Chapter 13 The Demon World in Cao Huachun’s Eyes

Chapter 13 The Demon World in the Eyes of Cao Huachun

Generally speaking, Yun Zhao believes that the founding emperors and generals in Chinese history were full of chance when they conquered the world.

Without these accidents, Liu Bang should have been killed by Xiang Yu, Sima's family should have been slaughtered by Cao Cao, Li Yuan should have been exterminated by his cousin Yang Guang, and Zhao Kuangyin should have been decapitated by Chai Rong. As for the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, his success was even more incredible. Not only did it take a short time, but he truly rose from slave to emperor in one step.

There were many people who could kill him, but unfortunately none of them succeeded.

These people actually used the weak to defeat the strong and then unified the world.

Yun Zhao didn’t want this, he didn’t want to make his rebellion career full of dangers. No matter how brilliant the victory was, it would be his brothers and sisters who would die, which would be very meaningless.

Yun Zhao firmly believes that there are no irreconcilable conflicts among the people of Ming Dynasty!

What is contradictory are those in power. They coerce the people, slander their opponents, and finally make all the people pay with their lives for their ambitions.

So, Yun Zhao has very high requirements for himself. He is working hard to build Lantian County, making this county the future benchmark of the Ming Dynasty world, and letting all Ming Dynasty people see that a good life should be life. It seems that the correct way for a person to live is.

When there are no irreconcilable conflicts between people, being gentle is a very good strategy.

People’s desire for a better life is unstoppable. At the same time, this is also the general trend of the world. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish!

So it is very important to lay a good foundation.

The reason why Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was able to succeed is - build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king!

Yun Zhao is faithfully implementing Zhu Sheng’s suggestion. This is a very useful suggestion. Since Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a monk, can listen to it, how can someone like Yun Zhao not listen to it? Woolen cloth?

History has developed to the present point. It is long past the era of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period when one or two super-famous generals could dominate the battlefield.

When firearms appeared, personal bravery gradually withdrew from the battlefield. If it continues to develop, weapons will be more important than people.

The comparison between the army and the army will be to see who makes fewer mistakes!

Whoever makes fewer mistakes will win, and whoever can withstand losses better will win the final victory.

This is also the historical development trend and it is unstoppable. Yun Zhao knows it very well.

The current Lantian County seems powerful, but it is not so powerful that people around the world are afraid of it. Therefore, necessary development is still needed.

In the spring, one caravan after another was about to leave Lantian County. The caravan manager took the guys to worship the gods and embarked on their own journey along the road under the watchful eyes of Yun Zhao. .

Their footprints will be traveled all overIn the Ming Dynasty, even as far as the outside world, it was these caravans that made the prosperity of Lantian County a realistic myth.

Cao Huachun stood on the side of the road, watching the endless stream of caravans leaving Lantian County. He had a calm expression on his face, but his anxious mood was clearly revealed in his hands with bulging veins.

"How many caravans have left Lantian County in the past ten days?"

Yuan Min said: "A total of three hundred and twenty-four caravans."

Cao Huachun sighed slightly and said: "This is only ten days."

Yuan Min shook his head and said: "There are no statistics for the whole year. Most of the caravans in Lantian County are mid-way caravans. They have more caravans in other places."

Cao Huachun said: "They are also bandits! Yuan Min, you don't know that there are countless thieves in places like Yunnan and Guizhou. Dealing with caravans and robbing goods, they committed all kinds of crimes. At the beginning, the caravans in Lantian County were also plundering, but later the caravans discovered that these bandits had become more organized. They no longer robbed goods and killed them all. Instead of killing everyone, a very expensive toll is levied on these caravans.

It is usually one time the value of the goods, or half of the goods are paid as tolls. This price will make the caravan members. It's heartbreaking, but they won't abandon the goods because of this price, because even after paying such a price, they still make some money, just a little less.

It is said that the caravans in Lantian County are also paying. Such a cost, however, after the caravans from Lantian County come back, they can always sell the goods at a much cheaper price than the same goods elsewhere.

As a result, people are wondering whether this is the case. The Yun thieves have eliminated the previous thieves and replaced them.

Haha, half of them are mountain kings to collect tolls, and the other half are doing legitimate business. If this continues, the caravans in Lantian County will definitely give way. The caravans have no way to survive. Although it seems to have given these people a way to survive, so many caravans have lost their livelihoods and just died a little later.

