Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 454; Anger

Speaking of King Huai, this title was not bestowed upon him personally, and it was even less likely to have been bestowed upon him by the imperial court of the Yu Dynasty.

Instead, he was conferred the title by the people of the state where he started the rebellion. Even after the establishment of the Yu Dynasty and the unification of the world, the people of that state still missed King Huai so much that many of them still enshrine King Huai's spirit tablet in their homes.

This shows how great the reputation of King Huai was in that state. Even in the Xin Dynasty, the people still missed him.

Over the years, the Yu Dynasty has been very generous to that state. The purpose is very simple, which is to win the hearts of the people.

After all, King Huai is dead, and the world is no longer in the chaotic end of the previous dynasty. It's a new dynasty with a new atmosphere. As the current ruler of the Yu Dynasty, he naturally cannot tolerate the people under his rule still thinking about the rebel king in a war-torn era.

Unfortunately, King Huai had such a good reputation in that state that there were too many people who supported and commemorated him.

Even if the imperial court wanted to, it could not arrange a large army to suppress the rebellion. It could only use gentle tactics year after year, hoping that the people of that state would see the benefits of the Yu Dynasty and slowly win their hearts.

The Yu Dynasty court has spent a lot of effort on this over the years.

Now, we suddenly heard that a civil uprising had occurred in that state, and the local people were rebelling under the banner of King Huai.

It is impossible to say that Emperor Zhaowu was not angry. It can even be said that he was even angrier than when similar things happened in other states and counties.

He believed that his family had been very kind to the people of that state since they unified the country, and that he had never done anything unfair to them.

These people missed King Huai, so the retired emperor and Emperor Zhaowu, father and son, did not strictly prohibit them. Instead, they showed them many preferential treatments. Although this was also done in the hope that they would return to their loyalty, this was understandable for the monarch of a unified dynasty.

But now that such a thing has happened, they can be grateful for the kindness of King Huai, so why can't they be grateful for the kindness of the Xiao family of the Yu Dynasty?
Aren't they nice to these people?
Emperor Zhaowu asked himself that even if he did not do the same policy as King Huai, it would not be much different.

Apart from other things, just in terms of taxes, he secretly lowered the tax rate in that state by 10% compared to other places.

Next, when Princess Zhaode promoted the high-yield crops such as potatoes and corn to the country, this state was at the forefront.

He simply wanted to let the people there see the court's attitude towards them, and let them realize that the current Yu Dynasty is no worse than the period of King Huai.

But what did these people do?
"What happened? Why did they rebel out of nowhere? Who started it?"

Emperor Zhaowu was furious.

Gao Fu didn't dare to breathe at this time. He knew best the efforts Emperor Zhaowu had made in treating that state.

Now that he has received such a reward, how can he not be angry?
Especially now that the Yu Dynasty is relatively short of military strength, it is hard not to suspect that these guys jumping out at this time is a deliberate conspiracy.

"Your Majesty, calm down. The most urgent thing is to summon the ministers to discuss how to deal with it. At present, our domestic military strength is slightly insufficient. If the problem over there continues to escalate at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with it at that time."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu's heart immediately skipped a beat. His originally furious heart seemed to be poured with a basin of cold water.

The whole person calmed down all of a sudden.

"Go, notify all the ministers to attend the court ceremony."

That’s right, he was talking about attending court, not summoning individual important officials individually.

The reason was simple. He found the matter unusual. Gao Fu's words just reminded him. At present, the military strength in the Yu Dynasty was slightly insufficient, which made him think more.

Why didn’t they rebel earlier or later, but at this time? Is it a coincidence?
He didn't believe that this was a coincidence. Take the matter of the Turks and Tuyuhun for example. If it happened once or twice, he might have thought it was a coincidence, but what has happened now?
If he still believed it was a coincidence, he would have no need to be the emperor.

Now there is another internal rebellion like this, one thing after another, and if someone says there is no trick, he would be the first one to not believe it.

About half an hour later, all the civil and military officials in the court were summoned.

It was almost lunchtime and many officials had already planned to have lunch, but when they suddenly received the news that the court session was about to begin, many of them were a little confused.

Such a thing has never happened since the founding of the Yu Dynasty.

However, after being confused, everyone's faces looked unhappy. To make Emperor Zhaowu so anxious, I'm afraid something big must have happened.

No one dared to delay and rushed to the court.

"Duke Ji, what happened? Why is the emperor in such a hurry to open the court?"

At this time, Huo Jingzhi in the crowd was also confused as he did not receive the news in advance.

"I don't know either."

As he said this, he turned to look at Fang Qiao beside him. Fang Qiao's face was also solemn at this time. He also guessed that something big must have happened, but he didn't know what it was.

Feeling Huo Jingzhi's inquiring gaze, Fang Qiao also shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on either."

"It seems that something really big has happened, otherwise the emperor would never be so anxious."

Shen Huan also spoke up.

If the emperor was not in a hurry, he would definitely not be so anxious that he would not even wait until tomorrow morning court. Moreover, none of his trusted ministers had received any news, which made it even more obvious how urgent the matter was.

"All officials are here to attend the court."

When the eunuch's voice was heard, the originally noisy civil and military officials immediately quieted down, and then lined up in an orderly manner and walked forward.

When they entered the Council Hall, they found that Emperor Zhaowu had already sat on the dragon throne. His face was extremely gloomy, and there was even cold and terrifying murderous intent in his eyes. The aura from his whole body made people dare not breathe.

The ministers who saw this scene were all heartbroken for no reason. Those who were walking in the front, such as Fang Qiao, Huo Jingzhi, Shen Huan and others, had their eyes deepened. They were wondering what had happened to make the emperor so angry?
Could it be that something unexpected happened in the Turkic region again?
Several people thought about what had happened recently. Apart from the Turks and Tuyuhun, there seemed to be no major event that could make Emperor Zhaowu so angry.

After all the ministers stood still and saluted, Emperor Zhaowu gave Gao Fu a direct look.

Gao Fu understood and hurried forward, taking out the secret report he had just received and reading it out without any unnecessary words.

As his voice fell, the court, where one could hear a pin drop just now, suddenly exploded.

Someone had rebelled, and they simply couldn't believe it.

The situation in the Yu Dynasty is so good now, and the court's policies toward the people are also very good. Although it has not yet reached its heyday, it is twenty to thirty times better than before. With such a good life, who would be crazy enough to rebel?