My Immortal Brother-in-law

Chapter 194 Emperor Xin's Grand Plan
That night, Emperor Xin, who had just ascended the throne, chatted with everyone for a long time in high spirits.

Throughout the entire night, Emperor Xin boldly shared with everyone all of his ideas about the Shang Dynasty.

He said a lot, and although it seemed brief, he was already very detailed. However, when Zhong Su heard his words, he just felt that... there was something strange about them.

In the final analysis, Emperor Xin's words only have one core, which is...

Make Dashang great again!
When Emperor Xin said this, he actually looked a bit like Trump.

In Zhong Su's opinion, Emperor Xin is just like Trump, both are too confident!

As for ability...

To a great king, their character seems to be more important than their ability.

In short, after that night passed, Zhong Su stayed in Chaoge for another nine days.

During these few days, Zhong Su and Kong Xuan often feasted and drank together, and until Zhong Su was about to leave, the two were still sitting together drinking.

While pouring Zhong Su's wine, Kong Xuan shook his head with emotion.

"We are parting ways now. The next time we meet will probably be after the Investiture of the Gods is published.

Brother Su, after you go back, you must practice with peace of mind, accept more disciples, and be sure to keep a low profile.

It's just the List of Gods, it won't last long. After this weird list is signed, it will be the time for us Xuanmen to truly step onto the stage.

During the Conferred God Period, the world will be in chaos. Such chaos will indeed bring many benefits to us, but our benefits cannot be gained in chaos.

If it weren't for the karma between me and the Shang Dynasty that forced me to come to the human world to go through this human calamity, I would have gone home to practice in seclusion long ago.

By then, we can meet each other and have a barbecue and drink wine near Zhongshan Mountain. Wouldn’t that be great?

It’s a pity that I still have to struggle in this world. Look, my dear Sudi, you must never learn from me.

Since we have already become immortals, we should not be too attached to the human world. If we linger too much, it will be difficult to leave even if we want to. It will be difficult to leave even if we want to..."

Having said that, Kong Xuan picked up the wine cup again and drank it down in one gulp.

After exhaling the alcohol, Kong Xuan looked at Zhong Suli with blurry eyes, and soon, a light of expectation flashed in his eyes.

“We in the Xuan Sect should keep a low profile for a few dozen or even a hundred years. Once the Conferred God calamity is over and the world is peaceful and prosperous, we can take advantage of the situation and step out to gain a firm foothold.

I'm really looking forward to it, haha. How long has it been since I was involved in such a big thing?
During the Longfeng period, although I was quite capable of fighting, my generation was too low and when it came to major issues, I was just a kid who played by the wayside.

When it came to the Lich Period, A Su, you didn’t know, Di Jun and Tai Yi were both so fierce and wouldn’t listen to advice, and I, their brother, didn’t like to play with them at all.

Not to mention that old bitch Kunpeng, damn it, I can't even avoid them, let alone pee in the same pot with them.

So, right now, haha. Now is the first time since I was born that I get to participate in such a big event as a veteran in building a power, haha!
"My dear brother, when we establish Xuanmen and you become the master of Xuanmen, you must give me a good official position, haha!"

Amidst loud laughter, Kong Xuan picked up the wine jar and clinked glasses with Zhong Su.

On the side, looking at Kong Xuan drinking happily, Zhong Su nodded thoughtfully.

He knew very well what Kong Xuan meant. Now was indeed not a good time for Xuanmen to appear.

After all, the present Great Wilderness is still dominated by the Taoist sect, and even Buddhism is still in its infancy at this time.

Before the Taoist Three Pure Ones officially broke up, a Taoist teacher and his six disciples, at least in name, shared the same fate.

In other words, as long as the Three Pure Ones and Six Saints of Taoism do not split up, there will be no chance for any other great sect to emerge in the world.

Even though Western religions have been so active in the past, they have not yet presented the core concept of Buddhism to the world.

The reason why people call them both Western religions is because the people of the Great Wilderness today have no idea what Buddha is. The people of the Great Wilderness and the gods only regard the sects established by Zhunti and Jieyin as Western Taoism...

Even Buddhism would not come out at such a time, let alone Zhong Su and Xuanmen.

The breakup of the Three Pure Ones is inevitable. Tongtian has already expressed his views on this to Zhong Su and others. Even if heaven and earth's will tell Tongtian that he cannot win, can't Tongtian still give it a try?

What? We can’t fight a battle that we are bound to lose?
Even if the result is a loss, does that mean the process is not important?

To Tongtian, winning or losing in the end doesn’t matter at all. As long as he is given a chance to slap his senior brother Yuanshi twice in the face during the battle, that’s enough!

