When Hunjun begins to make elixirs
Chapter 486 Return and Deepening the New Deal
On a mountain not far from Jiange, Sima Zhuo was hung under a green pine tree and witnessed the destruction of Jiange with his own eyes. His eyes were filled with grief. The foundation passed down by his ancestors was gone. What was even more unexpected was that the human demon who suddenly broke in and destroyed his plan was actually his disappointing son.
He glanced at Sima Deng, who had been tortured to death by Li Shun, and closed his eyes in pain. Is there really retribution in this world?
His heart was filled with regret, not for his past cruelty to Sima Deng, but for not getting rid of this burden and stain sooner.
Li Shun stood behind him, his spiritual thread frantically reading his memory, and naturally understood his state of mind at the moment.
Li Shun sneered, "Master Sima, seeing your own sect destroyed, you must feel very bad, right?"
Sima Zhuo said weakly: "We have no grudges against you in Jiange, why do you want to plot and destroy my entire family?"
Li Shun laughed and said, "Master Sima, please don't feel wronged. Who said we have no grudges? Didn't you send a few people across the ocean to cause trouble for me?"
Sima Zhuo's pupils trembled, and he couldn't believe it and said, "You are..."
Li Shun also finished reading what he wanted and pulled out the spiritual thread: "Shh, don't speak loudly, for fear of disturbing the gods in heaven."
Suddenly, Sima Zhuo's body began to behave abnormally, his blood rushed up, and his head exploded like a watermelon. He disappeared from the world with endless fear and regret.
Li Shun used his true Qi to block the spurting blood. The blood evaporated when it met the true Qi, and the dark red blood qi lingered for a long time: "What a human bomb! This immortal technique is even more evil than the evil method of burning blood."
Li Shun suddenly raised his head and looked towards the sky, his eyes seemed to have traveled through time and space: "I already know who you are!"
After the fall of Jiange, Li Shun used the same old trick to destroy the Xianjun Kingdom, and Zhao Yang's notoriety once again spread in the Jiaya Fairyland.
Shengyue City and countless immortal cultivation sects sent their powerful men to encircle and suppress the enemy.
After Li Shun opened the door to the spirit world and sent the monsters and princesses and noble ladies back to the Dayin Empire, he confronted Zhao Yang.
Deep in the mountains, Zhao Yang was ambushed by Li Shun and was seriously injured. He questioned Li Shun angrily and puzzledly: "You want to cross the river and destroy the bridge!"
Li Shun sneered, "What do you mean by crossing the river and then destroying the bridge? I can swim, so I don't need anyone to build a bridge for me. You came to me on your own, but you are just a chess piece in my hand that I can discard after I'm done with it."
Zhao Yang knew that his thoughts had been exposed. He glared at Li Shun, gritting his teeth, wishing he could skin him alive and rip his bones off: "When did you realize this?"
Li Shun said: "I have never believed you. There is no love without reason in the world. If others are attentive to me, I will be extremely alert."
Zhao Yang looked at Li Shun as if he were a monster. "Although I have a purpose, I have never really acted on it. When I do things for you, I do my best. You actually accept other people's kindness while thinking about scheming against them. The human heart is like a prison. You are really a monster."
Li Shun was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and just wanted to knock him down and study him carefully.
Zhao Yang noticed his movements and decided to fight to the death: "Although you are mysterious, I am not someone who can be manipulated by others! I will let you see the true power of the Wusheng Sect's skills."
His body swelled up, and billowing red smoke came out of his body. In the smoke, it seemed as if thousands of troops were roaring.
"Gather the strength of thousands of people into one!"
The word "wan" here is a quantifier. Li Shun, in the state of perfect integration, instantly understood the key to what happened to Zhao Yang.
The martial arts of the Wusheng Sect, as he had expected, also came from the Heavenly Dao Divine Stone!
The subsequent battle was not as intense as Zhao Yang had imagined. He had thought that he could still give it a try even if he was not sure of winning, but he was defeated by Li Shun in three moves. He fell to the ground like a dying fish out of water, belly up, with empty eyes.
Li Shun mercilessly used the spiritual thread to extract his memory. The conclusion he came to was as he expected, and he was not happy, but rather a little disappointed.
"It has the same origin as the Burning Blood Evil Technique and the Immortal Transformation Technique, that is, it comes from the same Heavenly Dao Divine Stone."
Now only two Heavenly Dao Divine Stones and the techniques written on them appeared. The third one was still nowhere to be found.
"I admit that you are strong, but..."
"Shut up!" Before Zhao Yang could finish his big talk, Li Shun shot him in the head and crushed his soul into ashes.
"It's time to go back."
On this day, the imperial city of Kyoto, the capital of the Dayin Empire, was decorated with lights and colors, and the eldest son and daughter of Emperor Shengtong, born to Concubine Yang and Concubine Li, were born.
Li Shun named them Li Sheng and Li Ting respectively.
The next day, Jinwu Guards and Shenji Guards sent urgent reports that the old army in the south had mutinied. The old army generals, unwilling to lose power, joined forces with Taizu's forces, raised the banner of "welcoming Taizu's restoration", and launched an attack.
The long-lurking Taizu forces finally showed their fangs.
Li Shun had been engaged in the work of "popularizing sorcerers" for a long time, which to some extent increased the credibility of the people in Taizu's restoration.
