Chapter 348: Sealing the Monarch

Liu Tai formulated the strategic policy for the Jin court, and the news that should be notified to the generals was also instructed one by one.

Compared with Liu Tai, who took Shu land step by step, at this time, the Jin court was extremely shaken.

Because Yanghu formulated the strategy of cutting down Wu, he escorted Du Pre Wang Jun to enter Wumiao smoothly and complete the unification of the Three Kingdoms.

This kind of thing can be said to be the most proud thing of the Sima family, giving full play to the advantages of having many soldiers and generals.

Just like this, Sima Shao decisively began to arrange the generals, and Tao Kan sat in Jingzhou, so naturally he couldn't move.

After all, if Yan and Han really fought a unified war, Sima Shao knew very well that Jingzhou, a place where soldiers would fight, would almost bear the brunt, but only when he was given carte blanche to Tao Kan could he resist the main force of Liu Tai's army.

On the other hand, troops were sent from Yong'an, Shudi, entered Jingzhou, took Jianping, razed Dao, Jingmen, and even Jiangling, making the rear of Jingzhou completely chaotic.

You must know that even if Guan Yu, who is as strong as the mighty Huaxia, the soldiers can only defeat Maicheng after their dependents in the rear are taken down.

If Jiangling is not protected, then Tao Kan will not be able to hold Jingzhou at all.

Sima Shao arranged for Ying Zhan to be the assassin of Jiangzhou and stationed in Jiangling to assist Tao Kan in resisting Yizhou's attack.

In addition to this, there is also the Yangzhou defense line, and Sima Shao arranged for Yangzhou to assassinate Wang Di and the armed representatives of the Langya Wang clan.

This is also the reason why Sima Shao is very jealous of the Langya Wang clan, that is, although Wang Dun was disposed of as a chaotic party, the foundation of the Langya Wang clan still permeates all aspects of the Jin court.

Therefore, even if Wang Dun is overthrown, he still has to support the Jiangnan Lu clan, the wife clan Yu clan and so on to continue to fight against the Langya Wang clan.

The only thing Sima Shao can do is to maintain their balance as much as possible, if Sima Shao is given twenty or thirty years, with Sima Shao's ability, he may be able to take back these powers a little bit, but unfortunately, he pacified the Wang Dun Rebellion with his front heel, and he heard the news from the fall of Cheng Han on his back heel.

The original plan to build the original Wu-Shu alliance and fight against Cao Wei was directly overturned, because Cheng Han was gone.

Sima Shao couldn't help but be silent, thinking for a long time, but he also found that the initiative was not here at all.

took the initiative to attack, what was the consequence of Dongwu taking the initiative to attack Cao Wei at the beginning, didn't Sima Shao know.

What is called Sun 100,000, what is called Zhang Babai, what is called Wen sleeping, and what is called Jiang sending letters.

In addition to Sun Quan's low battlefield command ability, the soldiers under Jiangdong's command are too poor in terms of war resilience.

It is easy to say that there is Tao Kan's training as a famous general, but without the targeted training of a famous general like Tao Kan, the general Jiangdong soldiers are basically not very active in the war because of the influence of the tribal system.

It's easy to say that you can sneak up on your opponent, but if you get caught up in a protracted battle, the morale of the Jiangdong soldiers will drop very quickly.

In the current situation, the only thing Sima Shao could do was to appease the family as much as possible, reorganize the soldiers and horses, save food, build fortifications, especially the fortifications on the front line from Jingzhou to Yangzhou, and prepare for war.

To tell the truth, after the entire Jin court heard that the Cheng and Han dynasties had fallen, the Jin court, which had become thriving because of the pacification of the Wang Dun Rebellion, inevitably had a trace of twilight.

Because they know very well that after the fall of Cheng Han, the initiative has been in Liu Tai's hands, and he can start fighting whenever he wants.

But no matter what, it is always right to suppress the internal Wang family forces and integrate the resources in their hands.

Even if Director Wang was on his side in the Wang Dun Rebellion, Sima Shao no longer needed "the king and the horse to share the world".

In the face of Sima Shao's conscious suppression, Director Wang understood very well that after losing Wang Dun as the absolute force guarantee of the Langya Wang clan, he would definitely not be able to hold his arms and thighs.

Therefore, Director Wang began to consciously retreat and shrink the power of the Langya Wang family.

After all, for the family, it doesn't matter if the emperor suppresses himself, the emperor will always die if he survives, and the survival of the family is the most important thing.

Even Director Wang took the initiative to ask Sima Shao for his resignation several times, saying that it was really a shame to have a rebellion like Wang Dun in his family, and asked His Majesty to allow him to resign and return to his hometown.

