Chapter 6 - The Chaos of the Loyal City (Part II)
ps: The country of Qi is in crisis, and in fact, the country of Qi, which seems to be very quiet, has suffered a great threat both internally and externally. Let's see whether it is the Qi State that turns things around, or the feudal country wins the victory with an overwhelming advantage? And what kind of gains will the protagonists bring about by their trip to the country? What help from the outside world are sought? And watch the new fourth volume of "Private School" - Sail Away!
On the other hand, the Qi State is dwarfed in this regard, and there is no capital at all to compare with the loyalty of the feudal state. Although Xuancheng, the capital of Qi, is also the economic, political and cultural center of Qi, Qi has experienced many disasters in China, and domestic turmoil and interference from time to time have forced Qi to transport a lot of grain, grass, weapons and even silver to the front battlefield. Although there has been no war between the Qi feudal states in the past three years, it stands to reason that it should be a good time to recuperate and develop.
It's a pity that the hidden dangers in Qi are too big, and the monarch of Qi is not in the country now. Although Li Dan, the prime minister who is now in power in Qi State, has adjusted a series of policies to reassure the people and save money and food through the means and methods of understanding the people's livelihood, it is still a short time to implement and has not shown very useful results. Zhongcheng, the capital of the feudal state, has become the capital of the eight feudal monarchs, and in the spring of this year, the Holy Emperor issued a new edict on the great gathering of the feudal state. The people in the feudal kingdom have more or less heard of the origin and activities of this "great assembly" from Chungseong, the capital of the feudal kingdom.
And many merchants or street vendors are full of anticipation, knowing that if this big gathering is successful, they are about to reap the windfall profits that they may not be able to harvest in a year. The so-called "big gathering" in Zhongcheng is a large-scale annual gathering in Zhongcheng, the capital of the feudal state, which is held on time in the spring and March of Zhongcheng every year. At that time, it was not only the cities of the feudal kingdom that came here, but also the two foreign races that existed on the Demon Spirit Continent. One of these two foreign tribes is the Yue tribe who are now attached to the Qi Kingdom, and the other is the Lan tribe who live in the far north of the Demon Spirit Road.
A few years ago, the patriarch of the Yue tribe, Mocha, led the people to rebel against the Qi State, and was wiped out by the concerted efforts of the Qi State. Later, the successors of the Yue patriarch inherited Mocha, and sent cronies and envoys many times, bringing some of their Yue specialties to meet the two kingdoms. Qi itself could not afford to send troops to exterminate the Yue people again, so he could only choose to accept the nominal allegiance of the Yue people. And the Holy Emperor had a lot of hopes for this, and the areas occupied by the Yue people were basically the areas north of the border city of Qi. For the feudal state, the basic interests of the Holy Emperor are not too threatening. The Holy Emperor had already mobilized a lot of secret forces to go to the realm of the Yue people, and by supporting the strength of the Yue people, they gave the Qi State an important threat. And sending a few brave and loyal disciples is just a trivial matter for the Sealing War Society. And once the feudal state supports the Yue people and can successfully win the help of the Yue people. The Holy Emperor was once again a little more sure of the war that might exist next time to seal the two countries.
Compared with the Yue people, the Lan people are basically a sparsely populated ethnic group that is scattered throughout the northern part of the Qi country. This ethnic group has a similar experience to the Ming people in the territory of Qi State. The Lan people, like the Ming people, are themselves a peaceful northern people. However, it was also in the era of the previous generation of monarchs of the Qi State that the population of the Lan tribe plummeted in an instant, from more than 500,000 people to only 60,000 or 70,000 people left. Tens of thousands of people of the Lan clan live in seclusion in the north of the Qi country, and now they don't seem to be visible. The Lan clan has basically disappeared from the history of the Qi Kingdom. Except for the older generation of Qi people and a few officials, the current Qi people basically don't know that there is such a very mysterious Lan clan in their country. And this Lan tribe itself is hidden in the mountains in the north of the Qi country, and it is rarely known in ordinary times.
However, this hidden Lan clan did not escape the grasp of the Holy Emperor. The Holy Emperor was now actually familiar with the fact that this group had to return to the deep mountains and old forests due to the influence of the Qi State, and the population of the group had plummeted and was unable to recover in a short period of time. How could the Holy Emperor let go of such a potential unit that might exist? The envoy he sent to pacify the Yue people turned around and went to the east of the Yue people's station. It's not just a stretch of mountains, it's the sea in the distance. It is said that back then, on the current sea, it was once the location of the Nine Domains of the Ancient Ghost Dynasty, which had ruled the Demon Spirit Continent for more than 300 years.
