Knight of the Blue Lagoon (The Past of Tao v)

37. Revenge will last forever, but this hatred will last forever.

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King Dongfu couldn't sleep at night. When he came to the courtyard, there was no moonlight, but there were stars twinkling. The eunuch walked over and quietly put a windbreaker on King Dongfu:

"Your Majesty, it’s cold outside, be careful to catch a cold, take care of yourself"

"My body is fine, don't worry."King Dongfu looked at the starry sky and said meaningfully.

Looking at King Dongfu at this moment, the eunuch couldn't help but get scared and wiped away his tears:

"If the deputy commander of Dao cannot resist the army of the Minister of War today, I am afraid he will never see such a starry sky again. King Dongfu sighed and said,"

Yes, look at how beautiful the stars are today. It's okay if I can never see these stars again. I'm just worried that there will be no more stars in the night sky for the people of Dongfu in the future.""

"God bless your Majesty, God bless Dongfu Country, may your Majesty be blessed, and may Dongfu Country be peaceful forever!"The eunuch wiped away his tears again.

"Now that Chao Gang is in chaos, fortunately, the righteousness of Dongfu Country still exists. Don't cry all the time. Isn't everything correct?"King Dongfu.

The eunuch cheered up and said,"This deputy commander of the Tao is indeed a talented person."

"Now he is the Minister of Tao."King Dongfu corrected

"Yes, yes, he is already the Minister of Tao. This old slave is confused."

"You haven't turned around at all. How many ministers in the hall today can turn around at once, and even if you turn over, how many people can accept it immediately."King Dongfu

"What your Majesty is saying is that the Minister of War, who has been tyrannical for many years, has been eradicated. There has not been such a big movement in Dongfu Kingdom for a long time."

"It's hard to change if you don't move, Minister of the Ministry of War! Minister of the Ministry of War!"King Dongfu sighed with emotion. The eunuch knew that King Dongfu had been thinking about how to take back his military power, and a stone finally fell to the ground.

"Yes, Your Majesty, now that you are appointed Minister of the Ministry of War, you can rest assured. The old slave met the Minister of Dao several times. He was always dressed in plain clothes and looked polite. Unexpectedly, it took only a few hundred people to stop the tens of thousands of Dongfu troops led by the former Minister of War."

"What? Daozhi only had a few hundred men to defeat the Dongfu Army of 10,000 people. Didn't the Imperial Guards ask him to dispatch them?"King Dongfu

"He was new to the ramp, and he was just a deputy commander. How could the Imperial Guard be completely at his mercy? He then asked the commander of the imperial guards to take all the imperial guards to guard the palace and protect His Majesty. The Minister of Dao led people to block them at the gate of the inner city and fight with them. Before they could enter the inner city, he sent the former military commander to the palace. Shangshu takes it. Your Majesty, think about it, if a fight breaks out in the inner city, according to the laws of our court, the Dongfu Army entering the inner city will be regarded as mutiny and a capital crime. Even if they kill the former Minister of War, what will happen to the Dongfu Army who entered the inner city? Should they kill or kill them? If you don't kill, if you don't kill, you will violate military discipline. The Dongfu army secretly enters the inner city, which is unacceptable. If you kill, it will be human lives, and they will all be Dongfu people who are being used."Eunuch

"Well, that's true. He took all the danger on himself. No wonder Mr. Yan valued this person so much. Mr. Yan devoted himself to the country, but he couldn't enter the court."King Dongfu

"When it comes to serving the country wholeheartedly, who can be more dedicated than His Majesty?"The eunuch sighed with emotion

"It is natural that I am the king of a country, but Mr. Yan is now a commoner and cannot be compared with me."King Dongfu

"We are all Dongfu people, and we should think about Dongfu country."Eunuch

"Tell me, if I had continued to practice martial arts, could I have resisted them like Dao with a hundred people?"King Dongfu suddenly asked

"Everyone has his own talents, and everyone has his own destiny. The Tao can lead the troops, and your Majesty is the real dragon emperor, and the emperor orders the generals."Eunuch

"You slippery boy."King Dongfu then sighed:"This also shows that the Dongfu army is insufficient in combat strength."

