Chapter 727: The Great Drought in the Yan Kingdom
After Wang Meng thought about his plan, after careful consideration and revision, he sent his henchmen and soldiers to send this plan to transform Guanzhong to Yecheng, so that Hua'an could approve it.
At this time, Hua'an, who was in Yecheng, received a secret report from Congshi, and the Great Jin Dynasty had decided to canonize himself as the king of the north, and at the same time, in order to balance himself, at the same time, he canonized Huan Wen as the king of the south.
After getting this news, Hua An breathed a sigh of relief, the imperial court really relented and did not take drastic actions against himself, otherwise, it is really difficult to judge where things will develop.
Hua'an was glad of this result, and at the same time glad that Huan Wen made a decision in his favor, you know, next to Huan Wen, there was also a smart man secretly sent by Hua An, through the report of the cong man, Hua An learned that Huan Wen recently played an emergency recital to the imperial court, and the time when this recital was sent happened to be after his henchmen handed over the letter to Huan Wen, that is to say, the emergency recital that Huan Wen sent to Jiankang City must be related to himself.
And after receiving this urgent letter, the imperial court immediately made the decision to canonize himself and Huan Wen at the same time, so that Hua'an can boldly guess that Huan Wen must be on his side in the recital, otherwise, the court would not have made the decision to canonize the two kings so quickly, after all, according to the ancestral system of the Great Jin Dynasty, the descendants of the Sima family cannot be crowned kings at will.
Like Murong Jun, the king of Yan, and Zhang Chonghua, the king of Liang, were crowned kings because they had a large number of troops and were far away from Jiangnan, and they were crowned kings, just to give them a title, even if the Great Jin court did not seal the king. They themselves will be kings themselves, but Hua'an and Huan Wen are the generals of the Great Jin Dynasty, let them be kings, the Great Jin Dynasty is naturally 10,000 unwilling, however, judging from the current situation, Hua'an and Huan Wen are in charge of most of the army of the Great Jin Dynasty, and their strength is extremely strong, as long as these two stand together, the Great Jin Dynasty will have to be crowned king. In order to maintain the stability of the country.
Huaan knows. According to the speed of the canonization mission, it will take at least a month to reach Yecheng, for this reason. He still treats himself as a general. And take advantage of this time. Properly appease the soldiers under his command, restore the morale of the army under his command, and train strictly. When the main force of the Yan army returned to Xiangguo City, it had enough strength to fight against it.
"Big brother, good news." Wang San strode into the Chinese army tent in Hua'an and said happily.
"What's the matter, so happy?" Huaan asked.
Wang San took a breath and said loudly: "The news has just been transmitted from the direction of Guanzhong, the soldiers under the command of General Wang Meng have arrested all the officials sent by the imperial court, and all these people have been escorted to the direction of Luoyang City, and after General Wang returned to Chang'an, the problem of the land in Guanzhong has been handled in an orderly manner, and the land recovered by the imperial court has all been returned to the hands of the people, and the fields that the eldest brother rewarded the soldiers have also been returned to them, and the most pleasing thing is that the court officials of Liangzhou and Yizhou, When they heard that the soldiers of our army were going to kill back in Shuzhong, they were all half frightened to death, and gradually began to return the land they occupied. ā
"Okay, it's really good, I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, if this situation continues, it won't be long before the resentment of our soldiers and soldiers can be calmed down, and before the main force of the Yan army returns to Xiangguo, our army will definitely be able to make comprehensive preparations." Hua An said happily.
"Yes! The eldest brother, the soldiers under the command of General Deng, have received letters from home one after another, and the 30,000 Guanzhong cavalry has already recovered their morale, and with a little training, they can restore their previous combat effectiveness. Wang San replied softly.
Hua An nodded and said softly: "The main force of our army is just around the corner to restore its combat effectiveness, however, Hebei has always been short of grain is not a way, the distance between Guanzhong is too far, Luoyang, Xingyang, Shangluo, Hongnong, Hedong and other counties of agriculture should be developed as much as possible to supplement the grain and grass needed by the army." ā
"Big brother, the agriculture in these counties has been developing at an accelerated pace, and all the manpower that can be used has been used, but it seems that the manpower is a little insufficient." Wang San said softly.
"This is very easy to do, there are millions of people in Hebei, and these people can be mobilized to cross the river to the south and join the ranks of cultivating farmland, so that the manpower can be greatly strengthened, and Henan will become the next Guanzhong." Hua'an Zhengse built yƬ road.
When Wang San heard this, he shook his head slightly, and said softly: "Big brother, it is true that there is a shortage of grain in Hebei, but the people here are all the people of Wei, they are unwilling to leave their hometown, they are unwilling to leave Wei, and the effect of our army's mobilization is only afraid that it will not be very good. ā
"Oh, so it is said that our army has supplied too much grain and grass, which has led to the occurrence of this situation, and it seems that the supply of grain and grass should be appropriately reduced." Hua An said softly.
