Journey to the West: From the Primordial Era

Chapter 187 Arriving at Chaoge City to Pay a Visit

The Qingzhou convoy followed the previous route, quickly passed through many cities and approached Chaoge.

After the convoy entered Chaoge, the spies stationed in the Imperial Capital immediately reported the situation in Chaoge one by one. Now, of the four marquises and the nine states, only the Northern Marquis Chonghouhu and the Jizhou Marquis Suhu have not arrived.

Qin Hua also learned from the Xuan clan spies how Emperor Xin dealt with these territories after Wen Taishi won a great victory in Beihai and successively conquered the territories of more than a dozen marquisates.

"The Marquis of Beibo and the Marquis of Jizhou provided food, supplies, and soldiers to attack Beihai, but ended up conquering more than a dozen marquisates, but they didn't get any compensation at all?"

Is this intended to suppress Beibo Hou and Jizhou Hou?

However, the Marquis of Beibo had always been loyal to Chaoge, and the Marquis of Jizhou, Su Hu, had no rebellious mentality towards Emperor Xin and had always supported him since he ascended the throne.

Why did Emperor Xin suppress them?

Even Qin Hua was a little confused after knowing the inside story!

Naturally, he could not have imagined that Emperor Xin's original intention was to expand the territory of the Shang Dynasty and strengthen the trunk while weakening the branches.

As for the Marquis of Beibo and the Marquis of Jizhou, Emperor Xin certainly knew that they were his own people. For the sake of the destiny of the Shang Dynasty, a little sacrifice of his own people should not be a big deal.

Moreover, Emperor Xin was not without compensation. When the Marquis of Jizhou arrived, Fei Zhong would go to the palace as a middleman to get Su Hu's daughter into the palace and marry into Chaoge to deepen the relationship.

If Qin Hua knew what Emperor Xin was thinking, he would definitely shake his head.

There is nothing wrong with using both kindness and severity, but showing kindness to outsiders and severity to your own people will only alienate your own people and eventually leave you alone!

After Qin Hua read the intelligence sent by the spy, he had a deeper understanding of the current situation in Chaoge.

Today's Chaoge seems to be peaceful and prosperous.

In fact, Emperor Xin's method of constantly promoting slaves and suppressing nobles had aroused opposition from many ministers in the court. The princes from all directions also wanted to know what Emperor Xin was thinking, so they sent many spies to lurk.

When the princes from all directions gathered in the capital, Chaoge became turbulent.

"From now on, Emperor Xin's actions will be nothing more than a combination of kindness and force..."

Qin Hua thought with some boredom.

Due to the war between Qingzhou and Donglu, and the fact that a memorial from Qingzhou Marquis Xuanzong recently angered Emperor Xin, Qingzhou Marquis was too embarrassed to go out to meet Huang Feihu and his acquaintances.

So Qin Hua led the people of the Xuan clan to stay in the courtyard and practice behind closed doors.

In the courtyard where the Marquis of Qingzhou temporarily resides, Qin Hua's divine clone Xuankong is slightly closing his eyes, leaning his body slightly, and listening in a relaxed manner to the various intelligence reported by the spies.

At the beginning, the Xuan clan deployed some spies in Chaoge. These spies continued to expand with the help of the connections left by Ding Ce, Dong Zhong and others.

Especially in the market, there are many eyes and ears.

In addition to these spies, Qingzhou Hou Xuanzong also sent envoys to contact veteran generals such as Lu Xiong and Huang Feihu who had friendships with Qingzhou to gather information from high-level officials.

One high and one low, one up and one down, they reported all the movements in Chaoge to Qingzhou.

The princes from all directions were tacitly aware of this move of placing spies in Chaoge, but the total number of their spies could not match the number of people in Qingzhou.

It was also thanks to these spies that Qin Hua knew everything about Chaoge even in Qingzhou.

"Chief, I have also received news that the great king has too few concubines in his harem and wants to collect the most beautiful women in the world to fill his harem! However, these are just rumors and have not been confirmed yet!"

The leader of the spies was a plain-looking man. He was a native of Chaoge and had some friendship with Ding Ce, Dong Zhong and others.

Later, relying on his own abilities, he gradually became the leader of the spies left behind by Qingzhou in Chaoge!

He knelt on the ground and reported all the intelligence he had collected recently.

"Okay! I understand. Please step back first!"

Qin Huayuan said lightly and casually sent the other party away.

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The afternoon sun seemed much milder, and the number of pedestrians in the city remained the same, busy coming and going.

Qin Hua was riding a horse, with Li Jing following him.

The two of them slowly walked through the crowd and headed out of the city.

"Chaoge is becoming more and more lively!"

Li Jing followed behind him, looking around the city, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Qin Hua glanced casually and found that Chaoge was indeed becoming more and more lively. Among the people in the city, there were many young and strong men with lean bodies and the marks of slavery still on their bodies.

