Kunlun one millet

Chapter 97

"Try to turn the tide?" The king's face showed a trace of solemnity: "I never thought that you would have such high hopes for the master."

Zhao Mi replied: "Your Majesty, there was Xiong Guobing who pointed directly at Dongshengdu. At that time, I was young and fled with my grandfather. I witnessed countless people who were devastated. If it wasn't for the master's wonderful method, he summoned you in the outskirts of Dongshengdu. Let the generals of the immortal family come down to earth, and try our best to resist the enemy, it is hard to say what Hua Xu's state is like today."

"Your words are from the heart?" the king asked.

"I don't like the national teacher, and I even avoid him for fear." Zhao Mi didn't answer directly, but asked: "It's just that I feel that if the current turmoil in the court is pushed to the extreme, the result will be terrible." how?"

The lord of the country did not speak, Zhao Mi continued: "I am afraid that the national teacher will not sit and wait for death. At that time, the skills of the tongue and the clever writing will be completely useless. I am fortunate to have witnessed the magic power of the national teacher's fairy family, Xingluo County. How powerful is the demon Yangliu-jun? If he fights with the national teacher for less than three times, he will be completely destroyed. If the situation becomes unmanageable, and the Chongxuan Pavilion is close at hand, how can His Majesty deal with it?"

Zhao Mi admitted that this palace city, carefully built and arranged by geomancers, can indeed prohibit the use of magic spells and prevent monks from assassinating and attacking.But in the face of Liang Tao's almost immortal state, a palace city is just for the purpose of shrinking and protecting itself.

What's more, Liang Tao also has a clan brother who is leading the army outside. If the Yongjia Liang family is really cornered, and the two sides tear their skins apart and fight each other without caring about the consequences, Dong Sheng may become an armpit in an instant.

And Huaxu Kingdom and Chongxuanguan are intertwined with each other. Many descendants of the Immortal Lineage who have no roots and talents serve as local officials. Half of the court are from the four surnames of Chongxuanguan Immortal Lineage, or are related to it In-laws, protégés.If Liang Tao really intends to change the dynasty and establish a new monarch, even if he can't do it at will, I'm afraid no one can stop him.

Zhao Mi could see that the court of Huaxu Kingdom maintained a fragile balance, and all parties were ready to go, and any disturbance would lead to turmoil, just like it is now.

The Chongxuan Pavilion headed by Liang Tao, probably won't be the one that loses the most.In particular, Liang Tao, a person who is deeply rooted in power and deeply involved in the mundane world, would not care about the demeanor of a supernatural being born in the world, and he would not hesitate to fight. It is innocent people who suffer.

However, Zhao Mi vaguely felt that the people's livelihood is not the most important thing in the dispute between the two parties in the court, so he might not be able to persuade the king by saying so, so he had to use Liang Taoxiu's mana to talk about the matter, so that the king could retreat.

"Zhao Shu, you can be regarded as successful in cultivation, isn't there any way to restrain yourself?" The king stood up and said with his hands behind his back.

"Your Majesty, compared with the national teacher, the mediocre minister can be regarded as shallow in cultivation. How can we talk about restraint?" Zhao Mi sighed in a low voice.

In fact, the Huaxu country is now in a dilemma. If there is no such a master as Liang Tao, other countries that are eyeing tigers will definitely invade.But Liang Tao has the merits of protecting the country, but it also made him powerful and bullying others.The immortal family under his shelter invaded people and annexed the fields, and the people complained.

If Liang Tao is a pure-hearted and ascetic cultivator, then the king and ministers of the Huaxu Kingdom will naturally worship him, why did he get into the current situation?

But on second thought, why did Zhao Mi ask Liang Tao to have such a temperament?That's the reality, you have to face it.

"Forget it." The lord said: "I know what you think, let's step back first."

……

A few days after Zhao Shu had an audience with the king, there was news in the palace of the treatment of the Zheng family of Jiujiang.

The lord of the country saw that the Zheng family in Jiujiang had been loyal to the country in the past, but they only deprived the main family of the Zheng family of official titles and titles.

In addition, the lord of the country also issued an order to reduce the land, and began to check the hidden population of large households in some counties and counties in the middle of the country, and re-revised the household registration.

Anyone can see that the king's order is aimed at the Zheng family of Jiujiang.The Zheng family seems to have escaped the execution, but the farm property accumulated over the years is destined to be lost.

At first, there were ministers in the court who opposed the investigation of the population in the fields, thinking that the officials sent by the court to the localities would take this opportunity to plunder the people, which might provoke a civil uprising.

But this did not form a significant wave of noise. Everyone seemed to find that Liang Guoshi did not intervene in the disposition of the king, and presumably reached a consensus.

Interestingly, after the Zheng family of Jiujiang was disposed of, the lord of the country issued another decree that the country should give honor to the loyal and good heroes, and if they died in the battlefield, the descendants would be named after them.And the one who ranked first in the imperial decree was to confer the title of Marquis of Zhenming on Zhao Mi, the deacon of the Jinding Division, and reward him with a manor house.

