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Chapter 293 The world’s trend comes first!

When Qin Yulong appeared there, Ling Pingyang's expression instantly became tense. He spurred his horse forward, holding the heavy spear in his hand, protecting Li Guanyi, and his Dharma image was naturally activated.

Qin Yulong, Grand Marshal and General of Ying State.

He held the first rank of official rank.

At the Grandmaster level, he controls the frontline troops.

Ranked 18th on the list of famous generals in the world.

The quality, skills and morale of the 1,000 heavy cavalry under his command were comparable to the 500 heavy cavalry of Yue Family Army under Ling Pingyang. However, Li Guanyi also had 500 cavalry trained by the Qilin Army itself, so they were weaker than the enemy in all aspects.

Even in the Qilin Army, only the old sword maniac can defeat Qin Yulong.

The two masters, Master Motian and Angry Scale Dragon King, faced Qin Yulong.

Going alone, no one will be a match for the opponent.

Qin Yulong is also ranked among the top five brave generals in Ying State, which is full of brave generals. Considering his age, it will not be difficult for him to become a pillar of the state or be granted the title of duke in the future.

Qin Yulong was not annoyed by Ling Pingyang's vigilance.

He just looked at Li Guanyi, bowed his hands, and said, "Your Majesty's order is to talk to Qin Wuhou alone. Qin Wuhou, please!"

Ling Pingyang patted his horse to protect him, and Li Guanyi raised his hand and said, "Pingyang, stay here."

Then he rode over alone. There was a pavilion next to him for passers-by to sit. Li Guanyi and Qin Yulong sat together under the pavilion. The armies of both sides were somewhere in the back, and only the waving flags could be seen.

Qin Yulong took out a jade scroll and said politely:
"Your Majesty heard that Qin Wuhou had come all the way here, defeating all the generals and causing chaos in the world. Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and you should have given Qin Wuhou an imperial edict to prove that he could pass through unimpeded, but because of Chen Dingye's matter, you don't have time."

"I'm worried that we'll be stopped by the officers guarding the city when we get here."

"I was sent here specially to wait."

"All the officers in this city have received the order. Your Majesty has sent me personally to deliver a hunting robe, three official uniforms, and a thousand taels of gold."

Jiang Wanxiang had known about Li Guanyi's actions long ago. After the letter written in blood from Cangxi City was sent, Jiang Wanxiang did not deal with it. He neither sent anyone to stop the city lords and prefects, nor the generals and families who were guarding the city.

He did not write an imperial edict to announce to the world that no one was allowed to stop Li Guanyi. Instead, he laughed and acquiesced to the matter. After Yan Baotai's death, the fourth general He Ruoqinhu was furious and said that he would go and kill Li Guanyi himself, but Jiang Wanxiang tried to stop him.

Jiang Wanxiang comforted him, saying, "Although he is young, he led the people across the river and is well-known throughout the world. Moreover, it was Yan Baotai who intercepted him. Li Guanyi was, after all, the [General of Heavenly Strategy] personally appointed by the emperor, and he controls all the troops in the world."

"It was a bit impolite for Yan Baotai to beat him personally. Now if we raise troops to kill him, wouldn't that make us lose the support of the people? Let's not mention the matter of capturing the tiger again."

Jiang Wanxiang had a very high control over the court, so all the civil and military officials dared not say anything more. However, some of these officials were confused and thought that the so-called "control of the world's troops" was just an excuse to the people of the world.

Jiang Wanxiang has actually done things that are conducive to competing for the world.

I have long since stopped taking the so-called Red Emperor seriously.

Why would he listen to this?

Only the Prime Minister Wei Yiwen, who had fought back and forth with Pojun and had caused certain obstacles to Pojun, causing Pojun to spend more than a year to successfully complete his plan, seemed to be thinking about something, closed the door to visitors, and no longer participated in the struggle between civil and military affairs.

After hearing that Jiang Wanxiang had returned to the palace, he laughed several times.

