Mortal Immortal Gourd

The capital, the imperial palace, the 131st year of Longxing.

"Greetings to the wise and intelligent, great military power, virtue and virtue of the people, long life, the supreme Longxing Holy Emperor!"

"May you enjoy eternal happiness and live as long as the sky!"

The Longxing Holy Emperor sat on a golden dragon throne.

After the ministers in the hall saluted, the cheers echoed between the beams and pillars of the hall, and it lasted for a long time.

"Your Majesty, the rebellion of the Qingzhou people has ended from now on, and peace will come to the world!"

It has been nearly a year since the Qingzhou rebellion was quelled, but there are still many things to deal with.

Especially those who led the rebellion have not been completely dealt with.

It was just quelled recently, and fearing that it would provoke civil unrest again, the main approach was to appease the rebels and let them go home to farm.

Now it has been a year since the quelling, and most people have stabilized.

Now is the time to settle accounts and kill those troublemakers one by one.

"There are still a number of meritorious officials who will be rewarded according to their merits. Your Majesty, please take a look."

An old minister handed over a memorial with densely packed names, at least hundreds of people.

Some of these people have collected food for the front line, some have fought in the battlefield to kill rebels, some have set fire to rebel houses...

They have all made contributions to the rebellion.

At this time, an official with white beard and white hair stood up. It turned out to be Ji Cang's master, and glared at the old minister.

"That's enough, but you still come out to claim credit and reward in batches."

"Don't you know the root cause of the Qingzhou rebellion? You still dare to claim credit here with a shameless face."

He had been to Qingzhou with Ji Cang and almost died there. He knew the situation in Qingzhou very well. It was a hell on earth.

These officials shamelessly asked for credit once or twice, but he endured it and asked for credit several times.

It seemed that they all made great contributions and wanted to take advantage of this rebellion to rise to the top.

"Chen Hongye, what do you mean?"

The old minister was accused in public and was very angry. He asked back immediately.

"Then tell me, why did those unruly people rebel?"

Chen Hongye was asked back, stunned for a moment, then stepped forward, and his neck stiffened.

"Just say it!"

"Although Qingzhou experienced a drought recently, it was 30% natural disaster and 30% man-made disaster.

The people have long been exploited by these officials, who have repeatedly extorted money and are extremely poor.

Local officials and wealthy households also took the opportunity to hoard grain and drive up grain prices.

Even the relief grain allocated by the court did not fall into the hands of the people, but was sold at a high price on the black market.

The people of Qingzhou have lost their livelihood and have fallen to eating tree bark and grass roots, eating Guanyin soil, and even cannibalism...

The people of Qingzhou rebelled at first just to seek a way out."

"The Qingzhou rebellion was completely 30% natural disaster and 30% man-made disaster. The officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had to rebel!"

Chen Hongye witnessed the tragic situation in Qingzhou and had been full of anger.

But the officialdom was ironclad and he could not say anything. He endured it for more than a year.

Today, I said everything I wanted to say, and I took a deep breath. I felt much better.

"Chen Hongye, your butt is crooked!"

However, just as he finished speaking, a cold voice came from behind him.

"As an important official in the court, you actually stood on the side of the cunning people and excused the rebels."

"According to you, the cunning people's rebellion is justified!"

"Where do you get all the food, food, and expenses from now?"

"Once such remarks are spread, it will only encourage cunning!"

Chen Hongye's words just now were indeed refreshing, but everyone knew these things in their hearts, but they must not be said openly.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, from the Longxing Sheng Emperor to the Manchus, and officials from all over the country, everyone knew what was going on.

But it must be the fault of the cunning people, and it must be the cunning people who did not abide by their duties.

Now that he said this, it was like tearing off the fig leaf. The main responsibility for the Qingzhou rebellion was no longer the unruly people, but the local officials.

Who could tolerate him for breaking the official rules of the Great Zhou?

He therefore stood on the opposite side of the court ministers, and the court officials questioned Chen Hongye together.

"Your Majesty, in order to curb the unruly wind, I suggest that Chen Hongye be dismissed and imprisoned."

"Chen Hongye should be beheaded!"

At the request of the court officials, the Longxing Holy Emperor, who was sitting high on the dragon throne, finally agreed.

At that time, several golden armored guards came in, took off Chen Hongye's official uniform, and took him out of the court.

After dealing with the outliers in the court, everyone continued to discuss matters.

A large number of officials who made contributions in suppressing the rebellion were rewarded.

Then it was the handling of the unruly people in Qingzhou.

If it were according to the past practice, all those who participated in the rebellion would have their homes confiscated and their families exterminated.

But the scale of this rebellion was too big, almost all the people in Qingzhou participated in the rebellion.

If they continue to kill like this, all the people in Qingzhou will have to be killed.

It is definitely not possible to kill them all, because no one will work on the land.

But we must deter those unruly people.

The ministers of the whole court discussed for a long time and finally decided on a compromise.

Only the leader will be executed, but each county must kill a group of people to serve as a warning to the rest.

Soon, Emperor Longxing Sheng issued an imperial edict, ordering all places to track down the unruly people who participated in the rebellion, and each county must kill a group of people.

The imperial edict was passed to Anchang County. County Magistrate Ding, who always loved the people, was worried when he saw the imperial edict.

As the parent official of a county, the people of the county are his heart and soul, how can he bear to kill them...

On the Snake Mountain, Ergou, who was devoted to farming, naturally didn't know what was happening in the court.

The demon-transforming fruit tree that he transplanted into the gourd last time, after taking care of it for so long, has finally matured.

The fruit of the white fruit tree is red when it matures.

There are only 100 fruits in total, but he has 10 geese.

It seems difficult to divide them.

After thinking for a while, he fed one to the Goose King first.

This goose has been in prison with him, so it is always a little partial.

After the Goose King ate one, there were 4 left, which was easy to divide.

8 geese, each goose got half a fruit, which was quite fair.

After these geese ate the demon-transforming fruit, their breath didn't rise much, but the whole mountain was lively all of a sudden.

In broad daylight, the male and female geese were pulling each other.

In the next few days, the geese began to lay eggs.

Finally, the big geese laid eggs again. Ergou hurriedly improved the food for the geese and made a large number of nourishing essence for the big geese.

The big geese replenished their spiritual energy and almost laid eggs in the past few days.

"Yushan, didn't you say last time that the demon fruit can make the monster beast stronger? How come it has become an aphrodisiac?"

Yushan blinked his big eyes and blushed for a rare time.

"Ordinary mutant beasts can really mutate into monster beasts after eating the demon fruit."

"For monster beasts, aphrodisiac is a way to enhance their strength and reproduce more offspring."

"Master, whoever dares to stop the estrus big goose will definitely be pressed to the ground by the big goose."

After Yushan's sophistry, Ergou thought about it and felt that it made sense.

The fighting power of the rutting goose has at least increased several times.

"Yushan, is this demon-transforming fruit effective against humans?"

Ergou's mind suddenly lit up, and he thought of some ideas.

"Are they effective against humans?"

Yushan hesitated for a moment and shook his head again.

"I don't know. They are all for beasts. We have to try to know."

Then, Yushan saw Ergou looking at him and felt a hint of danger.

"Master, I am your most loyal servant, but I am not a human. It's useless to try."

"Besides, there are either snakes or geese on this mountain..."

Yushan even thought of the terrible scene after he accidentally ate the demon-transforming fruit, and he shuddered at the thought.