Chen Mou bowed slightly, walked to the map, pointed to it and said: "There are five provinces and twenty-eight states in the territory of my Chu State, of which there are six states in the central province where the imperial city is located, five states in the northern province, four states in the western province, five states in the southern province, and eight states in the eastern province the most. The eight kings who are now in rebellion are all distributed in Dongfang Province and Southern Province, the Eastern Province is headed by the king of Dongzhou and Yizhou, plus the king of Anxi, Yongjun and Jingzhou, and the southern province is headed by the king of Jiangzhou, plus the king of Linjun and the king of Nankang. ”

Chen Mou pointed to the map and explained, while everyone listened quietly, the vassal states formed by the emperor's canonization of princes are generally divided into three levels, namely state-level states, county-level states and city-level states.

A state-level state is a state of feud, and there are not a few such states in Chu State, followed by a county-level state, and the fiefdom is a few counties or even a dozen counties.

Although the territory of Chu has as many as 28 states, it is actually divided into large states and small states, for example, the state of the central province is very large, with more than 20 counties, while the eastern province has 8 states, but the counties under its jurisdiction are more than a dozen.

The most subordinate is a city-level state, such as Fang Ling, which has four cities under its jurisdiction, and its territory cannot be compared with the first two.

Chen Mou continued: "A while ago, torrential rains fell in the east and south, rivers flooded, and floods occurred in many places that were rare in a century, washing away the embankments, flooding the fertile land, and making it impossible for the people to make a living. However, due to the unfavorable governance of the officials, so there was a rebellion of the people, and the surrounding government mobilized a large army to suppress it, not only did not suppress it, but this matter became more and more intense, just four days ago, the king of Dongzhou took the lead in swearing, after counting His Majesty's tyranny for many years, strict and heavy taxes, regardless of the people's suffering, greedy for pleasure, making the people miserable, unbearable to be the emperor. Then, the kings of Yizhou and Jiangzhou responded, and more than a dozen cities were conquered in just four days. ”

Although everyone knew about the battle of the Eight Kings Rebellion, they did not have such detailed information, and now when they listened to it, they realized that the situation was serious.

Fang Ling knew better in his heart, if he hadn't killed Han Daxian, then I'm afraid that there would be more than a dozen cities, and he had already known that he and the seven princes and kings had planned a rebellion, so I was afraid that the matter of dealing with this Han Daxian would be handled more carefully.

However, the wood has become a boat, and now I am afraid that he has become a thorn in the side of the king of Yizhou, with his temperament, I am afraid that this matter will not end well.

Meng Zhiyuan said at this time: "As far as the minister knows, the people's rebellion this time is very fierce, not only there are more than a dozen eruptions, it is said that thousands of people died in the conflict, and the corpses are piled up in the river along the river, which has a great impact on various places, and combined with the rebellion of this vassal state, it makes people think that this riot is probably not as simple as it sees." ”

Everyone bowed their heads slightly when they heard this, and Fang Ling said lightly: "If everything wants to be logical, there must be a valid reason, and the same is true for raising troops, if there is no such thing as a rebellion by the people, then it seems a bit far-fetched for the Eight Kings to raise troops." However, if the people revolt, and they are looking out for the people, the army will stand. ”

Dong Canghai said in a deep voice: "In this way, the people's rebellion is simply planned by the Eight Kings, deliberately attracting the heavy pressure of the army, so that those people will run to die, so that the people will complain, so they can take the opportunity to raise troops!"