Let’s go back to the day when King Qian relieved the siege of Jiankang.

As the main force of the rebels withdrew from Jiankang, many small groups of rebels in the city were captured or massacred by officers and soldiers.

The chaos in the city gradually subsided, and the people hiding at home began to poke their heads in and make sure there was no danger outside before daring to go out.

The civil servants and nobles who lived closest to the palace opened the door of their palace and rushed to the palace with the escort.

In the palace, the reinforcements combed the palace and collected all the bodies of the queen, concubines and princesses before all the officials arrived belatedly.

Seeing that the palace had been ransacked by the rebels and was in a mess everywhere, the officials couldn't help but shrink their necks.

Entering Qinzheng Hall, you see a huge dark coffin placed in the center, and the row behind is filled with more than a dozen coffins of various sizes.

Although Baiguan was well prepared, he was still shocked when he saw this formation, especially when he saw King Qian sitting next to the huge coffin.

"I waited too long for help to come, and my sin is unforgivable!"

The officials arranged their clothes and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times toward the dark coffin.

Mr. Zhang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, who was kneeling in front, burst into tears. He raised his hand and wiped his tears with his sleeves, "Old minister, I deserve to die. It is my fault that I did not save the emperor in time and let the emperor suffer this disaster.

It’s me who failed to fulfill his duty as a minister!”

The current Zuo Pushe listened to Mr. Zhang's cry, and he couldn't help crying, "It's all my fault for being cowardly and incapable of turning the tide. Your Majesty, why didn't you persist more? Won't you be safe when Prince Qian comes?"

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The Minister of Libu cried loudly, venting his inner fear. He was frightened more today than he had been in the first half of his life, and the baby was frightened to death.

He had no problem venting his emotions in front of Emperor Mingxi's coffin, and he could also let others know how deep his love for the emperor and his ministers was.

King Qian sat by the coffin and watched with cold eyes.

What a civil and military official, what a "loyal minister and good general" of Dayu. The deceased was the most important, and he knelt down to worship Emperor Mingxi and turned a blind eye to him, right?

But, having said that, this was the first time he knew that a grown man in the court could also cry, and he was so ugly when he cried!

The chief guard of the Qian Dynasty waved his hand.

"Gulu!"

The two heads rolled to the feet of the ministers.

Such an unexpected situation shocked everyone!

"Do you know these two people?" King Qian took his time to admire the look of horror on their faces.

One of the fallen heads happened to be facing Mr. Zhang. His eyes were staring at Mr. Zhang for a moment, scaring him so much that he almost suffered a myocardial infarction!

"Your Majesty, this is Master Shi!"

King Qian was very satisfied with the effect he had caused, "Yes, since I left Lingnan, Zuopushe has been replaced three times. He is the second one after I left."

The first one was his father-in-law, Hua Shaojin, the eldest lady's father. Later, he was demoted to the border by Emperor Huiyuan because he offended Emperor Huiyuan.

"Are you curious how he, a criminal who was demoted, had his head chopped off here?"

Mr. Zhang held his frightened chest and said, "I hope the prince will clear up my doubts."

King Qian looked at him and sneered, and then looked at the ministers, "Emperor Mingxi once said before his death that if he is the king of subjugation, then you will be the ministers of subjugation! He will never give you the opportunity to be a slave of the three surnames, so

The emperor sent Master Shi and Master Cui on their way before committing suicide."

"This is the fate of betrayers. Even if the emperor is about to kill them, they must be dealt with first. It can be seen that they have done a lot of evil things during their lifetime and made the emperor very angry!"

That's why I won't let them go even to death.

The officials' faces paled, as these words reminded them of what Emperor Mingxi said at the court meeting.

King Qian's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm, "My ministers, are you here to kneel down and worship the emperor? Where were you when the rebels attacked the city? Where were you when the rebels rushed into the city? When the emperor was forced to commit suicide by the rebels

, where are you?"

"Or do you want to be slaves to the subjugation of the country, so when Emperor Mingxi needed you to unite and deal with the outside world, you were nowhere to be seen; now that the rebels have retreated, you have come out."

