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Chapter 132: Dispatching Troops to Jiaozhou
Li Yuanji was angry for a while, and then he gradually calmed down. Now that things had already happened, it was useless to be angry. Fortunately, Li Xiang reported it in time and did not cause too much loss. This also made Li Yuanji feel slightly relieved, otherwise he would really be angry to death.

After a while, Ning Chun arrived.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji waved his hand to signal Ning Chun to get up, and then spoke.

"I called you here because the rebellion of the five states has been quelled and the cause has been found out. I am very angry about this. The governors of the five states actually forced the people to become citizens. After forcing them to become citizens, they also forced them and the people to reclaim wasteland.

Apart from this, they are also levying taxes wantonly, under various names, and imposing heavy levies and taxes in these five states. The most important thing is that they are actually acting in the name of this king.

Fortunately, the five states have now been pacified one after another. However, among the dozens of states in Lingnan, these five states dared to act so blatantly. If Li Xiang had not reported it in time, the losses would have been enormous. My reputation would also have been ruined by such people, and I cannot tolerate it.

You go down now and immediately select personnel to inspect each state to see whether such a situation still occurs in the Lingnan states. In addition to inspections, you must also guide the states to carry out development matters.

You should start doing this right away, and send the selected people out tomorrow."

After Li Yuanji finished speaking, he looked at Xie Shufang.

"Shu Fang, you have to select the best soldiers. Every person sent here by Dahe must have two hundred soldiers by his side to protect his safety."

These are the reasons why Li Yuanji is angry. These people are doing such shitty things in his name, and the taxes collected go into those people's pockets. He, Li Yuanji, has nothing, and now the reputation he has built up is about to be destroyed. How can Li Yuanji not be angry?

This made him even more angry than what Ning Changzhen had done in the past. Ning Changzhen's radiating range was not wide, it could be said to be relatively small. But now it's better, directly covering five states, which is at least five states, and no one knows how many more there are who don't know.

Ning Changzhen was going to start a rebellion at the beginning. Although he felt that doing such a thing was shameful, he could barely understand it. But now, these five states are so cruelly destroying his reputation, but they are not going to launch a rebellion.

He was really angry. If he wanted to extort money, he should have used another method. He would not be so angry. But he chose to use this method, which was the most unacceptable to him. Li Yuanji really hated these people.

After hearing this, Xie Shufang immediately agreed. He also hated those people. The things they did were truly not something a human could do.

Xie Shufang knew very well that it took a lot of effort to resolve the rumors spread by Ning Changzhen. Now there are five states, how big a matter would it be? How long would it take to appease the people and the people in these five states?
Ning Chun did not refuse at all after hearing this. His face looked extremely heavy and hesitant.

"Your Majesty, I think it's feasible to send people to inspect each state, but we don't have many people now. After they go there, they have to guide the development of each state. If one person is responsible for one state, we don't have that many people."

This is where Ning Chun is very helpless. Now people have been sent from Luozhou, Lianzhou, Yazhou, as well as Feng Ang, Tan Dian, Guizhou, Rongzhou, and Xiangzhou. Even if Yang Cheng and Wei Ye brought people over, it would still not be enough.

This makes people very helpless. Other people don't understand this development model. Li Yuanji needs to send people to provide guidance in all the places he controls. He is worried that problems like the Five States will occur, so he has to send people. But now there are not enough people to inspect the states.

Li Yuanji fell silent after hearing this, frowned and thought for a moment, then looked at Ning Chun.

"Since we don't have enough manpower, then one person will be responsible for several states. You go down and make the arrangements. Tell them that we don't have anyone now, so they need to work harder. As long as this development period is over, everything will be fine. You and I should go down and make the arrangements now. We can't delay this. Select the personnel today and make the arrangements. We will set off tomorrow."

Ning Chun didn't say anything else and went downstairs to make arrangements immediately. Xie Shufang had to wait until Ning Chun arranged the specific people before he could arrange the accompanying soldiers.

Li Yuanji was also thinking about the affairs of the states in the eastern part of Lingnan. Now that there were problems in these five states, there must be such people in the eastern states. He could not wait any longer, otherwise, if he tried to take control and develop them later, there would be no support from the people.

Especially the chaos in Jiaozhou, which must be controlled. In addition, Linyi was having fun over there, and he couldn't tolerate it.

"Shufang, go and call Junmai over."

Li Yuanji waited for a while and Xi Junmai arrived.

"I will pay my respects to the king."

Li Yuanji looked at Xi Junmai and was very satisfied. After traveling such a long distance from Chang'an to here and leading so many people, he looked much more stable after going through the trials and tribulations. Especially with his experience in marching and fighting, not to mention fighting, at least he had no problem marching.

"Jun Mai, I called you here this time because I am going to assign you a new mission. How many troops can we mobilize now?"

Xi Junmai spoke without any hesitation.

“Your Majesty, apart from the garrisons in various places and the 8,000 troops sent to suppress the rebellion, the army that can be mobilized does not exceed 10,000 troops, plus Yang Shu’s 5,000 troops.

If the army were to abandon its garrisons in other places and stop other matters, it could mobilize 20,000 troops and Yang Shu's 5,000 troops."

Li Yuanji did not seem heavy. Xi Junmai was talking about the army brought from Chang'an and the 5,000 people in Yang Shu's hands. He did not include the navy, the army under Li Xiang, and the 15,000 soldiers newly recruited by Xie Shufang.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yuanji made a decision immediately.

"After you go down, lead 10,000 troops to Jiaozhou. You don't have to worry about the five tribes of Man and Liao in the north for the time being. After you go there, you will be directly responsible for the affairs of the states surrounding Jiaozhou, from Yongzhou in the west to Aizhou in the south. In addition, I will let Dahe arrange two people to accompany you to share the development work.

After you go there, you must also pay attention to Linyi's movements. Linyi is very active now, and you cannot let Linyi invade Aizhou. If Linyi dares to take action, put everything else on hold. You go to the border in person and teach Linyi a lesson.

At the same time, we will build a dock and a port in Haimen, Wu'an Prefecture. I will send some craftsmen to go with you. In the future, within a certain period of time, materials may have to be transported from the sea. I will let Feng Zhixun keep an eye on you at all times so that he can provide support at any time.

Go down and prepare now. I will leave the matter in Jiaozhou to you."

(End of this chapter)