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On an avenue in Yizhou, the sound of gongs attracted many pedestrians to stop and watch, only to see a team under the banner of "Zhou", a team of elite soldiers escorting a carriage to march slowly, the flags were waving, and the momentum was high, but as long as you observe carefully, from the tired and impatient expressions of those soldiers, it can be seen that this is completely a pomp and circumstance to bluff people. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, it was said that Zhou Guogong ascended the throne and became emperor, the Great Zhou Dynasty was established, and the world was announced, and at the same time envoys were sent to lobby all forces, striving to achieve the unification of the world as soon as possible. This team was the envoy sent by the Great Zhou to the Xinghai Empire, and the carriage in the team was none other than the two brothers Xiao Tianrong and Xiao Tianlu.

"I heard them brag before, thinking that these two people should have some ability, who knew that at this time they were still pretending, playing prestige, and delaying time, it was really stupid!"

Behind the messenger's procession was a caravan, and several people were seated in an open carriage, one of whom looked at the team in front of him and said, while the rest of them all looked approving. The person who spoke was Xu Changqing, in addition to Lu Qian and several other strategists and officials under the command of the Duke of Zhou, they once again entered the Xinghai Empire as a business traveler, before that, as the envoy of the Great Zhou Emperor, they had already met King Wu in Taizhou, and handed over the persuasion text to King Wu and lobbied.

Of course, King Wu would not agree immediately, but he did not refuse, only said that he would think about it for a while, and Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and the others did not wait for King Wu's reply, but embarked on a journey to enter the Star Sea Empire.

Going to the Xinghai Empire, it is naturally also to persuade the Brotherhood to surrender, and to submit the persuasion document is also a formulaic discourse, which is basically a Lala relationship, saying some big truths, for the sake of the people, for the well-being of the world, etc., however, not to mention that the Xinghai Empire now occupies a vast territory, relying on the Brotherhood's consistent style of acting, it will definitely not agree to this matter, but, with the rules of diplomacy in this era, this transition must still be taken, that is, to make a notification, with the wisdom of Lu Qian, Xu Changqing, etc., Naturally, he would not do such a thankless task, so he handed it over to Xiao Tianrong and Xiao Tianlu.

It's also funny to say, Xiao Tianrong and Xiao Tianlu actually patted their chests and said that they would definitely do this and persuade the Brotherhood to surrender, Lu Qian and Xu Changqing didn't know where they got their confidence, and after a little inquiry, the answers of the two made them stunned, the feelings of these two goods were not clear about the current situation of the Xinghai Empire at all, and roughly thought that the Brotherhood was to occupy a few small foreign countries, and now the Great Zhou can be said to be in full swing, and now the Great Zhou can be said to be in full swing, and now the strength of the Brotherhood is naturally not comparable to the Great Zhou! The two learned that the Great Zhou sent an envoy to persuade the Brotherhood to surrender, and they fought to be this envoy, and they were even more proud after getting their wish, and after getting drunk, they shouted that Xiao Tianlei and others would look good, and asked them to kneel in front of them.

To tell the truth, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and a few others were really surprised, at first they did not underestimate Xiao Tianrong and Xiao Tianlu, and even looked up to them, after all, the two of them and Xiao Tianlei, Xiao Tianfu, Xiao Tianbao and other leaders of the Xiao family of the Brotherhood are brothers of the same clan, so Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others guessed that Xiao Tianrong and Xiao Tianlu were not simple, although it has been rumored that the two are not on good terms with Xiao Tianlei and others, but, according to conspiracy theories, the two may be secretly agents of the Brotherhood.

As a result, after some contact and understanding, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others realized that this time, they really thought too much, except for dancing and writing ink, looking for flowers and asking willows, talking loudly, and playing tricks, Xiao Tianrong and Xiao Tianlu have no real skills at all, that is, the typical civil officials who can only be officials in Daxia in the past, and the evaluation of the two of them only has the word "stupid", and they can't even figure out the situation in their own family, what is not stupid?

