Forced to start the game, summon a hundred thousand snow dragon riders

Chapter 36

Chang'an City.

The palace, the imperial study.

The news of Dongfang Bubai's conquest of Famous Sword Villa has already been sent back to the palace.

"This Dongfang Bubai is indeed a genius in martial arts."

Li Xiulong Yan Dayue.

In less than a month, Dongfang Bubai had completed the mission and wiped out the two martial arts sects that opposed the imperial court.

Let the name of the Sun Moon God Sect spread throughout the martial arts in the Central Plains.

It made other Jianghu martial arts sects tremble.

Both righteousness and evil are terrified.

"Pass on my oral order, let Dongfang Bubai continue to grow the Sun Moon God Sect, and I will give him another three months to dominate the entire Central Plains martial arts!"

Li Xiu looked at Cao Zhengchun who was on the side.

"Old slave obeys!"

Cao Zhengchun immediately surrendered.

Even Cao Zhengchun was surprised by Dongfang Bubai's speed.

After all, conquering the Jianghu martial arts is no less difficult than conquering feudal towns.

What's more, there are so many masters in the major martial arts sects, Dongfang Bubai started from nothing, and destroyed two major sects within a month, which is simply unimaginable.

Today, the Sun Moon God Sect is gaining more and more momentum in the martial arts world, just like the Japanese side.

From Cao Zhengchun's point of view, the days when the Eastern Undefeated dominates the martial arts in the Central Plains may not be too long.

……

The next day.

above the hall.

Civil and military officials entered the hall one by one and stood on both sides of the royal road.

Among the courtiers, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War strode out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there is a good news from the front line. Xiang Yu, the general who conquered the East, has led his army to conquer the three towns of Fanyang, Pinlu and Shuofang successively, and made the three towns Jiedu envoy Yu Dang , kill them all!"

"In addition, Master Shangshu has also successfully pacified the two towns of Hexi and Longyou. Now, in the two towns, there are only sporadic remnants of the rebellion, and they will be completely wiped out in a few days."

Hearing the report from Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, the court was filled with joy and joy.

They originally thought that the imperial court encountered resistance from the Jianghu martial arts during the crusade against the feudal towns.

The progress of conquering feudal towns may be greatly affected.

Unexpectedly, Dajun cleared the obstacles so quickly.

Now, the Wulu feudal town has basically been pacified!

More than half of the chronic diseases of the Tang Empire have disappeared at once!

However, Li Xiu, who was sitting on the Dragon Throne, was not surprised at all.

He had already sent Dongfang Bubai to destroy the two major martial arts sects that hindered the Tang court. After these two resistances were swept away, the court's army would naturally never encounter any strong resistance again.

It is not difficult for Xiang Yu to conquer the three towns and fight well.

As for the Minister of War, under the threat of his three-day deadline, he also fought to the death, and obviously achieved considerable results. Although there were still sporadic remnants making trouble, the task was barely completed.

These five powerful vassals were now eradicated successively by Li Xiu, and the remaining vassal governors were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. In front of Li Xiu, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, they could no longer do anything good.

"His Majesty."

At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs suddenly came up and said: "The areas of the feudal towns have been severely exploited by the Jiedu envoys of the towns, and now they have suffered repeated wars.

"I implore Your Majesty to reduce the burden on the people of the feudal town, resettle the refugees, and resume farming."

Li Xiu nodded, "Quite."

People eat for food.

Farming was the foundation of the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

The feudal vassals and towns fought militaristically, fighting for years, all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes emerged one after another, and the people lived in dire straits and were on the verge of collapse.

Many people were forced to flee their hometowns and became refugees in order to avoid military disasters and exorbitant taxes.

If the refugee problem is not resolved, it is likely to trigger a civil uprising and endanger the rule of the dynasty.

"Preach my decree, let the local governments count the number of refugees, resettle them on the spot, and distribute land according to the number of people."

Li Xiu looked at the Minister of the Household Department and said in a loud voice: "Fanyang, Pinlu, Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou Wulu Fanzhen, plus the former Huainan and Hedong towns, the people in these seven places will be exempted from paying taxes for one year. And abolish all exorbitant taxes!"

As soon as Li Xiu said this, all the officials were stunned.

Even Shangshu Hubu looked at Li Xiu in disbelief.

He just mentioned the matter of the refugees in the feudal town, and he had no hope at all that Li Xiu would care about such petty matters.

After all, His Majesty is a man of great talent and strategy, and his plan is to unify the world. How did the little refugees get into His Majesty's eyes.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty paid great attention to this matter, and directly proposed a solution, and incidentally exempted the people of the feudal town from taxes for a year!

It seems that His Majesty understands the truth that water can carry a boat and capsize it...

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Hubu Shangshu took a deep breath and looked into Li Xiu's eyes with sincere admiration.

