"Who is Your Majesty going to let the generals?"

"Fan Xu, he is familiar with Zang Di's routines and playing style."

Liu Ji scratched his head and added,

"They all went, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Xiahou Ying, and Chen Ping, all followed me."

Hearing this, Lu Pheasant nodded, got up, picked up a painted lacquer round box from the low case, and handed it to Liu Ji.

When Liu Ji looked down, he saw that the box was full of round and golden citrus, so he took a few casually, peeled off the skin and put it in his mouth, praised it again and again, and asked,

"This citrus is so sweet, where did it come from?"

"Changsha is here.

Wu Chen said that this year's wind and rain in the south were smooth, and it was a bumper year, and even the citrus on the shore of Dongting Lake was overcharged by thousands of catties.

So the special agent sent it so that we could try it. ”

"Good harvest year, a few more harvest years, the whole country, widows and lonely, they can eat enough."

Liu Ji's heart was happy, he ate the one in his hand with three times and five divided by two, peeled off a new orange, and sighed while eating,

"Wu Rui is really honest, when Zhang Zifang introduced him to me, the first time I looked at it, he was a person who sincerely did things for the people, and he was worthy of trust.

Although he is gone now, his two sons are good.

The eldest son, Wu Chen, succeeded to the throne, and he didn't have a crooked heart at all.

When I come back from the conquest in person, when the kings with different surnames come to see me, I will definitely commend Wu Chen. ”

Lu Pheasant understood in his heart, the emperor in front of him, who had been suspicious all his life, and finally did not let go of Lu Xuan, the Taiwei who grew up together, but he did not make a move against Wu Rui, the king with a different surname who was in charge of Changsha Kingdom, and his descendants.

Wu Rui was once the commander of Poyang County in the Qin Dynasty, and was known as "Fanjun" by the local people because of his conscientiousness and self-denial, and won the hearts of the people.

Later, at the end of the Qin Dynasty, he was the king of Hengshan for four years under Xiang Yu, and after Zhang Liang contacted him, he resolutely returned to Liu Ji, the king of Han, and was named the king of Changsha after Liu Ji became emperor.

Although Wu Rui is more than ten years younger than Liu Ji, the life trajectories of the two are actually somewhat similar, they both served as grassroots officials in the Qin Empire, understand the suffering of the people, and also know the truth that water can carry a boat and sink a boat.

's similar resume and similar cognition made Liu Ji feel a sense of pity for him as a hero and a hero.

Historically, Wu Rui's Changsha State Football Foot passed on for five generations, for nearly 50 years, in the early Han Dynasty turmoil in the treacherous turmoil, only because King Jing had no children, only in the last years of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was exterminated.

Lu Pheasant smiled secretly, this is not so much the luck of the Wu family's Changsha Kingdom, but rather the secret guidance of Wu Rui's old friend Zhang Liang, and their unique innate advantages.

What's more, when Liu Ji was divided, he also promised this honest man in Changsha a huge pavilion in the air.

***

After Liu Ji succeeded to the throne in Dingtao, the first task was to divide the kings with different surnames, and the arrangement of the king of Changsha was in an uproar among the ministers-

"With the five counties of Changsha, Yuzhang, Xiangjun, Guilin, and Nanhai, Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, is the king of Changsha."

According to the edict of the partition, the fiefdom of Changsha was vast, and at first glance, there were five counties.

Although these counties are all located in the south of the low-humid Jiangnan, the land is vast and sparsely populated, which is comparable to the hardships of the northwestern border counties, but in terms of quantity, they are not small.

But in fact, the situation of Changsha is completely different from the other six kingdoms with different surnames, only because except for Changsha, the territory of the six countries is actually feuded.

Among the five nominal counties of Changsha, only Changsha and Yuzhang counties are real seals, and the remaining three counties of Xiangjun, Guilin and Nanhai are purely fictitious.

The so-called false sealing, because these three counties were not within the territory of the Han Dynasty, but belonged to the neighboring country bordering Changsha State-Nanyue State.

