Chapter 509: Hongmen Banquet
"Your Majesty! The Guanghan Dynasty is like a cloud, and the national strength is not weak, in the previous war, although our army successfully repelled it with several forces in the south, but our army is also heavily damaged, although the grain and grass are still abundant, but the weapons and equipment are difficult to repair in time.
Coupled with the fact that the Xiongnu army in the north has been eyeing each other, the dynasty seems to be stable at the moment, but the evil is hidden everywhere.
Fortunately, a large number of aliens have recently joined the army, temporarily making up for the vacancy of the border army.
However, the strength of the aliens is relatively weak, and they are not familiar with the battle formation of the dynasty at all, and their behavior is also scattered, and it is difficult to entrust them with heavy responsibilities.
Therefore, at this moment, the top priority of the dynasty is to gather resources from all sides and make every effort to enhance combat readiness! In case the enemy army invades again! ”
The silence in the hall was restored, and the imperial historian Sang Hong Yang suddenly came out and said to Liu Che.
"What the Imperial Doctor said is true, after many wars, the imperial treasury is already very empty, and the training of soldiers is difficult to keep up with in the short term;
Therefore, the minister believes that there are three urgent priorities!
First, raise funds and enrich the national treasury!
Second, secondment of soldiers to enrich the army!
Third, recruit blacksmiths from all sides to enhance the forging and repair of armaments! ”
Guanglu Doctor Ji Di followed closely behind.
Liu Che frowned slightly when he heard this, and stroked his forehead with his hand and said:
"The people are the foundation of the country, and now the dynasty has overwhelmed the people, and it is obviously impossible to increase the taxes, but otherwise, where will the funds be raised?
In addition, the dynasty army is limited, and the new soldiers are still being trained, so where can the soldiers be adjusted?
Also, all the blacksmiths of the high level in the dynasty are on the list of the craftsman's house, where will more blacksmiths be recruited? ”
At this time, the master father of the middle doctor was out of the queue and said in a loud voice:
"Your Majesty! As the so-called dynasty rises and falls, the husband is responsible!
In the previous wars, the dynasty had already paid too much, and today all parties are stretched.
However, Your Majesty has forgotten your wise and wise princes!
At the time of the successive wars, His Majesty was considerate of the princes and never let the princes do their part;
But at this time, the national crisis is at hand, but it is time for the princes to contribute.
After a long period of recuperation, the ten-party feudal kingdom has long been abundant in national strength and strong soldiers;
If the princes of all parties can do their part, then all problems will be solved!
Even if each prince took out 10 million gold coins, seconded 300,000 troops, and sacrificed 1,000 blacksmiths, it would be enough to keep the dynasty safe in the short term! ”
Hearing this, Liu Che's eyes suddenly lit up, revealing a look of great joy.
But the princes and kings all changed their faces greatly, staring at the lord and father, eager to peel the latter's skin.
It's okay for this bastard to come up with such a bad idea, but he still said such a terrifying number in a casual tone of "even", doesn't it make it clear that he wants to anger them?
They finally accumulated some family funds, and the calculations in their hearts just had a little confidence, how could they spit it out in vain?
All of a sudden, every prince and king was pale, but they no longer had the good interest they had before.
"Uncles and princes, you must be very clear about the current danger of the dynasty;
At present, the dynasty is in danger, and you are all the pillars of the dynasty, those things are just a piece of cake for your princes, why don't you be generous and help the dynasty tide over the difficulties? ”
Liu Che hesitated for a while, and then looked at the princes and kings very gently and expectantly and said.
"Alas! Your Majesty! It's not that we don't understand the truth that there are no eggs under the nest, but the territory of our Zhao country is small, coupled with the continuous natural and man-made disasters, and it is still a little powerless to pay tribute to the dynasty every year, so how can we get such huge resources? ”
Zhao Wang Liu Sui sighed, cried and spread his hands and said bitterly.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the territory of Wujiaoxi is remote, and the bandits in the territory are constantly plagued, and the army in the territory can only barely maintain law and order, so how can the army help it?"
Liu Ang, the king of Jiaoxi, was even more aggrieved and shouted injustice.
"Your Majesty! It's not that we don't want to contribute to the dynasty, it's really powerless!
However, as a member of the dynasty, now that the dynasty is in trouble, this king must do his part even if he smashes the pot and sells iron!
In this way, the state of Wu Chu is willing to contribute 300,000 gold, 5,000 soldiers, and 100 blacksmiths to help the dynasty increase its prestige! ”
Liu Wu, the king of Chu, also complained bitterly, but then gritted his teeth and said with an extremely heartbroken look.
After that, the other princes and kings also wept bitterly one after another, and then reported a so-called maximum ability figure.
Feng Yi, on the other hand, just sat there quietly, not happy or angry, but he never said a word.
Seeing that the princes and kings were so shameless, the civil and military ministers in the palace were all angry and their faces were pale.
Neishi Han Anguo was even more angry and scolded:
"Thou art waiting for the king's lu, but thou art a moth who is grateful for the emperor's grace!
The bottom line of your waiting is clear to everyone present!
There has never been an army of less than 400,000 in your kingdom!
