Heaven rewards those who work hard: There is no bottleneck in my martial arts

"Is everything done?"

In the imperial study room, Zhao Hongming saw Gao Yanshi walking in, raised his head and asked.

Gao Yanshi bowed and said: "Reporting to your majesty, everything has been dealt with. The kings of Han, Zhao and Qi died of the cold. Their princes and descendants were extremely grieved and unwilling to live. Their late kings followed them and hanged themselves."

"They are all people with integrity." Zhao Hongming said without raising his head while reviewing the memorial in his hand: "These people are the kings of a country after all, and they deserve to be buried well. Choose a geomantic treasure land outside Daliang."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"When the tombs of these ancestors are completed, some nobles from the original five countries will be moved over and let them guard the tombs for generations." Zhao Hongming finished reviewing a memorial and put it down: "You can go and see which nobles are to be moved specifically. Let’s discuss it with the two prime ministers.”

After unifying the five kingdoms, Zhao Hongming knew that the aristocratic power of the five kingdoms was deeply rooted. If strict precautions were not taken, these old aristocrats were likely to "resurgence" relying on clan power and pose a threat to his rule in the Wei Dynasty.

Therefore, he must weaken and divide these aristocratic forces.

Guarding the tomb is a very good method.

Now that the tombs of the last kings are placed outside Daliang City, he can order the nobles of the five countries to be forced to move to Daliang.

In this way, the nobles can be separated from their families and fiefs, causing them to lose their original power and influence.

At the same time, these nobles can be placed under the strict supervision of the court to avoid any disloyal intentions.

As for those nobles who were unwilling or unable to go to Daliang, Zhao Hongming would move them to remote areas.

Most of these areas have harsh environments and lack of resources, and the nobles of various countries are unlikely to be able to make any waves.

Gao Yanshi had been with Zhao Hongming for many years and was familiar with some of the political rules in the court. He knew Zhao Hongming's plan and quickly bowed his head and said yes.

No need to say more, just go and deal with it.

The subsequent development was as Zhao Hongming expected. The implementation of these measures dealt a huge blow to the aristocratic forces of the five countries.

They were forced to leave their families and fiefdoms, and lost their original power and status. Many nobles were deeply dissatisfied and helpless, but they were unable to change the status quo.

Zhao Hongming's series of methods successfully divided the aristocratic forces of the five countries.

As time goes by, the resistance consciousness of the nobles of the five countries will gradually weaken, and Wei will definitely be much more stable in the future.

At this time, Zongzheng of the Zhao family of Wei State began to visit him frequently.

Since he unified the world, Zongzheng has visited again and again, asking for the expansion of the ancestral temple and the imperial mausoleum. He also persuaded the Supreme Emperor Zhao Meixu and some court ministers to persuade him one after another.

Only then did Zhao Hongming realize that the power of the Zhao family in Wei State was growing uncontrollably, and this ancestral temple was a sign.

Zong Zheng was afraid that he wanted to condense the Zhao family of Wei State through the ancestral temple, put a moral shackles on him, and tie him tightly to the Zhao family of Wei State, further increasing their clan's previous influence.

However, Zhao Hongming was not very worried.

In his eyes, these are unattainable paths.

Today, the Zhao family of Wei State is still suppressed by the national destiny. The children in the family do not have much ability to commit crimes and are no match for the civil servants and generals in the court.

Not to mention that Zhao Hongming still has hundreds of years of life, which is almost the same as "immortality" to these clan members, which is enough to suppress these people's imminent moves.

Having said that, Zhao Hongming's current situation is inseparable from the foundation laid by the ancestors of the Zhao family in Wei.

If you refuse directly, you will be forgetting your ancestors.

After comprehensive consideration, he did not obstruct the ancestral temple issue, and decided to follow Zong Zheng's wishes and expand the ancestral temple of the Zhao family in Wei State to express his respect for his ancestors.

The expansion project was carried out on a very large scale, and Zhao Hongming personally supervised the work and worked hard.

After several months of careful construction, the area of ​​the ancestral temple has doubled, and it is magnificent and has the style of the first ancestral temple in the world.

After the expansion of the ancestral temple was completed, Zongzheng followed the instructions of his ancestors and moved the body of the first king to the ground and enshrined it in the ancestral temple to enjoy the incense of future generations.

Looking at the body of the first king enshrined in the ancestral temple, Zhao Hongming couldn't help but frown.

He asked Zong Zheng on the side: "Why are the ancestors' corpses moved out of the ground instead of setting up a mausoleum to let the ancestors rest in peace?"

