The dragon chair is placed on the jade steps. Each piece of jade is dug out from the mountains in the south. Then it is transported upstream by big ship to Chang'an.
It is necessary to dig rivers and use tens of thousands of people. The average cost of transporting a piece of jade is enough to feed and drink an ordinary town for three years. As for the value of the jade itself... well, it is actually of little value, because no one except the royal family can use it.
rise.
What is the royal family? The royal family does not use the best or the most expensive. The royal family only allows me to have it and not others.
Now, this dragon chair is placed in front of Lin Shaoyu. The empire is 90,000 miles away, and he is the closest.
It is decorated with a mighty dragon and painted with gold paint. Nine dragons flow out of the water, swallowing clouds and spitting out mist.
Lin Shaoyu never thought about becoming emperor, but he still knew how capable he was. From the beginning, his purpose in conquering Chang'an was to make Cheng Dalei his king. This is what he said and what he thought.
Still planning to do so.
But this chair is too close to him now, so close that he can touch it. But this chair symbolizes the highest power of the empire, and for the billions of people of the empire, not to mention sitting on it, just taking a look is a blessing.
No.
No one can resist such temptation, not even Lin Shaoyu.
At a certain moment, the blood in his body became hot and his heart beat vigorously.
From Qingniu Mountain to Yangzhou, from Yangzhou to Liangzhou, from Liangzhou to Qingniu Mountain, and finally back to Chang'an.
With his bare hands, he raised a team, and 100,000 people worshiped him. Along the way, he defeated countless famous generals in the empire and broke through the city of Chang'an, which he thought was impossible to break.
Nowadays, anyone who mentions Lin Shaoyu's name will not be treated seriously. He is no longer the stupid young man with nothing in Qingniu Mountain. He is now Lin Shaoyu who makes people all over the world fear him.
He deserves to sit in this chair, even just for a moment.
Lin Shaoyu climbed up the steps and stepped onto the jade steps step by step. As he gradually approached the dragon chair, his breathing became more and more serious.
Oh, it’s really not an easy thing. I don’t know how Emperor Ming felt when he took this step every day.
In an empire composed of tens of millions of people, only one person can sit on this chair. To put it simply, if anyone has the opportunity to climb up to this golden palace and kowtow to Emperor Ming, he will be regarded as a proud ancestor in the empire, let alone sit on this chair.
On the chair.
Today, Lin Shaoyu sat down on this chair.
It was really uncomfortably hard. Lin Shaoyu straightened his shoulders subconsciously. The hall was empty and there was nothing.
In front of us, there are ninety thousand miles of mountains and rivers.
The gaze slowly increased, passing through the roof of the hall, and reaching the sky above the palace. The rebel army broke through the palace gate and killed all the defeated Yulong Guards. The maids, eunuchs, princesses, imperial concubines, etc. in the palace were faced with a
A murderous demon. The exquisite house was knocked open, and the pampered princess was stripped naked and pushed to the ground...
Looking higher, there were fights, escapes, fires, and people taking advantage of the chaos to do evil in the entire city of Chang'an. The child's head was picked up in the air and swaggered past on horseback. The door of the rich man's treasury was smashed open, and gold, silver, jewelry, and emeralds were revealed.
There are countless jade stones. Those who are well-dressed and well-fed, as noble as rich ladies living on the top of the clouds, are now being pushed hard into the soil, and are as humble as pigs and dogs.
On the mountain peak outside the city, there are two figures standing, an old man, a young man, and a monk.
The little Taoist priest Hongchen watched this scene. The cries of those women and the wailing of the parents seemed to be transmitted here through the night.
"How could they do this, how could they do this!" the little Taoist gritted his teeth.
"Look carefully, these are troubled times. People in troubled times are worse than dogs. That's how it is." Qingye Buddha said slowly.
"It turns out that troubled times..." the little Taoist priest said blankly: "It's so terrible."
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Liangzhou City, City Lord's Mansion.
Li Xingzai was leaning on the Arhat bed, listening to Song Bokang's information about Chang'an City. The two places were too far apart, and Song Bokang actually didn't know what was going on in Liangzhou City now. But just by guessing, Li Xingzai could make a rough guess.
"Today's Liangzhou City is in chaos. We are just waiting for His Highness to send troops and take charge of the overall situation."
Li Xingzai laughed loudly and said: "When can we send out troops? Isn't it going to take another month?"
Song Bokang raised his head: "Three days later."
Li Xingzai was startled: "How fast!"
"The country is in crisis, bandits are causing chaos, and even three days is too slow." Song Bokang sighed.
After preparing food and fodder, ordering troops and horses, one hundred thousand Liangzhou soldiers mobilized and marched directly towards Chang'an City. Song Bokang's urgency even surprised Li Xingzai. For such an important troop dispatch, he did not even prepare any ceremony to sacrifice to heaven.
It took three days to prepare, but it took more time on the road, and it took about more than a month to arrive near Chang'an. This 100,000-strong army was headed by Li Xingzai, and everyone wore a white scarf, claiming to avenge Emperor Ming. But everyone
Understand, Li Xingzai is just a cover, even Li Xingzai understands this.
He wandered around the military camp every day, eating and living with the soldiers, carrying food and grass together, stepping in mud, and not caring about the smelly sweat all over his body.
It’s not that Li Xingzai couldn’t endure hardships, he even endured more hardships than many ordinary soldiers. Everyone worked together, cursed together, and discussed women together...
It’s not that Song Bokang didn’t understand Li Xingzai’s intention. He even expected it from the beginning, but neither party made it clear. Sometimes when they encountered some problems during the march, no one could do anything about it. On the contrary, Li Xingzai was able to provide feasible solutions from a high position.
Method.
Even the leader Dai Bai looked at Li Xingzai with admiration. He was obviously not a waste.
Li Xingzai wandered around the world, inspecting the local customs and customs of various places, and was mainly responsible for the caravan in Toad Village. At that time, his goal was not to become a rich man, but to conquer the world from the beginning.
Song Bokang announced to the world that the six princes of the empire would kill thieves and take revenge, and called on all loyal and patriotic people in the world to kill the enemy together. At the same time, Li Xingzai still managed his own affairs carefully.
He also understood at this time that after arriving in Chang'an City, he might have to compete with his former brothers. Song Bokang was an enemy, but now he is a friend, and if he wants to fight for the world, it is useless to rely on the guise of a sixth prince.
Yes, you must have your own manpower.
An emperor must have a mind that is open to all rivers. Any friends or enemies, any love or hatred, if they can be used by me, they are tools.
One month later, Liangzhou soldiers rushed to Chang'an City, and Li Xingzai also saw Mr. Cui Xiang. He was not dead, which really made Li Xingzai cry out in his heart that it was a pity.
When Cui Xiang saw Li Xingzai, he burst into tears before saying anything. Li Xingzai also looked sad. The two talked for a long time, both of whom wanted to eliminate the thieves and protect the country.
As for Lin Shaoyu in Chang'an City...
They had been defeated by the joint attacks of various princes and could not survive even ten days.