Chapter 121: The Past of the Central Plains
Zilong nodded slightly. Their Zhao clan family, like the Ye clan family, were also the winners of the Central Plains last time, and their Zhao clan family belonged to the dominant family in the process of quelling the Central Plains chaos.
Speaking of the chaos in the Central Plains last time, no one in the Central Plains people have personally experienced it, but through the historical books recorded by predecessors, the degree of tragedy is enough to be horrifying.
According to historical records, the Central Plains chaos that lasted for more than 50 years ago, 50 years of hard work, from the beginning to the end, the population of the Central Plains dropped sharply from 100 million to more than 5 million... Only one of the twenty people survived. If the population born again in fifty years was not included, it might be more than 30 people who survived... This is the eternal pain of the Central Plains. More than 300 years have passed. In some places, the trauma caused by the Central Plains chaos last time has not been fully recovered...
Thinking of the chaos in the Central Plains recorded in historical books, Zilong suddenly flashed a person in his mind... That was the Taoist Tiangu.
No one knows how the chaos in the Central Plains began, and there is no clear record in history books. This war with great influence seemed like a plague, and it exploded in a blowout momentum, quickly sweeping across the entire Central Plains... But the time when the chaos in the Central Plains began was just not long after the death of the Taoist Tiangu...
Thinking about it carefully, Zilong even felt that the outbreak of the Central Plains last time might have something to do with the Tiangu Taoist... Of course, Zilong has no evidence. The cause of the Central Plains last time was an unsolved mystery that has not been solved for three hundred years. How could Zilong know that Zilong was just feeling it. After all, the last time in the secret realm, what was described by the phantom left by the Heavenly Fa Taoist... The demonic image of Tiangu Taoist left a deep impression on Zilong...
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Time goes back to three hundred years ago.
At that time, the Central Plains were in chaos, with people and clans fighting each other, and the royal families of major dynasties were also separating the country, fighting everywhere, swallowing up land, and expanding the territory... The Central Plains was full of war, corpses were everywhere, and people were living in poverty...
And in this chaotic era of the Central Plains, a famous figure who has been remembered in history appeared on the Central Plains, that is, the first Bai Emperor Bai Yunchen.
With the support of many supporters, Bai Yunchen basically unified the Central Plains. Bai Yunchen conquered the clans of the people and several major dynasties, and calmed this chaotic era that lasted for more than 50 years.
The eight most powerful clans at that time, Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, and Wang, supported the first Bai Emperor Bai Yunchen, and played a huge role in helping Bai Yunchen quell the war in the Central Plains.
After quelling the war, the first generation of Baidi Baiyunchen established Baidi City in the center of the Central Plains, established the Baidi system, and created a new pattern in the Central Plains.
With the efforts of the first White Emperor and the Eight Great Family, the Central Plains ushered in a rare period of peace.
Many clan forces occupy various cities in the Central Plains, and based on this as a base, they develop clan forces...
Ancient families and new royal family dominate the land, governing thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, guarding the other...
Baidi is the highest will leader of the Central Plains. Baidi City is located in the center of the Central Plains. Baidi is in charge of Baidi City, commanding the four gates and twelve departments of Baidi City, six halls and eighteen halls, protecting the peace of the Central Plains, maintaining the independence of the Central Plains, and allowing the Central Plains to be free from invasion by other lands...
The four emperors of the Central Plains ruled the four dynasties in the east, south, west and north, and to a certain extent, they were ordered by the White Emperor. If wars occurred between the Central Plains and other lands, the four emperors would all obey the command of the White Emperor and jointly defend against foreign enemies. In addition, the four dynasties were also subject to various constraints of the White Emperor, and the White Emperor supervised the laws and systems of the four dynasties...
The major clans have their own territory. They are independent and can recruit soldiers and horses, and manage a city independently with the clan regime. However, the major clans will be restricted by the Four Emperors in their behavior and affairs. The Four Emperors of the Central Plains, distributed in the east, west, south and north, restrict the clan forces in their respective regions. For example, the soldiers and horses owned by the city where the clan is located must be controlled to a certain number, etc.
Each term of Baidi was elected by clan forces represented by the eight major families. Therefore, the clan determines the candidates of Baidi to a certain extent and enjoys the power of supervising Baidi.
This mutually restrictive system between the White Emperor, the Four Emperors, and the clans maintains the relative peace of the Central Plains. No matter it is the White Emperor, the Four Emperors, or the major families, they dare not do anything against heaven or rebellious...
In addition to the White Emperor, the Four Emperors, and the clan, there is also a special existence in the Central Plains, which are the aristocratic families.
The aristocratic families are not restricted by the Four Emperors, nor do they restrict other clans. They are extremely free existences beyond the system.
Although the family is relatively small compared to the royal family, the bloodline of the aristocratic family is extremely powerful, so powerful that every generation of Baidi will be wary of it... The reason why the aristocratic family is beyond the system is because when the first Baidi Baiyunchen and the eight major clans pacified the Central Plains, the five aristocratic families were guarded by the ancestors with extremely high cultivation. The first Baidi Baiyunchen was very afraid of it and did not subdue the five aristocratic families, and did not subdue the five aristocratic families into the system...
Because the Zhao clan clan made great contributions when helping the first Bai Emperor Bai Yunchen pacify the Central Plains, after the new pattern of the Central Plains was laid, the Zhao clan clan jumped to the head of the eight major clans and occupied the rich Tianshui City. Backed by the Tianshui Mountains that were rich in heaven and earth treasures, it was rooted in the east of the Central Plains. The Zhao clan’s inheritance source technique and Tianshui Art were named after the place.
At that time, the Zhao clan had countless disciples with the heavenly eyes and abnormal bloodline.
