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

Ergouzi's forehead was covered with cold sweat and his hands were shaking constantly.

Li Chengze glanced at the letter and didn't think there was anything special about it.

Li Chengru said that the people in Jinglu had been poor for a long time and had been waiting for the Han Dynasty's royal army. Now he would hand it over to Ergouzi, and hoped that he would treat the people well.

In order to prevent the people from suffering from the war, Li Chengru simply handed over the city. Everyone must admire his noble character.

Ergouzi sat on the ground dejectedly, but he was not a fool.

Since Li Chengru doesn't want to go to Beijing, he must be going to Jiangnan to avenge Emperor Qing.

Emperor Gao ordered him to attack Jinglu, but the task was only half completed, which allowed Liu Hong to see Li Chengru's military might.

It's ridiculous to think that an army of 200,000 couldn't stop 20,000 or 30,000 people.

If this matter is not handled properly, Ergouzi's official career will be over.

By the time Yan Xiaoyi and Uesugi Hu arrived in Jingzhou City, they realized the seriousness of the problem and their faces became serious.

"General Chariot and Cavalry, what should we do now? We have always obeyed your orders."

Yan Xiaoyi looked embarrassed and said something that was a case of pushing the blame.

This problem was too serious and someone had to take the blame! The General of Chariots and Cavalry was greedy for merit and took the initiative to let Li Chengru lead the cavalry into the place where Emperor Gao was stationed.

Princess Li Yunrui had almost lost all her power in the Han Dynasty. Junshan would have been controlled by Li Chengqian if it weren't for him as an external military force.

I'm afraid Li Yunrui will no longer have the confidence to speak in Kyoto.

Uesugi Tora also nodded quickly. He was from Zhan Doudou's faction and couldn't take the blame with Ergouzi.

Anyway, Ergouzi was a close confidant of Emperor Gao, so at most he would be hidden in obscurity instead of being executed.

Er Gouzi waved his hands in annoyance, especially when he saw these two guys were ready to let him take the blame.

"Now let's think about how to make amends! Li Chengru will definitely not be able to catch up. Once we find the cause of the death of the Nanzhao King, we can make amends."

Yan Xiaoyi and Uesugi Hu looked at each other and nodded helplessly.

This is the only way now!

They could only hope that Li Chengru wouldn't go too far and capture a few important cities in Jiangnan, otherwise the three of them would be doomed no matter what.

In the city of Jinling, the people, who were as thin as skin and bones, greedily licked the thin porridge in their bowls, looking like evil spirits.

Liu Hong looked at the people receiving relief food and couldn't help but clench his fists.

Emperor Qing is indeed a man of character. He knows that he can no longer win the hearts of the people, and that the basic base of his rule is also the aristocratic families.

So in order to prevent the people from rebelling, they simply robbed them of all their food, and they had to eat only thin porridge every two days to survive.

Wuzhu and Xiao He stood behind Liu Hong. Wuzhu was indifferent, but Xiao He was frowning, calculating the relationship between income and expenditure.

After the war against Qing, almost 70% to 80% of the treasury of Dongyi City was consumed. The profits from the destruction of these aristocratic families alone had to be used to support the people.

If you calculate carefully, the Han Dynasty almost lost money for a long time.

After all, the following Jinglu, the southern part of Xilianglu, and the Nanzhao Kingdom are also big gold-consuming countries.

Thinking of this, Xiao He couldn't help but look at this group of people a few more times.

He has always advocated work-for-relief. As the new dynasty had just been established, everything needed to be rebuilt and savings had to be made.

However, the people in the south of the Yangtze River no longer have the energy to farm. I’m afraid they will need a month or two to recover their strength.

Liu Hong said in a heavy tone,

"No matter what, the most urgent task is to keep the people in the south alive. If the Dongyi City Treasury is not enough, we can draw from the Northern Qi Treasury."

"If the noble families of Northern Qi want to raise the price, then they can see if my blade is sharp enough."

Xiao He nodded heavily and accepted the task.

He knew very clearly in his mind that as long as he saved the people in the south, he would be the next prime minister and chief minister of the cabinet.

Zhang Liang was good at planning and formulating the general policies of the Han Dynasty, but he was not good at resting with the people.

