Zhao Ran finally understood that Master Ning wanted to save the life of that crazy girl, so he had no choice but to admit defeat. In fact, it was no good if he didn't admit defeat. The matter had come to this, and if he lost, he would definitely lose. Zhao Ran really couldn't think of any good way.
Come to make a comeback, if you insist on refusing to admit defeat, not only will it be useless, I'm afraid that crazy girl's life will also be at stake.
But Zhao Ran actually didn't mind the life or death of the crazy girl. He had a preconceived idea and had a bad impression of the two girls from the Ning family. If he could deal with the girl from the Ning family, he would be willing from the bottom of his heart, so he asked: "Is there still a chance?
?For example, replace it with a real person?"
Dongfang Li said: "Then this girl might die..." Suddenly he tilted his head and looked at Zhao Ran and said with a smile: "Is it possible that you have a grudge against the Ning family girl?"
Zhao Ran laughed dryly: "How is that possible? Senior Brother Li was joking, haha."
Dongfang Li nodded: "Even if I want to change, it's too late. There's not that much time..."
When Dongfang Li left, he told Zhao Ran that the reason for confessing to him was to ask Zhao Ran to shut up, control his heart, stop talking too much, and stop being curious. At the same time, he also controlled the people of the Lou Guan sect and tried to stay out of the matter and not get involved.
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After arranging for the people on his side to forget about this matter, and especially telling Wei Zhizhen not to talk nonsense, and sternly demanding that Yu Zhichuan, Yueying, and Yang Chiwen not mention it again in the future, Zhao Ran went down the mountain and returned to Baima Courtyard, handling official matters while waiting to be picked up.
News coming down.
On November 23, Zhao Ran received the news that something went wrong during Yunxiu Ge Ning's practice, and he needed to retreat for half a year. He withdrew from the competition for the master of Sanqing Pavilion, and Yunnan Longquan Pavilion became the master of Yu.
The only choice.
Zhao Ran asked Dongfang Li about the final outcome of the Yuye murder. Dongfang Li told him that when Ning Luoniang, the yellow-crowned female Xiu of Yunxiu Pavilion, was ordered to arrest the six brothers of Majuzhai, she took action because the other party resisted arrest. During the casting of the spell, Ning Luoniang
Due to insufficient cultivation, he was unable to control the powerful magic weapon freely, so he killed all six people on the spot.
The case was reported to Dongji Pavilion for archives. After Yunxiu Pavilion asked Dongji Pavilion for instructions, Ning Luoniang was severely punished and detained in Yunxiu Pavilion for three years. She was not allowed to step out of the mountain gate for three years.
However, this punishment caused controversy among the casual cultivators in Shangzhou. The death of the six brothers from Majuzhai reportedly made the local casual cultivators applaud. In addition, they also came to Yunxiu Pavilion to petition, hoping that Yunxiu Pavilion would be released.
Ning Luoniang, who eliminates harm for the people.
Zhao Ran could only laugh at this.
On the first day of December, Zhao Ran, who had paid little attention to the follow-up progress, continued to receive news from Dongfang Li.
At the public recommendation ceremony convened by the True Master Hall that day, Master Yu received the votes of the twenty-seven senior cultivators of the Void Refining Realm who were present, and at the same time received the letters of support from the nineteen True Masters and Celestial Masters who were not present (also counted as approval)
(listed among the votes), and eventually more than half of them were promoted to the throne in Sanqing Pavilion, becoming the new real person after Chen Zhenren, presiding over the affairs of Sanqing Pavilion together with Wu Tianshi.
Yu Zhenren was mainly in charge of the North and South Halls of Sanqing Pavilion, which dealt with the Northern Yuan in the north and the Tubo in the south; Wu Tianshi was still in charge of the West Hall and the Inner Hall, and was in charge of the internal affairs of Xixia and Ming Dynasty.
When receiving this news, Zhao Ran couldn't help but feel a sense of pity. This was his first defeat in the political struggle since the 16th year of Jiajing. Although he was not the protagonist and did not even qualify as an important participant, he was after all.
After working so hard and doing so much, I feel quite uncomfortable when I get such a result.
