Origin

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan laughing happily, Zhu Qianwei was afraid that he would grant the marriage casually on a whim, so he hurriedly said, "The Holy Spirit has favored me, and I feel deeply humbled about my humble position, but I don't dare to be hasty about marriage. Your Majesty will grant me another half-year grace for my humble position. If it is overdue, I will not be able to do it." If so, it won’t be too late for the Holy Spirit to grant you another marriage.”

"Half a year?" Wu Zhongyuan frowned and tilted his head.

"Five months." Zhu Qianwei quickly corrected.

"Haha, okay," Wu Zhongyuan nodded in agreement, "I keep my word and will wait for you for another five months."

The private matter came to an end, and the conversation between the two returned to official business. As the saying goes, don't trust people who employ people, and don't use people who are suspicious. Zhu Qianwei is Wu Zhongyuan's confidant. He has great trust in Zhu Qianwei, and he has no doubts about some details of the Sifang Camp. He does not dictate everything about operations. Wu Zhongyuan is not very proficient in the way of employing people, but he is quite familiar with human nature. Every subordinate hopes to prove his ability to the leader. As a leader, he should boldly delegate power and let his subordinates You can work according to your own ideas. Pointing fingers at everything and yelling at others will make subordinates feel disgusted, which will lead to inactivity and sabotage.

The two men then discussed the service time of the soldiers in the Sifang Camp. This issue is also very critical. Soldiers cannot be allowed to serve for life, otherwise it will seriously weaken the fighting spirit of the soldiers. The Sifang Camp is like the Palace of Hell. Once you come, you will not be able to return. Go, this is not possible, the soldiers must have hope of returning alive.

If the time is limited, it may cause the soldiers to be afraid of death and afraid to move forward during the battle. After deliberation for a long time, they finally decided to release ten people back every month. These ten people must have fought bloody battles and achieved military exploits. After returning, he will be exempted from military service for life.

There are 10,000 troops stationed in each of the four major camps, plus captains and generals at all levels and logistics support personnel. Later, wizards will also be equipped. The total number should be about 12,000. With so many people, only ten of them can be released in a month. Going back, the proportion is very small, but there is nothing you can do about it. You can't change the batch every month. Moreover, people have a sense of luck, just like buying lottery tickets. Although they know that the chance is very small, they still hope that they can Win the prize.

It took half an hour to ponder this issue alone, and then we discussed the issue of food and grass supply. Before preparing to build the Sifang camp, there were no off-duty soldiers in China. They were all farmers in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. The total strength of the camp is nearly 50,000. These people are not working. With two meals a day, the amount of rice consumed every day is a terrible number, especially at this time when productivity is very low. situation.

The problem of food and grass has always been a headache for Wu Zhongyuan, but some problems do not exist unless they are avoided. Fighting against the five invasions is not just a blind fight. In addition, it also involves problems in all aspects, and every problem must be overcome and solved. Especially the problem of food. Without food, people will starve to death. If everyone is gone, there will be a fart war.

It’s not that I’m exhausted, all the problems have to be solved one by one, but it’s true that the pressure is huge. There are more than 400 Yellow Emperors in Chinese history.

Including some miscellaneous princes, there can be more than 800 people. It is no exaggeration to say that he, the Yellow Emperor, is the worst among the more than 800 people. The other emperors, whether they succeeded to the throne or founded the country, all have the political legacy left by the previous dynasty. The power and institutional framework can be continued and inherited, and there are officials who are familiar with their jobs to perform their duties, but he does not.

It’s just that we don’t have an old team, but we are also faced with the invasion from the five directions that will happen soon. Internal and external troubles, we are stretched thin, many difficulties, and we are struggling. The house is leaking and it rains all night, and the boat is late and encounters a headwind. It is a difficulty!

It was already the fourth watch. Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan was not tired, Zhu Qianwei did not leave and stayed to continue discussing military affairs with Wu Zhongyuan. However, this time the two of them were not discussing the military affairs of the Sifang Camp, but the imperial guards. In terms of selection and use, he had previously selected 600 imperial guards, but Zhu Qianwei eliminated half of them during the training process, leaving 300. According to Zhu Qianwei's wishes, the personal imperial guards should continue to expand. , expanded to 900 people.

