The flying lamp is naturally the Kong Ming lantern.

However, in Xu Leshui's majesty, he became Sima Deng.

Yang Mu does not deny it, after all, such a name can arouse the curiosity of the people more, and it can also add some connotation to this story, which is conducive to the spread of the story.

However, Xu Leshui is quick to think and knows how to grasp this kind of cool points and discussion points, which shows that he is very wise.

Since he has such a talent, he must make good use of it, so Yang Mu took a lot of time to explain to him patiently some elements of creation and how to portray the characters in a positive image.

Your Majesty's wisdom, I can't do it!

After listening to this, Xu Leshui sincerely sighed in his heart, His Majesty is worthy of His Majesty, and he is far ahead of him in terms of skills in creating stories.

"In this way, from today onwards, you will be the Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Rites, the official seal of the five grades, after you go back, you will open the government, and immediately write more good works according to the heroic deeds of the generals of my Cangguo, and I will edit them into a book, and then promote them to the whole world." Yang Mu said.

Promote the whole world!

Xu Leshui felt like he was about to lose his breath.

Although he studied from Taixue, his ability to govern the country and politics is not strong, and he has only eaten in an inconspicuous small yamen in the Ministry of Rites for several years.

I love to write stories, but I haven't been able to give full play to it.

But today, in less than half an hour, he has become a Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, and the official worships the five products, which can be said to be on the rise, and it feels like a dream.

……

In July, the Battle of Wu was in full swing.

Among the four countries of Chu, Ruan, Mang, and Fan, except for Ruan, who has no news since he withdrew, the remaining three countries have taken advantage of the situation and joined the war group in a swarm.

Of course, there is one more country in this, and that is Cangguo.

Due to the implementation of Yang Mu's will, after the Blue Dragon Legion recovered the entire territory of Shao State, the offensive posture was much weaker, and those who could bite were bitten, and those who could not bite were not forced, and no more troops were added from beginning to end, that is to say, on the battlefield of the entire Shao State, the Blue Dragon Legion only invested 50,000 troops.

In the early stage, Cangjun also contributed more.

But since the recovery of Shaocheng, the soldiers in Shao have contributed much more, and even if they want to replenish the troops, they are recruited from the Shao army, and in general, the soldiers of the Blue Dragon Legion have few casualties.

In July, the battle of Wu was almost underway.

This time, Chu is the biggest beneficiary, followed by Fan.

As for why there is no Mangguo, it is because in the initial war, Mangguo fought a defeat and lost more than 300,000 soldiers, so that the follow-up was weak, and in the later tide of annexation, it did not gain any benefits.

In fact, if in the short term, there is no beneficiary country in this war, because whether it is Chu or Fan or Mang, the loss of troops is very large, and the cost of logistics and grain and grass may not be able to make up for it in a few years.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for the fact that during the second alliance, the Chu State and the Mang State shared a lot of benefits, I am afraid that it would have been unable to support it for a long time.

The outcome of this war has long been expected by the people of the world.

Not surprisingly, the state of Wu was destroyed.

According to rumors, the emperor of Wu set himself on fire in the palace and was buried in the raging fire along with countless treasures.

The nobles of the Wu Kingdom had a very miserable end.

After the Chu army broke through Wucheng, it sent troops to attack the palace while sending troops to capture the nobles in the city.

New hatred and old hatred, the Chu army is merciless.

One by one, in the frenzied burning and looting of the Chu army, they became a ruin, full of women and children, and they were killed when they saw it.

Even the babies who were waiting to be fed did not let go.

Generations of grievances seem to be vented in this massacre.

The wives and concubines of the aristocracy were treated as goods, bundled into strings, pulled into carts, and handed over to traffickers who had long been grinding their fists at different prices, and sold to various countries.

For a time, not only some gold and silver jewelry became cheap, but even slaves became cheap.

Some poor and down-and-out bachelors in the Chu State can spend a small price to have a spring breeze with the young lady of the aristocratic family, and if they spend a little more money, they can marry a wife who goes home to be a wife.

Gradually, slaves became the cheapest commodity, and every day thousands of slaves were bundled into piles and transported to various places.

Wucheng, the capital of Wu for hundreds of years, and the water and land transportation hub of Wu, became an empty city in a few days.

This is war, in the face of brutal force, the power of the individual is pitifully small, one moment he is a high nobleman, and the next moment even his life is a lowly slave who hopes for luxury.