At the beginning, Xiao Tianrong and Xiao Tianlu were sent back to Lingzhou to investigate the news, although the two of them found out about the marriage between Xiao Tianlei and Helan Xiao Xiao, but it was not a big deal to think that the Brotherhood would occupy Funan. Later information proved that the brotherhood did not bother to cover up this matter, and many signs can show that it is impossible for the people of the Xiao family not to know about this matter, and the two of them were kept in the dark, so it can be known that the two are not very well received in the family, or have simply been abandoned. However, the two of them felt good about themselves, and Lu Qian and Xu Changqing didn't bother to tell the two of them the details, so they let them do it.

Yes, Xiao Tianrong and Xiao Tianlu are basically worthless, the reason why they are raised and given official positions is nothing more than that the two of them are the children of the Xiao family in Lingzhou after all, maybe one day they can have a little effect, at least for now, the two can find out some news, or spread some words to the upper echelons of the brotherhood, and they don't even have to worry that these two people will defect, they can rest assured that they will send an envoy to Lingzhou, to be honest, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others don't quite understand what these two people's brains think, for the same brother has such a big grudge, is so willing to do something that is not conducive to his clan, perhaps because of this, the Xiao family will give up on the two.

Today's Xiao clan can be said to be the most powerful clan in the world, so the world is unpredictable, who would have thought that the original Lang evil Xiao clan was exiled, many people see jokes, decades later, the situation of the Xiao family makes many families who have been inherited for thousands of years envious. The Xiao family of Beiliang is the royal family of Beiliang, and the Empress Dowager Xiao, Xiao Tianzuo, Xiao Tianyou and others control the government and army of Beiliang; Many of the children of the Xiao family in Lingzhou were the leaders of the Brotherhood, the actual rulers; There is also the Xiao family of Xiaoyi in Yingzhou, Middle Earth, and now there are people who are officials in some forces, although there are no too outstanding figures, but, with the kinship between Beiliang and the Brotherhood, the Xiao family of Xiaoyi is also quite powerful, and many big clans are vying to marry with them, hoping to get some relationship.

"Brother Changqing, why bother to be angry with two stupid people, don't bother with it, come, take a sip!" Lu Qian smiled and handed over a wine jug, Xu Changqing took it, poured a sip, and when he drank it, he realized that it was a strong wine, but he was tricked by Lu Qian, and he endured the spicy drink, and his face suddenly turned red.

"Brother Lu is leisurely, he really doesn't plan to meet the leader of the Brotherhood this time?" A companion said that this was the first time he had come to the South.

"Anyway, I can't see it, the Brotherhood is extremely strict, if it is as an envoy, we are afraid that there will be people watching everywhere we go, it is better to be so comfortable." Lu Qian had stayed in Lingzhou for a while, and with his carefulness, he naturally saw many things that others could not see.

"What about King Wu, can Brother Lu be sure?" One asked.

"Apart from returning to the Great Zhou, does King Wu have any other choice?" Lu Qian asked rhetorically.

"Brother Lu is so sure?! Why? ”

"King Wu should have already decided to return to the Great Zhou, and now he is acting like this, it is nothing more than bargaining, I don't need to say more about this matter, you will know if you look carefully at the situation on the road." Lu Qian sold a pass.

Except for Xu Changqing, who knew the inside story, everyone else carefully observed the situation on the road, and one of the reasons why they sat in an open-top car this time was to facilitate the observation of the situation along the way, and these people were also very observant, and they soon found out.

It stands to reason that they are now in the territory of Yizhou, and there are still 100 miles away from Yuezhou, Yizhou is the territory of King Wu, but many of the pedestrians seen on the road are dressed in the concise style of the Xinghai Empire, and the material is mostly a kind of extremely strong and durable cloth produced by the Brotherhood, and there are not a few people who carry weapons, all of them are strong and strong, and their eyes are sharp.

Continuing on, passing by some villages, I saw that many people were building roads and new houses, and there were some soldiers around them, just looking at the clothes of these soldiers, they did not want to be regular soldiers, but like the militia under the rule of the legendary brotherhood.

"The Brotherhood has invaded Yizhou?"

"I didn't hear that the Brotherhood would attack Yizhou!" “

"Why didn't King Wu resist?"