It can be said that Director Wang already knew that Wang Xizhi had become the Minister of Information of Yanhan through the transaction channel between Wang Dun and Liu Tai.

To be honest, although this is only a new profession, from the perspective of the family, Director Wang is aware of the importance of this position.

Because the family pays attention to the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, and Wang Xizhi's position itself can influence the world's celebrities.

If it was just like this, Director Wang would not have retreated so decisively, because he immediately got the news of the fall of Cheng Han, coupled with the Jin court's suppression of the Langya Wang family.

All this made Wang Dao understand, now that Sima Shao has eradicated Wang Dun, it seems that the Jin court is renewed, but in fact, the entire Jin court is really in crisis, because Liu Tai's enemy is only the Jin court.

At this time, he took a step back, and there was still a chance to retreat, otherwise when Liu Tai called, would he still take the lead in surrendering?

When Langya Wang can have a face, he still wants a face.

And Sima Shao didn't expect Director Wang to resign directly.

And for Sima Shao, it was really exciting, allowing himself to complete the integration of the rights of the Jin Dynasty.

However, it is not right to directly agree with the power of the Langya Wang clan to withdraw from the court and change the situation of "the king and the horse, sharing the world".

Therefore, Sima Shao did not send the recital of Wang Dao's resignation, and verbally said that he would retain Wang Dao, but posthumously presented him with a sword to go to the palace.

Director Wang rejected Sima Shao's gift and resigned again.

went back and forth three or four times, and Sima Shao successively added a lot of Taibao and the honor and food of the Marquis of Wanhu to Wang Dao, but in the end he still allowed Wang Dao to resign.

It can be said that this time Director Wang really retreated bravely and withdrew from the power center of the Jin court.

To be honest, many people in the Jin court were relieved about Director Wang's retreat, especially Yu Liang, who felt that his time had come!

As for the changes on the Jin Ting's side, Liu Tai didn't feel too much, because Liu Tai began to adjust his strategy.

For example, he arranged for Xi to join the army to govern Shudi, ordered Zhang Song to go to Yuzhou to dredge the road, and then arranged for Wen Qiao to go to Xuzhou.

In particular, Liu Tai hesitated again and again, but still asked Cao Wei to sit in Xingyang to investigate where the Yellow River and the Huai River are suitable to be linked, so that the Yellow River and the Huai River can be smoothly connected, so that the Yellow River fleet can be directly dispatched to the Huaihai.

If Cao Wei finds a suitable location and opens it smoothly, it can almost be used as a canal.

For Liu Tai, Cao Wei's opening of the Tongji Canal is a backup plan for his southern expedition if it does not go well.

After all, if his four-way army and the crusade against the Jin court were unsuccessful, then he couldn't use such a plan next time.

It's like Yanghu's plan to conquer Wu, because no one has operated it like this before, so he came up with a positive and strange match, and it was almost a matter of course to embezzle Eastern Wu.

And his four-way offensive plan to crusade against the Jin court was to add a naval attack on the basis of Yanghu's conquest of Wu.

This kind of offensive method, which is not recorded in the history books, is just a surprise soldier.

Of course, although he said that he was a strange soldier, Liu Tai also knew very well that this was almost a conspiracy.

After all, Jin Ting faced the siege of his three-way army, and Jiankang still had the strength to garrison, which was a miracle.

For Liu Tai, his own attack on the Jin Dynasty was highlighted by giving full play to his advantage of having many soldiers and generals, and crushing the Jin Court with absolute strength.

If the Jin court can hold it, it will probably use strange tricks, and Liu Tai doesn't care what tricks the Jin court uses, as long as it is not a meteorite from the sky, then his next wave will be to wait until the channel between the Yellow River and the Huaishui is opened, and then the crusade will be made.

When the time comes, the most important thing to improve is not the combat capacity, but the ability to transport materials, and in the final analysis, the overall thickness and operational efficiency of the resources will be determined by the war.

And Liu Tai is very simple, even if he can't defeat Jin Ting this time, he must completely clean up the Jin Court's vital forces and pave the way for the next attack.

Of course, in addition to the preparation of grain and grass, Liu Tai soon asked Xi Jian to hold the second imperial examination.

This time, the imperial examination was to recruit manpower, and began to fill in the newly recovered Longyou, Xiliang, and Shudi.

Although these places are not remote, they do have a considerable shortage of manpower due to the war.

Therefore, he asked the juzi who had recorded the local county chronicles everywhere to complete the transfer, and he immediately needed a new group of juzi as the secretaries of the local county chronicles.

