The battle between Nan Jinzhao and Xiao Shaorong ended with Nan Jinzhao being defeated and fleeing with his troops...
After Nan Jinzhao was defeated, he returned to the capital with his remaining soldiers. After arriving in the capital, he issued several imperial edicts in the name of Emperor Tianqi.
Most of them were granted the title of king or marquis. Anyone who led troops to surrender to him would be granted the title of either a king or a marquis by Nan Jinzhao. And for those who provided him with money, food and grass, Nan Jinzhao would not forget to reward him with official positions,
As if the titles were free of charge, dozens of them were given out in succession.
Nan Jinzhao's move was obviously to take advantage of Emperor Tianqi's remaining power to consolidate his position and attract more people to join him, but...
These days, anyone who still has some capital is not a fool. Nan Jinzhao was awarded so many titles and official positions in one breath, and it is obvious that the titles and official positions have become worthless at all.
Except for a few small businessmen with little ability, most people do not appreciate the benefits provided by Nan Jinzhao.
Obviously, smart people all know that Nan Jinzhao has no hope, and the advantages brought by Nan Jinzhao with Emperor Tianqi have disappeared.
After Nan Jinzhao granted a lot of officials and titles, not only did he not attract more people to join him, the people who had brought their families to the imperial city to join Nan Jinzhao were also busy looking for a way out.
A few capable people had quietly left the imperial city. When Nan Jinzhao received the news, it was already too late and he couldn't even catch up with their shadows.
If there is one, there are two. If someone takes the lead, more people will escape. Nan Jinzhao is angry and angry.
"Bastard, bastard! Each one of them... thinks of himself as a person? How did he beg me to let them into the city in the first place? Now that something has happened, everyone wants to leave. Are they taking it too much for granted?" Nan Jin
Zhao was so angry that he smashed everything in the house and ordered the soldiers to kill the families who escaped.
As for the others?
If he was obedient and continued to provide him with financial help, it would be fine. If he couldn't provide it, then he would be destroyed just like those people trying to escape.
Many families, when they first turned to Nan Jinzhao, gave them all their wealth in order to gain Nan Jinzhao's trust. They only asked Nan Jinzhao to grant them high-ranking officials and generous salaries in view of their considerable "contribution".
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Previously, the whereabouts of King Yanbei was unknown. Nan Jinzhao took control of the emperor and was at the height of his power. He took over everything, but did not benefit anyone. Those people dared to be angry but dare not speak out.
After the defeat, he gave those people high-ranking officials, but the so-called high-ranking officials were not empty airs. Apart from reputation, they had no actual benefits.
Those who took refuge in Nan Jinzhao came here for the benefits. They wanted not only official positions, but also actual benefits. Nan Jinzhao only gave them a few false positions, and they simply couldn't accept it.
Moreover, in order to win Nan Jinzhao's trust, they almost emptied their family fortune. Even if they didn't drain their wealth, seeing that Nan Jinzhao was obviously confused, they would not be able to invest in Nan Jinzhao again. Isn't that asking for death?
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But Nan Jinzhao refused to let them go. No matter whether they still had any wealth or not, Nan Jinzhao squeezed them desperately and wanted to hollow them out.
As a result, conflicts between the two sides broke out.
However, Nan Jinzhao had military power in his hands, and the resistance of those people could not stir up any waves at all. Under Nan Jinzhao's power, those who disobeyed him were all wiped out.
With Nan Jinzhao's iron-blooded suppression, the remaining people had no choice but to give even if they didn't want to.
Nan Jinzhao collected a large sum of money in the shortest possible time, and the Imperial City...
It was depressed again. There were almost no wealthy households in the city, and people were dying of hunger every day. But Nan Jinzhao didn't care at all. He allowed corpses to litter the city without letting anyone clean them up, let alone bury them. He just let the corpses lie there.
The city is rotten.
It was obvious that Nan Jinzhao wanted to give up on the imperial city.
At this time, everyone in the imperial city went crazy.
Everyone knows that Nan Jinzhao is giving up the imperial city. Of course, when things have reached this point, Nan Jinzhao cannot defend the imperial city, but...
There is a completely different difference between being unable to defend the imperial city and belittling the imperial city like this.
Nan Jinzhao has soldiers, horses, food, and money. If the momentum goes wrong, he can abandon the imperial city and leave. But they are different. They are different from those who live in the capital.
Nan Jinzhao collected all their property and refused to let them leave the capital. After Nan Jinzhao left, would they still have the strength to leave?
Even if they had the strength to run, with the chaos outside, where could they run?
Without food or money, how many days can they survive if they run away?
For a time, everyone in the imperial city was in danger, and every one of them regretted it. They regretted not leaving with King Yanbei's army, and they regretted coming to seek refuge with Nan Jinzhao.
Nan Jinzhao is not a human being, nor does he treat them as human beings!
And just when the atmosphere in the imperial city was tense, King Yanbei came back!
He brought his princess and his crown prince back with a high profile, and was greeted by an army of 300,000 people at the border. It is said that on that day, the sound of shouting "Your Majesty is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old," broke the trees beside the road.
It is said that the sound of shouting "A Thousand Years Old Prince" that day shocked the birds and beasts in the forest to death before they had time to fly away.
It is said...
There were many rumors that day, and everyone believed each rumor to be true. They were spread by word of mouth and soon became known to everyone.
The high-profile return of King Yanbei also means that Apocalypse's rights have to be reshuffled.
Because the first thing King Yanbei did after he came back was to announce that he would send troops to attack Nan Jinzhao. The reason was: Nan Jinzhao had regicide!
The emperor of Tianqi has not appeared in front of the world for more than half a year. Although the imperial edicts issued by Nan Jinzhao are all issued in the name of the emperor, everyone knows that those imperial edicts are all Nan Jinzhao's intention. The emperor...
The emperor had been ousted by Nan Jinzhao a long time ago, and any power he had was gone. In fact, it was very possible that the emperor had died a long time ago.
You know, after Nan Jinzhao entered the imperial city, after the emperor showed his face a few times for the first time, no one saw the emperor again.
Even now, those who had taken refuge in Nan Jinzhao were turning against him one after another. Nan Jinzhao was in a bad situation, and Nan Jinzhao did not let the emperor come forward to consolidate his position.
That treacherous villain Nan Jinzhao always took advantage of his collaborators. How could he not push the emperor out if the emperor was still alive?
Obviously, the emperor...
Something happened!
Even without this information, the prince knew that something had happened to the emperor, because the emperor's body was in his hands.
With complete preparations, as soon as the prince returned to Tianqi, he directly launched troops against Nan Jinzhao without giving Nan Jinzhao any chance to breathe.
Nan Jinzhao was not surprised at all. As soon as the prince announced that he would send troops, he and his people abandoned the city and fled, leaving behind an empty imperial city and a city full of corpses... (To be continued)