After more detailed information came, Yang Wu realized that it was not that the Wu army was too strong, nor that the enemy army was too weak, but that Zheng Renmin had completely lost the hearts of the people.

In fact, the establishment of the Great Changhe Kingdom has only been more than 20 years, and the people's hearts are far from being stable, and the people in the country do not care about Zheng Renmin.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Nanzhao army invaded the Central Plains year after year, but was defeated by the Tang Dynasty's Jiannan Jiedu envoy Gao Yu, not only did not take advantage, but suffered heavy losses, and led to the emptiness of the treasury and the great loss of the people's hearts.

Zheng Inmin's father, Zheng Maihei, was serving as the Qingping official of Nanzhao, that is, the prime minister, and it was under this circumstance that he gradually seized the throne of Nanzhao and established the Great Changhe Kingdom.

During the reign of Zheng Maihei, he not only killed more than 800 members of the Nanzhao royal family, but also wantonly slaughtered the former ministers of Nanzhao, and even sent troops to Weishan, the birthplace of Nanzhao, to destroy the temples of Nanzhao, excavate the tombs of the kings of Nanzhao in previous dynasties, take away the burial items, and burn or throw all the remains in the rolling waves of the Lancang River.

Although the people of Nanzhao were lost, after all, two hundred years after the founding of the country, there are not many people who support and miss Nanzhao in the country; Zheng Maihei's brutality made him very unpopular.

After Zheng Renmin succeeded to the throne, he ignored the reality of the emptiness of the treasury and sent troops to attack Shuzhong again, but was severely taught by Wang Jian, and the losses were extremely heavy.

For more than ten years after that, although Zheng Renmin did not start the war again, he was obsessed with taking Jindan and dreamed of immortality.

The golden pill often contains more heavy metal elements, and it is easy to be short-tempered after eating too much, and often kills people because of small mistakes.

This time, Zheng Renmin forcibly mobilized the army and prepared to invade Shuzhong again, and there were many opponents from the government and the opposition, but they were taken by Zheng Renmin's prestige, and dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

When the Wu army came over, the armies around the country were just like the Shu army at the beginning, and they fled without waiting for the battle, so the Wu army could kill the city of Yang Tho so easily.

Later, the Qingping official of the Great Chang and the country, that is, the prime minister Zhao Shanzheng and the Dongchuan Jiedu made Yang Ganzhen launch a coup d'état, killed Zheng Renmin, and set up Zheng Longgan, the son of Zheng Renmin, as the main and controlled the power of the court.

Next, Zhao Shanzheng advocated surrendering to the Wu army in order to preserve himself.

Moreover, in Zhao Shanzheng's view, the Wu army has fewer troops, and the southwest is a barbarian land, so it is impossible for the Wu army to be stationed for a long time; It is better to surrender to Wu for the time being, and when the Wu army retreats in the future, he will be able to return to power.

But Yang Ganzhen didn't think so, he felt that if he surrendered, the Wu army would not be able to retreat easily this time, and the southwest region would completely fall into the hands of Wu at that time.

Therefore, Yang Ganzhen resolutely advocated relying on Jiancheng to resist the Wu army, and contacted the armies in various places to let them send troops to cut off the retreat of the Wu army.

The two argued endlessly, and couldn't come up with a decision, but they gave Wu Jun a chance to sneak attack.

On a rainy night, Zhang Wu, a gray-haired veteran, personally led a thousand men to climb the city wall, seize the city gate, and put the Wu army into the city.

In this way, the Great Changhe Kingdom, which had 100,000 troops, was completely destroyed in the civil strife, and the remaining forces in various places asked for surrender from the Wu army.

After listening to the details, Yang Wu was a little crying and laughing, he just wanted to teach Zheng Renmin a lesson, and he didn't plan to destroy him at all, so he only sent 30,000 troops, but he didn't expect Dachang and the country to be so vulnerable, and there was civil strife when the Wu army was in the city, so that it perished.

"Dachang and the country have 100,000 troops, but they were wiped out so easily by our army, and the reason for this is civil strife. Therefore, you and other brothers must also maintain harmony in the future, and they must not kill each other, so that outsiders will get advantaged! Yang Wu immediately summoned Yang Yan, Yang Yu and others to educate them.

Although he didn't have the idea of destroying Dachangheguo before, but now that he has destroyed it, Yang Wu naturally won't let it out again.

In later generations, Yunnan has always been an inseparable part of China, but now it is a real barbarian land, with very few Han immigrants, and if there were, they were assimilated by the locals long ago.

To effectively manage the area, it is not enough to rely on the army alone, and Yang Wu's first thought was to emigrate.

