The moonlight was cold and shone on the young man, making him look a little eerie.

After all, He Zhongping had been prime minister for many years and had sufficient concentration. After a moment of shock, he quickly calmed down.

He stared at the young man and asked in a low voice: "Who are you? Why did you sneak into my mansion late at night!"

He Zhongping did not make a loud noise or call for guards. He knew that the young man in front of him was unlikely to be an assassin.

If it was an assassin, he would have been dead by now.

The young man smiled and said, "Master He, have you ever heard of the name 'Jiayi'?"

Jiayi!

He Zhongping was shocked. How could he not have heard of Fu Chengyang, the number one figure in the "Spider" organization?

He didn't expect that Jiayi was still alive.

"You... are not dead?" He Zhongping asked doubtfully.

According to his understanding, the Spider Organization has been eradicated after the failed assassination attempt on the Queen. The great eunuch Fu Chengyang died in the Bei'an Army, not to mention the organization under his command.

He thought that all the spiders had been wiped out long ago, and even if there were any remaining members, they all kept their names anonymous and retired to the countryside, daring not to show their faces again.

A laughed heartily: "I have a long life, even if I want to die, it's not that easy."

"..."

He Zhongping lit the candle with Jia Yi's permission, and the latter's face gradually became clearer under the candlelight. He Zhongping looked at it carefully and couldn't tell what he had in mind.

I just had a vague feeling that this face... seemed to be vaguely familiar. But when I looked deeper, I couldn't figure out where this familiarity came from.

He calmed down, got dressed, got out of bed, sat down at the table, and asked seriously: "I wonder why you came to see me late at night."

A said, "Of course I want to cooperate with Mr. He. I heard that the imperial court is in urgent need of talents. The emperor has just ascended the throne, so I also want to share your worries."

"Share your worries for you?" He Zhongping sneered, "You 'spiders' assassinated the queen, which is already a treason. If the Holy One finds out that you are a remnant of the spider, he will immediately order you to be killed!"

"If you don't tell me, your Majesty, your Majesty won't know about it."

He Zhongping narrowed his eyes: "Why should I help you clear your name? If my life is threatened, then I really won't be afraid!"

These words were naturally used by him to build up his momentum.

Of course He Zhongping was afraid of death. He was worshiped as prime minister, and one person was inferior to ten thousand people. Even though the Southern Zhou Dynasty was in turmoil, his status was still here.

Spider killers all have superb martial arts skills, and Jia Yi is even more unfathomable. He Zhongping said this, just to prevent Jia Yi from endlessly threatening his life in exchange for benefits.

Unexpectedly, Jia Yi shook his head.

"Master He, actually you should help me. As the prime minister, this is your duty."

"Why is this?" He Zhongping was puzzled.

A smiled and whispered a few words into He Zhongping's ear.

He Zhongping's face turned extremely shocked in an instant.

"No, this can't be...it can't be true..."

He looked at Jiayi in disbelief. Looking at this young face, he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

But he didn't care at all, and looked directly at Jiayi: "You are lying to me..."

Jia Yi took out a token from his arms: "This is indeed counterintuitive, but after seeing this thing, can you believe it?"

When He Zhongping saw the token, his eyes suddenly widened.

After a long while, he finally came to his senses and stood up with an extremely complicated expression.

He finally understood where that hint of familiarity came from.

"My lord... no, I... understand."

…

Beijing.

In the street market, three women were walking.

One woman is wearing a white dress and a red skirt, which is very eye-catching. The other woman is wearing a black outfit and her movements are neat. The third woman is wearing the official uniform of the translation office and looks decent.

The three of them were Reimu Kamichiraku, Kikuken, and the female translator who was responsible for following Reimu at the translation office these days.

Shen Qianle and Lingmeng promised Su Yuan to stay in the capital for a few days and look around. Today is the second day of her stay.

When she came to the market, she could hear all kinds of hawking sounds. Although she couldn't understand them, she could feel the enthusiasm of the hawkers.

After some vendors called them over, they found out that Reimu Kamichiraku was from the East Japan. They offered to give her a discount and even gave her some gadgets for free.

This was never seen in the previous capital.

In the past, the Japanese invaded the border frequently, and the people did not have the slightest favorable impression of the Japanese. They would look at them coldly when they met them on the street.

But after Su Yuan defeated the Dongwa fleet, and even attacked the Dongwa mainland and captured the Dongwa County Sheriff, the attitude of the people changed.

