In Zhenjiang Prefecture, a hundred miles away from the capital, a group of displaced victims were locked out. They had no clothes to wear and no food to eat. The living and corpses gathered together, with despair on everyone's face.
Now that the city gate is under martial law, a pair of officers and soldiers stand on the city wall with bows and arrows in their hands, patrolling the city wall. If they see anyone trying to break into the city gate, they will immediately shoot and kill them. The victims who are going crazy from hunger rush to break open the city gate regardless of the sharpness of the bows and arrows.
The officers and soldiers on the wall had contemptuous eyes and drew their bows with both hands. With a "swish" sound, the sharp blade penetrated the man's neck. Blood poured out of his mouth and formed a red stream under his body, slowly flowing with black and red.
bloodstains gathered together.
The officers and soldiers looked at the victims who were trying to open their doors and laughed, looking at them like ants.
"Second brother, let's compete to see who can shoot accurately. I haven't practiced archery for a long time and I can't find the right target."
"Okay, the people over there belong to you, and the ones over here belong to me!"
The two divided the area, opened their bows and fired arrows. They completely regarded the victims as living targets, regardless of their pleas for mercy. More and more victims fell down. The two of them killed them until they were numb. There were piles of corpses outside the city gate, and everything they could see was rushing.
of blood.
"Hahaha, the eldest brother is still better, the younger brother loses!"
The boss shot and killed ten people, all of them with one arrow to seal their throats. Although he also shot nine people, his accuracy was not as good as the boss's. Some of them were only wounded, not killed at all.
"You're not bad either. Accuracy can't be achieved overnight. It just so happens that there are ready-made targets here. I'll leave them to you next time if someone makes trouble."
The boss patted him on the shoulder with admiration and pointed to the victims outside the door.
"Thank you, brother!"
The loud voices of the two laughing and chatting reached the ears of the victims through the wind. The people who were originally shivering became furious. They were human beings and not the prey of these officers and soldiers.
Being homeless and displaced was enough to make people despair, but now even living has become a luxury. Since all is death, why not give it a try!
"You bunch of dog officials, I'm going to fight you!"
"Isn't it just for my life? Come and get it!"
Those two officers and soldiers completely angered the victims and triggered a riot.
The victims attacked the city gate with the same hatred as the enemy. With their large numbers and strength, the originally strong city gate began to collapse. The officers and soldiers panicked, and the arrows in their hands were not accurate.
"They are a bunch of unruly people. If you don't want to die, please retreat quickly. The bow and arrow in my hand don't have eyes!"
"Come on, they are scared. Once we enter the city, we will have food and we will survive. Everyone, hurry up and fight!"
There were cheers from the crowd, and the victims were full of fighting spirit, rushing towards the city gate like a huge wave.
"To stay alive, rush!"
"Brother, what should we do now?"
The second brother was helpless with a bow and arrow. These victims were all crazy and not afraid of death. The boss tried to stay calm, but his eyes were full of panic.
"I'll go back and report to the county magistrate!" As he said that, he quickly walked down the city wall and ran to the county government office.
The second brother and the other officers and soldiers looked at each other in confusion, and could only watch the victims push open the city gate and rush in.
"We're in? Ah, we're finally in the city!"
"Come on, let's go find something to eat!"
They were going crazy with hunger. In order to survive, they ate bark and grass roots. When they saw the food shop on the street, a group of people became starved-eyed.
"ah!"
Pedestrians on the street were startled when they saw the flood of victims, and hurried back home with their belongings. Their hearts were filled with gloom.
Zhenjiang Mansion is probably going to be in chaos.
There was also a group of strong victims mixed into the crowd. The man leading the group took out a sharp knife from his tattered clothes with his eyes exposed.
"Let's go to the county government office and take the life of that dog official!"
"yes!"
Beijing
After Zhao Jing read the letter from Black Eagle, the anger in his eyes remained for a long time.
"There was a riot in Zhenjiang Prefecture, the victims rushed into the city and looted, the county government office was occupied by the mob, and Li Mu fled?"
Each of these things sounds incredible, but it actually happened.
