With the smooth flow of government orders, officials from various places have a backbone and begin to mobilize manpower and material resources and integrate various resources. The power exerted by the operation of a huge organization is unmatched by any family gentry. What's more, now there are rebellions or rebellions in various places. More or less, they have their backing.
These people are not of the same mind, cannot get together, and cannot withstand the full power of the court.
In the past six months, Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Youzhou next to Zhongzhou were the first to be pacified. No one was allowed to snore beside the bed.
The imperial court reorganized the Forbidden Army camp, and then integrated the soldiers from all the counties in Zhongzhou to form a total of 200,000 troops. These troops were real troops, with no vacancies and no water.
Every time a rebel army is defeated, the leading general will gather the elites among them, disperse them, and fill them into the army. Moreover, there are monks accompanying the army in the Forbidden Army. With the help of the monks, it is easy to distinguish which ones are true surrenders and which ones are. Fake surrender.
When the Great Zhou Dynasty swept the world, although many of the veterans had withered away and had been peaceful for decades, the descendants of those veterans were passed down very well. After all, they were only the second generation. The third generation was not so easy to decay. lonely.
What's more, Emperor Shenwu implemented a rotation system for the border army. Most of these nobles have experienced in the border army. They are not the kind of people who talk about military affairs on paper. On the other hand, the aristocratic family has no shortage of resources, people, weapons and armor. , but when it comes to fighting, he is a layman.
An army of 200,000 people alternates between old and new, with the old leading the new. Those veterans are the remaining Forbidden Army after being selected by Xuanjing Division. They were originally from the border army, and they have experienced sieges and bombings of camps. They can be said to be truly qualified. Veterans, in addition to their guilt-ridden nature, are extremely eager for military success. When fighting, they are all desperate and brave.
Although the private soldiers brought by these aristocratic families had undergone rigorous training and were well-trained, they had never been on the battlefield. Before the revelation of Emperor Shenwu's refining of the human magic pill, the Great Zhou Dynasty was still peaceful and prosperous. Except for There are wars at the border from time to time, but the rest of the country is calm, with almost no basis for war.
Da Zhou's actions were too fast, almost unbelievably fast. Originally, the aristocratic family thought that the central government would fall into chaos of fighting for power. It would take at least two or three months from the establishment of the crown prince to the enthronement of the new emperor.
But who would have thought that the imperial court would let Princess Yong'an succeed to the throne? This was something they did not expect.
Of course, these three states are close to the center. Even if there is a rebellion, it is just a small fight. Although it is huge, it can only bring refugees to occupy the geographical location of the states and counties and consume the combat power of the Forbidden Army.
The rebellion outside the three states is not so easy to deal with. Not all rebels are so vulnerable. The further away from the court, the stronger these rebels are.
They conquered each other, occupied states and counties, and competed for resources. In the process, the rebels under their command also transformed and became a real army. What's more, they actually captured most of the state.
In troubled times, golden horns and silver-edged grass belly, unless you can control the center and hold the emperor to control the princes, otherwise, the closer you get to the center, the more likely you will be unlucky.
Of course, the imperial court was not only clearing out the rebels, but was also reforming internally. In the past, when Emperor Shenwu was still alive, laws were lax, nepotism was used, and officials from top to bottom were colluding, making the administration corrupt.
Later, even though Zhang Daozhi, the chief minister of the cabinet, was iron-blooded, without the support of the emperor, even if he wanted to reorganize the administration and eliminate the shortcomings, he was unable to do so. When the late emperor was still alive, he was quite critical of him. After all, people are reluctant to engage in war when they are old. It's just that Zhang Daozhi is very capable, and Emperor Shenwu still relies on him to stabilize the court, so he can only tolerate it.
Otherwise, how could he keep the court running if he stayed in the Yangxin Hall?
There are only a few ministers in the cabinet, and without a strong minister to suppress them, I am afraid they would have started to fight. Moreover, the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty stretches thousands of miles and has hundreds of millions of people. It cannot be done by just reading a few memorials. , many major events require the emperor's approval before they can be passed.
This is also the biggest reason why the court cannot function without the emperor.
Nowadays, Emperor Yong'an has succeeded to the throne, and Empress Chen is in power and has the right to criticize the emperor. The relationship between the two parties can be regarded as a certain tacit understanding. They also know that the situation of the current Great Zhou Dynasty is very similar to that of Emperor Shenwu's succession. Therefore, They just need to follow the path of the late emperor again.