The Eye of Heaven, the Eye of Heaven, advance, can instantly kill and kill the enemy, retreat, and use the divine aura of Heaven, and the gods and demons are not afraid of.
Deformal scales, deformal scales in the arms, strong arm strength, waves across the arms and shakes the mountains and rivers, and both arms hit the mountains and rivers together.
Relying on two powerful bloodlines and surrounded by countless resources and treasures, the Zhao clan family developed rapidly. With the continuous supply of cultivation resources, it can be said that many strong people emerged. In decades, the Zhao clan family has reached a peak, and the arrogant clans in the Central Plains. In front of the Zhao clan family in its heyday, even the five-way clans were overshadowed.
However, the good times did not last long. The Zhao clan family went downhill in the next few hundred years. The inheritance of the two major bloodlines of the Sky Eye, the Despicable Scale, and the Zhao clan family also fell to a freezing point. In addition, the internal and external troubles of the Zhao clan family were in dispute.
Just twenty-seven years ago, Zhao Baijia, the former head of the Zhao clan family, was stupid and incompetent, addicted to gambling and lust, and did extremely foolish and conscientious things, which aroused public outrage in the Central Plains.
The Qing family led the vassal forces to rush to Tianshui City. Many clans rushed forward and took advantage of the situation to rob... The Zhao clan family, which had long been declining, was powerless to defend the enemy... Zhao Baijia died tragically and was dismembered by swords and corpses... The clan members had no leader and fled in all directions. Tianshui City was bloodbathed, and the ancestral temples, inside and outside the clan were also looted. The century-old foundation of the Zhao clan was destroyed...
But fortunately, just as the Zhao clan family survived, an amazing person appeared in the Zhao clan family, that is Zilong's uncle, Zhao Jinming, the current head of the Zhao clan family.
Zhao Jinming turned the tide in danger and helped the building to fall. He gathered the surviving Zhao clans with his personal charm, and led the Zhao clans to deal with the invaders in the Tianshui Mountains with cleverness and wisdom, preserved the vitality of the Zhao clan family and preserved the most precious thousand-year inheritance classics of the Zhao clan family.
At the critical moment, Zhao Jinming made a decisive decision. He decided to give up his ancestral land and wealth resources just to preserve the vitality of the Zhao clan family and to preserve the most precious thousand-year inherited classics of the Zhao clan family, because he knew that as long as there were people, as long as the inherited classics were in, their Zhao clan would have the opportunity to start over, money, jewelry, cultivation resources, and even the ancestral land could be given up...
Zhao Jinming suggested that everyone give up their ancestral land, leave the eastern part of the Central Plains, and go to a small city occupied by bandits in the western part of the Central Plains, Twin Mountain City. Zhao Jinming analyzed that although Twin Mountain City is a small city, the terrain is dangerous and is backed by the Warcraft Mountains and has rich resources. The head of the Li clan family in the western part of the Central Plains also had some friendship with him, and seeking development there to make a comeback is the best way out.
However, some people do not agree with Zhao Jinming's view. The diehards believe that leaving the ancestral land is a betrayal of betrayal of ancestors. It is even more embarrassing to enter a small town like Zha Twin Mountain City. They want to continue to deal with the invaders in the Tianshui Mountains, waiting for the troops of Donghuang Haotai to help them regain the Tianshui Mountains and Tianshui City.
However, Zhao Jinming had a different opinion. He believed that if Dong Huanghao really wanted to send troops, he would have sent troops long ago. This was an untrustworthy person, but the diehards refused to listen and insisted on defending the Tianshui Mountains to the death, waiting for Dong Huang's reinforcements.
Helplessly, the Zhao clan members were divided into two factions. Zhao Jinming escaped from the Tianshui Mountains with those who supported his ideas and went to the western part of the Central Plains. With the help of the Li clan family, he drove away the bandit forces that occupied the Twins Mountain City for many years. He was supported by the people of Twins Mountain. With the acquiesce of the Western Emperor, he occupied the Twins Mountain City.
The diehards who remained in the Tianshui Mountains fought the final struggle in the mountains based on the terrain. However, they did not wait for the reinforcements of Donghuang in the end. Only less than 100 people survived. They eventually left the Tianshui Mountains. However, the diehards still had a trace of imagination about Donghuang, and they led the remaining tribe members to surrender to Donghuang Haotai.
Donghuang Haotai also accepted them and handed over a city of the Rising Sun Dynasty to the diehards. In this way, the Zhao family diehards who defected to Donghuang Haotai nominally took over a big city and were in an alliance with Donghuang Haotai's Rising Sun Dynasty. But in fact, Donghuang was controlling the development of the Zhao family diehards, and these Zhao family diehards have actually become subordinate forces of Donghuang...
On the other hand, Zhao Jinming led the Zhao clan members, Zhao Jinming led the clans to re-plant in Twin Mountain City, rebuild the family system, take in the Zhao clans who survived the disaster, and recalled the Zhao clan masters scattered around the world... Zhao Jinming used his extraordinary social skills to establish friendly relations with major families in the western part of the Central Plains, issued a statement in the Central Plains, condemning the atrocities of Zhao Baijia, the former head of the Zhao clan family, and rebuild the prestige and image of the Zhao clan family in the Central Plains...
After nearly 30 years of hard work, the image of the Zhao clan family has been re-established, and the evil deeds of the former head Zhao Baijia have been gradually forgotten by the people of the Central Plains. The Twin Mountain City has also developed into a medium-sized city and gradually flourished.
Under Zhao Jinming's operation, the Zhao clan family in Twin Mountain City has added several vassal forces, and some small families also admire Zhao Jinming. The Zhao family in Twin Mountain City is developing at a rapid speed...
Chapter completed!