Zhao Shiyu's ascension to the throne was hasty and short-lived. The capital was destroyed and the late emperor died in battle the next day. Zhao Shiyu announced to the world that he ascended the throne in Jinling and proclaimed himself emperor.
Zhao Shiyu's aura today is completely different from when he was the prince.
There is only one true dragon emperor in the world. He is not dead, and the main dragon energy is still in him.
After he ascended the throne and became the human king, the dragon energy gathered in him.
Ye Xiaochuan felt the dragon energy on Zhao Shiyu's body, but couldn't figure out where the dragon energy came from.
As far as he knew, even a mortal would be infused with dragon energy once he became a human king.
Ye Xiaochuan once speculated whether the so-called true dragon's energy might be related to the legendary power of faith?
There is no need to practice deliberately, as long as you are an emperor, the faith of the people in the world will be attached to you.
Followed Zhao Shiyu into the imperial study room.
In fact, it is a place where His Majesty the Emperor works.
A large seat covered with yellow cloth is the dragon chair, and a large table in front of it is covered with yellow cloth and becomes the dragon table.
The imperial jade seal engraved with the eight characters "Ordered by Heaven, and you will live forever" was placed on the dragon case.
In addition, there are five boxes containing jade seals placed next to them.
The twenty-five national seals, which represented the emperor's supreme power, were within reach of Zhao Shiyu.
This is actually against the rules.
Throughout the dynasties, the national jade seal and the twenty-five national seals will be stored in the Jiaotai Hall.
From this aspect, we can also see how tense the situation in the world is today. His Majesty the Emperor has to issue many imperial edicts every day and carries the national seal with him to facilitate his work.
When he first arrived in Jinling, the imperial city looked majestic and domineering when viewed from a high altitude. After walking into the imperial study, Ye Xiaochuan realized that it was very shabby.
In addition to the emperor's office chair, there are two bookshelves next to it. Behind the bookshelves is a bed. Zhao Shiyu probably slept here often.
In addition, the most eye-catching thing is a huge strategic map.
It is hung almost all around the entire study room.
Originally, Ye Xiaochuan came here with anger in his heart. He saw the miserable situation of the people in Liming along the way and felt that Zhao Shiyu, the new emperor, must bear a great responsibility.
However, when he saw the shabby condition in Zhao Shiyu's study, saw the maps one after another, and looked at the mountains of memorials on the desk, most of the anger in Ye Xiaochuan's heart dissipated.
It can be seen that Zhao Shiyu is doing his best to turn the tide.
Zhao Shiyu closed the door himself and drove all the maids and eunuchs out of the door.
In the imperial study room, only Ye Xiaochuan and Zhao Shiyu were left.
Zhao Shiyu smiled bitterly.
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: "Sect Leader Ye, why do you look like this?"
Ye Xiaochuan touched his cheek and said: "I have been in Cangyun Mountain for a while, and it is easier to do things in disguise. Prince... No, you are the emperor now, I should call you Your Majesty. I came all the way from Cangyun and saw people dying of hunger for thousands of miles.
The people are in dire straits. What is the situation in the world today?"
Although Guixuanzong also has a Shadow Hall that specializes in collecting intelligence, the number of people is limited, and it is mainly aimed at cultivators. The intelligence organizations of each sect are also similar.
The only one who truly controls the situation in the world is the imperial court.
Most sects, including Cangyun Sect, obtain border information and human situations from the imperial court.
After Ye Xiaochuan came back, he spent two days hiding in the sect master's stone chamber and reading all the imperial reports.
Although he knew that Niangziguan was lost, Shanhaiguan was abandoned, and half of the country was lost, he optimistically believed that the life of the people in the world should be pretty good.
The imperial court has been arranging for the people in the north to move southward in an organized manner, and there will also be porridge sheds along the way to provide protection for the people moving south.
But now it seems that the court's guarantee is simply a piece of paper.
How much food can the people who have lost their homes and land carry with them during migration?
One month? Two months?
There will always be a day when you finish eating.
What about after eating?
Since they are not in their homeland, they can only eat tree bark, grass roots, and even Guanyin soil.
They are all waiting for the imperial court to come to rescue them, but the imperial court does not have much spare time to take care of these people who have already moved south.
We can only maintain the victims around the city as much as possible, with one porridge a day, so that these victims will not starve to death in a short period of time, and will not have the strength to leave.
Zhao Shiyu briefly told Ye Xiaochuan the general situation of the world today.
Ye Xiaochuan frowned when he heard this.
At the end of the day, it just comes down to two words: food.
Ye Xiaochuan said: "Aren't the granaries in various parts of the imperial court full in the past few years? There has been a shortage of food in just a few years? What's more, new grain has been produced in the past two days, how can it be so serious?"
Zhao Shiyu smiled bitterly and said: "Sect Master Ye, you have no idea how much food and grass the world consumes every day.
Not to mention that there are still about 50 million regular troops, but there are more than 10 million cavalry alone. Every day, people eat horses and chew, and the materials they consume are incalculable.
What's more, there is a huge army of women and a huge team of civilian men, and they also need to eat.
