After unraveling his knots, Zhou Mo's emotions finally cleared up, and the atmosphere in the courtroom also eased, making Bai Duan confused again and receiving grateful eyes from many colleagues —Among them, there were actually a few people who showed sympathy and pity, as if Bai Duan was some kind of hero who sacrificed his life to feed a tiger.
But all the former officials who could "survive" Zhou Mo's screening were all intelligent and observant people. The former emperor was fatuous and indulged in pleasure, and for a period of time he liked to pamper the good-looking Liyuan opera singers and the delicate and beautiful eunuchs and eunuchs. Fortunately, the ladies in the harem were also extraordinary and very cunning, which led Emperor Liang to "bring back Right way".
These well-informed officials are not very surprised that a man is in love, and they are very good at observing words and expressions. They have long seen that the regent Zhou Mo has taken extraordinary care of Bai Duan. Now the two have such a quarrel. People who probably should have seen it, have seen it too.
In this way, coupled with those new officials who followed Zhou Mo to fight the world and knew about the two of them, most people in the court understood the romantic relationship between the regent and Bai Duan, even the little emperor I also listened to it a few times. As a very precocious child who grew up in the royal family, he also has a deep understanding of the love life of the regent.
For such a development, everyone maintains a well-known but secretive attitude. In this age of "unfilial piety is three, and having no descendants is the greatest", it is impossible for them to openly support Zhou Mo and Bai Duan's apostasy of "cutting off children and grandchildren", so such a tacit attitude is already the greatest approval.
Most of Zhou Mo's crowd and subordinates are civilians who have suffered a lot. Marrying a wife and having children must be placed after saving oneself, so the degree of importance to future generations is not too high. They were grateful for Zhou Mo's kindness, respected him extremely, and were already used to obeying his orders. They believe in all Zhou Mo's choices, as long as Zhou Mo feels happy, then they will not comment more - what's more, Mr. Bai is also an expert, he can create those weapons that lead them to victory, and among the soldiers In their eyes, they looked like gods coming down to earth, and they were a perfect match with Zhou Mo.
As for those royal families and old ministers who still believe in the previous dynasty, this is even more happy to hear. They were worried that the regent would become bigger, control the government, and take away the imperial power. Now that Zhou Mo fell in love with a man and killed himself, no matter how powerful and powerful he was, it was impossible for his descendants to continue. Once he is old and dead, the power of the regent line will naturally fall apart, and the imperial power will be stabilized accordingly.
It can be said that Zhou Mo's falling in love with a man just solved the big problem that they were most worried about. How could they not like Dapubun and wish Zhou Mo and Bai Duan could last forever
Even the little emperor was relieved by this, and became closer to Zhou Mo, and most of the repulsion that he worried about being a puppet emperor for the rest of his life dissipated—even if Zhou Mo was unwilling to delegate power, he could always kill him of→_→
Since the original body's wish was to protect the people of Daliang, Zhou Mo also took a lot of trouble when choosing a child to inherit the throne.
First of all, the child must be young, otherwise, after learning the way of the emperor, he will soon grow up and start to fight for personal affairs, which will affect Zhou Mo's "quality of life"; secondly, the child should not be too stupid, cowardly, and helpless. Come to think of it, after all, Zhou Mo still has to count on him to be a good emperor and continue to let the people live and work in peace and contentment—Zhou Mo doesn’t want the Liang dynasty to last forever, but he can’t just die, and the whole Liang will suddenly collapse, right? This will affect his evaluation of completing tasks.
So, after thousands of choices, Zhou Mo finally pulled the current little emperor out of the many descendants of the Liang royal family and put him on the throne.
The little emperor is young, intelligent, steady, kind-hearted, and has no bad personality or hobbies. If he is properly taught for a period of time, he should be a good emperor, at least more than conservative.
And when the little emperor was able to govern himself, and Zhou Mo reached the age of 40, he could return the government to him, and then support him for a period of time. When he was in his fifties, he could basically retire completely and be at ease with Bai Duan.
People in ancient times had a relatively short lifespan, and seventy or eighty years old was considered a long lifespan. In addition, when Zhou Mo was exiled and injured in war when he was young, his body was seriously worn out, so his lifespan would probably be reduced.
Calculated in this way, it won't be long before he and Bai Duan can get along with each other easily in this life—I really don't want to waste all the good time on court affairs...
With such a gloomy mood, Zhou Mo dragged the white satin and fell on the bed after returning home.
And Bai Duan, who was thrown onto the bed again by the wave, was in a daze, not understanding what kind of stimulation this snake spirit had received.
In short, as the relationship between the two became closer, Zhou Mo no longer concealed his affection for Bai Duan in front of outsiders. After a period of uncomfortable adaptation, Bai Duan found that everyone was not surprised by their intimate behavior After being surprised, he gradually got used to Zhou Mo's behavior of wanting to show off his affection all the time, and sometimes he even unconsciously cooperated, making the people around him feel blinded—but because of the majesty of the regent king, he didn't like it. Dare to complain.
The other side has high authority, if you want to show your affection, just show it, what else can they do? Anyway, every time the show of love is successfully completed, the regent will be in a very good mood, and they can also follow suit, so why not do it? So just pretend you close your eyes and keep smiling...