There are two reasons why Zhu Qianwei made this suggestion. First, when the imperial guards were selected, the Bird Clan and the Ox Clan had not yet truly surrendered. The imperial guards were all selected from the twenty walled cities of the Bear Clan. But today, if the Unification Only using the Bear tribe as the imperial guards would inevitably lead to the suspicion of being close and distant, favoring one over the other.

The second reason is that the military power was very dispersed at this time. They were all in the hands of the city lords of the major cities. If they wanted to deploy them at critical moments, they could not do it quickly. The Imperial Guards were the Yellow Emperor's personal soldiers and could act as quick-response troops. The fire-fighting team is basically located in the central area of ​​the Central Plains. If there is a problem in other cities, the guards can be quickly mobilized to various places for emergency rescue.

Wu Zhongyuan adopted Zhu Qianwei's suggestion and casually ordered him to write a memorial on the matter and send it to the Ministry of War.

Zhu Qianwei nodded in agreement and stood up to leave. The reason why Wu Zhongyuan asked him to write the memorial was undoubtedly because he was worried that he would forget about it if he had too many trivial matters. Furthermore, it also showed that he was a little sleepy.

Wu Zhongyuan did not retain Zhu Qianwei and sent him out in person. Zhu Qianwei was favored but not proud. After leaving the house, he bowed and retreated respectfully.

After seeing off Zhu Qianwei, Wu Zhongyuan took a nap for a while, got up at dawn to wash up, and then left the camp and headed for Lianshan.

His trip to Lianshan this time was not just to pick up Jiang Nan. He also had to do two other things. One was to lead the new Prince Jiang, Jiang Tao, to worship the Western mythical beast White Tiger. The other was that he had previously done so. After the Aryans were pacified, five walled cities including Yanshan were assigned to the brave king Jiang Zhen. These five walled cities were originally managed by Li Tao. After being assigned to Jiang Zhen, he was worried that Jiang Tao would be alienated. In the past, I had to explain this matter to Jiang Tao to eliminate potential unstable factors.

At this time, Wu Zhongyuan had been promoted to Yuxu, and he no longer needed to land to fly across the sky. On the way to Lianshan, he was thinking about another thing, which was to find and use the psychic weapons, which were gifted by Wanshanhong. There are a large number of black iron weapons, and the role of psychic weapons has been downplayed to some extent, but psychic weapons are far beyond what black iron weapons can match. Not only are they sharper, but they can also replenish spiritual energy. In addition, there are It has great symbolic significance, because the previous owners of the psychic weapon were all iron-blooded warriors loyal to Fuxi and Nuwa. Whoever gets the psychic weapon will regard themselves as the chosen minister and will be loyal to him.

Before that, he had ordered Li Dashou to mix the black iron and black crystals from Dasha's tiankeng to create eighteen pieces of black iron armor. When the time is right and all the psychic weapons lost in various places are found, a sealing ceremony will be held to bestow them on him. The Eighteen Warriors Black Iron Armor has two main purposes for doing this. One is to unite people's hearts and enhance the pride and mission of these eighteen people. The second is to boost morale. Everyone in the world must know that the eighteen warriors are in place, the general trend has been achieved, and everything is ready.

Sometimes he cannot be completely pragmatic and has to be pragmatic and come up with some formal ideas. Although he himself is very troubled by it, he does not want to make the people of his ethnic group feel unsure. Ordinary people have little knowledge and cannot see the essence of some things. are all superficial things.

But when it comes to psychic weapons, another problem arises, that is, the Leopard Dragon Ax, one of the yang psychic weapons, has been forced into the volcano by the demons and fell into the magma. The eighteen psychic weapons are afraid It's impossible to get them all together. If the Leopard Dragon Ax is really melted by the magma, then only one imitation can be made. The reason why the psychic weapon can replenish spiritual energy is because it contains gold slips and mysterious inscriptions, and he is proficient in Tianzhuan inscriptions. For a complete book, you can try to make gold slips and engrave mysterious texts, which may also have the effect of replenishing spiritual energy.

Since he was not in a hurry, he was not in a hurry to fly across the sky. It took him more than an hour to go from Beiguan to Lianshan. At this time, the entire Central Plains was his territory, so there was no need to adhere to etiquette and he landed directly on the square in front of the palace. , waiting for the guards to notify Jiang Tao to come and greet him.

Not long after, Jiang Tao, Jiang Nan and others walked out of the palace together. The monarch and his ministers met each other and entered the palace together with all due etiquette.

