The counterattack of the villains

Chapter 168 To be both the Supreme and the Emperor

The supreme court has collapsed, and the world will annihilate Wushen Jue Palace and kill Jue Wushen's father and son, which can be regarded as revenge for Supreme.

Even those people in the martial arts who used to have hatred against the world have nothing to say now.

After all, after they attacked the branch of the Tianxiahui, and later turned against and beheaded Guichaluo, and were taken down by the Tianxiahui, Li Mu graciously forgave them and did not hold them accountable for attacking the Tianxiahui's branch.

What's more, Li Mu's martial arts is the highest in today's martial arts world, and the world will be the strongest. Besides Li Mu, who else has the qualifications to sit on the supreme position?
Therefore, when Li Mu and his party returned to Shuntian Mansion, those martial arts people who followed the main force of the Tianxiahui to Shuntian Mansion took the initiative to ask Li Mu to succeed him as the Supreme Martial Artist.

Li Mu didn't engage in any hypocritical tricks of three words and three requests, but he did his part and promised in public that he would uphold justice for the Shenzhou Wulin and govern the world well.

After accepting the pilgrimage of representatives of various forces in the martial arts at the Supreme Palace, Li Mu held a feast for three days.

After the banquet is over, it is natural to reshuffle the cards of the Chinese martial arts and divide the cake.

Li Mu's plan is to completely separate the martial arts and the folk, forming two parallel lines that do not intersect.

The martial arts has its rules, and the people have its laws and regulations. The rules of the martial arts do not apply to the people, and the laws of the people don't care about the people in the martial arts.

The order in the martial arts area is under the sole responsibility of the six sects, while the civil order must be re-established so that the king's laws and decrees can return to this world.

Crimes committed by people in the martial arts are arrested and dealt with by the six gates, while crimes committed by civilians are arrested and tried by the local government and Dali Temple.

In short, Li Mu, the supreme martial artist, should not only bear the responsibilities of a martial arts supreme, but also do what an emperor should do.

Everyone has no opinion on this aspect. Having a law enforcement agency in the martial arts is good for reducing unnecessary killings.

Anyway, the six doors are in charge of crimes such as bullying, murder, and robbery, such as martial arts competitions, fair duels, and death in such cases, the six doors don't care.

After all, martial arts is different from the rivers and lakes. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and ordinary people also have their own rivers and lakes.

But martial arts is martial arts, and the theme of martial arts is to compete with other martial arts masters, so killing someone in a fair duel is not a crime, and the loser can only blame himself for his inferior skills.

However, if it is a fair duel, there must be witnesses, and at the same time no one can report the crime.

As the saying goes, if the people do not sue the officials, they will not investigate, but once someone reports the crime, and there are no witnesses during the duel, the nature will be different.

The six doors will intervene in the investigation, and how to deal with it will be determined by the results of the investigation.

This operation can guarantee to the greatest extent that unnecessary killings can be avoided without interfering with the operation of martial arts and hindering the development of martial arts.

In terms of managing the people, Li Mu decided to open a course to recruit scholars. The supreme court formed a cabinet leadership team, set up three provinces and six ministries, and made Shangshu Province Shangshu Zuo Pushe as the prime minister to take charge of the government affairs of the court.

The local officials are dispatched by the imperial court, and the major martial arts forces are no longer allowed to intervene.

This article will be written into the imperial decree.

In other words, the martial arts forces will no longer have executive power, law enforcement power, and taxation power.

The previous structure of Shenzhou was somewhat similar to the enfeoffment system. The major martial arts forces were the princes, and they were equivalent to the emperors on their own one-third of an acre of land.

When Li Mu did this, he transitioned to a centralized feudal system, and the social system was considered to have improved.

However, this also touched the biggest cake of the martial arts forces at the same time, and the representatives of the various forces present all had a bad face.

But Li Mu won't do everything. If the martial arts forces are willing to do business, set up workshops, or even farm, he will also give certain preferential policies.

If you are not willing, you can also choose to join the Tianxiahui or take the imperial examination to become a member of the court.

As for not being happy, there is no way, the world will be powerful now, greater than all other martial arts forces combined, disobedience will only lead to death.

