Chapter 302: The three-foot green peak can kill anyone!

“Your Majesty is serious.”

“If it weren’t for your Majesty’s strong support in the capital, the southern expedition would not have been carried out so smoothly.”

Jia Cong said sincerely.

This is not just a compliment.

For this southern expedition, Daqian can be said to have mobilized the entire country to support it.

Otherwise, with the power of the Shinto under Jia Cong, it could certainly be implemented, but the scale and results would definitely not be as large as they are now.

Although Emperor Shunde never mentioned this in his correspondence with Jia Cong, he also faced a lot of pressure.

Not only are there people from the court, but there are also people from within the royal family.

From Taizu, Taizong, Emperor Kaiyuan to Emperor Shunde.

The royal family’s titles decreased from generation to generation.

Although there are only twenty or so royal relatives in the royal family today, they are far from representing all of the royal family.

Not to mention other things, for example, the lineage of Liu Jinghao, the head of the Ziwei Division, although distantly related to Taizu’s direct line, his descendants only had the titles of General Guarding the Country, General Assisting the Country, or General Serving the Country within the royal family.

On weekdays, he keeps a low profile in the capital.

But with Liu Jinghao, the great-grandfather of the martial arts master and the head of the Ziwei Division, around, if he really had to speak up, could Emperor Shunde still treat him like an idle royal lord?
“Hahaha, what I did is nothing.”

“If I were ten years younger and could still mount a horse and wield a sword, I would like to go to the front line with you, my beloved minister.”

Emperor Shunde smiled and changed the subject. He did not continue the conversation and continued to talk about how he supported Jia Cong.

Then they talked about Lin Ruhai’s proposal to restore the martial arts examination and promote martial arts.

There is an old saying that goes, “Rich people don’t learn literature, and poor people don’t learn martial arts!”

Studying and cultivating Confucianism requires one to cultivate one’s mind and clarify one’s aspirations. Children from wealthy families live extravagant lives and most of them find it difficult to achieve great success.

Practicing martial arts requires a lot of nutritional supplements. Children of agriculturalists still have problems with food and clothing, so how can they have the extra energy to strengthen their muscles and bones?

Even for the military households in the important towns of the nine frontiers, it is difficult to improve their strength after reaching the second or third level of body building.

It’s not that there is not enough potential, but as strength increases, the daily consumption of food and meat will also increase dramatically.

The military can’t afford it.

In a sense, the money spent on promoting martial arts was more than that spent on Jia Cong’s Dongli Academy.

Nowadays, there is only one official martial arts school established in each of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, which selects young men aged eight to thirteen with outstanding martial arts talents to enroll.

Jia Cong had no intention of interfering in the affairs of the martial arts academy.

Leave it entirely to the royal family to operate.

Firstly, among the several major cultivation systems, warriors are the weakest. Jia Cong already has no shortage of martial arts talents or even martial arts masters under his command.

Secondly, the lifespan of a warrior is far less long than that of a Taoist monk.

It will take at most a hundred years for martial arts to be popularized.

Among them, those with superior character and talent will begin to transform into gods and ghosts under Jia Cong’s command.

The greatest benefit still fell into Jia Cong’s hands.

He also promised to send another 20 million taels of silver in two months to help Emperor Shunde promote martial arts.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Emperor Shunde finally got to the point.

“My dear, how do we deal with the people of the Kong family?”

“The Kong family still has a master outside who has not been killed. I originally wanted to publicly escort Kong Yanjin to the capital, set up a trap to lure out that man and kill him.”

“I didn’t expect that person to be so decisive. He directly abandoned the reputation that the Kong family had accumulated over the years and never showed up.”

“Before setting foot in the capital, I had already sent it back to Nankong.”

“I made the decision without authorization. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!”

Jia Cong spoke up.

The original plan was to escort Kong Yanjin to the capital for a joint trial by the three courts and then publicly execute him.

However, Nan Kong strongly supports Jia Cong, and it would be inappropriate to continue to embarrass the Kong family.

That’s why it was returned to Nan Kong.

Whether he was dealt with secretly or imprisoned, with Nan Kong’s ability, the possessed Kong Yanjin could no longer pose a threat to Jia Cong.

On the contrary, Nan Kong still has to remember a favor from Jia Cong.

The so-called insight into the world is nothing more than human nature.

“Alright, I have been thinking about how to deal with Kong Yanjin these days.”

“My Lord, this is the most appropriate way to handle this.”

Emperor Shunde nodded upon hearing this, but Jia Cong could see that this was not what Emperor Shunde was really worried about.

“Your Majesty, are you worried about the noble families who will incite the scholars of the world after the Kong family rebellion is quelled?”

“I knew I couldn’t deceive you, my dear…”

“The disease of aristocratic families has existed since ancient times…”

“From the village to the county, the intermarriages and complicated relationships are so complicated that it is really difficult to cure the problem completely.”

“On the one hand, we need to suppress them, but on the other hand, we cannot suppress them too much. The court cannot govern the local areas without the efforts of these people.”

