Chapter 120 Soldiers approaching the city
After a while, Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "Because of the Empress Dowager, under the secret protection of several ministers and father-in-law, I fled to Ice Customs. I was disappointed with the royal family and could be said to be full of resentment towards the Empress Dowager.
A year ago, I heard that the Empress Dowager and Zuo fought for power, and the two died together, and my hatred also dispersed. I wanted to go back to Beijing to see it, but my father-in-law was worried that there would be chaos in the capital, so I let me wait and see.
I never thought that in just one year, Xiaojiu not only regained the imperial power, but also established a demon division. With such power, I am truly relieved now.
As a child of the royal family, it is difficult to have peace. After this disaster, Qianyuan still has today. What kind of resentment do I have? Go back and tell the emperor that as long as I, Zhou Yuan, are still alive, I will never let the Ice and Snow Empire take a step."
"Okay, I will definitely bring this to the Qianyuan Kingdom, and we Zhou brothers will protect each other." Zhou Di was also aroused of heroism.
Zhou Yuan picked up the wine glass on the table, and after the two brothers fought each other, he continued, "To be honest, when I heard the tip that if you want to overthrow the Queen Mother's rule, I was worried about what to do between you and Xiaojiu. No matter who you will become the winner in the end, if you kill each other, I will never recognize this brother.
Our Zhou family’s ancestors are the ancestral teachings that brothers and sisters are not allowed to kill each other. The throne is fairly fought by brothers and inherited by the most talented person. Other brothers must do their best to assist.
If there is any violation, the entire clan will kill him at any cost. It is precisely because of this that our Zhou family can reach this day.
Fortunately, Xiaojiu not only did not kill you, but also made you the left prime minister. I was really happy when I heard it and got drunk with my father-in-law.
Later, the third brother also came to see me. Because of this, he took the initiative to see me. He told me that Xiaojiu and you have united, that Qianyuan still has hope, and that the Zhou family still has hope."
"The third brother is still alive? Where is he now?" Zhou Di asked immediately.
"He didn't say that he should have his own difficulties. When he came, he specially reminded that the five southern countries united and had the intention of attacking. He asked me to tell Xiaojiu and you to be prepared. After just saying a few words, he left in a hurry. I guess he should be in the five southern countries, and he is likely to be an official in one of them." Zhou Yuan said.
Zhou Di was surprised. Thinking of the attack of the five southern countries, his mood suddenly became heavier.
Zhou Yuan patted his shoulder and said, "I can't walk away when I stay here. I'll leave it to you. He was also because the empress dowager had a rebellion and escaped to avoid disaster. But I know that he cares about Qianyuan, so please be sure to bring him back."
Zhou Di nodded and said, "I understand."
While they were chatting, the dishes and various meats were prepared and they were carried up. Zhou Yuan and Mr. Yang asked everyone to drink and eat meat together.
After a few glasses of wine, everyone became active. The monsters were already quite free and easy. After drinking, they directly called each other brothers and brothers to the generals of the Zhenbei Army and started drinking.
Youji and Xiaowu were not interested in wine, so they went back after eating some casually.
While the Zhenxi Army and the demon generals were having a drink, Zhou Di called Zhou Yuan, Mr. Yang and his wife and children to enter the conference hall next to him.
Zhou Yuan pointed to his three children and introduced: "Lao Liu, these are my two sons and Cailing. The eldest son Zhou Yu is 15 years old and his son Zhou Guan is 13 years old. This is my daughter Zhou Ruobing and I are 12 years old. She looks the same as her mother. She is a tomboy named Liuhuang Uncle."
"Six Emperors Uncle." The three of them clasped their fists in unison, all wearing armor, so they did things.
"Father, do you think my mother is not good?" Zhou Ruobing immediately pouted and glared.
Seeing Yang Xue's eyes, Zhou Yuan could only smile embarrassedly. Yang Cailing cleared the situation and said, "Bing'er, don't be arrogant in front of Uncle Six."
Zhou Di laughed and said, "My second brother has three children, and I am not married yet."
"If I don't let Cailing tell you about marriages, there are all kinds of things. Our northern girls are generous and beautiful, and there are also quiet people. I wonder what kind of things you like, Lao Liu?" Zhou Yuan talked about women and became interested in them inexplicably.
"There is no time now. Now the first goal of my queen and I is to solve the problem of the empire's large family. These families have taken root in the empire, and 80% of the empire's economy has been absorbed by them. Except for Ganjing, all counties are under their control. It is not possible to deal with it overnight." Zhou Di said.
