The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 674

Naturally, Chen Zhao wouldn't care about a mere Shi Xiangyun.

Time passed by slowly.

The cabinet officials have changed one after another, but Emperor Xiaode's confidantes are still only three.

British Duke Li Changqing, Cao Guogong Yue Zhongqi and Cheng Guogong Chen Zhao.

In Emperor Xiaode's view, these three checks and balances are enough for him to control, and the honorary system headed by them is to compete with the civil service system.

To ensure the stability of the imperial power.

For so many years, the world has been peaceful, the sea is clean, the borders are stable, the number of refugees has decreased, and the power has been monopolized. Emperor Xiaode has the feeling that he is living in Hanwen and possessed by Tang Zong.

So he gradually drifted away.

In order to pursue immortality, he began to favor various alchemists.

But he is also thoughtful, and often he does not eat alone, but also asks the minister to try it for him.

For example, Li Changqing, such as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

So in June of Xiaode's 18th year, Li Changqing, the British prince who was only 50 years old, died of illness.

The next year, the queen died of illness.

But Emperor Xiaode seemed to have planned for a long time, and immediately promoted Concubine Zhuang's younger brother Yang Yuchun to Pingshahou, to be in charge of the imperial guards in Beijing, and to be the first-rank governor and acquaintance of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Yang Yuchun was originally a titan in the army. He participated in several battles successively. He was both courageous and excellent.

But that gave some people bad ideas.

As Concubine Zhuang became the master of the harem, and Yang Yuchun's military power increased, the prince gradually fell into neglect.

He often drank with Luwang, the sixth son of the emperor, and Wang Fu, the ninth son of the emperor, two brothers from the same mother who were both neglected, and was eventually known by Concubine Zhuang.

So on a certain day in the 20th year of Xiaode, a minister in the middle of the court suddenly came forward to impeach the prince for colluding with King Lu and King Fu, secretly manipulating soldiers, and plotting wrongdoing.

At this time, Emperor Xiaode had been in power for 20 years, monopolizing power, saying one thing, and thinking about immortality. He had long regretted the premature establishment of a prince, and thought about his relationship with the British public. He immediately became angry and ordered the prince and Lu King Wang and King Fu arrested them and demoted the three to common people that day.

Emperor Xiaode then summoned the ministers to discuss how to deal with the three princes.Yang Yuchun, the first-rank governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, said: "This is your Majesty's family affairs, which are not suitable for ministers and others."

Yue Zhongqi also said: "Your Majesty's family affairs, I dare not speak nonsense."

Lin Ruhai, the chief assistant of the cabinet, argued hard.

Only Chen Zhao stood there without saying a word.

But Emperor Xiaode wanted Chen Zhao to speak.

Chen Zhao then said lightly: "Your Majesty, I just remembered some past events, and my mind was a little distracted."

"What happened?"

"The history of Li Ying, the first prince of Tang Xuanzong."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of Emperor Xiaode and Yang Yuchun changed color at the same time.

It turns out that in the 25th year of the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji killed three sons in one day, including the prince Li Ying, which laid the root of Tianbao's crisis.

Chen Zhao's remarks clearly accused Emperor Xiaode of becoming increasingly fatuous, and that Yang Yuchun was Li Linfu alive.

It's no different than calling someone public.

Looking at the expressions of everyone in Wenyuan Pavilion, Chen Zhao knew that this day was finally coming.

So after returning to the mansion, under the escort of the Jinyiwei armored cavalry, Chen Zhao took his whole family away overnight. The surveillance force arranged by the emperor did not work at all.

As for the family of Lin Ruhai, the chief assistant of the cabinet, they naturally left the capital safely.

Jinmen is Chen Zhao's city. No matter how many officials are changed, Chen Zhao's influence cannot be eliminated. There are tens of thousands of heavily armed militias and a huge private fleet to protect them.

In fact, neither Emperor Xiaode nor the cabinet and the Governor's Mansion had any idea of ​​Chen Zhao's true strength at this time.

Even Lin Ruhai didn't know, if it wasn't for his daughter and grandson, he definitely wouldn't have left so simply.

