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Chapter 1275: Under the Storm, the Seedlings Sprout
When Yun Chu arrived at the gate of the county government office, he found that the people from the Hundred Cavalry Division had already left, leaving behind only six black cannons with blue smoke still coming out of the muzzles.

Yun Chu thought for a moment, then told Lu Zhaolin and Wu Chengsi who had come out with him, "Place the cannons in the front yard of the county government office, with the muzzles facing outward. If anyone barges in rudely, fire at him."

Lu Zhaolin stuttered, "Blast him?"

Yun Chu roared, "Are they allowed to blast me, but I am not allowed to blast him?"

Seeing that the county magistrate was angry, Lu Zhaolin immediately ordered the yamen runners to drag the six heavy cannons back to the county yamen. Seeing that Wu Chengsi had not left yet, he smiled awkwardly and said, "This is a big trouble."

Wu Chengsi looked at the six cannons and said quietly, "There are no shells... But it's very encouraging. Your Excellency is still one step ahead of us."

Perhaps because there were cannons in the county government office, the people who stayed in the government office seemed to be a lot more relaxed. The children stopped crying, the women no longer frowned and cried secretly, and even the men's faces showed a bit more determination.

When we have no power to resist, we are just lambs to be slaughtered. After we have a little power to resist, people in despair at least know that they are no longer lambs to be slaughtered, and at least they still have the ability to bite the enemy.

If you can't survive, then kill the fucker. This is the general idea of ​​the people living in the Wannian County Government Office.

Wu Chengsi held his son tightly in his arms and was able to serve food to Yun Chu flexibly. At this moment, he looked more like a virtuous woman than a capable official.

To be honest, the ones who suffered the greatest losses in this shelling incident were the brothers Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, but not the third one.

Except for the child in his arms, Wu Chengsi's wife, eldest son, concubine and others were all killed in the explosion.

He was the only one who escaped from Wu Sansi's family.

As for the residence of Prince Yong and the mansion of Princess Taiping, which were razed to the ground by artillery fire, they looked miserable, but there was basically no loss of life. Those who died were either guards, servants, eunuchs, or palace maids.

When those wealthy families were bombarded by artillery fire, they were also very smart. When the gates were blocked, the important people had already escaped through the tunnels.

Digging tunnels at home was almost a basic practice for wealthy families. Only the two outsiders, the brothers Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, were completely unaware of the frequent tragedies of entire families in Chang'an, and as a result, they had no place to hide when the artillery bombardment occurred.

Yun Chu asked Wu Chengsi to sit down and eat with him.

Wu Chengsi did not refuse. He sat down with the child in his arms, feeding the baby millet oil with a small spoon while talking to Yun Chu in a low voice.

"In two days, the cannon incident will be over, my lord. Will there be any investigation afterwards?"

Yun Chu put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Thunder and rain are all grace from the Lord."

Wu Chengsi paused with the spoon in his hand and said, "In other words, the current emperor really thinks of himself as a god? If one person makes a mistake, he will punish the whole world?"

Yun Chu said: "There is a story in the newly published Buddhist scriptures. It says that the king of a small country was angry because of something else and overturned the offering table, causing the gods in the sky to not eat the offerings. Therefore, the gods did not bring rain to that small country. They also said that unless a small yellow dog could lick up a mountain of flour as big as a mountain, an oil lamp could burn a thick iron lock, and a chicken could peck up a mountain of rice as high as a mountain, then rain would fall on that small country.

So, emperors are all narrow-minded, especially when they have unlimited power. The way they punish people is no longer simple killing, but the main purpose is to demonstrate their own authority.

This time, you brothers are actually two chess pieces used by others to deter the Queen's ambition. If you survive, you survive. Your Majesty's goal has been achieved."

Wu Chengsi changed the position of Yun Chu's dishes, sat down again and said, "Your Excellency, you are so patient this time, is it for the Iron City?"

Yun Chu nodded and said, "If iron farm tools become popular, even if His Majesty brings disaster again, the people will be able to resist for a while longer."

Wu Chengsi took a bite of the dish and said, "Yes, Kuafu chasing the sun and Yugong moving the mountain, although they are both acts against the heavenly power, they are also the most intense resistance that mortals like us can think of."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "Since you can think of this step, it means that this death is not necessarily a disaster for you personally."

Wu Chengsi wiped the tears from his face and said, "My Lord, I am extremely heartbroken."

Yun Chu looked at Wu Chengsi for a moment and said, "The rice soup is getting cold..."

The artillery fire finally stopped after raging in Chang'an for six days.

On the second day after the sound of artillery fire stopped, Yun Chu issued an order that no firecrackers should be burned in Chang'an City... no more puppet shows, and even the random beating of drums was not allowed!
After a storm, although we cannot say that the sky is clear again, at least the evil spirits hiding in the dark will show their heads.

Ghosts and monsters include but are not limited to Wen Huan, Li Chengxiu, Yao Chong, Zhong Kui...

Compared with them, the Wu brothers, Lu Zhaolin, and Yang Jiong were actually people that Yun Chu put in front of the emperor to vent his anger or to exchange pieces.

