Chapter 2011: The Eastern Empire with Internal and External Troubles

"At present, there is no good way. They don't grow so big in a day or two. In fact, the old man still has another idea, whether these people have their support in our interior. It is very clear to touch our merchant ships and so on. M" The prime minister actually said this for no other purpose, just to divert attention. A dignified prime minister of his own has no idea about these things. People will definitely talk about themselves when they go out. It’s not a good thing to come down like this. I didn’t expect that many people here can’t help shrinking their necks because of his words. It’s really true that Prime Minister Bei said it. Hit, a lot of people here have dirty fucking asses.

"Master Prime Minister, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to say this at this time. Our empire is now in a critical time. If we start an internal investigation at this time, I am afraid that the hearts of the people will be very fluctuating. Now we need The most important thing is stability, how to stabilize our northern and southern battlefields, our empire can be said to be suffering from the enemy, if the insiders are still suspicious of our own people at this time, I am afraid it will be very detrimental to the entire empire." Doctor Yushi Quickly stood up and said, he doesn't want to continue investigating this matter like this, he naturally knows what happened to the young master of the Linghu family? If we continue to dig it out during the investigation, the doctor himself will not end well. This is absolutely impossible and must be stopped.

"Yeah, I also feel that now is not the time for internal conflicts. What we have to do at this time is to think about how to catch these pirates. Since we have no better way now, this suicide ship will It should continue to produce and let it form a certain scale. There is a saying, well, a certain quantity can become a qualitative change, and we can make this quantity larger. Compared with the other three empires, our Eastern Empire has been so many years The accumulation of money is already very rich, and the silver in our treasury has even flowed out. If we don’t use these silver in useful places, should we put them in the warehouse to rot? His Majesty’s humble minister suggested that we should continue to know this kind of money. Suicide ship." Minister of the Ministry of War thought for a while and said, he has the absolute right to speak on this matter.

"Well, what you two said is basically correct, Prime Minister. Of course, these things can't be done now, and I'm sure that no one in our company should have contact with these pirates. Who are the pirates? Are you Who? You are all the pillars of the empire, the ministers of the empire, and those pirates can be said to be a group of pariahs. If such people contact you, I think you will feel bad about yourself. Just follow everyone's business, Continue to manufacture a large number of such suicide ships, and at the same time send our merchant ships to conduct further searches at sea, and we must find out where their base camp is?" At this time, His Majesty the Emperor, it has been concluded that no one has any disagreements up? This emperor is not bad, at least no one else has any objections after he utters a word. Much better than other empires.

After retreating, the Emperor's majesty returned to his dormitory with a gloomy face. He slapped the table hard, and immediately two eunuchs came over. What was strange was that these two eunuchs were not at all like usual. The people who served the emperor's living room, the two of them had never been here before, but their faces seemed very familiar, making you look like you often meet.

But you don't know the same as these two people, they are the secret agent leaders of the Eastern Empire Emperor, on the surface they are no different from ordinary eunuchs, but in fact the two of them are ninth-level fighters, and one of them will soon The threshold of tenth-level fighters has been touched. The two of them are engaged in the private intelligence system of His Majesty the Emperor. They are two completely different departments from the Imperial Intelligence Department. It can be said that their capabilities are very strong, especially in the Eastern Empire. territory.

"You two go down and check it out for me. Is what the prime minister said true? I observed it in the court. This is the list. I will check all the ministers on the list one by one, regardless of his position. How high is the task in hand now? You have to check it out for me. Because now when the prime minister said that there are internal traitors, these people's movements are not so natural. They must have some secrets. You guys Remember to do it in complete secrecy, all with your own strength, no matter who's strength you can borrow." The two intelligence chiefs glanced at each other, and then quit, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't often doubt himself Minister, but once suspected, he must find out. He feels that the task on his shoulders is heavy.

This year, the emperor of the Eastern Empire has just reached middle age. It can be said that he is in the prime of life. He feels very disgusted with the huge organization of the Linghu family in the country. It is not that his father told him not to treat him when he was dying. The Linghu family reacted too violently, otherwise the entire empire would be defeated, which might lead to the split of the entire empire. If a large-scale war broke out within the Eastern Empire, then the other three empires would definitely not stand idly by for so many years. Since then, the other three major empires have seen the empire is extremely powerful, and they can't wait to find any opportunity to come to the empire to weaken it. If something really goes wrong inside the empire, they will be the first to rush up like Hungry. If the empire is torn apart, the Eastern Empire may not exist at that time. It is a good thing to be strong, but if you are a little softer, you will face war.

