The dark wind suddenly rose, and in the dark pond, the water waves rolled, and countless bubbles emerged, as if something strange was about to emerge from the bottom of the pond.
All the government officials looked horrified, and the head catcher who was reciting the official document from the imperial court immediately sped up: "...the demons and demons, suppress them all in one piece!"
The Pingcang County Magistrate's seal affixed to the official document glowed with red light, dragons roared and tigers roared, and the invisible majesty overwhelmed one side.
The restless pond suddenly became calm, and only an unwilling scream could be heard. Looking at the earth temple beside the pond, the weird and ugly statue had been cracked from head to tail.
As a head catcher at the level of a clerk, he was a little scared at first. Seeing that the evil god was suppressed, he calmed down a little.
But when he caught a glimpse of the adoring looks in his men's eyes, he immediately stiffened a bit and shouted righteously towards the pond: "Humph, even a mere evil god dares to resist the laws of the imperial court. How can he know the power of a dragon and a tiger?"
"Someone, tear down this temple and put a seal on it!"
…
After finishing the matter, Zhou Bai nodded slightly, waved his hand to disperse the water mirror, and then turned to look at the embarrassed people in the group meeting hall.
"The country is prosperous, but these wild ghosts really don't know how to live or die. They actually came to us to confuse people's hearts."
"It's all the patriarchs who manage the country well, which is really the blessing of the people..."
Everyone was breaking out in cold sweat. Whether they were clan elders or backbone deacons, they could only try their best to flatter him.
They knew that Zhou Bai had a very good idea, and a large number of people might be unlucky today.
However, Zhou Bai did not ask them for their opinions. Instead, he said to Zhou Lin, who was in the first place: "Shilang Zhou, how should we deal with it in accordance with national laws and clan rules?"
As the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and the owner of the second house of the Zhou clan, Zhou Lin sighed in his heart. He roughly understood what Zhou Bai meant.
He immediately calmed down, stood up, raised his hands and said seriously: "Return to the king, in accordance with the national law, those who participate in the oppression of rural department officials shall be sentenced to forced labor; those who participate in spreading the belief in evil gods shall be exiled to Shibian after they regain their consciousness."
"According to the clan rules, any person who offends the clan, regardless of direct lineage or side branch, should be expelled from the Zhou clan and follow the orthodox tradition!"
Zhou Lin's penalty immediately silenced the hall again. Several deacons' legs became so weak that they could hardly stand.
"Well, let's implement the national laws and clan rules together. After the clan registration is terminated, he will be sent to the Pingcang County Yamen." Zhou Bai's indifferent voice reached everyone's ears, and no one dared to raise objections.
No, immediately the Xuanjia guards standing outside the door entered the hall and began to take people according to the list in their hands.
The clan elders didn't understand when they saw this. Their clan leader had already found out clearly that he had never asked for their opinions.
So the clan elders who still had some say slumped down on their chairs and watched silently as the middle-class clan members they regarded as their successors were taken away.
Among them are the leaders and backers who intimidate the rural bureau, and there are also those who indulge in the affairs of evil gods and even accept beliefs and accept bribes from believers.
"Clan leader, I was wronged. I don't want to be expelled from the clan."
"Why, even though the clan leader is already the head of the country, my Zhou clan still has to abide by those cumbersome laws and regulations!"
"Forgive us once..."
In a desperate situation, some of the people who were taken away were very unwilling and said things they shouldn't have said. They later came to the county government to make their own judgment.
After seven or eight people left their seats in a row, and almost everyone on the list had been arrested, two guards actually walked up to a clan elder.
The silence could not be maintained, and there was a roar in the hall...
Because the elder of this tribe is named Zhou Chengxian, and he was the former owner of the sixth house. He not only has the right to speak in the group affairs hall of the tribe, but also has great prestige in Hongni Township.
He is a village elder from Hongni Township. Many tribesmen and villagers will ask him to witness the decision when they encounter matters that need to be debated.
