Chapter 10456 Guilt
The Immortal Emperor looked at Wei Xiaode and Liu Zhong, and then said: "Two companions, if this matter cannot be resolved, then what I said before will not increase the agricultural tax. It’s a joke. Once agricultural taxes are raised and farmers can’t even eat, then the world is not far away. Do you two companions have any solution to this matter? ”
Liu Zhong thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I don't have a good way. As far as the current situation is concerned, there is only one way, and that is to directly issue an order so that the goods in the world are not allowed to increase at will." Anyone who dares to raise prices at will will be severely punished. Only in this way can we ensure that farmers will not be harmed by this tax increase."
Wei Xiaode said solemnly: "But if you don't let it. If those merchants increase their prices, more merchants will go bankrupt."
The Immortal Emperor also nodded, frowning and stomping around, and Liu Zhong said at this time: " Your Majesty, although this will bankrupt more businessmen and destroy the alliance formed by those businessmen, we can take advantage of this opportunity to win over more businessmen. We can tell those businessmen the news in advance. , let those businessmen be mentally prepared, and then when His Majesty issues the decree, they will already have some preparations. Then they will naturally be grateful to us. It will naturally be easier for us to win over them. As long as If we win over more businessmen than the two prime ministers, or if they are almost the same, we will still have the ability to compete with the two prime ministers.”
When the Immortal Emperor heard what Liu Zhong said, he was stunned at first, but then his face showed a hint of joy. He turned to look at Wei Xiaode and said, "Wei Banban, do you think this matter is feasible?"< br>
Wei Xiaode thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is feasible, and I think that regardless of whether this matter is feasible or not, we must do it. If we don't If he does, the farmer will Damaged, by that time, it will be too late."
The Immortal Emperor nodded and said: "Okay, that's it. You must also order Dongwei to take a good look. In each city, if those merchants controlled by big families dare to raise prices at will, they will be punished. You must not be polite. This trend must be suppressed, otherwise, it will really happen. It's too dangerous." Wei Xiaode responded.
At this time Liu Zhong said: "Your Majesty, this old slave has one more thing to report to Your Majesty."
"What's the matter?" The Immortal Emperor looked at Liu Zhong, he knew what Liu Zhong said The matter must not be trivial. If it were a trivial matter, he would handle it himself and would not wait until now.
Liu Zhong said: "Your Majesty, I have received news that the Shadow Clan seems to have gathered some troops to attack our defense line. This time, the location of their attack does not seem to be the territory of the Blood Killing Sect. It’s our other defense areas, including the defense areas controlled by us, and the defense areas controlled by the left and right phases.”
Immortal Emperor One. When Liu Zhong said this, his expression couldn't help but change. He immediately looked at Liu Zhong and said, "Are you ready for the news?"
Liu Zhong nodded, and the Immortal Emperor frowned and said, "Liu Banban thought What should we do?"
Liu Zhong immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think we should immediately order the defense areas under our control to be strengthened. We are on strong alert. As for the defense areas controlled by the left and right phases, we will not notify you for the time being. If the attack by the Shadow Clan really makes them suffer, we can just take the opportunity to attack. Now the left and right phases are in each city. The expansion of the army is obviously for Your Majesty. It would be a good thing if we could use the help of the Shadow Tribe people to suppress their arrogance."< br>
When the Immortal Emperor heard what Liu Zhong said, he couldn't help but frowned. Then he thought about it and then said: "But if we really do this, many people will definitely die at the border defense line. Although those armies are controlled by the left and right prime ministers, the sergeants in those armies are all from our fairy world.”
Liu Zhong said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I know that you still regard them as people from the immortal world, as your people and your soldiers, but they are loyal to the left and right prime ministers, and the left and right prime ministers are destroying the foundation of the immortal realm. , Your Majesty, now the two prime ministers on the left and right, as well as those under him, can no longer be regarded as people in the immortal world, nor can they be regarded as people in the immortal world. They are your Majesty’s people. They are all your enemies. Only by destroying them can you integrate the power of the Immortal World, eliminate the Shadow Clan in one fell swoop, reorganize the Immortal World, and restore the glory of the Immortal World, Your Majesty! Finally, Liu Zhong knelt down and bowed to the Immortal Emperor, while tears flowed from his eyes.
The Immortal Emperor looked at the extremely excited Liu Zhong and felt sad. After a while, he took a deep breath and then said: "Liu Banban is right. They are indeed my enemies now. Only After wiping them all out, I can integrate the power of the immortal world and wipe out the Shadow Clan people in one fell swoop. Okay, let’s just follow Liu Banban and let’s do it.”
