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Chapter 98 The Imperial Court's Response, The Tyrannical Sun Changes the Timeline
After realizing the situation was dire, Ning Wenyuan, the magistrate of Li County, gradually came to his senses and immediately began to mutter and shout.

"Report it, report it, yes, we must report it to the imperial court as soon as possible. Since we can't contact Gongchang Prefecture, we should try to contact the Shaanxi Provincial Governor, Lord Li Qiao, or submit a memorial directly to the imperial court."

Meanwhile, Ning Wenyuan, the magistrate of Li County, was trying to contact his superiors and the imperial court.

The person he wanted to contact, Li Qiao, the Left Provincial Administration Commissioner of Shaanxi, had already received the news at the Provincial Administration Commissioner's office in Xi'an and had reported it to the imperial court.

When Emperor Chongzhen received the news, he was completely stunned.

It took him quite a while to slowly come to his senses.

In the instant he came to his senses, Chongzhen slammed the memorial to the ground and roared loudly.

"Useless! All of them are useless! They actually allowed the bandits to occupy the prefectural cities of Lintao and Gongchang, as well as various counties and prefectures."
Are both prefects incompetent? They haven't even sent out a single piece of information.
What a waste!
And what were Li Qiao, the Provincial Treasurer of Shaanxi, and Wu Zhiwang, the Governor-General of Shaanxi, doing?
They actually watched as the bandits grew in power and occupied the capitals of two prefectures and various counties.
These two are useless; they couldn't even subdue Wang Er before another dynasty rose up.
Dynasty, dynasty.
Is this an attempt to establish a new dynasty?

Damn it.

Two quarters of an hour passed before Chongzhen calmed down a little. He immediately summoned the cabinet ministers and Wang Zaijin, the Minister of War, to discuss the Shaanxi peasant uprising.

After careful consideration, Emperor Chongzhen only appointed Wu Zhiwang as governor-general to manage military affairs in Shaanxi and to mobilize troops to suppress bandits, with Li Qiao, the provincial governor of Shaanxi, assisting him. He did not intend to mobilize troops from other places.

The main reason for this is that the matter he was dealing with had reached a critical juncture.

That was to eliminate the eunuch faction. At this time, Qian Jiazheng of Haiyan had not yet submitted the memorial impeaching Wei Zhongxian that had been passed down through the ages, like Emperor Chongzhen.

Although Wei Zhongxian's influence was somewhat diminished, he remained powerful.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was focusing most of his energy on overthrowing Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs, and the most critical moment had arrived, so he naturally did not want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

While the dynasty and its people occupied several prefectures and counties in the two provinces.

However, due to the internal nature of the People's Salvation Army, not much information was leaked out.

Therefore, even though the dynasty and its allies seemed to have occupied the two prefectural cities, which greatly angered Emperor Chongzhen.

But in reality, Emperor Chongzhen and his officials didn't really care about the dynasty.

Just like Wang Er, wasn't he also being chased around everywhere?
But how could mere rebels compare to the Ming army?

For the Ming Dynasty at this time, the only threat was the Later Jin Tartars outside the Great Wall.

Without the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army, Wang Er, who initiated the uprising, would probably have been wiped out next year.

By the time the imperial edict reached Governor-General Wu Zhiwang and Shaanxi Provincial Treasurer Li Qiao, it was already December.

Upon receiving the imperial edict, Governor Wu Zhiwang, who was originally directing the army to besiege Wang Er, immediately mobilized his troops to turn west.

Li Qiao also mobilized some grain and supplies, which, although not abundant, were enough to feed 50,000 troops.

In fact, at this time, although the harvest in many parts of Shaanxi was not good due to the drought this year, it was not as bad as the situation in the following years when the whole region was without food.

Even though there was no drought in Lintao and Gongchang prefectures, how could the dynasty still manage to plunder hundreds of thousands of shi of grain?

As the Provincial Governor of Shaanxi, Li Qiao could naturally offer even more.

However, by the time it actually reached the soldiers, it had passed through layer after layer of intermediaries, and by then it was barely enough to sustain them.

As the imperial army was mobilized, Wang Er, who had initially intended to join the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army upon hearing about them, ultimately abandoned this plan after discussing it with his subordinates.

Even if the dynasty and its allies were to reunite, facing tens of thousands of troops from the imperial court, the situation would be similar to what it is now, inevitably leading to them being chased around everywhere.

Since that's the case, it's better for each side to fight their own battles. This would disperse the forces of the government troops, making it easier to escape and evade their pursuit.

On the other hand, the time when the dynasty and its forces mobilized their troops was even earlier than that of the imperial court.

On November 20th, after the dynasty had thoroughly reorganized the military and political affairs of its territory, it began to mobilize troops.

But before that, there is some good news.

After more than two months, soybeans and peanuts in Weiyuan County and the surrounding areas have yielded a bumper harvest.

In this season when winter has already arrived, the People's Salvation Army has achieved a bumper harvest, which is simply an auspicious sign. This has made the people in the territory of the People's Salvation Army cheer with joy.

In fact, by October, the crops planted earlier, even with the nourishment of the "Nurturing Grain Divine Power," had already begun to wither and turn yellow.

This caused great anxiety and panic among the farmers and members of agricultural cooperatives.

However, this is a change in the natural seasons, and with the weather freezing cold, how could crops possibly survive? It is beyond human control.

Even so, after nearly two months of intensive growth and development thanks to the Nurturing Grain Divine Power, they were not without a harvest; in fact, they could be said to have made a small profit.

However, no one would want to see a bumper harvest turn into a meager one when it was just around the corner.

Faced with this situation, the members of the agricultural cooperative had no choice but to report it to the dynasty.

Wang Chao initially frowned at this, but quickly relaxed.

