99. The People Who Have Trampled the Streets of Heaven Are Not only the Bones of Nobles... (4K Words, Long Chapter)

"What a pity..."

Ye Jiming looked back and shook his head.

He wanted to return and kidnap Emperor Chongming from the Siming Mountain righteous army and take him south.

Try it out.

Although Emperor Chongming is not good, it is better than Fengxi Kingdom having no one in charge of the country, which will lead to the destruction of the country...

It's just that there is a time difference. After Chang Ji and others captured Emperor Chongming and Li Enlu, they rushed towards the direction of Suzaku Gate.

Now it is less than two miles away from Xu Xing's location.

At this distance..., if he kidnaps Emperor Chongming, he will definitely be stopped by the gray-robed old monk.

The consequences will be hard to say at that time.

As an "immortal" like him, he should not get involved in the struggle between secular forces. Especially after seeing that Xu Xing is not a fake dragon, but another growing human dragon...

He will suffer for hindering the birth of the human king and the complaint of Xuanji Temple.

He will lose half his life if he doesn't die.

"It just so happens that chance is just a coincidence..."

"It seems that the great fortune is not in the Song family, and the Song Dao will probably fail to condense the first-grade Dao Dan."

Ye Jiming speculated in his heart.

Time passed slowly.

He saw that the two armies inside and outside the palace were about to meet, and things were impossible to do, so he finally made up his mind, turned around and jumped out of the watchtower, turned into a beam of light and left, no longer caring about the situation in Shenjing.

...

Outside the Suzaku Gate.

The two forbidden doors with mottled and peeling paint gradually opened.

Chang Ji rode on a horse, holding a rope.

At the end of the rope, the Chongming Emperor was tied up and running in a hurry under the drag of the warhorse.

At this moment, the emperor of the Song family was covered in dust, and the bright yellow dragon robe was torn in several holes.

The black Shanyi crown on his head also fell on the road at some point, revealing his messy gray hair.

A face full of embarrassment!

"Xu Ni..."

"I am the Son of Heaven, and I should die like a Son of Heaven."

The rough cloth gagged in his mouth was removed, and Emperor Chongming took a few deep breaths.

He looked around and saw his two princes, the Crown Prince and Prince Yong, kneeling on the side of the road, while the two important ministers of the country who were entrusted by him were servile and fawning, and he suddenly felt infinite sadness in his heart.

After the country was destroyed, the Son of Heaven not only did not receive special treatment, but became a dog without a home.

But——

He was an emperor after all, and he had the bearing of an emperor.

Even if the Son of Heaven was reduced to a prisoner, he should not be so miserable.

So, he loudly questioned Xu Xing, asking for "justice".

"The one who is destined by heaven should be the Son of Heaven!"

"You are just a mediocre monarch, who can only be the ruler of the country, how can you talk about the Son of Heaven?"

Xu Xing rode on his horse, looking down from a high position, and retorted casually.

The emperor is not necessarily the same as the Son of Heaven.

In other words

The Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, which means he is the one who is destined by Heaven and respected by the people.

The emperor is just a ruler within the rules.

Generally speaking, after becoming an emperor, one is automatically the Son of Heaven, and the two are confused. After all, no one dares to say "You don't have the Mandate of Heaven" in front of the emperor.

However... At this time, Emperor Chongming lost his country, which is enough to prove that he is not the one who is destined by Heaven.

That is, he is not the Son of Heaven!

"Lord?"

Emperor Chongming laughed in anger.

He has been honored as the Son of Heaven for so many years, and this is the first time he has been humiliated like this.

He took a deep breath and suppressed his resentment and anger in his chest. After all, people have to bow their heads under the eaves.

"Fengxi..."

"Lord Fengxi, please ask King Xingtian to give me... the way of death of the emperor."

Emperor Chongming changed his name.

Not only did he change his self-proclaimed name, but also changed the name of Xu Xing.