With the strong support of Empress Chen, Zhang Daozhi was tough and showed his iron-blooded demeanor. For a time, a storm of anti-corruption was set off in the capital. Every day, countless officials were ransacked, exiled, and beheaded. These were the silverfish of the imperial court. .
When Emperor Shenwu was in power, he thought these people were veterans and turned a blind eye. But without the emperor's protection, they were like fattened lambs, and the court was waiting for their wealth to fill the treasury. There are still many people waiting for them to die to make room for them. Of course, there are also corrupt officials who have sacrificed their property in advance to save their lives, and there are also officials with strong connections who collude with nobles. Therefore, the court only deals with some officials.
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. In the officialdom, one has to be the same as everyone else, and one size fits all is not a good thing for the court. What's more, those noble generals are still fighting chaos everywhere. If someone's home is confiscated, aren't you afraid that they will turn around and join those wealthy families?
Under the auspices of Zhang Daozhi, the government was streamlined and streamlined, and after fighting corruption, the efficiency of the court's affairs was much improved than before, and its control over the states and counties was even higher.
However, during this period, the Tatars from the northwest prairie invaded the border town with great momentum, and even broke through several passes. Fortunately, the central government had already prepared the advance and responded in time to repel them.
The only fly in the ointment is that the Tatars' losses were not large, and they will definitely come back in the future.
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Imperial Prefecture.
Su Ming was sitting in the backyard, with a small eucalyptus in front of him, and a pitch-black piano placed on the eucalyptus. It is midsummer, and there is a pond in the yard. Lotus flowers are in full bloom in the pond. Red, pink, white and golden ones are swaying in the breeze, and the faint fragrance of lotus lingers in the air.
He was lying in front of the eucalyptus, his fingertips were flying, and the sweet sound of the piano was lingering. "Your Majesty, the secret guards of the Xuanjing Division have been trained, and all weapons and weapons have been arranged." A dark figure slowly emerged behind him.
Su Ming raised his eyelids slightly and said, "Send them to various states and counties to re-establish the Xuanjing Division. They will first occupy the large cities and leave the small counties alone. Do a good job in intelligence work."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The man in black robe bowed and disappeared into the small courtyard again.
Three months ago, Li Waner handed over the secret guards in his hands to him, which directly doubled the strength of the secret guards in his hands. With enough manpower, the expansion of the Xuanjing Division's manpower would be faster.
After he invested a lot of resources, the initially selected Imperial Guards embarked on the path of monks. They themselves were from the army and had martial arts training. They mainly learned the use of various talismans and magical weapons.
For this reason, Su Ming almost consumed all the resources he had obtained from the emperor's inner treasury, and in order to refine magic weapons, armor stomachs, and elixirs, he also sent out the Yuan Shen monks in his hands. At the same time, they were also asked to give initiations and sermons to those forbidden troops, so as to improve their cultivation and fighting ability in the shortest possible time.
If there weren't more than a dozen Yuan Shen monks at their disposal, otherwise, this matter would never have been completed in just three months.
In order to complete this matter, in the past three months, the people of Xuanjing Division have been hiding inside and rarely moved out.
Therefore, Su Ming handled some troublesome matters personally, which made him not appear in front of the courtiers for a long time.
Fortunately, all these efforts were worth it. The Xuanjing Division added 20,000 secret guards, almost three times the number before. These people were also converted by Su Ming using the Selfless Sanskrit Sound early on.
Of course, it was still far behind the Xuanjing Division at its peak, whether in terms of numbers, cultivation, or combat power.
With these secret guards, it will be easy to rebuild the Xuanjing Division in various places. Not to mention, after the Xuanjing Division secret guards joined the battle, the imperial army's combat power has increased to a higher level, and it has become more capable of dealing with the rebels.
"Xiao Bai, it's time for you to step into the realm of the soul." After he left, Su Ming put the Tianlong Qin into the storage ring and looked at the tiger lying beside him.
"Ouch." When she heard Su Ming's voice, she raised her big head and roared, seeming a little excited.
Su Ming has been suppressing it to advance to the Yuanshen Realm, just to strengthen its foundation in the Yuanying Realm. After entering the Yuanshen Realm, its combat power soared rapidly.
"Go ahead."
Su Ming touched its head and whispered.
Xiaobai rubbed his hand, then stood up and took off without hesitation, disappearing. Although Su Ming didn't care about it on the surface, he secretly sent two Yuan Shen monks to look after him.
They will not participate in Xiaobai's tribulation, because this is his tribulation, but once the tribulation of the soul is over, there will definitely be people who take advantage of it.
