Chapter 103 Restarting the State Pastoral System
The second item was the compensation from Wu Guo, 50 million taels of silver, 100,000 war horses, 200,000 cattle and sheep, 100 beautiful women, etc.
With these compensations, Xu Mujun left behind 10 million taels of silver and 50,000 war horses, which he planned to use as military pay and to form a cavalry unit.
The remaining 40 million taels of silver, 50,000 war horses and other items will be escorted back to Beijing by Cui Xiawu, who made great contributions in this war.
Cui Xiawu, the champion of Dayu Enkewu, was also the general who won the first victory in the battle of Heishanguan.
The merit of being the first to ascend, the first general to step onto the city wall of Heishanguan without dying!
The third thing is that after more than two months of excavation, Xu Mujun and his army finally cleared all the ruins in Heishan Pass.
Hundreds of secret letters were found from the office of the general guarding the Heishan Pass.
These secret letters are all evidence that the defenders, aristocratic families and businessmen from Bingzhou, Binzhou, Youzhou and other places conspired with Wu Guo to rebel!
Among them, the one with the largest number of letters will be discussed together!
"The Emperor of Wu Kingdom actually collapsed?"
Looking at the information in his hand, Zheng Yi couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
He has been here for four years. Although it is not a long time, how many opponents, or enemies, have he killed?
Emperor Zhengyong, Prime Minister Yang, the Queen Mother, King Yan, and now the Emperor of Wu State who has never met before.
Zheng Yi believes that as time goes by, he will defeat his opponents one after another!
The second thing was that Zheng Yi agreed to Xu Mujun’s request.
Xu Mujun is now at Heishanguan, working with Chen Hongxiu and Zhao Tieshan to suppress the two wild states.
Although these two states are large, most of the land is grassland, which is suitable for raising horses but not for farming.
Even the cities are pitiful.
Xu Mujun himself was signaled to take command at Heishanguan, while Chen Hongxiu and Zhao Tieshan led an army and were stationed in the two states of Manghuang. They were now gathering civilians to repair the walls of their respective state capitals to withstand Wu Guo's counterattack at any time.
As for which prince of Wu Kingdom he wanted to support, Zheng Yi quickly had the answer after thinking for a few minutes.
More than ten princes from the Wu Kingdom were still fighting around the imperial court for the throne.
Only when the last victorious prince appears can the Wu Kingdom be stabilized.
If that's the case, then don't help anyone and just stay neutral.
Only in this way can they obtain the greatest benefits.
The third thing is about the border troops and merchants betraying national interests for their own interests, and even selling a large amount of salt and iron weapons to Wu State, etc.
Of the three, this one is the trickiest.
Merger is not simply a chamber of commerce organization, but a representative of the northern family.
The liquidity in their hands is at least hundreds of millions of silver taels.
Plus their fixed assets, properties, shops, etc.
If it were all converted into gold and silver, it would be an astronomical figure.
Moreover, the merger is also related to the southern aristocratic families. If the merger is initiated, it will inevitably cause turmoil among the aristocratic families in the north and the south.
Zheng Yi closed his eyes and meditated, sitting there from day to night. It was not until Cui Xiabing came to him that he came back to his senses.
"What is your Majesty thinking?"
Cui Xiabing pinched her brows for Zheng Yi again, her eyes full of pity.
"My beloved concubine, why do you think these officials are so greedy?"
Zheng Yi did not mention the aristocratic family. After all, Cui Guifei also came from a noble family, and it was one of the largest aristocratic families.
"For their own interests, the border guards and officials actually sold national intelligence and even grain, grass, salt and iron to Wu Guo."
"If it weren't for them, how could the Wu Kingdom be so rampant and march straight into the hinterland of Yu?"
Cui Xiabing shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't understand politics or military affairs. I only know that Your Majesty is the True Dragon Emperor, and you stick to your word."
"The whole Dayu belongs to your Majesty..."
"And."
Cui Xiabing turned around, stared at Zheng Yi and said: "Your Majesty should also have spiritual roots. I can feel the magic power in your Majesty's body when I serve and sleep with him."
"Your Majesty is already a monk now. What you should pursue is immortality and freedom. Why worry about worldly things?"
