Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 300 is just a show.
Seeing that Di Xin agreed, Fei Zhong and You Hun couldn't help but smile. Then You Hun spoke up.

"Your Majesty, copper mines are the lifeblood of the nation. I urge Your Majesty to send troops to guard them, to prevent any villains from secretly stealing copper ore."

Upon hearing this, Di Xin frowned. "There's no need for such trouble. I will allow you to form an army of eight thousand mine guards."

"The Mining Guard is directly under my command and does not obey anyone, including the Cabinet and the Military Council. Fei Zhongyouhun is the commander-in-chief and deputy commander of the Mining Guard."

After speaking, Di Xin turned and walked out of the Nine-Room Palace, giving no one a chance to object.

Why did Emperor Xin trust Fei Zhong and You Hun so much, not only putting them in charge of such an important matter as the copper mines, but also allowing them to form their own armies?

You Hun is right; copper mines are the lifeblood of a nation. Whether it's forging weapons or minting coins, copper mines are essential.

Emperor Xin's decision to entrust such a crucial lifeline to two treacherous ministers was certainly not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Yesterday, Fei Zhong and You Hun were summoned to the Longde Palace by Emperor Xin. He had already told them that he would be in charge of mining copper.

Even sending Meber and the others to the mines was something Di Xin had instructed them to do beforehand. As for forming the mine guards, that was agreed upon yesterday.

Emperor Xin dared to entrust such an important task to two treacherous ministers. This was also a lesson he learned from the governing strategies Chen Xuan gave him, a lesson he would apply to later generations.

The lesson here is that there are ways to use treacherous officials. In fact, if used well, they can be more valuable than loyal officials.

Because loyal ministers are mostly concerned about their reputation. Therefore, when they do things, they are inevitably constrained and even bound by etiquette and law.

But treacherous officials don't care about such things; all they know is to complete their assigned tasks. The methods they use and the reputation they gain are irrelevant to them.

However, to effectively utilize treacherous officials, one must first have the ability to control them. At this time, Emperor Xin happened to possess this ability.

After all, those eyes of his were a gift from Yang Jian. Therefore, Fei Zhong and You Hun would never dare to utter a single lie in front of Emperor Xin.

Di Xin also showed Fei Zhong and You Hun that any lie could be exposed in front of him. Therefore, Fei Zhong and You Hun naturally dared not show off their eloquence in front of Di Xin.

As for whether they would line their own pockets, Emperor Xin didn't care. After all, most treacherous officials were only after money or official positions.

If you're going to use them, you have to give them benefits. Besides, even if they embezzle a lot, so what? When the time comes, if Di Xin gives an order, won't they just have their families confiscated and their clans wiped out?

So all of this was just a play staged by the emperor and his ministers in the Nine-Room Hall. It's just that Du Yuanxian was originally supposed to participate without pay, but he refused to participate.

In the end, Wen Zhong had to make a cameo appearance, but he managed to successfully stage the entire drama. Ultimately, it achieved the effect that Emperor Xin desired.

In addition, Emperor Xin's order for Fei Zhong and You Hun to form the Mining Guard was not merely to build an army of eight thousand men, but to secretly cultivate intelligence agents and send them to the territories of the eight hundred vassal lords.

Therefore, the Mine Guards, ostensibly an army protecting copper mines, also had another name: the Black Bird Dark Guards, responsible for intelligence gathering and assassination.

As Emperor Xin walked out of the Nine-Room Hall, all the civil and military officials bowed in unison to see him off.

Only after Emperor Xin left the Nine-Room Palace did the civil and military officials begin to walk out in twos and threes.

At this moment, Du Yuanxian, though a civil official, moved with incredible speed. In just a few moments, he had already disappeared from the Nine-Room Hall.

Those who wanted to ask Du Yuanxian why he didn't follow the agreement were unable to catch a glimpse of him.

Finally, they even surrounded the gates of the Du residence, but unfortunately, Du Yuanxian refused to see them. In the end, everyone could only leave disappointed.

At this moment, Du Yuanxian was completely exhausted, slumped onto the bed. His forehead was covered in a fine layer of cold sweat. ...

The news that Emperor Xin was going to the Nuwa Temple to offer incense quickly spread throughout the palace. Upon learning of this, Queen Jiang Wenqiang began organizing the concubines, even arranging their attire for the incense offering.

In addition to Jiang Wenqiang, the current imperial concubines in the harem are Yang Jiu and Huang Feiyan, and now there is Su Daji.

As for Shang Qingjun's existence, even Queen Jiang, who had completely taken control of the harem, had no information about her.

Therefore, during this period, Queen Jiang and Daji got along extremely well.

Queen Jiang would invite Daji to her palace every day to dine with her.

Sometimes he would even let Daji stay overnight, as if he really treated Daji as his own sister.

If Daji were just an ordinary mortal woman, she might genuinely have thought that Queen Jiang was a kind older sister, someone she relied on in the harem.

After all, even Consort Huang and Consort Yang thought so. They were practically obedient to Queen Jiang, if not completely subservient.

But Daji was no ordinary person; she was a nine-tailed celestial fox who had cultivated for thousands of years. How could she possibly be fooled by Queen Jiang's petty tricks?

It was already known that Queen Jiang had secretly added a slow-acting poison to his food.

This poison does not kill people, but prolonged use will render them infertile.

However, Daji never intended to bear a child for Di Xin. After all, her only goal was to make Di Xin indulge in the pleasures of love and become a tyrannical ruler like King Jie of Xia.

So on the surface, they showed great respect to Jiang Wenqiang, but behind the scenes, they were looking for evidence of Jiang Wenqiang's crimes, wanting to bring her down in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, Daji is now isolated and helpless in the palace. She has no chance of overthrowing Queen Jiang on her own.

But just last night, Daji met her senior brother, Guangchengzi, the eldest disciple of the Chan Sect.

Furthermore, he had learned from Guang Chengzi that Du Yuanxian would secretly assist him, urging Emperor Xin to depose Queen Jiang and then install her as the Queen of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Upon learning of this, Daji secretly ordered someone to send the evidence she had collected over this period out of the palace.

Of course, the maids and eunuchs that Daji dispatched were not from the palace. Instead, they were her personal maid, Gunjuan, whom she had brought from Jizhou.

This Gun Juan is not human, but a three-tailed fox demon from Xuanyuan Tomb. Her cultivation has reached the Earth Immortal realm.

The Celestial Fox clan can transform into human form once they reach three tails, and simultaneously possess the cultivation level of an Earth Immortal. Then, with each advancement in a major realm, a new tail will grow.

Therefore, when the Celestial Fox clan reaches nine tails, they already possess the cultivation of a quasi-saint. Only by growing a tenth tail can they have the opportunity to prove themselves as a saint.

Logically, Daji, having already possessed nine tails, should have reached the quasi-saint realm in terms of cultivation. However, at this time, Daji's cultivation was only that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

The reason is that Daji stole the human emperor's fortune to cultivate, thus incurring a karmic debt to the human race.

Therefore, if Daji wanted to reach the Quasi-Saint realm, she had to be appointed by the Human Emperor; otherwise, she would never be able to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm in her lifetime.

(End of this chapter)