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Chapter 289 - Qin Gui's Plot

Everyone ate and drank to their heart's content before finally dispersing.

Zhang Jun's face still carried an excited and wild expression. In his opinion, using so many troops this time, with the help of the Nvzhen, eliminating Zhao Chen shouldn't be a problem.

"Zhao Chen, oh Zhao Chen, you are just a despicable and useless person, you are just a little cunning! However, in the face of absolute power, all schemes and tricks were nothing! Yet you dare to dream of obtaining the world, how laughable! How can you hope to live in this world? You merely have Guan Shan s, Chuan Shu s, etc. How can you contend against His Majesty who possesses Jiangnan and the female true master of the Central Plains? "Haha, I think I can already see the scene of you being stepped on by me. Just thinking about it makes me feel great!" Zhang Jun laughed loudly.

Two years ago, his entire Zhang Jia Jun was annihilated, but in these two years, he picked out another 80,000 soldiers from the allied army and re-established his Zhang Jia Jun! It was just that the current Zhang Jia Jun did not have any combat experience, so her strength was far inferior to before!

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu also came out from the City Lord's Mansion, and at this moment, they had already arrived at the walls of Chang An.

The mountains and rivers in the distance were picturesque, but both of them were in a bad mood.

"His Majesty has teamed up with Liu Yu and the Nvzhen. Logically speaking, they are our enemies! Right now, the two Overlords are still being held by the Nvzhen, this is a great disgrace to us Chinese! How can we ally with them? " Liang Hongyu said somewhat angrily.

"Your Majesty has no other choice." Han Shizhong said.

"If His Majesty hadn't been the emperor back then, how great would that have been?" Liang Hongyu suddenly said.

"You can't say such words! Since His Majesty was already the emperor, he was the lord of the world! We definitely wouldn't have second thoughts towards His Majesty! " Han Shizhong said.

"I got it!" However, His Majesty's actions have truly chilled me. " Liang Hongyu laughed bitterly.

Han Shizhong stood there silently, but after a long while, he also sighed.

At this moment, in the distant Jiangnan region, the weather was exceptionally cold.

In the Lian City's Imperial Palace, it was a magnificent place. After five years of construction, this place was actually no longer under the Kai Feng Imperial Palace from before. More than ten palaces stood there, surrounded by four huge gardens. During the winter, the La Plum was in full bloom, and the fragrance of the flowers was floating in the air. It was extremely alluring. Within the Imperial Palace, the number of eunuchs amounted to two thousand. These eunuchs were newly recruited by Zhao Gou after he came to the Linan. As for the number of palace maids, it had already exceeded three thousand, and in these past few years, the number of concubines bestowed by Zhao Gou had also exceeded two hundred.

was currently sitting there, with a few of his concubines surrounding him.

Below, countless palace maids were dancing. These palace maids were exceptionally dressed in revealing attire, and Zhao Gou's eyes revealed a perverted luster from time to time. In just a few short years, Zhao Gou had already fallen to such a state. In the past, when he was only the vassal lord, he tried his best to go up, and he also knew how to recruit heroes from all over the world. However, ever since he became the emperor, his status was supreme, he had no one to restrict him, he could do whatever he wanted, and he was no longer the same as before.

Zhao Chen was diligent with national affairs every day and he didn't even have a few days of rest per year. On the other hand, he, Zhao Gou, spent his days and drank happily. They were both emperors, but the difference between them was extremely huge.

Your Majesty, Lord Qin Qin Gui requests an audience! At this time, a eunuch came to Zhao Gou's side and said.

"Let him in!" Zhao Gou frowned and said.

He waved his hand, and immediately, all the imperial concubines and palace maids retreated, the Funing Hall finally returning to silence.

After a long while, an abnormally 'upright' official entered the Funing Hall. It was Qin Gui.

"Men, come and sit at Lord Qin's table!" Zhao Gou said.

Someone brought over a chair, and Qin Gui sat down.

"Sir Qin, why have you come today?" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, the people will rule the world! We are about to have a great battle with the Emperor Xuanwu, we must fight for the hearts of the people. " Qin Gui said.

"Oh? People's hearts? Hmph, they are just a bunch of lowly commoners, why would they care about what they think! Now that we have the Henan million strong army, the Hebei 300,000 strong army and Liu Yu's 300000 strong army, with so many troops, if we want to kill that brat Zhao Chen, it won't be a problem at all. Why would we care about the hearts of the people? " Zhao Gou said coldly.

"Your Majesty, that Emperor Xuanwu was once a Crown Prince after all. He still has a Imperial Jade Seal in his hands, so many people in Jiangnan fall for him. This is extremely disadvantageous for your Majesty's rule! Your Majesty, there are some things that we should do first! We still can't give up on things like buying out the people's hearts. " Qin Gui said.

"Tell me, how do you buy back the hearts of the people?" Zhao Gou thought about it and said.

Zhao Gou was actually quite smart, he also had a lot of political wisdom. During this year, there were always fights in the imperial court, mainly because of, Yang Shi, Wang Boyan and the rest. It was only until two months ago when Qin Gui and Yang Shi obtained complete victory, when Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan were removed from their positions, that Qin Gui could become the Prime Minister while Yang Shi could become the Deputy Prime Minister. Zhao Gou felt that this Qin Gui had some skills, he wanted to see what moves Qin Gui would use.