"The relationship behind these families is complicated and cannot be directly eliminated by force, otherwise the entire country will definitely be subverted. Here, I have heard the words of various counties, even the Ice and Snow Empire, saying that the emperor is the demon emperor, and this must be secretly spread by the various families." Zhou Yuan looked angry and was very unhappy about outsiders slandering his younger brother behind his back.
"We have already thought of a countermeasure for this matter. This joint attack between countries can be used. Second brother just needs to defend here, and we can handle the others. Also, this is the military supplies and some good things that the emperor asked me to give you."
Zhou Di took out a treasure bag and handed it to Zhou Yuan, and then whispered: "This is 30 million taels of gold, and the magic manuscripts collected in the Immortal Cultivation Sect are all available in the acquired realm. They are not very powerful and have a great effect, and are suitable for military use.
There are spells suitable for scouts to hide, and some are used in war, with excellent results. They are just from various sects and are not easy to disclose."
Zhou Yuan and Mr. Yang were both surprised that with these gold, even if they were fought for ten years, they could drag the Ice and Snow Empire to death.
So much gold made Zhou Yuan amazed again. What happened to Xiaojiu? This would not have emptied the treasury.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhou Di smiled and said, "This is just the emperor's personal treasury. Don't report it to the court if you lack money in the future. There is not much funding, so it is absolutely beyond imagination to ask the emperor for it."
Zhou Yuan and Mr. Yang looked at each other and both smiled and shook their heads in disbelief. They thought they had already known the emperor very well.
Now I find that they don’t know the current emperor at all. Instead, the more they know, the more they feel unfamiliar and curious about the emperor.
Seeing their expressions, Zhou Di laughed secretly. He was the same at the beginning. Now seeing them like this, he felt balanced. He smiled and said, "There are still many urgent matters in the court. Today I will return overnight. Second brother, I won't stay much. I will wait until the countries withdraw their troops and get together in the capital."
"Okay, state affairs are the most important, I won't keep you anymore, take care of you." Zhou Yuan hugged him tightly, and they returned to the square to continue eating and drinking with everyone.
After the banquet, Zhou Di said goodbye to Youji and Xiao Wu and asked a demon king to escort him back to Ganjing.
After the monster attacked, the Ice and Snow Empire did not attack again, and the army was stationed on the snowfield ten miles away.
Ten days later, the Canglong Empire and the Five Southern Alliance advanced all the way, because they never encountered any attacks again, and the speed of advancement was getting faster and faster. All the barriers and cities encountered along the way chose to surrender.
On the tenth day, the armies of the two countries met 13 kilometers outside Ganjing and jointly attacked Ganjing, carrying the slogan of destroying the Demon Emperor.
Those betrayed families also raised the banner of destroying their relatives for justice, and all the way advocated that the emperor was evil and harmed loyal ministers in the court, and placed them on Zhou An's head regardless of the lives of the people, incompetence, and promiscuity.
However, the United Army did not attack immediately, but instead set up camp outside the capital.
At this moment, nearly 60% of the ministers in the Ganjing court were sentenced to escape. Shangguan Rong and Zhou Di watched these ministers leave, let alone try to keep them, even after the Jinyiwei secretly recorded these ministers, he watched them escape from Ganjing at night.
The court turned silent. For more than ten consecutive days, ministers left every day. Zhou Di closed his eyes to rest, and Shangguan Rong did not even appear in the court.
Today, many of the remaining ministers and generals came to court. Originally, many people did not want to come again, but now that the troops are at the city, they have to come. Otherwise, once the city is broken, all the civil and military officials in the court will definitely be implicated.
As soon as they entered the court, they saw Zhou Di coming early today. They were a little surprised and all surrounded him and shouted: "Master Zuo Xiang, you can't wait any longer. Let the queen and the demon generals come out immediately. We must come up with countermeasures."
Zhou Di suddenly asked inexplicably, "Sir, the two armies in the southeast have already treasoned. Have you ever thought about finding a way out for yourself?"
"Zhou Di, you won't even persuade us to surrender! You are the sixth prince." A general shouted in anger.
"Zhou Di, if you advise us to surrender, then you'd better die. If we want to leave, we'll leave long ago, why should we wait for you?" Another minister shouted loudly. If it weren't for Zhou Di's identity, he would have been scolding him.
Zhou Di smiled mysteriously.
"Emperor, the Queen is here." Suddenly the female official shouted, and all the ministers immediately separated and stood in their original position.
Chapter completed!