Chapter 210 The outside must first be inside
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, their relatives add up to millions, if they are really killed, not only can they not deter those civilians, but will speed up the collapse of the empire, so when Park Qinchun heard this order from Jin Zhongyu, he immediately blurted out to stop: "Your Majesty! No! Your Majesty must not! Please think twice!"
When Jin Zhongyu saw that Park Qinchun actually stopped him from killing the families of those rebels, a sword-like light burst out of his eyes, staring at Park Qinchun who was kneeling on the ground, and asked extremely sternly: "Park Qinchun! As my prime minister, you actually plead for those untouchables, what are your intentions? Do you also want to betray me like those untouchables?"
"Wechen don't dare! Wechen just don't want His Majesty to make a wrong decision because of a momentary anger, so he will risk his life to admonish!" In the face of the powerful coercion emanating from Jin Zhongyu's body, Park Qinchun was not afraid and persuaded Jin Zhongyu: "Your Majesty! Water can carry a boat and also overturn a boat! The people are the foundation of the country, and it just so happened that this year there was a drought in various places, resulting in those civilians having no harvest. ”
"In spite of this, I believe that those people still remember that they are hidden dragons in their hearts, if Your Majesty kills their relatives in this situation, it will only make them hate the empire even more, in other words, if Your Majesty reduces the taxes of these civilians and understands their relatives with affection, the conspiracy of the Shenwu Empire will naturally be self-defeating. ”
The main reason why the royal family of the Hidden Dragon Empire is supported by those families is because a large part of the taxes of the Hidden Dragon Empire are distributed to those families, relying on money and marriage. The royal family will always control the entire Hidden Dragon Empire, as for the civilians who live in dire straits. Jin Zhongyu never cared about their lives or deaths, let alone thought that these civilians who didn't know how to cultivate would bring a threat to the empire.
And now Kim Zhongyu still thinks so. In addition, the current Jin Zhongyu has been completely blinded by hatred, so when he heard Park Qinchun say that water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat, he let out an unwavering sneer, and shouted angrily at Park Qinchun: "Park Qinchun! You are my prime minister, not the prime minister of those untouchables, if it were not for my efforts over the years, would those untouchables have such a stable life? They are not grateful to me, even if they dare to rebel, such a pariah will not be enough to calm the anger in my heart." ”
Park Qinchun saw Kim Zhongyu's hideous expression. Knowing that no matter how much he persuaded him, it would be useless, so he could only let out a light sigh of disappointment and pleaded with Jin Zhongyu: "Your Majesty! Weichen is too old to take on this great responsibility, please allow Weichen to return to his hometown." ”
Park Qinchun can become the prime minister of the Qianlong Empire, and he is naturally the most trusted person by Jin Zhongyu, but Jin Zhongyu never imagined that when Park Qinchun was in trouble in the empire, he actually proposed to return to his hometown. This person, Jin Zhongyu, was angry and his face turned blue, and he roared angrily: "Get out, get out of here, get out of here, get out of the way the farther the better!"
Seeing Jin Zhongyu's angry appearance, Park Qinchun kowtowed to Jin Zhongyu three times, and blood gushed out of his forehead. Park Qinchun didn't care about the blood on his face, and said respectfully: "Please take care of your majesty!" ”
Watching Kim Chung-woo staggering out of the court, Kim Chung-woo asked the other ministers kneeling there, "Lee In-hye! From now on, you will be the prime minister of the empire." Tell me how the empire can turn the situation around and defeat the army of the Shenwu Empire."
Regarding the current situation of the Hidden Dragon Empire, these ministers present actually knew it in their hearts. But they are the ministers of the Hidden Dragon Empire, and they are grasshoppers on a rope with the Hidden Dragon Empire. If the Hidden Dragon Empire really falls, their family will probably also be destroyed, and it can be said that they have no way to retreat now.
"Your Majesty, although we were defeated in yesterday's battle because of the defection of those untouchables, but the Shenwu Empire killed more than 30 powerhouses of the Tang Empire, if we tell the news to the Tang Empire, with the style of the Tang Empire, we will definitely not give up. ”
"As long as the Tang Empire sends troops to support us again, we will not only be able to reverse the situation in front of us, but we will even be able to counterattack the Shenwu Empire. Li Renhui knows very well that the current Jin Zhongyu is in the stage of rage, and standing up at this time is to become a leading bird, so he is silent, but he never imagined that Jin Zhongyu would let him take over as prime minister, so that he had to stand up and say what he thought in his heart.