Wu Zhu looked at this group of people, gradually fell into deep thought, covered his head and knocked.

"I seem to have seen this scene before."

When Liu Hong heard Wu Zhu's words, he turned around with a curious look.

Once Dongyi City suffered a flood, Ye Qingmei spent all her family wealth but still couldn't save all the people, so she made up her mind to enter Qing and get involved in political affairs. At that time, Wuzhu was always by Ye Qingmei's side.

"It's okay. Just watch how I do it. I'm not her, but I'm somewhat similar."

Liu Hong gently stretched out his hand and patted Wu Zhu on the shoulder.

"I can't realize the grand idea of ​​everyone being like a dragon. I can only reduce taxes and levies and focus on the development of productivity, from 10% tax to 15% tax, and then to 30% tax..."

"When I am in power, I will be very satisfied if the people of the Han Dynasty can accumulate silver and grain at home."

Wu Zhu raised his head and looked at Liu Hong, feeling vaguely touched.

Emperor Gao seemed to be different from the figure in his dream.

"Then I'll just watch quietly."

Wu Zhu spoke softly. He now had some interest in the Han Dynasty.

A smile gradually appeared on Liu Hong's face, but the smile had not yet fully developed.

The gates of Jinling City were wide open, and Fatty Lu ran into the city in panic with his remaining soldiers.

When Liu Hong was seen near the soup kitchen, he started to snot and cry.

"Brother, Suzhou has been lost!"

"???"

Liu Hong stood there in a daze, hesitating for a long time before he slowly spoke.

"You mean that the Qing Kingdom has already been destroyed, and you led 20,000 people to garrison Suzhou, but you still can't suppress some desperate aristocratic families?"

At the end of the conversation, Liu Hong became increasingly angry and almost slapped Fatty Lu.

When Fatty Lu saw Liu Hong's murderous look, he quickly waved his hands with a crying voice.

"No! I don't know what happened. I was stationed in Suzhou and everything was fine. Then in the middle of the night, the gates of Suzhou City suddenly opened to welcome Li Chengru."

"It happened so suddenly that the entire military camp was dispersed. I had no choice but to flee with my personal soldiers."

After hearing Fatty Lu's explanation, Liu Hong's expression relaxed a lot.

But there was more doubt.

"Li Chengru? Isn't he in Jingzhou? How did he suddenly cross hundreds of miles to attack Suzhou?"

Fatty Lu was also confused and didn't understand how Suzhou City could be attacked by a divine army that descended from the sky.

Liu Hong shook his head and sighed slightly.

"Forget it. Li Chengru and I will eventually meet in battle. I will personally lead an army of 100,000 to defeat him."

"Inform Han Xin and have him dispatch the garrisons from all over Jiangnan to defend the city and the key points, and trap Li Chengru to death in Suzhou City."

Fatty Lu opened his mouth with a look of astonishment.

Since Liu Hong returned to Qing after his diplomatic mission to Northern Qi, he rarely led troops in person.

Even in this great war against Qing, Liu Hong was only the commander-in-chief, and all the battles, big and small, were left to Han Xin and other generals.

Facing Emperor Qing, Liu Hong never led his troops to fight personally.

I didn't expect that a mere Li Chengru could make Emperor Gao lead the army in person.

Liu Hong smiled, with a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

"Li Chengru is a respectable man, so I am willing to give him a decent death."

Fatty Lu buried his head and could only feel sorry for Er Gouzi silently.

Emperor Gao sent Er Gouzi to attack Li Chengru and gave him an army of 200,000, which was almost a large army.

Not only that, he is also assisted by Uesugi Tora and Yan Xiaoyi, two famous generals ranked in the top five on the continent.

Even so, Ergouzi could let Li Chengru run away.

In Liu Hong's mind, this ability to lead troops would probably be greatly reduced. At the very least, his career as a General of Chariots and Cavalry would be over.

Liu Hong looked at Fatty Lu, obviously knowing that Fatty Lu had misunderstood what he meant, and spoke in a deep voice.

"You think too much. This war has been going on for too long. It must be ended as soon as possible no matter what." (End of this chapter)