“Once the suppression is excessive, chaos is inevitable.”

Emperor Shunde smiled bitterly.

“Speaking of which, my Taiyuan Liu family was also from an aristocratic family!”

“Aristocratic families are different from other aristocratic families. How can they be mixed up?”

Jia Cong stood up and turned to look out the window: “Since Daqian was passed to your majesty, it has gone through four dynasties, conquered the northern desert, and resisted the barbarians in the south.”

“The scene of a peaceful and prosperous era has gradually emerged. Since your majesty ascended the throne, you have worked diligently and cared for the people.”

“At least I only recognize Your Majesty!”

“As long as I am here, your Majesty’s throne will be secure!”

“Otherwise, under the three-foot green peak, anyone can be slaughtered!”

As he spoke, he drew out the Qingyun Sword, the eight-refined magic weapon from his waist.

Jia Cong snapped his fingers!
The sword rang crisply, and dazzling sword lights gathered from the sky above Shenjing City.

A thousand-foot-long sword shadow hangs in the air!
The terrifying pressure made the powerful and common people in Shenjing City feel like they could hardly breathe.

Fortunately, the sword shadow came quickly and dispersed even faster!
After hanging in the air for several breaths, it split into five!
“Boom!”

“Boom!”

A moment later, the capital was shaken.

The five mansions of royal family and nobles in the east of Shenjing City were directly reduced to ashes under the sword light!
“Such a terrifying sword light!”

“It’s Marquis Jing’an, Marquis Jing’an is back!”

“Hiss, in the autumn of the fourth year of Shunde, Marquis Jing’an used the same method to suppress Shenjing.”

“Isn’t this strength already above the fourth realm?”

“Those five families seem to be all royal relatives!”

“Could it be that Marquis Jing’an is going to turn against the royal family?”

After several years, Jia Cong once again overwhelmed the capital with his sword!

He easily crushed five royal noble families.

All five have several things in common.

The plaque hanging on the gate of the mansion was just a low-level royal family title such as General Fuguo and General Fengguo.

The area of ​​the mansion far exceeds the specifications of his title.

He usually keeps a low profile among the rich and powerful in the city of Shenjing, and even many nobles from other families have long ignored his existence.

Only a very few people within the royal family knew about it.

The direct ancestors of the five families are all royal masters who are still alive today!
“Jing’anhou!”

“How dare you attack in the capital without any reason!”

The descendants were slaughtered, and five terrifying auras rose from behind the palace.

A martial arts master, a great scholar, and three in the late stage of Xuanmen spirit refining.

They are the direct ancestors of these five families.

Two of them were originally from other families and married into the Liu family’s family, just like marrying into the Liu family’s family.

Later, the royal family established the Ziwei Bureau. In order to keep the Ziwei Bureau mysterious, these royal secrets could not be made public.

In order to ensure that their descendants enjoyed the status they deserved, they were included in the royal family genealogy, which was also one of the means for the royal family to win over outstanding people.

“roll!”

“Since you have royal blood in your veins, I will spare your lives today!”

“If you do it again, I will kill you without mercy!”

Facing the five furious men, Jia Cong spoke in a cold voice.

As the divine power was activated, waves of sound overlapped, as if the heaven and earth were turning upside down and pressing down on them.

“puff!”

Just one word “get out” easily injured the five people. They all spurted out blood.

This shows the huge difference between the fifth realm and the fourth realm.

After being severely injured, the five men finally calmed down and thought about Jia Cong’s cruel methods.

How dare you shout?

If you lose your offspring, you can still have another one, but if you lose your life, then you really lose everything.

He quickly hid his tracks and returned to the mysterious Ziwei Division.

……

“My dear, why do you have to do this…”

Emperor Shunde watched the entire process of Jia Cong’s actions and could only smile bitterly.

“Don’t worry, Your Majesty. This matter started with me, so naturally I will have to end it.”

“If anyone threatens your Majesty’s throne again in the future, please let me know and I will come to deal with it.”

Jia Cong sat down again.

Although the Xiantian gods are not in the capital, they can rely on the ghosts and gods in the City God Mansion of Daxing County.

Jia Cong could not hide any disturbance in the capital from others.

In the final analysis, it is money that moves people.

Emperor Shunde ignored all objections and mobilized the entire country to support the southern expedition, which yielded huge rewards.

But all of it went into Emperor Shunde’s own treasury.

Some were used to prepare new armies, while others were used to promote martial arts.

The imperial court did not see much benefit, let alone these royal masters hiding in the dark.

These people were jealous of Jia Cong’s profits from the southern expedition, but they did not dare to offend Jia Cong directly.

They could only focus their attention on Emperor Shunde, who was promoting the Southern Expedition.

As a result, one can imagine the pressure that Emperor Shunde was under, and his throne was already showing signs of instability.

This broke the royal ban that the fifth realm could not set foot in the capital, and Jia Cong was urgently summoned back to the capital.