"When the rebels invaded the city, you hid at home. Now others have beaten away the rebels, and you appear again." King Qian looked at them with a half-smile: "You think the enemy has escaped, and it's time for you to come out again."

Have you picked ready-made peaches?”

The faces of the ministers alternated between red and white, which was truly wonderful.

"Explanation!"

"Your Majesty!"

"What are you waiting for? Read out the emperor's last edict!"

He originally wanted to wait for Xia Jing's reply, but the situation in Jiankang did not allow him to delay any longer.

Therefore, we can only read out the edict now to avoid wrangling over the edict in the future.

The imperial edict was Emperor Ming Xi's last wish in this world. The edict made it very clear that the capabilities of Jiankang's royal family were not enough to support Dayu's current situation.

Because the emperor himself had no heirs, and the other emperors who stayed in Jiankang were even less capable, Emperor Mingxi passed the precarious throne to King Qian.

The imperial power belongs to none other than King Qian.

This divine turn of events shocked the officials and stunned them!

"Long live my emperor!"

Mr. Zhang, the Minister of Household Affairs, was the first to stand in line. He knelt down and performed three bows and nine kowtows, which was regarded as recognizing King Qian as the emperor.

"I dare not go overboard, but for the sake of Yu the Great, I just want to be able to identify the authenticity of the imperial edict!"

King Qian sneered, waved his hand, and handed the edict to Mr. Zhang.

The imperial edict was circulated among the previous important ministers, and most of them were sure that it was a genuine imperial edict and not a forgery.

"Since the late emperor passed the throne to you, should we let Qin Tianjian choose an auspicious day to ascend the throne? But according to the current situation in the world, the closer the auspicious day is, the better."

King Qian raised his hand to stop him, "There is no rush in this matter. We will wait until the princess comes to Jiankang before ascending the throne."

Ministers: "."

Who can tell them that there are still people in the world who are not anxious to be emperor?

Since there is no rush for him to become emperor, they will recover their property first.

"Long live my emperor!"

"Your Majesty, the residences of your ministers and others were looted by the rebels. It is said that the rebels did not have time to transport these belongings out?"

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others have suffered heavy losses. This is the list of property belonging to Weichen's family."

He just wanted to present the list to the emperor, but neither Anu nor King Qian took any action at the scene.

"Your Majesty, if these properties cannot be recovered, hundreds of people in the whole family will be in trouble!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, many of the dowries on this list are from Mrs. Weichen."

"Haha." King Qian chuckled and looked at them with interest: "You just give me a list and want to exchange for property of the same value. Can you tell me who can prove that those properties are

From your family?”

Ministers: "."

When did Prince Qian, this old dandy, become so difficult to deal with?

Didn't he always have no interest in these mundane things before?

"emperor!"

Mr. Zhang came out and said, "Both families next door to the mansion can testify for us that the wealth of Weichen's family was indeed plundered by the rebels."

"Then I still think that you and your neighbors are colluding, just to defraud me of the property that I have confiscated!"

Ministers: "."

It's over!

Why did Emperor Mingxi choose such a rogue to be their emperor?

If they make a living under him in the future, will they still get any benefits?

The most important thing is, will the emperor still be a puppet in their hands?

For the ministers, two things were out of their control today.

The first is Emperor Mingxi's last edict, which the ministers never expected. When he had no heirs, he actually passed the throne to his elders!

The second point is that their property has not been recovered, and their request was finally rejected by the emperor.

From these two points, it can be seen that the emperor was out of their control, leaving their little thoughts invisible.

King Qian didn't care what they were thinking. When he first came to Jiankang, everything was so complicated that he couldn't understand it clearly.

This made King Qian always looking forward to Xia Jing coming to Jiankang quickly.

Xia Jing, whom King Qian was looking forward to, always felt a little unhappy after receiving King Qian's letter.

According to her original plan, the only way for Lingnan troops to deal with the Central Plains region was to advance steadily, which was the safest option.

It's easy to fall down when you reach the sky in one step. As long as you can't get up, you're lucky.
To be continued...