Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Chapter 344 I Really Want to Live Another 16 Years ()

As for Bai Sheng, she could certainly argue, and even produce a bunch of evidence to prove that those guys were not innocent. After all, there was no such thing as a dead body without evidence for her. But there was no need. What was the point of arguing and explaining? Could they back off because of this?
Now that things have come to this, it’s a life-and-death battle.

Anything more is nonsense.

It's all a waste of time and words.

"I have already transmitted the identities of these people to your brains. Kill those marked in red. Although it is reasonable to kill those who rebelled against the emperor, we still need to keep some people to develop Lingnan, so those who don't have the lives of ordinary people in their hands should be spared for now."

In the Xianju Palace, Bai Sheng, who knew the situation outside very well, used his mental power to give an order in his own plane, then waved his hand and released a thousand bionic robots and asked them to change their appearance.

They changed from the appearance of men in black to fairies with extraordinary looks, and then made them fly out directly.

Anyway, it’s all nuclear energy, so there’s plenty of energy.

Flying doesn't consume much energy, so it doesn't matter.

At this moment, the soldiers surrounding the palace officially began to attack the city after their leader gave a righteous speech. The imperial guards in the city, led by the bionic robot general sent by Bai Sheng, rarely surrendered or rebelled, but instead put up a resistance.

It can be seen that the most important thing in the army is the leader and generals.

Soldiers without a commander are less likely to rebel.

At this moment, daybreak came. To be more precise, a bright moon rose from the Xianju Palace. Under the shining bright light of the moon, it seemed as if daybreak had come. In an instant, the entire palace, including the outer periphery, was illuminated.

There are also many fairies such as Chang'e in the moon.

Climbing on the moonlight, flying out of the palace.

With lightning speed, or more precisely, with lasers, they quickly killed all those marked in red in their sight, and those marked in yellow but not in red were knocked unconscious and captured. Anyway, they were strong, and the ribbons on their bodies were strong enough to easily tie up dozens of people and carry them, so it didn't take long for all the rebel leaders and those with higher status to be killed or captured.

The remaining people no longer had the courage to resist.

They laid down their weapons without even having the chance to say they would surrender and not be killed.

A large number of people immediately believed the previous rumors, and it turned out that those rumors were true.

It turns out that the current emperor is actually the reincarnation of the Queen Mother of the West.

Considering that there was no place to lock up tens of thousands of soldiers, Bai Sheng could only pick a few nobles who had long fallen and did not participate in the coup, and promoted them while letting them lead these soldiers to search the city and arrest people. Those who participated in the assassination and arson have not been arrested yet, and now there are so many people who directly participated in the mutiny and forced the emperor to abdicate. Who can be arrested!
To be on the safe side, Bai Sheng also specially sent a dozen Yao Chi female fairies to follow them. From now on, her bionic robots that turned into fairies will be collectively called Yao Chi female fairies. It's not that she's afraid that they will cause trouble or continue to rebel, but she's mainly afraid that they will be dishonest when they confiscate their property and embezzle tens or even millions of taels of silver and jewelry. Will Bai Sheng intervene or not?

If you don't care, you will feel unhappy.

If we do, will we confiscate their properties and exile them?

Therefore, she specially sent some female fairies from the Yao Chi to follow them, hoping that this would serve as a deterrent. With the fairies watching them, they couldn't be too presumptuous, right?

It can also prevent some female relatives from being bullied.

Although he would definitely be exiled to Lingnan if he returned, being exiled to Lingnan would mean he would be a labor force, while being bullied and killed would mean he would just be a corpse.

Worthless corpse.

After that, the overall situation was basically under control. It was just that the number of people whose homes were confiscated and exiled was too large, and 80% of the entire Xicheng District was emptied out. There was really not enough space to accommodate them, so they could only find some houses to serve as temporary prisons, and they were busy until dawn.

That night, it really was like this. Most people basically stayed awake all night. Those whose homes were searched and those in charge of the search were of course, but also those whose homes were not searched but were worried about being innocently implicated, and even ordinary people who simply had no idea what was going on, found it difficult to sleep when they saw the situation.

In addition, there were those who wanted to spread the message and those who escaped.

In short, the gods were very busy that night.

During the regular court session the next day, there were only a dozen or so civil and military officials, nobles and royal family members who were able to attend the court. All of them were either low-key and had no background, or were excluded. Fortunately, they had no involvement.

In addition, the original body's children are also here.

I just really don't know what to say.

“Great Lord, except for us and those who were arrested, all the officials above the fifth rank in the court fled in a hurry after the city gates were opened in the morning.

