Empress Mi Benji

Chapter 227 Same reaction

The uprisings in various places disrupted the family's plans. Zhuang Xun originally thought he would pry open the chestnuts one by one, but he didn't expect the chestnuts to explode on their own.

As a result, the road was smooth, and the rebels who were willing to surrender were accommodated, and a group of officials were even urgently mobilized to preside over the division of land.

The rebels who were unwilling to surrender were eliminated when necessary. Zhuang Xun showed no mercy. With such preparation, the sweet jujube stick was like an indestructible spear, piercing the hearts of the aristocratic families, and also made some erratic people sober. .

I only occupied the counties because the regular army did not come. Zhuang Xun's army is pressing down on the border, so he should think more about it.

When his mind was clear, his movements became numb, and he ate a pot of pulp to welcome the king's division. Zhuang Xun did not kill the donkey. As long as the rebel army surrendered, the leader would be given a small official position.

This makes the few isolated cities with elites not sure whether it is necessary to hold on. With no rear and no support, they can only hold on.

Zhuang Xun still played steadily and did not get dizzy due to the too easy victory. He continued to fight slowly in the face of these cities that had isolated him.

We should use trebuchets to attack the city. We don't expect these noble families to surrender. It's not easy to kill them if they surrender. After all, Zhuang Xun is not one of those shameless monarchs. He will kill others if they surrender without a fight. The whole family.

Zhuang Xun believed that he was very trustworthy, and if he agreed to something, unless the other party was really unwilling and wanted to make a comeback, he would just let it go if he let it go.

He couldn't do anything like cheating and killing, let alone the Sima family, he wouldn't do anything like Li Tang.

So if the other party doesn't surrender, it's good for him who has plenty of time. It's just a pity that the people can't farm in the spring, but after looking at the storage situation of Yu State in recent years, it's not bad.

King Yu was in a coma, and the people were not doing well, but the wealthy businessmen of the aristocratic families had a lot of food, and Zhuang Xun had almost eradicated them. There was indeed a lot of food, enough to last for several years.

Thinking about other people who traveled through time and had to scheming with aristocratic families, defrauding food with cunning schemes, and always being short of food, Zhuang Xun was much better off. Except for the first two years when he went to Jiannan, he had to consider food issues, and later became self-sufficient and after attacking Youguo, He didn't worry much about food, which was also the confidence for him to fight on two fronts.

The aristocratic family never thought that the accumulation of hundreds of years, and in some cases, the accumulation of thousands of years, would be plundered by Zhuang Xun, making Zhuang Xun rich.

Zhuang Xun is now thinking more about equipment and talent. After all, the largest talent supplier is from aristocratic families. The big aristocratic families are hostile, and there are also small aristocratic families and poor families, but the quality is indeed not as good as those carefully cultivated aristocratic families. , Secondly, loyalty is hard to say.

After all, the unified payment of grain by the gentry is too offensive. Who doesn't want to enjoy privileges? Zhuang Xun does not allow others to enjoy privileges. If the people support it, the officials may not support it.

It's a pity that things don't always go as Zhuang Xun expected. He works steadily and prepares to slowly solve these tough problems, but the issue of surrender arises again.

The troops in these isolated cities also rebelled, having interests and loyalty to the country.

Many of them were originally from the imperial army of the Yu State. They were all decent people and were not very greedy for Zhuang Xun's conditions for allocating the land, but they became a lonely army.

They also know that they have no one to support them. Facing a force several times their own, they will only die in battle with no hope of survival.

Whoever wants to die in battle with these aristocratic families is probably mentally ill. In such an obvious situation, it is not worth being buried with a big aristocratic family.

There is another problem, that is, Zhuang Xun is the king of Xia who succeeded the Yu Kingdom. He was willingly abdicated by the king of Yu and has orthodox legal tradition.

He resisted desperately, but he was ashamed of the imperial food he had eaten before. He became a rebellious minister and a traitor, and he was ashamed of his ancestors.

The current imperial army does not have the King of Henan to use as an excuse. Who do they protect? The orthodoxy of the Yu Kingdom is in the Xia Kingdom.

With this idea in mind, the lower-level officers who guarded the city mutinied, directly putting Zhuang Xun in a situation where he was drinking from the river.

Zhuang Xun saw their actions of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, and wanted to slow down the pace, digest more of his own land, and not make mistakes, but he couldn't bear the aristocratic family giving credit to them like this. In many places, the people captured the county and waited for the king's master. It was just summer. We have arrived south of the river.

Even a normal fight would not be so fast. Jian Qingbiye actually made a bad move and concentrated on publicizing Zhuang Xun's policies. Originally, in the villages that were isolated from each other, this kind of information was transmitted very slowly, and even passed from person to person. Yes, there is also demonizing propaganda, which is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Now they are glued together by them. The impoverished people hope for a savior. In comparison, Zhuang Xun, who is a human being, acts as this savior.

