Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 850

Chapter 850: Chapter 847: Officials Forcing the People to Revolt

Though difficult, it’s not impossible to complete within ten days!

As long as the order is issued, severe punishment for non-compliance will suffice. Commoners are like ants; whatever those in power say, they must obey!

King Liang saw Li Mingrui nod at him, signaling his agreement. Only then did King Liang respond, "Within ten days, your son will certainly complete these two tasks!"

"Good!" The Emperor nodded, gazing at King Liang and calling Gao Demao, "Gao Demao..."

Gao Demao hurried forward, "Your servant is here!"

"Issue an edict to arrest the Crown Prince for attempted rebellion. From today, state affairs will be entrusted to King Liang," the Emperor commanded.

Gao Demao’s eyebrows twitched, unexpectedly the Emperor discarded the Crown Prince just like that.

"Thank you, Father Emperor!" King Liang bowed to the Emperor.

"Don’t forget, ten days! After ten days, when my nine-layered platform and the thousand boys and girls are here, I will abdicate and focus on seeking the way of immortality, passing the throne to you." After speaking, the Emperor added, "Have Xie Yuchang and Fu Ruoxi guard my bedchamber!"

King Liang watched as the Emperor swept away his robes and left, bowing respectfully, "Yes..."

Li Mingrui followed behind King Liang, stepping out of the grand hall. Looking at the sunlit resplendent multi-eaved building and the red lacquered wooden columns carved with lotus bases in the distance, his fist clenched tightly behind his back.

Soon, as long as King Liang ascends to the throne and vindicates the Second Prince... the letter in the hands of the Princess of Zhen would be useless. Moreover, the first person King Liang would deal with upon ascending the throne would be the Princess of Zhen, possibly even exterminating her entire family to avenge the Second Prince.

By then, the Bai family would be nothing but a few lines of ink in history books, the letter in the hands of the Princess of Zhen... would be insignificant, who would even remember it?

Bai Jinxiu had just received the news... that the Emperor ordered Xie Yuchang to open Wude Gate to invite King Liang into the palace. Shortly after, the Emperor’s edict was announced, imprisoning Prime Minister Lu for defying the decree, and abolishing the positions of Left and Right Prime Ministers to establish the Cabinet.

The Emperor also ordered the arrest of the Crown Prince for attempted rebellion, entrusting all state affairs to King Liang, who then appointed Li Mao as the Chief Minister of the Cabinet, bestowing favors upon officials in the court.

Subsequently, several edicts were issued...

The Emperor and King Liang commanded the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Works to complete the nine-layered platform within ten days.

They also ordered local government offices to distribute the task of conscripting a thousand boys and girls, aged between five and ten, all from clean families, to be delivered to Dadu City by May 13th of this year. Any suitable boys and girls not surrendered would result in their neighbors being implicated and executed without mercy.

The decree also conscripted all adult men within a hundred miles of the nine-layered platform’s construction site. All adult men must arrive at the site within three days of receiving the order, or face death, with their families implicated for desertion.

Such nearly brutal measures, treating the populace like livestock, show that this Lin family’s royal power has come to an end.