In the following period, rumors about Zhou's sudden inner meditation were still spreading.
In his registration edict, in addition to the official articles such as praising his ancestors, offering amnesty to the world, and promulgating policies to benefit the people, the new Zhou emperor also wrote some special contents.
For example, it was emphasized that the people of the Zhou Kingdom were poor, officials were harassing the people, and the land annexation situation was particularly serious. His ascension to the throne was the result of the emperor's brother's instructions, and the prince's civil and military ministers, as well as the military and civilian elders, who repeatedly persuaded him to advance.
He will restrict the extravagant enjoyment of the royal family and nobles, restrict the rich and powerful from plundering the bottom, restrict the abuse of power by officials, deprive the monks and Taoists of their privileges, rectify the army, change the government military system to a recruitment system, expand the army, and upgrade armaments.
During the process of reorganizing the army, people from Taihao Mountain will be on hand to provide guidance.
The edict also severely reprimanded the State of Yu. It was precisely because the State of Yu did not respect Haotian, developed so-called Neo-Confucianism, questioned, and disobeyed the laws of nature (such as doubting that living things were not created by Haotian, but evolved naturally),
This will lead to moral corruption in the world.
The disaster that happened in Chang'an last year was a punishment from Haotian.
For this reason, the Yu State had to make a series of amends, such as canceling Neo-Confucian journals, allowing priests from Mount Taihao to settle in the academy, and the emperor going to Mount Taihao to confess to Haotian in person.
If not, Zhou will use force to defend Haotian's dignity.
The issuance of the edict confirmed Li Ang's conjecture - behind this inner Zen, there is indeed the shadow of Mount Taihao. With the arrival of inner Zen, there must be war.
The State of Zhou adopted a government-armed system, which meant that soldiers belonged to the local military government, worked for the people, farmed the fields, and trained daily under the leadership of General Zhechong. They provided their own bows, arrows, clothing, food and other supplies, and were not provided by the state.
When a war broke out, they were transformed into soldiers and led by generals sent by the court to go to a certain place to fight.
This means that the generals who train and command the soldiers are not the same person. This can reduce the personal authority of the generals, prevent local separatism, and at the same time save manpower and reduce military expenditures.
However, there are also a lot of problems in the government military system. Since soldiers bring their own rations, bows and arrows, there is a huge gap in equipment between soldiers from wealthy families and soldiers from poor families.
Some local governors will deliberately deduct the benefits of soldiers (such as buying the cheapest and low-quality quilts) to save costs and make money for themselves.
They even extorted soldiers and demanded money.
And because the soldiers of the government are soldiers in war and the people in peacetime,
In some places, the powerful people will ask the military officials to change the daily training tasks of the soldiers to "building houses for the nobles" and "looking after the homes and courtyards of the nobles".
Treat the soldiers as personal servants, calling them around and giving orders.
The oppression of the powerful and the deterioration of treatment will seriously affect the enthusiasm of the soldiers to join the army, resulting in the number of soldiers in each military government being always in short supply.
Any well-off family with some connections will find a way to escape military service, or pay someone to join the army on their behalf.
The result of this is that the combat effectiveness of the government soldiers has declined rapidly, and it has become a gathering place for the old, weak, sick and disabled.
Such a situation had already happened in Yu State more than a hundred years ago.
The Yu State's approach was to strictly prohibit the powerful from treating the soldiers as servants, and did not require the soldiers to bring their own food, bows, and arrows. Instead, they paid their salaries on time and improved their treatment. It took decades to slowly improve the state of the government.
The image of the military system among the people.
The Zhou Kingdom has now abolished the imperial army system and instead recruited all troops.
Military costs will inevitably increase rapidly, but correspondingly, recruiting only those young and middle-aged people who are physically strong and full of will will also increase military strength.
Moreover, with the support of Taihao Mountain elites, money is not an issue.
The Tribunal of Taihao Mountain will also rely on its cruel and indifferent style of conduct to restrain the middle and lower-level officials of the Zhou Dynasty, so that they dare not engage in adultery (such as using the elderly, weak and sick as physically strong people, bullying and enslaving sergeants, etc.)
Withholding military pay, etc.).
What Li Ang could see, there was no reason why Lord Gonggun of Yu State Chang'an couldn't see it.
In terms of land, manpower, wealth, culture, etc., Zhou State is the second largest country in the world after Yu State.
Over the past three hundred years, the two countries have fought dozens of wars, large and small, with the Yu State winning more and losing less. However, each time due to the existence of Taihao Mountain, they were unable to expand the results of the war, and even wiped out the Zhou State.
There is no way, Haotian's faith has enveloped almost every corner and every country in the known world.
From the ice fields in the north where day and night cycle endlessly, to Java in the south where the climate is hot and suspended in the vast ocean, there are the bells and bells of Haotian.
For thousands of years, the priests of Taihao Mountain have built countless temples all over the world, allowing hundreds of millions of people to believe in Haotian.
Every year, money donated by devout believers will flow to Mount Taihao like a trickle of water, and this terrifying wealth will be transformed into immeasurable talismans, armor, and arrows.
Among the four houses of Sacrament, Judgment, Torch, and Faith, Judgment alone has nearly 100,000 judges. All of them are monks.
And if you include the demon-hunting army that assists the inquisitors in hunting demons, the number reaches millions.
Each demon-hunting army has received rigorous training, and their belief in Haotian is extremely fanatical and pious, and they are willing to sacrifice their lives for Haotian.
And their fighting skills are far better than ordinary soldiers.
Four hundred years ago, there was a demon cultivator who used shocking evil magic to transform all the subjects of the Jing Kingdom into fanatical believers who worshiped him.
Hundreds of thousands of people who were fearless and fearless of death, with demonic aura around them, easily broke through the military town on the border of Jing Kingdom, plundered the armor and swords inside to arm themselves, and continued to march towards the interior of Jing Kingdom.
However, the practitioners of the Jing Kingdom, considering the lives of their own people, have been slow to take action.
In this case, Taihao Mountain sent an army of 10,000 demon hunters.
The two parties met in the wilderness, and the people on the demonic cultivator side made a mad noise, recited demonic scriptures that insulted Haotian, and laughed at everything in Taihao Mountain.
The demon-hunting army was silent, and everyone had expressionless faces as they drew their long knives.
With only one charge, the demon-hunting army was overwhelming, easily cutting through the military formation of hundreds of thousands of people, and then spread out in the center of the military formation, wielding their long knives to slaughter the enemies who came forward.
The demon cultivator hiding among the crowd was discovered.
After receiving the information from the demon cultivator that "the evil spell cannot be reversed and the people cannot be saved," the 10,000 demon hunting army killed all the remaining people.
The blood on the battlefield has covered the insteps of their feet,
The bloody smell soaring into the sky even drifted to the imperial city of Jing Kingdom on the wind.
Afterwards, statistics showed that the total number of casualties among the demon-hunting army soldiers was only 110.
Now, even if Taihao Mountain cannot devote all its demon-hunting troops to the war with Yu State in order to maintain its own existence,
But as long as 100,000 or 200,000 troops are invested on the battlefield, the gap in national power between Yu and Zhou will be completely wiped out or even reversed.
This chapter has been completed!