This is probably due to some kind of "sympathy for the weak" thinking. In the past, they were the weak, and the Japanese were the strong. They had hatred for the oppression of the strong.

Now the two levels are reversed, and the Dong Japanese seem to have become the weak ones. When the common people see the Dong Japanese again, they will no longer be either hateful or flattering like before. Instead, they will become generous and enthusiastic.

Kami Chiraku Reimu couldn't understand this. All she could see was that the entire street was full of vitality and the people's faces were smiling despite their hard work.

It was rare for her to see these things in Dongwa. There were few people in Dongwa. Even in the capital city of Naijing, there were only a few small streets.

Occasionally, she would get permission from the great witch to go shopping, but she would always have a negative experience. She would either see people with sad faces, or she would be yelled at by some fierce stall owners, or even forcefully bought and sold.

She knew that the reason for this atmosphere was that it was difficult to do business. The right to sell goods that were slightly more profitable was firmly controlled by the shogunate, and ordinary people could only sell some worthless handicrafts.

For example, you can weave bamboo baskets by yourself, sew cloth shoes, etc. Making these things is tiring and the profit is low, so naturally you will not feel good in the long run.

But in the current capital, the situation is completely different. With the help of a translator, she chatted with some vendors and learned that it turned out that people in the capital were actually encouraged to do business.

Some merchants said that Mr. Lu, who specializes in money, once gave public lectures on how to do business. Even Su Yuan, the king of Bei'an, also encouraged them that in order to become bigger and stronger, it is best to sell all the goods overseas and earn money from the West.

people's money.

Merchants are working hard to make their products better and more competitive, thereby benefiting the entire market and making it more prosperous.

And Su Yuan not only gave verbal encouragement, but also formulated many policies, such as tax exemption and tax reduction, and providing low-interest or even interest-free loans.

After hearing this, Reimu Kami Qianle felt extremely envious.

She thought that if the shogunate in Naijing were like this, the people in Naijing would definitely not have such a difficult life.

But she also deeply understood that this was almost impossible, because the Shanggong family was currently the dominant one in the Naijing family, and the Shanggong family was famous for being ruthless.

This generation of family head Kamiya Shingen is even better than the previous generation. With such a leader, how can Naikyo develop well?

She bought some things, not for herself, but to take them back to the children of the clan. They had experienced the attack by the shogunate and the Orochi clan, and they were probably very scared, so bringing some gifts back would be a little comfort.

After returning to the inn, in the room, she opened the package and looked at one of the long wooden sticks.

After the Bei'an Army inspected it, they returned all her salutes to her. This long wooden stick was exactly the one used by the great witches of the previous generation for divination.

The black and red word "disaster" on it was now much lighter in color.

"This is……"

Kami Qianle Reimu picked up the wooden stick and stared at it for a while, wondering whether her grandma, or the earlier great witch, was guiding her, telling her that hope really lies with the Bei'an Army.

But if we cooperate with the Bei'an Army, the fate after the Eastern Japan...

Kami Qianle Reimu was deeply entangled. She knew that Su Yuan had already made a plan, and whether she cooperated or not, the plan would not change.

Her current confusion is only due to her personal spiritual principles.

The ancients said that it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety, but now for her...

"A country is made up of people. If all the people die due to disasters, will the country still exist?" After she murmured, her eyes gradually became firm.

…

The major sects in Jiangbei are vying to join the Bei'an Army, and Su Yuan certainly welcomes them.

The battle report written by Zhao Yun also clearly explained the role played by martial arts masters in the battle.

Of course, this role is not of the "final word" type. In other words, you can win with these masters, but you can also win without them.

However, their role is to make the price of victory smaller and the number of casualties of soldiers to be smaller.

This is naturally a good thing. Regardless of the soldier's personal life, even if only the financial accounts are calculated, a huge pension can be saved.

In the past, Zhou Dynasty officials would embezzle the pensions of fallen soldiers, but Su Yuan would not do such an immoral thing. Doing so would not do any good except depleting the morale of the soldiers and increasing the resentment of the military families.

What he wants to learn is the modern system, to increase and double the pension. Moreover, after a soldier is killed in battle, the local people in his hometown hold a memorial meeting, and the fellow villagers commemorate the soldier together.

Only in this way can soldiers have a sense of belonging, a sense of honor, and be more free to fight. They will know that even if they unfortunately die in battle, they will be remembered as heroes, and their relatives can also receive generous comfort.

Su Yuan would not use this method of greatly increasing the combat effectiveness of his troops. But everything has its pros and cons, and the disadvantage of doing so is that military expenditures will increase significantly.

