Chapter 161 - Destroy Luoyang City
"Master Du, look at that celebration, his arrogant and domineering face is simply unsightly, and he is too deceitful!"
The ministers who were driven out of the imperial city by Fu Qinghe with the Praetorian Guards gathered around one after another, discussing today's events.
"Yes, Lord Du, you are the head of the hundred officials appointed by His Majesty, and you have to be the master of this matter!" A minister took Du Rangneng's arm and said with a sad face.
"Calling the shots? How to do the Lord? Do you want to take the old man's head and collide with the man's steel knife? Du Rangneng shook off the minister's hand and said angrily.
"Lord Du's words are wrong, your lord is the person Your Majesty relies on the most, how can he sit idly by and ignore it now because he is afraid of power? How can this be worthy of His Majesty's ardent expectations? King Ji cleared his throat, walked in front of Du Rangneng, and said in a deep voice.
"My lord, you must know that in this world, all the feudal towns in the world are eyeing the Tang Dynasty, if we delay in establishing a new monarch and lose the orthodox righteousness, what will we do to resist these wolf ambition feudal towns? If the adults really have a heart, this king has his own way to solve this arrogant and domineering Fu Qinghe. ”
"What does the prince mean by this?" Du Rangneng stopped, glanced at King Ji, and said in surprise.
"My lord, it's not convenient to talk here, let's talk about it in my house."
King Ji saw that Du Rangneng's expression was a little loose, and he couldn't help but look happy, and secretly thought in his heart that if he got Du Rangneng's support, it would not be easy to control the court.
"This ...... Okay......" Du Rangneng hesitated for a moment, then turned to the ministers who followed him and said, "You go back first, and the old man will go to the prince's mansion first." ”
"Yes."
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"General Fu, how have the people in the city been transferred in the past few days?"
In Ziwei Palace, Joey changed his anger just now, and sat quietly on the main seat for many years, Wei Ruqian also came out from behind the scenes, and at the same time, there were also Scar and Ma Jianying.
Originally, Scar and Ma Jianying should still be in their respective defense areas at this moment, defending against enemies in their respective directions, but after they received Zhao Fan's letter, they left a part of their troops and hurried back to Luoyang City, and Ma Jianying, who was responsible for defending Zhu Wen, withdrew all the horses and horses, and at this moment they were all quietly hiding in various small mountain villages on the outskirts of Luoyang.
"Don't worry, the people in the city have basically moved outside the city, in order to avoid startling the snakes, the people who live in the city now are all soldiers of our Heavenly Mandate Army, and the final general will arrange them in the people's residential areas, pretending to be those people who have been transferred out, in case the plan is exposed." Fu Qinghe nodded and said softly.
In the past few days, with the help of Ma Jianying and Scar, Fu Qinghe has taken advantage of the curfew every night to secretly transfer all the people in the city out, and declared to the outside world that these people are going to other cities to support construction, but in fact, these people were actually sent to Dengzhou, in order to avoid the next big war and bring too many casualties to the people.
Under Joey's deliberate arrangement, those princes and ministers who were already indifferent to the life and death of the people did not find anything, and occasionally one or two ministers felt that something was wrong, and they were also prevaricated back by various excuses, plus the affairs of the court are now complicated, and they are busy arguing about the establishment of a new king, so they have no time to take care of these idle matters.
As for those officials who really love the people like children, they were arranged by Du Rang clearly, although they did not tell them all about the plan, but it was enough for them to understand what to say and what not to say.
"Then Your Majesty's plan to burn the city has been arranged?" Joey nodded, glanced at Fu Qinghe appreciatively, and asked slowly.
"The last general has been arranged, according to His Majesty's orders, a large amount of charcoal has been buried under the entire Luoyang City, and 10,000 barrels of fire oil have also been hidden in all corners of Luoyang City, all of which are connected together with the lead of the thunderbolt, and a thunderbolt is tied to each barrel, almost all of the thunderbolts in our inventory have been used up."
Fu Qinghe looked at Joey and asked with some hesitation, "Niangniang, do we really want to completely destroy Luoyang City?" ”
Joey was silent, if she had a choice, why would she ever want to destroy Luoyang City? After all, she has been here for a long time, and many things in the city have been handled by her, and there are many soldiers who have paid their precious lives to protect the city, but now she wants to destroy it with her own hands, how can she feel good in her heart.
But for the sake of Zhao Fan's plan, she could only choose to do this!
In order to completely bury those ambitious rebellious ministers and thieves, those princes and ministers who are dissatisfied with Zhao Fanmian and eyeing the throne, and completely bury them in this Luoyang City, everything is worth it.
"General Fu, this is Your Majesty's will, since Your Majesty has arranged it this way, there is naturally a reason for him." Seeing that the atmosphere was a little solemn, the scars of the gang hurriedly lifted Fu Qinghe's calf lightly and said softly.
"This is also true, it is the last general who is abrupt." Fu Qinghe was mentioned by Scar, and then looked at the heaviness on Joey's face, so he naturally reacted immediately, and immediately began to change the topic and said, "Niangniang, the weapon workshop and all the children of the Mo family, including Miss Menghan, have been safely sent to Dengzhou City, and when the situation is stable, they will be taken back to Chang'an." ”
Hearing this, Joey finally smiled with relief, and now what she cares about the most, in addition to Zhao Fan and Wei Ruqian, as well as the close generals of the Heavenly Mandate Army, there are only Liu Menghan and those Mo family children.
"It's really hard for the general, now that Your Majesty is not here, everything in Luoyang City will be entrusted to the generals." Joey stood up, and Wei Ruqian on the side also stood up and saluted the three of them together.
"Two mothers, what are you doing, you can't help it, you can't help it!" The three fierce generals who fought with thousands of troops and horses on weekdays and their faces remained unchanged at all, but they panicked for a moment, and hurriedly jumped to the side, not daring to accept the salute of the two.
"What's the trouble of the two mothers, we are all Your Majesty's courtiers, and it is our duty to be loyal to Your Majesty." Scar looked at Joey and Wei Ruqian, and said helplessly.
"Yes, everything is for Your Majesty's great cause, if it weren't for Your Majesty's benevolence and benevolence, I, Ma Jianying, would have been in a different place for a long time, and even the last general's small life was given by Your Majesty, so why not work hard." Ma Jianying nodded and said with a look of approval.
"In this way, thank you to the three generals." Joey and Wei Ruqian glanced at each other and said in unison.
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A thread that affects the whole book is about to emerge...
(End of chapter)