Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 364: The temple revives, Fan Xian forms an alliance, but the four great masters refuse!
Liu Hong opened a memorial and glanced at it casually.

This matter is neither big nor small.

You can exaggerate and say that it is treason, or you can say that it is a deep brotherhood and they want to reunite.

Liu Hong pondered for a while.

"Remove Li Chengze from his position as the admiral of the Shazhou Navy, and let the Northern Qi military supervisor Gou Sheng take on the concurrent position of admiral of the Shazhou Navy. Fine him three months' salary, and let Li Chengze go to Songjiang Prefecture to make amends for his crime."

This punishment is not light! The admiral of the Shazhou Navy is a second-rank frontier official, crisscrossing the Han Kingdom's waterways, and the entire southern inland river is the scope of the Shazhou Navy's achievements.

At the beginning, Liu Hong appointed Li Chengze as the admiral of the Shazhou Navy because Li Chengze had made great contributions in restoring order in Kyoto, and he was also known as Liu Hong's adopted son.

This left the ministers speechless.

Now Li Chengze's status as adopted son has been reclaimed, and the Qing Kingdom Temple will continue.

It can be said that Li Chengze's official career in the Han Dynasty came to an end, and he could only be a vassal king.

Cheng Jushu was somewhat puzzled and didn't understand why Li Chengze did such an unwise thing.

Obviously, you just need to report to the cabinet in advance, or tell Emperor Gao.

Can't Li Chengze wait even a little longer?

Liu Hong just sorted out the memorials and smiled.

When the Xin Dynasty was founded, Li Chengze basically had no ambitions other than his hatred for Emperor Qing.

So this guy has nothing to worry about.

When Li Chengze arrived at Songjiang Prefecture, he saw mountains of grain and various seafood and fish.

The seafood and fish were caught by the Jiaozhou navy, and the food was the food brought by the Northern Qi army and the savings of Dongyi City for decades.

Emperor Gao's tent was still so plain and simple, and Li Chengze's originally calm mood was stirred up with countless ripples.

After hesitating for a while, Li Chengze pushed open Liu Hong's tent.

"How do you feel? Without the position of admiral of the Shazhou Navy, you are now just an idle prince."

Liu Hong seemed to be in a good mood.

There was no report of war on the western front, and Han Xin had been besieging Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River for more than half a year on the northern front. Old Qin Ye was finding it difficult to handle the situation alone.

Now only the coalition forces of the eastern front vassal states led by Liu Hong are left. They have been gathering strength for more than half a month, waiting to break through the city of Jinling where Emperor Qing is.

Li Chengze felt somewhat restrained and depressed.

Without the name Liu Ruyi, he almost lost a golden ticket to immunity from death.

"You are still guilty now. I am going to send an army of 200,000, led by the famous Northern Qi general Xiao Zhan. You will be a deputy general and lead 30,000 soldiers to guard the advance army."

Liu Hong spoke casually.

Cheng Jushu, who was guarding on the side like a stone pillar, handed Li Chengze a summons.

Arrange Li Chengze to harass the rear of Jinling City, control the ties between Hangzhou and Jinling City, and cut off Emperor Qing's retreat.

Li Chengze was basically seeking death by serving as a general, but Li Chengze's followers Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu were both powerful generals.

Especially since Xie Bian has experience in leading troops, he can serve as a guerrilla and harass Emperor Qing.

Li Chengze was somewhat surprised that Emperor Gao was so generous. The 30,000 troops were almost halfway through!

At this moment, Li Chengze felt the confidence of the unified dynasty.

What does it mean that the monarch of a small country is not as good as the prime minister of a big country?

Emperor Qing's 800,000 troops were basically commanded by him and Old Man Qin.

Otherwise, the others would not be able to control the soldiers and they would keep fleeing.

Even the eldest prince Li Chengru only led 80,000 soldiers to defend the city and resist Bai Lang's 500,000 peasant army.

"My lord, I obey the order..."

Li Chengze was deeply moved. He bowed respectfully and then left.

There are Northern Qi, Dongyi City, vassal states, and the brand new Han Kingdom.

The power of the Han Dynasty had already surpassed that of the Qing Dynasty by a huge margin.

The Han Dynasty could fail countless times, but as long as its elite troops were not lost, there would be a steady supply of soldiers and food.

The Qing Kingdom would not do so, even if the Han Dynasty did not attack the Qing Kingdom.

In a few years, the entire national strength of Qing Kingdom will collapse due to supporting an army of 800,000.

Cheng Jushu spoke in a muffled voice.

"Your Majesty! The advance army is ready and can march south to attack Jinling City at any time."

Liu Hong put down the paper and pen in his hand and clenched his fists.