Jiang Tao is very similar to Jiang Zheng, not only in appearance but also in personality. He is very good at getting close to each other. Wu Zhongyuan did not refuse. Instead of going to the main hall where the meeting was held, he went to the harem and sat down in the boudoir where Jiang Nan was before she got married. A group of relatives met and after eating the breakfast prepared by Jiang Tao, they took Jiang Tao to the bathhouse on the mountainside of the East to take a bath.

He really wanted to take a bath, and also wanted to comfort Jiang Tao. Jiang Tao had just succeeded Prince Jiang and felt guilty. He didn't want Jiang Tao to feel uneasy.

While taking a bath, Wu Zhongyuan casually mentioned that he planned five walled cities for Jiang Zhen. Although he seemed to say it casually, Jiang Tao knew that he said it deliberately, in order not to let him worry about it.

Jiang Tao could understand Wu Zhongyuan's painstaking efforts, so he panicked and responded. He only said that the whole world belonged to the Yellow Emperor, and it was up to the Yellow Emperor to decide who would manage the city. He later stated that he had a similar idea, but he didn't have time to file a petition.

Jiang Nan had already told Jiang Tao about Wu Zhongyuan's execution of Jiang Baili yesterday. Jiang Tao had already chosen a successor and sent a letter to the Ministry of Personnel for approval after the morning meeting today.

Next, Wu Zhongyuan told Jiang Tao the qi-training method to advance to the ninth level of Tiange. As the Yellow Emperor, everyone is his subjects. There is no need for him to keep the qi-training method to himself. He only needs to spread it to the public. The way to self-improvement.

After bathing and changing clothes, Jiang Tao summoned the city's high-ranking warriors and followed Wu Zhongyuan and Jiang Nan to Xiguan where Bai Hu was located to worship. Wu Zhongyuan solemnly read out the inscriptions and poems, sang his praises, and expressed gratitude and commendation.

As the saying goes, a kind word can warm a person for three winters, but a bad word can hurt someone for six months. The mythical beasts from all directions have fulfilled their duties and fulfilled their responsibilities throughout their lives. They have spent their lives here. As the beneficiary, the human race cannot repay gratitude, but must also show its attitude and express gratitude for the kindness.

Baihu originally had a good impression of Wu Zhongyuan, because Wu Zhongyuan had previously ordered Yuancheng, which was close to the Sifang Pass, to bring tributes at regular intervals to offer rewards. Now that he heard him reciting the poem, he was even more moved. On that day, Wu Zhongyuan He once promised to help them establish a monument, and Wu Zhongyuan has fulfilled his promise this time.

Wu Zhongyuan finished reciting the poem, and the white tiger responded with a low roar. At the same time, he shook his body and transformed into a human form. He was a tall old man wearing gray linen clothes. Although he was in his twilight years, he was brave and strong. A huge scar started from his right eyebrow. Slanting to the left cheek adds to the chilling air.

"The Human King is interested." Bai Hu cupped his fists and thanked him.

"You have protected me for thousands of years, and your hard work has made great achievements. The human race should be grateful and remember it." Wu Zhongyuan responded seriously. This was the first time he had seen the four mythical beasts transform into human forms.

The white tiger nodded slowly, turned around and reappeared in the beast's body, turning around and lying down.

Wu Zhongyuan originally wanted to ask White Tiger for his opinion to see what it thought of the orcs, but after pondering for a while he did not ask. He still needed to make a decision on this matter, and it was not appropriate to ask others for advice.

After the worship was over, everyone returned to Lianshan. Jiang Nan went to the harem to talk to his mother, while Jiang Tao took Wu Zhongyuan to the side hall.

If you want to discuss something, you naturally go to the main hall. Why go to the side hall?

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan tilting his head in confusion, Jiang Tao said cautiously, "Your Majesty, you have a lot of hard work in taking care of state affairs. There are some singers and actresses in the palace. If Your Majesty does not give up, you might as well listen to the songs and appreciate the dance to comfort your sorrow."

While Jiang Tao was speaking, he kept peeking at Wu Zhongyuan out of the corner of his eye, fearing that Wu Zhongyuan would be strict and self-disciplined and would not like this. He never thought that Wu Zhongyuan would actually look curious, "Hey, this is good, call over, call over..."