On this day in the 16th year of Yongshuang, the Dafeng rebels officially established their country as "Wen". Because he actually usurped power, it was called the "Wen Dynasty" in history.
Today's proceedings ended early, and the atmosphere throughout the process was quite harmonious. Guiliu walked out of the conference hall and took a carriage back to Zhou Mansion. Nowadays, the Zhou Mansion has become his temporary residence. He lives with the little girl in a quiet side room. Three meals a day are provided by Zhou family servants. Occasionally, he can sweep the floor and burn incense during his free time. Overall, life is pretty good. of.
Guiliu leaned out of the window and looked into the distance, thinking about the discussion just now. The most serious problems at the moment are the empty treasury and the constant pressure from the rebels, but these are only the most superficial problems that can be easily seen. Corresponding to this, there are hidden problems that are difficult to see. Looking at the dynasties through the ages, it is often not the ostentatious problems that lead to the overthrow of a dynasty, but the hidden problems that are difficult for rulers to discover, and even the entire ruling group is not aware of.
For example, as Zhou Xu said to the point during today's discussion, "Are the current internal and external troubles just a lack of money? If we have enough silver for various expenditures, we can stabilize people's livelihood and benefit the people. Will forging new swords and new armor for the cavalry definitely stabilize the situation? In my humble opinion, since Dafeng has been retreating steadily, it is almost certain to be defeated. Repeated defeats have undoubtedly dampened the morale of the soldiers. Now we are retreating to a corner. Most people in the country think that this is just hanging on for a while, this is a stubborn resistance. Your Majesty can secretly send people to conduct a survey, and conduct a thorough investigation of the hundreds of thousands of households in the eight states. Some of them feel that "death and service will bring warmth." How many people think that our predicament is only temporary and that we will be able to regain the country in the future? Even if we don't investigate, we must know it in our hearts. The former will probably account for 90%, and the latter may only account for 10%, or even less than 10%. . Therefore, I believe that the most serious problem at the moment is not the economy, but the lack of ambition of the people and the lack of morale in the army. If this situation is not changed, the vicious cycle will only make internal and external troubles worse, and we will definitely lose. of."
No one felt more deeply about Zhou Xu's words than Guiliu.
Are the great monks of the upper three realms and the great masters of the upper third realm solely based on their realm differences and fighting methods to determine the superiority and victory?
If the difference in realm is a slight difference, it will lead to a loss of a hundred miles, then the difference in mentality is a slight difference, but it will lead to a loss of a thousand miles. Those who have been able to dominate martial arts criticism for hundreds of years may not be the ones who have traveled the furthest along the road, but they must have the best mentality. Either they have the ambition to be invincible, or they have the ambition to be invincible.
The same goes for beauty reviews. Those stunningly beautiful women who are famous all over the world all know that they are charming and know that they can charm millions of men with just a few gestures. Until now, Guiliu had never heard of any woman on the list who felt that she looked ugly and was too ashamed to be one.
Why can the Iron-Armored Pagoda become recognized as the "No. 1 Heavy Cavalry in the World"? Is it just because we have the best military equipment in the world?
What would happen if an army composed of refugees, using the best armaments in the world, faced the enemy on the battlefield?
There is no doubt that they will be defeated like a mountain, they will abandon their armor, and they will surrender cowardly.
Therefore, the reason why the Armored Pagoda can become a cavalry army that makes any heavy cavalry in the world fearful is because the Armored Pagoda has a mentality that no other cavalry army has.
That is "I am invincible on the battlefield."
Because of this, the Iron Armored Pagoda dared to fight one against ten, or even one against a hundred, and repeatedly performed ferocious and illustrious military exploits.
Therefore, if a dynasty wants to prosper and regain its territory, it must have some kind of self-confidence, even arrogance. It is better for me to let the world down than for the world to let me down. If even the people don't have the confidence to save the nation, and even the soldiers don't have the morale to gallop on the battlefield, how can we talk about regaining the mountains and rivers, and how can we talk about killing the enemy, killing the enemy, killing the enemy?
Therefore, the most urgent problem to be solved at the moment is how to boost morale, inspire the people, and let them know that the Dafeng Dynasty has not yet fallen into a certain death situation, and the Dafeng royal family is not sitting still and waiting to die.
There is no doubt that this is a difficult problem to solve. As for the answer to this question, Zhang Jiqi and Geiliu, who had always had different opinions, agreed for the first time.
"Now we have reached the point where empty talk will harm the country, so methods such as propaganda will not work, but are likely to be counterproductive. The only way is to prove it with the most powerful facts. Therefore, no matter how big or small the battle is in the future, we must win, and we must We must win consecutively, and only in this way can we change the current decline.”
To this end, Giliu proposed to raise and train troops, regularly tour the eight states and borders, and review the troops stationed in various places.
In addition, there is another important proposal put forward by the female imperial master. Jinan Prefecture and Jibei Prefecture, which are closest to the battlefields of both sides, are separated by a natural chasm, a towering mountain that is difficult to climb. For the rebels, Jinan Prefecture is the gateway that must be conquered to open the Eight Prefectures and cannot be bypassed. Therefore, they rely on the dangers of the mountains and rivers to build fortresses and fortresses on this mountain. Even if you are not a great master or a great monk, you can do it. To the point that "one man can guard the gate, but ten thousand men cannot open it."
As for Jinanzhou, this female imperial master can spend several months mobilizing the luck of the mountains and rivers, hiding sword formations, and designing a massacre.
