The prime minister smiled: "Isn't Zhao Hu the person you fancie?" It doesn't matter if it falls into his hands. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

The marshal shook his head with a wry smile: "What about the person you like?" In these years, people's hearts are unpredictable, who dares to guarantee anything? Moreover, after giving the five coastal provinces to Zhao Hu, regardless of whether Zhao Hu is loyal or not, the empire's maritime frontier will also be held in the hands of outsiders, and the maritime trade will be cut off from then on, what a huge loss! ”

The prime minister smiled and said: "Hehe, our majesty will not fail to see this, the three provinces of Haiquan, Haihai and Haiping are nothing, but don't forget, Haiwu and Haiguang provinces are the territory of the imperial fleet, in this troubled era, local taxes and maritime trade have long fallen into the hands of local magnates, and the imperial fleet does not know how much benefit it has gained from the sea, do you say that they will willingly accept that their territory belongs to others?" ”

The marshal shook his head: "I'm not optimistic about the Imperial Fleet, no matter how powerful they are at sea, land warfare can't be compared with the Army, and since Zhao Hu can easily occupy Haiquan Province and put the Seven Princes under house arrest, it is enough to prove his army ability, so as long as the Imperial Fleet's station is completely occupied, the Imperial Fleet will harass the coast for a period of time at most, and in the end it will either surrender or become a pirate." ”

"When Zhao Hu has these five provinces, his strength will definitely become the number one warlord in the empire! It's good that he's loyal, but if he's ambitious, it's another disaster! ”

The prime minister's smile was still the same: "Hehe, this can be said, the magnates can do anything in order to defend their vested interests, after all, the imperial fleet is not just their sailors can control the two provinces, and Your Majesty made that holy decree clear to the world, you said that the second prince and the third prince knew that Zhao Hu wanted to educate them for His Majesty, do you think they would wait for Zhao Hu to come to the door?" ”

Seeing that the marshal was thoughtful, the prime minister patted the marshal on the shoulder: "As long as Your Majesty no longer explicitly increases the scope of Zhao Hu's control, what if Zhao Hu owns the five coastal provinces?" As long as he is obedient and obedient, the governor of the southeast can do a stable period of time.

If the ambition is too great and he reaches out to other provinces, then there is a reason to dismiss Zhao Hu from his post openly. You wouldn't think that after Your Majesty unified the interior, such a huge population base and financial base would not be able to defeat Zhao Hu, who only had five provinces, right? ”

The marshal nodded and said nothing, but sighed in his heart: "Hey, that's so, but all this can only be achieved under the premise of unifying the interior."

The continuous news of the emperor's accession to the throne made the people of the empire a little numb, and those who still had some hope for the orthodoxy of the imperial capital were also lost

There are actually seven or eight emperors in the entire empire, and all of them are the blood of the previous emperors, and those who are a little smarter know that the war of the emperors, which is more cruel than the warlord melee, is about to break out, and even if this boss's empire can finally be unified, I am afraid that my generation will not be able to see it.

However, the news that the world was sent from the imperial capital still made the numb people vibrate, and they began to look at the coastal area of the empire with curious and puzzled eyes.

The big and small warlords of Haibin Province were all dumbfounded, knowing that Zhao Hujun was strong, he didn't expect it to be so strong, he actually easily destroyed Haiquan Province, and he also gave birth to an extra division of war horses? In this maritime frontier area, who else dares to provoke Zhao Hujun?

knew that Zhao Hujun was famous, but he didn't expect it to be so big, not only to become the governor of the southeast, but also the governor of the five provinces! The entire sea area has rightfully fallen into the hands of Zhao Hujun!

Now that I am staying in the jurisdiction of this Grand Governor, what should I do? Some warlords immediately followed the example of the original commander of the seaside division, and the inventory funds were swept away, and they went abroad to become rich men.

Some of them had something to do with Zhao Hujun, so they immediately sent envoys or went in person to express their willingness to serve Zhao Hu, and of course, it was inevitable that some people who did not know the current affairs were frantically recruiting troops, clamoring to fight to the death with Zhao Hu, and the coastal province was also surging in this New Year's New Year.

And in Zhao Hujun's territory, when he learned the news that Zhao Hu was appointed as the governor of the five provinces of the southeast, the members of Zhao Hujun, who were originally busy paying New Year's greetings to Zhao Hu, were all stunned, and then immediately cheered, and began to decorate the Overseer's Mansion with a red face, oh no, it should be called the Dadu Governor's Mansion now.

The members of Zhao Hujun don't care about the governor of the southeast, the governor of the five provinces, the lieutenant general, or the baron, what they care about is that with this title, they can carry out a strategy against these five provinces openly, and they are not afraid that someone will jump out and shout what kind of rebellious ministers and thieves, and the people will not resist such a war of liberation.

Unlike his subordinates, Zhao Hu was a little stunned.

