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Volume 5 6-6 The vitality is seriously injured

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    Early the next morning, everyone wanted to board the ship and go to the north bank to face the saint, but Meng Yeluo was nowhere to be found. They searched everywhere but still found no whereabouts. Seeing that the time was coming, the generals had no choice but to board the ship first. At the dock on the south bank, Admiral Zhang was about to take him with him.  As he boarded the ship with his military uniform, a soldier suddenly appeared from beside him. His hat was lowered and his face could not be seen clearly. He shouted in a low voice: "Sir, Admiral, wait a moment." Admiral Zhang turned his head and looked around, and couldn't help but wonder: "Sir, Meng, what are you doing?  Why are you dressed like this?" Meng Yeluo said: "I heard that this trip is very dangerous. Don't board the ship yet, let them go first." Admiral Zhang was dubious, but he stayed because of his belief in Meng Meng Yeluo.  After landing, other generals boarded the ship and arrived at Pukou Pier on the other side with the wind. They never came back. In the evening, news came that these generals had been identified as rebels by the emperor and all of them were killed.  \?????? Admiral Zhang was shaking with fright. Even though his head was big, he could not wear the big label of rebel. You must know that the crime of rebellion was to punish the nine tribes. He started from a small navy to  Today's position as the admiral of the Ningbo Navy has gone through a lot of effort and money. Not to mention the glorious ancestors, he also supported hundreds of relatives. Now it's all over. Not only his head can't be saved, but also the five rooms in the house.  The concubine, six children, and a large family all want to die.  Thinking of this, Admiral Zhang's hands and feet became cold, and he pulled Meng Yeluo as if it was a life-saving straw: "Brother, what should I do? You should give me an accurate answer."  It¡¯s a knife in the head, so let¡¯s just rebel. The world is in such chaos. In two years, we still don¡¯t know who will be the emperor. The only reason for us to become officials is to have a wife and shadow, to shine in the family, and we actually sold our lives to him.  Zhang Shicheng? \" Admiral Zhang looked sad and thought for a while before nodding helplessly: "This is the only way. "  The rebellion was quickly put down. What the emperor hated most in his life was that others used military power without permission, so these private transfers were made.  He killed all the generals who bombarded the capital. The emperor was still a little suspicious of Yang Feng's secret report, thinking that he was being framed out of thin air, but Meng Yeluo's sudden disappearance verified the authenticity of this matter.  The emperor has always trusted his co-organizer, one of the double walls of the Zhou Dynasty's cabinet, and the youngest and most promising minister, turned out to be Yuan Feng's sworn brother, a nail planted by the rebels within the imperial court. This reality  It was difficult for the emperor to accept it.  \??Similarly, it is difficult for Cao Shaoqin to accept this fact. He has really played like an eagle all his life, but in the end he was blinded by the eagle. Meng Yeluo ran away and abducted more than a dozen warships of the Navy. This pair of insiders  The factory was a serious blow to him.  On the contrary, the status of Jin Yiwei and Yang Feng has increased.  At the west gate of the capital, the emperor drove back to the capital. On the tall city walls, curtains were hung. This was to cover up the traces of cannon bombardment. The emperor's entourage of carriages and horses was as grand as when they set off for the expedition, but under the bright sun in May,  But he seemed listless. In the windless weather, even the flags were hanging lazily. Hu Weiyong and Yang Feng stood at the city gate to greet the emperor, but they only waited for a eunuch to deliver the order.  "Your Majesty is feeling unwell and has returned directly to the palace. There is no need for you to greet him." The eunuch said lightly and turned around to leave.  Only the two of Hu Yang were left looking at each other.  It wasn't that the emperor didn't want to see them, it was just that he was in a bad mood. Yesterday, thirty officers with more than one thousand households were killed in a row in Jiangbei. The emperor was also in a bad mood. He fell ill that night. When he crossed the river today, he saw the flames of war again.  After seeing the devastated scene, I was even less in the mood to show up.  Walking through the streets with few pedestrians, the emperor returned to the Forbidden City. It was also a scene of depression. Due to the civil war in the capital the day before yesterday, the concubines in the harem had even packed their luggage and were ready to run away at any time. As soon as they saw it, people were panicked. The emperor was now even  His anger was gone, so he locked himself in Fengtian Hall and did not come out for a long time.  Fengtian Hall is the place where the great court meets. It is a spacious and tall palace, deep and cool. The emperor sat on the pure gold throne with a coiled dragon. He thought blankly for a long time. On the way back to Beijing, he had been thinking about the situation he was facing.  At the same time, he was also thinking about whether to adopt the strategy offered to him by his second son, but he never made up his mind.  Unknowingly, it was already dusk, and a group of ministers were anxiously wandering outside the Fengtian Palace. The emperor had been away from the capital for a long time, and many important court affairs could not be dealt with, which had accumulated a lot. Now that the emperor is back, he has locked himself in the main hall.  This is not like the wise and powerful emperor in everyone's mind.  When the stars filled the sky, the emperor's call finally came from the Fengtian Palace. The eunuchs opened the palace door, and the civil and military ministers filed in. Countless lanterns were lit in the hall. Under the bright lights, the emperor's face was obviously paler and thinner than before.  Many ministers know that the imperial army was defeated in the battle to suppress the rebellion in the Central Plains.After returning home, he lost his troops and lost his generals in the hinterland of the Central Plains. Even the emperor's last brother, Chu King Zhang Shixin, was killed on the battlefield, but no one dared to mention it, and could only report the important matters at hand.  \??The north-south transportation of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been cut off, and the territory north of Xuzhou has completely lost contact. Shaanxi, Henan, and northern Zhili are all under the control of rebels. Jiangnan, Fujian, and Guangdong are also in ruins. Almost within a year, the original  The extremely powerful Zhou Dynasty fell apart.  What¡¯s even more frightening is that there is not a single tael of silver left in the national treasury. The last bit of money that was taken out from the hands of the people in the reform of the tax system has been wasted. Now if we want to collect taxes, I am afraid that we will force the last group of people loyal to the court to rebel.  .  "I don't care how difficult it is for you, I just want to know how many troops and horses the court can mobilize and how much food it will cost if I give you three months?" the emperor asked weakly.  \??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: "The tax for the next year has been collected in advance, and if we collect it again now, I'm afraid it will trigger a civil unrest. At the moment, the only way to increase the trade tax of the three coastal cities is to collect the tax."  To raise a sum of money, based on the trade volume during this period in previous years, we can collect about 600,000 taels of silver." The emperor waved his hand: "If we double the collection, I will need 1.2 million taels of silver." "But  " Zhou Ziqing stopped talking and looked at the Minister of War next to him.  After Lan Yu's rebellion, the Minister of War was temporarily acting in charge of the Ministry of War. He had just straightened up his position, and could not help but act a little arrogant. Then Zhou Ziqing said: "To your Majesty, our court now has three shipping divisions, each located in Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.  , Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian, and Guangzhou Prefecture in Guangdong, only Guangzhou is still under the control of the imperial court. If the tax is doubled, I am afraid that those ocean-going cargo ships will not unload their goods in Guangzhou, but will choose ports controlled by the rebels."  The emperor asked curiously: "How come Ningbo and Quanzhou are both in the hands of the rebels?" The minister said: "Quanzhou Prefecture has been captured by the rebel rebels Hu Dahai, and Ningbo Prefecture has also surrendered to the rebel Mu Ying's tribe. This was not long ago  The emperor shook his head and sighed. The world was in such chaos that even the port could not be controlled. He asked with some reluctance: "Where are the three giant ships supervised by the Ministry of War?  It's almost finished now, and it can be used to deal with the rebels." The ministers exchanged glances and did not dare to say anything. Finally, the bold minister said: "Back to the emperor, the three giant ships have been counterattacked.  The thief Meng Zhiqiu escaped and joined the rebel navy. \" After saying that, the ministers knelt down together, preparing to welcome the emperor's storm. However, unexpectedly, the emperor was not angry, but sat blankly.  Sitting on the dragon chair, there was no sound for a long time. The ministers quietly raised their eyes and saw that under the candlelight, the emperor's eye sockets were sunken and his expression was haggard. It seemed that he was not the emperor who controlled the lives and deaths of millions of people, but an old man who was dying.  "That's it, you all get up, I want to go out for a walk." The emperor suddenly said this.  It was already midnight, the Forbidden City was wide open, and the Royal Guards escorted the emperor all night long. Fortunately, the place he went to was not far away, just the Great Baoen Temple outside the south gate.  The emperor led his ministers to the glazed pagoda of Dabaoen Temple, left everyone behind, and walked into the pagoda alone.  \?He did not climb to the top of the tower, but opened the secret door and walked along the damp and smooth stone stairs into the dark bottom of the tower.  This is a tomb, the tomb of the former emperor, the tomb of the man who was once considered by the world to be the proud son of heaven. He was only more than thirty years old when he died. It was the age in which he was in his prime.  Zhang Shicheng could not understand any of these strange and arrogant words: to make the Chinese nation stand tall among the nations of the world, to massacre Japan, colonize North America, dump opium in Europe, herd sheep in Australia, and hunt in Africa.  In the stone chamber underground, there is a huge coffin.  The outside is a stone-carved shell, and the inside is a coffin of golden nanmu, which is of extraordinary magnanimity.  It's magnificent, but after so many years of storage, the color on the exterior has peeled off a bit.  The emperor gently stroked the sarcophagus and said softly: "Brother, how have you been doing for so many years? Now your son has become successful and has taken away half of my country in less than a year. This is very much like you. If you know anything,  It's time to rest in peace." Pine oil torches were lit on the walls of the stone chamber, burning brightly, and the flames were shaking constantly, as if in response to the emperor. The emperor sneered and said, "I forgot, you.  Being restrained by this glazed tower, you cannot go to heaven or earth, or enter reincarnation. You can only be trapped in this small space and be tortured. No matter how capable you are, you are still subdued by me. "  The fire flickered a few more times, and the emperor laughed conspiratorially: "Do you think your son can really turn the tables? It's just a wishful thinking. Even if my Zhang family doesn't do it in this world, it won't be your turn, a demon queen with unknown origins."?Come and do it!  "As he spoke, he punched the coffin hard.  At dawn, the civil and military ministers waiting outside the Glazed Pagoda finally came to the emperor. The difference from when he entered was that the emperor was obviously in a state of excitement at this time, his face  The doctor showed a sickly flush, and as soon as he came out, he ordered: "Go to the Fengtian Palace and summon all officials of the sixth rank and above in the capital. I have an important decision to announce.  ¡± This book. Even if your message is just one (*__*), it will become the motivation for the author to create. Please work hard to support the author!
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