Chapter 378: Sending an Envoy to Beijing

Xie Ai asked him not to be so excited, sit down and drink water first, and say anything slowly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Sima Gong! I heard that you have always been kind and loving to the people of your country, and that you are in excellent official health, and that you are conscientious and loyal, and that you have resolutely stood up and are willing to be loyal to your country when everyone has taken refuge. Xie admires your personality and conduct very much, how can he bear to put you to death? ”

Sima Cheng was about to speak excitedly, Xie Ai waved his hand, and asked him to listen to himself first: "I won't talk about how your country abandoned the Central Plains in the past, but isn't Sima Gong still unclear about the current situation?" Su Jun has completely controlled Jiankang, and with an order, countless heads fell to the ground, and all civil and military officials were silent. Regardless of whether the major gates in the south are sincerely obedient or not, at least, for the time being, the Jiangdong Imperial Court is already about to change its surname to Su. ”

"Previously, your country also pinned its hopes on Wentao's Qinwang army. But not long ago, Han Huang completely defeated him, Wen Qiao died early, Tao Kan was afraid of Ben Shuai, and fled to Guangzhou without looking back, and Yu Daxiangguo, hehe, fled in advance, I don't know if he is dead or alive now, but no matter what, what storm can he expect him to set off again? Therefore, the general trend has gone four words, which are really appropriate to describe the situation of the Jin court. ”

"Sima Gong is begging for death right now, Xie doesn't want to kill you, but he doesn't dare to kill you. It's easy to kill, but it's hard to save. Xie commanded tens of thousands of troops, from north to south, from east to west, and he was invincible. Although Xie was shuttling and galloping in the rain of thousands of swords, guns and swords, Xie was actually not easy to kill. Human life is at stake, if it is a last resort, why take people's lives? And Sima Gong is the best of your country's clan, with a strict body and a dignified character, I should try my best to save you from being reborn, how can I kill in vain? ”

Sima Cheng began to be silent again, but his face became even more ugly. Xie Ai stared at him closely, still considering the words to persuade him.

"Sima Gong is the descendant of Emperor Xuan of Jin, standing up to save the country, his heart is more than a golden stone, this is a natural duty, I appreciate it very much. But, for example, if your parents are already in a deep illness, and you have done everything you can't get back from the panacea, what else can you do? Er Jin, since he has come to this step of dying, it is half a man-made disaster, half a providence. Sima Gong didn't need to be so grieved, or have any self-blame, it was useless. The number of qi is about to run out, how can this be reversed with one force? ”

"Your country has been greatly injured since its southern crossing, and now it is a fatal blow to such internal and external troubles. After Su Jun abolished the emperor and established himself, your country will be completely destroyed, I expect that Sima Gong will never worship under Su Jun, so why don't you be a minister in the same hall with Xie and serve my emperor together? ”

Sima Cheng sighed in mourning, his wrinkled face became more and more sad and painful, and he almost fell into tears on the spot. But he listened to Xie Ai continue: "My Emperor's Majesty, Shenwen Shengwu, is a saint from heaven, and within ten years, he destroyed the Huns Liu, created my Great Qin, and forged an unshakable foundation. Now, there are still pseudo-Zhao Qianshi in the Central Plains, rebellious and resistant, my Emperor His Majesty, angry and angry, is about to bow to the punishment of heaven, unify the north, save the people under the iron hooves and steel knives of Hulu, and return the world to peace. Although Sima Gong is in troubled times, but he is about to usher in a prosperous era, why not throw away the prejudices of the door, follow my emperor, and jointly expel Hu Lu, so as to leave a name in history? ”

As he was talking, Qin General Cui Yi came into the big tent, glanced at Sima Cheng meaningfully, and said to him: "Handsome!" A total of thirteen Jin generals were captured, except for four who were seriously injured and died, Bu Chong and other nine people, all of whom were willing to surrender, and the last general came to report to the marshal. ”

Xie Ai smiled, bowed his head again and again, and asked Cui Yi to take the generals down to settle first, and then do further resettlement after the war is over. Sima Cheng next to him shook his head again and again, his face was full of pain, he just asked Xie Ai to behead him, and he was not willing to surrender no matter what. Xie Ai was helpless after trying his best to talk about it, but he really couldn't bear to kill this poor and respectable stubborn old man, so he ordered Sima Cheng to be taken care of, provided with food and drink, and then made plans after a while.

Immediately, the Qin army drove the Xiangzhou army to surrender and rout, and deliberately pushed Sima Cheng also, rushed to Jiangling with great fanfare, and surrounded it with heavy troops. The Jin army in the city was already hesitant, but now seeing that the Xiangzhou army was defeated to such a point, and even the king of Qian was taken prisoner, he knew that he was afraid that there would be no more reinforcements, so the whole city was frightened, desperate and frightened. On the fifth day of the siege of the Qin army, the city finally could no longer bear it and surrendered directly.