"The princes are fighting each other, I am inexplicably excited! I wonder how many princes will be born in this war."

The fiefs of these meritorious officials with outstanding achievements were like nails nailed into every corner of Northern Qi.

Even the native princes in the south would move their fiefdoms northward.

This move to weaken Northern Qi's national strength left the Northern Qi's aristocratic families speechless, because they also wanted to seize the throne and actually control a place.

Liu Hong seemed to remember something and spoke softly.

"Is there still no trace of Fan Xian?"

Cheng Jushu shook his head, a little puzzled.

"Fan Xian seems to have disappeared from this world. The Junshan Society, Qian Bank, and Baoyue Tower's intelligence forces have all been mobilized."

"Even if he is hiding in Nanqing, the war is raging on in Nanqing, so Fan Xian's whereabouts will be discovered anyway."

Liu Hong's eyes showed a hint of contemplation. He stopped and looked towards Chongming Island for a while, then spoke softly.

"Overseas?"

"That's quite interesting, Fan Xian!"

Countless action movies popped up in Liu Hong's mind.

Could this guy really have fled to the Jiaobenji Island?

The half island connected to the Donghai County of Northern Qi was deserted with only a few savages running out occasionally.

In addition, there are mountains, which provide a lot of obstacles.

The Donghai County clans and family owners were not interested in taking the land. They simply named it Goryeo and then focused on the internal strife in Northern Qi.

Thousands of acres of fertile land have been reclaimed in the southern peninsula of Goryeo, all thanks to the concerted efforts of the Nanqing family.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Gao was unwilling to tolerate these stubborn resistance. As for the aristocratic families of Northern Qi, they were their sworn enemies.

They couldn't be caught and killed even if they ran to Northern Qi, so under the leadership of Fan Xian, they ran to the Korean Peninsula and played the dark game.

Fan Xian looked at the land and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

Negotiating peace is just a delaying tactic. If he can't defeat Liu Hong, can't he just run away?
Now you can focus on breaking through to the Grandmaster level.

When Fan Xian breaks through to the level of Grandmaster, he will naturally have the leverage to bargain with Liu Hong, and then cede some land to the Han Dynasty and become an independent king.

Fei Jie picked up the three large boxes with great effort and looked at Fan Xian with a worried look on his face.

"Do you really want to do this? If you fail, you will die!"

Fan Xian shook his head, his expression full of determination, and spoke in a low voice.

"The Korean Peninsula can only enjoy temporary peace, but Liu Hong knows a lot about overseas areas."

"Once the Han Dynasty has initially completed industrialization and the bourgeoisie has come on stage, it will oppress Northern Qi and colonize the entire world."

"Use the blood of the world to support the Han Dynasty."

Fei Jie was somewhat shocked when he heard Fan Xian's shocking remarks.

Colonize the whole world, what a big tone.

Fan Xian just smiled and didn't say much.

This is caused by the exploitation of the bourgeoisie, which will surely expand all over the world for the sake of raw materials and markets.

Liu Hong's approach was to let it go and secretly encourage it.

Now, the only remaining Han spy in the Supervisory Council has reported that Han has begun researching iron warships.

As for gunpowder, the Han Dynasty had already developed it.

Emperor Qing worked secretly on it alone, and it took him decades to adjust the gunpowder formula ratio. As for making a deterrent musket, no one knew how many more years it would take.

As for the Han Dynasty, the craftsman who worked together to invent gunpowder was directly appointed as a third-rank scientific research envoy, and was given a fief of 500 households.

With this kind of motivation, it only took a few years to develop muskets and firearms.

"Teacher, come on! I'm ready. No matter what, I will embrace my own destiny."

Fan Xian's eyes were still bright, he would definitely stop Liu Hong.

National hatred and family feuds are secondary. The most important thing is that Liu Hong, in order to unify the world for his own selfish desires, disregarded the lives of countless people.

Fei Jie sighed helplessly, nodded, put on the catgut gloves, and prepared for the operation.

"Wait a minute...it would be better for our temple to intervene in this matter."

Outside the cabin where Fan Xian and Fei Jie were alone, there was a white-haired old man in linen clothes with a kind smile.

Fei Jie felt a chill in his heart. He turned around abruptly, took out the poison he had carefully prepared, and threw it at the old man.

The old man in sackcloth looked at his clothes which were stained with toxins and sighed.

"My temple sincerely wants to help Fan Xian. After all, Fan Xian and Ye Qingmei are from my temple, so they are still under our control."

"The Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty was a man of extraordinary talent, well versed in history and the present. He was not a man who could appear in this era. He was not bound by the times."

Fan Xian heard the old man in sackcloth clothes mention the temple twice.