Afterwards, he immediately sent his trusted minister to Cangxi City to replace the position of the city lord and defender of the fourth divine general. After arriving there, he almost immediately took swift and decisive measures to count the people and households.

The aristocratic family simply had no time to make up for it.

Li Guan took several thousand households with him, which was a lot for a city. However, when the imperial envoy turned around and reported, he actually said that there were a full 10,000 households missing from Cangxi City. For any emperor, population is extremely important.

According to historical records, the emperor was furious and issued a series of imperial decrees.

He executed several officials, and the prime minister claimed illness and said nothing.

The noble families in Cangxi City had no choice but to give up the people who had originally depended on them to fill the gap. Only in this way could the emperor's anger be stopped, and Emperor Ying did not seem to continue to be angry about this.

So the Ying family breathed a sigh of relief.

However, they never expected that Li Guanyi's Qilin Army would lead the people to advance forward, while the imperial envoy of Ying State Emperor Jiang Wanxiang would chase after them, saying that they would pass on the imperial edict. Whenever they arrived at a place, they would immediately start checking the population.

Whenever there was a discrepancy, the old cases would be reopened immediately, and the population controlled by the aristocratic families had to be brought back into the empire. As a result, the power base of the aristocratic families was invisibly greatly weakened, and the control of the imperial power was enhanced.

That's why this section of the road is so difficult to walk. When Li Guan opened the scroll, there was no so-called imperial decree or letter inside, but just two simple lines of text, full of vigor and vastness.

[All the people in the world are at the mercy of you and me]!
[The deer has been hunted. A real man should butcher and cook it]!
Li Guanyi looked at the two lines of text.

Qin Yulong took out a knife, held it in both hands and handed it over, saying:
"Your Majesty asked me to say thank you to you, my Lord."

"This sword was made by my Daying Sword Forging Villa and is named [Deer Cutting]."

Li Guanyi stretched out his hand and pressed the knife. He looked at the words on the scroll and said to himself, "[The deer has been hunted. A real man should cut it up and cook it.]..."

Between the autumn and winter of this year, Li Guanyi led his army forward, crossing Zhongzhou and Yingguo, bringing with him 120,000 refugees. It was recorded in history books more than once that the Emperor of Yingguo was furious, but judging from the daily records of Emperor Ying and the biographies of other officials.

Emperor Yingguo took advantage of what Qin Wuhou was doing and quietly reaped the benefits of the original aristocratic family power. The people who had been dependent on the aristocratic families for decades were once again in the hands of the country, and he took this opportunity to dismiss many officials.

And he directed the hatred of these officials towards Qin Wuhou, who was traveling across the world.

Qin Wuhou gained fame and population, but Jiang Wanxiang also suffered no loss.

Under the agreement made that day, both of them made their choices tacitly.

There are disputes in the world, and those who can accomplish anything are you and me, and we benefit from it.

[There are fish and meat all over the world, and you and I are the butchers].

Li Guanyi seemed to understand the old emperor of Ying State better. He was heroic, cunning and overbearing. At this time, in the palace of Ying State, Jiang Wanxiang looked at the distant border with a calm gaze. The sky was gray and white snow was falling.

The entire palace seemed somewhat depressing and quiet.

Li Guanyi took many people away.

However, the number of households and tax data in each city of Ying State is actually more than before.

This is enough to show the suffering of the common people and how many people depend on the aristocratic families.

After knowing this, Jiang Wanxiang struck the pillar with his sword that day. His murderous intent was so strong that if Jiang Su and Wei Yiwen had not gone to pay him a visit, the old king would have followed Li Guanyi's path and killed him again.

"Li Guanyi..."

Jiang Wanxiang was silent for a long time and then laughed.

Thinking about that young man, who had only one thousand heavy cavalrymen under his command, dared to migrate 120,000 households of civilians. He must have encountered many dangers and difficulties on the way, but he accomplished such a thing, which is enviable.

