After this disaster, some people in Daxia who once missed the "previous dynasty" completely returned to their hearts, and many people among the people set up memorial tablets for Zhou Bai.
There are no evil spirits, no irresistible disasters. The calamity of bad luck disappears quietly, but the fate of the country of Great Xia is still half intact.
What if Dingzhou was reduced to a dead end and Daxia's national power was greatly damaged?
The northern countries were shocked. A large number of immigrants appeared in Liangzhou, Daizhou and even Liangliao. They wanted to live in Xia Di.
Because the time and scale of this evil attack are similar in the northern countries, but the response methods and the degree of damage are completely different.
Ling Kingdom and Yan Kingdom were protected by Zhou Ding, and their luck was strong, but they were still cut off by nearly 30% of their luck.
Bad luck swept across the territory, small disasters and catastrophes occurred one after another, the casualties were heavy, and resentment abounded.
Both countries have the foundation of one state, and the results are pretty good, relying on luck to survive.
As for Tongzhou, Liaoxi Prefecture, Daizhou, Liangzhou and other places, the suffering is unspeakable, the mountains and rivers are broken, and there are countless displaced people.
For example, in the Liang Kingdom, calamity hit the capital, the central legal network was broken, and the Tianzhu collapsed into pieces.
Then the remaining evil spirits swept across the country. There was no legal suppression to coordinate the overall situation, and there was not enough luck to expel it.
In the end, various large-scale natural disasters broke out, mountains shifted, rivers changed their courses, and blizzards covered the entire territory.
Nearly half a million people died unexpectedly, evil spirits gathered in groups, and the people of Liang were extremely disappointed with the Liang court.
Even the Jin Kingdom did not dare to march south after dealing with the disaster, for fear that the mess would fall on themselves.
A once-in-a-century white-haired wind washed away the north and south of the Yinshan Mountains, and the national destiny declined. They did not have enough food themselves, let alone help the victims.
Liang Marquis Zhao Qi could only ask for help from the Xia State, and at the same time wrote a letter to his wife Zhao Ci, hoping that she could blow the pillow and ask Daxia to provide some supplies to the Liang State.
There was also Daizhou. After the Fengchang catastrophe, dozens of horse bandits and rebels suddenly appeared with numerous soldiers and horses.
Either they are real victims of the disaster, or they are led by powerful leaders. In short, they just want to survive now.
Small countries don't have the luck to protect them, so why not rob the government to protect themselves?
Faced with these bandits, the Xia army strictly guarded the border and did not hesitate to attack with force.
There are only honest refugees who will not refuse anyone who comes to Daxia, and under the banner of helping the world and bringing peace to the people, they have crossed the border to pick up people more than once.
If you dare to stop us, then don't blame me for sending troops to teach you a lesson.
After just a few battles, Daxia Zhoubai's neighbors all acquiesced in the exodus of disaster victims, and turned to frantically rectifying their internal affairs, striving to restore national strength as quickly as possible.
The abundant food and related logistics reserves gave Daxia the confidence to do this.
Soon, Zhou Bai's reputation as a holy king was no longer limited to Dingzhou, but spread wildly across the northern border.
The northerners who couldn't survive knew that they could survive as long as they reached the Xia Kingdom, and the Xia Guild would accept them.
There is food to eat, and a strong national destiny to withstand disaster...
In mid-November, there was still chaos outside, and the turmoil caused by bad luck in Daxia was coming to an end.
But Zhou Bai, sitting within the high walls of the palace, rarely had a real look at the situation among the people.
Most of the time, he can only observe the flow of luck through the legal system and see some changes in the overall situation.
For example, whether there is public dissatisfaction in a certain county, leading to a great decline in fortune, or whether officials in a certain place deceive superiors and deceive subordinates, and government orders are not implemented smoothly, etc.
What you hear is false and what you see is true. The larger the territory you rule and the more people you have, the less Zhou Bai knows that you can't lose touch with reality.
