Chapter 3: Beat the King's Golden Whip, Fengtian Jingnan
That night.
The study room in the main hall of the Prince of Jin's mansion.
After seeing off Sun Heling, the Minister of Rites, in the afternoon, Chen Huaian returned to the palace and the first thing he did was to order the lieutenant general Pang Xianchu to impose martial law throughout the city. No one was allowed to enter or leave the city gate without his order.
Then, Chen Huaian locked himself in the study room and arranged guards outside the study room. No one was allowed to enter the study room without his permission.
After a few hours, the palace was already crowded with people anxiously waiting for His Royal Highness, but Chen Huaian was still nowhere to be seen.
At this time, he was in the secret room of the study room, burning incense to the tablet of the Prince of Jin, while looking at the set of golden battle armor left by his father Chen Polu and talking to himself.
"Dad, when you were alive, you always taught me that as a minister, how can you have two hearts?"
"You were loyal to the emperor and patriotic in your life, but in the end you died in a foreign land.
Even so, the dog emperor Zhao Gan still refused to let our family of Jin Wangfu go. Not only did he confiscate the last military power of our family, but he also sent our family to the border to fend for ourselves in the extremely cold and barren land in the north."
"Hey——"
Chen Huaian sighed, then skillfully took off the golden armor hanging on the wall and put it on himself, and continued:
"Dad, if I only had 8,000 Po Lu soldiers, I would have handed over the military power, but I was born to be an emperor, and I had 800,000 private soldiers overnight. What do you think of this matter!"
"Tell me, should I hand over the military power now or not?"
At this point, Chen Huaian had already put on the golden armor.
He looked up at the bronze mirror, and what was reflected was a tall figure wearing golden armor, with clear outlines, sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and an extraordinary bearing all over his body. His every move and gesture had the demeanor of a generation of emperors.
"Dad, if you don't say anything, I will take it as your tacit consent that we will not hand over the military power!"
As he said this, Chen Huaian looked at the Jin Wang's spirit tablet surrounded by incense, and said to himself: "Dad, in fact, whether you say it or not, I know that you never wanted to hand over the military power of the 8,000 Po Lu Army to that dog emperor Zhao Gan from the beginning."
"Otherwise, when you went to Beijing to participate in Zhao Gan's Fengshan and Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony, why did you hand over the Danshu Tiequan Jin Medal, but only left the Golden Whip for Beating the King?"
After saying this, Chen Huaian had taken out a rectangular nanmu box from under the Jin Wang's spirit tablet, and the box was engraved with a coiled dragon pattern symbolizing imperial power.
The next moment, he opened the nanmu box without hesitation.
What caught his eyes was a golden mace (beating the king whip) lying quietly on the brocade.
Chen Huaian picked up the golden mace forged from brass in the nanmu box and carefully examined it. The words "beat the tyrant and the unjust, beat the civil and military disloyal, gods and people must not avoid it, the great ancestor of the new era personally conferred it" were engraved on the golden mace.
This golden whip (golden mace) bestowed by the great ancestor of the new era, Zhenwu Emperor Zhao Mang, was the last life-saving talisman left by Jin Wang Chen Polu to Chen Huaian and the family of the king's mansion.
It turned out that as early as three months ago, when Chen Polu left home to participate in the Fengshan and Heavenly Offering Ceremony held by Emperor Jian'an Zhao Gan, he had left a letter to Chen Huaian.
Moreover, he agreed with Chen Huaian that if Chen Polu could not return home smoothly on this trip, Chen Huaian would open the letter and deal with the affairs of the king's mansion according to the contents above.
One of them is that if the current emperor intends to attack the Jin Palace, he can use this golden mace (beating the king whip) to mediate with the current emperor, and seek a chance for the more than a thousand family members and servants of the Jin Palace and the eight thousand soldiers of the Po Lu Army to go to the Western Regions and never set foot in the Great New Dynasty.
