Sign In a Lu Bu Fengxian at the Beginning

royal palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

After Zhou Chen finished reviewing the memorial, he slowly walked out of the Yangxin Hall.

For nearly a year, Zhou Chen purged powerful ministers, quelled civil strife, destroyed aristocratic families, defended against foreign enemies, reformed the taxation and imperial examination system, and eliminated various internal abuses...

Under Zhou Chen's drastic measures, Dazhou has moved on to the road of prosperity.

However, Zhou Chen knew in his heart that these were not enough.

How could it be that Da Zhou's chronic illness for so many years could be cured in less than a year?

The most obvious example is the management of officials.

In the court hall, because of Zhou Chen's cleanup, the officials were all clear and did not dare to be arrogant in the slightest.

But outside the court, what about the officials in various places?

The beginning of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty.

Officials of previous generations may have upheld the idea of ​​benefiting one party and acted with integrity.

But hundreds of years have passed.

Nowadays, after such a long period of official corruption, officials in various places have long forgotten the fundamentals of being an official.

Although, the Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the officials in the world.

However, the control over this is very weak.

If local officials wanted to hide something from the court, it would be difficult for the court to figure out the reason.

Dongchang claims to monitor the world, covering all parts of the Zhou Dynasty.

But in fact, it is difficult for Dongchang to be comprehensive and detail-oriented.

Before, when Zhou Chen was cleaning up the aristocratic family, he also cleaned up the local officials, but only a very small part of them.

There was still a large part of the official administration that had not been rectified during the Great Zhou Dynasty.

This time, Zhou Chen wanted to take advantage of the attack of the Hundred Cities in the Wilderness to completely rectify the local administration.

In this way, the turmoil caused by the imperial court's single decree to rectify the administration of officials will be much smaller.

"I don't know how Jia Xu's plan is going?"

Zhou Chen stood on the steps outside the palace, looking at the scenery inside the palace, thinking secretly in his heart.

At this time, a chamberlain guard came over and reported: "Your Majesty, Left Prime Minister Xiao He wants to see you."

Zhou Chen withdrew his gaze and turned back to the Yangxin Hall.

"Send him in."

"According to the order."

Zhou Chen returned to the Yangxin Hall. As soon as he sat on the dragon chair, Xiao He walked in.

"Xiao He has met your Majesty."

Xiao He saluted Zhou Chen respectfully on the dragon chair.

"No gift."

Zhou Chen raised his eyes and looked at Xiao He; "Ai Qing, why did you come to Yangxin Palace?"

"Your Majesty, I came to the Yangxin Hall for the purpose of having hundreds of cities in the wilderness capture my city in the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Today, the Thirteen Palaces of our Great Zhou are controlled by the masters of the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness. A large number of officials are thieves, and many powerful families are undercurrents. If we don't control it, if this continues, our Great Zhou will probably be in chaos. .”

Xiao He bowed and said with a solemn expression.

From the beginning, Xiao He, the left prime minister, did not agree with such actions.

What Xiao He was worried about was causing chaos.

But now, the situation is developing in the direction that Xiao He is worried about, and the hearts of people all over the Zhou Dynasty are beginning to fluctuate, which makes Xiao He have to enter the palace again to face the saint.

When Zhou Chen heard Xiao He's words, a trace of helplessness flashed across his face.

These days, Xiao He has gone to court for this matter no less than three times.

Zhou Chen also understands Xiao He's worries, but Zhou Chen also understands that in order to deal with the masters of the Hundred Cities, sacrifice is inevitable.

Xiao He is the left prime minister and a minister. Xiao He considers stability and people's livelihood.

But Zhou Chen is the emperor, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. What Zhou Chen considers is imperial power and the ultimate goal.

As long as the master can achieve the ultimate goal of destroying hundreds of cities in the wilderness, he will not hesitate to sacrifice more.

This is the difference between an emperor and his ministers.

The position is different, the seeing and decision are different.

It is said that emperors are cold-blooded and ruthless, and can sacrifice everything to consolidate their power.

In fact, this statement is not false at all, and it has three points of truth.

Even Zhou Chen, an emperor who has lived in two lifetimes, is not exempt from vulgarity.

Zhou Chen can eliminate the privileges of aristocratic families and treat the people of the world well for the sake of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But Zhou Chen would never give up the opportunity to deal with the masters from hundreds of cities just for the sake of some sacrifice.

This is the emperor.

Kind, but not compassionate.

Cold-blooded, but not violent.

"I understand."

Zhou Chen said lightly.

With the news about Dongchang, Zhou Chen got more timely and comprehensive information than Xiao He.

The news that Xiao He said about the Thirteen Mansion falling into the hands of masters from Hundred Cities in the Wilderness was previously reported to the imperial court.

There is no news of the Five Prefectures coming back to the court.

