I have a fortune book

Chapter 173

After Yuanmin County was recovered, Zhou Bai followed the old practice and set up the Yuanmin County Office of General Fumo's Mansion. The location of the county office was the county government office.

For the officials of the county office, in addition to transferring a small number of core supplements from the general's mansion, most of the officials, including the county magistrate, chose to recruit from the local area.

Zhou Bai only stayed in the Yuanmin County Office for three days, and the six house owners and subordinate officials had already been replenished. Except for the house owner of the official house who was transferred from Ping Cang, the other four houses were all filled by former county government officials.

In the office of Yuanmin's temporary county government office, there are countless official seals of county magistrates and magistrates, half seals and full seals.

After leaving the seal, you can accept the official position of the county office.

Among these official seals, there is also Tao Xiangwen's seal of Daxu county magistrate. Many people think that this fellow Jinshi will go to the capital to report on his duties like the county guard Yinmu, in order to seek other appointments from the court.

However, the dignified Daxu Qipin county magistrate, the top three and Jinshi, actually went to the Yuanmin County Office to seek a job.

This kind of thing is not uncommon under the rule of many powerful warlords. For example, in some prominent big county Jiedu, many gentry and even fellow Jinshi chose to take refuge as officials.

However, Tao Xiangwen's defection to General Fumo, whose foundation is not too deep, is just too much "gambling". You must know that even the serious Bei'an Jiedu has not yet surrendered a county magistrate.

Even if he is not promoted for the time being, Zhou Bai still has the guts of Yuanmin county magistrate (inspector).

For Tao Xiangwen, Zhou Bai expected a lot. If he was willing to follow the general's government's political thinking and submit sincerely, then the central minister would definitely have a seat.

However, Wu Mingzhi and Pan Ru are the county magistrates and chief bookkeepers.

They are all Juren, and they were originally the ninth-rank secretaries of the Secretary Pavilion of the General's Mansion. This time, they are in the right place.

On November [-]th, Zhou Bai returned to Pingcang after the first battalion of the Fumo Army came over to officially take over the defense of Yuanmin County.

Now half of the county is in hand, Cangshan Mountain is the basis, and the creatures of hundreds of miles rely on its protection, and more than [-] soldiers and civilians in the three counties are all vassals.

Gathered in the political center, the aura over General Fumo's mansion in Pingcang became more and more intense, with strands of red aura brewing among the countless white auras.

The Fumo General's Mansion set up government offices, selected scholars as officials, and established 24 township governments, which truly extended the control of the system to the grassroots.

Then, in the three months since its establishment, after astronomical changes, exorcising ghosts and bandits, exterminating demons from outside the region, and the recent autumn harvest "Dafeng", it can be said that the people of Pingcang County have stabilized.

Taking a closer look, the legal net of the system over the Fumo General's Mansion has taken shape, and the core of the entire French net has turned light red.

The remaining [-]% is pure white, and if this winter passes safely, it will naturally be dyed red.

But Zhou Bai can't wait any longer. Whether there is a stable legal system is very important for dealing with ghost attacks.

In the cold winter, ghosts will come out.

Seeing the vastness of the world, Xiangxing's first winter snow in 47 years came unexpectedly, and ghost tides everywhere became more and more intense.

On November 25th, the provisional code of the Fumo General's Mansion, which had been verified by Zhou Bai himself, was officially announced in the three counties.

This provisional code is mainly based on criminal law, and also includes litigation, civil, administrative and other aspects. It is basically compiled after the laws of Daxu and previous dynasties.

However, he added a lot of his own things, such as improving the social status of craftsmen and farmers, abolishing the low-class status system, implementing legal regulations on the treatment of heroes and soldiers, rewarding the behavior of reporting spies, and so on.

There are definitely many imperfections and even unreasonable places in the interim code, but when it is formally promulgated, it is an important core of the system and an important criterion for restraining the government and the people.

In terms of luck, the official law can make up the last link of the law net of luck.

From now on, taking any new territory can bring it into rule faster and more firmly.

And most importantly, as soon as the provisional code came out, Zhou Bai's attitude was officially known to both inside and outside.

To have the power of his own law so early, to be an ordinary warlord, he must have the ambition to win the world.

The imperial court reacted the quickest. Lei Haomiao, governor of Dingzhou, reprimanded this as a disorderly government, even for the government's own use, and urged General Fumo's government to revoke this law.

Peng Li, the inspector censor of Dingzhou, set off directly to question the crime face-to-face. However, due to the great pressure that the Qingxu commander put on the state government, and the rebels and bandits in various counties, Peng Li was forced to return before leaving Dingzhou County.

In the absence of the establishment of the king, Zhou Bai was sure that Lei Haomiao would not dare to force him against him, so he pushed for the internal implementation of the interim code with peace of mind.

At the end of November, the core of the institutional legal network was finally white, and it finally turned into light red because of the announcement of the independent legal system.