In the past, Su Yuan provided subsidies here and tax exemptions there. In fact, he was essentially giving back to the people the hard-earned money that wealthy and corrupt officials had stolen from the people.

But this money is not unlimited. If you continue to distribute it like this, sooner or later it will be spent. Before that, if the people cannot create higher returns, there will even be a risk of financial bankruptcy.

Therefore, he could save as much money as possible, and try to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Su Yuan did not want to learn any method of supporting war with war.

The large number of Jianghu sects joining now can reduce a large number of soldier casualties in future wars. It will also make local security more stable.

Xia used force to break the ban, and under the rule of the Bei'an Army, the punishments in various places were clear. The situations that required warriors to "draw their swords to help when the road was rough" were naturally very rare.

Su Yuan was not stingy with these sects who came to join him, and arranged them to join the army. Those with outstanding military skills would also be given the position of instructor, allowing them to teach ordinary soldiers some kung fu.

Real kung fu cannot be taught, but some simple and practical ones can still be learned. If you find that there are good talents among the soldiers, you can also recruit disciples and train them.

Su Yuan did not prevent these warriors from accepting disciples. For some warriors with rich theoretical experience, he was more willing to let them accept more disciples.

He also had the idea of ​​establishing a "Martial Arts Pavilion" to preserve the true skills of each sect.

In his opinion, the decline of martial arts is indeed the trend of the times, but it is a pity that so many powerful martial arts have been lost. Decline will inevitably lead to decline. If these martial arts are recorded and passed down, they will not be discontinued.

No matter how advanced the times are, there will always be people who like these boxing and kicking kung fu. Then when they want to practice, they can learn it with the martial arts pavilion. There will be no dilemma of wanting to learn, but the real kung fu is lost.

These are "big plans" for the future, and currently most of the sects still have sectarian views and are reluctant to share their unique martial arts... To solve these problems, we need to take a long-term view.

Su Yuan can't force others to hand over martial arts secrets. He believes that as time goes by, these people will figure it out and understand his painstaking efforts. At that time, for the sake of future generations of warriors and for the inheritance of martial arts for hundreds of years and thousands of years, they will definitely voluntarily hand over the secrets.

Take it out.

Turn around for a day.

This morning, Su Yuanzheng and Lu Wuyou were talking about Qinzhou.

After capturing Qinzhou, improving the living environment there was also an important matter. The first priority was to build a good road to make it easier for the people to enter and exit the mountains.

To build the road, a large amount of money would be spent and a large number of laborers would be dispatched. The two discussed this matter and tried to use local people from Qinzhou as much as possible, and the money would also be raised from local people.

At this time, a soldier suddenly sent an urgent report, saying that something happened at the ferry, and Qi Jiguang sent him over.

Su Yuan thought it was a Japanese ship that was attacking, so he quickly took the letter, opened it and checked, and found that it was not a Japanese ship, but...

"Xifeng Kingdom's ship?"

Su Yuan was a little unfamiliar with this "Xifeng Kingdom". Lu Wuyou on the side heard this and reminded: "Your Majesty, Xifeng Kingdom is also an overseas Western country. The latest information coming from Jiangnan..."

"oh!"

As soon as Lu Wuyou reminded him, Su Yuan remembered it.

There was indeed information from Jiangnan in the past two days, saying that the Southern Zhou Dynasty found Dongbo unreliable and found a new backer.

This new backer was the Xifeng Kingdom. It was said that the Xifeng Kingdom requested trade and would set up "embassy districts" in several cities south of the Yangtze River. In return, large ships would be sent to help the Southern Zhou Dynasty deal with the Bei'an regime.

At that time, Su Yuan was still sighing, what a bullshit embassy area, isn't this a "concession"? I didn't expect that the Southern Zhou court was so cowardly, and in order to deal with him, Su Yuan, even agreed to build a concession.

But he didn't expect that in just a few days, Xifeng Kingdom's ship would arrive, which was quite efficient.

Lu Wuyou said: "Your Majesty has announced earlier that the east ferry of the capital city will be set up as a military ferry, and foreign ships are not allowed to approach without orders. Now Xifeng Kingdom is openly violating it. Your Majesty, what do you mean..."

Su Yuan sneered. In the letter, Qi Jiguang was also asking for Su Yuan's opinion. He didn't know if Su Yuan had any agreement with Xifeng Kingdom, so he didn't act rashly.
Chapter completed!