Jiang Wanxiang thought of his youth, when he was dressed in fine clothes and rode a horse, roaming the streets.

What Li Guanyi did was also what he wanted to do but couldn't do when he was young.

He was first born as a concubine of the royal family, then became an emperor, and then had the ambition to rule the world.

The higher the status, the higher the constraints.

Now that he sees someone who can do what he longed for but couldn't get back then, he naturally admires him in his heart. However, this person must be his mortal enemy, so this admiration is somewhat mixed with a hint of regret.

Jiang Wanxiang sat on the top floor of the Zhaixing Tower. Next to him was a small red clay stove, which had a pot of wine warmed up. Jiang Wanxiang held up the wine and looked into the distance, saying, "Li Guanyi, Qin Wuhou."

"The next time you step into my Ying country's land."

"Either you have already entered with your troops, or I have already captured you. There is no third possibility."

Jiang Wanxiang said: "Okay, let's go!"

"Don't come again."

In the snowy palace in winter, Jiang Wanxiang drank a glass of wine and looked around. All he saw was a vast expanse of desolateness and an old world, and he felt indescribably lonely and indifferent.

At the border thousands of miles away from the imperial palace, after Qin Yulong handed in the scroll, he completed his official duties, and the expression on his face relaxed a lot. He was able to chat about personal matters and his attitude was no longer so stiff.

He noticed Li Guanyi's hair crown and the simple jade hairpin, and said with a smile:
"It seems that Qin Wuhou has already met Shuang Tao."

Li Guan nodded.

Qin Yulong sighed and said, "It's a pity that my husband and I have to stay here and have no chance to visit Zhongzhou." The pass was opened, and Qin Yulong personally saw them out, pointing to the mountains in the distance and said, "Your Excellency, please leave today."

"Today, the world is in turmoil, and the nations are in turmoil. When you and I meet in the future, I'm afraid we will be fighting on the battlefield. It's impossible for us to be so calm. There's no need for us to show mercy on the battlefield at that time."

The Qilin Army and 120,000 households of civilians passed through the Ying Pass.

Qin Yulong just stood at the pass and watched these people go away.

At the same time, the news was spread everywhere. In the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan, flying eagles had already delivered the news back. Knowing that Li Guanyi and others were coming back, Lei Laomeng, Nangong Wumeng and others were quite happy.

Yuan Zhi received the secret letter from Li Guan and was overjoyed. He then rushed to the government office and walked in with big strides. However, he saw a group of people standing outside the house, but Pang Shuiyun was not there.

Before this, Mr. Pang had already brought disciples of the school of diplomacy, disciples of famous schools, and storytellers of the nine schools to Jiangnan, and began to spread the gossip along the areas where Li Guanyi passed.

Li Guanyi's actions, coupled with Pang Lao's extensive publicity.

That’s how we gathered such a huge momentum.

However, the students in the government office now all looked pale. Yuan Zhi looked around, asked about the situation, and roughly knew what it was like. After hesitating for a moment, he reached out and pushed the door open.

The original sound of the wooden door opening and closing was very faint.

But at this moment, the creaking sound was like a ghost urging his death. Yuan Zhidu subconsciously swallowed his saliva, pushed open the door, and saw a table in the front piled with various books. A young man about twenty years old was sitting behind the desk.

He is handsome, but he has dark circles under his eyes.

When he raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot.

The scholars from the eighteen states of Jiangnan all retreated half a step.

Yuan Zhi smiled stiffly: "Dai Qing, are you okay? It seems that you didn't rest well..."

Yan Daiqing stared at Yuan Zhi for a while, then retracted his gaze, rubbed his brows and said:

"It's Yuan Zhi."

"I thought it was Li Guanyi who came back."

Yuan Zhi swallowed his saliva. It was just an ordinary sentence, but it inexplicably had a strong sense of evil, which made Yuan Zhi's scalp numb. Yuan Zhi went to pour tea and said, "Well, Dai Qing also needs to have a good rest."

