Chapter 541 Leverage Strength
This roar!
Lin Feng vented all the sadness that had accumulated for many days.
This roar!
It contains his infinite sympathy and heartache for wounded veterans.
This roar!
On behalf of the Yan Kingdom court, respect and admiration for retired veterans!
The people were stunned by Lin Feng's sudden roar, and then, as Yan Jun shouted, everyone gradually understood.
Lin Feng's words are just to tell the people that heroes will grow old, and people will always remember the great deeds of heroes in their time, but they will gradually forget them when the heroes are old.
But is it really the right thing to do?
After the people calmed down, Lin Feng said bluntly: "Forgetting history means betraying the past, and forgetting the veterans who killed the enemy on the battlefield means disrespecting the past history." After half a year of campaigning, the Yan army captured countless cities and sent back a lot of wealth, which is a gratifying thing.
However, the first thing I did when I entered Jinyang City was that a veteran soldier was insulted, and I didn't expect that such a thing would happen in Yan Kingdom, or in Jinyang City.
Therefore, I decided to rise up today and form a veterans' alliance in Yan to defend the interests of veterans.
At the same time, at the beginning of the next year, regardless of the merchants of the Yan State or the merchants of the vassal states, if there are more than five people in the shop and workshop, a veteran must be recruited, and no wages shall be deducted, and the old soldiers and remnants shall be squeezed, and if anyone refuses to carry them out, they shall be dealt with in accordance with the criminal law. ”
Whew, many people present took a deep breath, this move directly made the refusal to accept veterans and remnant businessmen without any reason to refuse.
In addition, many people applauded violently, welcoming the decrees issued by the court and the emperor's strong approach.
With Lin Feng's iron fist, the decree forcibly implemented was quickly passed on in the vassal states.
Especially in the Song Kingdom, which was extremely concerned about Yan Jun, what happened in Jinyang City, Lin Shuying learned about it on the first day of the New Year.
When he got the news, Lin Shuying happened to be feasting the ministers in the Jinluan Palace.
In the past year, the Song country had disasters and gains, and in the final analysis, the gains were far greater than the disasters.
The general Meng Kuo and the prince Song Qi led 500,000 Song troops to conquer the Liang State, and yesterday, she received the latest news from the front line, Meng Kuo and the Song Qi army converged and annihilated the last county of the Liang State not long ago.
Emperor Liu Wenlong of Liang set fire to the Shuaifu and was buried in the fire, and many princes of Liang were either killed in the war or captured alive.
The famous general Yu Wentai led the remnants of the army to flee to Zheng State, and Ma Wu went into exile in Zhao State, so far, the Liang State that had stood in the west for 600 years came to a complete end and became the second vassal state in the north.
When Lin Shuying received the news, his joy was indescribable, destroying the Liang State, and the Zhao State extended its power to the extreme west, blocking the two countries of Zhao and Yan in the north.
It is not an exaggeration to say that if the Song State severed contact with Zhao Yan, it would be almost impossible for the two countries to get in touch with the southern vassal states.
Lin Shuying only regretted that the famous generals Yuwentai and Ma Wu did not serve the Song Kingdom, and there was a flaw in the ecstasy.
However, as early as half a month ago, Liu Xuanyuan, the first adviser of Zhao State who had been wandering in the vassal states for more than a month, and the master of the military family, appeared in Kaifeng, the capital of the Song State, and took the initiative to serve himself.
Unexpectedly, it seems to be reasonable, Lin Shuying immediately worshiped Liu Zhuoya as the Son of Heaven to accompany him, and his status is no less than that of Jian Ye and Tian Xu, and even the official title of the Son of Heaven to accompany him, which is more conducive to Liu Zhuoya approaching the Son of Heaven.
At this moment, Lin Shuying's face was slightly unhappy, Lin Feng was like a fly, on the first day of the Spring Festival, it made her feel like a fish in her throat, and she had an urge not to get rid of her unhappiness.
