Chapter 243 The Eight Camps
At about noon in the morning of that day, Chen Jiu appeared again in the main hall of the Jinling City Palace.
He summoned the original six ministers of ministries and the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate, plus himself, there were a total of eight people in the huge hall.
With such a small number of people, it is really not enough to govern the entire world. I guess it would be a bit difficult for them to just manage Nanzhili.
Chen Jiu sighed secretly, and then asked: "Second brother, how are the officials from various departments and local officials deployed? Are they fully deployed?"
Bai Liang glanced at Hai Rui secretly and said helplessly, "This was originally barely enough, but Lord Hai takes about 10% of my salary every month, and I can't make up for it quickly. Some scholars and candidates even dare not come out to serve."
What this means is that there are too many corrupt officials, right? Once they get promoted, they become corrupt!
Those who dare not take up the post probably only think about greed and cannot control their greed at all. They are afraid of being caught as soon as they take up the post, so they simply do not take up the post.
Alas, there is no way. Jiajing is just sick and he deliberately encourages this kind of trend. If he wants to reverse this trend, he can only use thunder-like means.
Chen Jiu frowned and pondered for a while, then said coldly: "Good job! Remember, it is better to have nothing than to have something unqualified. Never indulge them. Whoever dares to be corrupt should be arrested. Even if we use students who have not participated in any imperial examinations, or even people who have never read books to be officials, we should not let those corrupt scholars, scholars, and scholars take power!
Jinshi, Juren, and Xiucai are well-educated, but they are more cunning and can do more harm when they are in power. Even if someone has not been educated, as long as he is good to the people, he is a thousand times better than them. "
Upon hearing this, Hai Rui, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate, could not help but bow and say, "Your Majesty is wise."
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "Master Hai, I believe in you. Just arrest them without hesitation. As long as they dare to be corrupt, don't let any of them go. I don't believe that corrupt officials can't be killed off!"
Hai Rui was touched when he heard this and said, "Your Majesty, just hearing your words is enough. Don't worry, not even a corrupt official can escape the inspection of the Inspectorate."
Upon hearing this, Bai Liang could only sigh helplessly.
Okay, if even uneducated people can use it, then there is no problem. No matter how many people Hai Rui arrests, it is impossible for him to arrest everyone in the world!
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu nodded slightly again, and then asked, "Tianxing, how is the business in Yingzhou? Is it starting?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Tianxing, the Minister of Industry, nodded and said, "It's working, it's working. Business in Yingzhou is so good because there is a shortage of everything there, not to mention all kinds of luxurious things, even food and clothing are in short supply, but there seems to be no shortage of gold and silver.
The children of wealthy families are used to living a luxurious life. When they have gold and silver, they go crazy buying all kinds of things. As long as it is shipped over there, they will basically buy it all up. They won't blink an eye even if the price is two, three, five, or ten times more expensive than here.
At the moment, we don’t have enough earthly immortals from the Qingyang Zhang family, and sometimes we have to ask the Yuyang Zhang family for help in transporting goods.
Our ancestors said that this business was built with the help of the prince, so let alone taxes, we will just give up 90% of the profits to the prince as food and salary.
Don't worry, Your Majesty. Just 90% of the profits from Yingzhou are enough to support 500,000 troops. There is no need to subsidize them with taxes from Nanzhili."
Ancestor Hongyun has a broad vision, and such talents are worth attracting and even cultivating.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then asked: "Lord Ling, is the money in the Ministry of Revenue enough?"
Ling Yunyi said with a strange look on his face: "Your Highness, the question of whether the Ministry of Revenue has enough money to spend is not whether it is enough, but too much. It is impossible to spend it all. Lord Hai is too powerful. He has arrested corrupt officials one after another. The money and grain seized from him have filled up the Ministry of Revenue's warehouses."
This is a good thing.
You don’t know how to spend money, right? I’ll teach you how.
Chen Jiu said solemnly: "Don't keep these money and grain to feed insects and rats. You can use the money to open a bank and lend it out to let those merchants and even craftsmen open more workshops and make more products. The demand in Yingzhou is huge, and we can also do business in other places in Daming.
As for food, we should call up the young and strong to build roads and bridges, and develop water conservancy projects. The grain stored in the warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue will be used as their food and wages. You have to let one person work enough to feed three or four people, so that they will be motivated to work."
Well, this is indeed a good thing that benefits the country and the people, as long as you are willing to spend money and food.
