Qiping Mansion is located in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty, adjacent to Xiangyi Mansion. To the south of Qiping Mansion is the newly established Taoist Kingdom.
Although Xiangyi Prefecture was also affected by the severe drought last year, under the leadership of the prefect Shen Wansheng, it carried out some drought relief work. Coupled with Zhao Bingyu's efforts in disaster relief and the subsequent renovation of official roads operated by official carriages, although the people of Xiangyi Prefecture suffered from the disaster, their lives were still more or less good.
In comparison, this Qiping Mansion is far behind.
The late spring cold after the beginning of spring is even worse in Qiping Prefecture than in Xiangyi Prefecture.
In Xiangyi Prefecture, Mr. Xu made the Xu Family Rice and Grain Shop affordable, successfully suppressing the skyrocketing grain prices in Xiangyi Prefecture.
But on the Qiping Mansion side, the government did nothing.
It is no exaggeration to call the lives of ordinary people in dire straits.
The late spring cold has finally passed, but there is no precipitation, and a severe drought seems to be foreseeable.
However, the people of Qiping Mansion still worked diligently, facing the loess and turning their backs to the sky, struggling to survive.
But soon, the people of Qiping Mansion discovered something was wrong.
A large number of locusts appeared out of nowhere, devouring the green patch of land between the sky and the earth, and rapidly grew in size, spreading overwhelmingly.
The locust plague is coming!
The local officials of Qiping Mansion panicked and reported in a hurry.
But now that the locust plague has broken out, it cannot be extinguished at once. There was a natural disaster two years ago and a cold spring next year. In order to survive, the people of Qiping Mansion no longer had any chickens or ducks at home.
And with the overwhelming locusts, the chickens and ducks raised by the common people would definitely not be able to fight against them.
The people are waiting for relief from the court, but where do the local officials take care of this? They have long been connected with the local aristocratic families, and they are still thinking of taking this opportunity to occupy people's land, so how can they take action so early
The people who had no way to survive finally rose up under the instigation of the disciples of the Jie Yun Taoist sect.
In just half a month, the entire Qiping Mansion had fallen, local officials were killed, and aristocratic families were looted and exterminated. In order to survive, the people unleashed unprecedented fighting power.
Coupled with the defection of Qiping Mansion's army, this civil uprising quickly got out of hand.
After the civil uprising in Qiping Mansion, the Japanese government that robbed Yun Dao took action.
The Holy Son Zhang Yi led the Taoist soldiers of Jie Luck Road to transport a large amount of rice grains into Qiping Mansion, and reached a consensus with the civil revolution army.
Jie Yun Dao provided food, grass and weapons to the popular rebellion army, but they needed to march to Xiangyi Prefecture.
Why Xiangyi Prefecture
Nature is destiny!
The Jie Luck Path's founding of the country relied on the little bit of national luck that the Saint of the Jie Luck Path had retained as a bloodline of the previous royal family. This bit of national destiny is not enough to keep the Tao Kingdom of the Luck Path alive forever. If the Tao Kingdom wants to survive forever, it also needs dragon veins.
It's a pity that the dragon veins they cultivated so carefully actually flew away.
So far, Master Jie Yun can only confirm that this unformed dragon vein is lurking in Xiangyi Mansion. The specific location cannot be determined.
However, Xiangyi Prefecture has experienced unprecedented good fortune in the past year or so, especially the family of Marquis Xu Huaiyi of Wucheng. If there is no reason, Master Jie Luck would not believe it even to death.
After Zhang Yi reached a consensus with Song Dahu, the leader of the riot army in Qiping Mansion, he returned to Jiannan Mansion and paid a visit to the Taoist Master Jie Yun.
"Master, the locust plague in Qiping Prefecture has already gone to Xiangyi Prefecture. After the locust plague, even without Song Dahu and the others, we can occupy Xiangyi Prefecture. Why do you want Song Dahu and the others to go to Xiangyi Prefecture? Mansion, isn’t this unnecessary?”
"Where the dragon's veins are located, there must be a difference."
"The locust plague may not affect Xiangyi Prefecture!"
Master Ji Luck sighed.
"Leave the affairs of Xiangyi Prefecture to Song Dahu and the others. In the eyes of outsiders, this is a normal thing that refugees do in order to survive. But if we, the Jie Luck Dao, take action, then it will inevitably make people think too much."
"There are many smart people in this world!"
"Look at today's Tang Dynasty. Local aristocratic families have the ability to control one or even several palaces, but do they dare to openly rebel?"
"It's not that they don't have the ability to rebel, they just don't dare!"
"Without dragon veins and national destiny, the final result of their rebellion must be destruction."
"Master, you said that the saint's body has the national destiny of the previous dynasty, so I can use the luck-taking method to establish a country. Then, if we help those aristocratic families take away the national destiny of the Li family, can they also establish a country? ?”
Zhang Yi didn't just have a sudden idea, but had been thinking about this aspect all morning.
Nowadays, they have been able to establish a country by robbing their luck, and they have not been punished by the imperial court. It was purely because of the current situation that the court was unable to take action.
After all, their founding of the country was in agreement with many aristocratic families.
With the Taoist Kingdom holding the path of calamity and luck in front, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had to restrain himself no matter how dissatisfied he was with the family. After all, once there is civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, such as the Dao Kingdom, the Northern Barbarians, and even the savages in the northern border who robbed the Tao of Luck, it is possible that the Tang Dynasty will be completely destroyed.
In a sense, the country where they robbed luck was a bandit raised by a noble family.
This move can be called raising the bandits' self-respect.
"cannot!"
"The way to win luck doesn't last long."
"Those aristocratic families know this very well."
"Moreover, if they know that our country's national destiny is not permanent, they may rush up immediately and completely destroy us, thus showing their loyalty to the court!"
This method of establishing a country itself has many shortcomings. However, Master Jie Luck has no choice. He feels that if he follows the original plan and destroys the dragon veins of the Tang Dynasty first, and then takes control of the dragon veins they secretly cultivated, then he doesn't know whether he can still make a decision in his lifetime. This ** country.
He couldn't tell, he could only give it a try.
"Master, what if the news that there is a dragon vein in Xiangyi Mansion spreads?"
"This is the last resort!"
Lord Jie Luck shook his head directly.
"Anyway, let Song Dahu and the others give it a try first. If they can find the dragon vein, our luck path will have a real foundation in this world."
"If there is really no hope, then spread the news."
"At that time, the country of Tang Dynasty will be beaten to pieces, and the dragon's veins will inevitably be broken. I will never have to take the path of swallowing dragons and attaining enlightenment!"
"Disciple understands!"
Zhang Yi responded respectfully, then excused himself and left.
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Then, Du Qingruo, as the saint of the Tao of Jie Luck and now the heroine of the Tao Kingdom, saw Zhang Yi who left the Taoist of Jie Luck, and naturally knew about Zhang Yi's conversation with the Taoist of Jie Luck.
Although Du Qingruo and Zhang Yi have not officially gotten married, to outsiders, they are already a couple.
I don't know whether it was because Zhang Yi felt something about the previous break of the dust, or because of other reasons, his attitude towards Du Qingruo was very unusual. (End of chapter)