A cadre found out what the problem was, and Xu Changqing replied: "It's not that King Wu doesn't want to resist, but he can't do anything. ”

"Can't do anything? King Wu's army is not weak, the Brotherhood does this, he doesn't move at all, but what is the reason for this? Several people were puzzled.

"Because these people are not Brotherhood members, most of them are local people, and some are outcasts, but in the final analysis, this matter still has to be counted on the Brotherhood......

Xu Changqing explained, this matter has to talk about the various systems implemented by the brotherhood, to say that before, when the brotherhood first began to implement those systems, not to mention the big clans, many people in the ordinary people could not agree, and it was all up to the brotherhood to force the implementation, but after a few years, those people under the rule realized the benefits. Although the land belongs to the Brotherhood, it is basically similar to its own, and the Brotherhood only charges a low tax, and besides, the land under the rule of the Brotherhood is high, and the rest is the people's own and can be used at will. There is no such thing as conscription under the Brotherhood, and there is generally a good salary for working for the Brotherhood, and you can earn some contribution points, so if you want to work for the Brotherhood, it depends on whether you have that craft, and whether people want you.

The people under the rule of the Brotherhood basically have a good life, not to mention the rest, it is absolutely no problem to eat and dress warmly, and it is not difficult to eat meat, the people of these states near the Xinghai Empire naturally know, the first was some poor people who ran to the Xinghai Empire, and later as long as there were no tenants of their own fields, they went one after another.

At first, King Wu and other forces didn't care, wasn't it just a few untouchables, when a large number of displaced people from Middle-earth flocked to the Xinghai Empire, they also added fuel to the fire, who knew that later the Brotherhood occupied Funan and other places was exposed, and they found out one thing, many of the people under their rule ran to the Xinghai Empire! At this time, it is too late for them to stop it, the border is so long, there are many roads, the displaced people, the people are drilled all over the mountains, and they can't tell who is who, they can't mobilize the soldiers to intercept and arrest, it's better to catch the people, escort them back to their hometown, if they catch the homeless, they have to be resettled, give them food, King Wu has given an order to kill the homeless, as a result, it has caused some backlash from the soldiers below, besides, the brotherhood has always sent some troops to inspect the situation of the people and homeless people on the border, Finding that Wu Wangjun killed the homeless, he immediately mobilized his troops and horses, and cleaned up the Wu Wangjun who was chasing and killing the homeless, and Wu Wangjun found that the soldiers of the Brotherhood were so powerful, and the two sides were simply not of the same level.

The reason is that these soldiers learned about the treatment of prisoners of war by the Imperial Army, and when they became prisoners of war, they were sent to work as slave laborers, and they were fed and paid, and if they were lucky, they could enter the army, starting from low-level soldiers, and the treatment was also quite good...... These news were spread by soldiers who had been captured by the Imperial Army, many of whom had made their homes under the Brotherhood and then returned to pick up their families to enjoy their blessings, as well as those who had joined the Imperial Army, and even more were living advertisements.

Wu Wang's army even appeared in the formation of the initiative to send to the door, although it is only some miscellaneous soldiers, but, this series of events, for Wu Wangjun's military heart has a huge impact, for Wu Wangjun, he does not know how to control Wu Wangjun, loyal after all is a small part, mainly some from the children of large households, and those elite soldiers, elite soldiers are only a minority, ordinary soldiers still account for the majority, but also the main force on the battlefield, if they all choose to surrender, how to fight this battle? King Wu naturally did not dare to start a war with the Brotherhood, in addition to scolding the Brotherhood for being despicable and shameless, but he was helpless, and he could not watch the people run towards the Xinghai Empire, so he had to constantly strengthen the control of Wu Wangjun, as well as the control of the people on the territory, and there was no other way, King Wu could not learn from the Brotherhood to reduce the land rent, if he really did this, the power he had established would collapse directly. King Wu, like other forces, also relied on the support of the local clans, and various in-laws and relatives wanted to support his clans to reduce the land rent, but it was impossible.

King Wu implemented a high-pressure policy to kill the disobedient people under his rule, and as a result, he really did this, not only did not subdue the people under his rule, but led to the opposite effect, some people took up the sword to resist the rule of King Wu, not an isolated phenomenon, but organized and planned, into villages and villages.

