The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 295 Analysis
On the eleventh day of the first month of the fourth year of Qianning, the imperial edict said:
"Zhiyi and Chixin drove a simple cart, wore ragged clothes, trudged through the wind and snow, and guarded the border for the country. They were able to build a business and establish a family, becoming a branch of the clan."

"Zhu Xie Sanlang, this unfilial son, has forgotten the hardships of his ancestors and is willing to be a great thief, just like Li Qi."

"The whole clan should be executed."

"The ministers report that Zhuye Sanlang made great contributions in pacifying the rebellion, but he may have been possessed by a ghost, which is why he has gone crazy. My younger brother is kind and filial, the most virtuous among the brothers, and he is diligent and careful in his duties. I hope you will show mercy outside the law and transfer his power to the wrong position."

"In consideration of his ancestors and considering his merits, I have dismissed him from his post and expelled him from his hometown. I have given the position of commander to Li Kening and given him a slight punishment, hoping to give him a chance to reflect and correct his mistakes."

"What a pity! Until today, Zhuye Sanlang has refused to withdraw his troops and surrender. For such rebellion, I now issue an imperial decree: a reward for the heads of him and his wife and their loyal followers, Gai Yu and others."

"Since Li Kening cannot sacrifice his relatives for the sake of justice, all his relatives should be removed from office and stripped of their official positions."

"Fen, Qin, Yi, and Lu were divided into the Hedongnan Circuit."

"Taiyuan Prefecture and Shizhou were separated to form Beijing Road."

"Xilan, Xin, Dai, and Shuo are the northeastern route of Hedong."

"Shengzhou was restored to Yulin County and placed under the jurisdiction of Guannei Dao. Xing, Meng, and Ci were made Zhaoyi Army. Yunzhou and Weizhou were restored to Datong Army."

"Huaizhou, Mengzhou, Zhengzhou, Ruzhou, and Henan Prefecture were separated into the Tokyo Circuit, with Zezhou under its jurisdiction."

Except for the Zhaoyi Army and the Datong Army, which requested to elect their own commander (the lower ranks overthrow the upper ranks and report their names), Zheng Yanchang was appointed as the Jiedushi of Beijing.

The sixth son of the sage, Prince Lu Li Fei, was appointed Jiedushi of the northeastern Hebei Province. He was the eldest son of Concubine Chen, born in the first year of Jingfu, and was nearly seven years old.

Rounu's eldest son, the ninth son of the Holy Emperor, Prince Song, was appointed governor of the Hedongnan Road. In fact, Rounu also had children, including Princess Yangchang Li Yang, Princess Huainan Li Tao, and Prince Song Li Qushuo, two daughters and one son.

Ah Yang was an accidental product of the inspection in the forbidden courtyard in the first year of Qianning. It was the fifth day of March, with a gentle breeze and bright sunshine. Rounu stood outside the sheepfold and excitedly explained the flourishing palace animal husbandry under her rule. The sage did not listen to her, but stared at the two big buttocks and two agile long legs swaying in front of him. Finally, he could not help it, and with a few screams, he pressed Rounu into the sheepfold and favored her fiercely, so he named her Li Yang.

Li Tao, as the name suggests, was the product of wild sex in a peach forest... It was April 16th of the second year of Qianning, in the peach forest at the ruins of the Weiyang Palace.

The same thing happened to Zhao Ruozhao's son Li Zhu. Ahem, it's a bit embarrassing - he couldn't hold it back at the pigpen, and he pressed Zhao Ruozhao on the haystack with one hand, untied his belt with the other hand, lifted his skirt, and made this intellectual and polite girl cry. Afterwards, she swore not to do it again, and then she calmed down. It was the eighth day of the fifth month of the second year of Qianning, in the forbidden courtyard Mingshui Garden.

The third daughter, Li Lizhi, born to Concubine Shu in Huyi last winter, was conceived in a towering lychee tree. Concubine Shu was almost embarrassed to death, and it was only then that she was discovered to be afraid of heights - she lay on the tree trunk with her hands raised backwards and hung in the air. When she received the favor, she screamed continuously, her face turned pale, and she kept turning back and crying: "Hurry up! Hurry up!" It also rained under the lychee tree, soaking an area as big as a cushion under the tree, which shows how much water Concubine Shu has. It is not wrong to say that she and Zhang Hui are made of water.

Li Tongyue, the second son of Concubine Xian, Li Pusa, the daughter of Galan, Li Qishan, the son of Taoist Shen... I won't mention many more children. Emperor Li has already had 123 children. It is too numerous to list. You can experience it for yourself.

Li Renmei, the commander of Tongwancheng, was in charge of the military affairs of Yulin.

All in all, Li Keyong's ending was not bad. When he was in a dilemma, the sage helped him out.

It might be a blessing for him to resign and return to the border with his family to spend the rest of his life there.

If we fight to the end, the fate of our descendants will not be as miserable as in the original world line, but it will not be much better.

