Thief Emperor

Chapter 372 Founding of a Country!
Throughout history, it is not uncommon for official positions or titles to become exceptionally prominent because of a certain person.

For example, General of Cavalry and Marquis of Champion.

Although the post of Recruiting Envoy now seems to be just a post for suppressing bandits and eliminating thieves, it may become dazzling in the future because of Li Yun.

Li Yun has always been a practical man. After he had decided on a plan, he quickly sent documents to all the prefectures and counties in Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, and Huainan Road in the name of the three recruiting envoys.

The content of the document was also very simple, it simply "forwarded" the imperial edict.

Originally, this kind of thing should be done by the imperial court, but the imperial court is now in a half-dead state. Li Yun estimated that the imperial court is unlikely to have manpower to do it, so he simply sent someone to do it himself.

In addition to sending letters to various states and counties including Chuzhou, Li Yun also ordered Zhou Liang's troops stationed in Jinling to move north and enter Yangzhou.

In this way, the number of troops deployed by Li Yun in Yangzhou will reach more than 5,000, or even close to 6,000.

It is half of his total force.

At the same time, Li Yun also planned to recruit and train a group of militiamen in Yangzhou. Once Yangzhou was involved in a city defense war in the future, these militiamen could be used to assist in defending the city.

After arranging all this, Li Yun also prepared to send people to take over the counties under Yangzhou.

After all, although he claimed to have occupied Yangzhou before, he actually only occupied the city of Yangzhou. Because he was worried that there would be a second war soon, he did not send anyone to take over the counties in Yangzhou.

However, some of these counties have been occupied by the Pinglu Army, and there are bound to be some disputes if they want to take them back.

While Li Yun was confronting Pinglu and gradually taking over Yangzhou, a major event was quietly happening in the capital city of Guanzhong to his west.

At this time, several months had passed since King Junping of Qi entered the capital.

The capital city at this time is very different from the capital city before.

There are almost no pedestrians on the streets and the population is declining rapidly.

The former capital city was a huge city with a population of over one million, and at its peak it was even close to two million.

Now, after the imperial court left and the rebels entered the city, the population of the entire capital has been continuously declining, and by now, there may only be about 400,000 people left.

Among the population that left, the top class naturally left with the court and went to Xichuan, while some of the middle and upper classes also knew the news in advance and fled the capital, this place of trouble, with their families.

The rest are the unlucky ones who died in this turmoil.

As for the small half of the population remaining in the capital, they were not that lucky either, because there were too many rebels entering the city, and it was impossible to discipline them.

During the three months since entering the city, at least 10,000 or 20,000 people have died, or perhaps even more, but no one has taken the time to count the number.

At this time, in a palace in the capital, General Tianbu, wearing a purple gold crown and a golden robe, was lying on a soft couch. Beside him, two beautiful women, both of them were about fourteen or fifteen years old, were serving him.

The two women were trembling with fear as they carefully massaged his legs and shoulders, fearing that one mistake might offend the King of Qi.

They all knew that the new King of Qi who had arrived in the city had a bad temper.

During the three months, quite a few people died at his hands.

After enjoying it for a while with his eyes closed, Wang Junping opened his eyes, stretched out his hand to pinch the girl beside him, and said with a smile: "The girls of your Wu family are really tender and tender."

The woman blushed, but still lowered her head, her voice trembling: "As long as the king likes it."

Yes, the two girls serving the King of Qi were not the daughters of ordinary families in the capital, but daughters of the Wu clan who did not have time to escape from the capital.

After all, the imperial court left in a hurry at that time, and only one or two out of ten royal family members left with them. The remaining royal family members could only wish for the best for themselves.

Of course, the royal family members who were left in the capital could not be particularly close to the emperor by blood.

But even so, it was enough to excite the great general Tianbu.

He was originally just a private salt dealer. He would tremble in fear when he saw the third and fourth masters of the county government. How could he have imagined that one day he would have two nobles serving him in bed?

Recalling the past three months of his life, the King of Qi had only four words in his mind.

It’s worth dying for!

At this moment, General Tianbu had forgotten the slogan he had adopted when he started the army, let alone the slogan of Tianbu Pingjun.

Although only half of the population was left in the capital, it still became his paradise.

A dreamlike place.

While the King of Qi was enjoying his life, a young eunuch ran in hurriedly, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Jia has arrived and would like to see you."

