Chapter Twenty-Seven—Sugar and Sticks

Seeing that everyone knelt on the ground and saluted, Zhao Xizhi didn't care whether they were real or fake, stood up and raised his hands falsely: "Zhongqing is flat." The new establishment of the empire still requires everyone to go their own way to maintain peace and tranquility everywhere. Now, the country is named the Kyushu Empire, and this year is the first year of the Kyushu Empire. ”

Lin Xuan sat on the side of the dragon chair and watched Zhao Xizhi start to arrange various matters, and he didn't make a sound, just observed everyone's performance with his spiritual sense.

Zhao Xizhi also sat on the dragon chair and began to read out his established policy: "The original territory of the Seven Kingdoms of the original blessed land is now set as one state: for example, the Great Mighty Kingdom has been changed to Great Mighty State, Taiwei City has been changed to the state capital of Great Mighty State, and the area of Dengxian City and Huaxia Imperial City has been changed to Zhongzhou; This is the first order!"

Zhao Xizhi looked at everyone's reactions and continued: "Originally, the emperor of the Six Kingdoms was named the King of Yizi, the Emperor of the Northern Yan Kingdom was named the King of Yan, the Emperor of the Western Qi Kingdom was named the King of Qi, the Emperor of the Tianlong Kingdom was named the King of Heaven, the Emperor of the Eastern Immortal Kingdom was named the King of Wu, the Emperor of the Jiuyi Kingdom was named the King of Xuan, the Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom was named the King of Yun, and the Great Prince of the Great Wei Kingdom was named the King of Zhao. The rest of the princes were all demoted to the two-character king, and the two-character king was demoted to the county king, but the hereditary but hereditary throne was demoted by one level, and after a while, his own holy decree was issued to the princes. The one-character king can raise 300 private soldiers, the two-character king can raise 200 private soldiers, the county king can raise 100 private soldiers, and the rest of the titles can raise 50 private soldiers! Regarding the fiefs of each king, the fief of King Yan is in Xiqi Prefecture, the fief of King Qi is in Tianlong Prefecture, the fief of King Tianwang is in Jiuyi Prefecture, the fief of King Wu is in Beiyan Prefecture, the fief of King Xuan is in Daxia Prefecture, the fief of King Yun is in Dawei Prefecture, and the fief of King Zhao is in Dongxian Prefecture. The kings enjoyed the title and the three layers of financial power of the fiefdoms, but did not have the power to give orders and transfer troops. The fiefdom of the king of the two characters and the king of the county will be issued by holy decree!

Zhao Xizhi gave everyone some time to digest, and continued: "After the establishment of the empire, each state sent troops to edict the bandits in its territory, and those who surrendered were sent to various places; After the bandits were eliminated, the army was dismissed, and only the Praetorian Guards and 10,000 guards were left in Zhongzhou in the future. Each state can only keep 30,000 troops, 10,000 to garrison the state capital, 10,000 to the capital city, and 10,000 to the county seat. The demobilized army serves the people on the spot, reclaims wasteland to recuperate, and those who raise soldiers privately will punish the nine clans!

After moistening her throat, Zhao Xizhi continued to speak: "The Immortal Family has an Immortal Division, which is located on the top of the mountain of the Huaxia Imperial City, and there is a Shocking Immortal Drum placed in the Imperial City Square, and those who have major grievances can sound the Immortal Drum. In addition, we will select personnel to set up a governor's department, and the identities of the personnel in the department will be kept secret from the outside world, and they will walk in the state capitals and counties, supervise officials, and those who have corrupt officials and corrupt officials must report the evidence to the emperor, and those who verify the truth will be punished by the three clans!

"Order 5: Build roads between state capitals and counties, unify weights and measures and currency, enhance circulation between places, and improve the social status of merchants. ”

"Order 6: All localities will open schools, open people's wisdom, set up an examination and promotion system, and select talents. Dead vegetarians are not allowed to appear in the system. ”

"Order 7: Amend the law, so that everything has a law to follow, there is a law to follow, and those in power must strictly enforce the law. If there is favoritism, the three clans will be punished. ”

"Order 8: Set up two prime ministers and cabinets within the imperial court to deal with the daily affairs of the state, and if there is a large controversy or indecision, it will be reported to the emperor for decision. The second minister and the cabinet officials are selected from among the monarchs. ”

"Order 9: The governors of the state capital and county are temporarily selected from the monarchs present, and the state pastor of a state needs to enter the palace every year, and the government enters the palace every three years, and the rest of the officials at all levels need to report to the state pastor every year. After the decrees are over, you can come to the Holy Shrine with your own decrees, but I remind you that what you have done has been recorded by the immortal masters, and there are false reports and exaggerations, and the rod is thirty. After returning to their respective regions, the nine orders were issued to inform the people. ”

The more Zhao Xizhi spoke, the more confident she became, and she said the initial decrees one by one. Lin Xuan beckoned Zhao Xizhi to refill a cup of tea and sent it to her to moisten her throat. Zhao Xizhi took the teacup and smiled softly at Lin Xuan. The charm of that moment made Lin Xuan's heart beat half a beat~ Shaking his head, Lin Xuan threw out some unrealistic thoughts in his mind, and looked at the two women in the camp of the Tianlong Kingdom and the camp of the Northern Yan Kingdom.