Among the people in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the descendants of Li Keyong and Yang Xingmi seemed to be the most cruel. One was killed like an eagle catching chicks. The other was locked up in the palace and his family interbred with each other. It can be seen how important it is for politicians to have self-knowledge.

On the 19th day of the first lunar month, Li Sizhou and his troops fought a fierce battle with the rebels in the Fenshui Valley, firmly controlling Li Keyong's supply line.

On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, another messenger arrived from the north.

Wang Zimei, Xiao Gan and Fu Shouchong led 10,000 Zhao troops to attack the southern border of Taiyuan Prefecture, and at one point reached Qi County. They intended to join forces with Li Sizhou along Lingshi County and Yindi Pass, hoping to attack Li Keyong from both sides and wipe out Li Keyong's main force on the narrow Beijing Avenue.

Upon receiving the news, the Yan army also stepped up its offensive and fought successive battles with the Yiwu army and the Hedong defenders in Weizhou and Daizhou.

War broke out again in the Central Plains.

Seeing that the sage and Li Keyong were working hard and refusing to give in, the Zhao brothers, who had always been as steady as old dogs or timid, felt emboldened and fought with Zhu Dalang's troops in Henan Prefecture. They also looted a large amount of money, food, equipment, and barbarians and transported them to the capital.

The one-eyed dragon should make up his mind. If he keeps dragging it out like this, when will it end? This is a complete overreach and a way to get himself killed.

However, he might still be immersed in the arrogance of being a young man in the Qianfu year, commanding 10,000 soldiers and fighting against the invading armies for two years. He would not wake up until his family was destroyed.

Most of the warriors in the Five Dynasties were like this. You don't know how he wins, and he doesn't know how he loses. Otherwise, how can the changes in the world be so fast and dazzling? (Don't think that people like Li Keyong are too stupid. If you see more of them, you will find that there are a lot of big figures who are stupider than them. It is the fairest thing in the world that IQ is not inherited. The higher the class and the more powerful the people are, the smarter they are. It is only the fantasy of ordinary people to say and do things in a perfect way. This phenomenon exists, but it is not absolute. Those who have been exposed to certain things know that high knowledge, high intelligence, high ability and high ability can be trained, adjusted, integrated and spread. The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was an era when stupid people were rampant and good-for-nothings were ministers - according to the control variable method.)
On the 25th day of the first lunar month, the sage captured Chaoyi City, and Li Keyong's army withdrew to the areas on both sides of Tonglingbi and Puzhouguan.

Inside the Tonglingbi camp, the One-Eyed Dragon personally hacked and killed more than a dozen people, all of whom were officers who had abandoned the city and retreated, or who had been captured by the saint and then released after being treated well.

"Waste, waste! A pair of waste, a bunch of waste!" Kicking away a bunch of heads, the one-eyed man sat on the bed: "Take it down, hang it up!"

After saying that, Gululu drank three bowls of rice wine and continued to curse: "Without me, how could he become the emperor? The saints are ruthless, the officials are cowardly, and the loyal ministers are treacherous! The soldiers are unwilling to die for their duty, and the princes are heartless and sit back and watch the beasts in power!"

The curse was incoherent.

Civil and military officials were trembling with fear and dared not breathe.

Zhang Junzheng, kneeling in the corner with his head bowed, looked like a clay sculpture or a wooden sculpture. When he was released that day, Li Keyong wanted to kill him, but Zhang Junzheng kowtowed and cried, and the generals also pleaded for him, so he barely escaped.

His life was saved, but Zhang Junzheng's spirit was gone. Just like those officers who were horrified when they heard the words "If you can make me rise up, I will attract Zhu Dalang to join us and turn Chang'an upside down", it was as if he saw clearly what kind of person his father was at this moment.

Now kneeling there, just like a walking corpse.

He killed more than a dozen people in a row, all of whom were his close confidants and backbones of the army who had followed him for many years.

Qiu Chengtan and Diwu Kefan looked at each other. It seemed that this man had lost his mind. Their faces were covered with a thick layer of gloom, their thighs were shaking uncontrollably, and they were extremely afraid. If Li Keyong was defeated, it was obvious what would happen to them. Would they be executed by cutting their hearts out, or driven off the Pujin Bridge and swimming in the Yellow River?

Qiu Chengtan shed a few tears unconsciously, feeling extremely regretful.

Perhaps I should just accept my fate as a slave and never dream of rising up and singing.

A saint can forgive these people, right? I think so...

Haha, there are as many as five or six thousand so-called inner followers. As the emperor, can he really kill them all?

This is too cruel. The prime ministers will definitely give advice.

He comforted himself like this.

In this critical moment, we begin to count on the civil officials to make efforts. But, has Qiu Chengtan forgotten their oppression of the southern officials? Will the Censorate accuse them of being torn apart by a chariot or burned with fire? It is too gentle and too cheap to cut open the heart of a gentle slave.

