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Chapter 343 Overlord
Of the two mansions seized from the state of Jin, the state of Zhou took one for itself, and the other mansion was divided up by Qin, Zheng, Yan and other allies. Since then, the state of Zhou has eight mansions and has become a superpower.

This battle not only terminated the "Eastward Expansion Strategy" of Jin State, but also allowed Zhou State to seize the hegemony of Jin State, and the original five hegemons became four tyrants.

If Jin does not strive to catch up for decades, it will be difficult to return to the status of hegemony.

Zheng Guo and Yan Guo gained a lot of benefits from this war, and they began to rise to prominence in the world.

Because Song was on the wrong team, although he joined Zhou's camp later, he joined too late, and no one regarded Song as a victorious country.

After many efforts by the Song State, the blockade imposed on him by various countries was removed.

Song Guogang was happy to finally be able to communicate with other countries in literature and art, and to export literature and art works abroad.

But Mu Bai's next operation made Song Guo feel that all his efforts were in vain.

Mu Bai, who made extraordinary achievements in this great battle, had to rest for more than a month before officially accepting the conferring ceremony of the national soldier, becoming the youngest national soldier in the history.

Mu Bai suddenly remembered a conversation he had with Xiao Jingyu. At that time, Xiao Jingyu guessed that Mu Bai would become a national scholar before he was 30 years old.

However, Mu Bai's rising speed still surprised Xiao Jingyu, he became a national scholar at the age of 26.

After Mu Bai became a national scholar, his first task was to urge Wei to abide by the Treaty of the Defeated Nations, and give up the corresponding cultural market share to Zhou, Qin and other countries.

At this time, the "Treaty of the Defeated Nations" of Jin, Wei and other countries had been signed, but the negotiations between Zhou, Qin and other victorious countries to share the fruits of victory continued.

Wei Guo seems to be ready to renege on his debts, and is unwilling to open the corresponding cultural market to the victorious countries.

Mu Bai did not use traditional methods to make Wei Guo submit, but took advantage of his current high reputation to appeal to the companies that cooperate with Guoyun to stop all cooperation with Wei Guo immediately, otherwise Guoyun will stop all cooperation with them.

Wei didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that the new scholar didn't know what to do with them, so he would use such a strategy.

The old king who was negotiating at the border was also deeply worried, and sent his personal bodyguard to briefly explain to Mu Bai how to deal with a rascal like Wei Guo.

However, Mu Bai did not stop his strategy. In just one week, most of the foreign businessmen in Wei State stopped all business, and the whole Wei State was immediately paralyzed.

The industrial crisis immediately triggered a financial crisis, and the entire Wei State immediately fell into panic and economic quagmire.

Mu Bai was only visiting Wei State at this time, and the king of Wei State even went to the airport to greet him in person.

People all over the world came to their senses, and they didn't know when Guoyun had developed into a behemoth.

It has almost occupied the high-end technology industry market in various countries. If Guoyun cuts off its supply to a certain country, that country's industrial system will immediately be paralyzed.

Those big figures who have always only focused on the development of literature and art have now discovered that in modern life, the paralysis of the industrial system is a very terrible thing.

The crisis in Wei State made many people feel the power of industry.

While Mu Bai was in Wei, he finally saw the power of financial panic. At the same time, he also realized that withholding a confession is really a dirty tactic, and it should be used as a deterrent in the future.

At the same time, the old king is also keenly aware that Mu Bai is a representative of technology and industry, not a representative of pure commerce.

This reminded him of the situation when the second prince, Ji Yuanhun, suddenly wanted to engage in scientific research work that was not expected a few years ago.

The old king further realized that this was the direction of social change, so he promoted Ji Yuanhun as Minister of the Interior, and promoted the cooperation between Ji Yuanhun and Mu Bai to see what changes they could bring to the state of Zhou.

What surprised the old king was that after Mu Bai gained power, he did not suppress certain forces. Instead, he proposed many new ideas and many refreshing reform plans.

There are many new ideas, such as everyone is equal, technology is as important as art and so on.

And Mu Bai said very clearly that it is almost impossible to achieve complete equality for everyone, but there must be at least equality in personality.

This theory is not very popular with the royal family and the new aristocrats, but it has won the support of the majority of the country, and the old and new aristocrats are not good at expressing their protests publicly.

As for technology being as important as literature and art, Mu Bai suggested raising the salary of technical workers, and set an example by raising the salary of Guofeng and Guoyun technicians and workers many times, so that their salary is basically the same as that of literary and art workers.

He also suggested that the royal family establish an "Academy of Sciences", and also set up the positions of bachelors and national scholars, and enjoy the same status and treatment as the national scholars and bachelors of Hongwenguan.

