Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Fall of the Western Regions
The royal capital of the Western Regions.
In the middle of the square, thousands of captives were tied to their knees, and beside each captive, a executioner stood beside him.
Ye Gucheng stood proudly on the high platform, looked at the people coldly, and said slowly: "Some people admonish, convince people with virtue, saying that the Western Regions is a state of etiquette, and the soldiers are patriotic and not wrong!"
Sun Xiang silently looked at the back in front of him, these words were his advice.
Ye Gucheng waved his hand, and Shangguan Jun was pushed out of the high platform by two soldiers, and immediately knelt on the ground.
Shangguan Jun lost his previous arrogance, looked embarrassed, and when he saw the situation in the square, his face suddenly turned like earth.
Ye Gucheng glanced at the person beside him, and said indifferently: "Shangguan Jun, what about you, surrender, or choose to be generous with your soldiers?"
"I'm willing to surrender, as long as you don't kill me, let me do whatever I want. The strong desire to survive made Shangguan Jun choose to ignore the anger of the soldiers.
Ye Gucheng smiled and said slowly: "Your soldiers, fight for you, die for you, and you, but you want to live!"
This sentence, like a sharp blade, pierced into the heart of every captive.
"Kill!" Ye Gucheng's tone was as cold as ice.
Shangguan Jun was shocked, and was about to speak, but he felt a pain in his neck and fell to the ground.
Looking at the prince who died tragically, whether it was the people or the soldiers, they were surprisingly calm, perhaps, in their hearts, from the moment Shangguan Jun opened his mouth to beg for mercy, he was no longer the prince of the Western Regions.
"You are all heroes, of course, heroes who do not belong to Huaxia, and, remember one thing, always keep it in mind, the land you step on is called Huaxia Kingdom!" Ye Gucheng's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Chop!"
The knife fell, and thousands of human heads fell to the ground in an instant.
At this time, the people were completely frightened, and they couldn't imagine that Ye Gucheng really killed the prisoners.
Similarly, Sun Xiang's face was unusually ugly, and he even began to regret introducing a demon.
"I'm not a benevolent person, never have been! So, don't reason with me, let alone talk to me about civilized etiquette, my territory, I have the final say. Ye Gucheng didn't care about what people thought of him, and continued to say in a deep voice: "So, you always remember clearly, the law I set is the law of Huaxia, whether you obey or disobey, don't let me see who violates it, otherwise, they will be your end." β
Such an undisguised threat warning has never been seen in all dynasties!
For Ye Gucheng, the people gradually felt that this person must be a madman, and they began to worry about the future of Huaxia Kingdom.
Soon, the Chinese law was issued to every city.
Abolish the original land system and re-plan.
Abolish slavery, abolish the fighting ring.
Just these two items immediately set off a monstrous wave in the entire Huaxia country.
Landlords, aristocratic families, slave owners protested.
Unlike Shangdu, their fate this time was even more bleak, and their heads were hung on the city wall in blood.
In this regard, the entire Chinese empire was completely boiling, and they accused tyranny, of course, such people are people whose own interests are seriously damaged, on the other hand, the poor people and slaves who are struggling at the bottom of the ladder are suddenly reborn.
As for Shangguan Qi, after the fiasco, the remnants of the army were unstable one after another, and they were encircled and suppressed in various places, and all the people rebelled and left, and finally they were killed by their own soldiers to invite merit, and the Shangguan family completely disappeared from people's memory.
Under the rule of Ye Gucheng, Wang Du gradually regained his life, and all walks of life began to become regular again, and the thriving scene finally reappeared a few months later.
However, the most incredible thing for the Chinese people is that although Ye Gucheng lives in the palace of the royal city, he does not claim to be the king, and still regards himself as the commander.
Sun Xiang was very dissatisfied with this, and led the officials to speak many times, after all, there are ministers and no kings, what kind of system is it!
Ye Gucheng naturally did not take it seriously, and directly dismissed it.
Zhang Yi knew the temperament of the commander, and there was no other way than to smile bitterly.
A few days later, the frame of Shangdu, escorted by soldiers and special operations regiments led by Wasp, also entered the royal capital.
This is the second time Li Yueli has stepped into the royal capital, and she has an indescribable feeling in her heart.
Li Yueli was arranged to live in the palace of the original queen, Taihe Palace!
For this reason, most of the civil and military generals led by Sun Xiang began to admonish again, in their opinion, Ye Gucheng acted deviantly and shamelessly.
What kind of place is the Taihe Palace? It was the queen's residence, and Li Yueli lived as a slave, wouldn't she slap them in the face?
Even though the Western Regions Kingdom has now become the Huaxia Kingdom, however, the traditions of the Western Regions Divine Prefecture cannot be tarnished, and the dignity and inferiority and order cannot be disordered, otherwise, it is no different from an ignorant barbarian!
Ye Gucheng looked at Hulala, a large number of kneeling subordinates, and his eyes were beating with anger.
"Please take back the commander's order, Li Yueli is the daughter of a criminal minister, and she is a slave, even if the commander loves her, she can't mess with etiquette. Sun Xiang ignored the Tie Qing face of the man on the throne and continued to kneel.
"The ministers seconded the proposal and asked the commander to retract the order. Dozens of officials bowed again.
Ye Gucheng really wants to kill!
