The aftermath of Wei Hao's riot in Xiayi has finally dissipated, but there are still some discussions in the streets and alleys from time to time.
Even when children in the neighborhood are playing, there are many people competing to play "Wei".
At the great court meeting, the turmoil in the officialdom after Li Huairou's departure did not appear, because there were even more shocking changes.
The "Fertile Field" in the eastern suburbs of the capital city was once used for sacrifices. Immortal envoys from heaven unexpectedly came to visit. When the government and the public knew about it, the "Ten Immortal Slaves" became even more clownish.
These "angels" did not enter Xiayi, but communicated with the Xia court in "Woye". However, some old people discovered that these "angels" did not seem to be the immortals in the "Tai Tianting".
Immortal and powerful.
But the Queen Mother didn't care about this. In order to train the new army, she didn't mind having some gods besides fairies.
Use it if it's suitable, throw it away if it's not suitable. Because of Wei Hao's big trouble, this woman actually took control of the actual power in the capital.
"As long as the empress issues a decree to build a mountain and river for us to do the dojo. In this way, the disciples from all nine states can gather here to solve the problems for the empress. It is just a decree..."
"oh?"
The Queen Mother was a little curious, "Why do I think that the Wei family's peasant son is more nervous in the heaven than I am in Daxia? I have heard about all the events in the Jianghuai River and how this animal can subdue demons and pacify them. It is a meritorious deed, so how can the heaven still harm him?"
"Your Majesty, your words are serious. I can't say that I am causing harm, I am just doing things according to the rules."
In the temporary "palace", the "angel" remained calm and explained a little to the Queen Mother.
"What can I get?"
"In our monastery, we would like to respect the Queen Mother as the 'Mother of the King'. As long as the incense is strong, it will not be difficult for the Queen Mother to live forever in the world."
"Immortality..."
When the Queen Mother heard this, her eyes lit up.
"If the Wei family's peasant son is not eliminated, this theory of immortality is also a lie."
"So that the empress will know that there are tens of millions of human disciples like me spread across the nine continents. As long as the spirit of the Taoist temple is reunited, it will be able to inspire all directions. Even in Daxia, there are five islands of true immortals. But they are hiding from the world and cultivating in secret, which is like sitting dead.
As long as no one disturbs them, they will not leave the gate."
"What that peasant boy is doing now is an act of justice, subduing demons and demons... If we fight him to the death, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win the trust of the people in the world."
"What's so difficult about this?"
The "angel" with a strong sense of immortality smiled slightly and said to the Queen Mother, "Does this person go north to slay demons? Does he have a court appointment? As long as the Xia Shi is still a place where humanity flourishes in China, he is the co-lord of the world. Wei Hao has no Xia Shi appointment
, without the responsibility of guarding the land of the Xia Shi, he rashly recruited troops and went north to slay the demons. In fact, it was 'his name was not right and his words were not right'. This is called an illegal and immoral act."
"Illegal and immoral?"
"That's right! In Xia Shi's world, it is Xia Shi who has the final say as to what kind of demons and gods they are. How can anyone else comment on whether it is to be sealed or destroyed? Wei Hao is neither a general nor a subject of Xia Shi.
The sudden rise of troops is just an opportunity to rebel..."
"Is this animal an illegal sex act?"
"Exactly!"
The Queen Mother's eyes lit up, she realized that the justice of the world was still in Xia Shi's hands after all.
This peasant boy acted arrogantly, thinking he was doing chivalry and doing justice, but he was just "chivalry breaking the law with force."
The more I thought about it, the more it made sense. The Queen Mother even had a rough idea. In addition to the sea fishing documents, perhaps, she also wanted to further inform the world.
Therefore, at the great court meeting, amidst the astonished expressions of the civil and military officials of the entire court, Zhongshu Sheng took the lead in bringing out the important issue of this great court meeting, which was the matter of pacifying the "Huaixia Demon".
The ministers thought that the business intensity would finally increase.
However, I never expected that the topic suddenly changed and began to discuss the nature of Wei Hao's demon-killing army.
Zhongshu Sheng believed that it was time to tell the world that Wei Hao was leading the people to "illegally destroy the demons".
Normally, this bill needs to be recommended at a general meeting, and it should be communicated to the civil and military officials of the court in advance.
But it seems that the entire Zhongshu Province is planning to launch a surprise attack, but the news has not leaked out.
Many members of the old family immediately felt that there was a problem here, but a bigger problem followed, leaving them with no time to prepare.