Yan Daiqing held the tea and sneered:
"Rest?" "Don't I want to rest?"

"Who won't let me rest?"

"That Li guy kidnapped these hundreds of thousands of people. Did he move an entire city here?! What about logistics? What about food? Where do these hundreds of thousands of people live? How much do they eat? How do they get supplies?"

Li Guanyi's troops traveled along the waterway with the help of mechanical ships and naval formations. It took them a whole season, from autumn to winter. One reason was to wait for the people, and the other was to give the 18 states in the south of the Yangtze River time to prepare.

Fortunately, the Mo family and the Gongsun family were both there, so there was no shortage of mechanical equipment and repairing the house was not a difficult task. However, the biggest problem was food, gold and silver. Some time ago, when the second season of rice was harvested, the strength of the farmers was proven.

The grain harvest was abundant, and the people said that they had not seen such a good harvest for many years. At that time, Yan Daiqing was in a good mood every day. But soon, when a certain Qin Wuhou Tiance General who did not want to be named began to move, Yan Daiqing's mood began to deteriorate.

At the beginning, I was in a good mood.

Very good even.

Because there is a shortage of people in the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan, and those aristocratic families are disgusting.

Originally, those noble families were dealt with by the experienced and prudent Pang Shuiyun, but Pang Shuiyun left to stir up public opinion. Yuan Zhi was born in the common people and was too upright and honest; Xiao Zhi was too narrow-minded and his methods were too cruel.

So in this season, Yan Daiqing needs to be responsible for internal affairs while coordinating the advancement of various construction projects. He barely withstands the autumn flood, repairs houses, and adjusts internal affairs while also having to compete with those aristocratic families every day.

Knowing that common people were coming, Yan Daiqing immediately realized that this was to increase the population on his side, strengthen the Eighteen States in the South of the Yangtze River, restrict those aristocratic families, and gain a great reputation. It can be said that this was a three-pronged approach.

There are 10,000 households in the population, and Dai Qing is smiling.

With a population of 30,000 households, Yan Daiqing could still manage to laugh.

With a population of 50,000 households, the smile on Yan Daiqing's face slowly disappeared.

When the population expanded to 100,000 households, Yan Daiqing's aura had become so fierce that even passing dogs had to avoid him. After the files on the population of 120,000 households coordinated by Wang Tong's disciples were sent back, Yan Daiqing's sleep time was greatly reduced.

At this time, Xiao Zhi would take a detour whenever he saw him.

He didn't even eat at the same table with Yan Daiqing.

Yuan Zhi took out the letter again. Seeing Yan Daiqing's face full of gloom, Yan Daiqing said, "Since it is his order, Yuan Zhi, you can lead the troops yourself. Take Fan Qing, Murong Yuan and other generals with you as well."

"We need 30,000 elite soldiers, so leave 20,000 for defense. You should move quickly."

"Logistically, you don't have to worry about it."

Yan Daiqing, who said there was no need to worry about logistics, seemed to have even darker circles under his eyes.

Yuan Zhi said: "Daiqing, you should also take care of your rest."

Yan Daiqing just laughed: "If I rest, you and the people will not be able to rest well; it is because I am still here to deal with these files that the people can come here and not be unable to rest in the middle of winter."

"This kind of thing is fine."

"If Yan Daiqing wanted to have a good rest at home and live a life of luxury, he wouldn't have come here."

"Yuan Zhi."

Yan Daiqing spoke, stood up and bowed slightly, and said seriously:
"My lord, I'll leave it to you."

Yuan Zhi restrained his expression and returned the greeting: "Don't worry, Governor."

Yan Daiqing seemed to be relieved just now. Yuan Zhi received the secret letter from Li Guanyi and assembled the soldiers and generals to prepare for departure. As for Li Guanyi, after passing the Yingguo Pass, the area they arrived at was in front of the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan, which was the remaining seventeen prefectures of Jiangnan.

