Two rows of officials knelt on the roadside. The leader held a big seal and walked forward on his knees: "The guilty minister Lin Ping respectfully welcomes the king's master into the city!"
Aaron stepped forward, accepted the seal on behalf of King Liang, and then ordered the army to enter the city.
"Prime Minister?"
Tang Xun reminded that in ancient times, city offerings were often deceitful, such as tricking people into entering the city first, then closing the door and beating the dogs.
"No, I believe the officials in this city are very aware of current affairs."
Aaron laughed and took the lead on the white tiger, attracting many eyes.
A large number of people kneeling on the roadside, no matter how ignorant they were, had heard of the reputation of the Tiger Riding Taoist and the Great Immortal of Tiger Power. When they looked up secretly, they felt that a god was coming, and they couldn't help but become more pious.
‘Do you have the energy to count the points? It’s not in vain that I made a fortune telling specifically about Xian City.’
Aaron looked at the head of Jinshi City and saw that the original Dasong flag had fallen and was replaced by the brand new Liang Wang flag. He couldn't help but smile and said to Tang Xun beside him: "Jiangzhou Fucheng is difficult to serve as the center. This Jinshi City is quite good. It can be used as a center."
The Liang Palace and official offices have moved here... But you don't have to worry about this. I will give you 50,000 people. Do you have the confidence to conquer the south?"
Although he was surrendered this time, Aaron also secretly checked his facial features and discovered many talents.
For example, Si Yunming, Zheng Fang, etc., but they are better at water warfare and are naval generals.
What's more, it has just been surrendered and should not be reused.
If excluded, Aaron's first candidate to be the commander of the army would actually have no choice at all...
"Please rest assured, Prime Minister, now we will send a message to all the governments in the south to decide!"
Tang Xun was overjoyed, this was a free military achievement!
…
Five years of peace.
October.
The weather was getting colder, and a huge motorcade slowly drove into Jinshi City, flying the dragon flag.
This is the arrival of King Liang!
The chariots and horses are like dragons, and the guards are like scales.
Du Longzi rode a little donkey and swayed behind the team, stroking his beard and feeling very proud.
“It’s always been the first step in Fulongting’s ease... A mayfly can only fly five steps, but once it takes off on the wind, it can fly thousands of miles... This is the power of a good wind!"
"Now that the King of Liang has entered the gold and stone, Tang Xun has pushed all the way, and half of the country has been obtained. Even the Xuanwu Lake Dragon Qi that Chongming Dao cherishes has been obtained by us. How happy is it..."
Thinking of the hatred that almost destroyed the Taoist tradition, Du Longzi felt only happy.
Suddenly there was thunder in the sky, and there seemed to be a roar of a dragon, which startled Du Longzi.
His whole body trembled, knowing that King Liang had entered the gold stone and caused changes in the heavenly secrets. He couldn't help but squint his eyes secretly and use Taoism.
The world suddenly became dark, and the next moment, he saw a red pillar rising into the sky.
A black-backed carp swam among them and seemed to have grown up.
And in the direction of Ziqing Mountain and Xuanwu Lake... strands of blue and purple energy radiate from the lake, shaped like a dragon turtle, coming towards the gold and stone, as if to merge with it.
This is the Qi of the King of Gold and Stone!
There is a cloud in the photo album - the king of gold and stone has the omen of the past generations, the yellow flag and purple cover, originally came from the southeast, and ruled over all nations!
At this time, King Liang entered the city precisely to obtain this dragon energy, so that he would truly have all the foundation and wings!
Boom!
At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
The sky suddenly darkened, and the dragon aura of Xuanwu Lake was passed by someone unknown. Ninety-nine percent of the dragon aura was suddenly lost, leaving only two golden auras, which were submerged among the carps.
The black-backed carp got this and grew two golden dragon whiskers, and then nothing happened...
"Having gained half of the country, you are still like a carp, which is unprecedented in the world since ancient times!"
