After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 205 What the People Want

This disaster is more serious than imagined. As more and more people flee, Ji Yunzhang realizes the seriousness of the situation.

Lijiang, Jinchuan, Jin'an, Guangyang, Wushan, Pingshan, Liyang.

Seven cities were flooded, bringing devastating disaster.

Ji Yunzhang, "Save the people or attack the city, how to choose."

Rong Lingkuan said without hesitation, "Of course it is to save the people!"

"If there are no people, how can there be a country?"

Wan Lie shook his head, "We don't have enough supplies to rescue the people when attacking the city."

"Only by driving out the tyrant and evil minister can you open the treasury and save the people."

Rong Peilan slowly stood up and looked at the refugees sitting on the ground. "Why should we choose?"

Several people looked at her at the same time.

Rong Peilan curled the corners of his lips, "Can't refugees become rebels?"

Rong Lingkuan opened his mouth wide. Are they going to recruit soldiers locally?
Wan Lie's expression did not show much surprise. The master had given him many surprises before, and he was used to them.

This father and daughter are different from what ordinary people think.

Rong Peilan looked at them and said, "Who said we are rebels? It's because the imperial court doesn't care about us that we formed a group to save ourselves."

Ji Yunzhang's mouth, which was about to speak, turned into a circle as soon as it opened.

Wan Lie nodded, "This matter has its pros and cons."

"Temporarily recruited refugees are not as obedient as soldiers who have been trained for a long time. If you are not careful, they can become sharp swords stabbing you."

Rong Peilan, "Extreme situations can only be discussed in extremes."

"We have been training for so long, we can use centurions and thousand-man commanders."

"Quick and effective, if used well, it is a good weapon."

Rong Lingkuan, "With so many people entering the city, what should we do?"

Rong Peilan, "They don't have to enter the city, just open the city gates."

"Jin Shaojie and Jin Shaoyi have prepared medicines and food. After settling the refugees, they will set off to return home."

Ji Yunzhang frowned, "Will they go back?"

Wan Lie: "Yes."

"We have food, medicine, and peace, so why not go back?"

Rong Peilan continued, "Kuan'er, write a catchy doggerel poem, find some people with good eloquence, and sing it out."

Rong Lingkuan blinked and said, "How to write..."

Rong Peilan glanced at him and said, "The emperor is incompetent, the minister is evil and the country is in trouble. Floods have come down from heaven, and the people are living in misery. They have nowhere to go and have to rise up to save themselves."

Finally, she raised her eyelids and whispered, "The heavens are in chaos, and the Ziwei star is born."

Wan Lie looked at her profile and seemed to see the gentleman who used to be calm and self-possessed.

The longer he spent with the Rong siblings, the more he realized that she was the one most like his master.

Rong Lingkuan is too pure and far less complex than you, sir.

Perhaps, he still looked more like the gentleman when he was young, but he had never seen him.

The more people flocked to Nan'an, the more widely the limerick written by Rong Lingkuan became known.

Even many children spread Chen Xiang's nursery rhymes.

Especially that sentence.

——The beauty woke up from her bed in the middle of the night, only to hear the snoring of a fat-eared ghost. Oh, it was the Prime Minister!
Since Prime Minister Chen had seized power, he changed his cautious attitude and began to collect beauties on a large scale.

This is already a secret known to everyone.

It is not uncommon for high-ranking officials to have many wives and concubines, but if the story is widely spread by the common people, it becomes a different matter.

Ji Yunzhang laughed for a long time, and at the end he even leaned on Rong Peilan's shoulder.

"As a husband, I must study hard and practice diligently to prevent myself from turning into a fat-eared demon. Otherwise, what shall I do if my wife wakes me up in the middle of the night?"

Rong Peilan knew that he was teasing her on purpose. She looked at him and chuckled.
"Wouldn't it be better to change to another one?"

Ji Yunzhang, "..."

Wan Lie and Rong Lingkuan led part of the rebel army and the refugee self-rescue team and headed directly south in the direction the refugees came from.

Ji Yunzhang and Rong Peilan recruited many disaster victims and waited for the opportunity.

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In the seventh year of Zhixing, in the midsummer, after the flood, the plague raged. It spread all the way from the flood area, and the refugees flocked to Yanjing.

The people had long been resentful of the imperial court. When they saw a natural disaster approaching, the imperial court not only refused to send food and medicine, but also even closed the city gates.

"Open the gate! Open the city gate!"

"Open the door, dog officer!"

The Northwestern Army guarding the city gate looked at each other in bewilderment.

Of course, the common people cannot be killed.

But what about the rioting people?
And why riot, if they were forced into a desperate situation?
A dishevelled young man rushed forward angrily.

"When collecting taxes, I am a citizen of Daqi!"

"When the disaster struck, I was a refugee from Daqi!"

"Now, no one cares, no one asks, we are just a mob!"

"The dog emperor comes out! The dog officials come out!"

For a moment, the young man's words were like a cannon, exploding in the crowd!

"Yes! He took the money but didn't care about us! Come out, dog emperor!"

The people were getting more and more angry, and everyone started to rush forward. The officers and soldiers of the Northwest Battalion were helpless and retreated together.

-

Imperial City.

Chen Xiang looked at the guard who came to report and was so angry that he broke several vases.

"They actually blocked the door!"

"Have you colluded with Ji Yunzhang?!"

The guard lowered his head and said nothing.

Some people in the palace have already started to quietly pack up their things. Ever since Prime Minister Chen started living in the palace, they have known that this day would come.

"Where's Ji Yunzhang's mother? Push her onto the city wall!"

Guard, "Someone from your residence reported that Madam Ji is missing."

Chen Xiang finally panicked, "Why did it disappear?"

"There are so many generals! Let them go out and fight!"

The guard slowly stood up and threw away the sword in his hand.

"They all ran away. I think what you said before is very true: He who knows the current situation is a hero!"

Chen Xiang watched him throw away his sword and take off his armor, "What are you going to do?"

The guard was only wearing a shirt, "Of course it's to save his life."

Minister Chen sat down on the ground. Everything was fine yesterday, why did it change so badly today?

Didn't he already promise Ji Yunzhang the position of regent?

Why did everything turn out like this?!
why?
A figure in a middle-length coat walked in from outside the door, with disheveled hair.

The palace guards who were on guard heard the news and all ran away.

Chen Xiang looked up at him and chuckled, "The emperor of a fallen nation."

Meng Xuansheng's eyes were sometimes clear and sometimes confused.

He had been drugged since he ascended the throne, and had long been a living dead man on the verge of death.

Today he suddenly woke up for a moment and saw that all the palace people were fleeing. It turned out that the country was going to be destroyed.

The enemy has reached the city gate.

Meng Xuansheng suddenly chuckled, took out the dagger in his hand, pounced forward, and stabbed Chen Xiang in the eye.

The city gate slowly opened.

The street was wide and empty of people.

The gate was opened, but all the refugees did not go in. They all stopped in front of the city gate.

Ji Yunzhang and Rong Peilan both looked tired and disheveled, no longer as glamorous as before.

Even Tang Xiao almost didn't recognize them!
Without moving a single soldier, the city of Yanjing was captured.

Historical book review: It is what the people want.

(End of this chapter)