Chapter 728: Liaodong Panics

"Wh... what?"

Ji Yong listened, dumbfounded.

He had thought this artillery fire was only something Liu Zheng used to deal with them; he had not expected that this Vice Minister Liu's appetite was not so small.

If he really were to blow up the mountain...

He was going to blow up the entire Wangchuan!

Mad!

Ji Yong was stunned for a moment.

Because he simply could not imagine what would happen if Liaodong no longer had the obstruction of this Wangchuan Mountain.

What would happen?

The entire mysterious Liaodong would be completely exposed before the Longyan Dynasty... there would no longer be any barrier between them, and those prisoners could no longer be at their beck and call... what would Liaodong do in the future?

Ji Yong panicked.

He suddenly thought of the massive palace complex in the mountains, he suddenly thought of Qiao Yuan who called himself the Great King, and he suddenly thought of all the officials of Liaodong...

Would all of this cease to exist?

But...

Such a Liaodong had already existed for hundreds of years; was it something that could be broken just because one said it could be broken?

He suddenly looked at Liu Zheng, who was beside him with a calm and indifferent expression.

Such a young man...

Could he really defeat Qiao Yuan?

He did not know.

But he had a premonition that the heavens in Liaodong were about to change...

This palace complex, which was even larger than the Efang Palace, had been named "Baiyujing" by Qiao Yuan!

Baiyujing, the Imperial Capital in Heaven.

Qiao Yuan's arrogance was evident from this.

"What are you saying?"

"Two hundred thousand troops, all gone?"

Qiao Yuan was in his own palace, enjoying song and dance, and upon hearing this news, his face turned green all at once.

The music and dance stopped, and the civil and military officials hurriedly knelt on the ground, preparing to face his fury.

"Where is Ji Yong? Where is that piece of trash Ji Yong!"

Qiao Yuan was so angry that he kicked the Dragon Throne, and in the end, his own foot began to ache, making him even more irritable. He drew the sword at his side and ran down like a madman, circling the palace while cursing furiously: "Two hundred thousand troops, those were my two hundred thousand troops! Not a single one left? Hmm? Not a single one left?"

Two hundred thousand!

Did they know how much money it took to feed two hundred thousand troops? Did they know how much silver it took to build such an army?

And it was gone!

Gone in a single battle!

This was nearly half of his entire fortune!

Blood-spitting!

"Great King... General Ji is still alive, and he has already sent a letter telling us not to send any more reinforcements..."

One person said, trembling.

Qiao Yuan had originally just wanted to assemble another three hundred thousand troops for a thorough, decisive battle, but upon hearing this, he asked with a cold face.

"That... that Vice Minister Liu is blowing up the mountain!"

"Great King! He wants to blow the entire Wangchuan flat!"

"What?"

Once these words were spoken, the entire hall erupted.

Everyone's complexion turned a dark, sickly green.

"Blow, blow up the mountain?"

Qiao Yuan was completely bewildered.

A strange silence followed on the scene.

This move!

It was too ruthless!

It struck directly at Qiao Yuan's lifeline! The key was that at this moment, he dared not send troops over! Going over would be suicide! But... if this great mountain were blown up, what would happen? The crimes of Liaodong would be laid bare for all to see!

What to do?

Qiao Yuan panicked all at once: "Quick, quick, quick, tell me what to do!"

"What to do! Think of a Method to stop them!"

The entire Liaodong Commandery panicked.

Blowing up the mountain!

Liaodong Commandery panicked.

The entire Longyan was shocked.

After several months, with everyone paying attention, the latest news from the land of Liaodong finally arrived, and the result was just as they knew Vice Minister Liu to be—the effect was quite explosive!

As for blowing up the mountain, there was no problem at all.

But you must know, the mountain that Vice Minister Liu blew up this time is Wangchuan Mountain! The entire mountain stretches for who knows how many miles... How much dynamite would that require?

Not only that.

Will blowing up this mountain have any impact on the national fortune of Longyan?

All of a sudden.

The civil and military officials in the imperial court started up again.

All sorts of impeachments came again.

This is the empire!

This Vice Minister Liu, what he blew up, what he destroyed, is the Emperor's empire; how can this be tolerated?

In the imperial court, there was all sorts of weeping and complaining.

In the imperial court, there was all sorts of wailing.

Xie Tianyao watched this group of people quietly, a trace of mockery appearing at the corner of his mouth.

What was shocking was that today, when holding court, Xie Tianyao specifically arranged a seat next to his Dragon Throne. At first, people thought it was for the Empress to sit in. Many were still wondering, could it be that the Empress Zheng Fu had regained the Emperor's favor? When the owner of that seat appeared, everyone's complexion changed drastically.

The one who appeared beside the Emperor was actually Longyang Princess, Xie Chan!

Dressed in noble and magnificent attire, was Xie Chan about to start participating in politics?

This message being conveyed made people unable to help but overthink.

Xie Chan sat there, also coldly watching these court officials who were impeaching her man.

The empire?

A single mountain is the empire?

Then is the land of Liaodong not the empire?

Short-sighted!

Vision!

There is absolutely no vision to speak of!

After the group of people finished their chattering.

Xie Tianyao then smiled faintly, looking at Xie Chan with eyes full of doting: "Longyang Princess, what is your view on this matter?"

Xie Chan said decisively: "Father Emperor, the child believes that if blowing up this mountain can secure a thousand miles of land in Liaodong, then this mountain is worth blowing up! This time, Vice Minister Liu went to reclaim wasteland; if he doesn't blow up the mountain, how can this wasteland be reclaimed? What is reclaiming wasteland? Blowing up mountains and opening channels to change the bitterness and cold—the ancients said, 'destroy first, then establish'! In this child's view, given Vice Minister Liu's personality, I fear that blowing up a mountain is a small matter; in the future, who knows what kind of things he will stir up in Liaodong... If our vast Longyan lacks even this bit of courage, how can we talk about reclaiming wasteland?"

Once these words were spoken, the whole hall was in an uproar.

This was clearly favoritism!

Not only favoritism, but this also left some leeway for that Vice Minister Liu! It meant that later on, there is no telling what kind of things he might do!

"Hahahahahahahaha!"

While others were anxious to the point of desperation, Xie Tianyao was laughing non-stop.

A fine "blowing up a mountain is a small matter"!

He liked this kind of personality!

He looked around coldly: "My dear officials, the plan for Liaodong was approved by my own hand, stating that the Liaodong Regional Commander Liu Zheng is to act at his own discretion. Let alone blowing up a mountain, even if he were to plow through the entire region of Liaodong, what of it?"

This...

"Report!"

"Report!"

"Report!"

Just at this moment.

Inside the Imperial Palace, the sound of military reports rang out.

Xie Tianyao frowned and waved his hand.

A soldier wearing military uniform, carrying a military command flag, entered the palace panting, then knelt down: "Report! Great victory in the Western Regions!"

"Great victory in Mughal!"

"Great victory in the Caspian Sea!"

"Yanqi Prefect Ling Chen of the Western Regions requests to lead an army of three hundred thousand to conquer the Western Regions, to sweep across the universe and raise the might of China..."

"Report..."

"In the war of the seven states of the Western Regions, our army is invincible, crushing everything like dry weeds and rotten wood..."

"Report..."

A continuous stream of military reports from Central Asia.

Left everyone stunned.

There was dead silence.

It was soul-shaking.

Xie Chan's eyes lit up.

Xie Tianyao stood up even more excitedly.

Those who had been impeaching Liu Zheng were ashen-faced.

This...

How can one still impeach him?