Sign In a Lu Bu Fengxian at the Beginning

After half an hour.

The sound of fighting stopped abruptly.

Calm was restored in the Blood Knife Gate.

The entire Blood Knife Sect, from the head elder to the ordinary disciples, fell into a pool of blood.

Xuedaomen, the Taishan Beidou sect in the Jianghu, was killed by Cao Zhengchun and the factory guards just like that.

It has to be said that if the news spreads.

That would definitely shock the entire rivers and lakes.

You know, Xuedaomen is not an ordinary force in the world, but the Big Dipper of the world.

It can be said that in the arena, Wuliang Mountain and Xuedaomen are the two leading leaders in the arena.

The Blood Knife Sect was exterminated by the imperial court, and its influence on the Jianghu is by no means comparable to that of the Shenquan Sect who were exterminated by the imperial court.

Cao Zhengchun glanced at the corpses all over the floor, turned and left expressionlessly.

This is the fate of being an enemy of the court.

Even the Taishan Beidou on the rivers and lakes cannot escape such a fate.

Hundreds of factory guards followed Cao Zhengchun and left silently, leaving only corpses all over the floor.

The Blood Knife faction of "North Wuliang, South Blood Knife" in Jianghu was wiped out like this, and it became a cloud of the past.

...

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhou Chen walked out of the hall and looked up at the somewhat gray sky.

"Your Majesty, it's cold outside..."

Cao Shaoqin followed Zhou Chen and said respectfully.

"It's okay, let me go, you don't have to follow me."

Zhou Chen ignored Cao Shaoqin's words, he walked step by step along the steps of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Since Zhou Chen's body fully recovered, he has been oppressed by various things, and his nerves have always been in a tense state.

It was rare that there were no messy things to deal with today, Zhou Chen wanted to go out for a walk and think about some things.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation is the place where the emperor rests and handles government affairs, so there is a post at three steps and a post at five steps. The guards of the imperial palace are very strict. Every few steps Zhou Chen takes, he can see teams of forbidden troops patrolling.

Those imperial guards with one post at three steps and one sentry at five steps all held their heads high when they saw the emperor Zhou Chen approaching.

"The Great Zhou Empire has too many evils."

"This downhill road has already slipped to the bottom of the valley. So many moths have been swept away in this court, so what about the place?"

"If you want to rejuvenate the Great Zhou, and change the decadent trend of the Great Zhou, it seems that I still have a long way to go."

Zhou Chen walked slowly, thinking in his heart.

Although Zhou Chen first cleared out the party of relatives of the Queen Wu Ying and the General Wu Jinquan.

Then, Zhou Chen cleaned up the power of the four great families in the court, and took down the important positions of the prime minister, Hubu Shangshu and so on.

Most of the power of the imperial court center was taken back.

Let the imperial power no longer be subject to any restraint.

But Zhou Chen knew that if he wanted to rejuvenate the Great Zhou and change the current decadent situation of the Great Zhou, these were not enough.

Take the various places in Dazhou as an example, the degree of corruption, and some news from the East Factory, Zhou Chen can get a glimpse of the whole picture.

This is not a question of the four borders.

When these things are added together, it will not be easier to deal with than cleaning the center of the court.

It may even be more difficult than cleaning the center of the court.

However, fortunately, Zhou Chen has already taken the first step, clearing up the court and controlling the power of the court.

This will lay a solid foundation for the following things.

"time."

"Just give me enough time,

These issues are not a problem for me. "

Zhou Chen thought secretly.

Whether it's local corruption or border issues, in Zhou Chen's view, as long as he is given some time, he can solve them.

Now he has already settled down and started to arrange to solve the border issue.

When the border issue is resolved, Da Zhou's basic plate will be stabilized.

Just as Zhou Chen was walking slowly and thinking about this, Cao Shaoqin walked over quickly.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Fang has returned from the four northern states."

"General Zhang has also returned with Shenwuwei."

After Cao Shaoqin came over, he bowed and said.

"oh!"

"Fang Xuanling and Zhang Liao are back."

Hearing this, Zhou Chen immediately stopped moving forward.

"Go, go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

Zhou Chen turned around and returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Shenwuwei's rebel army and Fang Xuanling, the imperial envoy for disaster relief, came back, and Zhou Chen had to listen to their work reports in person.

Not long after Zhou Chen returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Liao, and Wei Xu walked in.

Lu Bu went to Shu, and Wei Xu was in command of the Beiying Shenwuwei's anti-insurgency army.

"Chenfang Xuanling."

"The last general is Zhang Liao."

"The last general Wei Xu."

"I have seen His Majesty."

After entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Liao, and Wei Xu saluted Zhou Chen in unison.

"Hahaha, my three heroes are back."

"Let's all be free!"

Zhou Chen laughed loudly, looking at the three of them with dusty looks on their faces.

Obviously, once Fang Xuanling and the others returned to Luoyang, they didn't clean up and went straight into the palace.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Fang Xuanling, Zhang Liao, and Wei Xu stood up.

"How about the loss of the North and South Shenwuwei's counter-insurgency army?"

After Fang Xuanling and the others stood up, Zhou Chen didn't ask Fang Xuanling first, but looked at Zhang Liao and Wei Xu first, and asked about the loss of Shenwuwei.

In Zhou Chen's view, the army is the foundation and support of everything.

As long as there is a large army, then everything is not a problem.

Therefore, Zhou Chen's first concern was the suppression of the rebellion army.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, more than 28,000 people were killed or injured in the Nanying Shenwu Guards."

Zhang Liao bowed and said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, more than 76,000 Beiying Shenwu Guards were killed or injured."

Wei Xu also bowed and reported a number.

When Zhou Chen heard the two numbers reported by Zhang Liao and Wei Xu, his smiling face suddenly disappeared.

"How do you say, of the 200,000 counter-insurgency troops, only less than 100,000 came back?"

Zhou Chen frowned.

Zhou Chen knew that it was impossible for the army to suppress the rebellion without killing people or causing casualties.

But what Zhou Chen didn't expect was that Shenwuwei's casualties were so great.

Of the 200,000 counter-insurgency troops, less than 100,000 came back, and more than half of the troops were killed or injured.

This casualty is not small.

Especially the Beiying Shenwuwei, with a hundred thousand troops to suppress the rebellion, lost more than 76,000 soldiers and horses, and less than 30,000 came back.

It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that the 100,000 Beiying Shenwuwei pacification army was almost disabled.

Zhang Liao and Wei Xu were silent, and Fang Xuanling was also silent.

Of the 200,000 counter-insurgency troops, less than 100,000 came back.

This is indeed a heavy loss.

After all, Shenwuwei is not an ordinary army, but the capital of the Great Zhou to deter the world.

The loss of so many Shenwu guards and horses this time is no small matter for Da Zhou.

Zhou Chen's face was a little tense.

The total of the Shenwu Twelve Guards was only 360,000 soldiers and horses, and now more than 100,000 people have been killed or injured, plus the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the guard who followed the Taishi's entire army before.

The Shenwu Twelve Guards almost hurt their vitality.

After Zhou Chen was silent for a moment, he raised his eyes to look at Zhang Liao and Wei Xu; "These two soldiers who died for the Great Zhou must be counted as soon as possible, and none of them will be left behind."

"I will inform the Minister of War and the Minister of the Household, and take good care of these soldiers who died for the Great Zhou."

"The two of you should also inform the generals at all levels in the army not to withhold any compensation for the soldiers who died in battle."

"If I find out that someone in the army has deducted the pensions of the soldiers who died in battle, even if they died for Da Zhou, I will not spare them."

Zhou Chen said with a stern face.

Zhou Chen didn't want to see these Shenwuwei who died fighting for Da Zhou shed blood for Da Zhou, and made their family members shed tears for Da Zhou again.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhang Liao and Wei Xu immediately bowed when they heard the words.

"Okay, now you all start to talk about the specific details of counter-insurgency and disaster relief."

"Fang Xuanling, let's start with you. How is the situation in the four northern states?"

After Zhou Chen finished caring about the situation of the army, he began to ask about other things.

Fang Xuanling heard Zhou Chen's questioning, and immediately stood up and reported the situation of disaster relief in the four northern states in the past few months, as well as the current resettlement situation in the four northern states.

After Fang Xuanling reported the disaster relief situation.

Zhang Liao and Wei Xu also began to report on their suppression of the rebellion and the destruction of the Zheng family in Rongyang.

...

After more than an hour.

Fang Xuanling, Zhang Liao, and Wei Xu all reported their affairs one by one.

Zhou Chen raised his eyes to look at the three of them, and said, "This time you have contributed a lot to the disaster relief and suppression of the rebellion, and the extermination of the rebels."

"In this way, you will be able to gain a foothold in the court and the army in the future."

Although Fang Xuanling and the three of them were forcibly placed in the court and army by the emperor Zhou Chen, they still had to make meritorious deeds if they wanted to gain a foothold.

Otherwise, even with Zhou Chen, the emperor, suppressing him, some people would inevitably feel dissatisfied.

After all, they all squeezed into the midst of the court ministers and generals from an unknown age.

It would be strange if no one objected to this!