"Your Majesty, there are simply too many concubines and maids in this palace. The commoners are all discussing amongst themselves. Your Majesty, we should dismiss some of your concubines and maids." Qin Gui said.

"This …" Zhao Gou frowned. He had been enjoying his life all these years, so he would definitely not be willing to let his concubines and palace maids leave.

"Your Majesty, you only need to give the order to disperse two thousand imperial concubines and palace maids! When this decree was spread to the commoners, they would naturally praise His Majesty! As for whether His Majesty has truly dismissed those people or not, the commoners have no idea! " Qin Gui said.

"Good, this method isn't bad. This Emperor has agreed to it!" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, the commoners have always said that you have inherited the throne as the vassal lord. It seems that your reputation is unfair, and we must change that as well." Qin Gui said.

"Humph!" Back then, I had no choice but to do this in order to save the world! Those lowly commoners actually dare to say that their reputations are unjust and unjustifiable. They deserve to die a thousand times for their crimes! " Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, we can fake an imperial edict! It was said that when the two Overlords left Kaifeng, they left behind an imperial edict! They think that the Crown Prince is really too young. In this chaotic world, the Crown Prince isn't enough for me to shoulder this heavy responsibility, so I ordered your majesty to inherit the throne as the Emperor Kang. What do you think? " Qin Gui said.

"Ugh!" Zhao Gou was stunned, not because this idea was too bad, but because this idea was too good!

All these years, because of his identity, he was very angry, but now that Qin Gui had just become the Prime Minister, he could immediately solve this problem, it was simply too amazing.

"We can also fake an imperial edict and say that it was two emperors who ordered their princes to serve you! If he does not agree, then we will attack him together! " Qin Gui said again.

"Not bad, this is great." Zhao Gou was overjoyed.

"Your Majesty should also give the order that we will head north to fight with the Nvzhen in order to regain the hearts of the people." Qin Gui said.

"But we were clearly fighting against that lowly brat Zhao Chen." Zhao Gou said.

"This is only the means of His Majesty! The people all desire to take back the Central Plains, we are just trying to comfort them! " Qin Gui laughed.

"That's right." Zhao Gou nodded.

"Your Majesty, actually, there are many other methods to bribe the people. This humble subject will tell you one by one." Qin Gui said.

As he slowly spoke, these were all methods to win over the hearts of others. Zhao Gou was both surprised and happy to hear this, thinking that this Qin Gui was truly a great genius, far surpassing both Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan in terms of talent, and surpassing them back then as well. What Zong Ze said made him unhappy, but what Qin Gui said made him extremely happy.

"Your Majesty, the Jiangnan scholars are extremely powerful, this humble subject has already agreed to Yang Shi's request, for Cheng Xing and Cheng Yi to enter the temple and to accept the Spring and Autumn Sacrifice! This was also a method to take back the Confucian heart! If His Majesty were to do so, all of Jiangnan's scholars will definitely support him! " After a long while, Qin Gui said again.

"This …" Zhao Gou frowned slightly.

The people inside the temple were disciples of Confucius and Confucius, so it wouldn't be appropriate to include Cheng Feng and Cheng Yi in the temple as well. The two of them were also from the Song Dynasty. There had never been a king who treated the ministers from the dynasty as saints.

"Your Majesty, this is the only way to win over the hearts and minds of the people." Qin Gui said.

"We need to think carefully about this matter!" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, from now on, you have to join the books written by Cheng Feng and Cheng Yi." Qin Gui said again.

"That's fine!" Zhao Gou said.

"If this news gets out, those scholars will definitely be extremely excited!" Qin Gui laughed.

Zhao Gou smiled and nodded.

"Your Majesty, there is another important matter!" Qin Gui said again.

"What is it?" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, we have just returned from the Dajin! He said that the Golden Man was also mobilizing his army. Soon, the Golden Man Army would also head south! Once we eliminate Zhao Chen together, the two of us will use the Yangtze River as our line and never invade each other again. " Qin Gui said.

"I already knew about this." Zhao Gou said.

"Your majesty, I want to say that when we attack the Guan Shan, we will have to follow the commands of the Jinguo's Wanyan Zongwang!" Qin Gui said.

"This …" Zhao Gou was startled, and asked: "Why do we need to accept their orders?"

"Your Majesty, the female Genuine Soldiers are invincible, and the female Genius Generals are also far stronger than me, the General. Do you think so?" Qin Gui said.

Zhao Gou was quiet for a moment, then nodded his head.

"This is it. In order to obtain victory in this war, we will let Wanyan Zongwang take command! If we allow Zong Ze, Han Shizhong and the others to command us, their abilities will not be as good as Wanyan Zongwang's, I am afraid that they might not even be able to win! " Qin Gui said.

"That's right, I will give the order to Zong Ze, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and the others, and have them listen to the orders given by the Nvzhen!" Zhao Gou said.

Walking out of the palace, Qin Gui had a faint smile on his face.

The cold wind whistled, but Qin Gui felt his heart burning with passion.

"I wonder how Nvzhen is preparing? If the two families join forces, we should be able to eliminate the Emperor Xuanwu, right? There won't be much of a problem! After we destroy the Emperor Xuanwu, we will negotiate with them! Moqi was able to tell from her return that the Nvzhen did not want to fight anymore. They only wanted to enjoy themselves! After we destroy the Emperor Xuanwu, the world will be at peace! " Qin Gui secretly thought.

As for the territories in the north, and what happens to the citizens, Qin Gui did not care about this issue at all.