The world of Taoism

Chapter 434 Fire Virtue
In Chang'an City, knights kept coming in and out, bringing information from the front line.

The situation is not so good, the enemy is now less than 200 miles away from them.

Once the frontline battlefield collapses, the entire Guanzhong centered on Chang'an will be a plain, allowing the enemy to trample on it.

The nobles in Chang'an City are faced with the scene of being looted by the enemy, and their families may be ruined as a result.

"Your Majesty, I implore you to move the capital to Luoyang." The officials below stood up and said.

"No, there are mausoleums of the emperors in this pass, once they are broken, won't it break my Great Qi Dragon Vein?"

Someone below stood up to object.

Not everyone has one heart with the emperor.

For these dignitaries, it is not that there is no other way to go.

If the emperor died, it would be a big deal to replace it with another one, and if the dynasty perished, it would be a big deal to replace it with a new one.

At most, they would lose a little energy, but it would have no effect on their prosperity.

Once the capital is moved to Luoyang, it means giving up the fields here, and coming to a new place may not even count as a dragon crossing the river.

They would rather give up the current emperor and go to the new master.

Or simply stay behind closed doors. Anyway, noble families control most of the world's resources, and the new dynasty and new emperor dare not do anything to them.

The people below were arguing endlessly over whether to move the capital to Luoyang.

On the contrary, Liu Qi stood up regardless of his posture, and looked around, as if he was looking for something.

Liu Qi is only in his 30s, in his prime.

During his reign, he worked hard, but his behavior became more and more absurd these years, ignoring the affairs of the court, instead delving into those strange skills and tricks, and even thinking of becoming a monk to practice.

At least half of the chaos in the world today is the responsibility of this Liu Qi.

After everyone was tired from the quarrel, Liu Qicai said slowly, "Are you tired from the quarrel?"

"Your Majesty, the situation is urgent now, please make a quick decision."

The rebel forces headed by King Lingwu came aggressively with millions of soldiers and horses under the banner of the Qing emperor.

The standing army of the 12 Guards in the central government of the imperial court is only more than 20, and there are also 100 million militiamen in total.

But at least a small part of these forces were dispatched to pacify the chaos in the Guanzhong area.

Generally speaking, their strength is still a bit weak. The opponent is coming so fiercely that they are about to be defeated.

When Chang'an City is besieged, the world will be in chaos.

The best way is to move the capital to Luoyang, regroup and fight back.

If you stay in Chang'an and get caught, you will lose everything.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince is going to Luoyang to find out the situation first." An old man next to him said suddenly.

If Liu Qi doesn't want to go, he can let the prince go.

In this way, if there is any accident, there is also a prince on the other side, and if it is not good, let the prince ascend the throne.

"Who told you I'm not going?" Liu Qi laughed, "Of course, it's not moving the capital. This is the place where our ancestors went to court. How can I face my ancestors?"

When Liu Qi said this sentence, all the officials responded one after another.

Some Confucian masters immediately began to make allusions, the purpose is to justify this apparently escaped behavior.

After finding a reasonable reason, he planned to go to Luoyang in the name of Qiushou.

Luoyang is about 800 miles away from here.

It should take half a month to travel day and night.

Although the situation on the front line is urgent, it cannot be resolved overnight.

Everyone still has a lot of time.

After there is no threat, they can also calmly arrange the next plan.

You can even mobilize the southern guards to defend the center.

Moreover, Luoyang is a place connecting the north and the south. The city here is tall and the roads extend in all directions. Even if there is danger, the soldiers and horses of King Qin from all over the place can come here.

It took them 10 days to pack up and transfer their wealth, and finally arrived in Luoyang a month later.

This is still relatively fast. Liu Qi has used iron and blood methods in the past few days to ransack the homes of those who oppose it, and only then can he suppress those who are ready to move.

Even so, some aristocratic families began to alienate Liu Qi, and some even secretly contacted other forces.

In the simple palace in Luoyang, Liu Qi sat in a dark hall.

The whole hall was empty, only Liu Qi was sitting on the dragon chair.

At this time, he was not wearing a dragon robe, but a simple casual dress, with long black hair loosely scattered behind him.

Liu Qi held an exquisite box in his hand.

Slowly opened the small box, and there was a beautiful sword inside.

The quaint bronze sword here is not very long, about two feet long.

The blade of the sword is very thick, and the pattern on it is very exquisite, just like the pattern of the skin of a python.

Bronze is very brittle. If it is forged longer, it may break directly. Therefore, ordinary bronze swords are very short and thick.

