Chapter 362 Dawn
Shenjing.
Elders' Courtyard.
An imperial garrison commander respectfully presented the telegram.
"Wang Yao of the Western Region proposed, and the Eastern, Southern, and Central Regions seconded the motion, requesting an end to the secret war between Shizhou and Changshan County."
The Great Elder remained silent, and the Imperial Garrison Commander respectfully placed the telegram on the table.
A moment later, another telegram arrived.
"Qin Gang of the Southwest Region proposed, and Field Marshal Fu Wenyu of the North Region seconded, requesting the punishment of twenty-one individuals who deserted during battle, including Guan Jurang, Yu Bozheng, Xie Qizhen, Fu Yixiu, Xu Chaogong, and Shi Shuangyu, to restore the Empire's military spirit and honor."
The Great Elder still did not respond, and the second telegram was placed on the table, covering the first telegram.
A moment later, the third telegram arrived.
"Five elders, including Lin Yabo, Mo Xili, Luo Nuo, Cheng Wei, and Ren Zhengqing, proposed to continue the secret war in Shizhou to achieve the purpose of training the empire's troops, training the generals, and inspecting the weapons."
A fourth telegram followed.
"Governor Gu Xuanli of Shizhou has sent a telegram stating that everything has happened as he anticipated. After this battle, Shizhou has been refining itself, weeding out the unreliable, tempering its soldiers, and strengthening its resolve. The two hundred million men of Shizhou are filled with jubilation and unity. Once Changshan County is defeated, they will charge to the front lines with unwavering enthusiasm to fight for the Empire."
The Great Elder asked the garrison commander to put down the telegram with an expressionless face.
But the garrison commander took out the fifth telegram, which was still from the Governor of Shizhou.
The first half of the telegram describes how powerful Changshan County’s new missiles are.
The second half accuses Changshan County of having such advanced weapons, but not dedicating them to the empire, not going to the front line to shoot down enemy planes, but using them to attack teammates in the civil war. It is really despicable, vulgar and cunning, with low moral character, without any glory for the empire, and unworthy of being a high-ranking official of the empire.
Even the great elder who had already mastered the Iron Face Divine Art could not help but frown.
After the garrison commander left, a great elder asked, "What do you think?"
"Stupid acting, poor clown."
"Governor of Shizhou?"
"No, everyone."
A great elder suddenly asked, "What about Changshan County? Why didn't Changshan County send a telegram?"
Summon the imperial garrison.
The Imperial Garrison Commander shook his head, indicating that he had not received any telegram.
"Get through to the mayor of Changshan County."
The garrison commander was very frightened and shook his head to indicate that he had no contact information for him.
A great elder glanced at him, probably a newcomer, and said calmly, "Go tell your captain, he knows what to do."
A moment later, Lin Wen, who was expanding madly, received a call from the highest point of the empire.
"Hello."
"This is the Supreme Council, I am the Great Elder Ping Yuan."
"oh."
It was awkward for a while.
Lin Wen suddenly remembered that he wanted to open his seven-orifice mind, and at this moment, someone spoke from the other side.
"Do you want to end this war?"
"In no mood."
Click, the phone hung up.
Lin Wen’s first private conversation with the empire’s supreme ruler ended just like that.
Inside the elders' compound.
The Great Elder Ping Yuan put down the phone and said expressionlessly, "He is not Li Longxing's hidden man."
"Why?"
“No.”
"Collaborator?"
"possible."
"Is it over? The war caused great damage to Shizhou and the Qin Group as well. We have achieved our goal."
“It’s not over.”
"Why? Shizhou has always been a gathering place for rebels. If too much damage is done, there is a risk of internal instability."
"There's no willingness on either side to end it."
"Oh, he is indeed not Li Longxing's pawn."
"What about the resistance? If Xu Jieying escapes, the rebels will be powerful enough, and Chang Shouren will transform into a dragon."
Bang, the sound of wood hitting each other.
"The Qin Group guards the southwest, and the Mingren Party's base is in Guizhou. Qin Gang will not allow any threats to appear under his nose. The Mingren Party also cannot tolerate a heinous loan shark and human trafficking group eyeing them covetously."
