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Chapter 461: The Surrender of Zhao King_1



After Lu Chen became Emperor, it immediately caused panic among the common people, who all knew about the things Lu Chen had done in the North Country.

To avoid causing further panic among the common people, Lu Chen immediately issued some tax reduction policies, temporarily stabilizing them, and he did not immediately have people measure the land.

The most important thing now was not the land policy, but to completely quell the civil unrest in Great Sum.

Currently, there were mainly two "rebellious" forces in Great Sum, one was Zhao King, and the other was Prince Lu Yi.

To be honest, Lu Chen did not want to see the soldiers of Great Sum kill each other and deplete Great Sum's strength, so he decided to resolve the problems from the top down.

By directly dealing with Zhao King and Prince Lu Yi, the soldiers around them would naturally submit as well.

Before moving against Prince Lu Yi and Zhao King, Lu Chen still decided to give them both a chance, so he immediately issued an announcement, vigorously proclaiming all the evil deeds of the Demon Sect, and he blamed the death of Sum Emperor entirely on the Demon Sect.

In the announcement, Lu Chen appealed to all the forces of Great Sum to see the evil nature of the Demon Sect clearly, not to cooperate with the Demon Sect, and if they continued to collaborate with the Demon Sect and sought to split Great Sum, he would send troops to suppress the rebellion.

Because newspapers existed, the announcement issued by Lu Chen quickly spread throughout Great Sum in a short time, and naturally, Zhao King and Prince Lu Yi also saw the announcement issued by Lu Chen.

Within a certain city.

Zhao King was in the courtyard, picking up the newspaper and repeatedly reading the announcement issued by Lu Chen, while his subordinates stood anxiously in front of him.

The fact that Lu Chen had four Celestials by his side had long been spread throughout the whole of Great Sum, after all, so many people had been on-site when Lu Chen attacked the Capital city.

Once this news spread, it deterred all the forces in Great Sum that were restless. Previously, Great Sum did not have a single Celestial, but now, suddenly four Celestials appeared beside the North Prince, and if they continued to oppose the North Prince, they probably only faced destruction.

In recent times, some Aristocratic Families that had supported Zhao King began to distance themselves from him. Although the North Prince was not kind to the Aristocratic Families, he would not massacre the Aristocratic Families outright; at most, he would just take back the land ownership.

If those Aristocratic Families continued to follow the rebels, they would likely lose not just their lands but their heads as well.

Also because of this, Zhao King's power weakened significantly, losing a lot of supporters.

Seeing Zhao King's gaze repeatedly returning to the newspaper in his hands, one of his subordinates couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

"The North Prince not only possesses such powerful weapons, but also has four Celestials standing on his side."

No sooner had this subordinate finished speaking than another one followed up, saying, "Yes, Your Majesty, the announcement issued by the North Prince is clearly directed at us and Prince Lu Yi. If we do not submit to the court, the North Prince will probably treat us as forces colluding with the Demon Sect and exterminate us together."

The subordinates of Zhao King were not fools; they could see that Zhao King's cause was clearly lost.

The power of the North Prince was simply too strong. No, they could no longer call him the North Prince, but the new Emperor.

The new Emperor had the support of four Celestials, and just because of this, their rebellion had no chance of success.

Although they had never seen a real Celestial in action, in their view, a single Celestial could instantly destroy one of their armies.

With the Celestials present, they had no chance of victory.

Although Zhao King's subordinates did not say it outright, from their tone, Zhao King could hear that they had already entertained the idea of surrendering.

To continue fighting, there was no doubt they would all be doomed.

Just then, a soldier ran frantically into the courtyard saying, "Your Majesty, calamity has befallen us, Mu Changtian has arrived at the city outskirts with an army of two hundred thousand!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao King's heart skipped a beat.

They've arrived so quickly!
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This announcement had just been issued for a few days, and Mu Changtian had already mobilized his troops.

At this moment, another soldier ran into the courtyard, "Your Majesty, the North Prince Faction has sent a letter!"

As the words fell, that soldier handed the letter in his hand to Zhao King.

Zhao King frowned, directly took the letter from the soldier's hand, then opened the envelope, took out the letter, and started to read it carefully.

Lu Chen's meaning was very simple, since Zhao King was his uncle, he would not make things too difficult for him, provided that he was willing to lead his soldiers to surrender, he would not pursue any responsibility. However, from then on, he was never again to be involved in politics.

Lu Chen did not plan to purge all members of the Lu Imperial Family; the Royal Family was still of some use to him. If all Royal Family Members were gone, it would likely become impossible to keep a lid on outsiders in the future.

Moreover, after Lu Chen examined the scroll in the secret chamber, he found that Zhao King had indeed always been one of the Sum Emperor's men. It seemed Zhao King had rebelled and was leading an uprising, but he was the first to eliminate other Seigniors, meaning no Seigniors were left in the South.

The original plan of the Sum Emperor was to have Zhao King hand over the military power and voluntarily give up his fief after eliminating Lu Chen, and then there would be no more Seigniors in Great Sum.

Unfortunately, the Sum Emperor encountered Lu Chen, and his plan failed. With the Sum Emperor's failure, Zhao King's position became quite awkward.

Sum Emperor and Zhao King had only maintained contact in secret, without the Sum Emperor, the Zhao King was an actual rebel.


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