Ling Yunyi quickly cupped his hands and said, "I understand. I will get started right away."
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and asked, "Shixian, how is it going? Have you summoned the 500,000 troops?"
Qi Jingtong quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have already summoned 500,000 troops, but they still need to be trained well."
Well, I need to discuss this exercise with you alone.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly again, and then said solemnly: "Duke Wei, tell all the dukes and nobles who have surrendered that if they want to continue to enjoy wealth and glory, they should hand over all the methods of awakening their cultivation to me."
Uh, this.
Duke of Wei Xu Wenbi said with some difficulty: "Your Highness, this technique is their lifeblood, I'm afraid they won't be willing to hand it over."
Chen Jiu couldn't help but snorted coldly, "Life|root|? If you don't hand it over, I will kill them! Do you really think I don't know what they did in the past? If you want me to forgive them, then hand over the skills to atone for your crime! Go ask them, do you want the skills or your life."
Well, you are going to take their lives, so they will have no choice but to hand over their lives. After all, their lives are not real human lives.
Duke of Wei Xu Wenbi nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, I will go and tell them later."
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, I won't waste your time. You can all go about your business. Shi Xian stays here."
Upon hearing this, the other six people bowed and took their leave.
Chen Jiu sighed slightly and said, "Shixian, the imperial court has already gathered more than 500,000 elite garrison troops, and they are training in the capital. It will probably not be long before they attack. Is there a large parade ground in Jinling City that can gather 200,000 or 300,000 troops?"
ah!
Five hundred thousand elite garrison troops?
If we add the 100,000 elite soldiers from the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp, wouldn’t that be an army of 600,000?
Upon hearing this, Qi Jingtong couldn't help but said solemnly: "My Lord, what should we do then?"
Chen Jiu said without hesitation: "If they dare to come, we will fight them! Don't worry, I have ordered the people of Qinglian Sect to build a checkpoint from Dongchang Prefecture to Xuzhou. When the time comes, you can send a large army to guard it. If it doesn't work, we will build another checkpoint in Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, and Yizheng. It should not be a problem to stop the imperial army."
Qi Jingtong was still a little worried and said, "Your Highness, the elite soldiers of the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp have all practiced the method of opening their orifices. Ordinary elite soldiers are no match for them. Moreover, there are many nobles and earthly immortals in the capital, and we don't have as many earthly immortals as them. Moreover, the nobles and earthly immortals here are most likely not going to fight for us."
You think the same thing as Yu Dayou and the others.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said, "Well, I came here mainly for this. They can teach people how to practice and open their minds, and so can we. I just asked Duke Wei to ask for the skills for you. Now, let's go and select those elite guards with spiritual roots.
By the way, is there a large parade ground in Jinling City that can hold hundreds of thousands of troops?"
Qi Jingtong said without hesitation: "Yes, my lord, there is a large parade ground between the Gaoqiao Gate and the Shangfang Gate in the outer city. The large parade ground is more than a thousand acres. If we calculate that there are 300 people standing on one acre of land, it can fully gather 300,000 troops. If we squeeze them together, it will be no problem to gather 500,000 troops."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu immediately expanded his spiritual sense and soon found the large parade ground that Qi Jingtong mentioned.
At this time, there were still more than 100,000 troops training in the large parade ground.
He immediately took Qi Jingtong to the Yindu Divine Kingdom, and in a flash he appeared on the reviewing platform in the north of the parade ground.
When Qi Jingtong came out and saw it, he was stunned.
The prince was so powerful. In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the large parade ground dozens of miles away.
Chen Jiu said sternly, "Shixian, immediately order the bat soldiers to assemble at the parade ground."
Upon hearing this, Qi Jingtong quickly summoned hundreds of bat soldiers and ordered them to immediately deliver the message to the military camps around Jinling City.
Then, he summoned hundreds of bat soldiers and asked them to notify all the bat soldiers to assemble and transport the army.
Chen Jiu directly expanded his spiritual sense and carefully scanned the 100,000 troops training on the training ground.
It didn't take long for him to finish sweeping.
Among these tens of thousands of troops, there are indeed tens of thousands with various spiritual roots, but most of their spiritual roots are very weak.
He thought for a moment, then said to Qi Jingtong: "Pass the order, those who heard my divine sense transmission will stay, and the elite guards recruited from Qingzhou Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture, and Laizhou Prefecture will also stay, and the others will return to the camp to rest."
