Double penetration: This Three Kingdoms has dragon energy

Chapter 100 The Emperor passes away, and Ji Qiu returns to his loyal city of Luoyang

Ji Qiu said: "In the military, we must further improve the classification of qualifications for practicing the secret art of strengthening the army.

Expand the size of the four battalions. I hope that by the end of next year, all four battalions will have 10,000 strong soldiers!
The scale of training camps should also be expanded, and a compulsory military service system covering all the people should be implemented.

From now on, all young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty in the county must join the army and go to the training camp!
Those who are suitable for political thought, military skills, and have good qualifications for the secret art of strengthening the army can continue to practice and develop in the army.

The remaining soldiers can choose to retire and become reservists after two years of training.

Waiting for the call at any time!

At the same time, the training camp should differentiate into another force on the existing basis, which we will call the Guard Battalion.

The Guard Battalion is under the dual leadership of the Military Affairs Department and the Political Affairs Department, and its primary responsibility is to provide security and protection for the twelve large gathering places."

Practicing secret arts requires qualifications, which are different from talent.

Some secret arts require a certain talent to practice, so talent is a prerequisite for practicing secret arts.

But your aptitude affects the speed at which you practice a certain secret technique.

For the same secret technique, some people can practice it very quickly, while others find it very difficult. This is the difference in qualifications.

This may not be obvious in the early stages, but the gap will become bigger as time goes by.

Ji Qiu's earliest soldiers were all knights recruited in Luoyang City.

At that time, everyone had the same starting point, but after half a year of training, the strongest soldier had already practiced the Halberd Warrior secret technique to the intermediate eighth level.

The worst ones are still at the advanced ninth grade.

Ji Qiu himself is an example.

He and Ren Hongchang practiced the art of confusing people at the same time.

His mind-control technique had only reached the intermediate seventh level, while Ren Hongchang had already reached the advanced sixth level.

Therefore, if you want to train a high-level strong army, you not only need to invest a lot of resources, but also a large number of highly qualified soldiers!
In the past, Ji Qiu had no choice but to recruit anyone into the army.

Now that we have the territory and population, we naturally have to be selective.

"Yes!" Xizhong stood up and accepted the order.

Ji Qiu said: "Okay, all departments have conducted work summaries and work arrangements. I think everyone has a basic understanding of our overall situation.

Generally speaking, our situation is quite good compared with other counties in the Han Empire.

However, there is still ample room for growth.

Because the situation in other counties and prefectures of the Han Empire was so bad!

We cannot be complacent, and we cannot compare ourselves with them, because from the beginning, both sides have been on different paths!

The road we are going to take has an extremely bright future, but the process is also extremely difficult.

The most important thing is that once you embark on this path, there is no turning back.

We will have no choice but to win!

Therefore, for the sake of the world and for our own sake, please work hard!"

"Yes!" Everyone stood up and said in unison.

The summary meeting of the fifth year of Zhongping and the preparatory meeting of the sixth year of Zhongping have ended.

This was a successful meeting, a victorious meeting, and a historic meeting held at a critical time in Taishan County.

With the help of this meeting, Ji Qiu united people's hearts, unified their thoughts, established goals and boosted morale.

It made all the colleagues in Taishan County, who had been a little lax, unite as one again, and exude a positive and enterprising spirit.

……

Five months passed in a flash, and it was April of the sixth year of Zhongping.

All work in Taishan County is progressing in an orderly manner with a stable and positive trend.

Ji Qiu's strength has undergone new changes. He has cultivated the Heart-Confusing Secret Art to the peak of the seventh level and has reached the limit of low-level secret arts.

As long as he takes one more step forward, he will break through the low-level scholar sequence and become a mid-level scholar!
The secret art of transforming into a dragon has reached the intermediate eighth level.

This has greatly improved his four-dimensional attributes, and has completely surpassed the limits of the human body in the modern world.

Even in the world of Longqi Three Kingdoms, he has transcended the level of ordinary soldiers and reached the strength level of basic officers in a strong military force.

