Chapter 218: Can eating the flesh of Wenquxing bring immortality?

Chapter 218: Can eating the flesh of Wenquxing bring immortality?

Chapter 218: Can eating the flesh of Wenquxing bring immortality? (Happy New Year!)

Putting down the rebellion of the Yang family in Bozhou was also a key part of Xu Qing and Xiong Chan's attack on the Black Mountain Old Demon. That was to obtain the sacred object of the Yang family - the Weiyang Sword.

This sword was left by Zhuge in the past and is extremely powerful.

The time for encirclement and suppression of the Black Mountain Demon will be early July next year.

Because the Black Mountain Old Demon had great magical powers and boundless magic power, even if he had not returned to the realm of the Creator, he was still the best master in the world. Only a few days before the Heavenly Demon attacked the Seven Evils, the old demon could not leave Changbai Mountain for a moment in order to return to the realm of the Creator.

This is the only way to prevent the other party from escaping.

Otherwise, they would invite all the best experts in the world to encircle and suppress them. When they see that the situation is not good, they would just flee, and then they would look for opportunities to defeat them one by one. Xu Qing and others would have no choice but to sigh in vain.

And we have more than a year to prepare so that we can better gather manpower.

Xu Qing is now walking on two legs. On the other hand, he is also inviting masters from all over the world to participate in the martial arts conference held in the capital.

The time is early next year.

In fact, this is also an excuse to call on all the righteous people in the world.

The preparations for the martial arts tournament were handed over to Xiong Chan.

Xiong Chan's current reputation in the world is far beyond Xu Qing's.

Moreover, Xu Qing also acted as a matchmaker and introduced the Minister of War Hong Xuan and Xiong Chan to each other.

Hong Xuan was the prefect when my father-in-law took the examination for the title of Tongsheng. The two sides had not had any contact for many years.

Since my father-in-law was previously a military official, he and Hong Xuan continued their past teacher-student relationship. However, their relationship was not as close as that between Xu Qing and Lord Wu.

They were just casual acquaintances in the past, but now Mr. Feng is also a member of the Grand Council, and has been appointed as the assistant minister of the Grand Council. Coupled with his previous experience as a censor in the military department, the two families have naturally become more familiar with each other.

Moreover, as the new Minister of War and a member of the Grand Council, Hong Xuan urgently needed to achieve results. Holding the world's number one martial arts conference was indeed quite innovative and could also produce political achievements, which was a perfect match for Xiong Chan and Xu Qing.

This world's number one martial arts tournament has a lot of hype. As a martial saint, Xiong Chan will naturally not participate in it. Of course, anyone who makes it to the end will be qualified to challenge Xiong Chan and hone their martial arts.

The funds for the conference did not need to be paid by the imperial court, but were taken over by the North Zhili Xianmei Chamber of Commerce, which obtained the exclusive naming rights. Therefore, this martial arts conference was also called the Xianmei Martial Arts Conference.

In addition, Shuntian Times, Xinmin Daily and Daming Daily in Nanzhili all did a lot of publicity for this martial arts conference.

The Ministry of Rites was also quite cooperative in this regard.

It can be said that as the first martial arts competition in the world, the standard was very high, even greater than the martial arts examination held by the imperial court.

After all, the imperial court's military examination was just a makeshift team.

However, the lack of popularity of military examinations was largely due to the imperial court's military system and the hereditary system of military officers.

For example, Mr. Lei from Jiangning Prefecture, although he passed the military examination and had the qualifications to become an official and the privileges of a juren, it was much more difficult for him to enter the military officer system than for a civil juren to enter the civil officer system.

Because the circle of military attachés is extremely closed.

If Li Gongyu hadn't had Xu Qing's help in opening up the heaven-earth line, he would never have been able to ascend.

To put it bluntly, civil servants can still fight monsters and level up relatively fairly, but if military officers want to level up, they must first have a good background before it is convenient to operate. Commoners or low-level military officers are easily excluded in all aspects.

Of course, the generals who can succeed in the military officer system by relying on their personal abilities are all top-notch warriors.

For example, the former General Yu was just a hereditary military officer of a hundred households, which was considered the lowest level in the military officer circle.

He fought his way through the world on his own and rose to the position of a general. He was considered to be close to the ceiling among military officers.

Meng Yuxuan's background was obviously much better, and he married a woman from the Nanxi Wang family, a military family with a long history. Mrs. Wang also looked very powerful, and it was said that her martial arts skills were better than Meng Yuxuan's. The only shortcoming was that she didn't give birth to a son. Old Meng complained to Xu Qing in private several times.

Xu Qing gave Lao Meng several doses of Jinguang Temple's fertility-enhancing decoctions, but it's still unknown whether they worked.

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Juzhou City is now the capital of Qiannan Province.

The Yang family of Bozhou rebelled in Qiannan Province, shaking the southwest. Zhou Rucai, the former governor of Lingnan Province, was appointed governor of Qiannan Province and temporarily took charge of the military power of the three southwestern provinces.

It has always been the case that Shu will be in chaos before the rest of the world.