Yun Zhao's purpose is very clear. If he wants to dominate these business roads, the more prosperous Lantian County becomes, the more depressed other places will become."

Yuan Min said in a low voice: "Since we can't fight head-on with Lantian County, can we? What about sending a large number of manpower to cut off the hands stretched out by Lantian County?"

Cao Huachun shook his head and said: "We have done it, and many people have never come back... In the end, we cannot bear this. The losses were voluntarily stopped."

Yuan Min said: "Since many of our people have never returned, does this mean that most of the power in Lantian County is not in Lantian County? ..."

Cao Huachun smiled bitterly and said: "All the people in Lantian County are soldiers. The farmers who work in the fields, the vendors who do business in the market, and the scholars who study in the academies, as long as they have weapons, they are Each and every qualified soldier

These people spend more time on military affairs every year than our Dongchang fans.Want more.

This is the reason why people in Lantian County don’t pick up lost items on the road and don’t close their homes at night. The whole county is actually a huge den of bandits. If there are still thefts and robberies in the den of bandits, it will really be a big joke.

However, after leaving Lantian County... they are all thieves who do all kinds of evil.

Why is Lantian City solitary outside the Great Wall? The biggest reason was that they killed all the Mongols within a radius of 500 miles of Lantian City.

Dongchang Fanzi saw a horrific scene from the lower reaches of the Sanggan River-the corpses of Mongolian men, women, and children blocked the river...

People say that locusts are the place where the souls of the dead are buried. Transformation, if this legend is true, the locust plague that covered Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, and Shandong in the Ming Dynasty last year was the transformation of the wronged souls of those Mongolians.

Yuan Min, the Lantian County you see is a good place where things are prosperous and people live and work in peace and contentment. In my eyes, this place is a ghost shrouded in black mist, and all the people walking here are corpses. ghost!

They are devouring the flesh and blood of Ming Dynasty!

All the prosperity in Lantian County was supported by the flesh and blood of the people in other parts of the Ming Dynasty.

And Yun Zhao is the unparalleled demon king who sits on dead bones and drinks human blood! ”

After listening to Cao Huachun’s words, Yuan Min looked around in confusion, and then looked at the increasingly hot sun in the sky. The spring here was bright and sunny, and although the people coming and going were different, they were all the same. There seems to be nothing wrong with dragging shadows and talking to each other with smiles on their faces.

He knew that this was a metaphor of the factory owner, but he tried hard to put his thoughts into what the factory owner described. In this world, we always fail.

“This is the scary thing about demons. They will create illusions, cover our eyes, and blind our spiritual consciousness... When the demon kingdom is formed, everyone in the world will be in trouble. It's just his meal. ”

Cao Huachun’s words kept ringing in Yuan Min’s ears, and Yuan Min still couldn’t put himself into Cao Huachun’s world.

After all, the world here seems to be better than the Ming Dynasty. The rest of the place is more like paradise.

Curse is the most incompetent attack method!

For some reason, Yuan Min suddenly felt that the factory owner was completely old.

Yun Zhao met this famous eunuch in the afternoon. Although he had met countless eunuchs in the Qin Palace and also met Wang Chengen, he was the first eunuch to really come into contact with an existence like Cao Huachun. Once.

To be precise, this old eunuch is not too old. He even looks younger than ordinary people. His skin is delicate and fair, and his eyebrows are very neatly groomed. Although he is old, he is still wearing a uniform. The dragon robe was rolled, but the dragon on the robe only had three toes, which looked like chicken claws at first glance.

Cao Huachun saw Yun Zhao’s eyes falling on his robe, so he smiled and said, "This." This is the robe that His Majesty rewarded this old slave for his hard work. ”

Yun Zhao glanced at the white-on-black outfit again.Zhang rolled his dragon robe and said softly: "I heard that Wei Zhongxian was wearing this kind of robe back then?"

Cao Huachun said with a smile: "Wei Zhongxian deceived the emperor, deceived the emperor, and committed suicide by hanging a beam in Hejian Mansion. At that time, he only had a lining and no python robe."

Yun Zhao sighed and said, "I have heard people say that most of the eunuchs of Quan bring harm to the country and have no place to bury them, but Duke Cao can survive with his whole body. Congratulations to you for retiring."

