Chapter 1 The Storm in the Court

Daqian, Tiandu.

As the absolute center of the entire Great Qian, the majesty of Tiandu is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

The city is 100 feet high, the whole body is white and flawless, obviously not made of ordinary bricks and stones, above the city, endless green gas gathers, and the green gas of the city moat can only be shrouded around the city is different, the green gas of the moat of Tiandu is not only brighter in color, but also covers a radius of nearly 100 miles, no matter here day or night, it is as bright as day under the shroud of green gas!

The luck of Daqian Kyushu gathers here, by the one hundred and eight Hongru monuments outside the city, it gathers into a green qi and rises in the sky to form a sea of cyan clouds, and above the sea of green clouds, you can faintly see a statue of nothingness sitting in it, that is the figure of generations of Confucian sages, and the worst statue of the god in the legend is the great Confucian of the realm of life.

And the statue of the god above the sea of clouds of luck, there are as many as twenty-eight, guarding the four sides of the sea of clouds, like twenty-eight guardian gods, and in the center of these twenty-eight gods, the most central position of the cyan sea of clouds, there is a statue of a god, only the figure, but the appearance is blurred, that is the statue of the founder of Confucianism, Confucianism.

This sea of green qi and clouds is like another piece of heaven under the sky, covering the great dry sky, and it is also the origin of the blue sky.

The Imperial Palace, the Temple of Chaotian.

Ji Huan, the Son of Heaven, who was already over fifty years old, frowned and looked at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and raised a piece of music in his hand, and his loud and majestic voice echoed in the wide Chaotian Palace: "Wuzhou Black Cloud King, Zhangzhou Tajiang King, Liuzhou Qingtian King, Jinzhou Hundred Battle King, Huangzhou War Heavenly King, Yanzhou Ping Heavenly King!" Ladies and gentlemen, can you tell me that there are so many kings in my world, why don't I know!? ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent.

"Can you tell me what's going on in this world? There are so many anti-kings overnight, is it because I am not virtuous enough? Or is there a corpse vegetarian meal, and the officials force the people to rebel!? In the end, Ji Huan's eyes suddenly sharpened.

It seemed to sense the emperor's anger, in the sky of the heavenly capital, the sea of luck clouds was churning, and a terrifying heavenly power descended from the sky, and everyone was out of breath!

"Your Majesty!"

Among the hundreds of officials, one person came out of the ranks, bowed down and said: "As far as the minister knows, the predecessors of these anti-kings were all rebels against the party, but now they are standing on their own, as far as my cadres are concerned, this matter is not a bad thing, but a good thing!" ”

"A good thing?" Ji Huan laughed angrily, and smashed the piece in his hand directly on the official's head and scolded: "You say this is a good thing? ”

"Your Majesty, let's not talk about how the people will feel when they hear this, as far as the slaves and maids know, these people are all yang and yin when they are in the Guiyi Sect, and they also listen to Zhang Yuqing and do not listen to the announcement, originally the court only needs to beat one Zhang Yuqing, as long as Zhang Yuqing falls, these rabble will naturally disappear, and now they have become self-reliant and cede the land to be kings, this nature has changed, if the court still ignores it, it will only make the people of the world think that the court is no longer able to beg for thieves, and it is likely to cause more rebellions."

"Situ Shangshu is a member of the three grades of the imperial court, but he said such ignorant words, and the slave maid thought that Situ Shangshu's talent and virtue were not enough to match the position of the three grades, so he implored His Majesty to cut off Situ Shangshu's official position and demote him to a commoner!"

The one who spoke was a eunuch, commonly known as a eunuch, and the eunuch's participation in politics was also a change made by Ji Huan since he ascended the throne, of course, it can also be said to be helpless, after all, his throne was won during the struggle for the country, and he lacked his own team, so he could only appoint eunuchs to balance the situation in the court for himself.

"Grandpa Li's words are wrong!" An old man came out of the queue and saluted Ji Huan and said: "Your Majesty, Situ Shangshu's words may be inconsiderate, but he is not wrong, these so-called anti-kings are just a rabble under the command of the Guiyi Sect before, which seems to be huge, but in fact they are vulnerable, the military department has ordered all departments to send troops, and the ministers can't think of a few months, these so-called anti-kings will be wiped out, as for what the people see, as long as the court can quell the rebellion as soon as possible, not only will it not damage the prestige of the court, but it will greatly increase the majesty of the court!" ”

"What Murong Shangshu said is not bad." Another eunuch came out of the ranks, bowed to Ji Huan and said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid here also recently got an urgent report, which is quite different from what Murong Shangshu said, it is the news about Yunzhou, Taishou Zhou Ji used a living human skin to set up a feng shui array to ensure the prosperity of the official, but it was exposed by the anti-thieves, resulting in the disappearance of the green qi of the Shangyang moat, the thief chief Lu Xuan broke the thirteen cities of Shangyang one after another, and the general Yin Zheng of the town sent a border army to suppress it without the permission of the imperial court, but was almost wiped out by the thief chief Lu Xuan!"

The slave maid remembered that Zhou Ji was a protΓ©gΓ© of the Murong family, but he did such a thing that angered and resented people, but now, the news has not yet reached His Majesty, and the slave and maid have to investigate, among them, Murong Shangshu's crime of covering up is inevitable! Please also ask Your Majesty to judge! ”

"Your Majesty!" Murong Shangshu turned around calmly and saluted Ji Huan: "The so-called human puppet minister has indeed heard of it, and he also sent someone to Yunzhou to secretly investigate, and found that it is completely false, as we all know, the Guiyi Sect is good at using evil arts, and this human puppet is simply the trick of the Guiyi Sect to defeat the luck of my court, deliberately planting blame, and fooling the people." ”

"The minister wants to ask, why is Gonggong Shang so convincing about this matter, could it be that he also accepted the benefits of the Guiyi Sect and wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the loyal ministers of the court for the Guiyi Sect?"

