In the early morning of the next day, the news that Ye Ying was seriously injured and dying, trapped in a frozen crystal coffin and would never wake up, spread throughout the imperial capital and became a hot topic of discussion among the people of the imperial capital.
At the same time, the 10,000 elite Ye family army fell apart overnight and disappeared into the military camp. The Anlie Chamber of Commerce, one of the eighteen major chambers of commerce under the Ye family, was forcibly taken over by the Ye family because all members of the Anlie family died mysteriously overnight.
The news also spread throughout the entire imperial capital at lightning speed, causing discussions and speculation among the people of the imperial capital.
All merchants, nobles, mercenary adventurers with a keen sense of smell have realized that a storm is brewing as Ye Ying is seriously injured and dying, and the Ye family will become the center of this storm. Can the Ye family survive this upcoming crisis?
Standing still in the coming storm has become their biggest concern.
As one of the four great generals of the Wu Kingdom, Ye Ying holds real power and owns many industries. Now that Ye Ying is seriously injured and dying, all the Ye family's industries have fallen into Ye Chen's hands.
However, Ye Chen does not have the same strength and prestige as Ye Ying, and cannot suppress the many greedy nobles in the imperial capital. Therefore, the rich property of the Ye family will become the object of competition for many nobles in the imperial capital. Once the Ye family is in the imperial capital,
Many big nobles were destroyed under a joint attack, so they, the small nobles, merchants, mercenary adventurers, would have the opportunity to get a share of the pie, so they were very concerned about the future developments of the Ye family.
In the central area of Wu Kingdom's imperial capital, in a magnificent palace hall, the King of Wu Kingdom with a threatening look on his face sat quietly on the main seat, looking at the many ministers in the audience, and said lightly: "What happened last night
You all know what happened, right? Now tell me, what should we do?"
"Your Majesty, Ye Chen used the hidden power of the Ye family, disregarded the laws of the empire, and brutally killed hundreds of members of An Lie's family without leaving a single person alive. It was very abominable and did not take the majesty of the empire into consideration at all.
, I suggest that Ye Chen be deprived of the qualification to inherit all Ye Ying's properties and be exiled to the Exile Island!"
As soon as King Wu's voice fell, Chen Fei's father, Chen Hao, who was also a general of the country like Ye Ying, immediately stood up, stepped forward, and said loudly.
As soon as the Anlie family took refuge with him, Chen Hao, Ye Chen sent people to kill them all. Chen Hao's face was greatly damaged. He had to react violently and give Ye Chen and the Ye family a heavy counterattack in order to save Chen Hao.
A huge loss of face.
"Do you have evidence that the An Lie family was killed by someone sent by Ye Chen?"
The aloof King Wu glanced at Chen Hao casually and said lightly.
King Wu was very clear about Chen Hao's little thoughts and didn't pay much attention to it. He just asked a question lightly.
"No, but I am sure that Ye Chen sent people to kill hundreds of members of the An Lie family!"
Seeing the cold reaction of King Wu, Chen Hao couldn't help but said anxiously.
"Don't talk nonsense without evidence! After Ye Chen is a loyal and loyal minister, how can I convict him without conclusive evidence? Do you want me to be called a coward and chill the hearts of the people of Wu Kingdom and many loyal and loyal ministers of Wu Kingdom?
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Seeing Chen Hao continue talking without knowing what he was doing, King Wu snorted coldly and criticized harshly.
Seeing King Wu's anger, Chen Hao immediately shut up and slowly retreated from his own actions.
"Idiot! Brainless warrior!"
The obese Minister of Finance glanced at the depressed Chen Hao, cursed in his heart, stood up, walked to the center of the hall and said: "Your Majesty, Ye Chen is sixteen years old today. He is already an adult and can go out to practice.
Yes, I suggest that your majesty grant Ye Chen the title of baron, and grant Linhai County as a fiefdom to Ye Chen, so that Ye Chen can manage thousands of miles of land and thousands of miles of sea territory in Linhai County for the empire.
Since the Ye family only has an only son, Ye Chen, and Ye Chen is about to go to Linhai County to take up a job, then Ye Chen cannot take care of the Ye family's property in the imperial capital. In order to prevent the Ye family's property from withering, the Imperial Ministry of Finance is willing to invest.
