A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 39
"Big brother, big brother!" A teenager ran over excitedly.

"Shut up, there are only soldiers in the barracks!" Xu Lie said with a stern face.

"Yes, General!" The young general immediately withdrew his smile and gave a military salute solemnly.

After seeing the young general salute, Xu Lie glared at him angrily, and said, "Tell me, what trouble did you cause again?"

The young general looked around, and then whispered: "Brother, I didn't cause any trouble, this time we caught a big fish!"

"What big fish and small fish! Are you finished with the tasks entrusted to you?" Xu Lie said with a bad face.For his youngest brother, he is also a little helpless. As the youngest son of the family, he has been favored since he was a child, but fortunately he has not grown into a playboy. This time he was not wanted to fight against the Han country, but this kid actually went there in person. Your Majesty begs to come and join the navy.

"It's over." Xu Hong said, and then whispered to Xu Lie: "Brother, we caught Hanhou this time!"

"Hanhou?" Xu Lie's complexion changed, and he hurriedly asked: "Isn't Hanhou in Linhuai, Handu? Why are you here?"

Xu Lie's navy originally planned to intercept those Han nobles who were going south, but they unexpectedly captured Han Hou, which is a great achievement!

"I heard from his entourage that General Wei defeated Linhuai in the first battle, and Hanhou escaped from the secret road in the palace city and led people south to the state of Wu! Then we caught him!" Xu Hong said.

"Brother, what about Hanhou?"

"Catching Hanhou is indeed a great achievement, but if Hanhou is alive, it will not be a good thing for us to annex Han! At that time, according to his treatment as a prince, he cannot be killed, and he wants to entrust the fiefs and destroy the country. Endless heir!" Xu Lie thought for a while and said.

"Then let him drown! Anyway, in a water battle, it's normal for a few people to die!" Xu Hong said: "I'll arrange a few people to get things done!"

After saying that, Xu Hong was about to turn around and leave.

"Wait!" Xu Hong turned his head and looked at his brother suspiciously.

"You go to deal with other things, leave this matter to me." Xu Honggang wanted to object, but Xu Lie glared and said directly: "This is a military order!"

"Yes!" Xu Hong saluted unwillingly, then turned and left.

Xu Lie knew that killing princes without authorization was no small matter.Even if he is a public clan, it is not that easy to pass, so Xu Hong can't be allowed to do it.

The family of Xu also comes from Zi's surname, and is a descendant of Wang Tao, the Prime Minister of the Huai State. His mother was the daughter of the official family married by the daughter of the king of Xu State, and was the wife of King Wen Teng, so the surname was later changed to Xu.As a public office, the Xu family is in the same spirit as the Huai country, even if it is punished, it will not be serious.

The army conquered Han State, and the battle report of Han Hou's drowning was quickly sent to Huai State, and even the real death of Han Hou was also informed.Regarding Xu Lie's approach, Wang Zhao's heart moved slightly, Hanhou died as soon as he died, and things would be easier to handle.

"Your Majesty, after receiving your order, General Wei led a large army to set out and hoarded troops at the border. Han Yue, the general of the Han Kingdom, led the army to confront each other. The armies faced each other for a month. The nobles of the Han Kingdom exploited the people of the country, causing the people to flee.

General Wei accepted the people and gave them good farmland and houses. The people accepted them with salt, so they were willing to serve the army and sent a message to the Han army.The Han army's morale was shaken, Han Yue was unable to rule, and the army rioted.

General Wei took advantage of the situation to attack, smashed Hanyue, beheaded 3000 people, captured 15 people, and captured and killed [-] nobles.The whole army of the general guard was mobilized, and they marched quickly to surround Handu and Linhuai for two days.

At this time, the people in Linhuai were overwhelmed, and rioted in anger, attacking and killing the nobles. The morale of the Handu defenders plummeted and they were in a panic. General Wei ordered the army to attack the city.
In this battle, 1 people were beheaded, 37 people were surrendered, and [-] nobles were captured. Our army suffered very few casualties!

Another navy commander, Xu Lie, reported that 700 sailors of our army went out to battle and defeated Han's navy, captured 47 large ships, [-] small boats, and captured [-] people. , Hanhou fell into the water and drowned. "

Hearing the battle report, the ministers in the hall were shaken. Han Kingdom is not the Huaiyi tribe. Its soldiers are sharp and famous among other countries. If it is not for the smaller population, Han Kingdom is also a powerful country.

At the beginning, the ministers were not optimistic about the monarch's plan to annex Han, and they just cooperated with the emperor's order.But the result turned out to be so brilliant.

With the destruction of Han State, the territory of Huai State directly increased by one-third. More importantly, Huai State had stable mines and a large number of excellent craftsmen.

The nobles of the Han state amassed a large amount of wealth through grain, and were wiped out by the Huai state.Wang Lin would still like to thank these nobles, who took the burden of infamy, exploited the people, amassed money crazily, and finally gave him all the property selflessly, asked him to distribute part of it to the people, and then won the support of the people. These nobles were all buried by Wang Linhou.

Among the original lands of the nobles in Han Kingdom, apart from being returned to the common people, some were rewarded to meritorious ministers, and some became the land of the royal family.

The craftsmen of Han State were ordered by Wang Lin to migrate to Huai'an. These craftsmen had advanced casting technology and could not flow into other countries.

It only took a few days to conquer Han, but it took several years or even ten years to annex and digest Han.But fortunately, when the Han Kingdom fell, the people of the Han Kingdom hated the coquettish manipulations of the nobles and the public office of the Han Kingdom.After the distribution of land and food in Huai country, he soon returned to Huai country.

In addition to the common people, in order to prevent turmoil and even rebellion in the Han Kingdom, Wang Lin ordered all the nobles of the Han Kingdom to be moved to the Huai Kingdom and dispersed, and the land of these nobles was also replaced with the land of the Huai Kingdom.

After this operation, the country of Han was completely powerless to resist.On the other hand, a large number of mulberry trees are planted on the land of Han State.Wang Lin didn't ask people to cut them all down. After all, it takes several years for a mulberry tree to grow, so it would be a pity to cut it down.

More importantly, if these mulberry trees are used to raise silkworms, the silk production in Huai country will increase rapidly. By then, these silks will be traded with other countries, and the profits will be huge. The silk in Huaiyang is well-known.As for the farmland, there is a lot of wasteland in the wilderness, and the people are encouraged to reclaim it.

So Wang Lin left most of the mulberry trees. As for the mulberry trees planted on the farmland of the common people, the same area of ​​cultivated land was exchanged. Next, the edict encouraged pioneering. A common people can open up [-] acres of land, and these [-] acres of farmland can Tax exemption for five years, and after five years, only half of the tax will be collected.

At the same time, he ordered the promotion of cattle farming. Because of the lack of grain in Han, Wang Lin ordered the caravan to start transporting grain to Han again, but this time it was not sold at a low price, but at a low price.

After these edicts were issued, Han Kingdom quickly settled down and developed rapidly after the import of grain, cattle, salt and other commodities.

In the seventh year of Wang, Duke Wen conquered Han, divided the land and the people, encouraged farming and mulberry, and the land of Han prospered. —— "Zuo Zhuan Seven Years of Wang"

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