Seeing Hua An say this, Wang San was a little surprised, paused, and hugged his fists and said, "Big brother, do you really want to do this?" This will definitely arouse the disgust of the Wei court. ā
Hua An hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Don't worry, the court of Wei is now relying on our army, even if you have an opinion in your heart, you can only endure it, you must know that as long as our army withdraws, Wei will soon be destroyed by Yan State." ā
"Yes, as long as the eldest brother decides, I will give the order." Wang San answered, turned around and left the big tent of the Chinese army.
In fact, Hua'an gradually forced the people of Hebei to Henan, first, in order to develop Henan's agriculture, so that Henan's agriculture can develop as much as possible, so as to provide grain and grass for the main army of Hebei nearby, second, so that the people of Hebei can be self-sufficient, so as to reduce the pressure on Hua'an to supply grain and grass to Hebei, and third, to gradually weaken the strength of Wei, and eventually annex Wei, so that Wei will become a county under his command.
Hua'an's plan was not a long-term plan, and it was a way of boiling frogs in warm water, allowing Wei to gradually weaken without realizing it, and eventually become a part of himself.
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In the palace hall of Jicheng, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, fell into anxiety, in a large area with Jicheng as the core, there has not been a drop of rain for three consecutive months, and those crops planted in the ground have naturally dried up a large area, which will cause a large number of people to lose their harvest, such an urgent situation, how can Murong Jun not be worried?
In order to find out why it has not rained all the time, Murong Jun summoned all the ministers into the palace and asked them why such a strange thing happened.
Murong Jun looked at the ministers and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, Jicheng is five hundred miles in circumference, and there has been no drop of water for three consecutive months, and most of the crops planted by the common people have dried up. ā
"Your Majesty, this is a natural disaster, the will of heaven, how can we mortals know." A minister replied.
When Murong Jun heard this, he was obviously a little displeased, and continued to look at the ministers and ask about the cause of the natural disaster.
"Your Majesty, Weichen knows a little bit about it, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not." A minister clenched his fists.
"But it doesn't hurt to say it, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Murong Jun hurriedly asked.
The minister clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, this natural disaster is caused by the king's killing of Ran Min, and if you want to remedy it, you must worship Ran Min to appease the wrath of heaven." ā
"What, let this king worship Ran Min, how can a servant like Ran Min get the favor of God?" Murong Jun was a little angry and said angrily.
"Back to the king, Ran Min's martial arts are unparalleled in the world, and he is the reincarnation of the god of war in the sky, so the king killed Ran Min and angered the heavens, so there is this March drought." The minister said with his fists clenched.
"It's just nonsense, the king must not believe this itchy person, the rain that did not fall in March is just a natural disaster, what does it matter to kill Ran Min?" Minister Yang Wu objected loudly.
For a while, there was an argument in the main hall, some of the support was an ordinary natural disaster, and some of the support was caused by the killing of Ran Min.
Murong Jun thought for a while, looked at the minister, and said: "Aiqing said that the reason why Gan Lin did not fall from the sky in the past three months is because this king killed Ran Min, so if this king worships Ran Min immediately, Gan Lin can go down in a few days." ā
"Go back to the king, and after worshipping, the heavens will dissipate their anger, and within three days they will rain rain." The minister said with his fists clenched.
When Murong Jun heard this, he nodded, and said loudly: "Okay, since this is the case, this king will canonize Ran Min as the king of martial mourning, and this afternoon, a sacrificial ceremony will be held, but if the heavens do not rain rain within three days, this king will not spare you." After speaking, he glared at the minister.
Subsequently, Murong Jun asked his subordinate officials to prepare sacrificial objects, and decided to sacrifice Ran Min in the mountains on the outskirts of Jicheng, and ask the heavens for Ganlin.
After noon, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, personally led his ministers, escorted by many elite soldiers, to the outskirts of Jicheng and began to worship Ran Min.
Murong Jun and the ministers sacrificed to Ran Min, and asked the heavens for three feet of rain, and after the sacrifice was completed, they were ready to return to Jicheng.
Suddenly, dark clouds floated in the sky, and then the wind howled incessantly, making Murong Jun a little unsteady on his feet.
"It's raining, it's going to rain." A minister said excitedly.
"It's raining, it's raining!" Seeing the signs of rain in the sky, all the ministers and soldiers were excited, after all, it was a happy thing to have a long drought and a rainy day.
The corners of Murong Jun's mouth finally showed a relaxed smile, and he immediately turned around and knelt down, with a pious gesture, letting the heavens rain down soon.
"Papapa......" Murong Jun's knees had just reached the ground, and the huge raindrops kept smashing to the ground, carrying the dust on the ground into the air, so that everyone could smell the smell of wet earth.
"It's raining, it's finally raining." Murong Jun whispered as he knelt in the heavy rain.
"Your Majesty, it's raining too much, go back to the city quickly!" Seeing that the rain was really heavy, a minister came over with an umbrella and persuaded Murong Jun to return to Jicheng immediately. (To be continued......)