Chapter 4: Trials

In this way, Temujin and Elsis began to meet once a week, and they agreed to meet every seven days. The person who needs to run errands is, of course, Temujin, with his cultivation, he can rely on the movement of qi thousands of miles away, lock the location of Elsis, and then cast a magic similar to a thousand miles of shrinking land, and rush to the meeting.

When we met, there was nothing else to do, just play, and Elsis always had a way to find some strange games, fairy tales, and pestered Temujin to play, or tell stories, or put paper kites, throw tops, jump grids, and draw and laugh.

Every time the two of them met, Elsis would tell him a story and give him a flower, which was the etiquette of the Duchy of Parocchi, as a blessing for good luck.

Elsis is a girl's surname, it's fun, it's in the palace, it's not good, that's not good, it's rare to catch a playmate, of course, you have to have a good time, as for the original wish to learn martial arts, it has long been thrown out of the clouds under Elsis's theory of leisure and entertainment.

Temujin was also content with such a relationship, and in this kind of exchange, he found many things that he was about to lose, and he cherished the warmth he was feeling at the moment, so he did not want to change it.

In order to avoid unnecessary disputes, the two had an agreement that when they played, they would not mention national affairs or interracial hatred, they were just a pair of fun friends.

However, although Elsis did not intend to interfere, intentionally or unintentionally, it also affected some of Temujin's actions, so that many human beings were able to escape and save their lives in the war. If intentionally or unintentionally, Temujin deliberately restricted the demons and did not allow them to get close to the Duchy of Paraki, and others did not know, and the glorious achievements of the three sages were added.

It's just that there are still unpleasant times when they get along happily, whenever the demons have a medium-scale war, or Temujin's personal expedition destroys a certain city, Elsis doesn't say it, but he will always be unhappy all day long, and even get angry at Temujin, for this reason, Temujin is always cautious and does not dare to talk about related topics in front of Elsis.

"Hahaha, it's your turn again. Temujin was very upset to see Elsis, and Temujin was greatly annoyed. Today, Elsis brought a set of combined wooden towers, which can be slowly disassembled, but if any of the dismantling people have a little more strength, the whole set of wooden towers will collapse, then it is considered a loss, this is a game that tests control and balance.

After playing for half a night, Temu was really absent-minded, and he had lost a few games in a row, for no other reason, just because he was going to go on an expedition to crusade against a small country that had rebelled before. Although this is just a gesture, if Elsis finds out, she must have lost her temper again.

I was annoyed, and I didn't feel too much force on the bottom of my hand, and there were several "bangs, bangs, bangs", and the entire wooden tower was scattered into broken blocks.

"Ahaha, Xiao Tie lost again. Elsis clapped her hands and laughed.

Temujin was already in a bad mood, and when he gave her this smile again, he was angry in his heart, and with a palm of his hand, he smashed the building blocks into ashes, and even "touched" the boss a dirt pit on the ground.

"Oh! I'm sorry ......" was shocked by his gaffe, and Temujin just wanted to apologize, but with a "snap", he was already smacked on the face.

"Alas!" it was Elsis who screamed in pain, and she slapped Temujin, but her whole right hand was painful to the Heavenly Demon Spirit.

"Manly man, if there is something to do, you should try to solve it, and not be angry at these dead things. Elsis shook her hand and snapped, "If you do it again, no matter how good we are, I'll beat you like this." ”

"Elsis" Temujin stroked his face, speechless, beating him to be born, after cultivating the Heavenly Demon Skill, no one dared to be disrespectful, let alone give him a palm, this sudden slap, how could he not teach him to be stunned.

Elsis stood up, lowered her head and paced for a long time, and sighed faintly: "Why do people always like to fight and kill each other, and can't live together well?"

Temujin was surprised at first, and then he realized that he had a sad face all night, although he did not say it, and Elsis was not stupid, how could he not know.

"I don't want to do that, if you surrender, won't there be nothing? I won't have to run around all day fighting. Temujin muttered.

"What nonsense, you are the ones who started the invasion, what reason do you have for us to surrender?" retorted Elsis at once.

"However, our strength is relatively strong, and the land of the human realm should have been ours!" Temujin said solemnly.