Li Muhui organized the members of the Tianxia Hui to be organized according to the army, and each sub-altar was equivalent to the guards in various places, and the sub-altar leader was the same as the commander of the guard.

The four halls of Tianshuang, Feiyun, Kamikaze, and Mountain Dew are respectively guarding the four sides of Shenzhou, which are equivalent to the four general soldiers.

Tianshuangtang is stationed in Furong City, the west of the main town.

Feiyuntang is stationed in Hangzhou, with the headquarter in Dongfang.

Shenfengtang is stationed in Wushuang City, north of the main town.

Mountain Dew Hall is stationed in Guangzhou, south of the main town.

In short, the world will help the people to be the army, the court and the local government will be the government, the military and the government will be separated, and they will not interfere with each other.

Only when Li Mu or the four hall masters ordered the branch altar to cooperate with the local government, the local government could mobilize the support of the branch altar.

If the local government office cannot handle a difficult case, it can seek help from the local branch of Six Doors.

For matters involving people in the martial arts, the six sects can handle it by themselves, and if they can't, they can also seek the cooperation of the local branch.

In short, the local government, the six-door branch, and the Tianxiahui branch, these three parties do not belong to each other, but supervise each other, but they can seek cooperation.

Of course, under this kind of political system, there may also be the phenomenon that the three parties work together, deceive the upper and lower, and cause harm to the local area.

There is no way around this. No system can perfectly solve this problem. After all, people manage people.

The only thing Li Mu can do is to set up a surveillance hall similar to Jinyiwei or Dongchang, and secretly monitor the world.

For example, they planted secrets in every department, and they usually work like a normal person in the department, but at the same time secretly supervise the department leaders.

Once any violation of law and discipline is found, report it to the hall master immediately, and the hall master will deal with it. If the hall master cannot be the master, you can report it to Li Mu, and Li Mu will make a decision.

The most suitable candidate for this hall master is Wuming, but Li Mu doesn't know if he can persuade him to do this.

If not, there is no choice but to choose Jianchen as the next best thing. I hope he can always maintain his original intention and always have a righteous heart.

If there is really no one available, then Li Mu will hand over the work of chief arrester of the six sects to others, and let Long Teng be the hall master. He is also the second person Li Mu can completely trust.

To put it bluntly, Long Teng is equivalent to a prince, he will never destroy his own family by himself.

After this imperial meeting, many martial arts forces chose to join the Tianxiahui and become court eagle dogs.

There are also martial arts forces who are heirs of poetry and etiquette, and decided to take the imperial examination and become an official.

In short, those who directly join are included in the military and belong to the Tianxiahui. They only need to practice martial arts well and contribute their military strength, and they are not allowed to interfere in politics.

Those who pass the test are included in the political arena, and belong to the imperial court, and can participate in governing the world, but they are not allowed to compete for fame in the martial arts, let alone fight privately with people in the martial arts.

Otherwise, even if you win the duel, you will be dismissed from office and never hired.

Li Mu is the leader of the Tianxiahui first, and the martial arts supreme and emperor second.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. As long as the military power is firmly held, no one can shake the position, so the world will always be the foundation of Li Mu.

The court and the people are the foundation for supporting the Tianxiahui.

Except for the forces who joined the Tianxiahui and decided to take the imperial examination, only a small number of martial arts forces with rich family backgrounds, owning their own industries, and not relying on taxes to live, chose to abide by the rules set by Li Mu and went back to their respective families.

Such forces are not without it. For example, in Tiexin Island, people sell iron and sell weapons. If they really count, they belong to the "worker" class among the four peoples. How can they need to occupy land and live by collecting taxes?

Another example is the Longmen Escort Bureau. They are escorts, and their business covers all over the world, and they earn a lot.

In addition, there are also some martial arts forces who are in business themselves, and they also look down on the little money they collect from taxes.

Of course, there are forces without their own industries and sources of income, and some of them did not choose to join the Tianxiahui and become officials.

These forces will be the key targets of Li Mu's stalking. Once he finds out that they are doing things secretly, or planning to do business without money, Li Mu will decisively kill them.

