Chapter 11: War with Tang

Zong Zheng took out the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword, threw the scabbard on the ground, and after the sword in his right hand collided with the sword of the four generals, the sword of the four generals was cut into two pieces.

"He's a Red Flame Sky Sword, sharpening steel like mud, quickly find someone to surround him, and the wheel battle can capture him. Lying on the bed, Yelu Zhongyi shouted to the four generals.

The four generals were about to rush out of the camp, Zong Zheng grabbed a handful of powder from his waist with his left hand and sprinkled it on the four generals, the four generals were sprinkled with powder in their eyes, mouth and nose, struggled a few times, and fainted to the ground.

"Why do you have so many tricks, and don't play cards according to common sense?"

"This sweat medicine is really strong, then Marshal Yelu, offended!" Zong Zheng grabbed the powder from his left waist again and threw it at Yelu Zhongyi.

"You ......," Yelu Zhongyi fainted and lay on the bed.

Zong Zheng put the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword into the scabbard, wrapped it in cloth, tied it to his body, took off the armor of the general who had fainted to the ground, put it on Yelu Zhongyi, and walked out of the handsome camp with Yelu Zhongyi in his arms.

The soldiers who were waiting for Zongzheng before hurriedly brought a stretcher and asked Zongzheng to put Yelu Zhongyi on it, and the two of them walked out of the Jin State military camp with Yelu Zhongyi, because Yelu Zhongyi's face was full of **, and the soldier didn't see it.

"Brother, you said that the general is dead, why don't we know that we have to go to the camp to carry it?" the soldier laid down the stretcher outside the camp.

"Brother, go back to the camp quickly, pretend not to know that at this time, the general is dead, and if you don't announce it, you are afraid of disturbing the morale of the army. Zong Zheng looked at the soldier with a melancholy face.

"Good...... Thank you, brother, don't say I know about it, I'll go first, take care, brother!" frightened the soldier ran back to the camp.

Seeing him go away, Zong Zheng moved his sword to his chest, picked up Yelu Zhongyi, who was on the back of a tiger, and whistled back to his handsome camp.

Putting Yelu Zhongyi on the bed, the fifth prince asked Zongzheng, "Who is this, why are you wearing the armor of General Jin?"

"Take a closer look, this is Yelu Zhongyi, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Kingdom this time, Marshal Yelu. Zong Zheng used a towel to dry the sweat powder on Yelu Zhongyi's face.

"What's the matter, is he dead?" asked the fifth prince Zongzheng.

"I sprinkled him with some sweat medicine and fell asleep. Zong Zheng relieved the Red Flame and stood aside.

"The virtuous nephew is really a man of God, entering an army of 200,000 is like entering a no-man's land, capturing the commander of the enemy army alive and returning to the camp, admire. The five princes were once again impressed by Zongzheng.

"I just received my father's holy decree, saying that your third uncle took all the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and did not leave a city for our Tang Kingdom, and now let you promise to hand over half of the land of the Jin Kingdom, otherwise I will tie you back to the Tang Kingdom today. Yu Wenlong shouted at Zongzheng.

"Hugh is talking nonsense!" the fifth prince looked at Yu Wenlong viciously.

"The third uncle has taken the entire territory of the Jin Kingdom, it's only been seven days, how is it possible?" Zong Zheng looked at the five princes.

"Your third uncle used his troops quickly, took the capital of the country and went to Beijing, killed the emperor, the whole country was shocked, and all parts of the Jin country surrendered by letters. What Marshal Yuwen said just now is true. The fifth prince bowed his head.

"Virtuous nephew, I'm back!" the third prince walked into the camp covered in blood.

"Third Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Zong Zheng asked the third prince.

"Don't mention it, on the way back, I met more than 50,000 Korean remnants, and now there are only more than 8,000 left. The third prince wiped his face and asked Zongzheng again.

"Who's lying here?"

"Third Uncle, this is Yelu Zhongyi, the marshal of the Jin Army, who was brought here by me with sweat medicine. Zong Zheng looked at the third prince.

"Why are you all drooping faces, what's the matter? It's a good thing to capture Yelu Zhongyi alive, why are you not happy?" The third prince looked at the fifth prince, and Yu Wenlong was dejected.

"Third uncle, it's like this, you help me take the territory of the Jin Kingdom, the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom is not happy, let the fifth uncle and Marshal Yuwen tell me that if I don't hand over half of the territory of the Jin Kingdom, you will take me away. Zong Zheng lowered his head.

