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

I can’t figure it out! The Beiliang Wolf Riders really can’t figure it out.

Firstly, as northerners, they were not familiar with water, and they really couldn't understand why the King of Qin didn't return to his "homeland" but went overseas.

Secondly, what good is there on the broken island? Why did the King of Qin insist on having an island?

They even went so far as to disobey the imperial decree and rob openly!

Li Jize certainly didn't need to explain. This was called vision. How could someone who had never been to sea know that there were mountains of gold and silver overseas?

In a word...

The Empress gives the best, and it is justified!

If the Empress doesn't give it to me, I'll be sorry! I, Li Jize, will have no choice but to snatch it away.

The entire canal was immediately bustling with activity. The bandits from Da Qi had changed their ways. They stopped robbing civilians and gold and silver and started robbing ships instead!

what?

I get money for helping transport troops? It's not forced conscription but a lease?

That’s okay!

The ships on the entire canal are basically "forced to operate". After you are paid rent, you have to go out to sea or not.

While the boats were being collected, the "poor students" that Li Jize had him take in were giving speeches and persuading people everywhere.

What?

Persuade the common people to board the ship with them and leave the troubled place of Da Qi.

"Today, either the barbarians are coming south to plunder, or the rebels are coming to kidnap you as cannon fodder! Even if the imperial army comes, we will be plundered again! Life is really unbearable. Why don't you all join our King Qin and go to sea?"

"Are you worried about running out of food? Don't worry! Anyone who goes out to sea with us will have a year's supply of food provided by the King of Qin! Once you've planted the seeds and harvested the crops next year, you can return the money. After three years of farming, the land becomes yours, and you won't be exploited by landlords anymore!"

Nothing else matters, it doesn’t matter whether there is land or not!

In this situation, who are the victims of the disaster?

Those who cannot afford to eat and have left their homes to escape disaster are called disaster victims! They live one day at a time, and now the King of Qin wants to provide a year's rations. They all shout "Long live the King" three times and quickly follow him to escape.

As for where Li Jize’s food comes from?

On one hand, the Liangshan heroes robbed and planted their own crops, and on the other hand, they held 70 million silver coins. Da Qi couldn't buy them! They could just go out to sea and buy them from neighboring countries.

What's more...

Li Jize was not far from Da Qi, and the Liangshan heroes were the spies he planted in Da Qi.

If Li Jize did not go out to sea and stayed in Qinghe County, he would have no future.

In the future, the world will be in chaos, with either barbarians or rebels. As long as Li Jize has a base at sea, he can deal with the barbarians or rebels because they have no navy.

Li Jize has made himself invincible!

Therefore, we must go out to sea, regardless of whether the empress agrees or not.

……

The thirteenth day of the first lunar month...

After the New Year, the Da Qi Dynasty ushered in the official 15th year of Xuande.

On this day, although the entire capital was facing war, everyone was still in high spirits because it was close to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Only...

In the palace, the empress was furious!

Today she received two pieces of shocking news.

One, the barbarians have arrived in Quzhou and are attacking the city fiercely.

Quzhou is the location of the royal mausoleum. If the city is breached, the empress can easily guess what will happen next.

The panicked empress immediately issued an order urging Zuo Santong to support Quzhou at all costs and save the imperial mausoleum.

The second news is about Li Jize!

This bastard has caused a big stir again. He has stopped all shipping on the canal, causing prices to skyrocket everywhere. Originally thought that there was no food and wages, he went crazy and wanted to rob merchant ships.

Who would have thought that this guy didn't want anything, but instead gave silver to the boatman.

What? He wants to go out to sea! He wants to go to the island!

This is outrageous! This is absolutely outrageous!

Although they had previously exchanged letters, and Li Jize had proposed going overseas, the Empress had not agreed. How could he have secretly intercepted a ship and gone to sea?

Damn it! Does he still have the imperial court and himself as the emperor in his eyes?

If the imperial court had not had so few troops, the empress would have really wanted to issue an order and send troops to encircle and suppress Li Jize.

The Empress was very angry! The chaos in Da Qi seemed to have never stopped.

And Li Jize! This damn troublemaker!

Instead of fighting the barbarians, you just think about running overseas all day long. Is the Great Qi and I really so terrible?

It doesn’t matter whether you live or die, you can go wherever you want, but why do you want to take my Beiliang Wolf Cavalry with you!

What a beast! What a beast!

The furious empress will no longer indulge Li Jize this time!

Because her good ministers helped her choose a better "replacement", General Zuo Santong!

Ren Zuo Santong was different from Li Jize. He was brave in battle (killing innocent people to claim credit), paid for the food and money out of his own pocket and refused to receive it from the court (plundering the people, capturing able-bodied men, and stealing gold and silver), and was so loyal (obeying orders but not notices). He was many times better than Li Jize.

So...

Full of confidence, she felt that Zuo Santong would be able to drive away the barbarian army, and then she would deal with Li Jize's empress and directly issue an imperial decree! She reprimanded Li Jize for disobeying the court's orders, daring to go out to sea without permission, and conspiring with treason!

What I give you is yours, and you can’t take what I don’t give you!

Don’t think you’re great just because you have the Beiliang Wolf Cavalry. I, the great general Zuo Santong, am not afraid of the barbarians, so why would I care about your Beiliang Wolf Cavalry?

Just wait for me! General Zuo has dealt with the Beiliang Wolf Riders, and I will deal with you next.

After issuing the imperial edict, the empress was in a good mood. Having nothing to do, she decided to go to the harem again to find trouble with the ugly Wang Yuanya.

……

In the harem, Wang Yuanya, the ugly woman, was a "prisoner of honor".

However, her status was special. The emperor had repeatedly come to visit her disguised as a man, and she was the wife of Li Jize, the Prince of Qin, so naturally the eunuchs did not dare to deliberately make things difficult for her.

Not only was she not treated unfairly in terms of food, but in order to prevent her from feeling depressed and anxious, she was often allowed to go out for walks and visit the garden.

As long as you don't leave this yard, everyone will turn a blind eye.

Wang Yuanya's life is a little too comfortable, but she just can't sit still!

The daughter of an imperial physician was able to travel around the world and finally had the audacity to join the rebel army. How could such a person be idle and willing to stay at home?

It seemed like she was eating and drinking in the yard to digest her food, but in fact, she was swimming while looking for a place with weak defense so that she could escape.

While strolling in the backyard, suddenly a eunuch came over with his head lowered and a food box in his hand.

As soon as he saw Wang Yuanya, he bowed and said, "I greet the Princess of Qin!"

Wang Yuanya was busy trying to find a way out. Seeing a dead eunuch staring at her, she felt extremely annoyed. She waved her hand impatiently and said calmly, "Get up! You're not needed here. Go do what you need to do."

"I'm afraid if I leave, you, Junior Sister, won't be able to leave this palace!"

Ok?

Wang Yuanya was stunned on the spot.