That night, what exactly the two royal brothers said and did, as Emperor Lian breathed his last, has become a secret that can never be answered.

The next day, when King Jingxi walked out of the Longju Palace, he heard the news that Emperor Lian had passed away. More importantly, he also brought out an imperial decree, a decree that caused an uproar in the entire Dongling Tomb.

Skipping the eldest son and prince, the throne of Dongling was passed directly to the third prince Ximenxuan...

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Ximen Lian, the ninth emperor of the Dongling Kingdom, passed away in the cold night of late autumn and early winter. He was nicknamed Emperor Si. The capital was shrouded in cold and damp conditions, and there was nothing. Except for some pretentious howls, there was a long funeral procession.

, all showing the numb expressions of the common people. Occasionally, in some unknown slum streets, a few crisp and cheerful cannon shots could be heard.[

As an emperor, he was foolish and incompetent, appointed favored ministers, and spent extravagantly. During his thirteen years in power, none of his actions were worthy of the original title of the reign of "Yuan Kaiyuan".

Open the long river of ancestors and source the wealth of the world.

There were constant grievances and disputes among the people. The original Emperor Sidi may have had ambitions and wanted to rely on his own efforts to achieve great things. Unfortunately, when faced with the cruelty of reality, he did not have enough courage to change anything. In the end,

I can only curl up in that splendid palace, drunk and dreaming. I numb myself with sensuality, dogs and horses, thinking that if I can't see it, nothing will happen.

In the fifth year of Kaiyuan Dynasty, the Qingjiang River surged, and the counties and counties on both sides were devastated. More than 1.59 million people died of starvation, disease, and drowning. The superficial reason was that the river dam burst, but the fundamental reason was that tens of millions of taels of silver were spent on building the embankment over the years.

Four-quarters of it had been plundered by corrupt officials, and the embankment had long since failed to become a dike. How could a rotten mound of earth that had been hollowed out stop the torrential floods?

Eight years after Kaiyuan, there was a severe drought in the north, the land was cracked, and there was no rain for half a year. The people were so poor that they had to sell their sons and daughters to survive, but piles of good grain were piled in the granaries of wealthy businessmen, and they would rather rot.

They refused to put food in the fire, and for a time people died of hunger all over the country. In the five counties of Beijun, you can see skinny people everywhere, and the air is filled with the lingering smell of corpses. In the end, everyone made a desperate move and picked up wooden sticks and knives to force the government to

They just wanted to get a mouthful of food. They turned out to be simple and kind-hearted people, but in the end they were accused of treason and died under the knife.

People are doing it, God is watching. The three words "I don't know" will never be a good excuse. Status and responsibility are equal. You are the emperor, and you must live up to this status. Irresponsibly let the country fend for itself.

In the eyes of the people, a mediocre king is sometimes even more terrifying than a tyrant.

The people of Dongling, who had suffered so much, could only place their remaining hope on the new emperor after being disappointed again and again.

Many times, grassroots power is the most powerful.

"In fact, in everyone's eyes, the prince's reputation may be higher than that of the prince. I heard that the late emperor also wanted to pass the throne to the prince, but I don't know what happened and it failed."

Xiang Xue only treated the gossip that Zhu Wanxiang secretly told in private as a joke. After all, it is normal for people in the Jingxi Palace to be more partial to their master.

In fact, Ximenxuan's prestige in Dongling is indeed very high. Compared with the incompetent emperor and the incompetent prince, the civilized and military-minded King Jingxi is one of the few people in Dongling who can trust him. If it is a public election,
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