Chapter 821 The Elephant of the Emperor (Thanks to the Unicorn Dragon for the Silver Alliance)
Chapter 821 The Elephant of the Emperor (Thanks to the Silver Alliance of the Unicorn Dragon)
Author: Saragus
Chapter 821 The Elephant of the Emperor (Thanks to the Silver Alliance of the Unicorn Dragon)
Sha Yuanzhong, who was best at collecting taxes, failed to collect taxes.
The story of him kowtowing from door to door in Beifu Village spread like wildfire and spread throughout all states and counties in a few days.
No need to ask, this matter was passed down by the judge.
For Hong Juncheng, killing Sha Yuanzhong would be equivalent to admitting that he failed to collect taxes, and the kowtow would be considered solid.
If Sha Yuanzhong is not killed, other prefects will continue to wait and see, and the tax collection is far away.
What made Hong Juncheng even more worried happened. He once again summoned the prefects from all over the country to come to Shenlin City. The prefects from all over the place used various excuses to shirk the request and actually refused to come.
All the prefects know that the Lord Shen is unreasonable, and if you come to Shenlin City, you will die!
If they don't come, arrest them!
Hong Juncheng sent out black-clad guards to arrest the prefect who failed to collect taxes. As a result, all the black-clad guards sent out died on the way.
Hong Juncheng sent an imperial envoy to supervise the collection of taxes from various places, but the imperial envoy also died on the way.
Hong Juncheng appointed a new prefect, but the new prefect died on the way.
Hong Juncheng felt very scared that someone was cutting off his ties with states and counties.
This kind of behavior will make many people see the truth clearly: God is not omnipotent.
He can be the supreme divine king, or he can be nothing.
For ordinary people, this truth is difficult to accept.
But for the prefects of various states, they have known this truth for a long time, and they have seen it very clearly.
It doesn't matter if you get fired, at least you won't lose your life.
It doesn't matter if he is convicted, magistrates everywhere are now facing the crime.
God sent people to arrest them? It doesn't matter. As long as they don't impose taxes, the judge will protect them.
With news about Qin Yan and Hong Zhenji, Xu Zhiqiong was able to keep track of Hong Juncheng's movements at any time. Coupled with his clairvoyance, the people who came to arrest the prefects from various places were unable to reach their jurisdiction.
The Lord Shen is ruthless, so the prefects from various states cannot go to Shenlin City.
The judges were even more ruthless, so the prefects in each state were determined not to collect taxes.
Either way, it's a life, and one more day is worth one more day.
As long as the Lord God does not send out his troops, they will continue to be wasted.
The prefects in various places cannot think about what will happen when the Lord God dispatches his army, nor can they understand it.
Hong Juncheng convened a court meeting to discuss the matter of tax collection, but due to state rules, official matters were not discussed in formal occasions.
How do you say this?
Why are states and counties resisting taxes?
Did he collect too much from the land tax, or did the king of gods make a mistake?
Don't say anything that is not conducive to the Lord God. This is the most basic common sense in Qiancheng Kingdom.
Ministers, I would like to mention a few words in an understatement.
"Occasionally, evil people may cause chaos, but God does not need to worry about it."
"All states and counties that fail to perform their duties, are negligent and slack, should be punished."
Everyone follows the routine and says the same thing, but some people really don't follow the routine.
Wang Hongzhenkang, the king of recording, admonished: "Nowadays, all states and counties are resisting the tax. The divine king should personally lead his troops and go to the prefectures and counties to collect the tax, kill the sycophants, and eradicate the mob!"
Hong Zhenji blinked slightly.
In his impression, King Lu was not like this in his early years. He was probably not too smart, nor was he so stupid.
Being imprisoned for so many years seems to have really affected King Lu's mind.
Now states and counties are shaking down the authority of the Divine King.
If Shenjun leaves Shenlin City now, what will be the consequences?
The consequence is that someone will take advantage of the situation and become a new god king.
This is a situation that Hong Zhenji really wants to see, but how could Hong Juncheng leave Shenlin City unless he had no last resort?
Something is going to happen to Hong Zhenkang.
Hong Juncheng's face turned pale, and he immediately issued an edict and appointed Hong Zhenkang to a new position.
He appointed Hong Zhenkang as General Jinwu and asked him to select 20,000 troops from Shenguang Camp and go to various places to supervise tax collection matters.
Hong Zhenkang's brain was indeed shut down.
Not only was he not worried, but he felt that the opportunity was rare. After the court meeting, he immediately went to Shenzheng camp to select men and horses, raise food, grass and weapons, and prepare to go out immediately.
Hong Zhenji told Xu Zhiqiong the news, and Xu Zhiqiong directly handed the matter over to Hong Huaxiao.
Hong Huaxiao's tactics are very simple: "I will just take two people with me and leave Hong Zhenkang in Shenlin City."
She wanted to assassinate Hong Zhenkang directly in Shenlin City, but Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Let him take the troops out."
Hong Huaxiao was startled: "If we take the soldiers and horses out, the farmers will be scared to death just by hearing the wind."
Xu Zhiqiong said expressionlessly: "If they can be frightened to death if they hear a little bit of news, then they deserve to be paid tribute and they deserve to starve."
Hong Huaxiao looked troubled and said, "It's hard to resist these 20,000 people."
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "When I picked up a hundred black-clothed guards with cultivation skills, I didn't see you in any trouble. Now, all I meet are sergeants with no cultivation skills. What's there to worry about?"
Hong Huaxiao sighed: "Ma Changshi, you still don't know much about my witchcraft."
"Could your Highness please tell me?"
"To meet the enemy with the witchcraft, it all depends on the pre-arrangement and does not rely on improvised measures. Although the cultivation of a hundred black-clothed guards is high, as long as they are deployed properly, they will not be given a chance to perform in the real fight.
