Chapter 410: Zhou Hao's ruthlessness
There was silence in the Great Zhou Palace, and everyone looked at Zhou Hao in surprise. No matter how embarrassed he has been in the past few years, no matter how hysterical he is today, it no longer matters, the important thing is that now he is the biggest winner, he overthrew the Great Zhou Emperor Zhou Yuanchu, who made the four major gates and six major sects helpless, and he overthrew his father.
What shocked many people even more was that Zhou Yuanchu had always been protected by a Yuan Infant and an immortal body, but the three of them fainted to the ground inexplicably, which made everyone feel a little cold in their hearts. Among them, in the Great Zhou Palace, where 100,000 monks confronted, perhaps only Chu Zheng knew that these three Yuan Ying were Shinto monks, and they used the Divine Soul Attack to defeat the three of Zhou Yuanchu in an instant.
Zhou Hao tidied up his shirt and bowed to Zhou Yushan from afar, "Ancestor, my father and emperor fainted from being too tired from repeated battles, as the son of my father, as the prince of Great Zhou, I think he needs to rest for a while." Here I can assure the Ancestor that no one will disturb my father, and I can also guarantee that these monks under my command who are proficient in the Divine Soul will definitely help the Ancestor to restore the Divine Soul. Please also ask the ancestor to protect the safety of my Great Zhou royal family. ”
Zhou Yushan glanced at Zhou Hao deeply, lowered his eyelids, and said in a voice that spread through the palace: "You are the emperor of this generation of Great Zhou." ”
After saying that, he turned back and closed his eyes, and he did not leave the futon he sat down on the whole time. He can be ashamed of Zhou Hao, but he has to admire his methods, and as an emperor, he is useless.
Zhou Hao paused slightly, his body moved, and he flew into the air and said loudly: "All the Great Zhou monks immediately stop fighting and take a hundred steps back. ”
A smile spread on Qianyunzi's face, and he also said loudly: "All the monks withdraw from the palace and withdraw from the Yujing City, and meet outside the southern city. ”
Under the arrangement of the other sect masters, the allied monks quickly left, and there were only dozens of people left on the scene, and Zhou Hao led everyone to a large hall after a simple arrangement.
After dozens of people sat down one after another, Zhou Hao looked around at the hall and sighed leisurely.
"It stands to reason that this battle planned by my father and emperor has a great chance of winning, but unfortunately he was defeated, and he didn't expect that Chu Dudu would be able to break the trapped position of the Qiande Palace. ”
Everyone nodded to Chu Zheng with a smile and did not deny it. Qianyunzi said with a smile: "Chu Dudu, we will naturally be grateful, but I didn't expect that after Zhou Hao, you and I reached an agreement and put us together, almost letting us die in the Qiande Palace." My Great Zhou Emperor His Majesty doesn't have anything to tell us?"
Several other sect masters also sneered and looked at Zhou Hao with unkind faces.
Zhou Hao didn't answer the question, but asked directly: "Presumably, you have paid a lot of price for asking Chu Dudu to help, right?"
Qianyunzi did not hide it, and directly said the agreement, "Half of the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the wealth of your Zhou family are owned by the governor of Chu, and all the land of the former Xiyue tribe group is owned by the governor of Chu, and no hostile behavior is allowed between us and the governor of Chu for thirty years." ”
The corners of Zhou Hao's eyes jumped, but he still calmly instructed a Yuanying guard standing behind him: "Call the palace manager to come over, remember to bring the general account." ”
Qianyunzi opened his mouth again and asked, "I wonder when our Great Zhou Emperor His Majesty will fulfill the previous agreement?"
The corners of Zhou Hao's mouth twitched, and he grinned and said, "Fulfill in three days, in the name of my father." ”
From everyone's words, Chu Zheng understood all their agreements.
Zhou Hao's position as the crown prince is not guaranteed, and he is terrified in his heart, if he is abolished as the crown prince, it means that he is likely to be killed by his brothers and sisters. Therefore, he secretly contacted the five sects of Qianyun Sect, Wei Sect, Chu Sect and Demon Dao, and then the Qianyun Sect took the lead in contacting all the sect valve sects, and finally they reached a unified opinion.
In the fifteen states and eighty-three counties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the four major sects and the original six major sects each occupy a county, and the actual influence of the six major sects can be extended to the land of one state. The agreement reached between Zhou Hao and them is that the sphere of influence of each of the four major sects will be expanded to the land of the three counties, and the sphere of influence of the six major sects (including the Demon Yuan Sect) will be expanded to the land of one state, this expansion is not a reward, but a recognition that their territory is completely independent and has nothing to do with the Great Zhou, and the most important thing is that the relationship between the four major lords and the five major sects and the Great Zhou is no longer subordinate, but completely equal.
The agreement seems to be very simple, but the weight is heavy, if it weren't for Zhou Hao's more extreme hatred for Zhou Yuanchu, and even his own life was greatly threatened, Zhou Hao would not agree to such a condition at all.
After listening to their agreement, Chu Zheng outlined the future territorial situation in his mind, and he suddenly felt heavy in his heart.
Zhou Hao's Yuanying guard walked into the main hall with an old man from Jindan, who was holding two books made of animal skins.
Zhou Hao directly took the book and handed it to Chu Zheng without reading it, Chu Zheng opened the treasury account book first and turned it directly to the end.
The Great Zhou Dynasty had 3.58 billion spirit stones, all kinds of elixirs, spiritual materials and spiritual plants, as well as magic weapons and magic weapons worth 1.55 billion, more than 130 million taels of gold, 1.85 billion taels of silver, and 310 million taels of grain.
The Zhou family's treasury has two hundred million spirit stones, other items worth about five hundred million, and the rest includes gold, silver, and grain worth 110 million taels of gold.
