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Mu Ying bowed her head respectfully: "Of course there is no problem with this. The last general will ask the captain of the Firearms Battalion to report to General Li tomorrow."

Chapter 1066

The news that Luzhou was broken by the Southwest Army quickly spread throughout the entire capital, causing an uproar in the capital.

You must know that Luzhou City is only more than 300 miles away from the capital city, and it can even be said to be the capital city, but it is not under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture. Luzhou Prefecture has close contacts with the capital city. Many Luzhou people settled in the capital city, and many People in the capital have property in Luzhou, and many have relatives between the two places. Once the city of Luzhou was destroyed, the people in the capital who had relatives in Luzhou were worried.

Moreover, according to rumors, the city of Luzhou was broken for only five days.

There were more than [-] defenders in Luzhou, and they didn't last long. It is conceivable that even the capital may not be able to block the advance of the Southwest Army. Most of the high-ranking officials and gentlemen are also anxious at this time.

What's more, someone took advantage of midnight to post the Southwest Army's rallying cry on the streets and alleys of the capital.

The Southwest Army's appeal was drafted by Zhao Jia himself, and the content inside was very simple and direct, that is, to attack the current emperor's immorality, promiscuous the court, persecute his younger brother, connive at the Yuwen Ministry, etc., as a native big A native of Jin, Zhao Jia especially knew how to attack the emperor. He wrote down a series of natural disasters such as droughts, earthquakes, locust plagues, and floods that occurred in various places in the five years from the first year of Yuanzhao to the present. ,shocking.

According to the theory of the relationship between heaven and man, if God sends disasters, it means that the emperor is incompetent.

After all, the emperor is the son of heaven, he is the eldest son of heaven who manages the world on behalf of heaven. If God is angry, it is naturally because you, the eldest son of heaven, did not do a good job.

The most deadly thing is that there is also something about the sixth prince written in the proclamation, and there is a very crucial sentence in it.

"The heavens were wrathful, and the people suffered disasters. The six sons of the first emperor were upright, with profound virtues. If they can inherit the throne, the world will be peaceful and the people will live in peace."

The obvious meaning of this sentence is that if the sixth prince becomes the emperor, there will be no more calamities in the world, and the common people will not suffer like the current emperor.

However, this sentence has a deeper meaning behind it.

That is, as long as the sixth prince ascends the throne, the Southwest Army will withdraw its troops.

The common people may not understand this second level of meaning, but most of the scholars in the court can see it at a glance. In fact, this level of meaning is also written for these people, and it is very clear to tell them that as long as the emperor is replaced Well, the Great Jin is still the Great Jin, and the court is still the court, and you officials and lords will still be officials and lords.

This method of posting big-character posters is still a trick used by Li Xin when he was young, but it has to be admitted that after more than ten years, this method is still very useful, at least in this era when news is not spreading very quickly. This method can make a thing spread quickly in the streets and alleys.

Of course, in the face of this kind of action, the Jingzhao Mansion did not do nothing. Early the next morning, the Jingzhao Mansion began to confiscate these big-character posters that were posted by others, and posted a notice clearly stating that if anyone dared to If you hide anti-thief documents privately, you will be sent to prison directly, and you will be punished with the same crime as the anti-thief.

The Jingzhao Mansion worked hard for several days to confiscate more than [-]% of the "big-character posters" in the capital, but there are still some proclamations secretly circulated in the capital. Compared with the big-character posters, word of mouth is more terrifying After all, what was written in Zhao Jiaxi's article, although it scolded the emperor very badly, is still reliable in general, but the word of mouth of the common people is quite different. The rumors were beyond recognition, exaggerated to the point of horror.

Because of this incident, Jingzhao Mansion arrested dozens of nonsense people in the whole city. Zhao Fu was arrested and thrown into prison, and everyone was in danger for a while.

At the same time, the court in the capital was also undercurrents.

Originally, both the people of Dajin and the officials of Dajin had confidence in the imperial court. After all, the strength of Dajin has been recognized by the people of the world for decades, but the Southwest Army has been moving from the southwest like a broken bamboo in the past few months. The fight to Luzhou near the capital has overturned everyone's perception of the military strength of the Jin Dynasty. These officials, who were not strong in the first place, are now worried about their wealth and life.

The twelve city gates of the capital were all closed ten days ago, and now it is difficult for everyone to get in and out, but even so, there are still many high-ranking officials, either relying on connections or using money, to try their best to leave the capital.

Before the Southwest Army entered the city, people in the capital were already panicking.

The court was also affected. Emperor Yuanzhao hadn't called the ministers to discuss matters for several days. On this day's court meeting, when civil and military officials gathered in Weiyang Palace to meet the emperor, the great eunuch Xiao Zheng, who was dressed in red, He walked over at an unhurried pace, and when he walked in front of House Wei, he bowed slightly and said: "Mr. Fang, Your Majesty is in poor health. Let's just leave today's court meeting. Your Majesty has ordered. Send it to Shangshutai, and if Shangshutai needs to submit it to the imperial examination, you can hand it over to our family."