Zheng Yi's eyes flashed, yes!
I am a monk, and I already have the method of immortality, so why do I have a headache?
Regardless of whether these aristocratic families, businessmen or officials betrayed themselves, let them die!
So what if the world is in chaos?
As long as he can continue to live, the whole world will become calm again sooner or later.
Besides, hasn't he made so many preparations to deal with the corrupt officials in the aristocratic family and the court?
"Hahaha..."
Zheng Yi laughed loudly and hugged Cui Xiabing directly: "My beloved concubine has really solved a big problem for me. After all, what reward do you want?"
Cui Xiabing's eyes lit up and she said sweetly: "Your Majesty, I also want a child."
"I heard from my master that if both parents have spiritual roots, there is a great chance that their children will also have spiritual roots!"
"Children with spiritual roots..."
Zheng Yi's eyes moved, and he quickly made a decision in his mind. He immediately picked up Cui Xiabing and strode towards the palace.
Currently, those who have given birth to daughters for him include Queen Lu Lin'er, Imperial Concubine Xu Qingluan, Imperial Concubine Yang Huan, Virtuous Concubine Li Changle, Bi Bihe, Yue Fei Miao Yuesheng, and Concubine Wan, Concubine Qing, and Concubine Miao are currently pregnant. Pregnant.
Counting them, there are nine daughters in total.
If you add Cui Xiabing's pregnancy, wouldn't it be enough for ten innate Qi?
That night Zheng Yi was in high spirits, and a stream of innate pure yin energy entered Cui Xia Bing's body to help her become pregnant.
A few days later, Zheng Yi issued several decrees.
First, the two states of Manghuang are located outside the Heishan Pass. They have a vast territory, sparsely populated areas, and fierce folk customs. Moreover, they border on the Wu State, so there is no danger to defend.
In order to suppress the two Manghuang states and resist the Wu Kingdom, people who are good at fighting are needed to take charge of the two Manghuang states, and the state pastoral system is restored in the two Manghuang states!
The first Mangzhou Mu in Mangzhou, Prince Dayu, Zheng Zongxian, also known as the wise prince!
Zheng Zongxian originally refused in every possible way, but he still couldn't resist Zheng Yi's persuasion and coercion. In the end, he had no choice but to agree to become the shepherd of Mangzhou and suppress the northern border for Dayu.
The first Huangzhou Mu was General Dayu, Xu Mujun!
The two powerful Xiantian Realm suppressed the two northern states. Unless they could find new Xiantian Realm strongmen or monks, even if Wu Guo mobilized the whole country, they would not be able to take a step beyond their reach.
The strange thing is that after this holy decree was announced, no one in the court objected.
Some people even proposed to restore the state pastoral system in the thirteen states of Dayu.
Miao Xiu could be Yongzhou Mu or Yunzhou Mu, Shi Heilang could be Yuezhou Mu, Xu Xuanwu could be Nanyue Mu, Lu Jinghe could be Jizhou Mu, Gongsun Bo could be Youzhou Mu, etc.
State Mu, the leader of a state, is in charge of all military and political affairs.
It can be said that the state pastor is the master of a state, a powerful threat enough to threaten the imperial power. These proposals were rejected verbally by Zheng Yi.
"The two states of Manghuang are newly acquired lands by Dayu. The people are uncertain and they are on the verge of foreign enemies. Therefore, the state pastoral system was restored based on local conditions."
"The people in Dayu live and work in peace and contentment, and there are no strong enemies outside. Why do we need to set up a state pastoralist?"
Zheng Yi said coldly: "Don't mention this matter again!"
The second imperial edict was about the arrangement of compensation for Wu State.
For these 50 million taels of silver, as well as a large number of cattle, sheep, and livestock, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War almost had a quarrel, and even the Ministry of Industry got involved.
In the end, Zheng Yi upheld Xu Mujun's proposal and distributed the large amount of compensation received from Wu State.
I have to say that war is the only opportunity to make a fortune!
At the same time, he issued a secret order to Cui Xiawu, which was sent personally by the Shadow Guard and the Jinyi Guard, so that he could act expediently.
Cui Xiawu escorted 50 million taels of silver and a large number of livestock into the customs, and it would take at least half a year to reach the capital.
