All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 235 Mr. Cai, where is your father?
Tokyo City Palace, clean room.

"What are you doing? What are you going to do?!" Zhao Ji, who was tied to the bed, was terrified and struggled desperately, "I am the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, please be patient." The old eunuch holding a tool similar to a small spatula looked nearly 70 years old, but his hand holding the knife was unusually steady. "I have been a eunuch for forty years, and my skills are very skilled."

"Why would I care whether your craftsmanship is skilled or not?!"

Zhao Ji collapsed and shouted, "I am the Son of Heaven, how can I accept such punishment?!"

"Your Majesty, what you said is not right." The old eunuch said with a smile, "We, the eunuchs, are not born to take this blow. If we can take it, why can't your Majesty take it?"

"Your Majesty, you know that my ancestors were from the top four armies of the Imperial Guard."

The old eunuch was not in a hurry to take action. Instead, he chatted leisurely with Zhao Ji. "My ancestors followed Taizu in the bloody battle of Jinyang City and crossed the river to fight against Southern Tang. They also followed Taizong in the northern expedition to Yanyun. They sacrificed their lives for the country on the Gaoliang River to protect Taizong's donkey cart."

Zhao Ji was stunned by these words. "Why are you, an old slave, telling me these things?"

"Haha~~~"

The old eunuch's smile remained, but his eyes gradually grew colder. "My family has sacrificed everything for the Song Dynasty. But after our ancestor's son died in battle in Chanzhou, the imperial court not only did not provide any compensation, but instead removed my family from the imperial guards!"

"Just because the eldest son of our ancestors said something, how can we negotiate peace with the Liao dogs!"

The old eunuch's breathing gradually became heavier. "My family is a military family. Without the status of the imperial guards, we have a hard time surviving in this Bianliang city. Life is hard and we are almost dying!"

"When it came to my generation, they couldn't bear it any longer, so they sent me to the palace, just to earn a living. That year, I was already sixteen years old."

At this point, the old eunuch looked a little confused, as if he had returned to that day decades ago. "So many years have passed, but I still remember how painful it was to castrate myself that day, and how desperate I felt. I have wanted to marry the tofu beauty next door since I was a child~~~"

Shaking his head, the old eunuch laughed at himself and said, "I am sorry to have embarrassed you, Your Majesty."

"Speaking to the emperor." The old eunuch, holding a small shovel that flashed with dim light, slowly walked to the bed and stared at Zhao Ji condescendingly. "I just want to say that we never owe the emperor anything! Only the emperor owes my whole family!"

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Bianliang City was actually a military city, and the main source of population was soldiers and their families.

The Zhao Song royal family seized power through a military coup, and were afraid that others would do the same, so they held a banquet to release their military power.

There was nothing wrong with this, but the result was that it completely suppressed the status of warriors and made their lives worse than death.

Generation after generation of imperial guards were either fed with empty salaries or exploited.

They were driven to work by their masters and ordered around by the yamen officials and treated like slaves.

He has no status and no dignity, and his life is no different from that of a stray dog.

When the Song Dynasty was strong, they had no choice but to curse in their hearts.

But once the Song Dynasty was in trouble.
In history, the Song Dynasty's imperial guards were so weak in combat effectiveness during the Jing Kang period that many people in later generations felt confused and unbelievable.

After all, anyone would be stunned to see thousands of armed soldiers being chased by a dozen cavalrymen.

Not to mention fighting, even if everyone urinated, they would drown these dozen or so cavalrymen!
The reason for this is simply the reaction to the abuse and humiliation of warriors over the past two hundred years.

It's funny to say that when the Jin soldiers were at the gates of the city, the emperors were still unwilling to spend money, silk and other goods to reward the army. Instead, they chopped off the heads of the soldiers who fought back against the Jin people, saying that they affected the peace talks!
Any normal person would not work for Zhao Song, and would even wish them to die soon!

If it weren't for the Jin people's bloodthirsty nature and excessive massacres, they would have aroused countless hatreds.

In addition, there were great generals like Han Yue, who was better known as Wei Huo before and Xu Chang later, who put up a resolute resistance.

Without these, the Jin people would have conquered the world long ago, and there would have been no chance for Zhao Jiumei to establish the Southern Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty had long lost the support of its army and people, and all the civilians and soldiers in the world wanted them to die.

If one simply relies on the royal family and the literati, the only options left for him are becoming a captive or committing suicide to leave a good name for himself.

Zhao Ji knew nothing about these things.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't ask about it, let alone think of making any changes.

So at this moment, it was only natural for him to be stabbed like this.

"No, no, no~~~" The terrified Zhao Ji watched the shovel in the old eunuch's hand fall between his legs, and screamed, "I will make you... Awoooah!~~~!?"

The old eunuch was not lying. He had been doing this business for forty years and had indeed acquired skilled skills.

With a wave of his hand and a slash of his sword, the root of Zhao Ji's troubles instantly left his body.

The young eunuch who was watching the knife skills on the side came to his senses when the old eunuch glared at him, and hurriedly handed over the medicine for the knife wound in his hand.

The old eunuch skillfully applied medicine to the knife wound to stop the bleeding, then raised his head to glance at Zhao Ji who had fainted from the pain, his eyes filled with endless joy!
"If my family hadn't been drained of soldiers' blood and lost all the money and food for the imperial army, I would have married the tofu beauty next door and had many children! It's all your fault, all your fault!"

Chen Ran was still in the Daqing Hall, extremely busy.

Taking over Kaifeng Prefecture was not the end, but just the beginning.

This megacity with a population of more than two million people quickly fell into paralysis after losing its original ruling system.

The reason why it can still be maintained is entirely due to strong military control.

