On this night, he returned to the ground from an underground experimental site covered with solid ice, surrounded by trees and beautiful scenery, Zhao Qing was surrounded by a hazy cold mist, looking up at the starry sky and flickering and changing vistas, his heart was relieved and faintly touched.

This is the imperial garden of the Imperial Palace, but due to the nearby underground passages connecting the Yang Gong's treasury and a series of underground passages that connect to various locations in the city, her plan is to gradually transform it into a large research institute while preserving the courtyard passage and part of the landscape.

The layout of the former Sui Imperial Palace is exquisite and unique, and it occupies a large area in the north of the city, but Zhao Qing himself does not need such a luxurious place at all, nor does he need others to wait for his life, but only needs others to do some matters of transporting government documents and experimental results, so as to save time.

Therefore, this Daxing Palace, which represents the majesty of the supremacy of imperial power, although there is not enough manpower to be rebuilt under the ruins, but after the original palace concubines and maids are transferred and resettled, a considerable part of the gorgeous palace here has been reduced to a warehouse for storage.

When Zhao Qing walked out of the secret passage connecting the Xijiyuan Research Institute, the imperial garden, which was originally only blown by the breeze in the autumn night, suddenly blew a cold wind, and a layer of crystal white frost instantly condensed on the flowers and trees, illuminating the entire garden under the starlight and moonlight.

Although the cold is better than the snow, but it sweeps the eaves of the temple, the trees in the garden when the wind sound seems to have a different meaning, as if playing a beautiful piano sound, sometimes beautiful and agitated, suddenly depressed and resentful, no matter how it changes, it can always cleanse the heart, make people forget the world, full of natural charm, the principle of heaven and earth.

At the same time, there were two more colorful jade stones in her hands, which flew lightly into the air, circling and dancing, as if they were in harmony with the sound of the wind, which were the "Five Quarrying Stones" of the Great Ming Venerable Sect and the gem inlaid at the top of the Rouran Holy Relic Crystal Jade Spirit Staff.

Under the light of the bright five quarries, the frost condensed in the surrounding environment naturally melted into a hazy mist, like a colorful cloud and danxia reflected in the air, exuding a strange fragrance;

On the surface of another spirit wand gem, it seems to flow out of a stream full of spiritual energy, spontaneously rushing to the decaying plants and trees in the garden, making these plants burst into vigorous life, and the branches and leaves are glowing with verdant colors and bright flowers again.

It seems that it was also attracted by the abilities of these two pieces of jade, and there was no cloud mist in the sky that blocked the stars and moon, but it still echoed, and the pure essence of heaven and earth fell one after another, turning into a continuous drizzle, and some of them condensed into flocculent snowflakes and flying feathers when they came into contact with the cold wind below.

"Embroider the clouds, Danxia adds brilliance. Mengpan is reflected, and Fusang is scattered. ”

"Turning and falling, the luck is hooked. The benevolent wind descends and suppresses the times. ”

"Don't be proud on the outside, run Qiongyao on the inside. Like the other diving, the feathers and snow sky. ”

With the sprinkling of the stars and moon, Zhao Qing's thoughts flowed, and suddenly he saw the decay in the prosperity of the surrounding environment, detected death in their vitality, and engraved the legal principle of the cycle of prosperity and decline into the depths of his body, so as to give birth to the god of strength that blends the opportunity of life and death yin and yang.

In an instant, time and environment lost their usual meaning, and in her psychic sense, among the five organs in her body, the heart belonged to fire, the liver belonged to wood, the lungs belonged to gold, the kidneys belonged to water, and the spleen belonged to earth, and the five elements had already formed a perfect cycle;

At this moment, it seemed that there were five spiritual thoughts corresponding to the five elements rising from the five internal organs, each breaking a gap in the circulation of the five elements qi, intercepting a small section of the Gang aura in the body, as if the tip of a newborn bud poked its head out of the soil, looking cautious.

Immediately afterwards, they swallowed the true qi in their bodies and the spiritual qi of heaven and earth in the outside world, and rapidly developed and expanded, turning their bodies into large and small nested cycles outside the body, which were both isolated and closely related, and under Zhao Qing's indulgence, they chattered and discussed their opinions on her, the master of the body.

