I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

The leading eunuch who was forcibly brought in played an unexpected role.After a short period of shock and panic, the emperor's will to fight seemed to have disintegrated by half.With trembling hands, he wrote down several imperial edicts, and obediently asked for a seal to show his absolute surrender.

When the eunuch delivered the gold box containing the jade seal, not only the accompanying historical consultants, but even Mu Chen and all the soldiers felt a little nervous: Although the experts had repeatedly analyzed before crossing, they believed that the jade seal of the Southern Dynasty was not It is very likely that it is the imperial seal of Emperor Qin Shihuang.But experts aren't entirely sure after all.In other words, inside this box may be the Heshibi that the emperors have dreamed of for thousands of years...

The history consultant took the gold box with both hands, put it on the table and opened it carefully, but after just a glance, he let out a long breath.

"Fake." He said angrily.

In order to prove his point of view, the consultant took out a small and square piece of sapphire inside, and showed it to everyone:

"The square is four inches long, and five dragons are handed over to Shanghai New York. The upper corner is missing, and it is filled with gold. The imitation is not bad." He glanced at the emperor who was limp on the ground, and seemed very displeased: "But did anyone tell you? , Qin Xiaozhuan and Han Xiaozhuan have different stroke order?!"

He put the jade seal back into the gold box with a gloomy expression on his face.

——Of course, the emperor's jade seal is also a national treasure, but compared with the Chuan Guoxi, it is really nothing to mention.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and they were all so embarrassed to meet A.In the weird atmosphere, Mu Chen finally coughed and spoke.

"Don't think about it now. Let's use the seal first, and publish the edict first..."

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To put it simply, this palace coup was much easier and smoother than imagined.After controlling the garrison in the Gyeonggi barracks with anesthetic gas, the next thing is simply a matter of course.The palace that was airborne and intruded by the special forces hardly organized any effective resistance, and the relatives and ministers behaved even more unbearably - all the prime ministers, servants, servants, and generals quietly listened to the plus nine that was equivalent to the usurper notice The edict of Xi didn't make any radical statement.

Still, there were surprises.All the high-ranking officials looked at each other in front of the inner stage, in a daze, wondering what happened outside Jiankang City—the King of Hengyang was obviously the youngest son of the late emperor who had no power, and he had been captured by the rebels long ago without knowing what happened, so how did he sneak into the city? Instigating a palace change?

This doubt was quickly dispelled.After Jia Jiuxi's decree was passed, another middle-aged scholar with luxurious clothes but a bleak complexion appeared in front of the inner stage, holding another white linen paper for promulgating the decree.All the ministers in the capital province raised their eyes and suddenly realized it, and some of them who knew each other chuckled and joked in a low voice: "Why bother!" 33 Novels

That's right, the moment you saw King Fuling stand up, all the ministers instantly understood all the key points of today's palace change - King Hengyang is weak and helpless, but he has become a puppet with a name on his back, a man with a heavy army in his hands King Fuling is the mastermind behind the scenes!As for why such a puppet had to work so hard to set up such a puppet, it was presumably to follow the old example of the former Emperor Qi Gaozongming and use his nephew to fill in the hole as a buffer, so as not to look too ugly.

However, this method of usurping the throne in circles is really stinky and long, no wonder some people are impatient.

There was silence in front of Shangshu Province, and everyone could hear these complaints clearly, but the King of Fuling didn't hear it and didn't respond, but his pale face became more and more depressed, as if he was really heartbroken and mourned.The ministers who were close to him caught a glimpse of King Fuling's expression, and couldn't help curling their lips secretly. On the one hand, they admired the amazing acting skills of this clan prince, and on the other hand, they despised his hypocritical behavior: if it is said that other relatives usurped the throne Well, it’s all for you to learn from Boyi Shuqi; now you always do it yourself, who are you bluffing by making such a face?Do you want to learn from Sima Fu?

A few minutes later, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries present immediately knew who was being bluffed—King Fuling hesitated for a while, and finally unfolded the white linen paper in his hand, and read out the edict.The imperial decree is concise and to the point, saying that the recent wars have caused many refugees to enter Beijing, resulting in high food prices and shortages of everything, and there are many hungry people on the road.The emperor favored Yuan Yuan, so he specially ordered the opening of Taicang to sell rice at a low price.Take An Limin.He also ordered the scholars inside and outside not to take the opportunity to coerce and forcibly buy good people as slaves.