Since we have the supernatural power to promote the rapid growth of crops, let's use that power to solve the problem of freezing weather.

Anyway, the area where crops were originally grown was only Weiyuan County and its surrounding area, which is not a very large area.

In view of this, the dynasty developed two supernatural powers: the power to slay the sun and the power to copy.

"Burning sun," as the name suggests, means increasing sunlight exposure and raising the temperature of sunlight.

Copying, on the other hand, expands the scope of influence of existing things.

Compared to the seemingly more powerful Sun-Burning Divine Power, the dynasty had higher expectations for this particular divine power.

It can be used in more ways than just this.

After developing these two supernatural powers, Wang Chao immediately rushed to Weiyuan County.

This time, the dynasty did not set up altars or anything like that.

In newly conquered territories, the dynasty might indeed do the same in order to win over the people more quickly.

However, Weiyuan County, as the first area to be occupied, already had popular support, so he naturally didn't need to do that. Wang Chao simply climbed the city walls every day to unleash his tyrannical power and supernatural abilities.

On the first day, almost all the people of Weiyuan County came, and the crowd was tens of thousands.

Upon witnessing this scene, Wu Chang couldn't help but change his expression slightly. If a popular uprising were to break out, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Originally, he intended to redeploy troops for evacuation.

However, the dynasty stopped it.

The people like Wu Chang could only use the nation's fortune to intimidate others or amplify their own supernatural powers. They were fine against individuals or small groups, but they could generally maintain their own safety.

However, with a large number of people, there will inevitably be a shortage of resources, and there is even a possibility that the nation's destiny cannot be mobilized if there is a conflict of opinion.

However, dynasties didn't have this kind of trouble.

Ultimately, a nation's destiny is an extension of its power, and no matter the circumstances, it will never become uncontrollable.

Furthermore, the spiritual power scattered among the people will not be used for their own benefit, but rather for the benefit of the dynasty.

Moreover, the things he can accomplish through national fortune and spiritual power far surpass those of ordinary people.

For example, using national fortune and spiritual power to mobilize the energy of heaven and earth to perform supernatural powers, although the consumption is greater than that of the individual, with the support of the vast national fortune and spiritual power, it is still possible to perform supernatural powers covering an entire county.

Not to mention the area occupied by tens of thousands of people right in front of us.

Since they can use their supernatural powers on a large scale, then within the territory of the People's Salvation Army...

The number of ordinary people was gradually losing its effectiveness for the dynasty.

In other words, the dynasty could suppress the tens of thousands of people who had gathered there all by itself.

Of course, this is also because the people at present cannot be truly united, and their strength is scattered.

Otherwise, if the spirit is unified and the spiritual stance is aligned, it can, to a certain extent, interfere with spiritual power and national destiny.

Furthermore, taking the immobilization technique as an example, when distributed among tens of thousands of people, it has become significantly weaker.

If everyone could unleash their full power at the same time, it would be enough to shake the immobilization technique.

It's just obvious that they can't do it.

Looking down at the people below and then at the sun high in the sky, the dynasty began to activate its Sun-Slaying Divine Power.

In an instant, Wu Chang and the others around them felt that the sunlight around them had become brighter and the temperature was slowly rising.

Of course, at this time, only the people around could sense it.

People further away didn't feel much of a difference; instead, they felt that the surrounding temperature seemed to have gotten colder.

As mentioned before, all the supernatural abilities that have evolved to this day, whether they are the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends Techniques or the unique supernatural abilities created by the dynasty, are merely energy transfer and transformations that connect with the rules of heaven and earth and borrow the power of heaven and earth.

When the temperature rises in one place, the temperature in other places will naturally drop.

After activating the Sun-Burning Divine Power, the dynasty immediately activated the Copying Divine Power.

In an instant, the area covered by the raging sun divine power expanded to several hundred meters, and the temperature rose by two or three degrees again.

At this time, ordinary people living closer to the city wall could clearly feel the warmth of the rising temperature.

"It's getting warmer, it's getting warmer."
It's really getting warmer.

"The leader is truly a god; this is practically forcibly altering the seasons!"

"Truly, it possesses the power to command heaven and earth!"

While the people closer to the city wall were excitedly praising it, those further back expressed different opinions.

"Where is it warm? Where is it warm?"

"Yes, I still feel very cold."

"No, it's colder than before."

"Have it?"

Some people, not believing in superstition, pushed their way forward.

Sure enough, when they were a few hundred meters away from the dynasty, they could feel a distinct warmth.

It can be described as stepping from autumn/winter to spring/warmth.

"It's really getting warmer."
But what significant use could this small area possibly have?

"What nonsense are you talking about? This is just the beginning. The leader will definitely be able to cover the entire Weiyuan County with his supernatural powers, including all the farmland."

"Yes, yes, look, look, I was confused, wasn't I? This isn't an easy thing for the leader, is it?"

As everyone said, after the dynasty activated the two supernatural powers of Sunburst and Ascending, it immediately began to manipulate their power, using the spiritual energy and national fortune of heaven and earth as a medium to rapidly spread them to the surrounding areas.

Hundred meters, thousand meters.
One li, two li, five li, ten li.
Gradually, the power of the Sun-Burning Divine Power enveloped the entire Weiyuan County and its surrounding areas.

The temperature in this area has begun to rise slowly.

Correspondingly, the temperature in the surrounding area decreases.

At the same time, the national fortune and spiritual power within the entire territory, along with a vast amount of heaven and earth energy, continuously converge here to maintain the operation and consumption of the supernatural powers.

A full day passed before the dynasty slowly withdrew its supernatural powers.

By this time, the temperature in Weiyuan County and its surrounding areas had exceeded that of the surrounding areas by at least ten degrees, and the crops were no longer in danger of freezing to death.

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