Romance of Gods

Chapter 208 Proclaiming Emperor ([-])

On March [-], [-], the sound of artillery fire in Xishan panicked people in Jinling City. In order to prevent chaos, Xichang and Jinyiwei began to strictly guard every street and alley.

The majestic Ming Palace was shrouded in thick haze. Officials, big and small, crowded into the Huangji Palace, making a huge noise. The rebels had actually reached the imperial capital. They didn't know anything about it. The thought of it made people feel unspeakable panic.

Could this be saying that the Ming Dynasty is about to run out?

All civil and military officials looked at the empty throne. The emperor still had not come to court. This situation had lasted for nearly a hundred years.

Emperor Jiajing controlled the government remotely through the eunuchs who were in charge of rites, and the specific details of government affairs were handled by Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet.

Zhang Juzheng is known as a child prodigy, a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, a general and a prime minister, and the true pillar of the empire. However, facing the unexpected rebels, his expression turned serious.

"Eight hundred miles urgent report!"

At this time, a herald quickly climbed up the steps and knelt behind the threshold in front of the hall.

Hearing this, all the officials turned their heads and looked outside. Zhang Juzheng walked to the door with heavy feet and shouted: "Speak!"

The herald arched his hands and his body was trembling exaggeratedly. "Back to Zhangge Lao, Huguang Mansion and the passes and camps along the way were uprooted overnight. Hu Butang died in the battle! In addition to these warships arriving at the capital, other Later, a large number of hundreds of thousands of people are attacking the capital and will arrive in the near future. According to the investigation, the leader of these rebels should be the largest faction in the world. "

The whole court was in an uproar and there was a lot of discussion.

"Brother Pao will! Brother Pao will be in Yuzhou. There are powerful soldiers stationed there. How can they rebel? Could it be that Ru Qianjiang and others have already surrendered to the enemy!"

"More than a hundred thousand people...Oh my God, the capital city cannot withstand the impact of so many people!"

"Since the camp in Huguang Prefecture has been destroyed, what can we do to resist the rebels from Shaanxi Prefecture after they enter the border!"

Zhang Juzheng's heart was filled with panic, but he still tried to stay calm. He said slowly: "How is the situation in Yuzhou City now?"

"Back to Ge Lao, all the city gates and docks in Yuzhou City have been locked. The situation is not clear yet, and attempts are still being made to infiltrate."

Director Zhang was a little dazzled for a moment, waved his hand and said: "I understand, you can go down first."

After the herald left, hundreds of officials immediately surrounded Zhang Juzheng, asking what to do.

Zhang Juzheng thought calmly. Now they were facing the danger of destroying the country and the emperor must come out. He said loudly: "Let's go to Xiyuan."

After saying that, he took the lead in crossing the threshold, and all the officials quickly followed.

Jiajing lived in seclusion and had been practicing in the Great Gaoxuan Hall in the Western Garden of the Imperial City. This place was heavily guarded by elites from the East and West Second Factory and the Jinyi Guards.

Under the leadership of Zhang Juzheng, the officials walked straight through several archways without anyone blocking them along the way.

All the officials were also surprised. Normally, if they wanted to enter the Great Gaoxuan Hall, they had to go through various reports. Today, strange things happened frequently.

Zhang Juzheng and others came to the main hall and saw a row of eunuchs standing in front of the palace door. The leader was Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch in charge of the seal.

Although he is young, he is trusted by the emperor. His minions are spread all over the world. He is vicious and cruel. He is called the "nine thousand year old ancestor" by his vassals.

After Wei Zhongxian saw the crowd, he took a step forward and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang Ge, your Majesty is doing some Qing repairs, please stop here."

A grumpy official immediately yelled: "The rebels have all reached the capital! You eunuchs are still here deceiving the saints and confusing the public with your lies. What crime should you do!"

Wei Zhongxian's smile did not change, "Your Majesty has sent out the best members of the Jinyi Guards to support Xishan. How can a group of petty thieves change the world? Mr. Zhang Ge, your Majesty has already said that the important military affairs of the court will be left to you to handle." "

Zhang Juzheng usually made false concessions to these eunuchs in order to handle government affairs and would never fall out with them. However, at this critical moment, he no longer cared about the consequences and said loudly: "Now all the defenses along the Yangtze River have been paralyzed. Hundreds of thousands of people are coming to the capital! Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there has never been such a crisis. How can you be a little thief! People in the capital are currently in panic. I hope your majesty will come out and take control of the overall situation to calm people's hearts! Otherwise, we are willing to kneel to death. Here!”

After saying that, Zhang Juzheng took the lead and knelt down, and the others followed suit and knelt down.

Wei Zhongxian was about to speak when an ethereal voice floated out from the main hall behind him, "Zhang Shoufu, you are the pillars of the country. Is it the danger of the rebels coming to the city? Or are you just waiting in the crisis and not thinking about it? Is it a strategy to save the country, but is it more harmful to kneel down here together?"

This is Jiajing's voice.

