Chapter 112: Co-optation
A team of elves walked out of Pingman City in an orderly manner, and after registering at the city gate, their own Qinling soldiers guided the direction and guided them to settle in batches into the camp outside the city.
At the city gate, a row of hundreds of scribes drawn from various legions, assisted by the civilian officials sent by the elven legions, registered these elven soldiers one by one.
This besieged elven legion is one of the elite of the elven empire, and Zhou Yi naturally will not let them be dismissed on the spot. In this way, they were registered to facilitate the payment of military salaries in the future.
"Are you willing to give up such a delicate beauty to Brother Zhao Mu?" Min Min suddenly walked from behind, teasing Zhou Yi in his mouth. Although she was frightened in front of her, but when she thought about the current situation of the elves and his strength, she felt that she was a little worried!
"With the three of you, I'm already very satisfied! I don't want to fail you because of abusive affection!" Saying this, Zhou Yi gently wrapped her fragrant shoulder. Min Min didn't resist, just snuggled into his arms and watched the chaotic scene in front of him.
After coming out of Pingman City, Zhou Yi informed the generals of the agreement reached with the elves.
In fact, there are only a few main ones, first of all, of course, there is a truce on all fronts, and the elven armies everywhere surrender their weapons and accept the reorganization of the Qinling Empire. Baiyue County can be handed over to the elves, but the garrison cannot be brought by the elves themselves, otherwise it will become a country within a country!
At that time, Yu Wu and the elven generals were a little worried about this article, after all, the army and weapons in their hands were their biggest bargaining chips. If they were disarmed directly, if the Qinling people repented, they would not even have room to fight back.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi proposed that His Majesty the Emperor of Qinling marry the elf crown prince and become the queen, although this made Yu Wu uncomfortable, but it was a good elf's heart.
Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is married to Emperor Qinling, and this emperor is about the same age as His Royal Highness Yu Wu, and he is the new monarch who succeeded to the throne, there is not a single concubine in the harem. Her Royal Highness Yu Wu was made the queen, and she was truly the mother of the world. And if His Royal Highness fights for anger and gives birth to a prince before the emperor takes a concubine, this prince with elf blood is the eldest son of Emperor Qinling, and he will be the heir of the empire in the future. With such a future emperor, the future of the elves is bright.
Of course, this also makes the elves unhappy, that is, the prince born to the emperor and the empress is born with a half-elf, which is a bit embarrassing for them.
It's a little early to say this, but it's also a beautiful situation that can be looked forward to! At least it's okay, but the elves have to worry about disarming.
The second point is that the Imperial Court recognizes the titles of the Kunya Elf Empire, but these titles must be re-granted by the Imperial Court according to their existing titles. Although in this way, the empire will financially have to bear the burden of nobility after the collapse of a huge empire, but compared to the stability and obedience of the elves after annexation, this is also the price that has to be paid.
To put it bluntly, this world is still a semi-slave and semi-feudal society, and don't expect the common people to be much conscious. If you want to rule a race, you must subdue the aristocratic class of that race, or you will kill all of this noble class, but in this way, you don't want to quickly and effectively concentrate the power of this race. This point is inconsistent with Zhou Yi's plan, so decisively accepting the nobles of the entire elf clan is the most appropriate way.
With the endorsement of King Wucheng of the Qinling Empire, these elven generals were also a little more settled in their hearts, at least they did not endanger the interests of the family behind them, which was also a great luck in misfortune.
The third point is about the power of the temple, and on this point, Zhou Yi's attitude is very resolute. That is, the Temple of the Goddess of Life will not be allowed to be rebuilt on the territory of the Empire. You elves are willing to worship the goddess of life, and I will not interfere, but you will never be allowed to preach or assemble in public. If this is violated, the Imperial Court will declare the temple a cult and exterminate it.
