Chapter 142: The Flames of War, the Situation in Kyushu
The architecture of Kyushu is quaint, and the costumes of the people of Kyushu have the style of the Han Dynasty, so it can be inferred that the immortal who created this small world is about the ancient Han Dynasty from the land of China. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info But why is it that on the earth, this person was only born a thousand years earlier than Xin Yue, and in the big world where Cheng Ziming is, he has become an ancient immortal who was born thousands of years earlier than Cheng Ziming?
Cheng Ziming thought about it for a while, and then figured out the reason. This is probably due to the fact that time passes at different speeds in different worlds. In fact, whether it is a large world or a small temple world, time passes quickly and slowly in each world, and every time you cross the boundary of the world, time changes. I don't know what this immortal has experienced, he will go from an ancient person on the earth to an ancient immortal in Cheng Ziming's eyes.
But one thing is for sure, this immortal from the land of China on Earth has finally achieved extraordinary achievements. He can actually create a small world independently, and he can also cross the boundaries of the world, return to the land of China, and bring back many mortals to thrive in the small world. Just by virtue of this, Cheng Ziming was extremely admired and admired.
Cheng Ziming thought about it again, and suddenly thought that the text costumes in this small world are not only very similar to the Han Dynasty in the land of China, but also very similar to the language costumes in Cheng Ziming's big world. He couldn't help but wonder suspiciously: Could it be that all the cultural inheritances in the Daoist world are surprisingly similar and unified?
Then the land of China where Xin Yue was located in the previous life must also be a world under the influence of Taoism.
When Cheng Ziming was in reverie, Le Liang had already begun to introduce the current situation of the ten countries of Kyushu according to the map. Cheng Ziming listened to his brief narration while thinking about it, and soon became clear about the current situation.
Kyushu and ten kingdoms, the country is a vassal state, and each vassal state has a vassal king. The princes and kings were given the title by the Son of Heaven, that is, the emperor himself.
The Emperor is the supreme commander of Kyushu. Nominally, the princes were the subjects who ruled the states on behalf of the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven holds the map of the mountains and rivers of Kyushu given by the Creation Immortals in his hands, and controls the heavens and the earth as a mortal, so he does not need to be careful of the various princes and kings supporting their own troops. With the mountains and rivers of Kyushu in the town, there is no possibility for the princes and kings to rebel.
In addition to the mountains and rivers, the creation immortals also gave Jiuding, which corresponds to Kyushu. Jiuding gathers together and unites to fight against the mountains and rivers of Kyushu. According to the idea of the creation immortals, Jiuding is to restrain the imperial power, so as to avoid a situation where the country is faint and the people are not living. Once there is a tyrannical and immoral faint monarch in the dynasty, as long as the nine tripods are collected, the emperor can be overthrown and the dynasty can be changed.
Emperor Taizu, who founded this dynasty, was very clever in dividing the vassal states according to the Kyushu region. The Son of Heaven sits in the town and merges the state, holds the mountains and rivers and the state tripod, and the remaining eight tripods are held by the princes and kings. In addition to the barbarian king, each prince and king each holds a tripod, so that the nine tripods are located in each state, and the princes and kings are not all of the same heart, so naturally there is no need to worry that someone will gather all the nine tripods and overthrow the throne. So the emperor's throne is naturally very stable.
and the state is where the Son of Heaven is. Although there were no princes and kings, it was a kingdom of its own and was governed by the Son of Heaven himself. Emperor Taizu, who opened the dynasty, built a capital city in the western part of Bingzhou and named it Tianan, the capital of God.
Over time, by the time it reached the current reigning emperor, the population of Cheonan had increased dramatically, and the streets and houses were crowded. The Shendu was expanded several times, and the city walls were moved a hundred miles, but unfortunately it was still no match for the growing population, and the huge city made the emperor distressed.
