Yanping, Hanyuan Hall.

What Sun Kang told the emperor and the ministers was the military situation of Jizhou City being captured last night.

This news was reported to the capital by a practitioner in the Yuanshen Realm at starry night. Because he was in such a hurry, he exhausted all his energy on the way. He just screamed after entering Xuande Gate and fainted on Zhuque Street.

At that time, Shi Ju, who was patrolling the city's captain's palace, was patrolling the streets with his soldiers. After hearing the news, he came and used elixirs and infuriating energy to temporarily revive the practitioners, and probably asked about the cause of the matter.

Shi Jue understood that the matter was of great importance and did not dare to handle it on his own, so he immediately sent the person to the Governor's Mansion. As the chief officer of the military yamen and coming from a family of generals, Shi Jue certainly would not send the person to another place.

In this way, there is a scene where Sun Kang comes to report the military situation.

After listening to Sun Kang's narration, everyone was astonished and took a breath of cold air. In the vast and spacious hall, you could hear a needle drop for a moment. Even practitioners could hardly detect each other's breathing.

Song Zhi's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Ever since Wang Shi conquered Hebei, people have been causing trouble because of insufficient food. However, most of them were minor incidents, with few deaths and only dozens of injuries at most. None of the local prefectures or counties reported the incident.

But after the king's army invaded Longyou this spring, the scale of the troubles suddenly increased. Government offices at the county level and below, court industries such as iron ore and salt mines, and the landlord Zhuangzi were all brutally attacked.

The people killed officials and the people robbed officials of food. The law did not allow the court to tolerate it. One incident was enough to shock the court, let alone more than a dozen?

Song Zhi originally thought that he had dealt with the governors of various states and issued strict orders. After dispatching inspection envoys, the administration of officials in various places would improve, officials would no longer be greedy for food, the people would be able to survive, and there would be no chance of rebellious and unethical troubles.

But they never thought that after the matter was done, the mob chaos was not eliminated or even reduced. Instead, it intensified and even attacked the state city!

And let them destroy the city overnight!

How did things become like this?

Where is the conscience of these unscrupulous people?

Don’t you even know what a loyal and righteous father is?

It is unbearable!

For a moment, the ministers of the aristocratic families all lowered their heads to hide the subtle changes in their expressions. Many of them also wanted what the emperor could think of. Now, they keenly smelled an unusual aura.

Very weird!

It was this aura that made them, who had become fish on the chopping block, want to turn over uncontrollably.

As the emperor's biggest minion and a loyal bitch, Gao Furui must always have a heart to share his master's worries. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, he was the first to stand up and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, the rebels captured the city. This is actually the Jizhou governor's dereliction of duty. He lost the city and the land during his tenure. The nine tribes should be punished! The rebels are lawless. The above mentioned rebellion is really crazy. The army should be sent out to suppress it immediately!

"The Tsing Yi Swordsman deceived the people and secretly arranged to rebel against the imperial court. He was no different from the Yellow Turban thief Zhang Jiao and others. We immediately hunted and killed the Tsing Yi Swordsman in various places and searched for the suspects!"

Many officials from poor families immediately seconded the proposal.

It's not that they are all stupid people who don't know the reasons behind thinking about this matter, but they don't think about it or talk about it because they know it.

If you tell the truth, you will offend too many powerful people and lose too many benefits. Those who tell the truth will inevitably become the target of public criticism and will not be able to survive or die.

Now, the people are revolting in large numbers and occupying the city. What the court needs to do is to suppress them.

Chen Xun suddenly sneered: "The imperial court is short of food, how can we mobilize a large number of soldiers? The messenger said that there were masters of Wangji realm among the rebel army last night. How can ordinary people hunt and kill Wangji realm?"

He had been like a dying fish on the shore before, but now he has finally come back to life. By now, everyone has already broken their skin, but they have not reached the final step yet, so there is no need to worry anymore.

Gao Furui turned around and glared angrily: "According to your opinion, the court should condone the traitor and let the situation get out of control? What kind of peace of mind do you have? Do you want the dynasty to be in chaos?

"As a prime minister, in front of His Majesty in the court, you actually speak for the rebels. Have you secretly colluded with them and been colluding with them?!"

Chen Xun didn't care about Gao Furui's distortion of his meaning, nor was he afraid of the other party's spouting. He said indifferently: "Master Gao only knows how to sing high-profile, but what I said is the truth. Why don't you go and quell the thief?"

Gao Furui's expression froze, then turned red: "You think I don't dare?!"

"Shut up!" Song Zhi slapped the court case hard to silence the hall. He glanced at Chen Xun and wished he could kill him with a knife. Of course he understood what the other person was thinking.

The aristocratic family had already stepped into the grave with one foot, and now that such a big incident suddenly happened in Hebei, the other party certainly wished that the situation would get out of control immediately so that they could find a chance to survive.

But the chaos in one state can make Song Zhi shrink back and postpone dealing with the aristocratic family? What a joke.

"Your Majesty, I don't need a large army to quell the rebellion. As long as I have a Wangji Realm deputy, fifty Nascent Soul Realm experts, and five hundred Qi Control Realm elites, I can quickly wipe out all the rebels in Hebei!"

Gao Furui saluted Song Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, please give me your permission!"

He has never been stupid and knows that the situation in Hebei is in danger of getting out of control. The previous measures were too routine and are no longer effective. He must deal with them with heavy force and use strong practitioners to wipe out the backbone of the thieves.

He also knew that this was a critical moment to deal with the aristocratic family. At this critical moment, the Wangji realm practitioners in the imperial court were all at their fighting positions, and no one could move.

Otherwise, given the current situation, whenever an aristocratic family sees an opportunity, they will immediately fight back at all costs.

