Three months later, the capital of Great Chu.

The renaming of the capital city to Daxing has not been able to restore the decline of Dachu, which may be an omen.

It was not changed by the current emperor, and the current emperor is not a useless person who pinned his hopes of saving the world and the Yang family on changing his name.

However, he will always feel powerless, with a heart but powerless.

Emperor Yang Jing sat on the dragon chair in the court, looking at the well-dressed courtiers below, and wanted to kill more and more.

How can these people be more than a corpse vegetarian meal?

What is even more shameful and hateful for them is to eat inside and out.

Just a few days ago, the battle report sent by Yang Jiju, the prince of Wu, arrived in Daxing, and what the emperor cared about the most in the battle report was not the battle situation, but something outside the war situation.

The two sentences confronted Boyepo in Dashenzhou, and Prince Wu led the army to win a series of ambushes first, killing more than 12,000 rebels of Yang Xuanji.

Yang Xuanji had to abandon the camp that had just been built and ordered to retreat, retreating for hundreds of miles.

When Prince Wu's army cleaned up Yang Xuanji's camp, they found a large number of things that they had too late to take away.

Among them are a basket full of letters, most of which were written by the ministers of the court to Yang Xuanji.

You don't have to look at what was written in the letter to guess.

As the emperor of the Great Chu Empire, Yang Jing felt sick for a while when he looked at the faces of those people.

He really had the impulse to rush up in his heart, and he couldn't help but open his mouth several times and ordered the Royal Forest Army to pull out these chaotic ministers and thieves and cut them down.

All of them are raided and destroyed, and the court can still have a large amount of income.

But he couldn't.

If all the civil and military forces of this Manchu Dynasty are beheaded, is this court still a court?

He didn't dare.

Once so many people are really killed, will this already distracted country still be able to hold on?

The Emperor listened to the chatter of the people below, but he didn't hear a word in his ears.

From the side door of the main hall, someone called softly twice to Wen Xiudao, the head of the inner chamberlain, and Wen Xiudao looked back and saw that it was a little eunuch with a strange face.

Wen Xiudao frowned at the side door, and asked in a cold voice, "What's the matter?" How dare you disturb when His Majesty is in court? ”

The little eunuch leaned over and said, "Go back to the manager, it's someone from the north who has come back, and he said..... said that he killed the Black Warrior Khan Emperor and was a big stone. ”

This sentence frightened Wen Xiudao's face to turn white suddenly, and his heart beat wildly in an instant.

He subconsciously glanced back at the emperor, and then looked at the civil and military officials below.

After a moment of silence, Wen Xiudao asked, "Who else knows about this?" ”

The little eunuch said: "As far as a few of us on duty know, the person who delivered the letter was so tired that he couldn't hold it until he reached the door of His Majesty's East Study. ”

Wen Xiudao snorted, lowered his voice and ordered: "Take care of people, go and ask the imperial doctor, but don't tell anyone his identity, and don't mention this to anyone again." ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

The little eunuch hurriedly turned around and ran.

Wen Xiudao returned to the main hall, and waited for the talkative adult in the court to finish speaking and retreated, Wen Xiudao waited for the emperor to respond a few words, and then came to the emperor's side.

He lowered his voice and told the matter again, and Emperor Yang Jing stood up violently.

"Scattered."

The Emperor commanded and turned to leave.

Wen Xiudao shouted to disperse, and then quickened his pace to follow.

Leaving the courtiers looking at each other, no one knew what had happened and why the emperor had left in such a hurry.

The emperor strode in front of him, and after walking for a while, he suddenly stopped, and he asked Wen Xiudao, "How many people know?" ”

Wen Xiudao leaned over: "Back to Your Majesty, there are only a few small chamberlains waiting outside the imperial study." ”

"You go and dispose of it."

After the emperor finished speaking, he continued to walk forward, Wen Xiudao's face changed again, and in the end, he only sighed helplessly.

Half an hour later, several little eunuchs in the palace were taken by the forbidden army because they stole His Majesty's treasures in the imperial study because of their own theft.

Not long after, he was outside the gate of this palace and was directly killed.

After another hour, the messenger woke up, and when he saw the emperor, he quickly struggled to get up, and the emperor shook his head and said, "Lie down." ”

He asked, "Fight slaves..... He's dead? ”

The messenger nodded: "Yes...... The ministers and the other seven went north, and only one of the ministers came back. ”

The Emperor asked again, "Is the news accurate?" ”

The person who reported the news said: "It is rumored that the six of them were taken by the black warriors, and they put wild beasts on the street to bite them, and they didn't even leave their bones. ”

The emperor frowned and said, "I'm not asking this, I'm asking about the fact that the broad and invincible Dashi is really dead?" ”

The person who reported the news was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his head and said, "Yes...... Indeed dead. ”

The emperor exhaled heavily, and suddenly he couldn't help but laugh wildly, as if he couldn't control his laughter.

"Hahahaha...... Good, good, good! ”

The Emperor laughed and said, "Good death! ”

Wen Xiudao hurriedly lowered his voice and reminded: "Your Majesty ......"

The Emperor hummed, and then came to his senses.

He was silent for a moment and then said, "Let someone take care of him......"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the person who reported the news, hesitated for a moment and said, "You ..... I will build an unnamed mausoleum in Daxing City, and after you raise it, go to guard the mausoleum. ”

The face of the messenger was gloomy, and after a long time, he leaned over and said, "Minister...... Compliance. ”

The emperor said: "Don't blame me, this matter can't be publicized anyway, I know your loyalty, and I should have given you a reward, but I can't." ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Wen Xiudao and ordered, "Go to the inner treasury of the palace and get a sum of silver for him." ”

After saying that, the emperor turned to leave, and after going out of the door, the emperor's footsteps stopped and laughed a few more times.