Especially the kings of Chu, Liang, Zhao, Wu, and your armies are all more than 600,000!
You have a huge army, but you don't want to contribute to the dynasty, don't you want to rebel? ! ”
The faces of all the princes and kings suddenly changed greatly, and there was even more panic in the endless anger.
Rebellion has always been a word that everyone fears, because the nature it symbolizes is so terrifying.
"Han Neishi, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense!
Do you know what it means to slander the princes of all sides?
Hum! According to the law, the nine clans should be punished! ”
King Wu Liu Bi Sen glared at Han Anguo with great coldness, gritted his teeth and shouted.
Han Anguo's face couldn't help but change, but at this time, Liu Che snorted coldly and said:
"I do not want to doubt the loyalty of your princes, but some rumors are too true, and there are also signs of truth in them;
And now the princes have disregarded the safety of the dynasty, and are stubbornly guarding countless armies and refusing to contribute, which has to make me have some doubts.
Aren't you really dissatisfied with me? ”
Liu Che's voice fell, but there was a sudden sound of dense footsteps and the clicking sound of the scales of the armor constantly colliding outside the hall;
At the same time, the Praetorian Guards in the palace couldn't help but put their hands on the hilt of the sword.
Such a situation suddenly made the faces of the princes and kings turn pale, and it was over, this was simply a Hongmen banquet!
The invisible but powerful pressure pressed deeply on the bodies of each prince and king, and as time slowly passed, fine beads of sweat oozed from almost everyone's foreheads.
And just after the hall was silent for more than ten breaths, King Liang seemed to be the first to be unable to bear the huge psychological pressure, and suddenly said:
"Xiao Wang is willing to sacrifice 3 million gold coins, 200,000 soldiers, and 500 blacksmiths to help the dynasty tide over the difficulties!"
King Liang's voice immediately made the other princes and kings stunned, and while glaring angrily, they had to think about it seriously.
King Liang's betrayal undoubtedly opened a fatal gap in their originally close union, and this gap forced them to think of another way.
At this moment, Feng Yi suddenly sighed and said:
"King Liang is really loyal, and it is a blessing for the people to have King Liang in the dynasty!
The dynasty has just ended a terrible war, and this is not the time to fight against any power, and if a large army moves, it is likely to invite endless trouble.
And King Liang is so well aware of righteousness, which is worthy of praise.
It's just that Yan Guo is not Liang Guo.
The Liang State was the largest in territory, the largest number of soldiers, and the most financially powerful among the Ten Kingdoms, and it rarely experienced wars;
But the Yan country has just experienced the disaster of the Huns, most of the resources of the Yan country have been captured by the Huns, and most of the soldiers are killed and wounded.
As for the blacksmith, the Yan country was already a small area, and the Xiongnu focused on capturing the blacksmith crowd this time, and the Yan country was simply unable to make ends meet at this time.
Feng came here, but it was on behalf of the soldiers and people of Yan State to pray for the help of the dynasty.
Because the Yan Kingdom is extremely weak now, hundreds of people are waiting for relief, and the officials and soldiers have no way to distribute them, and no one has built equipment;
If this goes on for a long time, I'm afraid that if the Xiongnu come to attack, all the people of Yan will starve to death!
Therefore, I hope that Your Majesty can be sympathetic to the people's hearts and allocate the aid of King Liang to my Yan Kingdom, and all the soldiers and civilians of Yan Kingdom will definitely shout long live to Your Majesty and be grateful to King Liang! ”
As soon as Feng Yi said this, the hall was suddenly stunned.
This Feng Wuji is really amazing! Now it's clear that the dynasty wants them to help, but he wants the dynasty to seek assistance instead, and this is bold, right?!
But the other princes and kings suddenly brightened their eyes, Feng Wuji was secretly reminding them!
Originally, their minds were already shocked and confused by those swords and axes, but Feng Wuji's words "At this time, the dynasty is definitely not against any force" reminded them.
At such a time, Liu Che would never dare to rashly kill these princes and kings at the same time!
Because they had already made arrangements, if they died, then all the princes would unite and jointly send troops against the dynasty!
Ten, no, the alliance of the nine princes except for King Liang is not a cat or a dog, it is an extremely huge force!
If the dynasty and the princes' alliance were at war, even if the dynasty could win, it would be easily destroyed by the Guanghan Dynasty and the Xiongnu army.
I believe that Liu Che and the important ministers of the Yuan and Han Dynasty will not fail to see this kind of result.
In other words, Liu Che was just bluffing, the purpose was to intimidate them into making wrong decisions in a panic, in fact, Liu Che would never dare to kill them!
As for King Liang, at this time, they already knew very well that that guy was a betrayal, and he was all the way with Liu Che, otherwise he would not have deliberately led them to almost go astray!
As soon as they thought of this, the eight princes and kings suddenly felt certain in their hearts, and at the same time, they were secretly grateful to Feng Wuji.
They had all received Feng Wuji's gifts before, but due to their alien status and the threat of military merit, they didn't have the idea of wanting to get close.
But at this time, it was different, at least they owed Feng Wuji a favor.
(End of chapter)