Chapter 262: Peng Feng Slashes the Heavenly Immortal Realm ๏ผ3๏ผ
On the Demon Sect’s side.
A burst of boisterous laughter erupted.
“What ‘one of the nine great Heavenly Immortals of the Manchu Qing,’ Dodo, is only at this level.”
“Trash.”
“Wasn’t he still killed by our Sect Leader?”
“Sect Leader is ninety-three years old and a Heavenly Immortal! In another hundred years, wouldn’t he have a chance to break through to the Mysterious Immortal Realm? Once he reaches the Mysterious Immortal Realm, what do the Manchu Qing’s Heavenly Immortals count for? They wouldn’t be worth mentioning.”
“Haha, Sect Leader is mighty!”
“Sect Leader is domineering.”
“Following Sect Leader means there’s meat to eat.”
At this time, Imperial Princess Zhu Huichuo’s expression was unreadable.
After the crowd had dispersed.
Imperial Princess Zhu Huichuo asked, “Husband, did you already possess the strength of a Heavenly Immortal?”
“Yes.”
“Then why, when the capital was in danger before, when it was besieged by the Chuang rebels, why didn’t you go to save the Great Ming, save Father Emperor?” Imperial Princess Zhu Huichuo questioned.
“Save the Great Ming? Save your Father Emperor?” Peng Feng chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm, “What makes you think I could save the Great Ming? What makes you think I could save the Great Ming? Don’t even mention the Heavenly Immortal Realm, even a Mysterious Immortal wouldn’t be able to save the Great Ming.”
Imperial Princess Zhu Huichuo was stunned.
“It seems you don’t understand the reason for the Great Ming’s demise at all.” Peng Feng sneered, “There are two reasons why the Great Ming fell.”
“First, the Great Ming’s feudal princes and imperial clan.
Do you know how many people are in the Great Ming’s imperial clan now? More than a million? These million-plus people don’t engage in production, yet they enjoy the greatest benefits.
The Great Ming Dynasty pays as much as 9,000,000 shi of grain to princes, feudal lords, and other members of the imperial family every year. The princes, feudal lords, and other members of the imperial family take away nearly two-thirds of the country’s fiscal revenue each year.
In the forty-first year of Jiajing, the total local fiscal revenue of Shanxi Province for the entire year was 1,520,000 shi, while the annual salary of the princes in Shanxi was 2,120,000 shi. The total fiscal revenue of Henan for the entire year was 843,000 shi, while the salary of the princes in Henan was 1,920,000 shi.
The total fiscal revenue of the entire province not only fails to reach the salary of the feudal lords and princes, but it can even be said that it is far lower than the salary of the feudal lords and princes, resulting in the country’s finances being in a state of collapse and the lives of the common people being extremely difficult.
Not to mention anything else, the Great Ming’s feudal princes alone can already crush the Great Ming to death. If the Great Ming doesn’t fall, these feudal princes will exist forever.”
“Second, the Great Ming’s officialdom is rotten to the core. There are only one million taels of Immortal Gold Coins in your father’s national treasury.
However, those officials in the capital have tens of millions of taels of Immortal Gold Coins, which were extracted by Li Zicheng through torture.
And that is just the wealth they kept in the capital. These officials all have their ancestral homes, and a large amount of wealth was sent back there. The wealth in their ancestral homes is much more than what they have in the capital, at least several hundred million taels of Immortal Gold Coins.
The Eight Great Shanxi Merchants have several hundred million Immortal Gold Coins in their hands.
Those wealthy merchants in Jiangnan have at least several hundred million Immortal Gold Coins.
But you can’t collect any money from these people.
The land is all attached to those officials, and those officials are exempt from land tax.
They also refuse to pay commercial tax, claiming that paying commercial tax is competing with the people for profit.
They also don’t have to pay the overseas trade tax, claiming that paying tax is against ancestral teachings and that ships cannot leave the sea, but in reality, these officials are making a killing in overseas trade.
The poorest people in the world are your emperors. Other major powers are all much richer than your emperors.”
“The Great Ming, to maintain itself, needs to collect money. But it can’t collect money from the feudal princes and the Great Ming’s officials.
Moreover, the appetites of the feudal princes and the Great Ming’s officials are getting bigger and bigger.
The lives of the common people are getting more and more miserable. They can’t survive anymore.
The Great Ming is rotten from the bone, completely stinking. The likes of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are endless because the people of the Great Ming can’t survive anymore.”
“The Great Ming must fall!”
“Only by letting all of the Great Ming’s feudal princes, civil officials, and meritorious officials die completely, can a new world be created.”
“I can’t save the Great Ming.”
“No one can save the Great Ming.”
Imperial Princess Zhu Huichuo was dumbfounded. She had received a royal education.
But she really didn’t know what the reason for the Ming’s demise was like.
And now, Peng Feng had laid out the reasons for the Ming’s demise bare.
For a moment, Imperial Princess felt her worldview had been greatly impacted, and she felt a little unwell.