If you think in this way, many people may understand Tongtian.

Winning or losing doesn't matter at all, he just wants to vent his anger.

Under such circumstances, Zhong Su would of course make preparations together with everyone in Xuanmen, just waiting for the day when Tongtian decided to vent his anger.

As for now...

At this time, Zhong Su couldn't help but smile, and then handed Kong Xuan another pot of wine.

"Brother."

Just listen to Zhong Su said.

"You don't have to worry about me. I'm going back to Zhongshan to practice and live my life. There's no way any danger will come to me.

But you, brother, no matter what, you can't save yourself from that disaster by yourself, remember!
You have been in Luotian for a long time, how can you not know your own destiny? Zhunti is not an opponent you can handle.

Of course, you must not worry that I and other fellow Taoists will be implicated by your human calamity just because Zhunti is too powerful.

We are brothers on the road of life. We prosper together and suffer together. Even if you deliberately let someone avoid me, does it mean that if you fall into the calamity and I am the only one left, I will have a good ending?

So, big brother, when your calamity is imminent, you must inform me!"

Having said that, Zhong Su patted Kong Xuan's shoulder heavily.

Then, Zhong Su raised his hand to the back of his head and pulled out more than ten hairs.

He just threw his hair towards Kong Xuan, and the hair fell directly on Kong Xuan's wrist.

After the hair was tied into a bracelet on Kong Xuan's wrist, Zhong Su raised his hand and touched the bracelet made of hair.

“This thing is not very useful, it’s just… every hair is connected to me and a close friend of mine.

You can tell from the fact that there are only a dozen of them that there are very few Taoists who are qualified to have their hair tied up by them.

However, brother, don't worry, those who appear on the list are all similar to you and me. Even if they are not as good as saints, they are not too afraid of the existence of saints.

Be it me, Zhen Yuanzi, Zi Yuanjun, Minghe, Randang, or Hou Tu.

Even fellow Taoist Nuwa, if you just pull out her hair, she will be able to receive the signal.

I don’t know how the future Conferred God Tribulation will continue.

You and I both know that the history we saw in Luotian cannot be applied to the real Great Wilderness.

Even though I have seen countless versions of your human calamity, I still cannot predict when, where and what kind of human calamity you will encounter, that is, the Bodhisattva Cundi.

Therefore, these hairs are left to Big Brother as an insurance. If we are affected by other calamities when you are in trouble, we may not be able to show up for a while, or we may not be able to notice it.

"Brother, please pull off my hair, and we will come right there and give Zhunti a big beating!"

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

Hearing Zhong Su's words, Kong Xuan nodded with relief.

"Don't worry, Ah Su, I am not the kind of person who would rather save face than suffer. I have seen myself in Luo Tian. Aren't we going to be the mother of Tathagata in the future?

But we in Luotian don’t have a Taoist companion like you, haha.

When you didn't show up, even if I wanted to find someone for help, my relationship with other powerful beings was far from enough to ask them to help me face Zhunti.

Now that you are by my side, how can I still be polite to you?
Although our relationship with most of the powerful people is limited to acquaintance and fighting, but you, A Su, can be called the Great Wilderness Succubus. You have a good relationship with them, and we, Xuanmen, are the initiator.

In short, A Su, don't worry, your elder brother will never be stupid enough to face Zhunti and Renjie alone.

Besides, I am an elder of Xuanmen after all. I not only have my own face, but also the face of our Xuanmen.

If even I were taken away by Zhunti to give birth to a child, then how could we still maintain the reputation of our Xuanmen sect?

Even for the sake of face, I won't be like those mortals who like drama and do something messy... I can't let you get involved and let me face such a lousy drama by myself!"

After he finished speaking, Kong Xuan patted Zhong Su's shoulder heavily.

As for Zhong Su, he heaved a sigh of relief, and after drinking with Kong Xuan, he rode Hu Jiao away from Chaoge and returned to the Mountain King Palace.

And after Zhong Su left.

That was one month after Emperor Xin ascended the throne.

After learning more about the country he had inherited, Emperor Xin actually felt a little... confused...

That's right!

Although the three dukes and nine ministers of the Shang Dynasty, namely Bigan and others, had been complaining that the Shang Dynasty was weak, the country was plagued by droughts, and the people were suffering.

But in fact, after Emperor Xin took over the country, he discovered that the national strength of the Shang Dynasty was... unexpectedly very good!

Especially compared with other princes, Da Shang was much better.

After all, although the Shang Dynasty was suffering from drought, the territories of other princes were also suffering from drought. When it comes to climate, we are all the same.

And Emperor Yi...

As mentioned before, Emperor Yi was truly a great king. During his twenty or thirty years in power, he did almost everything a king could do!