The house slightly looked around at his colleagues, and helplessly lowered his head and smiled wryly: "Dare to ask the Grand Duke, how is your majesty's health, do you need to wait for a visit?"

Xiao Zheng shook his head slightly: "Don't worry, Fang Xiang, Your Majesty just feels cold occasionally, and it will be better in a few days."

"That's fine."

The house let out a sigh of relief, turned around and said to the civil and military officials: "Everyone has heard what the Grand Duke said. If there are any memorials that need to be sent up, they will be sent to Shangshutai. If you are in a hurry, Shangshutai I can reply to you today."

"Okay, those who have memorials will go with the old man to Shangshutai, and those who don't have memorials will go back to the Yamen to do errands."

"It's all gone."

After the old sheep left the court, the minister became the most senior civil servant in the court. After he said this, all the civil and military officials looked at each other and dispersed.

After everyone had left, the house looked back at Xiao Zheng slightly, lowered his head slightly and asked, "Grandpa, Your Majesty... are you okay?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Fang, it's fine."

The house nodded slightly, and continued to speak: "Grandpa, the current situation is complicated, and there are enemies outside the capital. As the left servant of Shangshutai, I have something to tell His Majesty, please lead the way. "

Xiao Zheng showed a look of embarrassment, he lowered his head and smiled wryly: "Fang Xiang, it's not because the servants refused to bring Fang Xiang to see His Majesty, it is because His Majesty is not in Weiyang Palace right now."

"Not in Weiyang Palace?"

The house frowned slightly and said, "Then His Majesty is there?"

"Master Hui, His Majesty is... serving as a prisoner."

At this time, in Jiangzuo Prison, a young man in ordinary clothes who looked like he was in his early 20s was staring intently at the pile of gray medicinal powder in front of him, his eyes were bloodshot and excited.

"This thing... can it be used?"

The general who was standing beside him bowed his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have tried it. Although I am still humbled by the medicine powder of Southwest Tianlei, it is not much different..."

"good very good."

The emperor's eyes were excited, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I will give you one day to get the first batch of sky thunders out for me. Tomorrow night, I will be in the school grounds and see my Dajin's sky thunders!"

Chapter 1067 How can I live up to it?

Now, the Son of Heaven has pinned all his hopes on Tianlei, hoping that with Tianlei, he can make a comeback.

In his opinion, the Southwest Army was able to win more with less, all the way from the southwest to the capital city, all relying on the sky thunder. Tianlei calmly defended the capital, and then manufactured Tianlei on a large scale to repel the southwest rebels.

In the future, they will enter the southwest and wipe out these southwestern rebels in one go.

In fact, his idea is very problematic.

First of all, Li Xin was able to attack the capital from the southwest to the capital in a few months. The sky thunder was only part of the reason. More importantly, the sky thunder that could serve as shells for the catapult, and the use of firearms summed up by the southwest over the years .

And even if the imperial court really made the sky thunder now, it is too late in time. There are craftsmen who specialize in making sky thunder in the southwest, and some have been making it for more than ten years, and the technology is mature. Since the beginning of the year, the Southwest has been slowly stockpiling sky mines. So many years have passed, and the number of firearms in the Southwest has reached an astonishing number.

This is also the reason why Mu Ying was able to bombard indiscriminately along the way.

Another one is that the quality of gunpowder in the Southwest is also better than that of the capital. Even if the capital rushes to work overnight, the amount of thunder that can be produced in a month or two is limited. Moreover, there are sharp tools such as catapults, and it is difficult for people to stand on the city wall. Once the Southwest Army breaks through the city gates and enters the capital, and the two sides are in close combat, the imperial court does not have the Southwest Army's exclusive throwers, and there is no way to deal with firearms such as firearms. Overall, it still has a great disadvantage.

Now, for the Southwest Army, the problem is not whether the court has firearms, but how to break through the more than 20 forbidden troops stationed in Gyeonggi. You must know that this is the most elite central forbidden army in the Jin Dynasty. If a person collides head-on without firearms, the imperial army may break up the formation at once. Even if the Southwest Army has firearms, it needs to deal with it with all its strength.

Sometimes an army with cold weapons used to the extreme is much stronger than an army that is still at the primary stage of hot weapons.

This is also part of the reason why in another world, firearms began to be used on a large scale in the Song Dynasty, and bows, arrows and broadswords were still used until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

After Li Xin was stationed in Luzhou, he began to exchange the Hanzhou Army with the Ningzhou Army. The Ningzhou Army stationed in Gaocheng slowly moved into Luzhou City to take over the work of the Hanzhou Army.

And the Hanzhou Army, which had been fighting for several months, could finally take a good rest. Li Xin personally ordered the collection of Luzhou's livestock to be slaughtered, so that these soldiers had a good meal of meat.

Li Shuo led the Ningzhou Army, part of which camped outside the city, and the other part entered Luzhou and took over the defense of the city wall.

Li Shuo himself also rushed to Li Xin's residence in the dark and reported military affairs to Li Xin.