Now that there is more advanced forging technology, Liu Qi still likes this very retro style.

Moreover, Liu Qi has never had the chance to fight the enemy in this life, so what's the use of a sword no matter how sharp it is?Just an ordinary work of art.

He picked up the bronze sword and wiped it lightly.

The white cloth scraped across the patterns on it, making a rustling sound.

The sound resonated throughout the bronze sword, and a slight hum echoed throughout the space.

It seemed that the bronze sword was making a sound.

A slight fluorescent light flashed on the bronze sword, as if responding to Liu Qi's touch.

While Liu Qi was stroking the sword, several shadows suddenly appeared behind him.

This shadow hid behind the pillars of the main hall, unable to see its real face, as if it was just an ordinary shadow.

"Tell me, what is the virtue of our Great Qi?" Liu Qi asked casually.

"This court is Huode." An old voice came from behind Liu Qi.

The so-called virtue is a theory put forward by ancient sages.

A dynasty corresponds to a virtue among the five elements.

The five elements are metal, wood, water, fire and earth.

The previous dynasty was Mude, and fire conquered wood, so this court is fire.

Liu Qi usually wears red and advocates fire.

This is the theory of the beginning and end of the five virtues, and there are also relationships where metal generates water, water generates wood, and wood generates fire.

"So the next dynasty will not belong to water?" Liu Qi asked.

"Your Majesty is not very clear. Your Majesty does not have to worry too much about this dynasty for ten thousand years," said the subordinate behind him.

The person behind him was always hiding in the shadows, unable to see his true face, and his voice was extremely old, as if rubbing a sharp object against a smooth object.

The whole room is getting darker, as if how dark it is swallowing up the world around it.

"Shui De...so that's the case. Is there some kind of heaven in the dark presiding over the reincarnation of the dynasty?"

"Of course, the Dao of Heaven is everywhere, controlling all living beings. This Dao of Heaven must control the rise and fall of the dynasty."

"Is there any dynasty that rules two virtues at the same time?" Liu Qi asked.

Still wiping the bronze sword in his hand.

The light on the bronze sword continuously circulated, exuding a colorless light.

The light constantly changed with Liu Qi's words, just like breathing.

Seeing the bronze sword, the shadow behind him breathed heavily involuntarily.

Obviously recognize what this bronze sword is.

Judging from the performance of this black shadow, this bronze sword should be an extraordinary treasure.

Hearing Liu Qi's words, Soi Ying thought for a while and said, "No, I haven't seen it so far."

Suddenly, the shadow suddenly remembered something, and said: "It seems that there is one, the Han Dynasty mastered two virtues at the same time."

But the Han Dynasty was actually considered a subjugation once, and the later emperors actually had little blood relationship with the previous emperor.

It is equivalent to subjugating a country and re-establishing a country.

Generally, kings of subjugated countries end badly. Although the country names are the same, they have actually undergone a major reshuffle and have nothing to do with the previous dynasty.

So no real dynasty can inherit two virtues.

The same is true for Daqi, unless there is a master of resurgence, but the master of resurgence still inherits fire.

However, it is very rare that the Lord of ZTE appeared in 280 years after the founding of the country. If it is not bad, the fate of this Great Qi State may be this Liu Qi.

"No?" Liu Qi smiled slightly, put the bronze sword in the box, and the light in the whole room disappeared immediately.

After seeing the bronze sword put into the box, the black figure behind him breathed a sigh of relief, and his breathing also relaxed a little.

When facing this bronze sword, Sombra felt so much pressure that he almost knelt down on the spot.

"Go down, Shadow, I want to rest." Liu Qi didn't use the emperor's proper title.

In fact, Liu Qi is usually not so put on airs, and the titles he uses are actually similar to ordinary people.

After all, this is a habit of more than ten years, and Liu Qi used me the most before he took the throne.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The shadow gradually receded.

The whole room was lit up again.

Liu Qi still had a casual expression, as if he didn't care about the things around him.

He was not even interested in watching the urgent memorial next to him.

The memorial on the table was not an ordinary memorial, but news about the defeat across the Northwest.

Now the enemy's army of one million is approaching Chang'an City.

The tens of thousands of defenders left in the city can't last long at all.

At that time, Bingfeng will point directly at Luoyang.

Once these most important checkpoints are captured, the entire north will be smooth.

The best choice for everyone may be to move the capital to the south and divide the north and south.

This situation is not what everyone wants to see, but there is no way around it.

