Chapter 576 The Sun Rises as Usual
As soon as the main force of the imperial army returned to Shenjing, the Supreme Council immediately announced that the traitor Sheng Huaixuan had been eliminated and ordered all places to return immediately and restore order, otherwise it would be regarded as rebellion.
The highest military headquarters also immediately issued an order to withdraw troops from various places.
The major neutral factions also spoke out in support of the Supreme Council's resolution.
In addition to private soldiers, the regular troops currently deployed in various places are the four commanders of the empire.
They are the main target of this order.
The four major districts responded to the order. Except for the commander of the West District who had already retreated, the Third District also withdrew its troops one after another.
Before the withdrawal, the four commanders had a secret conversation.
West District Wu Yao: "How many imperial troops are left?"
Zhao Chong from the South District: "Between 140 and 190, the loss of heavy weapons is not great."
Luo Yuan from the North District: "The loss is significant, but it's not enough. Sheng Huaixuan is really useless."
Wu Yao from the West District: "Fortunately, my main force suffered no losses."
Qin Gang from the Southwest District: "You're all only concerned with protecting your own main forces, which is why we're in this situation."
Zhao Chong from the South District: "Qin Gang, you have no right to criticize others. We are fighting bloody battles, and you are slacking off in the Gobi Desert and Changshan County, waiting for us to do the hard work so you can reap the rewards, right?"
Luo Yuan from the North District: "Yes, we did conserve our strength, but at least we contributed a little. You didn't even contribute a little."
Qin Gang tried to explain.
Wu Yao from the West District: "I don't want to listen, I ...."
Luo Yuan from the North District: "Humph, who are you kidding? The renowned Southwest Qin Group mobilized more than half their military force, and they couldn't even take down the tiny Changshan County? Is Changshan County a den of dragons and tigers? Is County Chief Lin a reincarnated immortal?"
Zhao Chong from the South District: "If you could penetrate Changshan County and attack Dongqinzhou from behind, the situation wouldn't be like this at all. The four districts joining forces would have a much greater deterrent effect. At the very least, you could have saved Dongqinzhou for us and prevented it from being occupied by the Imperial Army."
Qin Gang's tone was clearly filled with anger: "I said, I accidentally fell into a trap, and in the end I didn't have time..."
West District Wu Yao: "You're so careless. Be more careful next time."
Zhao Chong from the Southern District: "I'm afraid there won't be a next time. The originally promising situation is gone. Changshan County is now blocking us, separating your two commanders to the west of the Yunxiao Mountains. Your forces can't gather, and the Imperial Army has stabilized the situation. Whether you dare to move or not, I dare not move either."
Qin Gang: "We can target and destroy Changshan County."
Luo Yuan from the North District: "I'm afraid it won't be that easy to destroy. The remnants of the imperial faction are now all gathered in Changshan County. Li Longxing is still alive. Once he wakes up, Changshan County will become a small empire."
Zhao Chong from the Southern District stated: "Once the new Changshan Group is formed, it will threaten all of us. If they reach a compromise with the Supreme Council and restore Li Longxing to the throne, that would be disastrous."
West District Wu Yao: "Hmph, I don't think it's anything bad..."
Qin Gang: "We must destroy Changshan Commandery, eliminate Lin Wen, and kill Li Longxing to prevent the Huang faction from reviving."
Luo Yuan from the North District: "We need to think long and hard about this. We must first weather this storm. Sigh, I wonder what the Great Elder will do..."
Zhao Chong from the South District: "We are also internally unstable. Many military leaders and soldiers are experiencing wavering thoughts, and people are uneasy. Externally, there is also turmoil. Everyone... just hope for the best."
The call ended there.
Afterwards, the four commanders all withdrew their troops, declared their support for the Supreme Council's resolution, and congratulated the Supreme Council for annihilating the rebel Sheng Huaixuan.
All the elders also quietly withdrew their troops back to their respective direct territories.
Luo Nuo and Cheng Wei both suffered losses to varying degrees, but neither was as severe as Lin Yabo's.
His old nest was destroyed, his clansmen were killed, his private army was destroyed, and all the savings he had accumulated over decades were almost gone.
The governors had already fled in disgrace. According to the current imperial law, they were not allowed to carry troops, which was already a violation of the law.
