Chapter 112: Pawns for Food

After the summer and autumn solstice, all the blood and light of the soldiers gradually disappeared, but the impact of this year's war still made many people not slow down. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

First of all, on the third day of Liu Chen's capture of Xiangyang, the royal family of Wu issued an edict condemning Liu Chen's "evil deeds" of taking the opportunity to seize the city, and at the same time said that he would ask the Han State for an explanation, whether he really wanted to be an enemy.

In the face of this edict, Liu Chan of Shu Han issued a-for-tat edict, denouncing Wu Guo's forcible seizure of several counties in Jingzhou, and claiming that Liu Chen was seizing the city head-on.

These two edicts have been discussed by people all over the world, one of which is to mark the rise of Shu Han.

Others say that this is a manifestation of the decline of the Wei State and the decline of the Jin Dynasty, indicating that the era of the Wei State of Dominance has passed, and now it is a situation where several powers stand side by side.

But in any case, there is not much fluctuation, there are remnants of Wei moving west, the Jin Dynasty was established before, and there are not many events that can attract everyone's attention.

But after the two edicts were issued, another edict was written, like a boulder slapping on the water, causing layers of wind and waves.

And this edict is the resolution of Wei Qian to persuade the Lord of Wei in every possible way to move the capital eastward.

The edict was polished by Wei Qian and written that Cao Huan was the world of Cao Wei, punishing treachery and rebellion, and did not hesitate to personally conquer Chang'an to boost morale.

The day after the edict was issued, Cao Huan excitedly led Liu Yu and other important ministers, and the "Imperial Forest Army" of 20,000 moved to Chang'an overnight.

Overall, the effect is still good, not to mention anything else, less than a day after the edict was issued, Deng Ai, the general of Wei Zhengxi, praised the Lord of Wei in a text, saying that he would hand over the military power and help him restore the country, and moved the garrison to Guzang to the east, and actively prepared for the whole army.

Subsequently, at the behest of Liu Chen, the Shu Han regime also recognized Cao Wei as orthodox.

Soon, the Gongsun family entrenched in Youzhou also recognized Cao Wei as the main master, and sent an envoy to visit him, and sent a table to the Marquis of Yan and the king of Goguryeo.

In this way, the heavenly scribes were dumbfounded, they couldn't understand why a remnant Wei in a remote corner of the country had so much energy.

However, many former ministers of Wei also took the opportunity to start an incident, attacking around under the banner of welcoming back the Wei lord, or sticking to the city.

Although these small movements were extinguished in time by the Jin army, they also shook the foundation of the Jin State, and the situation became more and more precarious.

Half a month later, Liu Bao, who was located in the north of Si and Liangzhou, issued an article, he was not so polite, and bluntly said that he would help Shu Han to destroy the Jin Dynasty.

There is a reason for this, when Liu Bao was in the remnants of Wei Li's martial arts, he openly issued a crusade against the Jin Dynasty, and began to organize his troops to attack the Bingzhou from the Yanmen area of Bingzhou and enter the Central Plains.

However, in order to divide the Xiongnu, Cao Cao divided the Southern Xiongnu into five parts, front, back, left, right, and middle according to geographical distribution.

Although Liu Bao is nominally a single member of the five departments, in fact he is only directly under the command of the left department, and the other four departments have their own subordinates.

Originally, there was no problem in Liu Bao's uprising, but when he pulled his soldiers to Yanmen, the other Xiongnu kings who had promised to send troops together deliberately dragged behind, causing the fighter to miss.

After Liu Yuan investigated, he learned that it was the Jin Dynasty that was secretly playing ghosts, and he took down three of them with a small profit, and Liu Bao's ambition disappeared in this differentiation.

Therefore, Liu Bao was not so polite to the Jin Dynasty, and as for whether to recognize the Cao Wei regime, Liu Bao showed a posture of following the opinions of Shu Han.

At this time, Liu Chen was gathering in Fangling with Huang Chen and others to discuss the aftermath.

"Lord, this time the invasion of Jin and the harvest of four big cities, including Xiangyang, Fancheng, Shangyong, Fangling, and more than a dozen surrounding counties attached to these times, a total of 630,000 people, at this time it is the end of autumn, the people's harvest has ended, do you start to collect taxes?"

Huang Chen reported the situation of the newly conquered counties before talking about this tax issue, after all, since ancient times, taxation has been the only income of the imperial court, and Shu Han has a preference for Anyizhou, which is particularly important.