As the relevant news spreads, it won't be long before the whole world will rebel. Of course, if you withdraw your previous orders now, there is still hope of appeasing them. If you continue to carry them out firmly, I'm afraid it won't last long before the world will reappear in the chaos of the late Sui Dynasty."

The situation has developed to this point.

Naturally, King Li Xian of England had nothing he was afraid to say.

He knew that Bai Sheng had successfully defeated the rebels yesterday with the help of the Fairy of Yao Chi, but he still felt that if a situation like the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty occurred again, the fairies would be useless. After all, if the fairies could really interfere in human affairs without restraint.

Why were there so many troubled times in the past?
"Great Lord, even if you are the Queen Mother of the West, this move is really too hasty. All the knowledgeable people in the world know that it is the powerful families that are occupying the land. The more powerful the powerful families are, the weaker the court will be. But the powerful families have existed for so many years, and it is not easy to deal with them. In the past, we have only joined forces with some, suppressed some, eliminated some, and supported some. No emperor has ever dared to directly attack the entire powerful family!
Emperor Ling of Han simply relied on eunuchs, suppressed aristocratic families, and established the Hongdumen School, hoping to select some obedient children from poor families outside the aristocratic families for promotion and important positions.

As a result, the Yellow Turban Rebellion occurred.

Finally, after the Hongdu Gate School was closed and most of the eunuchs' power was reduced, those officials from aristocratic families were willing to help suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion. They also took the opportunity to annex large amounts of land again and gained the right to have private soldiers.

Compared with your imperial edicts, what Emperor Ling of Han did was really a bit of a show-off and not worth mentioning.

So it’s normal for them to have this reaction.”

The only one who was not in trouble was the Right Prime Minister Shi Jingzhi, who came from a poor family. No one in his family had been an official for two generations and most of his family assets had been embezzled by his clansmen. Seeing that there were only a few people in the hall, he was not optimistic about the future situation.

So I just gave up.

Said very directly.

These words would have been absolutely impossible to say in the past. Not to mention saying them, some of the words in them would not even be mentioned.

It's not a matter of respect or not, it's just that it touches on something that many people know but no one dares to talk about. No one has ever dared to speak so bluntly about the conflict between the aristocratic families and the emperor in the court, but it is indeed the truth.

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad. It's not easy for you to see it so clearly and yet still be willing to attend court.

I know what you are worried about.

As for what you said, I also understand it. Even when I issued those decrees, I had already guessed what would happen next. The current situation is not out of control, and I don't think it will get out of control in the future. "Seeing that someone had explained the situation so clearly and straightforwardly, Bai Sheng simply didn't beat around the bush with them. He stood up and said as he walked: "I know what you are thinking. You just think that there should be compromises between each other, and slowly weaken the aristocratic families.

But do you really think that would work?

There is already something wrong with the system of household soldiers. As far as I know, at least one-third of the land granted to household soldiers has been embezzled and acquired by aristocratic families. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, the land granted to household soldiers was 100 mu, but now they can only be allocated 70 mu.

And there is not much land left to be divided.

In a few decades, there will be no land to be distributed, and the military service system will collapse. Once the military service system collapses, chaos will inevitably arise. If the conscription system is implemented, can the court, which has lost so much state-owned land, come up with enough money and grain?

Land annexation by aristocratic families.

It is slowly poisoning the imperial court.

In fact, many of Emperor Wu's actions were correct, especially the indiscriminate suppression and weakening of all the noble families. Unfortunately, there is only one Emperor Wu of Han. Even if the rulers of later generations have the heart of Emperor Wu, without Wei Huo, they will be powerless and unable to accomplish anything! "

"So if you, as a monarch, want the people to live a good life, the most important thing is to suppress the aristocratic families. Of course, if the aristocratic families are destroyed, new interest groups still need to be suppressed. No matter what name or identity they change, they must not be allowed to become powerful, let alone let them unite in private."

"Others can't deal with the noble families, but I am different. As long as I want, I can mobilize hundreds of thousands, or even millions of Yaochi female fairies. Each of them has the ability to take the heads of people in the midst of thousands of troops. No matter how powerful those noble families are, no matter how many manpower and resources they can mobilize, as long as they are all dead or captured.

All abilities will naturally disappear.

As long as those aristocratic families are wiped out, even if I do nothing more afterwards, I can still continue the prosperity for another 60 years and the national fortune for another 100 years.

If similar groups emerge again in the future.

Then just keep killing.

