Mystery Makes Me Strong

Right now.

There was total silence in the Daqing court. Everyone was silent and trembling with fear.

"I just can't understand it. The people are obviously living and working in peace and contentment, so why do some people want to rebel?" A middle-aged man with dark skin, wearing a crown and holding a sword, stood in front of the throne.

"Your Majesty, these are just some ignorant fools who were instigated to rebel." An old minister said tremblingly.

"Okay, okay, you ignorant fools, huh?" The middle-aged emperor laughed in anger, "Just like this bunch of fools, first 30,000 troops were lost, and then 60,000 troops were lost!"

"Damn it, damn it all!"

"Such a large-scale rebellion, and no one reported it in advance. From top to bottom, you are all rotten!"

"Minister of War!"

"I'm here." An old man crawled out trembling.

The middle-aged emperor put the sword directly to his neck.

"You are in charge of the Ministry of War. Why didn't you get wind of such a large-scale rebellion in advance?"

"Have we fed the rice, banknotes, and salt permits we give you every year to dogs?"

The Minister of War collapsed to the ground, with a sexy smell oozing from his lower body.

"Drag him out, put him in a sack, and throw him to death!" the middle-aged emperor said viciously, "I will lead the army myself!"

“Your Majesty, you cannot lead the army in person!” Upon hearing this, the Minister of Rites immediately crawled over and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Get out! Do you want to be thrown to death too?" the middle-aged emperor said angrily.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to risk my life to give you advice. War is a dangerous time. In years of disaster, it is difficult to raise food. Once a war breaks out, it will be easy to repeat the same mistakes..." The Minister of Rites was telling the truth.

"There is a major disaster this year, but there was no major disaster last year. Where did all the food go?"

"I know it, you have eaten it, taken it and sold it all!" The middle-aged emperor was furious.

"We need to let the Royal Guards investigate thoroughly!"

At this time, the Minister of Revenue came over and said, "Your Majesty, should we temporarily stop paying the salaries to the vassals?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged emperor became furious.

"You traitor!"

"Why, do you want our children to not even have rice to eat?"

"We finally conquered the whole world!"

"It's to make sure our children never go hungry again!"

"You are now saying that you want to stop paying our children's salaries?"

The Minister of Revenue quickly said, "I am only saying that it will be temporarily suspended. Once the bandits are pacified, the payment will be made again."

"According to you, as long as there are bandits here, the salary will never be reissued, right?" the middle-aged emperor said coldly.

"That's not what I meant." The Minister of Revenue said in horror.

"You are trying to sow discord among the royal family. Come, put the Minister of Revenue into a sack and throw him to death!"

"Your Majesty..." The ministers were suddenly terrified.

"What are you waiting for? What I'm saying is to put these two bastards into a sack and throw them to death immediately!" the middle-aged emperor roared.

Soon the guards rushed in and put both the Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue into sacks.

Then throw it high up and then drop it high down.

This happened again and again. After only about ten throws, the two old ministers were killed.

It's a pity that they had to follow this middle-aged emperor for decades and build up the entire empire.

In the end, this is the way to die.

The ministers were trembling with fear.

Afraid that it will be my turn.

The Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue were both killed in the fall, so what do they matter?

In the entire court, there are less than ten people whose status is higher than these two old ministers.

Everyone was shocked.

They never imagined that the current emperor would be so tyrannical.

Where did the wise and powerful emperor go?

Weren’t you very receptive to advice in the past?

Why did it disappear?

They naturally didn't know that Quan Li, this monster, could turn a saint into a demon.

Because everyone would fawn on it, the emperor, immersed in this atmosphere of fawning, had long lost his self-control.

Gradually, they become self-centered, tyrannical, and unreasonable - to put it simply, they are "spoiled".

Originally innocent children can be spoiled and turned into naughty kids or devil children that everyone hates. Similarly, adults can also be spoiled.

It's the same principle.

Afterwards, the middle-aged emperor ordered the army to be reorganized. He personally led the three major camps in the capital, namely the Hufen Camp, the Shenji Camp, and the Yulin Camp, to go to war together.

He ordered the crown prince to govern the country.

And at this time.

It was obviously a good time to change the emperor. The emperor was outside and the prince was inside.

We can completely emulate the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty.

However, the civil officials were already trembling with fear.

Occasionally someone wants to collude privately, but most people don't dare to get involved.

To put it bluntly, they don't have the ability to act now.

