Chapter 37 (1/2)
T/N: Thank you for waiting ()
Dru jīn) lit to beat the dru to order an advance or retreat
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This ‘scholar’ was Chang Geng After the big arguo, he was ‘escorted’ back to the capital by the Black Eagle
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Throughout the ages, es of history, no eht to their country peace and prosperity So ruin to the country and the people So political matters And some were destined to cook up a stored to the ‘strive for enlighten and lenient, senile and inco similar political vieith his own, his style undoubtedly belonged to the kind ould cause stor had never believed in ‘ruling a grand nation like cooking a sent in politicalof his ascension, he had strived to reinforce the leniency in the handling of governn
A sentence fro(The Book of the Way and of Virtue),a small fish, will cause it to break apart If onea country, it will cause the people to riot
In the first year, he sent a decree for the Marquis of Order to escort the Heavenly Wolf’s Tribes’ Prince Jia Lai Yinghuo back to the north At the saned the business treaty withup the Silk Road
Whether it was repairing the friendshi+p with the Man’s tribes, or grounding the Marquis of Order in the Western Region, ordering hient expansion of the Silk Road – these actions had greatly expressed the e hollowed out for everyone to see It was as if he wanted to say ‘If, Gu Yun, you cannotAn’s second year, Wei wang colluded with Dong Ying people, attedoon disaster Unexpectedly, his conspiracy was revealed while in progress The Jiangnan Navy captured their leader in the blink of an eye Wei wang was imprisoned, then in the end, drank poison to ‘co An had used this as an opportunity to clean up and reinforce Jiangnan officers Eighty-six of both large and small officials were ih time to slay them all at the end of fall, it needed to be separated into three parts The others were either demoted to be a servant or exiled and would never be put to use again
In the sanan, then was expanded out to other areas, strictly investigating the land occupied by the local landlords However, even after the investigation was done, the lands did not get returned to the common people and the farmers but were taken back by the iathered and returned to the govern An’s third year, for each and every piece of land, ould be planted or built on theree of centralization had surpassed even that of E His time, and the restrictions on Ziliujin have reached an unprecedented level never seen before
No one dared to disagree – if so to Wei wang’s party – and would be slain at once
Another two years passed, in Long An’s fourth year, Li Feng began to i Law’ – the Mechanics froister their nae’ to be able to continue working
According to each person’s qualifications and skill level, the irades There was a print under each badge, and each print was nue, what they have fixed or what they have created, everything hly
There were firm restrictions on what type of job one was allowed to take on depending on their grade It was strictly forbidden for unregistered Mechanics to accept jobs
For all armors andto the aret involved, in violation of this order, one will be punished by cutting off a finger and being sent to exile
When this decree was sent down, there was a lot of controversy in the capital, but nothey spoke of, the Eone ‘adjusthten the Mechanics, how could they tighten the valve that was draining Ziliujin?
However, with this law still not finished to be argued on, Li Feng already threw out the next bo directly to the ar to the different functions, there were seven ned in each region – Jiangnan, Zhongyuan, Saibei, Western Regions, and Nanjiang The appointment and removal of military personnel, salary, rations, armors, and equipment will be coordinated by the Ministry of Military Affairs, other matters would be handled by the coions
The Marquis of Order with the Black Tiger Emblem in his hands could command troops everywhere in the country in case of critical situations
Li Feng retained the layout of the five er Emblem in the hands of the Marquis of Order either He only set up several supervisors in addition to the existing coion The supervisors were directly under the Ministry of War, a new person will be changed into this position once every three years Their job only consisted of one thing – to request for the ‘Dru Order’ fro Order hasn’t arrived, any commander who dared to deploy the troops would be treated the same as rebellion
Except for the Black Iron Caions were required to follow this law
When the Dru Order was sent down, the whole country was shocked Who would have the heart to care about such a trivial matter like common folk Mechanics?
The eued noisily for a year, three out of five co the Marquis of Order in the northwest
The Marquis of Order hadn’t had yet the time to express his opinions to His Majesty’s decree that was basically trying to seek death, but he already had to travel everywhere regardless of difficulty to cal to the cry of the old generals As soon as one ed, incredibly chaotic
On New Year’s Eve, when Gu Yun returned to the capital to report his duties,ladies and misses on the street He hadn’t had tiive them back for people to wipe their tears – even diapers were less wasteful than this
When the troops h the capital, the ladies will throw handkerchief towards the soldier they found to be handso with it All the scholars frohout the country see else in theirnonstop
The iulfed in a heavy and silent at to talk about
This chaos dragged on until Long An’s sixth year, the debate surrounding the Dru Order still wasn’t concluded The E, he did not send out any supervisor either This decree was suspended in the air, like a hanging sword that was ready to break one of two sides at any time
It was a cool autumn of another year, it had been four years since the disaster in Jiangnan, the bones of Wei wang had turned cold, this matter has become an outdated topic, and no one mentioned it anymore
Near Sichuan’s official road, there was a se’ It was said that the e in the whole territory of Great Liang was ‘Xinghua Village’ Whenever there was a liquor store, eight out of ten places were called ‘Xinghua Village’
A young ently lifted the curtain and entered
He was about twenty, donning an old robe, dressed like a poor student, but he appeared very handsoh nose bridge, as if carved out by a knife, his eyes were slightly deep reseressiveness or fear-provoking but instead appeared gentle and hten as they took their first glance at hi time, but instead, one could even make out a hint of distance that was hard to describe ords
The tavern was very s the door, there were only two tables inside, and both were already full today
The shopkeeper, who also worked as a waiter and a cashi+er, was currently playing with his abacus for the lack of better things to do His gaze was involuntarily attracted to this young ether to greet: “Custoies Coincidentally, there is no seat left, there is still another place to stay within five miles, perhaps you could check there?”
The scholar did not get angry: “I am only a little thirsty in ood wine for me? I don’t need to sit down”
The shopkeeper took his jug, and when he opened the lid, a strong scent of wine raised up: “Zhu Ye Qing, very good”
A guest at the table volunteered: “This young master, please come here to rest, you can sit at my place”