Chapter 105 The world is full of blood
Clang clang clang!
The bells rang, nine times in total.
Seemingly very anxious, Xu Xuan frowned and appeared outside Wutong Cave.
Outside, an old man stood waiting by the bamboo forest.
"What happened? Changsheng!"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Xu Xuan realized something was wrong. This was Gengwu, not Changsheng.
Thirty years have passed, and the longevity has long passed away.
"Heavenly Master, this disciple is ashamed." Gengwu told what happened.
"Oh, is the emperor okay?"
"The emperor is okay for the time being. They were caught off guard. Now the masters of the Baidi Sect are always guarding the emperor. There is no problem in saving his life, but this country..."
Chaos occurred everywhere, and workers were oppressed too harshly. Their hatred was guided by thoughtful people and turned into hatred against the royal family.
In recent years, the Baidi Sect has controlled many industries, and medical care alone has been a huge profit. A few people have begun to become corrupt. Although there is no rebellion, it is obvious that there must be an insider cooperating this time.
"It's not a big problem, you have no experience."
Obviously, this is a big change.
There are thousands of words to say, but only one sentence: Now is the industrial civilization, and players who came from the old version are not very good at playing.
If you still look at these businessmen from the perspective of the feudal era, you will definitely have to learn a lesson.
This is not a matter for one or two businessmen, but for an entire class.
If the feudal monarchs did not change their thinking and let the emerging classes participate in the political game, they would probably be the new Louis XVI.
Either suppress everyone, close the country together, and return to the feudal era; or channel it, kill the troublemakers first, then restrict them, formulate a more complete system, and share the cake together.
The emperor, as the person who divides the cake, obtains power through this. The method of playing this still needs to be explored from generation to generation.
The old gameplay definitely doesn't work anymore.
Xu Xuan was able to suppress it, but in fact, over time, people's memories began to fade, and some people's minds became more active.
"This time is definitely not an accident. They must have thought I was dead. There must have been many tests during this period. This time the Divine Phoenix Emperor died, so they took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cause trouble."
The Divine Phoenix Emperor was still a little slack in his later years, and still used the same old method of killing pigs and eating meat, but this pig was not comparable to the pigs in the feudal era.
With the increase in productivity, the birth of various weapons, developed railways, and large-scale production methods, these businessmen had too many things to leverage.
As for the corruption of the Baidi Sect, it is actually expected. The problem is indeed not big now, it is just a small number of people.
With tens of millions of disciples, isn’t it normal for a few scum to appear?
"That's fine, I just happened to be born and teach them another lesson before going into seclusion."
With the development of the times, the Xu family will one day complete its historical mission, and Xu Xuan has long expected this.
There is no thousand-year-old dynasty in the world. With hundreds of years of wealth and honor, if you show dignity before exiting, you can be considered as living up to your historical mission.
In his heart, these descendants who have long become strangers are actually not as important as the country and country he built with his own hands.
Retiring is retiring, but not now. The country cannot be given to these guys.
As for the Divine Phoenix Emperor and the current unlucky Emperor Taiping, there is no need to criticize them harshly. They have done well enough. Times are changing so fast that Xu Xuan did not expect them.
Some experiences can only be summed up with blood. Likewise, if nothing is changed, this kind of thing will still happen one after another.
Perhaps some simple-minded people believe that chaos can be stopped with power; Hongwu skinned countless people back then, but he still failed to stop corruption.
The reason lies in people's luck mentality. Before people are killed, they often don't think that they may be the next one. They always feel that others will not find out, or it is a large-scale phenomenon and they feel that the law will not punish everyone.
"Gengwu, come down the mountain and follow me to quell the chaos!"
Arriving halfway up the mountain, one or two middle-aged men wearing armor were waiting for a long time.
The rugged-looking man on the left with a beard half-knelt and said: "Disciple pays homage to the Heavenly Master, and a thousand guardian troops are at your disposal!"
The gentle man next to him also knelt down.
"Get up."
Gengwu introduced the two of them. The gentle man was his disciple Lin Feng, and the other named Han Wu was not his disciple but one of the more outstanding true disciples.
On the way, a group of people explained the recent situation to Xu Xuan.
Chang'an City.
The chaos has not spread here, but the merchant's power is faintly visible from here.
The sky is full of black smoke like dark clouds, and even the rain is black. Everyone here has a cough, and the officials sent by the government to supervise have to choose to turn a blind eye for the sake of political performance.
Although the people at the bottom are dissatisfied, they are unable to resist. Besides, they still have food to eat, so their lives are pretty good.
"Hey, it's getting harder and harder to make money. Ahem, Liu Yuanwai, who can kill a thousand knives, built his factory upstream. I can't even drink water. I'm always coughing. What kind of god is this guy who can kill a thousand knives? Mercy, please put away this immoral thing."
"Haha, even gods can't be saved. Have you ever heard that money can make ghosts push the wheels? Even gods have to listen to rich people." Another man covered in oil laughed.
Phew! !
Suddenly, a clear bird song came.
Everyone subconsciously looked up and saw that there was a flaming phoenix in the sky. The flaming phoenix spread its wings and flew high, overlooking the world.
"God? Come out and see the gods!"
The phoenix circled several times and then disappeared.
The news spread throughout the circle of dignitaries in Chang'an, and they happened to be holding a banquet. The dancers' breasts were half exposed, and the scene was very ambiguous.
Dachang has banned all forms of brothels. Rich people can only hide at home or in more private settings if they want to enjoy themselves.
Drinking tea from all over the world and listening to all kinds of music, life feels so comfortable.
At this time, news came from the servants.
"What? That person is not dead yet?"
Most of the people present had only heard the legend of Xu Xuan when they were young. Logically speaking, this person should be dead. The fact that there has been no movement in these years seems to prove this.
