Although Qi Xinliang boosted morale in the army, this could not save the situation of defeat.

After two days of fierce fighting, after the Chu army lost 20,000 people, except for some people who took advantage of the chaos to climb the mountain and escape, the rest of the men and horses abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

It's just that Qi Xinliang didn't leave, but sat in the Chinese army and said to the soldiers of the Su army who came to arrest him that he wanted to see Li Hao.

After all, he was the king of a country, and the soldiers did not dare to slack off, so they sent people to seal the surroundings and went to report to Li Hao.

Li Hao didn't expect him to stay, and he also wanted to hear what he wanted to say, so he brought someone to prepare to meet him.

In the middle, Cui Ming also got a letter, saying that he wanted to go over together, and Li Hao was also with him.

After entering the tent, Li Hao found that Qi Xinliang's face was already full of twilight, which was very different from the meeting in the pavilion a few days ago.

"I heard that you want to see me, but I don't know what you have to say."

Qi Xinliang raised his head and glanced at Li Hao and Cui Ming, although Qi Xinliang had not seen Cui Ming, but just looking at Cui Ming's grouped dragon robe and standing slightly ahead of Li Hao, Qi Xinliang could also guess Cui Ming's identity.

Qi Xinliang didn't answer Li Hao's question, but said to Cui Ming: "Brother Cui is really blessed, having such a capable son is not only promising for the prosperity of the country, but also for his own self-cultivation, which is really enviable."

Cui Ming's statement about self-cultivation obviously sounded a little harsh.

It's just that in front of outsiders, Cui Ming didn't show it, but said, "It's really more worry-free than Brother Qi."

Qi Xinliang smiled slightly, anyway, he just did it easily, it was best to insert a thorn in the hearts of these two fathers and sons, and it would be a loss for him if he couldn't insert it.

"I stayed today, mainly to discuss with the two Majesies, and I am willing to use the land of the five cities of Sheng, Huang, Su, Mian, and Yang to exchange your retreat, I don't know what you think."

When Cui Ming heard this, he glanced back at Li Hao and motioned for Li Hao to answer.

Li Hao then said: "What you think is too good, now that the main force of the Chu army is lost here, the land of these five cities is already at your fingertips, why do you need to cede it."

Qi Xinliang replied: "Then add the three cities of Yun, Mian, and Hui, this is already my final bottom line, you must know that there are still tens of thousands of troops available in the hinterland of my Chu country, plus the unity of the army and the people, and the same hatred of the enemy, it is not something you can easily handle."

Besides, An Guo has always regarded Su Guo as a big trouble, and Chu Guo can be a wing for Su Guo when he is still here, if you are not at ease, I can make the decision to let my eldest grandson go to Su Guo as a proton."

Li Hao raised his eyes and asked, "Why didn't I hear the news of Qi Jixiang, it seems that he has been sent out by you."

Qi Xinliang said with a smile: "It's hard for you to remember, he had already left the day before yesterday and would return to Chudu soon.

The first thing he will do will be to ascend the throne, and he will not care about any news that comes out of here."

"I see, it's really thoughtful, but I'm afraid that he won't be able to sit on the throne for long, it's a pity."

Qi Xinliang's face sank, although he expected that this incident would not be solved so easily, he didn't think that Li Hao was really rushing to destroy the country.

"Your appetite is so great, you are not afraid of annexing the Chu Kingdom, and your Su Kingdom will become the target of public criticism.

You must know that even Emperor Wu, who has your support, is afraid that he is not willing to let Su Guo become bigger."

Li Hao shook his head: "My appetite is naturally not so big, but even if our family can't eat it, then we can just pull two more families."

I believe that in the face of a small and outnumbered Chu country, Wu and Yan don't mind making some efforts to get a piece of the pie."

Qi Xinliang looked at Li Hao with burning eyes, as if he wanted to perceive from Li Hao's face that this was a lie.

It's a pity that Qi Xinliang was disappointed in the end, and couldn't help sighing: "It's a gradual encroachment, this is the day that will destroy my Chu country."

After speaking, he took out a bottle of poison directly from his sleeve, obviously mentally prepared.

If it can be negotiated well, he can use the city in exchange for Li Hao's withdrawal from the army, then everything is over, and he can also hold on for a while for Qi Jixiang

Hold the court.

But if you can't talk about it, then you will commit suicide directly, which can be regarded as retaining a trace of imperial dignity and avoiding being used by others to threaten Qi Jixiang.

Li Hao faced this scene, in fact, he could snatch the poison, after all, the distance of this camp tent is so much.