"Wait a minute."
Zhou Bai walked up to Zhou Chengxian and called a timeout at the right time to let the guards leave first.
Then he stared at the old man who was over seventy years old and said: "Sixth Uncle, do you have anything to say? The one who wants to replace the national law with the family law in Hongni Township is you."
"Brother Bai, I..." Zhou Chengxian wanted to explain something, but under Zhou Bai's gaze, he couldn't say anything complete.
Confirming this information, Zhou Bai sat back on the throne and said loudly to the group of Zhou people in power in the Qunshi Hall: "The king's law is ruthless, and the law does not favor personal favors. Today I will favor personal favors for the last time."
"Clan elder Zhou Chengxian will not be punished according to national laws and clan rules. He will resign from all positions in the clan with immediate effect. From now on, he will be responsible for the incense in the ancestral hall of the ancestral home. Don't go out and walk around."
Zhou Chengxian and all the clan elders were relieved after hearing this. If they went to jail, they would even be expelled from the clan.
How do they face fellow villagers and other Chinese people?
However, they also understand that Zhou Bai's subsequent humiliation of the entire Zhou clan is the key point.
The last time you showed favoritism to your tribe? Most likely true.
"Thirty thousand acres of farmland will be transferred to my name as clan land to support the younger generation in studying and learning martial arts. In addition, three times a year, members of the clan will give me the right to directly recommend talents in the clan, and I will appoint them according to the situation."
No one expected that when Zhou Bai opened his mouth, he would bring benefits to the clan.
But before several clan elders could express their gratitude, Zhou Bai looked serious and said in a cold voice: "But from now on, the Zhou clan is the Zhou clan, and the Anbei Kingdom is the Anbei Kingdom. In the future, people will confuse the two again, and even think that the Zhou clan is the 'royal clan' If you are a person, go to Zongzheng Mansion and report it yourself."
"By the way, Zhou Lin is the Grand Zongzheng of the Zongzheng Mansion and is responsible for restraining the words and deeds of the clan. Anyone who commits any crime will be punished according to the national laws and clan regulations!"
The cold and stern voice echoed in the gathering hall.
Zhou Lin, who had been following Zhou Bai for a long time, was sensible and immediately bowed and said: "Wei Chen accepts the order."
The rest of the clan elders and deacons, facing the carrot and the stick, could say nothing and could only accept the order.
The local government did not dare to take care of it, but Zhou Bai could understand that human nature is like this.
Therefore, the institution of Zongzheng Mansion was used to make up for the lapses in local supervision, so as to prevent the Zhou clan who raised him from becoming a worm in the country.
After a series of combinations of admonitions and arrests, Wang Fa Wuwu, and Zong Zhengfu, these high-ranking officials in the clan inevitably became much more depressed.
It doesn't matter whether they are resentful or afraid of Zhou Bai, but he knows that the right thing is wrong for the person.
Therefore, when the meeting ended, Zhou Bailian said without hesitation: "I have seen that the fortune of the clan has greatly increased, and talents of the younger generations have emerged in large numbers. If we can win a few candidates in this imperial examination, it will pave the way for us to become a famous family."
"Chief Xie, we old guys will definitely urge the juniors to review." When the family's status was mentioned, everyone immediately stopped feeling depressed.
After Zhou Bai established the Anbei Kingdom, and Zhou Lin, Zhou Rui and others were appointed as high-ranking officials, it was a matter of course.
But the aristocratic family is still far from rich in foundation. The blessed land in the Yin world is mostly supported by the national destiny of the Yang world, and is not really privately owned by the Zhou family.
Yes, with such a wise monarch and patriarch in office, why should they be obsessed with the current "petty profit".
After the Qunshi Hall was cleared, Zhou Bai immediately noticed the changes in the clan's legal network. This was due to the division of power between many clan elders and the giving of power to the backbone disciples who had not been implicated this time.
