Chapter 1020
Several Imperial Edicts
Chapter 1020 Several Imperial Edicts
“Brother Long, you still need to study the affairs of the court carefully… Everything in this world has its use, including the people and things you hate.”
"If used properly, it can create endless and unexpected value for you."
"Hey, stop talking. It makes me sick. Look at you guys. You're just officials. Do you have to make yourselves live so hard?" Huang Yanglong didn't want to become the kind of lunatic that Yan Zhou said, who played with everything in the world.
What he wanted was: "After I have done my part, I will enjoy my life. Leave all the fighting to my superiors. Don't bother me, no matter what."
Ah this?
Hahaha, Yan Zhou laughed out loud and nodded, "Okay, as long as you complete the task I assign to you, I will definitely not force you to learn anything brain-intensive."
He glanced at Huang Yanglong again and said, "You and Miss Chen Si are a perfect match. As long as you listen to her, even if you enjoy your official career, you won't end up being questioned and your property confiscated."
Huang Yanglong is jumpy and feels that using his brain is too tiring, but Chen Si Girl has a good brain. She is familiar with criminal law, understands the ways of the world, and does things calmly and methodically.
Complementary, invincible.
Huang Yanglong lay on the stove bed with his head tilted, humming proudly: "What are you listening to? Chen Xiaosi is just a woman, and she is lucky enough to have found a talent like me. She should listen to me. If she dares not to listen, I will divorce her!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Ji looked into Huang Yanglong's eyes: "..."
If I hadn't seen you being beaten up by the Chen family members and screaming for mercy, I would have believed your bragging.
"Yan Ji, what are you looking at? What's that look in your eyes? Do you want to fight?!" Huang Yanglong understood Yan Ji's look and became angry and embarrassed.
Yan Ji said calmly, "I didn't see anything."
Uh, Huang Yanglong was choked by such a bland attitude.
……
The next day, the prince of Yong came to the other courtyard to accompany the Duke of Yan.
On the third day, the Duke of Yan took him, Yan Ji, and Huang Yanglong, and took some fried food made from potatoes to the suburbs of the city to attend the opening ceremony of the Baihefu Township Martial Arts Hall.
That’s right, after the Northeastern and Northwestern states opened local martial arts halls, now all capable prefectures and cities in various places have opened local martial arts halls to cultivate auxiliary forces.
This was because Emperor Wuxing suppressed the imperial edict to recruit soldiers and instead issued a decree requiring all prefectures in the country to set up local military halls to cultivate anti-enemy forces for the country.
The noble families and powerful people in various places all knew that Emperor Wuxing wanted to use their supplies to support the army.
But the benefits that the Xiangwu Hall can bring are too great. It is a legitimate opportunity to raise troops!
The wealthy and powerful families in Jiangnan and Jianghuai could no longer hold back, even though they knew that after Xiangwutang was fattened up, it would most likely be taken in by Emperor Wuxing for his own use.
But the opportunity to raise troops in a legitimate way could not be missed, so they gritted their teeth and invested heavily in supplies and money to set up a local martial arts hall.
They also stuffed some shameful death warriors into the local martial arts halls as students... If these death warriors were recruited by the court to fight the enemy, and once they made meritorious service and were awarded official positions, the powerful families would be able to control the Wei army through the hands of the death warriors!
The village martial arts halls founded with donations from aristocratic families also give preferential treatment to the villagers' students in order to win their hearts and use them to increase the military strength of the aristocratic families.
In short, after Emperor Wuxing threw out this big bait, local martial arts halls sprang up like mushrooms after rain, one after another.
Many poor villagers not only had enough food to eat but also learned martial arts, and the response was very good.
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However, some people in the capital still demanded the immediate closure of the Xiangwu Hall, saying, "This is the root of chaos. We must not allow martial arts to be taught so widely!"
Emperor Wuxing ignored these people's cries and allowed them to commit suicide to protest. After receiving a recent letter, he learned that Kang Rong had committed suicide by opening his private warehouse to donate grain. He even mocked the court officials who died to protest: "Mr. Rong committed suicide, but he raised millions of pounds of grain for the country to fight the enemy. But what good did you, the court officials, gain by dying to protest?!"