In other words, the Great Zhou Dynasty is now controlled by the masters of the Eighteen Prefectures and falls into the hands of the masters of the Hundred Cities, not the Thirteen Prefectures.

But Zhou Chen couldn't tell Xiao He.

Otherwise, Xiao He, the left prime minister, might not have reacted in any way!

"His Majesty……"

Just when Xiao He opened his mouth to say something else, Cao Zhengchun walked into the Yangxin Hall.

"Your Majesty, news has just come back that some of the people from the hundreds of cities in the wilderness gave up occupying my city in the Great Zhou Dynasty and left directly."

"It looks like they want to leave me, Dazhou, and eagerly return to the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness."

Cao Zhengchun bowed to report and presented the news in front of Zhou Chen.

"oh!"

When Zhou Chen heard this, his eyes flashed.

Zhou Chen immediately took the message from Cao Zhengchun's hand and glanced at it.

"It seems that Jia Xu's plan is going well."

After reading the news, Zhou Chen said with twinkling eyes.

In order to deal with the crisis coming from the Great Wilderness Hundred Cities, Zhou Chen adopted the strategy of Fang Xuanling and Jia Xu, a two-pronged approach.

First, he provoked the desert bandits, raided the hundreds of cities in the wilderness, disrupted the hundreds of cities in the wilderness, and restrained the city lords of the hundreds of cities in the wilderness who had not yet come to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Secondly, with the chaos of the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness, the city owners of the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness who came to the Great Zhou had to come back to help, leave the Great Zhou and rescue their old nests, which could reduce the pressure on the Great Zhou.

Third, use the cities of the Great Zhou as bait to spread out the masters from each of the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness so that they can be defeated one by one.

Just like the City of Ten Thousand Beasts, they occupied a lot of cities. The masters of the various forces in the City of Ten Thousand Beasts naturally dispersed because they wanted to control the cities. This way, it would be much easier to deal with them one by one.

Moreover, the most important thing about this plan is to bring chaos to hundreds of cities in the wilderness.

As long as the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness are in chaos, it is impossible for the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness to pose any threat to Great Zhou in a short time.

Now seeing the masters of the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness who occupied the city of Dazhou leaving, Zhou Chen knew that their plan was successful and the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness were in chaos.

Xiao He next to him heard Cao Zhengchun's report, his eyes flashed, and he immediately raised his hands to Zhou Chen on the dragon throne and said: "Your Majesty, since the plan went well and part of the people from the Great Wilderness Hundred Cities have left, we should take action immediately to destroy the Great Wilderness. The remaining people in the hundred cities must stabilize the situation as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Zhou Chen nodded; "It's time to wrap things up."

Now that the Eighteen Prefectures of the Great Zhou Dynasty are under the leadership of thieves, people's hearts have become unstable.

If we don't finish it off, there might really be a big mess.

"Cao Zhengchun."

Zhou Chen looked at Cao Zhengchun; "Pass my decree, everything should be done according to plan, and it should be finished as soon as possible. Don't worry about the people leaving the desert. They can escape, but the monks can't escape the temple."

"I will destroy all the men and horses who have not left the Hundred Cities in the Wilderness, so that Yuwen Chengdu and the others will not leave a single one behind."

"I am ordering both the light and dark guards of Dongchang to be captured by me. All powerful families and local officials who have made any changes in the past will be captured by me."

"Factory guards in various places cooperate with the cabinet and the six ministries to investigate officials in various places and rectify the administration of officials in various places..."

Zhou Chen made several orders in succession.

This was all planned before.

Including the situation of officials in various places, Jia Xu has long been aware of it.

Which local officials can use it, and which local officials can't use it.

Which local officials are simple-minded people, and which local officials only understand the common people and do not know how to govern the local area, have been clearly recorded.

"Old slave obeys the order."

Cao Zhengchun bowed to receive the order.

…

Following Zhou Chen's decree.

Groups of officials and their troops left Luoyang City with their horses and whips raised.

At the same time, four figures rose into the air from the Liubu Yamen, stepped out in four different directions, and disappeared in the distance in an instant.

These four figures are none other than Fang Xuanling, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Du Ruhui, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Xun Yu, the Minister of the Ministry of Hunan, and Liu Ye, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Fang Xuanling and the four of them were the imperial envoys to investigate local officials and rectify their governance.

There are four of them, Fang Xuanling, each responsible for one side.

In order to investigate and rectify the local officials, Zhou Chen directly sent Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui this time.

Zhou Chen will take this opportunity to carry out an investigation and rectification at lightning speed before local officials can make any reaction, so as to minimize the turmoil.

…

Just when Zhou Chen issued an order to finish off, kill the remaining people in the Hundred Cities of the Wilderness, and conduct an inventory and rectify the local officials.

The crisis from the east came suddenly.

Dongdu City.

Fighting all day long.

