Humane Yongchang

Chapter 277
Chen Sheng rushed into the county government office in a hurry, and a large number of guards and patrons trotted after him.

Li Si, who had been waiting inside, heard the footsteps and quickly got up and bowed: "My ministers pay tribute to my king, long live my king, long live, long live."

"Mr. Li has been waiting for a long time."

Chen Sheng helped him up, took the bamboo basket from the guard behind him, lifted the sackcloth covering the bamboo basket, and said cheerfully, "Just right, this is a steamed cake made by my wife using this year's new wheat. , Duke Li and try it."

"This……"

Li Si looked at the simple bamboo basket in front of him with some dumbfoundedness, and the simple thick porcelain bowl in the bamboo basket, then looked at the gebu bunt on Chen Sheng's body, and his pair of straw sandals that were still sticking to the soil. what a feeling.

There are many people in the hall.

Only he is the least like the king.

"What's wrong? Can't you see?"

Seeing that he didn't move, Chen Sheng angrily put on the sackcloth again, and hugged the bamboo basket in his arms like he was protecting some kind of treasure: "I really don't know the goods, I would be reluctant to invite him to taste it for ordinary people!"

Li Si hurriedly grabbed his arm and said with a smirk, "How can it be, the minister just couldn't believe that the young master (the honorary title of the prince's wife) was still cooking in person, please be kind to the king..."

"late!"

Chen Sheng hugged the bamboo basket in his arms tightly, took off his muddy straw sandals with his left foot on his right foot, bent down and threw the straw sandals out of the hall by himself, and then strode towards the hall with bare feet: "Come here, follow me. Bring a basin of water."

Li Si looked at his brisk back, and wanted to laugh again, but his heart was unspeakably touched.

He has been an official in Luoyi for decades and has a very deep understanding of the official career.

In his cognition, once a thing like man is linked to the word power, then man is no longer just a man, but an appendage of power.

No matter if the person was poor, humble, or upright.

As long as he embarks on a career, the taste of power in his body will gradually outweigh his human taste!
What he thinks, what he says and does, and what he welcomes and sends, must first be in line with his position and power, and then he will be in line with him personally.

Moreover, the speed of this transformation will be faster than ordinary people imagine. The more prominent the official position, the faster the higher the authority!

The best example is, of course, the Son of Heaven!

No one is born to be the emperor, even if some people are destined to be the emperor, but as long as he is not the emperor one day, he will not have the consciousness of the emperor. .

But from the moment he sits on the dragon chair, since he has the consciousness that he is already the emperor, he will take it for granted that the sun, moon, mountains and rivers should revolve around him, and all the people in the world should crawl under his feet. , can no longer tolerate any disrespect, no longer tolerate any disobedience.

From the moment he sat on the dragon chair, he was just a "son of heaven"... He could be regarded as a divine dragon soaring in the nine heavens, or a ferocious tiger that chose to devour others, but he could no longer be regarded as a one person!

Most of the idiots who dare to treat the emperor as a man die very peacefully...

This knowledge helped Li Si to get involved in the Great Zhou Dynasty, never miss a beat, and rise step by step!
When he came to Chen Sheng alone, the cognition that used to be unfavorable in the past suddenly collapsed.

Li Si still can't forget the jubilant scene in the front line of Yingchuan, when Chen Sheng became the king of Han, more than [-] people in Chen County took to the streets, beating gongs and drums, and running to tell each other... That piece by Chen County The plaque of "Han Wang Palace", which was cast by all the people with one dollar per person, is now hung on the gate of the county government.

He personally followed the Great Zhou Emperor on his tour. He had personally seen tens of thousands of people kneeling and worshiping along the way, no one dared to look up at Wang Jia, and for a long time, he had personally participated in such a grand scene for himself. And proud!
Until that day, he saw with his own eyes more than [-] people in Chen County running back and forth on the streets and alleys, shouting hoarsely... He was shocked to realize that in the eyes of the people he saw when he went on a tour with the late emperor, only fear!

On that day, every Chen County citizen he saw was full of respect.

A scene where more than [-] people respect a person from the bottom of their hearts, love a person, and sincerely cheer for that person to become better...

He has only seen that once in his life!
Yes and only once!
Such people, such power... Chen Sheng is in this area of ​​Huaiyang, how is it different from Zhou Tianzi?
No, to be precise, it should be even more than that!

After all, Zhou Tianzi will also be restrained and violated by the three princes, Jiuqing, and aristocratic clans.

And Chen Sheng's will, in this area of ​​Huaiyang, is unimpeded and has no taboos!
Chen Sheng has come to where he is today, if according to his past knowledge, his throne should have overwhelmed his human taste!
He was dressed in brocade and attire, served as a bell-ringer and a cauldron, and made great efforts to build and collect Meiji.