As soon as the edict was read out, everyone present was in an uproar, and some of the poorer cities even couldn't help but snort coldly.Those who were announced were all court executives, and of course they knew each other well: Jiankang stored a lot of grain, and the transportation was not interrupted. The reason why the famine was triggered by a little bit of refugees was that the aristocratic family controlled the granary and hoarded it for nothing. That's all.Since the famine, the center has done nothing. On the one hand, the emperor is cruel and stingy with property, and on the other hand, there are too many profits from top to bottom. No one dares to promote the distribution of food.

——So what kind of evil did King Fuling fall into?At the beginning of the palace change, the position has not yet been secured. Not to mention the big rewards to buy people's hearts, how dare they cut the flesh of nobles and dignitaries?

What surged up at that moment was not even anger, but horror: since the time when the well-dressed family had grown up in the south, they had vaguely shown a posture of fighting against the imperial power.So far, the north and the south have been separated for hundreds of years, and the surnames on the throne have changed one after another, and the ones who can't be shaken are the intricate surnames in the imperial court.The king of Fuling was just a mere clan during the usurpation process, how dare he challenge such an unshakable political order?

Mere food and rice is still a sample. If this bold and ignorant lunatic is not taught a lesson now, he will gain power after he ascends the throne in the future, and I am afraid that he will even fight against the aristocratic family!

After the inexplicable horror and anger, all the ministers finally bowed down one after another, and began to persuade him in a hurry.Now that the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty are pressing down on the border, the dignitaries don't want to lose face with the imperial power, so at least they are not angry to offend Yan Zhijian, and barely take into account the dignity of the monarch and his ministers.

So in the turmoil, the servants first worshiped, saying that this was a matter of competing with the people for the benefit of Yao and Shun, and it must be a treacherous minister who bewitched the supreme, begging the Qing emperor to rectify the rules; then several generals stepped forward and insisted that In Taicang is the prepared military rations. Now that the soldiers of the Northern Dynasties are facing the Yangtze River, the situation is critical, and the military rations must not be tampered with.Duzhi Shangshu came up to argue again, saying that although there is a shortage of food in the city, there will be no starvation on the road; as for the dead in the city, it is just that the refugees from other places are not acclimatized and have edema...

So you come and I go in a mess, but the King of Fuling held the edict with an indifferent expression, neither rebutting and explaining, nor making promises from remonstrance, letting the following tricks come and go.Wait until the ministers are finally dry and gradually shut up.He opened his mouth slowly and made the final decision:

"Lun's words are like sweat, there is no change, and the food will start today."

After saying that, he turned around with a flick of his sleeves, and went straight out under the guard of the black-clothed warrior.

The ministers who were left behind looked at each other in disbelief.After a while, angry comments finally surged. These nobles and dignitaries have never been so humiliated by the clan.Thus, amidst the resentment, a rebellious and outrageous criticism finally emerged:

"If you are so greedy for profit, do you also want to be Sima Zhao?"

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"If you are so greedy for profit, do you also want to be Sima Zhao?"

When Mu Chen heard this violent comment, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

He was half leaning on the brocade couch, surrounded by carved dragons and phoenixes, gold and jade, everywhere was filled with the rich and warm fragrance of agarwood burning.This is the Yixian Pavilion carefully furnished by the emperor. It was originally the sleeping palace for his beloved concubines.In the past, the emperor would lie on the couch and spend a lot of absurd and corrupt days. Now the dove occupying the magpie's nest is wrong, and the couch is replaced by Mu Chen, who is eating melon seeds and stretching his legs. Shrinking to the ground with a pale face, he quietly scratched the golden collar around his neck.

Seeing the ministers gradually walk out of the monitoring range, Mu Chen turned over, took out the remote control from his sleeve, and pressed pause.

Seeing the image on the screen suddenly stop again, the two ancient people in Yixian Pavilion startled the second one to tremble.Yi Cheng has at least seen helicopters and rocket cannons. Although he was quite surprised by this strange and lifelike picture scroll, he still managed to remain calm.But the emperor was quite unbearable, he rolled and crawled away from the screen, hugged himself in the corner, and only muttered about "magic".

Mu Chen threw the remote control away, and turned to look at Wang Zhi who was playing with the little jade cup:

"What do you think?"

Wang Zhi threw away the jade cup and spoke calmly:

"The previous estimate was still too optimistic." He said softly, "The degree of corruption of the Southern Dynasties family is far beyond our imagination.