Of course, the key benefit of upgrading the Dragon Transformation Secret Art is not the increase in four-dimensional attributes, but the ability to obtain dragon seeds.

Ji Qiu was promoted from the ninth grade to the eighth grade, which was three small levels higher. He obtained three dragon seeds again.

It also allows him to control three subordinates.

However, currently, two of these three dragon seeds have been used by him in the modern world.

Mainly used to control the leaders of political factions in Annan.

Although the government of Annan is a dictatorship, the head of state has great power.

But not invincible.

As the power of the three countries of Ji Qiulongqi grows stronger, the speed and scale of resource exchange with Annan are increasing rapidly. It is no longer possible to rely solely on the protection of the heads of state.

After all, the head of state also has enemies. Under the targeted surveillance of the other party, if the head of state makes the slightest mistake, he will be caught.

To this end, Ji Qiu had to control the heads of the two major political factions, thereby controlling all major political factions in Annan.

Only under the joint protection of the three forces can his career develop steadily.

Bu Yuan and Zhao Lei are still being practiced step by step, and they have now reached the initial stage of the eighth level.

Ji Qiu also practiced a new secret technique, which was the secret technique of fanaticism that he had obtained a long time ago.

Zhang Ning's localization reform of modern ideas has been completed.

Ji Qiu officially used this idea to consolidate the core of his faith, while developing believers among his subordinates.

So far, things are looking good.

Because the civil and military officials under Ji Qiu's command were basically from humble backgrounds and had always been in opposition to the aristocratic families.

Therefore, they do not reject this ideological system which is based on the common people and regards the aristocratic families as its enemies.

Or rather, they had actually anticipated it.

Judging from Ji Qiu's behavior so far, it would be unreasonable for him not to have this idea.

Therefore, those who cannot accept Ji Qiu's way of doing things have long left Ji Qiu's forces.

After acquiring the Fanatic Secret Technique, the amount of dragon energy in Ji Qiu's body increased significantly.

At present, the total amount of dragon energy in his body has reached 10245 points!
Looking at all the prefects and governors of prefectures and counties in the world, he can be considered the best!

In addition to the growth of Ji Qiu's own strength, the civil and military strength of his subordinates has also made great progress.

Xizhong's innate secret technique of Star Deduction has been upgraded to the fifth level.

This is the first time that the scholar's rank has grown since the system joined Ji Qiu.

Whether it is an innate secret technique or an acquired secret technique, the advancement speed will become slower and slower as time goes by.

If the qualifications are insufficient, it may even stagnate at a certain level and no longer continue to grow.

Therefore, in the entire Dragon Qi Three Kingdoms world, high-level scholars are still a scarce resource.

It is not only due to resource limitations, but qualification limitations are also the main reason.

After Xi Zhong, in terms of the rank of scholars, there are Zhang Zhongjing, Yuan Huan, Zhuge Gui and Zao Zhi.

They are all middle-level scholars of the fifth rank.

However, their innate secret techniques are mostly used in internal affairs and logistics, so I will not go into details.

Further down is Ren Hongchang.

Ren Hongchang's secret technique of confusing the mind has reached the primary level of the fifth grade.

The innate secret technique Jinghong Wu has also reached the intermediate level of the eighth grade.

If the two secret techniques are used in combination, the power can reach the peak of the fifth level!
In terms of pure power, she is the strongest fighter under Ji Qiu, and even Xi Zhong cannot compare with her.

The historical beauty that Ji Qiu picked up from the street this year is emitting an increasingly powerful aura!

After them are Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Zhang Ning, all of whom are intermediate scholars of the sixth rank.

Jia Xu, Zhao Lei, Wei Yan, and Gao Shun were all promoted to eighth-rank top scholars.

Dian Wei and Guo Jia were both promoted to eighth-rank intermediate scholars!
Today, Ji Qiu's forces are no less powerful than the world's top aristocratic families in terms of comprehensive strength!
Of course, although his strength has increased, the enemy is still very powerful.

