Chapter 175 175 The General’s Dead Wife 44

Emperor Wu disappeared.

It wasn't until Concubine Shu was shouting everywhere in the palace that Emperor Wu dismissed the palace people in the imperial garden and knocked her unconscious that everyone knew that Emperor Wu was missing.

At this critical moment, Emperor Wu disappeared.

In the eyes of almost everyone, they thought he had escaped.

After all, if Wu was really defeated, others would still have a way to survive. Emperor Wu, the former emperor, would definitely die. No wonder he abandoned the country and fled.

In the court without a monarch, Wu's ministers quarreled endlessly.

"Surrender, you must surrender. The emperor has already escaped. Is it possible that we still have to wait here to die?"

"I would rather die in battle than surrender without a fight. Have you all forgotten that before, you all clamored for a war?"

"Today is different from the past. There are only a few cities left in Wu Kingdom, and the emperor has also run away. Do you think we can still make a comeback?"

"No, we can't surrender. Once the emperor and his ministers became the masters of the Song Dynasty, we won't be able to live the good life we ​​have now. We can't surrender."

"But……"

"no……"

The two groups each insisted on their own opinions and argued endlessly.

The former prime minister closed his eyes and meditated, listening to these words in one ear and out the other. After all, he had already made the best choice, and there was no need to worry about anything else.

On the other side, Taifu Guan's eyes fell on his face, thoughtfully.

Before the ministers could make a fuss about the next court, a eunuch from the palace came to the previous court with an imperial edict.

"There is a decree from the Holy One. I feel that my morals are lacking and I am not worthy of the throne of the Wu Kingdom. I also deeply feel that the Song Emperor... I am willing to surrender the Wu Kingdom to the Song Kingdom and bow my head as a vassal from now on. To show my sincerity, all the possessions of the Wu Kingdom

The city opened its gates wide to welcome the Song army, and no one should be slow to wait... Sir, please obey the holy will."

As the eunuch finished reciting the imperial edict, the eyes of the ministers below the court flashed with surprise and disbelief, but their faces were different.

They all knew Emperor Yong'an very well. He was not someone who was willing to surrender to others. He ran away just to make a comeback. It was impossible to admit defeat so easily.

It's just that this imperial edict came just in time, and the emperor said he would surrender. It was none of their business, as it seemed to give everyone a step down.

The original prime minister was the first to kneel on the ground and loudly said, "I have accepted the order."

When the ministers belonging to the former prime minister's party saw this, they all knelt down and shouted: "The Emperor is wise."

Taifu Guan hesitated for a moment and finally knelt down as well.

In an instant, more than half of the entire court knelt down.

It was just the group of people from the royal family who stood there with their necks stiffened and insisted not to admit that the edict was written by Emperor Wu. After all, the change of ownership of the Wu Kingdom had the greatest impact on them.

But no matter who came to see it, the handwriting on this imperial edict was indeed written by Emperor Wu himself.

Coupled with the approval of the former Prime Minister and others, these royal people could only watch helplessly as they issued orders through the identity of Emperor Wu.

When Emperor Wu's imperial edict was announced in the streets and alleys and spread throughout the country of Wu, the Song army came all the way to the capital of Wu without any obstruction.

As for those members of the Wu royal family who were reluctant to part with their current status and even dreamed of becoming the next Wu Emperor, they were all imprisoned by the Song army who came immediately as soon as they returned to their fiefdom to gather troops.

The Kingdom of Wu was also officially taken over by the Song Army, waiting for follow-up arrangements from Qin Xingye.

Mingyue led a group of bandit soldiers to carry Emperor Wu to a slum in an alley northwest of Kyoto, and threw him into a pile of homeless people.

Before leaving, Mingyue also told the refugees: "This man is suffering from hysteria and his brain is unclear. He always thinks that he is the emperor of Wu. It is really ridiculous."

Then when the refugees denounced Emperor Wu as not a good person and a useless snack who had lost his ancestral heritage, Mingyue and others left.

Whether Emperor Wu will live or die in the future depends on his own fate.

Of course, it would be even more cruel if he returned to the palace. The Kingdom of Wu did not need an emperor who was still alive and well.

Moreover, the minister sent by Qin Xingye is already on the way, and I heard that he is still the extremely powerful young Prime Minister.

As for Mingyue and others, it's time for them to return to the court and discuss their merits and reward them.

The more than two hundred bandit soldiers who followed Mingyue were extremely excited after knowing this.

However, General Zhou would not go with Mingyue because he still had to deal with the aftermath, and he looked extremely disappointed.

"Military advisor, I feel uneasy without you. Why don't you wait a little longer and let's go to the capital together?" There are differences between men and women. General Zhou did not dare to pull Mingyue and could only look at her eagerly.

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Mingyue felt funny when she saw it. She was just thinking about Qin Xingye's letter which said, "The flowers are blooming on the road, but you can come back slowly." She finally shook her head: "Your Majesty is in such a hurry, I have to go. I

I’ll wait for you in Kyoto, and then we’ll go to the best restaurant to have a few drinks.”

How can Lord Zhou compete with His Majesty to steal people?

So no matter how unhappy he felt, he could only nod his head: "Have a good trip, military advisor!"

Mingyue smiled at him: "General Zhou, I hope everything goes well!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

The return journey of Mingyue and others was not fast, mainly because they were held back by the refugees.

Now that the war has ended, Wu and Song have become one family, and the refugees of Wu are also the people of Song. Of course, she will save them if she can, and help if she can.

Along the way, she contacted the county government to make arrangements for the relief of the refugees. The refugees who were willing to return to their hometowns were allowed to go back to their hometowns. The refugees who were unwilling were assigned local household registration in those small counties and became ordinary people again.

Half of the resulting expenses came from the national treasury, and the other half came from IOUs written by the refugees, who repaid a certain amount on time every month, similar to a modern loan to buy one's own ID card and land.

In addition to the refugees, there are still many people who have turned into bandits on the roads of Wu State. This has touched the hearts of the bandits. They used to be mountain bandits, and it was not until they met the boss that they became what they are today.

Therefore, the bandit soldiers know best how to deal with these bandits, and when they see these bandits taking action against innocent people, they realize how the boss originally viewed them.

It turned out that they had really done something wrong, no wonder the boss lied to them.

The bandit soldiers are not fools, just once or twice. Each time they have clearly made great contributions. Those ordinary soldiers with different identities from them have been promoted, but they are still a group of bandits without numbers and status.

soldiers.

Gradually, they understood that in fact they were not valued by His Majesty, they were just the boss's subordinates and a knife in the boss's hand.

But the boss is so powerful. She has led them to see too many gorgeous scenery and led them to experience a satisfying and exciting life. She has turned them into such outstanding people that they cannot complain about her no matter how much they do.

So that's it, even if it's a lie.

They enjoyed it like glutinous rice.

In fact, every bandit soldier knows that the most common lie told by the boss is to be granted a title of lord or general.
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