Joy of Life: I am a Han Dynasty succubus, and I rebel from the beginning

Chapter 334: The issue of Dongyi City's surrender, asking the King of Han to raise troops to attack Qing
When Liu Hong heard what Guo Youzhi said, he became a little interested.

"Then let him come over!"

The Lord of Dongyi City, Yun Zhilan, the first disciple of Jianlu, walked into the hall with a sword in hand.

Looking at the high and mighty King Han, his expression is still somewhat incredible.

A year ago, the news that Grand Commander Anton was seriously ill and about to die was still spreading throughout the world.

As a result, Liu Hong has now become the fifth greatest master in the world.

"Yun Zhilan, the envoy of Dongyi City, has come to the King of Han to apologize for his crimes, with a total of 10 million taels of gold and silver and 2 million dan of grain."

"And Dongyi City has already expelled the abandoned disciple Wang Shisanlang. Please calm down your anger, King Han."

Yun Zhilan lowered his head, his attitude very humble.

When Lin Ruofu heard the amount of compensation, there was some resentment in his eyes.

This was the silver that Dongyi City paid as compensation when his son Lin Gong died.

Now the King of Han has been assassinated. If it were not for the rescue of the temple messenger, he would have been dead. The Dongyi City is using this silver to feed beggars.

Liu Hong snorted coldly.

"If Dongyi City has no sincerity in apologizing, then take these things back. I will go to Dongyi City in person and ask Si Gu Jian for an explanation."

You want to brush the matter aside by downplaying it so lightly.

is it possible?
Yun Zhilan clenched his fists tightly, feeling extremely aggrieved.

The assassination by Wang Shisanlang was a self-determination of him and Si Gu Jian. What does it have to do with Dongyi City?
However, Yun Zhilan knelt down slowly. He knew that the survival of Dongyi City depended entirely on Si Gu Jian.

If Liu Hong was really shameless, he would take advantage of Si Gu Jian's critical condition to make his injuries even worse.

The Dongyi City, which is only one state in size, may really be completely devoured by a powerful enemy.

Yun Zhilan suppressed his humiliation and spoke in a low voice.

"What does the King of Han want to do?"

Liu Hong's eyes were shining as he threw out the edict that had already been written.

"From then on, Dongyi City became one of the inseparable territories of the Han State."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the hall were in an uproar.

Si Gu Jian is not dead yet! Now Liu Hong wants to recapture Dongyi City by force.

This would easily make Si Gu Jian go berserk, and he would disregard his dignity as a grandmaster and forcibly assassinate many Han generals.

Yun Zhilan took the imperial edict and fell into silence.

This is the helplessness of a weak country. A weak country has no power. Even with Si Gu Jian, it cannot cover up the fact that Dongyi City is small and its people are weak.

After a long time, Yun Zhilan's tone turned cold.

"King of Han! When the Northern Wei Kingdom was strong, Dongyi City was just a vassal state. When the Qing Kingdom was strong, Dongyi City could also become an independent country. What can the Han Kingdom use now to make Dongyi City submit?"

Dongyi City has been independent for a hundred years, and the Dongyi people have long been accustomed to being their own masters and enjoying the prosperity of Dongyi City alone.

How could he be willing to submit to you?

If Liu Hong forced his way into this, the Dongyi City would probably riot immediately.

Liu Hong laughed, but the smile on his face looked like that of a devil.

"That's fine. One country, two systems! Dongyi City will withdraw its army, and Han will send officials to take charge of Dongyi City's academy."

"Han will not interfere in other matters. Just pay a certain amount of taxes every year."

The treaty was very lenient and allowed Dongyi City to enjoy independent autonomy.

It's just a matter of handing over military and educational power.

But Yun Zhilan began to tremble all over. He would rather pay more silver and grain as compensation than to execute this treaty.

Maybe you can't see anything at first.

A hundred years later, do the Dongyi people still consider themselves Dongyi people?

The Han Kingdom took the opportunity to abolish Dongyi City's autonomy, and then took Dongyi City into its possession without losing a single soldier.

Yun Zhilan thought hard and could only adopt a delaying tactic.

"Please ask the King of Han to allow me to return to the country and tell Grandmaster Si Gu Jian, and he will make the decision."

In front of all the officials of the Han State, Yun Zhilan admitted that their City Lord's Mansion was almost just a decoration.

All power is in the hands of Si Gu Jian.

As long as Si Gu Jian is alive, the City Lord’s Mansion will not be able to recover.

Liu Hong didn't think that Yun Zhilan, the airdropped city lord, could make Dongyi City surrender.

Still with a friendly attitude, he waved his hand.

"It's okay. I'll give you some time to think about it slowly."

"But I will take over Cangzhou Road, make Yan Xiaoyi the King of Yan, and have him station troops near Dongyi City."

"As for the Northern Qi general Shang Shanhu, I will make him the King of Jin and make Taiyuan Road his fiefdom."

Anyway, Taiyuan Road and Cangzhou Road are both enclaves of Qing Kingdom, so there is no regret in taking them over and giving them away as rewards.