Liu Zhong then responded and then wiped away. He stood up with tears in his eyes. The Immortal Emperor glanced at Liu Zhong, then at Wei Xiaode, and then said in a deep voice: "Wei Banban, at the next imperial meeting, you have to do two things. First, issue orders to various places. The price of goods must not be increased arbitrarily. If anyone dares to disobey, the three tribes will be punished. Second, order the left and right ministers to allocate ordnance to the Twelve Guards and the Four Guards City Army. There must be no mistakes. Liu Banban, you must also help. Wei Banban, handle these two things. Okay, as for the order from the border army, you can go and give it immediately."
The two of them responded at the same time, and then the Immortal Emperor waved his hands, and then they exited the room. The Immortal Emperor waited until they were two. The person exited the room, and then he opened the window, looked out the window and murmured: "I really didn't expect that one day I would regard my people as my enemies. It's so sinful and regrettable." The Immortal Emperor's My heart is really very It was uncomfortable. He could completely control the fairy world back then, but in those years, his practice encountered a bottleneck. He was going to retreat for a period of time to improve his strength, but the fairy world had to be left alone. It happened to be , the former left and right prime ministers in the immortal world were too old to be in charge, so he promoted He Tuizhi and Sima Lang, whom he had been very optimistic about before, and made them the left and right prime ministers.
Later, the old left and right ministers passed away one after another, and the status of He Tuizhi and Sima Lang became more stable. At that time, He Tuizhi and Sima Lang were obedient to his words, so he trusted them more. Because he single-handedly promoted these two people, he thought that these two people would definitely listen to him.
It was all his imagination. While he was in seclusion, these two people slowly emptied him out. They united with the ministers in the court and gave him power little by little. Empty.
Originally, he didn't care much about things like this. He knew very well that although he was the Immortal Emperor and the Emperor of the Immortal World, he was still a monk. And what was the most important thing about a monk? Of course it was strength, and of course the Avenue of Immortality was the most important. Because of this, even though he discovered what He Tuizhi and Sima Lang did, he didn't care.
But later when the Shadow Clan got into trouble, he discovered the shortcomings of He Tuizhi and Sima Lang. These two were experts at fighting internally and outsiders at fighting externally. They were fighting for power internally. That was really He is a good player, but externally, especially when facing the Shadow Tribe people, At that time, they really didn't have enough, and they had no impressive results at all. The fairyland was defeated one after another, losing a large area of land, and countless people died. In the end, they could only defend some big cities, and large areas of land , all of them were thrown away, how could the Immortal Emperor not be angry.
But when the Immortal Emperor wanted to take back his power, he found that he could no longer do it. Two guys, He Tuizhi and Sima Lang, actually united all the officials in the court. , all the officials in the court and the central government fought against him, making it impossible for him to take back his power even if he wanted to.
The Twelve Guards and Four Guards City armies that were originally available to him have all been destroyed by He Tuizhi and Sima Lang. Even the Hussars Guards have been destroyed and have no combat effectiveness. There was no hope anymore. At that time, the Immortal Emperor was really too ruthless to take action himself and kill the left and right prime ministers.
But he found that he couldn't do it. The left and right prime ministers had united all the families in the city, and the masters of those families were all protecting the left and right prime ministers, which made it difficult for him to move forward.
In the end, the Immortal Emperor had to reuse the two internal officials Liu Zhong and Wei Xiaode. They came forward to integrate the Hussars and formed the East Guards. This slowly stabilized the situation. If he didn't If he does this, He Tuizhao and Sima Lang may have the idea of abolishing him.
If it really comes down to it, all of this is his fault. If he hadn't misunderstood people and handed over power to He Tuizhi and Sima Lang, the fairy world would not have turned into this. It seems that the situation in the immortal world will not become what it is now, so the immortal emperor really regrets it now, and he is also very guilty.
It is precisely because of this that the Immortal Emperor wants to deal with He Tuizhi and Sima Lang, and even wants to deal with hundreds of officials, but for those troops loyal to He Tuizhi and Sima Lang, as well as the following Xiao Li, he really can't say he hates him, and he has never even been able to be cruel. That's why he has been in a stalemate with He Tuizhi and Sima Lang for such a long time.
But what Liu Zhong said just now reminded him that he could no longer be so hesitant, nor could he be so kind to a woman. Instead of being so hesitant, it would be better to cut through the mess quickly and use all the means used to deal with the enemy. Use it on them, maybe the effect will be better.
As long as he can get rid of the left and right prime ministers and the hundreds of officials in the court in the shortest time, and regain control of the fairy world, he can use the power of the fairy world to form a new army, eliminate the Shadow Tribe people, and restore the power of the fairy world. A clear and clear world in the fairy world, restoring this fairy world that has become unrecognizable because of one of his mistakes, to its original appearance. Only in this way can he truly be worthy of the people and his ancestors in the fairy world.
When he thought of this, the Immortal Emperor couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He really figured it out this time. Liu Zhong's words really made him think it through completely, so in his heart The last trace of hesitation was gone. "Why retreat, Sima Lang, come on, let me see whether you are more powerful or I am more powerful. Let me see whether this world will eventually fall into your hands or return to mine again. In hand!”
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