The people are a disorderly group, and their strength is irresistible, but it is also blind.

If this force is endlessly expanded, it is bound to form this force that is even more difficult to control.

Unruly populaces are dangerous.

Therefore, it is necessary to keep the people's income within a certain degree.

This is the way of kings from ancient times to the present.

Therefore, even if the treasury is too full to hold gold and silver, it is better to dig a pit and bury it, or throw it directly into the sea than to reduce taxes again. Of course, this is just an analogy, and no one would actually throw gold or silver into the sea, unless he is a fool.

Baili Wuji is certainly not a fool, he has found a place for his gold and silver.

Unlimited purchase of various copper, iron and other resources and minerals from various countries. These minerals were then converted into ordnance and agricultural tools, which were popularized in various states and counties of Chu State, and the iron-making furnaces were continuously expanded and heightened, which also made the quality of iron products in Chu State continue to improve.

The copper, iron, and lead metal products of the Chu State have become the first choice of the people of all countries.

……。

The folk merchants brought back the news from Fusang and spread it among the people of Chu.

When Sun Shixu and the others changed their surnames and were given official positions by Emperor Fusang, and the news that Sun Shixu also married the daughter of Fusang reached the ears of the monarchs and ministers of Chu State, the officialdom of Chu State was in an uproar.

Among them, Sun Guangxian can no longer endure this kind of strange gaze from his colleagues, and he can't bear the blow from the concept of courtesy, righteousness and honesty that he has cultivated since childhood.

Sun Guangxian resolutely came to the Chu Palace, wanting to ask Baili Wuji for an understanding.

This life can be wanted, this section is not lost, and his newborn son will not say anything about the enemy. also dared to change his surname, how can Sun Guangxian be embarrassed as a father?

looked at Sun Guangxian, who came to Xingshi to ask for guilt. Baili Wuji can only be silent.

Listening to Sun Guangxian's spitting accusations, Baili Wuji felt a deep guilt in his heart.

Baili Wuji's biggest concern now is not Sun Shixu's change of surname. It's about marrying the princess of Fuso.

He knew that this was likely to harm Sun Shixu for the rest of his life.

The animals born of close relatives such as the Fuso Imperial Maiden must not be touched.

After touching it, the consequences are very serious, and this is a disaster that will affect the next generation.

But there is no way to do it.

Facing the indignant Sun Guangxian, Baili Wuji had to admit that he had instructed it, and asked Sun Guangxian not to reveal it to the public.

Under Sun Guangxian's repeated requests, Baili Wuji made a promise to him, three years at the fastest, five years at the slow, and Sun Shixu must be returned to his innocence. After getting Baili Wuji's personal assurance, Sun Guangxian finally wiped away his old tears and went home.

But Baili Wuji didn't expect that this promise was not fulfilled until Sun Guangxian's death, and this promise will forever become the only dishonesty in Baili Wuji's life, and it will be painful forever.

At this time, Xu Shiming was offering incense at home, asking the Bodhisattva to bless Xu Shouren safely.

……。

Shu Guangzheng for nine years.

It's the beginning of a new year again.

The third day of the first month.

The people of Chu are still celebrating the festival.

After the king of Chu Baili Wuji took the two princesses to complete all the sacrifices.

Baili Wuji ordered Xu Shiming, Sun Guangxian, Bai Likang, Yun Yang, Wang Dingbao, and Peng Xiao to discuss in the palace on the eighth day of the first month.

After Xu Shiming and the others heard this, they felt a trace of war coming to their faces.

Maybe. After three years of recuperation, the king is about to make a move, and this time, he will not object. Xu Shiming said in his heart.

The eighth day of the first month.

Xu Shiming and others gathered in the palace. Waiting for the arrival of Baili Wuji.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king wants to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty." As soon as Baili Wuji came in, he made the theme clear, and it was so natural. is so straightforward, and even more categorical. It seems that Nantang can come easily.

