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Chapter 51 Discoloration

At the same time, in the early morning of November 13, 695, the southwest prefecture of Yanyun County, Cangzhou Prefecture City, was personally led by the Taiping Sect master You Daofang, who was in charge here. Nearly 100,000 urban poor and landless farmers suddenly rushed to the streets of the Fucheng under the incitement and planning of thousands of Taiping Sects, and besieged the city guard. Huo Jinchang, the guard of Cangzhou Prefecture, fled in a panic, and ran more than 300 miles overnight to the capital of Yanyun County, before he woke up. At this time, the guards stationed in the city turned against each other under the instigation of the Taiping Sect's secret line. During this turn, three gang captains loyal to the empire were killed, and the rest surrendered and rebelled.

On November 14, Tu Yifei, the Interior Director of Qinghe Prefecture of Beiyuan County, said that there were important matters to discuss the matter to lure Qinghe Prefecture City Guard and the Administrative Director to his own mansion, and killed the two, and announced that he would take over the entire Qinghe Prefecture and accept the leadership of the Taiping Cult. The security forces of the prefecture also announced that they would accept the management leadership of the Taiping Cult on the same day. Those who disobeyed were immediately killed, and the entire Qinghe Prefecture was immediately in a bloody storm.

On November 16, large-scale Taiping Rebellion occurred in Anyuan Prefecture, Lulong Prefecture and Yulin Prefecture, including the capital of Beiyuan County. The uprisings in these three prefectures were even more fierce, especially the scale of Anyuan and Yulin Prefectures was unprecedented. The rebels crossed the town and gathered, and the security forces that came to suppress either collapsed at once or escaped at the last minute. The situation was terrible.

On November 18, Anyuan Prefecture City fell without any resistance. Previously, three regiments of a division had been destroyed in battle. The soldiers of the remaining two regiments turned against each other when the Taiping Cult was at the city. Nearly a thousand imperial officials from the county magistrate of Beiyuan County, Tang Degui, surrendered. On the same day, the imperial Yulin Prefecture City guard Xiang Qianqiu led his troops to surrender to the rapidly advancing Taiping Army Yu Zhiyong's troops. At this point, only the most remote Lulong Mansion in the west of Beiyuan County, the five prefectures in Beiyuan County, had not yet completely fallen. There, the war between the guards and the Taiping Army was fierce, and the battle situation was in a stalemate.

On November 19, You Daofang, the great master of Taiping Cult who arrived in Anyuan Prefecture City, announced the official establishment of the Holy Kingdom of Taiping in Anyuan Square, the largest in Anyuan City. He temporarily established the capital of Anyuan, and claimed to be the Holy King of Taiping, and decided to be the national religion. The army was officially named the Holy Church Army. You Daofang also announced that he would take it as his responsibility to save all the suffering people in the empire and be in dire straits, and vowed to let the people of the holy country live a happy and fulfilling life. In order to achieve this goal, he must first overthrow the corrupt and declining rule of the Situ family in the empire.

On that day, the government agency of Taiping Holy Kingdom was also established. The Holy King had two ministers, Wen and Wu, who were in charge of government affairs, and Wu and Wu, who were in charge of military affairs. The Wen and Mingkun, who was in charge of economics and finances of You Daofang, was appointed Miao Mingkun, who was in charge of economics and finances of You Daofang. Lan Bailin, the second disciple of You Daofang, served as deputy minister. Bo Jinchen was naturally served as deputy minister, Xu Wenzhe, the eldest disciple of You Daofang. Wenjin was appointed several ministries, which were responsible for administrative, finance, internal affairs, economics, diplomacy and other affairs. Wu and Jinjin had several generals to command the Holy Kingdom. Since Bo Jinchen was in Kansai, the responsibility of the Wu Prime Minister's Office was mainly borne by Xu Wenzhe. He also served as General Andong of the Holy Kingdom, and held the most elite 100,000 troops in the Holy Kingdom. At this point, the central government of Taiping Holy Kingdom had taken a brief appearance.

On November 20, the Taiping Cult Rebel Army of Yunzhong Prefecture, another major prefecture in Yanyun County, near Anyuan Prefecture, joined forces with the Holy Cult Army who came from Anyuan to conquer Yunzhong Prefecture City, and all officials of Yunzhong Prefecture surrendered.

