lcionline Chapter 486 Protecting the Best Sister 28
Chapter 486 Protecting the Best Sister 28
Now Zhang Rulan has control over five states. Although she is not as powerful as Yu Xuan in the north, she is still ranked among the top rebel forces in the world.
Wang Feng and others saw that the situation was not right and wanted to sneak back to Beijing, but they were caught on the spot by Li Mingzhu.
After some threats and inducements, they compromised and even began to think about how to follow the dragon.
Since ancient times, most rebellions have been fought from north to south, and rarely from south to north.
The Jiangnan region has always been a major tax collection area, and the people's lives are barely passable, so they will not easily rebel.
However, compared with the north, the south is more feudal and superstitious, with countless Bodhisattvas and heavenly kings.
Many rebels in history claimed to be the reincarnation of a certain god, transformed themselves into messengers of gods, and gathered people to make money.
Li Mingzhu took this into consideration at the time, so she let Zhang Rulan dress up as a deity and win over the people's faith from both spiritual and physical levels.
"We're all about to rebel, so why should we care about reputation?" Li Mingzhu said unconcernedly. "History books are written by the victors. As long as you sit in that chair, there will be great scholars to debate on your behalf!"
Zhang Rulan laughed: "You're right!"
Not many people have any objections to Zhang Rulan becoming emperor.
There are precedents of women in power in history. The previous dynasty even had three empresses in a row.
If the founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty had not been a male chauvinist who had always suppressed women's power and status, it is uncertain whether the current tyrant in Kyoto could sit on the throne.
Even when Daxia had become like this, he was still living a life of drunkenness and dreams, hanging out with palace maids and eunuchs in the garden, and having sex in groups. The scene was disgusting.
In order to please him, some ministers were so cruel as to send their own daughters to the dragon bed.
If the women resisted, they would be hacked to death in front of everyone by the emperor, and their bodies would be dragged to the imperial zoo to be eaten by beasts.
This tyrant also liked stones, all kinds of strange-shaped stones.
In order to please him, his officials plundered rare stones from the people and caused many tragedies.
The Great Xia Dynasty was nearing its end. The Little Ice Age, which occurred once every thousand years, had already brought constant natural disasters. Coupled with the incompetent king and officials who were idle and had nothing to do, the people were suffering terribly.
Zhang Rulan held high the banner of justice and, with the help of Li Mingzhu and others, quickly expanded her territory and soon captured two more states.
At this point, the entire southern part of the Great Xia Dynasty fell into Zhang Rulan's hands.
"Sister, we have to slow down our pace!"
In the meeting hall, Li Mingzhu sat in the second seat from the bottom, rubbing her aching temples. "There are too many things to do, and too few capable people. We need to find a way to train a group of capable people first!"
There are few good officials nowadays. Zhang Rulan showed no mercy and killed them all.
What follows is the problem of lack of manpower.
Li Mingzhu had to handle several jobs by herself and only managed to get by by taking health-enhancing pills.
Zhang Rulan patted Li Mingzhu's hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, little sister!"
In fact, Zhang Rulan is also very busy. After all, she is going to be the emperor in the future. Now she has to be cautious in every step and must not make any mistakes.
Yang He, who was sitting at the bottom and listening silently, hesitated for a while, and finally raised his hand: "Well, I have a few good friends, why don't I ask them if they are willing to work with us?"
When Li Mingzhu heard this, her eyes widened instantly and she nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes, Lao Yang, the more the better!"
In this way, Yang He carried his bag and headed northwest, protected by the two brothers Song Dashan and Song Xiaoshan.
Yang He lived in Dingzhou for a while, and finally compromised, expressing his willingness to join the Holy Mother Church and work with Zhang Rulan and her sister.
After being a member for so long, he also wants to make some contribution.
Then, Yang He brought Li Mingzhu a huge surprise.
Looking at the row of scholars in Confucian robes in front of him, Li Mingzhu couldn't stop smiling.
"It's not all in vain, it's not all in vain!" Li Mingzhu bared her teeth. "Let's work together to make the Holy Mother Church bigger and stronger, and reach the pinnacle of life together!"
After assigning the talents to their respective places, Li Mingzhu placed her hand on Yang He's shoulder, acting like a good sister: "Old Yang, good job!"
Yang He's body was pulled crooked. He tried to stand up straight and whispered, "Actually, I still have some friends..."
Li Mingzhu:!!!
"Yes, yes, yes! Old Yang, go get them all!" Li Mingzhu pushed Yang He out, "From now on, you'll be our Minister of Personnel!"
Yang He smacked his lips, and couldn't help but smile at the thought of becoming the Minister of Personnel: "Hehe!"
Li Mingzhu's pancake was fragrant and round. Yang He was hit on the head by the pancake and set off again happily.
"Oh my, I can't believe it~" Li Mingzhu smiled as she watched Yang and the other two leave. "He actually has an SSR card that can summon unlimited talents!"
Yang He came from a poor family, but he was able to stand out among thousands of candidates in the imperial examination. This was not only due to his own intelligence and talent, but also because of good teachers and helpful friends.
Yang He has a kind personality and is quite popular in the sect. All his fellow disciples like him very much.
After Yang He's hard work in promoting the Holy Mother Church, he successfully attracted a group of people back to the Church of Our Lady.
One of them, named Guo Huan, was particularly talented.
At first, he was heartbroken by Yang He's fall into banditry, and he came here to find an opportunity to expose the "true face" of the Holy Mother Church and bring Yang He back to the "right path."
As a result, he was persuaded by Li Mingzhu's eloquence and successfully joined the group, and also brought back a group of talents.
"Appoint officials! Appoint officials to all of them!" Li Mingzhu laughed so hard that her teeth showed, and she took the pancake and smashed it hard on the heads of the talents.
Now that we have people, we need territory, right?
Li Mingzhu gathered the troops and directly confronted the horse caravans from the northwest.
The leader of the caravan was also a woman named Huarong.
Hua Rong's great-grandfather was a horse official, but was later framed and his family fled to the northwest. Relying on his good skills in raising horses, he successfully established a business in the northwest.
When the world fell into chaos, Hua Rong simply formed a team and established himself as king in the northwest.
Hua Rong started the rebellion much earlier than Zhang Rulan, but after she occupied the territory, she lived in the northwest and did not expand outward.
Li Mingzhu had actually been coveting the caravan's fine horses for a long time. If she could recruit the caravan, she would be able to build an iron cavalry and greatly enhance its combat effectiveness.
"Humph, little girl, you dare to act wild here?"
Huarong, dressed in fiery red, sat on the horse, looking bright and flamboyant.
She performed a fancy move, pulled the reins, and rushed towards Li Mingzhu.
"Well done!"
Li Mingzhu took a long-handled axe and fought directly.
As soon as they started fighting, Hua Rong was shocked by Li Mingzhu's great strength.
Li Mingzhu gave Huarong three moves out of respect, then swung the whip with his left hand, rolled Huarong onto his horse, and ran back screaming, "Robbing the bride! Wow!"