Chapter 670: Public Resentment
At the same time, various internal problems have occurred frequently in the City Lord's Mansion of Black Stone City recently, which has also made Yan Sheng feel overwhelmed.
But more of it is a feeling of madness!
"Damn, these damned unruly people!!"
After learning the latest situation, Yan Sheng was so angry that he swept everything on the table to the ground.
At this moment, Yan Sheng was clearly very angry at those troublemakers.
"This bunch of ungrateful people, just kill them all!"
Recently, all kinds of rumors have been flying around in his country, and the people are making trouble, making him unable to live in peace.
During this period, many people even shouted the slogan "Stop the war, open the warehouses and release grain", which made Yan Sheng want to curse.
Having already invested so many troops and suffered so many losses in this year, can this war be called off?
As for opening the warehouses to release grain, that was even more of a joke! After this period of time, Yan Sheng had already figured it out. This year, their spring ploughing and autumn harvests were affected, and the grain harvest was even worse than in the previous two years.
Under this premise, he must prioritize ensuring the food supply for his soldiers.
Apart from this part of the grain and the reserve grain stored in the granary just in case, he had already distributed the rest of the grain.
Asking him to open the warehouse and release the grain now? That's simply a joke to him.
In his opinion, these unruly people were simply unreasonable.
However, what Yan Sheng didn't know was that, although he had sent down the grain, his officials and even the wealthy families in his country already knew that war was about to break out again.
Whenever a war breaks out, food supplies will be in short supply, not to mention that the grain yields this year are already poor, making the limited food even more precious.
Under this premise, compared to the common people at the bottom of this era, they have plenty of money and channels to obtain food to fill their own private granaries, and they even want to swallow all the food they can.
In this way, after screening through layer by layer, how much food will be left in the hands of the people?
The plate has become larger and the internal structure has become more complicated. It is basically impossible for you to completely eliminate this situation.
Even Yan Sheng might not have noticed this situation at all, or even if he noticed it, he could do nothing about it.
As things developed to this point, the situation in his country was basically out of control, and Yan Sheng himself was in a high position and unable to back down.
This situation made his recent mood extremely irritable and also made him even more paranoid.
"Gather an army of 10,000, retake Huangsha City, and kill all the invaders! That's right! As long as we retake Huangsha City and kill all the invaders, there will still be time to save everything!"
Yan Sheng, who was determined in his thinking but had nowhere to vent his anger, glanced at the servant kneeling below him.
"Go! Call that eunuch to me!"
After this, the conscription order issued by Yan Sheng continued to be implemented.
However, some people among the people had already refused to join the army, which turned the conscription order into a door-to-door conscription of able-bodied men! This move itself was enough to make the people complain.
Unexpectedly, it was during this period of time that Yan Sheng’s remarks in the City Lord’s Mansion spread out from somewhere and spread completely in a short period of time.
The news was like a bombshell to the people who were already anxious and complaining, and it caused domestic public opinion to explode completely.
Yan Sheng was also furious when he learned the news!
He gave a direct order to arrest all the people who could be caught in the City Lord's Mansion.
He said this in the City Lord's Mansion, so it must have been spread by someone in the City Lord's Mansion.
"Your Majesty, are these people to be detained for interrogation, or..."
"Trial? Bullshit trial! Drag them all out here and behead them in public! I want to see who gave them the guts to cause trouble!!"
At this moment, Yan Sheng looked like a mad beast, and he didn't even have the mood to claim to be alone.
Seeing this, the officials below dared not raise any objections and immediately took the man away.
When the servants of the City Lord's Mansion learned that they were going to be beheaded, they all burst into tears and kowtowed and begged for mercy, but it was of no use.
More than 20 servants, both men and women, were taken to Caishikou to be executed.
As soon as noon arrived, the executioner swung his sword, and as the heads fell one by one, the servants finally collapsed in despair and exploded in despair! "Yan Sheng! You are a tyrant! You will not die well, you will not die well!!!"
The hoarse curses, accompanied by the falling heads, continued to stimulate every onlooker.
Invisibly, the people's resentment was boiling! Seeing this situation, Liu De, who had been impatient for a long time, was the first to take action in Xishan City.
"The tyrant Yan Sheng is incompetent and unjust! He takes human lives lightly and harms the people! I, Liu De, am the descendant of King Jing of Xishan. I will rise up here today to restore my great cause of pacifying the country!!"
This Xishan City was originally the territory of Jingguo. Now Liu De started an uprising under the name of 'descendant of King Jing of Xishan', and with the support of the tyrant Yan Sheng, the people of Jingguo responded one after another and gathered together with hoes, sickles and pitchforks.
Although their weapons were all various farm tools and they had no protective gear, they were outnumbered. In a blink of an eye, they had gathered thousands of people, and the number was still increasing.
Xishan City is not a border city. How many city defense troops are there to maintain public order in the city? With an absolute advantage in numbers, the rebels led by Liu De quickly captured the city lord's mansion and the city defense army camp, and finally swept away the defenders at the four city gates and completely occupied Xishan City.
Standing at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, Liu De, dressed in military uniform, was full of vigor and vitality at the moment. Facing the people of Xishan City who filled the entire street and the rebels who came to him, Liu De drew the sword from his waist and pointed it straight to the sky!
"I, Liu De, hereby announce that from now on, I will restore the name of my country, Yasukuni! Rebuild Yasukuni!"
In a short period of time, the rebels defeated the city defense forces and occupied the city lord's mansion. They were already in high spirits, and most of them were originally from Jingguo.
Now, after hearing Liu De's words, they all started shouting excitedly...
"Restore the country's name and rebuild the Yasukuni Shrine! Restore the country's name and rebuild the Yasukuni Shrine!!"
This simple eight-character slogan spread throughout Xishan City in a short period of time.
During this period, Liu De even directly occupied the city and proclaimed himself king, which gave him a complete upgrade in his identity, from the original "descendant of Xishan Jingwang" to "Xishan Jingwang"! (End of this chapter)
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