If the rebellion of Yang family in Bozhou is not handled properly, it will inevitably shake Bashu and thus destabilize the world.

Lord Zhou had just arrived in Juzhou City when his nephew-in-law Xu Liushou arrived a few days later.

The two are not only relatives, but also teacher and student in the college entrance examination.

Now Xu Qing was sent by the Hanlin Academy to supervise the military affairs of the three southwestern provinces, and he held the title of Jieshizhong of the military department, with the power to assist in military affairs.

In fact, it was equivalent to combining the duties of the internal official military supervisor and the inspector, a typical case of a low position but great power.

With his current qualifications and aura, it is only natural for him to get these assignments.

In short, in the words of the novel, Lord Zhou is the commander-in-chief, and Xu Qing is the military advisor Kong Ming. They can participate in all matters of the army.

And Xu Qing didn't come alone, he came with a group of brothers.

Many of these Fushe members were juren.

They also have their own servants and guards, and when they unite together, they can be a useful fighting force.

Lord Zhou compared the governor's model soldiers he had temporarily recruited and found that they were not as good as Xiao Xu's brothers in the Fushe Society.

"Uncle, what's the situation now?" The old man and the young boy didn't have time to express their feelings of separation and went straight to the point.

Mr. Zhou immediately complained bitterly, "The military settlements and the commercial settlements are all rotten to the core. I am like a skilled cook who can't cook without rice."

Xu Qing had anticipated this.

The Wei Suo system established in the early years of the Ming Dynasty was indeed of great use. At that time in the north, it was said that it could feed an army of 200,000 without spending a single grain of food from the common people.

But nowadays, no one knows where the military rations produced by the garrisons have gone.

Moreover, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there was also the Kaizhong-French Treaty as a supplement to military rations.

That is to use the merchants to provide money and grain, help open up wasteland or transport grain, and then issue salt permits to the merchants to allow them to make a profit.

A few decades ago, due to the corruption of the salt law, the then Prime Minister directly abolished the Kaizhong Law. This brought some benefits for a while and was known as the Restoration of Emperor Xiaozong, but it ended up with endless troubles.

Now, in order to provide military rations for the border defenses in various places, civilians need to be conscripted and taxes need to be increased on the people. This will further increase the burden on the people and accelerate land annexation.

The so-called revival was nothing but a flash in the pan.

In fact, the method of robbing Peter to pay Paul has always had the same effect as long as it does not touch the root cause.

We can only trust the wisdom of future generations to find a way out of the mess left by our predecessors.

Lord Zhou is now unable to generate money or food with his bare hands.

Fortunately, the imperial court controlled the southwest, and the key lay in the cities in strategic military locations. It was difficult to suppress the rebellion, but it was also extremely difficult for the rebels to break through several key strategic locations.

As long as they control Juzhou City, the Yang family's rebellion won't be that big. Xu Qing listened to his uncle's complaints and then comforted him: "Among the four Tusi families in Qiannan Province, the Bozhou Yang family has the strongest overall strength, but they may not be as good as the Shuixi An family in military. Moreover, there are the Shuidong Song family and the Sizhou Tian family. The Yang family is rebelling now, and I heard that the other three families are keeping their troops on hold. Therefore, although it seems difficult to suppress the rebellion from the situation, it may not be impossible to solve it through diplomacy."

The best military operation is to attack the enemy’s plans, the next best is to attack their alliances.

The support the imperial court can provide now is not much and is very slow. For the time being, we have to start from other aspects and stabilize the situation first.

Lord Zhou: "Gongming has come all the way from the capital, and he is so well-informed?"

Xu Qing took out a booklet and said, "This is the information about the chieftains in Qiannan that the Prime Minister gave me before I set out. I also sent people to investigate. The general situation is still clear, but to implement it, there are still many details that require my uncle and I to work together."

Mr. Zhou took the booklet and looked through it carefully. He knew a lot of the information, but it was obvious that the content of the booklet was more specific and detailed.

After reading it, he closed the book and said with a smile: "With Gongming sending this, it is enough to replace 50,000 troops."

他总算松了口气.

Because he had been governing Lingnan for some time, after restoring production, before taking office, he had ordered a batch of grain to be transferred from Lingnan to solve the urgent problem.

Of course the food hasn't arrived yet, but we still have some confidence.

Moreover, this batch of grain was transported with the help of Xu Qing's Fushe and Honghua Society, which was much more reliable than forcibly mobilizing laborers.

Xu Qing: "Uncle, you are too kind. This was planned in advance by the Prime Minister. I am just offering my contribution to the Buddha."

He emphasized that the Prime Minister's plan was to reassure his uncle, indicating that the court had already made a plan for this and there was no need to worry too much.

In fact, the Prime Minister believed that as long as the rebellion could be controlled within Qiannan Province and did not affect other places in the southwest, it would be a victory.

Then Xu Qingcai mentioned the key point, that we should not rush to send troops now, but should focus on guarding the strategic points, and then wait for military rations and reorganize the army.

While Xu Qing and Lord Zhou were reorganizing their troops in Juzhou City, the head of the Shuixi An family sent a letter over.

