Thief Emperor

Chapter 327 Great changes in the world!

The sound of the death knell in the capital city spread rapidly in all directions with the capital city as the center.

When the news reached the military camp outside Tongguan, the governor of Shuofang, the newly appointed Duke of Wei, General Wei Quanzhong, collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.

I fainted at one point.

Soon, the news reached Luoyang. In Luoyang city, General Wang Junping, who had been promoted to King of Qi, felt mixed emotions after seeing the news, and did not speak for a long time.

This was the emperor who reigned for more than thirty years.

Many people are already the emperor when they are born, and in their minds, this has even become a matter of course.

Now that the emperor has suddenly passed away, it is indeed difficult to accept for a while.

Soon, some important generals in Luoyang City gathered in the Qi Wang Mansion in Luoyang City. They all saluted Wang Junping one after another. Some of the more aggressive ones shouted, "Your Majesty, the old emperor is dead, which means that the destiny is with you! God took him away and made room for you!"

"Now that the dog court is in chaos, let's march directly into Guanzhong!"

"Occupy the capital, and the king will be the emperor!"

A counselor also echoed: "This is God's gift!"

This General Tianbu, the self-proclaimed Prince of Qi, lowered his head and thought for a long time, then frowned and said, "The Shuofang Army is right beside me, I'm afraid the Shuofang Army will..."

Under the command of the King of Qi, there was a scholar named Jia Fu, who was also one of the important counselors of the King of Qi after he started the rebellion. He had not expressed his opinions for a long time. At this time, Mr. Jia suddenly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Shuofang Army is obviously stronger than us, but they have been entangled for nearly a year and have not made any move."

"Obviously, the Shuofang Army also harbors ulterior motives towards the imperial court."

Mr. Jia said with great confidence: "At this moment, if our army marches straight into Guanzhong, the Shuofang army may not move, and may even be happy to see us enter Guanzhong."

Jia Fu whispered, "Because I and others have entered the customs, he has a reason and an excuse to enter the customs!"

Wang Junping frowned and said, "If he follows us into Guanzhong, and our army cannot defeat him, wouldn't that be making things difficult for Wei Quanzhong?"

"When the world is in chaos, it's not just him, the governor, who's taking action."

Jia Fu looked at the generals around Wang Junping, and suddenly said meaningfully: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this is our last chance. If we can succeed this time and capture the capital, we can close off Guanzhong and gather the imperial guards, then your majesty's great cause can be expected!"

"If we do not take action despite this opportunity, as the king said, we will suffer repeated defeats in battles with the Shuofang army. If we continue to delay, I am afraid we will only be defeated!"

Wang Junping sat on his throne, lowered his head and thought for a while, then clenched his fists, looked at his subordinates around him, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, speak."

These people looked at each other, and all bowed their heads and clasped their fists to Wang Junping: "We all follow your lead!"

Wang Junping stood up silently, glanced at Jia Fu, closed his eyes and thought for a while, then waved his hands vigorously.

"Mr. Jia is right."

General Wang's voice became firm.

"Success or failure depends on this one move!"

Soon, the rebels centered in Luoyang began to take action.

At this time, the situation here was naturally being watched by the imperial court and the Shuofang Army. The news was quickly delivered to the Shuofang Army's tent. When General Wei's son Wei Yao hurriedly delivered the news to General Wei's tent, the general who had cried until fainted during the day first opened his eyes, looked at the information, and then lay back on the bed.

It was no longer possible to conceal the ecstasy in his heart in his eyes.

However, he quickly closed his eyes.

"Your Majesty has passed away. My heart is broken. My son..."

General Wei sighed and said, "Find a doctor for my father tomorrow."

The major general of the Shuofang Army looked at his father thoughtfully, then bowed his head respectfully.

"Yes."

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Jiangnan and the capital are separated by a gap from each other, so it is natural that the news will be received last. When the news was sent to Jiangnan, Li Yunren was still in Jinling, settling old accounts in Jinling.

The projects in Jinling are far more exaggerated than those in Mingzhou or Wujun. Li Yun can find countless cases of corruption with just a simple check.

If he was an inspector and disciplinarian, he could directly deal with these officials in Jinling, but he was only a recruiting envoy and he had no right to interfere in these political affairs.

Originally, relying on the documents left by His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu, Li Yun could still arrest people by force even if it was a bit far-fetched.

However, Jinling is a very important place for Li Yun now, so he did not act rashly or arrest people directly.