The legal net of the system is light red, which represents the support of the people, and the prestige of the government has been established. It is a ruling system with a basically stable rule.

One move affects the whole body, the three-county legal network connects traffic, and the power of the law circulates and gathers to form a complete legal network structure.

The county seat of Pingcang County is dark red, and the power of the law is the strongest. The remaining 24 townships are light red, and the power of the law is enough to expel and resist ordinary ghosts.

However, the two counties of Yangyuan and Yuanmin took a relatively short period of time, and now they are only relying on the power of the center and the law to forcibly set up a red legal net in the county.

But that's enough, at least in the ruling core area of ​​Fumo General's Mansion, there will be no fear of ghosts breaking the city and unbearable things happening.

On December [-]st, the vast and undulating Cangshan Mountains were covered with snow in winter.

However, it was in this icy and snowy environment that a grand event was ushered in on the mountainside. General Zhou Bai, the Demon Subduing General, attended the consecration ceremony of the Cangshan Mountain Temple.

The unpretentious blue-brick temple has no walls, only lush trees and green bamboos, which is very eye-catching and full of vitality in the ice and snow on one side.

People in Cangshan Mountain have always worshiped, hoping that the gods in the mountain would protect them, but the spirit eyes of the earth veins have been stolen by ghosts for a long time, so the true god has not come out.

He is not a natural mountain god of Cangshan Mountain, nor has he been conferred by the Heavenly Court or Human Dao Dynasty. If he becomes a mountain god by himself, then he is a standard wild god.

However, the mountain god of Xiaoqingshan forcibly refined himself in Cangshan Mountain, mastered the spiritual eyes and land veins everywhere, and the mountain and the god became one, which can be regarded as half of the innate god position.

This time Zhou Bai came to participate in the consecration, in order to make Cangshan Mountain God a "righteous god" in the land of the three counties, at least to be able to obtain incense in a fair manner.

As for the conferment in the name of the General's Mansion, he still can't afford it.

It is necessary to be cautious in conferring a good luck real person in a county, let alone conferring a Cangshan mountain god with the lowest seventh rank in a land of three counties and a half county.

If it is said that before the aura did not increase, Cangshan's personality was enough for a seventh-rank god, but now that he has given birth to a spirit vein of at least the middle and upper ranks, Cangshan's personality has crossed from the seventh rank to the fifth rank or above.

The seven-rank red edict is only the lowest god that can be conferred, and the eighth-rank and ninth-rank mountain gods cannot grasp [-]% of Cangshan's earth energy.

When he saw the mountain temple, Zhou Bai was in a daze, it was exactly the same as the small green mountain temple he saw when he first came to the Dazhen world.

In front of the temple, there was a crowd of people, including Zhou people who had moved to the mountain and people from Hongni Township, as well as "believers" who came from ten miles and eight villages near Cangshan Mountain.

Many people thought in their hearts that since General Fumo himself went to pay homage, then this mountain god must be somewhat miraculous, and asking for it might as well keep his family safe.

But no matter what the purpose is, the consecration ceremony of Cangshan Mountain Temple is quite lively, and there must be enough incense.

The gate of the main hall of the temple is open, and there is a high platform in the middle of the hall. A statue of a mountain god gilded with gold lacquer sits on a stone-carved seat. Compared with the official uniform carved in the Yang Dynasty, it adds a bit of majesty.

Zhou Bai and a group of generals were at the front of the temple square in front of the Civil and Military Station of the General's Mansion, and then the patriarchs and principals of the county's wealthy clan, gentry and common people crowded the square and the surrounding open space, and the furthest line stretched all the way to the foot of the mountain.

Zhou Bai attaches great importance to the principle of good deeds, and the officials and common people below will follow suit.

Gods that everyone in heaven respects, can they not come?
It can only be said that even if Zhou Bo couldn't come up with a formal seal, he had done everything that needed to be done.

"The auspicious time has come!"

As the morning sun rose and a ray of sunlight shone on the statue, Miaozhu immediately shouted loudly.

dong dong~
The sound of bells and chimes echoed, and everyone fell silent.

"Mountain God, please take your seat!"

"bye!"

"Goodbye! Goodbye!"

After the three worships, Zhou Bai glanced at the mountain god sitting cross-legged at the root of the mountain under the temple, and then walked to the incense cauldron step by step.

He personally lit the head incense and worshiped it himself.

With the aroma of the first incense drifting into the hall, Miao Zhu and a deacon began to greet the pilgrims behind.

Civil and military officials, representatives of various ethnic groups, and gentry people all looked serious and respectfully offered incense like a pilgrimage. After finishing the offering, they retreated from the side, followed by another person.

Going back and forth like this, when more and more incense sticks are in the incense tripod, the mountain temple has begun to be smoky, and the smog of incense passes through the top of the temple and goes deep into the mountain.

