After all the city lords looked at each other and whispered among themselves, a few city lords still had the courage to stand up and play against each other.
The first person was the lord of Haorang City who had just been pardoned by Mu Sheng. This old boy was used as a chess piece by Muyinaqi to contain Borlantai. Anyway, now that the old thief is dead, he doesn't really want to rebel, so he simply Pardoned.
The Lord of Haolang City came forward and kowtowed: "Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor. If the emperor wants to reestablish the Council of Presbyterians, we, as ministers, can just obey his orders. If the emperor travels far away, I will definitely come to the city on behalf of the emperor." The governance is in an orderly manner, and the ministers have no objections. When the emperor returns to the court, the ministers will naturally withdraw from the Presbyterian Council and return the great government."
After City Lord Haolang finished speaking, a dozen other City Lords stood up and stepped forward to express their support for City Lord Haolang.
Mu Sheng secretly laughed in his heart. It was easy to give power away, but extremely difficult to take it back. Originally, he planned to rule the world together with these noble city lords for a long time.
After listening to everyone's speech, Mu Sheng still pretended to be silent. Seeing that the dozen or so city lords who stood up to speak first began to sweat slightly, he said:
"Well! What you dear gentlemen said is true. You all have understood the king's order that I just gave. I intend to rule the world together with you, from now on, and in the future. Since I have to restart the Council of Elders, from now on I will I have no plans to withdraw it, I hope you can understand what I mean."
The city lords repeatedly made suggestions, and after a long period of testing, they saw that the emperor really wanted to restart the Council of Elders sincerely. Every veteran was secretly overjoyed, but their faces were frowning, pretending to have lost their backbone. From now on, The future of Yucheng is worrying, etc...
In the next few days, Mu Sheng came to the Presbyterian Church site in person to discuss the Upper Presbyterian Church system with them. After discussing for a long time, he understood how the Upper Presbyterian Church operated more than 300 years ago.
More than a hundred city lords in this Presbyterian Church come to Yucheng to hold a conference collectively every three to four months. They gather three or four times a year, depending on the urgency of the national situation. Sometimes they may come once or twice a year. , most of the time still stay in their respective fiefdoms.
However, people still have to be in charge of matters in Yucheng for a long time. The Upper Elders Council selects ten highly respected great elders from city lords from various places to stay in Yucheng for a long time to handle state affairs. They are equivalent to members of the Standing Committee. The great elders serve for life and have very great power. Only after the death of several great elders can the city lord be re-elected to succeed him.
This committee of ten elders discusses state affairs internally, and basically follows the instructions of the oldest or most prestigious elder. This primitive aristocratic republic has been running for roughly thousands of years.
Until the emergence of a national hero, Borges turned out to be the leader of the mountain puppet army. He was invincible and had a very high reputation. With his military exploits, Borges was successfully elected as the Grand Elder. As Borges's prestige grew, the Presbyterian Church even gave him the title of Da Zhongzai.
The subsequent plot was the same as that of many historical heroes. After Borges told the Council of Presbyterians that he was right, he immediately turned his back and ruthlessly purged the Council of Presbyterians. After killing all the nobles, he decided to act arbitrarily and smoothly. Emperor Changsheng, until now.
After Mu Sheng had a rough understanding of the situation, he reformed and optimized the Presbyterian Council system. Anyway, he was also following the path of decentralization and checks and balances. It was best for no one to dominate, so the Ten Elders Committee was still retained.
The lifelong tenure of the chief elder must be changed. Once a person stays in a position of real power for too long, a powerful political force will always form around him, eventually forming a political oligarch. Borges took advantage of this loophole in the system. The person in power, coupled with the fact that he is a monk, has the support of the army, and his lifespan is much longer than other ordinary elders. Elders who are more prestigious and more senior than him can't survive him, and in the end, he can only be king of the leftovers.
Mu Sheng, the Committee of Ten Elders, was changed to a term of five years. The elected city lord cannot be re-elected until all the city lords and elders have been elected before they can be re-elected. This avoids to a certain extent the possibility of tyranny like Borges. The possibility of coming to power again is that no one can stay in power for a long time and take turns to take charge, which to a certain extent avoids the emergence of political oligarchs.
In this way, when Mu Sheng comes back, he doesn't have to imitate the old thief and go on a killing spree. Of course, he still has to personally appoint the candidates for the first Ten Elders Committee. First of all, he has to focus on winning over the city lords of the Borges family, who are at least nominally connected by blood. They are natural political allies, and they directly assigned three of the elder seats to them.
Mu Sheng will decide on the remaining seats after inspecting and selecting other city lords. They can officially open for business after the site of the Upper Presbyterian Church is renovated. Finally, he will issue an edict to ensure that if any of the great elders has a five-year term, If you dare to be too lazy to retreat, the city lords from all over the country can raise troops to fight against it in the name of the Changsheng Emperor.
After holding the meeting at the ruins and entrusting everything, he took Muyinaqi's soft little hand and sat on the chariot, then returned to the palace.
After returning to the palace, Mu Sheng said proudly to Muyi Naqi: "Sister Naqi, how are you? Is my arrangement quite appropriate?"
After hearing this, Muyinaqi opened the curtain that covered his face, looked at him with a strange and complicated look and said, "Not bad, I think it was handled well."
Muyinaqi paused for a moment and said: "Husband, these days I always feel that the person sitting next to me is not you at all, but the old thief Borges. I once thought that the old thief was alive again. .”
Mu Sheng laughed loudly upon hearing this and said, "Does this mean my acting skills are good?"
