That's why Xiao Xian was not that stupid. He just took advantage of the emperor's paranoia and created pressure to intimidate him.
And it did work.
In order to appease the emperor, he drew this blueprint. The people in Qianqing Palace were so thorough that it was impossible for anyone to take out the explosive.
Later, the emperor sent people to verify the location of the palace gate. Explosives were indeed dug out at a palace gate, but they were flooded and could not be used.
In another place, as Xiao Xian said, they caused an explosion due to improper disassembly. Fortunately, water had already begun to enter, and it was not so powerful. It only injured one person, but no one died.
Moreover, the explosives in these two places were found from under the moat. At this point, the emperor was completely relieved.
But soon he was no longer happy.
Originally, because Xiao Xian, his close friend, finally left the capital and would no longer threaten him by sleeping soundly beside his bed, the emperor checked the explosives again, so he was really happy for a few days.
But then he couldn't be happy anymore. One day when he went to court, the Ministry of Household Affairs cried out one after another that the capital's population was losing seriously!
Many landless tenants and craftsmen have fled seriously. The most serious thing is that one craftsman street has nine out of ten houses empty!
This would only happen in very serious years of war and famine, but now the environment in the capital is pretty good, and it’s not like they can’t afford food, so they actually escaped!
Emperor Long Yan was furious and ordered a thorough investigation immediately.
Then it was found out that many people were going to the King of Yan. They said that if they followed the King of Yan, they could divide the fields and have enough food, so the tenants and craftsmen fled regardless, and no one even checked to follow them. After the prince goes, will he really be able to have enough to eat?
Then the emperor found out that Xiao Xian and Shen Mingzhu were heading towards Daizhou and Mianzhou.
Mianzhou didn't matter, it was Daijin's territory, but Daizhou was under his rule.
He said angrily: "What are they going to do? Do they want to make themselves king?"
A minister came out and said: "Your Majesty, the late emperor gave King Yan a fiefdom in Daizhou, including Daizhou, Shunzhou and other places."
The emperor's face was gloomy, "Do you think he still gave me face and didn't occupy Shunzhou? Do I still want to be grateful to him?"
Even if the late emperor granted him a fief, it was still the land of Da Qin. He was just taking part of the rent. How could he regard the entire state as his own?
He clearly wants to imitate Xiao Wen and want to occupy the land and become the king.
Huh, I won't let him succeed.
The emperor ordered sternly: "From now on, the palace gates will be strictly guarded. Anyone who escapes without authorization will be killed as a whole!"
Lianzuo was only used in cases of rebellion. This was originally the most serious felony, but now it was used on ordinary people in order to prevent them from escaping. This shows how serious the situation of escaping is.
In addition, the emperor also ordered to strengthen the garrison defense of Shunzhou and support Daizhou at any time to prevent Xiao Xian from misbehaving in Daizhou. At the same time, the emperor also ordered to strengthen the authority of local officials in Daizhou and let the governor of Daizhou take charge of the military and political power of Daizhou at any time. Be prepared to resist Xiao Xian's encroachment.
Of course, the emperor's series of measures in Daizhou were useless. Even if he strengthened the troops, they could only be said to be sending troops to Xiao Xian. Later, when those soldiers and generals defected to Xiao Xian one after another, the emperor knew Later, he was so angry that he vomited blood and passed out.
