Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 544 Liu Yan's Gift

Bianjing, Yanhe Hall.

"Your Majesty, this is the report of military achievements sent by Yao Neibin, Dong Zunhui, Li Hanchao, and Ma Renyu, as well as the local situation sent by the supervisor."

Han Wei handed over the memorabilia he had compiled to Luo Youdu.

Luo Youdu briefly read the battle report sent by the four generals.

As he had imagined, the battle report was extremely simple.

The strength of the Dingnan Army has been exhausted in the long-term confrontation.

Li Guangrui exhausted the national treasury, so naturally he could only suck the blood of the people, and when the people couldn't suck it anymore, they attacked the rich families in the territory.

Sucking, sucking, naturally becoming an enemy.

In fact, Li Guangrui's ability to persevere until today has exceeded Luo Youdu's expectations.

It is completely unreasonable for Li Guangrui to blame his ancestors.

If it weren't for the kindness accumulated by the Li family in the five prefectures of Dingnan over the past century, there would have been no country like Xixia in history.

In history, Li Jipeng took the initiative to go to Kaifeng, Tokyo, the capital of the Song Dynasty, to make a pilgrimage to Zhao Kuangyi of the Song Dynasty, and asked to donate to the Song Dynasty the land of Yin, Xia, Sui, and You, the four prefectures and eight counties that had been kept for generations, and give up the separatist regime.

Li Jiqian didn't want the Li family's foundation to be ruined, so he fled with only a dozen people, and then recruited tens of thousands of troops with the help of the portrait of his distant ancestor Tuoba Sizhong.

This is the prestige and virtue accumulated by the Tuoba clan in Dingnan for a hundred years.

The reality is the same, Luo Youdu is trapped in Dingnan, constantly sending troops to attack and harass, making Dingnan's supplies short and life unsustainable.In an ordinary place, it would have collapsed long ago.

If it weren't for the Li family's century-old business, how could it be difficult to persist until today?

It was his Li family father and son's ambition that caused all this to happen.

The common people want to live, and the wealthy family also wants to live with their own people.

Li Guangrui didn't even give them the most basic means of survival, so what can they expect?
The surrender of the difficult states is no longer a moral issue, it is the instinct of survival.

Apart from encountering some resistance in Xiazhou, the stronghold of the Li family, the seizure of the four states can be described as smooth sailing.

Luo Youdu put the battle report aside, and asked: "How many people are there in the direct line of the Li family and the Tuoba family?"

Han Wei replied, "About five hundred people."

Luo Youdu thought for a while and said, "Move them to Jiaozhi."

The Tuoba clan is the common surname of the Dangxiang clan, and keeping them in the northwest will cause certain troubles.

On the grassland, a surname can often recruit a group of people to work for it.

Jiaozhi needs to be filled with some Han people, and most of the Dangxiang people are Sinicized. When it comes to Jiaozhi, they are no different from the Han people.

Do you still expect Yuemang people to recognize party members?

This kind of thing does not need to be ordered by Luo Youdu himself, and the Privy Council will issue an appointment.

Luo Youdu continued to open up the information about the Sizhou of Yinxia from the supervising army.

"The four prefectures of Xia, Yin, You, and Jing experienced famine, floods and droughts, military service was transferred, disease died, and the people were scattered. From ten to five or six miles away, there were no chickens crowing or dogs barking."

That looks miserable, but it's actually discounted a bit.

It is true that Luo Youdu was in trouble, and at the same time, he left a way for the people who were in trouble to surrender.

Originally, Dingnan Wuzhou was located between the yellow sand desert, and the land was barren and unsuitable for human survival.

The reason for the rise is really because of the chaos in the Central Plains, the continuous military disasters, and the people fleeing to Dingnan Wuzhou.

Now it will be difficult to besieged by the Central Plains, and it will be difficult to make a living. Naturally, many people have turned to the Central Plains.

Now the land of the four prefectures is exhausted. Although it is caused by wars and disasters, most of the people return to the south, resulting in a population emptiness.

