After this disaster, some people in Daxia who once missed the "previous dynasty" completely returned home, and many people among the people established memorial tablets for Zhou Baili.

There are no evil spirits, no irresistible disasters, the calamity of bad luck disappears quietly, and the fate of the country of Great Xia is still half intact.

What if Dingzhou, as promised, was reduced to a dead end and Daxia's national power was greatly damaged?

The northern countries were shocked. A large number of immigrants appeared in Liangzhou, Daizhou and even Liangliao. They wanted to live in Xia Di.

This is because the time and scale of this evil attack are similar in the northern countries, but the response methods and the degree of damage are completely different.

The Ling Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom were protected by Zhou Ding, and their luck was strong, but they were still cut off by nearly 30% of their luck.

The evil spirit swept across the territory, small disasters and catastrophes occurred one after another, the casualties were heavy, and resentment abounded.

Both countries have the foundation of one state, and the results are pretty good, relying on luck to survive.

As for Tongzhou, Liaoxi Prefecture, Daizhou, Liangzhou and other places, the suffering is unspeakable, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the displaced people are countless.

For example, in the Liang Kingdom, calamity hit the capital, the central legal network was broken, and the Tianzhu collapsed into pieces.

Then the remaining evil spirits swept across the country. There was no law to coordinate the overall situation to suppress it, and there was not enough luck to expel it.

In the end, various large-scale natural disasters broke out, mountains shifted, rivers changed their courses, and blizzards covered the entire territory.

Nearly 500,000 people died unexpectedly, evil spirits gathered in groups, and the people of Liang were extremely disappointed with the Liang court.

Even the Jin Kingdom did not dare to march south after dealing with the disaster, for fear that the mess would fall on themselves.

A once-in-a-century white-haired wind washed away the north and south of the Yinshan Mountains, and the country's fortunes declined. They did not have enough food themselves, let alone provide relief to the victims.

Liang Marquis Zhao Qi could only ask for help from the Xia State, and at the same time wrote a letter to his wife Zhao Ci, hoping that she could blow the pillow and ask Daxia to provide some supplies to the Liang State.

Also in Daizhou, after the Fengchang catastrophe, dozens of horse bandits and rebels suddenly appeared with numerous soldiers and horses.

Either they are real victims of the disaster, or they are led by powerful leaders. In short, they just want to survive now.

Small countries don't have the luck to protect them, so why not rob the government to protect themselves?

Faced with these bandits, the Xia army strictly guarded the border and did not hesitate to attack with force.

There were only honest refugees who would not refuse anyone who came to Daxia, and under the banner of helping the world and bringing peace to the people, they crossed the border more than once to pick up people.

If you dare to stop me, then don't blame me for sending troops to teach you a lesson.

After just a few battles, Daxia Zhoubai's neighbors all acquiesced in the exodus of disaster victims, and turned to frantically rectifying their internal affairs, striving to restore national strength as quickly as possible.

The abundant food and related logistics reserves gave Daxia the confidence to do this.

Soon, Zhou Bai's reputation as a holy king was no longer limited to Dingzhou, but spread wildly across the northern border.

The northerners who can't survive all know that they can survive as long as they reach the Xia Kingdom, and the Xia Guild will accept them.

There is food to eat, and a strong national destiny to withstand disaster...

In mid-November, there was still chaos outside, and the turmoil caused by bad weather in Daxia was nearing its end.

But Zhou Bai, sitting within the high walls of the palace, rarely had an actual look at the situation among the people.

Most of the time, he can only observe the flow of luck through the legal system and see some changes in the overall situation.

For example, whether there is public dissatisfaction in a certain county, leading to a great decline in fortune, or whether officials in a certain place are deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth, and the decrees are not implemented smoothly, etc.

Hearing is false and seeing is believing. The larger the territory he rules and the more people he has, the more Zhou Bai knows that he cannot be divorced from reality.

He is not the Emperor of Taiping who was raised in a deep palace since he was a child. He is the Emperor of Ma Ma, the founding generation who created Daxia with his own hands.

In late November, Xia Gong Zhou Bai went on a patrol to the north.

This was also his first official tour after unifying Dingzhou and promoting Daxia to a principality.

Everyone knows that Daxia has been recuperating for a long time, and it will be the time to open up and expand its territory. For ministers who can stay true to the emperor's heart, it is easy to advance to two or three levels in a row.

It is usually difficult to achieve outstanding political achievements and gain the attention of the central government, but now that Duke Xia is on inspection, is there any better opportunity than this?

The officialdom of Daxia exploded, and officials at all levels showed their magical powers.

Improving street hygiene, arranging people to praise their merits, sending people to keep an eye on local thorns... everything is trying to show the style of great governance.

But how could Zhou Bai only look at the appearance, and never disclose the patrol route, destination, where to stay, and what he was patrolling?

They went to the county government, county government, and township offices, but they asked about government affairs and people's conditions, and did not listen to the officials' reports on the family.

The evaluation of gods, the historical records of inspections by the Imperial Procuratorate, the storage of Xuanyi Guard archives, private interviews with local squires and ordinary people, etc. will all become the basis for the evaluation of officials.

