Ancestors, please don't crawl out again.

Chapter 194 Brave New World

Thus, the two Qing dynasties in the east and west simultaneously began their bloody conquests, while the new dynasty completely restored peace. Even those remote areas that had not been resolved before were now settled. In particular, the most troublesome southwestern chieftains all accepted the rule of the new dynasty because of the immortal's westward tour.

Besides, they didn't lose anything.

The territory still belongs to them, and the people still belong to them. The only thing is that they need to change their attitude towards the registered households of the imperial court. They should treat those who do business on their own territory as masters and not capture them as slaves.

This was indeed somewhat upsetting for them, since this used to be their main business.

The chieftains in the southwest had always captured slaves and transported them to Sichuan for sale.

The slave trade in Kiyoshi Province of our Great Qingchuan was once extremely prosperous.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Even without the Celestial Venerable's oppressive aura, this job would be impossible to complete.

After all, those registered under the imperial court also had another identity: militiamen. Those who came to do business with them were basically militiamen.

If they disappeared in the chieftain's territory, the next to demand their return would be a fully armed militia battalion.

Besides, no one would dare to buy such things, but they could sell their own subjects at will, or they could capture subjects of other chieftains and sell them.

And there was an unexpected bonus: Lhazang Khan had been abandoned by Yinzhi...

Of course, more importantly, in order to appease the Dzungar Khanate, Yinzhi no longer recognized the master he had appointed. Previously, when Yinzhi was trying to win them over, he had recognized this master, but after the Dzungar Khanate explained the situation to him in the Western Regions, he realized the truth and therefore no longer recognized him, instead demanding that a new, genuine master be appointed.

The enraged Lhazang Khan promptly sent an envoy to pay homage to the Immortal and pledge allegiance to the new dynasty. After all, he was on the front lines, and if Yinzhi had maintained his alliance with him, he might have considered resisting. But now that Yinzhi had abandoned him, what was the point of resisting?

Changing allegiances isn't troublesome.

The immortal received his envoy and promised him the same treatment as the local chieftains.

As for the master he established, he also received the Celestial Venerable's recognition. The Celestial Venerable respected the masters' beliefs, after all, this was now a deeply rooted problem that was really difficult to solve. Since it was difficult to solve, he decided to distort it. So in his explanation, Buddha was also one of the gods in the heavenly realm, and he was also his friend. They often drank and sang together. The masters worshipping his friend was the same as worshipping him. There was no problem with that.

However, in the future, Lhazang Khan could no longer make such decisions on his own; he had to report to the court first, and the court would decide who would be the master.

Of course, he can nominate a candidate.

Furthermore, since he was treated the same as a chieftain, Lhazang Khan also had to abide by the obligations of a chieftain, including paying taxes to the court and protecting merchants and travelers in his territory.

In short, the court acknowledged his hereditary status in the plateau region, but he also had to be loyal to the court.

Lhazang Khan readily agreed, as long as he could continue to rule the plateau. Everything else was trivial. It was just a matter of paying taxes, which he didn't have to pay himself. He could just squeeze the people out of the taxes. Besides, what the court actually wanted him to pay were horses, which was even less of a concern for him.

Thus, the plateau submitted to the new dynasty.

Inspired by Lhazang Khan, the various Mongol tribes in the Ordos region, in a similar position, also repented before the Celestial Venerable. Sharing the same faith in the master, they believed that since the Celestial Venerable and Buddha were friends, they should worship the Celestial Venerable as Buddha. They received similar promises: they could inherit their pastoral territories, but they would have to pay taxes and protect the registered households under the imperial court in their territories—basically, they would receive the treatment of chieftains. The Celestial Venerable even encouraged them to build more temples and worship him alongside Buddha. Since he had said this, the Eastern Mongol tribes saw no need to resist and joined the ranks of those worshipping the Celestial Venerable, placing him on par with Buddha as he had instructed. After all, these herders didn't understand such things.

Even the Supreme God of Heaven was interpreted as their Eternal Heaven.

For the Mongol princes, unless they fled west with Yinzhi, they would eventually have to face reality, which was that the heavenly army could beat them up at any time.

They couldn't win in a fight, and they were reluctant to flee; besides, the Dzungar Khanate might not even welcome them.

Since that's the case, why not be more realistic? It's just a matter of explanation. As long as those Mongol princes are given hereditary rights, it wouldn't be impossible for them to change the Buddha worshipped by the herdsmen to Yang Feng.

As for paying taxes and protecting merchants and travelers on their own territory, these are insignificant. Paying taxes is also a way of squeezing money out of the herders, and they welcome merchants and travelers just the same.

