The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

Chapter 534

As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

There are also people in the court, so is the court a world?

The imperial court is the rivers and lakes.

It's just that the imperial court has clearer rules and regulations. On the surface, it always looks gentler, less reckless, and more scheming. , are incompatible with the great rivers and lakes, so people are always used to separating the imperial court from the rivers and lakes and treating them differently.

It has to be said that it is reasonable to distinguish the imperial court from the detailed operations of the rivers and lakes.

However, the history of the change of surnames in the Zhongzhou Dynasty for more than a thousand years all confirms that this view is just wishful thinking.

The imperial court can't afford to fight easily, and the first move is to ransack the family and even slaughter the clan. The methods are ruthless and the execution is firm, no less than any power in the rivers and lakes.

In a narrow sense, the imperial court and the rivers and lakes are inseparable, and they are always balanced and coexisting in a delicate form in the process of ebb and flow.

Most of the time, the imperial court's wrists are stronger than those of the Jianghu.

Under such circumstances, the disputes between the leaders of the martial arts, and the fighting between the righteous and the evil factions are nothing more than small fights for the court.

If the imperial court doesn't care about you, it doesn't care about you. If it wants to manage... then it can control anything.

When the imperial court didn't like to take care of the affairs of the Jianghu, there was an accident-the Jianghu would develop slowly and grow secretly.

If the court can detect and suppress it in time, then the surname of that dynasty can last for a relatively long time.

If the power of the rivers and lakes cannot be restrained due to neglect, the dynasty's rule may be overthrown one day.

Therefore, there have always been shadows of rivers and lakes in the change of dynasties throughout the history.

In the long years of 50 years ago, Zhongzhou continued to expand its territory and strengthen the country. However, wars were extremely consuming to the national power. Over the years, Zhongzhou is indeed a great country, but it is also embarrassing. Start to cultivate your health and rest.

No matter what the surname of the person on the dragon chair is, they will enter such a relatively peaceful recovery period of national power.

The so-called time makes people, when the Zhongzhou court was in a state of depression, the Jianghu of Zhongzhou quietly rose up, and in those 30 to [-] years, without the court knowing it, it developed to the point of contention among hundreds of factions.

At that time, the power of the rivers and lakes far surpassed that of the imperial court, and the imperial court was in a precarious situation, and the current emperor could hardly sleep or eat.

The imperial court did not dare to break skin with the Jianghu on the open face, and took some actions secretly, with the intention of gradually weakening the power of the Jianghu.

At the right time, Dongying and Wala, who coveted Zhongzhou's vast land and resources, watched the chaos of the Zhongzhou court and the Jianghu, and did not want to miss the god-given opportunity to unite and incite other Zhongzhou neighbors to attack.

In the end, the foreign barbarians failed to succeed, whether it was the Jianghu or the imperial court, they were all single-minded in the end.

It's just that the war has lingered in Zhongzhou for three years, and I don't know how many ills it has left for the current situation.

During the three years of Anti-Japanese War, the vitality of Zhongzhou from the imperial court to the rivers and lakes was greatly injured, but it is undeniable that the damage to Dasheng Jianghu was even worse.

In the next twenty years, the imperial court kept a low profile, while the rivers and lakes changed their minds.

Such as Wudang, Shaolin, Kunlun and other famous families with a long history of decent families retreated to a corner and faded out of the rivers and lakes.

And the Kyushu Jieyi, the Four Seas League, the Daoyi League and other decent gangs, together with the evil sects such as the Red Clothes Sect and the Twelve Sects of Tiansha, have completely taken over the banner of the rivers and lakes and become the protagonists on the stage.

The bigger the rivers and lakes, the more people there are, and the pursuit of their own interests is very different, so it is often seen that there are two sides of good and evil sharpening their swords.

Because of this, the court fisherman benefited, not only survived in the cracks, but also hid behind the scenes and instigated various forces to fight.