In this way, the empire's vigorous civil war ended.
The brutality of this civil war far exceeded that of the war against the Papal States. Although it lasted much shorter than the Papal States, the death toll in the empire far exceeded that of the Papal States, and the economic losses caused were incalculable.
What was worse was that the empire's structure was greatly damaged. In this civil war, the empire lost the emperor, two elders, a governor, more than 30 senior generals and officials, and a large number of nobles in the Senate.
The Supreme Council must immediately repair the structure of the empire and restore a stable balance.
All parties involved are closely watching the follow-up actions of the Supreme Council. They are just lying in wait temporarily. If the Supreme Council handles the matter improperly, it may cause new chaos.
After a day of planning, the Great Elder issued an imperial edict the next morning, officially announcing that Emperor Li Longxing had been assassinated.
The extremely evil murderer and assassin have been killed. The masterminds behind the scenes are the imperial elders Wang Wengong and Ye Nantian, the governor of Dongqinzhou Sheng Huaixuan, and the evil leader of the Mingren Party Chang Shouren, whose purpose is to fight for the throne.
This war, which brought shame to the empire and devastated countless lives, was caused by the struggle for the supreme imperial power.
The extremely wise Supreme Council and the extremely brave Imperial Army have wiped out all these rebels after a bloody battle.
Their evil deeds will surely be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and become an infamy that will be passed down for thousands of years.
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As soon as this announcement came out, all participants felt relieved.
The Supreme Council will no longer come to settle accounts with them, and this unsuccessful coup finally got away with it.
Congratulatory messages from all over the country suddenly came in like snowflakes, and voices of support and praise for the Supreme Conference were heard everywhere.
All major forces and groups consciously began to maintain order, lift bans, strive to promote the recovery of people's livelihood, commerce and logistics, and re-accept the management and operation of imperial departments and institutions.
The two most core departments of the empire that supervise various places - the Supreme Council and the Imperial Political Supervisory Council - also resumed work.
Imperial control has once again reached the various regions.
Finally, after experiencing this turbulent war that was like a nightmare, the darkness gradually dissipated, and a ray of sunlight shone from behind the dark clouds, illuminating the land full of ruins and blood.
Order and vitality began to reappear.
But for the empire's top rulers, this was just the beginning.
After the imperial notice was issued, all newspapers and radio stations in the empire launched a full-scale propaganda offensive, trying their best to exaggerate the injustice and losses of the war, believing that it had shaken the sanctity of the empire and brought the empire down from the altar.
All major newspapers and radio stations are working hard to expose the dark past of the imperial elders Wang Wengong and Ye Nantian, the governor of Dongqinzhou Sheng Huaixuan, and the leader of the Mingren Party Chang Shouren.
In their mouths, Wang Wengong is extremely evil and loves to eat babies, Ye Nantian is absurd and indiscriminate, and even does not spare his own daughter, Sheng Huaixuan is brutal and bloody, killing people without blinking an eye, and Chang Shouren is an unreasonable cult demon.
The Supreme Council and the Imperial Army represented justice, using their glorious, majestic, and righteous bodies to withstand the fatal blows of these evil rebels, and eventually subdued them to uphold the laws of the empire.
At the same time, they also made every effort to publicize that the purpose of their rebellion was to fight for the throne. It was the imperial throne that was too attractive, which led these people to become so crazy.
Some magazines and newspapers in marginal places hinted that the imperial system was out of date, and that powerful countries such as the Western Federation, the Xiusu Empire, and the Narema Third Empire no longer had emperors.
The Empire was once the most advanced, but became less advanced due to the existence of the Emperor.
After a gust of wind, a large group of people appeared out of nowhere and wrote a letter demanding the abolition of the imperial system. They said that the empire could no longer have an emperor and that there could no longer be civil war.
They cleverly linked the civil war with the emperor, as if civil war would occur as long as there was an emperor.
All the major forces are well aware of this matter. They admire the Great Elder from the bottom of their hearts. His ability to seize opportunities and act according to circumstances is truly amazing.
Li Longxing is still alive, and no one wants him to appear.
The further his reforms progressed, the more panicked everyone became, even those neutral people who did not participate in the rebellion.
Their default neutrality is actually an attitude of permissiveness.
Although the empire announced his death, he was not really dead after all. If he returns to the throne one day, it will be everyone's nightmare.
