The prime minister left some of Baekje's soldiers to fend off the Jin army, and he, the king of Baekje, and some of his ministers prepared to evacuate from the sea with wealth and women. The resistance of the Baekje people in the city was very stubborn, which also bought time for the Baekje king to escape.

Tao Kan's army entered through the three gates! He ordered all the cavalry not to dismount and kill until they reached the palace. There are rebellions and surrenders on the way. It took only three hours to surround the royal palace, and the remnants of the royal palace stubbornly resisted, mainly the die-hard forces of Baekje.

Tao Kan remembered that a thousand innocent Jin soldiers had died in their hands, and the hatred in his heart burned in his body like fire. Looking at the Baekje people who were still resisting, he waved his hand and a team of Mo knives with Mo knives in their hands to kill the enemy, and the Baekje people were scared and cried for their fathers and mothers. Some knelt, some pretended to be dead, and some were scared silly!

The human head was like a football rolling all over the ground, and the Jin army entered the palace as long as they were executed with knives. At this time, Lin Feng, who was at sea, had been on guard against the Baekje people escaping from the sea, and when the Baekje King and them just appeared, they were blocked by the navy at the mouth of the sea, and none of the ordinary soldiers ran away.

After the capture of the Baekje king, the organized resistance of the entire Baekje country had disappeared, and the Jin army in the north cooperated with the southern route of the Zhou Zabu to completely control the southern part of the peninsula. After the main force of Mahan was destroyed, Zhou Za used a small number of Jin troops as the backbone to incorporate many local tribal soldiers in Mahan.

In the end, Zhou Za reorganized an army of 20,000 people, put down rebellions in various parts of Mahan, and took the opportunity to include the other two Han tribes. Although some people were not convinced, they were killed with King Chen. All parts of Samhan have become a mess. Under the blows of the Great Jin, the leaders of the various tribes either surrendered or were exterminated.

In this way, another half a month passed, and in May, the armies of the north and south continued to sweep away the remnants of the enemy in the east and south of the peninsula, and initially completed the purpose of conquering Baekje. At this time, the Great Jin Dynasty controlled the entire central and southern part of the peninsula, and was connected with the Xianbei and Goguryeo forces in the north.

By the end of May, Tao Kan had swept away all the rebels on the peninsula and had skirmished with Goguryeo in the north. and recovered part of the Baekje territory that Goguryeo had taken advantage of. However, due to the mobilization of heavy troops by Goguryeo, the momentum of the Jin army to the north was blocked.

And Goguryeo was worried about being attacked by Murong Xianbei, and had no intention of expanding the war, so it was June. There are several small towns in the northeastern part of the peninsula. It is still entrenched in Goguryeo. In order to prevent Goguryeo from becoming too weak, Murong Xianbei developed and grew. Tao Kan personally ordered the army to stop its northward advance.

The news of Baekje's victory reached Luoyang, the capital division at the end of May of the third year of Hongwu, and Sima Shu was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately issued an order to reward the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and the general Tao Kan was promoted to Zhonglang General with merit. The rest of the generals at all levels were promoted to one level in rank, and different rewards were given according to the size of the merit.

In addition to a large pension, all soldiers and officers who died in battle will also be exempted from all kinds of taxes for their families, and the court will be responsible for supporting the elderly, and the children who are studying will have priority to enjoy the right to be officials and join the army.

Since the Great Jin entered the Sanhan War in February, more than 80,000 Baekje soldiers were captured by the Jin army, of which 50,000 were transported back to the mainland by sea by the Great Jin Dynasty, and then placed in Huainan to participate in the opening of the canal. In addition, in order to prevent the resurgence of Mahan, Baekje and other forces, Sima Shu personally ordered the execution of all nobles in the two countries.

In addition to these people, in order to dilute the indigenous population, Tao Kan and others also captured 100,000 young women and transported them back to the mainland, except for some of these women, most of whom were bought by the clans, most of them were rewarded by Sima Shu to meritorious men and soldiers from border counties. In the first accident, Sima Shu also ordered to move in some Jin people to live on the peninsula.

After the situation on the peninsula gradually stabilized, Sima Shu ordered Zhou Za to serve as the governor of Korea, lead the Wuxiang Army to garrison the peninsula, and the rest of the officers and soldiers returned to Dajin with the navy.

In June, after the Great Jin Dynasty had just experienced the joy of destroying the country, Emperor Sima Shu actually added two more sons, Concubine Pei Jin and Shuyi Jiang Jun, who actually gave birth to two princes within three days, named Sima Xi and Sima Yu respectively. And Concubine Xian Luzhu actually had another two months of pregnancy.

In addition to more than three months of conquest, the Great Jin Dynasty finally took Sanhan and Baekje into the bag, and the world of Hongwu three years can be called smooth, and the grain in various places has been harvested, and the court and outside finally got rid of the shadow brought by the rebellion of the eight kings.

There is an old saying that the grain is cheap and hurts the farmers, and the grain is expensive and hurts the people.

After all, many people have surplus grain at home, and in addition to storage, they will sell some of it in exchange for some daily necessities such as oil and salt.

In August, the price of grain fell from $7,800 per stone in previous years to $4,500 per stone.

However, in September, the price of grain in the market rebounded, and the price of grain in the south of the Yangtze River was 600 yuan per stone, and the price was higher in the north, and the price in Hebei and Guanzhong was 700 yuan per stone, which was close to the ordinary year.