To say that as long as ordinary people can survive and have a bite to eat, most of the time they are obedient, but these rebellious people are not ordinary people, many of them are people who have returned from the Xinghai Empire, many of them are working in Yuezhou and Lingzhou, in addition to the displaced people, these people have changed because of the improvement of living conditions, and some of them have also inspired Gang Qi to become martial artists. They worked under the rule of the Brotherhood, naturally under the influence of the atmosphere of the Xinghai Empire, and their thinking underwent some changes, they were originally just farmers who were only promises, but through the newspapers and other people's stories, they understood a lot of truths, and they also had more pursuits, looking at the days of the official residents of the people, and then looking at the days of the members of the Brotherhood, in addition to eating and drinking, they wanted to live a better life.

The greatest wish of these people is nothing more than to obtain official resident status as soon as possible, and to be allocated fields and houses, but it usually takes several years, and with the influx of large numbers of displaced people, it becomes more and more difficult. After all, the territory of the Brotherhood is limited, and the several states it occupies are mostly mountains and forests, and there is not much land that can be cultivated, although they can go to Funan and Naga, but they only take some risks, and there are also quota restrictions, and most of them are not willing to go too far from their hometowns.

When it comes to fields, these people naturally think of those states bordering the Xinghai Empire, these states already belong to the plains, the land is vast, and the fields are also fertile, but most of them are in the hands of big households, and with the war, more fields have fallen into the hands of some big households. Many people were anxious to obtain the qualifications of residents and obtain their own fields, so some people started the idea of these fields, because they found one of the policies of the Brotherhood: the people who took the initiative to join the Brotherhood with their fields could directly obtain the qualification of residents! This is an interpretation of the attitude of the Brotherhood towards the people under its rule, and will not give in vain, don't think that you can get the land if you want to be a good citizen, you have to pay if you want to get it, in the words of the game's Winter Fury Sejuani, that is: "Cowards are not worthy of distributing the spoils!" Therefore, there is such a clause in the rules, that is, the idea of letting the people fight for their own land.

This policy has been established a long time ago, until this time was discovered by some people, but also let many people see hope, some people began to ponder this matter, originally this matter was still in the embryonic, no one knew how to take this step, until King Wu suppressed the people under his rule, some people on the side of the Xinghai Empire learned that their relatives and friends were in trouble, and then ran to the Brotherhood for help, the Brotherhood's answer was very simple: "Isn't it just a few miscellaneous soldiers and family members, you can't deal with it yourself?" ”

In a simple word, it is a great empowerment for these people, they are used to asking for help from others, even if they have the ability, they can't think of it, as a result, as a reminder, some people immediately either bought some sword armor, or spent money to hire some martial artists, and returned to their hometown. After that, things are also simple, the people sent to suppress the people are just some miscellaneous soldiers, as well as the local big families, most of the weapons are sticks, where will be the opponents of these people, it can be said that these people's years of grudge broke out all at once, killing those miscellaneous soldiers, family members fart, and then simply killed those big families' homes and looted them.

These people were happy, but it didn't end well afterwards, they did this tantamount to rebellion, in case Wu Wangjun sent an army, they would be miserable, but they could run to the Xinghai Empire, but at this time, they also had a large group of relatives and friends in addition to themselves, and it was not easy to drag their families and mouths, and the brotherhood was not accepted by everyone, and they often broke people up, which meant that they had to be separated, so these people found the brotherhood again and asked if the brotherhood had a way to settle.

The Brotherhood gave a method, that is, let these people occupy their original villages, which can be according to the system of the Brotherhood, and the Brotherhood can provide protection against Wu Wangjun, however, because it is not the territory of the Brotherhood, the protection may not be very thoughtful, so these people have to take some risks and defend their hometowns by themselves, but when the Brotherhood occupies these places, they can directly become official residents.

When these people learned that there was such a method, they were of course overjoyed and immediately agreed.

This event spread quickly, and many people were inspired, so some of the migrant workers and some displaced people in Lingzhou gathered together, went to some villages on the border, occupied them, and then paid some warriors to help guard the village, and also hired some craftsmen to build some defensive fortifications for the village, and in this way, the villages on the border gradually fell under the actual control of the brotherhood, and continued to advance.