The emperor walked back and forth in his room a little anxiously. Could it be that he just let the Linghu family not continue to grow bigger without asking? That's not enough. Now that the Linghu family has infiltrated the entire empire, even if Thunder Gate comes back, it won't help. The Linghu family on Thunder Gate is almost equal to the power of the empire. Fifty percent of the time, some high-level power Linghu family is even stronger than the royal family, which is one of the reasons why the court can't make up its mind to bring back the Thunder Gate. There are many ministers in the court who are close to him There are quite a few good relations between the Fox family. If they really confront each other, it may be a split. He even regrets it a little now. Why did his ancestors make such a thing happen?

Back then, the entire royal family was split into two parts, and one continued to go to the other part of the royal family to go out and establish itself as another family. This can be said to be very beneficial to the development of the entire empire, but now the empire has developed very well. , that is, the so-called death of the cunning rabbit, the time for the lackey to cook has come, and the task of the Linghu family has been completed. You can no longer continue to exist like this. Your existence is not beneficial to the continued development of the empire. On the contrary, your existence hinders the continued development of the empire. The most terrible thing is that the orders of the empire cannot be unified. No matter how powerful the big clan is, they dare not disobey His Majesty's orders, but it's different when it comes to your Linghu clan. What you think in your heart is that you are the royal family, and we are also the royal family. We have made more efforts than you, and we are more capable than your royal family.

If there are only one or two members of the Linghu family who think this way, it’s okay, at most, they can communicate with their mother-in-law to get these two black sheep out, but now most of the Linghu family think that way, that is, those The old conservatives thought they should continue diving to serve as royal protection. What most young people think in their hearts is that if their royal status is recognized, they will not be born as such a prince, but a person with a title. The title of the Eastern Empire is still more difficult to deal with the children of the Linghu family? It can only be said that the children of the direct line have titles. If they are recognized as the royal family, no matter what kind of children they are, as long as they are born, they will have titles. Regardless of the high bottom line, at least I will not be able to eat, drink and sleep in this life! Say they are selfish or say he has no other thoughts, anyway, that's what they think.

His Majesty the Emperor has made up his mind at this time, although the Eastern Empire is also at a time of internal and external troubles. I also know the series of actions of the Linghu family. The pirates in the southern waters of the empire may be related to the Linghu family. What the prime minister said just now is very correct. It should be that someone from the inside contacted them, and several people were implicated at once. A minister, and these ministers are all relatively important positions. They are not very close to the royal family, but have a better relationship with the Linghu family? Since they all felt afraid, the emperor had every reason to believe that these pirates had an absolute connection with the Linghu family. You have already started. If the royal family does nothing, you may really become the royal family in the future, and the original royal family may become ordinary people, and you may not even be able to save your own life.

The emperor clapped his hands again, and this time two more people came in. The difference with the two people just now is that they are not so strong in force. These two people are only seventh-level fighters at most, but you will find them when you observe them carefully. None of them could speak, not even a single sound could come out of their throats. This is the closest person to the emperor. The two of them knelt down and kissed each other. The emperor said, "You two go and investigate the Linghu family carefully. If you have any clues or signs of something wrong, let me investigate. No matter what happens Find out what kind of obstacles and difficulties you come across, I want to see what the Linghu family wants to do now? Do you feel that they have the ability to overthrow the empire?" After the emperor finished speaking, the two men had no luggage and went straight Just went out, the emperor didn't care about it, let's be one of our own! A little care!

At this moment, a fierce debate broke out in the Linghu family's mansion in the capital of the Eastern Empire. The older generation of the Linghu family could no longer stand the actions of the new generation of the Linghu family. Push the entire Linghu family to a point of no return. For many years, their mission of the Linghu family is to help the royal family rule this country. Is it growing steadily? They believe that as long as the Linghu family doesn't do anything, the royal family will never come to deal with the Linghu family? After all, are they all the same ancestors? Speaking of which, they are all brothers, who are closer than others, but the younger generation don't think so. Are there still few things that cause troubles? You guys are stubborn, you don't know how to die if you want to die like this?

