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Not only Sun Jifeng, but also Bishop Kande looked at Cheng Jinzhou with a strange expression.

Lu Xu said with a sly smile: "The bishop likes to collect corpses, but you want to be the county magistrate?"

To be able to defeat a third-level star warlock, and to cooperate to defeat a fourth-level star warlock, and still be the county magistrate, is indeed abnormal in the eyes of a normal star warlock. Lu Xu used a rather parallel tone.

Bishop Kande, on the other hand, felt that Cheng Jinzhou had eccentricities and was more interested in it. He glanced at him appreciatively, and then retorted to Lu Xu: "I only collect the corpses of star warlocks above level four, not those with lower levels."

It sounded like he was talking about something tasteful.

Cheng Jinzhou sat on Lu Xu's neck, put his fingers on his legs, tapped rhythmically, and said: "As a responsible nobleman, I am still willing to contribute to the court."

His Majesty the Emperor could not refuse, so he signaled with his eyes. Although he didn't know what Cheng Jinzhou wanted to do with the county seat, but giving a morning light priest or a star warlock the position of county magistrate didn't mean breaking the earth and conferring a king? If other star warlocks follow suit in the future, what's the point of him sitting on the throne?

In addition, he was still looking forward to the arrival of the Royal Star Warlock, or the quasi-Royal Star Warlock, and his attitude became very ambiguous. The application of drag-zi tactic is not only used by officials, but also by His Majesty the Emperor.

In his opinion, the astromancers on the outer peninsula at least expected a balanced political situation. Out of necessity, His Majesty the Emperor selectively ignored what he was doing. His work in recent years has been to break the balance between the court and the Star Warlocks, and to turn it into a balance for the Star Warlocks themselves. It's a pity that consultation is not developed enough in this era. If His Majesty the Emperor knew that many kingdoms in the far west were directly destroyed at the hands of the powerful Star Warlocks, or became vassals of the Star Warlocks, I don't know how he would be grateful for today's situation.

Sun Jifeng was the highest-ranking civil servant present. He accidentally saw the Emperor's eyes and had to bite the bullet and said: "Master Star Warlock, even if you are the county magistrate, there are procedures to follow..."

"Give it or not." Cheng Jinzhou said directly. Wrangling is not something he is good at. No matter whether it is level one, two, three or four, the star warlocks and civil servants are competing against each other, which is like a tiger and a cockroach playing a survival game.

Moreover, he is also afraid that several other fourth-level star warlocks will arrive, and then the advantage will not be so obvious. There is a time difference in the fight now. The star warlocks in the outer peninsula don't think he can beat Yang Zhanquan. The time during this journey gives him room to perform. But compared to organizations such as the Star Warlock Association, he has no advantage.

Sun Jifeng looked helplessly at His Majesty the Emperor, who waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."

Hou Wenwu was very clever. He stood up immediately, cocked his head and wanted to take the errand and run away. Everyone was wearing similar official uniforms, and the whole province was covered in valuable silk and satin. If Xiao Cheng hadn't noticed him earlier, he might have let him slip away.

Now, Cheng Jinzhou's eyes lit up, he sent out a sonic attack with a smile, and said: "Hou Wenwu, you don't have to be busy, let the others go."

He was on a first-name basis.

Among the people who offended him in Daxia, Hou Wenwu was the most hated. Although others blocked his way, strictly speaking, it was considered a conflict of interest. If there is a conflict of interest, there will be a conflict, either with A or with B. As a modern person with a good mentality, the most important thing to consider is that the strength of someone who has a conflict of interest with oneself is often similar to that of oneself. Sometimes they may even be stronger than themselves. If you are itching to hate the conflict of interest every time, it won't take long for your teeth to be worn down.

But Hou Wenwu is different. As the saying goes, character determines destiny, Hou Wenwu, who has a smooth journey, is really too arrogant. Of course, if he was in an official-based society, he might still have a chance. After all, he followed the most powerful person in the entire country. But in the world of Star Warlocks, his arrogant belief that he could despise low-level Star Warlocks and use them as a stepping stone was the biggest mistake.

Not to mention the old sayings such as "Don't bully young people who are poor", even the direct combat power of Star Warlock will make clear-minded civil servants shy away.

It's a pity that in Hou Wenwu's life, his experience, and his cognition, he didn't take the first-level star warlock back then and now in his eyes. And after the failure, his perseverance made Cheng Jinzhou even more angry - if Cheng's father really lost his official position because of his conspiracy, it actually meant that Cheng Jinzhou lost the greatest help from the court. The civil service group has its own operating rules. They can allow corruption, and they can allow people to run for office and sell their titles. However, the way an official rises and falls will inevitably determine whether he is qualified to join the cabinet.

Without the background of the Cheng family, Cheng Jinzhou would be a great, powerful, and powerful star warlock at best, but he would not have the huge resources he dreamed of. An ordinary Star Warlock may care more about the former, but as an agent of the Star Alliance, he cares more about the latter.