"Why! My Shu country has an army of 200,000 people, and now there are only 8,000 sons left, and your Tang Kingdom has only lost more than 40,000 people, but my virtuous nephew has helped you solve the locust plague, this is my disagreement, if the virtuous nephew wants to be a favor, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless!"

"Fifth uncle, you have also seen that Shu has paid the most, I have taken your favor to heart, the territory of Jin is already the territory of our Zongzheng Empire, if Shu wants to separate the territory of Tang and rule the territory of Jin, I have nothing to say, but the third uncle said so, you see what to do, fifth uncle." Zong Zheng looked at the five princes.

"I'll kill you!" Yu Wenlong picked up Fang Tian's painting halberd and slashed at Zong Zheng, Zong Zheng directly pulled out the Chiyan Heaven Killing Sword from Bri and slashed at Fang Tian's painting halberd, with a loud bang, the two weapons collided, the spark flew up, fell to the ground and extinguished, Yu Wenlong's Fang Tian painting halberd was cut into two pieces.

"Yu Wenlong, stop it!" the fifth prince shouted to Yu Wenlong, Yu Wenlong looked at the half of the iron rod left in his hand, threw it on the ground, sighed, and turned around.

"The Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword! Isn't that the third sharpest weapon in this world? How can it be in your hands? Isn't it in the palace of the Liao Emperor? My father and the emperor have asked them for many years, but they haven't given it!" The fifth prince looked at the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword in Zong Zheng's hand.

"Fifth uncle, let's do it, let the third uncle go with you first! You will Tang Guo say a few good words to your father, can we never fight, I have a headache now." "Zong Zheng took the Red Flame Heaven Slayer Sword back into its scabbard.

"Brother, my father and mother are worried about you, come over with me to have a look. Lu Yue walked into the handsome camp, with Lu Yuqi and Ma Huixing behind him.

"Virtuous nephew, who are these three?" the third prince looked at Lu Yue and them.

"Virtuous nephew, dare to ask who you are?" Lu Yuqi asked the third prince.

"This is the third prince of Shu, saying that it is my third uncle, uncle, you are here just in time, do you think he is my third uncle?" Zongzheng was not pretending at this time.

"If he is really the third prince of Shu, then it is really your third uncle. Lu Yuqi told Zongzheng the truth about Zongzheng's cold meal and their village.

"Who killed my father Zongzheng Han!" "The angry Zongzheng stood up and shouted.

"It's your uncle, your grandfather wanted to set up your father Wang Zongzheng Han as the crown prince, your uncle sent troops to your village to kill your father, and when I investigated, your grandfather didn't believe it, he had already made me the prince, this time I brought 200,000 troops, I was originally going to take you back to Shu, and now there are 8,000 left, and when I go back, your uncle will definitely use the power of the court to remove me as the prince, if you send half of the territory of the Jin State to the Tang State, wouldn't it make me busy in vain. The third prince lowered his head.

"The third uncle is here, the throne is handed over to you, I will enter the palace with the Chiyan Heaven Killing Sword and kill the eldest uncle!" Zong Zheng was about to walk out of the handsome camp with the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword, but was stopped by the third prince.

"I'll go back to China first, can you hand over the Nine Dragons Five Qilin Emperor Jade to me? Show it to your imperial grandfather, maybe I still have leeway." The third prince looked at Zongzheng's waist.

"It's all for you!" Zong Zheng took the Nine Dragons Five Qilin Emperor Jade and handed it over to the third prince.

"Fifth Prince, do you think we should leave here or take my virtuous nephew away?" the third prince asked the fifth prince.

"I'd better go back to China first, and see what my father says!" In this way, the fifth prince left with Tang Guo and the third prince, and Zongzheng returned to their Bai Yi City with Lu Yue and Lu Yuqi and his wife.