After speaking, Murong Shangshu suddenly turned around and said to Ji Huan: "Your Majesty, the minister suspects that Shang Quan is colluding with the thief and wants to harm the virtuous people of the imperial court, please behead this person to comfort Zhongliang!" ”

"Please Your Majesty to kill this person to comfort Zhongliang!"

"Please Your Majesty to kill this person to comfort Zhongliang!"

For a time, hundreds of officials in the court bowed down one after another, hoping that the Son of Heaven would kill the eunuchs.

Ji Huan glanced at the big eunuch beside him, the big eunuch understood, and the golden hammer in his hand struck the golden bell, and for a while, the sound of the bell suppressed all the sounds.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I want is a solution to the current chaos, not to listen to the prevarication of others!" Ji Huan looked at the Manchu Dynasty and shouted.

"Your Majesty!" An old man came out and said: "The most important thing at the moment is Zhang Yuqing, the root of all this is still in Zhang Yuqing, as long as Zhang Yuqing is dead, these so-called anti-kings are nothing more than chickens and dogs, so there is nothing to worry about." ”

"I know that, too." Seeing this person come out, Ji Huan's tone softened a little, shook his head and sighed: "But if you don't care about this situation now, you will lose people's hearts, and these thieves outside Dongzhou are not all rabble, that Shangyang thief chief Lu Xuan destroyed the elite of the border army, and now he is rooted in Shangyang, if this goes on for a long time, even if Zhang Yuqing dies, I am afraid that there will be more Zhang Yuqing!" ”

What Lu Xuan did in Shangyang County was actually digging the roots of the imperial court, how could the imperial court not see it?

"This matter is really difficult to do, but these local forces of the Unified Sect are not strong, the old minister thinks that it is enough to send troops from the heavenly capital and send elites to sweep away these forces like Lu Xuan with the power of thunder, and the main force of the imperial court should still be used on the Unified Sect now." The old man bowed.

"What the Taishi said is good, but now that troops and horses have to be dispatched everywhere, the military department has no choice, so Yin Zhenbian will send a team of men and horses to quell the rebellion, such as today there are no soldiers to send except for the forbidden army and the royal forest army that protect the heavenly capital!" Murong Shangshu smiled bitterly.

Taishi is the teacher of the Son of Heaven, a great Confucian in the sea, and has a very high rank in the court, even if the Son of Heaven Ji Huan is not good at talking to him, at this moment he came forward to speak, and the original tense atmosphere in the court suddenly eased a lot.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, maybe he can let the court pacify the thieves everywhere without spending a single soldier!" Zai Fu Xie Yao came out of the queue and saluted Ji Huan.

"Speak!" Ji Huan nodded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xie Yao bowed and said: "Now the Quartet is in turmoil, all because of the lack of troops in the hands of the county Taishou, the imperial court is now empty, and there is no extra money and food to fight this battle again, it is better to let the local Taishou recruit troops to fight the thieves on the spot, in this way, it can save a lot of military expenses for the imperial court, and also allow all places to have sufficient strength to fight the thieves, and the imperial court can concentrate on dealing with the Guiyi Church, and now in the imperial court and His Majesty, the Guiyi Sect is a big trouble, and it must be eliminated as soon as possible!" ”

Ji Huan frowned, this is equivalent to delegating the military power to the county guards, although their grades have not changed, but the real power in their hands has been expanded, if this continues, the place where the right to recruit troops is not equivalent to a prince?

This is by no means the result that Ji Huan wants to see.

"Your Majesty, each county has a Jun Du Lieutenant, if the military power is delegated to the Taishou, won't the county capital lieutenant be set up, and what is the use of asking for it?" The eunuch who stood at the top of the eunuch column came out and saluted Ji Huan.

"Since Gonggong Cao thinks that what he said is wrong, I don't know what Gonggong Cao has to plan to break the enemy?" Xie Yao looked at the eunuch and frowned, "You must know that now because of the matter of the Guiyi Sect, there is not much surplus food in the imperial treasury."

"Then I can only ask you to be generous!" Gonggong Cao smiled and said: "I think on the occasion of this national crisis, all of you are Confucian moral models, most of them are six-grade Confucian students, and you will not be stingy with money!" ”

"Cao gelding, you don't want to spew blood, we are all people who read the books of sages, and our sleeves are breezy, how can we have extra money?" Before Xie Yao could speak, an official had already stood up and looked at Gonggong Cao and shouted angrily.

"Breeze on your sleeves?" Gonggong Cao looked at each other with a smile: "Can Lord Han tell me how much land there is in the family?" ”

"My family's land and property are all handed down from my ancestors, what's wrong?"

"There's nothing wrong, it's just that the court is short of food now, I wonder if Lord Han can donate some of his family's land for the sake of the court?" Gonggong Cao asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to hand over all the 100 acres of fertile land at home to the imperial court to prove his loyalty!" Lord Han said impassionedly.

"Hundred acres?" Gonggong Cao looked at Lord Han and smiled.

"Cao Jingzhong, what do you mean by this!?"

"Enough, this matter can be discussed later, retreat!" Ji Huan frowned and looked at the two of them who were fighting more and more fiercely, knowing that since the scholars had put this proposal on the table to talk about it today, they would definitely not give up, but the military power was decentralized, and it was not what Ji Huan wanted, so he could only delay this matter for the time being!

"Newspaper~"

Just as he was about to disperse, outside the Chaotian Palace, a rush of footsteps came, stopping everyone's movements, daring to come in at such a time, it must be important information......

(End of chapter)