The Great Elder was obviously preparing to abolish the imperial system at this moment and eliminate the problem once and for all.
Even if Li Longxing was resurrected, his ascension to the throne would become a restoration.
At this time, the imperial faction had been scattered, the royal guards were divided, the direct line was almost wiped out, and the Senate, the emperor's biggest supporter, was massacred by Lin Yabo and others. This was the best time to abolish the emperor.
Therefore, although there was a lot of opposition among the people, everyone still remembered the benefits that the imperial emperor Li Longxing had brought to them, and the thousand-year-old imperial system was not so easy to eliminate. They believed that the emperor could bring benefits, and the same was true for Li Longxing's successor.
However, almost all the upper ruling groups of the empire supported the resolution of the Supreme Council, and congratulatory telegrams from all over the country expressed their full agreement and support for the Grand Elder, one after another.
The Great Elder did not drag his feet. At this time, it was most necessary to cut the Gordian knot. All changes needed to be confirmed as soon as possible, and the empire had to return to normal as quickly as possible.
As soon as the congratulatory messages and letters from all major forces arrived, the Great Elder immediately announced the abolition of the emperor's throne.
From then on, the emperor of the empire that had lasted for a thousand years ceased to exist.
The Supreme Council held a grand ceremony and announced the end of the imperial system under the statue of the first emperor of the new empire.
At the ceremony, four great elders appeared and reviewed the history of the empire's emperors. They stated the achievements and faults of all the emperors in a relatively objective manner, summarized the advantages and disadvantages of the imperial system, and declared that the empire's last emperor, Li Longxing, was comparable to the founding emperor of the empire and was an emperor of the ages.
His death proved that the imperial system was no longer suitable for the empire and it was time for the empire to take an important step forward.
Then, the four great elders together cut the yellow iris knot that represented the existence of the emperor of the empire.
Thus, the empire entered a new era.
A large-scale wave of opposition and protests also emerged among the people. People from all over the country claimed to be Li Longxing's legitimate sons and declared themselves the heir to the throne of the emperor. Security guards from all over the country took action and brought these fake emperors to justice.
Some people even declared the establishment of a country and established the Great Han Divine Kingdom, the center of the universe, in Shanligou Town.
However, the newly established Dahan Divine Kingdom was soon wiped out by the Public Security Department of Shanligou Town, and the emperor of Dahan Divine Kingdom was arrested by three security guards just three days after he ascended the throne.
After the imperial power was eliminated, the supreme ruling power of the empire was completely transferred to the four great elders. In order to maintain the stability of the empire and demonstrate their own justice and legitimacy, they decided to implement a more tolerant management policy and to a large extent restore and maintain Li Longxing's imperial policy, which was highly praised and welcomed by the people.
Therefore, these people who declared themselves emperors and founded nations were only imprisoned for a dozen days for disturbing public order and then released.
If it were the old days, it would be a capital crime of disrespecting the empire. Even if you were not shot on the spot, your family property would be ruined and you would spend the rest of your life in prison.
Li Longxing's imperial policies are all mature policies that have been proven to be effective for the empire and popular among the people. The Great Elder just doesn't want Li Longxing to go further in his reforms. Except for a few parts, he agrees with the current imperial policies in principle.
But in order to appease the major groups, they also made some changes. They turned a blind eye to the implementation of some specific imperial policies, such as the industrial and material guidelines, welfare, and the specific implementation of the "Imperial Affairs Law" promulgated by Li Longxing. As long as it was not too excessive, they would not pursue it.
At the same time, new instructions were issued to the Supreme Council and the Imperial Council, asking them to lower the standards and not be too strict.
In this way, although the major groups were dissatisfied, they had to accept it reluctantly, and the public protests gradually disappeared. Although the empire did not return to its original state, it could not be said to be too bad, at least it was much better than before.
They also gradually accepted the fact that the emperor of the empire was gone, and the rule of the Supreme Council seemed to be okay.
The economy of the empire began to recover, traces of the war gradually disappeared, and people gradually returned to their normal lives, going to get off work and coming home, working hard, and buying food and milk powder for their children.
After so much chaos and change, the sun of the empire rises as usual.
Everything seems to be no different from before.
Of course, it only "seems".
(End of this chapter)
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