This also reminded Tang Ao of Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty. When Li Zicheng appeared outside the capital with a peasant army, the last emperor of the late Ming Dynasty could not afford to support the army because he had no money, so he had no choice but to pay for it.
He had the nerve to ask the ministers below to borrow money. When he borrowed the head of his father-in-law Zhou Kui, he managed to get out three thousand taels. This was because her daughter, the queen, had given him five thousand taels, hoping to give Zhou Kui more money.
Donate some, but in fact, not only did he not get a penny, he also fell into his pocket with two thousand taels.
Afterwards, Li Zicheng entered the capital and ransacked Zhou Kui's house, and got 700,000 taels of silver. Haha, it's ridiculous.
Think about the use of such royal relatives and nobles? Tang Ao doesn't want to be shameless in the future and beg for money from the people he supports. Even if this is the case, it is better to kill him in advance and save the country and the people.
It's a great thing.
As for how he will be judged in the history books in the future, Tang Ao is not from this world, so he naturally doesn't care too much. He only knows that he should follow his heart and do things. Anyway, he has no relationship with these Tang clan members.
nothing.
If Tang Ao hadn't been enfeoffed from Jizhou, the poorest place in the world, the Tang family would never have recognized him. Talking about relationships with such a person? It's ridiculous.
Tang Ao was ruthless, and Shi Lei was meticulous in his work. Just one day later, Daliang City became completely quiet. Not only those who had done evil were caught and killed, but all the useless powerful people were also exterminated.
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At this time, Daliang City had become clean. There were no useless people, so Tang Ao led the Jizhou Army with more than 200,000 troops into Daliang City.
In June of the 25th year of Hanchang, Tang Ao, the king of Ji, moved into Daliang City, shocking the world.
Still this month, Emperor Qianwen's special envoy Yan Fu was rushing from Jiangling Mansion in Ezhou to Daliang City.
Tang Ao was a little angry when he got a messy Daliang City. To say that Emperor Qian Ying had no need to do this was simply to disgust himself and to consume a lot of his energy.
How could Tang Ao suffer such a loss, so he immediately launched a counterattack. Under his instruction, the Dragon Newspaper, which was already extremely influential in the land of seven states, began to publish a batch of articles criticizing Emperor Qian Ying.
From the perspective of national justice, people's livelihood, imperial power, etc., they denounced it as wrong.
The article said that as a descendant of the Daqian royal family, he was fortunate enough to get the century-old imperial capital of Daliang City. If he didn't manage it well and think of ways to lead the people to a better life, on the contrary, under his leadership
, let the aliens invade Daqian, leaving countless people homeless, countless people dying in silence, and countless people separated from their wives and children...
The article explains in detail that during the two years of Emperor Qian Ying's reign, the country's strength has declined significantly, and the people's lives have deteriorated day by day. Even business has withered under his leadership, and is far from what it was when Daqian was strong.
half.
And for all of this, Qian Ying Emperor Tang Qingchuan bore a heavy responsibility.
At the end of the article, it is bluntly stated that Tang Qingchuan is a big fatuous king who is not worthy of being an emperor or a descendant of the Tang surname. He also warns others to stay away from the fatuous king and following him will lead to no way out.
As soon as the article appeared, it received support from many people, such as Internal Affairs Minister Du Jin, former Minister of War Cheng Bolin, Minister of Household Affairs Rui Butong, Minister of Industry Mingshan and other official families, as well as one of the wealthy families.
The Su family also stood up and denounced the various atrocities and misdeeds committed by Emperor Qianying when he came back to the throne. What is particularly clear is that Daliang City, the century-old imperial capital, was almost destroyed by his hands. If not for Jizhou
With the sudden appearance of the army, the entire city might have been slaughtered.
In the end, the flames burned brighter and brighter, and the entire Tang clan was massacred on the head of Emperor Qianying, claiming that this person was the instigator. He ignored the pleadings of the Tang clan members when he left. Without taking them away, they were eventually harmed by gangsters, and all of them were killed, etc.
There are rumors among the people that these gangsters are actually disguised as the Xuanjia Army. They are interested in the money of the Tang clan. However, they did not expect that the Jizhou Army appeared too quickly, so the silver they stole did not arrive in time. Just going out.
All in all, all in all, now all the spearheads are pointed directly at Emperor Qian Ying, giving the impression that he is a heinous bastard, and everyone must punish him.
After successively occupying Jizhou, Yuzhou and Jinzhou, Tang Ao's actual control range reached the ten states. Dragon News was also able to publish and appear in the ten states at the same time. The influence was huge, and it also made These discussions were spread throughout the world in a short period of time.
When the news inevitably reached the ears of Qianying Emperor Tang Qingchuan, who had just arrived in Qingzhou City, his expression remained unchanged at first, and soon he spit out a mouthful of blood. He was really angry.