Store grain, move the capital, build cities, farm, strengthen the army, and expand the border.

Emperor Yi achieved all of the above, and he did them quite well.

In terms of grain storage, Emperor Yi stored enough food for a million troops to feed for several years, which was enough for Emperor Xin to support several small and medium-sized wars.

Emperor Yi did the relocation of the capital with ease, and he also sorted out the power relations between the old officials in Yindu and the new officials in Chaoge.

Emperor Yi also built three more large cities in the southwest, adding more than one million acres of farmland to the Shang Dynasty.

At the same time, the record of Emperor Yi's reign in which he drove away Xiqi and crushed Meng Fang was still there, so the barbarians from all directions had no intention of invading the Shang Dynasty for the time being.

Emperor Yi did such a good job that after Emperor Xin took over, even though he had a lot of ambitions, he could do nothing.

Because Emperor Xin was not stupid. When he found out that his father did an exceptionally good job, all he could do was to follow his father's example.

The situation before Emperor Xin did not even leave him any room for thinking. It seemed that as long as Emperor Xin did nothing, he could just let the old ministers of Emperor Yi's era continue with their policies.

Because although Emperor Yi was dead, the young court officials promoted by Tai Ding were still alive.

Wen Zhong, Bigan, Shang Rong and other veterans of three dynasties are the greatest legacy left by Tai Ding and Di Yi. As long as they survive, even if Emperor Xin is an idiot, the Shang Dynasty can continue to prosper under their leadership.

Doesn’t this sound like a good thing?

After all, Emperor Xin's situation is like an ADC who is being fed food by a support.

The food was already fed to his mouth, and Emperor Xin only needed to open his mouth. Isn't this happiness?
but……

For Emperor Xin, this kind of thing actually did not make him happy.

Because Emperor Xin was not a ruler who only cared about the status quo. He had great ideals and ambitions. He wanted to work hard to govern the country. He wanted to revive the Shang Dynasty. He wanted to let his father see his abilities. He also wanted to make the Shang Dynasty great again!

So, when he discovered that the current political system of the Shang Dynasty was running extremely smoothly, Emperor Xin immediately began to think intensively.

He always firmly believed that no matter how perfect a political system seemed, there must be enough room for him to use his intelligence and talents to make it even better!

Under the influence of this idea, Emperor Xin pondered for several days and finally found where he could give full play to his abilities!
Da Shang does have soldiers, generals, people and food now, but... but Da Shang has no money!

Indeed, although the Shang Dynasty had no shortage of food, it was still very poor during the reign of Emperor Yi.

This was even the mess left behind by the several relocations of the capital during the reign of Wu Yi.

Since the time of Wu Yi, when the Shang Dynasty moved its capital three times, it had never saved any money.

Even now, after Emperor Yi had to move the capital to Chaoge.

Although Dashang had no debt, it was truly spending more than it earned.

It is true that Da Shang has grain, but grain is a strategic resource, which is much more important than money. Da Shang would like to borrow money to buy grain and store it. They absolutely cannot sell grain to make money.

In this era, money... that is, the lovely shells...

Although this small shell coin is not as important as the mane in later generations, money has always had a considerable status since its appearance.

So, more than a month after ascending the throne, Emperor Xin finally found his temporary life goal.

He wants to make money for Dashang!!!
After setting a goal, Emperor Xin began to study with great enthusiasm.

As a king, he cannot make money himself, that would be too embarrassing.

So, who should he entrust the job of raising money to?
For a moment, Emperor Xin was once again in a dilemma, even though he knew very well that his father had several people under him who had certain ability to make money.

but……

Looking at his courtiers, Emperor Xin always felt that there were too many colors left by his father in his court!
If you give your target work to an old minister, then when the old minister does a good job, who will get the credit?

Those old ministers have served in several dynasties, and when people mention them, they will also mention their fathers and grandfathers.

What about yourself?

I will never use old ministers. Only in this way can I let the people of the world see my ability as a king after things are done!

In this way, Emperor Xin abandoned a group of old ministers and extended his hand to young people, especially those in small families!

Not only small families, Emperor Xin even began to occasionally hang out among prisoners and slaves.

Because, after he decided to employ young men who were not famous or came from big families as his important ministers to do things for him, he suddenly thought of another way to demonstrate his ability as a king.

If only he could raise the next Fu Shuo from among the prisoners and slaves...

Then, as the great king, his reputation will naturally spread throughout the world!

And so, several months passed.

Emperor Xin was surrounded by several young men who were carefully selected by him.

Among them are Fei Zhong, Fei Lian, E Lai and Zuo Jiang...

(End of this chapter)