The policy that Zhuang Xun talked about but also put into action, to let the people have enough food to eat and wear warm clothes, spread to the ears of these people and spread to further places.

I didn’t believe it at first. None of these nobles took all their money and used it like sand. Then more and more news came out that everything could be false, but it was true that the people were allocated land.

That's enough, that's enough. It's enough for these people who have no hope and are numb. If someone is really willing to go against the aristocratic family and distribute the land to them, the vast number of poor people and tenants, that's enough.

Zhuang Xun felt that he had fallen, and now he could enjoy the service of his maids with peace of mind. He was surrounded by people who greeted him when he came in and out. He was corrupted and liked his beautiful concubine.

But in the eyes of the people, he is the savior and the reincarnation of Bodhisattva.

Successfully reaching the banks of the river, the new method was like a nose ring to soothe the irritable buffalo, and coupled with the army's butcher knife for slaughtering the buffalo, the peace in various places was extremely rapid.

Order, hope, these things were brought by Zhuang Xun, as well as stability, cutting through the mess with a sharp knife, and simply pacified Henan Road.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and the momentum was like a rainbow at the same time. The idea that the family had held on to for several years was like a wave, smashed into pieces, and the whole territory of Henan Road was captured.

Walking by the river, with its surging water, Zhuang Xun felt a sense of trance every time he saw the sea-like river, as if his spirit had entered another realm.

Remind him that this is not the ancient times of his hometown, this is a world of gods and gods, and animals are also all kinds of strange. Don't always substitute the experience of your hometown into this.

The hills in the distance echoed with the people's folk songs, which were their yearning for a better life. I remember that there were many songs praising him and Siqin Mi in You Country, but they probably haven't spread yet.

Some places can be replanted, and some places have already begun to grow summer crops. Zhuang Xun was thinking about whether to mobilize some food to avoid possible famine, but turned around and saw Li Rusi's strange expression.

Li Rusi accompanied him to observe the terrain. The next step was to cross the river to attack Chengguo's mainland, and to eliminate the Cheng army in Hebei Province. Now the whole army is in repair.

Li Rusi stood next to Zhuang Xun, with an inexplicable emotion on her face. She couldn't say she was aggrieved, but she looked depressed at the same time.

"Why are you conquering Henan Road? Aren't you happy?" Sensing Li Rusi's mood, Zhuang Xun looked at the river and looked back at her.

It is still inconvenient to hug her in front of outsiders, after all, she is not in the harem establishment now.

But who doesn't know the relationship between the two parties? The attendants, except Lan Qiu, all took the initiative to retreat to a certain distance.The beautiful woman in armor said with some discomfort: "Oh, I originally thought that we were going to fight a few tough battles, big battles, but I didn't expect that we would be encircling and suppressing some bandits and refugees who had fallen into bandits."

She wanted to show her military prowess, but she didn't expect that they were all chickens and dogs. They couldn't withstand a touch at all. Li Rusi felt helpless as if she had punched cotton.

The collapse was too fast. I didn't even have time to think about it. The army rushed to the edge of the river. In response to those words, why did you fall down before you even used any force?

"Isn't this great? The Hebei Road was captured, and the troops were directed towards Jidu, taking away the old father-in-law's lair."

Zhuang Xun smiled. Victory came easily. Although he kept telling himself not to drift, he still developed confidence.

"I can do my best to destroy Cheng Guo's ancestral temple and ruin his luck. If dad comes to help, surround him and catch him off guard."

Li Rusi imagined that as long as Li Pingyuan's main force was defeated, Chengguo would be within easy reach.

"Can your father fall into this kind of strategy? I think it would be good if we can capture Hebei Road before he comes back. Just line up behind and fight him. A strange strategy is good, but the risk is high. Our family is a big business You don’t want to take such a risk.”

Zhuang Xun now has the power of two countries, so he can't take risks when dealing with Li Pingyuan, who has the power of one country. Li Pingyuan has many aristocratic families in the country and is not able to organize the country's resources. Zhuang Xun has less obstacles here and can better control the country's resources. The longer he delays The more beneficial it is to Zhuang Xun.

It's just that Zhuang Xun didn't want to delay him. Zhao Guo's problem was imminent. Zhao Guo was really in trouble, so he slowly waited for death. He wanted to pacify Cheng Guo every minute and use all his strength to suppress Zhao Guo.

But he knew not to be impatient, so he insisted on playing slow and steady, lest he be overturned by his father-in-law before facing Zhao Guo.

"We are all relatives in Hebei Province. During the rest period, we will send people to persuade them to surrender. If we don't surrender, we will have to fight with each other."

