klisemfg Chapter 305: Zhang Qiong was killed, and Shengjing was in chaos
Chapter 305: Zhang Qiong was killed, and Shengjing was in chaos
Emperor Kun looked at his ministers and said slowly,
"Is there any money left in the city? We must rescue the queen. We must rescue the queen."
The Imperial Censor sighed and said,
"Yesterday, an imperial edict was posted soliciting money from the people of the city, but few people donated. As of today, only a few thousand taels of silver have been collected.
It's really... a drop in the bucket."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Kun's face instantly twisted into a ball, and he shouted angrily,
"This bunch of unruly people, unruly people! The imperial court protects them, allows them to live and work in peace and contentment, and allows them to reproduce and thrive. This is such a great favor, and yet they ignore it?
This group of ungrateful and unruly people, low-lifes, just asked them for some money, and they refused to give it to us?
When the Yan army comes in, they will not take their money, but their lives.
Send out orders to mobilize troops to the capital to search for me, and collect gold and silver from every household. Anyone who dares to hide them or resists will be killed without mercy!
Right now! Do it right away! "
Hearing this, all the ministers looked at Zhang Qiong.
Now all the central army troops are under the management of Zhang Qiong, and the military power was given to him by the Queen.
If troops need to be mobilized, he is the one who does it.
Zhang Qiong stared at Emperor Kun with his eyes fixed, gnashing his teeth and speaking word by word,
"Your Majesty, are you going to force the entire city's people to rebel? The imperial court is here to protect them, not harm them. We must not rob our own people to curry favor with the enemy.
If we offend the people too much, who will help us defend the city when the Yan army attacks?
Your Majesty, I cannot obey your command! Please revoke your order."
Emperor Kun stretched out his carrot-like finger, pointed at Zhang Qiong and cursed,
"I will rule the world together with the scholars and officials, not with the untouchables.
In your opinion, are the lives of those untouchables more important than my life, more important than the queen's, and more important than the literati and officials?
You traitor, you evil minister! "
Zhang Qiong took off his official hat and said loudly,
"I am willing to die in remonstration. I beg Your Majesty to revoke your order and not bring disaster to the country and the people. I hope Your Majesty will prepare for war, repel the Yan bandits, and live in peace with the people. Only by allowing the people to live and work in peace and contentment can the country become prosperous and the people strong!
"Minister! I will die for your advice!"
After saying this, Zhang Qiong threw the official hat in his hand to the ground and glared at Emperor Kun.
"Reverse, reverse..."
"Evil minister! Evil minister!"
"Come here, drag this evil minister out and chop him up, confiscate his property and exterminate his entire family, chop him up now! Chop him up immediately! Ahem…"
The guards came in immediately and dragged Zhang Qiong out.
Zhang Qiong did not struggle, but just cursed furiously.
"What a tyrant! Stupid tyrant! The Kun Kingdom was destroyed by a tyrant like you, you dog emperor. I will go first and watch from the sky, watching how you destroy this country.
Pity the people of the city, pity my loyalty..."
Click!
There was a sound of a knife cutting through bones, and the shouting and cursing stopped abruptly.
Zhang Qiong, a third-rank official of Kun State, was famous for his courage to speak out against corruption and his incorruptibility. He was a role model of morality and a leader of the clean government in the court of Kun State.
He is also the only unwavering advocate of war in Kun Kingdom.
At first, he denounced the Queen and the Prime Minister for abusing their power. Later, when he realized it was a misunderstanding, he asked for death. The Queen knew he was a minister, so she asked him to stand up, put an official hat on him with her own hands, gave him military power, and stabilized the morale of the army and the people.
Such a minister, whom even the queen was reluctant to kill, was beheaded by Emperor Kun without hesitation.
The last loyal and honest official of Kun Kingdom died at this moment.
The guard came in carrying Zhang Qiong's head and said,
"Your Majesty, Zhang Qiong is dead."
"Throw his body into the street, throw his entire family into jail, and confiscate all their property!"
"As ordered!"
The guards immediately went out to notify the security forces.
Emperor Kun looked at these civil and military officials with a gloomy look in his eyes and said,
"Remember, anyone who dares to stop me from saving the Queen is my enemy.
One hundred thousand men will be mobilized to enter the capital to search the homes of the unruly people for their money and property. No household will be spared. As long as they are not officials, no matter if they are merchants or peddlers, no matter if they are farmhands or farmers, their homes will be raided, raided!
Any unruly people who dare to rebel or resist will be killed without mercy!"
The ministers were all worried, looking at each other.
No one dared to say a word.
Emperor Kun flipped the table over and roared angrily,
"Do you want to rebel too? If you can't raise enough money, use your property to pay off the debts. Go now!"
"As ordered!"
The ministers had no choice but to convey the order immediately.
Emperor Kun sat on the dragon throne and thought for a long time. He also thought that if this continued, something might go wrong.
The people's rebellion is a small matter, the key is that the officials' rebellion is a big matter.
If the money raised by the people is not enough, the wealth of the officials will have to be used.
What if the officials want to rebel at that time?
No, as long as the military power is in your own hands and you control the army, that will be enough.
"Come! Quickly invite the families of the thirty generals into the palace. I want to hold a grand banquet to entertain them."
As long as the families of those generals are all imprisoned in the palace, there is no need to worry about those generals rebelling. When their property is confiscated, the generals' property will not be touched, and they will work for him.
As long as you have soldiers, all officials are nothing.
Thinking of this, Emperor Kun felt slightly relieved, and then he shed tears and murmured the queen's name.
"Xinyi... How can I live without you..."
"I know you are devoted to your country and are willing to go deep into the dangerous and dangerous places to negotiate, but you underestimated the greed of those barbarians..."
The entire Shengjing.
It's all chaos.
A hundred thousand strong troops entered the city, the city gates were closed on all sides, and the officers and soldiers became bandits, launching shameless looting on the people of the city.
These people who were supposed to protect them and resist the enemy turned their knives against them, looted their money and gave it to the enemy.
Fortunately, Kun's army still had some rationality. They knew that these people were their own people, not the enemy city. So when looting, even if they encountered resistance, they tried not to kill them, but just beat them up and took away their money.
Whether out of mercy or for the purpose of looting, you cannot kill too many people.
After all, they cannot pull out the leeks by the roots, and if they kill too many of them, they are also afraid that the people will rebel.
The people had their money robbed and were beaten, and they could only scream and curse. Facing the fully armed central army, they had only kitchen knives and sticks in their hands and were completely powerless to resist.
"You bunch of beasts, bastards, if you have the guts, go and fight the Yan people, why are you fighting us?"
"You are so powerful, go and drive the Yan people away. Why do you bully your own people? Why?"
"Master, please, Master, this is my father's life-saving money, this is the coffin money, please keep it."
"Master Jun, if you take the money away, what are we going to eat tomorrow? There are more than a dozen people in our family, young and old, how are we going to eat?"
"Beasts! Beasts! I'm going to fight you thieves!"
"Murder! The thieves and their troops have killed someone!"