Zhao Xizhi issued nine bans in a row, and when she took a break, everyone was talking, but the emperor of the Six Kingdoms was a little depressed, not only did his status plummet, but even his fiefdom was in another country. However, the strength is stronger than others, and even if they are unwilling, they will not be able to make any waves.

After the discussion of everyone in the audience slowly subsided, Zhao Xizhi cleared her throat and said: "I have just issued the Nine Decrees, I hope that you will understand them well, and the detailed holy decree will be sent to you in a while." Now, I need to settle accounts with some officials. After a pause, Zhao Xizhi glanced at the audience, and saw that many people lowered their heads weakly, and a sneer appeared on the corner of their mouths.

"Wang Lao Jike, the former city lord of Lingwei City of the Great Power Kingdom, get out of here. "Zhao Xizhi was the first to find Wang Laoji that Lin Xuan told him before. Wang Laoji privately transferred troops, not to mention, but also let the soldiers guarding the city camp pretend to be bandits to rob past merchants, collecting wealth and killing many people. Now let's start the accounting process, and naturally take Wang Laoji.

Wang Laoji was originally standing behind the third prince, but when he heard Zhao Xizhi calling himself, his feet suddenly softened, and he walked out of the queue tremblingly: "Weichen is here, I don't know what Your Majesty called Weichen!"

"What's the matter? You actually have the face to ask me what's the matter? What do you dare not admit?" Zhao Xizhi was originally angry with Wang Laoji's actions and wanted to put him to death, but she had no actual evidence in her hands. Now seeing that Wang Laoji wants to play Laipi, his fingers tremble even more angrily.

Lin Xuan held Zhao Xizhi's hand, signaled her not to be angry, and said by himself: "Wang City Lord forgot the story I told you that day?"

Wang Laoji smiled unnaturally on his face, and said: "Master Immortal, although the son of the villain is quite offensive to the immortal master, but as the old saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty, and please ask the immortal to spare a lot of villains! The villain is willing to give up this official position, please ask the immortal master to spare the life of the villain's family." "It is worthy of being an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for decades, and in a few words, he attributed the original incident to his ignorant son who offended the immortals, and secretly squeezed Lin Xuan, if Lin Xuan didn't let go, he would be a villain.

Lin Xuan glanced at Wang Laoji with a smile, and said slowly: "Listen to what you mean, don't you remember the trouble of bandits three hundred miles outside Lingwei City?"

Wang Laoji's eyes rolled sharply, he knelt down, and said bitterly: "There are bandits three hundred miles outside Lingwei City, which is the crime of negligence of the villain, according to the law of Dawei State: If an official fails to supervise, he will be given 50 rods, and the official will be demoted to three levels, and he will be fined for three years; if he causes major consequences, he will be given 100 rods, removed from his official position, and exiled to the frontier. The villain is willing to plead guilty and be punished!"

"Hehe, he is worthy of being a person who has been in officialdom for decades. But what~ For those things you have committed, Ben Gongzi doesn't want to reason with you anymore, when Ben Gongzi killed the three Lu brothers and dozens of bandits under them, now Ben Gongzi wants to kill you, what can you do?" Lin Xuan sneered and said directly, the killing intent in his eyes became heavier and heavier, penetrating Wang Laoji's heart.

Wang Laoji couldn't stand the oppression of this gaze, hugged the legs of the third prince, and cried: "Third prince, please save me! I have honored you for most of the money I looted at the beginning, and the immortal master is your brother-in-law, please help me plead for mercy! I don't want to die yet." Lin Xuan looked at this scene with interest, he didn't expect to be able to attract the third prince.

Seeing this scene, how did everyone not know that there was another hidden meaning in this matter, and the thoughtful people rolled their eyes, and combined with the words of the two, they knew the general idea of a thing. At the moment, they are all watching coldly, and some people who have ghosts in their hearts are even more restless, wondering if the things they have done have been discovered.

The third prince was originally standing in front of the old god of cultivation, but suddenly Wang Laoji pulled him into the water, and he suddenly became anxious: "You bastard, what are you talking about? When did this king receive your money? If you talk nonsense again, this king must give the Holy Lord to destroy your nine clans." ”

"At the beginning, it was clear that you said that you wanted to accumulate strength to seize the throne and allow me the position of prime minister, so I instructed the soldiers guarding the city camp to disguise themselves as bandits to rob the past, and nine layers of the looted money were sent to you by me, otherwise where did you get the money to buy people's hearts and cultivate your own power! Now you don't want to admit it, Lao Tzu tells you, I keep the account books! Lao Tzu is going to die, and you won't be happy!" Wang Laoji was just broken by Lin Xuan's eyes, and suddenly poured beans into a bamboo tube to make a deal between himself and the three princes.

