Chapter 3: The Reward Ceremony

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It was already late at night, but the current emperor Lan Qinggu did not rest, but was in the most tightly guarded cell in the dungeon.

The cell was simple and clean, and there were no other cells around, so it was very quiet. There is no imaginary noise at all, and there is no dirt and horror.

In the middle of the cell sat an old man dressed plainly, his plain face was not attractive at all, this person was Qin Mu's mentor, Xuan Yu Zhenren.

Xuan Yu Zhenren is obviously a few points older than before, and he seems to be frowning a lot.

"Xuan Yu, Nine Kings Mountain has become a thing of the past, as long as you are sincere and obedient, the widow can meet all your requirements!" Lan Qinggu looked at Xuan Yu Zhenren who closed his eyes and recuperated his mind, this was the twentieth time he had come here at night, trying to persuade Xuan Yu Zhenren to submit to himself, but every time he returned in defeat.

Xuan Yu Zhenren is an alchemist of the Transformation Realm, and the value of any force is incomparable, and even from a long-term perspective, the value of an alchemist in the Transformation Realm is greater than that of five or six Huiyang Realm cultivators, if Xuan Yu Zhenren can join the Dalan Empire, it can undoubtedly more than double the foundation of the Dalan Empire.

Just when Lan Qinggu thought that the bamboo basket was empty again, Xuan Yu Zhenren suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Qinggu, there is one thing that I still can't understand, what is it that makes you ruthless and uproot Jiuwang Mountain, leaving no room at all?"

Lan Qinggu waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Why...... Because Jiuwang Mountain is outdated, the mind is stubborn and self-contained, indecisive, and does not want to forge ahead. It's just that a group of old stubborns still think very highly of themselves, stretching their hands too long, influencing the development decisions of the empire, affecting the rise of the empire, with the existence of your Nine Kings Mountain, the dream of dominating the world and achieving the great cause of the ages will never be realized. You say the widow wants to destroy him!"

Xuan Yu Zhenren said lightly: "Losing the Nine Kings Mountain, do you think you can get rid of the influence of the other two Immortal Sects? Ghoul Sect and Huayin Valley, which one is not more insidious and vicious than the Nine Kings Mountain?"

"Hehe" Lan Qinggu smiled softly, got a little closer, leaned over to Xuan Yu Zhenren's ear, and said softly: "Xuan Yu, the widow can pull the Nine Kings Mountain down the altar, and the two of them are not a troublesome matter." ”

"Hey, King Lan don't waste time on the old man, please go back, the old man is going to rest. Xuan Yu Zhenren sighed lightly, and as soon as his eyes were closed, he stopped paying attention to Lan Qinggu.

Seeing his attitude, Lan Qinggu couldn't help but have a nameless fire in his heart, he was the emperor of the empire, and he had been convincing this guy every day for most of the month, but this guy didn't give face at all, and he looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, as if he really thought that he had to do it.

Lan Qinggu's face showed displeasure, and the domineering spirit of the Emperor of the Ages arose spontaneously, and he said coldly: "Xuan Yu, the widow asks you again, do you want to return to obedience?"

Xuan Yu Zhenren didn't say anything, and he didn't even open his eyes.

"Heh, in that case, on the day of the reward ceremony in three days, Hugh blames the widow for not giving you face!"

Lan Qinggu waved his robe violently, turned around and left the cell, and before stepping on the steps, he stopped and said softly: "Xuan Yu, the widow advises you to think about one or two more, the future fate of the remaining one hundred and twenty-seven disciples of Jiuwang Mountain is in your hands." Don't force the widows to kill them all, otherwise the Nine Kings Mountain will be completely cut off in your hands. ”

After Lan Qinggu left, Xuan Yu opened his eyes, and a pair of eyes full of wind and frost were full of sadness.

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On the second day, Tang Chuliao found Qin Mu. Told him about the Reward Ceremony.

This reward ceremony is the first time that Lan Qinggu has been held since he succeeded to the throne, focusing on rewarding the meritorious officials in the operation to exterminate Jiuwang Mountain, of course, another purpose is to announce to the world, as the king of a country, his ability.

Three days later, the Imperial Reward Ceremony.

Qin Mu, Bai Ling, and Tang Chuliao, who had already received the news, came to the square in front of the gate of Lantian City, a city within a city, in the center of the imperial capital, where the reward ceremony was held.

Lantian City is a city within a city surrounded by the imperial city of Huanglan City, which is the center of power of the empire, and all the direct descendants of the empire surnamed Lan live in it, separated from other civil and military ministers and people, and are self-contained.

Therefore, in the eyes of the people of the Great Lan Empire, the Lantian City in the Imperial Lan City is the real Imperial City.

In just a few days, a huge reward platform has been built in the middle of the square, and there are a total of ninety-nine stairs on the reward platform, leading to the sky, there are five giant dragon statues on it, with teeth and claws, full of domineering, symbolizing the appearance of the supreme of the nine kings. Five dragons encircled a huge throne, gilded and poured, shining with gold.

The square was surrounded by guards in golden armor, standing in a row, starting from the gate of the imperial city and ending at the reward platform, majestic.

The public areas were already crowded with people from the Empire.