Under Zhou Mo's careful guidance and undisguised eccentric promotion, Bai Duan's official career was also smooth sailing, and he quickly rose from an ordinary official of the Ministry of Industry to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Everyone was dumbfounded and jealous.
Of course, those officials who were stepped on by Bai Duan for promotion would also ridicule him in private because he hugged the regent's thigh and climbed a high branch, but soon, these rumors dissipated—because Bai Duan was really here He has achieved results and made achievements in his position.
Everyone thought that Bai Duan was just good at designing ordnance and weapons, but they didn't expect that he was born as a poor peasant. Compared with the army and war, he knew more about people's livelihood and what the people needed.
After mastering the power of the Ministry of Industry and getting Zhou Mo's full support, Bai Duan quickly carried out a series of reforms, designed many tools that are convenient for the common people to work and produce, and greatly improved the efficiency of labor. .
Bai Duan was responsible for the design and manufacture, while Zhou Mo was responsible for promoting these new appliances and teaching the people how to use them—fortunately, after copying a large number of former officials' family backgrounds, the national treasury was not too tight, which made the people raise their hands. Efficiency and recuperation are the top priorities of all affairs of the imperial court at this moment.
The people trusted Zhou Mo very much, and they had heard about Bai Duan's superb hands earlier, so they were naturally rejoiced when they got the news—anyway, the first batch of tools were distributed by the court for free, and they didn't need to spend money.
After trying out the advantages of the new tools, everyone imitated them one after another. After discussing with Bai Duan, Zhou Mo and Bai Duan also disclosed the production methods of these tools, allowing folks to make their own, and further expanding the influence and spread of these tools.
With the new labor tools, the production efficiency has been greatly improved, coupled with a series of policies issued by Zhou Mo to recuperate and reward farming, the social order that was on the verge of collapse due to successive years of wars was quickly rebuilt, and even many The bandits and refugees who had no choice but to turn into bandits were pardoned by the court and returned home. They put down their butcher knives and picked up farm tools again—if life is rich and healthy, who would want to live in such a precarious life?
As for those other people who have been plundered and ruined their nature and are unwilling to continue working, Zhou Mo did not condone, and immediately sent troops to suppress them as soon as they received the news. opponent? Soon he disappeared and didn't dare to make trouble again.
Within a few years, the situation in Daliang Kingdom improved. The whole country was thriving and full of vigor. Most of the people had surplus food and money. There was an entry before it ran out.
Afterwards, Zhou Mo and Bai Duan began to build water conservancy and expand roads. On the one hand, they prevented drought and flood disasters, and on the other hand, they also gradually encouraged the development of commerce. Everything was operating in an orderly manner.
Another year's autumn harvest, Daliang Zhaocang granary is full of fruit, and the North Hu people who were severely injured by Zhou Mo and driven far away from the border of Liang State have also gathered enough soldiers and horses after this period of repairing , began to eye Liang Guo covetously.
The Beihu people originally thought that after the civil strife in the Liang Dynasty, the army was lost and the treasury was empty, and it would take at least ten years of self-cultivation to recover. Unexpectedly, Zhou Mo had been paying attention to Beihu's movements.
The Beihu people are nomads and their residences are uncertain, so the news is not well-informed. They only know about the civil strife in Daliang. In the end, Zhou Mo led the rebel army to invade the capital of Liang Dynasty and won the victory. They were quite indifferent to this, thinking that Liang Guo's officers and soldiers were too weak to fight even ordinary people.
And the only thing they were afraid of was Zhou Mo, who was rumored to regain power again. However, Zhou Mo, who was already the regent and had a high position, probably would not go to the front line and fight the enemy in person like before, would he? After all, the identities are different, and the things to do are also different. At this moment, Zhou Mo is not only the commander of the army, but also controls the movements of the entire Liang Dynasty. But a big deal.
The Beihu people's predictions were not wrong. This time, Zhou Mo did not go into battle again, but this did not mean that the Liang Dynasty was weak and bully this time.
——Because Bai Duan's war machines that once frightened the court officers and soldiers on the battlefield were transported to the front line again. He designed several kinds of ordnance for his weakness, waiting for the moment when Beihu invaded again.
Therefore, when the Beihu people learned that the commander of the Liang army was not Zhou Mo, they invaded with confidence, but they did not get the slightest benefit. They even failed to invade the national border, so they were killed by the well-prepared Liang army. Completely blocked.
Those weird weapons that had never been seen before dealt a severe blow to the people of Beihu. The people of Beihu lost their heads because of a careless move. Directly attacked the hinterland of the grassland.
After this battle, the Beihu people finally realized that Daliang was no longer the Daliang they used to be able to invade and plunder at will. They did not admit that their army was weaker than Liang Jun, but they had to bow their heads to those weird weapons, and finally realized The importance of technology.
Because of the different attitudes towards the Liang Dynasty, disagreements appeared among the originally united Beihu tribes. The main battle, the main peace, and the neutral faction were at odds, and Zhou Mo took the opportunity to send envoys to win over those who were inclined to surrender to the Liang Dynasty. Surrender, hoping to use the tribes to develop commerce and learn advanced science and technology with the help of Daliang, and use them to further grasp the trend of the grassland and temporarily solve the border troubles in the north. Let's decide, anyway, the current leader is not suitable for resuming the war, and Zhou Mo is too lazy to bother about it.
— After all, he is a beauty in his arms now!