"If you die, you're doing nothing right. What face do you have to be a minister who dares to remonstrate to the death? What face do you have to wear this official robe?!" After these words were spread, the number of people threatening to die for their ministers plummeted by 90%.
Another ten percent are old guys who have to continue giving advice in order to save face.
Emperor Wuxing ignored them and issued several imperial edicts.
The first imperial decree was to arrest Madam Kang, the head of the capital's main family: "Under my rule, the Wei Dynasty will never allow the righteous men who died for the country to suffer injustice. The murder of Mr. Yong, a righteous man, and the extinction of his family line must be thoroughly investigated before the New Year."
Emperor Wuxing also instructed: "I want her alive. If Madam Kang dies, it will be considered as suicide out of fear of punishment!"
This!
Upon hearing this, the powerful officials immediately dispatched men to the Kang family to stop Madam Kang from hanging herself.
He repeated Emperor Wuxing's words to Old Madam Kang.
After hearing this, Mrs. Kang wailed and fainted.
Seeing this, the entire Kang family was in a state of panic. They rushed over and said, "Where is the doctor? Hurry and save the old lady. She must not die!"
Emperor Wuxing has already announced that if Madam Kang dies, all members of the Kang family will probably be killed by Emperor Wuxing!
The doctor rushed in to treat Mrs. Kang.
The Kang family cursed Aunt Min again: "Bitch, how dare you team up with the cunning slave to harm our Kang family heroes, and even put the blame on the old lady, you are worse than a beast!"
The Kang family's words were meant to put the entire blame on Aunt Min and the old nanny beside the old lady.
Unfortunately, this kind of harem trick only stayed in the harem, and now the Kang Rong case has become a major case in the country.
This time, the old lady of the Kang family in the capital city suffered the consequences of her own actions.
The Kang family was in a mess, but this was just the beginning.
Soon, the second imperial edict of Emperor Wuxing was spread. It read: "Imperial title to Kang Rong as Marquis of Yicheng. After five generations, when Marquis of Yicheng dies, the title will be passed on to his half-brother, Kang Yan!"
The third imperial edict was to dispatch troops to the Northeast Province: "Every prefecture under heaven, except the Northwest Province and the Northeast Province, must dispatch one hundred soldiers and five hundred civilians to the Northeast Province to prepare for battle!"
Transportation has always been a difficult task, so during wartime, civilians would be drafted to do the transportation.
The fourth imperial edict read: "Anyone who kills the enemy, regardless of whether they are soldiers, civilians, craftsmen, merchants, slaves, or prisoners, will be rewarded according to their military merits, and may even be granted a title!"
The fifth imperial edict read: "Promote the cultivation of mountain yams and taro in Lingnan Province throughout the Great Wei!"
The sixth imperial edict was about transfer, promotion, and restoration of title.
The Seventh Imperial Edict...
Stop it, please stop it. Even if you are the emperor, you can't issue imperial decrees like laying eggs... Even the incompetent emperors of Ning and Kang were not as outrageous as you!
Where is Duke Yan's team?
Come back soon, if you don’t, no one can stop Emperor Wuxing from going crazy!
Unfortunately, Duke Yan's troops were still on the way, and the imperial edicts and decrees issued by Emperor Wuxing were not issued randomly, but were all beneficial to the Wei Dynasty at that time.
After all, the Dongmo spies are almost replacing the Northeastern Province of Wei, so it is certain that they will attack. Wei can't just do nothing, right?
If they really don't prepare for war, there's no need for future generations to know that the angry people of Wei will burn down their mansions before the enemy army breaks into the city!
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The capital, Taizhou Prefecture, and all the prefectures and cities across the land were in an uproar because of Kang Rong's death, Emperor Wuxing's imperial edict, the matter of Ershu, and the matter of the Township Martial Arts Hall, but none of these things affected Taifeng Town.
Taifeng Town has recovered from the indignation over Kang Rong's death.