I didn't expect it to show up today.
"Quick, quick, quick, organize the people at the altar, don't lose etiquette."
The prefect of Chang'an stood up quickly from the main seat.
Boom!
At this time, the Skitarii from the Baidi Sect's Holy Land were dispatched, and a thousand soldiers and horses entered the city with the imperial decree.
"The Baidi Cult Skitarii are here! Under the orders of the Heavenly Master, arrest Liu Jiarong, Wu Liang, Dong Qingzhi..."
The soldiers were divided into different groups. On the one hand, they ransacked homes and on the other hand, they arrested people.
The lively scene shocked the whole city.
Soon, a group of people were escorted to Caishikou. After their crimes were read out in public, Ling Chi was sentenced.
"good!!"
"The sky is alive!"
The people applauded warmly.
As for the property of the businessmen, it will naturally be sealed up for confiscation. In the future, special institutions will take charge of it, and relevant talents will be recruited in the form of dividends to manage it.
Their children will also be affected.
Xu Xuan did not appear in public, but was among the knights, watching all this quietly. Gengwu was already sweating profusely. Xu Xuan said:
"Geng Wu, can't you see it under your nose? Just because I won't let you control the political power doesn't mean you won't supervise it."
"It's my disciple's fault. I didn't expect them to be so rampant and kill so many people invisibly."
"You are old and it's time to rest. It would be good to leave it to Han Wu."
"yes!"
After that, it became more monotonous. He went all the way to Zhongjing and killed people all the way. He confiscated hundreds of millions of property, and the gold had to be transported by train.
After taking control of the train and some of the defenders, we destroyed several strongholds and basically secured the situation without causing any disturbance.
The so-called chaos was only incited by others. Now the disciples of the Baidi Sect and the army have suppressed it. They have killed the culprits and the corrupt businessmen and officials who caused the chaos, and paid off all the arrears of wages. The public's anger has completely calmed down.
Starting from Chang'an, he walked and killed people all the way, killing heads and rivers of blood. As soon as the news of Xu Xuan's birth came out, all the wavering people stood on Xu Xuan's side.
"Inform King Qin's troops from all over the country that there is nothing going on in Beijing. Everyone should go back to their homes. If troops are sent out again, they will be dealt with according to the rebellion."
In the city, the Skitarii annihilated all the merchants' henchmen, and their blood filled the streets. Standing in a pool of blood, Xu Xuan gave orders to the remaining officials and Baidi Sect disciples.
His eyes looked south.
Not only these cities, but also the entire country will be purged and liquidated. In this era, no businessman is clean.
"The world will be filled with blood, and peace and happiness will be achieved." Xu Xuan sneered, understanding this sentence more and more.
Hearing these words, everyone was frightened, and ordinary disciples were heartbroken. This is God, who can fix things in troubled times.
On the other side, Zhongjing.
Xu Zhangzhen came to his senses and integrated various forces, including the members of the Baidi Sect, the Royal Forest Army, the Imperial Guards, and some of the ministers' servants, to break up this rabble step by step.
The Xu family's prestige is still there, but the timing of the attack was too coincidental and caught them off guard. It was precisely because of such haste that there was a flaw.
This is rebellion, but the scale is only a coup. The so-called coup can be counted as two people or thousands of people. It does not capture cities and territories. It starts from the top.
Soon, the two armies faced off, and the merchants and others retreated to the arsenal.
People from all directions surrounded the rebels in an arsenal.
Take down these people and stabilize Zhongjing, and nothing else will matter.
Looking outside through the narrow window, Wang Teng's face was ashen.
Why? Why isn't the emperor dead yet? Clearly laying a secret dragnet.
It was clear that the emperor was left alone at first, so why were there so many loyal ministers?
In fact, he didn't know that the so-called conspiracy would not come true. What they relied on was nothing more than the secretly cultivated Qi-blood warriors, the field artillery smuggled into the city, and the Baidi Sect officials and senior court officials who cooperated internally and externally.
This kind of conspiracy cannot be put on the table.
If there was a power vacuum at the moment of the death of the late emperor, and we seized the opportunity to quickly control the emperor, coupled with the huge business gang, there might be hope of success.
It's a pity that the current emperor is a great master. The moment the emperor escapes, they are destined to lose.
"Wang Teng, I will kill all nine of your clans!!" Outside, Xu Zhangzhen shouted angrily.
"Haha, Dog Emperor, we have achieved great success. Do you think that killing me will solve the problem? Do you know how many resources we control? Do you know how many officials have close interests with us? Haha, the country is in chaos, no matter what you do, With three heads and six arms, how can he go against the general trend?”
"I can!"
A man's voice echoed in all directions.
When everyone looked up, they saw the immortal coming on the clouds. He was surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, and his clear cry echoed in all directions.
The Heavenly Master, who had not been heard from for thirty years, reappeared in this chaotic situation. After unifying the mountains and rivers, Xu Xuan did not perform miracles on a large scale in front of everyone, at most in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.
Many young people finally saw the legendary scene, with that kind of horror and awe, and finally understood the feelings of their grandparents.
The moment he saw Xu Xuan coming, Xu Zhangzhen breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fire! Fire!" Wang Teng felt like he was falling into hell, like a gambler who lost his money. He failed, everything failed. The god-man was not dead, and nothing in the world could defeat him.
He is destiny and the people's heart.
At this moment, Wang Teng finally understood why the emperor quickly gathered his men, that is, there was still a trace of awe and gratitude for Er Xu in the hearts of the people.
Boom boom boom!
The cannon roared, and huge projectiles were fired at Xu Xuan. As expected, the cannonballs were bounced away by magical magic.