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At the end of March, the situation in the south changed abruptly, and as Bai Sheng fled south, Ye Gong recovered Yingdu without a fight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Bai Sheng's rebellion lasted nearly two years, because the rebels were well-trained, and the county princes of Chu were scattered and the people were uneven, Ye Gong needed to rely on their hatred and fear of Bai Sheng, and twisted everyone into a ball.

However, the last battle of this counterinsurgency came so easily, so the Chu army was cautious when advancing, for fear of falling into Bai Sheng's strategy. When Ye Gong was about to enter the north city gate, some people worriedly persuaded him to put on a shirt, saying that the people of the country looked at Ye Gong as if they were loving fathers and mothers, and if Ye Gong was injured by Bai Shengyu's secret arrow, it would be very bad.

Ye Gong thought so, put on the jacket and continued to move forward, after entering the outer Guo, Zilu, a disciple of Confucius who held the flag for him, strongly persuaded him to avoid entering.

Zilu said loudly: "Although Zhong You is a northerner, he also knows that the Chu people look forward to Ye Gong just like a long-drought field hopes for Ganlin, and now if they can see Ye Gong's face, the people will believe that the rebellion is over and greet Wang Shi with peace of mind." As for the assassin traitor, although Nakayu is old, he is willing to block it for you! ”

Zilu did not die in defending the country as in history, but became a fierce general under Ye Gong, which is also a good destination, but Confucius is also dying, only a little younger than him Zilu, is also in his sixties, although he can still eat a basket of rice and two catties of meat, but the years are not forgiving, under the helmet is full of gray hair, and there is a lot of white silk in the beard......

Ye Gong felt that what Zilu said was very reasonable, so he had the courage to go away, and along the way, let the soldiers beat gongs and drums, and told the people of Yingdu, who had closed the door of the house: "Ye Gong has recovered Yingdu, the king is about to return, and the civil strife is over!" ”

"It's over, it's really over?"

The people of Yingdu feel like they are in a dream in the past few years, and the Chu State has gradually recovered from the disaster of Wu Shi's entry into Ying, and although the people at the bottom are harder, they are far from the extent that they can't survive and rise up. Unexpectedly, two years ago, Bai Sheng suddenly attacked, breaking their peaceful life, maybe at first there was some schadenfreude for those unlucky nobles, but Bai Sheng brought them far more bad luck than good. Yes, Bai Sheng opened the treasury of the nobles and promised everyone the mansions, but the premise was to join the rebels, fight for him with his life, and exchange his life for benefits......

The Chu royal family is like the incarnation of Zhu Rong in the hearts of ordinary Chu people, and the generous and benevolent image of King Chu Zhao is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so in the eyes of the Chu people, no matter what Bai Sheng does, he is still a traitor.

During the two years of civil strife, I don't know how many Chu people died under the arrows and spears of their compatriots, and almost every family of the Yingren who were often conscripted by Bai Sheng lost their relatives. Now that the civil strife is finally over, can they finally return to the peaceful days of the past?

The people of Yingdu Chu opened the door suspiciously, walked out of the house, and saw Ye Gong riding in front of him in a messy street and alley......

The frightened hearts of the Chu people calmed down a little, so a few days later, when Chu Wangzhang also returned to Yingdu, where he had been away for two years, he saw a group of people who had settled down and brought pot pulp to welcome the king......

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"Zhang Wude is incompetent, causing the traitors to live in the capital for two years, worthy of the previous kings, ancestors, and Zhu Rong!"

When the car drove to the dilapidated palace in Yingdu, Chu Wangzhang, who was already much more mature than the childish man before the war, couldn't help but burst into tears, got out of the car and bowed to the palace of Chu again......

He worshipped not only the new kings of the Chu State who had ruled here, but also the aunt Ji Mi who let him go first with Zhong Ziqi, but he turned back and died as a martyr......

Thinking of his aunt's tragic death, thinking of that unforgettable period of exile, thinking of the time when he was chased by the rebels and fled north in a hurry, Chu Wangzhang gritted his teeth, he couldn't do anything in the past, but now, he wants to make a complete reckoning with this rebellion, and let those who welcome Bai Sheng and be his accomplices pay the price!

However, Ye Gong dissuaded him.

"Great King, of course the rebellious ministers must be severely punished, but now that the internal strife in Chu has just been eliminated, and the external troubles are coming, we can't go through another turmoil......"

Ye Gong's worries are not unreasonable, although Bai Sheng took most of the rebels away from Yuanxiang and is now missing, there are also many people who have joined the rebels in Yingdu who have stayed, either out of force or out of willingness, and they have all opposed Chu Wangzhang. According to Chu Wangzhang's idea, he wanted to return a tooth for a tooth, follow Bai Sheng's example of distinguishing between good and evil, and execute all the nobles of Yingdu, and have a big purge!