But even so, it is still too reluctant to use Dafeng's 100,000 troops to fight against the "Wen Dynasty's" 700,000 troops.
Therefore, there should be no delay in cooperating with neighboring small countries.
The carriage had slowly stopped at the gate of Zhou Mansion. Gui Liu put away his thoughts and stepped out of the carriage. He found Taoist Lotus Crown sitting on the stone steps, pinching his fingers with his right hand, as if he was calculating again and again.
"It's rare to see you looking serious. What happened?"
Geiliu sat down next to him.
Taoist Lotus Crown shook his head, "It's nothing, just do some random calculations."
Guiliu didn't know whether he didn't want to say it or if nothing happened. He stared at the ground for a while and then said softly: "Do you know that Zhao Bingnie is dead?"
Taoist Lotus Crown nodded: "The news of the tragic death of a ninth-level monk is so shocking that the entire Immortal family dare not not know about it."
Guiliu slowly exhaled and rubbed his cheek, "Tell me, who is the murderer?"
"I don't know." Taoist Lotus Crown paused. "It is said that there was a spectator from the Immortal family. I don't know if it is true or not. According to him, Zhao Bingnie borrowed a sword from the world before his death. That sword no matter the weather The power is still far beyond the Ninth Realm, and it is very likely that it has touched the threshold of the Three Lost Realms."
Guiliu said: "So now those immortal monks believe that the Nine Realms are not the end of the road. The lost Three Realms really exist."
Guiliu glanced at the sun. The sun was dazzling, and dusk would not fall so soon. But, how could an old man who was supposed to be invincible suddenly die? It was like a dazzling light that instantly turned into darkness that made you unable to see your fingers.
This topic is too heavy. Master Lotus Crown turned to other topics, "Master Chun Guan's exquisite nine turns, the first turn seems to have been completed."
Gui Liu said humbly: "It has been completed. I plan to break through tonight."
Lotus Crown Taoist smiled and said: "Master Chun Guan's speed of breaking the mirror really makes me feel a little scared. But it's normal to think about it. Master Chun Guan himself has the best qualifications, not inferior to the younger generation of the Immortal family. As a man, his foundation is extremely solid, and his natal possessions are of extremely high quality, so he will definitely achieve great things in the future. Maybe, not long after, Pindao's Lotus Cave Heaven will welcome the third great person in the upper three realms. Monk."
"By the way, I recently picked up the "Yuanshi Immeasurable Human Sutra" that you taught me before, and I found that this set of Heart Sutra combined with the Linglong Nine Transformation cultivation method has achieved excellent results."
Lotus Crown Taoist was stunned on the spot: ""The Yuanshi Immeasurable Man's Superior Sutra", this is indeed the orthodox mental method of Lotus Cave, but when did Pindao teach it to Master Chun Guan?"
Guiliu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "How forgetful, noble man. When we first met in Greenbelt City, who was forced by my mother to take out a golden elixir and a set of mental techniques? This kind of heartbreaking behavior, It’s only been a year and you’ve forgotten?”
Taoist Lotus Crown suddenly understood, and then smiled awkwardly, "Actually, the Queen Empress is not a strong force, Pindao still got many benefits. For example, the Queen Empress gave Pindao a ray of the most orthodox Gang Qi, which is what Taoism calls 'Tiangang'. For more than a year, Pindao has been carefully nourishing it, and now it can be considered a small achievement. Anyway, in the past hundred years, none of the eight Taoist caves has derived a ray of cave heaven. Counting my master and the queen, Pindao is the only three people in the world who have Tiangang."
Guiliu was a little shocked, "Has my mother's Gang Qi been cultivated to this extent?"
After asking this question, he subconsciously thought of one thing. Since "Tiangang" is so rare, my mother even used it to exchange for other things. The Taoist golden elixir she got in exchange was not worth a lot of money to be honest. This means that what I really want to exchange for Tiangang is this set. "The Great Sutra of Infinite Measurement in the Yuan Dynasty".
Immediately afterwards, the words of Taoist Lotus Crown also confirmed Gui Liu's conjecture that the quality of this set of Heart Sutra was no worse than Tiangang.
"Although the Exquisite Nine Transformations are precious, no great monk will offend the Lotus Cave Heaven for it. But this set of Heart Sutra is different. Master Chun Guan must be careful and remember not to reveal it to anyone. It would be unpleasant to say so. A common man is not guilty of carrying a jade."
Guiliu nodded: "I have written down these words."
Suddenly, a sword energy tore across the sky above Yicheng, and there was a dull loud noise in the sky.
Guiliu raised his head suddenly.
Taoist Lotus Crown smiled and said: "Master Chun Guan, don't be nervous, it must be the imperial master who has started to liquidate again."
In fact, this sword energy spans thousands of miles, not from Linyi City, but from an extremely distant border.
Maybe tonight, maybe just a little while, there will be a piece of urgent military information sent to the "Wen Dynasty", and it will be personally delivered to the emperor surnamed Wen by the powerful military minister.
And the fourth military town, which had tens of thousands of people carrying out construction work and had already taken shape, completely collapsed into ruins after suffering a few sword attacks. The three thousand Qingqi who wanted to escape back to the city finally died under the city.
In the capital of the "Wen Dynasty", there was an old man looking at the mountains and rivers from a well, stroking his beard and laughing: "Liquidator, he really deserves his reputation."