The reason for this is that the government began to purchase a large amount of grain, on the one hand, to stabilize grain prices and ensure the enthusiasm of the people to grow grain in the coming year; On the one hand, the imperial court was already preparing for a large-scale military operation in the north in the coming year, and grain was being transported to Jizhou, Yongzhou, Sizhou, Liangzhou and other places by means of cao and roads, and then hired soldiers to be transported to the governors' mansions.

Just before Sima Shu could take a breath after stabilizing the price of grain in Dajin, something happened unexpectedly.

In October, officials in the court and China wrote a letter requesting the early canonization of the crown prince.

At first, Sima Shu didn't care, but in the past few years, although the proposal of establishing a prince has been mentioned repeatedly, he has pushed it off for various reasons.

But this time, it seems to be very different. There were many motions inside and outside the court, and some ministers of the family even joined together, especially his cheap father-in-law Wang Yan, who used the identity of 'celebrity and scholar' to go back and forth among the ministers of the family, trying to contact everyone to ask Sima Shu to make his son the crown prince.

Three days later, dozens of ministers of the family jointly signed a letter advocating the establishment of the prince, including some important ministers such as Wang Yan and Pei Wei.

On the tenth day of October, the Great Pilgrimage Meeting.

Yang Xuanzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the first to stand up: "Your Majesty, the minister has a play." ”

"Aiqing and speak."

"Your Majesty, the East Palace has been vacant for several years, rare in ancient times, the ministers are brave, please ask the emperor to choose a prince."

"The sons are still young, this matter will be postponed for a few more years, and it will not be too late to discuss it."

Sima Shu still wants to drag, to be honest, his sons are still young, even the eldest son Sima Yu is only three years old, and the other two children have just learned to walk, how can Sima Shu be in a hurry at this time. But he thought so, but the ministers of other families didn't think so, especially the former family members, no matter what kind of interests they wanted, of course they hoped that Sima Shu could establish the prince as soon as possible.

Now that he heard that the emperor still had the intention of shirking, the minister of the family quit. Even Wang Yan also came out and said: "Your Majesty, the establishment of the prince is the foundation of the country, and it is related to the fortunes of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the ministers ask the emperor to make a decision as soon as possible!" When he said this, many ministers echoed and agreed: "Please make a decision as soon as possible." ”

"Your Majesty, set up a reserve to be prepared, this matter is related to the country!" Yang Xuanzhi still has taboos, some words are not explicitly said, but the meaning is there: The world has not been pacified, and Your Majesty, you are an idle person, in case of another siege of the Western Capital, if the heir has not been determined, wouldn't the world be in chaos?

Sima Shu glanced at it and found that the most active members of the prince were some ministers of the family, while others like Zhang Bin, Du Xi and others remained motionless and didn't seem to hear the discussion of the ministers. He was silent for a moment and asked, "Who is worthy of the throne?" ”

When the emperor asked, the ministers stared at each other with wide eyes, and they were silent.

Sima Shu was very clear about the thoughts of the ministers, and the ministers were divided into several factions as to who would be the "crown prince".

The first faction is Liyan, Wang Yan, Pei Wei, Wen Xiang, etc. are all here, and it is recommended to establish a son-in-law, Sima Zang.

The second faction is the chief, such as Yang Xuanzhi, Xun Song and others, hoping to establish the eldest son Sima Yu.

The third faction, such as Ji Shao, Xie Xian, Zhou Xun, etc., has no objection to Sima Zang or Sima Yu, as long as they establish the reserve.

There are also some people who have no clear attitude at all before finding out the emperor's attitude, such as Zhang Bin, Du Xi and others.

"Who is worthy of the unification?" Sima Shu asked again.

Wang Yan finally broke the silence: "The minister thinks that His Majesty's sister-in-law Zang is from a noble background, and his mother is a lady of the main palace, and she has a generous and benevolent personality (just a little child, I don't know where he saw it), and he can succeed the unification." ”

"The emperor has already made it clear that the prince should choose the virtuous and stand," but it was Yang Xuanzhi who spoke, "Your Majesty's eldest son Yu has been smart since he was a child, he can speak at the age of one, and he can recite poems at the age of two, and he is deeply loved by His Majesty, please make him the prince." ”

"What smart!? Your Majesty's sister-in-law is also very smart! The most important thing for a prince is to be generous and merciful. ”

"How do you know that His Highness is not benevolent?"

Soon the two factions quarreled over their own ends, and the other ministers fought from time to time.

"Above the court, what kind of system is this?" As the first assistant, Zhang Bin saw that the ministers were a little uncontrollable, and couldn't help but shout.

When the ministers heard this, they also knew that they had lost their manners, and immediately quieted down.

"The matter of establishing a prince still needs to be decided by the emperor." Du Xi bowed and said.

"Your Ministers respectfully ask for the Holy Judge."

"The appointment of the crown prince is a major event, and can it be decided immediately? When the secretary goes back, he will first draw up some excerpts, and the six-grade officials in Beijing and the local five-grade officials can all write books. "In that way, won't it be delayed for a few more months?" After listening to the opinions of the world, I will discuss with the cabinet. ”

"Your Majesty."

Even though the ministers knew that this was His Majesty's delaying tactic, they had no choice but to go back and write the excerpt first. After the next dynasty, Sima Shu still frowned, now it seems that this incident is fierce, if you keep delaying the policy, I am afraid that it will not work, and it will affect the stability of the court in the long run, it seems that we must find a policy to solve this hidden danger once and for all. (To be continued......)