At the same time, for the appointment and dismissal of grass-roots personnel after the conquest of the Jin court in the future, we will do a good job in the necessary talent reserves.

And this time, there are more people from the family who come to assess the imperial examination.

After all, the first batch of imperial examinations have appointed and dismissed officials, not to mention the officials in Xiliang, Longyou, and Shudi, for the wealthy families, these places are naturally remote areas, and no one wants to go.

But for Hanmen, and even some military histories, it is still very good to be able to become an official in these places.

Liu Tai was not in a hurry to deal with one thing after another, and slowly transported the original materials to Chang'an to Yuzhou and Xuzhou.

One year of recuperation is not easy for a purely agricultural country, but for Liu Tai's model of advocating the use of carbon and stone energy to replace human resources to produce, one year is enough to restore the country's production.

Don't say it, this is the period of the Xiaoice River, and it is not easy for the people to survive in such a winter.

But since Liu Tai occupied Youzhou, he has been mining coal in the Tangshan area on a large scale.

The coal was transported to Liutai's base through the Yongji Canal and Bohai Bay, and the coal was continuously transported to these places.

While burning snow water to provide the people with the foundation for survival in winter, they also burned floor heating, so that some igloos and greenhouses that could grow vegetables in the north appeared.

Even some very simple steam engines have begun to be used in the coal mining industry.

After all, any rough embryo coal shovel and throw it into the furnace to burn, it can generate enough mechanical kinetic energy.

Although it cannot be used to directly accelerate production, it can be used to crush coal into powder, to extract water from mines, or to build coal processing lines suitable for this era.

It can only be said that this kind of steam engine is really very primitive, and it is more primitive than the steam engine before the improvement of Watt.

However, this steam engine has been used in the mining industry, and even in places close to coal mines, this steam engine can even be used to crush grain into powder, and the overall efficiency is more efficient than that of water mills.

Of course, if it is too far from the mine, it is not worth using this kind of steam engine to serve production.

Because the price of coal is really high.

Even so, such a steam engine could be used to accelerate the mining of coal, which was enough for Liu Tai.

Because of the improved coal digging efficiency of this thing, the entire north can be fearless in the face of the Xiaoice River.

When human beings can obtain warmth through channels other than drawing heat from food, they can naturally save food.

The food saved is very scarce individually, but it can make the people more generous when paying taxes or selling food, and Liu Tai can more easily raise the food he needs from the people.

One by one, one affairs continued to advance, one thing after another, and although it was the Xiaoice River period, the overall recovery speed of Yanhan's national strength far exceeded Jin Ting's expectations.

The new year has just begun, and Liu Tai gathered Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Zhao An, and Su Jun to dine together, and also to give Zhou Ping, Zhao An, Su Jun and others a meal.

Liu Tai explained all the plans to them clearly, and the next thing was to go to their respective stations to familiarize themselves with the environment and organize their troops.

When their orders were given, they were able to attack together with their orders, and they naturally answered them all.

Liu Tai looked at these people, the next time they met, it would be a year later, Liu Tai raised the wine glass in his hand and said, "I'll drink this cup together!" ”

Everyone responded and drank together.

Liu Tai continued at this time: "Gaozu has a cloud, and non-descendants surnamed Liu are not allowed to be crowned kings, but you live and die with me, how can I be rich and noble with you." After the destruction of the Jin court, I intend to restart the government of the feudal monarch of the Qin State, and I hope you will encourage you! ”

"Fengjun?!" The four people present couldn't help but be stunned, they didn't expect that Liu Tai would make such a promise.

And Liu Tai continued, "Because of the Han Dynasty's military reduction, I will not violate the ancestral teachings to divide the land in the Han Dynasty and cause hidden dangers to the Yan and Han Dynasty.

But beyond the four seas there are four seas, and beyond the eight wildernesses there are eight wildernesses.

If you can continue to make meritorious contributions to the position of feudal king, then the islands around the Han Dynasty, whether Fuso, Ryukyu, Yizhou, or Hainan Islands, will be given to you as fiefs according to ancient rites after being measured.

Since then, you have established the country with your name, legislated with your will, inherited your family, guarded the Yan Han, immortalized for thousands of years, and made friendship with me! ”

When Liu Tai said this, he paused slightly, and then said with a smile: "Even if there are famous generals of the Han family who have made great achievements to become feudal kings in the future, but the number of islands is limited, first come, first served, but I am a little sorry for the descendants!" ”

"I've waited to thank Your Majesty!" When everyone present heard Liu Tai's words, their eyes couldn't help but become hot.

Feng Jun, this is a future they haven't thought about at all!

(End of chapter)