These people were secretly wiping Little Pearl, and Gai Yu was also thinking hard about countermeasures. The situation had reversed. The court that had moved back to the capital had transported a large number of stone cannons, gunpowder, chariots, kerosene and other equipment. The saint was probably going to attack the camp. If he didn't leave, if the battle was unfavorable, the situation would be really dangerous.

He even doubted whether Li Keyong could return to Taiyuan alive.

In times of chaos and conquest, "momentum" is very important!
Gai Yu was about to say something——

"Get out, get out!" Li Keyong, who was already drunk and crazy, did not feel any better. Gai Yu sighed and turned to leave.

After driving away the crowd, Li Keyong found another woman. This woman was extremely beautiful, with a tall and plump figure like Zhang Hui, and her eyebrows and eyes were also quite similar to Zhang Hui. She was Zhang Hui, the bitter owner of the Youzhou sister-in-law's family.

Zhang from Fanyang was a girl of twenty-seven years old, a beauty of the highest order, and was described by Yan and Zhao as "a beauty of unrivalled beauty and grace".

As a result, he was raped by his brother Li Kuangwei.

Li Kuangchou was furious, but he could not bear to kill his wife because she was so beautiful, so he had to forgive her and usurp the throne. Later, he was defeated by Li Keyong and fled to Henghai. On the way, Zhang Hui became pregnant and gave birth to a child on the roadside, so she fell behind and was captured by Liu Rengong.

Liu Rengong was also envious, but Li Keyong was also jealous, so he had to reluctantly offer her to Li Keyong. After Li Keyong got her, he made her his wife and kept her in his private room. Unexpectedly, he brought his lustful pleasure with him when he went to war.

Wow, it seems that the Zhang family of Fanyang is really a family that produces top-notch beauties.

Big Zhang Hui charmed the Tongzhou army, Zhu Quanzhong, Li Qilang and Liang people. Little Zhang Hui charmed Li Kuangwei, Li Kuangchou, Liu Rengong, Li Keyong and Yanzhao. Just by looking at her, she overturned the political structure of Heshuo. It's amazing!

Who says heroes make the times? Women can be as beautiful as Dahui and Xiaohui.

After tearing off the clothes and torturing the people for more than half an hour, Li Keyong's anger had mostly subsided. He just drank quietly, unlike before when he killed people while drinking, looking like he was ready to go crazy.

Indeed, beauty is the best medicine to appease a tyrant.

Unexpectedly, after just two bowls of food, shouts and screams were heard outside.

Li Keyong was drunk and dazed. After listening for a while, he jumped up in panic and shouted, "Come here, come here, what happened?"

The answer came from outside the door: "The king's army launched an attack on a large camp. It was not a violent attack, just throwing stones and flying fire."

"It's ruined, ruined, this little bastard!" Zhang Hui was naked, with marks of beatings all over her body, and lying on the floor under the bed with empty eyes. Li Keyong sat up with a somersault, kicked away with a flying foot, and ran to the door with his clothes on.

Looking up, it was dusk. Over a company camp several miles away, a group of bright fireballs streaked through the twilight. They dragged long blood-bright tails and smashed into the earth like stars and meteorites, making a loud "boom!" sound and blasting out a sky full of brilliant stars and thick fog.

Upon closer inspection, it was a jar filled with kerosene, gunpowder, and dead pine and cypress branches. There were also densely packed stones in between. Looking at the whole thing, it looked like a meteorite from heaven had descended, illuminating half the sky red.

In the camp, there were only many faint columns of smoke rising up, and countless fires were spreading and burning. There were noises of clamor, crying, and scolding, and the smell of burning wafted through the air.

Li Keyong stretched out his hand to take it, but only caught a handful of ashes.

Black ash was already falling from the sky.

In the stables, the horses and camels were restless, the donkeys, dogs, and cows were barking non-stop, and soldiers kept coming out of their tents and rooms, asking each other, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Bang!" Li Keyong stomped his feet angrily.

"My king, my king, something bad has happened! The entire camp is on fire!"

"Rebellion! Someone is rebelling!"

"General, the soldiers are beating drums and shouting in the camp, clamoring to return to Taiyuan."

"Your Majesty, please quickly send people to put out the fire."

"Your Majesty, quickly deploy the cavalry to prevent the Saint from taking advantage of the chaos to attack the camp!"

There was a commotion in front of the general's tent, with a bunch of people chattering.

Li Keyong staggered a few times, holding his forehead, and slowly slid down with his butt against the door. He stabbed the shuriken heavily into the floor, and covered his face with his hands: "…………What should I do? There is no way to deal with him in front, and the situation behind is getting more and more chaotic. It seems that I can't get this official position back. If it doesn't end properly, how can I face people, the people of the world? How can I gain a foothold? What should I do in the future? I think too highly of myself, too high. Everything I have now is the result of my life gamble again and again. If something goes wrong just once, I don't know how many times I have been reincarnated…………Do I still want to persist on this path?"

(End of this chapter)