Zhang Yi's eyes lit up when he heard this, he had been paying attention to the problem of grain and grass during this time, and knew that Shuzhong had spent a lot of money for this battle, if it weren't for this victory blocking Youyou's mouth, I am afraid that Shuzhong would have been in chaos.

"Your Majesty, if it is according to the wartime tax law of our Han Kingdom, five taxes and two taxes, these more than 600,000 people will create more taxes than the average Han State in previous years!"

Zhang Yi's excitement is not unreasonable, if the grain and grass are sufficient, it can support a large-scale, long-term war, and Shu Han's many northern expeditions were all defeated by national strength.

Hearing Zhang Yi say this, Huang Chen suddenly had a trace of doubt on his face, and there was also deep worry in his eyes.

Liu Chen and Huang Chong both saw that Liu Chen was noncommittal, and said with a slight smile:

"Shu Heng has been an official here for a long time, and when this king first came, he didn't understand the details, and he still hoped that Shu Heng would teach this king."

When Huang Chen heard this, he cast a grateful look at Liu Chen, and then said under Liu Chen's signal:

"The Lord of Qi, the generals, the officials of Chenben Wei, the chaos is sinking, fortunately the Lord has woken up, and there is ...... today"

"Huh! Today, let's talk about things, don't mention the past, and in the future, we will unite sincerely and work together for the world! ”

Before Huang Chen finished speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Chen, just because Liu Chen also saw that Huang Chen still had concerns about integrating into Liu Chen's group, so Liu Chen said this.

"Yes, for the generals, for the country, for the people, but there is no need to worry about these, everyone will be a family in the future!"

Zhang Yi was spicy, and immediately saw Liu Chen's intentions, and said the same.

In this way, Huang Chen had no worries and said bluntly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, when the Cao clan ruled Jingbei, ten taxes and one were implemented, and when the Sima clan usurped, it was only five taxes and one in wartime, if we had five taxes and two taxes, this would ......"

As soon as you say this, everyone will understand that whether it is Cao Wei or the Jin Kingdom, they are both vast and have many people, compared to Shu Han, who is alone in Yizhou, is much narrower.

If everything is done according to the previous Shu Han, I am afraid that the newly conquered counties will be in chaos, which is not conducive to the rule of the Han State.

What's more, if someone gets in the way, I am afraid that these places that they have taken with all their national strength will be lost.

Seeing this, Zhang Yi's brows were also tightly furrowed, he glanced at Liu Chen, who was silent, and hesitated:

"But this war has impoverished the Han State, and now there are more than 20,000 soldiers in Shangyong Fangling and other places, and the Han State has more than 100,000 troops, and this grain and grass ......."

Speaking of this, Liu Chen slapped his forehead, not to mention the pawn, he forgot one thing.

"If it weren't for General Zhang, this king would have almost made a mistake!"

When Liu Chen said this, everyone was stunned, Huang Chen thought that Liu Chen had listened to Zhang Yi's words, and was a little disappointed, this tax is afraid of ......

Seeing Huang Chen like this, Liu Chen didn't explain, and said:

"There is no food and grass to follow, this king has a plan!"

Hearing this, Ning Sui Huang Chongjun was interested, and hurriedly asked:

"If there is no tax, what should I do?"

Liu Chen smiled mysteriously and said:

"Since there are many soldiers and food is wasted, we can't afford to raise it, someone will raise it, just ask him to exchange it for food."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly said:

"No king! This move is no less than feeding the enemy with one's body and cutting the meat of the fat wolf, absolutely not! ”

Ning Sui didn't say anything, but it probably meant the same thing, and his face was anxious.

Liu Chen smiled confidently, turned his head to look at Huang Chong, and suddenly asked:

"Zhongkang, do you remember what this king said that day?"

Huang Chong was stunned when he asked this, and when he saw that several people were looking at him, he had to hurriedly rummage through his memories to find what Liu Chen said.

"The meaning of the lord is Sima Zhao?"

Huang Chong is worthy of being Huang Chong, and he quickly came up with the answer, speaking of which, the events of the day are also the things that Huang Chong sincerely worshipped.

Liu Chen smiled and nodded, and Huang Chongcai explained to the curious crowd:

"The lord once said in the old year that Sima Zhao will die soon, and he will die in less than two years."

Hiss......

Everyone snorted coldly, but their eyes looked at Liu Chen with more awe, they didn't doubt it, after all, Sima Zhao was seriously ill, and it was no secret matter for them.