On this day, Li Yun was sorting out the autumn taxes at the Jinling City Government Office. While he was wondering who to start with, an urgent report was delivered to him.

His Majesty the Emperor has passed away. Li Yun was a little dazed when he saw this urgent news.

It was not because he was so familiar with the Emperor, but because he knew very well that once the Emperor was gone at this time, the pace of change in the world might suddenly accelerate.

Apart from anything else, if the imperial court does not have an immediate and effective means or method, the world will immediately fall into a situation of de facto separatist rule by warlords.

And now Li Yun can only be regarded as a small prince at best.

In other words, a relatively wealthy small prince.

Once this pattern is formed, Li Yun may immediately face a series of challenges.

He sat in the study, thinking for a moment, then immediately wrote a letter, called Meng Hai, handed him the letter, and ordered: "Go back to Wuzhou quickly and ask Lieutenant Li Xiao to bring all his troops to Nanjing immediately."

Li Yun narrowed his eyes and continued, "At the same time, let the remaining troops in Wuzhou prepare for action."

Meng Hai lowered his head: "Yes."

When he heard Li Yun's tone, he knew that the matter could not be delayed and did not dare to neglect it. He immediately turned around and rushed to Wuzhou to deliver the letter.

As for Li Yun, of course, he needed to make arrangements in more than just Wuzhou. He sent letters to Qingyang, Xuanzhou, and Yuezhou City to arrange some important matters.

After sending out a few letters, Li Yun sat in the study, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then slowly opened his eyes, stood up from his seat and walked out.

Outside, Jinling Yin Song Zhen had been waiting for Li Yun to come out. Seeing Li Yun coming out, he forced a smile and said, "Envoy, is there any problem with our Jinling's autumn tax?"

"Have."

Li Yun looked at him and said silently: "And the problem is serious."

"I have found definite evidence that the batch of autumn taxes that you claimed to have lost in Jinling was finally sent back to Jinling City after many twists and turns."

After saying that, Li Yun glanced at Song Zhen, whose face was as pale as paper, and said in a cold voice: "However, this matter can be put aside for now. I'm afraid there is a more important matter that Song Lingyin needs to handle."

"What...what happened?"

Song Zhen swallowed and trembled with fear.

"I can't tell you about this matter because the court hasn't issued any official documents yet. I think Song Lingyin will know about it tomorrow."

Now, it is almost 100% certain that the old emperor has passed away, but at this time, Li Yun still cannot speak.

What if the old man comes back to life?

Song Zhen was confused by what he said and didn't understand what was going on.

Li Yun no longer paid attention to him, but returned to the "Li Garden" in Jinling City and began to make some arrangements of his own.

He planned to place a large part of his troops in Jinling City or near Jinling City, ready to fight with the Shuofang Army in the north at any time...

Let's have a small contact!
If there is a chance, there seems to be no problem in fighting them with real weapons.

Mr. Li hasn't been to the battlefield to exercise for a long time, so this is a good time to do some exercise.

Just like that, after Li Yun received the news, he started to get busy, and letters were sent out from Li Garden one after another.

Li Yun was busy until the evening. When he was still writing a letter in the study, Meng Hai's voice came from outside the door: "Envoy, Envoy Du is here!"

Li Yun was stunned at first, then he stood up, strode to the door, opened it and saw that it was Du Qian standing outside.

Li Yun was quite surprised and said with a smile: "Why is Brother Du here?"

"Erlang, you should have received the news by now, right?"

It was raining outside. After Du Qian entered the house, he took off his wet clothes. Because it was cold, he couldn't help shivering. Seeing this, Li Yun added a piece of charcoal to the stove and replied, "I just received it today."

"I got there a day or two earlier than Erlang. I received it the night before yesterday. After receiving it, I felt that it was a serious matter, so I rode to Jinling to see you overnight."

Li Yun poured him a cup of hot tea and asked, "The emperor has passed away, and the prince will soon ascend the throne. Although there will inevitably be turmoil, it seems..."

"Not how serious?"

"If it were in the past, it would be as Erlang said, but the court is no longer the same as before, and the world is no longer the same as before."

Du Qian looked at Li Yun and whispered, "When His Majesty was still here, he could hardly be suppressed. If he collapses, there will definitely be chaos, and it is very likely to be a huge chaos."

"Erlang, we can no longer abide by any rules. We must conquer the entire Jiangdong as quickly as possible..."

"Hold it in your hand!"

(End of this chapter)