He should be secluded, speak few words, act like a crowd, and speak in shock...

But he didn't!

He still lives in the shabby and cramped small courtyard of Changning Square that doesn't even have a maid, he still wears simple clothes sewed by the young master himself, and he still sees the sky running around and can't see anyone...

Whenever there is an important matter, he is either teaching at Jixia Academy, or Plum Blossom Villa and a group of lowly craftsmen do low-level crafts together, or he is raining in the fields... The guards followed, and a person was running around in Chen County.

For a long time, Li Si only regarded Chen Sheng's actions as superficial skills viewed by outsiders.

After all, he has defied the world to become king himself, and it is clear that he is a careerist who is dominated by the desire for power. How could he still have such a strong human flavor?
Until later, Li Si suddenly realized that from the first day he met Chen Sheng, Chen Sheng had always been like this.

It was like this for the fake county of Chen County, it was like this for the Cavalry Commander, it was like this for the commander of the Red Army, and it is still like this for the King of Han today.

Only his status and power changed.

He has been standing still in the center of the power, motionless.

The people next to you are the appendages of power.

Unique to Chen Sheng, power became his accessory!

……

Chen Sheng wiped off the sticky sweat on his body, put the face towel back into the copper basin, exhaled a breath of turbid air comfortably, and said casually: "Tell me, urging me to come back in such a hurry, is it because the Great Zhou court handed it over? Xin'er is here?"

Li Si was stunned for a while, as if he couldn't react. He hadn't even opened his mouth yet. How could Chen Sheng already know.

After he came back to his senses, he hurriedly stood up and clasped his hands: "Your Majesty Mingcha..."

Chen Sheng pressed his hands and interrupted his defense angrily: "Sit down and talk slowly, don't be surprised, do you think I don't believe you?"

Li Si smiled, sat back on the chair of the Grand Master, and bowed his hands with sincerity: "Your Majesty is looking at Qiuhao, it is indeed Luoyi's old acquaintance with birds who communicated to the lower ministers, saying that the court intends to confer the throne of the Great King Han..."

"The premise is that I march the Northern Army back to Yingchuan, right?"

Chen Sheng sneered, took out a piece of steamed cake from the bamboo basket on the table, tore it and put it in his mouth: "You old friends don't do well either, such stupid ideas are all mixed up. !"

Li Si San slammed his hands and said, "The minister is frightened..."

Chen Sheng pondered for a few breaths, turned his head and said to the audience standing on the steps beside him: "Go to the secret place and get the battle report of the Northern Expedition Army today!"

"only!"

The audience bowed their hands and hurriedly walked out of the county governor's office.

Chen Sheng tore the steamed cake unhurriedly, thinking while eating.

He raised troops to attack Guancheng, mainly to let out a bad breath.

Along the way, he lit up his muscles with the Great Zhou court, reminding the Great Zhou court to treat his Chenjun group with caution in the future, and not to use any indiscriminate tricks on his Chen Sheng's head.

Although those tricks are not very hurtful and humiliating, they are very responsive.

However, after careful analysis, the strategic significance of opening Guancheng for the Chenjun Group is not very big.

At least for now, it doesn't make much sense strategically.

There is a saying that "a tiger stands with its bones dead".

Da Zhou is not dead yet, and he still has nearly 200 million soldiers under his hands.

He really wants to force the Great Zhou court to jump over the wall, and he is desperate to dispatch troops to fight with his Chenjun group in the future, can he catch it?
He can't take it!

Even if you barely catch it, your vitality will be greatly damaged, and the good situation will be ruined in one fell swoop...

If he falls, neither the Great Zhou court nor the Taiping Road will give him a chance to stand up again!

Therefore, forcibly holding Guan Cheng in his hands is a detrimental and unhelpful thing to him and the Great Zhou court.

He had to always be on guard against the Great Zhou court's dog jumping over the wall and gathering heavy troops to attack.

The Great Zhou court also had to be on guard against him at all times, and he would raise troops to attack Luoyi.

If we really want to end up in such a situation, it will only be cheaper for Taipingdao. Zhang Ping, Ren Xiao and others are so happy that they wake up laughing when they fall asleep.

But now it's almost the same if you don't fight. Even if you want to withdraw, you must get enough benefits before withdrawing!

Anyway, his Chenjun Group and the Great Zhou court have already completely torn their faces, and there is no such thing as being ruthless...

While Chen Sheng was thinking about it, the audience went back and forth, and presented a volume of documents with lacquer in the confidential place before Chen Sheng's case.

He opened the document and scanned it quickly.

