Chapter 219: The Death of the Treacherous Prime Minister, the End of Daxin

Inside Jinling City.

The sound of cannons on both sides of the Yangtze River resounded for several hours, and the people in Jinling City were also worried for a whole day. The streets were full of soldiers rushing around to defend the city.

Ever since the treacherous minister Qin Ruhui supported the son of the King of Daxin Fu to ascend the throne and establish the Hongxi regime, the originally prosperous Jinling City in the capital has become a stagnant pool.

Qin Ruhui has ordered all the gates of Jinling City to be closed, so that the people in the city cannot escape.

This is Qin Ruhui's last trump card - using the lives of millions of innocent people in Jinling City to bury himself and the Hongxi regime.

In the palace, in the Jinluan Palace.

Despite the continuous sound of gunfire outside the city, the treacherous prime minister Qin Ruhui, who had already changed into a bright yellow five-clawed dragon robe, walked through the empty Jinluan Palace and climbed the nine steps step by step;

With infinite desire and attachment, after stroking the dragon throne in the Jinluan Palace, which symbolized the supreme imperial power, he finally sat down.

Qin Ruhui sat on the dragon throne, looking at the empty Jinluan Palace, imagining the scene of all the civil and military officials kneeling and bowing to him, shouting "Long live the emperor";

The cunning old face finally showed a satisfied smile.

"Prime Minister Qin——"

"It's bad. Liangjiang Governor Su Chen led the Liangjiang New Army under his command to turn against the enemy in the battle, and cooperated with the Longcheng rebel navy fleet on the Yangtze River to defeat the Nanzhao Kingdom's rattan armor soldiers who came to help!"

Suddenly, outside the Jinluan Palace, the exclamation of Luo Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, came: "Prime Minister Qin, Su Chen is leading the Longcheng rebels to Jinling City. It will be too late if we don't leave the city!"

Swish!

As soon as the voice fell, Luo Yuanji just broke into the Jinluan Palace.

The scene that came into his eyes shocked him so much that he was speechless.

That Prime Minister Qin actually sat on the dragon throne in a dragon robe, and Emperor Hongxi Zhao Lingzhan was nowhere to be found.

Even Luo Yuanji, who was a member of the prime minister's party, could not accept such a Prime Minister Qin!

This move was a blatant usurpation of the throne and rebellion!

Oh?

At this time, Qin Ruhui on the dragon throne suddenly opened his eyes, his expression was warm and angry.

Obviously, he was dissatisfied with the fact that the Minister of Revenue Luo Yuanji had disturbed his dream and fantasy, and disturbed the scene in his mind where all the civil and military officials knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor".

Qin Ruhui was intimidating without anger, and said sternly: "Lord Luo, since the rebels in Longcheng are already at the gates of the city, why don't you go up to the city to kill the enemy?"

"What about the Minister of War Li Jingyu? What does he do? The rebels have already hit the doorstep, and they haven't come up with a plan to defend against the enemy!"

"And..."

On the dragon throne, Qin Ruhui, the treacherous prime minister who seemed to have really regarded himself as the emperor, was still talking to himself.

In the Golden Palace, the Minister of Revenue Luo Yuanji no longer had the heart to listen to Qin Ruhui's chatter.

He knew that Prime Minister Qin had gone insane, and it was not worth it to follow a madman all the way to the end. The right thing to do was to run away from the city as soon as possible.

Luo Yuanji did not care about the "mad emperor" who was still chattering, and turned around and ran without hesitation.

Humph!

On the dragon throne, Qin Ruhui snorted coldly and said in a sharp voice: "Traitors, they are all a bunch of traitors who are greedy for life and afraid of death. The great country and society of my Great Xin Dynasty have all been destroyed by you traitors!"

"Run away, all of you run away for your lives. The last dignity and backbone of this Great Xin Dynasty will be protected by me!"

After saying that, Qin Ruhui staggered to his feet, pulled out the "Sword of the Son of Heaven" that he named himself, walked out of the Golden Palace step by step, and walked towards the gate of the imperial city.

Along the way, he met palace maids and eunuchs who were fleeing for their lives. Qin Ruhui, who was powerless, swung his sword and killed them without asking any questions.

But he was too weak, and the eunuchs and palace maids easily dodged his sword without any strength or momentum. Instead, everyone looked at the prime minister who was once high and mighty as a "madman".

Watching him stumble all the way to the tower.

As for why the prime minister Qin Ruhui, who had been shrewd all his life, became so crazy overnight?

All this started from the first half of last night, when three treasure ships carrying the prime minister's family and the gold, silver and jewelry that Qin Ruhui had accumulated for a lifetime were intercepted by the Longcheng Navy Fleet heading north along the river.

At that time, Chen Huaian also ordered Xiao Po to imprison Qin Ruhui's eldest son Qin Tianchao, intending to use him as a bargaining chip to persuade Qin Ruhui to surrender and take over Jinling City without bloodshed.

After all, the walls of Jinling City are tall, and if a real fight breaks out, there will inevitably be casualties, and even more so, innocent people in the city will be hurt.

Who would have thought that in the second half of the night, Chen Huaian actually received the surrender and loyalty of the Liangjiang New Army and the Huben New Army one after another.

In this way, Chen Huaian changed his mind and decided to send the traitor Qin Ruhui to his last journey by killing him and destroying his heart.

He immediately ordered Qin Tianchao to be beheaded, and then ordered Luo Yucheng, the deputy commander of the Longcheng Internal Guard, to bring Qin Tianchao's head and the letter from the King of Jin into the city overnight, and threw the head and letter into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

By the way, he also ordered the Longcheng Internal Guard in the city to publicize the news that the Liangjiang New Army and the Huben New Army had turned against them in battle, and the Longcheng Jingnan Army was about to enter the city.

In addition, the scene of the defeat of the Rattan Armor Army during the day today completely shook the morale of the Lianghu New Army guarding the city.

Even the Minister of War Li Jingyu had secretly sent an envoy to meet with Prince Jin, expressing his willingness to assist His Royal Highness Prince Jin in conquering the city of Jinling without bloodshed.

Under the blow of this series of events, especially the pain of losing his son in old age, Qin Ruhui, a shrewd and cunning traitor, went completely crazy.

And the self-made dragon robe on his body. He had prepared it long ago, and he dreamed of wearing it, and then step by step climbed to the top of the Golden Palace, sat on the dragon throne and accepted the worship of civil and military officials.

Today, Qin Ruhui finally got his wish.

When Qin Ruhui staggered to the gate of the imperial city, the former imperial guards had already run away, and outside the huge palace, there was no one in sight.

After the Lingwu coup and the Longcheng Jingnan Army entering Jinling, the imperial city at this time can no longer be compared with the reign of the Great Xin Emperor Zhenwu.

The unpopular imperial city is like a ghost town.

Dengdengdeng!

Dengdengdeng!

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves like thunder came from far away, getting closer and closer.

Although Qin Ruhui was crazy, he was not deaf. He could hear that it was the sound of the cavalry's iron hooves hitting the bluestone bricks outside the imperial city.

Soon, the mighty Longcheng cavalry, holding high the flags of the King of Jin, approached the imperial city with overwhelming pressure.

King of Jin Chen Huaian rode his yellow horse and stood proudly in front of the three armies under the imperial city.

On the city wall, there was the treacherous prime minister Qin Ruhui wearing a dragon robe and holding the emperor's sword;

Under the city wall, there was King of Jin Chen Huaian wearing golden armor and commanding thousands of troops.

This scene also became the last scene before the end of the Great Xin Dynasty.