Yan Guo built an ancestral hall with great fanfare, and changed the grand ceremony, and thought about the veterans everywhere, buying people's hearts everywhere, not only with the full support of the Yan army, but also by the people.
This action not only reminded her of the words of Xu Wenhao, the envoy of Zhao State, Emperor Yan had a black belly and could not be deeply acquainted.
Lin Shuying knew Lin Feng's ambitions, and he knew his methods even better. However, in the past six months, Lin Feng's actions in Liang State, Zhao State and Saiwai made her feel scared.
Although the Song army had recently destroyed the Liang State and gained a large amount of land and wealth, the Mengkuo army was a combined Chen and Song army, and according to the covenant, the Song State had to cut off one-third of it and return it to the Chen State as compensation.
On the other hand, the Yan State easily occupied the nine northern counties of the Liang State, and forcibly seized the Southern Zhao, which ruthlessly swept the wealth accumulated by the two countries for hundreds of years.
The harvest is far greater than that of the Song Kingdom.
Moreover, at present, after the Yan State seized the Ningwu Pass, it had an advantage with the Zhao State, and after the beginning of the spring, the Yan Army was fully capable, relying on the army on all sides, to destroy the Zhao State in one go.
Facing Lin Feng and the expansion speed of the Yan Army, Lin Shuying was faintly uneasy in her heart. In addition, at the end of summer, there was a drought in the south of the Song Kingdom, and the people did not have a harvest, even if the people of the Song Kingdom were rich, the drought still seriously affected the lives of the people in the south of the Song Kingdom.
The imperial court had to spend a huge amount of money on disaster relief, in addition, foreign wars, so that the Song State consumed a lot, after conquering the Liang State, most of the wealth obtained by the Liang State was used to fill the military expenses, and there was not much gain.
Seeing that Lin Shuying's face suddenly became unhappy after receiving the news, Jian Ye realized that the news sent back by the spies must have something big.
And most of them are from the Yan State, after all, after destroying the Liang State, the only vassal states in the north that can threaten the Song State are the Yan State.
"Empress, what happened?" Jian Ye asked, and Yu Guang glanced at Tian Xu and Liu Zhuoya by the way.
The two also noticed that Lin Shuying was unhappy, but Tian Xu was still bored and eating wildly, looking like he didn't care about anything. Liu Zhuoya's expression was calm, but in his expression, he was a little anxious, and he might have guessed that the matter was related to Yan Guo.
Lin Shuying was speechless, and ordered the palace maid to present the letter to Jian Ye, and by the way, let all the ministers present look at it.
After witnessing the contents of the letter, the New Year's banquet was a little dull.
Jian Ye took the lead and said: "Empress, Emperor Yan has always done things beyond common sense, and this time it is even more incredible, in his words and deeds, he does not have the majesty of the emperor, but he is like the king of the mountain." ”
He didn't support Lin Feng's move, at least he felt that as an emperor, he shouldn't be too close to the people, but he changed his words and sighed: "However, I have to say that Emperor Yan's move completely bought the hearts of the people of Yan Kingdom, and after that, Yan Kingdom is bound to have the people and the court as one, advance and retreat with Yan Kingdom, and then want to separate Yan Kingdom, it will become more difficult." ”
The criminal law of Yan State is perfect, and all the counties under its rule are politically clear, and the people have enough food and clothing, and they do not close their doors at night.
However, the Yan Kingdom is not without weakness, because the expansion speed is too fast, most of the Yan Kingdom is mostly for conquest, the people are not in harmony, and the people of some counties and counties resist the Yan State court.
The Song State tried to secretly provoke and make the Yan State civil strife without a fight, but unfortunately, according to the current situation, most of the Song State plans were going bankrupt.
How can an emperor who knows how to be grateful be a tyrant and a faint king?
