At sunrise.

The emperor led hundreds of civil and military officials to the Taimiao Temple to worship.

Standing in front of the ancestors of the Luo clan enshrined in the Taimiao, the young emperor was very proud.

Destroying Goguryeo in the east, breaking the Eastern Turks in the north,

and cut off the heroes of the north.

Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Gao Tansheng, Gao Kaidao, Song Jingang, Zhen Cuier, Liu Wuzhou, Guo Zihe, Dugu Yu, Yun Dingxing, Li Rail.

and then to destroy Li Yuan.

Looking at the entire north, only Liang Shidu of Shuofang and Dou Jiande of Hebei are left.

Walking out of the hall, Luo Cheng said to Wei Zheng, "Order the craftsman to cast Liu Wuzhou, Yuan Taizuo, Shibi Khan, Jieli Khan, Gao Tansheng, Gao Kaidao, Dugu Yu, Song Jingang, Zhen Zhai'er in bronze in the Taimiao Temple, and kneel in front of the Taimiao Hall forever."

For Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Guo Zihe, Yun Dingxing, Li Liang and others who were attached later, the emperor opened one side and only ordered them to kneel on one knee to greet the bronze statues, which were placed on both sides under the front porch of the Taimiao Palace.

"Remember to leave a good place for Liang Shidu, Dou Jiande, Lin Shihong, Li Zitong, Shen Faxing, and Xiao Milling Liuzhi first, and pre-cast kneeling statues."

After returning from the Taimiao, the Luoyang Imperial Court made every effort to prepare for the Ping Liang Division and Dou Jiande, for which the emperor issued an edict to take the heir as the commander of the Guanzhong Shuo Fang Xing Camp, responsible for the crusade against the rebellion of the Liang Division. With Duan Zhixuan as the commander of the camp in the west of the Longyou River and the Taishou of Wuwei County, he was responsible for guarding Helong.

The emperor also issued an edict to crown Li Liang as the crown prince and young master, awarded the prince servant, and summoned him to Beijing.

Edict:

With Luo Cunxiao as the commander of Hebei, Hedong and Shandong, he was responsible for the crusade against Dou Jiande.

With Shan Xiongxin as the commander of the camp of the Han Dynasty in Shannan, he crusaded against Xiao Milling.

With Qin Qiong as the commander of the Huainan Henan camp, he crusaded against Li Zitong.

With Luo Yi as the commander of the Jiangdong camp, he crusaded against Shen Faxing.

With Feng Ang as the commander of Jiangxi's camp, he crusaded against Lin Shihong.

With Li Xianzhi as the commander of Yunnan's camp, he conquered and appeased the barbarians in Yunnan.

With Li Jing as the commander of Lingnan and Annan, he sat in Lingnan and Annan.

With Luo Shixin as the commander of Liaoning and Andong Xingying, and Song Laosheng and Li Shiji as the deputy commanders, they conquered Goguryeo.

Eight major theaters were set up, and the eight major capitals were ordered to divide one side.

The edict was issued, and the Qin army was mobilized again and again.

The world shook.

Jiangdu Li Zitong sent his son as an envoy to Luoyang to make a table.

Li Zitong went to the emperor and was willing to go to the title of Emperor Chu, and he was given the first year name Zhengshuo, and he was named the king of Chu.

He also asked people to release the Qin Dynasty officials and soldiers captured in Jiangdu and other places, and only asked for the establishment of vassal vassals in the places they occupied.

Almost at the same time that Li Zitong sent the letter to Luoyang, Shen Faxing, Lin Shihong, and Xiao Milling, the three sons of heaven in the south of the Yangtze River, were almost unanimously called ministers, expressing their willingness to go to the emperor's name, Feng Zhengshuo, and please seal the country.

In the Yeonying Palace.

Wei Zheng sneered disdainfully, "General Qin Qiong has arrived in Pengcheng County, and is actively recruiting soldiers and horses, and will cross the Huai River to the south at any time to recover the Jiangdu." Now that my Great Qin has just destroyed Li Yuan in Guanzhong, and defeated the Xia army in Hebei, the prestige is unmatched for a while, Li Zitong actually wants to ask for a seal, how is this possible? ”

"Your Majesty, you must not promise Li Zitong."

