Chapter 210 Peace
The entire Central Plains was in the midst of war, and the people were displaced.

But there is one place that is quite peaceful.

That place is Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Luoyang, the Eastern Capital, has a special geographical location and can be regarded as a transportation and economic hub of the world.

Luoyang has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

but,

Luoyang is peaceful.

Quite peaceful.

The weirdness of Luoyang's tranquility.

All the anti-king forces in the world tacitly avoided attacking Luoyang.

The anti-king forces extended their tentacles to other places and did not touch Luoyang at all.

Among all the forces in the world, Luoyang's military strength can only be considered middle-level, neither too much nor too little.

However, these other forces do not want to be hostile to Luoyang.

All the rebel kings in the world are somewhat afraid of Luoyang.

Or to be more precise, to be afraid of someone.

That person was the emperor in the Luoyang Palace—Yang Guang.

That is Wang Ming.

The battle at Siming Mountain refreshed the world's three views.

That is, after martial arts are practiced to a certain level, ordinary soldiers will really be ineffective.

One person can really defeat ten thousand troops.

These anti-king forces no longer want to provoke Luoyang, as it is a tough nut to crack.

The last point is also very important.

That is, the rebel kings all over the world discovered something.

This incident was the downfall of the incompetent emperor Yang Guang.

Yang Guang seemed to have completely given up on his plan to expand his power.

The territory no longer expanded, the army no longer increased, and there was no plan to develop outward.

Therefore, the various rebel kings began to selectively ignore Luoyang.

The strategy of these anti-kings was basically to deal with other forces first, and then recapture Luoyang with an invincible force.

The real reason why they did not attack was still fear.

The fear of death.

They were afraid that if they captured Luoyang, Yang Guang, the incompetent emperor with amazing martial arts skills, would attempt an assassination.

So they didn't want to push Yang Guang too hard.

They are waiting.

Wait until you have a grandmaster to protect you, then attack Luoyang.

There are actually quite a few grand masters in the world.

However, there are not many grandmasters who have the confidence to defeat the Demonic Sword State.

Fu Cailin and Bi Xuan are outsiders and do not want to interfere in the affairs of the Central Plains for the time being.

Ning Daoqi was injured and is still recovering. It would be no good for Song Que and Shi Zhixuan to deal with Yang Guang at this time.

The combination of various factors has kept Luoyang in peace and has never been affected by war.

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In the Luoyang Imperial Palace.

In the imperial study room,

Wang Ming sat on a chair with an exquisite dragon relief carving, flipping through an ancient book in his hand.

This scroll is a Taoist classic collected by the royal family of the Sui Dynasty.

The main techniques that Wang Ming practiced were all Taoist.

Reading more Taoist scriptures will be of great benefit to the practice of martial arts.

As Wang Ming gained a deeper understanding of Taoist knowledge, his practice became faster and faster.

[The skill of "I Am the Only One in the Eight Desolations and Six Directions"] is truly magical.

With the help of this technique, Wang Ming absorbed the energy between heaven and earth many times faster than with ordinary techniques.

Wang Ming's cultivation speed increased by leaps and bounds.

This martial art also has the effect of increasing attack power.

For example, if Wang Ming and Duan Yu have the same skills, Wang Ming's power will definitely be greater if they use the [Six Meridians Divine Sword].

In fact, these are not enough to make Wang Ming love this technique so much.

There are many martial arts that are as powerful as it.

Such as: [Nine Yin Scriptures], [Nine Yin Scriptures] and [Yi Jin Jing] on hand.

How can the magical level surpass [The Eight Desolations and Six Directions, I Am the Only One]?
This world's [Secret of Immortality], [Demon Strategy], and [God of War Atlas].

But Wang Ming did not choose to change his skills, because what he cared most about was its ability to prolong life.

What is the biggest crisis for human beings?
---time.

In the face of time, everything becomes so fragile and insignificant.

Without the ability to achieve immortality, the physical body would begin to decline at the age of thirty.

If Wang Ming doesn't want to use his aging body, he can only change his body every few decades. In that case, the memory shock will become more and more, and the original memory will become less and less.

Ultimately losing himself is not what Wang Ming wants.

Xu Fu in "Feng Yun" is the best example.

Xu Fu was just a fraudulent alchemist. After taking the elixir of life, his whole life became completely different.

Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, who made Xu Fu tremble in fear, fell under the butcher knife of time.

Xu Fu had poor aptitude for martial arts and learned martial arts very slowly.

But it takes a long time and you can learn it slowly.

If one day doesn’t work, then two days;
If two days won’t work, then a month;

If one month doesn’t work, then one year;
If not for one year, then...

