Astral Apostle Chapter 264: Separate Huyang
Chapter 265 Separation of Huyang
Beside the official road, in an open-air tea shop.
Many passers-by rest here, chatting while drinking tea soup.
The topic mentioned by naturally cannot escape the recent changes in the current situation, which is precisely the failure of the imperial court to conquer Huyang.
"Then Chen Feng raised the anti-flag and gathered millions of people in Huyang. He is really a giant bandit that has not been seen in a century. Now that the officers and soldiers have been repelled, I don't know what will happen."
"Since they are rebels, they will most likely sweep the world. When the time comes, there will be many wars and the world will be in chaos."
"Ah, the imperial conquest was fruitless, and Huyang was lost. Now that Chen Feng has full wings, I think it will be difficult for the imperial court to control him."
"Hmph, officers and soldiers flooding Huyang are not good things."
"Be careful, be careful!"
Everyone talks with each other.
This is located in the northern part of the Central Plains, and the Huyang Rebellion has not yet spread here. Although everyone's tone is dignified, they are worried about the future, but they are not panicked.
Now that Chen Feng's name has been associated with the word "rebel", people in areas outside Huyang dare not support Chen Feng with a clear-cut stand. They tend to restrain themselves in their conversations, and most of them cautiously stand in the court's position.
For Chen Feng, people from all over the world have complicated feelings. They not only admire this person's deeds of eradicating evil, punishing **** and killing the powerful, but also feel that this person has caused troubles and troubles in the world.
Those who are rich hate it, those who can afford food and clothing are in awe, and occasionally complain. Everyone wants to stay away from it.
In the corner of the tea shop, sat two young men, one in black and the other in white robes.
The young man in white is named Wei Zhong, with a gentle temperament. The young man in black is called Jiang Di, and his eyebrows are sharp.
The two teachers came from the same sect, and they are called brothers and sisters. They have been down the mountain for many days.
Listening to other people chatting, Jiang Di's eyes flashed brightly, and the corner of his mouth raised:
"This Chen Feng is known as eliminating harm for the people and doing justice for the sky. Brother, what do you think of this person?"
Wei Zhong took a sip of the tea soup, and said softly: "Junior brother, I want to ask, is this person worth working for?"
Jiang Di chuckled: "That's right, this person calls himself a civil uprising, which probably suits my brother's appetite, and he is the number one master in the world today, so he might be able to make a career."
Hearing this, Wei Zhong pondered for a while, then shook his head:
“During the uprising, this person’s declaration was to ‘deceive the people, pretend to be a lord, compensate everyone equally, and punish the rich and powerful’. Although he was quite heroic, it was more like raising people’s grievances, and it was not a long-term solution to improve people’s livelihood. .
People's grievances can only be used for a while, and they can be used to sweep the world temporarily. But if they are exhausted in one go, the middle way of the incident will be unsustainable. .
Besides, people must have selfishness. After Chen Feng becomes powerful, some people under his command will be corrupt, greedy for utilitarianism, seeking personal gain for himself, and will also be above the people. So in my opinion, this Chen Fengyong is brave, but in fact, he can only cause chaos in the world and cause temporary disasters, and it may not be possible in the end. "
Jiang Di smiled slightly after hearing this: "What senior brother sees is quite consistent with me. It can only hold people's hearts for a while, but it won't last long."
Wei Zhong raised his brows: "Isn't junior also optimistic about Chen Feng?"
Jiang Di twitched his lips, and commented casually: "This Chen Feng has a reckless habit, is too violent, relies on his own force, cuts himself off from the powerful family, leaves no way out, is not a hero, and is not worth serving. Those who are willing to join him , there are only reckless poor people, and there will be no scholars from aristocratic families, so how can they compete for hegemony? It is a chance to overthrow the imperial court by taking advantage of a moment, so the powerful and powerful are not tolerated, and the country is also unstable, and will only be used as wedding dresses for others in the end. "
Wei Zhong pursed his lips, shook his head and remained silent.
