Chapter 191 Tao and the Country
Yuan Heng received help from Jiulong Island and returned to the Yuanyang Palace with joy.
As soon as he came back, the eunuch knelt to greet him, and the head eunuch said carefully: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Ying wants to see you and has been waiting outside the palace for more than an hour."
Yuan Heng was in a pretty good mood now. After sitting down in the hall, he said, "Let him in."
"Yes." The eunuch in charge immediately sent someone to announce the arrival of the emperor, while he stayed behind to prepare tea for the emperor.
Soon the prime minister came in, led by the eunuch. After paying his respects, Yuan Heng put down his teacup and asked with a smile, "What can I do for you, Prime Minister?"
“Your Majesty, the coalition forces had a total of 3.26 million soldiers in the attack on Qianyuan, but none of them returned. The countries in the alliance are making a big fuss and want to withdraw from the alliance.
Moreover, the battle lasted less than an hour, and the three million-strong army was defeated, shocking the whole country. All officials believed that we should not be enemies with Qianyuan, but should establish diplomatic relations. "Sir Ying said bluntly.
"What!"
Yuan Heng was in a better mood, and when he heard this, he immediately became furious. He slammed the table and stood up and shouted, "Are they going to rebel? The Qianyuan Demon Emperor is the enemy of the world. Why don't we unite to kill him now and wait until he swallows us up?"
Lord Ying bowed again and said, "In this first battle, the coalition army was completely defeated, and the information received was extremely unfavorable to the emperor. Now the whole country is suspicious of the emperor, and more than half of the allied countries have withdrawn today. Yuanyang Kingdom is also unable to send out more troops."
"Unable to send troops? We have only mobilized 500,000 troops this time. Isn't Yuanyang Kingdom known as the Million Lions? What about the remaining 500,000? It is impossible for the three million troops to be completely wiped out this time. Recruit all the soldiers who escaped, otherwise they will be sentenced as deserters." Yuan Heng shouted angrily.
Lord Ying glanced at Yuan Heng, his eyes full of disappointment, and sighed, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. The monks do have great power, but they do not know how to lead troops, nor do they understand the importance of military morale.
In this battle, all the monks fled for their lives, abandoning the coalition forces, resulting in more than 300,000 soldiers being killed by the enemy. The remaining nearly 3 million soldiers spread the news after their escape.
Not only are the countries in the alliance furious, but our people and officials are also furious. People all over the world are saying, Your Majesty, you are a monk with great talent, but you are not a qualified emperor. "
“How dare you!” Yuan Heng was furious. His true energy burst out, shattering the table and chairs behind him. A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he pointed at Lord Ying and shouted, “Are you going to rebel?”
“I dare not, but the treasury has been emptied in order to prepare food and fodder for the three million soldiers in this battle. We have only been in this battle for less than an hour, and not only have we been defeated, but the rations that are enough for the three million soldiers to eat for a month have actually been abandoned.
"Having all of them taken away by the Qianyuan demon general is a huge blow to the country, even worse than the defeat of the army. If Qianyuan strikes back, it will be difficult for us to mobilize the army." Lord Ying said.
Yuan Heng's cheeks twitched a few times. He knew that food and grass were important, but in his mind, as long as a powerful person was there, these problems could be solved.
Moreover, he was taught that monks are omnipotent. As long as their cultivation is high, even the emperor will kneel before them. So in his cognition, nothing is more important than monks.
When he went down the mountain this time, the master said that he, like Emperor Kaiyuan, was the true emperor, and he also got the imperial treasure with the help of a powerful person, which made him extremely confident. Emperor Qianyuan was just his stepping stone.
“This emperor has already invited the masters from Jiulong Island. You only need to gather all the other countries and send out troops again. As long as Jiulong Island can break the Eight Desolate Divine Fire Formation, the capture of Qianyuan will be just around the corner.” Yuan Heng restrained his anger. After all, the person in front of him was the prime minister of the empire.
Hearing that Yuan Heng wanted to fight again, Lord Ying showed his anger and said in a heavier voice: "Your Majesty, don't act recklessly anymore. You can't be blinded by those cultivators. Governing a country is not cultivation. He has to manage hundreds of millions of people across the country and must not act on his own.
Yuanyang State cannot afford another war. The national treasury's grain reserves and gold are running out. If the emperor insists on another war, then let those monks go. Our army cannot move again, otherwise the country will be left unguarded."
"How dare you!" Yuan Heng was furious and knocked Lord Ying away with a palm. He was a fourth-level innate cultivator, and Lord Ying was just an ordinary person. At most, he had learned some internal skills and had some internal strength, but it was only for prolonging his life and strengthening his body. How could he withstand his palm?
He fell to the ground and spurted out a large mouthful of blood. His heart was shattered. He glared at Yuan Heng, pointed his trembling finger at him and roared one last time: "Eternal sinner."
After he shouted these four words, he died with his eyes wide open.
