Chapter 657: Emperor
Yu Chengcheng looked at the direction in which Li Wanru disappeared and said with a smile: "Husband, you really don't make people worry." β
Luo Han touched his nose and said helplessly: "Can you blame me?" I've always been clean, is it wrong to be good? β
As Luo Han took the initiative to hint, Li Wanru began to adjust her mentality, and in the next few days, in addition to deducing the battle situation and eating together, she basically no longer took the initiative to meet Luo Han. This made Luo Han feel relieved and didn't have to worry about it anymore.
The war between the White Lion Kingdom and the Goshawk Kingdom can be described as overwhelming, and the already weakened Goshawk Kingdom still needs to bear high tribute in these years, and can only double the exploitation of the bottom, as a result, it continues to provoke rebellions, and its strength continues to weaken in the internal strife. For this battle, the White Lion Kingdom also specially sent people to contact the rebels within the Goshawk Kingdom, and it blossomed inside and outside. The head and tail of the goshawk kingdom could not be taken into account, the two major battlefields were defeated at the same time, and the battle was hastily organized, but it was also collapsed at the touch of a button, and finally the king was surrounded, relying on the noble private soldiers and palace guards to defend the royal capital.
Although the Goshawk Kingdom is weak, it has been inherited for hundreds of years, and the city walls of the royal capital have been strengthened in successive dynasties, so that today's Goshawk King has become an iron wall, and the White Lion Kingdom has tried several times in vain. In addition, the royal capital has sufficient food and is also very rich in materials to defend the city, so it is difficult to break through for a while. So the coach of the White Lion Kingdom decided to besiege but not attack, and first conquered other areas.
However, this time was different from the last time, although they knew that the Goshawk Kingdom had no chance of winning, the subjects of the Goshawk Kingdom still resisted desperately, because they all knew that the White Lion Kingdom was ambitious, and was not satisfied with just letting them subdue, but wanted to completely subjugate them and turn their territory that had been passed down for generations into a part of the White Lion Kingdom.
The army of the White Lion Country is very strong, after completing the annexation of the surrounding small countries, the White Lion Country is enough to support hundreds of thousands of regular troops, in order to annex the Goshawk Kingdom, the White Lion Country has been strong, coupled with the economic prosperity, the army is quite well-equipped, and the soldiers are well fed and dressed. Still, they got into trouble.
Every small country faced by the White Lion Kingdom chose to defend the city to the death, and never fought with the White Lion Army, which made every time the White Lion Army captured a city, it would have to pay a great price. And in order to prevent the resurgence of the small royal family, the leading generals had to divide a considerable number of troops to garrison. Even so, there were frequent rebellions of the Restoration, which caused headaches for the generals of the White Lion Nation.
At this time, an edict came from the king of the White Lion Country, which solved the trouble. The king of the White Lion Kingdom announced: Whoever surrenders voluntarily will be given a marquis, given a fief, and will be hereditary.
This edict spread to the countries, the position of the monarchs began to waver, originally because once defeated there was nothing, so the monarchs had to resist desperately, but now surrender can get a hereditary title, as well as fiefs to enjoy, although they can't be kings, but they can ensure a prosperous life, knowing that resistance is also a loss, the only effect is to disgust the other party, most of the monarchs chose to surrender. Especially after a hesitant king decided to surrender after the city was broken, but was shown to the public by the generals of the White Lion Country, almost as soon as the White Lion Kingdom army arrived, the city gate was immediately opened. A small number of stubborn ones have been unable to set off any storms.
The royal capital of the Goshawk Kingdom, after a month of siege, a bounty order broke through the city.
This bounty order, which hangs on the flagpole in the font of the general bucket, says: "Whoever destroys the royal family of the Goshawk Kingdom will be sealed a city and replaced by hereditary." Those who open the door to lead our army into the city will seal thousands of households. β
As soon as this bounty order came out, the people in the royal capital immediately panicked, the royal family looked at the nobles around them as if they were going to kill, and the generals looked at the soldiers under them as if they were about to rebel.
That night, seven small soldiers tried to open the door, and the next morning, the goshawk king inspected the city wall as usual to boost morale, but was shot by a hidden arrow, fortunately it was not serious, but for a while it was not known who did it.
In such an atmosphere, there is a lot of noise in the royal capital.
The news of the bounty order soon leaked to the people, and a gang of gangsters got the news, and in order to turn over, the gang of gangsters began to plan.
Three days later, at night, a raging fire suddenly broke out in the royal capital, and the people were in chaos and fled in all directions, and a group of people took advantage of the chaos to storm the city gates, kill the soldiers defending the city, and open the city gates. The White Lion Army, which had long been ready to attack, took the opportunity to attack and rushed into the city. At the same time, within the court, the goshawk king's own brother commanded private troops, attacked and killed the king, and blockaded the palace.
The leaderless defenders were quickly routed, and the royal capital quickly fell.
