The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 849: The government forced the people to rebel
Chapter 849: Officials force people to rebel
However, no matter how difficult it is, it is possible to accomplish it within ten days!
As long as the order is passed down, disobedience will result in severe punishment. The common people are like ants, and they have to obey whatever the superiors say!
When King Liang saw Li Mingrui nodding to him, indicating that he should agree, King Liang responded: “Within ten days, I will definitely complete these two tasks!”
“Good!” The emperor nodded and stared at Prince Liang and called Gao Demao, “Gao Demao…”
Gao Demao hurried forward: “The servant is here!”
“Issue an order to arrest the crown prince who is plotting treason. From today on, the government of the country will be handed over to Prince Liang.” said the emperor.
Gao Demao’s heart twitched. He didn’t expect that the emperor would abandon the prince like this.
“Thank you, father!” The Emperor of the Liang Dynasty kowtowed.
“Don’t forget, ten days! After ten days, I will have my Nine-Layered Platform and a thousand boys and girls. I will then abdicate and concentrate on studying the art of immortality, and pass the throne to you.” After the emperor finished speaking, he added, “Let Xie Yuchang and Fu Ruoxi guard my bedroom!”
Seeing the emperor walk away in anger, King Liang bowed respectfully and said, “Yes…”
Li Mingrui followed King Liang out of the hall, looking at the double-eaved palace that was shining brightly in the sunlight, and the red-painted wooden pillars with lotus-carved foundation stones in the distance, and clenched his fists tightly behind his back.
Soon, as long as Prince Liang ascends the throne, as long as Prince Liang vindicates the second prince… then the letter in Princess Zhenguo’s hand will be useless. Not to mention that the first person Prince Liang will deal with after ascending the throne is Princess Zhenguo, and he may even wipe out her entire family to avenge the second prince.
By that time, the entire Bai family will become just a few strokes of ink in history books, and the letters in Princess Zhenguo’s hands… will be even more insignificant. Who will remember them?
Bai Jinxiu had just received the news… that the emperor ordered Xie Yuchang to open the Wude Gate to invite Prince Liang into the palace, and then the emperor’s edict came out, and Prime Minister Lu was imprisoned for disobeying the order. The edict clearly stated that the positions of left and right prime ministers were abolished and a cabinet was established.
He also ordered the arrest of the crown prince who was plotting treason, and handed over all state affairs to the King of Liang. Then the King of Liang appointed the left prime minister Li Mao as the chief minister of the cabinet, and showed favor to all officials in the court.
Afterwards, several imperial decrees were issued…
The Emperor and King Liang ordered the Minister of Works to complete the nine-story platform within ten days.
He also issued orders to local government offices to assign one thousand boys and girls, requiring them to be between five and ten years old and to have clean family backgrounds. They must all be sent to the capital city before May 13th of this month. If any boy or girl of appropriate age was not handed over, their neighbors would be punished and killed without mercy.
He ordered the construction of the Nine-Layered Terrace and recruited adult men within a hundred miles. All adult men had to rush to the Nine-Layered Terrace within three days after receiving the imperial edict. Those who were late would be put to death, and those who fled… would have their entire family punished.
With such brutal means, treating the people like cattle and horses, the Lin family’s imperial power is over.
Bai Jinxiu was sitting under the wisteria tree in the backyard of Yanzhifang, which was Liu’s dowry. When she heard the news, she felt hatred in her heart… but she also felt that the royal family had brought this upon themselves. Especially since the news that Prince Liang had forcibly conscripted a thousand boys and girls within ten days would surely cause an uproar in the State of Jin if it got out.
Before, her elder sister had asked her to spread the news that the emperor wanted to use these one thousand boys and girls to make elixirs. If officials from all over the country committed crimes by robbing children from the people in order to complete the task that King Liang had assigned them within ten days, that would be truly a rebellion of the people caused by the officials.
She didn’t even need to be the pusher behind the scenes. If the eldest sister wanted to rebel against the Lin family’s imperial power, it would be a natural outcome…
Despite this, Bai Jinxiu still has to make full preparations.
She thought of the imperial edict written by the emperor in her hand, closed her eyes and thought… If she wanted to use this imperial edict to achieve her greatest goal, she had to make chaos in the capital before her elder sister arrived there, so that both the crown prince and the King of Liang would suffer losses.
“Second young lady…” Nanny Luo came in from outside with small steps, saluted Bai Jinxiu and said, “Now the imperial guards under Commander Xie Yu have been taken over by Prince Liang. Prince Liang has sent many imperial guards out of the city to capture the crown prince, saying that it is His Majesty’s order. The imperial guards leading the team all hold command flags in their hands. I heard that the capital has started searching for the second young lady and the crown prince!”
“I understand. Nanny Luo, don’t worry. I have my own arrangements!” Bai Jinxiu comforted Nanny Luo and assigned her some tasks. Only when Nanny Luo was busy would she stop having wild thoughts.
Seeing that Nanny Luo nodded and went to the kitchen to work, Bai Jinxiu stood up from the stone bench and called out, “Someone come!”
The secret guard appeared in response.
“After nightfall, lead your men out of the south gate of the capital city and go to the area within a hundred miles of the Nine-Storied Terrace to tell more stories about the Qin Dynasty’s tyranny that brought suffering to the people and the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang! The wider the area, the better… If necessary, you can blend in with the troops recruited to build the Nine-Storied Terrace and call on the people to revolt against the Lin family’s imperial power!”
The secret guard was shocked by Bai Jinxiu’s words and looked up at Bai Jinxiu.
But Bai Jinxiu looked at her with a pair of sharp and solemn eyes: “The reason why I gave this matter to you, the Bai family secret guard, instead of the royal secret guard left by my grandmother is because you are a member of the Bai family. The imperial power is so corrupt that the royal family treats the people as straw dogs. My Bai family has protected the people for generations… We can’t watch the royal family treat the people like this!”
The secret guard had been in the Bai family for so many years. It was not that he did not understand the Bai family’s righteousness. He had also witnessed what the royal family had done over the years. He knew that the Bai family was going to rebel. The secret guard no longer hesitated and clasped his fists and said, “Yes!”
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The prince, who was drinking tea in the house arranged by Ren Shijie, was so frightened that he dropped the teacup in his hand when he heard that the emperor had ordered Xie Yuchang to welcome Prince Liang into the palace and then to capture the prince for treason.
Later, news kept coming… saying that the emperor had dismissed Prime Minister Lu, and Prince Liang took the opportunity to establish a cabinet and made Li Mao the chief minister of the cabinet.
Later, the emperor asked the Minister of Works to build the nine-story platform within ten days, and ordered the local officials to gather a thousand boys and girls within ten days.
The prince immediately realized that he had been abandoned by the emperor and became a discarded pawn.
The prince has been with the emperor for so long and knows his father too well. He has gone crazy for the Nine-Layered Platform and in pursuit of immortality.
Therefore, the emperor must have been afraid that if the chaos dragged on, it would affect the completion of his Nine-Layered Terrace and delay his quest for immortality, so he made a deal with the King of Liang for the throne and his life as the crown prince.
This time, the prince wanted to find an excuse to comfort himself, but he couldn’t find one.
“Your Highness…” Ren Shijie looked at the prince’s suddenly decadent appearance and whispered to comfort him, “Perhaps… this is a stopgap measure taken by your majesty to stabilize Prince Liang.”
“My father, I understand…” The prince said in a hoarse voice, “Mr. Ren, there is no need to persuade me. I know it very well in my heart. I… have been abandoned!”
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