In the controlled area, the Taiping Holy Kingdom also followed the empire's example and appointed a large number of local officials to gradually improve the government agencies at all levels. In order to maintain the stability of the region, You Daofang also made an exception and appointed several imperial surrender officials to important positions. In particular, the former empire Yulin City Guard Xiang Qianqiu was appointed as the governor of Yulin Prefecture (equivalent to the imperial city guard), which caused a lot of controversy within the sect, but they were all suppressed by You Daofang with his personal prestige. This appointment also caused a sensation in the entire Taiping Cult controlled area. Some landlords and gentry were secretly considering whether the existence and development of this Taiping Holy Kingdom would really be possible to replace the empire?

Before this, the Kingdom of Poole almost dispatched all elite troops across the country, with a total of five corpses of 360,000 troops suppressing the northern border of the empire, forcing the First and Second Corps of the Empire and several independent divisions to gather on the northern border to confront the army of the Kingdom of Poole. Small-scale conflicts continued and were about to break out.

It was not until the Taiping Cult uprising in Beiyuan County and Yanyun that the commander of the Northern Military Region of the Empire realized that the Taiping Cult and the Puer Kingdom joined forces to play a trick of fighting east and west to lure the tiger away from the mountain. However, although it was a trick, it was also at the cost of strength. If the Empire was the first, the Second Legion and other subordinate troops did not quickly press forward, the Puer Kingdom's army could break through the border defense line of the empire and head straight down. No one could tell what would happen at that time. But this gave the Taiping Cult a great convenience. There was no regular army division stationed by Beiyuan County, and Yanyun County only had an independent army division stationed in the capital Beiping Prefecture, and it was impossible to deal with the situation that had changed a few days ago.

When the Taiping Army completely controlled the entire Beiyuan County, especially Yulin and Anyuan Prefectures, the Second Imperial Army had actually faced the dangerous situation of attacking the Holy Cult Army and the Puer Army. What is even more worrying is that as soon as they controlled the two prefectures, the Second Imperial Army lost logistics supplies, which made more than 100,000 imperial troops confronting the Puer Army? As he had no choice but to learn about the exact information about the fall of Anyuan and Yulin and the critical Yunzhong Prefecture, the Second Imperial Army quickly crossed Yunzhong Prefecture to move eastward and moved to Beiping Prefecture to garrison, completely abandoning the Beiyuan County Defense Line. As expected, the Puer army did not take advantage of the situation to move south, but followed the eastward and continued to maintain huge military pressure on the empire on the border.

In the blink of an eye, the country of thousands of miles changed its flag in a flash, and the dark clouds of Taiping Cult suddenly spread across the vast areas of the northern and western regions of the empire. Influenced by this, the situation in the territory became increasingly severe. Many farmers spontaneously organized to resist donations and taxes, resist labor, and even developed to drive away local officials, kill local bullies and landlords, and rob local wealth and property. All these things ended in a different way. The response methods adopted in various places were different. Some local officials were worried that it would intensify conflicts and even cause greater disasters, and adopted propaganda and education measures to calm the situation; some were afraid that tolerance would make the mob more rampant and adopted strong suppression; or the first one was first, but it would not work, and then it would be replaced by the second one. All officials at the upper and lower ends were worried that things would make the big deal, and echoed the Taiping Cult in the south and north. That was really a big deal.

The Taiping Cult's uprising in the north almost spread throughout the empire within a few days. Whether it was the middle and middle court, or the front and back of the house, whether it was the dignitaries or the rural tyrants, they all talked about how bad the situation in the north was, how fierce the rebel army was, how fearless the death of the rebel army, and how vulnerable the imperial army was about to collapse. Almost everyone became political and military critics for a while, and when talking about state affairs, they were full of eloquence, but the worries and panic in their hearts were difficult to hide.

The atmosphere in the imperial capital was even more tense. Not only were the passers-by walking in the streets and alleys, but they also made a lot faster. The clothes wrapped around them were also tighter. They came and went in a hurry. From time to time, the fully armed imperial military police and imperial guards patrolled and closed early. The merchants were particularly concerned about the war on the front line. After all, this was not a joke. The area controlled by the rebels was less than 300 miles away from the emperor, and it seemed that they could reach the bottom of the imperial capital overnight. The city was full of panic. Many wealthy families were already considering whether to transfer their assets to the south of the Yangtze River or the East China Sea. After all, they were still far from the north and west. If there was any slightest movement, they could get up and escape immediately. Many relatives from other places also began to contact us in case of emergency needs.

