Chapter 515 Emperor Kaiyuan Goes Crazy
"Qingqing, if we want to repair the Immortal Palace, we need a million living beings. You must work hard."
Zhu Mingqing probably already figured out the way to repair it: "What about the recognition?"
The little world spirit chuckled: "Ten million approvals."
That is, the sixth repair is no longer limited to collecting a certain kind of creature, but the number of categories has been directly increased.
Now all the animals and plants in the fairy palace add up to no more than 100,000 species. It is conceivable that collecting a million species is a long and arduous journey.
Not to mention the recognition of 10 million people.
"I think the Immortal Palace is enough for now." Zhu Mingqing said tentatively.
"How can it be enough!" The little world spirit suddenly became anxious. "You haven't even become the true master of the Immortal Palace yet. The spiritual energy of the Immortal Palace depends on the support of living beings. Only after the sixth repair is truly completed can the Immortal Palace operate independently!"
Zhu Mingqing muttered, "Even if I'm not the master of the Immortal Palace, I can still use it, right?"
Seeing the little world spirit flapping its wings faster and faster, she quickly said with a smile, "Okay, I'm just teasing you, but I can't guarantee anything. I can only do my best!"
The little world spirit breathed a sigh of relief.
"Qingqing, I can't help but be scared." It said pitifully again.
Zhu Mingqing couldn't help but smile: "I think you are quite capable, but you are so timid."
The little world spirit curled his lips. Is there a necessary connection between ability and courage?
After setting the next goal, Zhu Mingqing directly notified all his subordinates to increase their efforts to collect various living creatures, as long as they were not dead.
The amount of silver was also declining rapidly, but fortunately with the support of gold and salt mines, the speed of income was quite astonishing.
Especially the salt business with the State of Yue, which brought in 300,000 taels of silver in just one month.
It is said that salt merchants are rich, but this is just cooperation with a general of the Yue State.
The imperial court, which nationalized the salt mines, made a fortune every day.
Zhu Mingqing felt that the business of rebellion had a very high rate of return.
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Pei Shangling, who received Madam Ming's reply, immediately delivered the letter to the palace.
He stood respectfully in the middle of the imperial study, waiting for His Majesty's reply.
"presumptuous!"
Suddenly, a roar came from above, and at the same time, the light letter floated down.
Pei Shangling knelt down hurriedly. He caught a glimpse of the turtle on the paper and the corners of his lips cracked.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Emperor Kaiyuan's face turned pale, and his voice was icy cold: "He's just a merchant, yet he's so bold! If you say he has no one backing him up, I don't believe it no matter what!"
As for those in Youzhou who can support the other party, they don’t think too much about it.
"I just don't believe that a mere merchant can resist the entire imperial court!"
"Order Pei Shang, announce this decree. From now on, anyone who does business with the Ming family will be imprisoned and punished for contempt of the emperor's grace!"
Pei Shangling asked His Majesty to think twice before acting, but Emperor Kaiyuan was not willing to listen to him at this time.
Not long after Pei Shangling left, Emperor Kaiyuan issued several more imperial edicts.
First, to quell the war with the Kingdom of Yue as soon as possible, directly order General Qiao to cede the city and choose a day to return to the capital.
Second, all kinds of uprisings and banditry in the south were immediately suppressed by local authorities within a month, regardless of the means used.
After the imperial edict was issued, all officials were shocked.
No one expected that the new emperor would cede the city of Nanxia. What's the difference between this and surrender?
But the key point is that Nanxia is not in a situation where it is bound to lose now.
When the court went to court the next day, both civil officials and military generals spoke out to persuade him.
But this really angered Emperor Kaiyuan, who directly dismissed a number of officials to suppress the opposition.
"You just need to carry out my orders. If anyone disobeys again, go home and retire!"
"Withdraw from the court!"
Emperor Kaiyuan left in anger, and when he returned to his study, he was still feeling depressed. Coincidentally, someone proposed to choose a concubine. Thinking that he still had no children, he caught the people from the Imperial Hospital and scolded them again.
Everyone knew that His Majesty was in a bad mood, and the atmosphere in the capital was strange and quiet.
It was not until Southern Xia actually ceded the two cities to Yue that the people's discussions could no longer be suppressed.
But Emperor Kaiyuan didn't mind. The two things that bothered him most now were his offspring and the Luo family in Youzhou.
The issue of offspring cannot be resolved in a short time, but the Luo family cannot be left with this huge worry any longer.
"Someone, call Yu Guangping!"
Yu Guangping hurriedly put on his official uniform and entered the palace.
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Youzhou Pass City.
When the news of the court ceding land came, the people were the ones who were most concerned about this matter. They were also very worried that one day the Guancheng would also be occupied by the Huns.
"Impossible! General Luo is in the city, who dares to attack?"
"Yes, we should trust the general. Even if the Xiongnu really dare to attack, I will be the first to go to the battlefield and will never live in vain!"
These people walked towards the work place while talking.
In a passing carriage, Zhu Mingqing lowered the curtains and raised his lips: "General, we are all counting on you!"
Luo Tingshan felt a surge of heat in his heart, and his expression was serious:
"I will definitely live up to your expectations!"
Zhu Mingqing raised his eyebrows: "I think the court is really going to send troops. How are you preparing?"
They even went so far as to cede cities to gather troops.
It can be seen that it is time to get serious.
Luo Tingshan was confident: "I'm always ready."
As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage stopped.
"Master, Madam, we're here!"
The reason why the two of them left the city today was because Tan Guangyi, who had been locked up and had been silent, suddenly asked to see Luo Tingshan.
Zhu Mingqing was also really curious, so he followed along.
In the dark dungeon, the environment is dark and damp.
The two men walked through layers of cells and came to the innermost one.
When passing by Liang Huanyu's room, Zhu Mingqing found that the other party seemed to have completely given up the idea of leaving. He was lying leisurely on the straw bed, muttering something.
Hearing the sound, he glanced in their direction, then stared silently above the cell and began to think about life.
"Mr. Liang."
Zhu Mingqing stepped forward and said with a malicious tone, "Did you know that you have a new uncle who is only ten years old?"
Liang Huanyu froze, turned his head, and said angrily, "Psycho!"
Zhu Mingqing chuckled. "You're in my hands now. What else is there for me to cheat you of? From now on, just stay here. Others have better options. I guess all your previous efforts will be wasted!"
Liang Huanyu spat out the rope and scrambled over. "Explain clearly what you mean by a ten-year-old uncle."
His grandfather was over 70 years old and had only three sons.
I can't believe it. This must be another trick of the Luo family.
Seeing his face full of doubt and fear, Zhu Mingqing admitted that he was very happy.
"Well, since you're so scared, I'll just tell you out of kindness."
With an expression that said it was all for your own good, she recounted the recent hot topics in Beijing one by one.
When Liang Huanyu heard that his aunt and his grandfather were having an affair, he shook his head vigorously: "Impossible!"
That was his aunt who had been kind to him since he was a child, and his younger brother Chun, whom he loved sincerely. How could he become his uncle?
Liang Huanyu refused to believe it. He had been imprisoned in the dungeon for a long time, and his suppressed spirit was on the verge of collapse.
"Oh, yes, there's one more thing."
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