Du Longzi complained secretly, but we didn't dare to ask, and we didn't dare to say.
Taking advantage of the change in the heavens at this time, I looked north again, and suddenly my heart palpitated, my nose felt hot, and blood started to flow.
Du Longzi wiped it secretly with his sleeve, only to realize that the motorcade had arrived at Prince Liang's palace, and everything before seemed to be just his illusion.
I could only sigh secretly: "The golden king of the north, Jiaolong, is only one step away from becoming a real dragon. This heavenly favor is so generous!"
…
north.
Capital.
The capital city wall is the largest in the world, with five large arsenals, four large granaries, and it is said that there are countless grains and ordnance piled inside, as well as 200,000 forbidden troops...
Although most of the elites are missing in the south, causing almost every family in the capital to wear mourning, there are still 200,000 professional soldiers. No matter how cowardly they are, they can still defend the city.
And with a household registration of one million, even if five households draw one ding, they can produce another 200,000 strong men!
Facing such a high-walled city, even King Jin only said that he would attack the capital, but he did not say that he would break the city!
His original plan was just to show off his power near the capital and plunder, and that would be enough...
But I didn't expect that there seemed to be a turning point in the capital?
Royal Palace.
Sima Zhong, one of the late emperor's three patrons, wore a bright red and white crane robe and a black-winged hat, and walked like the wind.
This is Yu Zhan, the censor, who knows military affairs. He was also a Jinshi selected by Sima Zhong himself, and he has the kindness of being a teacher.
"Are you confused about the North Korean meeting?"
Sima Zhong opened his mouth and said.
"Exactly... Now that the barbarians are raging, we should take the lead in the battle. Why did my mentor call for peace?"
Yu Zhan bowed again and said: "Hu people are cunning by nature and cannot be trusted... They have broken the covenant before..."
"I already know this." Sima Zhong waved his hand disapprovingly: "But the Hu people are only good at horse fighting on the plains, how could they possibly defeat the greatest city in the world? Since they can't defeat the city, it's a scabies disease.
Leading the battle and allowing generals to take charge is a serious problem! Not to mention... Prime Minister Li is leading the battle!"
Yu Zhan was stunned on the spot.
Li Xiang is another minister who cares about life. Without him, his mentor would have been in power long ago.
"The Puppet Liang is rising in the south, the Jin people are in chaos in the north, and the country is about to be destroyed. Why are they still engaging in party strife?"
Yu Zhan's words were stuck in his throat, but he could only hold it back. Watching his mentor leave, he laughed sadly in his heart: 'Not only that... Even if the barbarians conquer the world, won't they still use us civil servants? This is the main thing, right?
?'
After being an official for so many years, he has seen through and seen through many things.
Today, it's still so hot that it's hard to cool down!
However, under this kind of court, the more you do things and do practical things, the more desperate you become...
…
January, the sixth year of Taiping.
Jinshi City.
The King of Liang took control of Jinshi and took over all the south. With the new year and new atmosphere, he immediately issued a decree-stopping the imperial examinations and promoting public examinations. Official schools and military schools were set up in various places, private teaching of science was encouraged, and religious taxes, commercial taxes, and public taxes were levied.
A small person enters an acre, and the officials and gentry pay the grain together, etc...
As soon as this order came out, there was a lot of resentment in Jiangnan!
Countless scholars blamed the King of Liang and the Prime Minister for their perverse behavior!
But Aaron just thought it was a barking dog!
In response to the cry of a defeated dog, he didn't even bother to go out and kill people himself. He only waited for the implementation of the great government, the county magistrate who destroyed the family, and the governor who exterminated the family to teach them to start a new life.
Amidst all the disturbances, the New Year still has to pass.
The streets and alleys of Jinshi City are decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and there is some snow on the roadside.
At this time, a carriage wrapped in a thick blanket slowly drove into the city.
"Jinshicheng really has a royal spirit!"