After sealing Yan Thunderbolt, Yelu Zhongyi, Lian Po is the three founding marshals of the Zongzheng Empire, Lu Hua is the general of the national capital, and is in charge of all the people in the national capital Baiyi City, Wang Zixi and the second master are special generals, leading a total of 50,000 troops, responsible for suppressing bandits in the Zongzheng Empire, Zhao Congjun is the governor of the regime, responsible for the appointment and removal of domestic civil officials, strictly investigating corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and has the right to cut first and then play, Lu Yue is the governor of the Ministry of Commerce, responsible for the management of domestic salt, iron and grain, as well as domestic commercial management and international trade, and others are rewarded according to merit. ”

"Your Majesty, I have something to say about Yelu Zhongyi! Everywhere Your Majesty stunned me with sweat medicine, and when I woke up, persuaded me to surrender, I did not agree, saying that I should be a friend first, now that the Jin Kingdom is destroyed, I still have 200,000 troops stationed in the field, it has been ten days, when Your Majesty intercepted and burned our grain and grass, I am afraid that I have already starved to death of my 200,000 troops in these ten days, right? I asked Your Majesty when I would wait for me to go back, but it was always delayed again and again, and now Your Majesty has ascended the throne and been named the founding marshal, but I have not surrendered to Your Majesty. "Yelu Zhongyi questioned Zongzheng sitting on the dragon chair high in the Jinluan Palace.

"Haha, Marshal Yelu is too worried! I have already asked people to imitate your handwriting, take grain and grass to your camp, and tell them that the Jin Kingdom is dead, you have taken refuge in me, and the grain and grass are for them, they believe it is true, and they have already followed Marshal Wanyan to garrison various cities, and now they are living a good life, and Marshal Wanyan came back yesterday. Zong Zheng looked at Yelu Zhongyi.

"Your Majesty, what's the difference between you and buying and selling, alas!" Yelu Zhongyi sighed, now that the Jin Kingdom has been destroyed, his 200,000 troops have been arranged to various cities, and they can only accept rewards.

"The Chenhan Festival has something to say!" a civil official stood in the middle of the Jinluan Palace.

"It turned out to be Prime Minister Han Cheng, the Emperor of Zhao was incompetent and didn't listen to your advice, it's a pity, what does Prime Minister Han have to do?" Zong Zheng was wearing a dragon robe and a golden crown.

"Your Majesty's sister is in charge of the newly established Ministry of Commerce, but how can a woman be an official from ancient times to the present, I hope Your Majesty will forgive the crime of disrespect to the ministers. Han Sai bowed.

Lian Po also took Korea two days ago, and now the Zongzheng Empire has the land of the Three Kingdoms of Zhao, Han and Jin, which is larger than the Tang Kingdom.

Zong Zheng brought the civil and military officials of the three kingdoms of Han Zhao and Jin into his command, Han Sai was the original prime minister of Zhao State, and Zong Zheng let the civil and military officials of the Three Kingdoms still hold his position, so the most important thing for Zong Zheng now is the civil officials, so he gave Zhao Congjun the right to punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and to cut them first and then play.

"In the past, I was still an unknown person, when I went to the Jin Kingdom, my sister Lu Yue said that she wanted to give me a surprise, only a few days ago that this surprise was that he worshiped the world's rumored Shang God to win Cheng, and dared to ask the apprentice of Shang Shen Ying Cheng is not qualified to be in charge of the Ministry of Commerce, who has this ability? And your thinking is too backward, I have abolished the ritual of kneeling, men and women are equal, and in the future, if the Ministry of Commerce meets a woman with business talent in the future, you can still let the Ministry of Commerce nominate Zhao Congjun to be an official and enter the knighthood, I heard that the god of commerce has appeared in the Qin State, so everyone thinks that he is from the Qin State, but his surname happens to be the same as the ruler of the Qin State Ying, he met my sister when he passed by the Song State and took her as an apprentice, so there is no doubt that my sister manages the Ministry of Commerce. Zong Zheng said to Han Sai.

"The minister has something to say!" Lu Hua stood beside Han Sai.

"Brother Huang, what's the matter?" Zong Zheng looked at Lu Hua.

"Your Majesty is the emperor, the supreme of the Ninety-Five, but there is no concubine, this is not good, the minister recommended my sister Lu Yue as the queen, she and Your Majesty grew up as a childhood sweetheart, what does Your Majesty think?" After Lu Hua finished speaking, the civil and military officials took the opportunity to echo him.

"Brother Huang's words are reasonable, I am not in a hurry to choose a concubine after the election, do Marshal Wanyan and Marshal Lian Po have something to do?" After Zongzheng finished speaking, Lu Yue's face was full of joy and his brows were furrowed, and his face was full of displeasure.