Lin Feng did whatever it took to achieve his goal, but he didn't expect that he would make a fuss about the veterans and successfully buy people's hearts. Empress, Yan is located in the north of the Song State, and now a large area borders the Song State, and at present, it is impossible not to wait until the Yan State destroys the Zhao State and sweeps the north, and there is no consequence of the worry of moving troops against the Yan State, which will only make the Yan State stronger and stronger. Prime Minister Qin Ming said anxiously.
In recent years, the Yan army has been strong and faster than everyone expected, at present, the Song State just ended the war of the Liang State, and the Zhao State sent an envoy to try to unite the Song State and the Saiwai Empire, and the north and south attacked the Yan State to eliminate the scourge in the bud, Qin Ming learned of the Zhao State plan, and strongly supported the alliance with the Zhao State to carve up the Yan State.
From the bottom of his heart, Lin Shuying did not have the idea of uniting with Zhao and carving up the Song State, the purpose of the Song State was to compete for hegemony and unify the vassal states, and he would never allow any obstacles on the way forward.
The Yan State was strong and became a stumbling block to the Song State.
However, if the Song State dealt with the Yan State, it was inevitable that the Song Qi and Mengkuo troops would be transferred, and the matter of going south to deal with the Zheng State would definitely be affected.
According to the original agreement, Chen Guo assisted Song Guo to destroy Liang, and at that time, Song State must also assist Chen Guo to destroy Zheng, and now that Chen Guo has fulfilled his promise, it is time for Song State to fulfill his promise.
Moreover, Song and Zheng are enemies for generations, and at present, the strength of the two countries is clear, and Lin Shuying has the idea of destroying Zheng Guo and attacking Yan again.
The more important issue is that the alliance between Chen and Yan and the two countries has a lot of common interests, and the geographical location of Chen State determines that the strength of Chen State does not exceed that of Song State, or, if Zheng State is not captured, before breaking through the encirclement of Song State, he will definitely not tear his face with Yan State, and the truth that Emperor Chen Dugu is far from being unclear.
With Chen Guo staring at him behind his back, Lin Shuying was not completely sure and did not dare to act at all.
Lin Shuying did not answer Qin Ming's question, and instead focused on Tian Xu and Liu Zhuoya, hoping to listen to the opinions of the two.
Sensing Lin Shuying's sharp gaze, Tian Xu put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, looked extremely sloppy, and said with a smile: "Empress, Xu Wenhao reminded me before, Mu Xiu is in the forest, and the wind will destroy it, in the past two years, Yan Guo has been in the limelight too much, and he has made enemies on all sides, and sooner or later he will lift a stone and hit himself in the foot." ”
Hearing this, Lin Shuying's expression was still unhappy, and he said coldly: "Tian Xu, if you have something to say, there is no need to beat around the bush, the Yan Kingdom is constantly fighting and has begun to threaten the Song Kingdom, so we have to guard against it, and we must not continue to let it become stronger." ”
Tian Xu was very helpless, and chuckled slightly: "The Yan State is strong, with the help of conquest and plundering everywhere, it has looted the Lu clan of the Liang State and the gate valve of the Zhao State in a short period of time, and not long ago he arrested many old ministers of the Jin State, it is obvious that the rise of the Yan State will mean the demise of the family gate valve, and Wei Chen feels that the empress can use the power of the family gate valve to contain the Yan State and disintegrate the Yan State." ”
After getting Tian Xu's detailed plan, Lin Shuying's sorrowful thoughts still did not resolve, and she felt that according to the power of the gate valve, she could not hurt the fur of Yan Guo at all, not to mention, Yan Guo had a great connection with the Duan clan of Chu State and the Wen clan of Shu State, and it was a daydream to rely on the power of the gate valve to fight against Yan Guo.
couldn't help but glared at Tian Xu, simply stopped paying attention to him, and instead asked Liu Zhuoya, "Lord Liu, what method do you have?" ”
"Leverage your strength!" Liu Zhuoya spit out four words in a faint tone.
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