Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 5 My King, I want to share the Kingdom of Shu with the laborers!
At this time, on the secret meeting place where they met Li Ke, all the leaders knelt down in a large area.

"My king understands what you mean. The court can't kill the whole of Chengdu no matter what."

"However, it's not safe enough now. If you want to really make Ting worry, you must involve the entire Shu Kingdom."

"You are willing to die for this king, and this king will always remember your contributions."

"But before that, besides Shuangliu, where the king will be staying, there are eight other county towns. Those corrupt and hateful gentry, let them die."

"The common people follow this king. I dare not say that everyone is rich and powerful, but at least when there is a disaster year, the first one to go hungry should not be the common people."

"You pay taxes to support the court, and pay land rent to support those dog thieves, and those dog thieves should protect you."

"If they can't do it, then die!"

Li Ke's voice was sonorous and powerful.

"Is your highness your ideal..."

The scarred face of the big leader Ma Liuzhi instantly showed a look of shock.

He thought that in order to understand the aftermath of the locust plague in Shu, the king of Shu came forward to use them to grab food from the gentry and tide over the difficulties.

This is already a great favor.

I never thought that his governance philosophy seems to be to protect everyone!

"My lord, I want to share the Kingdom of Shu with the laborers. The national strength of the Kingdom of Shu is the guarantee of their lives!"

Li Ke's words instantly triggered the Mind Blast skill.

"His Royal Highness, your grand ideals, if the grassroots can participate in it, you will die without regret!"

Ma Liuzhi's face was full of fanaticism, and he grabbed the ground with his head, thumping loudly.

"Willing to go through fire and water for His Highness, I will die!"

Everyone at the scene, with fanatical eyes, bowed down together.

An atmosphere of unity of one mind floated back and forth throughout the scene, igniting the hottest enthusiasm in everyone's heart.

It turns out that the dividends of the country may not be shared with the gentry, but may also be shared with the common people.

Together with the laborers, share the world!
If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening!

【Ding!The host triggers the Super Psychic Explosion skill, and everyone present becomes fanatical and loyal to the host permanently. 】

The system beep sounded.

"Your Highness, the food and grass in the city have been distributed among the common people, but we have not moved the seized weapons of 7000 men and horses, 4000 horses, and about [-] million taels of cash."

"It's hidden in the forest south of the city. Now leave the hiding place to His Highness, so that we can rest assured and carry out His Highness's orders."

Ma Liuzhi walked in front of the horse on his knees, holding a piece of rice paper with both hands.

Zhang Tong next to him hurried forward to take it and handed it to Li Ke.

"Nonsense, you just need to use the weapon, just take it."

"As for the cash, you can just use it to make weapons. As long as you capture other cities, the food can be distributed to the people."

"As for the food and grass in the future, I will try to solve it myself. You will wait for three days to build weapons and then act."

Li Ke did the math, the effect of a speech can last for 20 days, and the ignited emotions can spread. It's only the first day, so he's not in a hurry.

As for weapons, it is best to solve them in reality. Points are for emergency use and cannot be completely relied on.

"I'll obey!"

After Ma Liuzhi and others bowed their hands and bowed their hands, they resigned complacently.

"If you take down other cities, the entire Shu Kingdom will be named Li."

Li Ke looked at their leaving backs and smiled with satisfaction.

……

Three days later, the entire ten counties of the Shu Kingdom, except for Shuangliu County and Chengdu, where the gentry had already been slaughtered, the remaining eight counties were all caught in war.

The hungry and impoverished people turned against each other and revolted after Ma Liuzhi's men killed them outside the city.

They hung the fat gentry and officials on the city gate tower, opened all the grain merchants' warehouses, and distributed grain.

He also voluntarily did not move any gold and silver, and asked Ma Liuzhi's men to pack and seal them up after they entered the city.

In almost three days, a large circle of corpses hung on the walls of all the county towns in the entire Shu Kingdom except Shuangliu and Chengdu, floating in the wind, looking extremely terrifying.

But the people who were originally hungry and distressed suddenly got better.

Ma Liuzhi's men and horses piled up like a snowball to a full 30 people, almost half of the young and strong in the entire Shu Kingdom.

Those craftsmen who knew Li Ke's governance philosophy and wanted to share the world with the laborers spontaneously forged weapons for free.

In addition to the necessary kitchen knives, almost all the iron in the city has been smelted to make gun heads.

What happened in the Shu Kingdom suddenly put everyone in the surrounding states and counties at risk.

All the cities were at war, and the gentry even contributed money to set up training regiments to deal with the rioters from the Shu Kingdom at any time.

……

Inside the Chang'an Imperial Palace, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

A middle-aged man with a dignified face, wearing a white casual robe, sat behind the pile of memorials.

His majestic eyes scanned the memorial in front of him meticulously.

It is Tang Taizong, Li Shimin.

It had not been a month since the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and the vast power positions in the entire Tang Dynasty were still in a vacuum.

If the power vacuum is not restored as soon as possible, and the country is brought back into the supervision of the Tang government, some lawless gentry will dare to become kings without tigers and monkeys in the mountains.

"Seventeen families in Kansai, how dare they join hands to request tax exemption for three years at this time?"

"Hmph, those who don't know thought that the battle of Xuanwu Gate was fought by your Seventeen Houses in Kansai?"

"court death!"

After a while, he suddenly angrily smashed a memorial to the ground.

Outside the door, the footsteps of the great eunuch Wang De could be heard.

Li Shimin's sullen face suddenly returned to a blank expression.

Not long after, a fat eunuch with benevolent eyebrows appeared outside the gate of the side hall.

It was the great eunuch Wang De.

"What's the matter?"

Li Shimin asked expressionlessly.

If there is nothing to do, give Wang De a water tank to be brave, and he doesn't dare to disturb Li Shimin who is processing the memorial at this time.

"Your Majesty, the leader of the hidden guards asks to see you."

As he said that, he stepped aside and opened the door, revealing a thin and ordinary-looking young man wearing an ordinary eunuch robe behind him.

"Come in!"

Li Shimin's majestic voice came.

Wang De quickly turned around and left, and the leader of the hidden guard walked into the side hall.

"Your Majesty, the gentry and officials of the Shu Kingdom have united and ordered tens of thousands of hungry people to surround the convoy of His Highness the King of Shu."

This sentence made Li Shimin frown.

Such a thing also needs to be specially reported?

Even if the Kingdom of Shu wanted to show off Li Ke's prestige, it would be just a post, and if Li Ke lost a hair, they would all die, and they knew it very well.

Since there is no danger, Li Shimin will not waste time and attention on such things.

However, the next sentence made Li Shimin's expression change suddenly.

"His Royal Highness the King of Shu directly incited those hungry people to attack Chengdu..."

(End of this chapter)