Chapter 173: Betrayal
When Chen Jiu returned to Japan, the entire city of Kyoto was in an uproar, and the sound of curses was so loud that it reached the sky.
When all the earthly immortals saw him, they swarmed over and started cursing at the same time.
Of course, these earthly immortals were not scolding him, but the current Emperor Jiajing.
In fact, Jiajing dismissed all the officials from aristocratic families. However, some of the aristocratic families lived close to the capital, while others lived far away, so they received the imperial edict at different times.
This guy is really crazy. Relying on the fact that he and the Crown Prince have become gods, he doesn't care what those wealthy families think at all. He just takes back all the power.
Very good, if you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy, Jiajing, the crazier you are, the better!
Chen Jiu was overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be helpless and said, "Alas, the crown prince has become a god, and there are now two true gods in the imperial court. What can we do ? Rebellion?"
Are you kidding? If you rebel, you will be cut into pieces and your entire clan will be exterminated.
They are already two true gods. If they rebel, wouldn’t they be trying to cut off their lineage and grandchildren?
Upon hearing this, all the earthly immortals fell silent.
If the imperial court didn't have a true god and still dared to deal with them like this, they might have taken the risk to give it a try. But who would dare to do that now? There are two true gods in the imperial court, and they can deal with them with just a wave of their hands.
I knew you guys were cowards.
Chen Jiu found the Hongyun Patriarch in the crowd and asked, "Ancestor, how is the reconstruction of Juxian Pavilion going? How many seats are there in it?"
Patriarch Hongyun said without hesitation: "I had already rebuilt it yesterday. As for the seats, I gathered the number of stars in the sky, a total of 365."
There are enough seats.
Chen Jiu waved his hand and said decisively: "Let's go, I'll go to Juxian Pavilion to discuss it."
After saying that, he walked towards the Juxian Pavilion.
Naturally, a group of earthly immortals swarmed over and followed.
He was originally worried that there were not enough seats, and these guys were fighting for seats. After all, everyone was angry at the moment, and they didn't dare to vent their anger on the imperial court. It was very likely that they would vent their anger on other earthly immortals.
In fact, his worry was unnecessary. After these earthly immortals went in, they seemed to know their positions. The wealthy families with the "top" character went directly to the third floor, while the wealthy families with the "ground" character chose the first and second floors obediently. Those with the highest ranking sat in the front, while those with the lowest ranking sat in the back and were seated in a moment.
Chen Jiu was slightly stunned when he saw this, then he moved out his huge handsome chair, placed it on the platform in the middle, and then slowly sat down.
He glanced around slowly and said sternly, "We can't just let this go. If you have any ideas, please speak up one by one. Don't speak at the same time. Okay, now whoever has an idea raises his hand. Whoever I tell him to speak, speak up. Everyone else listen first."
As a result, almost all the earthly immortals on the third floor raised their hands.
Chen Jiu frowned slightly, then pointed to the old ancestor Dingjun of the Yuyang Zhang family in the front row on the third floor and said, "You come first."
At this time, the Zhang family is the strongest among the aristocratic families, so give them some face first.
Patriarch Dingjun said without hesitation: "If the imperial court doesn't give us an explanation, we will stop fighting. Your Majesty, what do you think?"
This is fine, I just want to buy time.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I'll write a memorial and you all sign your names. If the imperial court doesn't give us an explanation, we won't fight anymore. Does anyone have any other ideas?"
This time, nearly half of the people raised their hands.
Chen Jiu thought about it, and simply pointed to a terrestrial immortal from the Tianshui Zhao family in the middle of the third floor and said, "Tell me."
The earthly immortal said without hesitation: "We will not rebel but we will scold them severely. We will send people to the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty to spread the news and expose all their scandals."
This is exactly what I want.
Chen Jiu pretended to think about it for a while, then said solemnly: "It's not a good idea to send people to spread the news directly. It will be troublesome if they are caught by the people in the imperial court. We should print all their scandals on a piece of paper, and then I will send bat soldiers to spread it everywhere."
This trick is absolutely amazing.
The earthly immortal from Tianshui Zhao couldn't help but exclaimed: "Your Majesty is brilliant, this is a great plan."
Alas, I killed your ancestors, and you still dare to brag!
Chen Jiu sighed secretly, and then said solemnly : "Who among you knows the scandals of the imperial court? Tell us, and we will list a few more for them."
At this moment, almost all the earthly immortals raised their hands. It seemed that there were many scandals in the imperial court.
Chen Jiu thought about it, then pointed to a terrestrial immortal in the middle of the second floor and said, "You speak first."
The earthly immortal said without hesitation: "I know that Jiajing persecuted loyal and good people. At the beginning of his reign, he worked hard to govern the country, appointed talented people, and governed well. However, after the Ming Dynasty started to improve, he devoted himself to cultivating immortals.
He killed all those upright officials who gave him advice and suggestions. He killed almost all the cabinet ministers and cabinet chief ministers who helped him govern the Ming Dynasty. He even beat several officials to death for giving him advice in person.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "Who would dare to fight for them if they killed loyal people? Not bad, not bad. Anything else?"
Another group of earthly immortals raised their hands.
Chen Jiu randomly found someone in the front row on the first floor, pointed and said, "You tell me."
The earth immortal was quite annoyed and said, "We are also meritorious officials. He just dismissed all our family officials. Isn't this tantamount to wantonly humiliating us meritorious officials?"