"The former Minister of War had a wrong mind, and the upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked. That's why it was like this. In the hands of the Minister of Dao, it will definitely be different. What kind of generals there are, there will be what kind of soldiers."The eunuch knew that he had the military power, and His Majesty let go of his hand.

"I feel relieved in his hands. I can sleep peacefully from now on. I walked back to the palace. It was late at night and the weather was getting cold."

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Daozhi returned to the mansion:"How are you all?"

"There was not much damage. As we expected, the Dongfu Army could not fight without fighting all year round, and the Minister of War did not know how to fight at all. Meeting in a narrow passage outside the palace city, having more people is not an advantage. Seeing the death of the Minister of War, Dongfu's army immediately lost their fighting spirit. When they heard that Dongfu's army entered the inner city, it was a rebellion, and all the soldiers quickly surrendered. If they were in In a real battlefield, Dongfu Army cannot do this."Suini

"This is not the army we want."Cheng Gang

"Well, it needs more training. How about Li Lai and Suosuo?"Daozhi

"They worshiped in the room."Suini.

When they came to the room, Li Lai and Suo Suo were still kneeling in front of the memorial tablet, with wet eyes. After Dao Zhi and the others finished offering incense together, Li Lai and Su Su knelt in front of Dao Zhi again, and Dao Zhi left immediately. He helped the two of them up and Li Lai said seriously:

"The general allows us to kill the Minister of War with our own hands and avenge our parents. Please come and pay homage to my sister."

"Why bother."Seeing that the two of them refused to get up, Dao Zhi said in a low voice.

"The general deserves this tribute. Without the general, we brothers and sisters would not be where we are today, let alone avenge our parents. The hatred of killing our father and our mother is irreconcilable. If we cannot avenge it, we brothers and sisters will be in vain as sons of human beings. I have no face to see my ancestors."Li Lai recalled the scene when his parents were killed by the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he felt extremely sad. After the Minister of the Ministry of War learned who they were, they were shot to death by random arrows. At that moment, the grievances they had suppressed in their hearts for a long time were released.

Tao Zhi freed them. Help him up:"I can understand."

Although Li Lai and Suosuo don't think Daozhi can fully understand their feelings at this time, they are still very grateful to Daozhi from the bottom of their hearts.

"In the past few days, you go back and repair the graves of the two elders, and also put some more sticks of incense for us."

"General, the top priority is that the situation is not yet stable. We will worship our parents here first and wait until the overall situation of Dongfu Country is stable before repairing the graves. My father has worked hard for Dongfu Country, I believe they will understand."

Daozhi nodded, and then they gathered together.

Daozhi looked at the soldiers. They returned to their hometown from thousands of miles away to follow Daozhi:"Thank you for your hard work."

"I am willing to do my best for my country."The soldiers replied.

Dao Zhi walked slowly past each soldier:"We have chosen a difficult road, but also a bright road. In the next few years, we have more arduous tasks to complete. The 80,000 Dongfu Army needs your training. We are running out of time. We must train them into real warriors in the shortest possible time. Now that your status is different, everyone You need to change your appearance. During the training period, your original identity must not be known to anyone. For the safety of your family, relatives and friends, do not contact them yet. Therefore, you must stay in the camp in the past few years, and everything must be done secretly."

"Everything is subject to the general's arrangements."All the soldiers.

Dao Zhili came and Sosuosuni gathered together again, just like they did on the battlefield. The difference is that now they have a palace. They brought hundreds of soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles and assigned them to Dongfu Among the various positions in the army, the former positions are deputy. They are concentrated in the Chenzhou camp, and Chenggang is responsible for training. Those who are unqualified go directly to Tianpu Society to work in farming. Dongfu State not only needs to improve the overall appearance of the military, but also needs an elite force.

"High-intensity training can hone the will of soldiers. Those 20,000 pieces of armor should be expanded."Li Lai

"The army must be expanded, but not too blatantly."Daozhi

"Too."Li Lai

"What's going on with the Minister of War?"Daozhi

"More than a hundred people in the mansion have been sent to work in various farm communities, and the stolen money seized was enough to provide three years of military pay for the Dongfu Army. By the way, we were able to find the seal of the Minister of War in time, thanks to the assassins in the mansion. They also played a big role in checking them this time. How to deal with it?"Suini

"They have done their best to bring down the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. Let's go meet them? They need a direction, a right direction."Tao Zhi.

