I have an endless army of warriors, rampaging across the heavens.

Chapter 71 Internal and external troubles, the situation is as precarious as a pile of eggs!
Zuo Jing has made a discovery.

He has now established his dominance and is almost invincible, at least in Jiujiang. He is particularly effective against forces with a limited number of skilled fighters who are scattered across the country, such as the White Wolf Camp, where he can easily crush them.

"Low-level assassins provide intelligence support."

"High-ranking assassins only need to attack."

in this way.

A powerful alliance, crushing everything.

The White Wolf Camp has been rooted in Jiujiang for more than ten years and has been developing healthily. It has long been established and has gained momentum. Once it is fully mobilized, its energy will be considerable, and the influence and destructive power it will cause will be enormous.

Unfortunately, he was up against the unreasonable Zuo Jing.

Thunderous strikes the acupoint.

It's too much to take in.

Before this intelligence organization and violent apparatus can react, we must strike them down in one fell swoop, giving them no chance to launch an attack.

"Anyone who dares to cause trouble under the guise of the 'underground society' must die!"

Another point Zuo Jing understood very well was that his thousands of loyal and fearless warriors were a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.

But what he knew even better was that these suicide soldiers would inevitably suffer heavy casualties on the battlefield, and with each major battle, the daily replenishment rate could not keep up with the rate of death in battle.

battlefield.

war.

That's not a stage for suicide bombers.

At least not at level eight of the Broken Jade realm yet.

"Compared to war, a stable, harmonious, and orderly peaceful society is more conducive to the deployment of these suicide soldiers."

For example, the swallow.

Everyone lives and operates under established rules, whether explicit or implicit. In short, there are rules.

But only Zuo Jing, with the help of assassins, can disregard, break, and even trample on the rules.

rule!

A rule is something that everyone has to follow.

If you suddenly encounter someone or a force that doesn't need to follow the rules, then those who are still within the established rules are like being caught in a large net, unable to maneuver, and left at their mercy.

"Peace is hard-won."

"War is not in my favor."

Zuo Jing had a very clear understanding that the elimination of the White Wolf Camp in Jiujiang Province was also an action taken to avoid war, and could be considered a free gift to the Great Yan Dynasty.

However, what he can do at the moment is still very limited.

The war situation could not be controlled by the small, secret struggles in Jiujiang, nor could it be decided by a mere two thousand or so assassins in Zuojing.

Zuo Jing was preoccupied with managing his small plot of land in Jiujiang, centered around Shangyang City.

Currently.

Whether Shangyang is in chaos or not is up to Zuo Jing.

But looking at the whole of Jiujiang, Zuo Jing still lacks some skill.

We still need to continue accumulating savings.

During the accumulation process, Zuo Jing, having nothing to do but practice martial arts, also began to read more books and inquire about information at the national level after being stimulated by the White Wolf Camp.

Many of the assassins were Zuo Jing's eyes and ears.

Zuo Jing could even send assassins to various provinces of the Great Yan to conduct on-site experiences and research.

gradually.

He gained a more concrete understanding of the overall situation of the Great Yan Dynasty.

To sum it up, it can only be described in three words—

"shocking!"

"As precarious as a pile of eggs!"

"Internal and external troubles!"

……

Xiayang City.

Five Wonders Tower.

After learning martial arts, Zuo Jing pondered the situation of the Great Yan Dynasty and finally figured out a general outline.

First of all.

Politically, Emperor Daye was diligent and hardworking, but he was ambitious but incompetent. He was the kind of person who would do more and more wrong the harder he tried. He was extremely diligent in his duties, attending court every morning, but the country became worse and worse under his rule.

Pointing fingers and giving unsolicited advice is often a case of laymen instructing experts.

The emperor is no good.

Bureaucrats are not acceptable either.

Fierce factional strife and constant infighting left little room for governing the country, resulting in extremely low administrative efficiency and severe judicial injustice.

In addition, the problem of land annexation was unavoidable in every dynasty. The royal family, princes, officials and landlords frantically annexed land, and a large number of farmers were reduced to tenants or vagrants.

Land grabbing.

The people were miserable.

This is an internal problem.

In addition to these, there are external threats.

