Chapter 872 Never give in
The same information reached the ears of the people with lightning speed.
The entire imperial city was filled with the eyes and ears of Longfeng Pavilion and major generals, all secretly promoting the injustice of the imperial court.
The imperial court oppressed the people, increased taxes, and forced conscription, and the people all knew about it.
On these basis, add some officials' extravagance and extravagance, including some officials' business and accounts. Many officials are extremely wealthy, corrupt and bend the law, while the common people are in dire straits!
The strong contrast and contrast aroused people's dissatisfaction with officials and the court.
All the information swept in overwhelmingly, and with the help of the mastermind behind the scenes, it spread to all directions across the country with the imperial city as the center, and it was out of control!
Every day when they went to court, the emperor and the civil and military officials were like ants on a hot pot. They had heated discussions and finally broke up unhappy.
"Your Majesty, people are rioting over there in the East City!"
"Over in Nancheng, many people gathered together to resist the imperial court..."
"Your Majesty, public opinion is spreading. The death of the Queen and the two princes has had a huge impact on the entire royal family!"
"Although the military parade was successfully completed, the conscription policy made the people extremely dissatisfied. People in major cities expressed resistance to the court's actions. If this matter is not handled well, it will cause widespread riots across the country..."
The power of public opinion is so terrifying. If it is just a temporary public opinion, public opinion in a very small area can be suppressed by force, or even use force.
But now, all public opinions explode in an explosive manner and spread all over the country. It is useless to use any force. Using force to suppress will only be counterproductive, causing more serious consequences and forcing the people to gather.
Get up, completely resist, and confront.
For ten consecutive days, the memorials to the civil and military officials were all about these things!
This news was extremely unfavorable to the imperial court. It was overwhelming and overwhelmed the entire imperial court and royal family.
If this matter is not handled well, turmoil will begin in major cities, affecting the whole body, and things will get worse and worse.
Everyone can guess that there must be a driving force behind this matter, and the driving force behind the scenes is mysterious!
Even if they know that this matter is related to Fang Chen, they are helpless.
But many people think that Fang Chen doesn't have such great ability.
They could not guess that it was the people from Longfeng Pavilion who were behind the arrangement.
The power of Longfeng Pavilion is so terrifying, it has penetrated into all walks of life, including the imperial court and the royal family.
Even, it penetrated into every official's mansion.
Therefore, Longfeng Pavilion knows all the news in the world and everyone in the world!
Longfeng Pavilion creates public opinion in all aspects, which catches people off guard. No one or any force can stop it!
The whole country cannot stop it!
What makes Lu Yuanzhang even more dissatisfied is that the Imperial Army is conducting a comprehensive search for Fang Chen and others. They have been searching for ten days and there is no news about Fang Chen.
All major areas of Longfeng Pavilion were also searched, but nothing was found.
Lu Yuanzhang had no idea that the Forbidden Army had been controlled and was cooperating with Fang Chen's people.
The 500,000-strong army outside the city ostensibly dispersed and headed for the border. In fact, it was broken into pieces and hiding near the imperial city. A war could break out at any time!
That night, Lu Yuanzhang came to the prison and met the imprisoned Prime Minister Wei Zhongliang.
Wei Zhongliang was beaten until he was covered in blood, and was hung in the air by two iron chains. It was horrible to see.
After several days of interrogation, no information was obtained.
Because Wei Zhongliang is also a victim.
"Your Majesty! Can't you still see it? We have all been used by others. This is all the conspiracy of the Great Yan Dynasty. Fang Chen did everything, and everything is his!"
Wei Zhongliang got outside news from the jailer and learned that the person pretending to be the queen was Fang Chen.
Of course Lu Yuanzhang knew that everything was related to Fang Chen.
This is also the only answer.
Before Fang Chen came to the Dakang Dynasty, although the Dakang Dynasty was declining in all aspects, everything was under control.
But since Fang Chen came, everything has changed. The queen and two princes were killed, the prime minister was thrown into a prison, the strongest forces in the royal family suffered heavy losses, and the royal family completely lost its prestige!
Coupled with the rumors that have been circulating these days, the entire court is on the verge of collapse, and the decline of the entire Dakang Dynasty is accelerating rapidly.
Public dissatisfaction abounds and crises arise.
Lu Yuanzhang was really scared.
But now, both the queen and the prince are dead, and there is no one around him who can reveal his true feelings.
Among the civil and military officials, there were all people who wanted to follow the influence of others. Many people avoided Lu Yuanzhang, and no one was willing to truly speak his mind.
There is no one truly trustworthy around Lu Yuanzhang.
Therefore, he came to Wei Zhongliang first.
"Master Prime Minister, tell me how to break the current situation?"
"As long as you can help me get through the crisis, and if the entire Dakang community can be fully stabilized, I will restore you as prime minister and even give you great power!"
Wei Zhongliang shook his head gently.
"In the past, we were brothers who shared life and death. We knew each other since we were young and liked the same woman. Later, we worked together to overthrow the imperial court. You became the emperor. You promised to give me what I want, but
In the end you broke your promise."
"You broke your promise, and I can no longer trust you. It was precisely because of the confrontation between us that Fang Chen took advantage of it and started a war between us. In the end, both sides suffered losses, and Fang Chen benefited behind the scenes.
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When Lu Yuanzhang heard these words, he felt severe pain in his heart.
What Wei Zhongliang said is true.
However, what has happened now is irreversible.
Lu Yuanzhang came here to find a solution.
"Master Prime Minister, you are the only one who can help me now. You have solutions to many crises I have encountered before. I believe you can help me this time too."
"Your son is dead. I know you are very sad, but my son is also dead. The murderer of all this is Fang Chen. The two of us must put aside our grudges and join forces to deal with Fang Chen!"
Wei Zhongliang sighed heavily.
"Your Majesty, according to our investigation of Fang Chen, this Fang Chen has never lost. Even if Your Majesty beats Fang Chen away this time, Fang Chen has achieved his goal. He will definitely overthrow the entire Dakang Dynasty."
"What I am most worried about is that the army of the Great Yan Dynasty has set out to attack our Great Kang Dynasty. When faced with absolute force, any strategy will be useless. The only way is to surrender and surrender."
Surrender? Surrender?
That is a great shame and humiliation.
Lu Yuanzhang will never surrender!
Even if there were heavy casualties, or to put it harshly, even if the whole army was annihilated, he would not surrender!
Before, it was precisely because the emperor repeatedly proposed the policy of surrendering and ceding territory that Lu Yuanzhang was extremely dissatisfied, so Lu Yuanzhang joined forces with the prime minister to rebel!
He did not want to be suppressed by the Great Yan Dynasty, but at this time, Wei Zhongliang proposed surrender and surrender, which made Lu Yuanzhang furious.
Chapter completed!