Mysterious Tribulation

Golden Stone City.

The gate is open.

Two rows of officials knelt on the side of the road, and the first one held a big seal and walked forward on his knees: "Sinner Lin Ping, welcome Master Wang into the city!"

Aaron stepped forward and accepted the seal on behalf of King Liang, and then ordered the army to enter the city.

"Prime Minister?"

Tang Xun reminded that there were often frauds in ancient city offerings, such as cheating into the city first, and then closing the door to beat the dog.

"No, I believe the city officials are very aware of current affairs."

Aaron laughed and rode the white tiger ahead, attracting a lot of attention.

A large number of people kneeling on the side of the road, no matter how ignorant they may be, have heard the name of Taoist Tiger Rider, Tiger Power Immortal.

'Have the air to count points into the account? Not in vain, I made a plan specifically for Xiancheng. ’

Aaron looked at the head of Jinshicheng, and saw that the original Dasong banner fell and was replaced with the brand-new Liangwang banner. He couldn't help but smile, and said to Tang Xun beside him: "Jiangzhou Fucheng is difficult to be the center, this Jinshicheng is not bad. The Liang Palace and the official office have been relocated... but you don't have to worry about it, I will give you 50,000 people, can you have the confidence to conquer the south?"

Although he was surrendered this time, Aaron also secretly checked his appearance and found a lot of talents.

For example, Si Yunming, Zheng Fang, etc., but they are more good at water warfare, and they are the generals of the navy.

What's more, just surrendered, should not be reused.

If it is ruled out, Aaron's first commander-in-chief candidate, in fact, has no choice at all...

"Please rest assured, Prime Minister, now the southern prefectures will definitely be able to pass on it!"

Tang Xun is overjoyed, this is a military merit given away!

…

Taiping five years.

October.

The weather was getting colder, and a huge convoy slowly drove into Jinshi City, holding the dragon flag impressively.

This is the arrival of King Liang!

The chariots and horses are like dragons, and the guards are like scales.

Du Longzi rode a small donkey, swayed behind the team, stroked his beard, and was very proud.

"It has always been to support the Dragon Court, and it is easy to take the old way as the first... The mayfly can only take five steps to fly, but once it rises in the wind, it can fly thousands of miles... This is the strength of the good wind!"

"Now that King Liang has entered the golden stone, Tang Xun has pushed it all the way, and half of the country has already obtained it. Even the Dragon Qi of Xuanwu Lake, which Chongming Dao is thinking about, has also been obtained by us, so happy..."

Thinking of the feud that the Dao lineage was almost destroyed back then, Du Longzi only had fun in his heart.

Suddenly, there was thunder in the sky, and there seemed to be a dragon roar, which startled Du Longzi.

He trembled all over, knowing that it was King Liang who entered the golden stone, which caused a change in the heavens, so he could not help but narrow his eyes secretly, running the Taoist method.

The world was suddenly dark, and the next moment, he saw a crimson pillar rising into the sky.

A black-backed carp was swimming in it, and it seemed to have grown a bit.

And in the direction of Ziqingshan and Xuanwu Lake... the wisps of blue and purple energy radiated from the lake, shaped like a dragon turtle, coming towards the golden stone, as if to match it.

This is the king of gold and stone!

There is a cloud in the picture book - the king of gold and stone is a omen in the previous generation, the yellow flag is covered with purple, the book is in the southeast, and the king is in all countries!

At this time, when King Liang entered the city, it was precisely to obtain this dragon energy, and the real foundation was fully equipped!

Boom!

At this moment, a mutation occurred!

The sky suddenly darkened, and the Xuanwu Lake dragon qi was swept by something, and suddenly lost 90% of the dragon qi, leaving only two golden qi, which disappeared into the carp.

The black-backed carp got this, grew two golden dragon whiskers, and then disappeared...

"Half of the country is still in the shape of a carp, which has never existed in the world since ancient times!"

Du Longzi secretly complained, but we didn't dare to ask, and we didn't dare to say.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the change in heaven, I looked towards the north again, and suddenly my heart palpitated, my nose was hot, and blood was oozing out.

Du Longzi secretly wiped it with his sleeve, only to find that the convoy had arrived at Liangwang Palace, and everything before seemed to be just his own hallucination.

He could only sigh to himself: "Jiaolong, the Golden King of the North, is only one step away from becoming a real dragon. How generous is this blessing!"

…

north.

Capital.

The city wall of the capital is the largest in the world. There are five arsenals and four granaries. It is said that there are countless grain and ordnance piled up in it, and there are 200,000 forbidden troops...

Although most of the elites were not located in the south, so that almost every family in the capital wore filial piety, but there were still 200,000 professional soldiers.

And with a household of one million, even if five households draw one, they can produce another 200,000 strong men!

In the face of such a high-walled city, even though King Jin only said that he would hit the capital, he did not say that he would break the city!

He originally planned to just show off his power near the capital, and then loot and loot, it would be enough...