In the palace city, the marshal of the White Lion Kingdom stood by the throne, and below him was the king's younger brother holding the head of the monarch of the Goshawk Kingdom, and a young man with patched clothes.
Marshal Zhengse said: "This time we were able to break through the Goshawk Royal Capital, and the two of you should take the first credit." It's just that Ben Shuai is very curious, how did you, a royal nobleman and a commoner, come together? β
The young man said: "The grass people in Songjiang live in the royal capital, but the family is in the middle of the road, and the future is hopeless, so they can only live in chaos." The day before yesterday, I heard that the white lion army had offered a reward, and I felt that it was better to sacrifice my life than to spend my life, so I gathered relatives and friends to plan. It's just that the grass people are weak, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed, so I found Lord Cangyuan and planned together. The grass people are mixed in the royal capital and are quite familiar with the geography and people's livelihood in the city, and Lord Cangyuan is the king's younger brother and can enter and leave the palace freely. As long as the grass people create chaos, Lord Cangyuan controls the palace, and the defenders are disheartened, and it will be difficult to dispatch the dragons without a leader. It's just that the grass people didn't expect that the white lion army would come so quickly, and they didn't give the defenders a chance at all. β
The marshal said proudly: "As soon as the marshal saw the fire in the city, he expected that someone would open the city gate, and the fighters on the battlefield were fleeting, and he must not miss the opportunity because of slackness, so he mobilized the army early." Cangyuan, you are the goshawk royal family, although your majesty will do what he says, but in order to prevent you from restoring in the name of the royal family, you need to send all your adult children to the royal capital, are you willing? β
Cangyuan said: "It's all up to the marshal, and the criminal ministers dare to disobey their orders." β
The marshal nodded: "According to Your Majesty's will, you will be given a marquis, and Blackwood City will become your fief, and your descendants will be succeeded by hereditary succession, do you have any opinions?" β
Cang Yuan said: "Thank you for Your Majesty's grace, the Cang family has survived, and the guilty minister is grateful." β
The marshal looked at Songjiang again and said: "Originally, according to Your Majesty's intentions, it should be a piece of land from the newly occupied land for you, and collect the displaced people as your food estate, but this marshal sees that you have some ability, and intends to cultivate, and wants to take you back to the royal capital, are you willing?" β
Songjiang hurriedly said: "The grass people thank Marshal for his grace." It's just that the grass people's brothers rose up with the grass people, and there were many injuries, and the family still needed to be taken care of, so the grass people begged the marshal to take them with them. β
The marshal said: "This is naturally okay, when you get to the royal capital, you can send them over when your food comes down." Ben Shuai promises that the food you will be given must be better than here, and the people's livelihood in the White Lion Country will not need to be introduced by Ben Shuai, right? β
Songjiang said happily: "Marshal Xie is very kind." β
"Leave the king's head, and stand down."
Coming out of Miyagi, Matsue looked at Cangyuan beside him and asked, "Lord Cangyuan, what do you think of the White Lion Country?" β
Cang Yuan's original trembling expression faded and became lonely: "No matter how good the white lion is, it is still a white lion after all." Fortunately, although the Goshawk Kingdom was destroyed, the Cang family was saved from being slaughtered. β
Songjiang smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Now it's only you and me, why bother to behave?" You are in the Goshawk Kingdom, can you control a city? Even if the king is a brother to you, but for two generations, there are only so many cities in the Goshawk Kingdom, and you can still occupy one? β
The corners of Cangyuan's mouth hooked: "Yes, although I want to send my children as hostages, as long as the white lion does not fall, this Blackwood City has been my Cang family for generations, and it is my Cangyuan lineage." Cang Si that idiot, tossing a good end of a kingdom like this, compared to him, I should be the best heir of the Cang family. By the way, I want to congratulate you, I am favored by the marshal, I am afraid that my status will not be below me in the future, and I will trouble you to take care of my children in the White Lion King City in the future. β
Matsue laughed and said, "Naturally, if you hadn't sent someone to help, I wouldn't have been able to do this." Say goodbye today. β
The two separated and walked far away, Cangyuan looked back at the direction where Songjiang left, and said in a low voice: "A civilian, dare to make friends with me, I'm bah!" β
With the fall of the Goshawk Kingdom, the White Lion Kingdom became a great country spanning two thousand miles and with a total population of more than five million. On the day of the return of the army to the royal capital, Luo Han was also invited to greet the triumphant warriors with the king.
But this time, there's another big thing.