These state capitals belonged to the State of Chen. When the Eighteen States in the south of the Yangtze River were the areas of contention between the States of Ying and Chen, these seventeen states were buffer areas. None of them were large in size. Basically, a state consisted of just one state capital.

There may be two or three small cities around the provincial capital, which are surrounded by towns. Under the towns are townships, and in the townships there are several villages, where people either farm or pick mulberry leaves.

After the news of Li Guanyi's arrival in Jiangnan spread, the other prefectures in Jiangnan all reacted and became alert. They were cities of the State of Chen, but they were located in Jiangnan and were within the influence of the Eighteen States in Jiangnan.

This is a very embarrassing situation.

The worst thing is that the treatment in the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan was extremely good.

After it was completed, it was spread throughout Jiangnan by various means.

Add to that the old villain Pang Shuiyun, who was extremely hateful. He was originally a strategist from the academy, and was a famous general in his time. However, in these turbulent times, a general's success is built on the bones of thousands of soldiers, and Pang Shuiyun's reputation began to disappear early.

Until this time when he came out again, Pang Shuiyun not only spread the changes in the Eighteen States of Jiangnan throughout Jiangnan in various ways, but also somehow aroused the envy of the people in other states. With envy, when they looked back at their own lives, they would make comparisons.

Where there is comparison, there will be dissatisfaction.

Why are they all from Jiangnan? Why are the Eighteen Prefectures giving land, but the State of Chen does not? Why are the taxes there so low, while our taxes are so heavy? Why do they have students from the academy to teach them how to read, while we can only be illiterate for our entire lives?

Why can others have a good harvest with the same water and the same soil?

With all these dissatisfactions gathering together, the people were already greatly unbalanced in their hearts. And now, the Qilin Army had come all the way from Zhongzhou in a mighty force, and had earned the reputation of being an army of benevolence and righteousness.

The Qilin Army wants all the people of Zhongzhou and Yingguo.

The people in other prefectures in Jiangnan have already been ready to make a move.

Some people even wanted to go to the 18th state of Jiangnan.

This kind of situation had already been suppressed in all the major provincial capitals, but the aristocratic families did not care about it and just waited for the Qilin Army to arrive. The city lord only thought about gathering his own people and not provoking them, but he did not expect that his city gate would be knocked on.

The city lord sent someone to check, and saw a general with a raised brow, who looked very majestic, holding a spear, and shouting at the foot of the city: "My lord is the First-class Qin Wuhou, who was conferred the title of General Tiance by the Great Emperor of Zhongzhou, and controls the troops of the world!"

"Who are you to lock us out?!"

After this reputation was spread out, the city lord was helpless. Since Li Guanyi only had a thousand people and brought the common people with him, there was no need to worry about capturing the city, so he opened the gate. Li Guanyi and Wen Lingjun went to chat with the various families.

Feng Xiao had already spread the news along the way in the villages and towns, saying that Qin Wuhou had come and wanted to do something in this first provincial capital in the south of the Yangtze River. But what was it?
It turned out that Qin Wuhou had some people who had sold their indentures in his hands. They might be transferred from this state capital to the eighteen states in the south of the Yangtze River. But if you ask who it is, there are many answers. No one knows who it is.

Pang Shuiyun and Feng Xiao, even though they hadn't met each other yet, joined forces. If they had directly said that there was someone's indenture or land deed, these people would not go, but now there was nothing, which aroused their curiosity.

Almost every village and town sent people with the same surname and hometown to take a look.

By the time these noble families sobered up, it was too late. Li Guanyi clapped his hands. Ling Pingyang came over carrying a box, opened it, and said, "This is the contract of selling the body of the common people. Everyone, take a look and see if it is correct."

The people from the noble family saw that it was indeed the case and reluctantly said, "This, is..."

"It's the indentures of some slaves."

Some high-ranking members of the noble family tried to fool around with a smile, saying, "Does Qin Wuhou need servants? Hahaha, no problem, I can give you some!"

