Chapter 388: The King of Zhou Is Crowned Emperor!

June 28th.

Envoy Gao Li finally arrived in Tianhe County.

Looking at these roads called cement manufacturing, and the lively farmers and workers who walked by from time to time on the street, Gao Li's eyes were solemn.

Along the way, he found that the policies implemented in the place where Chen's family was located were simply heresy!

So many big households, just kill them?

What's the point of dividing the land?

What schools should be built? Factories?

Improve the status of craftsmen?

Can petty officials also be promoted?

Township officials are also officials?

What's the connection between these! How dare Chen Nuo?

He had heard about some of the situations here before, but he really didn't expect it to be so outrageous.

While being shocked, he also felt a little happy in his heart. Why?

Because just this heretical behavior, as long as it is spread back and publicized, it is guaranteed that Chen's family will be unable to move!

However, the Chen family is not without merits, such as cement, refined salt, and...

Gao Li touched the spotless white paper in his hand, as if he was touching silver, and looked at the cheap clothes with fine stitching next to him.

"This place is a place for craftsmen."

Gao Li made an evaluation, and at the same time, he had an outline in his mind.

The so-called Chen family is just a nouveau riche craftsman family that rose all the way from the common people.

The key is that he sat on the wrong side.

He actually chose to give profits to those common people and offended the big families who should have stood together. How unwise!

It was just that he was lucky to have a genius clan leader with strong martial arts and strong character. Otherwise, with this brain, he would have been destroyed even if he rose up!

Oh, no, this policy might have been caused by that clan leader, haha, reckless man...

Gao Li received private school education and even followed high-level figures like his godfather Gao Gong. He was definitely not stupid. In his opinion, there are a few things in this world that are the most important.

First, warriors, second, scholars, third, the royal family, and fourth, the aristocratic families.

Military power is of course the first, but warriors below the Zang-Fu realm must submit to the court system and have no bargaining rights;

Second, there are scholars who have taken the imperial examinations. After conquering the world, they always have to ask people to govern. As actual managers, scholars can even form groups to suppress warriors and confront imperial power in times of peace and stability. However, once the situation is unstable and changes, it is easy to overturn and power becomes empty;

Third, there is imperial power. As the largest aristocratic family, the imperial power is extremely powerful and acts as a referee. When it is strong, it can easily judge warriors and scholars. Even if it encounters a foolish monarch, the foundation of the royal family can support it. At most, the power of warriors and scholars will increase greatly. They can even send out eunuch forces to fight. There is a lot of room for operation and it can still maintain balance.

Finally, and most importantly, the foundation is these aristocratic families who are both civil and military. County officials are not as good as the current ones. Local snakes are never easy to mess with, especially since scholars and warriors often appear in these aristocratic families. Their power is intertwined, and even the court needs to be cautious when governing the local area. When the season is peaceful, they are officials, and when the season is not peaceful, they are small warlords.

Except for the founding period, in normal times, even the imperial power mainly tries to win them over, and will not easily fight them.

There is no way. Even if you have the ability to do it, you can't cut off your own arm, right? Pulling out the radish will bring out the mud, and maybe you will pull out the blood vessels and bleed heavily. There is no way. The longer it exists, the more it will be involved.

These four components are completely mutually restrained. If you are strong, he will be weak, and if he is strong, you will be weak.

As for those ordinary people?

The local aristocratic families suppress them, even control them, and even represent them.

Isn't it obvious who should be won over?

So in his opinion, dividing the land and confiscating the property offended the aristocratic families; opening non-imperial examination channels for advancement and raising the status of craftsmen offended the scholars; and not submitting to the king before offended the imperial power.

Chen pushed away three of the four elements, so he could only rely on force.

But force?

The king is about to become emperor. Can he, a mere visceral family, still beat the king, no, His Majesty, with force? !

This successfully established a psychological advantage in Gao Li's heart.

When he looked at these people again, his head was able to be slightly raised again.

Soon, he entered Tianhe County.

As soon as he entered the city, he felt that the people in charge of the Chen family might still have some skills, otherwise they would not be able to create such a large city with surging crowds and a peaceful life.

Came to the county government.

The yamen.

Gao Li and Chen Deng sat in the study, the scented candles exuded a faint fragrance, and the hot steam of the fragrant tea drifted away.