What's more interesting is that Luo Xian also chose to join the Tianxiahui, and the city lord of Luocheng has since become the master of the sub-altar of Luocheng, and his power has been severely weakened.

I don't know what she wants to do. If she wants to go undercover, it will be very interesting.

……

Two months later, the main altar of the Tianxiahui was completely relocated to Shuntian Mansion and settled in the Supreme Palace. The old main altar of Tianshan Mountain was taken care of by the sub-altar of Tianyin City under Tianshuangtang.

Like the Hulong Villa of the Leshan Giant Buddha, the commanders led the headquarters to help the people and guarded it in rotation.

After all, this is the place where the world will start, and it is impossible to give up.

Preparations for the Supreme Court's first imperial examination are in full swing, and all the exam questions are written by Li Mu himself.

Since it was the first exam, Li Mu's questions were not difficult. With a little brain, anyone who had read some books could pass the exam.

These questions are to screen out those stuffs that don't have the slightest ability.

The reference age is also very wide, and anyone over 20 years old and under 60 years old can refer to it.

The most urgent task is to put up the airs of the officialdom first, and then gradually increase the difficulty of the exam questions, select better talents, and replace those with mediocre talents.

After more than ten years like this, the level of officials in China will slowly rise.

The first exam took half a month to finish because there were too many candidates, and it took more than a month to mark the papers.

From the start of the examination to the release of the rankings, it took nearly two months, and the first batch of Jinshi was finally freshly released.

The court was set up at the fastest speed, and local officials also took up their posts one after another. Li Mu could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After the imperial examination, Duanlang and Youruo, Jianchen and Yu Chuchu got married. Li Mu didn't do anything about recruiting a son-in-law, it was just a normal wedding.

After the wedding, the four halls left for their guarded place, and You Ruo naturally followed Duanlang to Guangzhou.

Li Mu personally led the cabinet prime minister for a while, and after teaching him some things, he was finally free.

Anyway, he adopts the cabinet system. The court is managed by the prime minister and officials from six ministries, and the rivers and lakes are managed by six gates and four hall masters.

His martial arts supreme is just a symbol, a spiritual leader, and he doesn't need to do anything specific.

So he secretly went to Muming Town again, this time only taking Jianchen and Yu Chuchu with him.

In front of Wuming and Jianchen, Li Mu announced his plan to set up a "Zhengqi Hall", which would be in charge of monitoring all the officials in the world, the branches of the Six Doors, and the branch of the Tianxiahui, so as to ensure the cleanliness of governance.

To Li Muxi's surprise, after repeated persuasion by him and Jian Chen, Wuming finally agreed to the matter.

Now that the nameless vengeance has been avenged, and the knot in his heart has been resolved, there is nothing to worry about.

The only thing he can take to heart is the common people in the world.

The existence of Zhengqi Hall is very meaningful to Shenzhou.

It is better to do something for the common people of the world than to just end this meaningless life, so he is willing to be the leader of righteousness, and Jian Chen is naturally his deputy.

In this way, Wuming closed the Zhonghua Pavilion, and brought the gang of Zhonghua Pavilion back to Shuntian Mansion with Li Mu.

Those in Zhonghua Pavilion don't have high martial arts skills, but they are very suitable as secret agents of Zhengqi Hall.

Because they don't look like spies in terms of appearance or temperament, so they are more suitable to be spies.

People like Jian Chen are not suitable, their image and temperament are too outstanding, and they attract attention everywhere they go, so they can't do the job of spy, so they can only stay in the lair as a decision maker.

The supreme court has been completely stabilized, and Li Mu no longer does unnecessary things, but concentrates on practicing martial arts.

Occasionally, when he is very still and wants to move, he puts on ordinary clothes and walks around the rivers and lakes to feel the nature and the world, and appreciate the wind, cloud, frost and snow, and often he can gain something, which makes him understand the meaning of martial arts more deeply.

After two years like this, Li Mu finally understood the mystery of returning three elements to one, which made the power of returning three elements to a higher level.

Li Mu is sure, if Di Shitian still doesn't make much progress, then he is no longer [-]/[-] with Di Shitian, and he is already [-]% sure to beat Di Shitian.