With the unremitting efforts of Wen Huan, Li Chengxiu, Yao Chong and Zhong Kui, Yun Chu finally completed the grand layout of Chang'an.

The 481 village heads and neighborhood heads in Chang'an are all controlled by people from the Yun, Wen, Di and Li families. The managers of nearly 1,400 government treasuries in Chang'an are basically held by people from these four families. Even the tax collectors in charge of collecting taxes are from these four families in Chang'an.

During a disaster, it is difficult for people to pay attention to what the ants on the ground look like. When the thunderclouds released by Li Zhi gradually dissipated, people's focus was still on whether the thunderclouds would gather again. No one cared about the new faces that appeared in the yamen.

Yun Chu allowed a large number of people who were not under his command to appear in Chang'an and Wannian counties, and he would never allow those in positions to do practical work to disobey him at important times.

After completing the layout thoroughly, Yun Chu no longer looked down upon the new positions that appeared after the bombardment.

He honestly reported the vacancy in Chang'an to the emperor and had no intention of placing anyone there.

However, given his current status, even if he didn't want it, the emperor would still leave him a large number of positions according to the principle of sharing the fruits, so as to appease his disturbed heart during this period.

There has always been a principle regarding the emperor’s things: I can give, but you can’t take it away.

This is especially true for the Li Tang royal family.

Therefore, when the emperor's secretary Yun Jin came to Li Zhi holding his father's memorial, he seemed particularly frightened.

Li Zhi glanced at Yun Jin and said, "Your father has always been a man who never gives in even when he is right. But this time he behaves so humbly. Tell me, what is the reason?"

Yun Jin placed the memorial on the emperor's desk, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Majesty, please dismiss the attendants."

Li Zhi glanced at Yun Jin, who was sweating profusely, and said, "It seems that the situation is very serious."

As he spoke, he waved his hand to let the eunuchs and maids around him leave, leaving only the chief eunuch Pingchun. After everyone left and the door was closed, Li Zhi leaned over to look at Yun Jin and said, "Tell me, your father did those things that are intolerable to heaven."

Yun Jin wiped the sweat off his face and said, "When Your Majesty was punishing those guys who coveted the country's most important weapon, my father deliberately reduced the number of guards around him to avoid suspicion, so that he was taken advantage of while bathing."

Li Zhi was surprised and said, "Beauty trap? But this trick shouldn't be of any use to your father, right?"

Yun Jin knelt on the ground and said, "The beauty trap is a joke to my father. The problem lies in the beauty that appeared this time..."

A flame seemed to appear in Li Zhi's deep eyes. He looked at Yun Jin and said, "Is the beauty that old woman?"

Yun Jin said tremblingly, "It was Taiping. However, when my father saw her, he immediately wrapped her in a big towel. He also said that he had swaddled Li Si and Yun Jin before, but this was the first time he had swaddled Taiping."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi immediately stood up, took off the jade belt from his waist, and started beating Yun Jin. While being beaten, Yun Jin defended himself by saying, "My father is really wronged..."

Li Zhi hit Yun Jin's shoulder with his belt and yelled, "How could this idiot Yun Chu not know that Taiping broke into his bathhouse? Even if he didn't have guards around him, with his ability, he couldn't find Taiping hiding in the bathhouse?
This bastard just wants to laugh at my joke, I’ll let you laugh at my joke…”

Seeing that Li Zhi was beating him harder and harder, Yun Jin raised his hands to block him and said, "My father only has a fatherly love for Taiping. There is no love between a man and a woman. Your Majesty, please understand."

Li Zhi beat him more and more vigorously, and even felt that beating with a belt was not enough to vent his anger, so he kicked him.

"How could I not know that this was the Queen's plan? I know. How could Yun Chu, the local tyrant in Chang'an, not know about it? He could have avoided it, but he let Taiping enter his bathhouse just to make fun of me, to make fun of me for not managing my household properly and not educating my adopted son.

I will not be able to vent my anger unless I beat you to death today."

Yun Jin saw that the emperor knew everything and understood everything, so he stopped making excuses. Anyway, he was wearing soft armor under his official uniform and on his arms, and he was also strong, so it was okay for him to let the old and frail emperor whip him a few times to vent his anger.

So he just used his hands to protect his head and let the emperor beat him like a storm.

Sure enough, after a moment, the emperor could no longer hold on, threw away his belt, and fell on the couch, panting, letting the eunuch Pingchun stroke his chest to calm him down.

Seeing that the emperor was about to gasp for breath, Yun Jin quickly said, "My father never meant to laugh at your majesty."

Li Zhi panted as he said, "He...didn't smile on the surface, but deep down...he was laughing so hard that he almost...died."

"My father wouldn't dare."

"Don't dare? He once laughed at the promiscuity of the Princess of the Tang Dynasty in front of me, and even said that it was a pity that he had never experienced the taste of the Princess of the Tang Dynasty in his life!"

When Yun Jin heard the emperor say this, he immediately covered his ears and said, "A son should not listen to his father."

Li Zhi stood up panting and kicked Yun Jin again, saying, "He even discussed the sexual intercourse between me and the Queen with others. This is extremely disrespectful, extremely disrespectful, and I will never forgive him.

Bastard, bastard—

I will never forgive him!"