Xie Ai entered Jiangling, immediately put up a list to calm the people, and comforted the surrendered troops and generals and the people of the city, and then openly killed several unscrupulous rich squires who took the opportunity to raise prices or had great grievances from the people in the past, and then took advantage of the deterrence and inspection of the elite soldiers, so Jiangling City was quickly settled down, and there was no uproar.

Xie Ai sat in Jiangling, and ordered Peng Jun to lead the division and pass Xiangzhou in the south. Don't talk about counterattacking in Xiangzhou, at this time there is no even the power to defend, so it is a weak child who has no power to restrain the chicken, and when he meets a strong and strong man, what is the suspense of the victory or defeat? Peng Jun went all the way unimpeded, and within half a month, he safely entered Changsha City, and Xiangzhou went down without a fight.

At this point, the north Jing and the south of Hunan all fell into the hands of the Qin army, and the entire land of Jingxiang in the nine counties was divided into the territory of the Qin State.

In the first month of the third year of Qin Tiansheng, the champion general Xie Ai played Kai and asked Emperor Gao Yue to instruct on relevant matters. Before long, Gao Yuezhi arrived and rewarded the southern army and the southern generals. Coach Xie Ai, a single person in Jing and Hunan Prefectures, unprecedented, with outstanding military talent and outstanding contributions to the expansion of the territory, promoted to General Wei, Jingzhou Mu, Shangshu left servant shooting, holding the festival, and extremely glorious into the lord of the country, named the Duke of Chu. Since then, the structure of the four great princes of the Qin State has been finalized.

Not long after Gao Yue became emperor, he set up Shangshutai and the Privy Council to take charge of the country's civil and military affairs. The head of Shang Shutai is Shang Shuling, and the head of the Privy Council is the Privy Council, which is filled by Yang Ke and Han Yong respectively, both of whom are the ministers of the country. The deputy of Shang Shutai is the left and right servants, and the deputy of the Privy Council is the left and right deputy envoys, and the number of people varies, all of whom are deputy prime ministers.

On this day, in the front hall of the Luoyang Privy Council, many soldiers who came here to report, deliver, and receive various information reports were waiting in line to handle relevant matters. The privy envoy Han Yong went out half an hour ago, and he has not yet returned, so some people have done their own things and left, and some people have to report the letter in their hands to Han Yong for instructions in person, so they have to stay and wait for Han Yong to come back.

Liao Chang was in the queue, although it was already half a morning, he was not in a hurry, he had time. Liao Changnai was a member of the tens of thousands of Qin troops in the south, and belonged to the direct descendant of the commander Xie Ai, who was twenty-one years old. Ten days ago, Xie Ai gave a detailed account of the current military situation in Jingzhou, as well as the prediction and analysis of future wars, and made a preliminary summary of the population and finance of Jiangling and Xiangzhou in Jingzhou, and after making a package summary, he ordered Liao Chang to bring a few attachΓ©s to Luoyang in the north, and handed them over to the Privy Council, and asked the privy envoy and Xiangguo Han Yong to reply after reading it, and finally submitted it to the imperial court, and after the emperor's instructions, the relevant documents were brought back to Jiangling.

Liao Chang came to Beijing, there was only this special task, and he didn't need to run more errands, just waiting for instructions. Today, at the Dede Inn, he had a leisurely breakfast, sightseeing along the way, and calmly came to the Privy Council, where there were already many waiters. The officer on duty told Han that the envoy was still busy, and after a while, Han Yong had something to go out again, so there were more people slowly. There were also one hundred and eighty people in the front hall, except for the people from the forbidden army and the Xiang army in the Beijing division who reported according to the usual practice, most of the rest were the same as Liao Chang, from Shuozhou, Xiazhou, Shengzhou, Qinzhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, etc., and the military personnel from all over the Qin country had various matters to be adjudicated and approved through the Privy Council, the highest military body.

Liao Chang stood in the team, holding a pile of documents in his hand, looking east and west with his head raised, very curious. Not beware of a good deed in front of him, he lowered his head and looked at the paper in his hand, and when he walked past him, he accidentally bumped into it, and knocked over a stack of paper tapes in his hand to the ground.

"Ge Laozi, frizzy and irritable, what are you doing!"

Caught off guard, of course Liao Chang lost his hand, and after a pause, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and a local voice came out. He hurriedly squatted down and hurriedly packed up those important documents, while raising his head and glaring fiercely at the reckless person, the perpetrator realized that he was at fault, showed an embarrassed smile, nodded his head, and slipped out.

was very depressed, and heard another voice behind me: "Yo? What is this talking about, haven't you heard it, where are you from? ”

Liao Chang squatted down and looked up, and after three or four people behind him, there was a stout soldier like a bull, who was raising his chin at him. Liao Chang cleaned up neatly in his hands, and replied without being salty: "Fuling, what do you have to do?" ”

The strong man laughed with the people around him: "Sure enough, it's a southerner, and the accent is interestingly tight." Ha ha. Seeing that the embryo is also skinny, how did he get in and eat the rations? ”

Between talking and laughing, it seems that he is joking with himself as a joke. Liao Chang was a little annoyed, and stood up awkwardly: "Da Ha'er, what do you mean?" ”