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

Ye Chong, Gong Dian and others are not sure whether Emperor Qing is playing some counter-espionage trick again.

Zhang Liang arranged a few idle positions for the Ye family and kept them in the capital.

The entire Han Dynasty's war machine was mobilized again, and countless supplies were sent towards Jiangbei Road.

Liu Hong and Sang Wen sat in the harem courtyard, looking relaxed and contented, chatting about life.

"How long will you be out this time?"

Sang Wen gently handed the best tea to Liu Hong and spoke with a smile.

Liu Hong took a sip of tea.

"If everything goes well, it will only take a year. If not, it may take three to five years."

There are very few men who can balance their career and family, and Liu Hong is no exception.

The smile in Sang Wen's eyes dimmed a little.

"Come back soon! I'm afraid I can't control the ministers."

Instead, Liu Hong laughed and said nothing.

How could Sang Wen not be able to suppress it! She formed an alliance with Zhang Liang and other reformists. After three years as queen, her power had already been consolidated.

What's more, there is Zhan Doudou in the north to help deal with it.

It's just a feeling of being together less and apart more.

"Don't worry, I'll be able to accompany you once the world is settled."

Liu Hong slowly stood up and looked at Zhang Liang who was rushing over.

Zhang Liang was panting, his eyes looked particularly ugly, and his humble demeanor had long been forgotten.

Put the envelope on the table.

"Your Majesty, take a look at what Bai Lang did in Qingzhou. He really doesn't want to live anymore!"

Liu Hong was slightly stunned, not understanding what earth-shattering thing his third captain of the personal guards had done.

In the letter, Bai Lang, the ruler of Nanzhao State, led 500,000 peasant soldiers and took advantage of the fact that Qin Ye led the army back to defend the country. Ye Chong and others from the Ye family learned that Emperor Qing had massacred the Ye family in Jiangnan, and they fled north in panic.

In the entire Qingzhou, only Qin Heng led 50,000 soldiers to defend the city to gain a strategic buffer for the Kingdom of Qing.

Originally, Qingzhou City was a powerful city with a large amount of military equipment and food.

Most of the peasant army led by Bai Lang used hoes as weapons.

There would be no problem for Qin Heng to guard Qingzhou City for a year or two.

As a result, Bai Lang directly used the human wave tactic, killing one thousand enemies and losing ten thousand of his own, and saved the lives of more than 200,000 peasant soldiers, piling them up into a mountain and capturing Qingzhou City.

At this point, Xiliang Road, Dingzhou and the two important places of Qingzhou were all in the hands of the Han Dynasty. It can be said that Xiliang Road was recovered.

But what did Bai Lang do?
Most of the aristocratic families in Xiliang Road were killed, including the old, the weak, women, children, and young and middle-aged people.

Liu Hong could smell a strong smell of blood through the letter.

He couldn't help but frown and slammed the table with his fist.

"What does this Bai Lang want to do? He asked me to be gentle, but I just can't learn it."

"Do you really think Nanzhao is his last resort? Nanzhao doesn't have any food right now. If he is hit by a critical point, he will be defeated and killed."

Zhang Liang's face also looked quite ugly, and he almost vomited blood.

The Nanzhao Kingdom was one of the vassal states of the Han Dynasty.

Originally, Liu Hong and Zhang Liang's national policy was a combination of firmness and flexibility. Those who were willing to reform could stay in the south, and those who were unwilling could go to the north.

No matter what, it gave the aristocratic families a way out, preventing them from having the thought of fierce resistance.

But Liu Hong has never implicated others since the founding of the country.

Bai Lang alone almost ruined the direction of the entire Han Dynasty.

At the end of the letter, Bai Lang recruited 300,000 local civilians and gathered another 500,000 men, and they marched towards Beijing in a mighty force.

It seems that he will not stop until all the noble families are killed.

Liu Hong put down the letter and suddenly felt a headache.

It can be said that Zhang Liang had no good feelings towards Bai Lang.

The old brothers who followed Liu Hong to conquer the world can basically be divided into two major factions: reformists and conservatives.

Logically speaking, Bai Lang was a reformist, but in reality he was not. He was one of the conservatives in the Han State.