Emperor Xiaode was furious and immediately beheaded the prince's three brothers, removed Lin Ruhai from his position as chief minister of the cabinet, imprisoned Sun Shaozong, Zhang Heqing and others, and then sent Yue Zhongqi, the left governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, to lead the imperial army to attack Jinmen.

But something amazing happened.

The generals of the Forbidden Army asked for leave one after another, and then went out of the city to avoid disaster.

Immediately afterwards, the imperial guards were in an uproar, asking for payment, as well as setting fees, tea fees, battle fees, and even some ice and carbon fees.

Otherwise it won't start.

A group of big soldiers, dare to threaten the emperor at this time?
But the emperor found that he had no way to suppress them.

Because the emperor does not send hungry soldiers, if you don't give others benefits, why should they work for you?
Moreover, Emperor Xiaode has spent too much money in the field of immortality in recent years, and the military salaries of the imperial army and the Beijing camp are almost unable to be paid.

The subordinates clearly told the emperor that if Jinmen and Songjiang did not send the annual fixed amount of money, the imperial army would not be able to pay the money, let alone the departure fee?

Without wages, it is hard to say whether the soldiers and horses in the capital would mutiny.

But a bigger vortex is coming.

Military officers from all over the country came forward one after another, claiming that Chen Zhao was loyal to the country, why did the emperor point the finger at him after killing the prince.

It was only then that the people of the world discovered that Chen Zhao had accumulated countless talents in the past 20 years.

Those heroes who killed enemies in Southeast Asia went to the army, those who accumulated gold and silver at sea became officials, there are countless workshops, workers, and all kinds of extremely efficient machines...

Countless people combined to form an unparalleled system.

What kind of forces are involved in this system, everyone didn't know at first, but now they understand that the most prominent generals in the world, the richest businessmen, all have close relationships with them in one way or another, every move will cause chaos in the world.

Jinmen and the interest groups behind it are so developed that they have robbed food from the gentry and how many things they have snatched. If Chen Zhao falls, the civil servant group will definitely be liquidated. Is it possible that there is so much money and land now, and this prestige? All the powers on all sides will disappear in smoke?
The interests are at stake, and everyone's positions are immediately unified.

Everyone’s memorials are all of the same attitude, why would an important official like Chen Zhao leave Beijing, why would the emperor follow Tang Xuanzong’s example and kill three sons in one day, who is Zhang Jiuling, who is Li Linfu, and who is the increasingly fatuous Tang Xuanzong...

I ask the imperial court to thoroughly check the words are humble and sincere, but the meaning in the memorial is very clear. If the imperial court does not give an explanation, then everyone is afraid that they will not feel at ease. If they are not at ease, what will happen to the troops that cannot be controlled. That's hard to say.

"I've followed my husband for so many years, I never thought that he really has no plans."

Lin Daiyu spoke to Xue Baochai privately.

At this position, it would be impossible if Chen Zhao hadn't made some preparations, so once he made a decision, there was really nothing in the world that could stop him.

Chen Zhao's arrangements in Beijing and Tianjin were quite careful. There were a thousand armored cavalry escorts in the capital. Do you know, participate in generals, and prepare for soldiers? Officials, big and small, and wealthy people are all welcome.

Jinmenwei is Chen Zhao's city, and has maintained a fleet here for a long time, including three gunboats, and the artillery of the whole Dazhou cannot compete with it.

Not to mention the 2 guards relying on Zhengfei Bank.

Not to mention, all the navies in the world are under Chen Zhao's control, and tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of elites can be dispatched at any time.

After everything was arranged, Chen Zhao sat in his study, summoned Daiyu, Baochai, Tanchun and other wives and concubines, and said with a smile on his face: "I originally only wanted to live a rich life with you, but I didn't expect that the emperor would leave. Come this far!"

Daiyu said firmly: "I will definitely follow my husband and I will never regret it."

Baochai and Tanchun also nodded.

The civil service system originally thought that this was their chance, and they started to regain national power and public opinion.