"Constraint."
"Very good. The Council is no match for the Qin Group and needs assistance."
Bang.
"Li Longxing is powerful, and the Imperial Political Supervisory Council is unrivaled in its might. This has squeezed the authority of the Council. Does it need to be restricted?"
"No need. We need to eliminate malpractices, improve the economy, and punish corrupt officials. The Imperial Political Supervisory Council has too many enemies and won't survive for long."
"The Princess Faction is overly active. Some officers in the Central District have already rebelled. Li Linyue has inserted her hand into the Imperial Army. Does this require management?"
"No need. Li Linyue is good at calculations and party affairs. Using her status as a princess to gather people has a narrow vision and a small scale. She will definitely not be able to accomplish anything."
Bang.
"Sheng Huaixuan directly controls over half a million troops. The policies implemented in East Qinzhou are very similar to military management."
Several elders were silent for a moment.
“Let nearby states take notice.”
Bang, a little softer this time.
"Duke Wang Wen was rapidly moving closer to the imperial faction, and many reform proposals were proposed or supported by him."
“Hit the reformists hard.”
"Lin Yabo again proposed the Slave Bill and the Nobility Bill, which received relatively broad support."
"Put it on hold."
"Chengwei demands strengthening of patent protection and crackdown on plagiarists, especially those who plagiarize online."
"Strengthen network supervision, establish a police force, accelerate the construction of the Imperial Patrol Bureau, and establish order in the online world as soon as possible."
"Yaojing Lingdu's economy has slowed down, and there have been many strikes, marches, and protests."
"Let the mayor, Changsheng, quickly find a way to reverse the situation. The eastern region must not be affected."
"Li Longxing's influence has expanded to the National Assembly and the State Council, and calls for him to become emperor are growing."
"The Empire has begun a new round of propaganda, criticizing the old Empire."
"Fermi and Heidelberg completed the calculations on the Changshan missile and believed it was a groundbreaking new missile."
"Let Changshan County disclose its technology and give him all the patents."
"If you don't want to?"
"If you don't want to, sell it to us at a suitable price."
…
"Your Majesty wishes to lead the army in person."
There was silence in the compound for a very long time.
Bang!
"For the Empire, it's a good thing."
The four great elders stood up and walked towards the Emperor's Tower.
In the deserted yard, a low wooden table stood alone under a tree.
A miniature map of the empire is carved into the wooden table.
On the map, there are countless wooden chess pieces, crisscrossing each other, squeezing each other, falling over, or confronting each other.
Under the chessboard, there are two sentences engraved.
“The stability of an empire lies in the stability of its structure, and the stability of its structure lies in the balance of power.”
"The absolute power of the Supreme Council is the cornerstone of everything."
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Lin Wen was so happy during this period.
Shizhou suffered a great defeat that day, and the army scattered and fled in all directions.
Lin Wen led his men in pursuit, but they couldn't even see their taillights.
In the end, they just attacked the city and seized the land.
Qin Luoshuang briefly reorganized the troops and then joined the operation.
The total military strength of Changshan County now exceeds 400,000. The morale is high, and they are unstoppable wherever they go.
In less than a few days, they occupied all the towns and villages east of Shizhou, and the total area occupied exceeded one-fifth of Shizhou.
Lin Wen stopped and began to thoroughly clean out the wealthy and black people in the occupied area.
Soon, a large number of people were killed, a large amount of property was seized, a large number of grain storage points were found, and the transport vehicles were filled with Jiangkou City every day.
The harvest this time was huge, but Qin Luoshuang and the four army commanders began to worry.
It is worth mentioning that Qin Luoshuang now finally has allies. The four newly joined army commanders all recognize this young and beautiful chief of staff.
After the first few days of working together, they quickly dispelled the idea of "county governor's mistress", "mistress", "puppet", etc.
This is a genius. She has a very deep understanding of the overall situation and military affairs, and is very good at intelligence and espionage work.
They naturally regarded the chief of staff as County Mayor Lin's good wife. Therefore, when they found that County Mayor Lin's behavior was very dangerous, they immediately ran to find her, hoping that she could persuade County Mayor Lin.