After receiving the letter, Lord Zhou immediately became furious.

It turned out that when Shuixi An saw the Yang family's rebellion, they thought that the court had to rely on them, so they sent a letter, hoping to take the opportunity to close the nine post stations in Longchang.

And asked Lord Zhou and Xu Liushou for their opinions.

The head of the An family now holds the position of a councilor of Qiannan Province, which is equivalent to the current position of Lord He from Nanzhili. He is also considered a high-ranking official in Qiannan Province.

Moreover, the Jiuyi Station in Longchang is currently under the control of the An family, so his proposal to cut the Jiuyi Station in Longchang is not an overstepping of his authority.

On the surface, closing the nine post stations in Longchang seemed to be An's way of showing loyalty to the court, but in fact it was clearly a test by An.

If Lord Zhou agrees, it will give the An court an excuse to accuse them of being unsympathetic to the chieftains.

By then, he could play both sides between the Yang family and the imperial court.

If Lord Zhou does not agree, when the court wants to take action against the Nine Posthouses in Longchang in the future, Lord Zhou's reply will be An's excuse to prevaricate.

I have to say that An chose the timing very well.

After seeing the letter, Xu Qing said with a smile, "Uncle, An's probing is a test that shows that he is a double-faced person. He is not worth a laugh."

He immediately wrote back, saying that the head of the An family was a councilor of the province. If he wanted to cut the nine post stations in Longchang, he could directly submit an official document to have it discussed by the governor and then submitted to the central government, instead of asking the governor for his opinion privately.

In a nutshell, it is public against public and private against private.

The content at the beginning of the letter is the opening, and the content at the end is the main point.

Xu Liushou also said that he had heard that Longchang Jiuyi was a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and he planned to visit it. In his private capacity, he wanted the head of the An family to entertain him.

When Lord Zhou saw Xu Qing's reply, he asked worriedly, "Gongming, are you planning to subdue the An family?"

"The An family is the descendant of barbarians. They fear power but not virtue. Now we need the power of the An family to quell the rebellion. Only by making them realize how powerful we are can we drive them away." Xu Qing replied calmly.

He wanted to quickly pacify the Yang family and obtain the Weiyang Sword.

Since An has taken the initiative to get into trouble, then we should just go with the flow and take advantage of this local tyrant and use him for our own purposes.

After all, this time when we put down the rebellion, we should first treat the symptoms.

Of course, Xu Liushou’s standard for treating the symptoms is very high.

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Xu Qing's reply soon reached An's hands, causing an uproar among them.

"Xu Gongming actually dared to come to our An family's territory and act wildly. Doesn't he know that there is an old saying in the Central Plains that a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake?"

When the An family members saw Xu Qing's reply, they all talked about it.

They were just testing him, but they didn't expect that this God of Literature would be so bold when he came down to earth.

Since you dare to come, let the other party see what a real dragon's den and tiger's lair is.

The An family has been entrenched in southern Guizhou for a thousand years, relying on their bravery.

"Father, we have plenty of strength and means in the An family. We are not the spineless people in the Yanshenggong Mansion. If Xu Gongming dares to come, we will teach him a lesson."

"Yes, even if a dragon comes, it has to coil up." After all, these people have been living in the southwestern border area for a long time and have always been disrespectful to the imperial court.

Although Xu Qing has become very famous in recent years, chieftains like the An family only believe in the fists in front of them.

What's more, the An family also has martial arts and witchcraft, which have a long history.

The power of unconventional methods is not necessarily weaker than the martial arts and Taoism of the Middle-earth.

They were all very excited, as if they had already seen Xu Qing returning in defeat with a bruised face.

At this time, Song Yingming, the second son of the Song family, who came to visit the An family to discuss the two families' cooperation and advance and retreat together, said: "Uncle An, my nephew has an idea. We can let Xu Qing leave Juzhou City. He will be trembling with fear all day long, and maybe he will turn back halfway."

"Oh, what do you mean?" The head of the An family looked at Song Yingming deeply.

Song Yingming actually has another identity, that is, the son-in-law of Yang of Bozhou.

To put it bluntly, there was competition and marriage among the four chieftains, and their separations and reunions all depended on the situation.

Song Yingming did not directly invite the An family to join forces with the Yang family, because this was not in the interests of the An and Song families, but he also did not allow the court to easily quell the Yang family's rebellion.

This time, the Yang family took the lead in the rebellion with the support of Heshan Dao behind them. If the imperial court could not hold on, they would take the opportunity to make things bigger and allow each family to expand their own territory.

If the Yang family can't hold on, the An and Song families will take advantage of the situation to defeat the Yang family and share the meat.

But the imperial court is vast in resources and once it becomes powerful, the An and Song families will not be in a good situation either.

Therefore, even if they do not win, being able to consume more resources of the imperial court will be of great benefit to the An and Song families.

"I heard that Xu Gongming is said to be the incarnation of Wenquxing. We can spread the word that eating Xu Gongming's flesh can lead to immortality. This will surely attract evil spirits from thousands of miles away..."

This is a tactic to attack the heart.

(End of this chapter)