Chapter 212: Soldiers are coming to the city
As the civilian taxes of the Shenwu Empire were only three layers, the news that the Shenwu Empire's Heaven Swallowing Gate recruited disciples among the commoners spread in the territory of the Qianlong Empire, and more and more civilians of the Qianlong Empire joined the riot to overthrow the regime of the Qianlong Empire.
At this time, in order to deal with the discord of the Shenwu Empire, the Qianlong Empire posted tax-free emperor lists in various cities across the country that had not yet been occupied by the Shenwu Empire.
Although the royal family of the Qianlong Empire has made timely remedies, but because of the tyranny of the Royal Family of the Qianlong Empire over the years, it has already lost trust in the minds of the people, and when this tax-free imperial list is posted, only a small number of timid people have given up the idea of rebelling against the royal family of the Qianlong Empire, but more people want to become a member of the Shenwu Empire.
With the assistance of countless civilians of the Qianlong Empire, the army of the Shenwu Empire only took three days to successfully occupy several important cities around the imperial capital of the Qianlong Empire, but also occupied the two most important military fortresses of the Qianlong Empire without blood, and finally completed the siege of Yuen Long City, the imperial capital of the Qianlong Empire.
At this time, Yuen Long City, because the civilian soldiers fled from the army, resulting in the entire Yuen Long City defenders only less than 10,000 remaining, after learning that the Shenwu Empire had completed the siege of Yuen Long City, those families in Yuen Long City were like ants on a hot pot, because these family leaders knew very well that with the little force organized by their families, they could not stop the attack of the Shenwu Empire at all, and many family leaders quietly sold their assets. Prepare to escape the Hidden Dragon Empire and develop in other empires.
"These damn pariahs. We have already promulgated the royal list of tax exemptions, and they are still eating inside and out. The dead fat man who assisted the Shenwu Empire in his plot to seize my country, as well as those damned families, I collected heavy taxes to support them, and when I needed them the most, these bastards actually sold their family property and fled!"
"When the reinforcements of the Tang Empire arrive, let me tide over this difficulty, I must destroy your nine clans. In the palace of the Qianlong Empire, Jin Zhongyu learned that there were more and more civilians rioting, and those families in Yuen Long City sold their property and absconded. Angry, he directly smashed his most beloved inkstone, and looked at the ministers who were kneeling sparsely below, jumping up and down in anger.
Seeing Jin Zhongyu standing in front of the dragon chair and scolding, the ministers kneeling below were all frightened, in fact, they also knew very well that the Hidden Dragon Empire had entered the countdown to destruction, but they were still holding a fluke mentality at the beginning, thinking that the imperial list could save the hearts of the people.
As a result, when these ministers found that this tax-free emperor list was powerless and wanted to flee the Hidden Dragon Empire with their families, Jin Zhongyu ran away because of those families. Someone was sent to monitor all their families, making them regret that they didn't flee Yuen Long City in the first place.
And now there are less than 10,000 defenders in the entire Yuen Long City, and the letter asking for help from the Tang Empire has been sent for several days, but the Tang Empire has not replied for a long time. This means that the Tang Empire will definitely not send people to assist their Hidden Dragon Empire, and in such a situation, Jin Zhongyu still fantasizes about being able to turn defeat into victory. All the ministers present were clearly aware that Kim Zhongyu was caught in a demonic obstacle.
"Father, I just received a message from the Flying Eagle from the Tang Empire. While these ministers were kneeling on the ground and making their own small calculations, Jin Xizong, the crown prince of the Qianlong Empire, ran into the main hall from the outside with a bamboo tube. He shouted with joy on his face.
When the angry Kim Chung-woo heard Kim Hee-jong's report, an ecstatic smile suddenly appeared on his face. He couldn't wait to shout to Jin Xizong: "Emperor, hurry up and give me the letter." ”
Jin Zhongyu took the bamboo tube from Jin Xizong's hand, poured out the letter from it, opened it and looked at it, the smile on his face instantly froze there, tore the letter in his hand to shreds three times and five times, and roared angrily: "This damn Tang Empire actually turned its back on forgetfulness and kicked us away after using our Hidden Dragon Empire." ”
For Jin Zhongyu and the ministers present, the Tang Empire is their last hope, and the Tang Empire's renunciation and forgetfulness is undoubtedly the last straw in Jin Zhongyu's heart, which means the end of their Hidden Dragon Empire.
The ministers present at this moment were no longer as calm as before, because they knew that the Shenwu Empire had completed the siege of Yuen Long City, and without the assistance of the Tang Empire, they would no longer have a way to turn defeat into victory and stop the invasion of the Shenwu Empire.