A white tiger with dragon blood is extremely rare, not to mention that the white tiger blood in Xiaobai's body has been developed a lot. How can such a great demon of the soul not attract the greedy prying eyes of others?
And if it was going through the tribulation near the capital, the noise would be too great, and Su Ming had no time to pay attention to it.
After Xiaobai left, Su Ming returned to Tianshu Pavilion. Compared with the previous deserted situation, Tianshu Pavilion was now a bit more popular. Each floor had special secret guards to deal with news from various places.
He followed the stairs and stepped onto the top of Tianshu Pavilion step by step.
Standing here, overlooking the capital, you can even get a faint glimpse of the imperial city. Within three months, the capital has regained its prosperity, and is even more prosperous than when Li Waner succeeded to the throne. The new emperor has a new atmosphere. Compared with the decadence and desolation when Emperor Shenwu was in power, the capital city is now full of vitality.
Shangjing City, as the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, gathered the essence of the entire Zhou Dynasty. As long as the imperial court was still there, it would always maintain its transcendent status. Moreover, as the Guanzhong Plain gradually recovered, the fertility of the land gradually recovered, making Shangjing City self-sufficient and no longer requiring water transportation.
Therefore, compared with the previous dynasty, the court saved a lot of manpower and material resources.
At this moment, Su Ming looked at the people coming and going on the street, with a cold look in his eyes. Unfortunately, Dazhou would never be able to return to its heyday during the period of Emperor Shenwu.
Now, the national destiny of the Great Zhou Dynasty has only recovered to less than one-third of its heyday, and this is after clearing the three states next to Zhongzhou.
However, rebels from various places have begun to take root in the local area. Although they are rebelling, no one has claimed the title of king or emperor. They can only be regarded as a small separatist force. But with the support of the aristocratic family, they can play the game of high building. The wall, the accumulation of grain, the trick of slowly becoming king.
There are also aristocratic families who unite and occupy the prefectures and counties early. The rebels are so powerful that they sweep through two or three major states. They are so powerful that they are ready to become the king. However, after all, they are far away from the central hinterland and beyond the reach of the court.
Deploying troops from surrounding prefectures and counties could not pose a threat to these rebels. For a while, the court had no choice but to slowly recover the lost territory with the central center as the core.
Even though rebellions continued in various places, the fundamentals of the imperial court remained and the people's support was not completely lost. However, unforeseen circumstances, such as constant disasters in various places in recent years, coupled with the rampant corruption of corrupt officials, forced the people to rebel.
Although the imperial court quickly reformed the civil service and fought against corruption, it was already too late. Moreover, when the imperial court's decrees were issued to local governments, they would often change once they infringed on the interests of local officials. Therefore, the anti-corruption campaign in the imperial court can only be carried out at the central level and cannot be promoted at the local level.
There were common people rebelling, and with the promotion of aristocratic families, rebellions occurred repeatedly in various places.
In Su Ming's eyes, dragons have been born all over the world. Except for the imperial court, there is a dragon in the southeast, north and south, and there are also grass pythons and python dragons among them. But as long as the Great Zhou Dragon in the capital does not die, the dragons everywhere will never be able to transform into dragons. In the northwest prairie, a dragon and wolf are standing there, staring at the Central Plains.
Moreover, not only these, he also saw the demonic energy that filled the southern border and the dragon energy in the water veins of the world. He would not have been able to see it before.
However, now he is worthy of his name as a national advisor. Emperor Yong'an ordered him to take charge of the Qintian Prison and monitor the world's strange phenomena. With this level of authority, Su Ming can see the destiny of various places.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Su Ming's expression condensed and he looked outside the capital. There, three figures slowly appeared in his sight. These three people were a monk and a Confucian.
This monk was Su Ming's former follower, Monk Wangchen. He was wearing gray monk robes and looking at the gate of the capital with a sigh on his face. He had already entered the realm of Nascent Soul.
There were two other people beside him. One was a young Taoist priest wearing a black Taoist robe. He was tall and tall, holding a floating dust in his hand. He had an extraordinary bearing. He was also in the realm of Nascent Soul. Standing next to him was a young scribe wearing a white scholar's uniform. He was a good-looking man, holding a folding fan. He was gentle and elegant, and there was a faint aura of awe-inspiringness between his brows.
When Su Ming saw them for the first time, he observed their luck, but he found that except for Monk Wangchen, he could not see through the other two people.
This is strange!