Now there is no way to recover.

This defeat may cause everyone to lose the entire north, and those guys on the grassland are also fighting fiercely with the frontier army.

And Liu Qi was still dealing with these matters slowly.

Apart from eating and drinking, he was rubbing the bronze sword in his hand all day long.

The sword never left his body all day, and the personal eunuch who killed him thought that Liu Qi was crazy, and even secretly asked the imperial physician.

The aristocratic family still supporting the royal family was extremely disappointed, and had even sent out disciples to secretly contact other forces that might compete in the world.

In the middle of the night, Liu Qi stood in front of the window, looking at the stars.

In the huge hall, only Liu Qi was there, looking extremely lonely.

"It's not good, Your Majesty! It's not good!" the eunuch's voice was sharp, and he ran over in a frenzy.

"What's the matter?" Liu Qi frowned, his face a little displeased.

"The bandit army has broken through Chang'an City. King Lingwu claims to be the King of Qin, and now he is coming with a mighty army of millions."

After all, King Lingwu is just the title of a county king, and it is no longer suitable for the person who has millions of soldiers.

Claiming to be the king of Qin is also a compromise with his subordinates.

Originally, he wanted to add a yellow robe and become emperor.

But this will inevitably lead to the siege of the crowd, adding a King Qin is not too eye-catching.

"Then what are you in a hurry for? Haven't you come yet?" Liu Qi said, "The order will be passed down to order the righteous men from all over the world to enter Luo and defend the royal family."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch's face was ashen.

The issuance of this order is equivalent to giving the ambitious people in the world an excuse to recruit troops and legally have the convenience of competing in the world.

The eunuch didn't worry at all whether the princes would come or not.

Whoever stays here first is equivalent to indirectly controlling the world.

He doesn't believe that no one can withstand this temptation, which is equivalent to drinking poison to quench thirst.

……

"The world has changed."

Yangzhou City, Zhuangyuan Building.

A young man dressed in Tsing Yi, with a three-stroke mustache and a refined face looked at the crowd coming and going, and couldn't help sighing.

Next to him were several young people of the same age.

Several of them looked like they had read poetry and books.

"How do you say, Brother Huangfu?" said the person next to him.

"Brother Cao, you may not know, I watched the stars last night, and the stars were moving, this is the chaos of the world's swordsmen." Huang Fuming, the man in Tsing Yi, said.

"Brother Huangfu is right. I heard from my father before leaving the house that Chang'an has fallen, and the Holy Majesty has fled to Luoyang. Now that the King Qin Order has been issued, this is a sign of the separatism of the princes."

The few people present are all direct descendants of major families, and they are all big families that have been passed down for hundreds of years.

The biggest among them is the family that Huangfu Ming belongs to.

This person's family had served six prime ministers in two dynasties, and even the ancestors of Huangfu Ming's lineage were ministers of the dragon around the founding emperor.

"It seems that there is a new round of competition in the world. I wonder which one has a chance of winning?"

"We Yangzhou Mu Zhouxuan has 10 soldiers. He is generous and loves the people. He is also the leader of the Yangzhou Great Teaching of Heavenly Masters and has millions of followers. May he ascend to the throne?" The young man next to him looked at Huangfuming.

Everyone is the son of a big family, and in a few words, they have already turned to the topic of choosing a new master.

In his opinion, Zhou Xuan's strength can also be ranked among the top 5 in this world.

If he took refuge in Zhou Xuan, he would be prosperous and rich again in the future.

"No." Huangfu smiled inscrutablely, "This Zhou Xuan has all the temperament of a hero, but it's a pity that he was defeated by this celestial master."

"This person is the leader of a party, and he is also a person who cultivates longevity. Since ancient times, there has never been a leader who has been an emperor, let alone an emperor who has lived forever. So I say that this Zhou Xuan has no hope, at most he is just a pioneer for the king."

Having said that, Huangfu Ming couldn't help but sigh.

If Zhou Xuan didn't have the identity of a cultivator, he would definitely be a hero. With his assistance, he would have a [-]% chance of ascending to the throne.

"No way, Zhou Xuan's strength is not even possible?"

The young people around were surprised.

Zhou Xuan has built this Yangzhou like an iron bucket, how could it be an ordinary stepping stone.

"The strength in Yangzhou can indeed be ranked first, but it is not prepared for Zhou Xuan."

"Who is that for?"

"Zhu Xinglie, disciple of the Heavenly Master Way."

(End of this chapter)