Of course, the most critical thing is the absolute control of the royal family over the Hongwen Museum.

Some of these proposals have been made public and some have not.Some are supported by the people of the country, and some are not.

In addition, Mu Bai suggested that the royal family should fully focus on the two aspects of the government's propaganda and personnel affairs, and leave other matters to the government to take care of.

These suggestions made the old king dizzy, and Mu Bai seemed to know which ones could be implemented quickly and which ones should be implemented subtly.

This made the old king suspect that Mu Bai had been planning social changes for a long time.

In nearly a year, Mu Bai presided over the implementation of many new policies, all of which achieved satisfactory results.

But other countries sneered at Mu Bai's tactics, believing that Zhou was on a path of self-destruction.

However, everyone's reaction made the old king feel relieved, because at the beginning of every social change, people would not understand it. From this, it seems that the current changes in Zhou State are most likely on the right path.

In order to ease the conflicts at home and abroad, Mu Bai suggested launching another round of literary war.

This time the civil war was dominated by Zhou and Qin, who summoned allied forces from various countries to launch a battle against Qi.

What makes Mu Bai helpless is that many countries are afraid that Qi will bring them a plague, so they dare not join this alliance.

Mu Bai didn't care about them anymore, he took command and summoned several major countries such as Qin and Zheng, and launched a civil war against Qi.

The state of Qi rebelled with all the strength of the whole country, and the two sides launched a big battle in the west.

Although the king of Qi State has been carrying out a major purge, many of the Qi State's combatants are still Luo Zhiyuan's students.

They secretly discussed with Mu Bai whether they should cooperate with Mu Bai to win?

Mu Bai asked them to fight with all their strength, after all, even without their cooperation, the chances of the coalition winning are not small.

After more than nine months of fighting between the two sides, Qi was ultimately defeated.

Mu Bai didn't intervene too much in this battle, but just concentrated on making arrangements for all parties.

The old king gave full power to Mu Bai for subsequent negotiations, and Mu Bai proposed that Qi and other countries in the world should open up their cultural and technological markets to each other.

Moreover, Mu Bai proposed to lead a delegation to investigate in Qi State, and Qi State should make a good reception request.

Qin, Wei and other countries were very interested in the cultural market of Qi State, and immediately exported many cultural products to Qi State, but they were not very interested in the inspection proposed by Mu Bai.

Only Zheng Chuqiao, the Duke of Zheng State, thought that Mu Bai must have some deep meaning in what he did, so Zheng State also sent a delegation to go to Qi State with Mu Bai.

Mu Bai's inspection was broadcast live throughout, and through the Guofeng website all over the world, people from all over the world realized that the Qi people are not as terrible as the government said, nor are they as barbaric as they imagined.

Even the King of Qi State did not expect that Mu Bai's inspection would make Qi State's cultural products accepted by other countries.

When Mu Bai inspected the capital of Qi State all the way, the King of Qi State treated Mu Bai's inspection team as a guest of honor, and the two sides signed many cooperation intentions.

Most of the members of the inspection team are more concerned about the cultural cooperation with Qi State, but only Mu Bai and the entities such as Guoyun that he specially called have launched large-scale technical cooperation with Qi State.

Zheng Guo also followed suit and bought the full authority of many technologies of Qi State.

During this inspection, Guoyun and Guofeng successively set up branches in Qi State. Guoyun achieved another rapid development because of Qi State's technology.

After returning from Qi, Mu Bai gave a speech, explaining where Qi was ahead of Zhou in science and technology, and called on everyone to support scientific and technological progress, otherwise the Shandong countries may have to rely on Qi for their technology in the future.

This appeal finally played a certain role, at least under Mu Bai's constant lobbying, the Academy of Sciences was established.

However, the social status of the Academy of Sciences at this time was still inferior to that of Hongwen Hall.

Mu Bai is not in a hurry, this kind of concept needs to be changed little by little.

After a good start, Mu Bai withdrew from the reform work.

Because this job is so tiring, you have to deal with everything big and small. If it is not handled well, it can easily arouse conflicts among all walks of life.

In addition, in Mu Bai's impression, those who preside over political reforms rarely end well.

So Mu Bai only works as a senior advisor from a distance, and is unwilling to continue to participate in the political reform.

The process of political reform may take several years, or it may take decades, so Mu Bai will not put his life on it.

At the same time, Mu Bai also wants to resign from the position of a national scholar, because his previous plan has been achieved, the whole world has realized the power of technology, and since the Zhou Kingdom has initiated social changes through technology and productivity.