Li Guanyi:
"Thank you for your kindness, but I have too many indentures here."

"I would like to check the public accounts with the people, and then see if these people who have sold their bodies are willing to go with me, Li Guan."

Many noble families looked at each other, and one ruffian deliberately took advantage of his drunkenness to stand up and curse: "There is no such thing in the world. How can you, Qin Wuhou, bully others by taking advantage of your power?!"

Li Guanyi was so angry that he laughed and said:

"I have a bond. I can't take the person away? Why?"

The man paused and said firmly: "This is the rule here!"

"Li Guanyi, Marquis of Qin, is a benevolent person in the world. Do you want to bully others by taking advantage of your power? If you are in need of servants, I have plenty for you. I also have a pair of thirteen-year-old twins. It happens that both their parents have passed away and they have no uncle. I have trained them for a long time, but I haven't had time to enjoy them yet."

"If you are willing, I will give it to you, but you are just trying to force benefits. What's the point of being fair and square? You are so filthy!"

"Don't talk about you. Even the young master of Duke Xue's family, Princess Yunmeng, came that day, but he couldn't take the person away. Humph, the Xue family is so powerful that it's impossible. Does Marquis Qin Wu think he is stronger than the Xue family?"

There was a sound of sword sound.

Pingyang was furious and had already drawn his sword. With one strike, he stabbed the nobleman to death at the banquet. His body fell to the ground. The faces of the nobles around him were livid. Li Guanyi looked at the body of the nobleman. He closed his eyes and said in a voice as cold as iron:

"I didn't hear the rules clearly."

"Who will tell me again?"

The Fire Kirin beside Li Guanyi raised its head, looking down at the front with cold and indifferent eyes. The Fire Kirin turned into a full ten feet long and stood behind Qin Wuhou who was sitting at the table, with its head almost touching the plaque.

The plaque is made of the finest rosewood, with four large gold-plated characters: "Gentleman's Style".

The Qilin opened its mouth, and golden-red flames slowly gathered.

An indescribable terrifying pressure came down, and the young man who was walking with the people seemed no longer the man known for his benevolence, but an indescribable power, tyranny and brutality.

No one dared to refute.

Then the noble families and officials were silent. Li Guan stood up and said, "Then we will follow the rules of the world. I will read out these indentures and the people will follow me." Qin Wuhou had a noble and calm demeanor. Qilin walked out, raised his head and opened his mouth, spewing out a ball of fire.

The plaque with four big characters "Gentleman's Style" was directly burned into charcoal.

But on the second day, all the people came, and the villagers from the surrounding towns and villages gathered at the city gate. The officials from the aristocratic families were also there. They could still comfort each other, saying that there were not many people who sold their indentures, so they could just leave!
There is no need to go against Qin Wuhou.

But they remembered all the people who came one by one in their hearts.

They did not dare to provoke Qin Wuhou, but planned to severely trample on the people who stayed behind after Qin Wuhou left to vent their anger. Li Guanyi said this and then brought a lot of indentures.

These indentures were collected by Xue Shuangtao from the seventeen provincial cities in the south of the Yangtze River. In this one city, there were at most a few thousand people. After Li Guanyi finished explaining the matter, Wen Lingjun came in court robes, holding these indentures.

The noble families sneered at these people.

The people's eyes are numb but full of longing, longing to see themselves among these people.

What to do...

Wen He crossed his arms and looked at Wen Lingjun, lowering his eyes slightly: "Wen Lingjun."

The grand and magnificent first!

Wen Lingjun exhaled, but lowered his eyes, and suddenly raised his hand, and threw the box of indentures directly into the flames, where it burned violently. All the indentures were burned up without mentioning any names.

Everyone was stunned, just looking at the raging flames, confused for a moment.

Wen Lingjun's voice was cold and calm: "There are too many indentures, so I won't read them."

"The people whose indentures were sold were burned."

"Everyone can come to the Qilin Army!"

(End of this chapter)