"Master Li, I don't think this plan of yours is feasible at all, if I am not mistaken, the reason why the Tang Empire will support us to deal with the Shenwu Empire must be because we find that the Shenwu Empire is rising rapidly, and we are worried that it will threaten their supremacy in the future, so they will take advantage of the contradiction between our Hidden Dragon Empire and the Shenwu Empire to support us. ”
"And the strong people sent by the Tang Empire this time came as mercenaries, which shows that the Tang Empire does not want to offend the Shenwu Empire, so even if we tell the Tang Empire the news that these strong men were killed and ask them to send troops to support us, the support that the Tang Empire will give us will not be very large, and we are thousands of miles away in the Tang Empire, and we can't quench our thirst far away. When a minister heard Li Renhui's suggestion, he immediately stood up to refute Li Renhui.
When the Tang Empire sent the letter, because the team sent by the Qianlong Empire to the Tang Empire to participate in the Hundred Nations War was destroyed, Jin Zhongyu, who was bent on revenge, knew that the Tang Empire was using their Qianlong Empire, and he was willing to be used by the other party.
At this time, Li Renhui's suggestion did make Jin Zhongyu very tempted, but the rebuttal of another minister was like a basin of cold water poured on his head, as the minister said, since the Tang Empire used their Hidden Dragon Empire to weaken the strength of the Shenwu Empire, it was naturally unwilling to have a dispute with the Shenwu Empire, even if the Tang Empire really wanted to take revenge on the Shenwu Empire, there would not be many monks sent, and their Tang Empire was so far away from their Hidden Dragon Empire that far water could not quench their thirst.
Just when Jin Zhongyu's face was full of sorrow, a sharp shout came from outside the main hall, and a general hurriedly rushed into the main hall from outside, knelt down in the center of the main hall at once, and respectfully reported: "Your Majesty! Seoul! Kaesong! Tieyuan! Pingseong! The army of the Shenwu Empire has arrived in the city, asking Your Majesty to send troops to support. ”
The four cities of the General Bao are located in the east, west, north, and south directions of Yuen Long City, the imperial capital of the Qianlong Empire, while Seoul and Kaesong are located in the direction of the Kyushu Empire.
This result undoubtedly made Jin Zhongyu feel extremely shocked, he could never have imagined that the speed of the Shenwu Empire's attack would be so fast, and blurted out to the general: "What! The army of the Shenmu Empire actually reached Seoul and Kaesong! What the hell is going on?"
The reason why the army of the Shenwu Empire advanced so fast was that in addition to the soldiers in those cities who resisted and privately opened the city gates to let the soldiers of the Shenwu Empire enter the city, there were also the local people who led the way, so that the army of the Shenwu Empire passed through our two fortresses very smoothly and surrounded Seoul and Kaesong. When the young general heard Kim Chung-woo's report, he carefully recounted the information he had so far.
When Jin Zhongyu heard the general kneeling below report that the civilian soldiers had opened the city gate privately, let the army of the Shenwu Empire enter the city, and led the way for the army of the Shenwu Empire, bypassed the two fortresses of the Qianlong Empire, and completed the siege of their imperial capital, Yuen Long City, his face turned red with anger, and then turned purple again, and he scolded angrily: "These damned pariahs dare to betray the empire, and I want to destroy their nine clans." ”
In the past, those ministers and family leaders of the Qianlong Empire never took the lives of those civilians into account, but just blindly sucked the people's fat and people's ointment, and it was not until now that they learned that the Shenwu Empire had bypassed the two fortresses of the empire under the leadership of civilians to complete the siege of their imperial capital, and these ministers really realized the importance of civilians.
"Water can carry a boat and can also capsize a boat!" At this moment, they all couldn't help but think of what Park Qinchun had said before, and clearly realized that the most important thing at present is to stabilize the people's hearts, not to suppress them by force, at this time, the ministers and family leaders present almost shouted in unison when they heard Jin Zhongyu's words: "Please think twice, Your Majesty!"
Before, Park Qinchun persuaded him not to do anything to the civilians, and those ministers were silent, but now when he proposed to kill the families of those rebel soldiers again, these ministers and family leaders actually stood up to stop him, which made Jin Zhongyu feel extremely angry, his eyes burst into a compelling gaze, and he asked the ministers and family leaders in a low voice: "What! You also want to go against the widow like Park Qinchun?"
"Don't dare!" everyone heard Jin Zhongyu's question, and replied in unison.
And Li Renhui, who had just been promoted by Kim Zhongyu, had to stand up and say at this time: "Your Majesty! We do not intend to oppose Your Majesty, but think that Park Qinchun's suggestion has merit. ”
"As the old saying goes, we must first settle the inside, we can first come up with some tax-free policies to appease those untouchables, and then we can clean up those untouchables after we defeat the Shenwu Empire, and this can also buy us some time to wait for the Tang Empire to send support again. ”
Li Renhui's suggestion finally persuaded Kim Zhongyu, and a satisfied smile appeared on Kim Zhongyu's gloomy face, and he instructed Li Renhui: "Prime Minister Li, I will leave this matter to you, immediately post tax-free notices throughout the country, and at the same time arrange for people to investigate who is secretly provoking those untouchables to rebel." (To be continued......)