The Counterattack of the Villains

Although Zhu Youjian has not yet ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he has already begun to do the emperor's work.

Fu Tianqiu promoted him to be a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the crown prince's chief assistant. In addition to assisting the emperor in governing, he was also in charge of the appointment and promotion of officials.

Liu Shouming, the commander of the Southern Zhili Dusi, replaced him as Minister of War, and added Prince Shaobao and Bachelor of Wuyingdian as one of the cabinet members.

His subordinate commander Tongzhi took his place as the commander-in-chief of the capital and took charge of the military affairs of the Southern Zhili capital.

In addition, Zeng Ying, the prefect of Changzhou, was promoted to the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs and a bachelor of the Dongge University. She joined the cabinet to participate in administrative affairs and was also a member of the cabinet. She only needed to complete the disaster relief work before she could go to Nandu to take up her post.

Other ministers, ministers and other officials were appointed from officials at all levels in Nandu, and the vacant official positions were promoted from local officials in various prefectures and counties in Nanzhili.

Fu Tianqiu knew the officials of Nanzhili very well. With his personal control, he could basically put the right people in the right positions, and there would be no mismatch of morals or a waste of talents.

The officials in Nandu were not unable to become officials in the capital because of their incompetence. Most of them were quite capable, but they were squeezed out of the center of power because of party conflicts.

From another perspective, most of the officials who were squeezed out of the center of power were upright and unwilling to join the eunuch party, so they could not gain a firm foothold in the capital.

Three days later, the formation of the new imperial court was completed. At the first official court meeting, Zhu Youjian personally appointed Li Mu as the Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty, and Chu Xuan was appointed as the Young Master as Li Mu's deputy.

Li Mu took advantage of the situation and proposed the establishment of a demon-slaying department to recruit righteous monks from all over the world to clean up the demons in the world and suppress the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

There was no resistance to this suggestion, and it was unanimously approved almost as soon as he proposed it.

After all, the Demon Slayer Division does not participate in political affairs, but only kills demons for the country, ensuring smooth weather for the country, and condensing the country's destiny. Naturally, it has won the support of hundreds of officials.

So Zhu Youjian, on Li Mu's suggestion, made Yan Chixia the commander of the Demon Slayer Division. Back then, he was also the chief arrester of the Six Doors with hundreds of people under his command, so it was not a big problem to be in charge of a division.

Zheng Zha was named the Commander-in-Chief of the Demon Slaying Division, equivalent to Yan Chixia's adjutant or assistant. Zhang Jie and Xia Hou will direct the affairs of the capital.

The four of them are the top leadership team of the Demon Slayer Division, and are directly under the control of the Imperial Prefecture.

Li Mu was directly responsible to the emperor, and no one had the right to transfer or interfere. He was a department directly under the emperor and had a very high status.

Other vacant positions are no longer appointed from among Emei disciples, but are reserved for members who will join the Demon Slayer Division and make meritorious contributions in the future.

There should have been two people in command and command, and there should have been four people in command and service. This is the reason why only half of them were sealed.

Only by leaving room for improvement can others have a goal to strive for and be full of motivation. Otherwise, they will be left flat and useless. No matter how hard they work, they won't get promoted, so why bother working so hard?

The Imperial Preceptor is the emperor's mentor. Since he becomes the Imperial Preceptor, he must do what the Imperial Preceptor should do.

After Li Mu had some time off, Li Mu began to teach him and the princess how to practice.

In order for them to feel the effects of practice as soon as possible and trust themselves more, Li Mu personally took action to help them quickly master the state of meditation.

Then he took out two hundred-year-old red fruits from the heavenly materials and earthly treasures that Zheng Zha blackmailed from Pudu Cihang, allowing them to quickly develop their first spiritual power and enter the early stage of Qi training.

It only consumes two red fruits, which has little impact on this batch of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. It is still enough to cultivate two golden elixir monks.

Naturally, he would not use these natural and earthly treasures on the natives at will. Wouldn't it be nice for him to keep them to train two strong men in reincarnation?

With the first burst of spiritual power, Zhu Youjian and the princess can start dual cultivation. In the future, there is no need for Li Mu to teach them at any time, they only need to accumulate spiritual power step by step.

The pleasure of dual cultivation is countless times stronger than pure pleasure. After experiencing the feeling of dual cultivation, Zhu Youjian is no longer interested in other ordinary women.

As a result, the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty who only married one wife will be revealed.

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When the new imperial court was operating at high speed and preparing for the raising of troops, rumors about the Millennium Centipede Spirit's intention to swallow up the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty and dominate the world began to spread like the wind in the world.

At the same time, His Highness King Xin established a demon-slaying division in Yingtian Mansion, recruiting strange people from all over the world to join in, and worked together to cleanse the demons and restore a bright world to the world. The news also spread to the outside world.

Pudu Cihang, who received this news, naturally would not sit idly by and ignore it.

The imperial court in the capital was also operating at a high speed. All the capital offices except Nanzhili received imperial decrees one after another, ordering them to raise troops to fight against the rebellion.