The car curtain opened, revealing a young Taoist priest, who turned out to be Zhang Zifeng, the son of Jiedushi!
"No...this city has a royal aura because of the presence of King Liang. There are people first, and then there is aura. Otherwise, everything is empty talk!"
In the carriage, there was an old Confucian sitting, with white beard and hair, but gentle and soft eyes, like a child.
"Mr. Haoran is right."
Zhang Zifeng sighed and said: "On New Year's Day, King Liang inspected Xuanwu Lake and reorganized Song Chao's navy. There were five hundred ships, masts and masts standing in great numbers, and flags blocking out the sun... Prime Minister Xu Lingzi composed a poem on the spot - Five Hundred
100,000 building ships
Soldiers, climb high to review the military formation, and the clouds are born. You must know that the warships are crossing the melons, and there should be military fangs supporting the stone city. The autumn sky above the lake is full of silk and bamboo branches, and the tide is surging at the head of the river. The sound of drums and wars... Now Liang's army is present on both land and water, which makes him very kingly.
!And the north, alas..."
Thinking of the tragic situation in the northern capital, even Zhang Zifeng couldn't help but feel sad.
Last year, the King of Jin threatened the capital, and the princes of the imperial court negotiated until the end, but they still negotiated a peace!
The King of Jin asked for five million taels of gold and fifty million taels of silver coins, as well as ceding land, and the imperial court agreed.
King Jin pretended to stop his troops, and then took advantage of the covenant between the two kings to brazenly hijack the official family and demand double the ransom!
The imperial court couldn't come up with the money, so it could only use women to make up for the debt. In the end, even the daughters of officials, and even the concubines and princesses of the harem were sent to pay off the debt... causing resentment among the people in the capital.
The King of Jin took the opportunity to use his official family to call the door, successfully broke into the capital, broke into the imperial city, and captured about three thousand people including the official queen, queen mother, many clan kings, as well as the palace concubines, clan nobles, and ministers! He also took them back to the north with him.
!
It was a cold winter, and the Hu people stripped off the official's dragon robe and demoted him to a commoner. Some ministers petitioned and were executed by the King of Jin. His body was fed to the dogs!
The concubines in the harem, even the queen and princesses, were all reduced to playthings.
Along the way, countless ministers, clan members, and daughters from the harem died.
Then when they arrived at the capital of King Jin, they ordered a prisoner presentation ceremony to be held. The officials and the queen were wrapped in kerchiefs and sheep furs, and their bodies were exposed. They went to the ancestral temple of King Jin to perform the "sheep-taking ceremony".
The great pine tree is now dead!
Such a tragic situation made Zhang Zifeng feel unbearable even though he had a grudge against the imperial court.
"At this time, the north is full of the stench of barbarians. Mr. Haoran has the hope of the sea and goes south angrily. He will surely assist the king of Liang Mingzhu in expelling the Tartars and bringing order to the chaos!"
Zhang Zifeng said.
This Mr. Haoran is extraordinary. He comes from the Zhang family in Xuzhou.
The Zhang family is the leader of a famous religion and has produced Confucian saints! It has endured for thousands of years and is known as a thousand-year-old family! Unparalleled in the world!
It can be said that every move of the other party is related to the ownership of the hearts of the scholars in the world!
If the other party can take the initiative to go south, it is obvious that Dasong's orthodoxy has been cut off, and the hearts of the scholars in the world have returned to Nanliang!
There was not much joy on Mr. Haoran's face: "I entered the Liang Kingdom and saw everything all the way here... The king of Liang's government often had prime ministers. Xu Lingzi was a real Taoist, but he could not rule by inaction. Instead, he paid attention to imperial power when he entered the country.
Unexpected... In the final analysis, it's nothing more than
Suppressing famous religions, suppressing powerful people, and allowing villains to rise to power! Over time, the country will no longer be a country! I want to write to the king of Liang and the prime minister to open the imperial examination to win over the scholars, reduce taxes, and not compete with the people for profits.