As a result, Chen Zhao reacted quickly. The actions of civil servants are not worth mentioning in front of swords and gold and silver. All officials who made a clear statement and stood against Chen Zhao went bankrupt within a month, and other officials suddenly fell silent. No one dared Too much to say.

Emperor Xiaode finally discovered that the emperor who had been majestic for 20 years had turned into a tiger without minions.

In desperation, Emperor Xiaode could only compromise with Chen Zhao.

The ministers who were imprisoned were all acquitted and sent to Jinmen.

And Chen Zhao was named the King of Jinmen County, and he recuperated and rested in Jinmen, and opened the King's shogunate.

At the same time, Chen Zhao's subordinate, Juren Ji Yun Ji Xiaolan, who was also known as "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth", was placed in the cabinet, ranking third.

Another subordinate, Cheng Rixing, who was born in Juren, served as the minister of the Ministry of Industry and was also qualified to go to court.

The two are the spokespersons of the Jinmen shogunate in the capital. Without the consent of the two of them, any issues and policies related to interests cannot be passed.

Jinmen became the second political center of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In the days that followed, Emperor Xiaode's body completely collapsed due to his old age, years of taking elixirs, and his fall from the high position of being the first emperor through the ages.

So in the 21st year of Xiaode, the emperor passed away. After the crown prince ascended the throne, he changed his Yuan to Shunjin.

In the second year of Shunjin, Chen Zhao, the king of Jinmen County, personally led the army, and swept the northern land in two directions, occupying the entire Northeast Plain, and filling the town of Liaodong with refugees, escapees, hungry people, landless tenants, and redundant water workers.

In the next ten years or so, countless people from the Central Plains moved north to the outside of the customs. By the time of the tenth year of Shunjin's Ministry of Household Inspection, the number of Han people in eastern Liaodong exceeded 500 million.

Because of the laying of earth dragons and the unimpeded commercial roads, the Han people continued to open up to the north, and the Slavs and Cossacks began to suffer bloodbaths...

In the third year of Shunjin, the king of Jinmen County and Shangshu ordered Chen Zhao to establish the second academy of "engineering and wisdom", and many craftsmen were selected as teachers.

In the fifth year of Shunjin, General Tiance, King of Jinmen, and Shangshu ordered Chen Zhao to establish the General Taxation Bureau, which was called "the realm of the Great Zhou, only breathing and paying taxes."

Immediately, several large fleets patrolled Jiangnan, and Jiangnan obediently surrendered.

In the seventh year of Shunjin, the king of Jin, the governor, and the minister ordered Chen Zhaoding to reform the imperial examination and set up local official schools to practice a pragmatic approach. The disciples of the school he established began to take up official positions at all levels.

In the ninth year of Shunjin, Chen Liu, the eldest son of King Chen Zhao of Jin, led the army to conquer Korea. It took two months to destroy the country of Korea, capture 5000 monarchs and ministers alive, and establish Lelang Province.

In the 11th year of Shunjin, Chen Liudong, the admiral of the navy and Duke Lelang, went to Japan. After six months and 35 battles, he returned to the court with the Japanese emperor and the Japanese general who conquered the barbarians.Split the Japanese country.

Chen Zhao was overjoyed, and said to Daiyu, "Liu'er is so brave, why do I have any worries?"

The emperor then added Jiuxi and worshiped Chen Zhao as the king of Qi, and the eldest son Chen Liu, king of Lelang County, was the son of the king of Qi.

In the 12th year of Shunjin, Chen Zhao was established on behalf of Zhou, the country was named Qi, and the Yuan was changed to "Yanwu".

Feng Daiyu is the queen, Baochai is the virtuous concubine, Tanchun is the good concubine, and Ruoqing is the Shu concubine.

The kings conquered Southeast Asia and Australia, took advantage of the trend to conquer Tianzhu and Persia, Dashi, and the products of Daqi were sold to all countries in the world.

The economy of the Celestial Kingdom has continued to reform and develop, and finally entered the industrial age smoothly, leading the western powers for decades...

(End of this chapter)