Chapter 272: Late Stage of Refining Void
When he saw Qin Mo, Mo Zi asked, "Will the King of Yue give me the black dragon skeleton?"
Qin Mo: “…”
This is too freaking straightforward...
"You are a big shot in the Mahayana stage, don't you have any face?" Qin Mo secretly complained.
Fortunately, Qin Mo had already made plans, and said with a smile: "I have another great use for the Black Dragon Skeleton, so it is not convenient to give it away. However, I have a more interesting cooperation."
"What kind of cooperation?"
Mozi suddenly became cold and almost sent the guest away.
reality!
"Take a look first." Qin Mo handed over a jade slip.
Mozi's soul scanned the jade slip and instantly read the information stored in it. He asked in surprise, "Twelve Golden Men?"
"Not bad." Qin Mo nodded.
The information about casting the twelve golden men was what he obtained from the Jiuzhou Ding after he destroyed Chu and obtained the seventh Jiuzhou Ding.
As the treasure of the country, Qin Mo could not take the Jiuzhou Ding out of the Warring States subcontinent.
In order to compensate Qin Mo, the "Common Lord of Jiuzhou", the Jiuzhou Cauldron recorded the secret method of refining twelve golden men, which could collect weapons from all over the world and make them into weapons to control the land in all directions.
"This should be more challenging than refining a dragon beast puppet, right?" Qin Mo said with a smile.
"I wonder how the King of Yue plans to cooperate?"
As one of the most famous weapon-refining masters in the world, Mozi's knowledge is naturally extraordinary. The Twelve Golden Men can be called the ultimate puppets.
It is definitely a huge challenge for the Mohists.
But it's also exciting...
"It's very simple. The Mohist school can send a capable disciple to serve as the Minister of Works of the State of Yue. All the government treasuries in the Nine Provinces will unconditionally supply whatever the Mohist school needs for refining equipment." Qin Mo said.
"Including the royal treasury?"
"Of course!" Qin Mo nodded.
Mozi nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "The Mo family accepts this cooperation!"
Qin Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
In this way, the matter was finally resolved satisfactorily. After chatting for a few words, Qin Mo immediately said goodbye and left. As for the affairs of the State of Song, the two did not discuss them in depth.
Everything is tacit.
…
After leaving the Machinery City, Qin Mo headed south and did not return to Shouchun, but returned to Longchuan City.
This is the place where the Yue State rose.
Just as it fell, the voice of the Heavenly Dao came to my ears - "Sweeping across the world, unifying the eight wildernesses, specially granted the title of Son of Heaven, experience points +25 million points."
Qin Mo knew that the State of Song had surrendered!
With an unchanged expression, Qin Mo descended to the palace, came to the quiet room, and sat cross-legged.
Seven years ago, when Yue Guoli was established, Qin Mo used this opportunity to break through to the middle stage of the Refining Void Realm, with 5 million experience points remaining. Afterwards, he killed the Mahayana Black Dragon Ao Que and gained another 2 million experience points.
Including this reward, the total experience points accumulated are 32 million.
Without any further hesitation, Qin Mo first consumed 13 million experience points to advance his cultivation from the middle stage of Refining Void to the late stage of Refining Void, and was only one step away from the perfection of Refining Void.
The latter requires 25 million experience points.
Qin Mo practiced for seven years and only offset 2 million experience points. If he relied entirely on self-study, even with his talent, it would take him nearly ninety years to reach perfection in the realm of refining emptiness.
This is already fast.
And based on the experience points Qin Mo had left, he was only 6 million points short. Even if he studied on his own, it would only take him twenty years to break through to the perfection .
The heavenly way of bestowing a title has come to an end,
Qin Mo was not sure whether he could still gain experience points in the Warring States Subcontinent.
perhaps,
Can I also receive an annual salary like other players?
I guess the outcome will only be known when the Dai Viet Dynasty is established and Qin Mo ascends the throne.
"It should be soon." Qin Mo muttered to himself.
…
In late October, with the surrender of Lu and Song, the Warring States subcontinent, which had been in chaos for hundreds of years, finally ushered in true unification.
A new dynasty is about to rise above the ruins.
After that, the civil officials headed by Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Bai Hua, and Zhang Yi, and the military generals headed by Bai Qi, Li Mu, Lian Po, and Yue Yi, were very busy.
Destroying five countries within a year is simply maddening.
The surrendered armies of various countries were waiting for reorganization, the royal families of various countries were trembling in fear, waiting for the decision of fate, and the treasuries and account books in various places were waiting to be sealed and counted.
There were even sporadic rebellions in some places.
It was in such chaos that the Warring States subcontinent ushered in another winter.
Another New Year.
The people of the Warring States Period were unable to adapt to this rapidly changing era. The year before, they were people from Qi, Chu, Wei, Lu, and Song, but now they had all become Yue people.
It is difficult to identify with the identity.
Each country had different customs, different measurement standards, and their writing and languages were not entirely intelligible. After hundreds of years of fighting with each other, they suddenly reconciled and became one family.
After all, I'm not quite used to it.
It was in such chaos that people were generally concerned about one question: what would the new dynasty be called, where would its capital be, what laws would it follow, and how would it govern the world.
All the philosophers, royal nobles, civil officials and military generals were watching in secret.
This is the last chaos before the dawn.
And Qin Mo,
He is the one who is destined to split the chaos.
…
January 1, 219 BC.
Longchuan, the royal palace.