Situ Mingyue, who was sitting high on the imperial chair in the imperial palace, could no longer be described as gloomy. Her blue cheeks also had more wrinkles, and her eyes were slightly black. It was obviously because of her poor sleep. Only those cold eyes proved that he was still awake. She was so harsh that he was sarcastic and even had a few slanderous words that were mixed with one or two swear words. It was really impossible to believe that it was said from the mouth of His Majesty the Emperor in front of him, but at this moment, all the ministers and princes had already knelt on the ground, and they did not dare to raise their heads to accept the scolding that His Majesty the Emperor was storming like hail and rocks.

There was no sound in the hall. Except for the heavy breathing of His Majesty the Emperor, there was no sound. All the ministers were trembling, fearing that they would anger His Majesty the Emperor would cause death. Before this, two officials of the General Administration, responsible for examining the officials of Beiyuan County, had been dragged out to beheaded, and the supervisory minister who was responsible for the supervision of officials, Duke Du Wen, the queen's elder brother, was also slapped on the spot.

Ten or dozens of poles were taken down, and he saw that he had less energy and more energy. However, His Majesty the Emperor still did not allow the imperial physician to treat him. He said that he would have to be treated in the heavenly prison. If the Empress who had not arrived after hearing the news cried and fainted in the hall, Duke Du Wen would have died. Even the Empress, who had always been known for his virtue, was scolded and scolded by His Majesty mercilessly. All the ministers felt that this storm was about to blow.

After Situ Mingyue issued several edicts in a row, she barely recovered. However, none of the ministers dared to look up. She looked around the hall with vicious eyes, as if she wanted to find the next object to relieve her hatred. Today's ministers came very neatly, and no one was absent. Everyone knew that the court meeting was sad today, but none dared to ask for leave. Even those who were sick had to go to court with illness.

Seeing that the ministers who were usually eloquent and thought they were knelt on the ground at this time, no one dared to look up. Situ Mingyue felt an indescribable anger and anger in her heart, as if she was about to burst out, but there was a feeling of squeezing in her chest, with indescribable discomfort. As soon as she stood up, she felt dizzy, and her eyes turned black and fell on the side of the imperial chair.

"Father!" "Your Majesty", seeing that His Majesty the Emperor fainted, the ministers in the hall were like chickens that had exploded, and were at a loss. The Minister of Interior Affairs Lu Wenfu first reacted and ordered the guards to invite the imperial physician immediately. At the same time, he quickly ordered someone to send His Majesty the Emperor to the bedroom to rest.

He Zhiqiu walked out of the hall with his ministers in a daze. His Majesty the Emperor had been sent back to the bedroom. The imperial physician also arrived at the fastest speed and immediately entered the palace for diagnosis. After a while of noise, the ministers received a notice from the palace, temporarily adjourned the meeting and returned to their homes.

Is God going to destroy me, Tanghe? He Zhiqiu was confused at this moment. Although he was kneeling in His Highness just now, he was thinking about how to deal with the extremely critical situation in front of him. But His Majesty the Emperor fell down. In this way, there is no backbone in the court, so how can he discuss the situation? What should we do? If time is delayed, the situation may deteriorate, and by then, it may really become uncontrollable.

Auspicious people have their own celestial phenomena. Maybe His Majesty the Emperor will recover tomorrow? He Zhiqiu can only think like this, I hope.

The sudden change in the storm caught Wu Feng off guard. The accumulation of Taiping Cult for more than ten years was completely released in these short days. In just eight days, in the four Beiyuan prefectures, except for Lulong Prefecture, the other four prefectures, and the two prefectures in the west of Yanyun County, fell into the hands of the Taiping Cult. In the blink of an eye, the empire's rule in most areas in the west and north was destroyed, and the Taiping Holy Kingdom, replaced, also appeared on the stage.

At this time, Wufeng realized that he had underestimated the strength of the Taiping Cult hidden under the water. The cooperation of the Pure Kingdom, including the Kamans' attack on the battlefield again, made Wufeng realize how deep the collusion between the three parties was. The Taiping Cult organized an army of hundreds of thousands in a few days, which made Wufeng's power change color towards religion, and he thought secretly about how to deal with the aggressive situation.

Lu Long Mansion must not fall into the hands of the Taiping Cult. Fortunately, Ling Tianfang and Fielding had already reached contact. Although they were still caught off guard by the sudden Taiping Cult uprising, the combat effectiveness of the Lu Long Mansion's security forces was far from comparable to other governments, and the battle was extremely fierce. Although the Taiping Cult's army was several times that of the Lu Long Mansion's security forces, the security forces still insisted on resisting the enemy's attack, although it was very difficult. However, the huge pressure from the Kaman people in the north made Ling Tianfang and Philding, who were originally willing to send reinforcements, dare not act rashly at all, and had to ask for help from Wufeng, who was far south.
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