Chapter 85 A Turbulent World
Chapter 85 The world is in turmoil
The next morning, when Hao Shuai, led by Dongfang Bai and Hong Hou, arrived at the parade ground, a whole battalion of soldiers had been waiting for their arrival under the leadership of officers at all levels. Next to the soldiers stood all the officials from the prefect to the lower level of Guangling and the onlookers.
Hao Shuai looked at the soldiers in the battalion. Although they looked quite imposing, they were far inferior to the real elite. However, Hao Shuai did not intend to rely on them to fight. He just hoped that they could maintain order.
Hao Shuai, accompanied by Dongfang Bai and Hong Hou, came to the high platform. Looking at the puzzled people below, Hao Shuai did not waste words. He slowly soared into the air and finally stood in the air.
"Ah!"
The exclamation came from below. Everyone was dumbfounded. They looked at Hao Shuai floating in the air 20 meters high in disbelief. A few people knelt on the ground and shouted gods.
This was the case in ancient times. Because of the knowledge gap, many normal things in modern times were often considered miracles, not to mention this kind of flying in the air like a legendary god.
"You all know that the emperor of the capital has passed away, treacherous ministers are in control of the government, Wu Sangui in the south has rebelled and has reached the Yangtze River. The world is about to be in chaos and the people are living in misery. The Jade Emperor cannot bear to see the world finally settled down and the people suffer again, so he specially ordered me, Ziwei Star Lord, to come down to earth to quell the chaos. Now, please ask the heavenly soldiers and generals to come down to earth to help me!" Hao Shuai spread his voice throughout Guangling City through a hidden loudspeaker.
Originally, due to the government's request, most of the people gathered near the parade ground. At this time, as Hao Shuai's voice fell, soldiers, officials and people kept kneeling and looking at Hao Shuai.
When Hao Shuai waved his hand, countless "heavenly soldiers and generals" (robots) were released from the space to fill the entire parade ground. At that time, the entire parade ground and the surrounding people were shocked. There was no one standing, except Hong Hou and Dongfang Bai.
Everyone knelt on the ground in awe and looked at Hao Shuai in the air, shouting long live.
With Hao Shuai's trickery and even coercion, Guangling was taken by Hao Shuai without bloodshed. All the officials in Guangling who had not been controlled before were isolated and investigated. Those with bad records were dragged out and beheaded, and those with good conduct were promoted and retained.
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Just when Hao Shuai spent a few days to rectify Guangling's affairs, the news of his rebellion spread all over the world. It was not known whether Hao Shuai took the lead, but countless ambitious people emerged overnight. Shaanxi Governor Wang Puchen announced that he would go to Beijing to purge the emperor's side, Zheng Jing of Taiwan crossed the sea and marched into Fujian Province, and Lin'an Prefect Wu Liuqi raised the banner of rebellion with the support of the Tiandihui and officially shouted the slogan of "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming". The Junggar rebellion, the Hui uprising, the Red Flower Society, the White Lotus Society and the Third Prince Zhu all showed their strengths. The whole world can almost be said to be full of wars.
Hao Shuai ignored the changes in the outside world. After rectifying Guangling, Hao Shuai personally led the robot army all the way south. In four days, he captured Jinling and captured the Governor of Liangjiang, Guaerjia. Then the troops were divided into three groups, led by Hao Shuai, Dongfang Bai and Long Er to the north, south and east respectively. In less than a week, they occupied the entire Su Province.
After occupying Su Province, Hao Shuai suspended the attack and began to rectify the territory under his jurisdiction. First, with the cooperation of the high-tech means of the Red Queen, he made every effort to crack down on organizations such as the City Fox Society Rat, the White Lotus Society, and the Heaven and Earth Society. Then he rectified the administration of officials, severely punished corrupt officials, and confiscated the property and exterminated the local gentry, bandits and bullies who were rampant in the countryside and preyed on the people.
The most important thing is that Hao Shuai announced that all the land under his jurisdiction would be nationalized, and those landlords with good reputations would be repurchased at the original price, and those landlords with bad reputations would be repurchased at only 30% of the original price. At the same time, he announced that each person under his jurisdiction could be allocated one acre of land per head.