Later, the southwest region was completely incorporated into China, which began with the Yuan Dynasty, but it was the Ming Dynasty that really integrated it.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, after Mu Ying led the army to capture Yunnan, he immediately immigrated 300,000 people, and vigorously cultivated the fields for development, effectively strengthening his control over the local area.

So now Yang Wu also intends to follow the practice of the Ming Dynasty and immigrate to the southwest.

He first ordered the establishment of Yunnan Province, changed the city of Yang Tho Baa to Dali Mansion, improved the Mansion of Kunming Prefecture, and made Kunming the seat of Yunnan Province, and at the same time moved 200,000 people from Shuzhong, Jingxiang and other places, mainly concentrated in these two places, in order to strengthen local control.

In order to ensure that the situation in Yunnan would not be turbulent after the main force of the Wu army retreated, Yang Wu made an unprecedented decision to establish an army mainly of immigrants in Yunnan, modeled on the military system of the Tang Dynasty.

This army was engaged in agriculture in peacetime, trained in leisure time, and cooperated with the local forbidden army in case of war.

However, unlike the government military system, this army also has the characteristics of recruitment, specifically, the soldiers have to pay taxes like ordinary households, and there is no military salary; However, when training or fighting, they can enjoy the same treatment as the soldiers of the forbidden army.

In this way, it is possible to maintain a larger army at a relatively small cost.

Of course, the important task of ensuring the stability of the southwest is mainly to rely on the local forbidden army to complete, and it is impossible for Wu to garrison 30,000 forbidden troops here for a long time, but it is no problem to leave a forbidden army of 5,000 people.

With a forbidden army of 5,000 men as the core force, coupled with a relatively low but much larger army, it should be enough to maintain stability.

In addition to the immigrants and garrisons, there is another important issue that needs to be faced in order to ensure local stability, and that is how to deal with the relationship with the Southwest Tusi.

No matter how you immigrate, the main population in the southwest is still those Tusi tribes, and the Han people are only a minority, and if you want to maintain stability, you have to win over those Tusi in the southwest.

For this reason, Yang Wu decided to follow the practice of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, to divide and win over those stronger tribes, the title of the official, the title of the knight, the title of the commander, the title of the commander, and the title of the commander, were not stingy to reward.

At the same time, he secretly stirred up the contradictions between the Tusi tribes, and soon made those Tusi tribes fall to the side of Wu.

In this way, if a Tusi tribe rebels in the future, the local government can mobilize other Tusi forces to suppress it in addition to the local garrison, and its ability to quell the turmoil will be greatly increased.

And the most important point is that Yang Wu decided to imitate the experience of Mu Wangfu in the later Ming Dynasty to guard Yunnan, add firewood and then use it as the general of Zhennan, change the title of Qianguo Gong, and allow him to be hereditary to replace him, guard the southwest for generations, and deal with the relationship with Tusi.

In this way, once there is something in the southwest, there is no need to transfer troops from the interior for thousands of miles, and only the Duke of Qianguo needs to come forward to mobilize the troops of Tusi to quell the turmoil.

As for saying that the Guild of the Kingdom of Guizhou in later generations will not sit in the southwest because of this, so as to give birth to a heart of disobedience, there is no need to worry at all.

The number of Han people in the southwest is scarce, and there are many barbarians, so it is fortunate to be able to ensure stability and no turmoil, and they also want to rely on the southwest to raise troops to rebel, unless it is possible for the traverser to open a golden finger, but it is impossible for ordinary people to do it.

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Time passed in a hurry, and the eighteenth year of Wuyi had soon passed.

For the state of Wu, the year that has just ended is a year of great harvest, the state of Wu first destroyed the state of Shu at a very slight cost at the beginning of the year, and then at the end of the year, it was very smooth to destroy the kingdom of Dachanghe.

Destroying the two countries in a row within a year, expanding the territory of the State of Wu to the southwest for thousands of miles, such a huge harvest was a little unbelievable to Yang Wu.

Not only that, after Ma Yin, the king of Chu who was entrenched in Hunan, surrendered most of his territory, he still retained Chenzhou and Xuzhou, had a certain degree of autonomy, and also maintained a large army, and even had a certain influence on various parts of the southwest.

Later, after the Northern Expedition of Wu State, the Later Liang was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the military power shook the Quartet, Ma Yin knew that the overall situation of the world had been decided, and he was worried that Yang Wu would do something to him next, so he took the initiative to go to Luoyang to meet Yang Wu.

When Yang Wu was proclaimed emperor, he also persuaded Li Maozhen, Liu Yan and others to advance, and his name was still at the forefront of the persuasion table; After Yang Wu was proclaimed emperor, he was directly crowned as the Duke of Chu, although he could not be hereditary, but it was also an honor.