In short, the problems of all the tribes in Eastern Mongolia were also resolved.

Meanwhile, the pilgrims who had gathered at Chong Sheng Palace from all over began their meetings, personally presided over by the Celestial Venerable. The name of the nation, Heaven, was confirmed; changing the emperor to an elected one was also agreed upon; and the cabinet system was settled. In reality, the only issues they truly needed to discuss were finance and taxation. Of course, these were matters the Celestial Venerable didn't need to concern himself with; his attendants and disciples represented him and participated in the discussions. All of this wasn't completed until the fourth year of the Celestial Venerable's descent to the mortal realm.

By this time, the Western Qing had already completed its sweep of southern Xinjiang and had even begun to expand into the Fergana Basin.

Meanwhile, the Eastern Qing Dynasty had completely purged Kyushu Island. Poor Shimazu Yoshitaka knelt before the Fourth Prince, holding the imperial edict given to him by His Majesty the Emperor, to welcome His Majesty the Emperor's arrival. However, he was immediately beheaded and his family was exterminated for disrespecting the Emperor by kneeling in an improper posture.

Kagoshima Castle was subsequently massacred.

The continuous influx of Koreans into Kyushu Island transformed the land into a base of loyalty for the Fourth Prince.

Similarly, the continuous flow of Japanese slaves also enabled him to exchange a steady stream of weapons for the British.

The elite Eight Banners troops rapidly evolved from the era of matchlock muskets to the era of flintlock muskets, and even their tactics began to resemble firing squads. This evolution allowed them to completely overwhelm the Japanese army, even though their opponents were also beginning to receive new weaponry from the Dutch. The fall of Ichigo Island also enraged the Dutch, who were determined not to tolerate the British's unruly behavior. At this time, the Netherlands was still able to compete with the British at sea.

The British seized trade from Kyushu, so the Dutch naturally wanted to retaliate. Moreover, they could use this opportunity to gain access to trading ports provided by the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Although it can't compare to Nagasaki.

However, the Tokugawa shogunate still controlled at least the Sado Island gold mines and the Iwami silver mines.

They have sufficient purchasing power themselves.

In short, Britain and the Netherlands engaged in a proxy war in Japan, and the Tokugawa Shogunate army, which had rapidly acquired a large number of Dutch weapons, was also advancing in rank.

Of course, for the newly born Celestial Empire, they were just a group of primitive people throwing stones at each other.

Therefore, under the auspices of the Celestial Venerable, the Celestial Emperor and his court, born through destiny or rather, by drawing lots, watched with a spectator's attitude as the two Great Qing dynasties struggled for survival, then playfully nudged each other like crickets in a game. While the Western Qing crossed the 4,000-meter-high Tielieke Pass and officially entered the Fergana Basin to burn, kill, and plunder, the Celestial Army emerged from Jiayuguan, swiftly conquering Hami. However, they did not continue forward, but instead settled and cultivated land in Hami.

Of course, the place was renamed back to Yiwu.

Xi Qing knew he was powerless to reclaim it, and that Hami was no longer important to them at this point, so he honestly accepted reality.

However, they took the initiative to attack on the plateau. Lhasa Khan's cavalry, led by Grand Tsering Dondrup, launched a surprise attack on the plateau from southern Xinjiang. Lhasa Khan had many internal supporters, and he himself was indecisive. In fact, his wife was still a member of the Dzungar tribe. In any case, Grand Tsering Dondrup quickly occupied the plateau, Lhasa Khan was killed, and the master he had installed was deposed. But then the heavenly army entered the plateau and, with the cooperation of Lhasa Khan's old subordinates, drove Grand Tsering Dondrup out of the plateau.

But the latter took away their newly established master.

Of course, the Celestial Venerable also found a new master for the plateau in the Kham region. In order to protect the plateau from further invasion by the Qing demons, the heavenly soldiers had to begin to be stationed on the plateau permanently. Moreover, Lhazang Khan did not leave a successor, and his former subordinates were not convinced of each other's loyalty. In the end, the court had to set up officials on the plateau and divide the plateau, allocating territories to these loyal ministers.

While the Eastern Qing Dynasty completed its control of Kyushu Island and began to cross the Kanmon Strait northward, the Heavenly Army officially entered Korea to relieve the suffering of its people amidst the tearful pleas of the Korean envoys. The Fourth Prince did not care either, after all, he had already squeezed the value out of Korea. He had emigrated nearly a million Koreans to Kyushu Island, not counting the Eight Banners Korea. He no longer had any need to fight for Korea.

