Chapter 642: Who Approves, Who Opposes?

Guarding the border, killing the supervising eunuch without authorization, disobeying military orders, and rebelling—that was you, Bai Lang. Causing the north to be restless and the Emperor to issue a flurry of edicts for reinforcements—that was also Bai Lang. Now that he had stormed into the Capital, he suddenly changed his tune and said he had come to defend the throne. Even if they knew the handle of the knife was in Bai Lang's hand, some people couldn't help but be stubborn and say, "Sir, you are the number one person to commit treason and rebellion; what throne are you defending?"

Bai Lang ordered Bai Bao and Bai Biao to lead troops separately to drive and accept the surrender of the Capital Battalion defenders—it was better for these useless people to stay on the city walls. Damn it, as soon as they heard the city was broken, these bastards ran into the city, took off their uniforms, and mixed into the crowd, incidentally causing quite a few public security cases—these people were already mixed up like ruffians and hooligans, and now they were just returning to their old trade.

Accepting the surrender of the defenders and catching people to behead, especially controlling the Imperial City and catching the Emperor—Bai Lang did this himself. When Bai Lang heard a certain cabinet elder spray those words at him face-to-face, he wasn't angry at all, just shamelessly smiling and saying, "Alright, the elder is right. Then it's not defending the throne; I've come to pacify the disaster."

In short, he rode his horse into the Forbidden City like this, not dismounting until he reached the Qianqing Gate, and it looked like he was going to ride his horse into the harem. "Where is His Majesty? We have come with red hearts and loyalty to hold up the sky and protect the carriage. Why doesn't His Majesty come out to meet us? Hiding in the harem?" Bai Lang ordered the eunuchs in front of the gate to find the Emperor. Quite a few eunuchs from the Imperial Horse Office refused and were killed by Bai Lang's subordinates in front of the horses.

At this time, Bai Lang's army had already surrounded the Forbidden City. If the Emperor wanted to run, he should have run long ago—but it was estimated he wouldn't run far, probably just to Jingshan. Would he hang himself on a crooked-neck tree? Bai Lang didn't think this Emperor would have the spirit of Emperor Zhuanglie to die for the country. This Majesty gave him the feeling of being very prosperous and having the atmosphere of a high ancestor, a guy who was both scheming and fortunate. Counting the years, it seemed about right...

So he would never die generously. Sure enough, not long after, he saw the Emperor come out of the harem in full regalia, and the civil and military officials had actually arrived. "Is this considered a morning court? How did he contact the hundred officials? Holy crap, there really is a secret service organization? Is this a noon court or an evening court?" Bai Lang's thoughts were flying. He saw the hundred officials lining up outside, and the Emperor ascending the throne. The eunuch's voice was slightly trembling, "His Majesty has arrived!"

The hundred officials bowed, only the Emperor and Bai Lang remained motionless, and even the cavalry behind Bai Lang bowed involuntarily. Bai Lang laughed secretly, "What is this for? Letting me kill wantonly in the court?" Bai Lang was fully armored at this moment. "Everyone, rise." The hundred officials bowed and rose.

Before the eunuch could speak, Bai Lang took a step forward, his armor clashing with the sound of gold and iron, "Reporting to Your Majesty, your servant Bai Lang has a memorial to present. Please enfeoff me as the Duke of Qin, open a government office equal to the Three Lords, add the Nine Bestowals and the False Yellow Axe, appoint me as the Grand Guardian and Minister of Military and State Affairs, Grand Secretary of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Grand Commander of the Five Military Governor's Offices, allow me to enter the hall with swords and shoes, be exempt from bowing and naming, and not have to hurry when entering the court! Anything else can be discussed later. Please, Your Majesty, issue the edict immediately!"

The hundred officials all changed color, and the Emperor's face was not good either. Immediately, an official jumped out, wanting to hit Bai Lang with the bamboo tablet in his hand, "Rebellious thief, oppressing the monarch and father! Kill the unprincipled one!" Bai Lang saw clearly that this was a small sixth-rank official, probably a guy from the Censorate. Without saying much, he drew his saber and cut off his head, letting the blood splash the hall.

