Part of the reason why Yang Tianhong took the initiative to lead the troops into the border was this. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The Treasure Soul Medicine Garden requires a lot of fertilizer, which is definitely not enough for ordinary manure. The corpse of the deceased has a part of the residual soul, and after being conceived for a long time in the special environment of the True Elixir Garden, it will naturally be able to generate aura. This is not possible with any other substance than human or animal carcasses.

Speaking of which, Ruan Chen Zeyi can be regarded as giving Yang Tianhong some help. According to his confession, as long as he continues to the south, it will be the Tianzhu Kingdom. That country has a large population, far outnumbering the Viet people, who have only a few million people. Any war can harvest hundreds of thousands of corpses. In this regard, Huang Shiren and Baozi are not picky eaters. Although these barbarians and savages have not bathed for many years, their bodies are full of sweat, but as long as they are buried in the ground and become fertilizer, they are also nutrients.

On the fourth day after the end of the Battle of Dien Bien, Cao Hui, the assassin of Anzhou, led dozens of officials, large and small, to the devastated city of Dien Bien. Everything in front of him shocked Cao Hui, and then he looked up to the sky and smiled, and then lowered his head and cried.

Yang Tianhong could understand Cao Hui's thoughts at this moment. As the supreme administrator who has been in power in Anzhou for many years, Cao Hui has seen too many tragic Chu people who have been taken captive by the Yue people. This hatred can never be eradicated. Suddenly, he saw as many as hundreds of thousands of killed Yue corpses, and this amazing change in the contrast between before and after really made Cao Hui a little difficult to accept. Under the great joy, it is natural to have an indescribable great sorrow.

After appeasing Cao Hui, who was gradually calming down, Yang Tianhong brought a group of Anzhou officials to the sand table that had already been made, pointed to Jiping Fortress, drew a line between Jiping and Dienbian with a baton, and said seriously: "The harvest season is coming soon. Within this year, it is necessary to open up the basic communication line between Ji Ping and Dien Bien. All exploration work commenced at the same time, no later than three months at the latest. Large-scale road rehabilitation work must be carried out. ”

An elderly official came over and said cautiously: "Lord Qiqi, Dien Bian is a place to turn into an outsider, and so many Yue barbarians have died in this battle. This place has become unknown. It's better to abolish it and return the whole army to Ji Ping, I don't know what Master Hou wants?"

Yang Tianhong turned around. looked at the official with a smile, and said lightly: "Are you asking Ben Hou to give up laying the edge?"

The official lowered his head, not knowing how to answer for a while, and suddenly fell into panic and silence.

"Although the Yue people are rude and barbaric, they do have unique characteristics in choosing a place to live. ”

Yang Tianhong didn't want to worry about it, he turned around, pointed to the surrounding terrain on the sand table, and said seriously: "There are hills around Dienbian. Even in the height of summer, the temperature can stay cool. There are rivers passing through here, and it is very convenient to get water for irrigation. Gold and silver veins are the largest source of income here. It's a pity that the Yue people are really illegal to operate, and there is too much waste in ore smelting. If you look at this place, it's all plains, and the soil is fertile, and it's suitable for large-scale migration. I, Dachu, have suffered from a severe drought since last year. Millions of people have been affected in the north. If it weren't for the difficult road between Panshi Pass and Anzhou, His Majesty would have asked us to transport grain and grass north. Support for the country. ”

Cao Hui raised his eyes and looked at Yang Tianhong with an inquiring gaze: "What does Lord Hou mean is to expand the territory of Anzhou and swallow the place of Dienbian as well?"

"Isn't that possible?"

Yang Tianhong asked rhetorically: "It is not unreasonable that Dien Bien is rich and can become the most prosperous city for the Yue people except Hanoi. If this kind of place is placed in the interior of my Great Chu. It will definitely be fought over by countless powerful people. The Jiping Fortress is still under construction, and if the Yue people want to invade Dachu again, they can only go through the route of Dianbian. With one more barrier, Anju will be safer. What's more, if you take root here in Dien Bien. In the future, Ben Hou led the army to attack the territory of the Yue people, and the delivery of supplies and materials would be much more convenient. ”

As soon as he spoke, everyone nodded frequently.