, in this way...then the world will be at home, and guests from all over the world will be in submission!"
…
"A thousand-year-old family?"
Aaron scratched his head and threw the article in his hand into the stove to burn it: "There was a powerful family in the previous dynasty, known as the Four Generations and Three Dukes, but it only lasted a few hundred years... Cao Man, do you know why?"
"I don't know..."
Cao Man said helplessly.
"The survival of husband's tongue is not due to its softness. The death of teeth is not due to its strongness?" Aaron said with a smile: "The powerful clans are known to cross the state, participate in the general trend of the court, and compete for the world. They have suffered many losses. Countless. Ten years of prosperity is enough to reach the top of the sky... But the Zhang family is based on the famous religion, a group of gentlemen but not party members, and is vaguely in line with the Confucian spirit, so it has lasted for thousands of years. This is the way to overcome hardness with softness!"
Cao Man suddenly trembled and felt a hint of murderous intent from the Prime Minister. He couldn't help but said: "Prime Minister... Mr. Haoran has never been an official. He has spent his life teaching and educating people, writing books and biographies. He has a lot of talents all over the world. You can't touch him easily!" "
"You... don't be frightened by the chatter of a group of opposition factions. Are there any Confucian disciples among our core and wings? If we are not in chaos and the army is not in chaos, the public opinion of the officials will be nothing more than the noise of crows!"
Aaron smiled: "But I am not planning to kill this person..."
He suddenly said again: "This article is so perfect, and the writing is so good, it can be called a famous writer... But look at the last sentence, if the Tao is not good, it will float on the sea on a raft - there is a hint of resentment. If the court does not follow, , he is afraid that he is not going to travel around the world, but is going to join the Hu! This will also threaten the imperial court and the Prime Minister, but the Prime Minister never accepts threats!"
"Isn't that true?" A trace of cold sweat appeared on Cao Man's forehead.
"Why not? In fact, under the rule of the Hu people, they can still live quite well, even better than before... The Hu people do not take the Central Plains seriously at all, and rule according to the prairie practices, dividing tax concession areas, etc.... This is a small-scale feudal system. Under this system, as long as the landlords make the barbarians feel comfortable and pay enough taxes, they can make the decisions within their own territory, commit lawlessness, and even raise private soldiers!"
Aaron sneered, and suddenly sighed: "Actually, this person's heart is quite sincere. If we really open the imperial examination, and even announce that all the achievements of the previous dynasty will be recognized, then it will really be a return from all over the world, and barbarians will not be able to do anything. It will be destroyed, and then a new dynasty will be established for three hundred years...simple, smooth and smooth."
"Then you have to ask me, why don't you take it?" Seeing Cao Man's doubts, Aaron smiled: "Three hundred years of imperial court, is this what I want? I will govern the world with scientific methods and let famous teachers see it. Look, they’re not the only ones who want to govern the world!”
"I have made up my mind to send troops to Xuzhou after the year. This is a real war!"
Aaron said: "Since the destruction of Dasong and the death of public officials in Tianjie, Xuzhou has been in chaos. It won't take any effort to win, but the subsequent governance will inevitably be resisted by all parties. I am afraid that there will be endless cases of tax resistance!"
After all, Xuzhou is the headquarters of the Zhang family, and the ideology of famous religion is deeply rooted.
"And I have to admit that I am too good at science, but I still have some shortcomings. If I am instigated by famous teachers again, it will inevitably make people panic..."
"So?" Cao Man's heart tightened.
"I can't solve the problem, but I can solve the problem. That's enough."
Aaron said: "After the beginning of spring, I, the Prime Minister, will lead 40,000 infantry troops and 10,000 naval troops to go northward... I will take Tang Xun away, Zhan Da, Hei Er, and Zhang Tie will each be promoted to guerrilla generals and stay in various places."
Cao Man's heart trembled, knowing that the prime minister had arranged it like this and was about to go on a killing spree!