Purchase it."
As soon as the other people in the hall heard the words of the Minister of Finance, they secretly thought to themselves that they were wise, using land that did not belong to the empire and a small baronetcy in exchange for the Ye family's industry worth over 100 million, it was indeed worthy of the Imperial Treasury.
Boss.
"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"
",,,,"
As soon as the fat Minister of Finance retreated among the ministers, the ministers in his faction stood up to reconsider.
"Your Majesty, General Chen Wu, General Du Yu, General Li Xing on the eastern border of the empire, General Sun Wei and General Qian Fei on the southern border of the empire, General Zhao Wu and General Song Fei on the western border of the empire, General Li on the northern border of the empire
General Wei, General Lu Chen, a total of fifty-six generals, jointly wrote to Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate the ambush of General Ye Ying, and at the same time, I hope that Your Majesty will treat Zhongliang's descendants well!"
When the aloof King Wu was thinking about how to respond to the finance minister's suggestion, a eunuch hurriedly entered the main hall holding a magic letter.
As soon as the eunuch finished speaking, the aloof King Wu and many ministers in the hall were stunned and fell into a strange silence.
The four largest legions in the empire are stationed on the four sides of the empire. Each legion has 200,000 troops and belongs to twenty generals. Each general commands 10,000 troops. This is also what Wu Guoguo and the nobles do to prevent the empire's border troops from rebelling.
a means.
Now, fifty-six generals have jointly signed a letter to protect the Ye family and Ye Chen. The problem of the Ye family and Ye Chen has suddenly become complicated. If it is not handled properly, it is likely to cause turmoil in the empire. After all, fifty
Six generals and 560,000 frontier troops are enough to plunge the Wu Kingdom into a civil war that will destroy all lives.
At this time, both the King of Wu and many ministers in the hall had a new view of Ye Chen. Originally, they thought that Ye Chen was just a young boy who could only be slaughtered by them. Now
But they knew that Ye Chen was very smart and knew how to use the power of others to defend himself.
The fifty-six generals who signed the petition all have a common characteristic, that is, like Ye Ying, although they hold real power, they do not have any titles. What happened to Ye Ying is likely to happen tomorrow.
It's up to them to protect Ye Ying's interests and protect their common interests.
Of course, the reason why their fifty-six generals living in various places can unite to jointly protect the interests of the Ye family has a major relationship with Ye Chen, because Ye Chen controls 60% of the Ye family's property in the imperial capital.
, all given to them fifty-six generals.
The Ye family's property in the imperial capital is worth over 100 million, about one billion. Each of their fifty-six generals can receive about ten million gold coins.
Ten million gold coins is not much at all for these powerful generals who hold real power, but it can well connect their fifty-six generals together and form a close alliance to jointly defend
collective interests.
It can be said that Ye Chen's decision left a cancer in Wu Guo and gave Wu Guo another military group that was independent of the control of the empire.
"Today's court meeting ends here, adjourn!"
After a long silence, the aloof King Wu said lightly, left the hall and returned to his palace.
Seeing that His Majesty the King had left, many ministers in the hall also looked at each other with their familiar friends and left the hall.
"That's unreasonable! Ye Chen is too cruel. He dares to play this trick with me. Is he so sure that I don't dare to do anything to him?"
King Wu of the Kingdom of Wu returned to his palace and cursed loudly with an ugly expression on his face.
Fifty-six border generals jointly submitted a letter. This is a naked military threat! It is also the most intolerable thing for King Wu!
"Your Majesty! The facts have been established, and it will have no effect if you are angry now! What we should do most now is how to maximize our interests and how to deal with the Ye family's affairs."
In the palace of King Wu, an old man wearing a starry sky sacrificial robe looked at the ugly King of Wu and said calmly.
"Your Majesty! The four great dukes of the empire hold real power and have hundreds of thousands of troops. They have not listened to the imperial edict for a long time. The alliance of fifty-six generals on the border may be an opportunity to kill the four great dukes in one fell swoop."
"how do I say this?"
After hearing the words of the old man wearing the starry sky sacrificial robe, King Wu immediately calmed down and asked with a curious look on his face.