The appearance of the undead army under Taizu made the people believe this fact even more.
The topic of the fight between the two dragons became a hot topic.
The wise and brave Taizu who "resurrected" from the dead and the tyrant Shengtong who was licentious and cruel and harmed the "people". It doesn't seem to be a difficult choice to choose who should be the ruler of the world!
Li Shun seemed to have become the target of public criticism again. However, everything was only temporary.
"Bring him up to me!"
During the grand court session, Bai Linxian was escorted to the hall by the Jinwu Guards and crawled on the steps.
Li Shun swept the memorials held by the eunuch beside him in front of him and said, "These are all memorials accusing you of forming a clique for personal gain!"
Bai Linxian glanced at the memorials, then closed his eyes, ready to be killed. He recalled what happened last night, how he was betrayed by his lover again, and he didn't expect that the people around him had already been bribed by the Divine Machine Guards. His every move, both official and private, was under the emperor's eyes.
Li Shun had no expression on his face and said in a cold voice: "Why did you betray me? I gave you a high position and generous salary, what else are you not satisfied with?"
Bai Linxian had nothing to say to Li Shun, and he was resentful. Over the years, he had been working hard as an imperial envoy for the emperor's new policies, but was overtaken by Ding Ao. The emperor loved Ding Ao and transferred him to Beijing to keep him away from trouble, so that he could serve as the vanguard against the aristocratic families and deal with the attacks from both sides.
Bai Linxian was not absolutely loyal to Li Shun. After the death of Liu Taifu, he thought he would be given an important position, but he was left idle. Later, he entered the cabinet to manage government affairs, but most of his suggestions were not adopted. Although he was an imperial envoy, he only worked with Ding Ao and others. If Li Shun did not like to check and balance, he would probably have a hard time getting ahead.
Bai Linxian has always been dissatisfied with the treatment he has received. If he had not helped Li Shun stabilize the three camps, how could Li Shun have easily taken back power?
Li Shun looked at Bai Linxian who was resisting him with silence, waved his hand and said calmly: "Drag him out and behead him."
He is a person who goes with the flow and has never been very curious about people and things. He doesn't like to delve into the reasons behind everything because he doesn't like to lose control of things. Losing control means destruction. He is not interested in what Bai Linxian thinks. Li Shun killed him because of forming a clique for personal gain. After Ding Ao was transferred and made it clear that he would not participate in party struggles, Bai Linxian's power grew rapidly and many aristocratic families turned to him. Secondly, Bai Linxian changed. With the aristocratic families' allegiance, he pretended to obey the new policy but secretly operated it. He was also restless. According to the investigation of the Shenjiwei, he had contact with Taizu's forces as early as a month ago. Li Shun kept it secret for the third point, to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
Bai Linxian was dragged out and his head fell to the ground. His death made all the civil and military officials in the court silent.
Li Shun made clear his attitude: even if someone was his confidant, if they went against his will, they would be killed. He was not afraid of being accused of being mean and ungrateful.
His new policies have begun to show results, so they began to be further deepened. Talents were attracted from all walks of life, including scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. At the scholar level, the court carried out official system reforms and appointed a large number of scholars and scholars to fill the grassroots government offices. This was not simply to increase official positions, but to gradually extend the court's tentacles to towns and villages. Especially in the countryside, the government changed from relying on the gentry and elders to govern the people to co-governance with officials sent by the court. There were town officials in the town and township officials in the township, all of which were permanent positions and were held by scholars or scholars from the same township.
From the various school supervisors previously set up, technical personnel in charge of industry and agriculture were sent to set up small schools to uniformly teach the methods of farming and animal husbandry. Regardless of poor mountains and bad waters, or wild frontiers, animal husbandry and reclamation of wasteland were encouraged. Whoever reclaimed the land would own it. As long as they were registered, they could rent out farm tools and not collect taxes for two years. In the next three years, the court would only collect half of the taxes. At the same time, those aristocratic families who attached themselves to Bai Linxian and resisted the new policy were all confiscated, the heads of the families were beheaded, and their children were exiled to the frontiers. Two-thirds of their land was distributed by the court to refugees, and the remaining one-third was sold by the court to local wealthy families at a competitive price.
The imperial court also encouraged the development of industry and commerce, abolished some policies that discriminated against merchants, reopened maritime transport, established the Maritime Customs, and allowed royal merchants to set up trading companies to trade with overseas vassal states.
Upon hearing the news, surrounding countries sent envoys to meet him and request tribute. Li Shun received the envoys but exempted them from paying tribute. They wanted to exchange some local specialties for Dayin's precious rewards. Dayin needed money to develop, and such a loss-making business could no longer be done.
The vassal states must sign the treaty again, erect a stele praising the merits of the emperor, and clarify the relationship between the monarch and his subjects. Those who are unwilling to sign will no longer be protected by Dayin and can be attacked by all countries.
The emperor is the master of the world. All countries must revise their rituals and immediately change any violations. For example, the rulers of other countries can only call themselves kings and princes. Anyone who takes advantage of language differences and claims to be the emperor will be punished.
In terms of military affairs, Li Shun reformed the navy, drawing elite troops from various navies, equipping them with new alchemical ships and alchemical cannons, and formed the Empire's First Fleet to conquer the rebellious country. (End of this chapter)
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