Although they are not optimistic about Chen Feng's uprising, the two have different starting points. Compared with themselves, the younger brother values this person's hegemony capital more.
Wei Zhong is not surprised by this. He has been studying art since he was a child, and he knows that the ambitions of his juniors are far greater than his own.
At this time, Jiang Di spoke again, changed the topic, and asked: "The troubled times are approaching, and the master asked us to make contributions. Have you made a plan? Do you want to help the court to calm down the troubled times, or support a hero to compete in the world?"
Wei Zhong calmed down, sighed and said: "I haven't made up my mind yet, I plan to go to the capital first, to see the weather of the imperial court, and see if this big summer can still be saved."
Jiang Di nodded, and said slowly: "In that case, let me say goodbye here."
Wei Zhong was stunned: "Junior Brother?"
Jiang Di's eyes flickered: "In troubled times, when all heroes rise together, there must be a hero born. I plan to travel around, wait for the time to move, choose a hero to assist, and I won't be with you."
Wei Zhong was silent, but he wasn't too surprised.
Although the two are from the same sect, their pursuits are not the same. The younger brother has always been arrogant, and he is more inclined to go alone and establish his own achievements than to join hands with him.
"Hey, it seems that you and I need to say goodbye, just today."
Wei Zhong sighed, knowing that his junior brother had made up his mind, and he didn't want to keep him.
"Okay, then goodbye in Jianghu...Maybe one day, you and I will have a chance to compete."
After Jiang Di said this, he immediately got up and left, leaving the tea shop.
After taking a few steps, he paused, took a last look at Wei Zhong through the fence, and said casually:
"Also...don't die easily."
After saying that, Jiang Di didn't miss it any more, and strode westward.
Wei Zhong shook his head, checked out and left, left the tea shop, and walked in the other direction.
On the official road where the sun was setting, the two drifted away and went their separate ways.
……
As news of Huyang's defeat spread back to the capital, the ruling and opposition parties were shaken.
Another day at court.
Beijing, Ziji Hall.
"The 400,000 troops were fighting for the thieves, but they were defeated in the end. The commander-in-chief of the three armies is so incompetent, it wasted all my efforts!"
The emperor was furious, and the officials dared not speak.
When the emperor was tired of scolding, Qin Song came out more and more, and said cautiously:
"What the Holy Majesty said is very true. Although the two generals, Ma Zhen and Huang Ping, died for the country, they were not responsible for leading the troops. I don’t know what Privy Secretary Pang has to say, recommended by the privy secretary?"
The emperor's gaze immediately turned to Pang Hong, quite unkind.
Pang Hong swallowed his saliva, and hastily prostrated himself on the ground to plead guilty: "Your servant is guilty if you don't know who you are!"
The emperor said coldly: "Pang Shumi did his best to facilitate the dispatch of troops. I had high hopes, but you made me feel very disappointed."
"The minister is guilty!"
Pang Hong was sweating profusely, and he had already scolded Ma Zhen **** in his heart.
He told Ma Zhen to fight for a long time and delay, but in the end he didn't even survive half a year.
Now it's all right, not only did you not get much money, but you will also be dragged down.
At this time, the left minister Lu Wenzong stepped forward, as if he wanted to defend Pang Hong, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, although Ma Zhen's army was defeated, most of the army was preserved, and the strategy of flooding the bandits was adopted. It just fell short in the end."
It's good not to mention this matter, but now that it is mentioned, the officials are excited, accusing and scolding Ma Zhen one after another.
Flooding Huyang and other poisonous schemes, all the officials on the surface are against it, after all, they have to consider their own reputation.
Some things can be done but cannot be said. If you agree to it publicly, you may be criticized verbally and in writing, and you will not be able to keep your name for the rest of your life...Especially if this strategy has failed.
To fail, it must be wrong.
Besides, someone will be responsible for the defeat, and no one wants to excuse Ma Zhen.