"Emperor Heiwu Khan...... Unstoppable, he still claims to be the co-master of the world, and he has not been killed by one of my sword slaves. ”

The Emperor muttered to himself and strode out.

Another hour, the Imperial Study.

The emperor looked at the military report that had just been sent, and his brow was two or three points more sad.

Prince Wu's latest battle report said that the traitor Yang Xuanji was in the camp step by step, only defending and not attacking, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to destroy him in a short time.

After the emperor was silent for a long time, he instructed Wen Xiudao: "Serve the pen and ink." ”

Wen Xiudao hurriedly moistened the pen for His Majesty, picked the tip of the pen again, and then handed the pen to the emperor.

The emperor pondered for a moment, about to put down his pen, and then stopped.

He sighed and said, "If I urge Uncle Wang again, doesn't it seem a bit harsh?" ”

Wen Xiudao leaned over and said, "Prince Wu is indeed quite difficult. ”

The emperor said: "I know that Uncle Wang is difficult, but who can I trust besides him?" ”

After he finished speaking, he picked up a pen and wrote, which probably meant urging Prince Wu to find an opportunity to fight as soon as possible.

Because Yang Xuanji is not the only one who is mighty now, in the past few days, news about rebels from all over the country has been transmitted to Daxing City one after another.

"Your Majesty, the team of the Yuwen family, can it be used?"

Wen Xiudao reminded.

The Emperor immediately looked sideways at Wen Xiudao.

Wen Xiudao was frightened by the emperor's eyes, and hurriedly took a step back, falling to his knees with a thud.

"Slaves and maids are guilty, and slaves and maids should not interfere in government affairs."

The emperor said, "Get up, it's not that I don't know you...... You're right, those people from the Yuwen family can really be used, and they have been training for a year. ”

He picked up his pen again

"Go back and send someone to pass the decree, let them lead the troops to the north, Qingzhou and Yuzhou, these two places are the granaries of Dachu, the most important thing, Uncle Wang is not there, let them go over and guard." ”

"Yes."

Wen Xiudao stood up tremblingly.

The Emperor said, "I know that you are smart, so I ask you what you think of something." ”

Wen Xiudao hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't dare, the slave is stupid." ”

The emperor said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

He asked, "I've always wondered before, those rebel thieves, do they really think they can be emperors?" ”

Wen Xiudao was frightened by these words, how could he answer this question as a eunuch?

After a long while, he replied, "It's all a fool's dream, a group of ......."

Before he finished speaking, the emperor glared at him: "Don't say this kind of sloppy words." ”

Wen Xiudao was so frightened that he leaned over again.

The emperor sighed: "I have thought about it for a long time, these thieves, in fact, few of them really think that they can be emperors, they just want to be a momentary scenery, everyone admires them, and they export as an order...... Many of the rebel leaders in the world dared to proclaim themselves kings, but none of them dared to establish themselves as emperors. ”

He looked at Wen Xiudao: "What does it mean that they have named themselves kings?" ”

Wen Xiudao shook his head, where did he dare to answer anything, he only dared to say: "The slaves are really reckless, I don't know what they think." ”

The emperor said: "Because the king, in the hearts of these thieves, is already the limit of their greed, but what is the meaning of proclaiming himself king?" ”

He suddenly smiled and said, "How about I come to give them the title of king?" ”

This sentence made Wen Xiudao think that the emperor was sick and stimulated, so he began to talk nonsense.

But he didn't dare to say it, how dare he comment on the emperor's thoughts.

The emperor said: "Yang Xuanji proclaimed himself king, Li Brother Hu proclaimed himself king, Dou Yuande proclaimed himself king, Kou Nianhai proclaimed himself king, and Qiu Songji also proclaimed himself king...... And these thieves, one by one, the titles they think of themselves are like comparisons, and everyone wants to suppress others in their names. ”

"If you dare to proclaim yourself the King of Heavenly Destiny, I will dare to proclaim yourself the True King...... Children are like families, they want the throne, and I give them the official one. ”

The emperor said with a smile: "Qingzhou thief Qiu Songji proclaimed himself the king of Linhai, with 150,000 soldiers, and Gao Shushen, another thief in Qingzhou, proclaimed himself the king of Zhenhai, he has 100,000 soldiers, a knife, a knife, you said that if I give Gao Shushen, a slightly weaker one, declare the decree to be crowned king, and ignore Qiu Songji, will Qiu Songji be furious?" ”

Wen Xiudao then woke up to the emperor's thoughts.

His eyes lit up: "Your Majesty has given those rebels the title of king and let them pacify the place, so that the other rebels in the local area will definitely target them, and they will also turn against each other." ”

Then he woke up again.

"But Your Majesty, the matter of sealing the king is not a child's play, once the decree is announced to the world, the people will ...... The Manchu civil and military forces will also ......"

There were some things he didn't dare to say directly, but he knew that His Majesty must understand what he meant.

The Emperor let out a long breath and said, "Do you think that what you think, I haven't thought about it?" I gave the traitor the title of king, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would scold me for being dumb and unreasonable, and scolding me for being a faint king. ”

The Emperor said, "But can I count on them?" I have given them the title of king, will they be able to quell the rebellion? If they can, I will also give the Manchu Dynasty the title of king. ”

The Emperor's fingers slammed on the table.

"I'm still on my own......"

After a while, he instructed: "You send someone to Qingzhou to spread the decree, and make Gao Shushen the king of Linhai, and the same lord and the king of the imperial court, plus a hereditary replacement, this kind of thing, Gao Shushen will be crazy." ”

The name of this Linhai King is Qiu Songji's, and Gao Shushen's name is the Zhenhai King.

The emperor said: "If this can work, let those traitors kill each other and fight each other, what if I make him dozens of kings?" ”