The anger in Zhao Jing's heart could not be suppressed. His face was as black as coal. The people below him knelt in a row, their heads pressed tightly to the ground and they did not dare to raise them.
"Liu Yuan, tell me how these things were caused?"
"I allocated 10,000 taels of silver for disaster relief years ago, but where did the money go?"
Zhao Jing's tone was calm, but the surging anger still made everyone's hearts tremble.
Cold sweat broke out on Liu Yuan's forehead. He cursed Li Mu in his heart for being greedy. He had spent all his ten thousand taels of silver on ink. He was not even willing to do superficial things. Now he had to wipe his ass for this result.
"Your Majesty, I don't know this!"
"You don't know?" Zhao Jing laughed angrily, flicked her sleeve and hit the folding bag on his head. Liu Yuan's forehead instantly became red and swollen, causing him to tremble in pain, and a look of cruelty flashed in his eyes.
"Li Mu is your man, and you strongly recommended the disaster relief at the beginning. The disaster relief plan was discussed together by you. Now tell me that you don't know! Liu Yuan, do you think that I am stupid and ignorant and easy to fool?"
Half of the court was occupied by Liu Yuan's faction, and Zhao Jing was controlled by others. If his foundation was not unstable, the court would be shaken if they were removed, and he would have liked to kill them all.
"Your Majesty, it is true that the disaster relief plan was discussed by the veteran minister, but the veteran minister did not expect that Li Muyang was a coward and was frightened by the disaster victims. Even the county government office was occupied. If I had known that the veteran minister would have gone there in person, he would have
I won’t let him go!”
Liu Yuan lowered his head and defended with tears. The top priority was to put aside the relationship with Li Mu, and his foundation could not be disturbed by a small county magistrate.
Liu Yuan's purpose was clear to Zhao Jing. His eyes were like daggers and he stared at him for a moment. Liu Yuan just buried his head and didn't look at him. Zhao Jing lowered his eyes to cover up the murderous intention inside. Although he couldn't move him,
But you can also take the opportunity to collect some interest.
Zhao Jing glanced at Liu Yuan, the father-in-law who sternly ordered.
"The decree is that Li Mu embezzled money from the disaster relief, left his post without authorization, and allowed the victims to endanger the people. He should be punished according to the law. The Li family will be exiled, their property will be confiscated, and Zhang Liang, the minister of the Ministry of Revenue, will conspire to cover up and be dismissed from the official position with immediate effect! Prime Minister Liu, you can
Have any objections?"
Zhang Liang, the Minister of Household Affairs, was also from Liu Yuan's faction and was responsible for helping him collect money. However, he was eliminated by Zhao Jing because of disaster relief work. Liu Yuan secretly resented this, but he had to pretend to be peaceful.
"Old minister, no."
"Well, there is a riot in Zhenjiang Prefecture and officials need to suppress it. Does Prime Minister Liu still have someone in mind?"
"My old minister is dim-sighted. Li Mu, whom I recommended last time, failed to do things well and missed important events. I dare not make any false claims this time!"
Liu Yuan was afraid that Zhao Jing would take the opportunity to get rid of his people, so he didn't want to go through this troubled water again.
Zhao Jing sneered, "I have always been considerate of my ministers. Since Prime Minister Liu is old and frail, why not retire and return home."
"Your Majesty?" Liu Yuan raised his head in surprise. The emperor's young son, who was still young, dared to threaten him. He winked at the people around him, and a group of courtiers spoke out one after another.
"Your Majesty, if Prime Minister Liu retires and returns to his hometown, then all the ministers will also resign!"
A group of people knelt on the ground with a roar. Zhao Jing clenched the dragon chair tightly, feeling even more angry in her heart.
Liu Yuan was so confident because he didn't dare to touch him easily.
"Everyone get down!"
"Yes, veteran, I'm resigning."
Liu Yuan's eyes flashed with a smile, and he led everyone out of the palace.
"Prime Minister, you still have something to do. The Emperor is afraid that he is going to lose his mind before asking you to file a lawsuit. Without you, the whole court will be dispersed."
"Let's break up. Be careful lately and don't let him take advantage of you."