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "Who would be willing to fight for them if they wantonly humiliate the meritorious officials? Not bad, not bad. Anything else?"
Still a bunch of earthly immortals raised their hands.
Chen Jiu randomly found one in the middle of the first floor, pointed and said, "You tell me."
The earthly immortal said without hesitation: "Jiajing appointed corrupt officials and condoned their corruption. Now almost all the corrupt officials in the court were promoted by him. Everyone in the world knows how corrupt Yan Song and Yan Shifan are. How could he not know? But he still promoted this father and son. Isn't this clearly condoning corrupt officials to run rampant?"
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "Tolerating corrupt officials is what the common people hate the most. Not bad, not bad. Anything else?"
Now more than half of the people raised their hands.
Chen Jiu pointed at one at random and said, "You tell me about it."
The earthly immortal said without hesitation: "The crown prince Zhu Yijun betrayed his teacher and destroyed his ancestors. When Emperor Jiajing valued the upright officials, his teacher Zhang Juzheng was very strict with him. Later, when Emperor Jiajing stopped caring about things, he came out to take power, and his teacher Zhang Juzheng died for some reason.
Not content with killing his mentor with a shady trick, he later ordered people to fabricate charges, raid his mentor Zhang Juzheng’s home, and exile his mentor’s entire family to the frontier.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu could not help but say coldly: "To betray one's teacher and ancestors is unacceptable. This beast is too outrageous. Is there anything else?"
Now even fewer people raised their hands.
Chen Jiu pointed at one at random and said, "You tell me about it."
The earthly immortal said without hesitation: "The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun is notoriously bad-tempered. He will beat anyone who offends him to death. He has already killed several cabinet ministers."
What is this called?
Chen Jiu thought about it, then nodded slightly and said, "Well, wantonly slaughtering important officials of the court has caused panic among the people in the court and the country. Not bad, is there anything else?"
Now even fewer people raised their hands.
Chen Jiu pointed at one at random and said, "You tell me about it."
The earth immortal said carefully, "It is rumored that Jiajing once practiced the art of collecting and replenishing. When he was practicing the most crazily, he would kill several palace maids a day. At that time, the imperial court held beauty contests every year, and I don't know how many palace maids disappeared inexplicably."
This guy even bullies little girls!
Chen Jiu nodded solemnly and said, "If an emperor practices magic, he will be punished by heaven. Not bad, not bad. Anything else?"
Now, even fewer people raised their hands.
Chen Jiu pointed at one at random and said, "You tell me about it."
The earthly immortal said without hesitation: "The Crown Prince Zhu Yijun is lustful. He will rob anyone he likes, no matter if they are nobles, wealthy women, or even women from the common people. He also messes around in the palace. I don't know how many palace maids and even concubines have been raped by him."
Uh, this guy, how can I put it.
Chen Jiu was a little speechless.
Next, regardless of whether they were true or false, he wrote down everything that was detrimental to the imperial court. He listed more than ten charges against Jiajing and the Crown Prince Zhu Yijun.
However, he was not in a hurry to print out the forms and distribute them, and he was not even in a hurry to send the memorial to the capital.
Because he was waiting for an opportunity to add the most important charge to the royal court.
Sure enough, within a few days, Jiajing announced to the world that the Qinglian Sect was gathering people to rebel, and that the King of Jiushan was colluding with the Qinglian Sect to plot to take over the world. The imperial court would organize a large army to wipe out this gang of rebels.
This Jiajing is really crazy. Once he becomes a god, he acts like a mentally ill person and does all kinds of crazy things!
Chen Jiu was waiting for this opportunity.
In the Jiuling Mountain City, the huge printing workshop had already been built, and hundreds of sets of lead type and millions of sheets of fine white paper were prepared. Even the crimes collected earlier had been arranged, waiting for this last one.
The last one is betrayal. Originally, the royal court had agreed that as long as King Jiushan led his army to conquer Japan, the past would be forgiven. Now he is still conquering Japan, but the royal court is organizing a large army to encircle and suppress him. If this is not betrayal, what is?
Chen Jiu ordered his men to add this last line, and asked the printer to print out another copy. After taking a look, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, that's it. For every 10,000 copies printed, send a bat soldier to spread them over the city. Tianxing, I'll leave this matter to you. Purchase more paper and try to spread them over all the cities in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Tianxing thought about it, then asked carefully: "Are Qingzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, and Dengzhou Prefecture also going to spread it?"
Chen Jiu said without hesitation: "Of course we have to spread it, let them see the ugliness of the imperial court, so that they will follow us more wholeheartedly."
Zhang Tianxing nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand. Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will be here watching for twelve hours a day."
This caused an uproar in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. The common people's impression of the wealthy families had changed. They were obviously getting better, and their lives were obviously better than before. But then, the imperial court suddenly did this. What did it mean?
They are still fighting the Japanese pirates in Japan, and you have withdrawn all their officials!
Of course, ordinary people don’t care about this; they only care about whether they can survive.
The problem is clearly stated on the list: Jiajing allowed corrupt officials to run rampant!
It was so hard to get the wealthy and powerful families to change for the better, but they were replaced by a bunch of corrupt officials. How are they going to live from now on?
Also, King Jiushan is leading his army to conquer Japan, and you are going to destroy his lair!
Not only is it possible that the Japanese pirates will revive, but King Jiushan is more likely to engage in a war with the imperial court. If a war breaks out, there will be devastating loss of lives. How will the common people survive?