"You!" The third prince didn't expect Wang Laoji to have this hand, and he suddenly didn't know what to do.

Lin Xuan clapped his palms, looked at the two of them and said, "I didn't expect to be able to watch such a scene!"

Zhao Xizhi's face turned pale, she thought that this was just a sin committed by the city lord who was collecting money in private, and who knew that her brother was involved. Although the royal family affection is weak, the blood relationship is continuous. I have the intention to let my brother go, but the seventh order I just issued just now mentioned that there is no favoritism, and now I want to release my brother, wouldn't it be a slap in the face. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Zhao Xizhi's left hand had already clenched into a fist, crumpling the corner of his dragon robe into a wrinkle.

After opening his mouth, Zhao Xizhi still said: "Wang Laoji privately transferred troops, and made the army defending the city turn into a robbery; Zhao Yu fornicated with foreign ministers, formed a party for personal gain, corrupted the dynasty, and was executed. After gritting her teeth and saying this verdict, Zhao Xizhi only felt that most of the strength in her body had gone, and her brain was a mess, and she almost fainted.

Lin Xuan's attention was mostly on Zhao Xizhi, and now seeing Zhao Xizhi's situation, he hurriedly took her in his arms, infused a breath of vitality into her body, and said: "This son didn't expect this to happen, but how could this son let his woman be such a brother killer and bear the notoriety of killing brothers." This prince is in charge, exempting the third prince Zhao Yu from all titles and royal status, demoted to a commoner and exiled to the south of the Jiuyi Kingdom, and cannot return to the imperial city for life. Zhao Yu, do you have any objections?

Zhao Yu had just been frightened by Zhao Xizhi's decision, but now when he heard that he could save his life, he nodded busily: "The sinner has no objection, no objection." ”

The others thought to themselves, one of you husband and wife singing white face and the other red face, how dare we say anything?

Zhao Xizhi gave Lin Xuan a grateful look, and found that she was lying in Lin Xuan's arms, her face flushed with shame, she quickly sat up and coughed dryly: "In addition, the princes of various states and prefectures, I can give you a chance to report the sins you have committed one by one before noon tomorrow, and I can deal with them leniently." If you wait until I come to summon you, it will be a crime of three kinds. All the princes have come to the main hall with me to discuss the selection of officials from the state capitals. People of insight who have their own views on governing the country can also put their political views on the table, and we will hire them as appropriate. ”

Seeing that everyone was about to disperse, Lin Xuan hurriedly spoke: "Lord Longling, Princess Yufeng stays." ”

With Lin Xuan's gaze, everyone looked at the second daughter in the field, with envy and disdain~ The second daughter was stopped by Lin Xuan, thinking of the relationship between Lin Xuan and Zhao Xizhi, they were all a little frightened, just thinking that Lin Xuan had taken a fancy to himself and wanted to let herself sleep. Their own country had just been destroyed by this person's words, how could they still have the heart to curry favor with Lin Xuan, so the faces of the two girls were not very good-looking.

Lin Xuan saw that Zhao Xizhi also looked at him strangely, patted his forehead, and said helplessly: "What do you people think? It's just that before my son came to the Seven Kingdoms to travel, my master left a message saying that I would ask my son to help him accept a few people to get started, including the lord of Longling and Princess Feifeng, as well as the jacaranda girl of the flower family in Shanjie Town, Dawei Kingdom. So, what I want to say is that the two of you have spiritual roots, are you willing to worship the immortal method cultivated under my master's sect?" Lin Xuan's face was hot when he was looked at by these people's eyes, and he quickly explained.

The second daughter heard these words, and they were a little surprised in their hearts, Lin Xuan's ability they saw it, and they decided the life and death of the Seven Kingdoms with one word, if he became his junior sister, not to mention the restoration of the country, at least the father, queen mother, and brothers and sisters would live better. glanced at each other at the moment, and replied in unison: "Yueyao (Fenglan) is willing!"

Lin Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, let's hold an apprenticeship ceremony in this hall in three days!" After speaking, he took Zhao Xizhi to the main hall.

At this time, everyone looked at Long Yueyao's father, Prince Jun, and Leng Fenglan's brother, the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom, King Yan, with different eyes, and those who were about to leave also stopped, after all, the two had this relationship, and even if the Long family and the Leng family were not emperors, their status was not much lower than that of the emperor. sighed in his heart why he didn't have such an immortal material, but in his actions, he congratulated the Long family and the Leng family, and by the way, he was almost familiar. King Yan said a few polite words, shirked that the emperor was still waiting, lined up everyone and entered the main hall, and Prince Jun had to deal with a group of enthusiastic people.

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