As a result of the meeting, the young master of the Linghu family gathered the people around him. These people are also the most powerful against the royal family. He has now controlled 30% of the power of the entire family. , if he continues to take it slowly, he may grasp 50% or even more, but now the prime minister's words have brought it out? Those ministers in the imperial court belonged to the Linghu family. To be precise, they came to hang out with him. These people were discovered by His Majesty the Emperor. The capital is such a big place, and the various forces can be said to be intertwined. Your Majesty the Emperor The other side sent their own secret troops to investigate these things, and this kid Linghu knew what was going on right away? He must have his own response plan, otherwise his head might be lost for no reason? The emperor will not consider what family heir you are when he does things? As long as his rule is threatened, he can do anything.

"How are our people preparing? Some masters may appear recently. I feel that the power in the capital has changed. The emperor no longer believes in our Linghu family. Those imperial guards didn’t train much before? I’ve heard them yell loudly in the playground these days, we need to strengthen our defenses to prevent the royal family from suddenly attacking us.” Young Master Linghu replied After arriving at his study, he summoned the generals of the Linghu family. It would be a waste of time to ask those civil servants about military affairs. It is better to give orders to these people directly. Most of them follow him. ideas. It is believed that power comes from politics. Although they have a large army compared with the royal family, although they are a bit weaker, they still don't know who will win and who will lose in a real fight.

"Returning to the young master, a lot of our people have been taken away by His Majesty the Emperor recently. Recently, they ordered our two legions around the capital to go to the northern front. In fact, we can handle this matter. , you don’t need to let the two legions go to the northern front. It’s a pity that those old stubborn people in our family think that the empire is now in troubled times, and if the army of the Linghu family does not rush to the forefront, it is not defending the empire. After receiving the order from the elders of the family, the two armies went straight away without even saying a word. I'm under house arrest." This kid is in the same generation as Young Master Linghu. He is the rising star of the Linghu family in the military, although he is not very powerful, but there are quite a few followers.

"Yeah! The second brother is right. I knew it at the time. It's just that my official position is relatively low. I'm just a small garrison. I don't have any say in the transfer of the legion. , but I can keep 3,000 of my own men. They are the most elite fighters in the family, and I have hidden them in the west of the city, and they can rush in as long as you say a word." Another guy's eyes shot Speaking lightly, Young Master Linghu didn't think much about what this family said. Three thousand people, what are three thousand people in the entire capital? A drop of water is nothing compared to, even if you have 3,000 people inside, you can still defeat 30,000 people in the imperial court with one enemy. There are nearly 2 million troops living in the entire palace, what is 30,000 troops? A group of 3,000 people really rushed over and couldn't make a bubble out of it.

Although he thought so in his heart, his partner absolutely couldn't say that, these people were all his old team members. If I disregarded their face and said this directly, it might cause them to be dissatisfied. Now is a very important time, and I absolutely can't do such a thing. He patted the guy on the shoulder and said, "You guys go into battle! The chance to kill the enemy, as long as you have trained well and have high skills, they will survive when the war comes. It is a pity that our Linghu family's elite troops are all on the northern front line. It’s absolutely unfavorable. By the way, Cao Ke naturally doesn’t have our weapons. I think his weapon that can connect bows and arrows is absolutely good. This time I asked him for 5,000. It should be here. ?” The weapon Li Cong made for him has already arrived in the Eastern Empire, and his soldiers are already using it.

"Don't tell me about this, young master. This thing is really powerful. After our people use this thing and conduct a small-scale exercise, I dare say that as long as our people hold this chain crossbow, It is absolutely possible to use one against ten or even one against twenty. They are all proficient in using this weapon, and they have been training them recently, so I think it is better not to give them any tasks. When a military conflict really breaks out, they should rush at the last Ahead." The army manager just said what he meant, and Young Master Linghu didn't agree. When he saw Xiaoshuai Linghu shaking his head, the two of them looked at each other. Could it be that Xiaoshuai had other thoughts in his heart? It won't be long, will these people still hide in the snow?