But I didn't expect that there seems to be a turning point in the capital?

Royal Palace.

Sima Zhong, one of the emperor's three orders, wore a big red and white crane robe and a black-winged hat, and walked like the wind.

"Prime Minister stay!"

Behind him, a middle-aged civil servant hurriedly chased after him: "Prime Minister, teacher..."

This is the imperial censor Yuzhan, who knows military affairs, and is also a jinshi who Sima Zhong personally picked up, and has the grace of a teacher.

"Are you puzzled by the DPRK?"

Sima Zhong said.

"Exactly... Now that the Hu people are raging, they should be the main battle. Why is the teacher in favor of peace?"

Yu Zhan bowed again and said, "Hu people are cunning and unreliable... They could tear up the covenant before..."

"I already know this." Sima Zhong waved his hand disapprovingly: "But the Hu people are only good at horse fighting in the plains, so they may have destroyed the first city in the world? Since they cannot break the city, then it is a disease of scabies. The main battle, let the generals come to the top, is a big problem for the confidant! Not to mention... Li Xiang is the main battle!"

Yu Zhan froze in place.

Li Xiang, another minister who took care of his life, without this person, his teacher would have been in power long ago.

"The rise of the pseudo-liang in the south, the chaos of the golden people in the north, the country is about to be destroyed, and there are still party disputes?"

Yu Zhan's words stuck in his throat, but he could only hold back abruptly, watching his teacher leave, he laughed miserably in his heart: 'Not only that... Even if the Hu people gain the world, wouldn't they still use our civil servants? That's the main thing, right? ’

He has been an official for so many years, and he has seen through many things.

Today is like this, still a cavity of blood is hard to cool!

However, under this kind of imperial court, the more you do things and do practical things, the more desperate you become...

…

Taiping six years, January.

Golden Stone City.

King Liang became the ruler of Jinshi, and he took all the southern parts. With a new atmosphere in the new year, he immediately issued a decree - abolishing imperial examinations, promoting public examinations, setting up official schools and military academies in various places, encouraging private teaching of scientific methods, and adding religious taxes, business taxes, and stalls. Entering mu, officials and gentry pay grain together, etc...

As soon as this order came out, Jiangnan was full of complaints!

Countless scholars blamed King Liang and the Prime Minister for doing the opposite!

Aaron is just a dog barking!

For the wailing of the defeated dog, he didn't bother to kill himself. He just waited for the big policy to be implemented.

In the chaos, the year still has to pass.

The streets and alleys of Jinshicheng were decorated with lights, and there was some snow on the roadside.

At this time, a carriage wrapped in a thick blanket slowly drove into the city.

"Jinshicheng really has a king spirit!"

The curtains opened, and a young Taoist appeared. It was Zhang Zifeng, the son of Jiedushi!

"No... This city has a king's air because of the presence of King Liang. There are people first, and then there is air, otherwise everything is empty talk!"

In the carriage, there was also an old Confucian man, with white beard and hair, but his eyes were gentle and soft, like a child.

"Mr. Haoran is right."

Zhang Zifeng sighed and said, "King Liang paraded troops on Xuanwu Lake in the new year, and reorganized the Songchao Naval Division. There are five hundred tower boats, masts stand in a lot, and flags cover the sun... Prime Minister Xu Lingzi wrote a poem on the spot - Five hundred tower boats. 100,000 soldiers climbed high to parade the military formation. We must know that the warships are stalking melons, and there should be military teeth to support the stone city. The autumn sky on the lake is full of silk and bamboo branches, and the river is surging and the sound of drums and drums. Qi! And the north, alas..."

Thinking of the tragic situation of the northern capital, even Zhang Zifeng couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy.

Last year, King Jin coerced the capital, and the court went to the end to discuss with the princes, but they still negotiated peace!

King Jin asked for 5 million taels of gold and 50 million taels of silver, as well as ceding land, but the court agreed.

King Jin pretended to quit the army, and then took advantage of the covenant between the two kings, and brazenly hijacked the official family and demanded double the ransom!

The court couldn't get the money, so it could only use women to make up the money. In the end, even the officials' daughters, even the concubines and princesses of the harem had to be sent to pay off their debts.

King Jin took the opportunity to use the official family to call the door, successfully broke into the capital, broke through the imperial city, and captured the official family's queen, empress dowager, many royal family kings, as well as the palace concubines, royal family members, and ministers about 3,000 people were captured! And wrapped in the north return!

At the time of the cold winter, the Hu people directly stripped the official family's dragon robe and demoted him to a commoner. Some ministers rushed to write a letter, and they were directly executed by King Jin, and the corpse was fed to the dog!

The harem concubines, and even the empress and princess were all reduced to playthings.

Along the way, I don't know how many ministers, clans, and daughters of the harem died.

After arriving at the capital of King Jin, he ordered a prisoner offering ceremony to be held.

Dasong is dead!

Such a tragic situation, even if Zhang Zifeng had a grudge against the court, he felt unbearable.