At the same time, an edict was issued to inform the world that Zhu Youjian, the King of Letters, and Fu Tianchou, Minister of the Ministry of War, had colluded with demons and demons to plot rebellion. All loyal ministers and righteous men in the world would be punished.

As soon as this edict came out, the whole country was in an uproar, but the commanders and envoys of each capital were the first and the second.

Both sides say the other is a monster, and they don't know who to believe or whether to raise an army.

Relatively speaking, the news coming out of Nanzhili is more specific and detailed, with noses and eyes.

The news coming out of the capital was just an edict without any explanation.

However, the imperial court in the capital also occupies a righteous position. If they do not have troops, they will be disobeying the imperial decree, which puts them in a dilemma.

Both Chu Xuan and Xiao Honglu had analyzed the situation in advance, so they made a suggestion, asking Li Mu to take Fu Tianchou to all the capital offices and interview the officials of each capital division using the dream method.

When Fu Tianchou saw that the officials of various capitals were in trouble, he made it clear that he did not need to ask them for help. He only needed to wait and see what would happen.

They could send out spies or even go out in person to watch on the sidelines while the Emei disciples were fighting the demons.

This proposal was more easily accepted by the officials of various capital divisions, and it was finally agreed that they would first raise troops according to the order, but they would not rush to attack South Zhili and could delay the attack on the road.

Even after arriving at the southern Zhili border, the main purpose was to delay until the battle between good and evil came to a conclusion.

In this way, they did not resist the order and could avoid rashly starting a war with Southern Zhili and killing good people by mistake.

Just when Li Mu and Fu Tianchou were taking care of all the capitals, the biggest turning point for Southern Zhili appeared.

The turning point was that the righteous monks from all over the world who heard the rumors gathered in Nanzhili.

Although there are fewer and fewer people practicing Taoism and Demons nowadays, there are still practitioners in some sects with long history.

And some sects that were wiped out in the war between good and evil hundreds of years ago have some remaining inheritances that have been obtained, creating reincarnated disciples one after another.

These righteous monks were all attracted by the word "Emei Sect".

Those who believed in them came to join the Demon Slayer Division, while those who doubted them came to meet the so-called Shushan Sword Immortal in person.

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When the righteous monks gathered in Nanzhili, demons from all over the world also gathered in the capital to seek refuge with Pudu Cihang.

When the situation was complete, Pudu Cihang was shocked to realize how similar this situation was to the war between good and evil hundreds of years ago.

Originally, he planned to quietly and silently swallow up the fate of the Ming Dynasty, transform into a real dragon, achieve the Mahayana stage, and dominate the world from then on.

But he never dreamed that it would now develop into a situation where the good and the evil would converge, and it would be an unprecedented battle.

The main opponent of the Demonic Way is precisely the Shushan Emei Sect, who single-handedly pushed the situation to this point.

More than four hundred years ago, it was the demonic path that took the lead, but now it is the righteous path's turn to take the initiative to start a war between good and evil, which shows that they must have great confidence.

This made Pudu Cihang a little uneasy for a while. He was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of his demon ancestors and fall in the battle between good and evil.

But in the end, ambition triumphed over reason, and he was only one step away from swallowing up the fate of the Ming Dynasty and turning into a real dragon.

If you give up now, wait for the righteous way to eliminate all the little demons who have transformed into civil and military officials in the court, and restore the court's status.

Then the luck that he spent decades devouring bit by bit will collapse and return to the Ming Dynasty again.

By that time, the Ming Dynasty will be politically clear, the destiny will be condensed, and the righteous path will flourish. Not to mention that he will never have this opportunity again, I am afraid that he will have to face the pursuit of the righteous path at any time.

You can't give up, you absolutely can't give up. Anyway, this time the battle between good and evil is not about his family facing the right path.

He also has the underworld army of the old demon of Black Mountain, the ghosts of the Yin and Yang realm of Yin Yang Dharma King, and the water tribe army of Mr. Hai to help him.

Coupled with the defection of demons from all over the world, the devil has a great chance of winning this time, and he may not necessarily fall.

There are not many remnants of Shushan, and there are probably only a few top experts.

Otherwise, why would they make such a big fuss and gather the power of righteousness in the world? Wouldn't it be enough to go directly to the capital to kill themselves?

Thinking of this, Pudu Cihang was determined. On the one hand, he contacted the Black Mountain Old Demon and the Yin Yang Dharma King and asked them to bring troops to the capital to help in the battle.

On the one hand, he sent his disciples to collect the demons who came from all over the country to seek refuge, and arranged them in the Yanshan Mountains, sixty miles to the southwest, outside the capital city.

For a time, the demonic energy on Yanshan Mountain soared into the sky, almost covering the sky, making the sky dark for dozens of miles.

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In Nandu Tianfu, the former site of the Gongwei Si Yamen established by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty was assigned to Yan Chixia by Zhu Youjian as the temporary residence of the Demon Slayer Division.

Wait until he returns to Shuntian Mansion in the capital in the future, and then rearrange his official residence.