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After educating Imperial Princess Zhu Huichuo, Peng Feng directly convened a Demon Sect meeting.
He told everyone that they were going to set sail overseas.
He had killed Dodo, and he expected that it would shock the world.
Given how much Huang Taiji valued him.
Even if he didn’t come personally, he would send Dorgon, who was currently attacking the Southern Ming, to besiege him. With his current strength, he was not yet a match for Dorgon.
So, he could only leave.
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“The Manchu Qing is powerful now. It is indeed the best method for us to first escape overseas and then return after the Sect Leader becomes stronger.” Yin Gui Sect Leader Song Xiyu nodded.
Everyone else had similar views.
Then, they left happily.
And Peng Feng had already built several bases overseas.
With preparations made beforehand, leaving was naturally exceptionally easy.
In a flash, the people of the Demon Sect set sail overseas.
“The sea, ah, it’s so beautiful.”
“Haha, I suddenly have a strange expectation for life overseas.”
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
Before leaving, Peng Feng picked up a handkerchief and wrapped some soil in it.
The Yin Gui Sect’s enchantress, Feng Feifei, curiously asked, “Sect Leader, why are you wrapping up this ordinary soil?”
“This is the soil of my hometown. Now, our country has been invaded by foreign enemies, by a different race. My current strength is not a match for Huang Taiji, so I can only temporarily avoid the limelight and go overseas. But sooner or later, I will return.”
“Seeing the soil of my hometown, even if I am overseas, I will think of my hometown.”
Hearing Peng Feng say this, many people couldn’t help but take out containers and fill them with soil.
Everyone loved their homeland deeply.
It’s just that now, because of the invaders, they had to leave for a while.
But they would definitely return!
This time, they were leaving behind several bases. The base they were going to now was in Luzon.
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At this time.
Huang Taiji was pursuing Li Zicheng.
Ahead of Li Zicheng was only Jiugong Mountain.
Huang Taiji had laid out an inescapable formation in Jiugong Mountain.
As long as Li Zicheng stepped into Jiugong Mountain, he would surely die.
“Report.”
“Speak.”
“Report, Prince Yu Dodo, while leading 30,000 troops to attack the Demon Sect’s headquarters, Yandang Mountain, was defeated and killed in battle.”
“Impossible!” Upon hearing this, Huang Taiji couldn’t help but abruptly stand up, “Dodo is a Heavenly Immortal Realm Second Level expert. He can be considered an old Heavenly Immortal. He also possesses the World AuthorityโBlood. His abilities are unfathomable. Unless Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong personally take action, who could kill him?”
“But Li Zicheng is being chased by me, and Zhang Xianzhong is holed up in Sichuan, not in the Jiangnan area at all. Who could have killed Dodo?”
“According to the reported information, it was Peng Feng.”
“Peng Feng?” Huang Taiji was stunned, “You said it was Peng Feng?”
“Yes. It is rumored that Peng Feng has reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm. With his raw strength, he continuously fought head-on, overwhelming Prince Yu, and finally, after fifty moves, killed Prince Yu.” The intelligence officer said.
Huang Taiji’s brow furrowed, and an unbelievable look flashed in his eyes, “Peng Feng is only ninety-three years old, right? He has already reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and to the extent that he could kill Dodo. It’s truly unimaginable. Even when I was young, I wasn’t this valiant.”
“The potential of this person is unimaginably high.”
“It’s even higher than I assessed.”
“By the way, where is my son, Haoge?” Although Huang Taiji had many sons, only Haoge was promising.
“Prince Haoge, after discovering that Peng Feng had reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm, didn’t even wait for the result of Peng Feng’s battle with Prince Yu and directly fled. Therefore, he is still alive and well.”
“What?” Huang Taiji couldn’t help but laugh and cry, his son being alive was naturally a good thing. But his son now being so afraid of Peng Feng was really not a good thing.
His son was the future monarch!
How could he be so useless?
After Huang Taiji finished lamenting about his son, his eyes turned cold, “Order Dorgon to stop worrying about the Southern Ming. That bunch of useless people in the Southern Ming can’t achieve anything. Immediately turn to deal with Peng Feng. Make killing Peng Feng the highest priority.”
“Yes.”
Huang Taiji let out a sigh of relief. Dorgon’s strength was only slightly inferior to his own. With Dorgon personally taking action, Peng Feng would surely have no chance of survival.
Of course, the news of Peng Feng killing Dodo also spread rapidly throughout the Manchu Qing camp. Those who heard it were all horrified.
This Peng Feng was too strong!
Moreover, it wasn’t just that.
From the time they raised their banners in 15830 to now in 16440, it had already been over six hundred years.
In these eight hundred years, the Manchu Qing had never lost a Heavenly Immortal Realm expert.
The so-called Yuan Chonghuan killing Nurhaci with fire crow cannons was just a rumor. It was just that Nurhaci’s time was up, and Yuan Chonghuan took the credit for it.
This time, Peng Feng killing Prince Yu Dodo was the strongest expert that the Manchu Qing had lost in these six hundred years of war.