The Minister of Rites hated the corruption in the court. He kept staring at the Minister of Officials and reminded him from time to time. This made the Minister of Officials not human inside and outside. He checked too many things and was afraid that the Minister of Hubu wouldn't be able to bear it. It is indeed difficult to deal with it without investigating. The Minister of the Ministry of Li can only arrest a few people who are not guilty and let them take the blame. In order to get away with it, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites pursues them. Who knows that after the Minister of the Ministry of Rites goes to the cell, Someone suddenly rebelled, and the Minister of Rites learned a lot about the inside story, so he challenged the Minister of Personnel again in the court.

After hearing this, the governor of Chenzhou became more and more irritable, gradually became frightened, and finally became numb and hid in the corner. In the house, he hung out with the plump new concubine all day long, letting the other wives make trouble, and looking haggard every day, as if he wanted to use up his last energy here. As expected, it didn't take long for Chenzhou Governor's numerous charges to be confirmed one by one. At this time, the governor of Chenzhou was already sluggish and no longer had any energy to fight.

King Dongfu read the memorial and said:"The governor of Chenzhou is appointed by the Ministry of Personnel. What should I do, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel?""

"According to the laws of our dynasty, the evidence is true that the governor of Chenzhou had embezzled a huge amount of money. When... when... the Minister of Punishment was more proficient in the law than his ministers."The Minister of Civil Affairs replied tremblingly.

"Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, how should we deal with this?"King Dongfu

"when...when……"The Minister of Punishment glanced at the Minister of Libu fiercely, and it was difficult to say anything for a moment.

"When...when...what? I'm not usually eloquent, so why am I so hesitant?"The Minister of Rites

"Be dismissed."Shang Shu of the Ministry of Punishment

"Dismissal? What do you think, Minister of Rites?"King Dongfu

"To be punished."The Minister of Rites

"How could he be dismissed from his post and allowed to live in peace and happiness after he had stolen so much money from the court? If this were the case, would the court still have money? The Ministry of Personnel made a mistake in employing people. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment thought that he should be dismissed from his position, so he would make up for it with the money stolen from the court. The two ministers would make up for the shortfall in his house. Otherwise, how could he be exempted."King Dongfu.

No other minister dared to speak out. King Dongfu then asked:

"How was the Chenzhou governor acting as Susu's agent during this period?"

"Su Su got started quickly and made some adjustments to manage Chenzhou in a tight and orderly manner so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment."The Minister of Rites

"Since the management of Chenzhou is good, an edict was immediately drawn up to promote Su Su to be the governor of Chenzhou. Before the Minister of Household Affairs returned to the court, the grain trade of Dongfu State was managed by the governor of Chenzhou. As for tax matters, the Minister of Rites was managed by Chenzhou. You do it for now."King Dongfu

"Thank you Lord for your grace."The Minister of Rites was very happy.

Seeing that the power of the Minister of Hubu was divided among them, the three ministers could only stare.

The Minister of Rites looked at them and said:"Your Majesty, many people in Chenzhou are involved in the case of the governor of Chenzhou. implicated"

"The other accomplices who plead guilty and return the dirty money will be exempted from death. The Ministry of Rites will verify the amount of the stolen money, and the Ministry of Punishment will be responsible for the recovery."King Dongfu

"Your Majesty, what about the vacancies for officials in Chenzhou?"The Minister of Rites

"Ministry of Rites, is there anyone you can build?"

"Your Majesty, I boldly recommend that there are several people in the Tianpu Club who, although they have never been officials, are very knowledgeable about farmland farming and management. They are all students of Yan Lao. I have talked with them and they are all useful talents. With a little help, It can be supplemented by training."The Minister of Rites

"Since the Minister of Rites knows something about them, I will leave this matter to you. Dongfu needs a new atmosphere, starting from Chenzhou."King Dongfu.