The four powerful military forces that have blocked Taishan County's passage to the four states can be regarded as four world-class aristocratic family forces.

Ji Qiu was fighting one against four, and was still at a huge disadvantage in the short term.

Therefore, now is still Ji Qiu's period of focused development.

In April of the sixth year of Zhongping, an event occurred on the land of the Han Dynasty that shocked the whole world.

Emperor Liu Hong died!
The news of Liu Hong's sudden death was beyond the expectations of many people except Ji Qiu.

Although Liu Hong had always been in poor health, and although the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty had a tradition of dying in their prime, and everyone suspected that they had hereditary diseases, people still did not expect that Liu Hong would pass away so suddenly.

Even Liu Hong himself probably felt very surprised.

Because he had not arranged his own funeral.

According to Liu Hong's idea, he actually wanted to pass the throne to King Bohai Liu Xie.

This is certainly because he really likes Liu Xie more.

But the more important reason is that Liu Xie is far more intelligent than Liu Bian.

Liu Hong knew very well that the Han Dynasty was now in a precarious situation.

The emperor seems to have great power, but in fact he is in danger at every step and is walking on thin ice.

At this time, if the emperor is a wise one, he might be able to barely keep the world.

But if a foolish emperor came to power, the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty would most likely come to an end.

However, Liu Bian obviously did not have the ability to continue to preserve the ancestral temple and the country in this crisis.

As for whether Liu Xie existed or not, he was not sure, but that was better than Liu Bian.

Therefore, he wanted to pass the throne to Liu Xie.

But it is not easy for him to do this.

First of all, Liu Bian was the eldest son born to him and Empress He, and had the most legitimate right of inheritance.

The legitimacy of this inheritance right was so great that even the emperor could hardly shake it.

Secondly, Liu Bian had the support of General He Jin.

General He Jin was originally a butcher. Because his sister became the queen, he took the path of the in-laws and became the general, in charge of the military power of the world.

Later, he moved closer to the aristocratic families, gaining their support, led by the Yuan family, and thereby gaining enormous political power. With both military and political power, such relatives were something that even the emperor could not ignore.

Therefore, if Liu Hong wanted Liu Xie to replace Liu Bian to inherit the throne, the first thing he had to do was to kill He Jin!
Liu Hong had already made many arrangements for this. He formed the Xiyuan Northern Army and set up the Xiyuan Eight Colonels in order to divide He Jin's military power.

His plan for He Jin has reached a critical moment. In a few months at most, he will be able to completely seize He Jin's military power.

Now that He Jin had lost his military power, he naturally became a lamb to be slaughtered.

But he never expected that at the critical moment when he was about to attack He Jin, his body could not bear it first.

Then Emperor Ling of Han died, and the seventeen-year-old eldest son of the royal family, Liu Bian, succeeded to the throne, and the world changed hands.

Empress Dowager He was in charge of the government, while General He Jin and Grand Tutor Yuan Wei were in charge of the Secretariat and assisted in the administration of the country.

From then on, the Han Dynasty lost its last emperor with real power, and the whole world entered a new era!
According to later records, the Eastern Han court at this time was already in name only.

Political corruption and frequent epidemics.

In Luoyang City, the struggle between eunuchs and relatives of the emperor's wife became more intense. They killed each other and tried their best to consume the last bit of strength of the Eastern Han court.

In the world situation, the aristocratic families have already gained absolute advantages.

The Han court completely lost its control over the local area.

The world is only one step away from falling apart and the situation of princes fighting for hegemony!

At this time, knowledgeable people were already fleeing Luoyang and heading to local areas to take control of prefectures and counties, making plans for the future fight for the world.

But Ji Qiu was at this extremely chaotic moment.

Back to Luoyang City!

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Luoyang City, once prosperous like a passing cloud, is now completely shrouded in haze.

An unsettling atmosphere permeated the streets, like the dead silence before a storm.

Liu Hong's death and Liu Bian's succession to the throne did not put an end to the high-level struggles in Luoyang City.

Instead, it makes the struggle here more intense.

