"What are you looking at? " You're so engrossed in reading…" Xiao Rui's voice came from behind. Ding Baiying, who was leaning against the window and looking outside, couldn't help but turn around and sit back in the carriage.
Although the army didn't allow women to be brought along, Xiao Rui brought them along, and no one dared to say anything.
With his official position, Xiao Rui was the third rank of the Imperial Court and the highest commander of this rebellion.
Based on martial arts, Xiao Rui's innate level was naturally better than theirs.
Therefore, although the people of Six Fan School and Jinyiwei saw Ding Baiying, they pretended not to see her...
" Nothing…" Ding Baiying replied casually. She bent her legs, hugged them, and leaned her head against her knees. She was thinking…
Because along the way, this world really did not seem to be as pessimistic as Ning Wang said.
Ding Baiying's kung fu was the Qi Family's saber technique, and his master had been a member of the Qi Family's Army.
More than ten years ago, the Qi Family's Army had been completely wiped out in the battle with Meng Yuan. Thinking back, in the beginning, everyone was actually scolding the civil officials in the imperial court.
It was precisely because of their mistakes in decision-making that the west army was completely wiped out. The rations did not catch up because the generals in the army had secretly sold the rations and armaments...
But at some point, some people started to say that it was all the fault of the eunuchs!
Then, slowly, everyone spread the word that it was all the eunuchs 'fault for stirring up trouble.
Later, through her senior brother's recommendation, she got to know Ning Wang and became Ning Wang's chess piece in the capital, specifically responsible for helping her senior brother.
She once naively thought that as long as the eunuch party was eliminated, the world would be at peace. Prince Ning's words were also true. He did not want to be the emperor, but to get rid of the eunuch party and the crafty sycophants. But now that Cao Zhengchun of the eunuch party had been killed by Xiao Rui, what else could Prince Ning rebel against?
Moreover, the things she saw along the way were different from what Ning Wang had said…
Cao Zhengchun had been doing quite well all these years. Although he was a little arrogant, he had completed all the tasks the Emperor had given him.
Under his suppression, those officials did not dare to openly form cliques for personal gain and plunder land. Therefore, the entire Great Zhou was basically in a state that could be maintained. This was also very similar to the end of the Ming Dynasty. When Wei Zhongxian was still alive, he could suppress those officials, so the officials did not dare to be too bold. However, after Chongzhen ascended the throne and put the Donglin Party in an important position, those people were too bold and forced the people to rebel and destroy the Ming Dynasty.
Back on Earth, potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes had already entered China during the late Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the area planted in the south was not small. This meant that people had food to eat. Although it was not good to eat these often, it was good enough to have food to eat when they were about to starve to death. This was how the prosperous Qing Dynasty came about.
Why would they rebel when they had food to eat? Wasn't it because he couldn't live anymore?
Therefore, in Xiao Rui's eyes, any power needed to be balanced. Without merchants, it would not work. Without merchants, it would not work. However, if merchants were allowed to influence the government, it would not work either, because they would only care about their own interests and would not care about the people's livelihood and the interests of the country...
And the path of balance needed to be slowly explored.
Xiao Rui had never been involved in politics before, so he could only give a few words of advice. As for how to implement it, it was still up to the Emperor to figure it out himself.
As for what Ding Baiying was thinking now, she had to figure it out herself.
" Alright, let's get ready..." Xiao Rui looked at the sky outside and interrupted Ding Baiying, who was still deep in thought.
Hearing Xiao Rui's words, Ding Baiying subconsciously began to take off her clothes…
She didn't stay at Xiao Rui's place for nothing these past few days. She wanted to 'assist' Xiao Rui in his 'cultivation'. As for how to practice it…it was obvious.
Recently, she had gotten used to it, and her technique was becoming more and more proficient. However, Xiao Rui didn't want to cultivate now. Seeing her actions, Xiao Rui held her down.
"I mean, we're almost at Nandu!" Seeing Ding Baiying raise her head in confusion, Xiao Rui coughed dryly and said in embarrassment.
" Oh..." Ding Baiying blushed when she heard Xiao Rui's words. She then tidied up her clothes.
After another hour, the city walls of the Southern Capital appeared in front of Xiao Rui and the others.
The Southern Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty was once their capital. However, unlike the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, launched a coup after Zhu Yuanzhang's death and conquered the capital that the Ming Dynasty had moved to.
The Great Zhou Empire had been established in the south from the start. Their capital was in the south. Later on, they unified China. In order to intimidate their greatest enemy, Meng Yuan, they moved their capital to the capital.
Although the process was different, the ending and intention were the same.
However, a small imperial court was left in the south. Just like the imperial court, there were three provinces and six ministries, but there was no cabinet.
Their ranks were the same as the imperial court in the capital. However, everyone knew that although they were the same in name, in reality, their power and future were gone.
Therefore, the imperial court in Nandu was also called the retirement court. Generally speaking, it was the new emperor who ascended the throne and wanted to put his own people in an important position. However, the elders of the previous dynasty did not make any mistakes and had a great reputation. Before it was time to retire, they would be sent here by the imperial court to be promoted openly and demoted secretly.
Everyone here knew this.
When Xiao Rui arrived outside the Nandu City, although he was only a third-grade assistant minister of the Ministry of War, almost all the officials in Nandu City had come.
The leader was an old man named Xu Wenbi. He could be considered to have a great background. His family's ancestors were the founding fathers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Because of their great contributions, when the Emperor conferred titles, he conferred two dukes. One was the Duke of Wei, and the other was the Duke of Dingguo. However, when the Duke of Wei was the third Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he chose the wrong side. Although he was not stripped of his title, it had long been cut off. Now, the Xu family's main branch was still the Duke of Dingguo.
Xu Wenbi had inherited his title in the second year of the previous emperor. In the fifth year, he led the right army's military governor's office and became the Grand Preceptor. In the eleventh year, he became the Junior Guardian and the Crown Prince's Taibao. He was a first-grade Duke in name. Although he did not have any real power in his hands, he was someone the current emperor would call his grandfather.
Although Xiao Rui did not like these formalities, he did as the locals did. He got off the car early and walked all the way. When the two met, they were quite enthusiastic. Although it seemed that this was the first time the two met, it did not prevent them from acting as if they had made love in the past. However, as to what kind of position the spiritual intercourse was, it would depend on their understanding...
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