"Your Majesty, Korea was originally a vassal state of the Jin State in his north, and yesterday the Jin State sent an envoy to let us bow down and pay tribute, and the envoy rested at the post station, how should Your Majesty deal with it?" Lian Po stepped forward and bowed.

"Xuan envoy enter the palace!" Zong Zheng gave an order and sent someone to invite the envoy of the Jin Kingdom.

After Yan Thunderbolt also stepped forward, "Your Majesty, after the fifth prince of the Tang State returned to the Tang State, he was imprisoned, and the Tang State Emperor sent Yu Wenlong to lead an army of 600,000 to the border of our country, saying that if he did not hand over half of the original Jin Kingdom, he would take it back by himself, and after the third prince of Shu returned with 8,000 soldiers, he was impeached by the third prince by the great prince and the Chinese military officials, and under pressure, the prince of Shu abolished the position of the third prince, and who had not yet been appointed as the crown prince. Wanyan looked at Zongzheng with a thunderbolt.

"The messenger has arrived!" shouted the eunuch outside the door.

The envoy walked into the Jinluan Palace, bowed to Zongzheng, and said, "We, the Empress of the Jin Kingdom, can forgive you for occupying Korea, but you must bow down and pay tribute every year, and it is estimated that our Jin State's million-strong army should reach the border." ”

"Sister Huang, how is the matter of hatching chicks with a thermometer?" Zong Zheng ignored the envoy and asked Lu Yue, who had a sad face.

"Your Majesty, more than 3 million chickens have been hatched, half of them will go to the treasury after a month, and half will be distributed from one to five per month according to the family situation of the poor people in the country, so that the poorest people will have eggs to eat within three months, and it should be no problem. Lu Yue felt aggrieved because Zongzheng rejected her as the queen.

"How did the medicinal materials for the plague go?" Zong Zheng continued to ask Lu Yue.

"Weichen has collected a large number of medicinal materials for the treatment of plague from the Jin Kingdom, my country, and the Tang Kingdom, and shipped them to all parts of the Liao Kingdom, waiting for the Emperor of the Liao State to order them to be purchased. Lu Yue lowered his head.

"Your Majesty, you haven't answered my words yet, I'm representing the Empress of the Jin Kingdom!" the messenger shouted.

"I know, a nine-year-old female child who ascended the throne is now three years older than me, nineteen? Zong Zheng turned his face sideways and did not look at the messenger.

"Please respect yourself, Your Majesty, and don't tarnish the dignity of my dignified Jin Kingdom. The messenger suppressed his emotions angrily.

"In a month's time, I will go with the envoy to the Kingdom of Jin to meet your so-called empress. Stand down!" Zong Zheng asked the messenger to pull out.

"Your Majesty is now the emperor, and his words are out, the horses are difficult to chase, and the king has no jokes, but it is too dangerous for Your Majesty and the envoy to go to the Jin Kingdom to meet the empress. Han Sai looked at Zong Zheng.

"Thank you Prime Minister for reminding me, I know, after a while, the Prime Minister will take my prescription for the plague and go to Liao, this is the beginning of our establishment of diplomatic relations with neighboring countries, you are the prime minister, and it shows the sincerity of the Zongzheng Empire.

In the imperial study, Zongzheng gave Han the prescription for the plague.

Han Sai opened the prescription, and it read: Half a penny of purslane, one penny of ginseng, half a penny of licorice, two coins of Poria cocos, three coins of honeysuckle, three coins of Houttuynia cordata, two and a half coins of astragalus, and one penny of epimedium weed.

Han Sai folded the prescription and put it in his arms.

"Your Majesty, the plague has been an incurable disease since ancient times, your prescription represents the Zongzheng Empire, and also represents the savior of thousands of lives in the Liao Kingdom, can Your Majesty's medicine really cure the plague?"

"In our day, the plague was characterized by fever, malaise, and dry cough. A small number of patients have symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, and diarrhea. In severe cases, breathing difficulties usually occur after seven days. In severe cases, it rapidly progresses to acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, metabolic acidosis that is difficult to correct, and coagulopathy.

Damn, to put it simply, it's the same as your current cold, it's very easy to treat, really, ask so much, you don't understand, get out, hurry up and go to Liaoguo, go now, I'm angry!" After Zong Zheng finished speaking, he looked at Han Sai, who was more and more confused the more he talked.

Although Han Sai couldn't understand what Zongzheng was saying, he felt that it made sense, so he walked out of the imperial study in a gloomy manner.