Chapter 215 General Qi
After Japan was conquered, the Ming Dynasty imperial court did not make any statement, as if their defeat of the Japanese pirates and the conquest of Japan had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty imperial court.
However, this did not stop the wealthy families from celebrating lavishly.
The Ming Dynasty imperial court didn't care, this land of rich spiritual energy in Japan was their world.
The whole of Japan was decorated with lights and full of joy, and the city of Kyoto had turned into a sea of happiness.
The earthly immortals from the aristocratic families were ecstatic. They were even encouraging Chen Jiu to become the emperor in Japan.
Chen Jiu would naturally not be so crazy as to run to Japan to be the emperor. These people from wealthy families are used to being local emperors and would never really obey his orders.
When he became the emperor of Japan, he was just acting as a thug to prevent those true gods in Japan from taking revenge. There was no other substantial benefit.
Naturally, he would not do such a stupid thing. Instead, he gathered all the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families together and began to enfeoff princes.
You like to be local emperors, right? I will let you be emperors!
That day, early in the morning, at around noon, in the huge Juxian Pavilion, all of the 365 seats were filled, with more than 600 earthly immortals from aristocratic families almost all present.
Chen Jiu still placed a huge handsome chair and sat on the platform in the middle. However, standing on his left and right were the Qi family father and son and Sun Wukong, Zhu Tianpeng and Niu Dali who had transformed into human form.
He glanced around majestically, then raised his hand and unfolded a huge map. On it were the three islands of Japan. However, the country names were almost blank. The Yamashiro Kingdom near Kyoto City became Qingyang Kingdom, and the Japanese Kyoto became the capital of Qingyang Kingdom, Zhangjing City.
The names of other Japanese countries have disappeared, and even those Japanese vassal states with larger areas have been evenly divided into several parts.
When the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families saw this, they all had expressions of surprise and joy on their faces. They had already vaguely understood what the King of Nine Mountains meant.
As expected, Chen Jiu said directly: "Everyone, I have roughly divided everyone's original sphere of influence into more than 100 countries. From now on, these countries are yours. You decide the country name, and you collect taxes. I will not take any. I don't care if you want to be king or emperor. I only have one request, that you all live in harmony in the future and are not allowed to attack each other."
In fact, this is not only for the good of these noble families. He does not allow them to attack each other, mainly to prevent one family from dominating the market. If one noble family defeats all other noble families and takes over the whole of Japan, it will most likely eye Middle-earth as its power expands.
Therefore, it is better for them to live in harmony. In this way, each noble family will not be too powerful and will not dare to make plans against Middle-earth.
None of the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families had expected this. They were so happy at the moment. They had never thought that one day they would actually become emperors.
Chen Jiu smiled slightly, then raised his hand and said, "Okay, now let's discuss and decide on the country's name. Hand it in, and I'll mark it on the map for you, then shrink the map to normal size, make a copy, and distribute it to everyone."
With a "buzz" sound, the earthly immortals from the wealthy and aristocratic families couldn't help but discuss excitedly.
Soon, various country names were submitted one after another, such as Former Song, Later Song, Left Song, Right Song, Tian Song, Di Song, Former Tang, Later Tang, Tian Tang, Di Tang, etc. There were all kinds of country names, and basically all of them carried the flavor of Middle-earth.
Chen Jiu didn't care what name they gave their country and just gave them all a name.
Now, the original map of Japan became densely packed with country names.
However, it seemed a bit awkward to call it Dongying at this moment. After Chen Jiu marked all the country names, he thought about it carefully and said simply: "Everyone, from now on, don't call this place Dongying. Just call it Yingzhou. What do you think?"
"Okay, okay, okay, okay!"
The earthly immortals from the aristocratic and wealthy families were so excited that they kept cheering.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone go back and build your own country. As for those true gods from Japan, don't worry. I will arrange people to guard here, and they can't make trouble."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty."
A number of earthly immortals from the aristocratic and wealthy families left happily, and the only ones left in the entire Juxian Pavilion were a few earthly immortals from the Qingyang Zhang family, three brothers of Sun Dasheng, and the father and son of the Qi family.
Seeing this, Qi Jingtong gritted his teeth and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask you to accept Jiguang and Jimei as your disciples."
Uh, accepting a disciple?
That's a good idea.
In fact, he had already seen that the three of them, father and son of the Qi family, had already reached the peak of the demon king realm, and were only one step away from the demon fairy realm.
These three father and sons were the generals he was going to use to fight for the world, so naturally he had to win them over.
Originally, he wanted to help the three of them break through to the demon fairy realm, so this time he didn't have to hesitate.
He said directly: "General Qi, you should know that the current emperor has already torn his face with me. Which side do you choose to stand on?"
Is there any need to ask?
Qi Jingtong said without hesitation: "Such a tyrant will destroy the country sooner or later. We swear to follow the prince until death."
very good!
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then said solemnly: "Be patient, I will help you break through to the eighth level of "Tiger Demon Divine Fist"."
After saying that, he raised his hand to cover Qi Jingtong's head, and poured all his luck and energy into him.
Now he just needs to gather the vortex of vital energy for the father and his two sons and open up the space of demonic power. It is much simpler than enlightening those demons.
Not long after, Qi Jingtong successfully broke through to the realm of demon immortals, followed by Qi Jiguang and Qi Jimei.
The father and his two sons became immortals overnight, so they were naturally grateful and shed tears.
Chen Jiu said calmly: "This is nothing. As long as you practice diligently, it will not be difficult for you to achieve the realm of demon gods like the Great Sage. By the way, Shixian, what is the current situation of the garrisons in Qingzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture? If we recruit young and strong men, how many can we recruit?"