Today's battle report of the North Army is not much different from yesterday's battle report. The [-] Army of the North Army surrounded Guancheng, but did not attack it.

About ten days ago, Li Xin had already commanded the North Army to arrive at Guancheng City.

However, because the remnants of ZhangHan retreated to Guancheng, they stayed behind closed doors and defended the city. If they forcibly raised troops to attack the city, the North Army might suffer heavy casualties.

Li Xin did not dare to make this decision, so Feiqin passed the letter back to Chen County and asked Chen Sheng for instructions.

After receiving Li Xin's request for instructions, Chen Sheng instructed him to command the Northern Army to surround Guancheng, but not attack.

Zhang Han's [-]-[-] remnants were a great help for defending the city, but they were also a big burden.

Under the circumstance of cutting off the supply of food and grass, just relying on the power of Guancheng to support the fifty or sixty thousand big-bellied men, within half a month, Guancheng will be able to destroy himself without attacking!

Chen Sheng expected that the Great Zhou court was so eager, and even a little humbly, through Li Silai to discuss the matter of retreating with him, because Guancheng was almost exhausted...

For the Great Zhou court, the [-] or [-] or [-] disabled soldiers in Zhang Han's life and death matter are small, but Guancheng's gains and losses are big!
If the Zhengbei Army wins Guancheng, it means that the Chenjun Group has a complete logistical supply line for attacking Luoyi.

At that time, as long as Chen Sheng is happy, he can attack Luoyi City at will!

Luoyi used to have 40 imperial guards.

Previously, 20 forbidden troops followed Wang Jiandong out of Sizhou to attack the headquarters of Taiping Road in Jizhou.

At present, Wang Jian's army only has hundreds of thousands left, stationed near Ji County, Hanoi County, in the southeast of Sizhou.

[-] people went south with Zhang to attack Yingchuan, and now there are only [-] or [-] soldiers left. They are still surrounded by Li Xin in Guancheng. It is a matter of life or death!

In other words.

Today, the capital city of Dazhou and the center of Kyushu are only guarded by [-] imperial troops!

Zhang Han's 15 troops failed to withstand the red-clothed army for a while, so what can the remaining [-] people do?

Under such a situation, it was definitely not just the Ji family who were panicking in the courtroom...

……

When Chen Sheng sorted out his thoughts, His Royal Highness Li Si had finished drinking three cups of tea.

Chen Sheng put down the documents in his hand, and Li Si quickly put down the tea cup in his hand.

Chen Sheng said in a deep voice: "Those old friends who you told you want my Red Army to retreat. You can exchange it for grain, 100 million shi of grain, [-] head of livestock, as long as the grain is free from mildew and corruption within three years." New food, livestock, pigs, cattle and sheep are all acceptable!"

"I don't care how they raise it, within eight days, it will be sent to the hands of my Red Army of Guancheng!"

"One day later or one stone less, then you don't have to give it away. My Red Army will go to Luoyi to pick it up!"

At this point, he knocked on the case a few times, and said in a serious tone: "Listen clearly, I'm not bargaining with them, and they don't have the capital to bargain with me, either give food or prepare to move the capital!"

"I Chen Sheng said, do it!"

Li Si frowned, and after hesitating for a few breaths, he held his hands and said, "Your Majesty, is this condition too harsh? I'm afraid the Great Zhou court will not accept it."

He spoke very tactfully.

In fact, Chen Sheng's condition is more than harsh!
It is simply a bite on the seven inches of the Great Zhou court!

It must be known that the Great Zhou court supported Wang Jian's 25 troops to confront the Taiping Road headquarters in Jizhou for nearly a year, and the money and food consumed was definitely an astronomical figure!
In addition, in the past two years, Jizhou and Yanzhou have failed to harvest, and Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou have fallen into the hands of Taipingdao. The money and grain of the Great Zhou court were not very rich!

If another 100 million stones, fodder, and [-] heads of livestock are produced, not to mention the end of this year, even the end of next year, the Great Zhou court may not be able to slow down!
"They will agree..."

Chen Sheng was very satisfied with Li Si's thinking and said with a determined smile: "Even if they want to refuse, someone will force them to agree!"

This kind of opportunity to take the initiative to deliver the knife to the door is too rare!

If he didn't seize the opportunity to slaughter Da Yi Dao, he would be too sorry for his business background!

Besides, it's a war, it's just money and money!
For every point in Da Zhou's family background, his pressure will be reduced by one point in the coming year!
For every point of his Chenjun Group's wealth, his confidence in the coming year will be even greater!
This is a win-win!
　Tenosynovitis has occurred again, and I have endured the pain to code words. The speed is so slow that it is only updated now. I'm sorry gentlemen... Kneel.

　　
　
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