This is also the effect Luo Youdu would like to see.

Within 20 years, it is impossible for Yinxia to cause another disturbance.

They have more than 20 years to govern the Yinxia area.

Luo Youdu picked up the vermilion pen, walked to the big map on the right side of Yanhe Hall, and assigned the difficult places to the imperial court.

"Next... it's Yun Jiuzhou and Northeast!"

Luo Youdu looked at the map, his heart was quite agitated.

"By the way..." Luo Youdu suddenly thought of something, and said, "Where is Lin Renzhao? Counting the time, he should be back soon!"

Han Wei said without hesitation: "According to the agreed time, Dudu Lin should have arrived at Dengzhou Water Village long ago, but because it is the windy season, there will be a delay for some days, probably only these two days..."

Luo Youdu nodded to express his understanding.

On the third day, Luo Youdu got the news from Lin Renzhao, heaved a sigh of relief, and then ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the prisoner offering ceremony.

With Pan Mei's credit for destroying the Southern Han Dynasty, the prisoner offering ceremony should have been done a long time ago.

It's just that without Liu Yu, a big fish, presenting captives seems dull.

Anyway, Pan Mei, the great hero, was still in Lingnan to clear up internal troubles, so she simply put it aside. Most of the captives captured from the Southern Han Dynasty were arranged by him to Longyou to enrich the population.

During Lin Renzhao's Southern Expedition, he accidentally captured Liu Yan from Hualu Cave, and confiscated the treasures he brought back from the Southern Han Dynasty, which happened to be done together.

After Lin Renzhao returned to Beijing, the first thing he did was to return to the palace.

"The last general, Lin Renzhao, has met His Majesty!"

Lin Renzhao saluted Luo Youdu furiously.

Luo Youdu laughed and walked down quickly from the top, helped Lin Renzhao up, and said: "The governor led my Dayu navy to cross the South China Sea, and shocked the southern countries. It's amazing!"

Lin Renzhao bowed and said, "It's all due to His Majesty's foresight, and I dare not take credit for it."

During Guo Rong's time, Luo Youdu persuaded Guo Rong to develop his nautical ships and deepen his contacts with Wu Yue.

After five or six years of development, the Luoyu court gradually recovered the technology of Tang Gaozong's Li Zhi's [-] water army to fight across the sea, and also summed up the shipbuilding skills of Wuyue, Jiangnan, and Quanzhang to build new navigating ships.

Wuyue, Jiangnan, and Quanzhang all attached great importance to naval forces. They had high-quality shipbuilding timber there, and successfully built two large sea warships named Donghai Ship and Nanhai Ship.

As the name suggests, one was left in the Dengzhou Water Village as the main ship of the East China Sea, and the other was left in the South China Sea as the main ship of the South China Sea Navy.

Luo Youdu said: "This good warship is like a good horse, only a hero can match it."

Lin Renzhao grinned, he likes good horses, and he also likes good ships.

The East China Sea Ship really appealed to him.

"Your Majesty, I have something to present to Your Majesty." Lin Renzhao thought for a while, and said, "It's not a gift from the General, but from Liu Yu... The General didn't expect Liu Yu to have a pair of skillful hands."

Luo Youdu was greatly surprised, Liu Yu's gift?
He became interested and said, "Let someone present it!"

Not long after, a servant brought a green grass dragon.

Luo Youdu's eyes lit up, and he strode forward, holding the grass dragon in his hands. Since he became emperor, he has become more and more fond of dragons, such legendary creatures.

The grass dragon is quite heavy to hand, about one catty, and it is woven lifelike. The dragon scales, claws and whiskers are clearly visible, exactly the same as the one in the legend.

"Is this really Liu Yan's weaving?"

Luo Youdu couldn't believe his eyes.

Lin Renzhao said: "I saw him knitting with my own eyes, it's not fake at all. If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe that Liu Yan has this ability..."

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