All the officials' hairs stood up when they heard this. This equated them with the rebels. For a moment, they felt like kneeling on needles and wanted to get up.

Zhang Juzheng kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty is teaching you that if the thieves break into the city, we will definitely be willing to die for our country and we will not hesitate to die. But this is of no use to your Majesty. Sincerely, your Majesty will come out of seclusion. If the rebels see the power of the dragon, we will definitely retreat without fighting." "

Everyone couldn't help but secretly thought that Zhang Juzheng was so bold that he dared to contradict the emperor.

Jiajing was silent for a while and then said: "You all go and perform your duties. I have my own plan to defeat the enemy."

After hearing this, people felt a little at ease, and Zhang Juzheng stopped pestering him. If he didn't leave at this time, he would be disobeying the holy order.

When the officials dispersed, Wei Zhongxian entered the main hall. The vast palace was filled with clouds and mist and was filled with a strong smell of incense.

In the center of the hall is an independent space surrounded by more than a dozen yellow curtains that are several feet long. There are bright lamps on the periphery, reflecting the tall figures sitting cross-legged inside.

There is a middle-aged Qingjun man wearing a flower crown and a Taoist robe, walking around the curtain with square steps.

After Wei Zhongxian entered, he knelt on the ground and carefully cleaned the ground.

The voice in the curtain sounded again, asking: "Immortal, please give me a plan to defeat the enemy."

The middle-aged man stopped, bowed and said: "Your Majesty is the True Dragon Emperor, an immortal guest. The changes in the world are just in the blink of an eye. If he comes, let him come; if he leaves, let him go. Your Majesty just sit back and watch. From now on, It is an excellent method for cultivating one’s state of mind.”

"What the immortal said is true. I don't want to pay attention to these common things. It's just that the world is full of crises and I can't help but feel troubled."

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Your Majesty is worrying too much. With your current cultivation level, even if there are ten times more powerful enemies, it will not help."

"Now that the world is in chaos and poll taxes in various places are in arrears, my cultivation has not improved for a long time."

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, and then said seriously: "In extraordinary times, extraordinary things can be done."

"The immortal said..."

Jiajing stopped mid-sentence because he already knew what the Taoist meant.

"Wei Zhongxian."

"The servant is here."

Wei Zhongxian hurried forward and knelt down in front of the curtain. Then, a coercive thought directly entered his mind.

After understanding Jiajing's intentions, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. Even though he was known for his cruelty, this imperial order still made him feel extremely frightened.

He couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man wearing a Taoist robe. This man had a Taoist name. He had been in the palace for more than a hundred years and had been serving Jiajing. He had profound Taoism.

It can be said that without him, Jiajing would not have been able to understand the secret of immortality, so he was highly trusted. Many important government orders in the Ming Dynasty were made by him.

It is no exaggeration to say that he was the prime minister behind the Ming Dynasty.

But only favored eunuchs like them knew about the existence of the previous one, and no one in the outer court knew about it. Jiajing asked: "Do you remember clearly what I just said?"

Wei Zhongxian said hurriedly: "I have remembered it clearly and will do it immediately."

"Okay, this matter must be kept secret, and no news of it should be leaked."

"The servant understands."

……

In the west of the capital, in front of Qingliang Mountain and above the river, the sound of swords clashing constantly sounded underwater. Surrounded by pools of blood springs, after a few thunders, the two large ships began to sink together, and corpses continued to float from the water. out.

"kill!"

Suddenly, Chen Yan stood out from the water, holding a big gun high in his hand. The gun body was like a skewer of candied haws. Four or five corpses were penetrated and hung feebly on the gun barrel.

He twisted his wrist, and fire spurted out. The body was burned to ashes and fell with a crackle. Although there were many underwater guards, this was not their home ground after all. Under the attack of the God Actor, they gradually began to retreat.

Chen Yan killed more than twenty people in one breath. After the naga in his body devoured the blood food, the hatching progress jumped slightly, from 0 to 0.1%. Its appetite was much greater than that of the previous common snake. According to this calculation, if it were completely hatched, wouldn't it be necessary to kill tens of thousands of people?
  Chen Yan looked up and saw that the fleet and the Ming army's artillery fire were constantly crisscrossing each other. Hundreds of miles around were shrouded in acrid smoke, and no one could gain an advantage yet.

Ao Sanye's expression gradually became serious when he saw this. Although the artillery fire they brought this time was sufficient, it was still far behind the Ming army with its back to the capital. If too much time was wasted on the first line of defense, people would be worried. Will be shaken.

You must break through the levels quickly!

He shouted: "Abandon all the ships, and everyone will attack the mountain with me!"

Having said that, he took the lead and jumped off the boat alone, followed closely by the knights and knights.

Cao Chunhua stuck to Chen Yan's side and asked quickly: "What should we do?"

Chen Yan made a decisive decision, "Don't fight with them, let's go!"