This is the difference in the thinking of the two races, for humans, the demons are undoubtedly evil invaders, but in the eyes of the demons, they are just taking back what belongs to them.

The natural environment of the demon world is extremely harsh, tens of millions of years of hardship to survive, what has been cultivated is the law of absolute superiority and inferiority, natural selection, the demon race attaches great importance to its own strength, far more than all else; they respect the strong, despise the weak, and those who do not have the strength to survive should be eliminated, so as not to drag down the entire race.

In their opinion, with a race as inferior to human beings, they are not qualified to have such a warm and comfortable land, so the territory of the human realm should belong to the demon race, and they have the right to rule here.

Of course, the ruled side would not think so, and the two sides began a five-hundred-year-long war, no, not only five hundred years, but since the beginning of the mythical era, the two sides have been in constant dispute over this, and the arrival of the Kyushu War is just a superficial problem.

Elsis was speechless about this, she was not speechless, in fact, what she wanted to say was as high as a mountain, but Temujin's statement represented the iron rule laid by the demons for tens of millions of years, if she wanted to refute Temujin, she must be able to break this ecological law, she couldn't find any more favorable statement to refute this social elimination.

Suddenly, Elsis's eyes lit up, and what someone had said suddenly swept through her heart, since she couldn't refute it, it was better to do the opposite.

"Hey, are you really stronger?" Elsis chuckled, "if that's the case, why can't you take down the whole world?"

"Well" Temujin thought about it, but couldn't find a good answer, there are some strong people in the human world, and their cultivation is extremely difficult to see in the demon world, but it is only a few, and in terms of the overall military situation, the demon clan has the absolute upper hand.

That's right.,The devil in the action of attacking and occupying the territory,Almost every battle must be won.,But often the army leaves the country.,Even if the place mutinies.,Make the demon king army run around.,Finally galloping in the beacon fire.,For this reason,The hard-line military faction of the demon race,Even proposed to slaughter other races.,Build an ideal country with only demons.。

Of course, Temujin is not crazy to such a point, but it is not a way to do it all the time, fighting and killing all day long, not only wasting resources, but also making it impossible to implement many political constructions, which is very troublesome, what the demons want is not a broken human world.

"Hey, are you interested, I can tell you a way to let the demons successfully occupy the world for thousands of generations. A sly gleam appeared on Elcis's face, and she grinned, "Why, do you want to hear it?" ”

Temujin didn't dare to answer, he got along with each other, he knew this woman's surname too well, although Elsis was smart, but the ideas he put forward were often only three points serious, seven points nonsense, if the ruling power of the demon clan was handed over to her, it would ensure that the demon army would be defeated and lost, and the rebels would be killed in the Heavenly Demon Castle.

"What, when I speak, do you dare not listen? Xiao Tie, you don't give face!" Elsis stuck in her thin waist, fierce threats, Temujin had no choice but to nod and listen, every time it is like this, as long as the eldest lady loses his temper, he can only surrender,

Alas, it's really shameless, he's a dignified Great Demon God King! How could he ......

"Two very simple words, Huairou. ”

"Huairou!" Temujin was stunned, a little as if he didn't understand.

"Yes, it's the policy of softness. Elcisis smiled proudly and raised her voice: "Human beings are such creatures, no matter how you beat or kick, in order to save face, they will pretend to be very great and holy, but ah! As long as you give a little sweetness, they will obediently give in." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, is that really the case?"

"Don't look disbelieving, do you want to hurt the girl's fragile heart?" Looking at Temujin's half-believing look, Elsis aggravated her expression, straightened her face, and began to quote scriptures, from the arrangement of stars in the mythological era to the theory of spatial expansion, which made the poor Great Demon God King dizzy when he listened, and he only nodded.

In short, that's it, the stronger the north wind blows, the tighter people pull their clothes, but as long as the sun shines warmly, people will take off very happily, this is the law of photon rapid undressing. Elsis shook her head and said proudly: "According to this law, we can know that instead of being upright and violent, it is better to secretly release cold arrows behind your back. ”

"Elsis!"

"What advice do you have?"

"I can't see how stupid you look, but behind the back you are so vicious. Temujin exclaimed infinitely: "You are really a demon of the demon race!"