——Considering that the Dao Palace was not stable at the beginning, the first imperial decree drawn up by the advisory group for Mu Chen was actually quite mild, so mild that modern people would feel that it was appeasement and concession.I didn't expect that the family would not be satisfied with such tolerance!

"That's right." Mu Chen sighed: "It's just a small profit from them, but the reaction is so intense. How will the next reform be implemented? I'm afraid the road of peace will not work. The social system is completely unsustainable." Already!"

Wang Zhi nodded silently.

"No farming, no weaving, rich clothes and jade food, no robbing the people, where do you get it?" He said: "The production relationship has seriously constrained the development of productive forces, and the old superstructure is no longer suitable for social reality; The full capacity of capacity has been fully utilized, and we need to make full preparations for the new society."

Mu Chen thought for a while, and there was still a hint of sadness in his expression:

"...The tide of history is rolling away, but the metabolism is really cruel."

The two ancient people next to them were at a loss, but there was an indescribable fear in their panic: they couldn't understand those strange words such as "productivity", "system", and "superstructure", but they could vaguely understand them from the two. There was a strange smell in the calm conversation... It was clear that these two people were so calm and light-hearted, and even Hengyang King's tone was unconsciously regretful, but the emperor listened to such plain sentences, But he felt a chill grow in his bones.

——These tongue-in-cheek "productivity" and "social systems" sounded more frightening to the emperor than any words of usurping and rebelling

He felt in a trance that maybe those aristocratic families really made a mistake today.

—but how is it possible?As long as King Hengyang wants to ascend to the throne of God, he cannot do without these powerful and unshakable families.For hundreds of years, the gentry ran rampant in Jiangzuo, which was already the most solid political foundation in the Southern Dynasties. Even if the ancestor dragon regenerates and the high ancestor rises again, it can only check and balance but not eradicate. What can the old nine do?

Mu Chen was silent for a moment, and in the end it was Wang Zhi who spoke to comfort him.

"Don't be burdened!" He persuaded: "The process of history cannot be stopped, and the task of history must be completed. If we are not responsible, then the one who completes this task will be the general of the universe, that is, the noble family. The ending of jumping the Yangtze River together... At least in our hands, we will not throw them into the Yangtze River, will we?"

Mu Chen nodded, then pondered for a while, and mentioned another matter.

"The aristocratic family can't just watch the emperor harm their interests for nothing." He said: "They will definitely try to get revenge... But how will they retaliate? Will they cause trouble in the city?"

Wang Zhi thought for a moment, then denied it.

"It's unlikely." He shook his head and said, "These people are domineering and domineering, and their brains are not stupid. Since the Eastern Jin Wangdun Rebellion, the emperors of all dynasties have strengthened the forbidden army and weakened the trilogy. Up to now, the imperial power has formed an absolute advantage in the capital. With them Even if the servants in your hands are fully armed and deliberately make trouble, they are nothing in Beijing, so they will never jump out and be the target of public criticism."

He paused and came to a conclusion:

"The rich family's network of relationships is so intricate that it connects inside and outside, they should start from outside Jiankang City."

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Everything is exactly as Wang Zhi expected.At noon that day, more than a dozen soldiers from the special forces led the officials to open a warehouse to release grain, and the residents in the city were limited to purchase two catties; they also opened a porridge factory at the city gate to distribute hot porridge to the refugees who had no money to buy food.The long queue to buy porridge and buy grain meanders and circles, and the people in front of the granary are so busy that they barely make it to work until it gets dark.The porridge was served for nearly three hours in the whole afternoon. Except for a few iron-headed domestic slaves who came to make trouble and received heavy blows, the high-ranking officials in Jiankang City turned a blind eye to this move of fighting for the interests of the people, and did not do anything superfluous.

But at night, Dr. Wang's prophecy came true - after the curfew, the special forces patrolled outside the city and successfully intercepted the servant of a certain minister's mansion. But it was forwarded to the generals of the Forbidden Army outside the city, asking him to "be loyal to the king's affairs and not rebel".

If it weren't for the fact that all the officers of the Imperial Army had been arrested by Ma Fan, they might have been really shocked by this letter.

At two o'clock in the morning, Mu Chen was awakened from sleep again.Xiang Liang told him that the patrol drone had intercepted a falcon flying out of the city, with a secret letter tied at his feet.