But Li Hao didn't do it, which can be regarded as Li Hao's respect for Qi Xinliang.

Watching Qi Xinliang take the poison and slowly close his eyes, Li Hao and Cui Ming came out.

Later, Li Hao recruited a military medical officer to check Qi Xinliang's identity and confirm that this person was really dead.

After the medical officer confirmed the completion, Li Hao asked people to prepare the coffin and transport it to Chudu, which could be regarded as allowing him to be buried in the ground.

After arranging Qi Xinliang's affairs, Li Hao and Cui Ming returned to their camp and convened the generals to discuss the matter.

It's just that Cui Ming may have seen Qi Xinliang's ending, and he felt a little uncomfortable, so he excused himself and left.

Li Hao didn't keep it, anyway, Cui Mingming didn't matter.

Now that the main force of Chu has been destroyed, it is time to harvest.

Under Li Hao's arrangement, Gongyegu first led his troops to take Shengzhou and Huangzhou, all the way to Chudu.

However, there is no need to attack, but to wait for Wuyan and Wuyan to send troops, so that the soldiers and horses of Chu will inevitably be scattered, and the losses will be smaller when they attack again.

As for Li Hao himself, he continued to hold his troops, so that he could cooperate with Chu Fan in the north and block the Anguo soldiers and horses who might come to support Chu Guo.

After all, An Guo is not unaware of the truth of cold lips and teeth.

Once the Chu State was divided by the Su State, the Wu State, and the Yan State, then the An State would be completely encircled.

In the face of this good thing that can take advantage, both Wu and Yan are extremely interested, especially Yan.

They didn't expect that even if they didn't send troops to help, they would still have a share of them when they shared the benefits, and they were grateful to Li Hao for a while.

Emperor Yan personally drafted a letter of earnest speech and sent it, expressing the diplomatic relations between the two brotherly countries, and also told Li Hao.

is willing to send a veritable princess to marry Li Hao to deepen the friendship between the two countries.

In this regard, for the sake of friendship between the two countries, Li Hao could only reluctantly agree.

However, Yang Xingyuan was a little unhappy when he knew that Li Hao had also invited Yanguo, and felt that it would be okay for the two countries to participate in the partition.

Li Hao also wrote a letter to appease him, clearly informing him of the benefits of involving Yan Guo.

First of all, if Yan is not allowed to participate, can the people of Yan be obedient on the side, you must know that the current national strength of Yan is not much worse than that of Wu Guo, which was defeated after the war.

In case he is pulled away by An Guo and stabs the knife towards the hinterland of Wu State, not only may he not be able to carve up Chu State, but Wu State will bear the attack of An and Yan.

Yang Xingyuan experienced a fiasco, but at this time, he also listened to persuasion, and finally agreed.

It's just that for the specific division of the city, Wu and Yan still have some contradictions.

But as long as the interests of the country are guaranteed and the general direction is correct, Li Hao has no heart to care about this specific detail, and he is willing to let them make trouble.

After all, if they are really united, it will be more troublesome for Li Hao to fight later.

Under the combined attack of the three kingdoms of Su, Wu and Yan, the soldiers and horses of Chu were defeated and retreated.

This war of annihilation ended a year later, with Qi Jixiang holding the jade seal out of the city and surrendering, so far the Chu State, which had been established for 65 years, was officially destroyed, and only the four countries were left in the Central Plains to fight in the chamber.

However, in Li Hao's opinion, this is still a bit much, after all, the triangle relationship is generally relatively stable, and the four corners are somewhat unreliable.

Moreover, with the change of the post-war pattern, the four countries also adjusted their respective policies accordingly.

Li Falcon's jealousy of Su Guo is getting heavier and heavier, but it can be shown on the bright side, but it is getting closer and closer, directly pulling the relationship with Chu Yue and Li Hao as a relative.

But secretly, Li Falcon is trying to win over Yan Guo, hoping to divide Su Guo's help.

And for Wuguo, Li Falcon's attitude also tends to soften, and he is even willing to return some of the territory that Wuguo occupied before.

It's a pity that Yang Xingyuan's hatred for Li Falcon is too heavy, and he is resolutely unwilling to get close to An Guo, and even told Li Hao these things directly, and wants to provoke Li Hao to attack Yan Guo together.

When Yang Xingyuan carved up the Chu State before, he took a lot of advantages, and he also recovered some national strength.

And because he is the most staunch supporter of the alliance with Suguo, it also allowed him to re-establish his prestige in Wuguo, so he wanted to reproduce this scene.

