Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 493 Integration
With the return of King Natu of Wuyue, the south completely returned to unity.

Huainan, Jiangnan, Wuyue, Jingchu, Lingnan, and the south were unified again after a hundred years. On the 25th of the first lunar month, a hundred officials ruled.

King Wuyue entered the court as a courtier for the first time. Although Emperor Shi gave him the treatment of entering the palace with a sword, he did not stand out from the crowd. He wore official uniforms like ordinary officials and did not enter the palace with a sword.

At the Great Court Meeting, hundreds of officials came out to congratulate the emperor for his unification of the world.

Emperor Shi solemnly praised King Deng for his righteousness, and then made some young job arrangements.

The main thing is to take over Wu Yue's affairs. There are many arrangements in this regard.

This matter is usually arranged by the Political Affairs Hall, but because this matter is of great political significance and does not involve any military secrets, there is no need to keep it secret, so Emperor Shi felt that it should be done with great fanfare and let all the civil and military ministers know.

However, in terms of arrangements, many officials are still just going through the motions, and most of the people who can really participate are people from the second government and the third department.

At the end of the court meeting, with the unification of the country, Emperor Shi finally announced that he would amnesty the world, change the Yuan to Kangding, and take this year as the first year of Kangding.

Of course, the so-called amnesty didn't go anywhere, it just pardoned some petty crimes.

In the spring of the first year of Kangding, Emperor Shi led civil and military officials to sacrifice to heaven and earth in the outskirts of the city, and then to the Taimiao to tell the ancestors the achievements of unifying Kyushu.

Of course, Youzhou and Liaodong are still in the hands of the Liao State, but the unification of the situation has been completed.

In the days that followed, the entire state of Qin was in a festive atmosphere.

Because of the arrival of King Wuyue, not many people cared about the arrival of Li Yu and the officials in the south of the Yangtze River. This is not a bad thing for Li Yu.

Because he was busy taking over Wuyue, Emperor Shi didn't have the mind to try or deal with Li Yu seriously, and finally gave him the title of King of Nanning under the discussion of the officials, and asked him to receive a good salary to support his family.

His mansion was also arranged by the Bian River, so the treatment was naturally not as good as that of Qian Chu.

Later, Emperor Shi called him into the palace and entertained him at a banquet. Shi Congyun didn't shy away from anything at the banquet. Li Yu brought his five daughters-in-law and twelve servants here.

Emperor Shi allowed him to find a nursing home in Daliang, and told him at the same time that he had nothing to do to write more poems and songs. Although he was not good at governing the country or fighting wars, he still wrote good articles.

Although Li Yu was older than Shi Congyun, he still nodded with a teachable expression.

When Emperor Shi went to Jiangnan, what he hated the most was that Li Yu always wrote some poems for him to recite. When he was studying, he wanted to tear up the textbooks, but later he figured it out. Now that Li Yu wrote it, he couldn’t recite it. !That is left to future generations to recite.

He is an ancestor now, how can he not seek more benefits for the younger generations after a thousand years, let Li Yu write more, no thanks, it should be.

But in general, although Li Yu's treatment is not as good as that of Qian Chu, especially in military and political affairs, he has no say. The title given to him is only to give him a salary, but the treatment is much better in comparison, because he voluntarily opened the city and surrendered. of.

Some of the civil and military personnel in Jiangnan were also appointed by the Qin State. Emperor Shi also considered that if the land in the south of the Yangtze River was included in the Qin State, then the people in the south of the Yangtze River must be given corresponding powers.

Just like Xu Xuan who was tough before, although he spoke righteously and fearlessly, after calming down, he did not refuse the emperor's appointment, and entered the Imperial Academy to become a Hanlin Bachelor.

Xu Xuan is a well-known talented scholar in the south of the Yangtze River, with outstanding literary talents and rich knowledge, which is more than enough for him to be a Hanlin bachelor.

Han Xizai, a northerner who had no ambitions, had to feast every day to avoid suspicion in Jiangnan to dispel the suspicion of the king. He originally wanted to use it, but he didn't expect that he died of illness at home when the Qin army captured Jinling because of his family's poverty.

Chen Qiao, the prime minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was a very good talent. Lu Duoxun also told Emperor Shi, but he didn't think that he was too strong and loyal. On the day the Qin army entered the city, he hanged himself at home.

Similarly, Lu Jiang, a patrol inspector along the river in the Southern Tang Dynasty, died of a hunger strike after being captured.

Although Zhang Ji was tough in his words, he was very polite when the officials of the Ministry of Officials went, and he did not resist, surrendered smoothly, and was appointed by the Ministry of Rites.