"Your Excellency, why not try this tea? It is picked by the people of Tianhe County on the top of the mountain between the clouds and mist. It must be picked by young girls who are not married yet. One liang is worth one gold."

Gao Li's eyes lit up, he took a sip, bitter and sweet, and raised his mouth, "Good tea."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while.

"Mr. Chen, where is the chief noble?" Gao Li asked.

"Hahaha, the chief is out visiting friends and has not returned recently. If you have any news, please let me know and I will pass it on."

Chen Deng was very gentle and behaved like a scholar.

Gao Li felt very comfortable when they were together. This is how scholars should meet.

However, even so, he did not forget his mission. When he saw this, he said, "This can't be done. I have important matters coming here this time. If I don't talk to the noble chief personally, I will feel uneasy and can't explain it."

Going out to visit friends?

Are you visiting a friend, or are you not showing up on purpose?

"Hey, the patriarch is out visiting friends. We don't know when he will return. If the envoy is willing to wait..."

Gao Li raised his eyebrows.

Wait?

Turning his eyes slightly, Gao Li suddenly smiled, "Whatever County Chen said, since the noble chief is not here, you can convey it to the county magistrate."

Afterwards, Gao Li put his hand deep into his large sleeve robe. The two volumes of imperial edict were slightly identical. He took out one volume and stood there looking at Chen Deng with a solemn and solemn face.

result.

Chen Deng just stood up, came to the opposite side of him, and waited for him to speak. He had no intention of saluting or calling his clan members.

Gao Li frowned and indicated with his eyes.

Chen Deng just smiled but didn't move his feet.

Gauri was silent.

"Chen County, let's get over it."

"Whatever you say, it's quite polite."

"..."

Gao Li twitched the corners of his mouth, unfolded the imperial edict, and began to speak.

"The emperor is destined to be transported by heaven, and the edict says..."

Gao Li spoke in an ups and downs, while Chen Deng listened quietly. There was no third person.

What the so-called imperial edict basically said was that Chen Nuo was canonized as General Tiannan, taking charge of the military and political affairs of Hexia County. Other than that, it was just some empty titles, of no use.

"...I admire this!"

After Gao Li finished speaking, he looked at Chen Deng with bright eyes.

Chen Deng frowned. He didn't expect this move. He directly conferred the title. Was he trying to include him?

So confident?

Don't look at the commander-in-chief of Hexia's military and political affairs. It seems that the Chen family is not in control of Hexia County now. On the contrary, if he really accepts the order, even if he is a nominal vassal, he will lose his rightful name and will definitely After losing the title of monarch and minister, the king of Zhou could easily add sand to the name of Hexia County. In short, it would be very detrimental to the future.

He didn't believe that King Zhou didn't know, but he still came out so suddenly and was not afraid of breaking his face, which meant that King Zhou was very confident!

So do you want to accept this imperial edict?

Chen Deng's heart went back and forth a thousand times.

But he didn't say anything and took the imperial edict directly.

"I will hand over the things when the patriarch comes back."

Gao Li's face twitched when he saw Chen Deng, who had not accepted the order and was acting impolitely, but he could not get angry. He just endured the tone and said, "It's best this way. It's not convenient for me to stay here for a long time, so I'll go back now."

"Walk slowly without seeing you off."

Chen Deng also lost the courtesy at the beginning and just said "walk slowly".

Gao Li walked out of Chen's house with a gloomy face.

I hate it secretly in my heart.

He didn't do this well. How should he explain it when he goes back?

If you want to offset the merits, you can only start from other directions.

With this thought, Gao Li decided to observe more carefully, and it would be best to reveal some of Chen's secrets.

…

Watching Gao Li leave, Chen Deng glanced at the imperial edict in his hand, snorted coldly, and threw it on the table.

He looked at the cup of tea again and poured it away.

"A mere eunuch can be arty, huh."

These teas are actually just ordinary clear teas. What he said just now are all promotional words from the tea factory, so he said that the eunuch was arty and didn't even distinguish this.

"In the land of one state, the news that King Zhou is preparing to proclaim himself emperor this week is probably true. However, it is ridiculous to use an imperial edict before proclaiming himself emperor."

Chen Deng sat on the chair and rubbed his temples. He felt that everything was troublesome. Facing such a huge creature, it would be false to say that he was not nervous, but Chen Deng recovered quickly.

