In the Yuanping Marquis Mansion, the two heads of family were sitting in the study, looking extremely solemn.
"Who could have imagined, who could have imagined... that the situation would be so corrupt!" Xue Jingyan beat his chest and stamped his feet.
The Yong army was victorious in the First Battle of Jishui. Now the army has besieged the capital, and the situation of the court has deteriorated to the extreme.
From a general perspective, the fall of the capital is doomed, and the current imperial court will definitely be overthrown.
But the closer it gets to this juncture, the more dangerous the Xue family will be.
Both the Lin family and the Huang family were imprisoned. As the real rebel Yue family, the Xue family could be used by the emperor to vent their anger at almost any time, even if they had broken with King Yong.
Xue Jingyu replied: "Yong's army has arrived at the city, and there are more and more troops. The court cannot hold on for long!"
These are actually all nonsense. The most important issue at the moment is how to preserve the family.
Just listen to Xue Jingyan say: "Second brother, you take the children of the clan and summon all the servants to go to the city wall to defend the city!"
"Brother, the imperial court is bound to be defeated. Are we still going to be enemies with King Yong?"
Xue Jingyan said angrily: "But the imperial court has not been defeated yet, although it can crush our family to pieces!"
"Go quickly!"
At this moment, Xue Jingyu felt that it was not appropriate, but under the coercion of his elder brother, he could only execute the order at this moment.
In fact, before leaving, Xue Jingyu really wanted to ask what his eldest brother was doing.
After all, it is more appropriate for the head of the family to do such things as showing one's face!
But when he saw Xue Jingyan's extremely ugly face, Xue Jingyu could only hold back his words and do what his elder brother wanted.
Xue Jingyu didn't know that when he turned to leave, Xue Jingyan's eyes looking at his back had become particularly cold.
"Second brother, the family wants to survive, and I also want to survive, eldest brother, so I have no choice but to wrong you!" Xue Jingyan murmured.
In order for the family to survive, the Xue family still had to cheer for the little emperor even at the last moment.
But seeing that the imperial court was about to collapse and King Yong was about to wear the dragon robe, Xue Jingyan had to think longer term.
Therefore, his idea was to remove himself from the matter of "submitting" to the imperial court and let Xue Jingyu act as a facade at this last moment.
In this way, the Xue family can not only deal with the current little emperor, but also let Xue Jingyu take the blame for this matter after the change of dynasties.
As long as Xue Jingyan insists that it was Xue Jingyu's idea to betray King Yong, Xue Jingyan thinks that preserving the family is not a big problem because his son is the princess.
When the time comes, pushing Xue Jingyu out of the same room to take the blame will be able to calm King Yong's anger and give an explanation to the world.
While the Xue family was making long-term plans for survival and overseeing the affairs of the prison, Lin Guanhai was worried about the imperial court's defeat.
At this moment, he was sitting in the cell, staring at the blue sky and white clouds outside through the small window on the wall.
At this moment, he wished so much that he could get out of prison and contribute his own strength to the defense of the city.
Seeing that Lin Guanhai had been in a daze for nearly an hour, Huang Wanan couldn't help but get up from the bed, sighed and said, "Brother Lin, the weather has changed, and the artifacts have become easier. This is a natural principle!"
Yong's army has arrived in the capital, and they have learned about this from the jailer.
The imperial court's defeat was so fast that it caught people off guard. It also caused the mood of the two people in the cell to change dramatically.
Hearing Huang Wanan's words, Lin Guanhai woke up from his daze.
After staring at Huang Wanan for a while, Lin Guanhai said: "Brother Huang is speaking for the rebels!"
"Brother Lin, I am not speaking for the rebels. It has always been the winner and the loser. This is a truth that everyone knows!"
"So Brother Huang thinks that the truth that everyone knows is right?"
"Isn't it right?" Huang Wanan asked back.
I wanted to continue the debate, but Lin Guanhai also knew that the most difficult thing to change is people's thoughts.