"This... Qin, this Madam, we have gained enough. Taking these more... is not stable."
"Chief Lin's methods are too brutal. We can unite with those people and ask them to join forces to submit the Book of All Peoples. Then we can fight them hard and maybe even change the administrative divisions."
"Yes, by then, Governor Lin and Changshan Prefecture will not be impossible."
"Everyone carries the colorful sedan chair."
"If we kill them all, who will carry our sedan chair?"
"And those stored grains? They're not Shizhou's grain. There are many important figures behind them. We'd better not touch them!"
If it was the Qin Luoshuang from before, her opinions would not be much different from theirs.
But now, although she was worried, she had some different ideas.
Maybe, this is not a bad thing.
Qin Luoshuang smiled unnoticed and comforted them with words they could understand.
Qin Luoshuang was quite confident about this. Lin Wen was always dry and tough, and listening to him comforting people could make her so angry that she would bleed internally.
After being appeased, the four commanders calmed down temporarily. They had placed all their hopes on County Governor Lin, and there was no turning back.
Changshan County is currently experiencing a period of rapid growth, and they are relatively relieved. They just hope that County Chief Lin can be a little more stable and not play around too much and end up capsizing.
But Lin Wen didn't have such an idea.
In his opinion, this place is simply a paradise for good karma. His good karma is skyrocketing every day. In addition, with another weekly bonus not long ago, he gained three more "lucky points".
Adding the previous "Demon Disintegration", "Fairy's Clothes", and the "Exquisite Dice" which is still left, there are a total of six fortunes.
But unfortunately, the three fortunes obtained later can only be described as "there is no worst, only worse".
"Fairy Hairpin": Wearing the fairy hairpin increases your charm, brightens your mood, makes you more attractive to the opposite sex, and increases the efficiency of dual cultivation by 100%.
"Fairy Blush": Apply fairy blush to become more charming and attractive, and have complete immunity to toxins, which lasts for one day.
"Fairy Stockings": Wearing fairy stockings (long) will make you more charming and enchanting, and double the defense of your legs for one day.
Seeing this kind of "luck", Lin Wen almost wanted to fuck the dog.
Fortunately, he will soon have the seventh magical power, and his soul will soon reach 250%, which makes him less depressed.
Good fate!
Make good connections quickly!
This was the only thing Lin Wen was thinking about.
There are so many good opportunities to be gained on this land.
He is too busy to handle it all.
Yun Qingshui happened to be in Jiangkou City, and Lin Wen found her immediately.
"Divide...this..."
Yun Qingshui felt a little uneasy.
“But I’ve only seen it, I haven’t done it.”
Lin Wen smiled and said, "If you don't do it, you will only watch it forever."
Yun Qingshui obviously understood that truth comes from practice, so she agreed.
Lin Wen also transferred many capable people to him to help her complete the changes on this land.
Lin Wen set three rules for them:
"Anyone who kills someone must come to me."
"The livestock, farmland, and furniture will be divided equally among the people. However, to prevent future retaliation, everything is nominally mine; I am only lending it to them."
Yun Qingshui also agreed.
Lin Wen finally told her: "Everything is a means to an end. The ultimate goal is to achieve more production and a better life. If it can't change their lives in the short term or in the foreseeable future, then don't do it."
After being taught, Yun Qingshui quickly proved that she was not as stupid as she thought.
She was like a fish in water in her actual work, and she understood the farmers' thoughts, concerns, and worries very well. She was always able to quickly unite the farmers, fairly distribute the work, and objectively deal with ruffians and bullies. At the same time, she also pulled out the hooligans and villains hiding among the people.
As all forces in Shizhou were directly eliminated, all tax police, supervisory guards, public security guards, and the corrupt officials and landlords who colluded with them disappeared.
Due to their mature experience, the civilians were able to replace them very smoothly, and the farmers' associations they formed themselves operated very smoothly.
In this way, on one-fifth of the land in the eastern corner of Shizhou, the old forces are being destroyed like withered trees and rotten wood, the dirty crimes are being cleared up, and an emerging and booming force is rising.
The biggest feeling of many farmers is:
It's dawn.
(End of this chapter)
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