Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 761 Please Retreat

As soon as Li Jian left Guangling, several small rebellions broke out in Ning and Guangzhou.

The Baiyue tribe in the mountains colluded with the remnants loyal to Jin and Chu, and encouraged the mountain people to rise up and attack the county.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty mainly dealt with the prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River and the sea, mainly the five prefectures of Jing, Jiang, Yang, Guang, and Jiao. Although prefectures and counties were set up in the inland mountainous areas, their control was not strong, and many areas were still controlled by Yi. in the hands of the people.

When the two states of Ning and Guang were in chaos, the Linyi state in the south also took advantage of the situation and came to harass Jiaozhi and massacre the people in the border areas.

"Raising troops for a thousand days and using them for a while, Wu Hui's opportunity has come to help." Li Yue had already anticipated the rebellion in Ningguang and Guangzhou.

Ningzhou is actually the Nanzhong area. In the seventh year of Taishi (271) of the Western Jin Dynasty, the three counties of Jianning, Xinggu and Yunnan in Yizhou and the Yongchang County in Jiaozhou were established to establish the Ningzhou Governor's History Department.

Since the Shu Han Dynasty, rebellion has been a staple food.

As for Guangzhou, the rebellion was mainly caused by the barbarians in the mountains.

Li Jian moved 200,000 barbarians to fill Huainan, but did not cut off their roots.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid Wu Hui will take the opportunity to grow stronger." Wang Meng cupped his hands and said.

During the Soochow Dynasty, the powerful Jiangdong plundered the Shanyue population. The strong ones became soldiers and the weak ones supplemented their households. When the Sima clan destroyed Soochow, half of the 200,000 Wu troops were Yue people.

The reason why Zhuge Ke was favored by Sun Quan and became the Minister of Tuogu was because he won a complete victory in the expedition against Shanyue. He conquered more than 100,000 people. He alone expanded the army to 40,000, 30,000 were awarded to generals, and 10,000 served as subordinates. song.

Dealing with the barbarians in the mountains is the traditional skill of Wu Hui's powerful men.

"I heard that when the prince was guarding Guangling, he had many contacts with powerful people in the south of the Yangtze River?" Li Yue said with a smile.

After pacifying Jiangnan, the prince's power became unprecedentedly powerful.

This is a noble nobleman coming up after smelling it.

Wang Meng's pupils shrank sharply, "Your Highness will deal with Jiangdong affairs, so he will naturally interact with the powerful Jiangnan nobles."

Li Yi is dishonest, and Li Jian will also have his own considerations. He is now not only Li Yue's son, but also the prince of Liang, with his own power and interest groups.

Human hearts and human nature are always complicated, especially when faced with the huge temptation of power. Even without Li Yi, would the other princes be honest?

However, everything is still under Li Yue's control. Both of them are smart and have not crossed the line.

"There's no need to worry about Jing Lue. I'm just talking. The prince is benevolent and filial, and he will be a wise king. As for the powerful Jiangdong, I have other uses. The conquest of Nanyi is just the beginning."

The roots of Wu Hui's power are in Wu County and Kuaiji. The monks can escape but cannot escape the temple. This is their fatal weakness.

Once there is a change, Jingxiang, Guangling, Hefei, and Haihai will be surrounded.

"What your Majesty said is true. Using Wu Hui's power can indeed reduce the court's investment." Wang Meng also figured it out.

Li Yue nodded, "Yes, we are about to use troops on the grassland to conquer the country of Dai, and the south will be handed over to the powerful Wu Hui."

"I have been feeling physically and mentally exhausted recently. I would like to take a rest for half a year. I hope your Majesty will grant me permission." Wang Meng cupped his hands and said.

"You, Wang Jinglue, will take the initiative to take a break?" Li Yue laughed, but in his heart he knew that Wang Meng was avoiding suspicion and did not want to get involved in the dispute between the princes.

Wang Meng also laughed, "I am also an ordinary person. It is human nature to be sick, old and weak."