But even so, there are still a lot of complicated things emerging.

"No need to give me a list!" Looking at the paper filled with names, Chen Ran stuffed it back into Yang Zhi's hand. "These robbers should be caught on the spot and hung on electric poles or tree branches. Why are you still looking for my approval?"

He spoke straightforwardly and gave clear instructions. "During the martial law period, law enforcement power was delegated to the head of the city. If you encounter criminals on patrol, whether they are thieves or murderers, they will all be hanged on trees!"

Yang Zhi, feeling awed, immediately saluted and said, "I will obey your orders!"

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Chen Ran continued, "Prepare more ropes." He raised his hand and pointed at the many royal relatives, ministers, guards, etc. in the hall, "Empty the big trees on both sides of the Imperial Street and leave them to hang these people!"

After Yang Zhi left, Chen Ran stood with his hands behind his back and said, "As you can see, I am very busy and don't have much time to accompany you. Hand over everything you should hand over, so that you can leave more comfortably and suffer less."

Everyone in the hall was silent, with evasive glances.

It’s not impossible for Chen Ran to ask them to hand over all their property, but at least they can save their lives.

But this bastard wants both money and life!

In this situation, who would be willing to pay?
The Song Dynasty was very wealthy. It can even be said that it was the richest dynasty in the thousands of years of agricultural era.

The prosperity of the Song Dynasty was concentrated on the strong trunk and weak branches, absorbing wealth from all over the world to support the city of Bianliang.

At the same time, the wealth here is hidden among the scholars. Ordinary people are naturally not considered scholars. At most, they are common people, not even from poor families.

At this time, almost all the wealthiest scholars had gathered in this extremely magnificent Daqing Hall, which was said to be able to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The high concentration of wealth brings many problems, including a large-scale increase in inflation.

The inflation in Bianliang City has reached an alarming level.

It was common to spend a lot of money in brothels.

There was even a case where a bead from the South China Sea was sold for tens of thousands of strings of cash.

The wealth of the Song Dynasty was all spent on women and luxury goods.

But hundreds of millions of ordinary people and soldiers find it difficult to support their families!

Chen Ran had already captured the vital arsenal and the Ministry of Revenue warehouse, as well as Zhao Ji's inner treasury, and the amount of money and grain he obtained was incalculable.

But the expenses are also huge.

Apart from anything else, in order to win over the huge Bianliang Imperial Guards to join him, he promised at the beginning that he would pay the thirty years of unpaid wages to all the Imperial Guards who surrendered to him!
This is not the unpaid wages that are deducted from various levels, but the actual payment!

According to preliminary statistics, there were as many as 100,000 imperial guards under Chen Ran's command, and as the news of the successful uprising spread, more and more imperial guards joined in frantically.

With so many imperial guards, each of them would have to receive thirty years’ salary, which would be an astronomical figure.

Chen Ran needed money and food to do great things, so he had to ask the soldiers who were about to die to make their due contributions.

"Looks like I have to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys." Chen Ran's muttering was a little loud, and the people closer to him all lowered their heads, fearing that they would be dragged out like a chicken.

"Liang Yinxiang, stop hiding, I'm talking about you."

Chen Ran already had a target in mind, and he directly called out to Liang Shicheng who was hiding behind a pillar, "Bring him over here."

A soldier stepped forward, stretched out his hand and pulled the skinny Liang Shicheng in front of Chen Ran.

"Your Majesty, spare my life~~~" Liang Shicheng no longer had the dignity that other gentlemen had given him in the past. He knelt trembling in front of Chen Ran and begged, "I presented it to the emperor. I have done a great service~~~"

As soon as these words came out, someone in the crowd who had breathed a sigh of relief suddenly started to curse, "You traitorous bastard!"

Chen Ran raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Pull it out."

The soldier stepped forward and roughly pulled a middle-aged man in a purple robe out from the crowd.

Chen Ran looked suspicious. "Who is this?"

"I am Cai You." Cai You was filled with regret. Why bother to show off his quick words? He hurriedly bowed and said respectfully, "I am the governor."

"It turns out to be Mr. Cai." Chen Ran smiled. "Where is your father?"

As the head of the civil officials, Cai Jing, who had served as prime minister for many years and was also the Three-Department Envoy in charge of the world's money and grain, was a corrupt official who was rich enough to rival a country.

It is said that his family is extremely wealthy and extravagant, and a meal requires more than a hundred chickens and ducks, and more than ten sheep.

When his cook cooked the sheep's head, she only took a little meat from the cheek of the sheep's head and threw the rest away!

Such luxury and wealth naturally makes him Chen Ran's main focus.

But what was puzzling was that after arriving at the house, they couldn't find Cai Jing.

Fortunately, the drunk Cai You was caught in the brothel.

"Hey, hey." Cai You's eyes turned wildly. "I don't know where my father is."

"It's okay." Chen Ran smiled and said, "Wait a minute, you will remember where your father is."

After that, he ignored him and called out, "Have the jailers from Kaifeng Prefecture arrived?"

"It has been brought here!"

Not long after, the jailer of Kaifeng Prefecture, along with a team of jailers, staggered into the Daqing Hall carrying a variety of instruments.

Although our ancestors have lived in Kaifeng Prefecture for generations, the imperial palace is very close and located in the same city.

But their status was that of a lowly servant, so they could not enter the palace, let alone the higher-class brothels.

However, now, they not only entered the palace, but also came to the famous Daqing Hall!

Chen Ran smiled and nodded at the trembling Liang Shicheng, and told the jailers, "Use your methods and let Liang Yinxiang experience it. If he doesn't confess, then all of you will be chopped off!"

(End of this chapter)