That's right, this is what people want to hide in the snow, and Young Master Linghu already has their use in his heart. Young Master Linghu cleared his throat, and the two of them looked over. Young Master Linghu was very satisfied with the current feeling. The three of them are the younger generation of the Linghu family, but these two are willing to be under him. Listening to him, he feels very fulfilled. Sometimes ordering his brothers is better than ordering an outsider. And let yourself be more successful "About these five thousand people, I am not going to put them at the forefront when it comes to the front. They should be our last reserve army. Only when we are really about to fail can we take them Come out, if it is not enough, we can't take it out, His Majesty has more hole cards than us, and now we only have this one hole card, if we take it out, he will have no hole cards."

"What the young master said is that the two of us are too simple to think about things! We just want to improve our current situation at this stage. We didn't expect that there are still many secret troops in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor. We should keep this army. Take it out at the right time and it will definitely kill them all. Although His Majesty’s people have seen such a weapon on the northern front, they didn’t train against this weapon at all during their training. If they really match us, they will suffer. It may be very powerful, and each of these guys is a desperate person. There are still many people like Yulinjun High School. They will definitely rush up desperately, and many people will die by then." The person in the room The three of them all laughed when they heard such words, and they hoped that the Royal Forest Army would do things like this.

"However, we should be alert to some things recently. Let's take it recently! There are a lot of strangers in the capital, and we don't know which faction they belong to? But I'm sure They must have something to do with the royal family. These people have never appeared in the capital before, but they have not left any bad records. Even if we want to investigate them, it is not very easy. But my people use a few tricks I sent them all to the prison cells, but after a month or two they came out again. Although their faces were changed, my people could still recognize them at first glance. I think these people It should be bad for us." One of the guys thought of something that happened in the process of the Eastern Empire recently and said it.

"How big is our capital city, and how many people are there in our capital city? In such a big city, in a city with such a large population. More things may happen every day, not to mention that it is still an eventful season, Everyone in the entire capital can say that there are countless, as many as the hair of a cow, and they are not fools. They also feel that they are about to be born, so each of them has to mobilize their cronies to their side, Don’t you feel that there are already a lot of masters in the capital? In the past, there were relatively few eighth-level fighters, but now there are as many eighth-level fighters as there are dogs on the street, and there are even ninth-level fighters here. Quite a few, as for the army, take a look at the barracks around the capital, right? Some came directly with the order, and some came without the order."

As for some recent incidents, Young Master Linghu asked about being a Diaoyutai. There was nothing to worry about at all. In his opinion, it was very normal for such a thing to happen on the eve of the coup d'état. A part of their Linghu family would be confronted by the royal family immediately. Woke up, in fact, some members of the royal family are unwilling to confront the Linghu family, do they think the same as the older generation of the Linghu family? Everyone is a family. Why do we have to fight each other? It's just that the younger generation is tired of these words. They don't have the thoughts of the old people, and they don't have those Qin Qings. What they think is that as long as they can kill their opponents, no matter whether those people are their brothers or their own, they will do it. ? Otherwise, the person who died might be himself. Political struggles must not be soft-hearted. The soft-hearted party will definitely fail, and these young people will not be soft-hearted.

"Although there are not many people who can control the political situation in this capital, there are definitely a lot of people with great power. If we can't properly rectify these people, when we really confront the royal family, if they It’s okay for the two to stay at home honestly without helping each other, the main reason is that if they really come out, it will be a very troublesome thing for us, what will we do when the time comes? It’s really embarrassing.” Young Master Linghu looked Looking at the map of the capital, it is said that there are at least hundreds of families in this capital that have been developed for thousands of years. It is absolutely impossible to say that their families have no resistance at all. These are more or less hidden at home. One or two masters, although one or two of a family is not a majority, it is no match for the Linghu family, if hundreds or thousands of families gather together, this will be a very huge force that even the royal family cannot resist .

"Master, master is not good. Something big happened, something big happened, the urgent battle report from the northern front, our army of the Eastern Empire was defeated, just when the three of us were going to discuss something, a book boy ran in outside, he was panting He said loudly, the eyes of the young master Linghu lit up when he heard his words Has the northern battlefield finally been defeated? This is the truth he needs, this is the motivation he needs, it seems that the imperial court has a lot of troops to mobilize Heading to the northern battlefield. He immediately asked this person to come in to see how the Eastern Emperor's army failed on the front line? Although most of them are the elite of the Linghu family, it's nothing? Anyway, those troops stay in the capital. If you can listen to yourself, why don't you just go to the northern battlefield to save them and see how you bastards died?