Qi Jingtong said without hesitation: "Your Highness, now the garrison guards in Qingzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture are all living a good life. The garrison guards who went back for rest said that many people asked them for help and wanted to join your army. If your Highness is willing, it will not be a problem to recruit 50,000 young and strong men."
Fifty thousand young and strong people?
Chen Jiu couldn't help but wonder, "I remember you said before that the garrison troops in Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Dengzhou were only about 40,000 strong, and there were still vacancies. How come you can gather 50,000 strong men this time?"
Qi Jingtong explained in detail: "Your Highness, it turns out that there are indeed vacancies in the guard posts of Qingzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, and Dengzhou Prefecture, because many guard posts could not bear the oppression of officers at all levels and fled to become refugees.
However, ever since the prince took charge of the three prefectures, the lives of the people in the three prefectures have been getting better and better. The officers at all levels who exploited the garrison guards have been almost all killed, and the original garrison farms have been returned to all the garrison guards. When the garrison guards who had fled to become refugees heard the news, they naturally hurried back.
This is nothing. The Tunwei also have descendants. For example, the last general has two sons, which is considered few. Many Tunwei have three, four, or even five or six sons. However, no matter how many sons they have, only one can inherit the title of Tunwei soldier and get the tuntian farmland. The others are leftovers and have to find ways to make a living on their own.
This has been passed down from generation to generation, and the number of remaining soldiers in the garrison has been increasing. I estimate that the number of remaining soldiers is at least ten times that of the regular soldiers.
Originally, without the military farms, the regular soldiers of the garrison could not get enough to eat, and the remaining soldiers were crying out of hunger, so naturally they could not be recruited. But now it is different. After all, each garrison guard was originally allocated 40 to 50 acres of military farms. After the military farms are returned to them, it is no problem to feed a whole family.
The remaining soldiers are not crying out of hunger at this moment. They are all very strong and healthy. There is no problem at all in recruiting them to fight in the war."
So that's how it is.
Chen Jiu thought about it, and then said decisively: "Okay, the land of Yingzhou has been divided among the noble families anyway, so you don't have to garrison here. The 20,000 bat soldiers outside are under your command. Go and gather all the garrisons quickly. We will go back and recruit 100,000 troops to train them properly."
My God, recruiting 100,000 troops?
This is preparation for conquering the world!
The Qi family went there with great excitement, but Patriarch Hongyun could not help but remind them, "Ah Jiu, these ordinary guards are actually not very useful. The elite Shenwu Camp and Shenji Camp of the Imperial Court are carefully selected from all the guards in the world. They have fire spirit roots and can practice the method of opening their minds. Ordinary guards cannot beat one of them if they meet ten of them.
If you really want to conquer the world, you have to follow the Imperial Court's method, select a large number of people with spiritual roots, and teach them the method of awakening their minds."
Chen Jiu naturally knew this.
He nodded slightly and said solemnly, "We can't be impatient about this. Humans are not demons. They have many thoughts. If you teach them the method of opening their minds, they may not be grateful. There are many who will bite you back. I have plenty of skills. It doesn't matter if they don't have spiritual roots. The key is to look at the character of the person. I will only cultivate those who are worth cultivating. I don't want to raise a bunch of ungrateful people."
This mentality is indeed very important.
Patriarch Hongyun nodded slightly, and then asked, "Ah Jiu, what should we do about Japan? I'm afraid I can't handle those True Gods in Japan by myself."
Chen Jiu said without hesitation : "The three of the Great Sage should stay here to help you for the time being. Wait until I have fully understood the way of space, enter the so-called High Heaven Plain, and kill those True Gods first."
Upon hearing this, Patriarch Hongyun finally felt relieved and said goodbye with several earth immortals from his clan.
Chen Jiu waited until the Qi family's father and son gathered the 20,000 guards who were originally stationed here, and then he took them and the 20,000 bat soldiers into the Kingdom of God, brought them back to Dengzhou City, and released them.
This Dengzhou Prefecture City is actually Penglai County City. Logically speaking, this is Qi Jingtong's fiefdom. However, Qi Jingtong did not mention this at all. Not only did he not mention this, he also reminded Chen Jiu: "Your Majesty, have you ever considered the food and wages for a hundred thousand troops? I think that the taxes from Qingzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture, and Dengzhou Prefecture may not be enough to feed a hundred thousand troops."
Well, he really hadn't thought about this question.
Chen Jiu pondered for a while, then said decisively: "Well, I will give you a year to gather 100,000 troops and train them well. You don't have to worry about the food and wages for this year. The Qinglian Sect has seized many corrupt officials, and the money and food are enough to support the needs of 100,000 troops for a year.
One year later, we will send troops to take over Nanzhili and even the entire southeast. By then, we can also use the bat soldiers to let the Qingyang Zhang family monopolize the trade between Daming and Yingzhou. In that way, we will have no problem feeding hundreds of thousands of troops. "
Upon hearing this, Qi Jingtong could not help but nod his head repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Next, he issued a notice and began to recruit young and strong men for garrison.
The notice he issued was very simple, that is, to follow the order of King Jiushan to recruit young and strong garrison troops to guard Qingzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture.
The guards of the three prefectures were extremely enthusiastic. King Jiushan was the god of war of the Ming Dynasty, and General Qi was a great contributor who helped King Jiushan conquer Japan. Following them, one would definitely have a bright future!
As for whether it is a rebellion, so what? If King Jiushan says to rebel, they will follow suit. They can only starve to death under the rule of the imperial court. Only by following King Jiushan can they have a good life!
