All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 232: What a trick to hide the dark under the lamp!

Zheng Juzhong felt upset.

There were originally guests visiting his home today, but he had a feeling that something was going to go wrong, and he actually stayed in the Privy Council after his shift was over, which was rare.

'Report~~~'

'Four Hundred Miles Urgent Military Report~~~'

Zheng Juzhong, who was waiting in the Privy Council for Chen Ran to come and reprimand him, saw the military report with his own eyes for the first time in recent days.

"What?!" Zheng Juzhong stood up in shock as he looked at the military report in his hand. "Have they already started the siege of Hangzhou? The offensive is not going well and the battle is fierce? Why are you reporting such an important matter only now?"

Upon hearing this, the messenger immediately called out to Zhuang Tian Qu, "Let me tell you, sir, the military reports have been sent to the Privy Council a long time ago. They started to be sent half a month ago. After the troops arrived at the gates of Hangzhou, they have been sent one letter a day recently. There have been more than a dozen in total."

"How is that possible?" Zheng Juzhong shook his head in disbelief. "I have never seen a single one of them. I thought the army was still on the march."

At this point, he hurriedly called out to his staff, "Go check! Where are all the military reports from the front line?"

Quelling the rebellion in the southeast was the court's top priority, as important as party struggles.

Everyone was waiting for the battle report from the front. I thought the army was moving slowly and was still on the way, but I never thought that the battle had already started.
Not long after, someone came to report, "Sir, more than ten Southeast Army reports have been signed for in the past few days."

Zheng Juzhong spread his hands and said, "Where is it?"

"They were all sent to Du Chengzhi."

"Where is Zhao Mingcheng, the Grand Secretary?!" Zheng Juzhong was furious. "How dare he conceal such an important matter?"

There was someone nearby who understood the situation and finally told the truth.

"Let the lord know that Zhao Chengzhi does not come to the courtyard on weekdays. All the facts are handled by Chen Jiyi. Those military reports were signed by Chen Jiyi in the name of Zhao Chengzhi."

Zheng Juzhong was stunned for a long time before he slowly sat down on the chair.

His face was full of disbelief. "What does he want to do?!"

Concealing military reports is a capital crime.

In an instant, Zheng Juzhong's scalp went numb and cold sweats ran down his face. "Quick, quick! Find me all the information about Chen Jiyi! Tell me everything he has done in the name of Zhao Chengzhi! Also, quickly call the people from the Imperial City Bureau over!"

When the people from the Imperial City Bureau hurried to the Privy Council, the people here had already retrieved all the official documents signed by Chen Ran in recent days.

The more Zheng Juzhong looked, the more frightened he became, and the colder he felt.

Chen Zihou is so brave!
In the name of transporting them to the front line, thousands of fine armors and tens of thousands of weapons of various types were mobilized from the arsenal.

In the name of rotation of defense, the garrisons in various key locations outside the city of Bianliang were transferred to unimportant places.

In the name of preparing reinforcements from the southeast, the garrison forces at various city gates were reduced to the minimum.

In the name of supporting the southeastern front, a large amount of money, food and military supplies were withdrawn.

以.
The most terrifying thing was that Zheng Juzhong finally saw the news that Chen Ran mobilized troops from two routes in Jingdong to station in Tokyo.

"Where are these troops from?" Zheng Juzhong asked in disbelief. "Why did I never know that the imperial court had such troops in Jingdong?"

"They are troops under the command of the two bandit-suppression envoys of Jingdong." Although the bigwigs of the Privy Council did not understand military affairs, the people working under them knew everything very well. "They are not troops under the command of the imperial court, but the rebel army recruited by the prefect of Qingzhou, Murong."

"I heard that when General Huyan attacked Liangshan, he was unsuccessful. It was this army that defeated the Liangshan bandits."

"What?!" Zheng Juzhong breathed rapidly. "Who is the commander of this army?"

"The envoy for the two routes of suppressing bandits in Jingdong is Hua Rong, and the deputy envoy is Chen Jiyi!" The people from the Privy Council responded immediately.

"Hua Rong?" Zheng Juzhong vaguely felt that he seemed to have heard of this name before.

"The one who replaced Lu Ruinan as the commander of Xunmen is Hua Rong!"

"Nanxun Gate?! These troops from Jingdong are stationed outside Nanxun Gate?!"

In an instant, Zheng Juzhong felt dizzy and vertigo-stricken.

The tinnitus in my ears was so loud that I fell into an inexplicable state of chill.

It is impossible for someone who can reach such a high position as my husband to be a real fool.

Zheng Juzhong had already understood that Chen Zihou, a capable and talented person whom he had originally valued, was actually a man with ulterior motives!
"Husband." Someone stepped forward and whispered, "Lu Rui went to get Chen Jiyi, and he hasn't returned for a long time."

Just one sentence woke Zheng Juzhong from his dazed state.

He slapped his thigh suddenly, "Oh no! We've alerted the enemy!"

Zheng Juzhong came to his senses and hurriedly got on the carriage with the people from the Imperial City Bureau and headed straight for the palace.

It was already late at night and the gates of Tokyo city were closed.

Even if he wanted to mobilize troops, he couldn't get out.

At this time, we must ask the emperor to issue an order to mobilize the troops in the city to capture Chen Ran and other rebels as soon as possible!
Regardless of whether Chen Ran had the intention to rebel, the fact that he concealed the military report was enough to get him beheaded.