The breaking of the Five Elements Cycle in the past did not cause any negative factors, but on the contrary, it was reshaped to form a larger Zhou Tian Cycle, allowing Zhao Qing's own Dao and the Dao of the outside world to intersect with each other in the Five Organs God and have a broader influence on each other.

If the principles of the Dao and the pure and flawless spiritual thoughts she cultivated were an insignificant and insignificant star in the infinite universe of the outside world, then the five young body and divine thoughts that had just been born were equivalent to five planets or moons orbiting the stars;

It can not only accept the light and heat radiated by the central star and expand the scope of the gravitational influence of the entire galaxy, but also play the effect of helping the earth block meteorites like the moon at critical moments, or throw a giant meteorite to smash at the enemy, which is equivalent to wearing a protective suit that is both offensive and defensive.

It took several months, through the infinite spiritual power between heaven and earth and the accelerated cultivation of Taiyin True Water, Zhao Qing finally took a step upward from the peak stage of Gangjin, and officially broke through to the realm of divine strength, and judging from the vision caused by the sympathy between heaven and man at the time of breakthrough, the improvement in cultivation was by no means ordinary.

After visiting the situation of her own Gang Qi, she could be sure that it had increased by as much as fifty percent in terms of quality and quantity, and that it would gradually give birth to a small Gang aura on the five realms that added up to this fifty percent, which was theoretically equivalent to more than doubled.

After officially stepping into the realm of divine strength, the original Gang Qi will be greatly improved in breaking the enemy's spiritual intent due to the effect of body and god resonance suppression, and because the change of consciousness is several times more flexible, through the method of striking the east and the west, one blow can defeat the weak person's condensed Gang aura.

However, since Zhao Qing had already reached the realm of sword intent differentiation, this overwhelming advantage of divine strength was not a big improvement for her, but the proportional increase in the total amount of spirit after adding the body and spirit, the faster reaction speed, the power of the moves, and the effectiveness of multiple sub-consciousness in processing information were indeed real bonuses that should not be underestimated.

In addition, according to Zhao Qing's induction exploration, the strength of her body, body, and spirit corresponding to her five viscera seems to be much higher than the proportion recorded in ordinary classics, perhaps it is related to the previous transformation of viscera nerves?

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Flying into the air with a divine soldier, briefly experimenting with the power changes of the moves after the breakthrough, and thinking about whether he could create an upgraded version of the "Ling Bo Weibu" that can apply three-dimensional nature in the air, Zhao Qing's heart moved slightly, and at the same time considered the situation of the Northern Expedition to the Turks.

If he didn't take action himself, he would have had the effect of honing his military abilities and giving many people promotions, but the powerful strength of the Turks across the steppe was not comparable to the separatist forces encountered when they unified the Central Plains before.

After all, the speed of his own advance is too fast, except for Wagangzhai, which has already revolted and has good strength, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, Li Zitong, etc. have not developed much, and Li Valve, Xue Ju, Li Liang and other forces have not even raised troops, and in fact have not encountered a real strong enemy.

The reason why Li Mi was defeated and destroyed by the new army that had just been equipped with chariots was that his strength was inferior, but a large part of it was that this was the first time that a new type of weapon had appeared, and no one knew how to deal with it, so he naturally seemed invincible in a short period of time.

However, after a few months, the opponent was the Turks, who had a strong military and had the advantage of nomadic farming, and the expedition to the steppe needed to take into account the complex terrain changes, and it was not so easy to win as in the past.

In the prairie, the decline of one nation represents the rise of another.

Since the rise of the Turkic Great Khan, Tumen and Murodianmi, he led the ten major chieftains, led 100,000 troops, defeated Rouran, and established a nomadic khanate that was broader and more powerful than the ancient Xiongnu domain.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was a great turmoil in Middle Earth, and because of Yang Guangsan's expedition to Goryeo, the northern people were not able to make a living. For various reasons, such as being unable to bear harsh taxes, or evading military service and avoiding traitors, many soldiers and civilians crossed the Great Wall and fled into the Eastern Turks, which not only greatly increased the strength of Shibi Khan, but also gave him a clear grasp of the situation in the Central Plains.