"At this time, the north is full of the stench of barbarians. Mr. Haoran, who has a reputation in the sea, is angry and goes south. He will definitely be able to assist King Ming of Liang, expel the Tartars, and set things right!"

Zhang Zifeng said.

This Mr. Haoran is unusual, from the Zhang family in Xuzhou.

And the Zhang family is the leader of the famous sect, and there has been a Confucian saint! After a thousand years, it is not bad, known as a thousand-year-old family! Unparalleled in the world!

It can be said that every move of the other party is related to the belonging of the hearts of scholars in the world!

If the other party can take the initiative to go south, it is obviously that the orthodoxy of Dasong has been cut off, and the hearts of scholars in the world belong to Nanliang!

Mr. Haoran did not have much joy on his face: "This old man has entered the Liang Kingdom, and I have seen it all the way... King Liang's government has more prime ministers, and Xu Lingzi is a Taoist real person, but he cannot govern by inaction. Unexpectedly... In the final analysis, it is nothing more than suppressing the famous religions, suppressing the powerful and powerful, and enabling the villains to rise to the top! Over time, the country will not be the country! The old man wants to apply for the book, ask the King of Liang and the prime minister to open the imperial examination, in order to gain the hearts of scholars and reduce Taxes, don't compete with the people for profits, so...the world will return to the heart, and the four seas will serve as guests!"

…

"A thousand-year-old family?"

Aaron scratched his head, and threw the article in his hand into the stove and burned it: "There was a gatekeeper in the front, known as the fourth and the third prince, but the result was only a few hundred years... Cao Man, do you know why?"

"I do not know…"

Cao Man said helplessly.

"The husband's tongue is preserved because of its softness? The death of the teeth is not because of its rigidity?" Aaron said with a smile: "The clan powers are known as cross-state, participate in the general situation of the imperial court, and compete for the world, and there are many losses. Ten years of prosperity is the sky... And the Zhang family is a famous religion, a group of gentlemen and not a party, and it is vaguely in line with the spirit of Confucianism, so it has lasted for thousands of years.

Cao Man suddenly shuddered, feeling a trace of the Prime Minister's murderous aura, and couldn't help but say, "Prime Minister... Mr. Haoran has never been an official. He has taught and educated people all his life, and has written books and biography. It can be said that the world is full of peaches and plums, and you can't easily move it!"

"You...don't be frightened by the chatter of the opposition faction. Are there any Confucian disciples in our core and wings? We are not chaotic, the army is not chaotic, and the public opinion in Shilin is just the crow's noise!"

Aaron smiled: "But I'm not going to kill this person..."

He suddenly said again: "This article is very good, the words are good, it can be called a generation of famous masters... Just look at the last sentence, the way is not good, it is floating in the sea - this is a vague meaning of resentment, if the court does not obey, he will I'm afraid it's not to travel around the world, but to throw Hu! This will also bring the imperial court and the Prime Minister to come, but the Prime Minister never accepts threats!"

"Isn't it?" A cold sweat appeared on Cao Man's forehead.

"Why not? In fact, under the rule of the Hu people, they can still live quite well, even better than before... Because the Hu people did not take the Central Plains seriously at all, they ruled according to the conventions of the grasslands, divided tax zones and so on... This is what Small feudal ah, under this system, as long as the landlords make the Hu people feel comfortable and pay enough taxes, they will be the masters of the land, run rampant, and even support private soldiers!"

Aaron sneered, and suddenly sighed again: "Actually, this person's heart is quite sincere. If we really open the imperial examinations, and even declare that all the achievements of the previous dynasty will be recognized, it will really be a return to the heart, and the Hu people will not become a climate. Extinction, and then open another three hundred years of new dynasty...simple, smooth and smooth."

"Then you have to ask me, why didn't you take it?" Seeing Cao Man's doubts, Aaron laughed: "Is it what I asked for in the three-hundred-year court? See they're not the only way to rule the world!"

"I have made up my mind to send troops to Xuzhou after the new year. This is a real battle!"

Aaron said: "Since the demise of Dasong and the streets of Tianjie, Xuzhou has long been in chaos, and it took no effort to win it, but the subsequent governance will inevitably be resisted by all parties, and there will be endless tax-resistance issues!"

After all, Xuzhou is the base camp of the Zhang family, and the idea of ​​famous religion is deeply rooted.

"And this Prime Minister has to admit that I am too scientific, and I still have some shortcomings. If I am provoked by a famous teacher, it is inevitable that people will be panicked..."

"So?" Cao Man's heart clenched.

"This prime minister can't solve the problem, but he can solve the person who raised the problem, that's enough."

Aaron said: "After the beginning of spring, the Prime Minister led a 40,000-foot army and 10,000 navy troops to the north... I took Tang Xun away, and Zhan Da, Hei Er, and Zhang Tie were promoted to guerrilla generals and stayed in various places."

Cao Man froze in his heart, knowing that the Prime Minister had arranged such a plan, and he was about to start a killing spree!

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