I just sent someone to congratulate the new emperor on his accession to the throne, and he actually gave himself such a careless name? Isn't the emperor afraid that his tail will not fall?

In the lobby of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion with a brand-new plaque, Zhao Hujun's civil and military officials gathered to discuss military and political affairs.

Before the start of the military and political council, under the leadership of Peter, everyone congratulated Zhao Hu: "Congratulations to your Excellency for being the governor of the southeast and the governor of the five provinces." ”

The two positions of lieutenant general and baron are not seen by these old people of Zhao Hujun at all, officials from the empire do not think that such military ranks and titles are of any use among warlords, while those from the Southeast Peninsula completely think that their lords are monarchs, so why care about the positions that can only be possessed by these courtiers?

Zhao Hu waved his hand helplessly to let everyone get up and said, "Don't say these useless words, the holy decree hasn't arrived yet." I know what you mean, but our current mission is to take control of the two provinces of Ocean Springs and Seashore before we can plot against the other three. ”

Peter said with a smile: "My lord, needless to say, Haiquan Province has indeed been in the hands of adults since the local tyrants recommended their children, and the warlords in Haibin Province are either sneaking into the wilderness with money or preparing to take refuge with adults, and only a few are ready to fight us to the death."

It can be said that we do not need to transfer troops to urge those warlords who are willing to take refuge in sending troops. It won't be long before the adults are able to control the entire seaside province."

"Well, in that case, how about taking action against Haiping Province after stabilizing Haiquan and Haibin Provinces."

The chief military attache on duty spoke, and as soon as these words came out, they immediately received applause from everyone.

Zhao Hu shook his head and said, "You guys, don't get too carried away. Haiping Province is connected to Haiwu and Haiguang Provinces, and Haiwu and Haiguang are the nests of the Imperial Fleet, so they will not watch us attack Haiping Province, and they will not say that they will strike first.

You must know that the Third Fleet on our side is regarded as a traitor by them, and now that the five provinces of Haijiang are under my jurisdiction, they have long become mortal enemies with us!

Don't think that our enemies are Haiwu, Haiguang and the Imperial Fleet, the second and third princes mentioned in the Ming edict will definitely regard us as enemies who will be eliminated as soon as possible. So we can't be careless.

Let the 3rd Brigade intensify its patrols, lest the enemy attack from the sea and not know about it, order the warlords who are willing to surrender to give their names and begin to requisition the strength of a garrison division, and the cavalry division will remain in Haiquan Province to rest and recuperate, and gather the other two divisions for retraining......"

Zhao Hu's series of orders were issued, and the civil and military officials were overjoyed, because it indicated that they were about to expand abroad.

In the northern part of the coastal province, a dense army is besieging a Po city.

A man who looked like a general on the tower was jumping to his feet and shouting at the tower: "Okay, you damn bastard! Didn't you say that good well water doesn't interfere with river water? Why did the treacherous come and attack? ”

An officer under the city tower shrugged his shoulders with a smile and said: "I'm sorry brother, the previous agreement has been nullified, because I am no longer a warlord, but a member of the Metropolitan Governor, so the order is poor, I can only obey the order, brother, if you want to complain, you can complain about why you are so ignorant of current affairs." ”

"What? You actually took refuge in Zhao Hu, you are not sick in your head, a good earth emperor is a lackey if you don't do it! The general on the castle tower said with wide eyes and disbelief.

"Hehe, it's better to live a dashing lackey than a dead earth emperor, right? Brother, don't blame me. ”

The officers under the city tower raised their hands, and the tens of thousands of soldiers around them immediately began to be ready to work.

The general on the tower of the city hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Wait, I am also willing to take refuge in the Metropolitan Governor!"

"Hehe, brother, if I destroy you, I will not only be able to expand the army, but also loot a lot of wealth, but if you are kept, there will be many competitors, how do you say I choose?"

After speaking, the officer under the city tower immediately waved his hand, drowning the shouting and scolding of the general on the city tower into the sound of fighting.

Such a similar scene was staged in all parts of the province of Haibin Province, and the warlords who had already taken refuge in Zhao Hu all used their greatest strength to attack those warlords who still wanted to be the emperor of the soil.

No wonder they worked so hard, because after the war, their status was determined according to their merits, and whether they were colonels or majors at that time was probably the reason for one less battle.

Since it is about his own glory and wealth, he has nothing to say about his own brothers, let alone any former allies. The warlords of Haibin Province were in turmoil, but the people's hearts were thrown into Zhao Hu's arms, and the result was self-evident, after less than a month of melee, all the existing warlords in Haibin Province became subordinates of the Southeast Metropolitan Governor.

When these emperors hung up the ranks of the empire and erected the banner of the Twentieth Legion, the province of the seaside officially became a subordinate province of the Grand Governorate. At this time, the edict of the imperial capital was also sent to Zhao Hu's hands.