He will directly make a preliminary judgment based on the overall color of the French Open. Before the establishment of Daxia, it was light red, and how much it has changed in the past few years since the establishment of Daxia.

Zhou Bai will focus on areas that have strong luck and turn over a lot to the central government, as well as areas that have average and sluggish luck and cannot catch up with the overall development level.

Is it officials' governance or environmental factors? Find out the reasons.

Fortunately, starting from Dingzhou County and heading north, what we saw on the ground was mostly good.

Of course, there must be some officials who did not meet Zhou Bai's requirements, otherwise he would not have made an inspection on the eve of the war.

Under the pressure of the calamity of misfortune, many problems were exposed.

Even though Daxia was still in a period of rapid development, it was normal for officials to govern with a clear mind, but people's hearts were fickle, and some once excellent officials became content with the status quo, and even became corrupt and greedy.

Promote and reward a group of people, punish and train a group of people.

When Zhou Bai returned to Bei'an County, where he started, several veterans were forced to resign and return home.

When the sage is on the throne, the candle shines thousands of miles away.

Now everyone knew that Mr. Xia could clearly see some of the little tricks they did down there.

In the officialdom of Daxia, some of the laziness created by the peaceful development was swept away.

In mid-December, Zhou Bai arrived at Cangbei County.

Although the current Cangbei is still not as good as any county in Cangnan, compared with the dilapidation and desolation before, the scene of thousands of miles of fertile fields and endless fields is refreshing.

In the past three years, Cangbei County has continued to recruit immigrants and build cities.

There are former Cangbei people who have returned to their hometown, and they make up nearly 200,000 people. There are also immigrants from other counties in Cangnan, about 150,000 people.

Most of the 150,000 people came because of the land transfer policy, and some were from the large Dingxi tribes who moved here. They were dissatisfied with the government and were ordered to split up the border areas for immigration.

The above 350,000 people are mostly distributed in the southern part of Cangbei County, which is the traditional farming area.

In addition, there were 100,000 new grassland people who had taken refuge in the area and were arranged to establish pastures in the southern part of Cangbei County to graze their cattle safely while assisting the army in guarding the border.

A total of 450,000 people, plus nearly 100,000 soldiers, constitute the population structure of one county and four counties in Cangbei County.

Although most of the rural courts are white, the institutional courts are generally light red, which can be considered to be a stable pattern and stable people.

With nothing left, it has now established four counties, settled 450,000 people, and can support the army with food and grass from time to time, reducing logistical pressure.

What is political achievement? This is political achievement.

It can only be said that Yan Luo is not good as a military governor, and that he can be a pure civil servant, which really caught Zhou Bai's eyes.

Zhou Bai spent the entire month of December, including the New Year in the seventh year of Tongzhi's reign, in Cangbei.

Yan Luo, Jiao Tu, Huo Feiguang and other civil and military officials at the border, as well as the Cangbei army, and the people of Cangbei all need to have a heart to heart with him, the monarch who has been in the center for a long time.

On January 5, the seventh year of Tongzhi, Zhou Bai led the Polu general's ten thousand cavalry and a group of Taoist priests to go north to the grassland and massacred the three tribes supported by the Jin Kingdom.

The various tribes were frightened, and took the tokens issued by Zhou Baozeng and went to Daxia to pay tribute and once again show their loyalty.

On January 10, Daxia worshiped the True Lord Minghui and led a group of 100 Taoist priests to cross the border and attacked and killed Fulong Shaman of the Jin Kingdom despite being suppressed by luck.

On January 20, the Taoist priests killed more than fifty black-robed shamans, fifteen silver-bordered shamans, and two gold-bordered shamans returned successfully.

Killing these shamans is not a random killing. One by one, they are all people who have been wandering around the Jinxia border all year round and causing havoc and have been blacklisted.

The meaning is very obvious, two words, establish prestige.

I, Zhou Bai, am in Cangbei. Do you dare to come and fight?

If you don't dare to come, I ask you Jin people to stay in the grassland and don't try to go south again.

Any tentacle that dares to reach out will be counterattacked with thunder.

In the end, Zhou Bai stayed until the end of January, and Hu Yanhe swallowed his breath as if he didn't notice the provocation.

After the last defeat, the vitality has not yet been restored, and the black veins have not provided much support in the current calamity. As a result, the Jin Kingdom is actually very weak now, and it is impossible for Hu Yanhe to mobilize his army to march south at this time.

Just the partial strength revealed this time in Daxia scared the top brass of the Jin Kingdom, and the gap seemed to be getting wider and wider.

This tentative provocation was successful. Daxia's northern neighbor had no intention of going south for the time being.

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Zhou Bai set out to return south with peace of mind, but on the way, he kept giving orders.

Wave after wave of messengers holding gold medals and carrying orders of dragon and tiger arrows rushed to various places.

To launch a cross-state war, it is definitely not enough to dispatch the imperial army. The garrison and militia must keep up.

The remaining cabinet and six ministers must be a little confused, because this does not comply with the troop deployment procedures and seems disrespectful to them.

Under normal circumstances, in order to maintain the Daxia system and ensure the smooth flow of luck, Zhou Bai would not go beyond his ministers and act like this.

Can’t wait for cabinet discussions or even time for the Ministry of War to issue orders?
To be continued...