Seeing the prime minister die at his hands, Yuan Heng was also shocked, but he quickly controlled his emotions and shouted angrily: "Drag him out."
The eunuchs dared not say a word. They all lowered their heads and carried the body out.
After thinking for a while, Yuan Heng looked unwilling. If he gave up this battle, everything he had would be in vain.
He immediately asked the palace maid to change him into the imperial robe and prepare to go to court. He had to restart this battle.
After all, the cultivators directly became the main body of the war, which went against their long-standing teachings and ideas. Following the master's order, they went down the mountain to assist the wise monarch and fight against the Demon Emperor, which was in line with their ideas.
If there were only monks, it would be different, as the monks would go to capture cities and directly become the subject of cause and effect. Not only would the monks who came down the mountain, even their masters would not agree with this.
He couldn't just send the monks to fight, after all, Yuanyang Kingdom itself didn't have an army of monks.
But the Qianyuan Empire does have it. The Demon Department, the Xiuxin Pavilion, the Purple Guards, and the Jinyi Guards are all teams of cultivators now. How to go to war is entirely decided by the Qianyuan Emperor.
This is something that no emperor could do. They could only envy it secretly and could not say it out loud.
When Yuan Heng arrived at the court, all the officials had already left, so he immediately sent someone to notify the officials to come to court.
However, after waiting for an hour, only 40% of the officials came. Most of them were people who were truly loyal to the country, or officials who had no other options.
Seeing that the number of people had become so small, Yuan Heng grasped the armrests of the dragon throne tightly, and his fingers made a handprint on the golden armrests.
He glanced at the remaining ministers and said angrily, "Who can tell me where they went?"
"Let's go." An old minister with a white beard in front said with a cold face, his hands behind his back and his eyes closed.
"Gone?" Yuan Heng was shocked and angry. He glanced at the people present. His chest heaved violently with anger. He had tried his best to control his emotions.
"Why are you angry? You are the one who caused all this. If you hadn't blindly accepted the bewitching tactics of those evildoers without investigation and forcibly assembled an army to attack Qianyuan, we wouldn't be in this situation now.
Even if it was a war, you and those demons were defeated in just one battle, but you actually abandoned an army of more than three million and fled. This is an act that is outrageous to both humans and gods.
Do you know that because of you, more than 300,000 soldiers were turned into blood by Qianyuan's demons in an instant, and the soldiers who escaped not only did not want to return to our Yuanyang Kingdom, they even wanted to leave.
Do you know what people are saying about you now? Do you know the consequences of your escape from this battle? They would rather join the Demon Emperor than stay under an emperor like you who cannot afford to lose.
The dissolution of the coalition means that our Yuan Central Government will be isolated.
Do you know how much grain we collected for this war and how many people handed over the grain while starving?
Didn't you say that those innate monks are omnipotent? Why don't you let them win back the hearts of the people and take back the food from the national treasury?
Next, Yuanyang Kingdom will not only face a severe famine, but also the attack of Qianyuan Empire.
In this situation, the Prime Minister went to see the Emperor on behalf of all the officials in the court, but you ruthlessly killed him in return.
Tell me, how many officials in the court are willing to stay?" The white-haired old official pointed at Yuan Heng angrily, and became more and more excited as he spoke, his face flushed.
Yuan Heng squeezed the golden armrest until it was deformed, stood up and roared: "Enough, this emperor is also thinking about the future of Yuanyang State, and a battle with Qianyuan is inevitable. Don't forget that Qianyuan has annexed Huangzhou and Yanzhou. Who will be next, Bingzhou or our Yuanzhou?
Rather than sit and wait for death, it is better to give it a try. You are all timid and blaming me. Is this the way of a minister? "
At this time, another older minister stepped forward and pointed at him and shouted, "Even if it was a war, we never opposed it, but you blindly trusted those monks.
Victory and defeat are common in the military, but you, after a defeat, abandoned your army and fled. Do you know the consequences of this? Who in the country is willing to fight for Yuanyang now? Since you trust the monks so much, you can let these monks fight, and I will cheer for you from behind, okay! "
"You mortals don't understand the battles between cultivators. If you don't leave, millions of soldiers will be reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye under the divine fire. Only if we leave can they have a chance to survive." Yuan Heng roared, already furious, because he had to control his emotions in the court.
"We don't understand the battles of cultivators, but you, as an emperor, have never considered the country and only know how to fight. It is indeed a blessing for you to obtain the imperial treasure, but this imperial treasure cannot fill the stomachs of the people of the world, and I have not seen you use the imperial treasure to win victory for the country." The third minister stepped forward and shouted.
"How dare you!" Yuan Heng was furious and could no longer restrain himself. The emperor's supreme treasure was the top power in the hearts of cultivators. These people's words had actually shaken his faith. In anger, he condensed his true energy, drew out the Golden Dragon Sword and swung it at the three ministers.
(End of this chapter)
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