But now that the result has come out, we must adjust our mentality and accept it instead of resisting - resisting is meaningless. Focusing on the present and handling the affairs in front of you is the right thing to do. What's more, he belongs to Xitang and is still considered a Martial Master.
Zhenren Yu can't control the people here for the time being.
It is now the end of the 24th year of Jiajing, and basically all major events have come to an end. All deacon offices are busy summarizing affairs and summarizing results in accordance with Zhao Ran's requirements.
Zhao Ran has been in charge of Baima Court for one year, and the results are quite gratifying.
Sixteen thousand acres of cultivated land and 387,000 acres of grassland were allotted. At the same time, some gentry and merchants were attracted to Hongyuan to purchase 93,000 acres of grassland at market prices. By the end of the year, a total of 8,600 acres of highland barley had been harvested.
One hundred stones, twelve thousand stones of millet, 490 cows, and more than 17,600 sheep. In addition, more than 160 horses were captured, smuggled, and purchased sporadically.
At the same time, the continuous orders placed by Baimayuan attracted many merchants from Songfan, Dufu, and Long'an to Hongyuan to do business. Thirty-nine shops were opened in the city, including restaurants, teahouses, inns, blacksmith shops, medicine shops, and grain stores.
Shops, silk and satin shops, salt and sauce shops, pawn shops, grocery stores and many other categories, and even a brothel will open at the end of the year.
All these shops are rented by brothels. Meng Dengke welcomed the guest with a smile on his face. According to his account book, this year the brothel had a surplus of 460 taels of silver for the first time. When the brothel opened, Meng Yingbin even attended the ribbon-cutting in person.
, according to what he reported when he came back, the women among them were really ordinary, with mediocre looks and unremarkable talents, but their business was booming.
Zhao Ran said that he does not mind the opening of a brothel in Hongyuan. In his understanding, this is an important measure to solve the current gender imbalance between men and women in Hongyuan. It is better to block the situation and to regulate it than to block it. It is better to guide and manage it. But he
Gambling houses are absolutely not allowed to be opened, as this is an important source of social lawlessness.
The data that caught Zhao Ran's attention the most was the population under his rule. At the end of the year, the total population under Baimayuan's rule historically exceeded the 30,000 mark, and the ratio of Han Chinese to Party members reached two to one.
The most important thing is that the big leaders with prestige and independent consciousness among the party members have been eliminated. The remaining leaders are no longer leaders in the original sense, such as Baozhong, who have a certain prestige but no absolute
He is authoritative, and his heart is towards the leader of the Taoist sect.
As for Zehun, who had surrendered anyway, his prestige among the party members was ruined because he reported Li Yansi and Qiangxiong. Although he was released as early as June due to the conclusion of the case, he has been idle at home. Zhao Ran is also considering the remaining treatment for him.
Reuse of value.
Zhao Ran continues to wait, waiting for the population of the people under his rule to increase. When the actual population controlled by Baima Yuan exceeds 40,000, he will start to solve the problems of Baima Sanbu.
Of course, the intrinsic basis for Hongyuan's extraordinary development is the massive lending of charity funds. In order to obtain land, pasture, farm tools, seeds and other means of production, ordinary people paid a ten-year debt burden.
As of December, the entire Hongyuan, including Baimayuan and all the people under its rule, had been saddled with a total of 76,000 taels of long-term debt, and it needed to repay 100,000 taels of principal and interest in ten years. Among them, Baimayuan had to repay 18,000 taels.
One thousand taels, and each of the common people had a loan of more than two taels of silver on their heads.
Zhao Ran is initially satisfied with the current personnel composition of the White Horse Court. What he is most satisfied with is that Yuan Hao, Lei Shan, and Meng Dengke are subordinates with official backgrounds. They are all good at specific affairs. In the Taoist family,
There are Taoist priests such as Li Zhike, Lu Fangzhu, and Zuo Xunzhao who support him, so in daily management, Zhao Ran can almost let go. What he really has to do is to raise the flag and point out the direction.
At the year-end Taoist banquet of Baima Academy, Zhao Ran officially raised the flag - all affairs of Baima Academy from now on and in the future are for one purpose, which is credibility.
For this purpose, he made a special trip to Songzhou to meet with Du Tenghui, the prison supervisor.