This unrest from the top spread quickly to every corner of Luoyang City like a plague, completely disrupting the peaceful lives of the people and plunging them into dire straits.

The market, which is usually bustling with people, has now lost its former liveliness.

The stalls were sparsely populated, and the stall owners had sad faces, listlessly guarding the few remaining goods.

The once dazzling array of goods became scarce, and prices soared like wild horses.

In front of the rice shop, people lined up in long queues just to buy the meager amount of food.

They were dressed in rags, with pale faces and thin bodies, and their eyes were full of desire for food and confusion about the future.

Scenes of selling children are common. Parents, with tears on their faces, hold their children's hands tightly, but have to give up their children in order to survive.

On the streets, soldiers were moving back and forth, their footsteps heavy and rapid.

They have stern faces and alert eyes, ready to deal with possible disturbances at any time.

When the people saw this, they all stayed away from him, fearing that they would get into unnecessary trouble.

Some soldiers took advantage of the situation to loot and plundered the people's homes. Anyone who resisted would be severely beaten.

Innocent civilians could only endure silently, shed tears secretly, and their hope for life became increasingly slim.

The once magnificent buildings have now become dilapidated.

The mottled marks on the walls of the palace tell of the vicissitudes of time and the turmoil of today.

The palace gates were tightly closed and security was tight; the occasional sounds of quarrels added a touch of mystery and tension to the atmosphere.

In the temple, the bells no longer ring melodiously, and the monks have no intention of chanting scriptures. They are worried about the chaos in the city, but they are powerless to do anything.

The sky over Luoyang City was gray and gloomy, as if a huge lead plate was pressing on people's hearts.

The strong wind whistled past, blowing up the dust and fallen leaves on the ground, adding a bit of desolation.

Displaced people can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. They bring their families and look for a place to settle down.

The cries of children and the sighs of the elderly intertwined together, playing a tragic melody.

Pavilion of rare treasures.

Like other shops, there are almost no customers here.

Those glasswares that were once highly sought after are now no longer in demand.

However, the prosperity here has not decreased much.

A large number of people still gather here every day.

However, the attributes of these gatherings of people have changed greatly compared to a few months ago.

The crowd that gathered here a few months ago were mostly customers who came to buy glassware. They were all wealthy people, all well-dressed and handsome.

But the people gathered here now are mostly ordinary people wearing sackcloth, with pale faces and miserable expressions.

They gathered here, of course, not to buy expensive glassware, but for the porridge provided by the Pavilion of Rare Treasures.

That's right.

At this time when food prices in Luoyang city were soaring, not to mention ordinary people, even middle-class families were almost unable to eat, the Rare Treasures Pavilion actually started to distribute porridge!

No one knew why the Pavilion of Rare Treasures did this, but this did not affect the people around who heard the news and flocked to ask for porridge.

As for the aristocratic families in Luoyang City, most of them did not know this news.

Because they are standing in a high position, they actually don’t care about the life and death of the lower class, and naturally they will not know this news that concerns the life and death of the lower class people.

The few aristocratic families who knew the news chose to stand by and watch.

Since these people are able to know the news from the grassroots, most of them understand the suffering of the people and sympathize with the people at the grassroots.

So when they saw people distributing porridge at this time of year, although they did not understand the inside story, they still protected it secretly out of simple thoughts.

After all, this can allow more people to survive.

It was under such circumstances that the soup kitchen in the Rare Treasures Pavilion had been open for nearly half a month, but no one had stopped it.

It can be considered a miracle of some magnitude in Luoyang City!
The backyard of the Pavilion of Rare Treasures is an extremely spacious courtyard.

When Ji Qiu built the Pavilion of Rare Treasures, he specially built this extremely large backyard for convenience.

Before Ji Qiu left Luoyang City, seven thousand people were once settled here!

Later, Ji Qiu left Luoyang City, and this place became deserted for a while.

But now, it is filled with a large crowd of people.

The main force filling this place is naturally the ordinary people of Luoyang City who are desperately rushing to drink porridge outside the Pavilion of Rare Treasures.