When this imperial decree was passed on to the Jinding Division, Zhao Mi froze in place, and it was only after Xuanzhi Langguan called several times that Zhao Mi came back to his senses.

"Congratulations to Deacon Zhao, oh, I should call you Marquis Zhenming from now on." Lang Guan who came to announce the decree said with a smile.

Zhao Mi held the imperial decree in his hand and sent the other party away respectfully. Everyone in the Jinding Division immediately gathered together to congratulate Zhao Mi, while Anyang Hou patted Zhao Mi on the shoulder and said: "The day is finally here. Brother Ziliang is alive in heaven, so I can see you, my nephew." Today’s achievement, thinking about it, will also be deeply gratifying.”

"Although father's heroic spirit is far away, he still bears the burden." Zhao Mi said, "It's also thanks to Uncle Shi who spoke in front of the king, otherwise there would be no posthumous title today."

"You fought for this yourself!" Marquis Anyang waved the rest of the people away, and started talking to Zhao Shu alone: ​​"The Zheng family of Jiujiang has made great contributions to the country in the past, but now it has ended up like this, which will inevitably cause gossip in the court and the public. The lord This move is to show the world that those who work hard for the country should not be allowed to sink into hardship. If the predecessors sacrificed their lives to go to disaster, they should naturally follow suit."

Zhao Mi nodded in agreement, and Anyang Hou showed pleasure: "Now that the Zheng family in Jiujiang is overthrown, it is impossible to even be a rich man in a farm house. The nephew's words are really like an ax and a sharp blade, and he cut down a piece of Chongxuan Hall. arm!"

"I just mentioned it casually. In the end, the lord will decide the life and death of the Zheng family." Zhao Mi did not express his attitude in front of the lord to the Marquis of Anyang. Judging by his tone and expression, it seemed that he didn't know that Zhao Mi had no choice. Criticize and bite Liang Tao.

"Jiujiang Zheng's family has been completely defeated this time!" Marquis Anyang was very excited: "Even Guoshi Liang has given up on them, and now everyone from all walks of life is staring at his family's estates and manors, watching how to carve them up. "

Zhao Shu frowned and asked, "Didn't the lord of the country order the investigation of the number of people in the land, and the calculation of the average land? Why do you want to divide it?"

Marquis Anyang waved his hand: "I don't know about this nephew. If he becomes a citizen of the state, it seems that he can get the land, but all kinds of taxes and corvee collection are also on his head. Now we need to investigate Jiujiang The land population of the Zheng family, but in the local counties, who knows if those land populations are still under the name of the Zheng family? People who are sent by the king to work must also consider their own long-term livelihood. The ground was smashed to death by a hoe?"

"Who dares to do this?" Zhao Mi was startled.

"Who do you think is staring at Jiujiang Zheng's farmer?" Anyanghou asked.

Zhao Mi changed his mind, and immediately understood: "The other three families of Xianxie Xueyin?"

"That's right!" Anyang Hou said, "Guoshi Liang didn't do his best to protect the Zheng family. Presumably, it was to appease the Wang and Chu families, so as not to renounce them and sacrifice the Zheng family to keep the other two families. Although this move is insidious, it is still a solution. .Of course, the Yongjia Liang family must have benefited a lot from it."

Zhao Mi couldn't help clenching his fists secretly: "At the end of the trouble, a group of wild dogs and crows gathered to eat the corpses!"

"My nephew's words scolded me." Anyanghou said.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Mi was puzzled.

"Isn't it also mentioned in the edict of the canonization of the title, is there a mansion and manor for you?" Anyang Hou asked: "Guess whose manor manor is it?"

"Zheng Shi." Zhao Mi sneered inexplicably, but he didn't feel any joy in his heart.

For the first time, Zhao Mi felt how naive he was. He thought that his point of view could really benefit the common people, but he didn't expect the follow-up at all.Seemingly out of good intentions, nothing changed in the end, and even himself became a despicable and abominable carrion beast.

……

"The lord of the country seems to be quite fond of Zhao Shu."

In the Yuyi Pavilion, there are heavy veils hanging on all sides, which seems to have the effect of isolating the eyes and ears of ghosts and gods.Mrs. Zhu Zi shook the spinning wheel, her plain clothes were still on, she looked at Zhang Duanjing with lowered eyebrows and closed eyes, and said: "It's just that I also heard from the Lord that Zhao Mi thinks Liang Tao is the pillar of the country and should not be an enemy. His words and deeds seem to be It is slightly different from what Anyang Hou said."

"Zhao Mi made his own decision, and I will punish him later." Zhang Duanjing said.