Although the entire literary and art circles are very resistant to such changes, they will gradually be unable to stop the general trend.

This is to give full play to the benefits of having the royal family. As long as the royal family's consciousness is biased toward the need for change, the resistance of the benefited classes in society will appear powerless.

However, the royal family did not agree with Mu Bai's resignation, and only said that it would reduce Mu Bai's work. After all, as long as Mu Bai is around, many people abroad will buy him.

Mu Bai finally lived the life he had been waiting for for a long time. His life was not very busy. He could draw whatever he wanted when he occasionally traveled.

At the same time, Mu Bai and Ji Yuanjie's marriage was also on the agenda. During the two civil wars in recent years, the royal family and the government each awarded Mu Bai a house, so he didn't have to worry about where to live.

The wedding of the two will be held in late autumn. Mu Bai didn't plan to make a big deal at first, but there are too many big figures from all over the world to congratulate them, so it's impossible to do it even if they don't think about it.

Among them, Zheng Chuqiao, the Grand Duke of Zheng, came to congratulate him in person. In order to show their attention, Qi and Yan each sent their princes to attend Mu Bai's wedding. Those from other countries, large and small, who came to congratulate were also powerful figures in the country.

They did not come to congratulate solely on the basis of Mu Bai's reputation, but because Mu Bai's national charm was developing and growing step by step. On the one hand, they found it difficult to accept the improvement of their industrial status, and on the other hand, under the pressure of national charm, they had to pay tribute to Mu Bai's guests. Be polite.

This is another preparation made by Mu Bai. Whoever wants to reverse the car will let him go back to the agricultural era.

Just like the royal family's control over the Hongwen Museum, Mu Bai will definitely hold on to this huge deterrent before completing basic political reforms.

The wedding of Mu Bai and Ji Yuanjie was very grand, and many people went to Gyeonggi Prefecture to congratulate them.

At the same time, this wedding was regarded by the nations as a symbol of Zhou's supremacy, because of Mu Bai's existence, Zhou stood at the top of the nations.

On the way Mu Bai received the marriage, there were cheers and congratulations everywhere, more lively than the king's enthronement.

After getting married, Mu Bai concentrated on living his own life, and would lock himself in the studio for a few days when he was interested.

What he draws is also aimless, and he draws wherever he thinks of.

The development of Guofeng and Guoyun has also gradually stabilized. Sometimes Mu Bai only goes there once a month or two, and only grasps the general direction of the two companies, leaving all other details to Yang Wenjun and Ma Jingping.

With the deepening of social changes, some chaos gradually appeared in the society, but Mu Bai has always been so leisurely.

After all, there is no opponent in the whole world!

……

At the recording site of "Big Shot", today the program team invited Liu Zhe, the creative director of Guofeng Art and Guofeng Painting.

In the eyes of the program team, Liu Zhe is a famous painter of Zhou Guo, who used to be Mu Bai's right-hand man, and contributed too many good works for everyone.

During the recording of the program, the host took out a group photo of many people: "Is this a group photo of Guofeng in the early days?"

In that group photo, there were Mu Bai, Ji Yuanjie, Yang Wenjun, and Liu Zhe, but at that time their faces were still a little green.

"Yes," Liu Zhe replied in a daze, "That's a group photo when I just finished "The Record of King Xiangyun."

He sighed and smiled and said, "Many of the people in the group photo were later admitted to the Hongwen Academy, so that now some students try their best to enter Guofeng, just to learn more and increase their chances of being admitted to the Hongwen Academy. "

Moderator: "As far as I know, you have never taken the Hongwenguan exam, have you?"

"Yes."

"why?"

"Probably, it's probably because I'm too patriotic and like the working atmosphere Mu Bai created for us." Liu Zhe said with a smile.

In fact, it doesn't matter if you join the Hongwen Academy or not. Later, in the literary battle where Mu Bai singled out Yan Guo, Liu Zhe and others showed their faces even more, making those who worked so hard to get into the Hongwen Academy envious.

……

Director Yu looked at the door of the office in surprise: "So, you bought Hongyu Food Company?"

"Yes," Ma Jingping entered the room, and sat on the sofa in the office with ease.

The last time he sat here was when he was told to take the blame.

Director Yu seemed to suddenly wake up from a nightmare and trembled all over: "Hongyu is not selling it anymore!"

"Shouldn't you sell your life to fill Hongyu's debt?" Ma Jingping said bitterly: "It's a good company, but you have turned it into a mess, so you have no intention of going back on your word?"

He let out a long sigh: "You can go, this is Guoyun's property now."

Director Yu left with his head bowed, and Ma Jingping smiled comfortably.

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