And Xiao Yan was the toughest, and he was the Minister of Dali Temple in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Dali Temple is in charge of the world's judiciary, which is equivalent to the Supreme Court of later generations. It is responsible for the trial of criminal and prison cases. Generally, it needs an upright person to preside over it. The minister of Dali Temple in Qin State has been concurrently held by Dou Yi for a long time.

And Lu Duoxun has been in the south of the Yangtze River for so long, and when he reported to him, there were only three people who thought he was the most talented person. Tang Yanjiang inspector, Zhenjiang Jiedu envoy, Wuchang Jiedu envoy, and the general Lin Renzhao who stayed behind in the southern capital.

The three of them, Chen Qiao, committed suicide and died for the country, and the remaining Xiao Yan and Lin Renzhao were the ones that Emperor Shi paid close attention to.

Needless to say, Lin Renzhao had fought against them in Jiangbei more than ten years ago, and he was a capable man.

Xiao Yan and Lu Duoxun's evaluation of him was that he was upright, upright, clear in judgment, clean as water, and loyal to the Southern Tang court.

After the meeting, it was true. He was a diehard, and he only wanted to die in the prison of Dali Temple, but he would not surrender.

However, Emperor Shi also has his own ultimate move, which is to ask Li Yu to persuade him to surrender. The Tang Kingdom is gone, and Jiangnan is only a part of China. He has read history and should know this.

In the end, facing the former monarch Li Yu's persuasion to surrender, the old man couldn't hold back at all, and probably shouted, "The ministers are about to fight to the death, why did your majesty surrender first!"

Indeed, if even the lord surrendered, what would be the point of his allegiance to Jiangnan.

After crying, he asked for a pen and paper in the prison of Dali Temple, and wrote a letter to plead guilty. Finally, he was awarded an official position in Dali Temple by the imperial court and worked in Dali Temple.

As for Lin Renzhao, he had already seen clearly the gap between Jiangnan and Qin on the Jiangnan front, and agreed to surrender. After arriving in Daliang, Emperor Shi personally met him, and gave him wine to calm the shock, with a very high standard.

Later, Shi Congyun arranged him under Liu Renshan. They were all from the south, and they should get along better when working together.

Only Dang Jin, who had been captured by Lin Renzhao, had a lot of opinions on this matter. Every time he saw Lin Renzhao in court, he would blow his beard and stare, avoiding it.

Most of the remaining high-level generals who surrendered, such as Zhu Lingyun and Huangfu Jixun, were not given high-standard treatment by the imperial court, and the arrangements for them were also lacklustre.

Zhu Lingyun gave it to a military officer who was straight in the inner palace and stayed in Daliang.

Huangfu Jixun proved his incompetence in the battle of defending the city of Jinling, so he was only allowed by the court to return to Jiangnan without any appointment.
These successive arrangements, the aftermath of the fall of Jiangnan, did not end until the end of March in the first year of Kangding. Many people were released, some were killed, and some were used.

However, before these were dealt with, the treatment of Wu Yue had already been put on the agenda, and the officials of the Second Mansion and Three Divisions, Zhonghubu Division, Duzhi Division, Yantie Division, and the Ministry of Officials were almost too busy to touch the ground.

Fortunately, this kind of busyness is also a happy busyness. It is easier to deal with the fertile land of the thirteen prefectures of Wuyue's army than Jiangnan, because Wuyue's officials don't need to liquidate their crimes, and most of them can be directly appointed.

Of course, some key positions need to take measures to transfer them to the capital and arrange for capable officials from Qin to pass. The tax system, official system, and garrison changes are the most difficult places. As for ordinary people, there is almost no change, even how much tax is paid Nothing changes.

Several generations of monarchs in Wu and Yue have always implemented the national policy of "love and support the people", and the tax rate is not high, and it is almost the same after being connected to the Qin State.

However, the reason why Qin State’s tax rate has been low these years is not the same as that of Wu Yue. The emperor’s love for the people in history is mostly due to continuous expansion, supporting war with war, and eating war dividends.

By May of the first year of Kangding, Wu Yue's new personnel arrangements were basically completed, and then it would take some time for the deployment and replacement of the garrison.

The huge armed force of Wuyue Kingdom is also a problem that needs to be dealt with. Although Wuyue is a small place, it is rich and has a large population. There are 86 counties in thirteen prefectures, with a population of 1 million and 11 soldiers. 16 people, the number of troops maintained has always been quite a lot.

After being incorporated into the Qin State, the army defending the area must be maintained, but because of the protection of the Qin army, the local army will not be needed so much.

In the end, it was decided to disband the permanent garrison, maintain the local government soldiers to protect the environment and the people, and implement the same military service system as other places in Qin State. This requires the disbandment of [-] troops, and the demobilization cost is not a small expense.

These emperors gritted their teeth and endured them, and Wu Yue's taxes were enough to pay back.

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