After the destruction of the Shifu, the overthrow of the Demon Palace, the celestial burial in Xunfeng Valley, the bloody night of the Hundred Flowers Conference, etc., the Zhongzhou court, which had been restless for nearly 50 years, finally regained the dominance and had the opportunity to hold its head high He is the real master of Zhongzhou.

The bloody night of the Hundred Flowers Conference was a night when the Zhongzhou court was proud and elated after being dormant for nearly half a hundred years. It was a rectification of the Zhongzhou court's name in front of the Jianghu, and it was also a warning to the Jianghu.

However, this is not enough. If the imperial court wants to truly control the overall situation and consolidate its rule, it has to let more weapons be removed from the hands of the Jianghu people. However, this step cannot be taken too hastily, and can only be done slowly. Of.

The promulgation of the "Martial Restriction Order" was the first step taken by the Zhongzhou court.

The "Martial Restriction Order" refers to the "four must nots" in the world.

One rule: The total number of gangs in any Jianghu gang must not exceed a thousand, and they must not form alliances in any form or name to help each other.

Two rules: any Jianghu gang outside the mountain gate, there should be no more than five people participating in the battle.

Three rules: There shall be no fights involving more than 20 people.

Violation of any of the rules can be regarded as disturbing the stability of the people or suspected of treason. The court is not afraid to use military power to suppress it!

Zhongzhou has gone through thousands of years, and countless ancestors used bloody examples to pour out a set of mature legislation that condensed the wisdom of dozens of generations on how to stabilize the country.

It’s just that no matter how perfect the legislation is, it needs to be implemented with fists. In the past, the imperial court’s fists were soft and lacked the means and strength to implement them. Now, the imperial court’s fists have become tough again. The majesty of the imperial court has to be weighed against yourself.

Of course, the imperial court, who is well versed in the way of boiling frogs in warm water, did not blindly strangle the activities of gangsters in the rivers and lakes.

In the final analysis, this "Martial Forces Restriction Order" is to limit the development scale of gangs in the Jianghu and avoid uncontrollable chaos.

But its rules are too simple, so there is a lot of room for maneuvering.

For example, the first rule, although it eliminates the possibility of the resurgence of the Kyushu Universal Alliance, does not prevent the gangs from establishing personal relationships. As long as they do not fight, it has nothing to do with the survival of the gang, and business contacts can still go on as usual.

As for how to spread branches and leaves between the two, and how many gangs are covered, it depends on each person's ability.

The gangs in the two alliances of Kyushu and Four Seas are all independent and complete individuals, but in the bloody killings in the past few years, no gang has more than a thousand members. It can be said that the first rule is different from the original two alliances. How much profit and loss.

For the Daoyi League, which already exists in a special form, it is even more innocuous.

It's just that the representative of Daoyimeng on the surface is more clear now, only referring to Juyuan and Yiyun Villa.

Villas like Qilin, Luliu, and Shuixiu either broke off their relationship with the Daoyi League and existed independently, or they were disbanded on the spot and included in the Daoyi League. After all, the population of the Daoyi League has become thinner in recent years. There are less than half a hundred people in total, no matter what, they can't exceed the thousand people.

Regarding the first rule, the Red Clothes Sect was the most affected, followed by the Twelve Sects of Heavenly Fiends.

The Red Clothes Church is subdivided into ten halls, and each hall has a relatively single function. Only when combined into one can it have the power of a large gang, but the number of people in the ten halls is far more than a thousand. , The Red Clothes School only has three, three, four points, and temporarily divides three or four branch halls with more complementary functions into one place, and maintains the daily gang operation in the form of Oita rudder.

After the Twelve Sects of Tiansha have been removed from one of the evil gates, plus the main rudder Tiansha Palace, there are still eleven sub-rudders. Fortunately, regardless of the main rudder and the sub-rudders, they can operate independently according to the original mechanism. In this way, if The Twelve Sects of Tiansha intend to become bigger, and they can faintly become the largest gang in Zhongzhou.

