Kushan surrendered.

This once invincible empire perished so quickly, and even, the time spent by the Han on Guishan is not as good as spending outside the Saiwai, when the Han conquered the outside of the Saiwai, it took four years, and now it only took three years to destroy Guishan, and even, the reason why it can be delayed for three years is that he is still an old and lame old man.

If there is no old horseman, Guishan may take less than a year, can be occupied the whole territory, King Guishan naked, walked out of the palace, opened the door, and met Zhuge Linggong, Zhuge Linggong was also very polite to him, hurriedly let him put on the royal robe, and held his hand, the two walked into the royal city together, in the eyes of countless people, the royal city finally hung the flag of the Han army.

Zhuge Linggong and King Guishan sat in the palace, chatting very happily, King Guishan really didn't expect that the great nobleman of the Han Kingdom in front of him would be so polite to him, and even, he could speak a very fluent Guishan language, which made King Guishan have no worries at all, looking at their appearance, probably I will not be held responsible.

When the ministers of Guishan lowered their heads and sat down in pain, while the victors from the east looked at them with contempt, the King of Guishan was happy, and chatted with Zhuge Liang about the affairs of Guishan, Zhuge Liang admitted that he did underestimate Guishan, and Guishan was not a bloodless person, when King Guishan opened the city gate, he saw with his own eyes that many houses in the royal city were burning with raging fires.

King Guishan looked at the flames with disdain, and told Zhuge Liang that these were those diehards, unwilling to surrender to the Han, so they set their families on fire and died, Zhuge Liang heard this, his heart trembled, and he took a deep look at the billowing smoke in the distance, but he didn't say anything more, at the moment of Guishuang's demise, either because of very, or because of pain, many princes and nobles, but some ordinary people, have chosen this extremely painful way to die.

And this King of Guishan beside him was indifferent, he was even very happy, those opponents died like this, and he was saved from spending more effort to hunt them down, seeing King Guishan like this, Zhuge Liang was not angry, but he was very happy in his heart, this time the Han army was able to win a big victory, and it was really thanks to this emperor that he could easily defeat another vast empire.

He is the hero of the Great Han.

If it weren't for the miasma of Guishan that he made, the soldiers had no military heart, and people like Nuxia had no way to live, the Han would not know how much to pay, therefore, for such a Kushan King, Zhuge Liang didn't want his life at all, but hoped to be more friendly with him, and it was best to let him continue to be this Kushan King, the kind in name only.

Similarly, King Guishan has always been for this purpose, constantly approaching, he almost used the wisdom that he had never used, and said with a smile: "There are really too many capable people in the Great Han, I heard from the envoy before, there was a great nobleman in the Han Dynasty, and it only took three days to learn the Guishan language, which is really amazing, I didn't expect to see such a strange person as Your Excellency today." ”

"What the king said is my Han's old Situ, the prince, he does have extraordinary talents, but I dare not compare with him, I have a master, called Liu Gong, proficient in fourteen languages, and has written a book on language, and now I can learn it in Taixue..."

"Wizard! Wizard! In his words, Zhuge Liang also kept boasting about the strength of the Han Dynasty, such as the territory of the Han Dynasty, a hundred times that of the Kushan, from the south to the north, riding the fastest horse, it will take nearly ten years, of course, these are his boasts, but the more the King of Guishan listens, the more afraid he is in his heart.

He actually believed these nonsense, and after accompanying the King of Guishan to a banquet, Zhuge Liang said goodbye and left, as for the King of Guishan, he still stayed in his palace, and the Han army really did not dispose of him.

returned to the camp tent, but Zhuge Liang's mind was always about the burning houses, as well as the letters sent by Guan Yu, the veteran of Guishan who would rather die than give in.

The more Zhuge Liang thought about it, the more difficult it was to calm down, he suddenly got up, lit wax, and he sat in front of the desk and quickly wrote.

"In August of the twenty-third year of Yankang, the king of Guishan surrendered, Guishan was destroyed, and the ministers played a ..... for His Majesty", he quickly wrote the main course of the war, as well as some interesting details, and explained the war from beginning to end, before he continued to write: "However, I still have a lot of things that I have not figured out, I have heard that there are 100,000 chariots, hundreds of fierce generals, and a country with a territory of more than 80 counties, which can be regarded as a powerful country..."

"But now, Guishan has nearly 200,000 soldiers, the soldiers are not as cowardly as we think, there are also people who fight to the death, they have fought with the northern and southern armies many times, and even repelled the southern army, they have thousands of generals, including many handsome talents like Nuxia, and their county towns have already exceeded eighty, with six states..."