The princes of Menxia Province, where Li Huairou left, who were still trembling and cherishing their feathers, unexpectedly unanimously agreed to this bill, and at the court meeting, they all expressed their agreement to sign and seal it.
This made the important ministers of Shangshu Province feel as if they had eaten blue flies, and their expressions were very complicated.
How many years have passed since a surprise attack on a court meeting happened again?
As the executive agency, all departments in the Shangshu Province felt an unprecedented sense of horror.
Because the people who wanted to visit the people were not the Zhongshu Sheng who proposed the topic, nor the subordinates who approved the reply, but officials from various ministries.
When they were scolded, they were the ones who went to the front line to be scolded. The most unlucky low-level officials were probably drowned in spittle.
"Illegal prostitution..."
Ji Tianxia, the Minister of Etiquette, chewed on this sentence over and over again. He was so angry that he almost laughed out loud, but he had to admit in his heart that the operation performed by the superiors this time was a bit despicable, but it was very clever and could be called a fairy method.
But, what's the point of playing this kind of trick?
In this great dynasty attack, the outer dynasty and the inner court colluded with each other. Basically, they sold some of their colleagues who were ministers of the same dynasty. It is unknown what was exchanged for, but there was one thing that Ji Tianxia instantly made a judgment about.
The real power of the Queen Mother of this dynasty will be greatly increased, not by adding the dependence and service of one or two important ministers, but by the whole court starting to truly revolve around the Queen Mother Company.
During the lunch break at the Great Court Meeting, the officials from the six ministries of Shangshu Province all added chicken drumsticks to their "corridor meals" as a sign of favor from the Queen Mother.
However, none of the six officials who gnawed on the chicken legs had any appetite.
This chicken leg looks like it's infested with maggots, making people not want to open their mouths.
"What do you think?"
In the corridor, someone asked Ji Tianxia.
"I'm just a loser in the Ministry of Rites, what can I say?"
Ji Tianxia smiled self-deprecatingly, and then looked into the distance, her eyes unfocused, "If Wei Hao's rebellion is stopped, there is still something to be done. But now we add 'illegal demon killing', huh... I'm afraid it's Wei Hao's soldiers who have been hand-picked."
Horses are the righteousness of the world..."
It stopped abruptly, Ji Tianxia did not continue, but changed the subject and said: "However, it is not our turn to be anxious right now."
Not far away, some upright ministers who were officials in the same dynasty looked livid at this moment. They had thought that what the dynasty meeting was discussing was "returning power to the king", and that the empress dowager, who had been listening behind the curtain for a long time, was about to go to the harem to cultivate immortality.
But I never expected that it would happen like this.
As "royalists" and "imperialists", this group of upright gentlemen, even if they act a little rough and direct, have no problem with their intelligence. They can see that the future shape of the imperial court will look exactly like the Queen Mother.
How long will it take to return to power...?
They don't care how long it takes for the emperor to reach adulthood. What they care about is that their official career is not unlimited, but limited.
In ten to twenty years, or even shorter, they will leave Xiayi and even the officialdom of Daxia.
Not everyone is qualified to cultivate immortality. Without "meritorious deeds", it is just a dream for those with mediocre qualifications and even those with mediocre family backgrounds.
How powerful you are when you are an official, how carefree your life will be after retirement.
You can't become an official and cultivate immortality. At least, after becoming an official, you can have thousands of acres of fertile land, which is not bad. If you accumulate wealth for your descendants, maybe powerful descendants will be born, and their ancestors can be enshrined and become the city gods of a certain later dynasty... That's not bad either.
good.
Official reputation cannot be achieved by hard work. It requires luck and courage.
Letting the Queen Mother return to power is an absolutely huge event.
But now, it becomes far away.
Ji Tianxia didn't seem to see all this. What he was thinking about now was how to avoid possible turmoil in the capital, which was very different from Wei Hao's "riot in Xiayi".
The enemy will not be very clear, nor will it be just Wei Hao, there will be many, invisible and visible.
"Damn..."
Cursing quietly, Ji Tianxia was now very irritated. Those around her who thought they were smart were actually idiots.
But in this idiot pen, he really couldn't help himself.
Damn...
She cursed again in her heart, not sure whether it was to vent her anger or something, but Ji Tianxia took a hard bite of the chicken leg that she didn't want to eat.
The surprise attack by the Great Court made many ministers unable to react in time, but the outer court and the inner court, which had been well prepared, acted very quickly.
After all the ministers of the province signed and sealed it, the imperial eunuch sealed it with his royal seal, and the empress dowager sealed it with his seal, the resolution was sent to the minister's province.