They will only choose to rebel if the high pressure from the middle-aged emperor reaches a certain level.

…

This time, the middle-aged emperor brought a total of 120,000 troops.

There are 60,000 people in the three major camps.

He also assembled 15,000 cavalry drawn from the border troops.

These more than 10,000 cavalrymen are his trump card.

It can be said that it was his most important means to deal with those rebellious bandits.

He believed that those guys would never be able to fight back.

This is also true: it is easy for farmers to raise infantry, and they are able to raise hundreds of thousands of them in a few months.

But it is difficult to produce cavalry.

The cavalry must first know how to ride a horse, and secondly, have a horse.

Horses were scarce and expensive among the common people.

And it takes several years to master riding.

In fact, bandits with horses often become powerful.

Like Li Zicheng, who rose again with the help of the Eighteen Riders.

This is the power of cavalry.

One cavalryman can do the job of twenty infantrymen. If well-equipped, one cavalryman can even defeat hundreds of infantrymen alone.

Players who have played Mount \u0026 Blade know that having a horse and not having a horse are completely different experiences.

…

And at this time.

Almost at the same time when the middle-aged emperor left the city, the four people heard that the middle-aged emperor was going to go to the battlefield himself.

They were not surprised by this.

Although before, they had not expected that the emperor would lead the army in person.

But they naturally had no filter for the emperor.

In fact, most emperors make worse decisions than their savvy ministers.

This is because the emperor's screening pool was too small.

The reason why the founding emperor was so powerful is actually very simple: he was selected from the broadest forces.

The rulers of later generations were selected from this small group.

Number One said disdainfully: "I thought he would at most send one general."

"But it doesn't matter. Since he has come out in person, let the world see that this so-called emperor is just an ordinary person."

"Yes, isn't this just perfect? ​​It lets everyone know that the emperor is nothing special." Number Two followed.

"But there is still a problem. Once we kill the emperor, it is possible that local princes will rise up and fall into a state of division. Then we will be in even bigger trouble." Number Three was a little worried.

"It doesn't matter. At most, we can just attack them one by one and push them forward."

"Yes, the vassal kings are all pigs, and only a few of them can fight."

…

Soon, the four began to contact the rebel groups in various places via radio and asked them to gather information.

Naturally, they also have undercover agents in the capital.

That is why they were able to know the emperor's departure time and even the number of troops at the same time.

This is undoubtedly one-way transparency in intelligence.

The capital is an ancient city located on the bank of a river with a population of over one million.

The emperor's personal troops sailed upstream.

After sailing for a while, they arrived at the central fortress and then joined up with the border troops coming down from the north.

After the reunion, they will attack the arid area, which is the northwest.

In fact, under normal circumstances, it would be better for them to meet directly in the northwest, which would save the most distance.

But because the reason for the expedition was a middle-aged emperor, the border troops' primary mission was to protect the emperor.

So we can only go in a big circle.

However, they did not know that the real site of rebellion, Qingyun Mountain, was actually far away from the disaster area.

It is just southwest of the capital, more than a thousand miles away.

The Northwest is located northwest of the capital, three or four thousand miles away. The two can be said to be poles apart.

The four of them used radio to achieve remote command.

This is equivalent to bringing the 20th century's command and combat methods to ancient times.

In the 20th century, a single center was able to command troops thousands of kilometers away, and do so flexibly.

And now, the four of them have done it.

Of course, they used the methods of mysterious societies, plus the bonus of the artifact concept of radio, to make the distant teams loyal enough.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the emperor was at a disadvantage.

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He worked hard to mobilize an army of 120,000, but failed to find the real place of rebellion.

This is tantamount to going to war in vain.

It was half done from the start.

The volunteers in the disaster area communicated with Qingyun Mountain through radio.

As for supplies and weapons, they were transported through secret channels.

Food and fodder are obtained by attacking large households.

The middle-aged emperor could travel a hundred miles a day with his personal army, and after landing, he could still travel fifty miles a day.

This speed is still very fast, and it is definitely a speed that only elite soldiers can achieve.

Marching in ancient times was very troublesome.

First of all, the roads are very bad.

In addition, there are a lot of vehicles and mules and horses needed to transport supplies.

To organize it properly is a great test of the general's control ability.

Therefore, if one can successfully lead the army to the designated location, he is already a qualified general.

In fact, there were many generals who got lost.