So the ruling Son of Heaven made a move that shocked the world, he decided to build the eastern capital, in the east of Bingzhou, a feng shui treasure land by the mountains and rivers, to build a new capital. Then the palace was moved to the new capital. Later, the capital was divided into the eastern capital and the western capital. The nobles of the imperial palace were located in the eastern capital, where the emperor handled political affairs, sacrificed to heaven and earth, and received money and grain from various vassal states every year.
Other wealthy merchants and ordinary residents continued to stay in the Western Capital, and the original imperial palace was converted into an imperial palace, and the emperor and noble ministers could also visit the Western Capital to play and shop in their spare time.
The emperor's idea is naturally good, but it is a pity that it takes a lot of money to build a new capital. Although the wealthy merchants of the Western Capital were rich, they were unwilling to pay for the construction of the city. After all, the benefits of building a new eastern capital were all for the emperor and the corresponding nobles, and the rich merchants remained in the crowded old capital, and they did not get any benefits, so they were naturally unwilling to pay.
Without money, it is impossible to build a new capital. The emperor tried his best, and finally asked King Yu for help in desperation. After some negotiations, King Yu contributed people and money to help the emperor repair the new capital on the shore of Leshui, and the emperor personally gave the name Yongle. As a result, the two capitals of Bingzhou, Tian'an in the west and Yongle in the east, have become one of the most prosperous cities in Kyushu.
The amount of funds for the construction of the new capital was huge, and the king of Yu was also supported by the king of Yong, who ruled Yongzhou, and the king of Xiang, who governed Jingzhou, and finally united the power of the three states, which lasted five years, and the eastern capital Yongle was built.
As a reward, it is also a condition of exchange. The emperor rewarded the regions other than the eastern and western capitals to the king of Yu. In this way, the king of Yu actually controlled most of the land in Yuzhou and Bingzhou.
The emperor, on the other hand, not only avoided the trouble of governing and merging states, but also relied on the taxes of the eastern and western capitals and the money offered by the states to continue to live a luxurious life.
According to Leliang, this move would have been a happy thing for both parties. I never thought that there was a careful eye among the princes and kings, that is, King You, who commanded Youzhou, and he showed all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred for the expansion of King Yu's power. Youzhou is in the north of Yuzhou, bordering with Bingzhou and Yuzhou, and King Yu got the right to rule the two states of Bingzhou and Yuzhou, which made King Youzhou very indignant.
So King You wrote to the emperor, hoping to assign the northern region of Bingzhou to King You, so as not to make King Yu's family bigger. Such a letter was apparently quickly rejected by the emperor. In anger, King Youwang actually ordered to directly send troops to attack Yuzhou.
When King Yu learned the news, he hurriedly wrote to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would stop King You's actions as the Son of Heaven. It's a pity that King You bought off the close ministers around the emperor, and finally the emperor issued an order not to interfere in the affairs of Youzhou and Yuzhou, so that King You and King Yu would compete with each other. Whoever wins will get more territory.
In this way, King Yu had no choice but to lead the troops of the whole country to the junction of Youzhou and Yuzhou to meet King You.
Compared with Yuzhou, Youzhou has a wider area, and there are many horse farms for raising war horses, plus Youzhou is adjacent to many Fanbang tribes, so it pays attention to preparing for war in peacetime, and the strategic materials are far more than Yuzhou. Moreover, Youzhou has always been the front line of defense against foreign enemies in Fanbang, and the imperial court has always had special preferences for Youzhou. Take the annual offerings to the Son of Heaven as an example, the money and food offered by the Youguo are half less than those of the other vassal states.
Over the years, King Youwang has naturally accumulated a lot of money. Youguo is also strong and strong, with so many grains, grass and weapons that the warehouse is piled up. Therefore, in terms of strength, Youzhou's military strength is stronger than that of Yuzhou.
In addition, a few years ago, Yuzhou spent a lot of manpower and financial resources for the emperor's cultivation of the new capital, and now it is still recovering. At this time, starting a war with Youzhou, no matter how you look at it, Yuzhou is in a completely disadvantaged position.
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