Huaixianguan finally reached an agreement with the four ministries of Montenegro, and the agreement was divided into three major items and seven small paragraphs, which made provisions on taxes, prisons, and war preparedness.

In terms of taxes, the spirit stones originally paid by the four departments of Montenegro to the Chongxuan Department every year were changed to Huaixian Pavilion, and the amount was reduced from 100,000 to 50,000.

The naturalization of the sect of Montenegrin is still approved by the four departments of Montenegro, but it needs to be reported to the Huaixian Pavilion, which has the final veto power, and the Huaixian Pavilion usually does not use this power unless there is a special reason.

The Black Mountain Edict still has the power to collect taxes and fees, and the taxes and fees of non-monks are not considered by the Huaixian Pavilion, but the monks must follow the principle of the same fee as the Southern Wu Prefecture, and each person pays two guan per year, and cannot be adjusted without authorization, while the Zongmen Taoist Hall is unified to twenty guan.

In terms of criminal prisons, the Montenegrin Imperial Law Division still has jurisdiction within the territory of the Montenegrin Imperial Court, but serious cases involving the abolition of revisions and beheadings or above need to be reported to the Southern Wu Prefecture Legal Department for review.

The Southern Wu Prefecture Law Division has the right of priority, which is applicable to all states and counties under the jurisdiction of the Huaixian Pavilion, and when the cooperation of the Montenegrin Imperial Law Division is required, it shall not be shirked.

In terms of combat readiness, the Montenegrin Edict Commander needs to establish a Montenegrin battalion of 300 people, and the officers above the battalion commander must be served by monks, the military salaries and food shall be borne by the Montenegrin Edict itself, and the officers above the capital head shall be designated by the Southern Wuzhou Military Division.

The Montenegrin battalion was not allowed to act without authorization, and in wartime, it was uniformly dispatched by the military division of Nanwu Prefecture.

This was the agreement finally negotiated between the Huaixian Pavilion and the Fourth Ministry of Montenegro, and through these regulations, the process of integrating the Montenegrin edict into Southern Wuzhou was opened.

In Gu Zuo's opinion, this agreement is still too loose, and the discretion given to the Fourth Department of Montenegro is too great, but this is also something that cannot be helped. Unlike the inland states and counties, Montenegrin has its own traditions and particularities, and they are originally edicts with great autonomy, and it is already a major victory to be able to bring back part of the tax, judicial and military powers into the account.

The meal should be eaten one bite at a time, the road should be walked step by step, and it will not be too late to talk about it when there is an opportunity in the future. At least until now, due to the addition of the four departments of Montenegro, the strength of the Huaixian Pavilion has increased greatly, and the number of people that can be mobilized has increased at least eleven Jindan and more than sixty Zhuji.

On the day the agreement was reached, the four ministers said goodbye with mixed feelings, and Gu Zuo sent them out all the way to the north entrance of Nanwu Mountain.

Zhong Ziyu said: "In the future, the four divisions of Montenegro will be the same as the Huaixian Pavilion, and please take care of Huaixian more." ”

Gu Zuo soothed: "Rest assured, Huaixian Pavilion has never had the intention of annexing the Black Mountain Edict, it was not in the past, it is not now, and it will not be in the future, the Black Mountain Edict is still the Black Mountain Edict." What we want to do is just to form a joint force in the face of today's new world trend, so that everyone can protect themselves and not be bullied by other sects. ”

Zhong Ziyu kept nodding and said, "I understand, we all understand......"

Chen Haozi, Elder Song, Elder Lu, and so on were all nodding, but Gu Zuo could see that there was a sense of depression on their faces that could not be concealed.

Gu Zuo livened up the atmosphere: "In the future, the spirit stones handed over by the Black Mountain Edict every year will be reduced by half, and all of them will be reduced in the previous three years, so you can sleep well." ”

Mentioning this, Zhong Ziyu was the most relaxed, and said to Gu Zuo: "Thank you Huaixian." ”

Gu Zuohu asked: "What do you have about the position of commander of the Black Mountain Battalion?"