He is not the Emperor of Taiping who was raised in a deep palace since he was a child. He is the Emperor of Ma Ma, the first generation to create Daxia with his own hands.
In late November, Xia Gong Zhou Bai went on a patrol to the north.
This was also his first official tour after unifying Dingzhou and promoting Daxia to a principality.
Everyone knows that Daxia has been recuperating for a long time, and it will be the time to open up and expand its territory. For ministers who can stay true to the emperor's heart, it is easy to advance to two or three levels in a row.
It is usually difficult to achieve outstanding political achievements and gain the attention of the central government, but now that Duke Xia is on inspection, is there any better opportunity than this?
The officialdom of Daxia exploded, and officials at all levels showed their magical powers.
Improving street hygiene, arranging people to praise their merits, sending people to keep an eye on local thorns... everything is trying to show the style of great governance.
But how could Zhou Bai only look at the surface and not disclose the patrol route, destination, where to stay, and what he was patrolling?
The county government, county government, and township offices all went there, but they asked about government affairs and the people's situation, and did not listen to the officials' reports on the family.
Evaluations of gods, historical records of inspections by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, storage of Xuanyi Guard archives, private interviews with local squires and ordinary people, etc. will all become the basis for the evaluation of officials.
He will directly make a preliminary judgment based on the overall color of the French Open. Before the establishment of the French Open, it was light red, and how much it has changed in the past few years since the establishment of the French Open.
Zhou Bai will focus on areas with strong luck and high transfers to the central government, as well as areas with average and sluggish luck that cannot catch up with the overall level of development.
Is it officials' governance or environmental factors? Find out the reasons.
Fortunately, starting from Dingzhou County and heading north, what we saw on the ground was mostly good.
Of course, there must be some officials who did not meet Zhou Bai's requirements, otherwise he would not have made an inspection on the eve of the war.
Under the pressure of the calamity of misfortune, many problems were exposed.
Even though Daxia was still in a period of rapid development, it was normal for officials to govern with a clear mind, but people's hearts were fickle, and some once excellent officials became content with the status quo, and even became corrupt and greedy.
Promote and reward a group of people, punish and teach a group of people.
When Zhou Bai returned to Bei'an County, where he started, several veterans were forced to resign and return home.
When the sage is on the throne, the candle shines thousands of miles away.
Now everyone knew that Mr. Xia could clearly see some of the little tricks they did down there.
In Daxia's officialdom, some of the laziness created by the peaceful development was swept away.
In mid-December, Zhou Bai arrived in Cangbei County.
Although the current Cangbei is still not as good as any county in Cangnan, compared with the dilapidation and desolation before, the scene of thousands of miles of fertile fields and endless fields is refreshing.
In the past three years, Cangbei County has continued to recruit immigrants and build cities.
There are former Cangbei people who have returned to their hometown, and they make up nearly 200,000 people. There are also immigrants from other counties in Cangnan, about 150,000 people.
Most of the 150,000 people came because of the land transfer policy, and some were from the large Dingxi tribes who moved here. They disobeyed the government and were ordered to split up the border areas for immigration.
The above 350,000 people are mostly distributed in the southern part of Cangbei County, which is the traditional farming area.
In addition, there were 100,000 new people from the neighboring grasslands who were assigned to the southern part of Cangbei County to establish pastures to graze their animals safely while assisting the army in guarding the border.
A total of 450,000 people, plus nearly 100,000 soldiers, constitute the population structure of one county and four counties in Cangbei County.
Although the rural French Open is mostly white, the institutional French Open is generally light red, which can be considered a stable pattern and stable people.
With nothing left, it has now established four counties, settled 450,000 people, and can support the army with food and grass from time to time, reducing logistical pressure.
What is political achievement? This is political achievement.
It can only be said that Yan Luo cannot be a military governor, and that he can be a pure civil servant, which really caught Zhou Bai's eyes.
