I have 800,000 private soldiers. The emperor forces me to hand over military power?

The next day.

In the Imperial Study Room in Jinling Imperial City.

Last night, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian spent another night in the Imperial Study Room, dealing with the matter of the army splitting into two groups to go to the Goguryeo Peninsula to quell the rebellion. He almost stayed up all night until dawn in the east, when he took a short nap on the bed in the Imperial Study Room.

The news that King Jin Chen Longxiang slaughtered the Tang army that refused to surrender on the Goguryeo Peninsula and raised the banner of rebellion, restored the previous dynasty, and restored Daxin had been reported to the Jinling Imperial City for half a month.

The 500,000 Tang Dynasty troops, led by Chang Yuchun, Duke of Wei of the Tang Dynasty, three dukes and more than a dozen marquises and earls, had also set out three days ago to the front line of the Goguryeo Peninsula to quell the rebellion.

Chen Huaian hated and was angry about what his silly brother had done.

It is obvious that Chen Longxiang's slogan of "restoring the previous dynasty and restoring Daxin" must be the former evil queen Su Wan'er who is obstructing and giving advice;

My brother is so stupid that he ignored the brotherhood of more than ten years for a woman and helped the former evil queen to depose the emperor and restore the country, putting his brother on the fire;

He also ignored the warnings of the black-robed old monk Dongfang Xiao over the years and openly raised the butcher knife against the army of the Tang Dynasty. He has no fear of reverence and is not afraid of being punished by God!

The more than 200,000 soldiers who stayed in the Goguryeo Peninsula, produced by his own [Born to be an Emperor] system, were almost slaughtered by Chen Longxiang, some dead and some injured;

Although these soldiers are all system NPCs, they are dispensable;

But, Chen Longxiang can kill them without any scruples today, and he can raise the butcher knife to other Tang soldiers who are not produced by the system tomorrow. If this continues, the prophecy of the black-robed old monk Dongfang Xiao will sooner or later come true.

More importantly, his killing of the Tang army in the Goguryeo Peninsula is tantamount to slapping Chen Huaian in the face and the face of the entire Tang Dynasty, making the royal dignity lose;

So much so that Chen Huaian had to issue a self-blame edict again.

This is the second self-blame edict he has issued since he ascended the throne!

Ah——

When he thought of this, Chen Huaian felt a headache.

However, the more troublesome things are still to come!

"Your Majesty, the deputy commander of the Dragon City Internal Guard has an urgent report--"

In the imperial study, Chen Huaian, who had just taken a nap, was suddenly awakened by the report of Xiao Po, the commander of the Jinwu Guard and the Marquis of Loyalty, outside the imperial study.

Speaking of which, Xiao Po, the commander of the Jinwu Guard who was on duty outside the imperial study, originally did not intend to wake up Chen Huaian, the Emperor Zhaowu, who had just rested;

As the commander of the emperor's personal guards, Xiao Po naturally knew that the emperor had not had a good sleep for a long time since the rebellion of Prince Jin.

Even though there were only a few palace walls between the Fengyi Palace and Kunning Palace, the harem of the imperial city, where the Empress, the Imperial Concubine and the two little princes lived;

However, after leaving the court, Emperor Zhaowu almost always used the imperial study as his home, handling local government affairs without stopping for a moment, and personally paying attention to the movements of the army to suppress the rebellion.

Today, the candlelight in the inner hall of the imperial study was extinguished less than an hour ago, but Xiao Po received an urgent letter from Lu Jiang, the deputy commander of the Dragon City Internal Guard, from Guangling County.

Along with the letter, there was also a message from Lu Jiang to Xiao Po, saying that the report was extremely urgent, and asked the Marquis of Loyalty to submit it to Emperor Zhaowu for review as soon as possible after receiving it, without delay!

Xiao Po knew the way Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery Lu Jiang behaved, and seeing that he was so anxious, he did not dare to delay.

Even though the emperor had only been lying down for less than an hour, Xiao Po had to bite the bullet and wake up Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian who had just fallen asleep.

Um——

In the imperial study, Chen Huaian, who was sleeping in his clothes on the bed, had a very light sleep. As soon as Xiao Po spoke outside the hall, he suddenly opened his eyes and climbed out of the bed.

Afterwards, while putting on his clothes, he ordered Xiao Po outside the palace: "Xiao Po, bring in the report from the loyal and brave Marquis Lu Jiang!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Soon, Xiao Po took Lu Jiang's urgent report of 800 miles and walked into the imperial study. After greeting Chen Huaian with the courtesy of monarch and subject, he presented the report to Chen Huaian with both hands respectfully;

He also said: "Your Majesty, the loyal and brave Marquis reported with the letter that this report is extremely urgent. Please review and decide as soon as possible!"

Hmm?

Hearing this, Chen Huaian raised his eyebrows, and the whole person suddenly became alert and energetic.

He still trusted the loyal and brave Marquis Lu Jiang. This Tang Dynasty general who was the first to be conferred a marquis by Chen Huaian was loyal to him.

At the beginning, the "tea-horse smuggling case" involving four provinces and eight prefectures of the Tang Dynasty was first discovered by Lu Jiang, the imperial inspector of the imperial examination at that time, and it was implicated that Wuyi Bo Liu Ziyu colluded with the remnants of the Turks and rebelled in the Youyun area;

For this reason, Chen Huaian promoted the loyal and brave Marquis Lu Jiang to the deputy commander of Longcheng Internal Guard after Luo Yucheng, the deputy commander of Longcheng Internal Guard, was hammered to death by the rebellious Jin Wang Chen Longxiang, and took over the work of Longcheng Internal Guard.

Let's get back to the story.

When Chen Huaian took the report from Xiao Po and opened it, his eyes were immediately attracted by the content of the report, and his expression became more and more serious and solemn.

The report was about the fact that Zhongshan King Su Muchen secretly colluded with the enemy and funded the Goguryeo rebels;

In addition, there are reports about the former kings of Jiujiang, Changxin, and Chuxiang who were also involved in secretly colluding with the enemy and supporting the Goryeo rebels!

Therefore, after seeing the content of Lu Jiang's report, Chen Huaian's expression became more and more solemn.

Speaking of which, Chen Huaian had heard about the correspondence between the King of Zhongshan and the former queen Su Wan'er, who was far away in the Goguryeo Peninsula, through overseas caravans;

Otherwise, he would not have ordered Lu Jiang to go to the King of Zhongshan's mansion to secretly monitor and investigate when he succeeded to the inner guard of Longcheng.

Chen Huaian expected that King Zhongshan Su Muchen would support the enemy and rebel.

However, Chen Huaian never expected that the three people of the former Jiujiang, Changxin, and Chuxiang were also involved in this rebellion.

To be fair, after Chen Huaian ascended the throne and became emperor, he thought that he had given great preferential treatment to these former generals and ministers, princes and nobles in the court, which was also a manifestation of his benevolent rule when he founded the country.

However, he never thought that his kindness did not win the gratitude of these former generals and ministers, princes and nobles, but instead repeatedly challenged the bottom line of himself as an emperor and the bottom line of the laws of the entire Tang Dynasty;

It seems that benevolent rule alone can never bring peace to the dynasty.

Benevolent rule should also be accompanied by iron-blooded tactics!

At this moment, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian, who had figured it all out, finally burst out a fierce and decisive look in his cold starry eyes.