Chapter Twenty-Three—Sudden Change of Circumstances (II)

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With the surrounding sky clearing, the current spring in the Demon Spirit Continent has come to an end. The weather gradually warmed up and even became a little hotter, and the people took off their coats and long shirts and replaced them with comfortable short shirts, and the people walking on the streets were very brisk. And in this majestic city, the most conspicuous is a high temple that seems to walk alone in the world. This high hall stands above the top of the city, at the highest point of the city, and above the head of the city hangs a red gold-edged flag. With a large purple character "sealed" written on it, this long hall extends into the distance against a continuous mountain. The highest point of this purple-gold tile and brick royal city is this majestic palace. The three big characters are reflected in the red plaque, which is particularly conspicuous under the sunlight, "Liuyun Palace".

This Liuyun Palace is the royal city of Zhongcheng, the capital of the feudal country, and the most important palace in the royal city. This palace has been the place where the emperor of the feudal dynasty received the courtiers and reviewed the folds for generations. It is also a symbol of the supreme imperial power.

The deep and silent late spring wind on the Liuyun Hall blows in this royal city that stands at the top of Zhongcheng. Liuyun Hall is an important place for the emperors and prime ministers of the past dynasties to deal with government affairs. Of course, there can't be only one palace like Liuyun Hall in this majestic royal city, and the Qingyun Hall behind Liuyun Hall is the residence of the queen.

Walking backwards, there are Taihe Palace, Guangyun Palace, Hanguang Palace, Imperial Garden (Shanglin Garden), Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Liuzhu Palace, Broken Cloud Terrace and so on, along with Liuyun Hall and Qingyun Palace, the two most important palaces in this royal city, forming a very majestic and magnificent building complex, which is the royal city of the feudal country. Magnificent and majestic, full of the breath of history, this royal city is not lost to the Nine Domains Royal City of the Secluded Dynasty back then. The Liuyun Hall is built with marble bricks and tiles, and is built together with the laurel crown of red nanmu. This palace is the most majestic and beautiful, but it is completely different from the Liuyun Hall of Qi Kingdom. Compared with the indifference and depression of the Liuyun Hall of the Qi Kingdom, the Liuyun Hall of the Sealed Kingdom is particularly lively. Today, it is the envoy of the Ming clan who met the emperor of the feudal kingdom and the Holy Emperor, and everyone realized that the stakes were very high. Not only may it cause great trouble to the Qi State, but it may even be related to whether the Feng State can take advantage of the excellent opportunity to send troops to the Qi State to unify the Demon Spirit Continent in one fell swoop and end the confrontation between the two Feng Qi Kingdoms that has lasted for more than three hundred years?

After everyone's imagination and vision for the future, this news has become the thoughts and thoughts of the civil and military officials who have already prepared the draft and even written the recital to prepare for the audience. Today, the civil and military officials all gathered in front of the Liuyun Palace, where the palace gate had not yet been opened, when the sky was still twilight. What they were waiting for was the moment when the messenger of the name would meet the Holy Emperor.

After a quarter of an hour, the sky was already completely bright, and at this time, two guards in purple armor slowly pushed open the heavy and solemn door from both sides. With the opening of this red gold-edged gate, the civil and military officials who were originally standing outside the Liuyun Hall and talking to each other instantly quieted down, and they began to enter the Liuyun Hall in a neat queue.

On top of the Liuyun Palace, behind him was a dragon chair with nine golden edges inlaid with jade, and on this dragon chair sat a man wearing a bronze mask, nine golden belts hanging from his head, and wearing a gold-rimmed dragon robe. This man is the contemporary emperor of the feudal country, the Holy Emperor, the former leader of the Fengzhan Society, and His Majesty the Emperor who reigns over the world today. is still such a bronze mask, which makes it impossible to see his true face. However, the civil and military officials of the current feudal dynasty have already understood this. They were still on both sides of the Flowing Cloud Hall according to their own unhurried steps.

As soon as the civil and military officials finished standing on both sides, a guard had already heard a loud report from outside the Liuyun Palace, "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Ming clan asks to see you!"

"Let him in. ”

On the throne, the voice of the Holy Emperor with a bronze mask was calm, and there was even a rare lightness. The rebellion of the Ming clan was basically under the control of the Holy Emperor before. Now that this Ming clan has made a strong comeback again, it will be a potentially devastating blow to the Qi State. However, the Holy Emperor was not in a hurry to deal with the Qi State, all he was thinking about was how to make the most of it. For example, Huicheng, a city in the south of Qi State, is the first price that the Holy Emperor is ready to offer in this negotiation. If he could, he would open his mouth again and ask for the two important areas of Ruocheng and Donglinguan.

With the introduction of the two guards, a middle-aged man in a white plain robe walked into the Liuyun Hall quickly, kowtowed respectfully three times under the Holy Emperor's throne, and then reported in a loud voice: "Yang Pu, the envoy of the Ming clan, has seen His Majesty the Emperor of the Feudal Kingdom, may Your Majesty be blessed forever, and the four seas will be peaceful!"

