Chapter 1239 Shocking Case

On March 20th in the seventh year of Gaia, Li Jing led the Feixiong army to go to Tibet.

Until this time, the Tubo Dynasty, which had been watching from the sidelines, really panicked and hurriedly sent envoys to the capital of Daxia to discuss the matter of recognizing Daxia as the suzerain state.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Once the Great Xia Army has gone out, it is impossible to return without success.

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Great Zhou Dynasty, Handan City.

Although the most difficult winter has passed and spring has begun to recover, there are still black clouds that cannot be dispelled inside and outside the Great Zhou Palace, which is extremely oppressive.

This is the call of a dynasty that is about to fall.

In the past winter, Dichen didn't hold a court meeting, and the memorials uploaded and issued were basically judged by Jue Dai Fenghua, and the promulgation continued, which did not cause chaos in the court.

Facing the mountain-like pressure, Di Chen finally collapsed.

In the imperial garden, spring is in full bloom.

Sitting in the gazebo, Dichen had a sloppy beard and was drunk. He laughed at himself and said, "Look, Daxia has already started to fight. Today is Tubo, and tomorrow will be our Dazhou."

"As long as the Four Nations Alliance is still there, there is still hope." Jue Dai Fenghua comforted him.

"Quadruple Alliance?"

Di Chen seemed drunk, but he was actually quite sober. There was an indescribable sarcasm in his eyes, "We are like frogs in a frying pan, and the meat on the chopping board is left to be slaughtered."

Peerless Fenghua was silent, sighed, and tentatively said: "If it doesn't work, let's join Daxia, haven't Xiongba and Zhanlang already taken the lead? Maybe they won't be able to survive."

Dichen glared angrily, and said loudly, "Let me surrender to the old fox? There is no door!"

"Big deal, fight to the death and break the net."

With the pride of Dichen and the pride of the Emperor's family, he simply cannot accept the option of surrender.

"Then prepare for battle!"

There was indescribable loneliness and helplessness in the tone of Peerless Fenghua.

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In a blink of an eye, time entered April.

The breath of spring is getting stronger and stronger. The Central Plains is full of busy scenes of spring sowing. Whether it is the war in the African continent or the battle of Tubo on the border, it has no effect on the Central Plains.

But on April 5th, a shocking case happened in Daxia.

This afternoon, under the banner of "robbing the rich and helping the poor", thirteen disciples of a martial arts sect called "Small Knife Club" in southern Fujian robbed a rich businessman named Zhu in the city.

Fifteen members of the Zhu family, including a three-year-old girl, all died.

As soon as the news came out, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.

This is the first time since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty and the founding of the country, people from the world have committed crimes and blatantly provoked the laws of the Great Xia.

When Ouyang Shuo got the report, he was furious and ordered the governor of southern Fujian, Xiong Ba, to personally supervise the handling of the case, and must bring all the perpetrators to justice and bring them to justice.

"Within a week, if the Minnan Yamen can't solve the case, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will intervene."

Although Xiongba has been in office for less than half a year, he still feels ashamed when such a major case occurs under his rule, so he personally goes to the court, saying bluntly: "If the case cannot be solved within five days, I will be willing to take the blame and resign."

For this reason, Xiongba directly dispatched the Southern Fujian Guard Division, and cooperated with more than 300 capable government servants, to go directly to the resident of the [Small Knife Club] sect to arrest people.

If he dared to resist, Xiongba would naturally not hesitate to use iron and blood methods.

In front of the court forces, a small sect like the [Small Knife Club] is no different from a chicken and a dog. This crime was caused by a very small number of disciples who were obsessed with ghosts and went astray.

In order not to bring about a catastrophe, [Small Knife Club] did not dare to be negligent, and sent more than two hundred disciples to cooperate with the court in arresting the murderer. In just three days, all thirteen disciples who committed the crime were arrested.

Killing for life is justified.

After being tried by the Interior Department of the Yamen of the Governor of Southern Fujian, thirteen prisoners were directly sentenced to death.

According to the law, the [Xiao Dao Hui] sect was directly banned and disappeared into the rivers and lakes.

It wasn't until mid-April that the dust settled on this big case that had been making a lot of noise. After the execution of the criminals, Xiongba, the governor of southern Fujian, went to Zhu's mansion to express his condolences and comfort the dead.

Although things are over, the aftermath is still going on.

There are countless folk martial arts halls and sects in the Great Xia. It is good to obey the law, but once greed arises, it will pose a huge threat to the law and order of the county and may explode at any time.

It's not just talk that a chivalrous man breaks the ban with martial arts.

Therefore, after the outbreak of the "Fourth and Five Major Cases", Ouyang Shuo realized that it was necessary to form an organization at the imperial court level to supervise the world's martial arts, so that this force would not cross the border.

This is certainly not an easy task.

All warriors, or knights in the rivers and lakes, yearn for a chic life of "seeing injustices, drawing swords to help each other, fighting the rivers and lakes with swords", and most do not want to be restrained.

Throughout the dynasties, public officials of such institutions have been called "court eagle dogs" by martial arts people.

If Ouyang Shuo was a chivalrous man, he might not want the imperial court to interfere in the world, but the faction is different, so the thinking is naturally different. Ouyang Shuo would never allow him to be ruled by, there is such an unrestrained force.

Regulation is imperative.

The "four or five major cases" are an excellent opportunity to stop the mouths of people in the arena.

Ouyang Shuo has always acted vigorously and resolutely. Now that he has made up his mind, he will not hesitate to issue an edict immediately to set up the Martial Arts Department and set up a commander to be responsible for supervising the world's martial arts.

Like Shanhaiwei and other organizations, the Department of Martial Arts is directly under Ouyang Shuo's orders. Although it is only a department-level organization, and the commander is only a fifth-rank, it is a real high-ranking authority.

Especially for martial arts practitioners, it is a coveted position.

To put it bluntly, once the Martial Arts Department operates with the support of the imperial court, the commander of the Martial Arts Department will be no different from the leader of the martial arts alliance. He will have the highest status in the world, and he can be called the uncrowned king.

The Commander of the Martial Arts Division is Ouyang Shuo's spokesperson in the arena.

Therefore, after the news of the establishment of the Martial Arts Department by the imperial court spread, there were not many people interested in this position, and even the leaders of some super sects volunteered to recommend themselves.

Of course Ouyang Shuo knew that the Department of Martial Arts was a sharp sword drawn from its sheath. If it was used well, it could effectively supervise the Jianghu for the imperial court; but once it was handed over to someone with ulterior motives, it might backfire.

If one is not good, a careerist will be cultivated.

Therefore, the Department of Martial Arts must be handed over to someone who is both capable and absolutely reliable.

If Song Jia hadn't retreated behind the scenes, she would be the most suitable candidate, Ouyang Shuo could only settle for the next best thing, and was going to hand her over to his aunt Lin Jing.

But Lin Jing is still the commander of the Yulin Army, which is also very important.

Especially when the Habayashi Army was newly built, Lin Jingzheng was learning the art of war and how to fight with the help of the famous general Tang He. It was the most critical time and he couldn't escape.

In view of this, Ouyang Shuo thought of a compromise and decided to appoint Lin Yue, the elder of the Dongli Sword Sect, to temporarily serve as the commander of the Martial Arts Department, as a transition.