Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 625

The next day, at dawn, the sky was bright. It had finally stopped raining all day, but Luonan City did not look brand new as it had after the rain. Instead, it was in a mess. The ground was in ruins, and the once flat streets were now dotted with large holes and residual bloodstains. Only the sky was as blue as the water.

There was still a faint smell of blood in the air, and low cries could be heard everywhere in the city.

Yesterday's unrest also affected many civilians.

But there is no way around it. This is the sadness of the grassroots people. The victors are already enjoying themselves. What they can hope for is that the victors can re-establish order as soon as possible and win over the hearts of the people.

The flowers, plants and trees in the courtyard of the dilapidated prime minister's mansion had long since withered and turned brown and yellow.

In the side room, underwear was thrown all over the place, and gorgeous clothes were placed on a shelf nearby.

And from behind the bed curtains that were hanging down in all directions, a weak and sleepy curse suddenly came out: "Easy, bastard, you haven't had enough last night."

I was still warming up before the game, but this bastard was already
Xia Zhining was so angry that she glared at Chen Mo fiercely, but her arms involuntarily wrapped around Chen Mo's neck.

Yue Ruyan was woken up, her beautiful eyes slowly opened, and she looked in the direction of the sound, staring at the two people beside her. After frowning briefly, she propped herself up, and then got out of bed naked as if no one was around. After finding her underwear, she picked it up and put it on, and then said calmly: "There is still an early court today, pay attention to the time."

"There's no time to waste." Chen Mo concentrated and turned Xia Zhining's body over, making her face away from him.

……

Xia Zhining quickly pulled the quilt aside and buried her head in it to avoid making a fool of herself.

Yue Ruyan picked up Chen Mo and Xia Zhining's underwear and placed them on the bedside, then said, "I'm going to go out and wash up first, you guys hurry up."

"After washing up, come in with a basin of water and see if the kitchen has prepared breakfast. Just take some to fill your stomach." Chen Mo said in a deep voice.

Yue Ruyan nodded and left the room.

outside the house.

"Miss Nalan, good morning. Why are you here?" Yue Ruyan pushed open the door and saw Nalan Yiren appearing in the yard, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Just now, his personal guard commander Sun Meng came and happened to meet me. There is no one to serve in this mansion for the time being, so he asked me to pass on a message saying that there was some progress in the matter investigated last night, and he also sent a piece of clothing." As he said that, Nalan Yiren threw the clothes to Yue Ruyan.

Yue Ruyan was stunned after hearing what Nalan Yiren said, and was stunned again when she saw the clothes thrown by the other party.

Because the dress is actually a silk python dress in black and red, with the black being the heavier color.

Yue Ruyan was stunned: "Where did it come from?"

You must know that Chen Mo was promoted to King of Wei last night. Although His Majesty agreed to it in person, it was only verbal and the conferring of the title had not been formally started. It would only be considered "effective" after the imperial edict was stamped with the jade seal and announced to the world after the morning court session ended today.

However, the dragon robe appeared just as the stroke of the eight characters was drawn. This movement was too fast. They were even more anxious than their husbands.

"I don't know about that. Let him ask it himself later." Nalan Yiren said with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Thank you." Yue Ruyan nodded, turned around and went back to the room.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo held Yingyue in his hand. Xia Zhining could not bear the whipping and it was almost over. He heard the conversation outside, but his attention was not focused and he could not hear it clearly.

"Look what this is?" Yue Ruyan threw the python costume onto the bed.

After seeing this, Chen Mo and Xia Zhining were stunned for a moment, then asked, "Where did it come from?"

It is impossible to make a python costume from scratch in just one night.

"I don't know about that. You can ask Sun Meng yourself later. The people under you are more anxious than you, fearing that the throne will slip away." Yue Ruyan said.

"Some people rely on these things in their life. If I were you, I would be anxious too." Chen Mo straightened his body suddenly and said.

Xia Zhining collapsed on the bed like a puddle of mud, her beautiful eyes slightly narrowed.

Chen Mo picked up the python suit and found it was a little smaller.

Yue Ruyan and Xia Zhining were not "servants", so Chen Mo put on his own robes. After getting off the bed, he patted Xia Zhining's hips and said, "Get up. You have to go to court later."

"Asshole." Xia Zhining slammed the bed board several times. After a while, she propped herself up and climbed up.

Chen Mo left the room with Yue Ruyan and Xia Zhining, not afraid of Nalan Yiren's misunderstanding, and said, "Miss Nalan, let's have dinner together later. If you are interested, we can go to the morning court together and I will give you an official position."

