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The Divine Revelation Continent is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, and the Qingyun Empire just occupies the largest section of the richest middle of the entire continent, and in the middle of the Tianning Plain, there is a majestic and magnificent city, with three thick city walls tightly guarding the most solemn and luxurious palace county in the innermost circle. The outermost city wall is as high as 30 meters, the circumference is up to 100 miles, there are nearly three million people living in the outer city and the middle city, the scattered and orderly street market, the people shoulder to shoulder with the wonderful and gorgeous carvings, all show the prosperity and heritage of this 10,000-year-old city, this is the first city of the Divine Apocalypse Continent, the imperial capital of the Qingyun Empire, Zhongjing Holy City.

The inner city is the imperial city, the imperial city is square, there are countless towering palaces inside, but the main color is gorgeous silver, the heavy eaves spire, like a sharp sword piercing into the sky, sharp, majestic, domineering, extremely glorious can do. And in the middle of the many spires is the center of the imperial city - Yongtai Palace, which is a separate palace covering an area of more than 100,000 square meters, three straight avenues from Chongxuan Gate to the main hall, Yongtai Hall is located on a high platform of 80 meters, on the high platform can overlook the entire Zhongjing Holy City, the overall tone of this hall is extremely bright red. The whole hall is supported by 57 red jade pillars with a diameter of nearly one meter and a height of 30 meters, but the roof is not a spire, but a circular dome that is not seen in the whole continent, and the whole hall is also perfectly circular. If you walk into the main hall, at the end of the huge hall is a statue of the emperor, this is a full-body portrait of an old man, the old man of this statue holds an axe in his left hand, holds a pen in his right hand, looks at the sky with his head high, his face is full of compassion, the viewer is infected by his image of great wisdom, courage and compassion, and gives birth to a lot of awe, this whole statue is actually carved with a peerless jade called hate sky blue as a whole, there is no trace of splicing, and I don't know where to find a whole piece of such a huge hate sky blue jade, in the entire Divine Revelation Continent, It is impossible to find a complete piece of blue that is larger than a table, and the material of this statue alone is priceless.

Under the jewel statue is a huge golden throne, on which ten people can sit at least, but at this time there is only one old man dressed in extremely graceful and luxurious clothes, the old man wears a crown shaped like a war helmet, the crown is inlaid with all kinds of strange gems, extremely magnificent, but on the top of the crown is a black gem as black as an egg that can absorb light. The crown seems to be quite weighty, the old man is a little lacking in energy, from time to time to hold the crown, his face is thin, his eyes are deep, he can faintly see bloodshots, and he can't tell how old he is, because his complexion is whiter, his skin is still shiny and elastic, and his face is beardless, his face is square, and he has a pair of extremely long pointed ears.

The old man lifted the heavy crown again, looked down at the ministers and officials sitting on the stairs in two arcs under the throne, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me all of you, how to deal with the bandits in the south?" ”

The two sides of the main hall suddenly resounded with a tidal wave of discussions, and after a while, a minister on the steps on the left stood up and said: "Holy Lord, Weichen thinks that it is impossible to take it by force, and it can be helped, the mob is ignorant, and only asks for food and clothing, and the Holy Lord has issued an edict to recruit peace with the virtue of Huaitian, presumably the thieves will be grateful, and bow their heads and call their ministers......"

As soon as the minister finished speaking, another tall minister stood up and said: "No, the Holy Lord must not tolerate the rebels, and send the imperial army to crush them with the power of thunder, so that all the thieves in the world know that I am a heavenly emperor, if I am a little weak, there will be more unruly people to follow suit, and the situation will be even more unimaginable......"

"Master Di has a point, we can't set this precedent, there are so many thieves in the world, if they all go to recruit An, how much will it cost......"

"I still think Lord Jade's proposal is feasible, after all, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to use a small amount of money to avoid military disasters......"

For a while, the hall argued about these two proposals, and gradually divided into three factions, one faction held an attitude in favor of Zhao'an, and the other faction opposed Zhao'an, and there was still a group of people who were in the minority, but most of them were sitting closest to the throne, and they looked at each other, but no one talked.