As if he remembered something, he spoke with some horror.

"Are you the ones who dealt with Uncle Wu Zhu?"

"Five Bamboos?"

The old man in hemp clothes showed a hint of doubt in his eyes, and then he suddenly realized.

"You mean redundant, right? He is also someone who shouldn't be there. After taking down Emperor Gao, I will naturally bring Wu Zhu back to the temple."

Fan Xian's eyes were sharper than ever. "Since your temple has always been there, why don't you stop Liu Hong!"

The old man in sackcloth sighed and said something inexplicable.

"If you are not a celestial being, how can there be such a thing?"

"The Emperor Gao's previous behavior and conduct are traceable. He is just a feudal emperor who unified the country. His suppression of technology will only be stronger than that of my temple."

"I didn't expect that Emperor Gao would launch a reform to enrich the country, strengthen the people and strengthen the army. At that time, we were waiting for the envoy's report, and we hadn't woken up yet."

After Wuzhu's rebellion, only four robots comparable to grandmasters were left in the temple.

It will take five years for the abandoned military museum in the Arctic, which has been sealed away, to be reactivated and allowed to absorb the nuclear radiation and regain its grandmaster strength.

When Liu Hong made the five-year agreement, he did not take Emperor Qing seriously at all.

It is an allusion to the temple.

Fan Xian looked at the old man in hemp clothes, anger rising in his heart, and he sneered.

"Your temple was able to kill my mother, so why can't you kill Liu Hong now?"

The old man in hemp clothes was in a daze. He didn't say anything. He just unfolded his collar, and an electronic projection appeared on his neck.

"Nuclear radiation is charged to 63%..."

At this moment, Fan Xian suddenly understood why Uncle Wu Zhu was immortal, because he was also one of the temple robots.

But Fan Xian was still confused.

"Since the temple is not prepared, can't we contact the four great masters and surround and kill Liu Hong together?"

Fan Xian believed that if the temple was willing to act as a matchmaker, Emperor Qing would definitely be the first to agree.

Because the temple also intervened in Ye Qingmei's death.

The old man in sackcloth clothes looked sad.

"We tried, but Si Gu Jian and Ku He refused. They would rather be defeated one by one by Emperor Gao than join forces with our temple."

"Even Si Gu Jian said that he had long been unhappy with the temple for interfering in the affairs of the mortal world. If he hadn't been seriously injured and had the ties with Dongyi City."

"This great sword master has already taken up his sword and headed to the temple, and opened the gate of heaven with one sword."

Fan Xian's face was full of disbelief and he couldn't help but curse inwardly.

"Is this crazy?"

The old man in hemp clothes then regained his calm expression, but his eyes were filled with indifference from beginning to end.

All of this is just the personification of his learning of the secular world; his core is still an endless stream of programs and parts.

"So, Fan Xian, are you willing to accept the funding from our temple? Break through and become a Grandmaster."

"Wait five years, when the four emissaries of the temple have returned to their heyday, we will hunt down the Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty together."

Fan Xian's eyes were dim and flickering.

He thought of his nephew, the weak Liu Ying.

Once Liu Hong was hunted down and Liu Ying was supported to take power, their Fan family would be able to survive in the Han Dynasty.

With a great master like him in charge, the Fan family will last forever.

"Okay, I agree! But I want to pay a price."

Fan Xian spoke openly.

A hint of joy appeared on the face of the old man in sackcloth clothes.

"Nothing is needed. All that is needed is to stop all the reforms of the Han Dynasty and adjust history back to its original track."

This is all the temple requires.

Any technology is an enemy that destroys the world, in the temple's intelligent mind that corrects the injustice.

It would be best for the world of Joy of Life to return to slash-and-burn agriculture, which is the long-term solution.

Fan Xian lay on the wooden bed, feeling much at peace.

With the temple messenger as the lead surgeon and Fei Jie as his helper, his breakthrough to the grandmaster level was a sure thing.

It’s just a pity that all the accumulation of Jiangnan Qing Kingdom was wasted.

Who made Emperor Qing unwilling to flee overseas!
In Jinling City, the temple messenger who had helped Liu Hong become a grandmaster in Mount Dadong now stood in front of Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing's gloomy face now had a hint of amusement.

"You mean, the temple is willing to help me restore my country, as long as I stay useful, flee overseas and meet Fan Xian?"

The temple messenger spoke without being humble.

"Yes, Emperor Qing."

Fan Jian seemed somewhat interested. It sounded like a good suggestion.

The temple's promise is still quite useful. At least in the past few thousand years, there has never been a history of the temple breaking its promise.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Qing laughed loudly towards the sky, appearing to be unbridled and reckless, as if he had returned to the era of the arrogant emperor.