In fact, after the news of his father's death was reported back to the palace, Chen Huaian had been planning this after reading the content of the last letter left by Chen Po Lu.
With the eight thousand Po Lu Army in hand, it should not be difficult for him to take the family members of the Jin Palace to the Western Regions to find a place to settle down.
As for finding out the real reason for the death of the King of Jin and avenging his father, he had to slowly plan it after solving the worries.
But all this will change with the sudden sound of [ding] in Chen Huaian's mind in the afternoon.
During the few hours he locked himself in the secret room of the study, Chen Huaian had already figured out the operating rules of the [Born to be an Emperor] system:
The 800,000 soldiers rewarded by the system are all private soldiers who are absolutely loyal to Chen Huaian;
When the host achieves the [Unify the World] achievement, he can open the unlimited explosion rights;
When the host achieves the [Eternal Emperor] achievement, he can open the exploration of eternal life rights!
But at present, Chen Huaian can only summon 80,000 soldiers, all of whom are fully armored soldiers (with weapons, equipment and horses);
The remaining 720,000 soldiers are in a waiting state, and the soldiers to be summoned are all blank (the weapons and equipment of the soldiers need to be allocated by themselves);
In addition, the system will randomly give him a historical legendary general who leads the troops when he summons 80,000 soldiers for the first time;
According to the system regulations, if Chen Huaian wants to summon the remaining 720,000 soldiers and unlock more historical legendary generals to lead the troops to fight, he must pass System points can be exchanged, and the exchange rate is 1 point for ordinary soldiers and 10 points for super elite soldiers;
The way to obtain system points is also quite simple. You can get points by killing or surrendering enemy soldiers and attacking and defending cities. Specifically:
Killing or surrendering an enemy soldier will earn 1 point (no upper limit);
Killing or surrendering an enemy general will earn different points according to the general's official position; Centurion, 100 points; Thousand, 300 points; Garrison, 800 points; Commander, 2000 points;
5000 points for a lieutenant general; 10000 points for a deputy general; 30000 points for a general; 50000 points for a commander-in-chief; 80000 points for a governor-general; 100000 points for a general-in-chief;
Note: These points can only be used to redeem the summon quota of soldiers rewarded by the system and to unlock historical legendary generals.
The points for attacking and defending cities are different according to their size: small cities (with a population of less than 100,000) have 1 million points, medium-sized cities (with a population of more than 100,000 and less than 500,000) have 5 million points,
medium-large cities (with a population of more than 500,000 and less than 1 million) have 10 million points; large cities (with a population of more than 1 million) have 30 million points;
Note: These points can only be used to redeem food, weapons, armaments and other supplies.
The exchange rate of grain and grass is 1 point per catty; the exchange rate of war horses is 100 points per horse; there are differences between the arms of each type of arms, ranging from 20 points to 100 points;
The system points are calculated by issuing them immediately after each battle ends or the attack and defense of the city is completed.
As for the summoning function of historical legendary generals in the system, the host system points must reach 100,000 points to be enabled, and it is unknown which historical legendary generals can be summoned.
Finally, Chen Huaian used the four words "fighting to support fighting" to describe the [Born Emperor's Fate] system.
As for whether he can achieve the achievements of [unifying the world] and [the greatest emperor in history] in the end, Chen Huaian has no time to consider it at this moment. The most urgent thing now is how to solve the emperor's seizure of power and the pressure of 100,000 enemy troops.
Let's get back to the story.
During the few hours that Chen Huaian locked himself in the study, the entire Jinwang Mansion and even Feilong City had exploded, and all kinds of news were flying all over the sky.
There is no impenetrable wall in the world. The news that the current emperor Zhao Gan ordered to "clean up" the Jin Wang Mansion and to kill all the Jin Wang's family, tribes, and servants has become known to everyone.
In particular, the news that Emperor Zhao Gan wanted to transfer the military power of the 8,000 Po Lu Army in Longcheng to the control of the Northwest General Wu Qingyun caused an uproar among the Longcheng defenders.