Supposedly, these elves, who claim to be the goddess of life, should vigorously oppose this. However, Yu Wu is a person who knows the inside story of the local upheaval, and has long guessed that the Life God Clan has abandoned the elven race of this world. It is impossible for them to offend the Dark Protoss for the sake of a branch of the Elven Race here, and they are all outcasts of God. Therefore, in the face of Zhou Yi's harsh temple terms, she, as the coach, did not say anything against it.
The temple priests in the army have low status, and the high priests who can be the lord are all in their homeland, and in the face of Zhou Yi, their opposition is useless.
The other elven generals had long seen that there was something wrong with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's attitude, so naturally it would not be too troublesome. Even if Jia Nan wanted to stand up and say a few words of justice for the temple, he was tightly pulled by the people around him. Those people desperately gave him a look, and there was even a threatening look in them. He looked at the crown prince's expression and lowered his head gloomily.
Zhou Yi was not targeting the Temple of the Goddess of Life, but after he had dreamed for a thousand years, especially the preaching of the purple-clothed and purple-robed old men, he always thought in his heart that these gods were not good things! Since he wanted to support Zhao Mu to take the path of the human emperor, it was impossible for him to accept his own people to worship these gods.
Of course, the most important point is to talk about it.
Zhou Yi, as the representative of the royal family of the Qinling Empire, officially proposed to the elf clan. His Majesty the Acting Emperor asked to marry His Royal Highness Yu Wu Amber Light as his wife, and promised to become the empress. And the dowry is the land of Baiyue County, the empire uses Baiyue County to settle the children of the elf clan, and nominally Baiyue County is the fief of the queen.
And Yu Wu considered the survival of tens of millions of nearly 100 million people of the Elven Empire, and acquiesced to this proposal. She had been in contact with Zhao Mu before, at least her first impression was not bad for this Qinling Emperor. Moreover, this emperor is very young, and he can be regarded as dignified, worthy of his own commitment.
Standing in the exclusive car stands, thinking about what happened in the past few days, Zhou Yi couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
In fact, at the beginning of the fight, I didn't plan to really fight to the death with the elves. Although he has experienced the baptism of the old man in the purple robe, and has experienced a lot in it, he will never be merciful when he should be ruthless. But after all, the purpose of the elves was not a simple invasion, even when they destroyed nearly 200,000 Qinling soldiers in Manchuan Pass, it was just to fight for a place to live.
Especially when dealing with enemy soldiers, as long as you don't slaughter civilians, in his opinion, no matter what kind of vicious means you use, it is reasonable.
Seriously, if the elves are unwilling to accept their own conditions this time, in order to reduce their own casualties, when the time comes, maybe they will use more vicious means than fire attacks.
Especially after overhearing the black dragon's conversation and confirming the guess in his heart, time is the most important thing in his opinion. You must do your best to resolve the war situation in the south of the empire, unite the various forces of the empire for yourself, and deal with the upcoming changes on the continent. Just a mere elven race, if you are destroyed, you will be destroyed!
Natural selection, survival of the fittest!
If the elf high-level leaders don't even understand the truth of cold lips and teeth, and hold the idea that they would rather be broken than broken, then they are indeed not suitable for survival.
Fortunately, Yu Wu, the elven crown prince, is still a smart person, and after hearing what he said, he decisively chose to attach the empire.
"I'm only worried now, will Your Majesty feel that you have overstepped your responsibilities and set such a lifelong event for him, and I am dissatisfied!
Don't look at him as obedient to you, but this matter of taking a concubine after the establishment is a family matter of the emperor, and it is a little inappropriate to be a courtier!"
Min Min leaned on his arms, thinking left and right in his heart, hesitated for a while, and still expressed the doubts in his heart.
In her opinion, Zhou Yi can have his current status, although it is largely due to the current situation and Zhou Yi's strength, but it is also inseparable from the trust of the two generations of emperors of the Qinling Empire. If it was because of such an incident, Zhao Mu was suspicious in his heart, and he really couldn't make it up.