"Temple messenger, I'm afraid you have already told Ku He and Si Gu Jian about these words."

"I know it with my ass. I declined your request politely. I said that matters in the mortal world should be resolved by mortal worldly affairs."

"As for Si Gu Jian almost drawing his sword to kill you, the temple messenger, right?"

The temple messenger remained silent and did not deny Emperor Qing's words.

Emperor Qing's laughter stopped abruptly, and he looked at the temple messenger coldly.

"Then why do you think I will agree to your request? Do you really think that I will cooperate with you again after I teamed up with you to kill Ye Qingmei?"

"After all, I was once an emperor who almost unified the world. Am I not as good as those two old guys?"

The temple envoy looked directly at Emperor Qing, his rational core filled with confusion, but he could not understand why Emperor Qing was unwilling to cooperate with the temple.

This is obviously the best choice for Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing looked at the temple messenger proudly, his dragon robe rustling.

"There has never been an emperor in the past dynasties who fled overseas. Since I cannot be the emperor of a unified dynasty, I cannot be a dog who has lost his home and lives in fear all day long."

As long as he is still on the land of Qing, he is the emperor of Qing.

Liu Hong has never denied this.

The Han Dynasty's excuse for its expansion into the Qing Kingdom was the pursuit of great unification, and it would not allow any dynasty to exist in a remote corner.

Instead of canceling the political correctness of Qing State and erasing all traces of Qing State's past.

Emperor Qing stood up, his hunched but strong body was once again filled with countless strength.

"Temple, you have always been high and mighty, and you will never understand worldly matters."

"You are always afraid of the emergence of various new things, afraid that they will cause changes in the world, so you keep assassinating."

"But why must new things be bad?"

When Emperor Qing said this, he became vaguely excited.

He lost to Liu Hong because he was influenced by the temple and always used trickery to carry out assassinations.

But this does not mean that Emperor Qing supports the temple's actions.

People use fire to make fire and cook, which has evolved from drilling wood to using flint and tinder to make fire.

The homes of emperors and nobles have evolved from eating barbecue to eating a wide variety of delicacies from land and sea.

These are all manifestations of productivity progress and technological development.

In the future, with the reforms of the Han Dynasty, things will be even better. Maybe by then people will no longer need to take horse-drawn carriages to travel, but will use other more convenient means of transportation.

"Hmph... Go away! I will not leave Qing. Even if I die, I will not leave an inch of Qing."

Emperor Qing snorted coldly and ordered them to leave.

Fan Jian was hesitant to speak, but he still sent the temple messenger away.

He didn't understand why Emperor Qing did this.

Emperor Qing did not explain to Fan Jian. He just took out the Three Thoughts of the People written by Liu Hong and read a sentence aloud.

"The contradiction between the people's beautiful fantasy of life and the unequal and insufficient development of productivity is well written in this sentence."

"When I saw the Three People's Thoughts, I finally understood why I had lost all these years."

Previously, the Qing Kingdom had the support of the inner treasury, large amounts of taxes, more sophisticated weapons, and the five-tax-one policy.

The people of the world naturally knew that they would be happier under the rule of the Qing Kingdom.

However, Emperor Qing has always regarded the three major workshops of the inner treasury as private property and does not allow the technology to be spread out, which has led to the Qing Kingdom being able to only reach this point.

Liu Hong appeared and allowed the three major workshops to expand production on a large scale, using state-owned factories to control the salt and iron industries, and delegating the rest to the private sector.

As people had more money, they paid more taxes. The Han Dynasty then took from the people and used it for the people, implementing the policy of ten taxes and one tax.

It is an obvious fact that the living standards of the people of Han have improved.

In addition, the Han Chinese Party promoted cultural propaganda so that the whole world knew about it.

That's why Liu Hong and his team were able to take over the two great powers without spending a single soldier, just by compromising and winning over one faction and fighting the other.

Nothing can be achieved overnight.

This is the result of more than ten years of implementation of the kingly way, assisted by the hegemonic way in the middle.

Emperor Qing reflected on himself and found that he woke up too late.

All he could do was squeeze out everything.

Hold a grand and magnificent funeral for yourself.

Fan Jian looked at Emperor Qing, tears welling up in his eyes.

His Majesty finally came to his senses, but it was too late.

The Qing Kingdom was on the verge of destruction before the Emperor of Qing turned back to his right path.

Emperor Qing smiled at Fan Jian and seemed to have let go of everything.

"Since Liu Hong is unwilling to use his Grandmaster strength to forcibly kill me, then I will follow this path and proceed with dignity."

(End of this chapter)