But Bai Lang's ideas are too conservative, and if they were in later generations, he would be considered an anarchist.

As long as all the noble families and officials are robbed, the people will no longer be oppressed. Then they can farm in peace, be self-sufficient, and live in seclusion until they die.

Zhang Liang repeatedly warned Bai Lang against this rather naive idea, both overtly and covertly.

But Bai Lang refused to listen, and even threatened Zhang Liang that if he continued to complain, he would go north and kill all the aristocratic families.

Liu Hong was silent for a long time, then spoke softly.

"The team has grown, and people are not as united as before. They are all calculating their own interests."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Liang turned his head awkwardly.

He is also one of those who has his own little plans.

Before Liu Hong became king, Zhang Liang could speak freely and even asked Liu Hong to sacrifice his son.

Because reform requires bloodshed, Liu Ying, the crystallization of a large number of feudal remnants, is the most suitable one for fishing.

However, when Liu Hong proclaimed himself king and later emperor, Zhang Liang gradually distanced himself from Liu Hong and never mentioned a word about Liu Ying's future.

Because Liu Hong was already the emperor, Zhang Liang did not want to anger Liu Hong.

Zhang Liang noticed that Liu Hong didn't say anything and felt a little bit unbelievable.

"Your Majesty, why don't you issue an imperial decree to severely reprimand Bai Lang, the ruler of Nanzhao?"

"Will issuing an edict be of any use? This fellow Bai Lang refuses to admit his mistakes, and even if he admits, he won't change. Even if he changes, he will still make the mistakes."

Liu Hong waved his hand and spoke unhappily.

"This is the path he chose. If he doesn't want to live anymore, can you still help him?"

Zhang Liang was speechless for a moment.

Seeing that Liu Hong was in a bad mood, he sighed, bowed, and went to the cabinet to handle government affairs.

Sang Wen leaned on Liu Hong's shoulder and spoke softly.

"Your Majesty, in fact, among all the students, you like Bai Lang the most!"

Li Chengqian gets easily carried away, Versace and the Fan family love and hate each other, and Ji Xin is obedient but has no thoughts of his own.

Only Bai Lang, who came from a bandit family, came up with his own ideas after staying with Liu Hong for a long time.

Did what Liu Hong wanted to do but couldn't do.

Kill all the aristocratic families in the world and create a world where everyone is equal.

In Bai Lang's eyes, we are all farmers and there is no distinction between high and low. Doesn't this mean that everyone is equal?

"Everyone is equal..." Liu Hong said softly, smiling sarcastically.

The Han Dynasty only declared that the sovereignty of the Han Dynasty belonged to all the people, but it never said that everyone was equal, and even the ritual of kneeling was not abolished.

That is to say, there is an additional requirement that officials do not have to kneel, and the emperor has to salute all officials.

After all, this thing sounds nice.

How could the feudal dynasty accomplish anything that even the 21st century cannot do?

Since political power and economic power cannot be equal, we can only talk about equality in terms of personality.

Sang Wen didn't understand why Liu Hong suddenly brought this up.

Liu Hong waved his hand.

Hong Zhu hurriedly stepped forward.

"His Majesty……"

"Let Bai Lang lead an army to attack Qing's land, and let Xiao He be in charge of the logistics and grain. Don't let him fight against the armies of Northern Qi and other vassal states."

Liu Hong spoke quietly and took a sip of tea.

Bai Lang hates the aristocratic family and wants revenge, so let him take revenge.

But as for the consequences afterwards, Bai Lang will be responsible for them himself.

Liu Hong could only help to this extent. He was responsible for Bai Lang's logistics and prevented Bai Lang from encountering the armies of the vassal states.

After all, apart from the Han country's local army, they can still maintain a barely goodwill towards Bai Lang.

States like Northern Qi, Yan, and Jin were basically led by aristocratic families, so it was good enough that they didn't engage in direct combat when they met Bai Lang.

Hong Zhu was stunned for a moment, but still nodded and prepared to announce the decree.

Sang Wen picked up the pipa and began to play it softly.

Liu Hong closed his eyes, enjoying the last bit of peace after the battle.

"Bai Lang, I hope you can find a way out for yourself."