Beyond the Nine Borders lies the Xiongnu, beyond the northern border lies the Snowy Empire, to the south there are chieftains causing trouble, and along the eastern coast there are pirates and Japanese pirates plundering.

It was like being besieged on all sides, surrounded by enemies everywhere.

The border troops alone consume an unknown amount of grain and silver, and the continuous wars have long since crippled the finances of the Great Yan.

As a result, the Great Yan Dynasty had to repeatedly increase taxes under various pretexts, countless in number.

The taxes for labor services, corvée labor, and personal labor were collected three years in advance. Taxes for goods such as wheat, cowhide, salt, shoes, footwear, farm tools, and public utilities—there was nothing the people couldn't imagine that the court dared not collect.

People are not living.

Public discontent was boiling over.

Zuo Jing was born and raised in Jiujiang, but he had limited knowledge and perspective. It wasn't until recently, when he took the initiative to go out and travel to other provinces, traversing the north and south of the Great Yan, that he realized that Jiujiang was indeed a paradise on earth.

This area has abundant water resources, plentiful resources, and has enjoyed bumper harvests for many consecutive years.

Although the people were oppressed, at least they could still have enough to eat.

But those in other provinces are in a much worse situation.

The South is still relatively good.

Northern China has suffered from consecutive years of severe drought, locust plagues, and epidemics, resulting in crop failures and widespread famine.

The Great Yan Dynasty comprised two capitals and thirteen provinces, forming a unified nation. With the North suffering so much, how could the South possibly remain unscathed?

The gradually increasing taxes are clear evidence of this.

Apart from Jiujiang, Donghu, and Xihu, the other three southern provinces—Haidong, Haixi, and Yunchuan—have long been overburdened.

The burden on ordinary people is increasing year by year.

However, the imperial court's tax revenue decreased year after year.

Military expenditures have increased year after year.

However, the soldiers' pay was embezzled year after year.

The soldiers lived in poverty and had no fighting ability. Desertion was common, and many became outlaws.

……

All of these things—

Internal troubles lead to external threats.

External threats exacerbate internal problems.

In addition, the court was corrupt, the emperor was incompetent, and the officials were greedy.

Up and down.

It's completely rotten.

"This is a disaster!"

Zuo Jingyue became increasingly alarmed as he investigated. He was shocked by what he found: "The Great Yan Dynasty is doomed!"

This is not a good thing!

Zuo Jing was completely unprepared.

He's only just begun—

They just finished managing the iron plate in Shangyang City.

The city of Xiayang has just been secured.

The other eight prefectures of Jiujiang Province are still under construction and development, and have not yet been fully controlled.

In such a situation, if a large-scale peasant uprising breaks out, it will be difficult for him to control the situation.

As the saying goes: When a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country falls, the people suffer.

Under the shadow of war.

It is always the ordinary people at the bottom who suffer.

Zuo Jing was also an ordinary citizen.

His older sister and younger brother were just ordinary people.

If the flames of the uprising spread to both capitals and thirteen provinces, how could the Left Capital, Left Rong, and Left City possibly fare well?

"How do you say that?"

"Yes!"

"When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken!"

Moreover, in the event of internal strife, the imperial court would inevitably have to dispatch elite troops from the border regions to suppress it.

This leaves the border vulnerable.

Those Quanrong.

That snow country.

That chieftain.

And the Japanese pirates along the coast.

Surrounded by powerful enemies, they are bound to attack.

If the border is breached and the enemy army marches in unimpeded, the entire Great Yan will likely be engulfed in war, and the devastation will be unimaginable.

Having lived two lives, Zuo Jing knew long ago that both peasant uprisings and foreign invasions had their dark side.

Peasant uprisings are often disorganized and undisciplined, which can easily breed violent crimes. It is not uncommon for ordinary people to harm each other and for displaced people to harm farmers.

Not all of them are perfect and righteous.

As for invasions by foreign races, that goes without saying; the consequences of such invasions were already clearly documented in the history books of my previous life.

During the Five Barbarian Invasions, the Han Chinese were nearly wiped out.

When the Mongols invaded, Han Chinese and Southern Chinese were relegated to the third or fourth class, or even worse off than others!
The Manchu invasion was marked by the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacre, a brutal and bloody suppression.

In short.

None of them are good.

"Including the corrupt imperial court!"

……

(End of this chapter)