"Hou Ye is right, this place in Dianbian can feed at least millions of people. If all the victims of the disaster in the north of my Great Chu are transferred here, it will indeed be a good thing with immeasurable merit. ”

"Actually, road renovation is not a difficult task. Hou Ye has never discounted the payment, if the people knew that we occupied Dien Bien and killed hundreds of thousands of Yue barbarians, I am afraid that everyone would fight bravely and take the initiative to build the road. ”

"Dien Bien is a really good place, and the gold and silver mines alone are enough to maintain the finances and taxes. If it is built into a fortress according to the standards of Ji Ping's side...... Even if more Yue people dare to come, it will be a dead end. ”

Seeing that everyone was talking, Yang Tianhong struck while the iron was hot. He spread out the map, picked up the part of Tianzhu Kingdom that was not shown at the end of the sand table, pointed to the large blank area that had not yet been marked, and said with a smile: "You should take a long-term view. My Chu country is strong, but due to the disputes of various countries, there is Qi in the north, Wei in the west, and the sea in the east. If you have the heart, this will definitely lead you to win a fortune. Speaking in front of his children and grandchildren in the future, he is also proud enough. As for the history books, your names will definitely be left behind. ”

......

The news of the great victory in Dien Bien was transmitted to the capital of Chu and the palace along with the Hongling urgent report.

For a time, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Emperor Shunming sat on the dragon chair, turning over and over to look at the urgent report in his hand, his face was full of surprise and emotion.

"I know that it is a good move to make Yang Tianhong the envoy of Anzhou Festival. It only took half a year for him to solve the problem of the Yue people barbarian for me. A large piece of land was also acquired in the south of Anju. Hahahaha!"

As he spoke, Emperor Shunming called Dongfang Kong, the chief of the inner chamberlain, and found the location of the border on the map according to the distance and text mentioned in the Hongling urgent report.

Anzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and just one Dianbian covers an area of hundreds of miles. Judging from the map, if Dien Bien is included in the scope of Anzhou, it is already equivalent to one-fifth of the area of Chu State. It is no wonder that Yang Tianhong led his troops to attack this time in order to seize the city of Dianbian and firmly occupy this place.

Emperor Shunming looked at the map and was as happy as a child: "This is equivalent to adding several states to my Great Chu, adding several states!"

Dongfang Kong nodded again and again beside him, but still interjected quite fairly: "Your Majesty is very true. It's just that although the place in Dienbian is big, it is not where my people of Dachu are after all. Yi Yonghou made it clear in the good news, and asked His Majesty to allocate manpower as soon as possible. Evacuate all the victims from the north. Otherwise, no matter how many Yue Ren cities are laid, they will be useless. ”

The words really got to the point, and Emperor Shunming's feverish mind gradually calmed down. He turned away, no longer looking at the map, lost in thought.

Get a piece of land. There's a world of difference between it and actually generating benefits. Since the severe drought in Chu last year, the harm has really become apparent. North of Jinju, there is no harvest in all places. The seedlings turned into withered grass in the ground, and countless fertile fields became dry and cracked. Even if the ground is watered with first-class water, the harvest is only two-tenths or three-tenths of the previous year. As for the rest of the place, it's almost a dead end. Although the imperial court urgently allocated a large amount of disaster relief money and opened the standing position, it was faced with millions of victims. It still seems a drop in the bucket.

Li Shaoming, the secretary of the military department, once made an excerpt and asked to send a large army to escort the victims and grain and grass, and slowly moved from the north to the south, all the way to Anzhou.

That's not really a great suggestion. As early as last year, news came from Fuzhou that a large number of refugees boarded the ship at the Fuzhou wharf and were transported to Anzhou for food. Because there are not many of them. There were tens of thousands of people before and after, and Emperor Shunming turned a blind eye to this. I didn't ask.

Fuzhou is the fief of Princess Wenyuan. The prefect there was a new branch of the Governor. Emperor Shunming did not know that hundreds of thousands of victims had been transferred from Fuzhou to Anzhou, and the number was still increasing. These things have been secretly suppressed. The prefect of Fuzhou will never report to the imperial court, and Princess Wenyuan will not pour dirty water on Yang Tianhong. On the contrary, this practice of constantly accumulating Anzhou's strength is also beneficial to the Chu State. At least. These people were not starved to death, and the local officials were much less troubled.