It can also leave a strategic buffer zone.

Yun Zhilan was shocked by Liu Hong's generosity. His Adam's apple moved several times and he walked out of the hall with difficulty.

Only the Han officials were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

The generosity of the King of Han truly shocked them.

Although everyone knows that the Han Kingdom now has a standing army of 250,000, 200,000 of which are deployed in the Jiangnan area of ​​Qing Kingdom.

Be prepared for the Qing Kingdom's 800,000-strong army to march north.

There was almost no spare energy to take over the two enclaves of Qing Kingdom, but the King of Han gave them away as he pleased.

These officials all felt a little distressed.

Liu Hong didn't think much of it, he just gave it a style name.

The main focus now is to cultivate his own base. Liu Hong is unable to extend his reach to the outside territories so far.

It would be better to let these mixed forces become chaotic.

You should know that when the two countries were at war, those who owned a large amount of private territories were almost all generals from Taiyuan Road and Cangzhou Road.

He also announced to the world that the King of Han was not a stingy guy, and as long as you followed him, becoming a king or a prince would not be a problem.

Almost everyone was immersed in Liu Hong's grand move, their hearts were pounding and their faces were flushed.

He wished he could ask Liu Hong for a title of king.

Liu Hong took in all the officials' attitudes and just smiled without saying anything.

As for foreign forces, the more chaotic they are, the better, and he doesn't care at all.

If there were any uncontrolled vassal forces within the Han territory, Liu Hong would probably be the first one to lead his troops to wipe them out.

Some pie in the sky is just for looking at. If you really try to get it, you're asking for death.

Lin Ruofu looked around for a long time, then slowly stood up and bowed.

"King of Han, some areas of Dingzhou have been hit by a snowstorm. Twenty thousand refugees have already fled to the capital. With the influx of disaster victims, there are estimated to be another thirty thousand."

"Please ask the King of Han to announce the decree and provide relief to the victims!"

Dingzhou has always been a barren area in the Han Dynasty.

It is close to the Hu people, the land is barren and the population is sparse.

There are only two states in the entire Xiliang Road, and the entire Dingzhou has a population of only a few hundred thousand.

The place is unstable and cannot provide raw materials. Apart from providing a strategic buffer and smuggling, it is basically useless.

Liu Hong thought for a while before speaking slowly.

"What did the Dingzhou prefect do?"

"Open the granary and provide porridge to the victims, but Dingzhou's food reserves are scarce, so the governor of Dingzhou can only allow the victims to move to Kyoto."

Lin Ruofu spoke without thinking, and at the same time stroked his beard unconsciously.

The officials nodded and looked at the soup distribution account book provided by Qianhang. With the economic master Versace in charge, the possibility of falsifying the accounts was very small.

Although incidents of corruption are unavoidable, they are much better than rampant corruption.

At least the governor of Dingzhou was truly helping the victims.

However, due to the food being withdrawn before and after Liu Hong's attack on Kyoto, the granaries were not enough to sustain the army through the cold winter.

However, Liu Hong shook his head and described the Dingzhou governor as a mediocre minister who was good at maintaining the status quo but not at being enterprising enough.

The Minister of Works Xiao He stepped forward.

"King of Han! We must not allow refugees to gather outside the capital. Otherwise, if the officials fail to supervise them properly, it will easily lead to plague in the spring."

The Minister of Rites Guo Youzhi was immediately displeased and immediately refuted.

"Kyoto is under the feet of the King of Han. Minister Xiao, do you think the King of Han can watch him die without helping?"

Not to mention that there is money in the treasury now, even if there is no money, in Guo Youzhi's opinion.

By raiding a few large households, we can also distribute the grain, silver, grain and land.

It is not a problem at all to get through the winter by eating thin porridge as relief food.

This is what the King of Han did before! Now that the country has been founded, why can't we do the same?

Xiao He did not get angry and explained calmly.

"Providing relief and cooking porridge will leave the victims with nothing to do, which will easily lead to chaos near Kyoto, and will cause instability in Kyoto's economic operation."

"Besides, it's not that I can't provide relief to the victims, but I just want to find a new method."

Lin Ruofu became slightly interested and raised his eyes to look at the Minister of Works.

If it is work-for-relief, it may not be that easy.

After all, the source of workers for Kyoto factories nowadays is almost all from the seven counties in the capital area that were destroyed by Emperor Qing, and the demand for workers has long been saturated.

As for the land, it had been divided up by the King of Han long ago, so there wasn't so much land suitable for farming.

Xiao He bowed to Liu Hong and spoke slowly.

"King of Han! I propose to set up two state-owned factories again, assign able-bodied adult men to be construction factories, build bridges and roads for Kyoto, dig wells and build houses, and allow private transactions."

"The elderly, the weak, women and children were assigned to the logistics department and were responsible for logistics work, such as boiling water, cooking, washing clothes and a host of other chores."

This is just a rough outline. Judging from Xiao He's thoughts, he seems to have an accurate plan.