"Oh, hehehe, have you finally discovered Miss Ben's cleverness? Some people don't understand whether the "demons of the demons" are praise or disparagement, and Elsis said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I've talked so much, do you understand or not?"

"I probably understand three or four percent"

"Do you understand?"

"Yes, I see. ”

"Ahh

However, there is some truth in what Elsis said. Heavy-handed tactics have also lasted for 500 years, and they have not yielded much results. Perhaps, as she said, the way to win the world is not the way to settle the world.

Let's give it a try! Pick out a small group of people first, and then find a small area or two, and use it to try the rule method of the Rou surname, maybe, there will be unexpected results, and even if it fails, it will only be a few more rebellions, and it will only be a matter of raising your hands to exterminate it, and there is nothing to worry about, is it?

In this way, Temujin, in his doubts, began to carry out a reform plan, but the result was not only unexpected, but also Elsis, who had proposed it.

Upon his return to the palace, Temujin consulted his brother and, after obtaining his consent, secretly summoned a group of ministers.

In the Demon Race, there are fierce hardliners, of course, there are moderate conservatives, conservatives oppose the war, advocate peaceful methods, to achieve racial co-prosperity, live and work in peace and contentment of the political ideal, but, in the Demon Race ideology that has always been based on strength, their ideas, do not get much response.

Temujin consulted them for many opinions, and after some deliberation, he chose a few territories and tried to rule the people of the territory in a gentle way.

The new clause is very simple. Humans who are willing to swear allegiance to the demons are given citizenship rights to ensure their safety, plundering is prohibited, taxes are collected on a regular basis, and humans are not allowed to be killed arbitrarily unless there is a special act. This is a very simple thing, or even just a minimum requirement, but, in the past few hundred years, the demons have always regarded humans as an inferior race, and they tortured and killed at will, and the law of Temujin has been a great blessing to the humans in the reserve.

In fact, after five hundred years of war, many places have also accepted the rule of the demons for hundreds of years, and the rebellion is just a last resort, in order to obtain a minimum of survival. Many human beings have long given up the extravagant hope of "letting the demons roll back to the demon world", and only hope to coexist with the ruling class and live a peaceful life. As long as the ruling side does not need to be excessive, give them the right to live, and maintain a basic law, they are willing to accept the rule of the demons, and Temujin's reform just gave them what they needed.

As a result, within three months, the experiment yielded satisfactory results, and there were significant improvements in several places, regardless of taxation and public security. People pack up their dilapidated homes and are ready to start a new life with vigor.

Temujin was delighted by this result, and the moderates were ecstatic. Subsequently, Temujin appointed several moderate nobles as cabinet members, and after several deliberations, brought in humans who were willing to surrender and enter the ruling class. The scope of protected areas expanded, more co-prosperity clauses were promulgated, and the Temu real law was enacted and reformed.

And many demons are actually tired of endless fighting. After all, not so many people have the self-confidence, they can become the winner of "natural selection", and it is a sad thing to live in the mood of being eliminated at any time all year round.

Among the demons of the lower classes, there are more and more "people" who silently respond to Temujin's policy, coexist with humans with a kind attitude, and gradually eliminate the estrangement through mutual communication. The blood feud caused by the war cannot be forgotten, but it can be gradually forgiven in the hearts of each other.

This result gave Temujin a lot of self-confidence. At the beginning of the implementation of the policy, he did not expect such an effect, but, according to this view, if he can develop with such a good surname, he may be able to find a way out for the common survival of the demon race and human beings.

After accumulating enough staff and getting Yinzhen's approval, Temujin greatly promoted the reform policy, however, on the way to change the law, the inevitable obstacle appeared, the high class of the demon race, most of them belonged to the hardliners, and Temujin's reform made them feel a sense of crisis about the loss of their power, and then rejected the new law. As a result, the Heavenly Demon Castle fell back into the whirlpool of power struggles, and Temujin had to pay attention to the dark arrows behind him when facing the human resistance.