When I talked about the factions of the aristocratic families just now, I was implicitly reminding Jia Cong of this matter.

The unbearable pressure for Emperor Shunde was just a sword for Jia Cong!
“This……”

“Interests can move people’s hearts, I’m sorry to make you laugh.”

Emperor Shunde sighed, and the pressure that had been lingering in his heart for many days was finally swept away.

He silently kept this in mind and didn’t say anything more, and continued to ask.

“My dear, how should we deal with those noble families who instigated the students behind the scenes?”

“Your Majesty, have you found out who is behind this?”

“I asked the Imperial City Bureau and the Jinyiwei in various places to conduct a secret investigation, and they have found out a lot.”

“only……”

“Well, Otomo, show the list to you, my dear. It’s shocking!”

“Among them, more than 300 families, both large and small, have been investigated, not to mention those involved in secret. All prefectures and counties in the two capitals and thirteen provinces are involved.”

Emperor Shunde signaled Xia Shouzhong to take out a thick stack of lists.

The above briefly records the information of this large and small family.

Just these things on the surface are enough to make people frightened.

It was because they felt that the expansion of Dongli Academy threatened their own interests and status that they took the opportunity to incite students to cause chaos.

“One hundred and thirty prefectures in the world, one will be chosen from each prefecture!”

“I think it should be enough for these people to calm down and face reality.”

Jia Cong glanced at it briefly and then closed it.

In a cold tone, he casually decided the life and death of tens of thousands of people.

He handed the list to Miaoyu behind him and said, “Sister Miaoyu, I’m sorry to trouble you with this matter.”

“Don’t worry, Cong’er, it will be done in two months at most!”

Miaoyu took the list and put it away.

……

The four were kept in the palace by Emperor Shunde for lunch before leaving.

Outside the imperial city, the Sun God and the servants from the Marquis’s mansion were already waiting in a carriage.

Take a carriage back home.

It seemed that the originally dull Marquis’ Mansion suddenly regained its vitality.

Although it looked no different from usual, even the servants in the mansion seemed to have found a backbone.

Work harder.

The Marquis of Jing’an’s Mansion is said to be a wealthy and powerful family, but in reality, apart from Lin Ruhai and Jia Lan who came to stay from time to time, there were no other male descendants or elders.

The thirty or so students studying at the small academy in the mansion also entered and exited through a small door.

There are only a few girls like Sanchun, who rarely come out of the backyard on weekdays.

There won’t be any dirty things.

There is no other wealthy family as clean as this one in the entire capital city.

This time, Jia Cong returned to Beijing by using his divine power to travel directly to the palace.

“Master, you are finally back!”

Crossing the front yard, I saw Xiao Dong’er sitting on the railing of the porch, staring at the door eagerly. I don’t know how long she has been waiting.

When he saw Jia Cong, he jumped up and rushed over.

“Slower!”

Jia Cong quickly caught the little girl.

“Master, you won’t leave this time, right?”

I haven’t seen Xiaodong’er for a long time. Now he has grown a lot taller and looks more mature.

She has been well-fed all year round, with fair skin and delicate facial features.

It complements the jewelry on the head.

A refreshing fragrance fills your mouth and nose.

She is so cute and lovely, but one can already vaguely see how charming she will be in the future.

“Master, you won’t leave this time, right?”

After staying in Jia Cong’s arms for a while, Xiao Dong’er raised her head.

Looking at Jia Cong pitifully.

“I’m not leaving. I’m still waiting for Xiao Dong’er to warm my bed!”

Jia Cong started to tease.

“Oh, Master, you’re talking nonsense right after you get back…”

Xiao Dong’er was so embarrassed that she blushed.

But she was reluctant to leave Jia Cong’s arms.

“Oh, our Xiaodong’er also has shy moments…”

“I don’t know who always sneaks into our master’s room in the middle of the night to sleep, messing up the bed and not knowing how to clean it up.”

Just then, a teasing voice came from behind Xiaodong’er.

In addition, there are Yingchun, Yuanchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Xing Xiuyun, Shi Xiangyun, Qin Keqing and other senior maids such as Yuanyang, Qingwen, Amber and Xiangling.

He hurried over when he heard the news that Jia Cong had returned.

The person who spoke was Yuanyang, the chief steward of Jia Cong’s inner courtyard.

“Sister Yuanyang…”

Xiao Dong’er pouted and quickly ran out of Jia Cong’s arms.

The girls’ eyes were slightly red.

Fighting on the battlefield lasted for more than a year.

From the victory reports that spread throughout the capital, others saw how Jia Cong won every battle and how powerful he was.

But the women alone only saw how much danger was hidden in it.

“Second sister, I’m back!”

Jia Cong came to Yingchun, who had already started to cry.

The string in my heart that had been tense for more than a year finally began to relax.

The safe haven in the hearts of the innate gods is not the Daxing County City God’s Mansion where he made his fortune, nor is it the gods’ ruling places in various places.

But it is in this small Jing’an Marquis Mansion in the capital.

(End of this chapter)