The faces of the other two people are very ugly, they are not as hard-hearted as Young Master Linghu, their uncle and brothers are all on the Beidu battlefield. Those people are also unwilling to go to the northern battlefield to fight their lives, so what can they do? The imperial court has issued an order, unless you risk losing your head against the imperial court, the Linghu family has not yet broken face with the imperial court, as military generals, they should obey the dispatch of the military department and obey the orders of His Majesty the Emperor. The northern battlefield failed, don't they know they are still alive? These two people also stretched their necks to see what the battle report in Young Master Linghu's hand said. They don't know what's on the paper now, they can only see that the anger on Young Master Linghu's face has turned into peace, and peace has turned into joy. If they try to figure it out slowly, it should be the very failure of the northern battlefield. incredible.

It is true that there is no mistake in the northern battlefield. The failure this time can be said to be quite severe. Nearly 600 miles of land were lost. These lands are equivalent to the land of 15 provinces and 25 counties on the northern border of the Eastern Empire. . All of them were occupied by others. In just one month, the troops of Cao's House of Merchant occupied 25 counties and cities of the Eastern Empire. There is still a tendency to move forward. Two provincial capitals are already under attack. what's going on? Isn't the army of Cao's firm in a defensive position? How could it suddenly attack so powerfully? What the hell was going on in their minds? But this is not what young master Linghu cares about anymore, what young master Linghu wants to care about is which troops will be mobilized next, will he get some benefits from it?

"Hurry up, you two don't stand here and go to the military department to inquire about the news. By the way, the military department and the Taiwei have asked our people to ask and see what they think The northern battlefield lost nearly 30 million people this time. They must send a large number of troops there. This is not the main thing. The most important thing is that more than a dozen provinces on our northern border have fallen. Still don’t know how to live? The flames of war are on the territory of our Eastern Empire. I think His Majesty the Emperor will definitely mobilize a large number of troops in anger! This is what you two should pay attention to. See what troops he wants to mobilize. It's impossible for Ciguang to dispatch our Linghu family's army, we have lost too much! Even if he asks the family's high-level officials to be unwilling, let's see if we can get some benefits from it." Linghu The young master happily said this is strange? He was very happy that his country had failed.

In fact, if you put yourself in another place and stand next to Young Master Linghu, you may have the same expression as him. What Young Master Linghu lacks now is an opportunity. These troops around the capital will continue to hoard here. No matter how powerful your Linghu family is, but your emperor is against it, which is rebellion. On the surface, there will not be too many people supporting you, and the common people will scold you You are rebellious officials and thieves, the possibility of your failure is relatively high. If you want to rebel, you must be stronger than the royal family. But now their strength is not that strong. The northern battlefield is like this. A large number of troops will definitely Transferred to the north, at this time there will be a defensive emptiness in the capital, and I have to take advantage of this emptiness to do something, the fate of the imperial family is at stake.

Some small things at home are small things to the other two people in this room. After hearing what Young Master Linghu said, they immediately put their uncle and brother aside. Can't help much, now we have to do our own thing, that is to go to the military headquarters to find out what troops will leave the capital, just like Linghu Xiaoshao also said. We also want to gain benefits. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Although they knew that Young Master Linghu had a connection with Cao Jia Firm, they did not expect that they would attack on a large scale for Young Master Linghu. Since ancient times, wars have always been If one kills one thousand enemies and loses eight hundred, the Eastern Empire will suffer tens of millions of casualties, and the army of Cao's House will surely suffer a lot of casualties. Young Master Linghu also knew that this was an opportunity for him. It might be that Li Cong gave him this opportunity, but if he couldn't grasp it, such an opportunity might not exist in the future.

At this moment, everyone in the Eastern Empire already knew the bad news that couldn't be worse. His Majesty the Emperor held an imperial meeting overnight, and the ministers who had just returned home and hadn't sat down on their asses immediately beat the palace. It can be said that the failure was completely beyond their expectations. General Linghu should not be such a person. He is very confident in fighting battles. What's disgusting is that the battle report also said that General Linghu himself was injured. It's no wonder that an injured general can't do much on the front line? And he has already failed. For the soldiers on the front line, the confidence blow is the most severe. There are hundreds of millions of troops who have lost 30 million and can still hold on. But if the confidence is gone, this war will not be far from failure. up. The thing to be solved now is to immediately send another general to lead the frontline army.

