After Liu Wan listened, she pondered for a while before saying to the emperor: "Long live Qiyu, this year's money and grain taxes are much more than last year, but these money and grain are still in the provinces and have not yet been transported to the capital, and now the households in the capital only have five or six hundred thousand taels of silver. ”

When the emperor heard this, he was a little disappointed, and he originally thought that the treasury would be full, and he would bring all the money to the south, and he would be able to recruit troops and horses, but in the end, only this little silver would be enough to do anything, and I am afraid that it would not be enough to appease these newly recruited soldiers.

In fact, this was all deliberately arranged by Jia Ke.

Jia Ke had long planned to eradicate these royal relatives and nobles, but he never had the opportunity, so he came up with this method, and these people jumped out just to pave the way for their future actions.

Since Jia Ke knew that these people would rebel and where would they leave money and grain for him, Jia Ke ordered early this year that the money and grain of each province should be kept in the treasury of each province for the time being.

So now, the treasury of the household department in the capital is short of silver taels and lacks food, which can be said to be poor and white.

The emperor now feels that the matter is serious, if there is no money and food, no matter how many soldiers are recruited, it will only be a flash in the pan.

"There are still many rich families in the city, can these people donate money and food for the use of the imperial court?"

Liu Wan now feels that the emperor is a little naïve, those rich people are eager to get money from the court, how can they donate their money to the court.

Besides, the court led by the emperor is just stormy, don't even think about getting it back if you donate a penny now, if you don't get it right, you will leave a rebellious reputation, and when Jia Ke comes back, none of them will want to run.

"Long live Lord, I'm afraid it's impossible?"

In fact, the emperor already knew the answer, but he still had the idea of what if.

Since this is the case, the emperor was also ruthless, and said directly to Liu Wan: "You bring some soldiers to copy all these people's homes, and then take their property, let's take all our brains to the south." ”

As a result, as soon as he made this suggestion, the following king Zhongshun did not agree.

"What is the Emperor doing here? Want to dig into our family's roots? ”

The King of Loyalty's words was already very unkind.

When the emperor heard this, he was a little annoyed, turned to glare at the king and said, "Shut up, I haven't let you speak yet." ”

Who knows that since the emperor wanted to sacrifice him just now and appease Jia Ke's anger, he no longer regards the emperor as a relative.

So King Zhongshun glared at the emperor and shook himself.

"Could it be that I, as the son of the first emperor and the hero who saved the emperor, can't even speak now?"

When the emperor saw that King Zhongshun dared to contradict him, he slapped the table and shouted: "Do you still have the emperor in your heart?" Do you think you are my courtier? ”

Originally, the emperor's words were enough to punish him, but the king of Zhongshun didn't buy his account at all, and directly said something that shocked him.

"Mencius told King Qi Xuan: The king regards his ministers as his siblings, and the ministers regard the king as his heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. ”

After hearing this, the emperor couldn't help it anymore, this loyal king really didn't take himself seriously, since this was the case, there was no need to keep him anymore.

I also thought about taking him to the south to give him advice, since he was so disrespectful to himself, there was nothing to say, just kill him, the mastermind of the uprising, maybe Jia Ke could open up after his failure.

"Someone." The Emperor shouted outside the hall.

Then more than a dozen soldiers came in outside the hall, and some of them entered the Qianqing Palace, where they were a little at a loss, after all, it was the first time for these people to enter such a hall.

He didn't blame them, but pointed directly at the king and said, "Take down this traitor for me, pull him out, and put him to death on the spot." ”

As a result, only two or three of the dozen or so soldiers came to capture King Zhongshun, and the others even drew their swords and stood in front of King Zhongshun and these people, looking like they were about to fight.

King Zhongshun saw that the people in front of him were a little familiar, and then thought that this was not the guard in his own mansion?

Only now that King Zhongshun can be regarded as raising his eyebrows, he was bluffed by Niu Jizong, and now he remembers that there are not a few people who are among these soldiers and guards.

The emperor only remembered at that time that this time the incident was contacted by the king of Zhongshun, and naturally he was the one who made the big mistake.

Now many of the soldiers under his command are under his command, and he actually wants to use the soldiers of the loyal king to kill the loyal king.

And the king of Zhongshun is now like lightning, the soldiers outside are all controlled by himself and Niu Jizong, the emperor can be said to be alone, in this case, what is he afraid of?

"Long live Lord, now that the matter is urgent, my brother has to trespass."

After the king had finished speaking, he suddenly drew his sword and filled the past with the few soldiers who wanted to do it to him, and before he could do so, he cut down one of them, and the remaining guards of the palace of Zhongshun saw that even the king of Zhongshun had moved, so they rushed up and cut the two or three men into pulp.

Then King Chungshun, whose face was covered in blood, turned around and walked towards the imperial steps step by step.

And the emperor now stared at his eyes and did not show weakness, and casually pulled out the sword he took from the Fengzao Palace, and confronted the king of Zhongshun in the palace.

And the guards of the King of Zhongshun also surrounded at that time, and these people immediately surrounded the emperor in the middle of the throne, as long as the king of Zhongshun gave an order, the emperor would immediately be in a different place.

"King Zhongshun, what do you want to do? Don't be complacent, after killing me, there will be no place for you in the world. ”

What the emperor said was true, once the king of Zhongshun killed the emperor, not only would Jia Ke kill the king of Zhongshun in the name of revenge, but even the officials of the world would no longer be in the same league as the king of Zhongshun.

