When millions of people arrived together at the border of Great Luo, the local soldiers stopped them.
“This road is closed, go back!”
Everyone was stunned, “Why can’t we go?”
The soldiers said impatiently, “You don’t need to know, it’s an imperial edict! From today onwards, no one may leave Great Luo without the Emperor’s decree!”
The people became agitated.
“Why? Why can’t we leave?”
“We want to go now!”
“We want to leave Great Luo and head to Great Xia!”
“Open the city gates for us now!”
Tens of thousands of soldiers raised their spears and bows while threatening, “Are you disobeying the imperial edict?”
Faced with the cold weapons, the common people backed down.
Although they were numerous, they were unarmed and stood no chance against an actual army.
Therefore, they could only vent their anger on the Great Luo Emperor.
“Foolish emperor!”
“The most foolish emperor!”
…
Inside the Great Luo Imperial Palace, Song Yufei and the Great Luo Emperor were sitting face to face while drinking tea.
Song Yufei expressed her concern, “Your Majesty, is this really okay? Aren’t you afraid of losing the common people’s hearts by doing this?”
“Fairy Yufei, don’t worry so much!”
The Great Luo Emperor said with a laugh. “Troublemakers, they are troublemakers, why have the common people been called troublemakers since ancient times? It’s because they are a bunch of scumbags that act wilfully and recklessly for their own selfish desires without considering the bigger picture! For such troublemakers, only by suppressing them with force will they be subdued!”
“Fairy Yufei, just wait and see! They will obediently come back to work when they find themselves with no way out, and the nation will be stable then!”
“I hope so,” sighed Song Yufei, feeling a bad premonition rising in her heart…
……
At this moment, Elder Qian Yuan of the Beggar Sect secretly gathered a group of beggars.
“Fellow brothers of the Beggar Sect, it’s time to implement the zero-cost purchase plan!”
The beggars looked confused: “Elder, what is the zero-cost purchase plan?”
“The so-called zero-cost purchase plan means getting what you want without spending a penny! To put it bluntly, it’s robbery. We’ll rob everything we see on the streets, and once we do, the plan will be a success!”
The disciples of the Beggar Sect’s eyes lit up.
“I can do that!”
“We’re good at this!”
“However, this plan is somewhat risky. Let’s discuss and see how we can protect ourselves while causing more damage to Great Luo!” Elder Qian lowered his head and discussed seriously with everyone.
After the discussion, they began to take action.
They had skilled disciples of the Beggar Sect carry out the robberies.
They didn’t need to rob anything too valuable; anything that caught their eye was fair game, and if it was of no use, they destroyed it.
The affected merchants naturally reported to the authorities.
However, the officials had no way to deal with the martially skilled disciples of the Beggar Sect.
Seeing that the items being robbed were not particularly valuable, they relaxed their pursuit, allowing the robbers to succeed time and time again.
As a result, many people couldn’t stand by and watch.
Their wages had been halved, and they couldn’t move to Great Xia as they wished, so they had been accumulating anger for a while.
Seeing others rob without consequence, they felt extremely aggrieved.
If they can rob without consequence, why can’t we?
Following the principle of not being disadvantaged compared to others, they also started to rob.
Thus, the cities of Great Luo quickly descended into chaos, with zero-cost purchases happening everywhere.
Inside the Great Luo Imperial Palace, an official rushed in urgently.
“Your Majesty, there’s a serious problem!”
“What’s wrong?” A bad premonition rose in the Great Luo Emperor’s heart.
“Report to Your Majesty, many refugees have emerged in the major cities, specifically robbing merchants and the common people. Their actions are rampant, the merchants are suffering heavy losses, and the common people are in great distress!”
The Great Luo Emperor was very angry: “Then send people to catch them if there are robbers. Do you need to tell me about such a trivial matter?”
“Your Majesty, we can’t catch them because there are too many!” the official said with a wry smile.
“In the entire city, nearly a third of the people are robbing, and our soldiers simply can’t catch them all!”
Great Luo Emperor was shocked and dismayed, “What? There are so many people?”
“Your Majesty, most of those people are workers from various construction sites! After they returned from the border checkpoints, they stopped working and started looting. The situation is really serious!”
“This is outrageous, they have lost their minds!”
Great Luo Emperor slammed the table and stood up, “I will send the army to suppress them right now!”
Thus, the Great Luo army was dispatched, and the two sides fought fiercely.
However, how could the unarmed refugees stand a chance against the army?
As a result, the uprisings were quickly suppressed everywhere.
However, the Great Luo army was limited in number. As soon as they quelled the unrest in one city, another city would erupt in chaos.
The disturbances were breaking out everywhere and were impossible to contain.
Great Luo Emperor was furious, “There must be someone stirring up trouble behind the scenes, how else could this happen? Ministers, do you have any good strategies to root out the person behind this and resolve the unrest?”
“Your Majesty, the best solution now is to let them leave!” said the Prime Minister with a wry smile.
“There are too many of them, and they are really unruly. It will be a hidden danger for us if we keep them in Great Luo! So, we should let them go. Once they are all gone, even if someone behind the scenes tries to cause trouble, it will be useless!”
Great Luo Emperor’s face was somber. He knew this was the best solution.
To remove the source of the problem once and for all.
But still, he couldn’t help feeling reluctant!
After all, he had invested so much and yet gained nothing!
However, reason finally triumphed over emotion, and he sighed while waving his hand, “Minister, you are right. Let them leave!”
“As you command, Your Majesty!” the officials responded in unison.
Thus, the border gates were opened.
The rebellious common people rushed excitedly towards Great Xia as if they were running towards a happier life.
At this moment, Song Yufei walked through the desolate city while looking at the ravaged streets and the tightly closed doors, and for the first time, doubt crept into her heart.
“Is the choice of the Taoist Sect correct…?”
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