Bodies were lying on top of the city walls, broken limbs and broken arms could be seen everywhere, and bright red blood dyed the city head red.

A line of official uniforms had been stained red with blood. A pale-faced official stood on the top of the city, holding up the long knife in his hand and yelling: "General Zhao, please break out of the encirclement with the white horse Yi Cong and leave me alone."

"I come from a poor family, and your Majesty respects me, so I was appointed as the head of the Eastern Capital Palace."

"It's a pity that I failed to live up to His Majesty's expectations. I failed to defend the Eastern Capital City for His Majesty. All the thirty thousand defenders died in the battle. I have no shame in living."

"Today, I will live or die with this Eastern Capital City."

"Kill the thief..."

A cold light flashed.

A head flew down.

The long sword raised by the Palace Master was frozen in place, and there was no chance to swing it down.

At the top of the city, Zhao Yun looked at the flying head with scarlet eyes; "Master of the Palace..."

At this moment, Zhao Yun's hair was messy, his body was stained with blood and scarred, and he had long lost his elegant demeanor of wearing white armor and silver guns.

Seeing the life and death of the palace master, Zhao Yun did not hesitate, turned around and rushed out with his white horse righteous followers.

“Where righteousness comes, life and death follow it.”

"The sky is a guide, and the white horse is a witness."

Under the leadership of Zhao Yun, three thousand white horse Yi Cong were like a torrent, rolling up huge waves and rushing through tens of thousands of enemy troops.

"Zhao Yun, where can I escape?"

Four generals in armor surrounded and attacked from all sides.

"Anyone who stands in my way will die."

Zhao Yun looked fierce, and the spear in his hand was like a snake spitting and dancing, shooting four times in a row, killing each other.

When the four surrounding generals met each other, Zhao Yun pierced their throats and died under Zhao Yun's gun.

"You are so brave. If you dare to kill me, General Dayan, I will die for you."

A palm struck Zhao Yun from behind, and Zhao Yun turned around and swung his spear.

A touch of the palm gun.

The opponent was pushed back by Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Zhao Yun did not stop, and continued to wave the spear in his hand, leading Baima Yi from the outside to kill.

It only takes a moment.

Zhao Yun led Baima Yi to rush out of the siege of tens of thousands of troops.

After Zhao Yun led Bai Ma Yicong out of the encirclement of the army, Zhao Yun looked back at the city.

I saw that the Dazhou flag that was originally planted on the city had been replaced by another flag with a big word "Yan" written on it.

"Yan Dynasty."

Zhao Yun's eyes flashed with murderous intent that he had never seen before, and he opened his mouth and spat out another mouthful of blood.

The whole person was a little shaky.

As the defender of the Eastern Capital City, Zhao Yun failed to defend the Eastern Capital City and was beaten and fled in embarrassment. This was an unprecedented shame for Zhao Yun.

But Zhao Yun knew that he could not die in the East Capital City like this.

He immediately rushed back to Dongyan Pass and informed the Marquis of Donghuang to arrange defenses to resist Dayan's army.

At the same time, the news must be sent back to the court immediately.

As for why Dayan suddenly sent troops to attack the eastern capital, this is no longer within the scope of Zhao Yun's consideration.

After Zhao Yun glanced at the Dayan flag on the top of the city, without a single pause, he galvanized his horse and fled in the direction of Dongyan Pass.

…

The city gate is not far away.

A heroic general in black armor looked at Zhao Yun who had broken out of the siege and couldn't help but said, "What a white horse follower, what a Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong."

"I didn't expect that this great Zhou Dynasty would have such elites as Baima Yicong, and they would also have condensed their military souls. It's really surprising."

"Especially this Zhao Zilong, he is truly a rare brave general. I am afraid that even in our Great Yan Army, there are few who can compare with him."

The heroic general said with admiration.

This heroic general was also a little amazed at the fighting power that Zhao Yun and Baima Yicong unleashed.

It is really surprising that the 30,000-strong army could not retain Zhao Yun and 3,000 white-horse Yi Cong.

"However, it is not that easy to escape from this general."

Looking at Zhao Yun who broke out of the siege and fled into the distance with his horse and whip, the heroic general sneered.

"Pass this general's order to leave a group of troops behind to assist the commander behind. The rest will follow my general to pursue the remaining enemy."

"This general, the vanguard general, must capture Dongyan Pass in Dazhou for the general before he arrives, and clear the way for the army to attack Dazhou."

After the heroic general finished speaking, he led the 20,000 troops behind him and the 30,000 troops that had just surrounded the eastern capital city. A total of 50,000 vanguard troops chased after Zhao Yun and Baima Yicong's escape.

As for the Eastern Capital City, this heroic general did not pay too much attention.

The defenders in the city have been wiped out, and the master of the palace has been killed. All he needs to do is leave a team of men to take over.

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