However, no matter whether the ministers secretly support the flooding strategy, they feel that Lingfengzi's disaster relief behavior is very inappropriate.
Soon, Qingliu looked resentful and impeached:
"Qizou Shengshang, although Ma Zhen's move was wrong, what Yufeng Daoist did was even more wrong. As a celestial master in the court, he actually helped the rebels to rescue the disaster. For the face of the imperial court, you must not continue to indulge the real Yufeng, and hope that the Holy One will see clearly!"
All the ministers agreed one after another, with similar attitudes.
A high-ranking person representing the imperial court actually went to help the rebels, what a shame, even for disaster relief!
This influence is so bad that people dare not think about it!
According to the opinion of the ministers, it is wrong to flood the poison plot, but this is the dilemma of the rebels, and the officers and soldiers should sit idly by, otherwise they will be helping the rebels.
This obviously exposed their true thoughts... They shouted their opposition, but if the plan of flooding could really hit the rebels hard, they would probably be happy to see it succeed, and they were secretly happy while criticizing severely. As for the Huyang people being affected by the disaster, naturally no one really took it seriously.
The emperor listened to the impeachment of the officials, his eyes were cloudy and uncertain, and finally said slowly:
"Realist Yufeng must have a reason for his actions. When he comes back, let him make it clear. Right now, you don't need to mention it."
It was inevitable that he would have doubts about Master Yufeng, but he held back.
With the lessons learned from Ma Zhen Wanjun being captured, the importance of Lingfengzi has risen to another level in the emperor's mind.
……
On the other side, Huyang, the capital of Hongzhou.
Zhou Jing stood on the city tower, overlooking the fake soldiers and horses that filed into the city.
Now that Longwangzhai has officially occupied the state and seized the city, the prefectures in Huyang are basically taken over by the Shanzhai and become the forces that govern one side.
He looked at it for a while, looked away, opened the panel and looked at the message:
[Trigger achievement [One party overlord]]
[Obtain 10,000 astral points, 20 information state particles, [qualification improvement-charm (medium)] x1, [qualification improvement-command (small)] x1]
[Career goal [Princes and generals have kindness] completed]
[Obtain 80 information state particles]
[Current apostle constant progress: 947/240]
"Sure enough, once Huyang was separated, this life goal was accomplished, and now there is only the last one left... In addition, I repelled the officers and soldiers, severely damaged the prestige of the imperial court, and caused the general trend of the world. In the future, there will continue to be collected and stored income. , it is easy to increase the progress to more than 1000."
Zhou Jing nodded secretly.
The first step of the strategy has been achieved. Let Longwangzhai be a bandit here and develop a business base.
The next step is to personally lead troops to attack the nearby borders, use your unstoppable personal force, see the city break through, act as a bandit and wander around for a long time, echoing the base area.
To overthrow the imperial court is not the immediate goal~IndoMTL.com~Killing powerful families is the last career goal. If you don't kill enough aristocratic families, changing dynasties will not meet your living requirements.
However, the gentry of aristocratic families are scattered all over the place, and it takes time and effort to pull them out one by one.
When I kill more dignitaries in the south, the aristocratic families from all over the country will naturally be frightened and forced to migrate to a safe area, such as going north to the capital for refuge.
After all... there is Lingfengzi in the capital, at least it will not fall in the eyes of the aristocratic family.
When the time comes, just harvest!
"As for the next crusade..."
Zhou Jing touched his chin, his eyes flickering.
Just choose the neighbor Jiang Chun, after all, Ning Tianfu is too familiar with himself.
In this Great Xia Fujing, there are a lot of dignitaries, such as aristocratic families with hundreds of years, such nobles as the founders of the country, and such royal clans, you can have everything you need to kill.
Zhou Jing squinted his eyes: "Just in time, last time the Ning Tianfu family asked a bunch of wronged people to intercept my account, it's time to settle with this group of people behind the scenes, lest they really think that the matter is over. "
(end of this chapter)