Just when all the ministers were worried about the future of the Qianlong Empire, a minister suddenly covered his stomach, pretending to be unbearable, and said to the angry Jin Zhongyu: "Your Majesty! ”
The minister's words, for Jin Zhongyu, were like adding fuel to the fire, making the muscles on Jin Zhongyu's face twitch slightly, his teeth clenched, and his eyes flashed with irrepressible anger, like an enraged lion, roaring: "Get out! Get out of here." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the minister heard Jin Zhongyu's roar, hurriedly said thank you respectfully, and immediately got up from the ground holding his stomach and hurried towards the outside of the main hall.
Seeing their colleagues running out of the hall with their stomachs in their arms, the other ministers present suddenly came to their senses, how could they not understand at this moment that the colleague who had escaped just now was not because of a stomachache, but because he knew that the fall of the Qianlong Empire was imminent, and he wanted to flee the imperial capital with his family, so that those ministers regretted why they were half a beat slower to react, and secretly wondered in their hearts how to find an excuse to leave here.
"Your Majesty, didn't you ask Wechen to contact other countries that day to see if we could ask those countries to support us against the invasion of the Shenwu Empire, Wechen suddenly remembered that he contacted the envoy of the Kyushu Empire today and discussed with him the matter of asking the Kyushu Empire to send troops to support, and now the time seems to be almost over, and Wechen will go to meet with the envoys of the Kyushu Empire first. Just when Jin Zhongyu wanted to ask the minister how to deal with the attack of the Shenwu Empire, Li Renhui, the prime minister who had just been promoted by Jin Zhongyu, suddenly opened his mouth and reported.
Li Renhui's words made Jin Zhongyu's swarthy face turn red at first, but then turned blue, and now it turned blue and purple, and his round stool eyes stared at Li Renhui motionlessly, and a terrible spark almost burst out of his eyes, and he said coldly: "When will you make an appointment with the envoys of the Kyushu Empire, I don't know, since this is the case, I will invite the envoys of the Kyushu Empire here, and I will talk to him personally." ”
Seeing Jin Zhongyu's compelling gaze, Li Renhui knew that Jin Zhongyu had seen through his thoughts, but for him, the current Qianlong Empire was almost like the collapse, and Jin Zhongyu was already a dead king, this country was about to cease to exist, and his position as prime minister naturally ceased to exist, and the most important thing at present was to leave here, and then take his family away from the Qianlong Empire, so at this time, Li Renhui hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty! ”
"Wait! Invite an envoy from the Kyushu Empire, why do you need the prime minister of our Hidden Dragon Empire to go and invite the envoy of the Kyushu Empire to me. Jin Zhongyu saw that Li Renhui was about to leave, and subconsciously shouted to stop Li Renhui, and at the same time ordered the eunuchs around him to go and invite the envoys of the Kyushu Empire.
The reason why Li Renhui mentioned the envoys of the Kyushu Empire was because he knew that the roads to leave Yuen Long City were all blocked by the Shenwu Empire, and if he wanted to leave Yuen Long City smoothly, he had to mix in the ranks of the envoys of the Kyushu Empire.
The reason why Li Renhui mentioned the envoys of the Kyushu Empire just now was that he wanted to use this as an excuse to leave here, but he didn't expect Jin Zhongyu to see through his thoughts, and then he saw that Jin Zhongyu ordered the eunuch to invite the envoys of the Kyushu Empire, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! Now we have a request for the Kyushu Empire, and when Weichen thinks that when he goes to invite the envoys of the Kyushu Empire, he will still go by Wechen, which can show that our empire attaches great importance to it." ”
"Attention!" Jin Zhongyu let out a cold snort when he heard Li Renhui's explanation, two beams of sword-like cold light shot out of his eyes, looked at these ministers present, and said coldly: "Do you really think that I don't know your thoughts? Those untouchables in the empire betrayed me, do you also want to betray me?"
"Your Majesty, the ministers have never thought of betraying Your Majesty, but now that the empire has reached the point of life and death, with the current strength of the empire, it is no longer possible to stop the attack of the Shenwu Empire. Hearing Jin Zhongyu's gloomy questioning voice, the ministers present were silent, and only one military general spoke out to persuade Jin Zhongyu.
As the emperor of the Hidden Dragon Empire, how could Jin Zhongyu not know that these ministers had long had the idea of escaping from the Hidden Dragon Empire, but because he had already sent people to keep an eye on the doors of these ministers, they did not flee, and now when he heard that his ministers actually persuaded him to flee the imperial capital, this undoubtedly made Jin Zhongyu feel that his lungs were about to explode, and he roared with a hideous face: "Get out! Get out! Get out!"
If it was in normal times, these ministers present would definitely kneel on the ground in a worried mood when they saw Jin Zhongyu being furious, begging Jin Zhongyu to calm his anger, but now these ministers who were bent on escaping from the Hidden Dragon Empire, when they heard Jin Zhongyu say to let them go, they all felt relieved and all got up from the ground and rushed towards the outside of the main hall. (To be continued......)