In the face of this situation, Wu Wang and some other forces have no choice, they want to mobilize the army to encircle and suppress it, if there is more, it is a little fuss, and if there is less, it is really difficult to capture those villages that have built fortifications, and the imperial army will also intervene, and even worse, the army they send will either run to the side of the imperial army, or run to those villages to join the gang. With the increase of this type of village, they have no way at all, and the people under their rule are against them, and they are still fighting against each other, and the army is not very obedient, what else can they do? At its simplest, they can't collect taxes, so what do they use to feed their men?

Therefore, King Wu can be said to be almost exhausted, and there is no other way than to return to the Great Zhou.

"If this is the case, King Wu really has no choice, saying that he is considering, but he just wants to bargain. It's just that the brotherhood's trick is vicious, not only King Wu, even if it is encountered by Da Zhou, it is very difficult to do! One person got to the point of the matter.

"I invite you to come this time, I want you to take a look at the situation here with me, and discuss whether there is a way to break the situation." Lu Qian finally said the real purpose of inviting these people.

As a top strategist, it is not enough to say that Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others are many times smarter than ordinary people, but they have learned some knowledge that ordinary people do not know, and their ability to analyze intelligence is stronger, and they also think farther than ordinary people, just like playing chess, others only want one step, they have already thought of the third and fourth steps. It's also important to know for yourself what is actually going on, and not to make assumptions.

In fact, the purpose of Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and the others was not to go to Lingzhou to lobby the Brotherhood, because they knew that it was impossible to succeed, and what they were thinking about was already a matter of further aside.

"It's a difficult thing to do......

"It's not just difficult, it's just unsolvable! This set of the brotherhood is really irresistible for ordinary people! Lu Qian smiled bitterly and sighed.

If there is no comparison, after the establishment of the Great Zhou, as long as the situation asks and the imperial court appropriately reduces taxes, ordinary people may feel that life is not bad, but with the Xinghai Empire as a comparison, they will feel that they are not as good as pigs and dogs, even if they don't run to the Xinghai Empire, there will definitely be complaints, but, what does the Great Zhou compare with the Xinghai Empire, and learn from the Brotherhood? It's simply impossible! The Great Zhou was established with the support of the great clan sect forces, and if this is the case, the Great Zhou will also be finished.

Xu Changqing said: "There is really no solution, I also have to admire the Brotherhood, their set, it seems that they have really solved the problem of dynasty reincarnation, but Da Zhou can't learn it at all, at least now." ”

To say that the reason for the reincarnation of the feudal dynasty for hundreds of years, one of them is that the big families are greedy and wantonly occupy the land, which is already a well-known thing under the rule of the Brotherhood, even if the wisdom of Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others is carefully scrutinized, and the conclusion is indeed such a truth, the land policy of the Brotherhood has indeed solved this problem, as long as it is implemented really, the world can be peaceful for a long time. If the Great Zhou wants to learn, unless the Middle Earth is stable, and then weaken the power of the big clans and sects step by step, and gradually implement it, it may take several generations to complete.

The Brotherhood does this, it seems reckless, but now it seems that it has been premeditated, the largest number of people in the world is still the people, the big clan sect is always a minority, and now the Brotherhood is promoting education under the rule, martial arts is not a secret, many ordinary people can also become martial artists, and now such a drum for the people, it is conceivable that over time, the big clan sect may really be drowned in the ashes of history, but the people have force in their hands, just like the people in the rivers and lakes, breaking the law and discipline, and it is difficult to rule. Under the rule of all martial artists, what kind of scene will it be? With the wisdom of the two, it is difficult to imagine. The Brotherhood has the confidence to rule over such a people? Not afraid that they will rebel?

Lu Qian and Xu Changqing had no way of knowing this, and they wanted to ask someone from the brotherhood, but even if they asked, it was estimated that they would not say. Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and the others wanted to see the future development of the Brotherhood, but this was just their private personal thoughts, and what they had to do as the strategists of the Great Zhou was to find ways to deal with the Xinghai Empire. (To be continued.) )