In the past, the Chancellor could shirk the execution date, but this time, it couldn't be done.
Because the people who patrol the Tianjian have been waiting for dispatch at the Shangshutai for a long time. As soon as the execution documents are issued by the Shangshutai, they will immediately fly to the whole country.
At the same time, the Qintian Supervisor and the Demon Elimination Supervisor have also made preparations to notify their subordinate units in all states and counties in advance. This matter will be notified to all counties in Daxia with unprecedented efficiency.
Whether the county magistrate will be worried or not will not be a matter for the ministers of the DPRK and China to care about.
Even if there is a deviation in the future, it is not one person's fault, everyone has a share.
A few days later, the steward of the Demon Exterminator in Huaiyin City received the runes from the Demon Eliminator. The exhausted steward actually laughed in anger after reading the contents.
He had never been so angry, and after the anger, he burst into tears from laughter.
"Stall, stall, what's wrong with you? Don't scare us."
"Hahahaha...'Illegal sex with demons', you're so fucking crazy...I'm laughing so hard, hahahahahaha..."
The steward held his forehead and crushed the summons rune. He laughed until tears came out, and then one word after another popped out from between his teeth: "How long have I been here? One year? Two years? Three years!!
Three whole years!!”
"Peng Ruhui asked me to go ask for relief food, but I didn't go because I am the one who eliminates demons. I will starve to death."
"Peng Ruhui asked me to help beg for some grain seeds to fight the famine and help the victims... It's not like I asked the Huaiyin Mansion to stop harvesting because of what I did."
"Later, Peng Ruhui asked me to take people to quell the demons in the three counties, but I didn't go either, because I am the director of the Demon Elimination Prison in Huaiyin Mansion!"
"Later, Peng Ruhui asked me to break out of the encirclement and ask for help, but I still didn't go. It's just that this time, it's not that I don't want to go... but that I can't go."
"For one and a half years, for eighteen months, I, a lazy guy like me, have been here to share hardships, survival and death with Huaiyin City. Why? Is it because I have changed my mind? No! It's the people of Huaiyin City who have come up with real gold.
Bai Yin even saved his own rations to provide for me..."
"As time goes by, people's hearts grow like flesh."
"I practiced cultivation until I lost my humanity. I finally became a human being again...but I already regretted it."
"Fuck you... hahahahahaha, 'illegal sex'..."
The usually fierce steward burst into tears. After a while, his eyes suddenly widened: "I'm going to quit my job!!"
"Stall, what, why don't you do anything?!"
"That witch in the capital has never seen Huaiyin City. She can't count on the capital! The only hope now is Wei! I want to go with him! Brothers, I'm sorry!"
After saying that, the steward took out the demon prisoner's token and crushed it directly, "I want to join the demon-slaying rebel army, so I won't block the future of any of you brothers."
"Stall! Stall!"
"Absolutely not, stall. If you do this, wouldn't it be tantamount to rebellion? Without the salary from the court, how can we practice on our own? stall, don't be impulsive..."
"Cultivation?! Practice bird training. If Huaiyin City disappears, I will only cultivate inner demons——"
With a roar, the steward ran directly to the government office without caring about anything else.
The prefect Peng Ruhui is a human being. He cannot ignore it and needs to talk to Peng Ruhui.
Pushing the door open and reaching the street, I saw a depressing scene at first glance.
In the inner city, all the places that can be farmed have been planted. The original bluestone streets are now fields. Instead of horses and carriages, there are two field ridges, adjacent to the shops on the street.
As for the corrugated walls, there are many pots and jars with some side dishes inside.
There are also some such as garlic sprouts, green onions and even peas.
Looking at this scene, the steward's eyes became more determined. He had persisted for so long and tried every method to survive until today.
Now, what was once the greatest hope has completely failed, so let’s find another way!
The idea of taking refuge in Wei had never occurred to me before. Now that I think about it, it is really stupid!
Extremely stupid!
Following Wei, at least you don't have to beg like a dog. After begging year after year, Peng Ruhui is the stupidest dog.
And so does myself.
Now, why do you want to be a dog?!
When he arrived at the government office, the steward stepped in and saw Peng Ruhui, who was still calculating how to distribute the daily rations and grass. He said directly: "Peng Xianggong, the court now says that Wei is an 'illegal prostitute.' Do you know?"
"Um?"
Peng Ruhui was stunned for a moment. He was still immersed in calculations and was a little confused when he heard this.
After reacting suddenly, his eyes widened: "Fart... fart!!!"