The state of Wu was destroyed, and a large number of people and nobles from small cities fled to the rest of the country with their families.

Among them, the most sought-after are Nguyen Guo and Cang Guo.

The former, because they withdrew from the war against Wu, and the people who were very willing to flee entered, not only to add wealth to the Ruan State, but also to add people to the country to open up surplus land or levy into the army.

The latter is in the past wars, a good image is attracting everyone, the Cang army does not kill prisoners, let alone harm civilians, there are preferential treatment such as taxes in Cangguo, and in the future, you can also go to the school to read and write, and have the opportunity to be a master......

and so on, attracting the people of Wu to flee, Wei Zhongquan also specially ordered the soldiers to open a passage on the territory of the Chu State in Wangji to escort the people across the border and transfer to the territory occupied by the Cangguo in the land of Wangji.

Although the emperor of Chu knew that the hatred of the soldiers would damage the strength of his country and cause a huge loss of population, he did not have any way to deal with it, and the hatred of the soldiers and the people for Wu for hundreds of years had been soaked into his bones, which could not be changed overnight.

Even if he was the emperor, he couldn't order the soldiers to enter the city without committing any crimes, otherwise he would not be able to give an account to the soldiers who died in the previous wars.

Not to mention, the 700,000 army that was killed by Wu last year, plus the more than 200,000 expeditionary troops under Xiong Fang's command later, once the edict was transmitted, the people would not agree to it first, and he, the emperor, would definitely be spurned by the nobles and people of the entire Chu State, and the people's hearts would be greatly disappointed.

In such a situation, even if he is an emperor, he can only let it go.

The state of Wu was destroyed, and the disputes in the world finally came to an end.

The Emperor of Wu paid the price for his arrogance and stupidity, and many of the people of Wu became innocent.

Although there are frictions between many neighboring countries from time to time, in general, the whole world has entered a rare period of peace.

However, many people know that on this calm surface, there is actually an undercurrent.

According to Yang Mu's statement at the court meeting, this is a fake peace.

Why?

Is there really stability between countries?

Not.

The reason why there are no major wars is because several major powers are tired of fighting and need to recuperate.

Once you recover, will you be able to sit still?

Just imagine, after the war of Jin, especially after the war of Wu, the strength of various countries has undergone fundamental changes, and the military strength, civil power and territory are completely different from the past.

At present, the Jin Kingdom has fallen into a quagmire and is unable to extricate itself, there is no one who can't recover in ten or twenty years, and without the suppression of such a behemoth, the whole world is already a quarter of the game.

The state of Chu, the state of Ruan, the state of Cang, the state of Jin.

Among them, the strength of Chu and Ruan is about the same, Cang is decent, although there are elite soldiers but the scale is slightly smaller, although the Jin State is seriously frustrated, but after all, it has a deep heritage, and it can still transfer two million troops, which can barely be regarded as a strong country.

Although, on the surface, there is no friction and conflict in the four countries.

But there is a contradiction that cannot be avoided - there can only be one of the most powerful countries!

What will happen when a few powerful countries have recuperated and recovered their national strength a little, and they look around and find that there are several neighbors around them that are much weaker than themselves?

It's as if you can easily pick the fruit in your mouth as soon as you raise your hand.

The taste is so delicious!

After hundreds of years of invasion and annexation, all the great powers have understood a truth, that is, if you want the country to be strong, you can't stick to the old roots, only when the territory expands and the population increases, the army will be strong, and finally avoid the fate of being annexed.

It is conceivable that when a few large countries recover a little, they will definitely attack the smaller countries around them.

In Cangguo, the monarchs and the people understand this truth better.

After all, the idea of being prepared for danger in times of peace for so many years was not instilled in vain.

It is said that Yang Mu once sighed emotionally when he was worshipping the sky at the beginning of the year, "The worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world", which attracted the people of the entire Cangguo to recite it and became the motto of many readers.

Therefore, the whole Cangguo has not relaxed because of the end of the war of the Jin Dynasty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also steadily advancing the relationship with the countries, and the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Household are busy expanding the influence of the Dacang coin, and strive to integrate the Dacang coin into various countries as soon as possible.

This has led to a phenomenon in which the amount of silver piled up in the treasury of the country has increased dramatically.

These were both silver seized in the country and exchanged by foreign merchants.

This is equivalent to Cangguo exchanging a pile of paper for a huge amount of silver.