He did not have the courage to draw his sword and commit suicide, let alone the determination to bite his tongue to commit suicide. If Xu Xing didn't forgive him and gave him a good death..., skinning, straw stuffing, slow slicing, would be enough to make him want to live but not die.

As for asking for a good death...

He believed that Xu Xing would agree to his request, just as Xu Xing was willing to accept all the civil and military officials in the court. Xu Xing was not a pure traitor and understood what order was.

The emperor could not be easily humiliated.

Even the king of a fallen country could not be humiliated.

Because the imperial power was dignified and sacred, humiliating the last emperor was humiliating himself who would ascend the throne in the future...

However——

Xu Xing's next words made his heart completely cold.

"Chongming..."

"I have sworn a great oath in the prison..."

"If we invade the capital, I will throw you into the famine, so that you can feel the hunger of millions of disaster victims in the world..."

"Let you starve to death..."

"Since you hate corrupt officials, I believe the people will also support you..."

"If you can survive among the famine, I will spare your life and let you go south."

In front of everyone, Xu Xing spoke his mind.

Killing people does not require a knife.

When he, the king of heaven, is released from the prison, he will not only trample the bones of the nobles in the streets...

Why can't he step on the bones of this emperor?

As for whether it disrupts the order?

Haha!

He and Emperor Chongming have a blood feud, so it would be unjust to let him go.

It is not a cession!

Even if his methods are cruel, people in the world will forgive him.

After all, blood hatred is hard to erase. If he hadn't had a chance, he would have been skinned and stuffed with straw by cruel officials a few years ago, and his skin would have been hung on the city emperor temple.

...

Civil and military officials on the roadside.

The crown prince and Yong Wang kneeling on the ground begging for surrender...

At this moment, he heard the words,

and felt different.

Under Emperor Chongming's Boliang rule, all civil and military officials also disliked Emperor Chongming.

"The men were exiled for three thousand miles and the women were sent to the Jiaofangsi" at every turn, implicating three clans.

Treating ministers like private slaves...

Seeing that Emperor Chongming was about to die tragically, they felt very relieved.

The prince and King Yong, on the other hand, felt sad and uneasy.

Your father is still like this,

Not to mention their descendants.

"Xu Ni..."

“The way you treat me today, your descendants will do the same in the future.

Emperor Chongming saw that it was useless to humble himself, so he cursed instead.

"The glory of a gentleman will decline in three generations, and will be cut off in five generations."

"If this is the case with this king's descendant, I am willing to let him suffer death at his neck..."

Xu Xing smiled and didn't mind at all.

He is not very close to his biological son Xu Zhang and has no deep feelings. He just fulfills his responsibilities as a biological father.

How could he care about his descendants who might not even be able to meet each other in the future?

In addition, he is an immortal species, one person is a country, and he does not care too much about the survival of his bloodline.

The same is true for Song Dao, the great ancestor of Fengxi Kingdom.

He didn't pay any attention to the life and death of the dragon son and grandson.

Xu Xing didn't bother to reply to Emperor Chongming's subsequent insults. He waved his hand, and the rebel team instantly branched out into a wide road, leading the hungry people of Shenjing who were watching outside the imperial city to the front of Emperor Chongming.

Shenjing is the capital of Fengxi Kingdom, the best place in the world.

Whenever there is a natural or man-made disaster in nearby areas, the victims will rush to Shenjing crazily. Because at the local level, officials may not necessarily open charity warehouses, and even if they do, it is only on paper. But in Shenjing, at the feet of the emperor, no matter what, even if it is superficial, the victims can still have something to eat...

Therefore, there are hundreds of thousands of victims in Shenjing.

The imperial city was in chaos. Seeing this opportunity, these victims also wanted to fish in troubled waters and seize a bowl of soup.

Many eunuchs and maids who fled before the Siming Mountain rebels arrived in the imperial city... had been robbed of all the palace treasures they carried by the victims.

"I am the Son of Heaven, and you, the victims of the disaster, have received the Emperor's favor..."