If it weren't for the fact that Huaxia was in ruins, it was the time to employ people, and he really wanted to order all these officials to be pushed out and beheaded.
forcibly suppressed the urge to kill in his heart, and said slowly: "Who told you that Li Yueli is a slave?"
Sun Xiang was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand Ye Gucheng's intentions.
"The decree abolished Li Yueli's status as a servant. Ye Gucheng seemed to think that the impact was not big enough, and continued to say in a deep voice: "At noon tomorrow, this commander will officially marry Li Yueli. β
At this moment, not only Sun Xiang's color changed, but also civil and military officials and even Zhang Yi couldn't help but be stunned.
In the whole hall, the only one who did not react was the officials of the Xuanyuan clan, and the Nu people were not so particular, so naturally they would not make a fuss.
"Commander-in-chief. Sun Xiang was angry and scolded: "The wife has always been noble, famous and beautiful, Li Yueli has been a slave, this alone, she is not worthy of being a wife, not to mention the face of Huaxia that is related to this moveγγγγγγ β
"Sneer?" Ye Gucheng was happy, and immediately, he said coldly: "Whoever dares to laugh, I will kill whomever I want." Worthy or unworthy, what you say doesn't matter, what I say counts, I, Ye Gucheng, will only marry one person in this life, she must be Li Yueli, and she can only be Li Yueli. β
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"Shut up. Ye Gucheng stood up suddenly, stared at Sun Xiang coldly and said: "Don't think that I really won't kill you, there is no shortage of talented people in Huaxia, you remember it for me, keep it in mind, as a minister, you can admonish, but you will never allow disobedience." β
After finishing speaking, Ye Gucheng threw his hand away, completely ignoring the many officials who were still kneeling down.
Sun Xiang was completely stunned!
Such a politician who disregards the will of the people and insists on going his own way is a taboo for the country, and Ye Gucheng will be a big disaster that will disrupt traditional etiquette.
It seems that there is a way to stop the commander from continuing to be wrong!
Taihe Temple.
Li Yueli was sitting on the dresser to make up, and a maid entered with excitement on her face.
"Miss, do you know? The commander insisted on marrying you as his wife today in the main hall despite the opposition of his ministers, and threatened to marry you at noon tomorrow. When she heard about the hall, she immediately ran to tell her not to say anything, and changed her title directly to Miss.
Li Yueli was stunned, as if she couldn't imagine that Ye Gucheng would act like this.
"See Commander-in-Chief. The servants outside the temple immediately saluted.
(It is explained that in this era, there were no eunuchs and palace maids who served the emperor specifically.) οΌ
When the maid saw Ye Gucheng coming in, she retired very interestingly.
In the Taihe Palace, there were two people left at once.
Ye Gucheng took Li Yueli's comb and gently combed her hair, his eyes showing a rare soft color. "I've had people make the dresses overnight, and we'll get married tomorrow, so that no one can say anything to you. β
Li Yueli sat quietly like this, her heart was very conflicted, Ye Gucheng was the person she had liked, and she was also the person she hated the most in her life, she thought she would hate it forever, but I don't know when it started, the resentment in her heart slowly faded.
"I know you hate me, but I don't care. Ye Gucheng combed it very carefully, as if every strand of hair was a treasure, and slowly continued: "I just want to protect you, even if you want me to die." β
Ye Gucheng knew that he was sorry for Xuanyuan Xiu when he said this, but he couldn't control it!
In the past few months, in addition to often dreaming of Xuanyuan Xiu and Zhang Yueli's accusations against him, more of a complaining face of Li Yueli!
He began to miss Li Yueli, and he missed it so strongly that after he occupied the royal capital, he directly ordered the wasp to escort Li Yueli here.
Li Yueli still maintained a quiet posture, but her eyes rarely showed a hint of softness.
However, what Li Yueli didn't know was that at this moment, in Ye Gucheng's eyes, it was Xuanyuanxiu's face that appeared in the bronze mirror.
Syllable!
The comb in Ye Gucheng's hand fell unconsciously.
Li Yueli looked back at the comb on the ground suspiciously, her gaze moved up, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
Ye Gucheng's expression was sluggish, and his whole person was like petrification.
Left Prime Minister's House.
"Prime Minister Zuo, if the commander really marries Li Yueli tomorrow, we are afraid that Huaxia Kingdom will really become the laughing stock of other countries. β
Several officials gathered, both civil and military.
Sun Xiang pondered for a moment and said slowly: "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to let the Confucian scholars of the academy march in protest, hoping that the commander will know how to judge the situation and stop the misconduct." β
"This is a brilliant plan!" a civil official praised again and again.
The great Confucian family never participated in the government politics, and was deeply supported by the world for advocating etiquette to govern the country, which was the foundation of the country.
"Also, we need to ask the temple for help. Another civil servant pointed out the most important link directly.
"Don't worry!" Sun Xiang said in a deep voice: "The temple advocates the order of respect and inferiority the most, and the commander's move is unconventional, not only will the temple not send a divine envoy to bless it, but it is even likely to ask an oracle to stop it." β
"So, I'm relieved!"
The officials' expressions were relaxed.
"Master Wu, the matter of the Confucian scholars in the academy, I will bother you to go. β
"Zuo Xiang rest assured, he will definitely live up to his mission, and retire first after studying at night. A civilian officer hurriedly left for deployment.
A silent storm is coming!