The civil service group is the real group that controls national resources. They are not partisans but more than partisans. They may not necessarily have a deliberate connection but they support each other. They are the real politicians of society, just like bacteria, they are good and sometimes bad, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and most importantly, they are necessary for the human body. You can’t kill them all, you can’t live without them. In the foreseeable future, unless there is a better political system, the human world will still need civil servants. Unless the Star Warlocks want to see an uninhabited desert, a chaotic anarchic society, or the backward productivity of the chieftaincy system, they will still need Civil servant.

No matter how powerful the Star Warlock is, he can kill any civil servant, but he cannot eliminate the civil service system from human society. Just like a doctor can kill any kind of bacteria, but he cannot make the human body free of bacteria (unless the person gives up his basic human rights).

In the history of China, at least two people once wanted to perform a major surgery on society to remove stubborn bacterial diseases. One is Wu Zetian. She was afraid of the Qingliu scholars, so she used ruthless officials to purge the government and killed the civil servants until they were cut off like leeks. However, the result was still an inevitable failure, and in the end she was still turned over by tradition. The second one is Zhu Yuanzhang. His sad youth experience made him want to create a world of great harmony without corruption. He skinned officials and purged the civil servants from beginning to end. According to the records of the imperial examination, a Jinshi in a certain subject was actually A few years later, the entire army was wiped out, either killed or exiled. He set a record of massacring tens of thousands of officials more than once - the officials back then did not refer to civil servants, but gentlemen of high rank. In other words, Cadres holding non-leadership positions below the department level are not eligible to be listed. But even so, during Zhu Yuanzhang's lifetime, the civil service group was still growing vigorously. Even Zhu Yuanzhang himself had to create a record so that officials who committed crimes would be punished for their work, because even if he was sentenced to beheading, someone would have to review it, and he could not do it all by himself.

What Cheng Jinzhou couldn't stand the most about Hou Wenwu was that he prevented the Cheng family from rising in the civil service group.

Poor people must be hateful.

The clever Hou Wenwu could see the murderous intent in Cheng Jinzhou's eyes. He trembled, kowtowed to His Majesty the Emperor, and used his eyes to ask for help from the surrounding ministers...

But what he waited for was Cheng Jinzhou's voice: "Your Majesty, Hou Wenwu has spread rumors several times, which is intolerable. Please, Your Majesty, kill him in front of the palace and clarify the punishment."

The so-called Ming Zhengdian punishment means that it must be heard by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment before it can be called fair. It can be said that beheading in front of the palace and Mingzhengdian punishment are completely contradictory. But if Cheng Jinzhou says this, no one can refute it.

In the face of power, Hou Wenwu turned pale with fright, while Cheng Jinzhou had a serious expression.

His Majesty the Emperor was a little reluctant to part with him. He liked Hou Wenwu very much. The 14-year-old Jinshi and more than ten years of training can completely leave his son to be the prime minister.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't want to take action himself to avoid causing a worse impact on the scholars, so he simply said: "This is my last request, Your Majesty!"

Hou Wenwu looked at the emperor with pleading eyes, but found that his face was getting colder and colder, and his eyes were getting whiter and whiter.

Hou Wenwu once again looked at the ministers with pleading eyes.

It's a pity that there are no hardcore members of the Hou family and Lu family present. In other words, even if there were, from today on they are not.

Even if His Majesty Lizong wanted to pardon Marquis Wenwu, he would still need the support of civil servants. After a short, heart-stopping silence, Lizong waved his hand and said in a half-hearted tone: "Go."

"Your Majesty, the punishment is canonical." Cheng Jinzhou did not want to bear the infamy. In any era, there is a difference between being forced to kill, killing and instructing to kill. Although they may seem hypocritical at first glance, hypocrites are exactly what society needs.

Naturally, Xiao Cheng only needs the recognition of society and has nothing to do with the small and angry young people.

Therefore, his expression was firm and serious.

A trace of sullenness flashed across the emperor's face, then he said clearly: "Come here, pull Hou Wenwu down and kill him."

Cheng Jinzhou added, "Because rumors have been spread repeatedly, it's not enough to stop them."

The emperor was so embarrassed and angry that he had to take Cheng Jinzhou's hint and repeated: "Because he has repeatedly spread rumors, it is not enough to face the truth without killing him, so he will drag Hou Wenwu down and kill him."

His voice was very low, but Cheng Jinzhou didn't care. He covered his eyes with a smile and said, "Just under the steps."

Still quiet.

Three or four seconds later, Hou Wenwu screamed fiercely, like a dying beast, and his civilized temperament disappeared in the unnatural trembling.

Cheng Jinzhou still covered his eyes to avoid seeing too bloody scenes.

His Majesty Lizong was surrounded by golden melon warriors, each of whom was over 1.9 meters tall, strong and powerful. After confirming His Majesty the Emperor's intention, he dragged Hou Wenwu, who was shouting, to the steps.

They did not wear waist knives, but they gave full play to their subjective initiative, holding pumpkins and waving them high.

There was a "click" sound. The howling stopped suddenly.

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