The Demon Slayer Division campus was already overcrowded at this time. Although no one was making any noise, there was still a lot of people.

Among the people gathered here are monks and Taoists, old and young, men and women.

They were in small groups, clusters here and there, talking loudly.

Generally speaking, the Taoist monks who come here are mainly represented by sects such as Longhushan Tianshi Sect, Gezaoshan Lingbao Sect, Maoshan Qingsect, Shenxiao Sect, and Qingwei Sect.

Buddhism is mainly represented by temples such as Xiantong Temple in Mount Wutai, Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang, Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Baima Temple in Luoyang, Hanshan Temple in Suzhou, Daxiangguo Temple in Kaifeng, and Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain.

Although these sects all participated in the war between good and evil, resulting in the death of all the masters in the sect, and the loss of many magic arts and magical powers, the inheritance has not been completely cut off.

But nowadays, the sun is basically declining, and even the leaders, abbots, and abbots of various sects are only at the Nascent Soul stage, and there is not even an old ghost who has transformed into a god.

This is also the most obvious situation in this era when Tao eliminates demons. There are many demons in the demon phase who have transformed into gods.

Each sect can rely on the shadow of their ancestors to protect their sects from being destroyed by the devil. They have exhausted all their strength, but they still have the strength to kill the demons.

As for other casual cultivators, although they do not have sects or sects, they also have their own inheritance.

At this time, senior cultivators from all major sects gathered together, and some casual cultivators stepped forward one after another, intending to make friends.

Just like one of the very active young men carrying a long sword and wearing armor, he was making his presence felt everywhere.

"The academic scholar Zhi Qiu Yiye who came from the Kunlun sect has met Zhang Tianshi."

Zhang Guoxiang, the fiftieth generation Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, who was inquiring about Master Taiyi with the contemporary leader of the Shenxiao Sect of the Maoshan Sect, looked at the young man in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.

"Are you a disciple of Kunlun?"

Zhiqiu Yiye said quickly: "Exactly."

Zhang Guoxiang said in confusion: "I have heard that the Kunlun sect has always been a single lineage, focusing on one yin and one yang. There is usually a man and a woman in the sect, one master and one apprentice. Where is your master?"

Zhiqiu Yiye was stunned when he heard this, scratched his head and said: "Is there another way to say this?"

He secretly added in his mind: "No wonder the incense has stopped. It's strange that we keep playing like this."

Zhang Guoxiang was even more puzzled and asked: "As a disciple of Kunlun, you don't know about this? Then you should know about the Sun, Moon and Golden Wheel, the treasure of the Kunlun Sect, right?"

Zhiqiu Yiye said with a sarcastic smile: "To be honest, it was just by chance that I received an incomplete inheritance from the Kunlun Sect. From then on, I consider myself a disciple of Kunlun. I don't know what the Heavenly Master said."

"Hehehe..."

Hearing his words, several high-ranking Taoists who were talking to Zhang Guoxiang laughed out loud.

Zhang Guoxiang was also dumbfounded and said: "So it turns out that the young hero is very lucky. In this battle between good and evil, the young hero still needs to do more to revive the prestige of the Kunlun Sect."

He said this purely out of self-cultivation. A junior would not even bother to criticize him.

During the war between good and evil, Kunlun Mountain, Huashan Mountain, Emei Mountain, Wutai Mountain, Qingcheng Mountain and many other fairy mountains were destroyed.

What we are talking about here is the kind of floating fairy mountain above the clouds, not the ordinary mountains with the same name on the earth.

Most of the inheritances of various sects are buried deep underground, and some are scattered throughout the world.

There are many people with extraordinary luck who received these inheritances by chance, and many small sects and casual cultivators developed.

Among them, Yan Chixia is the most famous representative. Although the inheritance he received is incomplete, it is relatively complete, including various aspects such as cultivation techniques, sword techniques, and spells.

Although he lacks core skills and cannot improve his realm, because of his extraordinary qualifications and high enough level of gene lock activation, he has achieved considerable achievements.

But people like Yan Chixia are rare in the world.

Most of them are still the kind of casual practitioners who only get a little bit of it, that is, the so-called "one method in the Tao" and one skill in the method.

Therefore, people from major sects do not take these people too seriously.

In fact, the inheritance that Zhiqiu Yiye received was not bad, but he also did not get the core things.

However, at such a young age, he has already achieved a level of cultivation that is equivalent to that of the late Golden Core, and is only slightly weaker than the leaders of various sects. He can be regarded as a genius.

Seemingly sensing that Zhang Guoxiang and others did not take him seriously, Zhiqiu Yiye bowed respectfully and walked away on his own.

Then he came to a circle of men and women dressed in white and carrying swords on their backs.

Knowing that the older generation looked down upon him, he tried to interact with the young people.

"Zhi Qiu Yiye, an academician from the Kunlun sect, has met all of you fellow Taoists. I wonder which sect or sect you all come from?"

Zhan Lan, Li Xiaoyi, Ling Dian, Zhao Yingkong, Zelan and others all turned their heads and looked at Zhiqiu Yiye with strange expressions.