Two days after the army returned to the division, the White Lion King announced to the world, sacrificed to the heavens and called the emperor, established the country as Qin, built the Yuan and Xingwu, and changed the king to Qincheng. The king is from the king to the emperor, and the ministers naturally have to add officials to the knighthood, not to mention anything else, Luo Han was named the king of the eastern capital, and the three cities near the eastern capital were all under his rule, and he only needed to pay a fixed amount of taxes, which was equivalent to a vassal state of Qin. Of course, such a privilege is unique, and the entire Qin State also enjoyed the treatment of a king with a different surname, and the emperor's younger brothers, although they were crowned kings, only got a city of land, and the rights were also very inferior. However, no one dared to be dissatisfied, and some people thought that the entire White Lion Country was defeated by Luo Han, even if it was not too much to enjoy half of the country alone. But Luo Han didn't care at all, he wanted this territory to have a fart, and he didn't bother to care.
After a reward, the first early dynasty of the Qin State began.
Above the court, Bai Yao, the new monarch of the Qin State, sat on the dragon chair that had been secretly built a long time ago, looking at the ministers neatly arranged in two rows in the main hall, as well as a group of courtiers outside the main hall, and his heart was full of pride. Just seeing the people on a Jiaolong chair next to him, Bai Yao suddenly felt a little frustrated, since Luo Han's showdown back then, he handed over all the government affairs to him, and then slowly transitioned to military power, now although the generals in the army are his protΓ©gΓ©s, but they rarely have anything to do with him, whether it is military or political, Luo Han has not interfered for many years, and the only time he took the initiative to ask for it was to ask for a fief for the princess of the Tang Dynasty. In the past ten years, Bai Yao has fully demonstrated the ability of a generation of Ming Jun, knowing people and being good at their duties, making the White Lion Kingdom thriving, and finally having the current Qin Empire, but Luo Han has always pressed on Bai Yao's head like a mountain, as if no matter how good he does, he is not as great as Luo Han, and one day with Luo Han, he will always be like a puppet.
Thinking of this, Bai Yao was a little excited, and for the first time, he said as soon as he opened his mouth: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat." β
"The minister has his own music." Luo Han stood up from his seat and bowed over his fists. This chair was a privilege given to him by Bai Yao, representing the status of him and the emperor. Although Luo Han doesn't like to be special, Bai Yao has no reason to refuse if he takes the initiative to give it.
"What's the matter with Aiqing?"
Luo Han said: "The Goshawk Kingdom has been decided, and stabilizing the hearts of the people is a top priority. β
Bai Yao nodded: "Aiqing has a good plan?" β
Luo Han said: "The goshawk countries are different from the white lion countries. The white lion belongs to the country and intimidates the prestige of our country for a long time, and the people want it, and the goshawk countries are far away from the capital, and what the people have heard is rare, so it is difficult to prestige it. The ministers have not asked about the government for a long time, and it is difficult to explain in detail, but please ask all the virtuous ministers in the court to give advice and share the worries of His Majesty. β
Luo Han started, and the court meeting became lively, and the ministers expressed their opinions, but Luo Han sat back in his chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.
After the ministers discussed the final decision, another official reported other things, but in the end, when it was almost over, Luo Han finally stood up again and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has another thing to do. β
Bai Yao saw that although Luo Han had started, he had stopped meddling in government affairs, and he was a lot more relieved of him, so he was also happy, and asked, "What else is there to do with Aiqing?" β
"Although Your Majesty has given the ministers the autonomy of the four cities, the ministers feel that this matter still needs Your Majesty's permission before it can be implemented."
When Bai Yao heard that it was a matter in Luo Han's fiefdom, he said disapprovingly: "Since it is a matter of Aiqing's fiefdom, Aiqing can call the shots." β
Luo Han Zhengse said: "The minister wants to move the people of a city and stay in the city for the demons on the storm to live." β
Everyone was in an uproar, and Bai Yao was also stunned.
Immediately, a minister objected: "This matter is not allowed, how can there be a demon city in this country?" Isn't this a joke for outsiders? β
Luo Han said: "Since the founding of this dynasty, with the help of the demon clan, there have been many great achievements in leveling the corpses, clearing the ghosts, and storming the mountain. And the demons of Storm Mountain never hurt people, but often traded mountain goods with people, and the people nearby were close to them. I'm worried that it's unethical for the demon clan to live with people, so I propose to set up a separate city for it, why not? β
The minister said: "Even so, King of the Eastern Capital, do you dare to guarantee that the demon clan will not reveal its true nature when it goes down the mountain?" What if there is chaos? β
Luo Han said: "Since I dare to set up a demon city, I will set up laws for it to restrain the behavior of the demon clan. β
"This ...... This ...... "For a period of time, the people who served as national teachers were all demon clans, and on this basis, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had no reason to slander the demon clan.
Bai Yao summed up in his heart, and the left and right were also Luo Han's own fiefdoms, whatever he wanted. He had gone through the battle of luck, and knew that even if the demon clan made trouble, under luck, it was not necessarily stronger than the regular army, so he didn't care.
"This dynasty was established, and the demon clan also made great contributions, Aiqing has this intention, how can I not push the boat with the water. This matter is up to Aiqing. β
"Thank you, Your Majesty."