According to Qin Hua's understanding, these people were originally serfs from various farms outside the city of Chaoge. There were also many people with barbarian features who were prisoners of war from the Shang Dynasty's conquests.

Emperor Xin issued many imperial edicts to pardon people and promote them to become citizens of the country in order to show his benevolence.

However, the powerful people in Chaoge, including the ordinary people in the city, all looked down on these promoted slaves. When some of them passed by, they even covered their mouths and noses with a look of disgust.

It can be seen that the nobles and people in Chaoge City were dissatisfied with Emperor Xin’s policies.

Freeing slaves and promoting talents were things that the Xuan clan had done in Qingzhou and Linzi, and they even went further than Emperor Xin. Now half of the people in Linzi were once prisoners of war and slaves of the Dongyi!

But there is a prerequisite, that is, Linzi was originally just a wilderness and a newly built city. Qin Hua did not infringe on the interests of Qingzhou, so no one opposed Qingzhou's policies.

Chaoge, a thousand-year-old capital, has countless noble and wise men here, and all interests in the city have long been divided.

They did not object to Emperor Xin promoting talented people.

As long as the children of nobles are promoted, even those who have fallen on hard times can reluctantly accept it.

It’s a pity that the people promoted by Emperor Xin were slaves who were regarded as livestock by many nobles. They were like mud, but he wanted them to be on an equal footing with him and share the benefits with him?

No one can accept this.

This era, including countless years thereafter, was still an era of inheritance of aristocratic bloodline. Some people were destined to hold high positions from birth because of their bloodline advantages.

Let’s not talk about the ancient times for now. At that time, the human race were all warriors who fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. To become a strong human being, one relied on one’s own abilities.

But with the successive appearance of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Three Sovereigns and many great sages of the human race, either for the inheritance of the human race or for the continuation of future generations, all imprinted the inheritance into their bloodlines.

Through the inheritance of blood, some humans can possess powerful strength from birth, thus preventing the human race’s inheritance from being cut off.

This behavior actually imitates the blood inheritance of the demon race.

However, it is obvious that this action has indeed brought a lot of benefits to the human race. The human race has been able to continue to grow from the ancient struggle for hegemony among all races to the overlord of the earth. Those powerful human beings with blood inheritance have played a huge role.

Over time.

These people who were born with great strength gradually became nobles with a long history. They were inherently stronger than ordinary humans.

From now until the person known as the Son of the Red Emperor appears in the future, the bloodline nobles' monopoly on the human race's upper echelons will be broken.

Qin Hua leads the powerful Xuan clan. Although he has some opinions about these nobles, he will never show them.

Even if the Xuan clan ascends to the position of human emperor in the future, they can only rely on these nobles.

Nobles, feudal division! It is impossible to change in a short time.

Qin Hua had no intention of changing his mind.

The current nobles have an orderly inheritance and are the backbone of the human race, unlike the nobles of later generations who prey on the common people. Moreover, the development of the human race cannot be achieved overnight.

The Xuan Clan can make some small changes imperceptibly, but if they want to reverse the general trend of the human race and forcibly change the mainstream of the human order, perhaps only a saint can do it.

“It’s lively now, but it’s a little more impetuous than before!”

Qin Hua's mind was in turmoil, but his expression remained unchanged as he spoke to Li Jing in a calm manner.

"Chief, the people in Shangdu City have become much more impetuous!"

Li Jing nodded. He knew that the patriarch was talking about the customs of the people in Chaoge.

Before he went to Qingzhou, he also wandered around Chaoge for a while. At that time, Chaoge had clear classes and order among nobles, common people, and slaves.

But Chaoge now seems a bit chaotic!

Li Jing couldn't tell what the chaos was. After all, he was good at commanding troops and fighting, and was not so sensitive to changes in policies and public opinion.

The two men were dressed in brocade clothes, with swords hanging from their waists, dressed like nobles.

The people they met on the road respectfully made way for them.

However, Li Jing had no method to hide his aura. The strong energy of the five elements mixed with powerful blood and energy was as dazzling as a torch in the eyes of anyone with a discerning eye.

The two attracted a lot of attention.

However, after these people recognized the identities of Xuan Clan leader Xuan Kong and Li Jing, they shifted their attention. Some people with ulterior motives also set their sights on the two of them.

Not long ago, the Marquis of Qingzhou defeated the army of the Marquis of Dongbo, killing and capturing hundreds of thousands of people, which shocked Chaoge.

Whether it is Qin Hua's divine clone Xuankong, or Li Jing who commands the Qingzhou army, they are the focus of many people's attention.

There are also some immortals who want to rely on the luck of the human race to resist the disaster, and some even think about joining Qingzhou.

Some people followed the two quietly.

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