And the trouble is not only that, because of Temujin's innovation, many human beings gave up resistance and worked hard to build a new kingdom, which caused the backbone of the original resistance to panic, without the slightest thought, they one-sidedly decided that Temujin's actions were not sincere, but only under the slogan of "peaceful coexistence", deceived mankind, so as to disintegrate the resistance forces.

In order to "arouse the human beings who are drunk in beautiful lies", they launched a large number of attacks, trying to force the demons to show their brutal true colors, so they increased a lot of casualties, and the reformist demons suffered from it, even the humans who were inspired by Temujin's reform and were willing to serve were also sentenced to assassinate mercilessly in the name of annihilation.

This kind of incident has given the demon hardliners an excellent excuse, they strongly advocate that the murderer should be pursued and severely punished, and that it is impossible for humans and demons to coexist peacefully, and that human beings are just simple slaves, and this low-level race can only be enslaved and should not have further status.

The hard-liner demon clan, the strength in the hands is strong, not to be underestimated, if it is not really necessary, it must not be broken with it, for this reason, Temujin is overwhelmed, and finally said to move between the two factions, while trying to enhance the strength, to recruit his own team, he himself also knows that the reason why he can sit firmly in this position today is that others are in awe of his martial arts, yes, no matter how busy the political affairs are, the penance of the heavenly demon gong has never stopped.

The Heavenly Demon Gong originally belonged to the emperor's martial arts, and if it could be practiced with the Dragon Qi of the Son of Heaven, the effect would be doubled. In Temujin's staff, there was no shortage of masters in magic, so after discussion by everyone, he finally succeeded in strengthening the dragon qi of the Son of Heaven with the hearts of the people, so that Temujin's heavenly demon skills could be further advanced in a thousand miles.

Elsis was surprised by such a change, she originally just hoped that between humans and demons, they could reduce the scourge of war and live peacefully, but she also knew that this sounded too much like a myth, and she just said it, but how did Temujin really do it, causing such a change, which was really unexpected.

Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye, the two have known each other for two years and three months.

At this moment, the "Sikulis Incident" that shook the continent broke out. The cause of the incident was a famine in the western principality of Sikulis, and Temujin sent a relief envoy to this purpose, but he did not expect that the relief envoy team was attacked by a mob when it arrived, and the whole team was exhausted.

This incident has shocked the entire demon race, and the hardliners, who have been suppressed for a long time, took advantage of the situation to make a big fanfare, advocating to wash the domain in blood, and avenge the death of the demon high-level. And this matter was tacitly approved by Yinzhen.

The moderates, who have achieved a considerable position in power, are saddened, but they are also unavoidable. The composition of the envoy team, many of them are the backbone of the moderates, and there are many high-level demons, in terms of martial arts, they are all the choice of the moment, even if they encounter a surprise attack by the army, they must have the strength to fight, how can they be injured by a mob.

Moreover, the spread of the whole incident was so fast, there were obvious traces of intelligence manipulation, although there is no definite evidence, but it is enough to prove that this matter is by no means simple, according to the information of the underground intelligence network, the raid on the envoy team was led by the resistance led by the three sages.

However, Temujin, as the king, was unrestrained and angry about this matter. Since several of the dead envoys were royal family members, and they were good brothers with whom he had a close relationship, the blood feud, grief, resentment, and self-blame of the death of his relatives made him lose his calm judgment and could not see the whole situation clearly.

The special surname of the Heavenly Demon Gong has the signs of cruelty and easy killing, and those who are accustomed to the Demon Gong, charging on the battlefield, often have a surge of killing intent, unable to control themselves, and become crazy when killing, and the same is true of Temujin at this time.

Remembering the faces of his dead relatives, Temujin was heartbroken, and since others regarded his concession as cowardice, the only thing that could correct this fact was the lesson of blood.

Elsis and the ministers of the reformers were very worried about this, and if Temujin took a bloody revenge, the foundation laid by the reforms over the past two years and the hearts and minds of the people who had been attached to them would be ruined, and the impact would be too great.

For this reason, they tried their best to dissuade them, but Temujin, who was already dizzy, closed the door of self-blame, ignored the persuasion of the people, and ordered that "those who dare to admonish die", determined to follow Yinzhen's suggestion to wash the domain with strength and blood, and prevent such things from happening again.

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