This article was actually the focus of the previous dispute between the two sides, and in the end, under the strong insistence of the Huaixian Pavilion, the four departments of Montenegro finally accepted it, and when he asked about it, the four of them all looked at it, and it was a little unnatural.

Chen Haozi said: "Huaixian, just say it directly, who do you want to send to be the commander?"

Gu Zuodao: "I want to make a suggestion, please ask Chen to join the army as the first commander of the Black Mountain Battalion, and the other three are the heads, please also draw up a few lists for me, I will choose from them, and I hope you will support you." "Parkway

Chen Haozi was a little surprised, and Zhong Ziyu and the three of them were also surprised, but in any case, this is a great thing, and the big stone in his heart is suddenly no longer so heavy.

Several people immediately agreed, bowed their hands to Gu Zuo together, and said goodbye. As they walked together in the air, Elder Lu of the Yinsheng Department sighed, "Gu Huaixian...... There's a prime minister's belly, ......"

Zhong Ziyu said: "I saw it back then, brother, this son will become a great weapon, so he will form a good fate......"

Chen Haozi pouted: "You can pull it down!"

Everyone laughed, and Elder Song advised: "Ziyu, turn around and hand over the 50,000 spirit stones, Pavilion Master Gu is so sincere, let's also show some sincerity." By the way, how are you talking about the Jiannan Jiedu Mansion?"

Zhong Ziyu said: "There is still some trouble, I am rarely talking about the official tone, and I have been dragging it out." ”

Elder Song said: "Tax reduction and exemption for three years, this is an edict issued by the Political Affairs Hall, and it is a big plan for Yang Xiang to fight for the world, what does he want to do?"

Zhong Ziyu said: "The affairs of the Jiedu Mansion have always been procrastinated, and it has only been more than a month, so wait a minute." ”

Elder Song asked, "Do you want to ask Pavilion Master Gu how Southern Wu Prefecture will deal with it?"

Elder Lu said on the side: "This matter should be a matter of the imperial court, not within the scope of cultivation, right?"

The edict issued by the Chongxuan Administration is only for cultivation affairs, but for Nanzhao, almost half of them are cultivators, and it is very difficult to distinguish clearly, and everything is still a matter of whether to think about it or not.

It would be best to maintain a little more autonomy, and several elders nodded at the same time, saying no more.

After the four divisions of Montenegro left, the Lingyuan Daoist set off again, to read the edict to the Tonghai Gang, and then went to the states under the jurisdiction of the Huaixian Pavilion in Lingnan Road, and read them to the state governments one by one - the inland states and counties are different from the Nanzhao, the law department is in charge of the cultivation affairs, and the tax issue also involves the household department, which is under the jurisdiction of the government.

Seeing that Daoist Lingyuan was about to take Chaoyun with him, Gu Zuo was speechless: "Daoist this is official business, is it appropriate to bring a beauty with him?"

Lingyuan Dao Chang smiled: "Huaixian, from today onwards, Chaoyun is my self-recruited assistant, hehe." ”

Seeing that he had a kind of self-indulgence, Gu Zuo couldn't help but laugh, and just reminded: "Pay attention to flight safety." ”

Lingyuan Dao Elder asked, "Do you want to set a date for the big meeting in Southern Wu Prefecture?" I will help you inform all the families to come and listen to the order. ”

Gu Zuo shook his head and said: "The Taoist chief just reads out the edict, and there is no need to do anything else, we can't be in a hurry, and we can't convene it together, in case there is a thorn in it, whether the big discussion can be done or not, is between the two words, and the prestige will be ruined." ”

Lingyuan understood: "Huai Xian plans to break them all?"

Gu Zuo said: "Yes, let them dry for a while first, and then they will talk one by one when the time comes." ”

The reason why he is not in a hurry is that Gu Zuo still needs time to continue to strengthen the strength of Nanwu Prefecture, he is waiting for the news of Elder Shang, Wang Hanshan, Gu Zhongchi, Yang Sanfa and Xue Dingtu, as long as these few people break through, the strength of Nanwu Prefecture will be further improved, and he can be more hardened when he speaks.