There has always been a voice in the imperial court that Anzhou wants to transport grain and grass to the capital on a large scale. Anzhou is rich in grain and rice, which is a well-known thing in the world. However, the situation in Suizhou is very irritating. The roads are repaired year after year, but they are always difficult to navigate. In desperation. Emperor Shunming could only set his sights back on China.

Da Chu is not without food. Although the national strength is not as good as before, the hands of large families and powerful people still accumulate an astonishing amount of grain. Saying that it is for the country and the people is a lie. There is only silver in these hot eyes. They were well-informed and had long heard the news of the great drought in the north, so they hoarded more and more rice grain, hoping to sell it at a high price during the famine season.

This is not the first time that Dongfang Kong, the chief of the inner chamberlain, has said these things to Emperor Shunming. However, the officials and nobles are united in terms of interests. As long as one of them is moved, it will inevitably trigger a series of shocks.

As for Suizhou...... Although Emperor Shunming didn't see the situation over there, he knew more or less about it. The road is difficult, but it is just a statement that officials are colluding from top to bottom. If millions of people had not been displaced, how could the huge quantities of food hoarded in the hands of officials and elites be sold? In the past six months, grain prices in the capital have skyrocketed fivefold. Again, this is where the situation is better. If we change the northern prefectures and counties, the price of grain is more than 20 times higher than last year.

In order to accumulate wealth, officials and magnates do not care about the life and death of the common people at all. Anyway, if you die, you will die, as long as you take out all the gold and silver on your body to buy food before you die. It is not the same who sits in this great Chu world? We all have to rely on us officials to govern the localities. Anyway, the people die every year, and they live every year. I have died a lot this year, and I will make up for it if I have more lives in the coming year.

Emperor Shunming sat on the chair and bowed his head silently, and the voice of Dongfang Kong, the head of the internal chamberlain, sounded in his ears: "Lord Li, the secretary of the military department, can be regarded as truly for the country. Whether it is a major drought or a disaster, there are actually good solutions. It's just that there are too many people who are greedy up and down, and it is difficult for His Majesty to be distracted. The old slaves really didn't understand, could it be that these people were blindfolded by eating too much lard? Could they not see that if the victims of the disaster gathered in the mountains and forests and became bandits, the good life of the officials would come to an end. ”

Emperor Shunming raised his head, looked at Dongfang Kong with a complicated gaze, and asked softly: "According to your meaning, it is also inclined to move the victims to Anzhou?"

Dongfang Kong said with a smile: "Yi Yonghou has laid down such a large area, of course, it has to be managed by our Chu people." The northern states and counties are already empty, and if there is no action, millions of victims will starve to death. In this respect, His Majesty's foresight must surpass that of the old slave. Of course, what to do depends on your majesty's wishes. ”

Emperor Shunming thought for a long time, and finally nodded: "Spread the decree, Li Shaoming, the secretary of the Xuanbing Department, will meet you." ”

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When Li Shaoming walked into the Qinzheng Palace. Emperor Shunming was still standing in front of that map. Dongfang Kong walked over and reminded softly, and Emperor Shunming turned around and motioned for Li Shaoming to sit down on the chair next to him.

After a simple speech, Li Shaoming already understood the meaning of Emperor Shunming, as well as the dilemma in front of Da Chu.

"There's really only one way to solve a problem. ”

Li Shaoming said bluntly: "Please also ask Your Majesty to pass on the decree." Tune Yi bravely waited for the Xuanhuo Army under his command to enter Beijing. ”

As soon as the words came out, Emperor Shunming couldn't help but be stunned: "Dispatch the Xuanhuo Army into Beijing? Why?"

Li Shaoming showed a bitter smile on his face: "The current situation is different from last year. It's cold in the north, and although it's summer, it's about to face the autumn harvest. Last year and at the beginning of the year, Wechen had several folds in a row, asking His Majesty for permission, and Wechen led the troops to escort the grain and grass and the victims to the south. It's just that most of the ministers of the DPRK and China oppose it, and in the end they can only stop it. Your Majesty, among the victims of the disaster today. There must be people with bad intentions. Qi, Wei, Zhao, Qin...... The meticulous spies of these countries are pervasive. With them plotting in the shadows, the number of victims will only increase. If this continues, it may turn into a riot that will sweep through my Great Chu. If troops are not sent soon, the situation will only get worse. ”

Although Emperor Shunming said that he had the wisdom to know people, he was indeed not as long-term as Li Shaoming in this kind of thing. He frowned and asked, "Even so, I allow you to lead the camps of the Jingshi to escort the victims, why do you have to travel a long way to transfer the Xuanhuo army into Beijing?"