Luo Chengzheng looked at a topographic map, between those hills and plains, there were countless red flags, and there were also many flags of other colors around them, but the red flags representing the Qin army were densely packed, and although there were many flags of other colors, they were very scattered and messy.

"Li Zitong, another Liu Wuzhou, I don't spare Liu Wuzhou, and it is impossible to pardon Li Zitong, let alone divide him as the king and let him split the land and seal the territory."

If he is willing to sacrifice the land to open the city and surrender, Luo Cheng may be a little more forgiving, but now he still wants to divide the king and divide the land, how is this possible.

Prime Minister Xiao Yu stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Zitong is undoubtedly guilty of unforgiven, but please understand that the people and economy of the court are also very fragile after years of war. Now we should concentrate our efforts on pacifying Liang Shidu and Dou Jiande in the north, and then recuperate and recuperate, so that the people can breathe. Therefore, the minister thought that since the rebel kings in the south were willing to serve Zhengshuo, it was better to agree for the time being, and then suspend the army in the south, and after our dynasty pacified the north, they would rest and recuperate for another three or five years, and then send troops to the south to pacify the world in one fell swoop. ”

Luo Cheng asked Fang Xuanling.

"Xuan Ling, what do you think?"

Compared with Xiao Yu, who was born in the Xiliang royal family and was once the prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, Fang Xuanling's background can only be regarded as a local scholar clan in Shandong, and the Fang clan of Qi County can only be regarded as a second-rate scholar clan in the whole country. But Fang Xuanling was very trusted by Luo Cheng, not only because he was the emperor's partner when he was not a starter, but also because he was sophisticated.

The minister felt that Xiao Xiang's words were reasonable, he had been fighting for many years, the soldiers were endless, the people were poor, the court was tired, and the north had not yet been pacified, and the south could temporarily suspend the war. If His Majesty temporarily pardons Li Zitong, I believe that the other three kings in Jiangnan can believe in His Majesty's sincerity even more, if the war in the south is not prosperous, then the imperial court can disarm 300,000 soldiers and return to the field, and the imperial court can concentrate all its efforts to fight Liang Shidu and Dou Jiande, and the burden of logistics grain and grass, ordnance and horse supply will be greatly reduced. ”

Ten birds in the forest are better than one bird in hand.

Fighting, we will definitely fight in the future, and the world will definitely be unified, but we have to do it step by step, and if we want to unify the world all at once, this is impossible.

Even when the Sui Dynasty was at its strongest, the eastward expedition of millions of soldiers and horses also shook the country.

If the eight major theaters of war start at the same time, it will still be too dangerous, not only in terms of troops, but also in terms of logistics supply.

If four or five hundred thousand Qin troops go to the battlefield, they will have to be supported by two or three million young and strong people, and this will affect the production and life of two or three million families.

Great Qin now owns half of the country, the total number of households does not exceed 4 million, and the population is only more than 20 million, which is still the result of counting all the slaves and monks, etc., in fact, it only accounts for one-third of the real population of Sui when it was at its strongest.

"Your Majesty, in the battle of Daibei, we struggled very hard to fight Jieli, and finally won it, and then fought Hebei. And Andong, Lingnan, Guanlong, Shannan and other provinces have also been small-scale wars have not stopped, this string is really too tight, it's time to loosen it, there is Zhang Youchi. ”

"Keming, what do you think?"

Prime Minister Du Ruhui also thinks that now the treasury is empty, the people are having a better time, and everyone has not complained much now, that is because the past few years have been too chaotic, but the people have no complaints today does not mean that they have not complained.

"Teacher, do you also think that the truce should be taken first?" Luo Cheng asked the opinion of Zhang Xutuo, the privy envoy of the military boss.

As a result, this one has a completely different opinion from those prime ministers.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is a martial artist, the things he thinks about are not so complicated and far-reaching, the minister just wants to say, even if he doesn't fight Shen Faxing, Lin Shihong and Xiao Miao, but Li Zitong must fight, he is a mutiny, rebellion, and rebellion, it is my Great Qin rebels, and it must not be tolerated, and troops must be sent immediately to extinguish it in order to respect future generations."

Wei Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also has the same attitude, those south of the Yangtze River can be ignored first, but Li Zitong of Huainan must send troops to fight against it, and he can't wait for a moment.