So it’s really amazing to be alive.

Wang Ming didn't care at all about Li Shimin, Li Mi, Yu Wenzhi and others who were rebelling against him.

Don’t be fooled by their incredible power, large number of subordinates and vast territory at this moment.

But they definitely don't live as long as Wang Ming.

Their son died of old age, but Wang Ming may still be alive.

Maybe one day Wang Ming will get interested and he can wait until a hundred years later and go to their graves to dance.

Wang Ming was very satisfied with the endurance of [Northern Divine Art] and the capacity of Dantian.

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Time passes little by little,
Wang Ming's practice gradually entered a deeper state.

Generally, people don't like being disturbed by others.

But today,
Yang You and Dugu Feng came to pay homage together.

Wang Ming also had to stop practicing and summoned the two people.

He came to the imperial study and sat down. He picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, put it down and said, "What are you doing here?"

After Wang Ming trained Yang You for a period of time, he handed over the power to Yang You.

For Wang Ming, government affairs were a waste of time.

If you can be lazy, you will be lazy, but you have to do it.

Finding a tool is undoubtedly the best way.

Yang You said in a deep voice with a very unhappy expression: "A few days ago, General Kou Zhong opened the treasure left by Yang Su. Unfortunately, we were too far away and got nothing."

Dugu Feng also hurriedly said at this time: "The evil emperor relic stored in Yang Gong's treasure house, which contains the life-long skills of the evil emperors of the Demon Sect of all generations, has also been taken away by the evil king Shi Zhixuan. I'm afraid his martial arts will reach a very terrifying level."

The attitude of the evil king Shi Zhixuan has always been unclear, but he is a member of the Demon Sect.

When Wang Ming seized the Heshi Bi, the Demon Sect had already torn each other apart and were in a hostile relationship.

Shi Zhixuan is from the Demonic Sect, so he is most likely an enemy.

This made Dugu Feng feel a little worried. Shi Zhixuan, who got the evil emperor's relic, would become the biggest enemy. Hearing this, Wang Ming also felt sorry.

It’s not that I feel sorry for the gold, silver and treasures in Yang Gong’s treasury.

None of that appealed to Wang Ming.

What is really a pity is the relics of the Evil Emperor.

After arriving in the "Tang Dynasty World", various things kept happening and Wang Ming was seriously injured twice in a row.

I forgot about the Evil Emperor's relics and Yang Gong's treasure house.

Thinking about it now, Wang Ming naturally regrets it very much.

I should have taken it out earlier!

Wang Ming felt that this evil emperor's relic was a treasure.

Wang Ming was very Buddhist about the true energy inside. He would absorb it if he got it, and forget it if he didn’t.

What Wang Ming wanted most was the evil emperor's relic itself.

The evil emperor's relic is definitely a treasure.

Even if he missed it, Wang Ming didn’t care. Just let it go!
It's too late to regret.

Yang You said again: "Grandpa Emperor, as time goes by, more and more people come to Luoyang, and the public security in Luoyang is becoming more and more chaotic."

The city of Luoyang had always allowed refugees to enter because Wang Ming had previously made a heroic move, giving up all territories outside Luoyang and moving all the grain in the granaries to Luoyang.

Luoyang, which has sufficient food, is not afraid of not having enough food.

Wang Ming asked calmly, "What kind of chaos is this?"

Yang You said with a worried look on his face: "Now the refugees eat the porridge provided by the court every day and then lie down and do nothing. Some of them have started to steal, causing the residents of Luoyang to lose things from time to time. There are also many disputes."

Wang Ming also fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Luoyang has become one of the few places in the world that is not currently in war, so it is naturally liked by the people. Once they come here, they don't want to leave.

It’s not that these refugees don’t want to work, it’s that they can’t work.

These people had no houses or land in Luoyang, so they could forget about farming. Unless these refugees sold themselves as slaves, it would be impossible for them to have land.

So most people chose to lie down. After eating the porridge provided every day, they would lie outside and lazily bask in the sun.

The few who did choose to look for work, but those jobs had already been occupied by the original people in the city.

He had no chance at all.

Some people were forced to join gangs and do some sneaky things.

Wang Ming thought for a moment and said, "You guys go down first! I will go to court tomorrow to resolve the issue."

Yang You and Dugu Fengjiu were stunned when these words were spoken. Wang Ming basically did not attend court, but today he was willing to do so for the first time.

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the next day,
Guande Hall,
More than a hundred officials lined up neatly and paid their respects to Wang Ming.

Wang Ming said calmly: "Stand up! I heard that there are constant disputes in the city. What do you think?"

Then Nine started to argue.

There are actually not many capable people in this court.