Qin Mu and the three of them disappeared in the crowd, following the crowd, carefully looking at everything in front of them, their two ears also pricked up high, not missing a little communication, expecting to get some news from it.

It didn't take long for the loud strings to sound, and then Lan Qinggu walked out of the imperial city, followed by the civil and military loyal ministers, among which the front was Shen Tukun, the head of the sheep worker family, Yang Gongshang, and then the old man Yinhua, the owner of the Huayin Valley Valley, and Tong Gen, the sect leader of the Ghoul Sect, followed by some family figures who were also well-known in the empire, in the group of people behind, Qin Mu saw Mo Huayue, Mo Huayue, who had not seen her for many years, had less calm, less delicate, and more sentimental and sad.

Lan Qinggu walked up to the reward platform in the eyes of everyone, and it took him half an hour to take the short ninety-nine steps, and as he fell with every step, it was accompanied by the congratulations of the people of the empire like a tide.

When he walked to the top of the reward platform, stood in front of the gilded dragon chair, and pressed one hand slightly, the noisy square suddenly became silent.

Orders are forbidden.

The invincible power of the emperor is on full display.

This is the first time Qin Mu has seen the Imperial Monarch Lan Qinggu, from him, he saw a greater and stronger momentum than the Martial Monarch, this kind of strength does not mean that his cultivation strength is stronger, but the personal temperament he shows is more different, just like a real dragon and phoenix among people.

Lan Qinggu looked at the more than 100,000 people under his feet, and said loudly: "The widow has succeeded to the throne for two hundred years, day and night, painstakingly, and finally completed the will of the ancestors, eradicated the biggest tumor in the empire, Jiuwang Mountain, today, the widow can finally become the true king of the Dalan Empire and open up a new era of the Dalan Empire!"

"Long live the Dalan Empire...... Long live the emperor......"

Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, one sound, one hundred harmonies, and soon turned into a chorus of more than 100,000 people, and the voices converged into one force, forming an invincible momentum.

The shouting continued for a quarter of an hour before stopping, and then an old man who looked like a manager began to read out the details of the reward:

"Feng Chen Qihao is a seven-rank military general, guarding the ...... of Guangyu City"

"Feng Zhaohai is a seven-rank general, guarding Jinli City......"

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Every time a name is announced, a military general walks up to the reward platform and stands on the lowest stone steps.

More than seventy seven-rank generals were canonized in a row, and they were in charge of a city accordingly, but the towns that were rewarded were basically the kind of small cities equivalent to the Huangyan City where Qin Mu was when he was a child.

But there was also something that surprised Qin Mu, every seventh-rank martial general canonized here was a Fengchu Realm cultivator, and even most of them were mid-stage cultivators, which was not a little stronger than the strength of a small city lord like Huangyan City at that time.

This is enough to see that the foundation of the empire is still beyond his expectations.

After the seven-rank generals are sealed, they are six-ranked, and the six-rank generals are arranged in the position of the county lord, which is equivalent to a very important official position under the county lord, mainly commanding the army and being responsible for the security of the city.

Next is the five products, the five products are the position of the main general, in charge of the regular army in the county, this kind of army is under the unified management of the emperor, unified system equipment, combat effectiveness is stronger than the local army is not a little bit.

The number of four-rank generals is much smaller, each of them is a monk of Tengyun Realm, canonized a county, as the lord of the county city, he is definitely a giant in the empire.

The rules of the third-rank generals and the second-rank generals are canonized several counties and are responsible for several counties in a certain area, which are the same as the rules of the fifth-rank generals and the fourth-rank generals, one is responsible for the local army, one is in charge of the regular army, one is subordinate to the direct superior, and the other belongs to the direct army of the emperor, which is equivalent to the emperor's eyes and helps him supervise his territory.

And above these two is a first-class military general, several county towns are equivalent to his private fiefdoms, and a first-class military general is like the lord of the ancient vassal states, and he has great power in his hands.

But there is also a difference, under normal circumstances, the county lord with a regular army establishment, the lord of the country does not have the right to call the regular army, except in special circumstances.

This kind of rule is also for the emperor to better control his subordinates, otherwise his subordinates will empty the army, and then there will be bitterness that will not be able to speak.

After sealing the military generals, the civil officials of the corresponding rank were canonized, from small towns to princes, all of them were matched with civil officials of the same level, and their status was the same as that of military generals, which was regarded as mutual constraints.

After the civil and military generals were sealed, they canonized a crucial position, canonized Shen Tukun as the generalissimo of the imperial soldiers and horses, and coordinated all the soldiers and horses of the empire.

As soon as this reward came out, there was an uproar.

The Shentu family has become the hottest family in the empire, and it also surpasses all other families.

In addition, he also rewarded the Huayin Valley and the Ghoul Sect, which had the greatest contribution to the extermination of the Nine Kings Mountain, these two factions were respectively named the Imperial Protector Immortal Gate, the North Immortal Gate Huayin Valley, and the South Immortal Gate Ghoul Sect, as for the other large and small sects, they were rewarded, and each sect had the right to set up branches in any city in the empire and recruit disciples.

This symbolizes that from now on, the Immortal Sect will completely enter the mortal world, and it also indicates that the people of the empire will have more opportunities to enter the sect to cultivate.