After completing the three-element return to one and making the three-point return to vitality complete, Li Mu began to practice the top ten martial arts wholeheartedly. He was also very envious of the terrifying power of killing all directions and destroying all directions.

If he can practice it before the arrival of the Qi Wu Slaying Dragon, he will have more confidence in facing Di Shitian.

Longyuan is in his pocket, and no one can take away even one piece.

Because Li Mu knows very well that this world is not his end, and he is bound to face a more advanced world in the future.

Therefore, he must try his best to improve his strength to ensure that he can cope with any situation and live well.

……

Li Mujing stood on the edge of a peaceful river beach, looking at the endlessly flowing river, there seemed to be some kind of enlightenment in his eyes.

Suddenly, he held his right hand empty and put it on his left waist. He took a step forward with his right leg, and a cold breath surged in his palm. A long knife made of black ice started from the handle and quickly spread out of the blade.

When the long knife fully appeared, Li Mu pressed his left hand on the back of the knife, and made a movement of drawing the knife with his right hand.

The moment he drew the knife, he swung it towards the river in front of him.

This simple flirt contains a kind of mysterious artistic conception, which is the "meaning" of the move.

The surface of the river was divided into two. What is shocking is that the upstream river flowed backwards, and the downstream river also rushed downstream.

In the middle of the river, there was an obvious break, and even the bottom of the river was exposed.

The whole river seemed to be cut off by Li Mu's knife.

After a few breaths, Li Mu restrained his will, and the river suddenly poured into the gap, filling it up again.

A satisfied smile appeared on Li Mu's face. It was a surprise that passing through this small river made him understand the trick of "cutting off the water with a knife".

And this is exactly the meaning and benefit of traveling the world.

Looking at the Xuanbing long knife in his hand, Li Mu threw it into the river, turned and walked on the road.

He has no purpose, just walks around aimlessly, no matter where he goes.

Anyway, he doesn't need to eat or sleep. The Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu on the fifteenth floor has given him infinite physical strength. Even if he keeps walking like this, he won't feel tired.

At this moment, a burst of shouting came from afar, making him frown.

"Stop, don't run."

"Catch them."

"Hurry up, they can't escape."

Not far from the river beach, a chase is taking place on a small road on a gentle slope.

A young woman with a pretty face and messy hairpins, who looked extremely haggard, was holding a branch she used as a long sword in her right hand, and was running away desperately with her left hand holding a three or four-year-old child.

This should be a pair of mother and son. Behind them, ten feet away, more than a dozen martial arts practitioners with swords and swords are chasing after them.

The young woman was panting heavily, with a look of panic on her face.

She is not afraid of death, but she knows that if she dies here, they will definitely not let her child go.

It's a pity that the child slowed down her speed after all, and she ran away for a long time, and her physical strength was already exhausted, so she was eventually caught up.

The young woman pushed the child aside, danced the branches in her hands, and fought with the pursuers.

Her swordsmanship is not weak, she looks like a master, and if she is in full swing, she may be at the level of a first-class master.

However, she was already at the end of her strength at this time, and a dozen second-rate figures with full energy were enough to kill her.

After fighting for more than ten strokes, the branch in her hand was picked up, and she was hit on the chest, back and back, and fell down the gentle slope beside the road.

The child fell to the ground, and seeing this situation, burst into tears immediately, and cried loudly in anxiety and fear, "Mother...Mother..."

The young woman rolled down the gentle slope and stopped beside Li Mu who was frowning.

The young woman with blood on the corner of her mouth found someone beside her, looked intently, but saw a middle-aged man with a majestic face.

This is an unfamiliar face, obviously not the group that chased and killed him.

The young woman didn't care about anything else, she struggled to turn over, put her arms around Li Mu's calf, and begged, "Senior, please, please save my child."

"Kill her, go." The dozen or so people in the martial arts cheered up and chased down the gentle slope.

Seeing the young woman's movements, everyone subconsciously stopped.

Li Mu had an aura that they couldn't describe, which made them dare not offend easily.

The leader of the martial arts people said to Li Mu: "Senior, this is our personal enmity, please don't worry about it."

(End of this chapter)