"I don't know." Zongzheng shook his head and said, "This is an ancestral precept from ancient times. It was personally stated by the first generation king that his body should be enshrined in the ancestral temple and not buried in the imperial mausoleum."

"Ancestral teachings?" Zhao Hongming murmured in his heart.

He looked at the body of the first king in the ancestral temple, and there was no sign of decay.

Not only that, the skin all over his body was actually somewhat rosy, as if he was asleep.

Zhao Hongming knew that the first generation king was a martial artist of the ninth level of courage. He had a high level of cultivation, extremely strong qi and blood, and his physical body was stronger than that of ordinary mortals.

But it also surprised him that he could still maintain such a state after so many years after his death.

It reminds me of the scene that happened when I worshiped for the first time.

For some reason, Zhao Hongming always had a bad premonition.

Time flies and the years are long.

Before you know it, a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Zhao Hongming worked hard to organize the government affairs after unifying the five countries.

After discussions with many court ministers, he finally divided the world into thirty-six counties and placed them under the direct jurisdiction of the Wei court.

Unexpectedly, this move immediately shocked the world.

All the major martial arts forces, whether they are prestigious sects or the families of hidden masters, are feeling unprecedented pressure.

They were all familiar with Zhao Hongming's attitude towards martial arts forces. Long before Wei was unified, the martial arts forces in Wei had already been brought under the imperial court.

Many martial arts forces fell apart and died completely due to this.

Many martial arts forces in the five countries were also worried that their martial arts inheritance and family interests would be harmed, so they united one after another to resist Zhao Hongming's rule.

The world that had just been peaceful was once again in turmoil.

However, Zhao Hongming is not one of those ordinary kings.

He had already expected this day, so he was prepared in advance.

The overall strength of Wei Wu soldiers under Wei Guo's command began to grow continuously under his deliberate training, and they were no longer the same as before.

Under Zhao Hongming's order, Wei Wuzu ruthlessly suppressed the resistance of the major martial arts forces.

In addition, the Wei State Chaotang has incorporated many of the best martial arts forces, and the remaining martial arts forces and aristocratic families from the other five countries are no match for the Wei State Chaotang.

Anyone who was dissatisfied or resisted was slaughtered.

For a time, the world was in turmoil, and everyone was in danger.

At the same time, in order to completely eliminate future troubles, Zhao Hongming decided to confiscate all the martial arts skills in the world.

He ordered that all martial arts skills from all over the world must be handed over to Daliang of Wei State, where they would be kept and taught uniformly by the imperial court.

This order was like a bolt from the blue to the major martial arts forces, and it took a huge blow from the bottom of the cauldron.

They know that once the martial arts skills are confiscated, their strength will be greatly reduced, and they may even never recover.

Many people join their martial arts forces just for the sake of their skills and practice.

If all the martial arts skills are taken away, and the corresponding martial arts can be taught in the court, then their martial arts forces will become in name only.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves. However, Zhao Hongming's determination has been made and no one can change it.

Those who follow me will prosper, those who go against me will perish!

Under Zhao Hongming's strong will, Wei Wuzu was invincible and pushed forward all the way.

Although the major martial arts forces were unwilling to do so, under the coercion of Wei Wuzu, they had to hand over their own martial arts techniques.

For a time, Daliang in Wei State became a gathering place for martial arts from all over the world.

Facing more and more martial arts, plus the private collections of royal families from various countries that have been confiscated, it turns out that Wei's martial arts building can no longer satisfy.

Zhao Hongming took advantage of the situation and built the royal arsenal and established the Imperial Academy, which was open to people all over the world and allowed people with lofty ideals to join the imperial court and practice martial arts.

This move can not only enhance the strength of the imperial court, but also win over people's hearts. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

After two years of turmoil, those martial arts forces finally realized that the situation was over and had to choose to submit to the Wei court.

The whole world has undergone earth-shaking changes and gradually stabilized.

Until now, Zhao Hongming could finally focus more on martial arts training.

In the practice room deep in the Wei Palace, Zhao Hongming was closing his eyes and concentrating, immersed in the world of martial arts.

The air around him seemed to be frozen, and only the breath on his body was constantly rising and changing.

In the past five or six years, Zhao Hongming's martial arts cultivation once again broke through the bottleneck and reached the fourth level of good fortune.

At this point, he deeply felt the difficulty of progress in martial arts.

Zhao Hongming suddenly realized and glanced at the [Tiandao Rewards Qin] martial arts panel.

The above shows that the experience value he needs to make further breakthroughs has reached a huge number. In less than ten years, there will be no tension.

