Chapter 155 The Natural Born Emperor
News of the Dongyin Incident spread throughout the land. After all, the combination of killing the prince, exterminating the aristocratic families, fighting the powerful, and dividing up the land was a complete shock to the common people. Crucially, the land eventually won was to be distributed to all the people of Dongyin, based on the number of people they conquered. Who wouldn't be delighted? Who wouldn't spread the news?
The reason why this news spread so quickly was because the distribution of land made the people eager to move. Many people from other areas were even wondering whether they should go to Dongyin as well. Could they also get land in Dongyin?
Since ancient times, the common people have valued land above all else. Even high-ranking officials, nobles, and even emperors have sought to enclose land. Why? Because land provides a unique sense of security. Besides food, it is a unique source of power.
Daxia was about to fall, and many wise families understood this, so they continued to expand their territory, and then turned the poor people into their slaves. They then sacrificed these slaves to survive in the troubled times. After the new dynasty was established, the land deeds in their hands became bargaining chips for them to negotiate with the new emperor.
This is how the game is played, and it has been played this way for thousands of years, but now one person has ruined it all.
A man stood up and led the people to break the rules of the game. They directly killed the powerful and the wealthy families who owned the land, and then divided up their property and land.
What Li Min'an did was terrifying to the aristocratic families, but to the common people, he was a true god.
The news from Dongyin was that the God of Change had come down to earth to experience trials and tribulations, Daxia was about to perish, and a new king would be born from the poor people. This person was Li Min'an. Li Min'an was born between heaven and earth to save the common people of the world from danger and eliminate the chronic diseases of the entire Daxia. Therefore, after Li Min'an occupied Dongyin, the people called him Li Shenxian, instead of some great general or something like that.
This plan of borrowing the east wind was proposed by Zhuge Tianzong. It was extremely easy for Li Min'an to occupy the land of Dongyin. He brought thousands of brothers with him and went from village to village with only the head of King Jin in his hand. The people in these villages were not afraid and even sent food to them. Later, they asked the strong men in their families to go with them to help.
From the first village to the later conquest of the entire Dongyin, Li Min'an was almost supported by the people. He marched forward bravely all the way, killing so many people that their swords were blunted, and he killed his way through Dongyin.
Dongyin has six counties. Good officials are retained and bad officials are killed. Zhuge Tianzong is a natural genius and is very strong in management. Although Li Min'an was originally an ordinary citizen, after being taught by Zhuge Tianzong, he can easily manage the six counties of Dongyin. That's why Zhuge Tianzong thinks Li Min'an may be the man of destiny as the gods say.
How can an ordinary person hit the bull's eye just by learning archery for the first time?
What ordinary person would be filled with murderous intent and not even have any nightmares the first time he kills someone and sees blood?
How could an ordinary person who has never read military books be so proficient in tactics and easily besiege a strong opponent?
Who is this ordinary person who is so gifted with ambition that, after taking over Dongyin, he dares to announce to the world that he, Li Min'an, has killed all the royal families?
Such an arrogant person! Such a domineering person! Isn't he the master of the world?
These days, not to mention that the strategist Zhuge Tianzong has truly knelt down to Li Min'an, even the group of people who followed Li Min'an to kill King Jin earlier now deeply admire Li Min'an. Each of them has blood on their hands and has killed people, especially those who recently took over Dongyin. They are Li Min'an's most loyal team.
At this moment, Li Min'an held a banquet at the Prince of Jin's Mansion in Dongyin. Now this is Li Min'an's residence and also the place where he discusses official business.
"This time, I was able to capture Dongyin thanks to the help of the brothers present. Li Min'an is deeply grateful. I can only offer a cup of muddy wine to thank all the brothers for accompanying me to achieve great things!!!"
Li Min'an stood up and toasted everyone. All those present were people who followed Li Min'an in the rebellion. Most of them were people whose families had been destroyed by King Jin, and all of them had special skills.
There is no way. How could an ordinary person escape from the case of King Jin's village extermination?
"drink!!!"
Everyone raised their glasses and drank together, each of them filled with lofty ambitions. Zhuge Tianzong, a scholar, drank calmly at this time, looking at these ambitious men, and thought of the ultimate purpose of this banquet.
"Brothers, now that I, Li Min'an, have conquered Dongyin, I should have distributed fiefs and rewards to you brothers. However, the people of Dongyin are suffering, so I divided their land and can only give you a small amount of gold and silver. I feel really guilty..."
That's right, under normal circumstances, some people are willing to follow the leader of a rebellion in order to be granted a title of nobility or a general one day, and when the boss above them becomes the emperor, they themselves will be called the general or even more important people in the future. Now that the Dongyin area has been taken, Li Min'an has not yet divided fiefs among these brothers, but has only rewarded them with gold and silver, and their titles are all small generals or something like that.
It can be said that if someone else were to encounter Li Min'an giving away the land, they would probably have exploded long ago.
But now, when they heard Li Min'an say such words with such guilt, the big brothers inside could no longer sit still.