I have no control over what the future will be like, but as long as I am alive, this prosperous era must continue.

Anyone who has an impact on the prosperity must die.

If these aristocratic families are not killed and land annexation is not effectively curbed, the world will be in chaos within a decade at most, and I am afraid that I will not be killed within a decade or two.

As long as you work hard and don't form cliques or oppose me, I will grant you a life span of one or two centuries. So what do you think? If you are willing to follow me, then stay. If you are not willing, leave now. As long as you go home and farm honestly, I will not do anything to you."

There are very few people who do not oppose her now, let alone those who are willing to support her wholeheartedly, but Bai Sheng does not really want to use robots to manage the government, as it seems meaningless.

It was a rare moment for me to say a lot of what was in my heart.

And made promises in an attempt to win over some people.

Prince Xiang and his companions are the children of Bai Sheng. If they do not follow Bai Sheng, can they directly leave the capital and join those aristocratic families to start a rebellion? They dare not show this idea, for if they do, they will be beaten to death on the spot.

So whether you believe what Bai Sheng said or not.

Anyway, everyone expressed their willingness to support.

The few remaining ministers didn't really believe Bai Sheng's words, but after all, Bai Sheng was orthodox, and his current strength was not bad, so they just followed him and expressed their willingness to obey his orders.

No one is stupid enough to say they want to go home and farm at this time.

The next thing to discuss is how to deal with the current situation in the capital, how to deal with the noble families who may rebel at any time, and whether the decree should continue to be executed?
The final result of the discussion was not to lock down the city.

Anyone who is willing to run will be allowed to go. This will also be a good opportunity to identify who can be considered their own people in the Divine Capital. Those who have not run away but have talent will definitely be promoted. After all, Baisheng is very short of people and cannot use all robots.

As for the others, they will continue as planned, and once enough people are gathered, they will be sent to conduct a nationwide inspection.

After three days, almost everyone who wanted to run away had already run away.

It is said that poverty and humbleness cannot be changed. Among the two urban areas of Dongfu and Xigui, more than half of the people in Dongcheng District have fled, or at least some of their families have been sent away, leaving some people to look after the family and the shops, as well as to pass on information. Except for those who were arrested, the remaining people in Xicheng District have basically left, and now only a few families have not moved.

Less than 20% of the people walked in the South City District.

In the North City District, less than 10% of people left.

Of course, in addition to these areas, many people also left several other places, such as the Imperial College and the Women's School, where about 90% of the students also left.

That’s right, 90% of them, because most of them are from aristocratic families, and the lowest level are at least from poor families.

The family is a poor family with 1,800 acres of land.

In this era, and even for many years to come, most aristocratic families or gentry will put family before country. Not to mention changes of dynasties, even foreign invasions do not matter, as long as their interests are not infringed. Now Bai Sheng wants to take action against all of their aristocratic families.

They stayed here for fear of becoming hostages.

So of course I had to run.

Even the four talented women selected by Bai Sheng had run away, and the only one left had lost both her parents and her property was seized by her clansmen. She must hate her family to death, so how could she be willing to go back to help? Not only did she not go back, she immediately expressed her loyalty to Bai Sheng and told him all the evil things she knew her family had done and how much land they had annexed.

At the same time, he expressed his willingness to go back and check his own home.

Even the area where my home is located.

To avenge his two maids.

Originally, she had no chance to come to the capital to participate in the selection of talented women, because her uncles had arranged a ghost marriage for her with the second son of a larger family in order to embezzle her family's assets. It was her two maids who helped her and even replaced her identity, which gave her the opportunity to escape to the capital to participate in the selection of talented women. And based on her understanding of her uncles, it was likely that her two maids had died, or even died tragically.

The reason why she didn't tell Bai Sheng before was mainly because she was not sure what Bai Sheng's attitude was. In addition, she had no merit, so it didn't seem appropriate to complain directly.

So she wanted to see if she could make some contribution first.

Then bring it up again.

However, Bai Sheng's attitude towards the aristocratic families is now so clear, and she is short of manpower to implement the policies mentioned in her previous imperial edict, so she resolutely stepped forward to ask for permission to go back for revenge.

After checking some information, I feel that many emperors with bad reputations did a lot of things to suppress the aristocratic families, or affect the interests of the entire civil service gentry. In the Song Dynasty, whichever emperor carried out reforms would die, and if he stopped halfway, he could live a few more years. In the Ming Dynasty, whichever emperor wanted to regain military power would die, and the imperial doctors who killed two emperors could escape unscathed...

It feels like there is no way to successfully turn the tables without cheating.