In the attic in the backyard, Ji Qiu, Wei He, the owner of the Rare Treasures Pavilion, and Jia Xu, the head of the External Affairs Department, stood in front of the window, looking at the ordinary people drinking porridge from afar.

Wei He reported to Ji Qiu, "Master, the Rare Treasure Pavilion currently distributes 5,000 bowls of porridge daily, which can help you recruit 2,000 people. Do you want to expand the scale?"

"No need, just continue recruiting at the current scale.

If the noise is too loud, it will easily attract the attention of those with ulterior motives, which would be bad.

Our goal is to sneak into the city quietly and empty it out by boiling the frog in warm water!
I hope that by the time those powerful people in high places realize what's happening, they'll be the only ones left in the city!" Ji Qiu chuckled.

Wei He bowed and said, "Yes, I will follow the master's instructions!"

Ji Qiu's purpose of returning to Luoyang City was certainly not to see the emperor off.

Although Liu Hong gave him many rewards, he was able to have his current status thanks to Liu Hong.

But in his heart, he did not feel much gratitude towards Liu Hong.

Because he knew that Liu Hong did all this just to use him.

His relationship with Liu Hong was that of traders from the beginning to the end.

He did things for Liu Hong and Liu Hong paid him, that was all.

As for workers getting the compensation they deserve, they should be grateful to their boss.

Although bosses in the modern world have been working hard to promote this value.

But the lower-class people don’t really believe it…

Therefore, after Liu Hong's death, Ji Qiu secretly came to Luoyang City without notifying anyone in the court. His real purpose was to obtain the inheritance of the largest city in the world today!

It is a fact known to many people that there is a lot of wealth in Luoyang City.

But there are not many people who can actually obtain these riches and make use of them.

Because it is difficult for them to take away the wealth of Luoyang City, and it is meaningless to keep the wealth of Luoyang City in Luoyang.

But Ji Qiu is different. He has a time and space gate and a Qiankun bag, which can transport large numbers of living things over extremely long distances.

So he was one of the very few people who were qualified to obtain the wealth of Luoyang City and make use of it.

The first wealth he wanted to obtain from Luoyang City was its high-quality and abundant population resources.

Luoyang City has a large population. It is the largest and most populous city in the world today.

It is the only city that can accommodate more than one million people!
At the same time, the quality of the population here is quite high. After all, it is located under the feet of the emperor, and there are many elite talents. The common people are influenced by what they see and hear, and their knowledge is much better than that of the people in other places.

What's more, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Confucian teaching style was popular.

The core area where great scholars gave lectures was Luoyang City.

Therefore, the literacy rate of Luoyang people is also very high, reaching 8%!

Don't think this is a low number.

The people in other parts of the Han Dynasty are far from reaching this level.

Take Taishan County where Ji Qiu is located as an example. The literacy rate of the lower-class people there does not exceed 0.03%!

Luoyang City is nearly three hundred times higher than Taishan County!
This is the advantage of being in the best place under the emperor's feet!
For Taishan County today, whether it is the industrial bases in the twelve large gathering places or the high-end herbal medicine planting bases built in the mountains, they all need a large and high-quality population to fill them.

Therefore, this chaotic Luoyang City was the blood bag that allowed Taishan County to embark on the path of rapid development.

Ji Qiu recruited people by giving out porridge at the Rare Treasures Pavilion, and then used the Space-Time Gate and the Qiankun Bag to transport the recruited people every day to Taishan County.

It continuously fills the human resources required for the rapid development of Taishan County.

However, recruiting civilians cannot be hasty, but it cannot be too hasty either.

You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. As I said just now, we have to use the method of boiling a frog in warm water to hollow out the foundation of Luoyang City bit by bit.

Therefore, this matter actually does not take up too much of Ji Qiu's energy.

Ji Qiu's real attention was actually on another thing.

"Wenhe, tell me, how can we break the secret seal of Qianjintang?" Ji Qiu said with a headache.

(End of this chapter)