Yang Mu did not squander it or do anything else, but let the household department seal it and use it as a foreign exchange reserve, which can be used as an economic means in case of any emergencies or wars.

Of course, Cangguo is thriving, and other countries are not eating their old books.

In the battle of the Jin Dynasty, the Cangguo army shined, coupled with the display of national strength when the alliance was formed, and the image was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so while trading with Cangguo, it was also trying its best to imitate and develop its own national strength.

For example, the state of Chu, with the strong support of the Chu emperor Xiong Minne, implemented the education of the poor family, and began to suppress the aristocratic forces to prepare for the future imperial examination.

As another great power, in addition to imitating many decrees of Cangguo, Nguyen State strengthened the construction of cavalry, stipulating that a large amount of money should be allocated every year for the development of war equipment and cavalry, which was quite innovative.

Not to mention, after some imitation, some countries have really learned well.

For example, the twelve-ministry system of Cangguo was imitated by Kang Guo and Shao Guo, the two younger brothers, although due to technical reasons, many affairs could not be carried out, such as the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education, as if it was an empty shell.

However, these two countries don't care either.

In the eyes of their monarchs and ministers, Cangguo is the object of learning, everything in Cangguo is the best, and everything should be learned!

Emperor Kangguo even said in front of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and people that Cangguo saved Kangguo, and the two countries have a brotherly friendship, Cangguo is Kangguo's brother, brother and brother, and everything in Cangguo is worthy of Kangguo's learning.

Then, Emperor Shao got the news, and immediately felt that Kang Guo's sycophants were too powerful, thinking that he was being compared, very unwilling, and worried that Cangguo would favor Kang Guo in the national policy in the future, so he made another ruthless determination, laid down the altar, summoned his subjects to sacrifice to heaven and swear, and chopped off a finger in public!

Emperor Shao announced that in the future, Shao State will be a vassal state of Cangguo, pay tribute every year, never rebel against each other, and major events such as army conquest and war, canonization of queens and princes, and enshrinement of prime ministers must be reported to Emperor Cangguo for ruling, if Cangguo suffers from foreign enemies, Shao has the obligation to send troops to help.

As soon as the news came out, the emperors of all countries looked sideways.

Why?

Because it's familiar.

Aren't all of the above the obligations of the major vassal states to the Son of Heaven when the Great Rite Dynasty was divided in the past?

Shao Guo is a self-descending national character, and he takes the initiative to be one level shorter than Cangguo?

If you think about it carefully, you can understand the truth, after the invasion of Wu, the entire Shao country was disabled, and now there are tens of thousands of remnants of weak generals, the slaughter of the domestic nobles who did not slaughter, the escape of the escape, and even the royal family has only a few dozen people left, it can be said that they have basically lost the ability to govern the country, and any country that comes to attack can be captured in a short time.

In other words, Shao has lost the ability to become a country independently, and if it does not have the strong protection of Cangguo, it will die sooner or later.

Emperor Shao's move, although it was suspicious, was also very pragmatic, and he had no other choice.

Shao Guo needs to hug Cangguo's thighs tightly!

Sure enough, a few days later, Yang Mu received a letter from Shao Guo, begging Cangguo to give Shao Guo a part of the quota and let Shao Guo's civilian children study in Cangguo's school.

In this regard, Yang Mu doesn't have much opinion, isn't it just to send international students to Cangguo to receive advanced education?

With the current relationship between the two countries, why not allow it?

So, with a wave of his hand, Yang Mu approved Shao Guo's annual quota of one hundred, and the only restriction was that he could not enter Taixue to study.

This not only ensures that advanced technology and core knowledge do not proliferate too quickly, but also consolidates the relationship between the two countries, so that Shao can not do without Cangguo.

Why?

The former is easy to understand, and the latter involves the intimacy of diplomatic relations.

Those students studying abroad in Shao have been influenced by the culture and education of Cangguo for a long time, and they have basically been labeled as Cangguo in this life, and they are naturally the faction that is close to Cangguo.

Form a dependency.

The diplomatic relations between the two countries will definitely become more intimate, and Shao Guo will become the little brother who can't get rid of Cangguo.

So, in the surprise of the emperors of the countries, the commoners selected by the Shao State entered the school of the Cang Kingdom to practice.

Some countries are envious and ready to move.

However, at this time, another news came out from Cangguo.

It's a book.

The name is "The Legend of the Heroes of the Great Cang".