Just when the outside world was in chaos, Qin Mo summoned his close ministers and began a discussion on the establishment of a country that would determine the fate of the dynasty.
All questions from the outside world will be answered in this court meeting that is destined to go down in history.
In the hall, in addition to old ministers of the Yue State such as Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Bai Hua, Zhang Yi, Bai Qi, Li Mu, Lian Po, and Le Yi, there are also several new faces.
Yan Hui, Confucius's eldest disciple, representative of the academy, and future Minister of Rites.
Mo Yun, Mo Zi's eldest disciple, representative of the Machinery City, and future Minister of Works.
Han Feizi, a representative of the Legalists, and the future Minister of Justice.
Huang Shigong, the representative of Taoism and the future director of the Imperial Observatory.
In addition, hundreds of sects such as the Farmers' Sect, the Doctors' Sect, and the Yin-Yang Sect will also send disciples to serve in the court in the future to share the fortune of the dynasty.
In addition, veteran generals of the Warring States Period, such as Tian Dan and Xiang Yan, were invited to participate in the court meeting.
The new dynasty is still very fragile, and Qin Mo can only find the greatest common divisor among all forces and actively safeguard the interests of the hundreds of sects.
It can also be regarded as a kind of reward to the master and other big guys for not taking action before.
"Now let's proceed to the second item of the court discussion, which is deciding the capital." said Jia Xu, who presided over the court meeting.
Prior to this, everyone had unanimously agreed to name the new dynasty "Dai Viet Dynasty" to inherit the name of the ancient Yue country and clarify the origin of the dynasty.
This is called not forgetting your roots.
There were two capitals of the Yue State. One was the old capital Longchuan where we are now, and the other was Xianyang, which was defined as the western capital. Both were popular choices.
certainly,
Old capitals such as Daliang, Shouchun, Xinzheng, Handan, Linzi, and Jicheng were also included as candidates.
From the perspective of inheritance, Longchuan is the natural choice.
However, Longchuan is located in a remote area, far away from the Central Plains. The new dynasty has just been established and it is time to rule the four directions. It is obviously inconvenient to set up the capital here.
Xianyang is a good choice.
Historically, the Han Dynasty moved its capital to Chang'an near present-day Xianyang.
Xianyang is located in the Guanzhong Plain and is surrounded by natural barriers. It is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it fully meets the strategic defense requirements of a capital of a dynasty.
Just a little bit,
Xianyang is also a bit remote, far away from Middle-earth.
As soon as Jia Xu finished speaking, Yan Hui stood up and said, "I propose that the capital of the new dynasty be chosen in Luoyi. It is not only the ancient capital of the previous dynasty, but also the center of the world, where the dragon veins of China converge. It is the right place to establish it as the new capital."
Confucianism has always advocated the restoration of the Zhou Dynasty ritual system.
Choosing Luoyi as the capital of the new dynasty was a clear signal.
This is exactly the way to put Confucianism into practice.
Historically, when Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, ascended the throne, he also set the capital in Luoyang, but later changed it to Chang'an. The reason for this was nothing more than "lack of confidence".
One reason is that Liu Bang had no confidence in his descendants, fearing that they would not be able to protect the country.
Therefore, the more stable Guanzhong was chosen.
Secondly, when Liu Bang became emperor, there were still large and small vassal states in the country, and he had not truly achieved unification of the world.
They dared not make Luoyang the capital.
Another thing is that Luoyang was too small at the time, and without being fully built and developed, it was indeed a bit shabby.
Qin Mo naturally did not have these concerns. What he saw was that Luoyang was where the dragon veins of the world converged, and it was the best place for cultivation. He said, "Then change Luoyi to Luoyang and make it the capital of the new dynasty."
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Everyone saluted in unison, with no objection.
Next, the ministers discussed the administrative divisions of the world, abolished the borders of various countries, redivided the Nine Provinces, defined counties, and fully implemented the county system.
This may be a groundbreaking event in history because there is no precedent.
The situation in Yue State was quite different.
Not to mention Qin Mo, who was well-versed in history for five thousand years, even Jia Xu and Xun Yu, who were from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, had seen the world.
Everything has a trace.
Including the issues discussed later, such as the title of emperor, the standardization of wheel gauge, writing system, and measurement, etc., which may have great significance for Qin Shihuang.
Here, it's just a copycat.
There's nothing new.
The court discussed the issues one by one very quickly, leaving Yan Hui, Xiang Yan and other Warring States natives dumbfounded.
"No wonder the Kingdom of Yue was able to unify the world. It had such talented people who could assist the king." Yan Hui and others were amazed in their hearts. They thought that Jia Xu and Xun Yu were really far-sighted.
It's just a matter of worshipping.
Qin Mo sat at the head, quietly watching Jia Xu's performance. He felt amused in his heart, but his face remained calm. From time to time he had to act as a tool and cooperate well.
If you want to show off, you have to act perfect.
After everything was agreed upon, the last thing to do was to reorganize the army.
Before destroying Qi, the State of Yue already had an army of 1.8 million. Except for the time it took to destroy Qi, it then destroyed Wei and Chu, almost sweeping the whole way.
There were no casualties.
Because of this, the size of the Yue army grew like a snowball.
According to rough statistics, including all prisoners of war, the State of Yue had a total army of more than 3.3 million, almost the largest in history, which is astonishing.
Obviously,
The new dynasty had no threat from the Baiyue people at home and no danger from the Xiongnu people outside, so it did not need so many troops.
Large-scale cuts are required.
How to select and reorganize this large army is a big question.