But there are 20,000 enemy troops. With such a number, no matter how clever we plan, it will be beyond our power."
To put it simply, the number of 20,000 has exceeded the limit of this group of witches.
How can they increase their limits?
There are two options, one is the number of people and the other is cultivation.
"If you can give me a thousand disciples, I can eat 20,000 people. If my disciples' cultivation reaches the seventh level, I can also eat 20,000 people.
But now they are all ninth grade, and only three of them have cultivated to eighth grade. They can resist up to three thousand people, and if there are more, they will be powerless."
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and said, "Three thousand is a little less. I'll find some help for you. How about five thousand?"
"Five thousand..." Hong Huaxiao thought for a moment, "It depends on what kind of helper it is."
"Come with me to check the quality tomorrow. Let me take a look at this puppet today." Xu Zhiqiong took out a piece of talisman paper and summoned a puppet.
The moment he saw the puppet, Hong Huaxiao trembled with fright.
The figure and appearance of this puppet are exactly the same as Hong Juncheng.
Seeing Hong Huaxiao's reaction, Xu Zhiqiong was very satisfied. The puppet was very lifelike.
He glanced at the puppet. The puppet straightened up, took two steps, imitated Hong Juncheng's tone, and said: "Since you have met me, why don't you bow?"
Hong Huaxiao stared at the puppet for a moment, shook his head and said, "This doesn't look like his father..."
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "You know he is a puppet, so naturally you don't feel like your father."
Hong Huaxiao shook his head and said, "Even if I didn't know he was a puppet, he doesn't look like my father."
Xu Zhiqiong shrugged his eyebrows and said: "Seven points similar in appearance, three points similar in spirit, that's enough."
Hong Huaxiao still shook his head: "Ma Changshi, please tell me bluntly, this puppet is 90% similar in appearance, but not at all similar in spirit."
Not a cent?
This puppet currently contains the soul of a chamberlain. This chamberlain was originally Hong Juncheng's personal attendant, but he offended Hong Juncheng over trivial matters and was executed.
Xu Zhiqiong went to the Underworld to collect the soul of this chamberlain. This chamberlain knew Hong Juncheng very well and hated him deeply. Logically speaking, he should imitate him very much.
But Hong Huaxiao said it was unlikeable.
Is it because Hong Huaxiao is dissatisfied because he imitated his father?
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said: "Your Highness, this is a serious matter, and you cannot judge it with personal grudges."
"Private grudge?" Hong Huaxiao frowned and suddenly puffed up his chest and said, "Ma Changshi, do you think my mind is that small?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "The mind is quite big."
"I really don't think so. If Ma Changshi doesn't believe it, ask someone else to take a look. In addition, I ask Ma Changshi to make a decision as soon as possible about the helper."
Hong Huaxiao went to make arrangements for the war. Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and took the puppet with him outside the city.
In a courtyard outside the city, Zhao Jindong was studying eunuch techniques. He faked his death and left the palace, and now he is taking advantage of this opportunity to hone his practice.
Xu Zhiqiong brought the puppet to Zhao Jindong. Zhao Jindong took a first look at it and felt that it was no different from Hong Juncheng.
But when the puppet took two steps, Zhao Jindong shook his head repeatedly and said, "This doesn't look like a divine king."
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Why don't you look like a divine king? Why don't you look like a god? Can you explain it clearly?"
Zhao Jindong couldn't understand and looked at Chang Decai with a troubled expression.
Chang Decai said from the side: "Master, Xiao Jinzi is the stupidest. I will try to call Qin Yan out tonight and let him take a look."
Late at night, Qin Yan ran out of the palace and took a look at the puppet.
From the moment the puppet started speaking, Qin Yan immediately made a judgment: "This does not look like a divine king. What exactly does it look like? My disciple cannot explain clearly."
When asked, they all said it didn't look like it.
If I ask again, I won’t be able to explain clearly!
Chang Decai saw that Xu Zhiqiong was angry and advised him: "Why don't you let King Shu take a look? That's his brother. He should be able to see some clues."
"Let King Shu see it?" Xu Zhiqiong shook his head, "This puppet cannot be seen by too many people."
Who else is familiar enough with Hong Juncheng?
And it has to be someone Xu Zhiqiong absolutely trusts.
Xu Zhiqiong returned to Yuyao Palace, asked everyone to leave, and showed the puppet to Liang Yuyao alone.
Liang Yuyao was also familiar with Hong Juncheng, after all, he had been summoned so many times.
Seeing the puppet's movements and hearing the puppet say a few words, Liang Yuyao said: "Not only does this not look like Hong Juncheng, he doesn't look like an emperor at all, especially when he talks."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Did he say something wrong?"
Liang Yuyao still shook her head: "It doesn't matter if the words are correct or wrong. Even if the emperor says a few wrong words, what can he do?
After all, it’s a golden word, and someone will finally reconcile it for him, but this person is too worried that he said the wrong thing.”
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment and seemed to realize something.
That night, Xu Zhiqiong went to Xingxiu Corridor.
Bai Yueshan was sweeping the floor in the corridor. Before he could hide the broom, Xu Zhiqiong had already walked closer.
Xu Zhiqiong took out a piece of sin karma and handed it to Bai Yueshan: "Doctor Bai, please help me release this soul."
Bai Yueshan pondered for a moment: "The matter of the underworld has not yet been settled. Can this soul be released?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled: "Let it out, it's still in our hands, we'll take it back after we've used it.
Doctor Bai, don't just sweep here all the time, try to make some money."
PS: When Shala woke up, she saw a reminder from the writer’s assistant that Shala had a silver alliance.
Salad is so touching, so touching. Thank you Unicorn for your support and encouragement. I will add another chapter today.