Zhuang Xun thought of something and reminded Li Rusi that Hebei Province had never been under his direct control. Some exchanges of interests had been made at that time, so most of the officials came from the Li family.

They are all members of the Li family, so Li Pingyuan can easily occupy Hebei Road, win Henan Road, and finally advance to Yindu. Now he wants to attack Chengguo. Except for Jiannan Road, which is the only road that can approach Jidu, Hebei Road is the only one. .

"I shouldn't have promised them in the first place, and now I have to remove it. It's really troublesome." Li Rusi muttered, they are all relatives, and they always have to show some affection.

When we exchanged grain, population, daily necessities, and even farm tools for the impoverished Jiannan Dao, the loss was not a loss in terms of value. But now that this situation has become an obstacle in front of Zhuang Xun, it seems that he was short-sighted in the first place. .

"If you don't agree to them, you won't have today. Don't think too much, just get over any obstacles. Prepare the boats to cross the river, and let the direction of Jiannan also prepare for defense. On one side, you must attack, and on the other side, you must also defend."

Zhuang Xun didn't know anything about military affairs. He just ordered based on common sense and said what came to mind. He had no plans. He listened to the generals' discussions for many of his words.

"It has been arranged, so don't worry. Your majesty, a holy emperor, will be blessed by the gods and win the battle. You see, all the enemies we encounter will surrender."

As expected, Li Rusi had already thought about these things. Zhuang Xun's advice was unnecessary. Zhuang Xun didn't need to worry about Li Rusi's ability to march and fight.

"You don't know me yet, what about the Holy Emperor? There are just too many surrender factions. They just want to survive when there is a little difficulty. It's all because of their weakness."

Zhuang Xun looked around, glanced at Li Rusi, and once again gave up the idea of ​​holding Li Rusi's hand. The environment was not good.

"So it seems that your Majesty is strong, doesn't it? Your Majesty never surrenders. He does this when he is a civilian, he does this when he is a border official, and he does this when he is a prince. This is your majesty's integrity."

Li Rusi's words were addressed to His Majesty, which made Zhuang Xun feel angry, but she took the initiative to hold Zhuang Xun's hand to comfort him, and Zhuang Xun felt that it didn't matter.

"What kind of integrity do you deserve? Speaking of surrender, your sister is also going to surrender to us. What does she want? Isn't her current status enough?"

Zhuang Xun held Li Rusi's jade hand. He had also been puzzled by this issue for a long time. The intermittent information had only stabilized recently. The information was still sparse, and they only talked about Li Pingyuan's movements.

"I thought about it for a long time and realized that what my sister seems to want is the opportunity to enter the officialdom. The eldest sister is a proud woman. She believes that her own value should be reflected in governing the country..."

"Report, urgent military information." Before Li Rusi could finish her analysis of her sister, urgent military information interrupted her.

The messenger knelt down and presented the information. Zhuang Xun took the information and waved his hand for the messenger to go down.

"As expected, King Qinghe was defeated and died. Now Li Pingyuan is clearing out his remaining forces."

Zhuang Xun took the letter, looked at it and shook his head. King Qinghe really couldn't delay Li Pingyuan for too long. She gave the letter to Li Rusi and said with emotion that the death was too careless.

"Didn't King Qinghe have weapons and armor supported by the Zhao Kingdom? He just left the stage so easily without causing any harm to my father?"

After receiving the letter, Li Rusi was stunned. She looked at the intelligence information and said to herself: "Where is his brain? Does he think everything will be fine if he burns the food and grass? How can he let the main force stand out?"

The letter describes that in the first stage, King Qinghe sent people to burn Li Pingyuan's grain and grass. At this time, Li Pingyuan retreated, seemingly preparing to retreat. Then King Qinghe led tens of thousands of cavalry in pursuit, and was finally ambushed and annihilated. Li Pingyuan Almost nothing was lost.

There were twists and turns, my mood was up and down, and I didn't know whether to lament that King Qinghe was stupid or regret that he had not caused any harm to Li Pingyuan.

The others were defeated early without food and grass, so how could they fight back? King Qinghe probably thought the same way, so he fell into the trap.

"We need to speed up the recovery of Hebei Road now, otherwise we will be in dire straits when my old father-in-law turns around."

Zhuang Xun thought that he had quickly dealt with the aristocratic family in Henan Road. Compared with his old father-in-law, he still seemed to be one level behind.

"That's what it should be. At least take back the four counties in the south of Henan Province. We can't use these counties as a springboard for Chengguo..."

The military situation is urgent, and planning the next work is no longer in the mood to watch the scenery.

"Report, urgent military information." The discussion between the two was interrupted again.

Zhuang Xun frowned and took the letter, his brows relaxed, and there was even a smile on his lips, gloating about his misfortune.

"Large-scale uprisings broke out in the northeast and northeast of Zhao State."

(End of this chapter)