The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

and so……

Killing an official of the imperial court! Seizing the imperial granary! This is a token of surrender.

Here we have to introduce Changping Warehouse.

During normal years, a portion of the collected grain would be stored in the Changping Granary, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and could not be opened by local officials without permission. This was mainly used to provide relief during famines when the people had no food to eat.

Qinghe County is backed by the canal and is not far from the royal capital, so there are no serious disasters here.

That is, Li Jize wanted to take this group of people to kill local officials, secretly open the imperial granary, and drag everyone on his own pirate ship!

The most important thing……

From beginning to end, when doing all this, did Li Jize ever ask for a single extra penny!

This is all for you Beiliang Wolf Riders to have a meal and to get money, right?

People are like this. When it comes to matters concerning their bosses and superiors, they won't fight tooth and nail. But when it comes to their own personal affairs, for a meal, for the money they deserve, they'll rebel! What else would they dare to do?

So, after Li Jize gave the order to capture the Qinghe prefect...

The next moment, he ordered the opening of the Changping warehouse to take out military rations! The uneaten ones were directly opened for disaster relief and distributed to nearby disaster victims and ordinary people!

Good guy!

Li Jize's move was of course welcomed by the local people. Even some nearby areas that were severely affected by the disaster were cheered upon hearing that Qinghe County was sending grain.

These people were like crazy, running towards the same place!

Li Jize's actions were like rebelling and not rebelling, and when he was not rebelling, he acted like a rebel!

You disobeyed my orders and didn't go north to deal with the barbarians as planned! You must be killed!

He who privately kills an official appointed by the imperial court deserves death!

Anyone who opens the imperial granary without permission should be put to death!

But rather...

Li Jize did everything a rebel should do, except openly rebelling!

On the surface, he also helped the court to kill several leaders of rebellion within the army.

Why?

Firstly, my mother and wife were still in the hands of the Empress, so Li Jize was hesitant to act rashly. He was also afraid that if he openly raised the banner of rebellion, he would fall out with the Empress. If she got angry, she would really kill him.

Secondly, although the Great Qi was in imminent danger from the dual attacks of barbarians in the north and rebels in the south, it had not yet reached the final stage, and the Mandate of Heaven still more or less rested with the Empress.

What Li Jize has to do is to use force and become a warlord!

He was waiting for the opportunity. Once the Great Qi fell and the world was in chaos, he would take advantage of the opportunity to take over the world.

To use a classic strategy, "store up food, build high walls, and slowly become king"!

Anyway...

What Li Jize did in Qinghe County spread quickly because it was close to the canal.

That day, in the imperial court, the empress was still discussing with her ministers where the barbarian army had reached. And what about her own army? Had it appeared in the east as planned, allowing her to launch a surprise attack on the barbarians?

"Report! Report! The Northern Liang Wolf Riders have returned to Qinghe County and are halting their advance! Li Jize has arrested Qinghe Prefect Lin Bingwei, summoned the people for a public trial, and sentenced the prefect to death!"

When this news was delivered directly to the court by the messenger, everyone was stunned. They were dumbfounded on the spot, their faces full of disbelief.

what?

You heard it right, the fool Li Jize did not lead his troops to the east to attack the barbarians as planned.

Instead, he led his army back to Qinghe County? To become the prefect?

What is this operation?

The empress kept a cold face, maintaining the dignity that an emperor should have. She winked at the eunuch Gao Gonggong. The latter hurried forward, took the document from the messenger who delivered the information, and then turned back to hand it to the empress.

In the court, all the officials were whispering and discussing among themselves, but they did not dare to speak loudly because of the calm and domineering empress.

until……

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Suddenly, Eunuch Gao let out a sharp scream in a duck-like voice. All the civil and military officials looked over and were horrified.

The Empress! After reading the intelligence document, she fainted from fear on the spot.

The eunuchs and palace maids were all in a panic, while Eunuch Gao was shouting, "Dismiss the court! Quick! Call the imperial physician! Quick! Call the imperial physician!"

After the group of eunuchs hurriedly left...

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Ye Xianggao went over to pick up the "intelligence document" and was shocked after just one look!

There was a rebellion within the Beiliang Wolf Cavalry, and his most talented student was killed, but Zhou Yan, the Assistant Minister of War, did not say anything.

Deputy Commander Li Jize automatically took over the position of commander-in-chief, and then led the army into Qinghe County. Not only did he "publicly" kill the court officials, he also opened the court's granary without permission, and he also raided the house of the Qinghe prefect.

This is this...

No wonder the empress was so angry that she fainted!

The Beiliang Wolf Cavalry is the last capable combat force of the Great Qi!

just now……

Led by Li Jize, they occupied Qinghe County and refused to leave. The barbarians had already moved south, so how could they stop the enemy?

The most annoying thing is, is Li Jize really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?

Was this done by someone else who held the fool hostage, or had he been playing dumb just for this day?

When the empress was in a coma and the imperial physician was busy trying to save her...

The cabinet also started holding cabinet meetings and everyone began to get busy.

Although they had a grudge against Li Jize, they couldn't help but feel that Li Jize was holding the last capable army of the Great Qi at this critical moment, and was their lifeline.

Besides, what does face mean to those who are involved in politics?

and so……

The chief minister of the cabinet, Ye Xianggao, made the decision immediately and sent a messenger to contact Li Jize!

Just ask them what they want to do?

Secondly, the envoy went there to test whether it was Li Jize himself who came up with these ideas, or someone forced him to do it.

As for Li Jize...

After officially taking over Qinghe County, he had to get to work!

On the one hand, they had to firmly control the Beiliang Wolf Cavalry. On the other hand, they were preparing to blackmail the Empress!

Although he had already raided the prefect's house and although he held a huge sum of 70 million taels of silver in his hands.

But! It’s far from enough!

What Li Jize has to do is, I want the Beiliang Wolf Cavalry army, they listen to me! Go fight for this king!

Besides, I don’t want to pay for their military expenses, I want to ask for salary for you, the Empress!

It's almost over, but I still won't fight.

Hey! That’s right, this is what is commonly known as “riding on your head to shit, and then borrowing toilet paper for you after shitting!”

How long had he been feeling aggrieved? How long had Li Jize been bullied by that bitch, the Empress?

When she got rid of her husband and went ashore to kill his meritorious officials, Li Jize had been planning this day. Now the army is in my hands!

Then you! Empress! From today on, I am the only one threatening you, not you.