"It is said to be one state, but the two counties in Jingzhou have suffered disasters and have not retained as much vitality as Yuezhou. If you really want to calculate it, it is not much better than our Hexia County. On the contrary, because it occupies such a large territory, the defense line is also longer. If the force is too large, the troops will be further divided. Once the troops are sent out rashly, they will inevitably be attacked by other forces, causing the newly occupied territory to be unstable. The internal affairs will also be a mess at the moment. The local aristocratic families and bandits will rebel. It won’t be solved in a few days.”

"So, he has no ability to attack my Chen family now!"

The more he spoke, the brighter Chen Deng's eyes became.

As soon as I thought of this, I felt relieved. Since there is a buffer, I can have fun. What I fear most is the kind of crushing force that gathers momentum, which means there is no way to survive.

Now, there is still a lot to be desired. The so-called King of Zhou is just a fat giant.

"We need to adjust the strength of the troops in the north and west. I don't know how well the county soldiers are trained in various places. With General Wei here, I think it won't be a big problem. There is also business. We have to be careful about the other side getting stuck, and we have to deal with it. Oh... Hey, Patriarch, Patriarch, when will you come back~"

While Chen Deng was writing plans in the study, he couldn't help but think of Chen Nuo.

…

More than ten days have passed.

It's mid-July.

Gao Li finally went back.

At this time, the ceremony for the king of Zhou to proclaim himself emperor in the important city of Jiangling in Jingzhou was finally ready.

In fact, I am still a little anxious. The real ceremony of proclaiming the emperor is extremely complicated and impossible to complete without preparation for half a year. However, we should follow the emergency and lower the standards.

At this time, Jiangling City has regained some vitality after nearly two months of governance. As a world-famous important city, Jiangling City has a large population. At its peak, there were 800,000 people!

Unfortunately, after the baptism of famine and war, the current population of Jiangling City is less than 400,000.

A high five-colored stone platform.

A bright yellow pole banner.

A winding carpet.

Various luxurious ceremonial guards.

Civil and military officials in brocade clothes stood on both sides.

The chimes rang softly.

The scene was solemn, and an inexplicable majesty swept the whole place.

Zhou Rong, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked out of the hall in the eunuch's clothes. His steps were slow, but he walked like a dragon and a tiger, with his head held high and his temperament flying.

The beads on the crown swayed slightly, covering his face, making it unclear and more mysterious.

When he came under the high platform.

The bell rang.

One step.

Two steps.

He stepped step by step on the steps representing the supreme power, his eyes were full of heat, and he thought of a lot at this moment.

There are soldiers who died in battle, and there are hardships along the way, but more of them are burning ambitions!

Everything is not over yet!

Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Chen, Yunguo, the remaining four states of Xiaguo, and the Southern Wilderness! Beiyuan! Ximo! Donghai!

The world is so big!

The world is so big, there must be someone to unify the eight wildernesses, why can't it be me, Zhou Rong?

Bang!

The last step.

He stepped onto the five-color high platform, chanted prayers, and sacrificed to heaven and earth.

"..."

"Heaven and earth witness, Zhouguo, established!"

Then he turned around and looked at the vast and vast people like ants.

At this moment, he knew what he should do next...

"Long live my emperor! !"

"Long live my emperor! !"

"Long live my emperor! !"

The mountains and the sea roared.

The ministers bowed their heads.

This is the supreme romance of men!

...

What he didn't know was.

At the moment when he founded the country, somewhere in the hall, six cold monsters were watching this scene indifferently.

"The ministers bowed their heads, shepherded the people, and were called the emperor. These mortals always have to do some tricks, haha, playing house."

The beast with fangs said disdainfully.

"Human nature is like this, power and money are not immune to the world, aren't you and I like this before?"

"Nonsense, you and I are different, we don't have these dirty desires, we are ruthless and desireless, we look at everything about them fairly, we are gods!" The beast retorted.

In his opinion, without a lot of intellectual interference, only a part of the intellect is left, and they can make calm judgments. They are a completely different species from humans.

Moreover, they feed on all living things, who would feed on their own kind?

Only lower organisms will become livestock and be eaten by higher organisms.

Just like humans and animals, they and humans.

"In any case, the court has finally been established among the mortals, and it will soon be unified. By then, we won't have to do this escort work."

"Hehe, I can't wait to taste the taste of high-quality blood food~"