At present, the Eastern Turks have reached the point of "controlling the strings and millions, Rong Di is strong, and there is no other thing in ancient times", and the Khitan, Murwei, Tuyuhun, and Gaochang are all subordinate to it, which can be described as "separate lawsuits, the president of China, and the children of the jade silk, successively in the Tao, the messenger's car, and the back and forth." Since ancient times, there has been no prosperity of Ruosi! ”

In terms of purely military strength, even if the major separatist forces at the end of the Sui Dynasty were combined, they might not be the opponent of a single Eastern Turk, let alone another Western Turk that was only half inferior.

On the other hand, Anguo's side has just completed the nominal unification, and basically cannot use the local army, so it can only mobilize a small amount of the original military strength, and even the Eastern Turkic support of the Dadu Viga Khan Liang Shidu and Dingyang Khan Liu Wuzhou have not yet been taken, and it seems that it is not the right time to launch the Northern Expedition now.

In fact, inheriting the major granaries of the Sui Dynasty and improving agricultural production, the people of Middle-earth have not encountered any major problems in terms of food, and they have far more cloth than in the past, and the supply of basic daily necessities is sufficient, so that the world can be stable.

However, when it comes to another monetary issue that is closely related to people's livelihood and economy, it is much more complicated to solve.

As we all know, although the imperial court nationalized the coinage rights, due to corruption and other factors, the quality of coins was uneven, and the quantity has not been enough to circulate in the market.

In the last years of the dynasty, the political situation was turbulent, and the government itself was also indiscriminately minting currency to plunder wealth, for example, Yang Guang reduced the weight of his own five-baht copper by half, which accelerated the chaos of the currency system, and the private minting of private currency was far more prevalent than in normal times.

However, most of the private money from the private sector is of inferior quality, and in the way of reducing weight and reducing the fineness of copper, cutting corners to reduce costs, as a result, bad money drives out good money, and the prices of a large number of goods soar and commodity transactions are stagnant, which makes the national economy gradually collapse, and it is difficult to recover in a short period of time.

As contained in the "Book of Sui: Food and Goods": "After the great cause, Wang Gang was relaxed, treacherous and cunning, so he minted more privately, and the money turned into thin and evil. At first, each thousand still weighed two catties, and then gradually lightened to one catty. Or Tie Tie, cut skin and paste paper for money, mixed with each other. The goods are cheap, so expensive that they die. ”

Therefore, although the supply of food and other aspects is sufficient, if we do not spend a lot of time recovering the five-baht coins of the old dynasty and the private furnace coins of the people, and recasting them into high-quality legal tender of the new dynasty, the people's livelihood economy will not be able to recover rapidly, and the vitality of the whole country will not be completely awakened.

If the currency of the previous dynasty were to be abolished, there would be serious problems with the already depressed and chaotic economic order, and the imperial court would also add a lot of things as a result, resulting in chaos from the top down. So there needs to be a smooth transition process so that the old money in the hands of ordinary people can continue to be used.

All in all, in order to inject a shot of strength into the current situation of economic decline, Zhao Qing was extraordinarily generous in the military salary for this expedition to the Turks, and directly used the gold stored in the treasury of Yang Gong and the tomb of the Great Khan, which was more valuable than copper coins, and adopted the method of voluntary recruitment to form a new army.

Taking the million taels of gold buried by the Turkic Khan as military expenses and using it to attack the Turks, I have to say that it has a different taste.

After learning of the huge amount of military salaries, many people who were afraid of the Turks, whether they were old people or children, signed up to join the army in the hope of joining them, some were fanatical and wanted to make meritorious contributions, some were grateful to Zhao Qing for restoring peace to the world, and some hated the revenge of the Turks......

However, the number of soldiers is not too many but fine, including some of the original elites, the size of this army is limited to the number of 100,000 people, but because it is equipped with all kinds of new weapons that have been developed, and a large number of martial arts masters accompany it, the overall combat strength is by no means inferior to any strong army in the past and present, and even much better.