The past six months have been a buffer time for Zheng Yi to deal with the northern aristocratic families and corrupt officials.
Zheng Yi ordered Cui Xiawu to lead his army to station behind Bingzhou and wait for his next order.
In the name of training the army and suppressing bandits, he stayed in Bingzhou and looked for opportunities.
The reason why the Shadow Guard and the Jinyi Guard are required to deliver the message together is that they naturally have another task.
Just when Zheng Yi was busy arranging the matter, Chen Liancang brought a piece of news.
"Your Majesty, Fayuan is awake."
"Oh?"
Zheng Yi's eyes lit up: "He's awake, can you pry open his mouth?"
Chen Liancang said: "Not yet, but he wants to see your Majesty."
"See me?"
Zheng Yi thought about it for a few minutes and then said: "Concubine Cui once said that in addition to his own magic power, the most important thing for a monk is the power of his spiritual thoughts."
"Even if a powerful monk has no magic power in his body, he will still use the power of his spiritual thoughts to kill enemies or control others. I... I won't go there yet."
"That source of law..."
"Mr. Chen, you are like this."
Zheng Yi whispered: "Divide the Shadow Guard into two groups: light and dark, watch over him at all times, and never let him sleep."
"As long as he shows the slightest sign of dozing off, use cold water or fire to wake him up. No matter what, don't let him sleep. Do you understand?"
"No!"
"And."
Zheng Yi added: "Put more oil lamps and fire pots around him, so that he can always be in the light."
"After staying like this for half a month, I don't believe that this old monk still has spiritual thoughts!"
Chen Liancang's mouth twitched, this kind of punishment...is it really okay?
But this was what Zheng Yi said, and he could only say: "No!"
Watching Chen Liancang leave, Zheng Yi murmured: "Ordinary people cannot bear the punishment of being a prisoner. I just don't know if a monk can hold on?"
In the following days, Chen Liancang continued to report Fayuan's reactions and actions to Zheng Yi.
On the first day, chant sutras. He didn't seem to be worried about his situation at all, and he even had the thought to shake the bird.
The next day, chant sutras and continue to persuade the surrounding shadow guards.
On the third day, I was still chanting sutras, but I was in a trance.
On the fourth day, he started yelling and cursing Zheng Yi and the surrounding shadow guards.
On the fifth day, he began to beg for mercy. The worst he could do was to ask the Shadow Guards to move the surrounding braziers further away.
Upon hearing the news, Zheng Yi immediately ordered the surrounding braziers to be doubled.
The sixth day, the seventh day...
On the eighth day, Chen Liancang finally found Zheng Yi with an ugly expression.
"Your Majesty, it's just as you expected."
"Today, the third group of shadow guards guarding the source of the law suddenly went crazy and actually attacked one of our own people. Fortunately, we arranged another group of people to guard outside and captured this group of crazy shadow guards. Only four people suffered. Injury.”
"Very good."
Zheng Yi nodded and said: "He probably can't hold it any longer, keep going!"
"No!"
On the ninth day, Fayuan started to go crazy and shouted loudly that he wanted Zheng Yi to come see him.
On the tenth day, Fayuan's aura was weak and he was talking nonsense.
On the eleventh day, Fayuan muttered to himself, shouting that he would tell him whatever he wanted to know.
On the twelfth day, Fayuan began to beg for mercy and kept retching.
After thinking about it, Zheng Yi decided to wait a few more days.
Sure enough, on the fourteenth day, the shadow guard who was feeding him water suddenly stopped and actually pulled out a dagger and stabbed Fayuan in the neck.
He wants to commit suicide!
Fortunately, Fa Yuan had the Blood Moon Gu left behind by Zheng Yi, and he bit off the dagger in the Shadow Guard's hand at the critical moment.
From then on, Fayuan began to cry and fuss, and his nerves gradually collapsed.
By the seventeenth day, the aura of the source of law had become extremely disordered and weak, and his pupils were protruding, as if he was choosing people to devour.
And on this day, Zheng Yi came to the underground palace again.
Two shadow guards carried a solid wood chair, and Zheng Yi sat down slowly.
"Fayuan, why do you want to see me?"
(End of chapter)