Pig Killer

Chapter 374

"Emperor..." The little emperor said with a flash of resentment in his eyes, "After my uncle passed away, they killed all my people in the fight for the throne."

"Cough cough..." Huang Zhongchang was so frightened that he kept coughing.

"What about surrender? Is it your idea? Or is it the minister's idea?" Shen Hui'e asked, looking at him with her deep and bottomless eyes.

"That's what the civil and military officials said! That's also what I said." The little emperor said with eyes like ink balls, neither sad nor happy, "If you don't want to die, you have no choice but to surrender."

"You are quite honest." Huang Zhongchang looked at him in surprise.

"The knife is in your hand. Why should I make things difficult for myself? I'm just telling you the truth." The little emperor said honestly with calm eyes.

"One thousand people will enter the city, and the rest will set up camp outside the city." Shen Hui'e looked at Huang Zhongchang and asked, "Is that ok?"

"Okay!" Huang Zhongchang nodded with a smile.

"We didn't set up an ambush, nor did we pretend to surrender." The little emperor looked up at them and said, "The 50,000 soldiers and horses you annihilated were the last of the imperial court."

"I know that the people who stay outside the city are here to avoid disturbing the people in the city, for fear of scaring you." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her clear and bright eyes.

"What about the last of our family's assets, the 400,000 government troops in the northwest?" Huang Zhongchang's eyebrows suddenly jumped down, "Didn't they ask them to come to our aid?"

"We can't catch up at all." The little emperor said regretfully, "There are smoke of war everywhere inside and outside Guanzhong. We have lost the support of the people. There is nothing we can do."

"Can you still command the border troops?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his dark eyes.

"I don't know." The little emperor said very straightforwardly.

Huang Zhongchang looked at him in astonishment and said, "You are the emperor!"

"I've only been in office for a few days! I haven't even recognized all the court officials yet, let alone the border troops thousands of miles away defending against the Xiongnu." The little emperor said aggrievedly, "Now that you have the tiger talisman in your hands, you can go and try to see if they will obey your orders."

"You are really a good emperor..." Huang Zhongchang pursed his lips and looked at his pitiful little face, unable to continue.

"Cowardly, huh?" the little emperor said frankly.

Huang Zhongchang moved his lips and decided not to bully the child anymore, "How old are you?"

"I am seven years old this year." The little emperor was stunned when he heard this, and then said.

"How much do you know about the situation of the border troops?" Shen Hui'e asked him with her gentle eyes.

"I don't know. What do you want to know? Ask the ministers!" said the little emperor honestly.

"Okay! We'll figure it out ourselves." Shen Hui'e had no choice but to say, facing the little emperor who knew nothing about anything.

"Where are the civil and military ministers?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with deep eyes and said, "You should know this!"

"They are all waiting in the hall!" said the little emperor, looking at them with bright eyes.

"Then let's go! Let's go into the palace." Shen Hui'e looked at him with clear eyes and said, "Pass the order down, do not harass the people in the city."

"You are quite nice to the common people." The little emperor suddenly said.

"I think differently from you." Shen Hui'e looked at him with bright eyes.

"Do you know what I'm thinking?" the little emperor looked at her in surprise.

"You think we are bandits, letting our soldiers do evil, burning, killing and looting." Shen Hui'e looked at him with eyes as black as black jade and said, "We are different from them. We want peace in the world, so that farmers can farm peacefully and the people can live and work in peace."

The little emperor glanced at her and said with a pout, "Then why do you want to rebel? Isn't it better to just farm peacefully?"

"Oh! You have such a bad temper. Why don't we just farm peacefully?" Huang Zhongchang snorted. "Kid, I guess I have to let you farm so you won't say that."

"All the harvested grains were taxed, and we couldn't even eat a white bread." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with dark eyes and said, "We are so poor that we can only dig grass roots and chew tree bark. I should let you taste it, and you won't say such heartless words."

"Just try it." said the little emperor unconvinced.

"Okay! Let the civil and military ministers taste the grass roots and tree bark at noon today." Shen Hui'e responded readily.

"Well... we don't have to do that!" Shen Penglai said in a low voice, "We didn't eat grass roots or tree bark even in the most difficult times!"

"Remember the good times and never forget where you came from." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her bright dark eyes.

"I obey your command." Shen Penglai said with a bow.

The streets were very quiet, and the doors of shops and houses were all closed.

There were only neat steps all the way to the palace.

"Wow..." Huang Zhongchang and the others looked at the tall and majestic imperial palace in amazement.

"Let's go in and see how you build the palace!" Shen Hui'e said to them with eyes as gentle as jade.

"We?" Huang Zhongchang pointed at himself and said.

"Both the imperial palace and the imperial mausoleum were built by millions of civilians." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark and bright eyes and said, "Shouldn't we take a look?"

"Yes, yes." Huang Zhongchang nodded hurriedly and stepped into the solemn and dignified palace.

"No guards?" Shen Hui'e lowered her eyes and looked at the little emperor and said.

"No, they were all wiped out by you." The little emperor said very straightforwardly.

No wonder they surrendered, even the palace guards were gone.

"What about the palace maid and the eunuch?" Shen Hui'e asked again, looking at him with her deep and penetrating eyes.

"We are all staying here quietly and waiting for your order." The little emperor said with a dim look in his eyes, "How are you going to deal with us?"

"Those who have homes can go home and reunite with their families. Those who have no homes can go and farm for me." Huang Zhongchang looked at the towering buildings with deep eyes and said, "I don't support idle people."

"Cough cough..." The little emperor was so frightened that he kept coughing.

"Why are you so surprised?" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with amusement.

"No! Don't you need someone to serve you?" The little emperor stopped coughing and looked at him and asked.

"We don't need so many people to serve!" Huang Zhongchang looked at him with his bright black eyes and said, "How many people do we need for our family of four?"

The little emperor stared at him with eyes wide open, "Where are the concubines in the harem? Don't you want them?"

"No need." Huang Zhongchang looked at him with clear eyes and said, "I have a son and a daughter now. How did your royal relatives die?"

"Uh..." The little emperor was speechless, "Then how do you plan to deal with them?"

"Everyone go back to your own home and find your own mother." Shen Hui'e looked at him with deep and penetrating eyes and said.

"If you want to get married, get married. If you don't want to get married, go and farm." Huang Zhongchang looked at him and said with a smile.

"They have been pampered for many years and can't stand the hardship," the little emperor said bluntly.

"Then there's nothing we can do. If we can grow it, they can grow it too." Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at him with a slightly cold look in his eyes.