Cao Huachun said with a smile: "Wei Zhongxian's incident should serve as a warning to future generations. Although a certain family is also a member of the inner government, they always have the Three Treasures eunuch in mind. They are only loyal to the emperor. Dare to think of him."

Yun Zhao invited Cao Huachun to sit down, then returned to his desk, put his hands on the table and said, "If you are willing, I will do the best and place you in Gong'e. Take the fine work away. These are poor people, so don’t harm them. Let them live peacefully in Lantian County. This is also a good thing."

Cao Huachun smiled. Said: "This is a meritorious deed, but it is not mine, but the benevolence of Her Majesty the Queen. Cao Huachun is just a slave, how can he make decisions for his master.

The county magistrate did not know something. Back then, the guest The family secretly concealed eight palace servants with special colors. They were accused of trying to do Lu Buwei's deeds and were whipped to death by the Queen's order. From then on, no one dared to secretly hide palace servants."

Xu Wuxiang, go Come here with my gift list."

Xu Wuxiang quickly brought a gift list. Yun Zhao ordered Xu Wu to give the gift list to Cao Huachun and said: "There is only one thing on the gift list, and that is Food, I think, Her Majesty the Queen doesn't like the jewelry made in the rough places in the northwest, so she just gave it all.

Oddly enough, the southeast transports 400 grains to the capital through the canal every year. Ten thousand dan, why is the shortage of rice and grain in the capital still so big?

Can’t those who live near the capital be self-sufficient? ”

Cao Huachun said: “How can the emperor guard the country? To put it bluntly, since my emperor ascended the throne, there have been no less than six battles around the capital. Even if there is fertile land thousands of miles away, there is no way to farm in the war-torn land.

Since the county magistrate cares about your majesty, he should serve the country everywhere. "

Yun Zhao was silent, thought for a moment, wrote a letter and handed it to Cao Huachun: "This is my answer to your Majesty. With this answer, I think your Majesty may be able to sleep. Have a good sleep."

Cao Huachun took the letter with both hands. Seeing that the letter was not sealed, he cupped his hands and said, "Please seal the letter with wax."

Yun Zhao said. He waved his hand and said: "No, you can read it, everyone in the world can read it."

Cao Huachun opened the letter, glanced at it and said with some sadness and anger: "The county magistrate humiliated Your Majesty too much."

Yun Zhao said calmly: "If something unexpected happens to Your Majesty, Yun Zhao will raise an army to avenge Your Majesty! Kill all the traitors in the world!

The loyalty of these words will last forever.What's the offense? "

Cao Huachun stood up suddenly and strode out of Yun Zhao's study without saying a word.

Cao Huachun left, and Yuan Min naturally followed him. He glanced back Yun Zhao's large study room was astonishingly large and he left thoughtfully.

Xu Wu wanted to see Yun Zhao drinking tea silently and looking at Yushan deep in thought, so he stopped disturbing him and waved his hand. Everyone in the big study room quickly left. He closed the door of the big study room and left it completely to Yun Zhao.

There was no need to be pretentious anymore. Yun Zhao was already tired of giving Zhu Youxiao some time. False hope.

This time, he bluntly told the emperor that at this time, Lantian County was his ally and no longer his subject. As long as he was alive, Lantian County would not treat him. Unfavorable.

This can stop some people from having two sides, stop being loyal to the court, and start thinking about the new situation that Lantian County will face as a true Lantian person. situation.

All changes come from the emperor's attitude.

Yun Zhao hopes that the emperor can concentrate on facing Huang Taiji, Li Hongji and others, and it is best not to regard Lantian County as his own. Targets that need to be dealt with first.

In the evening, Cao Huachun left Yushan and went straight to Xi'an City. He stayed in Xi'an City for two days and was rejected twice when he asked to see the King of Qin. He had no choice but to leave. Xi'an City set out for Tongguan.

At Tongguan, he took the 50,000 loads of grain that Yun Zhao gave to the Queen and set off to the capital at starry night.

Yun Zhao waited for a long time, but there was nothing. After hearing any news about his letter, it seemed that Cao Huachun wanted to hand it over directly to the emperor.

Yun Zhao convened people to re-formulate strategies to deal with possible crises. As a result, on the map of Ming Dynasty, Guanzhong has obviously become a land abandoned by the Ming Dynasty. Around Guanzhong, the Ming Dynasty's military strength is less than 20,000 frontier troops.