At the command, all the performers were like carps leaping over a dragon's gate, one after another withdrawing from their respective battles. Thousands of figures landed on the river bank together, and like dragons and tigers roaring, they went crazy towards the mountains.

The remaining Jinyi guards in the river saw the sudden change and were about to get out of the water to pursue them. A large ship loaded with ammunition exploded like a huge flower spreading on the river, which immediately triggered a chain effect and hundreds of flowers bloomed for a while.

Under the strong explosion of Rumu, the remaining Jinyiwei were wiped out. Immediately afterwards, the river bank burst its embankment, and the natural disaster-like flood rushed towards Qingliang Mountain.

All ships are destroyed!
  The knights looked back and were frightened for a moment. Their retreat was cut off in an instant. Needless to say, this was Master Ao's handiwork. For this reason, the only way to survive was to fight to the end.

boom!
  The floods filled the sky and formed a tsunami, forming a city wall more than ten feet high and pushing it towards Shanluan.

The god actors and people in the arena rode the tide and swarmed in. The defenders on the mountain were shocked by the collapse of the water. As soon as they recovered, roaring and twisted faces appeared in front of them.

"kill!"

The desperate rebel army and the Ming army suddenly strangled together, and the weather-beaten long wall finally came to life under the smear of blood.

Zhu Zaiche was horrified when he saw this. There were not many defenders on the city, about [-] people. He did not expect that these rebels would dare to blow up ships and physically attack the mountain.

If the strangulation continues like this, Qingliang Mountain will definitely fall!
  Zhu Zaiche, national surname!

Although the actor who saw Zhu Zaiche's message did not know his true identity, he was sure that he had an extraordinary status. A person like this must be a fat sheep!
  In an instant, more than a dozen divine actors attacked and killed him together. Chen Yan and others were also among them. That eunuch was all wearing military weapons, let alone the dignified commander of the city defense!
  Zhu Zaiche was suddenly horrified when he saw that the other party was approaching fiercely.

boom!
  He raised his foot and stamped it, and the ten-foot-high solid beacon collapsed instantly, sending dust flying into the sky.

When Chen Yan and others dropped their weapons, there was no trace of him. At this moment, someone with sharp eyes pointed downwards and shouted: "This grandson has escaped!"

Everyone followed the sound and saw that Zhu Zaiche decisively gave up his position and ran towards the city.

Chen Yan and the four of them looked at each other and said, "Chase!"

Ao Sanye's murderous intent boiled over, and more than twenty skinny arms stabbed out from his chest. His whole body turned into a lawnmower. As the arms rotated, the skulls of the defenders were constantly smashed into powder.

He laughed and said: "You surrender as soon as possible and follow my thief-defeating master into the capital. Wouldn't it be great to be crowned king and prime minister by then! Your guards have all run away, who are you still fighting for!"

Although Zhu Zaiche's escape greatly damaged morale, there were no surrenders. Under the strangulation of hungry people from all walks of life like tigers and wolves, the Qingliang Mountain garrison quickly became exhausted and the entire army was annihilated.

Everyone stood on the corpses on the ground. After the first battle was won, Ao Sanye ordered everyone to pull up the artillery on the city and pursue the victory towards the west gate of Jinling.

……

Zhu Zaiche ran away in embarrassment, looking back frequently to see that the killing array formed by the gods was already close at hand.

Suddenly, he heard a "puff" sound coming from his chest.

He slowly looked down and saw a penetrating wound on his chest that was bleeding. Then, an arrow made entirely of bronze gradually solidified.

Zhu Zaiche knelt on one knee with a bang, then his limbs went limp and he lay down unable to do anything.

A young man with a crew cut next to Chen Yan smiled and said, "I killed the man! The spoils of war should belong to me!"

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes full of disappointment, but it was hard to say anything. After all, this was a rule. If you break this rule, it will be difficult to cooperate in the future.

The young man hurried forward and was about to take off Zhu Zaiche's clothes excitedly and search carefully for the treasure. Suddenly, a pair of angry eyes suddenly looked at him.

"what!"

Zhu Zaiche was hit by an arrow in his vitals, but he didn't die. He roared and suddenly struck with his hand.

His palms were like the sharpest weapons. The young man had no time to resist and was immediately beheaded.

His body quickly dissipated, leaving a few shabby props on the ground.

Zhu Zaiche sneered, got up and continued running towards the city.

If he is injured but does not die, this person must have a treasure in his body!

No one felt any pity for the young man's death, and they were determined to kill him.

Jinling City and Qingliang Mountain are not far apart from each other.

After running wildly all the way, Zhu Zaiche, Chen Yan and others soon arrived in front of the majestic city.

The city is surrounded by a rushing moat, the suspension bridge is raised, and cannons on the city are like a forest, all aiming at the outside world.

When Chen Yan saw Zhu Zaiche approaching the river bank quickly, he immediately raised his hand to stop everyone, "Don't ask for money or your life."

Everyone beat their chests and feet, secretly taking a step slower, and could only watch the fat that reached their mouths slip away.

(End of this chapter)