What's more, in the Qilian Mountains in the north of the Qi State, the scattered seclusion is the place where the Lan tribe is scattered that the Qi State cannot control now. These envoys sent out by the Sealing War Society were not only very capable, but also very proper. Within a month, these high-ranking members of the Sealed War Society had found an extremely remote place in the Qilian Mountain Range, which stretched for hundreds of miles. What made these high-ranking members of the Sealing War Society have to admire was that the small mountain village where the Lan clan lived was not very difficult to find from the outside world, but the life here was as refreshing as a paradise, which was something that these high-ranking members of the Sealing War Society did not expect. At this time, these high-ranking members of the Sealing War Society had already entered this small mountain village inhabited by the Lan clan. Several of them are sparing no effort to stir up these hospitable people, who have already left the worldly things behind, and are there to kindle the vengeful anger in their hearts little by little
The palace of the king of Zhongcheng is flowing clouds, and the Holy Emperor of the Sealed Kingdom is very satisfied with the good news from everywhere, in fact, for himself, what he advocates is not to defeat the Qi State with an overwhelming military superiority. Instead, it intensified the multifaceted assistance and internal contradictions of the Qi State, so that the Qi State would collapse on its own, which was what the Holy Emperor himself wanted to achieve. Although the Holy Emperor's move seemed to be a bit procrastinating, the Saint Emperor's own consideration was partly out of security considerations. Now the feudal state has not completely settled down, and a small number of forces that are still loyal to Guangwujun are still roaming and resisting stubbornly in the mountainous areas within the feudal country.
Another part of the reason is also because of the leader of the two armies, Yuan Ta Wei Ben, who absconded and disappeared, and even the two brothers Feng Yanfeng and Fengli, the original leaders of Feng Chi Yunpin. It is all a piece of heart disease in the heart of the Holy Emperor, and it will take a certain amount of time to completely eradicate these heart diseases of his. As a result, the Holy Emperor did not issue an order to attack the Qi State now. It's just that he secretly mobilized the newly formed 100,000 troops of the Fengzhan Society, which had been trained, to dozens of small county towns outside Zhongcheng City to disperse and station. When the country is quiet and the grain and grass are abundant, the Holy Emperor will command this well-trained army and go directly north, bypassing the eastern border pass and directly taking Xuancheng, the capital of Qi.
The Flowing Cloud Hall was sprinkled with golden streamers, and the Holy Emperor of the Sealed Kingdom was standing on the bluestone steps in front of the hall in a Nine Dragons gold-patterned robe, staring into the distance, his face still wearing his iconic bronze mask. He had too many ambitions and aspirations in his heart to achieve, so he worked hard for so many years and finally succeeded in seizing the power of the feudal country. Of course, his ultimate goal is to unify the Demon Spirit Continent, but now is not the time. The reason why the Holy Emperor spared no effort to promote the Ming and Yue peoples, the two ethnic groups in the Qi State, was precisely because he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the feud between these two families and the Qi State to disrupt the normal development of the Qi State. The Holy Emperor had also heard that since the Holy War in Donglinguan three years ago, Qi had reformed its policies domestically. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and the economy and politics of Qi have been in a state of rapid development in the past three years. Even the development speed of the past three years has been in the Qi country, and it has a tendency to catch up with the feudal country. As a result, the Holy Emperor, who was prepared for danger in peace, had now begun to secretly develop some forces, making these forces known as the fetters of the development of the Qi State.
In the long run, the feudal state has now been transformed into a country with a united military and civilian mind, and a stable domestic politics under the iron-fisted adjustment of the Holy Emperor and the feudal war society. In addition, there is not much threat within the feudal country itself, and the amount of grain and grass in reserve and the number of weapons prepared are very large. The current Holy Emperor only needs to wait slowly in the royal city, waiting for the moment when civil strife breaks out in all parts of the Qi country at the same time, that is, when he can unify the Demon Spirit Continent without much effort.
The Ming people in the south of Qi are dotted with prairies, the Yue people in the north are eyeing up and recuperating, and even the Lan people in the direction of the Qilian Mountains in the north of Qi are already out of the world. These forces that can be used are basically in the hands of the Holy Emperor and the Sealing War Society. He wasn't very interested in these matters, which he left to his three deputies and eight elders. He was interested in the upcoming big gathering in their loyal city.
The Holy Emperor stood alone in front of the Flowing Cloud Palace, guarding the Flowing Cloud Hall and the Saint Emperor's personal guards standing nearly a hundred steps away from the Saint Emperor and guarding there, and these guards invariably chose not to disturb the Saint Emperor's rest. What the Holy Emperor has always liked is this rare quietness, he slowly closed his eyes, quietly enjoying such a rare kind of quietness and elegance.
I don't know how long it took, a wonderful sigh came from behind the Holy Emperor, and the Holy Emperor opened his eyes with a smile, turned around and hugged a fiery red figure.
Those who dared to disturb the Holy Emperor at this time, except for the eight elders who were highly respected in the Sealing War Society, only the eldest princess Rong Le was left. However, the eight elders in the Sealing Battle Society didn't dare to just rush directly to the Saint Emperor's place. Only the eldest princess Rong Le, who is now the queen and the only one in the six palaces, dares to do this.
The eldest princess Rong Le snuggled in the broad embrace of the Holy Emperor, she raised her head, her beautiful eyes were smiling, and she could only hear her smile and say: "Your Majesty is so interested today, I wonder if I can accompany my concubines to see the grand occasion of today's big gathering?"
Princess Rong Le knew the Holy Emperor very well, and she knew that the Holy Emperor would definitely not want to trap herself in the daily affairs and internal management. The Holy Emperor is more concerned about the people's livelihood and the control of the army. Although the Holy Emperor is nominally the monarch of the feudal state, most of the affairs of the Holy Emperor have been handed over to the eight elders under his command to deal with the management of internal affairs.
The Holy Emperor thought about it for a while, and then readily agreed, "Okay, I want to go and see it too, let's go, don't alarm these guards behind me."