The point is that Cao Wei was still in power last year, and Liu Chen was just an ordinary fictitious king of the northern land, but he could expect this, which shows Liu Chen's weirdness and mystery.

Seeing everyone like this, Liu Chen deliberately left a little mystery for everyone, and said:

"Yes, at that time, the king deduced, the hexagram is indeed like this, recently I heard that Sima Zhao fainted many times, and he was unconscious, I am afraid that his life will be short, as for the Wu lord Sun Xiu......"

Saying this, everyone felt more and more that Liu Chen was magical, and Huang Chen couldn't help but be a little lucky, Liu Chen acted very unusually on the surface, but now when he looks at it, he is simply shocked.

"The Han is hopeful, and the restoration of the country is hopeful!"

Zhang Yi was excited, and couldn't help but cry, for a person like him who has followed Liu Bei since he was a child and fought for Shu Han all his life, restoring the former glory of the Han Dynasty has become his obsession.

Liu Chen didn't speak, but just bowed sincerely to Zhang Yi to express his inner reverence for the veteran.

To appease everyone's emotions, Liu Chen said:

"It is easy to eat grain and grass, and each soldier is easy to eat three stones of grain and grass. Of course, it can't be all changed, firstly, the warriors who are good at fighting will not be replaced, and secondly, the soldiers who are not in the Jingxiang realm will not be replaced. ”

Ning Sui listened, his expression was inexplicable, and he hesitated:

"So harsh, Jin Guo is not a fool, are you willing to change?"

Liu Chen smiled confidently and said firmly:

"If the Jin Kingdom wants to recapture Chang'an, it will definitely be exchanged, otherwise this king will make this deal with Cao Huan!"

When Huang Chen heard this, he also smiled, although Liu Chen's words were a bit of a bandit, if you don't trade with me, I will unite with your enemies to attack you.

But I have to say that this method will most likely succeed, after all, the Jin State does not have the strength to deal with the siege of Wei Shu and Wu plus the Southern Xiongnu and Yan Hou.

Liu Chen glanced at Huang Chen and continued:

"Of course, the price can be discussed, but there is one point, the families of General Huang Chen, General Su Yu and other generals must ask for it, otherwise they will not be discussed!"

Hearing Liu Chen's words, everyone was immediately in awe, especially Huang Chen and Huang Chong, who got up and bowed deeply to Liu Chen, and said sincerely:

"The kindness of the lord, Chen has nothing to repay, but in the future, if he is sent, he dares to disobey his orders!"

Liu Chen helped the two up, patted Huang Chen on the shoulder, and said seriously:

"Shu Heng treats this king sincerely, and this king will also remember your loyalty, but there are gaps in the future, I hope you will not hesitate to teach!"

Hahahaha!

Suddenly the solemn hall burst into laughter, and Zhang Yi was also moved by this feeling, Liu Chen did not exclude him, which shows his trust.

Zhang Yi was not in a hurry to show his loyalty, but in his heart, he gradually regarded Liu Chen as the hope of Shu Han and the master of Zhongxing who revived the Han Dynasty.

After some deliberation, it was finally decided that Ning Sui would take Liu Chen's Wang Shu north and go to Luodu to discuss the surrender.

Huang Chen suggested that Liu Chen should issue a message to the world, and spread the matter to the wine shop Lin Pavilion, and everyone knew about it in the streets and alleys, so that he was not afraid of Jin Guo or Yang Jun getting in the way.

Sure enough, Ning Sui's envoy team left Fangling, entered Fancheng in the east, and went north to Xinye, and Yang Jun, who received the instructions of the imperial court, hurriedly sent a large army to escort him.

However, he himself did not come forward, and it is understandable to think about it, Yang Jun was deflated at Liu Chen's hands one after another, and it would be good if he didn't fight each other.

Of course, Liu Chen also wrote the outline of the agenda and his own ideas into a book and newspaper and presented it to Liu Chan, who was far away in Shu.

Liu Chan naturally fully supported Liu Chen's decision, and wrote at the end of the reply:

"Now that the war is over, I hope that the emperor will return as soon as possible and inherit the unification!"

It seems that Liu Chan is really as he said, this period of fatigue is just to let Liu Chen fight with peace of mind, but he himself has no power.

When he got this letter, Liu Chen felt very heavy, one is Liu Chan's heavy fatherly love, and the other is that now he inherits the unification, I am afraid it will not be smooth sailing.

"When I go back now, I'm afraid there will be a good show to watch, but this king likes to watch the show the most, doesn't he?"

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