Zhou Bai spent the entire December, including the New Year of the seventh year of Tongzhi, in Cangbei.
Yan Luo, Jiao Tu, Huo Feiguang and other civil and military officials on the border of the town, as well as the Cangbei army and the people of Cangbei, all need to be at peace with him, the monarch who has been in the center for a long time.
On January 5, the seventh year of Tongzhi, Zhou Bai led the Polu general's ten thousand cavalry and Taoist priests to go north to the grassland and massacred the three tribes supported by the Jin Kingdom.
The tribes were frightened and took the tokens issued by Zhou Baiceng to pay tribute to Daxia to once again show their loyalty.
On January 10, Daxia worshiped the True Lord Minghui and led a group of 100 Taoist priests to cross the border and attack and kill the Fulong Shaman of the Jin Kingdom despite being suppressed by luck.
On January 20, the Taoist priests killed more than fifty black-robed shamans, fifteen silver-bordered shamans, and two gold-bordered shamans returned successfully.
Killing these shamans is not a random killing. One by one, they are all people who have been wandering around the Jinxia border all year round and have been blacklisted for causing havoc.
The meaning is very obvious, two words, establish authority.
I, Zhou Bai, am in Cangbei. Do you dare to come and fight?
If you don't dare to come, please stay in the grassland and don't try to go south again.
Any tentacle that dares to reach out will be counterattacked with thunder.
In the end, Zhou Bai stayed until the end of January, and Hu Yanhe swallowed his breath as if he didn't notice the provocation.
After the last defeat, the vitality has not yet been restored, and the black veins have not provided much support in the current calamity. As a result, the Jin Kingdom is actually very weak now, and it is impossible for Hu Yanhe to mobilize the army to march south at this time.
Just the partial strength revealed this time in Daxia scared the top brass of the Jin Kingdom, and the gap seemed to be getting wider and wider.
This tentative provocation was successful. Daxia's northern neighbor had no intention of going south for the time being.
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Zhou Bai set out to return south with peace of mind, but on the way, he kept giving orders.
Wave after wave of messengers holding gold medals and carrying dragon and tiger arrow orders rushed to various places.
To launch a cross-state war, it is definitely not enough to dispatch the Forbidden Army alone. The garrison and militia must keep up.
The remaining members of the cabinet and the six ministries must be a little puzzled, because this does not comply with the troop deployment procedures and is somewhat disrespectful to them.
Under normal circumstances, in order to maintain the Daxia system and smooth the flow of luck, Zhou Bai would not go beyond his ministers and act like this.
Can’t wait for cabinet discussions or even for orders from the Ministry of War?
Zhou Bai really couldn't wait. He must fight this battle. The unification of Western Shu was progressing too fast.
Just one year after the death of the White Emperor, only half of the eighteen dragons in Western Shu were left.
Among them, the three Shu dragon candidates that Zhou Bai once judged have now each won a state, and their fortunes are booming, with signs of dragons fighting in the wild.
More importantly, in February of the seventh year of Tongzhi, Du Yu, Bagong of Western Sichuan, launched a large-scale attack on Jianzhou and achieved successive great victories, and now he swallowed another Jiannan python.
Ever since Zhou Bai observed the weather in Xishu, he had been paying close attention to Du Yu's actions.
Because Du Yu is one of the Three Dragons of Western Shu, and has the potential to unify Western Shu. He rose up on the basis of the Jiang Yuan Dragon of Bazhou, and he is quite majestic.
Qinzhou is located outside the Western Shu Basin. Jianzhou is the first state entering Shu from the north, and Bazhou is further south.
Neither Jianzhou nor Bazhou are rich, and can only be compared with the newly established Dingzhou. The real Tianfu Plain is in Dongyizhou and Xiyizhou behind.