Speaking of this, Mu Sheng suddenly wanted to tease her, so he imitated the old thief's tone, took her into his arms, and said: "My dear concubine, I just want to pamper you now, you little goblin, why don't you serve me quickly?" Do you want me to change my clothes?"
Muyinaqi raised her pink fist and hit Mu Sheng hard several times, and said, "I hate you! You are a pervert who only knows how to torment me."
Mu Sheng laughed loudly when he heard this, hugged her waist, and said with a smile: "The most righteous thing in the world is to torment you, a vixen."
A few days later, one day Mu Sheng was enjoying the service of Hongmei on the castle terrace. In the past ten days, Muyinaqi had been tormenting her so much that she was so annoyed that she kicked him out. Mu Sheng had no choice but to come to Hongmei for comfort.
At this time, the waiter came to report that the wolf king Suchakoyenu of the Han slave group was visiting.
Mu Sheng wondered who he was? never heard of that? When he heard the words "Clam Slave Group", he vaguely remembered the four Qi brothers. Maybe they were the people who the old thief killed them in the first place. Are they here to cause trouble?
Mu Sheng waved the waiter away and asked him to inform Muyinaqi to go with him to meet the Wolf King Sucha Piyenu. With her by his side, she could introduce local people and things to him, so that Mu Sheng could know their details. What is the background, it is best to prescribe the right medicine.
On the way to the hall to meet the Wolf King, Mu Sheng turned to Muyi Naqi and asked, "Naqi, who is this Wolf King Sucha Piyenu?"
Muyinaqi said seriously: "That's it. The father of Wolf King Sucha Piyenu is Wolf Lord Suchanur. This Clam Slave Group was founded by Wolf Lord Suchanur. It recruited many capable soldiers mainly from the former tribe. An elite mercenary army accustomed to fighting."
"Some people from our Mountain Puppet tribe have also joined them. There are about 8,000 people in the Clam Slave Regiment. When there is no war, they are entrenched in the base of Wolf Castle. This group of people is very powerful in fighting and murderous. They will massacre the city at every turn. As long as there is no war, Give them money and they can fight for anyone.”
"Wolf Lord Suchanur himself is also an old monster in the Four Harmonies Realm. He became famous very early. The four brothers of the Qi family are the more famous generals under him and have made many military exploits for him."
After hearing the background introduction of the Wolf King, Mu Sheng sneered and said: "Well! It seems that the old thief killed the four brothers. Is the Wolf King Sucha Piyenu here today to cause trouble on behalf of his father?"
Muyinaqi shook his head and said: "This is not necessarily true. Even the Wolf Lord Suchanur may not dare to really offend the Changsheng Emperor. If the whole country of our mountain puppets really mobilizes the whole country, we can also gather a hundred thousand elite soldiers. Really It's only a matter of time before we make up our minds to destroy their home base of Wolfsburg."
"Although this Clam Slave Group always recognizes money rather than people when doing things, there are still some bottom lines. It is clear who can and cannot be offended. Speaking of which, this Wolf Lord Suchanur is only a hundred The monks who only reached the realm of Four Elements Reunion many years ago are still underachievers compared to the old thieves, and they dare not easily break up with us."
After listening to Muyinaqi's words, Mu Sheng nodded and had some ideas in his mind.
After Mu Sheng and Muyinaqi arrived at the castle lobby, he took a look at the young master of Wolf Castle. He was wearing a wolf-head hood, wearing leather armor, with a powerful figure and a resolute face.
Ho! Isn't this an old acquaintance? He was the barbarian warrior riding an armored giant wolf who gave his troops the fatal blow that ultimately forced Mu Sheng to surrender. It must be said that they were enemies on a narrow road.
Mu Sheng originally thought that this giant wolf warrior was a subordinate of the old thief Emperor Changsheng. It turned out to be the foreign aid of the Clam Slave Group invited by the old thief?
It works! The old thief really did not hesitate to spend his money in order to capture the so-called Hou Yi of the God Clan. He felt that this giant wolf warrior was a Celestial Master-level monk, but he left a very deep impression on Mu Sheng himself on the battlefield. impression.
After the guests and hosts were seated, before the Emperor could speak, the Young Wolf Master respectfully stepped forward and saluted: "Junior, long live the Emperor."
Mu Sheng waved his head with a smile, exchanged a few words with him and asked him to sit down and talk.
Mu Sheng asked: "Why did the young master come to my place today?"
The Young Wolf Master couldn't clearly see the emperor's expression through his mask, and he didn't know that Mu Sheng was his former defeated general.
The Young Wolf Master still said respectfully: "Congratulations to the Emperor on your great achievement. Today, I am here to represent my father regarding the affairs of the four brothers of the Qi family."
Mu Sheng snorted coldly when he heard this and said: "What? The four brothers came to the door in person and almost killed me. Is Suchanur here to collect debt from me? I haven't settled the score with him yet! He actually returned the favor. Ask about the four brothers?"
When Young Wolf Master Sucha Piyenu heard the emperor's unkind tone, a layer of cold sweat immediately appeared on his forehead, and he said in a more respectful tone:
"Emperor, calm down. Today I am here to apologize to the Emperor on behalf of my father. In fact, my father has no knowledge of the affairs of the four Qi brothers. Your family members also know the rules of our Wolf Castle. We have always recognized money but not people. They The four brothers secretly contacted Huktila, a traitor, to take over the private work without telling their father. We at Wolfsburg only found out about the incident when we heard about the Yucheng Incident, and we ask the Emperor to keep a close eye on it."