Xiliang Road, Qingzhou City, corpses were scattered all over the ground outside the city, and countless vultures were gnawing on the rotten flesh.

Bai Lang sat high up on the royal chair, his eye sockets deeply sunken, and his entire body almost became skin and bones.

The voice was filled with fatigue that was hard to conceal.

"How much food do we have?"

Hundreds of generals under his command looked at each other, some of them were reluctant to speak.

"Less than 100,000 dan, not enough for the army to use for half a month. Even if we have to eat thin porridge every day to survive, there is no way."

When Bai Lang heard that there were less than 100,000 dan of grain, his eyes suddenly lit up and he let out a cold laugh.

"Hehehe... So, Qingzhou City and Qing Country's millions of dan of grain were all burned?"

Many generals nodded reluctantly.

Bai Lang gently drew the sword from his waist and spoke softly.

"My teacher once told me that you can never kill all the noble families, because you can't be sure whether your subordinates will also become members of the noble families."

"So the teacher chose to reform the system, and through a series of changes in the system, he allowed the aristocratic families to survive, but they did not live very well."

Many generals of Nanzhao held their breath and listened quietly to Bai Lang's conversation.

This teacher was, of course, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, who was the most powerful person in the world and the greatest master in the world.

In other words, Liu Hong was Bai Lang's teacher, so Bai Lang could leave Nanzhao Kingdom without fear of internal chaos in Nanzhao Kingdom.

That’s why Bai Lang could be the king of Nanzhao Kingdom!
Bai Lang suddenly drew out his sword, revealing his sharp white teeth.

"I'll give you one more chance. How much food is left?"

The general in front of him had beads of sweat on his forehead, but he still refused to give in, determined that there was only less than 100,000 stones.

Bai Lang retracted his sword and waved his hand impatiently.

"Kill half of the generals and confiscate their property. The remaining half of the generals must gather 500,000 shi of grain for me, even if you die."

Many generals in the hall were filled with indignation, but before they could take any action, they were knocked to the ground by the peasant soldiers who swarmed in with green eyes and foreheads.

Of the hundreds of generals, only about thirty were left.

Bai Lang waved his hand, asked the guards to leave, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Are you satisfied?"

"You really take me for a fool! Millions of dan of grain, even if burned, would take three days and three nights."

The talkative surviving general quickly reported most of the grain he had embezzled.

Bai Lang listened to the actual amount of grain, 800,000 shi, which was enough for the army for a month.

Sitting alone in the hall for a long time, Bai Lang felt particularly lonely in the cold hall.

"Teacher, maybe you are right."

Bai Lang closed his eyes in pain, feeling extremely helpless.

"I originally thought that by eliminating the officials, merchants, and landlords, the aristocratic families would disappear. But my army left no trace, and the aristocratic families just popped up on their own."

"It's just official rule that has become military rule. It's still exploitation, but it's even more shocking."

To be fair, Bai Lang felt that the fact that his subordinates had embezzled 100,000 or 200,000 shi was already a staggering amount.

I didn't expect that 700,000 shi of grain could be embezzled. This was the result of a careful investigation.

Bai Lang quickly concealed his fragile expression.

The guard came towards Bai Lang with the meal and spoke softly.

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

The so-called meal was just a small bowl of thin porridge.

Bai Lang raised his head and drank the thin porridge, then greedily licked the remaining rice grains in the bowl.

He never took bribes and always shared the joys and sorrows with his subordinates.

It can be said that Bai Lang ate whatever the soldiers ate.

Seeing Bai Lang's unsatisfied look, the guard spoke tentatively.

"Your Majesty, why don't you have another bowl? After all, we still have food. How can you survive with just two bowls of thin porridge a day?"

Bai Lang seemed a little tempted, but still shook his head.

"No, let's let the soldiers below eat a little more. They have shed blood and risked their lives, so they need to have enough food no matter what."

"What's more, our next battle is to attack Jinglu. Qing Kingdom has already dispatched the eldest prince Li Chengru to lead an army of 100,000 to garrison Jingzhou."

“This is a tough battle!”

The guards looked serious and seemed to be under a lot of pressure.

This is Li Chengru, one of the most famous generals in the world!
Can they really do it with just these peasant soldiers holding hoes? (End of this chapter)