This was Liu Ji's usual incentive strategy in the Chu-Han War, but this time, his promise floated further, directly "grabbing" the three counties of neighboring South Vietnam, and promised Wu Rui out of thin air.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu in the north and Nanyue in the south were the two main neighbors outside the Han Dynasty, and they were also two fierce rivals.

Wu Rui's family is clear in their hearts, and this plan implies the expectation of using Changsha to pacify South Vietnam.

Because, when it comes to leading troops to attack South Vietnam, looking at the whole country, no one can stand out from the right, and there are two reasons.

First of all, it is to raze and raze.

Liu Jiyi and others, although they are from Pei County in the Yangtze River Basin, can be said to be southern, but compared with the Nanyue counties that are really hot and humid and exposed to water, they are still insignificant.

Wu Rui has lived in the local area for a long time, is familiar with the customs and terrain characteristics, and most of his subordinate generals are also from the Yue ethnic group, proficient in water warfare, and have experienced the baptism of the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and have strong combat effectiveness.

And the second reason is because of Wu Rui's background.

***

At the beginning, after an extremely difficult bloody battle, the First Emperor had unified South Vietnam, and adhered to the old tradition of the Qin people to migrate, and moved the people of Middle Earth to live with the Yue people, but it was too short, and the ethnic integration had not yet achieved results, so it caught up with the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

Therefore, the ability to gain the support and recognition of the Viet people, who make up the vast majority of the population of South Vietnam, is the primary factor in successfully ruling the land of South Vietnam.

The current king of Nanyue, Zhao Tuo, was originally the Longchuan Order of the South China Sea of Qin, and the reason why he was able to stand on his own in the troubled times was also because of the strong power of the local Yue people.

Compared with Zhao Tuo, who has been deeply involved in South Vietnam for many years, the advantages of Wu Rui's family are simply beyond his reach, and at the same time, he is so jealous.

Because, Wu's advantage comes from blood.

Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, is the seventh grandson of Wu Wangfucha in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and has an innate great prestige among the Yue people.

Such a loyal border guard is like a natural enemy nemesis tailored for the Nanyue Kingdom, no wonder it has won the trust and reuse of the emperors of the early Han Dynasty.

"There are so many things to do before I leave that I can't take care of them.

You remember to reward Wu Chen with some good things on my behalf, and then praise him a few more good words. ”

Thinking of the crucial strategic position of the Wu family, Liu Ji, who was busy with everything, inevitably had a few extra words.

Lu Pheasant nodded and said,

"Got it.

I also thought that since it was impossible for us to start a war on multiple fronts, it would be better to open up trade with South Vietnam first.

If you want to hide the wealth from the people, traders, and goods for profit, you must pay attention to it. ”

The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit.

In the long run, it is not wishful thinking to make South Vietnam take the initiative to annex without spending a single soldier.

"It's fine, but I don't know if it's going to work.

When you have time, discuss it with Xiao He, and then go back and ask Wu Chen's own opinion. ”

"Okay."

How doesn't it work?

The rest of the matter is not up to you, Lu Pheasant pursed his lips and smiled, and changed the topic,

"Then how is Your Majesty's army going to pass from Luoyang?

Is it a detour to walk from Daidi, or is it through the territory of Zhao State and directly north? ”

"Well—"

Liu Ji blinked, revealing the cunning look that Lu Pheasant was used to,

"The soldiers are divided into two ways.

One way, on behalf of the land, Chen Feng responded, and the other way, Zhao Guo. ”

"Zhao Guo's map, presumably Zhang Cang has already obtained it for His Majesty?"

"Well, it's been here a long time ago.

Zhang Cang is okay, not only is he very good at counting, but his hands and feet are also very neat in doing these things, and Zhao Guo is quite cooperative. ”

The wind and rain outside the hall were a little more urgent, and the wind was wrapped in a torrential rain, knocking on the glass windows one after another, crackling.

Liu Ji paused, put down the orange, and said lightly,

"It's still the old rule, the families and children of these generals who came with me all stayed in Luoyang City, you should pay attention."

"Your Majesty might as well be generous, just let each family choose a son to come out and enter the palace to be a lang official."