"And why did such a powerful nation fall so quickly because their land was fertile, their crops were ripe, and their people rarely went hungry? I think this is all because he is not really strong, a really strong country should have a hard-working son of heaven, a diligent minister, and a loyal and patriotic people... The strength of a country should not depend on the number of its territory, ordnance, and soldiers, but on the people living in that country. ”

Liu Xi sat in the Hall of Houde, looked at the letter in his hand, and read it carefully: "Therefore, the minister risked his life to play His Majesty, and the solid internal to rejuvenate the Sheji....", Liu Xi squinted his eyes, his face was full of smiles, this is Zhuge Liang sent someone to send the music, which introduced the process of the battle, and his final understanding of Guishuang, it seems that the fall of Guishuang gave Zhuge Liang a great impact.

Putting down the watch in his hand, Liu Xi also thought about it, the empire of Guishan is really rotten to the bones, the relationship between the king and the local is particularly bad, the standing army in the king's hands is not as good as the local army, and the military salary is not paid, so that these standing troops have no choice but to sell their ordnance for a living, and in the official system, even more so, the temple and the ministers have no restrictions on the king at all.

After bringing someone like Vesudeva to the throne, he tossed a huge empire into this.

Of course, Liu Xi understood that this recital was not written for himself, he put it away, and then looked at Sima Zhongda on the side, Sima Zhongda is indeed not inferior to Zhuge Liang in terms of internal affairs, after Zhuge Liang left, he accompanied the Son of Heaven in the Houde Hall all day long, dealing with the recitals in various places, he did a very good job, and it was well organized.

Although after he took office, he did not make drastic policy changes like Zhuge Liang, he just maintained the original policy, but the results of the past three years were even more than those of Zhuge Liang, Liu Xi waited for a while, and saw that Sima Yi was busy with the things in hand, Liu Xi stepped forward, patted Sima Yi on the shoulder, and let him follow him out of the Houde Palace.

The two came to Qiongyuan, the recent weather is a little hot, the Son of Heaven often eats tea here to rest, Sima Yi is often called by him, the two sit together, there are already two teas prepared by the Yellow Gate, Qi Yue stands not far away, Liu Xi and Sima Yi walked down, sat down separately, Liu Xi asked: "Recently, Zhong Changtong and Pang Tong, are they a little too close?" ”

Sima Yi nodded, and then said: "That's true, the two of them are playing the same thing, and they have also pulled a lot of people, probably hoping that His Majesty can ban many restrictions on businessmen... Lower business taxes... Encourage more private businessmen, ban government houses, restaurants, etc., and leave them to private businessmen to bear this kind of business..."

"Heh...", Liu Xi snorted coldly, took a sip of tea, and continued: "Fortunately, they didn't play, and let the temple throw the salt and iron to the merchants to do it, it's really getting more and more unreasonable, Pang Tong still wants to support Haoqiang, what to say that let Haoqiang have large-scale economic arable land and textile factories, isn't this nonsense?" In the future, you can just hold down their recitals, and you don't have to let me see them! ”

"Respectfully!"

He also didn't understand the thoughts of Zhong Changtong and these people, what did they want to do, if they anger the Son of Heaven again and again, sooner or later they will be squeezed out of the core of the temple, however, other people's affairs have nothing to do with him, as long as he can keep himself, the rest, don't care, but, think about it seriously, these performances, he really can't hide them, otherwise if something goes wrong, he will suffer.

He was thinking about this, Liu Xi continued: "Guishan has surrendered, Kong Ming is decisive, he will come back, he can't be missing in the temple, he played to me, hoping to divide Guishan into four states, send the state pastor to be an official, it is best to send another minister by the side of King Guishan, I have thought for a long time, your brother, Sima Fu, may be able to take the position of minister of state." ”

"How can he..."

"Hey, needless to say, this position is his, as for the other three positions, Kong Ming recommended one person, Xun Guoxiang's son, Xun Ji, what do you think?" , Liu Xi asked, Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "This person has the style of a father, he has served as the county commander in many places, and now he is the Taishou of Dongjun, and he has outstanding political achievements, and he can indeed serve as a person." ”

"Well, the remaining two people will depend on you to discuss them together and give me the candidates as soon as possible."

"Respectfully!"

Sima Yi bowed, and then asked again: "Your Majesty, there is still the order of the northern and southern armies, do they want to continue to defend or withdraw?" Zhuge Linggong has ever said? Liu Xi squinted his eyes, smiled, and said: "As an important minister of the temple, how can he mention the affairs of the military, the affairs of the northern and southern armies, I will give an order to General Guan and General Zhang, so you don't need to discuss." ”