It's just that Li Hao doesn't have this plan for the time being, after all, the territory he just occupied still needs to be digested well.

Therefore, Li Hao just sent someone to beat Yan Guo and told them not to be too out of line, so he didn't care anymore.

In these rare and quiet years, Li Hao re-implemented his new policy and directly formulated a five-year plan.

During these five years, efforts were made to implement land reform and vigorously build initial industrialization.

Of course, the land reform that Li Hao wanted to do was not like in modern times, but adopted the policy of apportionment of land to mu by Emperor Yongzheng.

Among the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hao always believed that the most capable was Yongzheng.

The fire is returned to the public; The gentry are one errand and one food; Spread into acres; These three helped the Qing Dynasty to continue its life for more than 100 years.

However, here in Suguo, the gentry were originally to collect taxes, and there was no explicit tolerance for the problem of fire consumption, so the first two items did not need to be bothered, and only the supervision was done well.

However, the ding tax has always existed, so it needs to be completed when the ding is divided into acres.

The fixed tax will be evenly distributed into the field endowment, and a unified amount of land silver will be collected, and it will no longer be levied on people.

In this way, the population and the land are separated, and the landlords only need to control the amount of taxes paid truthfully, and the peasants can be completely released to pass on the ancestry.

You must know that in ancient times, population was the greatest wealth, and whether it was work or farming, people needed to do it.

However, the premise is that there is enough food to feed them, otherwise it will become a disaster.

However, in this regard, Li Hao has long been prepared, and the research and development of various planting technologies and fertilizers has been promoted, and it is time to exert force.

And by doing this now, it is also convenient to eradicate the scourge as soon as possible.

After all, these big landlords will not be willing to pay taxes obediently because of Li Hao's decree.

When the day this decree was issued, there was no quiet in the court, and every day there were mountains of twists and turns sent to Li Hao, of which there was only one core point.

Tell Li Hao that this policy of spreading the land into the mu will bring disaster to the country and the people, and hope that Li Hao will abolish it.

It's a pity that Li Hao can be fooled by them, and he doesn't even have any interest in watching these pieces.

Directly asked Chen Xi to take someone to write down the names of the people who played the fold, and then took them all to burn.

At the same time as the New Deal, there was also a reform of the army.

On top of this, Li Hao intensified the expansion of the Shenji battalion and cavalry, and began to practice new tactics around them.

For this reason, Li Hao would go to the forbidden army camp every five days to inspect it, and set it as a regular practice for future generations to abide by.

This is also for the sake of future generations, when Li Hao was there, he was naturally not afraid of military power, but the emperors in the back were different.

But as long as you follow this rule, at least you should be able to survive a lot longer.

On this day, Li Hao came back from inspecting the camp, and as soon as he entered the palace, he was called by Wang Yi.

When I arrived at Cining Palace, I saw that Zhang Han and Ren Xin were here, but this look looked a little wrong, especially Ren Xin, who also gave Li Hao a look behind his back.

Li Hao immediately understood, but he still pretended to be okay and saluted Wang Yi.

"My son was going to come to his mother to say hello after dinner, but you called him first, I don't know what happened?"

Wang Yi replied, "It's nothing, I just heard about it recently

The foreign dynasty has never been peaceful, is there such a thing."

Li Hao smiled: "Yes, there is, but it's just that the courtiers are a little resistant to the new policy, and my son's original intention was to persuade them well and give them some time to accept it.

I didn't expect to disturb my mother's place, and when I go back, my son will definitely teach them a good lesson and let them know what their duty is."

Wang Yi shook his head: "The courtiers are also worried about state affairs, how can you punish in vain, you must know that if you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you believe partially, you must not go your own way, so as not to chill the hearts of the ministers."

"The queen mother can rest assured that her son has always been good at accepting advice, as long as it makes sense, the son will definitely accept it with an open mind."

Seeing Li Hao say this, Wang Yi thought that Li Hao recognized his idea, and immediately changed the topic.

talked about the harem, let Li Hao accompany the queen and concubines more, and let the royal family have a few more children.

Li Hao talked here for a long time with his face, and after dinner, he went out of Cining Palace with Zhang Han and Ren Xin.

"Isn't it my two uncles who came to the palace today?"

Hearing Li Hao's question, Zhang Han replied, "Yes, the two uncles entered the palace after noon, and they didn't leave the palace until three o'clock."

Li Hao smiled: "I said, except for the two of them, there is no one else who can invite the queen mother, it seems that I have to find them again and have a good chat."

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