When Hao Shuai announced this policy, it caused a complete sensation. After all, in ancient times, land was the most important thing. Only a small group of people could own land.
And now Hao Shuai actually distributed land to the people for free, which immediately made countless people excited and enthusiastically supported Hao Shuai's rule.
Of course, it was not that no one bravely stood up to oppose it, but unfortunately these people were all taken away by Hao Shuai to sacrifice to the heaven, and the remaining opponents could only pack up some of their wealth and run away.
Under the armed deterrence of robots, after 14 or 15 days of education and rectification, Hao Shuai really made Jiangsu Province a solid block and became his base camp.
During Hao Shuai's rest and rectification period, others were not idle. Wu Sangui also fought a war with the Qing Dynasty on both sides of Wuhan. At present, neither side could do anything to the other. Wang Puchen of Shaanxi took advantage of the Qing Dynasty's lack of time to take care of him, so he sent troops to occupy the entire Gansu territory. Zheng Jing, who attacked the coastal area of Fujian, was beaten back by Jingnan Wang Geng Jingzhong. The Tiandihui in Lin'an also captured Jinhua under the command of Wu Liuqi.
After stabilizing the internal environment, Hao Shuai turned his attention to the outside world. This time, his goal was to go west to Anhui Province and south to Zhejiang Province.
With Dongfang Bai and Long Er each leading 50,000 robots to attack, it only took half a month to occupy the two provinces. Hao Shuai suddenly became the strongest force besides the Qing Dynasty and Wu Sangui.
Of course, it was not smooth sailing to capture the two provinces. In addition to facing the elite troops of the Qing Dynasty, they also had to face the landlords' armed forces that were put together, especially when attacking Zhejiang Province.
At this time, Zhejiang Province had become the base camp of the Tiandihui. Facing the overwhelming robot army on the battlefield, the Tiandihui had no way to deal with it and could only pin their hopes on the assassination of Dongfang Bai.
Unfortunately, facing the half-step innate Dongfang Bai and the robots that protected her, even the Tiandihui's top master Chen Jinnan could only barely save his life and run away, and the bodies of other assassins were all hung outside the camp.
Faced with the ruthless Dongfang Bai and the advancing army, the Tiandihui's just-started anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty was extinguished, but the Tiandihui, who did not give up, actually launched guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, and specially organized masters to sabotage cities and villages.
Unfortunately, the leaders of the Tiandihui must not have learned the essence of guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. After Hao Shuai's series of people-friendly policies were implemented in Zhejiang Province, the people of the Tiandihui were immediately reported and chased wherever they went, especially after Hao Shuai added another 50,000 robot troops to Zhejiang, and the power of the Tiandihui was completely driven out of the three provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui.
After occupying three provinces and moving the headquarters to Jinling, Hao Shuai began to spend a lot of money to build all kinds of schools, from elementary school, junior high school, high school to university, all of which were built and provided with food and accommodation, and forced the people under his rule to send their children to school, otherwise the land would be taken back.
As for the problem of school teachers, Hao Shuai happened to have countless NS-4 robots in his space that could play a role.
When Hao Shuai announced a new decree, he also found that he was now seriously lacking grassroots officials, because before, except for a small number of officials who could meet Hao Shuai's requirements, most of the officials were clicked by Hao Shuai.
Faced with this problem, Hao Shuai could only temporarily use robots to handle government affairs, and at the same time urgently established three government colleges to recruit literate young people over 16 years old with pure character.
Knowing that they could become officials as long as they passed the assessment after admission, countless young people signed up enthusiastically under the guidance of the official-oriented ideology for two thousand years, and the students were enrolled all at once. What awaited them would be a six-month high-intensity study.
In other words, Hao Shuai had no shortage of money and he had confiscated the homes of countless unscrupulous officials and landlords in the three provinces. Also, Hao Shuai had the final say in the three provinces at that time, so he could make such capricious arrangements. If someone else did the same, they would either be dissuaded by their subordinates or face financial collapse.