It is those princes and nobles outside, the relatives of the emperor, if they know that the loyal king killed the emperor, they will be extremely happy.

At that time, as long as these people catch the king of Zhongshun, they will be able to give Jia Ke an explanation, and they can be regarded as saving their lives.

But King Zhongshun said to the emperor with red eyes: "He Jia Ke can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, can't I serve the Son of Heaven to settle the world?" ”

After the king and the emperor said this, they said to the guards next to them, "Take down the emperor and send him to my palace." ”

Prince Yixiao, who was standing below, saw all this clearly, but he did not say anything to stop it, because in his opinion, the emperor's reputation was already stinking, and King Zhongshun was still a little vigorous, and many people in the royal family had dealings with him, and if King Zhongshun was in charge of the world, there was nothing wrong with it.

And Niu Jizong was standing aside now but didn't say a word, if he could open his mouth at that time, the situation at that time could be resolved immediately, but he didn't say anything.

Now Niu Jizong is thinking about how to get through this difficulty, and he looks at the current situation, he participated in the rebellion and took charge of the soldiers and horses, Jia Ke can't let himself go no matter what, it is better to fight with King Zhongshun, maybe there is a last ray of life.

But although Niu Jizong stood aside and didn't do anything, the other four kings and eight princes couldn't be stunned, these people knew that they had offended King Zhongshun just now, if they really let King Zhongshun control the situation, they would be in a different place if they didn't wait for Jia Ke to come back.

These people were not ambiguous, each drew his sword, summoned his own personal soldiers, and blocked the royal relatives of the loyal king for a while.

Once again, the two sides were at loggerheads in the main hall.

Seeing that the situation was a little bad, Prince Yixiao hurriedly stood up again to block the middle of the two sides, and then said to these people of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes: "Don't be reckless, everyone is a grasshopper on a rope now, if we fight again, it is not Jia Ke who is happy in the end." ”

When Chen Ruiwen heard Prince Yixiao say this, he squinted his eyes and asked, "Did the old prince say this to protect King Zhongshun?" He hijacked the emperor and rebelled, can't we, the loyal ministers, be right? ”

Prince Yixiao knew that if he didn't give an explanation to the people in front of him, the situation in the capital would collapse immediately, and he didn't have to wait for Jia Ke to come back, and these people inside them would run out of vitality.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now we should cooperate sincerely, and when we get through the difficulties, I will ask the King of Zhongshun to apologize to everyone, and I think the King of Zhongshun will not take it to heart with the original matter."

Prince Yixiao paused for a moment and said: "As for Liu Fang's matter, I blame him for being too reckless just now, but when the matter is completed, I will ask the emperor to posthumously seal him and let his descendants inherit the title." ”

It was Wang Bagong and these people who looked at each other and couldn't make up their minds, and finally focused their eyes on Niu Jizong, after all, he was the person in charge of the current capital Bentley, and he was the backbone of the four kings and eight dukes.

Niu Jizong saw that these people from the Four Kings and Eight Dukes were all looking at him, and knew that if he didn't break this deadlock, things would be out of control, so he stood up and said to Prince Yixiao: "The old king can also guarantee that the loyal king will not take revenge for personal gain in the future?" ”

When Prince Yixiao heard Niu Jizong say this, his face showed joy, and he turned around and glanced at King Zhongshun.

King Zhongshun is not a fool, and immediately said: "We had a conflict just now, it was all for the country, there were different opinions, there was no personal grudge, I swear to God here, if there is some revenge in the future, let me cut the whole body with a thousand knives." ”

When the men of the Four Kings and Eight Princes heard that there were steps to go down here, they took their swords back and made way for them.

So these people held the emperor hostage and went straight to the palace of Zhongshun.

At this time, in Ningshou Palace, the queen mother had already changed her outfit.

I saw her: the cicada sideburns and golden hairpins are double-pressed, and the embroidered willow waist is crossed. The chain armor is lined with red yarn, and Zhu Rong falls into the nine heavens.

I saw that the queen mother was dressed in a fiery red robe and holding a spear, although she was not young, she was also heroic.

It turned out that the queen mother knew that King Zhongshun and others had left the palace with the emperor, so she knew that their catastrophe was not far away, so she put on a helmet and crown, carried a spear that was not used all year round, went out of Ningshou Palace, took the maids around her, and went straight to Fengzao Palace.

The Queen Mother also did this to protect Jia Yuanchun and the newborn baby. One is to leave a trace of blood for the dynasty, and the other is that she doesn't want to watch this dynasty be easily obtained by Jia Ke, so she also wants to make a stumbling block for Jia Ke in secret.

When the Queen Mother came to Fengzao Palace, it was already a mess, and Dai Quan was desperately trying to maintain order there, but now, the trees are falling and scattered, who else listens to him?

As soon as the Queen Mother entered the Fengzao Palace, she touched a hand and held a bunch of delicate little eunuchs in her arms.

The queen mother didn't ask for mercy, and from raising her hand was a shot, the little eunuch screamed on the spot and fell in a pool of blood.

This time the others were also suppressed, and they looked up to find that the Queen Mother had already arrived with people.

Dai Quan saw that the Queen Mother seemed to have touched the backbone of the Lord, and came to the Queen Mother in three steps and two steps, knelt down on his knees, and said in a choked voice: "The Queen Mother, you can be regarded as coming." ”

The Empress Dowager looked at the eunuch who betrayed the Emperor and didn't say anything, she directly crossed him and entered the Fengzao Palace.