And after the past few years, especially this year, Wu destroyed Qianshu in one fell swoop, as well as the two countries of Dachang and the southwest, which made Ma Yin feel even more shocked.

In order to prevent his sons from bringing extinction to the family after his death, Ma Yin finally decided to write to Yang Wu, asking the imperial court to send officials to receive Chen and Xuzhou, and hand over the only remaining army.

Yang Wu was naturally happy to see Ma Yin's move to understand the current affairs, he sent people to take over the territory and the army on the one hand, and on the other hand, he added officials to Ma Yin's sons, and by the end of the year, he finally completely controlled the two states.

With the territory of these two states, coupled with the fact that Shizhou, Qianzhou and other places had been seized by Wu before, Wu's power continued to extend to the southwest, and Tusi in Banzhou, Cizhou, Zunyi and other places surrendered to Wu one after another, and soon became one with Yunnan, which had just been seized not long ago.

In this way, at least in the southern region, the territory of Wu is no smaller than that of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, and even if you count the territory of Annam and overseas, the territory of Wu is even larger than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, in the north, the state of Wu at this time was far from being comparable to the Ming Dynasty, but after the south was completely pacified, the state of Wu could then concentrate on dealing with the Later Tang Dynasty.

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While Wu continued to expand its power in the south and greatly increased the territory under its control, the situation faced by the Later Tang Dynasty in the north was somewhat unpleasant at this time.

Last year, the north was hit by a catastrophe and many people were displaced, many of whom were relatives of Later Tang Dynasty soldiers.

In order to help the victims, Li Cunmiao, whose treasury had long been empty, had to borrow from hundreds of officials and local assassins and marshals.

When borrowing, Li Cunmiao did not say what he would use as collateral, and at the same time, all debts have no interest, and only the principal will be returned after the debt, although this kind of debt makes many people dissatisfied, but Li Cunmiao is the Son of Heaven after all, and it is difficult for him to borrow money or not.

What's more, Li Cunqiao said very clearly, now that the imperial court has encountered great difficulties, all officials should work together in harmony; If the disaster is not provided in time, resulting in rebellions in various places, and the Wu army takes the opportunity to attack at that time, the Later Tang Dynasty will be in danger.

For the hundred officials, especially for the local envoys of the assassins and festivals, although Li Cunmiao's approach was dissatisfied, they were even more afraid of Wu in comparison.

Wu's national policy has long been known to the whole world, and under the control of the highly centralized imperial court, there is no possibility for local forces to come ahead.

If the Later Tang Dynasty is eliminated, they may be able to save their lives, but it is impossible to keep their current wealth.

So even though they were a little dissatisfied with Li Cunmiao, they still pinched their noses and admitted it.

The treasury bonds issued by Li Cunqiao were fully subscribed in a short period of time, and the financial crisis of the Later Tang Dynasty was quickly alleviated.

After having enough money and food, the local government began to provide relief to the victims, and finally the situation was maintained without unrest.

However, as time passed, when the money and food obtained through borrowing gradually ran out, the financial situation of the Later Tang Dynasty still did not improve.

By May, the treasury will be empty again, but this year's tax revenue will be insufficient, because this year there are still many disasters and famines, although the climate is slightly better than last year, but it is also very good, and the people's harvest is insufficient, so there are many arrears in tax payment.

In June, Li Cunmiao repeated his old trick and prepared to issue treasury bonds again, but this time, the local commanders and assassins were not as active as last time.

The old village has not yet been returned, and it wants to borrow new debts, this kind of thing is difficult to implement even in Wu State, not to mention that the treasury bonds of the Later Tang Dynasty have neither collateral nor interest.

Credit is not something that can be built by empty mouths and white teeth, and it is impossible for others to lend you money unconditionally just because you are the emperor; To build credit, you have to rely on gradual cultivation over a long period of time.

When Huainan issued treasury bonds for the first time, it was not only clear that the taxes of the year were used as collateral, but also the interest rate was set at a high level, so the people enthusiastically bought them.

Later, as Wu issued more treasury bonds, there was never any arrears or other untrustworthy situations in the past 20 years, and the people gradually became accustomed to the novelty of treasury bonds, and they were also full of confidence in the credibility of the imperial court.

Therefore, in recent years, when Wu Guo issued treasury bonds again, even though the interest rate was much lower than before, the people were still willing to buy them.

Now Li Cunmiao is good, he has neither interest nor collateral, and last year's debts have not been paid off until now, and now he wants to issue treasury bonds again.

Everyone went to the table one after another, claiming that they had no surplus food, and directly rejected Li Cunmiao's request.