Yang Guang's imperial examination system was like undermining the lifeline of the aristocratic families and was extremely unpopular among these families.

It can be said that the aristocratic family's rules were completely abandoned by the Sui Dynasty court.

As a result, many noble families recalled their officials and family talents from the Sui Dynasty court.

then,

Wang Ming had previously ordered the soldiers stationed in the area to abandon their territories and bring supplies to Luoyang.

At this time, it can be said that the whole country supports one city, and there is no shortage of money.

He ordered the construction of many colleges in the city.

It was ordered that all those aged five and above but under eighteen must attend the academy.

These academies were not primarily used to teach the Four Books and Five Classics, but rather to teach survival skills and a special skill.

Carpenter, blacksmith, chef...

You can choose just one of these skills, you don't need to learn all of them.

What you must learn is reading and writing

There are also martial arts classes.

For this martial arts class, Wang Ming also created a set of martial arts to teach.

This technique is a simplified martial art created by Wang Ming from the "Vajra Indestructible Divine Art" that he practiced.

The name is "Iron Shirt"

This operation naturally caused resistance from many people, but it was all ineffective.

Yang Guang’s identity is useful.

tyrant!

Tyrants don't need to be reasonable.

Tyrants do things their own way.

No one dared to stop him.

In fact, even if they wanted to stop it, they had no way to do so.
Except for a few noble families who were closely tied to Yang Guang, all others left the city to pursue their beloved lord.

Confucianism also strongly opposed it, as did Mohism, the School of Diplomacy, etc. Knowledge from other schools entered the academy.

But after the rebellion during the time when the Emperor was chosen by Heaven, Wang Ming believed in them.

The Confucians had no way to deal with Wang Ming.

As this knowledge continued to spread, the positions of those who had been withdrawn from the Buddhist and Taoist sects began to be filled.

It also made the Sui Dynasty system work again.

Wang Ming said in a clear voice: "Decree that all the people who come to Luoyang can receive a few acres of land as the basis of their lives."

Dugu Feng said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is wrong. The court does not have that much land to distribute to the people."

Wang Ming glanced at Dugu Feng and immediately understood what he meant.

He explained, "Don't worry! I won't touch your land. There are several big families in the court. I have checked your land. Although it is clear that you have been given more land, I still regard it as yours and don't care."

"But it must be registered and tax evasion is not allowed. All the land in Luoyang must be counted and redistributed to the people who don't have land."

Pei Yun said with a worried look on his face: "Even so, it is not enough to distribute to all the people."

Wang Ming smiled and said, "Enough! There is plenty of land."

Pei Yun asked curiously, "Where is the land that Your Majesty is talking about?"

Wang Ming smiled and said, "Didn't we confiscate many monks' fields from temples before?"

Pei Yun immediately realized that the previous selection of the emperor by Cihang Jingzhai had implicated the entire Buddhist forces in Luoyang.

As a result, all Buddhist temples in Luoyang were deprived of their land.

Wang Ming continued, “Notify the noble families in Luoyang City and ask them to call back the clansmen who are serving under other anti-king forces. If they don’t come back, all their land will be confiscated.”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers in the court looked at each other. This was too vicious.

A family has two roots: one is inherited knowledge, and the other is land.

Now Yang Guang wants to completely sever the foundation of the family!
Wang Ming said again: "If there is not enough land in the city, we can divide the land outside. All the land except Luoyang is ownerless in my place."

They don't even submit to me, yet they still expect Wang Ming to protect their property legally. That's just wishful thinking.

If Wang Ming were to reunify the world, all forces would be reshuffled.

After explaining some things, he left the court.

Yang Guang was a tyrant.

The identity of tyrant is very convenient for Wang Ming.

Once an order is given, the subordinates must do it.

They were all so frightened that they dared not resist at all.

Wang Ming was walking towards the imperial study, followed by Dugu Feng and Yang You.

Dugu Feng suddenly asked: "Your Majesty does not allow the existence of aristocratic families?"

Wang Ming glanced at Dugu Feng and then at Yang You, knowing that they were all speculating about this matter.

He shook his head and said, "I allow aristocratic families to exist. They are an inevitable product. I will eliminate them now and let common people take power. A hundred years later, this commoner family will become a new aristocratic family. It cannot be eradicated."

"I allow aristocratic families to exist, but I do not allow the kind of aristocratic families that lie on the throne and suck blood from the dynasty to exist. I do not allow the kind of aristocratic families that arbitrarily annex land, do not pay taxes, and make the people homeless and their families destroyed to exist."

"We will not allow the existence of noble families that want to cut off the path for ordinary people to rise."

(End of this chapter)