"Brother Li! You are looking down on me, Ding Ergou! My parents were killed by the King of Jin. It was only by following you that I could avenge them and the people in my village. Now you are following me to rebel against Daxia. Is it all for your gold and silver, and the fiefdom you mentioned? I'm telling you, Li Min'an! Don't look down on me, Ding Ergou! Although I, Ding Ergou, haven't read much, I know that you are a good person for distributing land to the people, and you will be a good emperor in the future, so I will follow you! If you ask me to kill, I will kill. If you ask me to do, I will do it! Even if you don't give me anything, I am willing to follow you!"
Ding Ergou is just an ordinary person living in the village. He did not act recklessly after he followed Li Min'an. As a commoner, he knew that everything Li Min'an did was for the good of the people of Dongyin. It's just that his parents died, and all the villagers died... How great it would be if someone like Li Min'an appeared earlier?
If Brother Li had rebelled earlier, wouldn't my parents have gotten a share of the land? They wouldn't have been forced to farm for the aristocratic families, even having to tighten their belts year-round due to hunger...
"That's right! Brother Ergou is right! Brother Li! I, Chen Lifu, think so too! We follow you not to become the masters, nor to exploit the people. We do this so that everyone can live a good life, with fields to farm and food to eat, unlike our parents who were robbed by the aristocratic families and had to kneel on the ground to thank them for buying our land! Damn it! I can't speak, but I know you are rebelling for the people of the world! You will definitely be a good emperor if you become emperor!"
Chen Lifu had the same idea. After he said this, another person spoke up.
"Before we came here today, we had already guessed that you, Brother Li, were planning to reward us based on our merits. But what's there to reward us with? The gold and silver are enough for us. You, Brother Li, have already taken care of our food and clothing. We are simply following you, Brother Li, for the benefit of the people of the world! To wipe out those mediocre royal families of Daxia! If you think we all love wealth and glory, then you are looking down on us..."
Everyone expressed their thoughts one by one, and they were actually all the same. They were all people whose families were broken up and who had experienced pain. The more this was the case, the more they wanted to chase Li Min'an, who had fought his way out of such a chaotic world and even remembered the suffering of the people.
Min'an... What a good name! If he conquers the world one day, he will surely make all people in the world live in peace, right?
"Brothers! After hearing what you said, Li Min'an felt extremely guilty and could only apologize to you all! It was I, Li Min'an, who judged others with my own petty mindset! I admire you all! I admire you all!!"
Li Min'an's eyes turned red as he listened to what everyone said, just like when he decided to measure the land and divide it up, Zhuge Tianzong actually disagreed because giving the newly conquered Dongyin to the people would cause chaos.
However, in such a chaotic world, it was unexpected that Li Min'an's policies not only prevented Dongyin from being in chaos, but Li Min'an even became the people's favorite. Many people even took the initiative to let their family labor force go out just to follow Li Min'an to conquer the world. Only in this way could the people of the whole world live a good life and establish a new dynasty.
The people were not stupid. They knew that the emperor was mediocre and that trouble would happen sooner or later if he enfeoffed so many princes. Now that Li Min'an had shown that he stood on the side of the people, he naturally received a lot of support. For the sake of land, the people were willing to give their lives to Li Min'an.
Zhuge Tianzong watched as Li Min'an directly resolved the problem of rewarding people based on their merits. Dongyin was taken, but if people like Li Min'an were rewarded based on their merits, there would be chaos after the power was decentralized. So, in this "Hongmen Banquet", Li Min'an won a great victory and even won the support of the people.
In the future, I'm afraid that the people under Li Min'an can be divided into fiefs, but I'm afraid that it will not be possible to grant them land...
Zhuge Tianzong on this side praised Li Min'an in his heart as a natural emperor of men, and Qin Lang on the other side had the same idea.
He actually has quite a few memories. After all, in the time traveler's memory, Li Min'an is the protagonist of the world line. He finally became the emperor, and he was an emperor who was very good to the people. Maybe it was because of his poor background, so letting the people live a rich life with food is what Li Min'an has been doing after he took the throne.
Qin Lang admired this son of destiny very much, so he didn't mind being called by his name.
Liu Wen, who was kneeling on the ground, finally came to her senses after hearing the praise from the Lord of Change, and said in disbelief.
"Xingjun, according to rumors, you descended to the mortal world to endure tribulations in order to support the true Master of Destiny. Liu Wen wants to know if this Master of Destiny is Li Min'an?"
As far as I can remember, Li Min'an ascended the throne and overthrew the Great Xia dynasty.
Qin Lang looked at Liu Wen who was kneeling there and asked back.
"Haven't you seen it? Li Min'an is a natural emperor. He was born to be an emperor. The chaos of Daxia will end in his hands, and the suffering of the people will be healed by him. Just like you are a person who has been reborn, he came into this world to become an emperor."
After hearing this, Liu Wen finally understood why everyone tried their best during the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, but the final outcome was like that.
However, Liu Wen was already satisfied to get this answer from Xingjun.
She prostrated herself on the ground and kowtowed again.
"Liu Wen thanks Xingjun for clearing up her doubts. Liu Wen has no regrets."
It turned out that all this was destined. After hearing Xingjun say that the people lived a good life after Li Min'an became emperor, Liu Wen felt relieved.
It’s actually good that someone else can do what she can’t do, isn’t it?
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