This young eunuch was naturally a eunuch originally from the imperial palace. After Wang Junping occupied the capital, he simply gathered together some of the young eunuchs who had not had time to escape and kept them for his own use.

"Mr. Jia?"

Wang Junping muttered something, knowing that it should be a serious matter. After pinching it a few more times, he reluctantly opened his eyes, and then stretched his bare feet almost on the face of another royal daughter, and said lightly: "Put on socks and shoes for me."

The daughter of the royal family suppressed her grievance and answered yes obediently. She picked up the socks and put them on the King of Qi.

After putting on his clothes, the King of Qi stood up slowly, looked back at the two women, stretched out his hand and pinched their faces respectively, and said with a smile: "Go down and wash yourself, and come back to serve me in the evening." The two women stood up, bowed, and responded respectfully.

After Wang Junping laughed heartily, the two women surnamed Wu walked out of the room respectfully.

When they walked out of the door, they all had tears in their eyes and couldn't help crying.

General Tianbu, of course, could not hear their cries. He just waved his hand and said, "Let Mr. Jia in."

Soon, a middle-aged man in his thirties who looked like a scholar walked in cautiously.

The scholar, who had been wearing cloth when he was in Luoyang, now changed into a purple robe. After approaching, he bowed respectfully to the King of Qi and said, "Your Majesty, an official from the Ministry of Works came to report that the palace has been repaired."

When the rebels entered the city, someone set a fire in the palace, burning down many palaces. After Wang Junping entered the city, he immediately ordered repairs, and it was not until today that the repairs were finally completed.

Wang Junping's eyes lit up when he heard this.

After all, he came from a grassroots background, and his biggest wish since he started the rebellion was to live in the palace, sit on the dragon throne, and sleep with women.

Now, the third wish has basically been realized.

But the first two were not completed.

"Then, can I move in and live in the Wu family's ancestral home?"

Jia Fu looked at Wang Junping, then lowered his head and smiled, "It is not difficult for Your Majesty to move in, but I think it is more reasonable for Your Majesty to move in after you have established the country and ascended the throne."

"Founding a country... ascending the throne?"

Wang Junping frowned and shook his head, saying, "The Shuofang troops also followed us into Guanzhong. Now my army is still outside the city, fighting to the death with the Shuofang troops. Guanzhong has not been pacified yet, let alone the areas outside of Guanzhong."

"The world is not at peace yet. It seems inappropriate to establish a country and ascend the throne to be an emperor at this time."

Jia Fu shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, most of the Wu Zhou officials in the capital are willing to serve Your Majesty. The reason why Guanzhong has not been pacified is because those Wu Zhou officials miss their old country."

"It is time for the king to take the throne. This is what is meant by right and proper.

Jia Fu took out a document from his sleeve, handed it to Wang Junping with both hands, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please take a look. This is written by all the ministers in the capital, all of whom are petitioning for Your Majesty to ascend the throne."

Speaking of this, Jia Fu also became excited.

"Please, Your Majesty, establish the Great Qi and build a legacy that will last forever!"

When a powerful group becomes large, it often cannot help but follow the will of its leader when doing things.

Even the person who started it is hard to influence it.

This is the case with the rebels in the capital.

After fighting for several years, they finally made it to the capital, so naturally people were uneasy.

Who doesn’t want to be a founding hero and bring honor to the family?
The dukes and marquises will live and die with the country for generations!
It has been three months, and the main figures of these rebels have been unable to bear it any longer. They also want to become noble ladies, kings, princes, and generals!

Although founding a country at this time is at most a false name, a false name is still a name!

How many people have fought and died just for fame?

They have been patient for a long time.

If Jia Fu hadn't been suppressing the idea on the grounds that the palace had not been repaired, someone would have come to see Wang Junping and persuade him to move in.

At this time, no one in this group of people had even remembered the word "average".

The King of Qi sat in his seat, his heart pounding.

He's not moved at all?

How can it be!

Not to mention him who has already occupied the capital, it is difficult for anyone in the world not to be tempted by the throne!
The King of Qi swallowed his saliva, and after a long time, he slowly exhaled.

"We'll discuss this matter later, let's discuss it later."

Jia Fu raised his head, looked at Wang Junping, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Since there was no direct rejection, this matter...was basically settled.

...

In the summer of the first year of the Zhaoding reign of the Great Zhou Dynasty, General Tianbu ascended the throne in the capital and became emperor.

The name of the country was Da Qi.

　It was blocked for a while, and was released after being modified!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)