Originally, I just wanted to disgust Tang Ao, give him a mess, and take the opportunity to consume his strength. After all, when leaving Daliang City, Tang Qingchuan was forced and very reluctant.
But I never expected that the other party would play an even better game. They actually took this opportunity to bloodbath the entire Daliang City, killing and robbing all the disobedient people. Even the Tang clan members were not spared. But a lot of money was robbed by him.
I heard that the Tang clan alone has 180 million taels of gold and silver. If you add the others, wouldn't there be more than 200 million taels of benefits? All of this should be yours.
Just like the people of the Tang clan, Emperor Qianying had asked for their opinions. They really didn't want to leave. In their opinion, Tang Ao also had the surname Tang and was also a member of the Tang clan, right? In that case, he wouldn't How about them.
These people also want to cling to Tang Ao and suck more blood. But they have heard that King Ji is very rich and good at making money. This is a good goal.
After all considerations, Emperor Qianying had no intention of forcing them and left them alone. Who would have thought that Tang Ao was so ruthless that he would take advantage of the chaos to clean up these residents or vampires?
It has to be said that Tang Ao chose a very good time. He took action just when the Xuanjia Army had just left and the Jizhou Army had not yet settled in. Something went wrong during this gap period. It was originally something that was unclear.
As a result, Tang Ao got a lot of money, but he had to bear the bad reputation himself. Who wouldn't be angry?
Thinking that with this money, Tang Ao could do a lot of things, even more than the money he paid for selling Sanzhou, Tang Qingchuan became even more angry and spat out another mouthful of old blood. He shouted. After saying, "Tang Ao, I and you will not be in conflict with each other, I completely passed out."
It took two days for him to wake up after he fainted. When he woke up, Zhang Zhen and Jiang Chen stood at the head of the dragon bed. Zhang Zhen even took the initiative to suggest that the Jizhou Army had not completely attacked the three states. When you gain a foothold, send out troops to attack them to avenge them.
Emperor Qian Ying, who was already a little weak, looked at Zhang Zhen with resentful eyes. He discovered that his original staff was getting stupider and dumber.
If the Xuanjia Army could defeat the Jizhou Army, how could they give up Daliang City and the land of the Three Prefectures?
And the reason why he fainted was because he was not in good health? He was just using this to show weakness and wanted to tell Tang Ao that he was not in good health now and would not be his enemy. If you want to do anything, don't worry Just do it boldly.
But now, Zuopushe Zhang Zhen, who is the leader of hundreds of officials, actually encourages himself to fight head-on with the Jizhou Army. In this case, what is the use of letting the city go and what is the use of pretending to be stunned?
Emperor Qian Ying's face was not good-looking. After all this fell into the eyes of his right servant She Jiang Chen, he rolled his eyes and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the current chaos in the world is not just a temporary success. When we are angry, it is better to immerse ourselves in development and consolidate our strength. When they are all in one group, we can take the opportunity to send troops and reap the benefits."
"Well, Jiang Pushe's words are very good, so let's handle it like this. Okay, I'm tired and need to lie down for a while. You can step back." Emperor Qian Ying said in a weak voice.
"No." The two servants clasped their fists and backed away. When no one was around, Jiang She patted Zhang Zhen's shoulder and said, "Brother Zhang, your majesty is tired, and so are you. Take a good rest, ha." Ha ha."
Seeing Jiang Chen leave with a triumphant look on his face, Zhang Zhen was stunned on the spot. He was following the emperor's wishes and requesting to send troops. Could it be that he had guessed wrong again?
But didn’t His Majesty say that? He has vowed to be incompatible with King Ji. Is this just a slogan?
Regardless of whether Zhang Zhen could figure it out or not, his actual power was indeed gone now. On the contrary, Jiang Chen, his right servant, had won the heart of Emperor Qian Ying and was summoned to the palace several times, taking over a lot of power.
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Yan Fu, after a long and tiring journey, when he once again saw the city wall of Daliang City from a distance, he felt a lot in his heart.
He was once forced to leave here. At that time, he had a belief that he would come back one day. Now it seems that this day is not far away, or is very close before his eyes.
In fact, Yan Fu came to Daliang City this time to fight for his master, Emperor Qianwen.
It is said to be a probing, but in Yan Fu's eyes, there is no need to even probing. Who is Tang Ao? He is the fourth son of Emperor Qianwen Tang Qingshan. Now I am still here, asking my son to do something and asking my son for something. , isn’t that already within reach?
Daqian is also a country that values filial piety. Based on this, if Tang Qingshan asked to return to Daliang City, Tang Ao would have no choice.
It's just that even Yan Fu himself didn't expect that he and His Majesty could return to Daliang City and end up borrowing Tang Ao's glory.