Neither the Ming army, nor Li Hongji, Zhang Bingzhong and others are willing to get close. No one in Guanzhong knows what Yun Zhao is thinking. Judging from the situation in Guanzhong, Yun Zhao has the reason and motivation to attack everyone.

In this situation, towards the emperor, Li Hongji, For people like Zhang Bingzhong, the best option is to join forces to kill Lantian County first, and then fight to the death. Unfortunately, they cannot form such an alliance no matter what.

They can only watch. Looking at it, the general trend of the world is tilting towards Lantian County.

This is a way to win without fighting!

In May, Xu Wu wanted to get married. It was Su Dai, the concubine from the Forbidden City.

It is said that the county official was so angry that he demoted Xu Wuxiang to the fourth level and was assigned to Dali County as the head of Dali County.

Even so, there is still an endless stream of Yushan officials marrying Gong'e, and what awaits them is the same treatment as Xu Wuxiang, who is assigned to each county as the chief of the district, or the chief of the big district.

At this point, there are rumors., a crack finally appeared in the monolithic Lantian County.

These people were sent out, and those who had served as district chiefs for two to three years returned to Yushan and took up important positions one after another.

Xu Wuxiang left Su Dai five days after getting married. At this time, Su Dai almost fainted from crying.

She had just learned about her husband's high position, and before she had time to rejoice, she was given a slap on the head. Because of her, this ugly guy in her mouth lost his high-ranking position and had to go to the countryside to farm.

“Don’t listen to those nonsense. Lantian County is different from other places. Officials are like running water. They are always flowing. No one is allowed to stay in one position for a long time.

It’s about valuing, not degrading!”

No matter how Xu Wu wants to explain it, for a woman like Su Dai who grew up in the palace, He said that anyone who was expelled from the capital must have suffered a disaster.

The li chief, of course, the li chief cannot bring his family with him when he takes office. Xu Wuxiang originally wanted to show some tenderness when parting, but now that he has no chance, he comforted Su Dai for a whole night, and then he At dawn, he took two servants and rode on the road.

The first stage of rectification did not achieve the results that Yun Zhao hoped for. The main reason was that everyone did not know enough about this new thing and did not know where to start. They could only imitate Lantian County. various measures.

Yun Zhao was extremely dissatisfied with this. This was Xu Wuxiang's real intention for these central personnel to go to the countryside.

If one cannot truly bring people's hearts together, Yun Zhao believes that occupying a large territory is of little use.

Feng Ying was vomiting violently, but Qian Duoduo was nothing.

It stands to reason that Feng Ying’s health is better than that of Qian Duoduo. However, Qian Duoduo grabbed a handful of green apricots and chewed them all day long, making people drool, while Feng Ying could not even sleep well. It has become a luxury.

Looking at Feng Ying’s six-month-old belly, Yun Zhao did not dare to have high expectations for the IQ of the child in her belly. Morning sickness usually started from the time of pregnancy, but Feng Ying did not. I started having morning sickness after more than five months of pregnancy.

Master Xuan Jing, who had been growing her hair for half a year, gave Feng Ying a strict examination and couldn’t explain the reason. Finally, she told Yun Zhao that there were various problems with pregnancy. Symptoms, it is not uncommon for such a situation to occur.

In fact, Mrs. Xuan Jing, who wears her hair in a short bun, is also a pregnant woman. Looking at her begging green apricots from Qian Duoduo and chewing them together, even Yun Zhao's saliva can't be quenched. The anger in his heart.

However, after Feng Ying slept in Yun Zhao's room with her mother's permission, the symptoms miraculously disappeared.

Watching Feng Ying eat four in one goAfter eating chicken drumsticks, Yun Zhao finally couldn't help but said: "If you want to be with me, you should have told me earlier. Why are you bothering yourself like this?"

Feng Ying raised her face full of grease and said innocently: "I don't know why this happens. When I sleep in the inner house, I will vomit if I smell a bad smell.

You don't smell here, so you don't vomit."

Feng Ying no longer cares about Qian Duoduo's occasional cynicism. Regardless of the oil on his hands, he grabbed Yun Zhao's hand and said to Qian Duoduo: "I think there is nothing wrong with my man."

Seeing that Qian Duoduo was about to explode, Yun Zhao held Qian Duoduo's hand. His hand said: "Just in time, we can have a good talk about things in Shu."