The envoy did not hesitate to give any words of praise, but although his words were very nice, the Holy Emperor's attention was not paying much attention to the envoy's words now. He didn't say much, and said straight to the point: "Your envoy, please don't know that the envoy is coming from thousands of miles away, what is the so-called matter?"

Yang Pu is the nephew of the northern elder of the Ming clan, although the Ming uprising is strong, but now the army of the Qi country to the south has gathered in Jincheng to look at the city. The garrison of Linguan in the east was also like a sharp knife in the throat of the Ming rebel army, and the Ming wanted to develop south but did not get an effective opportunity. The counties around Huicheng have all been controlled by the Ming people. It's just that now Huicheng has become a nightmare for the Ming people, and the defenders guarding the city smeared water on the city to make the city wall extremely smooth, and the 30,000 Ming army stormed the city for nearly ten days without taking it. Elder North had no choice but to go to the feudal country in advance to ask for help. As long as the feudal state sends troops to capture Donglinguan and the troops are directed at Jincheng, then the army of Qi going south to quell the rebellion will be shackled, so that the Ming people can get enough time to pacify the south.

Today, Yangpu's first task is to get in touch with the feudal state first and win over the feudal state, a crucial third party. In fact, everyone in the Ming clan is like a mirror, and intervening the feudal state in their battle with the Qi country is actually tantamount to luring a wolf into the room. But they also understand that even if the feudal country does not have their help, they will still enter the Qi country sooner or later, and it is not just their Ming clan that can be changed.

The Holy Emperor knew the identity of this Yang Pu who came yesterday and what he hoped to do in the feudal state. However, the Holy Emperor now also understands that the initiative is in his own hands, and if he doesn't want to send troops, he can't change anything with this Yang Pu alone. Therefore, the Holy Emperor was not in a hurry to speak, but sat silently on the dragon chair, quietly waiting for the envoy Yang Pu below to speak first.

Yang Pu is an impatient, but he also knows that there must be no problems with his speech, otherwise the feudal country will be even more open-mouthed. Ask them for more benefits.

Yang Pu calmed his thoughts, respectfully bowed again, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you must have heard the news of our uprising, and now the tens of thousands of troops of the Qi State are going south to quell the rebellion, and we hope that Your Majesty can provide support, in return, we will provide Your Majesty and the feudal army Huicheng and the thirteen county towns under the rule of Huicheng for your army to recuperate" After speaking, Yang Pu took out a sealed letter from his arms, which was the handwritten letter of the northern elder of the Ming clan.

A eunuch standing behind the Holy Emperor took the letter, and fluently removed the outer seal, and handed the letter inside to the Holy Emperor. The Holy Emperor took a quick glance, and he also roughly understood what Elder Bei meant. He himself did not think about how many troops to use, because in the previous two years, the feudal country had not yet been calm, and the waves of uprisings loyal to the previous monarch Guangwujun rose one after another. However, after three years of unremitting efforts, the Holy Emperor succeeded in quelling the civil strife in the country. Now the country is at peace, the food is sufficient, the armor is strong, and the soldiers serve the Jin Ge Iron Dance. The Holy Emperor also thought that it was time to send troops to attack the Qi Kingdom.

The uprising of the Ming clan is a very good opportunity to some extent, and the Holy Emperor does not need a lot of price codes, so the negotiation of price codes is the most beneficial. The Holy Emperor also felt that it was time, three years of enduring humiliation and burden, and now it can break out in one day, and the army will be dispatched, see how long can the Qi Kingdom hold out?

Now that the Holy Emperor has decided to send troops, it has become an important question of how many troops to send and who will be used. The Saint Emperor squinted at the eight white-clothed old men standing on his right, obviously asking for their opinions. These eight elders are the eight elders of the Feng War Society, and the people who are basically in control of the government of the feudal country are their eight elders.

The eight elders glanced at each other, and they all nodded in unison, and said deeply: "Your Majesty has decided to decide on this matter, and we just have an idea I want to tell Your Majesty."

"Oh?" The Saint Emperor's face gradually deepened, he smiled slightly and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, is it so that we can unify the world of the Demon Spirit Continent?" These eight elders didn't care at all about avoiding suspicion in front of outsiders, and the Holy Emperor naturally didn't care either. In front of the officials of the feudal country, neither the Holy Emperor nor these eight elders cared about the dignity of these outsiders. Even the Holy Emperor, the envoy of the Qi Kingdom, and these eight elders didn't care at all, these eight elders had been following the Holy Emperor since the beginning of the Holy Emperor's establishment of the Sealing War Society, and the eight of them knew the Saint Emperor's character very well. Knowing that although the Holy Emperor was arrogant, he didn't really take this kind of thing seriously. Otherwise, the Holy Emperor would not have basically handed over the major affairs of the court to the eight elders to deal with.

An elder led by the eight elders persuaded in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is actually very risky to send troops to the Qi country, the Qi country has developed rapidly in recent years, the people are healthy and prosperous, and the people are determined. Although the Ming uprising is strong, but they do not get the support of the people, if we want to send troops, should we let this Ming rebel army show their sincerity again" (a good activity for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!Pay attention to ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account!)