The scouts of the Longcheng defenders had sent back news in the evening of the same day that the heavy troops mobilized by the Northwest General Wu Qingyun from the three towns were less than a hundred miles away from Longcheng, with a force of 100,000.
The military situation was urgent, and 36 Po Lu Army generals led by Lieutenant General Pang Xianchu gathered at the Jin Wang Mansion, waiting for His Royal Highness Chen Huaian to make the final decision.
The anxious Po Lu Army generals tried to break into the study of the palace several times to ask for orders, but were finally stopped by Pang Xianchu.
It was not until the fainted Princess Xu Ruoyun of Jin woke up that the generals found their backbone and knelt down to ask the princess to go to the study to summon His Royal Highness.
The matter was of great importance, and Princess Xu Ruoyun of Jin did not dare to delay. She immediately, with the support of a group of maids, forced herself to cheer up and dragged her exhausted body to the study in the main hall.
The Princess of Jin and her entourage had just arrived at the main hall when they met Chen Huaian who had just come out of the study.
Xu Ruoyun looked at Chen Huaian, who was wearing a helmet and holding a golden mace, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then sighed.
"Mother, why are you here?"
Chen Huaian stepped forward quickly, and naturally took Xu Ruoyun's hand from the maid, and then ordered the guards and servants of the palace present: "You, all retreat!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Soon, all the guards and servants retreated.
In the huge main hall courtyard, only Chen Huaian and his mother Xu Ruoyun were left.
Xu Ruoyun raised her hand and gently stroked the golden armor on Chen Huaian's body. She couldn't help but tear up, and the past events came to her mind.
This set of golden armor was the dowry given by the Duke's Mansion when Xu Ruoyun, the eldest daughter of the former Duke of Xu, and Chen Polu, the general of Zhenwei, got married 25 years ago.
Chen Polu later wore this set of golden armor to fight more than a hundred battles, and then he helped the Zhenwu Emperor Zhao Mang to establish a piece of territory in the Great Xin Dynasty.
At the same time, Chen Polu also wore this set of golden armor, and stepped on the corpses of the enemy step by step to the top of power in the yellow sand and hundreds of battles. He became the only one-word shoulder to shoulder king in the Great Xin Dynasty.
It can be said that the golden armor left by Chen Polu not only witnessed his love with Xu Ruoyun, but also witnessed the rise and fall of the Jin Palace.
Seeing the things reminded him of the people, Xu Ruoyun couldn't help feeling sad.
More importantly, she knew very well what it meant for her son Chen Huaian to wear this set of golden armor and hold the Golden Whip (Golden Mace).
Holding the whip without armor is a compromise;
Wearing armor and holding the whip is resistance!
Xu Ruoyun still advised: "Son, stop it. You only have 8,000 Po Lu soldiers. You can't beat Zhao Gan anyway!"
"Son, listen to me. If you return this Golden Whip to Zhao Gan, I will risk my old face and ask for help in the court. I will eventually be able to find a way out for you and the hundreds of families in the Jin Wang Mansion!"
Chen Huaian just smiled, and then whispered a few words to Xu Ruoyun's ear.
Hearing this, Xu Ruoyun's pale face without makeup suddenly became complicated, switching between gloomy, shocked and happy expressions at will.
In a few minutes, Xu Ruoyun's eyes, which were still covered with tears, were already showing a bit of domineering light. She confirmed what Chen Huaian had just said: "Son, is this true?"
Chen Huaian nodded and replied affirmatively: "Absolutely true."
The next second, Xu Ruoyun suddenly shook off Chen Huaian's hands that were supporting her. Her body, which had been weak due to excessive sadness in recent days, seemed to be injected with infinite strength at this moment.
Xu Ruoyun turned her back to Chen Huaian and said: "Son, don't call me mother from now on!"
Huh?
Chen Huaian was confused.
Xu Ruoyun continued: "Call me mother!"