Knowing that in thousands of years, she would encounter an alien civilization that was many times more powerful than the Turks, Zhao Qing clearly realized that human beings in this world should establish a systematic and scientific military theory as soon as possible, and she herself was not very good at this, and what she needed more was the wisdom of the people.

In fact, although she had basically mastered the tactics of the ancients, it was difficult to predict how the expeditionary force would play when the time came, and even she herself could not predict their march into the steppes against the Turks.

Speaking of which, after the "Heavenly Sword" Song Que issued a war letter to the first master of the Eastern Turks, "Wuzun" Bi Xuan, Bi Xuan responded after a long time, saying that the two sides have strong support behind each other, and it is unfair to fight in the grassland or the Central Plains, so it is better to send a disciple to learn from each other and communicate with each other to confirm martial arts.

And the current commander of the expeditionary force is Li Jing, who has been taught military and martial arts by Song Que, and the first Bi Khan, Chuluo Khan, Jieli Khan and others, who are nominally also Bi Xuan's disciples, defected to the Turkic Liang Shidu, but it happened to be the enemy he wanted to defeat in this war.

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Also on this night, the wolf mountain at the west end of the Yin Mountain, the bright moon hangs high in the sky, the earth is confused, the mist is dense, and it is quite rare at the turn of autumn and winter.

In terms of the division of the region, it belongs to the Houtao Plain in the Hetao Plain, the Houtao is close to the Yin Mountain in the north, the south is by the river meander, it stretches for 600 miles from east to west, the width and narrowness of the north and south are different, the widest place is nearly 100 li, and the narrow place is also more than 20 li, and the Turks call it the Ele River.

As a part of Yin Mountain, the top of this mountain is strange and rocky, resembling a wolf howling in the sky, so the travelers called it Wolf Mountain, which is an auspicious omen in the eyes of the Turks, and regarded it as the incarnation of the wolf god they believed, and built a hidden stone temple for sacrifice in the dense forest on the southern slope.

Under normal circumstances, the livestock on the steppe at this time of year are fat and strong, and do not need the special care of the nomads, so that their young adults can get out of animal husbandry, join the huge hunting team, and find the opportunity to go south to plunder the Central Plains.

And every time the Turks invade the south, before crossing the Yellow River, their commander must first go to this temple to worship the wolf god, in order to win the victory, and the result is indeed a victory in every battle, from then on into the temple to worship the god, become an inevitable action before crossing the river.

At this moment, below the wolf-shaped strange stone on the top of the cliff, in the dense forest like ghosts, there is a building like an altar, the structure is simple, it is a high platform piled up by mud and stone, it is the altar of the wolf god that is not known to the people of the Central Plains.

The four corners of the platform are equipped with circular stone plates supported by columns, each half a foot high, and the fire burns in the plate, like four extra-large torches, illuminating the square stone table in the center of the high platform as if it was stained red with blood.

A 30-step long stone staircase, descending, extending down on the other side of the high platform, and successively the dirt and stone road that had just been cut out of the dense forest and stretched straight out of the forest, had a compelling momentum.

On both sides of the forest road, there were majestic and heavily armed Turkic warriors with shields in their left hands and spears in their right hands standing five paces, and they lined up to go out of the forest, adding to the atmosphere of solemn and serious killing.

Accompanied by the sound of the rushing waterfall near the wolf mountain, the horns sounded in unison, the howl of the wolf, and at the same time sounded outside the forest, it was the Turkic warriors imitating the howl of the wolf, and the number of people howling together was tens of thousands, which made people feel creepy.

Immediately after, the torch light appeared at the entrance of the forest road, about a hundred steps away from the Wolf Temple. A group of men and horses drove into the forest road and kept approaching. At the top were eighteen torch-bearers, who arrived at the long stone steps and spread out on both sides, raising torches to light the way up.

And behind the torch-bearer knight, an old voice suddenly sounded: "Under the witness of the wolf god Zhili Anluo, the royal family that supports Yang Xuyan or other old Sui will play the banner of restoration and support a puppet emperor in the Central Plains, how about this plan?" ”

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