"Zhao Mingcheng! Zhao Defu!! Ruining the country!!!"

Zheng Juzhong became furious when he thought of Zhao Mingcheng who brought Chen Ran into Bianliang City.

This idiot not only let the wolf into the house, but was also extremely stupid.

All the affairs of the Privy Council are entrusted to this person. Anyone who goes to the council to do his work seriously for a day will be able to see through his evil ambitions.

In fact, the same is true for Zheng Juzhong himself. If he had not personally checked today, he would be no different from Zhao Mingcheng.

"What's that sound?" Zheng Juzhong, who was in the carriage, vaguely heard waves of noise coming from the street in the distance, as if many people gathered together and shouted something.

In the past, we would definitely send someone to take a look.

But now, he really was not in the mood. He had to see the emperor as soon as possible and ask him to order the troop deployment!
"He really knows how to pick the right time. His thoughts are so deep and scary."

When you don’t know, you really don’t know anything.

But now I know that it was because I was so scared that my hands were shaking.

"The best troops of the imperial court have all been dispatched to the southeast. They are thousands of miles away and are still engaged in a fierce battle with the Fang La bandits. They will definitely not be able to return in a short period of time."

"The last elite of the Bianliang Imperial Guards were selected by Tong Guan and taken to the southeast. The rest are all trash! Trash who are good at playing musical instruments but don't know how to wield swords or sticks!" "The court's attention is focused on the southeast. I never thought that someone would be so bold as to attack Tokyo at this critical moment!"

The more Zheng Juzhong thought about it, the more frightened he became. This time, the situation was really dark under the lamp.

Chen Ran is a really daring person, and his mind is also terrifyingly deep.

At this critical juncture, he played a trick that was truly ingenious in concealing the truth!

Chen Ran, who was on Zheng Juzhong's mind, was standing on the city wall of Nanxun Gate at this time.

The city gates were wide open, and a large number of soldiers from Qingzhou, fully armed and holding torches, marched into the city in a mighty procession.

Chen Ran, with one hand holding the sword and the other on his waist, stood on the top of the city wall and looked out at the brightly lit Bianliang City.

He took a deep breath and said, "For the sake of Middle-earth, we must change our destiny today!"

"Hua Rong!"

"The general is here!"

"You lead your troops and march quickly along the city wall. Make sure you fully control and block all the city gates! Execute all the generals defending the city and recruit all the soldiers."

"The last general takes command!"

"Wu Song!"

"The general is here!"

"You lead a thousand-man team and part of the imperial guards at the dock, and follow the map to capture all the people on the list! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy! No one from the royal family, military families, or important officials in the court will be allowed to escape."

"The last general takes command!"

"Hu Cheng!"

"The general is here!"

"You lead a thousand-man team and part of the imperial guards at the dock to attack the armory immediately!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Li Ying!"

"The general is here!"

"You lead our troops and part of the imperial guards at the dock to attack all the storage areas immediately!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Yang Zhi!"

"The general is here!"

"You can bring our troops and part of the imperial guards at the dock, and then you can recruit the imperial guards throughout the city and blockade all the important places!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Cao Zheng!"

"The general is here!"

"You lead our troops to patrol. Anyone who takes advantage of the chaos to commit crimes and plunder will be killed without mercy!"

"The last general takes command!"

"Hu Sanniang, Master Lu." Chen Ran turned and walked down the city wall. "Follow me to the palace!"

The city of Bianliang had hundreds of thousands of imperial guards.

Most of them are descendants of the imperial guards who founded the country and have so-called iron rice bowls.

But more than a hundred years have passed, and the iron rice bowls of many people have long been smashed, becoming vacancies for generals at all levels to suck the blood of their soldiers.

Many soldiers' families died in the continuous wars, or were discharged due to injuries.

According to the original rules, the sons of the family could inherit the status of the imperial guards and continue to receive a share of the salary and food.

But the military generals at all levels did not report it at all.

The names of those who died in battle and those who retired due to injuries still remain on the military register.

The imperial court distributed food and salaries according to the military registration books. Naturally, no one came to collect these people's food and salaries, and they all fell into the hands of military generals at all levels.

Some of the names on the military register even dated from the reign of Emperor Yingzong, and people who were theoretically over a hundred years old were still being paid food and wages.

The people who are responsible for supervising the distribution are not blind or unable to count.

It's simply that they are all well fed and are in collusion to maintain this income.

One can imagine the hatred these soldiers' families had towards the imperial court.

When there is no other way to make a living, naturally there is no need to say anything.

But when Chen Ran's army entered the city and began to sweep across the city frantically, these young and strong men who were once members of the imperial guards had already been instigated and colluded, and many of them had even received money and food distributed by Yang Zhi and others.

Seeing a large number of soldiers roaming the streets, he immediately joined them after being called.

The promise Chen Ran made was very practical. Not only would he allow them to regain their status as imperial guards, he would also pay them the food and wages they had been owed for many years!

Holding the iron rice bowl in one hand and money and food in the other.

These people, who were originally at the bottom of the society in Bianliang City, immediately gathered under Chen Ran's command.

They took weapons from the armory and were led by soldiers from Jingdong.

I dare not say how effective the combat is, but at least it has served the purpose of waving flags and cheering to boost morale.

There were more than tens of thousands of people who had deep hatred for the imperial court, and once they joined, their momentum immediately increased.

In addition, there are the active imperial guards.

(End of this chapter)