Now with these achievements, Fang Xuanling and the others will have the capital to gain a foothold.

No one will be dissatisfied anymore.

"You should be tired from the journey all the way, so you should go down and rest first!"

Zhou Chen waved his hand and said.

The three of them traveled back to Luoyang without any rest, and went directly to the palace to face the saint.

Now that Zhou Chen had also finished listening to Fang Xuanling and the others' reports, he asked Fang Xuanling and the others to go back and have a good rest.

Looking at the state of the three of them, they should also be very tired.

"The minister will leave."

Fang Xuanling, Zhang Liao and Wei Xu bowed to accept the order.

Then, the three of them withdrew from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After Fang Xuanling and the others left, Zhou Chen pondered over the things Fang Xuanling and the others reported just now.

The place where the aristocratic family is rampant.

Corruption among officials is rampant, and human lives are ignored.

The people deducted a lot of miscellaneous taxes, suffered unspeakably, and were oppressed.

Zhou Chen didn't expect that the situation in the place was more corrupt than he imagined.

It's not that Zhou Chen hadn't received Fang Xuanling's report on the situation around the north before. Zhou Chen knew that the situation in the area was very corrupt.

But now after listening to Fang Xuanling's personal report, Zhou Chen realized that the local situation was much more corrupt than he expected.

It can be said that some shocking is not an exaggeration.

"The situation in the surrounding areas in the north is like this, so the other places in Dazhou should not be much different."

Zhou Chen thought with flickering eyes.

...

Compassion Palace.

Uncle Zhang Guo looked at the queen mother with snot and tears and cried, "Sister, you have to help elder brother, help the Zhang family!"

"Now the eldest brother has nothing, and the Zhang family has nothing."

"If you don't help the elder brother and the Zhang family, both the eldest brother and the Zhang family will starve to death on the street."

Uncle Zhang Guo looked at the Queen Mother with a pitiful face.

Although Zhou Chen opened his mouth to forgive Uncle Zhang Guo and the Zhang family's capital crime, but the capital crime can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped.

All the assets and other things of the Zhang family were confiscated, and all the identities of the Zhang family were also deprived.

It can be said that although Uncle Zhang Guo and the Zhang family survived by chance, they went directly from heaven to hell.

To put it bluntly, they probably can't even compare with some ordinary people now.

"snort."

"I knew today, why bother at the beginning."

"The Ai family really didn't expect that even you guys would be so courageous."

"Zhi'er doesn't know whether he's dead or alive, don't you even know whether he's dead or alive?"

"If His Majesty hadn't looked at Ai Jia's face and spared your lives, do you know what would happen to you?"

The queen mother looked at Uncle Zhang Guo with hatred.

The queen mother has lost the son of Zhou Zhi, the king of Shu, and the queen mother is really afraid that the only remaining brother and her natal family will also be lost.

Fortunately, Zhou Chen looked at her face and let the Zhang family go.

Otherwise, the queen mother really can't imagine what to do in the future.

"Sister! I was also deceived by Zhi'er."

"It was Zhi'er who told me that Your Majesty is not my nephew, and that's why I believed it obsessively."

"Especially that Ji Wusheng, it's even more hateful, sweet talk..."

Uncle Zhang Guo hadn't finished speaking when he saw the empress dowager's expression was not right, he immediately got stuck and lost his voice.

"what did you just say?"

"Zhi'er told you, Your Majesty is not your nephew?"

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed, and she stared straight at Uncle Zhang Guo.

Uncle Zhang Guo bit the bullet and nodded.

"Did you explain all this in prison?"

asked the Queen Mother.

Uncle Zhang Guo bit the bullet and nodded again.

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed and she collapsed.

Seeing this, Uncle Zhang Guo whispered, "Sister, shouldn't I explain this?"

The queen mother glanced at Uncle Zhang Guo and waved her hand directly without saying anything.

The old maid standing beside her immediately came over with a few land deeds.

"This is a little property prepared by the Ai family for you. From now on, you can be ordinary people in peace!"

"If you make trouble again, the Ai family will not be able to save you."

The queen mother didn't want to say anything more, she just waved her hand and told Uncle Zhang Guo to leave.

That's all she can do for Uncle Zhang Guo and the Zhang family.

Uncle Zhang pouted and wanted to say something, but seeing the Queen Mother waving her hand to let him leave, Uncle Zhang swallowed the words back.

After receiving a few land deeds from the old maid, Uncle Zhang Guo left the Compassionate Ning Palace.

After Uncle Zhang Guo left, the Empress Dowager, who was already looking better, turned pale again.

The queen mother got up and went back to the couch.

Only a faint sigh was left in the Compassionate Ning Palace.