It’s not that Chen Mo is willful. With Nalan Yiren’s strength and her status as the Holy Maiden of the Poison King Valley, a foreigner, she can be an idle official in the Song Dynasty.

"You can have a meal, but you don't have to be an official. It will be fine as long as King Wei doesn't forget what he promised me." Nalan Yiren said.

"Don't worry, I always keep my word."

After washing and having breakfast, as soon as he left the Prime Minister's residence, Sun Meng came to greet him: "My Lord, you look more energetic and majestic today."

Sun Meng's title of Marquis, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, was changed at this moment.

"You." Chen Mo smiled and pointed at Sun Meng, then said, "Tell me, where did you get this python robe?"

"His Majesty sent someone to deliver it. This dragon robe was made by the Tianchuan Weaving Bureau when His Majesty was still a prince. It has not been worn yet." Sun Meng said.

"His Majesty?"

Chen Mo pondered for a while, then said, "Are there any clues to what happened last night?"

Sun Meng said: "It's about King Chong and the Soul Devouring Formation."

"Let's talk while we walk."

The roads in Luonan were damaged by the earthquake and are not suitable for carriages. If you ride a horse, you have to take a detour, so it’s better to just walk. The prime minister’s residence is not far from the imperial palace.

"According to Wang Suo, King Chong was killed by Lu Sheng and buried. I just had someone dig it up, and after confirmation, it was indeed King Chong's body.

As for why Lu Sheng wanted to kill King Chong, Wang Suo didn't know, but according to Xu Zheng, King Chong was sacrificed to the Soul Devouring Formation."

"Who is Xu Zheng?"

"He was the director of the Imperial Observatory, and he was the one who modified and activated the Soul-Devouring Array. But according to his own account, Lu Sheng forced him to do so, and he had no choice as his entire family was in Lu Sheng's hands. In addition, the bodies of dozens of ministers in the dungeon of the prime minister's residence have also been investigated. These were people who wanted to escape from the battlefield and were caught by Lu Sheng and sacrificed to the Soul-Devouring Array." Sun Meng said slowly.

"No wonder I couldn't sense any spiritual energy from those corpses before. So that's why." After understanding clearly, Chen Mo said, "What about the whereabouts of Lu Sheng's family?"

"This Wang Suo refused to say anything, even under torture. Seeing how he was afraid of death, he insisted this time. It seems that his family was also moved along with Lu Sheng's family." Sun Meng said.

Chen Mo frowned slightly, and then said: "It's fine as long as we find King Chong. This way, the main leaders of the rebel party will be caught in one fell swoop. Of course, we should not give up the investigation. We must find him alive or dead."

"You will finally understand."

……

Wu Yanqing, Nangong Xian, Jiang Li, Diwu Fusheng, Liu Ji and others have been waiting at the Suzaku Gate for a long time.

Except for Jiang Li who was still wearing armor, Wu Yanqing and the others had changed into casual clothes. It seemed that they attached great importance to today's morning court.

In addition to these people, there were some officials who Chen Mo did not recognize, but were wearing court robes and looked like ministers in the court. When they saw Chen Mo and the others coming, they immediately stepped forward to congratulate them: "Congratulations, King Wei."

The tone is very flattering.

Wu Yanqing stepped forward and explained in a low voice.

It turns out that these people were all idle officials with little power.

Therefore, whether Xu Guozhong or Lu Sheng was in power, even though they all sided with Xu and Lu, they were never taken seriously and were marginalized. Some of them were not even qualified to attend court.

The reason they appear here is because they have a keen "political sense". They think that every time there is a major change, a number of official positions in the court will become vacant, so they want to try their luck in the court to see if they can get some benefits.

As for Chen Mo's title of King of Wei, Chen Mo and Wu Yanqing told them.

Finally, Wu Yanqing pulled Chen Mo aside and said that among these people, there were a few who had some ability and could be censors or imperial censors or something like that.

As for the rest, let them be idle officials.

But Chen Mo did not agree with all of it. He only agreed with those people Wu Yanqing mentioned who used their abilities.

The remaining officials can all be driven away.

It just so happened that the imperial examinations in the four states had selected some talents, so Chen Mo didn't have to worry about not having anyone to use them.

Of course, Chen Mo didn't tell Wu Yanqing on the spot, and they would talk privately later when they were free.

……

According to the time, it was already past the morning court session.

But Chen Mo didn't come, so I can only come when Chen Mo's time comes.