If this is the case, Ye Gong can foresee that the hearts of those who have just calmed down will boil again, and the Chu State is likely to fall into chaos again, and it will even cause the rebellion of the prince of the Zhou Dynasty to rebel and last for twenty years......

The internal strife is like this, and the external trouble is Zhao Guo.

Relying on a series of strategic deceptions, Zhao Wuxian has turned Yan into a vassal, making Sanqi tired and weak, and destroying Zheng and Qin at the same time. For example, there are no princes who can contain Zhao today, Zhao Wuxian has the ambition to level the world, and the next target must be Chu State......

If this is the case, the state of Chu must recover quickly and unite with the outside world, otherwise the Zhao army will drive straight in, and the hundreds of years of social affairs will come to an end......

So Ye Gong tried his best to persuade the king of Chu to bow down to the chief: "I also hope that the king can bring the arrested evildoers to justice in accordance with the "Code of the Rooster", and the rest of the accomplices will also be punished as serious crimes...... In this way, the people of Chu can understand that the king's tolerance is no less than that of the previous king, and they can serve with peace of mind from now on! ”

Whether it is the rebellion of the princes of the Zhou dynasty or the struggle for the throne of the three princes at the end of the Ling King of Chu, they are all lessons from the past, and cruel revenge will not bring peace in the country, but will make the chaos worse and worse, and make the monarch's hearts lost.

Thinking that Lan Yi, who had been pardoned by his father, was now a great contributor to helping the royal family quell the rebellion, Chu Wangzhang agreed to Ye Gong's proposal after calming down.

In April, the first decree of the Chu king Zhang Guang after recovering the Yingdu was to announce an amnesty for the state of Chu and pardon the rebels of the Baisheng Rebellion.

In the edict, Chu Wangzhang announced that he would "work hard for politics and self-denial." Make the sect solid Beichen's peace, and the district is the Tai ...... of the south wind"

As soon as this order came out, the hearts of the people of Chu were settled, and the words of praise were endless.

After using an amnesty to clean up people's hearts, Chu Wangzhang made persistent efforts and issued a second decree, that is, to let Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang hold the two positions of Ling Yin and Sima!

As soon as this decree was issued, the whole country was shaken.

You must know that in the history of the Chu State, it is not uncommon to serve as Ling Yin and Sima as a prince and a county official, but it is unique to hold two positions at the same time!

This means that Ye Gong alone monopolizes the military and political power of the Chu State, and if he is willing, it is not impossible for the king to be abolished and stand on his own......

However, Chu Wangzhang's words made everyone shut up.

"If there is no Ye Gong to help the King of Danger and turn the tide, in the palace of Yingdu, it is still the traitor Bai Sheng who is sitting at this time, and he can do it with such a world-famous achievement as Ling Yin and Sima!"

This sentence is true, in the two years of rebellion, almost all of them were Ye Gong who was in the middle and strategizing, slowly turning disadvantages into advantages, and finally defeating the rebels. Today's Chu civil strife has just been settled, and it will face external troubles, and if you are not careful, you may risk losing the country, and it is indeed necessary for an old and stable person to unify the domestic military and government.

Chu Wangzhang's act of handing over the whole country to Ye Gong moved Shen Zhuliang so much. He was also not humble, and after accepting the seals of Ling Yin and Sima, he immediately opened the palace and issued an order to restore the nobles and county princes who stood at the end of the Chu Wangzhang, which made the old nobles satisfied. But at the same time, some new laws were also retained, and a large number of soldiers and commoners who had contributed to the counterinsurgency were promoted, and they were made middle-level officials and generals, so as to fill the vacancies of the hundreds of nobles who died in the "Hanbin Disaster".

Secretly, Shen Zhuliang was very grateful to Bai Sheng for the crazy slaughter before leaving, after the mud and sand fell, the great river of Chu was much clearer, without the constraints of those nobles, plus the monopoly of power, the implementation of the decree was unimpeded.

After cleaning up the mess and reorganizing the dynasty, Ye Gong began to look into the distance.

Now Bai Sheng himself and the main force of his rebels are gone, and they can only let the Chu cities in Changsha and other places in the south of the Yangtze River be on guard, but in the east, Bai Sheng's old nest Huainan is still in an independent state.

Ye Gong asked Chu Wang Zhang, it is better to send an amnesty to Huainan, as long as Huainan Qunshu Zhuyi has the initiative to do it, they will all be meritorious and innocent!

However, Yingdu's reaction was still half a beat slower, and just in early May, a chilling news came......

Huainan, Zhao has descended!

And the 150,000 troops of the Zhao State, which had been preparing for half a year, also divided into several routes and began to pounce on the scarred Chu State......