Finally, the sunlight mixed with the fragrance seemed to form a cloud of smoke over the temple, and a statue of a mountain god appeared faintly in the cloud of fragrance.

"The mountain god has manifested!"

I don't know who exclaimed, Zhou Baifu looked at the root of the mountain, and the mountain god wrapped in incense bowed his hands gratefully.

There was a slight divine light around him, and then he stepped up from the root of the mountain step by step, as if there were layers of invisible steps to the gods under his feet.

More and more people offered incense, and the statues of gods manifested in the clouds of smoke in the sky became more and more obvious, and one after another pilgrims fell to their knees.

In the end, the mountain god finally walked the long steps, and then took another step. He walked out of the mountain, perfectly integrated into the god statue in the temple, and accepted the worship of many believers safely.

hum~
The statue of the mountain god shook suddenly, a layer of faint divine light came out of gold, and those stone eyes opened for a moment in broad daylight, indifferent and tolerant to all living beings.

This is a sign of the day and the representative of the righteous god. Many gentry who have some family inheritance are obviously relieved.

General Fumo didn't lead them to worship evil gods, and this mountain temple is not a temple of prostitution.

So the scene shouted to show the saint, the movement of worship became louder and louder, a breeze blew past, and the cold air in the place disappeared, and all believers who had burned incense felt that they were in a warm spring.

"I am in position today, Cangshan Mountain God!"

The mighty majestic voice echoed in the hearts of all the creatures in Cangshan Mountain, and they all understood one thing, that Cangshan Mountain now has an owner.

miracle!

Not only that, the statue in the temple actually moved, and the mountain god they were worshiping lowered their heads towards one place.

who is it?

Who can make the mountain god bow his head? Many believers showed grief and indignation, and they all looked for the target.

At some point, a person had already walked into the main hall. He stood under the tall golden statue, but he didn't feel short at all.

A god, bowing his head to the mortals who worship him?
However, if it was General Zhou Bai, the Demon Subduing General, all the believers present would feel relieved.

"What do you mean by respecting the gods?" Zhou Bai put his hands behind his back, and communicated with the mountain god who was already upright.

Incense was lingering, one virtual plane, and the domain of gods gradually formed around the temple, but the mountain god was busy talking to Zhou Bai.

"Today's achievement in the right position is only a vain status of the seventh-rank god, but as long as you maintain enough incense, sooner or later you can truly become the seventh-rank red imperial edict."

"As for my bowing, don't you understand?" The mountain god didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

Zhou Bai was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "Surrender?"

While fiddling with his divine domain and feeling the movement of the Cangshan Mountains, the mountain god replied decisively: "Yes, you have helped me too much. You have nothing to repay, you can only serve as a minister."

"Cangshan is your foundation, I control this place as a whole, can you really rest assured?"

"Of course, if you only want to be a king for a generation and build only a mortal dynasty, then you bow your head this time and pretend you didn't see it."

The words of the mountain god should have shocked the sky, but Zhou Bai didn't seem to be surprised, and there was another long silence.

Examining his heart, it seemed that he was really worried about handing over Cangshan.

Sometimes, silence means acquiescence.

In the realm of the gods, resplendent and magnificent, with many halls, Cang Wu stepped down from the throne and bowed his head to Zhou Bai again.

"In this way, all the previous things will be thrown away. From now on, I will be called Cang Wu, and I will serve you as master."

"My minister, Cangwu, the mountain god of Cangshan Mountain, has seen Your Majesty."

The seemingly ordinary words of surrender are actually a kind of oath of the gods, and an invisible luck is causally connected between one person and one god.

Zhou Bai was in a complicated mood, and promised: "After I unify the north and south of Cangshan Mountain, I will seal you up. There is enough room for growth in Cangshan Mountain."

"The third authority of the small five-element upside-down formation is given to you. Guard Cangshan Mountain and try to block the ghosts in Cangbei County."

"You... oh."

While talking, Zhou Bai saw that Cang Wu only nodded his head to accept the order, and he no longer had the atmosphere of getting along with friends like before, so he couldn't help sighing, and left the temple.

Whether it's Qi Hua and Zhou Rui who are mortal friends, or Cang Wu and Chao Qu who are gods, as their status and strength grow, their relationship changes again and again.

friend?Perhaps a luxury for a man of his type and what he was about to do.

Back in the cave, Zhou Bai was a little depressed, and hugged Yu Yueyun tightly.

She seemed to be aware of something, although she was shy, she didn't struggle, just cuddled silently.

"Yueyun, promise me, you will not become a courtier."

"That's natural, it's so boring to be a courtier..."

On December [-]th, Zhou Bai, who had untied his depression, braved the snow to organize his troops, preparing to pass through the bitter pass and head to Cangbei County.

There is a ghost hero who gathers people to claim the king, Chao Qu, the city god of Cangbei County, asks for help one after another, and there may really be ghosts there.

(End of this chapter)