There are many things to talk about in today's morning court.

The most important thing is to finalize Chen Mo's title of king and the official positions of his subordinates, and then announce it to the world.

The second thing is to move the capital.

The capital is the face of a country.

Luonan has been destroyed like this by the Soul Devouring Array. It is definitely not suitable to be the capital.

Finally decided to move back to Tianchuan.

Wu Yanqing did propose to make Linzhou and Xiangyang the capital.

But Chen Mo denied it.

The dynasty hasn't changed yet. If we move to Xiangyang, what will people in the world think?

Moreover, since the capital was moved, there must be a palace. If it was moved to Xiangyang, a new palace would have to be rebuilt, which would not only be time-consuming and laborious, but also extremely expensive.

There is a ready-made one in Tianchuan, but it was looted by the Xiliang army at that time. However, after such a long time, it has become stable. After moving there, it only needs some minor repairs.

Finally, it is time to give an explanation to the people of Luonan.

The Soul-Devouring Formation destroyed all the people's houses. Although it was Lu Sheng who caused it, Lu Sheng is dead now. The mess he left behind can only be cleaned up by the winner.

The solution is also very simple and crude.

The people of Luonan were also moved to Tianchuan.

The turbulent times caused the population of the Song Dynasty to drop by at least 50% in just a few years. (This is not an exaggeration, and it is even an understatement. During the reign of Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population was about 50 million, but by the time of the Three Kingdoms, it was only about 7 million.)
Therefore, there is no need to worry that the population of Luonan will have no houses to live in or fields to farm after moving to Tianchuan.

During the period before the capital was moved, the people's survival was provided by the imperial court.

After the morning court ended, Chen Mo did not have any free time as there were too many things that needed his attention.

However, after the official posts of various departments in the court were roughly arranged, the court was able to carry out initial operations.

……

In Luonan city, the situation was changing rapidly. Teams of soldiers were running on the streets, beating gongs and drums, and countless people were looking out through the cracks in the broken windows and doors of their homes.

"Your Majesty has issued an order that the traitors, former Prime Minister Lu Sheng, Chong Wang Chu Yan, Huai Wang Chu Yi... have disrupted the government and conspired to rebel. Fortunately, Duke Anguo...

"An Guoping fights against foreign enemies and eliminates evil for his meritorious service, and will be promoted to King of Wei..." The soldiers shouted one by one, and then posted a notice on every street.

The soldiers said a lot of things, and the people got a few of the following from them.

One is the former Prime Minister Lu Sheng, who colluded with Prince Chong, Prince Huai, the Liang family, and the Luo family to plot a rebellion, but was discovered by Duke Anguo Chen Mo and is now eliminated.

The second one is that Chen Mo was rewarded with the title of King of Wei for his meritorious service in driving out foreign enemies, suppressing rebellion and protecting the emperor.

The third is that the rebels have been eliminated, and they can all come out, and all the exorbitant taxes and levies this year will be exempted. In addition, the government will distribute porridge in the south and east of the city, once in the morning and once in the evening.

The last one is that Your Majesty has decided to move the capital to Tianchuan. If any people in the city go to Tianchuan together, they can not only get land and houses in Tianchuan, but also receive compensation in money and grain.

And the last one also specifically stated that only those who are willing to register in the first three days will receive financial compensation.

Those who have not registered after three days will be forcibly "relocated" without any compensation.

When the people heard this, they were shocked and then burst into an uproar.

Whether Chen Mo is crowned king or not has no impact on the people.

But for the people who have lived in Luonan for generations, it is very difficult to accept moving to Tianchuan. At this moment, they feel like the sky is falling.

As for the money and grain compensation mentioned above, no mention was made of how much. In the eyes of the people, it must be just symbolic.

After all, the government has done too many things to extort money and money. They don't want to suck blood from them. They are happy if they suffer a little. How could they be so generous as to give them compensation in money and food?

Even more pessimistic people wonder whether the government will do something to them during their migration.

After all, when moving, you must take all your belongings with you.

However, those who suffered more than them were the students who participated in the imperial examinations held by the Lu Sheng pseudo-court.

Now that Lu Sheng is dead, he has been labeled a traitor.

Then do those who passed the provincial examination still count?

For a moment, they extremely regretted having taken part in the imperial examination. If they had known earlier, they would have gone further away to apply for the examination in the four states under Chen Mo's command.

Some brave ones organized a group of students who had passed the provincial examination and went to the yamen to ask for an explanation.

(End of this chapter)