Mrs. Zhu Zi sighed lightly: "Why are you doing this? He has just been canonized as Marquis of Zhenming by the lord of the country, and he wants to come here in high spirits. The punishment at this time may damage the state of mind of Lingming, and it is enough to make a little mention afterwards."

Zhang Duanjing didn't answer, Madam Zhu Zi stopped spinning: "You used to overwhelm Zhao Mi too much, with his talent, it's not surprising that he can achieve what he is today.

I'm also to blame for this matter, Marquis of Anyang was greedy for meritorious deeds, and did a little too much, I didn't bring him back on track.In fact, under the circumstances at that time, even if Zhao Mi tried hard to bite Liang Tao in front of the king, it would probably be of no avail.

Liang Tao was far-sighted, and he dug out the connection between Huanbo Palace and the Zhou family early on, and he held back until the king's edge was fully revealed.Fortunately, Liang Tao didn't want the turmoil to get worse, and he took the initiative to abandon the Jiujiang Zheng family as I expected, in exchange for Wang and Chu's family's peace of mind.

But there is one thing I still want to remind you, Zhao Mi seems to be targeted by Liang Tao, it is hard to predict his own intentions this time, I don't know if he is bewitched by Liang Tao, in short, you have to be careful. "

Zhang Duanjing was still staring down at the teacup in front of him, while Mrs. Zhu Zi showed a trace of displeasure: "You just said something!"

"Zhao Mi was not bewitched." Zhang Duanjing said.

"I'm not talking about magic tricks, but about people's support!" Mrs. Zhu Zi said, "Zhao Mi is your student. Liang Tao is not a killer, so he has more sinister intentions. Colluding secretly with him, it's hard to say who Jin Dingsi will work for in the future!"

Zhang Duanjing raised his eyes and said, "Zhao Mi is upright and guarding his heart. If there is no reason, it is impossible to convince him to work for Liang Tao."

Mrs. Zhu Zi said: "You don't seem to be clear. The person who went to Jinding Division to take away Zhao Mi was the daughter of the Jiang family in Chongxuan Pavilion. It was the Jiang Ru who seduced Luo Xixian!"

"Zhao Mi has no intention of female sex," Zhang Duanjing said.

"He is a young man after all, not to mention that Jiang's family is wild and charming, and they are used to entertaining people with their sensuality. How can you guarantee that Zhao Mi will not indulge in it?" Mrs. Zhu Zi asked, "Don't forget, Luo Xixian is also a leader in the Huaiying Pavilion. Even he couldn't avoid it."

"Zhao Mi is not Luo Xixian." Zhang Duanjing retorted.

Mrs. Zhu Zi frowned and said, "You are too partial to Zhao Mi, even to the point of blindness."

Zhang Duanjing was expressionless and did not respond, Mrs. Zhu Zi sighed: "The Marquis of Anyang is right, it is time to arrange a marriage for Zhao Mi. Now he is not only a monk of Guanxi, but also Marquis of Zhenming and the official of the court, all alone On the contrary, it attracts vicious peeps. Get married and start a business early, and avoid those restless actions."

……

When Zhao Mi came outside Zheng's mansion, he saw many servants moving things out, not at all bossy and arrogant, but in a hurry, almost as if they were grabbing things, big bags and small bags , Large boxes and small boxes are messy.

Although the Zheng family in Jiujiang was deprived of their official titles and demoted to common people, the property they accumulated over the years was not confiscated by decree. This may be due to the special kindness of the king. The wealth of the super common people.

It's just that it's easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. The Zheng family of Jiujiang used to be a noble family, but it collapsed almost overnight.

Fortunately, there were guards guarding the streets outside Zheng's mansion, and those snitches who smelled of blood were not allowed to break in and steal.

And because the lord gave Zheng's mansion to Zhao Mi, the Zheng clan members who lived there could only pack up their things quickly, but they didn't expect Zhao Mi to come so soon.

Seeing Zhao Mi wearing a green and black brocade robe with black inscriptions and yellow ribbons hanging from his waist, He Dangguan and a team of guards followed behind him. Minghou.

Seeing a few women rushing out of the courtyard with big and small burdens, almost bumping into Zhao Mi, a middle-aged woman scolded immediately:
"Where did you come from the country poor? It's not your turn to break into this family yet! Why don't you get out?!"

When Zhao Mi heard this, he immediately thought of Zheng Tunan. The woman's eyebrows, eyes and nose seemed to be somewhat similar to Zheng Tunan.

He Dangguan held the hilt of his sword, and was about to go up to teach him a lesson, when Zhao Mi raised his hand to stop him, but the middle-aged woman said viciously: "Well! The king dare not kill us, you bastards! If you are poor, you dare to do it, right? Do you really think we are easy to bully?"

"enough!"

An old man shouted, and Zheng Yulou stepped out leaning on a stick, with a gloomy expression, stooped shoulders, staring at him with red eyes:
"Deacon Zhao...or should I call you Marquis Zhenming now?"

(End of this chapter)