After more than a month's long march, the emperor finally led his troops to the northwest.

It can be said that from this distance, we can understand why the ministers opposed it.

The expedition took too long.

Of course, at the beginning of the founding of the country, when sweeping away nomads, the expedition time would often last more than half a year.

Much longer than it is now.

But the quality of the team cannot be compared.

The combat effectiveness of the current Beijing camp has already declined seriously.

"Your Majesty, the rebels are currently hoarding in Xiyang Prefecture, and there are more than 100,000 of them."

"In that case, let's attack Xiyang Prefecture and kill all these rebels!" the middle-aged emperor said directly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Unlike the ministers, the generals were still very excited.

After a great battle, he had made many contributions and was awarded a title of nobility.

This time we are facing a group of refugees, so there is no need to worry at all.

…

And at this time.

The rebels are rescuing the people.

Open the granaries to store grain, build canals, and resume farming.

Adopt new agricultural techniques and build some factories to provide employment.

However, the emperor's army arrived.

These things have to stop.

"People, we want to live well, but the old emperor doesn't want us to live!" The leader of the rebel army shouted:

"What should we do?"

"You're rebelling!"

"Rebellion, rebellion, and rebellion!"

The people shouted wildly.

In the process of attacking the wealthy, they had completely broken through the constraints of order, and one by one they had transformed from honest farmers into fierce soldiers.

They all knew that if they failed, their entire clan would be killed.

In that case, we might as well fight to the death!

The emperor first sent a team of 400 Yulin cavalry to the nearby city to gather information.

Soon they captured three rebellious civilians and brought them before the middle-aged emperor.

The middle-aged emperor sat on the dragon chariot and asked:

"Why are you rebelling?"

"If you can't survive, of course you have to rebel."

"Why can't we survive? Doesn't the imperial court provide disaster relief?"

"The imperial court has disaster relief? We can't see any of it. They just have a few big buckets there, boiling water." A commoner said with a stiff neck.

The middle-aged emperor became furious when he heard this.

"What's going on? Didn't I tell you that we should exempt the taxes and provide disaster relief?"

“How did you guys do it?”

The accompanying officers were trembling with fear and dared not speak.

"Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!"

"Tell me what's going on!"

A middle-aged household affairs clerk was lying on the ground. He crawled over and said:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue is really out of money and grain."

"Every year, half of the money and grain is given to the princes alone."

"Another quarter is taken away from the border towns, leaving another quarter to pay salaries to officials."

"We also need to build a great temple."

"We just can't get the money and food together."

"Assholes, you must have been greedy for all the food!"

"We only have a few sons, and we have only made a few of them kings. How is it possible that we use up half of the food?" said the middle-aged emperor in disbelief.

The stewards didn't dare to speak.

They were thinking that there were more than 30 One-Character Kings now.

There are more than 40 two-character kings.

There are a lot of other things left, such as light vehicles and lieutenants who defend the country.

If you add up all the mess, wouldn’t it cost half?

Of course they know that they don’t need that much.

But they also need to take a copy.

The middle-aged emperor didn't listen to these words at all.

In his opinion, it is his duty to take care of future generations.

After working hard to conquer the world, isn't it right for the people of the world to provide for his descendants?

Then the middle-aged emperor said to the three people:

"Since you found out there was no food for disaster relief, why didn't you report it to the authorities?"

The three people laughed when they heard this:

"The emperor also seized the throne by rebelling. Why didn't he report it to the authorities?"

"Drag him out and throw him to death!"

"These lowly people, we didn't rebel back then, we were coerced by the bandits, we were happy to live in the prosperous times of the previous dynasty." The middle-aged emperor was furious.

"It was entirely for the purpose of quelling the rebellion that I raised an army to seize the world and quell the calamity!"

Afterwards, the attendants stepped forward and threw the three civilians to death.

The middle-aged emperor was very angry.

"These unruly people just don't work hard, that's why they can't survive the disaster!"

The stewards dared not answer.

They knew why.

Firstly, the emperor had issued strict travel permits, so when the people encountered a disaster, they still had some food at first and were able to escape.

As a result, he was restricted to the local area by a road pass and could not escape.

By the time we had to run, there was no food left.

This is also a big problem.

But who dares to say this?

No one dares.

This is also one of the reasons for the collapse of the feudal dynasty system.

Everyone knew where the bug was, but they had to keep it secret in order to please the emperor and his superiors.

Have to gloss over the situation.