The old man on the throne is the current Emperor of the Qingyun Empire, Helaheng, since his grandfather Hera Juele was beheaded by an unknown old man under the imperial capital of the Golden Light Empire, the imperial family fought endlessly for the throne, and finally under the compromise of various factions, he was selected from his grandchildren to be the emperor. Emperor Helaheng Yongtai has reigned for more than 60 years, but after his accession to the throne, the country's strength has gradually declined, and in recent years, natural disasters have continued, and people from all over the country have flocked to rebel. Even with three thousand years of wealth accumulation, in the face of the raging rebellion, Helaheng gradually became weak, and the imperial power could reach the place directly, from the most boundary of the empire in the early days of his accession to the throne, it has shrunk to less than five nearby states. Hera Heng didn't like the court meeting, but he received the news of Pang Yongchang's defeat yesterday, which shook the government and the opposition, so he had no choice but to re-enter this hall and hold a big court meeting. In the face of this group of ministers who only knew how to argue and had no real material, Helaham felt even more tired, and only hoped that which courtier would voluntarily stand up and settle the thieves, so that he could return to the harem and continue to enjoy his countless babies.

Hera Heng looked at the two factions on both sides who were arguing, and then his eyes fell on the few people closest to his throne, and Hera Heng smiled at a minister and said, "Li Aiqing, tell me, how should this Liu Zhibang deal with it?" ”

Minister Li looks to be in his sixties, although there is a little gray hair, but the body is straight, full of spirit, Minister Li saw Helaheng asking, stood up and said loudly: "My lord Sheng'an, in the opinion of the ministers, now the eight states of the Qingyun Empire are in chaos in four states, the root cause of which is that the natural disasters for many years, the people have no way to live, this is instigated by traitors, and they are committed to rebellion, and even more local tyrants support their own troops, skillfully borrow their names, and ask for countless money and grain from the imperial court. It's not the best policy......"

When Helaheng heard what Minister Li said, he was thinking about the court everywhere, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Then according to Li Aiqing's intentions, what is the best policy?" ”

Minister Li looked at the ministers who had quieted down, a trace of contempt and pride flashed in his eyes, and then continued: "According to Weichen's opinion, when it is possible to use great power to mobilize the tyrants from all over the country to quell the rebellion, the Holy Lord should know that now there are thieves everywhere, but most of them are small groups of rebels, none of them are worried, and those who have become a climate are none other than Guoerhan in Tongyang Prefecture, Song Xiao in Daliang Prefecture, Qingyi Army in Wutang Prefecture, and Liu Zhibang in Wumang County, Nanqiong Prefecture. Although the number of Guoerhan claims to have 300,000 soldiers, there are less than 100,000 people with combat power, and there are checks and balances of the Cao family in Tongyang, so it is difficult to make a difference. Song Xiao of Daliangzhou is brutal, although he is brave, he is just a horseman. The Wutangzhou Green Shirts are a bit tricky, they have already occupied the territory of two counties, and the thugs under them have exceeded 300,000, which should not be underestimated. Although these three rebels are hateful, in Weichen's opinion, they are not as good as Liu Zhibang of Wumang County, Nanqiong Prefecture, and everyone has read Pang Yongchang's battle report, so they must no longer despise this traitor who only has tens of thousands of soldiers. Liu Zhibang started from a small tribe, united with the untouchables in the mountains and wilderness, first defeated the defenders of Xia Yuan City, and then defeated the tens of thousands of troops in Luyang, Wumang County, and even the once glorious 'Shun Heaven' was slaughtered and incorporated by him. Not only that, Liu Zhibang was less than 10,000 troops to annihilate the Jinguang Empire's 40,000 vine armor army, and later even Du Yan more than 100,000 people were defeated by more than 20,000 people, in just a few months, he was able to organize 60,000 elite soldiers, with a thunderous momentum to break Pang Yongchang's 210,000 army, even the Black Dragon Army was not his opponent, almost wiped out. Such a strong bandit army has rarely been seen for thousands of years, and this Liu Zhibang is the biggest enemy of my Celestial Empire today. According to the report, this person is resourceful and ambitious, and now he occupies the big granary of Wumang County, which is even more powerful, if it is allowed to develop, I am afraid that it will become a big ......trouble for my henchmen in a few years."

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