I have to say that Xiao He's adaptability is really strong.

The Han Kingdom is now vigorously developing factories. What's wrong with building two factories just for the disaster victims?
Of course, Xiao He also had selfish motives and provided a large number of manpower to the Ministry of Works.

But Liu Hong didn't care at all. Everyone has selfish desires.

As long as you have the ability, you can come up. If you don't have the ability and have selfish motives, just get out of the officialdom.

"Okay! In that case, let's follow Minister Xiao's method!"

Liu Hong made the final decision and allowed Xiao He to do whatever he wanted in this matter.

"Thank you, King Han!"

Xiao He bowed and gave Guo Youzhi a kind smile.

Guo Youzhi looked unnatural and forced a smile.

His thoughts were still stuck in the Qing Dynasty period, and as a result he ignored the fact that the Han Dynasty was changing with each passing day and had already become different.

Lin Ruofu glanced at Xiao He, a smile appeared on his old face, and he nodded slightly to Liu Hong.

Liu Hong laughed.

The political affairs were almost discussed, and then the military affairs were discussed.

General Han Xin, who had been silent all this time, stood up, bowed, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Please ask the King of Han to issue an order to attack the Kingdom of Qing!"

Liu Hong fell silent for a rare moment, looking at Han Xin's expression without a trace of joking, and became quite puzzled.

The Han State relied on strategic cities, which made it capable of self-preservation but lacked the ability to advance further.

Relying on the 200,000 troops in the south, he conquered the Qing Kingdom, which was in huge debt and had grown its army to 800,000.

This is probably courting death!
Emperor Qing, the eldest prince Li Chengru, and Old Man Qin of the Qin family are all capable generals.

As long as the troops are divided into three groups, Emperor Qing can hold Han Xin back.

When the Han country was empty, the other two armies went straight to Huanglong.

By that time, Dongyi City and Northern Qi would probably be ready to make a move.

Originally, according to Liu Hong's idea, two years of strategic defense would utilize the new industrial system to bring down the agricultural economy of Qing State.

In the following two years, there was a strategic stalemate, during which the country took the initiative to attack, and continued to fight with the Qing army, encroaching on Qing territory.

A strategic counterattack was launched in the following year, and the Qing Kingdom was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the south was pacified by then.

Then he could sharpen his swords, march north, and take back the territory of Northern Qi that had lost its grandmaster.

The cabinet and the military are aware of this grand strategy.

Han Xin did not raise any objections to this at the beginning, so why does he want to raise an army to attack the Kingdom of Qing now?

Han Xin took a deep breath, his whole body trembling with excitement, and handed over the urgent letter.

After reading it, Liu Hong remained silent.

After reading it, the cabinet members also fell into confusion and hesitation.

Bai Lang of Nanzhao Kingdom has been completely eliminated, and all the aristocratic families in the country are under the slogan of "distributing land to the local tyrants".

This was a real physical elimination. All relatives of the aristocratic families, even babies in swaddling clothes, were almost chopped into two halves by the peasant army led by Bai Lang.

Afterwards, Bai Lang led an army of 500,000 and marched north to capture Qingzhou in Xiliang Road of Qing Kingdom and occupied part of Jing Road and Kyoto Road.

Mr. Qin, the commander of the Privy Council of Qing State, led an army of 300,000 to fight against Bai Lang's peasant army.

"Bai Lang..."

Liu Hong fell into memories.

As the third captain of the personal guards, he is always so radical.

After occupying the Nanzhao Kingdom, he did not listen to Liu Hong's advice to rest with the people. Instead, he treated the aristocratic families as ATMs, slaughtering them crazily and piling up peasant armies.

The peasant army under Bai Lang's command could no longer be called an army, it was almost a group of refugees.

The aristocratic families were massacred all at once, and there was no way to organize the economic development of the prefectures and counties in Nanzhao.

As for the peasant army, they saw blood and made a fortune from the noble families.

They are also unwilling to return to the land, farm honestly and harvest food.

Urged by the people, Bai Lang mobilized all the troops in the country.

Like locusts, heading north!

Kill all the noble families and use their land and grain to support the war.

Han Xin became even more excited when he saw Liu Hong remained silent.

"King of Han! If you don't accept the gift from heaven, you will have to bear the consequences yourself. I only need 200,000 men, and I will be able to surround and destroy the Kingdom of Qing within three years."

All the military generals looked at Liu Hong eagerly.

With Bai Lang poking at the chrysanthemum of Qing State, Han State made use of Jiaozhou Navy and Shazhou Navy.

It is enough to pass through the natural barrier of the Yangtze River and enter the Jiangnan area of ​​Qing Kingdom, coming and going freely.

After all, plans cannot keep up with changes.

Bai Lang completely destroyed Liu Hong's steady and cautious steps.

Liu Hong was silent for a while and nodded slightly.

"allow!"

Han Xin and many military generals cheered, inspired by Liu Hong's previous title of king.

This group of people was determined to gain a throne by destroying the Kingdom of Qing.

(End of this chapter)