Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

第65章 列侯（特鸣谢书友2019…0700 1603…9946月票！）
In a short while, the black and yellow dragon flag of the Great Zhou Empire's "Dragon Xiang Army" was flying on the top of Jiangling City, and the sergeants guarding the city were all replaced by members of the First Corps.

After seeing that everything was done, Wanhu Jingsheng led a team of 1,000 soldiers and rode out of Jiangling City and rushed to the first army camp of the first corps.

The distance of twenty miles passed in an instant. Jing Sheng entered the camp, dismounted and handed the horse to his guards, then opened the curtain and walked into the main tent.

Army commander Hu Yanzan was sitting in the camp entertaining Gao Jichong and his party with a banquet. When he saw Jing Sheng making a done gesture to him, Hu Yanzan felt happy and waved:
"Jing Wanhu, thank you for your hard work, sit down and drink!"

After Jing Sheng sat down at a seat not far away, Hu Yanzan raised his glass and invited everyone in the audience to have a drink together. He turned to Gao Jichong and said:
"Envoy Gao Jiedu, Jiangling has been occupied by our army. Please sincerely surrender to our great Zhou Dynasty immediately, Envoy Gao Jiedu! Follow me, Sergeant Long Xiang, to Bianjing to meet His Majesty!

He still hasn’t lost his position as a feudal lord! "

When Gao Jichong heard this, he was shocked. The wine glass in his hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

Gao Jichong was horrified when he saw the wolf-like and tiger-like officers and soldiers of Dazhou's "Dragon Xiang Army" glaring at him, knowing in his heart that if he didn't agree, he would end up with blood splattered on the spot.

Gao Jichong hurriedly said:

"Reporting to General Huyan, the guilty minister is willing to carry a bush and go to Bianjing to plead guilty to His Majesty!"

Hu Yanzan reached out his right hand to stroke the thick beard under his chin with satisfaction, and said with a smile:

"In this way, Gao Jiedushi immediately followed the general into Jiangling City. After handing over the treasury, he set off for Bianjing to meet the Holy Spirit."

Gao Jichong had no choice but to get up from the table and follow Hu Yanzhan's army into Jiangling City.

Gao Jichong was escorted by Sergeant Long Xiang and returned to the beautiful Jiedu Envoy's residence. He took out the Jiedushi Envoy's seal and the Nanping treasury volume and presented them to Hu Yanzan.

There are more than 3 million taels of silver, 800,000 shi of grain, and a population of 125,600 households in Nanping.

Hu Yanzan immediately ordered the sergeants to take inventory of the treasury, and at the same time ordered Gao Jichong to immediately follow the sergeants of the 100-man team and set off to Bianjing to meet the saint.

Gao Jichong had just been aggrieved and taken away from the Jiedushi Mansion by the sergeants. The eunuch Xiaoliuzi ordered a group of soldiers and walked into the backyard treasury to inspect and count the belongings.

Hu Yanzhan sent an order, and the entire army of 30,000 people camped in Jiangling City, and posted a list in the city to appease the people.

Anyone who dares to plunder and harm the people will be killed in accordance with military law.

The entire army took over the entire territory of Nanping, and after arranging the surrendered Nanping Army to serve as defenders in various places, they rested for five days and continued to march southward against the Wuqing Army.

That night, the people in Jiangling City were in great peace, and no one died at the hands of the Zhou army. The public security was great, and the people's hearts were attached to the Zhou army.

More than ten days later, Chai Zongxun summoned Gao Jichong, the "King of Nanping" and Jingnan Jiedushi in the Huangji Hall of the Bianjing Palace.

After reading the Nanping treasury volumes, Chai Zongxun thought to himself:

“Four generations of the Gao family have been running the business, and so much property has been looted from the small area of ​​Nanping, which shows that the people’s livelihood is difficult.

The new harvest in Nanping is just the right time to fully implement my new agricultural and commercial policies. "

Chai Zongxun looked at Gao Jichong who was kneeling in the hall and said:
"Gao Jichong, you know that your family has been established for four generations, why do you kneel to me now?"

Gao Jichong shuddered and said:

"Return to your majesty. This shows the majesty of your majesty's army. The guilty ministers are waiting for the wind to return."

Chai Zongxun smiled and said:
"This is just a superficial reason. The fundamental reason is that your family does not know how to care for the people, but only knows how to extort money from them.

