Chapter Eighty-Five: The Will of the World Strikes Back
When Qin Feng completed another large-scale procurement plan in the Overworld and returned to Jinling City, he learned of the earth-shattering upheaval in the Great Qi Imperial Court.
His Majesty the Emperor, who had been under de facto house arrest for more than ten years, the nominal master of the empire, had suddenly launched a palace mutiny the night before. In one fell swoop, he captured and deposed the first assistant Zhang Minzhen, imprisoned his biological mother, and was able to completely regain power.
ββ¦β¦ This little emperor was inconspicuous in the past, but he didn't expect to come out like this now. Zhang Minxin is really a waste of firewood, he has controlled the court for more than ten years, and he was brought down so easily?
Qin Feng read the secret report in front of him several times, and still felt a little unbelievable.
"This is the news sent back by our sect's secret stronghold in Luojing, and it is transmitted by special means, and there will be no mistakes." Yun Qijun, who was standing in front of him, had a complicated expression.
As a hidden sect, it naturally has some secret methods that are not known to ordinary people, which can ensure that the major events that occur in various places are known to the top of the sect as soon as possible. Now Ling Cangshan is working for Zhao Yuanjin, so the specific news of the drastic changes in Luojing has now been copied to the palace of the king of Chu and the mansion of the national teacher.
"Can you see why?" Qin Feng asked.
Yun Qijun shook her head, she was not familiar with the affairs of the court, and besides, something like that had not happened in the past hundreds of years, what could she see?
Of course, as a human immortal, her keen intuition still makes her feel an inexplicable sense of horror and fear in her heart, which always lingers and lingers.
Qin Feng rubbed his eyebrows and was silent in thought.
Just yesterday, the little emperor officially came to the court and announced that Zhang Minxin would be confiscated from home, imprisoned for life, and exiled all relatives. However, there was no large-scale purge of the henchmen of the former first and auxiliary factions. Except for a few confidants and important ministers who did not let go, the rest of the officials adopted the method of small punishments and big admonitions, retaining their original positions to see the after-effects.
This alone can be seen that the emperor's mind and political skills are extraordinarily powerful, after all, when Zhang Min was in power, his henchmen were all over the world, his protΓ©gΓ©s were old, and his neighbors and relatives abounded, and if he really wanted to liquidate on a large scale, there would be few clean people in the court, and the Great Qi Dynasty and Guozuo, which had internal and external troubles, might have to come to an end in a blink of an eye.
"What's going on? Is the will of the world fighting back? Qin Feng frowned and asked the starship hub.
Even if his plan went quite smoothly, he never underestimated the extraordinary powers that could be hidden in this world, such as the legendary will of the world. Since his reckless behavior attracted the attention of the other party last time, it may be for the same reason this time.
"It's very likely that as long as the number of world origins I secretly steal reaches a certain limit, it will easily arouse its vigilance."
The Starship Hub responded, "With my shielding, it can't sense where the stealer is coming from, and it's impossible to lock your identity and coordinates, so it may have adopted another coping strategy." β
"It is to send some thoughts and power to the emperor, help him regain his authority, and then use the power of the human dynasty to search for the foreign invader who may be hidden in the vast number of living beings, and after finding and erasing it, it will naturally prevent the continued loss of the origin of the world."
Qin Feng's face changed slightly, and he asked, "This kind of thing must have happened a lot before, right?" β
"This is one of the contingencies that will inevitably happen to many planes, and I have a detailed record of this in my database, including how to deal with it." The Starship Hub replied calmly.
Qin Feng thought for a moment, after gaining a firm foothold in this world, the mysterious starship secretly extracted more and more world origins, and the amount used for himself was only a small part of it, and most of it was used to repair the starship's own body. It is certain that it is by no means a small amount, and it is no wonder that the will of this world cannot bear it, and it is necessary to personally intervene in the historical evolution process of this world.
"From the standpoint of the will of the world, will this work?" Qin Feng asked thoughtfully.
No matter how wise and powerful this newly opened emperor is, and even has a mind and skill that is not inferior to that of the founding emperor, it is undeniable that he inherited a terminally ill empire, full of corruption, poor people, and a group of heroes who have divided the world, and the government from the court to the local government is basically rotten.
Freezing three feet, not a day's cold. The accumulated shortcomings of the past dynasties have accumulated layer by layer, and it is not an overnight achievement to set things right and clean up the world. But with the current situation of the Great Qi Dynasty, how could there be enough time for this emperor to implement new reforms, promote the good and eliminate the bad, and continue the life of the empire?
Now Jiangnan has completely fallen into the hands of Zhao Yuanjin, the king of Chu, most of Shuzhong has fallen into the hands of Song Xu, Youzhou has fallen into the hands of Ye Mingce, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou and other places have different sizes of princes, and the counties that the imperial court still has the ability to control are not even half. Moreover, there are constant wars in various places, and money is spent like water. How can the imperial court today still have the strength to pacify and recover the lost territory one by one?
Unless this emperor can seize power two or three years earlier, even if it is only a year, the situation may be greatly improved. Now that this is the case, it has actually reached the point where it is difficult to return, even if the Great Qi Taizu is resurrected, he is unable to return to the sky.
"Usually it doesn't help. Of course, it is not absolute, it depends on how much money the will of the world has invested in the emperor's chess piece. The Starship Hub replied.
"Then I'm relieved."
Qin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately got up and ordered to prepare the car, planning to enter the palace to meet Zhao Yuan to discuss.
"You don't seem to care? Do you already understand what happened? Yun Qijun next to him saw that he was stunned for a while, then got up to leave, and couldn't help but ask.
"It's nothing more than some extraterritorial heavenly demon descending to possess it, right?"
Qin Feng said openly: "Even if it has the strength to be close to the true immortal, the deity still obliterates it with one blow, what is there to be afraid of?" β
"So that's the case......" Yun Qijun was stunned, and didn't come back to his senses for a while.
In the council of the royal palace.
ββ¦β¦ The king doesn't need to worry,"
Su Mu said: "We have already occupied the rich land in the south, and we will wait until we get half of the world's qi. Even if this little emperor becomes like Taizu possessed overnight, in the face of the current chaotic and erosive general trend of the world, it is impossible to have the ability to turn the clouds and rain and steal the sky and change the day. β
Zhao Yuan said solemnly: "Having said that, if the emperor puts the primary target of conquest and suppression in Jiangnan, I am afraid that the pressure on us in the short term will not be small." β
Qin Feng said disapprerovingly: "The remaining troops in the Gyeonggi Heavy Land are only 350,000, and the 300,000 troops selected and trained by Zhang Minxin are still being trained, and it will take several months to reach the level of usefulness." At least for half a year, the emperor did not have the conditions to use troops in the south on a large scale. β
In addition to nearly 400,000 elites, as many as 350,000 new troops are being trained, which has in fact surpassed the imperial court and become the largest military and political group in the world.
The emperor wanted to retake the south, even though he had a million soldiers in his hands, he wanted to get his wish in the short term. And the princes of the northern feudal towns will not let him attack the south with peace of mind, and they will definitely make waves at that time, which will make the Great Qi court unhappy.