It is said to be a "secret letter" because this letter is rarely encrypted with a password, and the symbols are weird and completely unrecognizable. The owner of the falcon is obviously thoughtful.It's a pity that among the consultants who came with me this time, there were several experts in cryptography, who did a little processing with the computer, and easily cracked this crude classical cryptography system.

This secret letter is an essential document sent by a servant to Zhu Taishou in Yuzhou. It describes the "rebellious" actions of King Fuling today, and asks Zhang Taishou to "think about himself" and "for the sake of the world".

Mu Chen pondered for a while, and immediately asked someone to bring the emperor up.The emperor was unwilling in every possible way, but after touching the gold ring around his neck, he could only confess honestly—the prefect Zhu was born in the Zhu family in Danyang, and he was married to many prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River.This time he was ordered to guard Yuzhou to resist the main force of the northern army going south.

Mu Chen was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "Are they threatening me with the Northern Army?"

The emperor remained silent, but the meaning was clearly revealed—the emperor with a family of iron and water, even if the northern dynasty crossed the river and unified the south of the Yangtze River, the famous family could still stand firm.Threats from the Northern Army are still trivial now. If the court really pushes them into a hurry, these scholars can all vote as soon as they turn around, and let the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty come over and reason with the court!

But Mu Chen doesn't like this.He pondered for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt dissatisfied.

"Lawless!" He complained to Xiang Liang: "If the generals on the front line are really sabotaging and the Northern Army goes south to □□ counties, then no matter how much reform we make, it will be a waste. This trouble must be solved as soon as possible!"

This sentence is said with confidence and understatement, as if it is easier to deal with the Northern Army than to swatt a fly.The emperor was dumbfounded, and he was dragged out by the guards beside him before he could figure out what kind of madness King Hengyang had gone into.

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Even without the catalysis of this secret letter, the army of the Northern Dynasty is already in danger.In the situation analysis meeting before the crossing, the experts had repeatedly emphasized to Muchen that the troops were divided into two armies and separated from each other.Even though the partial army has been completely annihilated under the operation of the crossing team, the main force of the Northern Dynasty has a great advantage over the South and may break through the line of defense at any time.If the situation is to be quickly stabilized after the palace change, this extremely dangerous army on the side of the couch must be dealt with.

And now, it is even more urgent to solve the main force of the Northern Dynasty - as long as the news of Jiankang reaches the front line, the generals from the gentry may slack off at any time due to political fluctuations.Once there is a little slack, the military power will be unimaginable!

Therefore, in the early morning of the next day, Mu Chen sent someone to call Yi Cheng, and entrusted him with a difficult task: send an envoy to the Northern Army and persuade the other side to return to the court.

Of course Yi Cheng accepted the order respectfully, but he was slightly suspicious: "The boy is clumsy in speech and tongue, and he really doesn't have the wisdom of Su Zhang. I'm afraid he will miss a big deal."

"It doesn't matter." Mu Chen comforted him: "This time you are sent as an envoy to the Northern Army, just because you can't bear to use your strength a little bit, so as not to lose your life in the battle. You don't have to play anything, just follow what we give. .”

He handed Yi Cheng three paper envelopes, which were numbered sequentially.Of course, Yi Cheng took it carefully, but looked at the envelope but couldn't figure it out—even if he had no information, he knew that the Northern Army had a great advantage on the other side, so how could he be scared off by three letters?In his opinion, His Highness might as well take out those "cannons" and blast them towards the Yangtze River a few times, the persuasive power will be so effective...

Mu Chen took out the first letter and explained to him carefully:

"When you go to the northern army barracks, hand them the first letter, saying that they are invading our borders with unknown troops. We express our strongest protest."

The words are so weird.Yi Cheng blinked suspiciously, and sure enough, he found the word "protest" on the first letter.

Mu Chen took out a second letter:

"If the protest is ineffective and the Northern Army is still mobilizing troops, then you hand over a second letter, telling them that the partial division has been wiped out and the main force is at stake. Let them rein in the precipice, or we will respond."

Yi Cheng stared at the envelope again suspiciously, but he didn't feel that these few polite words had any deterrent effect.As for scaring someone with a partial teacher... Will the other party really believe it?

"What if... it still doesn't work?"

Mu Chen sighed and picked up the third letter.

"At this point, there is nothing we can do." He said calmly, "Just tell us, this is the end of the story, there is nothing more to say, don't say it is unexpected!"