At this rate of breakthrough, it may take more than a hundred years for another breakthrough.

And there is not much improvement or change in combat power.

Zhao Hongming vaguely realized that he had almost touched the limit of this world's martial arts.

After a long period of hard training, his strength has reached an unprecedented height.

It is very difficult to take the next step forward.

You can try to condense the jade seals passed down from other countries.

The national jade seal is the symbol of a country and contains profound national destiny.

Zhao Hongming knew that if he refined these jade seals one by one, he would almost be able to unite the national destiny of the whole world.

"In the ancestral precepts left by the first king of the Wei Kingdom, it was mentioned that the destiny of the country can lead to immortality, but what I saw in the ancient tombs of the State of Yin is that the destiny of the country cannot lead to immortality. The two contradict each other."

"Looking at the abnormality in the national destiny when I worshiped the first king, it is obvious that there is a lot of secrets in the national destiny."

Zhao Hongming did not immediately sacrifice the jade seals handed down from other countries after receiving them, just because of this concern.

Now after four or five years, his cultivation has gradually reached the limit of this world. With the addition of the gods and demons weapons, it is enough to cope with various emergencies, so he can give it a try.

Zhao Hongming waved his sleeves.

Three clear lights flashed.

In front of him, there were the uncondensed jade seals of the three kingdoms of Chu, Zhao and Qi.

These jade seals each exude different auras, some are calm and heavy, some are as sharp as a sharp edge, and some are restrained and unremarkable.

Zhao Hongming was already familiar with the refining methods of these jade seals. He took a deep breath and started refining them one by one.

He first picked up the Chu Kingdom's traditional jade seal, made a seal with one hand, activated the true meaning in his body, and began to practice the ritual according to the Chu Kingdom's condensation method.

I saw bright rays of light pouring out from Zhao Hongming's palm and slowly pouring into the jade seal.

With the injection of light, the jade seal began to undergo subtle changes, and the originally scattered aura gradually became condensed.

Zhao Hongming's consciousness was lifted up and he saw the vast mountains and rivers of Chu State, on which wisps of national destiny began to gather towards him.

boom!

There was a muffled sound.

Under Zhao Hongming's gaze, the mountains and rivers of Chu State and the mountains and rivers of Wei State were connected together.

The next moment, the familiar falling feeling came over me.

The Chu State's traditional jade seal was smelted by the four ancient seals.

Zhao Hongming did not stop what he was doing, and next came Zhao Guo's national jade seal.

He carefully mobilized his true intention, discarded distracting thoughts, and began to practice.

The jade seal passed down from the Zhao Kingdom floated up and down in his hand, like a green flame beating.

In a trance, the same scene as that of worshiping and refining the jade seal of Chu State appeared.

Finally, there is the jade seal passed down from Qi State.

This jade seal looked ordinary, but Zhao Hongming did not dare to be careless.

He concentrated on stimulating his true intention and practiced the sacrifice seriously.

After some arduous refining, Zhao Hongming finally succeeded in refining the traditional jade seal of Qi State.

Bang.

Under Zhao Hongming's gaze, Qi's traditional jade seal penetrated into Zhao Hongming's chest and merged with the four ancient seals.

Just after the ancient seal of the four directions merged with the jade seal passed down from the Qi Kingdom, a powerful aura burst out instantly.

The entire palace trembled under the aura.

Zhao Hongming felt as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

The national destiny of the whole world has been condensed into these four ancient seals. The eight characters "live as long as heaven and live forever" carved in the ancient seals of all directions are all lit up.

He clearly felt that this ancient seal was like an ancient god awakening.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Zhao Hongming felt that the jade seals of the Six Kingdoms were peeled off from this ancient seal, and this matter was completed.

boom!

The four ancient seals rushed out of Zhao Hongming's chest like a real dragon. He felt an unprecedented pressure coming from heaven and earth, as if it was going to crush him.

His face turned pale, sweat was pouring down from his body, and his body was shaking slightly.

He understood that this was because he had united the national destiny of the entire world into one body, and this heavy responsibility was almost beyond his ability to bear.

At this time, Zhao Hongming vaguely heard bursts of dragon roars.

Three waves of dragon energy suddenly surged in his body, resisting the huge force of national destiny for him, making his whole body feel light, as if he had broken free from the quagmire.

Just when Zhao Hongming was trying to stabilize his body and adapt to the pressure, there was a sudden movement in the ancestral temple.

The first king, Zhao Xuancheng, who had been dead for many years, slowly opened his eyes. (End of chapter)