If a soldier does not
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If you are full, you will not be able to carry weapons and weapons at all, so food can only be given to the army first.
In recent years, almost all the strong laborers from all over the world have been integrated into the army or civilian ranks. Only some old, weak, women and children are left.
Although the women's regiments in the garrison stations in various places will go to the fields to plant crops during busy farming periods, they are not the main labor force. In addition, in the past two days, natural disasters have continued, food production has been reduced, and northern Liaoning has been lost. We have lost another large granary.
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Now Jiangnan is still lost, Lingnan is not lost, and it can still barely supply the army with food and grass..."
Zhao Shiyu said a lot, but anyway, there is no food.
After hearing this, Ye Xiaochuan said, "Where is Fusang?"
"Fusang's grain has been conquered by Zhan Ying. Zhan Ying's Liaobei Army raises its own grain and grass, and its main supplier is Fusang. There is also the overseas Lion Kingdom, which has long sent people to collect grain, but it is a drop in the bucket."
Ye Xiaochuan thought for a while and said: "Kunlun Nu's hometown is in the far west. I heard that it is vast and rich in products. Although it is a bit far away, it is not considered a place for monks."
Zhao Shiyu smiled bitterly and said: "Forget it, I sent people to the Far West a year ago and traveled back and forth for several months. The Far West is indeed very vast and the land is very fertile, but it is just like the wilderness in ancient books.
In this land, those black-skinned humans don’t farm at all.”
"Don't farm? There are many Kunlun slaves in the far west. What do they eat if they don't farm?"
"They mainly make a living by hunting. The vast and fertile continent is full of animals and wild beasts, as well as various fruit trees. The Kunlun slaves live a life of eating hair and drinking blood."
Ye Xiaochuan was dumbfounded.
In the past, the storyteller wanted to buy a tall Kunlun slave. I also heard that the storyteller said that Kunlun slave's hometown in the far west was very rich.
It turns out that I was deceived by the old storyteller.
That place is an uncivilized wilderness.
Suddenly, Ye Xiaochuan said: "If there are countless wild beasts and fruit trees in the far west, they can be brought back to the middle land. These are all food."
Zhao Shiyu said: "We have also thought about it, but it will take a year or two to transport it by big ship. The monks can bring back a lot of food with their storage bags, but there are only a few monks in the Royal Cultivation Academy.
There is simply no way to mobilize more manpower to go to the far west.
I once told Yu Jizi about this matter, hoping to send a group of monks to the far west to kill those animals and beasts and bring them back, but Yu Jizi rejected them all. Hey, how could they, such high-ranking gods, do this?
Do you care about the life and death of mortals?"
Ye Xiaochuan was silent.
This is not the thought of Yu Jizi alone, this is the thought of most monks.
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In the eyes of monks, mortals are no different from ants.
Ye Xiaochuan said: "How many animals and beasts are there in the Far West? What are the main animals and beasts? Are there any large beast monsters?"
Zhao Shiyu said: "This is the strange thing about the Far West. They only have beasts and animals there, no monsters, and no monks. According to the royal monks who came back, there is no aura from Middle-earth, so it cannot be produced.
Monsters and monks.
But there are so many animals there, with herds of wildebeests, zebras, cattle, sheep and elk covering the entire continent. As long as these animals are hunted and brought back, the current food shortage in the Middle-earth can be alleviated."
Hearing this, Ye Xiaochuan already had an idea in his mind.
He nodded and said, "Why is there so much food and grass in the Heavenly Lady Kingdom?"
Zhao Shiyu shook his head.
Ye Xiaochuan said: "Okay, since there are so many cattle and sheep in the far west, let me find a way."
Ye Xiaochuan's idea was very simple. He planned to discuss it with Her Majesty She to see if the Kingdom of Heavenly Lady could secretly send a group of nuns to the far west.
Heaven has been monitoring Gui Xuanzong, and Ye Xiaochuan's men can't move at all. Only Tiannv Liusi, who has been in the fringe area, is the best candidate.
Zhao Shiyu said: "It would be great if Master Ye could send monks there, but there is something more troublesome."
"What?"
"As I said just now, there is no spiritual energy there, and the monks cannot restore the true energy."
"Forehead?"
Ye Xiaochuan was stunned.
He understood the meaning of Zhao Shiyu's words.
Today's monks in the human world mainly cultivate the spiritual energy in nature. For example, fighting with others will deplete the spiritual energy in the body, and will absorb the surrounding spiritual energy to replenish it.
The wild continent in the far west has no aura... In other words, all cultivators will be in vain once they set foot in that area.
Once the spiritual energy in the body is exhausted, he will probably have to swim back.
No wonder the royal monks sent by the court last time took several months to come and go. I bet their spiritual energy was exhausted.
A monk who goes to hunt animals will definitely consume a lot of real spiritual energy. Without spiritual energy replenishment, this is a huge problem.
If this problem is not solved, no matter how many people are sent to the far west, it will be in vain.
However, Ye Xiaochuan feels that there must be a solution, such as Yuanhui Dan, such as the spiritual stones from heaven that contain spiritual power, etc., which can allow monks to restore their true energy in a world without spiritual energy.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaochuan felt certain in his heart.