The Era of Immortal Cultivation

April 2nd, Chenshi.

Today there are very few people in the world who don’t have chicken hands.

Over the past month, people all over the world have gradually become accustomed to listening to the news every morning.

On the one hand, it is important to understand the major events in the world; on the other hand, these broadcasters are all as beautiful as flowers, which is a pleasure to watch!

The announcer "Tian Xian", who has just taken up the job, talks about the major events that just happened yesterday in a lazy and unique voice.

"It is reported that yesterday, Jiangnan Mingjiao leader Fang La openly declared rebellion, using the slogan 'Kill the powerful and destroy the Song Dynasty. Land per capita, people have food!'

Yesterday, several Jiangnan strong armies were attacked by surprise and suffered heavy losses, which should be attributed to the Mingjiao followers.

At the same time, the giant bandit Tian Hu from Hebei, Chao Gai from Shandong, and Wang Qing from Huaixi also called on Fang Nisuo and raised troops to attack the city and seize the territory."

Tianxian then introduced the origins of the four major rebels in turn, and finally concluded in a very politically correct manner:

"We believe that under the leadership of the great officials and wise men of the court, the rebels everywhere will not cause any trouble and can be resolved in an instant."

It’s over!

Don’t you know the level of the Four Rebels and the Sixth Thieves? Don’t you know the level of the Officials and the Sixth Thieves?

You know, the Song Dynasty is only the Seventeenth Road at the moment. Originally, 'Xuzhu' had spread Fang La's speech to the Eighth Road in the south of the Yangtze River, and it had already spread to half of the world.

Nowadays, with this news broadcast, not to mention the people of the Song Dynasty, people in Xixia, Liao, Dali, Tubo...all these places know about it.

For a time, the world was shocked and the court was furious.

During the 160 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the number of bandits and rebellions was more than any other dynasty, with the number rising to 200 times.

Formidable men such as Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun occupied most of the Shu territory and had an army of 200,000. They only proclaimed themselves kings and only wanted to separate one side.

But this Fang La, for one thing, he shouted that he wanted to "destroy the Song Dynasty", how could he not attract attention?

For more than half a month, the news was all about 'Which state capital was occupied by Tian Hu and Wang Qing, and which party Fang La and Chao Gai won, but everyone must believe in the imperial court, which will definitely be able to put down these rebellious officials and traitors'.<

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This uprising has been planned for a long time and echoed by all parties, and its momentum is like fire.

In just over a month, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Chao Gai each occupied dozens of counties in four or five prefectures, and Fang La relied on his extensive believer base to occupy most of Jiangnan East Road and Liangzhe Road, with more than ten

There are hundreds of counties in the state.

Song Youtu had more than 240 states, but he lost one-tenth in one month. Liao and Xixia were not so ruthless at the time.

Such an uproar made people's hearts wander. In the eyes of some people, it was a sign that the Song Dynasty had exhausted its power.

The public's trust in the Song Dynasty and Zhao Ji continued to decline, and they all felt that the country was in a state of flux. If these bandits could be quickly eliminated, the Song Dynasty could survive for several more decades.

If the imperial court's vitality is severely weakened or even defeated by the Four Rebellions, the result will probably be a response from all over the country, with heroes vying for supremacy in the world.

In this turbulent world, wealthy gentry families from all over the world have to make early preparations, exhaust their wealth to recruit troops, hoard food and build walls, in order to seek self-protection.

No matter how big the family fortune is, without soldiers or guns, it is still someone else's granary.

Some ambitious people also have other thoughts, thinking that Fang La can be counter-insurgent, and so can I. Maybe he is my Xiang Yu, and am I really Liu Bang?

The aristocratic family harvested grain, which also led to a decrease in the amount of food on the market, making things more expensive when they were scarce. The price of grain continued to climb to peaks, reaching 7,000 yuan per dan in the north and more than 5,000 yuan in the southeast.

A large number of people who could barely make ends meet have gone from not having enough to eat to having nothing to eat.

What should we do? I'll go with Fang La and others. At least they'll give me food to eat.

The situation was getting worse and worse, but despite the undercurrents surging in Bianjing, it was still a scene of singing and dancing. They only ordered various places to defend themselves, and no troops were deployed to quell the chaos for a month.

"Waste! They're all waste!"

Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon throne, glared at the ministers and threw his favorite jade stone on the ground.

Originally, the ministers could shield the emperor's ears and eyes, preventing him from understanding anything happening outside the palace, but now Zhao Ji also has a knack for watching the news!

"I asked you to discuss counterinsurgency matters, but you haven't been able to come up with a charter for more than half a month. What use do I need from you?

I am rich in the world, have 800,000 imperial troops, 500,000 frontier troops, and millions of sergeants in various military states. How can I be afraid of a few rebels?

Today, just today, we must discuss and come up with a result!"

Cai Jing, who had always been at ease, waited for Zhao Ji to finish venting, then took a step forward, bowed his head and kowtowed:

"The old minister is incompetent and will be punished by death."

Zhao Ji understood that after Lin Lingsu died, the only person he could rely on was Cai Jing. Although he was somewhat complaining in his heart, he still took a long breath and said comfortingly:

"Prime Minister Cai and I live together in Bianjing. How can we know what is going on in the south of the Yangtze River and other places in Hebei? Those who don't know are not guilty. Prime Minister Cai please come to us as soon as possible."

Cai Jingshi suddenly stood up, cupped his hands and said:

"Please stand alone!"

"Accurate!"

After saying that, Zhao Ji stood up and helped Cai Jing, then went to the side hall to talk with him.

When they arrived at the side hall, Zhao Jifang restrained his anger and asked:

"Xiang Cai, please tell me. Now there are 400,000 imperial troops out of 800,000?"

Cai Jing squinted his eyes and asked an unexpected question: "Your Majesty, the new Huashi Gang was delivered yesterday."

Zhao Ji looked embarrassed and his voice was no longer so serious.

"I don't know, two hundred thousand is enough?"

"The Cuju court that Captain Gao built for His Majesty a while ago is really good."

"One hundred thousand, there is always one hundred thousand, right?"

Cai Jing did a mental calculation, including those old soldiers who were still receiving pay in their sixties or seventies, and felt that it was almost enough, so he nodded and said:

"One hundred thousand forbidden troops, plus the Second Northwest Army, and one million soldiers and civilians, we have enough troops! But the imperial court only has more than five million guan on its books, and there is insufficient food and grass, so it cannot afford to fight!"

After Cai Jing said this, he closed his eyes and said nothing. Zhao Ji was so anxious that he kept pacing in the side hall.

After a long time, Zhao Ji gritted his teeth and asked in a heart-wrenching tone:

"I can still collect three to four million yuan from my internal treasury, is that enough?"

"To mobilize a million troops, we need at least 20 million guns, which is still far from it."

Zhao Ji sat down on the cold ground and said dully:

"I still have all kinds of treasures and strange treasures in my inner treasury. Selling them for tens of millions will definitely be enough. If the army and food are sufficient, who will take charge?"

Cai Jing's eyes flashed and he reported:

"Tian Hu lives in Hebei and is the closest to the capital and is the most dangerous. I ask you to attack him personally. The remaining three thieves can be led by Tong Xiang, Gao Taiwei and Wang Xiang."

Zhao Ji waved his hand and said somewhat desolately:

"Yes! I'm tired. Prime Minister Cai can go out and preside over the court meeting."

"No!"

Cai Jing went out and dismissed all the ministers, leaving only Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu, and only three of them whispered.

He ordered several people to divide the imperial army, treasury, military rations, square La, Wang Qing, and Chao Gai; he used the money from the internal treasury to recruit troops and horses, and went north to hunt down the tigers in the fields.

You kid took the inner treasury, are you afraid of being greedy for tens of millions of dollars?

Gao Qiu and others slandered each other, and they all worshiped: "Prime Minister Cai is so righteous!"

Anyway, each of us can be greedy for millions, so why not?

Money for the soldiers?

Give them three months' half salary first to quell the rebellion, and then send them off immediately after one month's payment. Wouldn't this money be saved?

Hasn’t this been done for hundreds of years?

Cai Jing is also very satisfied. He has gained several million more guans and countless treasures, and his cultivation level has improved a lot.

We should thank these big bandits properly, otherwise it will not be easy to take things from the emperor.

Although he lost tens of millions of dollars, Zhao Ji was finally able to sleep peacefully.

Everyone wins!