He smiled bitterly and said: "It's hard for you to read the words of sages. You were born as a second-class Jinshi, but you are just like those mediocre people!"
"You and I are just mortals!" Huang Wanan replied.
The two fell silent, and there was no point in continuing to quarrel and debate, because they knew they could not convince the other party.
In a certain square in the city, a petty official stood on a high place and read out the government's orders loudly.
After reading the official document, the clerk put the document away and then shouted: "The rebels killed innocent people indiscriminately, committed rape and robbery, and committed all kinds of evil. If you don't want your family to be killed and your family property to be robbed, you must obey the emperor's will, every household."
Send out men to defend the city!"
"The emperor said that as long as we defeat the bandits this time, we will be rewarded heavily!"
"If you achieve military exploits, you will be rewarded with silver and land, and if you achieve great achievements, you will be promoted to a higher rank!"
"I can tell you, a great future is right in front of you, don't miss it!"
The cake was beautifully painted, but no one responded at the scene. The quiet environment made the clerk look like a clown.
"Did you hear that? Go back and prepare today. The government will come to clean up the people early tomorrow morning. If any family disobeys the emperor's order, they will be severely punished!"
After saying these words, the petty official left with his servants, leaving a group of people looking at each other in shock.
Although the little official said it nicely, these people at the scene were not fools and knew that the so-called military merits were not that good.
But they had no choice. Even if they didn't want to perform meritorious service, they would be forcibly driven to the city wall by the government.
In a study somewhere, ten men in luxurious clothes looked sad at the moment.
"Yong's army is approaching the city. Do you think this minister can hold it?"
"There are 10,000 guards at the left and right prison gates, and 20,000 soldiers from the guards and city patrol officers. With only 30,000 people, it will be difficult to defend the city!"
In the two battles of Hanshui and Jishui, hundreds of thousands of imperial troops were lost, and these 30,000 were really insignificant.
So the answer is already obvious. Even if the imperial court recruits young men in the city, it will not change the general trend.
Only if they can clearly judge the situation, there is no doubt that these people are officials and can know the affairs of the DPRK and China.
After a few moments of silence in the room, someone said: "Everyone, the current situation has changed dramatically and chaos is coming. I have to make plans in advance!"
These officials, their wives and children are all in the capital. If they don't take "countermeasures" early, they may end up with their families ruined.
At this time, a man from the east said: "King Yong raised his troops. His famous saying is to kill the rebels and bring disaster to the country!"
"As long as we are not so-called traitors, what do we have to worry about?"
Seeing everyone looking over, Chen Jian continued: "I don't need to explain, all of you adults also understand that the traitor is a cabinet minister, and only the officials of the Six Departments have a share!"
Of course, the leader of the rebels was the current emperor, but Chen Ji'an was wise enough not to mention it.
"The imperial court always needs people to govern. We people are useful to King Yong. As long as we are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, we may be able to achieve success!"
When Chen Ji'an finished speaking, someone immediately answered: "Brother Chen is worthy of being the number one scholar appointed by the late emperor. He is indeed knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he has analyzed the current situation so thoroughly!"
Chen Ji'an was the number one scholar in Tai'an for 23 years, but he has never been reused.
In fact, these people in the room almost all have the same experience, and there is no hope of getting ahead in the current court.
Then someone else said: "In this way, the disaster of the imperial court is our blessing!"
"I don't dare to think about my success. I just hope that my whole family will be safe!"
"yes!"
When everyone expressed their attitude, someone asked: "Then what should we do?"
Everyone's eyes were focused on Chen Jian at this moment.
Chen Ji'an enjoyed this moment very much. For him, as long as he could lead this group of people and help build momentum when King Yong entered the city, he would definitely be reused.
I saw Chen Jian calmly saying: "Don't panic, everyone, this matter needs to be discussed in the long term!"
To be honest, these people are really brave. They dare to gather a crowd to talk about such a "big rebellion".
Once the news leaks out, under Zhao Weilong's fury, they will definitely die without their bodies intact.