Why do you say that? Zhou Yi was able to reach his current position not only because of his strong strength. To be honest, although there were few saints in the Imperial Sacred Academy, that was relative to the number of saints in the entire Sacred Dao Monks. If you compare the Qinling Empire with the Kunya Elf Empire, you will find that the Qinling Empire has far more high-end power than them.
There are so many saints, scattered in different holy houses. Who can say that they must all have the same mind as the Military Academy? If there are really people who are willing to join the royal family, and with a little planning, it may not be Zhou Yi who brings down the Military Academy!
It's just that these people are a little gloomy, and they are unwilling to fight for the price of destroying the courtyard and dying! And Zhou Yi is not tolerated by the military academy in the first place, rather than sitting and waiting for death, it is better to fight to the death, anyway, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, so they can fight to the death with the military academy with the spirit of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat.
In Minmin's view, these are all coincidences that caused Zhou Yi's current status and power. Of course, it is undeniable that Zhou Yi also has unknown backgrounds behind him, such as the mysterious person who brought himself and his family here. When she thought of the 100,000 Mongolian guards, she couldn't estimate how capable that mysterious man was.
Perhaps, if you don't support Zhao Mu, Brother Zhou can also create an empire on his own!
I didn't know that Min Min was like this for a while, so many thoughts flashed in his mind, Zhou Yi just chuckled, took out a holy decree from his arms, and said: "Take a look! This is the holy decree sent by Zhao Mu's kid to send someone to rush through, let me watch and do it! He has no objection to this matter! Hehe, when his brother arranged such a good family affair for him, and sent him a fairy beauty who is like a flower and jade, and has a unique style, he has long been happy in his heart!" That kid, don't think I don't know, when he captured His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Wanghai City, he was a little distracted when he saw people for the first time. Tsk, the little boy who is in love with the calf, thinking about his appearance, I think it's funny!"
When Min Min heard this, he couldn't help but chuckle when he thought of the simple appearance of the Zhao Mu brother, and thought that he was a nymphomaniac.
However, in an instant, she remembered what Zhou Yi had just said, her face suddenly changed color, and she said: "Hmph! Elf beauty, don't have a charm! It turns out that King Wucheng likes this kind of tone! Then an ordinary woman like me, wouldn't it be an eyesore for King Wucheng!?"
She was about to struggle to leave Zhou Yi's embrace, but she was hugged tightly, and Zhou Yi said affectionately: "Minmin, can you still not know my heart for you!?
"Oh, it's so numb, let it go, the prospective queen is here!" Min Min was said to be numb, and was about to say something when he saw Yu Wu and his party coming from afar.
was interrupted to confess, you can see what kind of expression Zhou Yi had when he received Yu Wu and others!
"King Wu Cheng! Our army has all left the city, how to behave in the future, and ask King Wu Cheng to give a charter!" Although I don't understand why, Zhou Yi saw that his group was full of unhappiness this week, but now the matter is a foregone conclusion, and everything must be done according to his face, so she put aside these distractions and asked directly.
Pingmancheng has been settled, but there are still nearly a million nobles and tens of millions of people in the south. From now on, the king intends to send all the legions under his command to the south, and he also asks His Highness to write military orders and hand them over to his subordinates who are reliable and powerful enough to accompany him, so as not to cause trouble. Especially His Royal Highness Prince Hicks is still north of Manchuan Pass, besieged by the Half-Elf Eight Banners Legion, he is there, it is best for His Highness to be able to send capable men!"
"Uncle Wang, why don't you go there myself!" Feather Dance thought about it, worried that it would be difficult to persuade Prince Hicks by sending others.
"No, Prince Hicks is a wise man, and as long as the person who goes knows the benefits and the letters of His Highness, there will be no problem. As for Your Highness, hehe, the imperial capital has already passed down a decree and approved the agreement signed by you and me. In the near future, there will be an envoy to come here, and it would be better for Your Highness to have a good rest here!" Speaking of this, Zhou Yi handed her the holy decree in his arms directly to her.