Everyone present had already expected it in their hearts, and no one objected. No one spoke, waiting for Baili Wuji to speak again.

"This king has decided to conquer in person."

As soon as this remark came out, Xu Shiming and Sun Guangxian were the first to oppose it.

"This sword and arrow have no eyes, and the king can't go to danger easily." Xu Shiming stepped forward to stop him.

"Seconded." Sun Guangxian was also opposed.

"The minister thinks that he doesn't need the king's personal expedition, and he can defeat the Southern Tang Dynasty." Wang Dingbao stepped forward and said that he had been idle in Gaozhou for too long, and after returning to Chu, he had no military exploits, which made a veteran who was a general and a famous general very unhappy.

"The purpose of this king's personal expedition is to better judge the situation on the battlefield and end the war faster." Baili Wuji explained that he was very dissatisfied with the current contact method, the carrier pigeon was quite fast, but it could not fly to every corner, the fast horse delivery was delayed for too long, and the fighter plane was slightly inferior and passed away, in order to prevent the situation of the first expedition to the Southern Han Dynasty. To destroy a country, especially a big country whose territory is about the same as that of Chu, you must go out on your own.

"The king is glorious, the minister has the courage to say bluntly, the king has no heirs now, if there is a good one, how can Da Chu do it, how can the ministers do it?" Sun Guangxian still tried his best to stop it.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Xu Shiming supported Sun Guangxian.

"The ministers seconded the proposal." Even Bai Likang, Yun Yang, Wang Dingbao, and Peng Xiao were also opposed.

"The king's will has been decided, and there is no need to discuss it again. That's an order. Baili Wuji shouted solemnly.

And so, there was silence. Since it is an order, those who are ministers and generals can only obey, this is an iron law.

"When this king was on the expedition, all the affairs of Chu were decided by the two prime ministers, Xu Xiang was in charge and Sun Xiang was outside." Baili Wuji made the next arrangement.

Pointing to the map, Baili Wuji began to give combat orders.

"Order the Yunyang Department of the First Army to lead 15,000 troops to assemble in Xiongzhou, capture Qianzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty from Xiongzhou, and fight a decisive battle with the Baisheng Jiedu envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and then capture Shaowu and Jianzhou through Tingzhou, and divide the troops to the south at this time to assist the Sixth Army in capturing Changle Mansion."

"Order the Sixth Army Wang Dingbao to lead 15,000 troops to assemble in Chaozhou, capture Zhangzhou in Southern Tang from Chaozhou, and then capture Changle Mansion through Quanzhou."

"Order Peng Xiao, the commander of the naval division, to lead 15,000 people from the rest of the First Army, with the assistance of Zhenliao and Zhenhe ships, from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Runzhou to attack Jiangdu Mansion, and then return to the division to take Jinling Mansion directly."

"Order the Bailikang Department to follow the king from Yuanzhou through Hongzhou, Jiangzhou, and Chizhou, and go straight to Jinling Mansion."

"Ordered to recruit 30,000 people to supply the various departments, ordered Zhou Xingfeng to lead the forbidden army to transport the wounded and prisoners back to Tanzhou, and the sailors accompanied the ship to prepare their own supplies."

"In this way, the four-way army is in unison, do you have any doubts?"

"The ministers have no objections."

"If there is no doubt about the righteousness, then go and prepare."

……。

In the ninth year of Shu Guangzheng, the twenty-eighth month of January.

All the divisions have arrived at the designated positions, and Peng Xiaoshui's division has reached the mouth of the Yangtze River.

And so, the war began.

The next day, Baili Wuji led a special combat army from Yuanzhou to attack Hongzhou, and when he arrived at the intersection of Yuan, Hong, and Fuzhou, he collided head-on with the 20,000 troops led by Li Jianxun, the Zhaowu Jiedu envoy who came to intercept the attack, and when the two sides found each other, the distance was less than ten miles. (To be continued......)