According to His Majesty the Emperor's will, increasing troops to the front should continue to weaken the Linghu family. The Linghu family currently has fifteen legions in the Eastern Empire. In total, fifty legions have been transferred to thirty-five of them. Legion, now if you continue to drop these legions, you can solve the urgent need of the empire, but after this plan was put forward, some ministers in the court began to stand up to oppose it, either because there is a need for this legion, or it is because they often come from the front line There are various reasons for withdrawing but not being able to transfer, but this will also allow His Majesty to see clearly which of his court ministers is really with him and which of them is with the Linghu family. There are many people who should follow him. He didn't expect this to stand up and speak to the Linghu family. Don't say that you are considering for the empire. It is absolutely impossible for people who can achieve this position not to stand in line.

The imperial court of the empire can be said to be in a mess up to now, even among the people, the common people are also a little scared when they speak, and they are also afraid that those people really came directly from the north, how could they be defeated so quickly within a month Over time, dozens of counties and cities were lost. If the war continues like this, it will be just around the corner to reach the capital. The common people panicked. Bad news also came from the southern coastal area at this time, that is, the discovery of a large enemy fleet. There are about a thousand warships, how is this possible? In the past, when they attacked, there were at most a dozen ships, hundreds or even two hundred at most. It was absolutely impossible for such a large-scale warship to appear. The Emperor of Power Nation collapsed immediately when he received the news. So much bad news?

I have been the emperor for so many years, and in the first half of my life, everything I did was smooth and smooth. How come there are so many troubles at this time? General Linghu had never lost a battle in his entire life, so why did he lose a battle at this time? The pirates on the southern coast did not come sooner or later, but they came at this time. Is all this a coincidence? His Majesty the Emperor heard the re-report from these court ministers? Then he looked at the ministers of the Linghu family below, and found that these guys looked at him with evasive eyes. What do they mean by this? Could it be that this matter is due to the good traditions of their entire Linghu family, and the big defeat on the front line was also deliberately created by them? Suddenly, the emperor felt that his hands were shaking, and the front line was led by General Linghu. It may not be easy to win this war, but it is very simple for him to lose this war. He just needs to run away. If the pirates on the southern coast have something to do with Linghu, tell him when to come. When will you come?

No, now this matter can't proceed according to the original plan, and I don't know exactly what the situation is. If I continue to send the troops of the Linghu family, they will form an unprecedentedly large group on the front line. It was also impossible for all the pro-military forces in the past. The army of the Linghu family was assembled immediately. This is a very terrible signal for His Majesty the Emperor. The Linghu army continues to disperse, they must not be brought together, and the ministers of the Linghu family in the court should kill them, kill them, let them get out of this place, get out of here, the next They must not be allowed to continue to participate in the matter. It is not good for them to participate in it.

There is basically no good news in the past few days, but the bad news comes one after another. The first bad news is that the army of Cao's firm has evacuated all the more than 20 cities in the north. Without leaving behind, hundreds of millions of ordinary people were directly taken away. It is said that they were working as coolies to build some kind of road here. It can be said that that kind of thing is very hard, even if it is raining. The kind of road with water or something Or do we have to keep moving forward? If the emperor of the empire would have been very interested in this thing in the past, but now his own empire can no longer protect it, what is the use of such a thing, the second bad news is that pirates are attacking continuously in the south Dozens of cities, this time is different from before, they brought the army to attack, after they hit a county, they want the army to go up and occupy the county, and they have no intention of retreating, the previous life At most it's just grabbing some money.

It seems that they have ambitions for the territory of the Eastern Empire. Things like money are no longer attractive to them. The emperor of the Eastern Empire feels like the end of the world. In just one day, the north lost twelve counties and the south lost Thirty-seven counties, if both sides are added up, over a hundred counties are no longer within the scope of my jurisdiction, how can this be tolerated by myself? I usually say that I am the greatest emperor of the Eastern Empire, and I didn't lose my territory with my previous vitality. Now I have lost my territory. This treatment of the great emperor is simply a joke.