Yizhou in the east and west is located in the center of Xishu, with thousands of miles of fertile wilderness, dense population, and developed commerce. It can be said that it is not inferior to the Central Region and Jiangnan.
Historically, Qianlong, who started his career in Xishu, no matter where he was, must have wanted to win the benefits of both the east and the west first.
At the very least, they must capture part of the Tianfu Plain, otherwise it will be difficult to gather resources and fortune.
Now the other two Shu dragons are doing the same thing and are desperately fighting for control of Liangyi.
Only Du Yu couldn't bear to eat the fat on the side, but went north to attack the barren Jianzhou.
You must know that after the death of Bai Emperor, the fortune of Western Shu increased greatly, and many sects were born. In fact, it was the states and countries that survived the disaster, which was far less difficult than other places.
Among them, Pakistan's performance is particularly outstanding. The national destiny is like Japan's, and it has overcome the adversity without shaking its foundation at all.
Logically speaking, it was an excellent time to go south to Liangzhou at this time, but he chose to defy everyone's opinion and mobilize the entire country's military force to go north to Jianzhou.
The other dragons in Western Shu didn't understand, but they welcomed him. The subjects of Ba and even the Fulong sect didn't understand either, but their persuasion was ineffective.
The only thing that makes sense may be that they want to avoid the other two powerful enemies and prevent the three dragons from getting into a melee in advance.
If the other two Shu dragon candidates fight to the death, there may be a chance for the fisherman to benefit.
However, this reason is actually untenable. The theory of the Three Dragons of Western Shu is not Zhou Bai's original creation. After the death of the White Emperor, the ownership of the Dragon Qi of Shu is too obvious, and any true king can get a glimpse of the secret.
No one is a fool and would really ignore Du Yu's eager gaze.
What does Jianzhou have? There are millions of people who cannot meet the luck standards of Guzhou, there are countless mountains and hills, and there are miasma poisonous insects that mortals fear...
In short, it is definitely not wrong to describe it as barren. It is a pity to throw away the food if it is tasteless.
However, from Zhou Bai's perspective, he understood Du Yu's approach and considered this person to be one of his biggest opponents in the future.
Why does Jianzhou often appear in history books, and every time there is a great change in the world, it has a colorful brushstroke.
There is no such thing, just because Jianzhou still has Jiange Road.
The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the blue sky. Most of the difficulties are related to the difficulty of walking in Jian Pavilion.
Suolong Ridge is just a mountain. It is not difficult for the army to climb over it, but Jiange Road is a mountain road connecting countless mountains.
It's too crowded for a person to walk along the narrow path, and how difficult it is for an army carrying food and equipment to walk.
Du Yu's attack on Jianzhou was ambitious and far-sighted.
And Zhou Bai is even more worried that this is a chain reaction caused by the breaking of the dragon lock.
If after fully controlling the Jiange Road, Du Yu attacks Qinzhou, then the road out of Shu will really be unobstructed.
Zhou Bai's journey to the west to become king was interrupted, and he could not contain a powerful enemy in advance.
If the dragon of Shu does not come out of Shu, it will be fine; if it goes out of Shu, it will sweep the world.
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On February 10, the seventh year of Tongzhi, Daxia issued a petition for gold, listed twenty major unjust crimes, and called on the northern countries to raise troops to attack and restore peace to the northern border.
Hu Yanhe was so angry that he vomited blood. He wanted to save him, but he always pretended to be a righteous teacher.
The entire Jin Kingdom has become united because of the Xia Kingdom's upcoming offensive. Soldiers and horses from all major surnames have gathered in Yinshan, ready to defend the Xia people from going north.
But according to the intelligence, your Xia Kingdom only has 20,000 cavalry.
Do these arrogant Xia people really want to conquer their kingdom on horseback with infantry? !
Hu Yanhe was keenly aware that perhaps this was an unprecedented opportunity. No matter how many elite infantrymen you have, they will be useless in the Yinshan grassland.
(End of chapter)