Seeing the victims rushing towards him, Emperor Chongming was immediately shocked.

He first subconsciously took ten steps back. When he could no longer retreat, and when he was forced to retreat by the rebel shield formation, he started to yell at the victims again.

"I thought that you and others had lost their homes, so I ordered people to open a charity warehouse, distribute official rations, and relieve the people from suffering..."

"Is this how you repay me?"

Emperor Chongming looked closely at the victims.

Facing Xu Xing, he was obedient.

But facing this group of victims who didn't even have enough to eat, he regained his confidence as an emperor.

Destiny is high or low, and he was born to be an emperor!

How dare some disaster victims disrespect him? Moreover, he "really" showed kindness to these victims. He allocated money from internal funds and from the national treasury. He was a life-saving grace for this group of disaster victims.

There is no such thing in the world as sharpening one's sword against one's benefactor.

The hungry victims, who were sallow and skinny, gradually stopped walking when they heard Emperor Chongming's words...

Slowly slowed down the pace.

"perhaps……"

"Maybe we haven't reached the point of death yet."

"I can still rely on these victims to counterattack the traitor Xu Ni..."

"Taking this opportunity, we might be able to get a chance to survive."

With this gap, Emperor Chongming's brain was running wildly, and some whimsical ideas were born in his mind.

When people reach the end of their rope, they will grasp at the last straw.

At this moment, these victims are the life-saving straw in the eyes of Emperor Chongming...

only--

Before he could speak, the leading victims began to look at him fiercely.

"Chongming, you bitch emperor."

"When we are blind..."

"The Yicang did put grain for us, but the Yicang was originally the food saved by the people to avoid natural disasters."

"Even if I don't mention this matter..."

"The amount of money allocated to one person in the clan is far more than the amount spent for disaster relief."

"Your Majesty, do you want the victims of the disaster in the world to appreciate your kindness?"

The victims slowly approached Emperor Chongming and spoke one sentence at a time.

We are not worried about scarcity, but we are worried about inequality.

If the country is really in trouble, and the princes, ministers, and members of the clan are all frugal in food and clothing, it is okay for the people to suffer a little, but the princes of the clan are full of intestines and stomachs one by one, while the victims have to change their children to eat because of hunger...

Who is willing to be convinced?

If the world only belonged to the Song family, there would be no need to talk about kindness, and all the people would be private slaves.

The uprising is natural!

If the world is not just the Song family's world, it is okay to talk about kindness, but the people can carry the boat or capsize it. The emperor of the Song family did not talk about benevolence and righteousness, and they, the victims of the disaster, would not talk about benevolence and righteousness either...

A favor from a meal has to be divided into different situations and cannot be generalized.

"It's all official corruption and bribery..."

"That's why you are starving. This is the fault of corrupt officials..."

Emperor Chongming habitually passed the blame.

However, no one listened to his words anymore.

Nearly a thousand victims swarmed forward and devoured Emperor Chongming with one bite and one bite.

It won't take more than a quarter of an hour.

Wait until the victims disperse.

There was only a bloody skeleton left on the ground.

"Everyone, just what Chongming said..."

"The reason why the victims are hungry is because of corruption?"

Xu Xing looked at the surrendered civil and military officials. When he saw that these nobles and nobles were all silent, he smiled and said: "If one of the ten people is a corrupt official, then it is the corrupt official's fault, but if all the civil and military officials in the dynasty are If it is a corrupt official, it is the responsibility of the country and the emperor..."

He set the tone for Emperor Chongming's random accusations.

It is true that all the civil and military officials in the court accepted bribes, and it is also true that he will eradicate these corrupt officials in the future. But if he is really stupid and punishes all these people according to the law of corruption, I am afraid that the local officials will all rebel against him the next moment.

Conquering the capital... was just a useless effort.

This is the political immaturity of Emperor Chongming.

To see whether a minister is useful, just look at whether he is corrupt or honest...