Chu Zheng returned the account book to Zhou Hao and was silent, and Zhao Dongting, the head of the Zhao family, said with a smile: "It seems that the governor of Chu is not very satisfied, presumably the sincerity of His Majesty the Great Zhou Emperor is insufficient." ”
Unexpectedly, Zhou Hao nodded and said: "That's true, but I will give an explanation to Governor Chu in this matter, which will definitely satisfy Governor Chu and will not let you break your promise." ”
"You'd better think about how to solve our problem. Qianyunzi snorted coldly with a gloomy face, "Because you almost trapped us in the Qiande Palace, we had to agree to Chu Zheng's request, the territory of the good Xiyue tribe group changed hands to others just a month after it was occupied, and His Majesty the Emperor should give us a reasonable explanation." ”
Speaking of this, Qianyunzi had a liver ache, saying that Chu Zheng's conditions were really ruthless! But in that case, if they didn't agree, they had no other choice.
The Sect Master of the Demon Elephant Sect immediately shouted: "Although my Demon Elephant Sect did not participate in the agreement, we have contributed to this battle, so it is impossible to gain nothing." ”
"Heh, my Demon Yuan Sect Mountain Gate is gone. ”
The incoming Demon Yuan Sect Sect Sect Master jumped up, and the other people who wanted to jointly denounce Zhou Hao immediately shut up. There is no worst, only worse, anyway, they are miserable than the Demon Yuan Sect.
Everyone sat in the hall and bargained, Zhou Hao was like a loser child, and he reached an agreement with everyone in more than an hour, but the price paid was quite heavy.
Until the end of the negotiations, Chu Zheng also sketched a complete map of the distribution of forces in his mind.
The eastern part of Tianyuan, the west and southwest of the world, and the original territories of the Xiyue tribe were all assigned to Chu Zheng.
The north and northwest are still occupied by the Demon Yuan Sect, the Demon Elephant Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect, but the Demon Yuan Sect occupies another state in the hinterland of the Great Zhou in addition to the original territory, and the Demon Elephant Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect receive some compensation.
Each of the remaining four major gates and the five major sects was compensated by a county, and the thirty-six families were divided into a state, which was also completely independent and had nothing to do with the Great Zhou.
In this way, the original fifteen states of the Great Zhou Dynasty were divided into seven states, and the remaining eight states were divided into twenty-one counties, which was equivalent to the land of three continents, and finally the Great Zhou Dynasty pieced together only the land of five states, three of which were connected, one state was the center of Yujing City, and one state was thousands of miles apart on the southeast coast and became an enclave.
Of course, paying such a huge price for the Great Zhou Dynasty was exchanged for a period of thirty years of peace.
Now that an agreement has been reached, everyone has left to prepare for the reception, and as for the official edict, it will be issued in the name of Zhou Yuanchu in three days, and the official handover will take place in January.
"Chu Dudu, please stay. Sent outside the main hall, Zhou Hao stopped Chu Zheng, Chu Zheng frowned slightly, but still returned to the main hall with Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao first bowed to Chu Zheng and said, "I hope that the Governor of Chu will forgive me for many offences before." ”
Chu Zheng snorted and did not respond. Everyone understands people, and they all know it, and this so-called forgiveness means that everyone is temporarily at peace, or Zhou Hao has something to ask for.
The two sat down, and Zhou Hao sighed and asked, "Brother Chu, do you know why I made such a huge concession?"
Chu Zheng lowered his head and tasted the tea and still didn't respond, Zhou Hao himself said directly: "Even if I don't make concessions, they will take it themselves, everyone can see it clearly, my ancestors can't leave and can only sit there, so they have nothing to fear." Of course, the main thing is that I will empty the treasury of all the states and counties in three days, leaving only a part of the grain, and the rest will be all concentrated. I'll admit that my royal family must still have a vault, but I don't know where it is now, I don't know how to open it, and I don't know what's in it. I also admit that the assets of my Zhou family mentioned in your agreement do not refer only to the wealth of inventory, but also to various veins that cannot be easily calculated. ”
Chu Zheng said with a faint expression: "What is the purpose of Brother Zhou's words, please speak bluntly." ”
Zhou Hao took a deep breath and said: "I will give you all the materials in the treasury and my Zhou family's treasury, that is, all the materials in the two general ledgers, including food, I just want to exchange for two pills of Creation Pill." ”
Chu Zheng looked at Zhou Hao deeply, and said after a while: "I really want to kill you now!"
Zhou Hao's strategy may not be as good as himself and Chu Junsheng, but he is not stupid, the most important thing is that he is extreme enough, ruthless enough, and can even be said to be quite ruthless.
An agreement was reached within an hour, which was equivalent to nominally ceding the land of the Ten Prefectures, equivalent to two-thirds of the nominal territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, just to transfer all the state and county treasury to feed the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and maintain the operation of the land of the Five Prefectures. The purpose of this is to get a buffer period of thirty years, and the second is to free up all the materials in the treasury and the Zhou family's inventory in exchange for his two pills of Creation. There is no need to ask at all that at least one of these pills was handed over to Zhou Yushan, maybe this pill of Creation Pill can make Zhou Yushan go further, even if the success rate is increased by one percent. At that time, what is it to lose the land of the Ten Continents? As long as Zhou Yushan is promoted to shattering, he will be regained at that time. And he was also very rational and knew that the Creation Pill was not worth so much, but he did not have a good relationship with himself, but he showed all his attitude.
In the face of Chu Zheng's threat, Zhou Hao smiled all over his face, and did not forget to swear: "We also have a period of peace for thirty years, and no matter what, my ancestor will never do anything to you and the people under your command." I wonder if that's good?"
Chu Zheng nodded slightly: "Deal!"