Chapter 1900 The Great Emperor's Thunder Means Chaos
Since the third prince of Yueying controlled the elite troops, the coup in Yueying Kingdom was silent. However, in the Qiankun Empire, a series of changes were earth-shaking, and in the hearts of the senior officials of the empire, it was even more terrifying than the earthquake a few years ago.
Just as the alkaline price soared, Emperor Qiankun suddenly issued several appointments. The Jin family and Ren family, two families that were highly favored in recent years, have gained huge benefits. They took over the military and finance respectively.
The Marshal and the Old Marquis had retired, but they were still in charge. However, in this appointment, their rights were all removed and they were not allowed to interfere in any work matters in the future.
Not only that, Feng Xuanzhang of the Imperial Academy was also canceled his position as dean on the grounds that he was too old. He was replaced by a member of the royal family.
These appointments immediately caused a huge impact among the top leaders of the empire. All the nobles were talking about this matter privately, and almost every senior leader felt a storm coming. Many families began to restrain their children and became cautious in their actions. The entire imperial capital exuded a strange atmosphere.
Just one day later, the positions of many middle and low-level officers in the Imperial Guard and the City Defense Force were adjusted. Then there were a series of appointments that shocked the enemy.
Wu Tianfeng of the Seventh Army was transferred to the military headquarters, Wei Ning of the Sixth Army was transferred to the military headquarters, and Chen Xuangan of the Third Army was transferred to the military headquarters. The commanders of the three major corpses were the heads of the Hong family, Huang family, and Yang family, who were close friends with the Jin family and the Ren family.
The three legion commanders were adjusted at the same time as several legion commanders, including a large number of middle and low-level officers from the three legions, as well as several deputy legion commanders.
The emperor's order was issued so quickly that Wu Tianfeng and the others had no time to respond, so they were directly forced to leave by the personnel sent by the military headquarters with an emergency order. They could not refuse at all, otherwise they would have refused to obey the order and would have been a serious crime of rebelling against the empire, and there would not be many soldiers below to help them.
After the telegram, the message arrived almost instantly and spread throughout the empire in almost a day. The lords and senior officials in various places were in an uproar. What was the Emperor going to do?
Although the empire still seemed calm on the surface at this time, undercurrents had already accumulated, especially among the nobles. Many people began to inquire around and were panicked.
But this is not the end. The emperor's thundering methods have not yet ended. After adjusting the three legions, the emperor immediately ordered the Marquis of Dingbei to lead the Eighth Legion to the Heishan Fortress to replace the Third Legion. The Third Legion was divided into three, heading to Zheng Xing, Nanjiang Legion and the three eastern leader stationed respectively, which was nominally intended to protect the railway.
At this time, many senior officials understood that the Emperor was targeting Xingchen. Almost all personnel who were adjusted on a large scale had good relationships with Jiang Xingchen. And can the railway line be protected? There is no war between countries now? Besides, there are city guards, so how can they mobilize field legions?
Let’s look at the places where you choose to station, Zheng Xingling, the three leaders in the east, and Nanjiangling, which one is not the iron rod of the Xingchenling. There is also a Qi Yueling, but it is right behind the Sixth Legion.
The lords and senior officials from all over the country were sweating coldly. The emperor was determined to move Xingchen to the leader, otherwise it would be impossible to adjust the marshal, the old marquis, and the commanders of several major legions. Perhaps this was a plan that had been planned long ago, otherwise how could he hold all the major legions in his hands so quickly and not cause a mutiny.
Of course, Xingchen Ling is not a vegetarian. Once the conflict arises, almost understands that the families that have come here are secretly stocking up food and weapons. They already feel that the empire is going to be in chaos.
In the city hall of Xingchentang, there are a large number of telegrams on Mei'er's table. They were all sent back from all over the past two days. Compared with the surge in alkaline prices, the price increase and lack of iron ore have a greater impact on Xingchentang. Steel is needed in railways, steel, steel bars, weapons, various large machinery, ships, and house construction.
Xingchenling does have several iron ore in his hands, but it is difficult to meet the needs of the two major steel mills and two small steel mills at bases. They need to buy a large amount of iron ore every year. Now the price is just rising, but once the resource is interrupted, the impact will be great.
Mei'er frowned and looked solemn. What she was worried about at this moment was not soda ash and steel. Jiang Xingchen had previously made overseas arrangements to give Xingchen a great room for retreat. Now she was considering the next method of the empire.
There is no doubt that the Emperor was determined to attack Xingchen Leader. The first step was to limit raw materials and resources and control the development of Xingchen Leader. Then a series of personnel adjustments that were too fast to be heard, and he used thunder to take down all the allies of Xingchen Leader. When he received this news, Mei'er was stunned. He did not expect the Emperor to play so well. In this way, the Xingchen Leader would be isolated within the empire.
"Next, they might have to do something about transportation." Mei'er tapped the table with two fingers with her right hand. This was the habit of learning from Jiang Xingchen. He was like this when he thought about it.
"Miss Mei'er, emergency telegram" came from the door.
Mei'er raised her head, called her subordinates in, and then picked up the telegram to watch, her eyes shrank. In the eastern territory of the Red Rock Territory, the transportation team of the Xingchen Territory was robbed by bandits, with hundreds of casualties, and all the iron ore was robbed. Now the Red Rock Lord is searching for bandits everywhere.
"Bandits, they really attacked the transportation." Mei'er grabbed the telegram in her hand and patted it heavily on the table.
In the next three days, there were telegrams everywhere, almost all the news that materials were hijacked by bandits. As much as 200 million yellow crystal coins were lost in three days, and even the railway line was destroyed for a while. The empire changed from peace and stability to chaos, as if bandits were rampant everywhere.
The first one that was affected was the construction of metropolis. They had used up the raw materials in stock and had no work to do.
For this reason, Duan Qingshi personally found Mei'er and asked what to do. Mei'er's reply was to temporarily suspend work, and let the craftsmen rest first, and pay as much as possible.
Duan Qingshi had nothing to say when Mei'er made such a promise and could only go back and make arrangements. Then Mei'er issued an order to shift the focus of the steel plant's production to weapons in the future. He also mobilized more than 300 private soldiers to be responsible for protection along the way and sent the produced parts to the weapons factory at the new industrial base in Minggang City.
She has received the letter from Qin Manwu and the third prince of Yueying, and she also knows that the two countries are under tremendous pressure now, especially for Yueying, the third prince must be strongly controlled. Therefore, there must be a sufficient number of weapons.
As Mei'er issued a series of orders, Grandpa Fu, Wanrou, and many senior executives from the territory came to ask how to deal with the situation in front of him. Now Xingchen Gate is too passive, and the amount of yellow crystal coins lost every day alone is as many as tens of millions.
Mei'er looked calm and told everyone calmly, "Do nothing, wait"^