He himself is already in the early stage of the King's Realm, but since there is a King's Realm in the rebel army, he must have another helper, two against one, to have an absolute chance of winning, to guard against accidents, and not to worry about his own life.

The two Wangjijing's temporary departure from the capital, although it has an impact on the overall situation of suppressing the family, is barely acceptable.

Song Zhi nodded slightly: "Yes!"

Outside of the imperial court and aristocratic families, there were practitioners of the Wangji Realm in the Jianghu. Although Song Zhi was surprised, he was not shocked. Daqi was a land rich in resources, rich in resources and talented people, and it was well versed in national wars. It was not surprising that there were such people in the Jianghu.

But such a powerful Jianghu person turned out to be a rebel, his enemy instead of a slave, which made him very angry.

The word "quasi" fell on the minds of all the family officials, causing their eyes to darken. The energy they had just wanted to turn over on the chopping block completely disappeared, and their minds sank into the abyss of sadness and despair again.

Also, the rebels captured the city, and the strong man behind the scenes with ulterior motives was Wang Jijing. It was certainly a big deal, but how could Song Zhi not be able to handle it?

Among the cultivators from the aristocratic families in the capital, although there are only two masters in the Wangji realm, there are many strong ones in the Yuanshen realm. A real counterattack on the verge of death is enough to plunge the capital into a sea of ​​​​fire, causing heavy casualties to the officials of the humble family, and causing chaos to Chaogang.

Precisely in order to prevent this situation from happening, Song Zhi arranged the Wangji Realm that was enough to suppress all the strong men of the family, which also included the power to deal with the Zhao family.

Song Zhi not only considered Zhao Ning, but also considered the Zhao practitioners who came from Yanmen Pass and Jinyang.

Now, just losing two Wangji realms will not harm the overall situation at all.

But before Gao Furui left the palace, another "urgent" military situation came from the gate of the imperial city, and he quickly approached Hanyuan Palace.

All the officials from the aristocratic families suddenly became energetic.

Gao Furui's heart tightened: Is there any major military situation?

Song Zhi's face was as dark as water.

He felt a little absurd and couldn't help but look at the sun outside: What happened today?

The person who came back to report the military situation this time was not someone from the Governor's Office, but an official from the Privy Council. He also had the Yuanshen realm practitioner from Yingzhou with him.

"Your Majesty, tell me about the military situation in Yingzhou! Last night, tens of thousands of rebels suddenly gathered outside Yingzhou City from all over. Some of them captured the Hutoushan Kiln Factory, and some, with the support of traitors within the garrison, captured Yingzhou City!

"

After listening to the report from the Privy Council officials, the main hall fell into dead silence again.

The ministers looked at each other as if in a dream. If the incident in Jizhou only surprised them, then the rebellion in Yingzhou that happened on the same night made them horrified.

"Where did all these rioters come from?" Gao Furui grabbed the Privy Council official by the collar and roared. The news was so unexpected that he was so angry and frightened that he couldn't care less about his manners.

"Some of them are rioters from nearby counties. They... somehow got together and even approached Yingzhou City in a covert manner. The other... part is the local people of Yingzhou.

.....”

The Privy Council official was breathing hard and replied with a blue face. "What a loser! Why weren't those thieves killed before and were allowed to be connected together?!" Gao Furui was so angry that he threw the Privy Council official away and grabbed the clothes of the messenger.

collar.

"The governors of each state have just arrived, and they must be prepared before they can act. These thieves are very cunning, and it is difficult to find traces after escaping into the wilderness, as if... as if...

"

"Like what?!"

"It seems that he is very familiar with the topography of the state, county, and country roads. He knows where people can hide and where they can move from. He also knows where they can suddenly appear from those places and catch the government by surprise..."

When he said this, the Yuanshen realm practitioner who reported the news looked horrified, as if he had returned to the time when he was suddenly attacked.

Hearing this, all the ministers looked puzzled and looked thoughtful. Gao Furui was startled, as if he thought of something, and a complex emotion of suspicion, fear, and gloom passed through his eyes.

Song Zhi asked what everyone was thinking: "Among the garrison in the city, there are actually internal agents of the rebels? Is it possible that among these internal agents, there will be people from the previous Hebei rebel army?"

As for the depth of understanding of Hebei's prefectures and counties, especially the mastery of concealment, marching, raids, and methods of dealing with and confronting the state garrison, no one can match the various rebels in Hebei during the National War.

They fought hard in Hebei for five years and survived several sieges by Xiao Yan. Only they could do such an unreasonable thing, and only they could let the government be attacked and still be confused!

If there are people from the Hebei Rebels among these rioters, or if the Hebei Rebels are involved in these things, then everything will be explained!

When asked the above question, Song Zhi was not only angry, but also worried and praying in his eyes.

The loyalty, bravery and achievements of the Hebei Rebel Army were one of the things he was most proud of as an emperor. It also allowed him to get rid of the fear of being suppressed by Yuan Muzhen after the war and re-establish strong self-confidence, thinking that he was a wise king.

But if the Hebei Rebels were among the rebels this time, wouldn't all this be extremely ironic?

Even when the dynasty was in the most critical situation and the country was about to be defeated, in the face of the fierce and invincible millions of Beihu troops, the Hebei rebels, who were willing to abandon their homes and careers to fight with their lives, and whose loyalty lasted forever, betrayed him and abandoned him.

Go, doesn't this eloquently prove that he is a very unworthy emperor?

How bad an emperor must be to be abandoned by such a loyal, brave and passionate man?

Song Zhi prayed that such a situation would not happen.

He prayed that wasn't the case.

He couldn't accept such a result!

But he was disappointed.
To be continued...