Upon hearing this, Qi Jingtong immediately summoned a team of fast cavalry and ran to the parade ground to deliver the order.
After a while, there were only more than 20,000 people left on the parade ground.
Chen Jiu thought about it carefully and then said loudly: "Now, listen to my command. The elite guards of Qingzhou Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture will gather at the east side of the training ground. Those with spiritual roots of various systems will gather at the west side of the training ground. The elite guards of Qingzhou Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture who also have spiritual roots will gather below the generals' platform."
Soon, more than 20,000 people were divided into three groups, with about 10,000 people lined up on each side of the east and west sides of the training ground, while there were only about a thousand people under the reviewing platform.
Not long after, bat soldiers arrived with large numbers of troops, ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 and as many as 40,000 to 50,000. Bat soldiers kept taking off and landing, and the training ground was like dumplings being dropped, with new soldiers constantly landing.
Chen Jiu kept screening and ordered the bat soldiers to transport the screened soldiers back. He was busy for a whole morning and finally all 500,000 soldiers were screened.
At this time, there were only about 200,000 troops left on the training ground.
Among them, there are hundreds of thousands of people with the five elements spiritual roots, nearly 100,000 are elite garrison guards recruited from Qingzhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou prefectures, and nearly 10,000 are elite garrison guards who have the five elements spiritual roots and were originally recruited from Qingzhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou prefectures.
Chen Jiu then roughly divided them evenly according to the five elements of spiritual roots, and then he recruited the eight disciples who were cultivating in his immortal palace and divine kingdom.
When Yu Dayou and others saw this magnificent parade ground, they were stunned.
After they ate the elixir, they were taken in by their master to practice in the Immortal Palace and Divine Kingdom. Now they all thought they were in Jiuling Mountain, but when they came out, they found themselves in the grand parade ground of Jinling City.
Chen Jiu said without hesitation: "Dayou, Jiguang, Zilong, each of you will lead more than 30,000 elite soldiers from the eastern garrison. Go and reorganize them . I will take them into the demon power space and teach them the "Eating the Moon" technique so that they can practice the way of qi and blood."
Upon hearing this, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang and Lu Tong hurriedly jumped off the platform and strode towards the east side of the training ground.
Chen Jiu then said majestically: "Shunzhi, Lu Tong, Kekuan, Liu Xian, Jimei, you take these elite guards with your own attributes under the stage and go to reorganize the more than 100,000 troops in the west who have the same attributes as you. Later, I will take them into the Immortal Mansion and the Kingdom of God and teach them the method of opening the five elements."
Lu Tong, Tang Kekuan, Liu Xian and Qi Jimei quickly jumped off the command platform and went to receive and reorganize their own troops.
Tang Shunzhi bowed carefully and said, "Master, that water-based immortal palace is full of water. An ordinary soldier might not be able to stand or sit on a piece of wood."
Well, this is more troublesome.
He wanted to use the rich spiritual energy in his own fairy palace and divine kingdom to quickly give birth to these soldiers. The problem was that there was no land in his water-based fairy palace, only water. What should he do?
Chen Jiu thought about it and simply pulled the inverted giant mountain that was originally arranged for Luo Li and Zhang Wanxia in the demon power space into the water fairy palace and let it float on the sea.
This inverted giant mountain is more than ten miles in radius, so it is definitely no problem to accommodate twenty or thirty thousand people.
Not long after, his eight disciples had reorganized an army of more than 200,000 men.
Chen Jiu looked at the more than 200,000 troops lined up neatly on the parade ground, nodded slightly, and then said loudly: "The Imperial Court has the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp, and we also have an elite army that can cultivate into gods.
They only have two battalions of elite troops, and we will directly train eight battalions of elite troops.
From then on, the soldiers under Dayou who practiced the way of Qi and blood were called the Shenyong Camp, the soldiers under Jiguang who practiced the way of Qi and blood were called the Shenqi Camp, and the soldiers under Zilong who practiced the way of Qi and blood were called the Shenxue Camp.
The people who practice gold-based skills under Lu Tong are called the Shenfeng Camp, the people who practice wood-based skills under Ji Mei are called the Shenmu Camp, the people who practice water-based skills under Shun Zhi are called the Shenshui Camp, the people who practice fire-based skills under Liu Xian are called the Shenhuo Camp, and the people who practice earth-based skills under Ke Kuan are called the Shentu Camp. "