Besides, he can't beat them.

However, countless Japanese slaves were waiting for him on Honshu Island to the north.

Moreover, he continued to suppress the Tokugawa Shogunate army. Why would he risk his life to protect a few gnawed bones when there was such a fat sheep to slaughter?

The imperial army entered Seoul unimpeded, demoting the King of Joseon to the position of Pacification Commissioner, dividing Joseon into several Pacification Commissioners, Pacification Commissioners, and Chief Ministers, appointing members of the Yi clan as local chieftains, and retaining several prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court. They also dispatched military and political officials such as Joseon Governors and Provincial Governors, creating a system similar to that of the southwest. Joseon, having been thoroughly exploited by the Fourth Prince, including the Yi family and even the King himself, had no objections. In fact, they truly had no objections, as they were already physically and mentally exhausted by the Fourth Prince's machinations, and this method was a form of relief.

The immortal sage lingered in the mortal realm for six years before finally departing on the wind amidst the worship of countless people.

Before the enormous throne.

"I've always been curious, why do you like sitting on this thing?"

Yang Feng looked at the so-called god, which had become enormous.

"I am God."

replied the latter.

“But there’s no one else here. I know you’re a god. Even if you don’t sit on this thing, I still know you’re a god. Even if you sit on this thing, no one else here can see you, and no one else will know you’re a god. So what’s the point of you sitting on it?”

Yang Feng continued to ask with a curious expression.

"To make it clear to you the gap between us."

The so-called god looked down at him as if he were looking at an ant.

"Uh, childish. Where to next?"

Yang Feng said disdainfully.

"Next, I think you should take a look at the world you've messed up. What you're doing is very irresponsible."

The so-called God said.

At this point, the world was indeed in chaos, so chaotic that it was unrecognizable, and the chaos was only getting worse. In the end, the world had already reached the tipping point of changing order. However, the vested interests were afraid that once the change occurred, it would get out of control. They were carefully maintaining the status quo, trying to complete the change in a peaceful way, or rather, in a way that would ensure their interests, rather than accidentally triggering a collapse.

But their efforts were ruined by Yang Fengquan.

The world is now undergoing a real reshuffling of order. Although it can still barely hold on thanks to the desperate efforts of those who have vested interests, they are becoming increasingly powerless.

Collapse was almost inevitable.

Countless vested interests in various countries have already fallen in the reshuffling.

"That's none of my business. I'm just an ordinary person in this world. I abide by the law and am a law-abiding citizen. I don't need to worry about anything else."

Besides, even if we were to find the culprit, it wouldn't be my turn!

I remember you were the first to make a move, weren't you?

Yang Feng said it very straightforwardly.

"Your shamelessness is just like my style back in the day."

"That so-called god sighed."

Of course, he was probably just saying it casually. He's the kind of person who truly disregards human life. There are probably tens of millions of deaths in this world that could be attributed to him.

"Before you go to the next dimension, I think you should accumulate some power first, because in the next dimension you will likely face the ancient gods. With your current abilities, you are no different from a grunt on the battlefield of the gods. The Imperial Seal in your hand can absorb soul energy, so you just need to absorb as much soul energy as possible and store it in it. You have already completed the binding with it, which means you can draw energy from it. In this way, your other artifacts can also be strengthened to the maximum extent."

The so-called God said.

"So, I need to kill as many people as possible?"

Yang Feng said.

The latter nodded.

"Okay, obviously you need to help me find a time and space where I can kill as many people as possible. I'm a law-abiding citizen, and killing is illegal."

Yang Feng said.

Of course, he is only a law-abiding citizen in this world.

"Go, you'll love the time and space you're going to."

The so-called God said.

Yang Feng proudly revealed his jade axe and cleaved open a spatial rift with a single blow. The next moment, he stood amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

"A familiar city, a familiar feeling."

He stood amidst the piles of corpses, looking at the Xiaoling Mausoleum across the way, surrounded by dense gunfire and constant explosions.

He turned to look at the soldiers slaughtering behind him. The Imperial Seal appeared the next moment, then hovered above their heads. The soldiers looked up in astonishment at the glowing object, but the light instantly enveloped them, and within it, they disintegrated into puffs of bloody mist. The soldiers outside the light watched in horror, but they immediately fixed their gaze on Yang Feng and raised their guns. The next moment, Yang Feng vanished, then reappeared among them, the Crimson Sky Sword transforming into a blood-red rainbow, sweeping across them…

(I'm planning a family trip in a couple of days, so I'll stop here for this book. I'll finish it when I start a new book later.)
(End of this chapter)