with major affairs in the DPRK and China, and all kinds of concerts were piled up.

What's even more excessive is that Hong Lei's old problem of greed and stinginess has flare-up, and he has put a large amount of money in the treasury into his private treasury for his own squandering luxury.

In the face of this situation, several loyal subordinates of Hong Lei advised many times, and many important ministers even joined forces to admonish, but to no avail.

At this time, Hong Lei's suspicion also came.

Hong Lei's suspicion was already serious, but he could still restrain himself before, but after ascending the throne, he gradually became out of control, often suspicious of his subordinates for no reason, and always felt that none of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces could be trusted, they were all treacherous villains, and they always took various opportunities to tempt, and then they were simply exempted from temptation, once they were suspicious of anyone, they were immediately arrested and imprisoned, interrogated to extract confessions, and sometimes tortured!

In the past six months, in addition to Hong Lei's cronies who followed him before boarding the plane, the ministers of the DPRK and China, regardless of their rank, have lived in the prisons of Qi State.

Some of these people who were arrested and imprisoned had extensive connections, and Hong Lei's cronies and important ministers pleaded for them, but they were pardoned and released after staying for a few days.

Others, who have average connections but have a lot of money, bribed the interrogation officials, bought a clean slate, and finally acquitted them, although they broke their families and scattered their wealth, but their lives were finally saved!

However, there are more people, one has no connections, and the other has no wealth, and finally they are tried for all kinds of "crimes", and their heads fall to the ground!

This is the scene of the first half of the year, half a year later, Hong Lei's suspicion became more and more serious, and he began to not let go of even the cronies around him, and the first unlucky one was a cronie in charge of the interrogation.

Someone in the court played an impeachment, saying that he accepted bribes and exonerated sinners, so he was sent to prison by Hong Lei, after a thorough investigation, sure enough, Hong Lei Longyan was furious, and issued an order in court to punish his nine clans, if there is a pleager, the same crime!

Everything is difficult at the beginning, after opening this beginning, Hong Lei no longer has the slightest trust in his former cronies, and they are all treated equally, and because most of these cronies are in important positions at this time, it is easier to attract Hong Lei's suspicion than ordinary ministers!

As a result, the crowd is rolling, Hong Lei's cronies are getting fewer and fewer, an average of one death a month, and the remaining cronies are even more dangerous, many people are worried about how to save their lives all day long, and other things are no longer taken care of!

So, in just one year, Hong Lei became a veritable loner.

This is the court, as for the people, because the treasury was occupied by Hong Lei, he used it to build a palace and seek luxury playthings, and the financial collapse of the Qi State had to increase taxes, after all, Hong Lei dragged the treasury to death, and those bureaucrats could only ask the ordinary people for money. Is it possible that you still want those who are officials to pay? As for those big families, hehe!

In ancient times, the imperial court had always collected a dime, and the officials dared to accept one piece, and then the officials below dared to collect ten yuan, increasing the weight layer by layer. What's more, the taxes of Qi are not light, and now the imperial court is adding heavy taxes!

The people of Qi complained that the people were not able to make a living, and many places that were already poor were full of thieves and bandits.

This is between the Qi people, let alone the Qi army.

After Hong Lei ascended the throne, he took power everywhere, except for Ling Xiao's 600,000 border troops, he didn't dare to touch it, garrisoned troops everywhere, he sent cronies to hold important positions, and some of the troops without the main general (the main general was killed by Ling Xiao when he was in the palace), the cronies sent by Hong Lei were simply the commander immediately and took charge of an army!

In the beginning, these cronies did a good job, paid their salaries on time, never deducted, and some of them did a good job and were very popular with the soldiers. Then, Hong Lei's suspicions became more and more serious, and his cronies around him still suffered heavy casualties, not to mention these people who were in charge of the army?

However, in a month's time, Hong Lei recalled all these cronies who were in charge of the army, and replaced a batch, this batch is not his old ministers, but a new lucky villain, after Hong Lei ascended the throne, he relied on offering beauties, paying tribute to treasures, and slapping horses, all the way up, relying on serving Hong Lei comfortably, so as to gain his trust.

After Hong Lei ascended the throne, these villains have never been broken, at the beginning Hong Lei could still stay sober and not reused, and then he was indulged in pleasure, so he became more and more inseparable from these people.

After all, there are not many people who are proficient in whiskers and horses, and can always come up with good ways to make you happy and make you feel intimate.

Don't think it's easy to pat yourself on the back, it's also a science, and it's quite profound. How many people want to slap the leader's ass, but they end up slapping the horse's leg?

Of course, because Hong Lei's suspicion is very serious, these villains have also suffered a number of casualties. However, because these villains can only slap horses, eat, drink and have fun, their own abilities are mediocre, and there is no power behind them, Hong Lei does not pay attention to it, so it is safe.

These people who were sent out to the army to take charge of the army were selected by Hong Lei, and those with mediocre abilities and outstanding talents were all killed by him. It is these people with mediocre abilities who go out to control the army that Hong Lei can sleep peacefully.

However, Hong Lei may be out of sight, or maybe he doesn't care at all, these people lead troops to fight, and their ability to deal with court affairs is indeed mediocre, but people's ability to steal and play tricks, embezzlement and bribery, that is definitely not to be underestimated!

When such a person goes out to take charge of the army, what the army will be like, you can imagine!

So, Hong Lei has only been on the throne for a year or two, and the whole country of Qi is full of complaints, except for Hong Lei and the corrupt villains around Hong Lei, everyone is in dire straits.

So, a year and a half after Hong Lei ascended the throne, the king of Qi, who suffered from persecution paranoia, finally came to fear. Finally, someone couldn't stand the days of being scared all day long, and really stood up and rebelled.

The leader is Hong Yi, and like Hong Lei, he is a cousin with Hong Anyi.

It's a pity that the rebellion failed, and Hong Yi and the people who participated in the rebellion naturally died without a place to be buried, but the Hong clan people also deserved a catastrophe!

This rebellion made Hong Lei wake up to the fact that the greatest threat to his throne in the entire Qi country was actually the Hong clan. So, Hong Lei reversed the butcher's knife and took the opportunity of Hong Yi's rebellion to start killing the Hong clan, and the blood flowed like a river.

In that year, Hong Lei used various excuses, and sometimes even falsified evidence, to kill the Hong clan of Qi State! Only his own one!

Hong Lei acted so perversely, the people's grievances were boiling, the sergeants were resentful, and hundreds of officials were separated, and even the clansmen were killed by him at this time, but in two or three years, he became a complete lone husband!

At this time, Li Changding was on the cliff of Taigu County, climbing high and looking into the distance, looking at the Heavenly Pillar of Qi Kingdom, most of which were in decline.

The power of a country's heavenly pillar comes from the people in the country, unified with the power of the soldiers, and the law of hundreds of officials is condensed into one, and it is the heavenly pillar. At this time, the people, sergeants, and hundreds of officials all resented Hong Lei, and Tianzhu could not collapse and collapse immediately, it was already a profound foundation of the Qi country!

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