The second article is limited to fighting, so as long as there is no large-scale action between the various gangs, as long as it is not drawing swords, fists and legs, it is not expressly prohibited, so the business of wine and cloth can also be carried out as usual.

The third article is all about controlling the scope of the battle. After all, the imperial court has limited energy. As long as they don't go to war, they don't bother to pay attention.

Since the Hundred Flowers Conference, many people in Zhongzhou Wulin had guessed that the "Martial Restriction Order" would eventually come.

Those with a longer-term vision knew that this day would come sooner or later after the imperial court showed signs of interfering in Jianghu affairs a few years ago.

Among them, the one who has suffered the most is the evil sect that has become more and more closely involved with the imperial court over the years. The imperial court's move is a bit like crossing the river and demolishing bridges.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the forces of righteousness and evil have completely penetrated into the entire economic system of Zhongzhou over the years, the imperial court's explicit orders would never stop there.

In the end, it is impossible for the imperial court to keep an eye on all forces in the rivers and lakes to abide by the provisions of the "Martial Forces Restriction Order", let alone to be exhausted in imposing sanctions. Close one eye.

The promulgation of the "Martial Arms Restriction Order" has its historical inevitability.

As early as a month after the rules came out, several river-lake disputes involving dozens of people in Xijiang County, Pinghai County, and Chu County were quickly suppressed by the imperial army, which expressed the imperial court's tough attitude and did enough. bedding.

However, the bloody battle that Jiang Yichen, Fei Piao and others personally experienced was introduced to Kyoto a few days ago, and the fact that five hundred Japanese killers sneaked into Zhongzhou was not concealed. Listening to Yuge to comfort and appease, and at the same time launched the "Martial Restriction Order" earlier, expressly stating that it will suppress such arrogant Jianghu behavior.

According to Jiang Yichen and the old man's deduction, the five hundred Japanese killers entered the country to ambush and kill them, which is absolutely inseparable from the imperial court. However, the imperial court used this to enforce the law and flaunt justice.

Irony is, of course, rather ironic.

But in terms of the return journey of the two pavilion masters of Tingyu Pavilion, it is indeed not a bad thing.

With the "Martial Restriction Order" in place, Luo Piaoling and his party don't have to worry about a situation similar to the situation where various forces gathered in Baiju Town to kill the father and daughter of the Niu family.

Jiang Yichen didn't know who was going the same way as Luo Piaoling and Meng Chaoge besides Xue Qinghuan from the Liunian Pavilion.

It stands to reason that on the way back, Xue Qinghuan should avoid suspicion and go on her own, and Tingyu Pavilion sent three elites to escort Luo and Meng back to the south.

In this way, the worst situation that the five of them may face is that there have been three groups of five-member teams tacitly attacking and killing along the way.

The point of this tacit understanding is that any of the three forces cannot attack at the same time, otherwise it would be suspected of forming an alliance for a common goal. Tingyu Pavilion can use this to ask the imperial court to send troops to help.

Even though Luo Piaoling couldn't wield a sword and Meng Chaoge's strength was limited, there must be no one party with enough confidence to force three of them with the strength of five people, and kidnap or kill Luo and Meng.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the imperial court's "Martial Limit Order" is no different from the amulets of Luo Piaoling and his party.

Jiang Yichen didn't even rule out the fact that Luo Piaoling secretly exerted some force in the implementation of this order.

He put down his teacup, smacked his lips, and while savoring the unique taste of Yaogu's homemade health-preserving tea, he sorted out the general trend of Zhongzhou that Luo Piaoling, the old man and other conspirators had long understood, and made his role more clear.

　In fact, this chapter is basically the background of the whole book.

　　Insufficient historical and political knowledge, unable to make logical conclusions in words, it may look a bit messy.

　　Tomorrow I will revise and polish again, but it is hard to say to what extent.

　　After all, my level is limited, so I can only strive to achieve the best within my ability.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)