"Clean and neat, it's indeed refreshing. Who else?" Bai Lang shook the blood off the saber flatly, and just like that, the blade hung down naturally, saying, his tiger eyes sweeping over the ministers. Not a single one of the civil and military officials dared to look at Bai Lang. A few people cried and hit the pillars, dying or fainting.

"You have the guts to commit suicide but no guts to come out and eliminate me, this 'rebellious thief'? Hahahaha, this officialdom is just like this. You guys, see if the ones who hit the pillars are dead. If not, give them another cut to complete their reputation." Bai Lang signaled the cavalry following him to do the work.

Many of the things he said before were actually outdated stuff. Nowadays, there was no such thing as opening a government office equal to the Three Lords, nor was there any exemption from bowing and naming or not having to hurry when entering the court. Who still takes off their shoes when entering the court... It's just that these are all representative, representing that Bai Lang wants to take the supreme power of the central government, and it's only one step away from usurping the throne.

After Bai Lang suppressed the hundred officials, he turned his head to look at the Emperor. He saw that the eunuchs couldn't withstand Bai Lang's tiger power first, and they all knelt down with a thud. Bai Lang looked at this middle-aged "fortunate" Emperor, and the look in his eyes revealed, "If you don't agree, the assassination of the king and the carriage will be today! I kill an emperor like a sultan kills a caliph, like slaughtering a dog."

The Emperor's eyes retreated, and his voice sounded like it had been rubbed with sandpaper, "Granted!" So Bai Lang laughed loudly. "I'm afraid the government orders can't get out of the Forbidden City, let alone the eighteen provinces." Bai Lang knew the situation clearly. So what if he caught the Emperor? So what if he caught the civil and military officials of the imperial court? Not to mention that there was a useless fake imperial court in Jinling in the south, just the governors and administrative commissioners in various places might not necessarily obey the orders of Bai Lang who had caught the Emperor.

Even if they received the imperial edict that Bai Lang had the Emperor issue, they probably wouldn't obey. Instead, the vassal kings in various places might move—even without mentioning the vassal kings, among the four different-surnamed kings with military power in the southeast, northwest, except for the Prince of Beijing who was in his hands, the others were not there.

"The world is in chaos, hahahahaha." Bai Lang was not worried at all, but felt very happy. He who throws the world into chaos must be Lang. Bai Lang was not only considered a Taowu by the Emperor back then, he was also a Qiongqi...

After occupying the Capital, Bai Lang directly acted perversely and ordered the confiscation of goods from all rice shops and grocery stores in the Capital, "Sell rice at a fair price! One catty of rice per person per day!" Then it was conscripting and training troops. He threw this matter directly to his two younger brothers. He didn't care at all about how many troops were trained.

His interest was in raiding homes—raiding the homes of civil and military officials and the Emperor's inner treasury. Of course, he first went to see the people of the Rongguo Mansion and Ningguo Mansion whom he had pitted—the Emperor was furious at the time, and these two Duke Mansions were considered collateral damage. However, when raiding them, it was relatively merciful, just losing their official positions. Even the old Dowager Shi wasn't angered to death—the Duke Mansion wasn't taken back, just all the valuable things inside were gone.

Fortunately, Bai Lang quickly stormed into the Capital, and these people stayed in the mansion and didn't starve to death, so Bai Lang first raided the mansions of Lai Da and others and killed them cleanly, before ordering the raided property to be sent to the Duke Mansion. The moment he stepped into the Duke Mansion, almost all the leading figures of the Rongguo Mansion came to greet him. In green clothes and small hats, although they were not sallow and thin, they no longer had the style of young masters of the past. Old Jia was like this, and little Jia was the same. "Yo, Second Master Bao has become much thinner." Bai Lang said with a smile while riding on his horse.

If possible, the Jia family really didn't want to have any connection with Bai Lang—not to mention being pitted by him, this guy didn't look like he could accomplish anything after entering the Capital. Although the Jia family were playboys, they were not complete idiots. But since a madman like Bai Lang came to the door personally, if they didn't come out, they were afraid the whole family would die—raiding the home was raiding the home, Lin Daiyu was not thrown into the sky prison by the Emperor. Originally, she was going to be thrown in, but didn't Bai Lang break through the pass... ===== CHAPTER 643 =====