The atmosphere suddenly changed, and the fate of the family became more solid, taking advantage of the surge in fortunes of the country.
Threads of the county's yellow luck permeate every part of the clan, nourishing the descendants of the clan, making them active in thinking and healthy in body.
If the Zhou clan can really follow his footsteps, after raising a generation in Huangzhai, the hope of Qingzhai will not be far away.
…
In Zhou Bai's favorite study room, Li Yuan, the deputy leader of the Taoist Regiment, and Yao Ping, the commander of the Xuanyi Guards, had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as Zhou Baigang sat down, Li Yuan reported with joy on his face: "Your Majesty, your dragon and tiger talisman is engraved behind the Pingcang County Law Office, and the authority of the government has greatly increased. Even a small official in the county government, as long as he has the county magistrate to seal official documents, It can suppress the wild hairy gods in the countryside, let alone those ordinary ghosts."
"What about the monks who have not yet joined the Taoist order? In addition to the legal network, can they resist the influence of the government." Zhou Bai nodded and immediately asked the key point.
Li Yuan's expression suddenly changed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Ordinary Taoists and even casual cultivators can only retreat in front of the official Peiyin."
"Weichen has tested it. The magistrate of Pingcang County used the official seal with him to attract the luck of the dragon and tiger, and directly suppressed the casual cultivators in the early stages of entering Taoism into ordinary mortals. Taoism is forbidden before the law of dragon and tiger."
Hearing this, Yao Ping, who had a lot of contact with people with extraordinary supernatural powers, also looked shocked.
You must know that before the Dragon and Tiger Talismans entered the French Open, although the official aura also had the power to suppress the extraordinary power, it was far from that outrageous. It was mostly suppressed by the instinct of the French Open.
Even in Shenjing City, dignified monks will not be suppressed into mortals, making their magic power completely inert.
"Where is Wu Fu?" Zhou Bai then asked.
"The repressive power will be much smaller, but with the same possession, the official talent can easily defeat the folk talent." Li Yuan replied without thinking.
He took out a photo ball from his storage bag. Inside was a scene of Ping Cang's martial arts training and the pursuit of Jiang Yang's thief.
At first, the two sides were chasing each other, and the fight was evenly divided. However, when the instructor took out the sea arrest documents and shouted angrily at the thieves for violating the law, the situation changed.
Suppressed by his official aura, Jiangyang's true energy was obviously not flowing smoothly, and in the end he had no choice but to surrender.
"At this point, under my rule, the difference between the inside and outside of the system is huge. Extraordinary power must also be limited by the king's law." Zhou Bai casually pointed at the official seals assigned to the two of them and said calmly.
A quarter of an hour ago, he witnessed that a team of ordinary government officials could destroy the evil temple.
It seems that there were some oversights in the Divine Court. There were wild gods and evil gods sneaking across the territory, but the God Lords cannot be entirely blamed.
During the civil war in Jin, countless resentful souls died tragically in battle, and countless monsters and ghosts were created.
Recently, Shenting has been busy guarding the south, guarding important places such as the capital and prefectures, and has not been able to completely block the large number of sneaking ghosts and gods from the north.
"With such signs, it seems that the unification of the Jin Kingdom is imminent. By then, Hu Yanhe will unify and clean up the country. It is reasonable for these things to flee in a hurry." Zhou Bai murmured in a low voice.
"Yao Ping, be sure to keep an eye on the intelligence on the grassland recently to see who they want to fight in the first battle after reunification."
Yao Ping immediately said seriously: "Wei Chen has taken the order. Taking advantage of the internal fight between the two golds, Xuan Yiwei has already infiltrated a large number of spies."
"Has the congratulatory gift for True Lord Minghui been delivered? Does he himself have any intention?"
"The true king wants me to tell you frankly that your uncle's temple is too small for the time being. If he can be enthroned in the prince's kingdom, he would be willing to be a big worshiper."
(End of chapter)