I heard from Li Xiang that you are quite knowledgeable in medicine and have compiled and perfected "Treatise on Febrile Diseases". Is this true? "

Gao Jichong felt happy and said hurriedly:

"Back to Your Majesty, I have loved studying medical skills since I was a child, and I have indeed added some new prescriptions to Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" of the Han Dynasty."

Chai Zongxun nodded and said:
"Yes, you are a talented person. Gao Jichong, I will make you a lieutenant, give you a settlement of 300 households, and give you a house in the capital. You can study medicine with all your heart, which can be regarded as a benefit to the people of my great Zhou Dynasty."

Gao Jichong was overjoyed. When he came to Bianjing, he was worried at first. According to the custom of the Five Dynasties, it was commonplace to kill the monarch who surrendered to the country. It was also common for him to survive temporarily and then quietly poison him.

At this moment, I heard that Emperor Chai Zongxun had granted him the title of a prince and a city, but he did not assign specific official positions. Instead, he allowed himself to study medical skills, which was actually safe.

Gao Jichong kowtowed:

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty! I will stay safe in the palace, study medical skills, and treat illnesses and people."

On the morning of the next day, Chai Zongxun ordered Li Fu, the general manager of the palace, to read to all the ministers the surrender of Nanping Gao Jichong.

Gao Jichong, Gao Congming and others were granted the title of marquis.

The ministers were very happy to hear that there was so much property in Nanping, a small town.

Many ministers discussed Nanping's subsequent ruling strategy.

Zhang Zhao, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said:
"Your Majesty, Jingnan is an important territory. It controls Bashu in the north, Huaiyang in the east, and Chu and Guangdong in the south.

Now that it is under the rule of His Majesty, it should be defended with heavy troops and strong generals.

The future will be enough for Your Majesty to send troops to pacify Shu. "

Before the Zhou Dynasty sent troops to Meng Shu, there were only two routes to go, Jinzhou and Fangzhou, and the mountain roads were difficult to travel.

If we send troops from Jingzhou to attack Shu and enter from Kuizhou and Wanzhou, the terrain will be relatively flat and easy to move around, making it easier to capture.

Chai Zongxun nodded and said:

"What Zhang Shangshu said makes sense, and I also know the importance of Jingnan's geographical location.

At this point, Jingnan was accepted as our Great Zhouzhou, and 10,000 forbidden troops were stationed to guard Shu. "

When the generals in the palace, such as Han Tong and Li Chongjin, heard this, they all knew that the young emperor Chai Zongxun wanted to separate and break up the original Forbidden Army Palace Front Division and the Guards and Military Division.

However, since the "Battle of Yangzhou" three years ago, the pro-army "Longxiang Army" and "Longxiang Guard" trained by Chai Zongxun have shone brightly and have a strong record.

And since the first year of Kaixi, Chai Zongxun significantly increased the monthly salary of the Imperial Army and Guided sergeants, the sergeants' loyalty to the little emperor has grown day by day.

Han Tong was loyal to Emperor Chai Zongxun. Even if he understood that Chai Zongxun had weakened the original imperial army, he had no objection to this as long as his position, rank and salary were not reduced.

As for Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin, although they were dissatisfied, they had no choice in the face of the current situation.

The civil and military ministers in the palace discussed for a while, and finally Chai Zongxun made the decision that Cao Bin should be appointed as the governor of Jingnan and command the 1 imperial guards and pro-military division stationed there.

Chai Zongxun said:

"Now the land of Jingnan has just been taken over by me, the Great Zhou Dynasty. When the people were under the rule of the Gao family, they were exploited and lived in poverty.

I intend to use the money in the Gao family's treasury to vigorously promote the new water conservancy policy and the new commercial policy in Jingnan Prefecture.

To encourage people to cultivate land, land rents were reduced from 60% to 30%; the previous exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were abolished, and the markets were open during the day and only collected 20% of the business tax.

In the future, this strategy will be promoted in all markets throughout our country. "

All the ministers knew that Emperor Chai Zongxun had accumulated sufficient money and food for the treasury through the new policies of water conservancy and "night market" in the past few years, and the two pro-army "Longxiang Army" and "Longxiang Guard" had three regiments, totaling twenty Seventy thousand people, unparalleled combat power has been achieved.

I'm afraid that the next step will be to cut down the vassal status of the Jiedushi governors from all over the Zhou Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)