Wei Wenhua's wife, unfazed, stiffened her neck and angrily demanded, "What did I say wrong? Didn't you follow him because, despite being uneducated, he was diligent, studious, and kind-hearted?"
"And now? You haven't even sat down firmly, but you're already wasting money and manpower!"
"What's the difference between him and the group of people I wanted to overthrow?!"
Wei Wenhua opened his mouth to say something, but found that he had nothing to say.
He just sighed deeply, "Your Majesty has indeed made many mistakes in the past two years, but I think Your Majesty has shown repentance. You must not talk nonsense about what happened today."
Wei Wenhua's wife said angrily, "Do I need you to teach me? When you were ostracized by others before, it was me who gave you advice!"
Wei Wenhua smiled and said, "Yes, yes, thanks to my wife."
Wei Wenhua's wife patted his hand and asked, "Tell me honestly, what's going on right now? Should we arrange for people to leave in advance?"
Wei Wenhua was not confident either. His Majesty had already sent the second prince to lead troops to provide support, and Ding Shangbiao was guarding Lucheng in front. The only question was how long Ding Shangbiao could hold on.
Unlike Wujiang City's first line of defense, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack, Lucheng is easy to attack but difficult to defend.
"What if we can't hold on and the reinforcements haven't arrived yet, won't the enemy just attack Wujiang directly?" asked Wei Wenhua's wife.
"No." Wei Wenhua's voice was a little vague, and even he himself couldn't be sure.
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After a few days, An Jingzhi temporarily thought of a way to repel the enemy. If used properly, all the enemies could be repelled, but it would be a bit unfavorable to the natural order.
He planned to use this method as his last resort. If the Second Prince did not come back in time and Ding Shangbiao failed to hold on, he would have no choice but to use this method.
He sighed again, thinking that if he had come a day earlier, he could have replaced the prince with someone else.
This jerk, I'll deal with him after the war is over.
At the same time, he issued an imperial decree to build Linxiantai as soon as possible, the higher the better, not for beauty, but for height.
After hearing the news, people inside and outside the court were in panic.
The ministers felt that His Majesty was probably beyond help. Even now that things had come to this point, he was still thinking of building the Linxiantai and ordered the craftsmen to work day and night.
I used to think that His Majesty might become the ambitious lord he used to be. Not only did he let Ding Shangbiao take over the prince's military power, he also gave him the right to execute first and report later.
He even gave the right to defend the city to Zheng Hongtao and Wei Wenhua. Now it seems that His Majesty is still confused.
Could it be possible to repel the enemy by building the Linxiantai and seeking immortality?
The people of Wujiang were also looking for opportunities to escape. Those who got the news all used various means to escape with their belongings.
The court officials were all thinking about this. Some wanted to stay and defend Wujiang to the death to repay the original master's kindness. Others thought that if they stayed, they would just have a new lord to serve, which would be a pity to give up their current advantage in dominating the world.
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"Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong!"
Eunuch Ding, who was serving An Jingzhi, walked up to him respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, the spies in the palace have been cleared out."
An Jingzhi rubbed his eyebrows and sighed: People's minds are agitated.
"Don't waste it. Use it all to build Linxiantai."
"Yes."
This palace is like a sieve, anyone can get in.
I'm afraid that whatever he said to someone in private would spread everywhere in no time.
Even the original owner's most "spoiled" prince had a lot of people around his father.
After returning to the hall, he sent someone to call Gao Lizhong, the person in charge of the construction of Linxiantai.
"How is the construction of Linxiantai going?"
Every time Gao Lizhong saw the original owner, he was terrified and fawning, not daring to offend the emperor.
His behavior greatly satisfied the vanity of the original owner, who came from a humble background.
"Your Majesty," he knelt down and said respectfully, "It will be completed in another month."
"One month?" He frowned slightly and said dissatisfiedly.
The other party immediately flattered, "If Your Majesty can recruit more people, the time can be shortened to twenty days."
"Aren't the people sent from the palace enough?"
The other party hesitated for a moment, glanced at An Jingzhi's face and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm deliberately shirking my responsibility. No one in this palace can do any heavy work..."
They were either palace maids or eunuchs. If these people were asked to build the palace, they would probably die before long.
He thought to himself that His Majesty was really generous, sending so many beautiful palace maids to build a palace just like that.
Unfortunately, His Majesty is keeping a close eye on them, so I can’t bring one or two home.
An Jingzhi also understood Gao Lizhong's intention. "All the death row prisoners in the prison are at your disposal. You must complete the construction of Linxiantai within fifteen days, otherwise you will be beheaded and brought to me."
Gao Lizhong didn't expect that His Majesty would attach so much importance to Linxiantai, and now the enemy is about to arrive at the city gates.
Is Your Majesty confident that you can repel the enemy?
Although he was valued by the original owner, he had no foothold in the court and was not very clear about the affairs of the court.
No one wants to get close to a treacherous official who rose to power through flattery.
There are at least 800 death row prisoners in the prison, if not 1,000. Adding these existing people, if they work around the clock, at most we can give them better food and deduct less of their wages, and we should be able to complete the task.
Gao Lizhong understood that His Majesty was not discussing this with him. After realizing this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, I obey your command!"
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