His Majesty is not only literary and martial arts, but also has a heart of love for the people, which is really commendable.

After Hubu Shangshu retired.

During the shift of civil servants, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials came out and said, "Your Majesty, since the last time Your Majesty purged the court, there have been many vacancies in the imperial court, and the problem has not been completely resolved yet."

"I suggest that you start a course to recruit scholars as soon as possible, and select scholars to fill the vacancies in the court."

"The matter of the imperial examination is indeed urgent."

Li Xiu nodded, then looked at another courtier, and said, "Minister of the Ministry of Rites, how are you preparing for the restructuring of the scientific examination system?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly came out, bent over and said, "I would like to report to Your Majesty, the reform of the imperial examination system has already been announced to the world, and this matter has been promoted within the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty."

"However, it encountered a lot of local resistance."

"resistance?"

Li Xiu was immediately displeased, "This is a national policy, who would dare to stop it?"

The Minister of Rites said: "When I heard the news of the reform of the imperial examination system, the entire Tang scholars were in an uproar."

"The scholars of the Tang Dynasty, headed by the four major academies, all said that your majesty did not study much and did not understand the essence of poetry and articles, so he tampered with the imperial examination system without authorization, and put the poems and prose they had learned all their lives in an irrelevant place. It doesn't matter if you don't participate."

"A group of poor and rotten scholars dare to ridicule His Majesty and talk about the national policy set by His Majesty. They really deserve to die!"

Cao Zhengchun immediately bowed his hands to Li Xiu, and said in a deep voice: "I implore your majesty to allow this old servant to lead the guards of the East Factory, burn down the four major academies, and kill all these poor and corrupt scholars, as an example to others!"

"This... shouldn't be the case, right?"

The expression of the Minister of Rites changed slightly.

The Confucian scholars just complained a few words, so it wouldn't be like killing them all, right?

"Scholars who slander the country are not guilty of death."

Li Xiu waved his hand, signaling Cao Zhengchun to back down.

It also made the hearts of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and others fall back into their stomachs.

"However, they actually laughed at me for not reading enough, saying that I don't understand poetry?"

"It's ridiculous!"

All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay.

Are they wrong?

In their impression, they have never heard that His Majesty has written any poems...

Chapter 37 They Know Nothing About Me

"They don't know anything about my literary attainments!"

Li Xiu shook his head and said.

But all civil and military officials are secretly slandering.

Your majesty, what literary attainments do you have, even these courtiers don't know, how can ordinary people know?

"Actually, I have studied poetry and fu for a long time."

"It's just that I am the lord of all the people in the world. If I am immersed in such small ways as poetry and articles, it is really not a blessing for my country in the Tang Dynasty."

"Therefore, I have never shown my talent in poetry and prose in front of the world."

"But I didn't expect that this group of scholars would look down on me!"

All the officials in the hall were stunned when they heard it.

There was a hint of suspicion in everyone's eyes.

Is he true or false?

In this world, is there really someone who can be full of talent and learning without revealing anything to outsiders?

If this can be held back, then this person is a saint, right?

But even though all the officials were full of suspicion, no one dared to jump out and question Li Xiu.

Whatever His Majesty says, be what it is!

How can they, who are courtiers, tear down His Majesty?

"Where is the Guozijian sacrificial wine?!"

Suddenly, Li Xiu called the name of Guozijian Jijiu.

"The minister is here."

An old man with white beard and hair ran out quickly and knelt down on the imperial road.

"Guozijian Jijiu, I order you to start "Da Tang Fengyun Bao" immediately, publish two small poems I wrote in my spare time, and send them to the four major academies."

"I want this group of poor and corrupt scholars who ridicule me to open their eyes and see what I have achieved in poetry and prose!"

When all civil and military officials heard Li Xiu's words, they all showed disbelief.

They originally thought that Li Xiu was just bragging in front of their courtiers to satisfy themselves.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty wanted to create a special newspaper to publish his poems.

This is for real!

"Your Majesty, please think twice about this matter!"

Guozijian Jijiu's face was cloudy and uncertain, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "The old fellows of the four major academies have all immersed themselves in poetry and prose for decades. They can tell at a glance the true level of your majesty's poetry. .”

"Based on the veteran's understanding of these old guys, they will not give the court face, and will definitely comment on His Majesty's poems and golden sentences in front of the world."

"At that time, I am afraid that I will be self-defeating and offend His Majesty..."

Guozijian's words of offering wine are already quite euphemistic.

Your Majesty, you, a person who has never written poetry, suddenly come up with two poems, that level must not be flattering.

When you are exposed in person by those old fellows, and the world knows it, you and the imperial court will lose face!

Otherwise, forget about it!

"Your Majesty, I also feel that this matter is yet to be discussed..."

The Minister of Rites is also cautious and authentic.

"Are you doubting me?"