"It's okay to rest for a while. Now the three provinces and six ministries are performing their own duties. There is no need to do everything personally. My second brother found a pair of five-hundred-year-old ginseng and gave them to you." Li Yue said sincerely.

It's better for Wang Meng to stay away from the edge for a while, so as not to be caught in the middle and be unhappy at both ends.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I have something to say that I am unhappy with."

"You and I have been kings and ministers for many years, but still have to do this? But it doesn't matter!"

"Your Highness is smarter and more tolerant than ordinary people. Your prince's benevolence and filial piety are the foundation of the country and cannot be shaken." Wang Meng was extremely serious.

Li Yue put away the smile on his face and said seriously: "I have written down what Jing Lue said."

Wang Meng cupped his hands deeply, took a few steps back, turned and left. Li Yue believed in Li Jian's filial piety to him, but did not believe that an interest group with the status of a prince would remain honest under various temptations.

For an emperor, he must not only have the ability to support the prince, but also have the strength to hold him down. This is the rule of the power game.

Otherwise, the prince's power will exceed that of the emperor, which will lead to greater tragedy.

There are too many such things in history, including the Tuoba family, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, and the eldest brother of the Zhao family.

This was Li Yue's intention to pull Li Yi. It was not really to make the two sons fight to the death, but to restrain and balance the strength of the prince's line, and at the same time take the opportunity to suppress the powerful nobles.

Otherwise, the Prince's line will have no rivals at the same level and will expand crazily, and one day it will look up.

Power will not be merciful because of father and son.

Once the wolf king weakens, other male wolves in the wolf pack will take his place.

Li Yue is twenty-two years old this year. According to his current physical condition, he can still sit for at least fifteen years. Who can guarantee that the people in the Prince Group will behave according to the rules in these fifteen years?

Living in such an era, Li Yue believed in himself even more.

Father and son are father and son, monarch and minister are monarch and minister.

After all, the prince is still a minister, and this has not changed.

As for Li Yi's ambition, Li Yue chuckled. It would be abnormal to have no ambition these days.

"Your Majesty, Tiangongyuan is here today to report that it has developed a water-powered spinning wheel!" The eunuch Zhou Jixiang's sharp voice came from outside the palace.

"It took more than half a year to finally get it done!" Li Yue was overjoyed.

The Byzantines traveled thousands of miles for silk. Starting from Cao Wei, they sent envoys several times.

The same goes for Sassanid Persia, who were so obsessed with this stuff that they even sent craftsmen to sneak in, trying to secretly learn how to make silk.

Li Yue followed the example of the Shu Han Dynasty and set up Jinguan. In addition to silk, ceramics, tea, paper, and lacquerware were all under supervision.

When I arrived at Tiangongyuan, I saw Liu Caozhi tinkering with a pile of woodware by the inland river.

Three feet long and one foot high, a large wheel is placed in the water and slowly rotates with the water flow, driving the rotation of the entire spinning wheel.

Ordinary spinning wheels usually have two to five spindles, but this kind of water-powered spinning wheel has as many as twenty spindles, which is equivalent to an increase of six to ten times in efficiency.

But what was being spun was linen and silk, and the cotton was thrown aside.

"Why not spin cotton?" Li Yue asked.

Liu Caozhi didn't even raise his head, and was as eccentric as ever, "Why do you want to spin cotton?"

Li Yue was almost offended by his words. Wasn't he just spending so much money to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts to keep out the cold?

"It turns out that His Majesty arrived, but I was unaware..." Only then did Liu Caozhi realize that it was Li Yue.

"Why not spin cotton?" Li Yue asked again.

"Your Majesty, the cotton thread is too short and the water-powered spinning wheel is too fast and breaks easily. This material is suitable for spinning linen and silk. Cotton can only be spun by hand."

After spending so much effort, Li Yue still couldn't spin cotton, which made Li Yue feel a little depressed.

The road to technology is really difficult, and every step is a hurdle.

"May I ask Your Majesty, why do you want to spin cotton?" Liu Caozhi said again.

"You didn't know this..." Halfway through his words, Li Yue was stunned and suddenly understood what he meant.

(End of this chapter)