Li Shaoming replied: "If it was last year." Or at the beginning of this year, there is no need to be so troublesome. Although the official army of the Beijing camp is Mi Dun. It can also be used to escort the victims. The problem is that last year, the number of victims was only a few hundred thousand, and the damage was not as severe as it was this year. Wechen has consulted many experienced old farmers, and they all said that the drought will last at least until the next year, and it is possible to alleviate it slightly. And so it goes. The number of people affected by the disaster in my Dachu will be even greater. Even if you open a standing position, it will not help. Your Majesty should know that extraordinary things are done in extraordinary times. The Xuanhuo Army under the command of Yi Yong has strict orders, and it is a strong army of the first rank of my Great Chu. The defenders of the northern border town must monitor Rong Di and must not move lightly. Yi Yong waited for this time to break the barbarians in Anzhou. It also occupies Dien Bien and other places, presumably within two or three years, the Yue people will not dare to knock on the border. Now is the best time to deploy the Xuanhuo Army. As long as you are brave enough to lead troops to escort the victims, you will be safe and sound along the way. Although the road is difficult and it will take a long time, as long as millions of victims are flooded into Anzhou, it will be a good thing for me to kill two birds with one stone. ”

Emperor Shunming bowed slightly. Li Shaoming's words are reasonable and well-founded, and he himself knows very well what is at stake. It's just that when it comes to transferring troops, Emperor Shunming still feels difficult in his heart. Because this kind of thing is definitely not something that can be decided by himself and Li Shaoming here, and it needs to be discussed with other officials and ministers in the early tomorrow morning. Don't even think about it, this matter will definitely be opposed by others.

It's not that these people are bent on overthrowing Da Chu. It's that there are too many forces that need to be balanced up and down. On the Suizhou side alone, the interests of more than a dozen first-class officials in the DPRK and China were involved. The last time Yang Tianhong forcibly changed the price of commodities in Anzhou, it had already aroused strong dissatisfaction in the DPRK and China. Although Emperor Shunming was the emperor of Chu, it was impossible for him to confront the entire civilian-bureaucratic group with power in his hands. Otherwise, he would not have secretly ordered Dongfang Kong to send a decree when Yang Tianhong entered Beijing in victory that day, asking him to expand his troops into the Xuanhuo Legion.

The current Great Chu is no longer the Great Chu of a hundred years ago. The officials and nobles occupied a large amount of resources in the Chu State, and they also had the capital to compete with Emperor Shunming in disguise. Even in the capital, many things have to be decided after thinking about them. Otherwise, if the decree is not appropriate, it will inevitably cause a dramatic effect like an earthquake.

Emperor Shunming was indeed the emperor of Chu. However, there is no army that can really be in his hands and can be used freely. The Chu army in the north must guard against Rong Di and must not move. There is also a confrontation with the Qi and Wei states, and the troops guarding the checkpoints are also very important. In this way, the only army that can be mobilized is the Beijing Division patrol battalions. However, the control of the patrol battalion has always been in the hands of the nobles of the Chu State. Even if the nobles are willing to obey the dispatch, with the low combat effectiveness of the patrol battalion, the current situation of corruption is not of great use.

On the same day, the reason why Yang Tianhong was appointed as the envoy of Anzhou Festival was not a means of balancing power in the court. Only by sealing Yang Tianhong in that remote corner of Anzhou will he not provoke the opposition of many ministers in the DPRK and China. In this matter, Emperor Shunming has always felt ashamed of Yang Tianhong, but there is no better way.

Li Shaoming saw the worry in Emperor Shunming's heart. He stood up from his chair, bowed, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this matter is not troublesome. Weichen remembered that at the beginning of the year, His Majesty had promised to wait for Princess Wenyuan's family affair in public. Now, it's almost time to do the math. With the wisdom and wisdom of perseverance, it must not be difficult to understand the unfinished meaning of His Majesty's edict!" )