Studying hard for more than ten years just to become an honest official?

In feudal society, such a thing is impossible!

Whether you are an official in the court or a local official, who has not embezzled some money. Even if you confiscate real gold and silver, it is definitely not uncommon to use power to collect money...

Even if there are honest officials with clean hands, they are just exceptions among exceptions.

After hearing Xu Xing's words, the civil and military officials finally felt relieved and secretly relieved.

As expected, as a member of their system, Xu Xing knew their "helplessness".

"Emperor Chongming only regards us as slaves..."

"If a slave is corrupt, he will become a thief."

"He is not considering the people, but for his own selfishness."

"If the king regards his subjects as dirt, the subjects will also regard the king as an enemy."

Han Sui saw this and bit the dead Emperor Chongming. He flattered: "Rather than letting all these silvers go into the pockets of the royal family, it is better for us to enjoy them ourselves. I am not talented, but I have ten thousand taels of gold at home, and I am willing to give it to the king to help the army."

"So do we."

A group of nobles echoed Han Sui's remarks.

Losing money is a small matter.

As long as you keep your life and don't lose power, money will slowly come with power, endlessly.

Power is the living source of wealth.

You say one thing, I say one thing...,

In a short period of time,

the silver donated by the officials to Siming Mountain to help the army has exceeded 7 million taels of silver!

It is roughly equal to the taxes paid by the sixteen provinces of Fengxi State in two years.

Compared with the amount of money that Emperor Chongming asked the officials to donate three years ago, this seven million taels is not a small amount...

The former is five thousand taels, and the latter is seven million taels...

It is more than one thousand four hundred times!

Xu Xing ignored the flattery of the officials. He got off his horse and approached the prince and Prince Yong. When he was about three or four steps away from the two, he clamped the scabbard with his left rib and drew out the Guanshan knife on his waist with his right hand.

Under the setting sun, the knife light was sharp and cold.

"Xu Xing rarely killed people in his life..."

He looked at the two princes and sighed slightly.

The people in front of him were just two teenagers, the older one was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the younger one was only twelve or thirteen years old.

If it is said that they did evil, it would be difficult to do evil.

It's just a pity that they were born in the royal family.

After all, they didn't choose to be born in the royal family.

The prince pursed his lips and said nothing, and Prince Yong kowtowed and begged for mercy.

The two bodies trembled slightly.

"If your father had been so kind to the world, even if the country was destroyed, why would there be such a disaster?"

"In the next life..."

"Pick a better family, don't marry into the imperial family again."

After Xu Xing said this, the innate true energy attached to the sharp blade, and gently slashed the necks of the two princes.

Instantly!

Two heads fell to the ground.

Blood splashed on the nine-story white marble steps of the Suzaku Gate.

The pale golden afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the jade passage leading from the imperial city to Renjifang, dyeing Xu Xing's upper body bright yellow. Under the dazzling light, the entire sunset scene behind him became a foil...

The official who felt that he had offered less silver just now, now jumped out of his mouth a huge amount of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Killing the two princes was enough to prove that Xu Xing would not be merciful in his next actions.

"Come here..."

"Bring the Minister of Punishment, the Vice Minister of Rites, the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, the King of Cheng and others to come forward..."

"This king will kill them one by one, to avenge his hatred."

Xu Xing turned his head and looked at the civil and military officials in the court, his eyes full of murderous intent.

The people he mentioned were all the masterminds behind the corruption case of the Imperial Household Department.

They were also the enemies who almost killed him.

If there are grudges, he will avenge them one by one!

It's just that the Imperial Household Han Sui spared Zhao Yunniang that year, and he had some kindness to him. It's not good to convict Han Sui today, lest the world say that he is ungrateful...

After all, Zhao Yunniang is his old love in the South Garden.

Tolerating Han Taifu means that he has deep feelings for Zhao Yunniang.

Benevolence and righteousness are one of his weapons to gain the country.

It must not be easily damaged.