Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 684
Sure enough, if a king wants to truly control the people under his rule, and make everyone obedient and submit, the process of establishing his own territory seems to be no different from that of a tiger or a lion in essence—it requires the use of force and bloodshed.

"Even if there is no Holy Church to play tricks in the dark, these things will probably happen sooner or later." Ye Chen muttered to himself.

"He ordered Zhang Dawei, the defender of Yanzhou, to attack the Gedo tribe of Tufan within the territory of Yanzhou, and directly... exterminate the clan."

"Order Lingzhou defender Zhan Xiongwu to attack the Qiang Mountain God Village in Lingzhou. All those who resist will be killed, and those who surrender will be forcibly moved down the mountain."

As soon as Ye Chen's order came out, Kou Zhun, who had been sitting by the side to help Ye Chen sort out and approve the documents these days, immediately wrote two warrants, stamped Ye Chen's big seal, called the door messenger, and sent them to the temporary office. Yang Jiye, the envoy of the Privy Council.

Ye Chen pondered for a while, and said: "Whether it is a party member, a Tubo, or a Qiang and Tu nationality, as long as the people under my king's rule must be kingly. Um... Huzi, these days I I told you about setting up foreign tribes as towns and villages. Right now, people from the Qiang Mountain God Village in Lingzhou are just using it as a pilot project. We have had in-depth discussions and analysis on the specific implementation methods these days, and you are in charge of this matter. , come up with a plan tomorrow, are you confident?"

Kou Zhun's eyes brightened. Although the young man tried his best not to be overjoyed, he still couldn't hide his excitement and excitement. He stood up and imitated Ye Chen's appearance as a civil servant, bowed deeply to Ye Chen, and said loudly: "Teacher, don't worry, Kou Zhun will The teacher will not be disappointed."

Seeing this, Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, "Very well, I will ask Zhang Dawei to send you two hundred soldiers, and let Ma Wentao ration you the corresponding staff and supplies, um! If you encounter any doubts or difficulties, please ask Han Xizai and The two elders, Ma Wentao, ask for advice and study."

Kou Zhun bowed himself to be taught, then wrote a warrant for himself, let Ye Chen read it, stamped Ye Chen's big seal, and left impatiently.

Shui'er came out of a dark corner like a ghostly shadow, pulled Ye Chen's arm, and said coquettishly: "Teacher! Shui'er doesn't want to stay in the back house anymore, he's suffocated to death. Shui'er wants to do things with Shangguan Bingyun, Shui'er Recently, Shui'er found out that she is very powerful, Shui'er wants to learn all her skills."

Ye Chen smiled wryly, shook his head and said, "You little girl has good eyesight, but Shangguan Bingyun has a very important thing to do recently, and I don't have time for now. You are working with Huzi recently, so protect Huzi! "

Shui'er thought for a while, obediently agreed, and then chased Kou Zhun away.

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Night, without moonlight.

In the evening, the sky was very gloomy, and the raindrops finally fell when people had dinner. At first, the rain was small and gentle, but it soon turned into a torrential rain.

Ye Chen gave two orders before dinner. After dinner, Han Xizai, Ma Wentao, and Yang Jiye came to meet Ye Chen with the smell of mud.

"My lord is really going to kill this time?" Ma Wentao hurriedly said as soon as he walked in, before he could take off his poncho.

"Present before the soldiers, the direction of the soldiers, if you don't kill, how can you build your prestige?" Ye Chen said lightly.

"The Tubo Gedo tribe in Yanzhou and the Qiang Shanshenzhai in Lingzhou are only our Jimi tribe. If they are killed, it may make the rest of the Jimi tribe feel cold, especially the number of Tubo people under the prince's rule. The extermination of many tribes in Fange may arouse the hatred of other Tubo tribes." Ma Wentao said with some concern.

Han Xizai snorted and said, "Since the lord summoned the leaders of the various tribes and villages under his rule to Xiazhou to discuss and meet with him a month ago, the lord has opened up business with the Geduo tribe of the Tubo tribe and the Shanshenzhai tribe of the Qiang nationality, and promised that any natural disasters will happen." It can be said that the grace is endless. Now, the two of them are not grateful, but they are greedy and dare to snatch the salt well, pretending to be robbers and robbing the caravan, this is the way to die."

Yang Jiye also said: "Yes, Mr. Han's words are reasonable. Although the old man is a martial artist, he has also read many books of sages. The ancients said it well-why protest if you are against it? How can you show your affection if you are obedient but not gentle?" ?It’s not a cup of power, why show virtue? The prince is extremely benevolent to the Geduo tribe of the Tubo tribe and the Shanshenzhai tribe of the Qiang people. The prestige that was just established will be wiped out."

Ma Wentao hastily said: "It is of course important that people do not stand up without prestige. However, there are several ways to establish prestige, and it is not necessary to practice the art of tyrants and murderers. If you have faith, you will be happy to obey. Build prestige with virtue and show prestige through virtue. Eli Ningwei can be chosen."

Ye Chen shook his head and said: "This king has already asked Hu Sanguang to send spies to investigate. The Tubo Geduo tribe and the Qiang Shanshenzhai think that what this king gives is what they deserve, they are greedy, and they think that this king is weak and can be bullied. The king doesn't care if there are people from the Holy Church bewitching them or not. This king only knows that anyone who does something wrong will have to bear the consequences. Of course, the purpose of this statement is still to kill people and build power."

Ma Wentao sighed. Although Ye Chen's two military orders were simple, once they left Xiazhou City and arrived at Lingzhou and Yanzhou, they would really become the orders of the king of Hades for tens of thousands of people.

Now that Ye Chen had issued the order, Zhan Xiongwu and Zhang Dawei did not dare to discount it. Once the military order was handed over to them, the Tufan Geduobu and the Qiang Shanshenzhai would surely shed blood, especially for Tufan Ge Duobu, Ye Chen gave the order to exterminate the clan, so it must be the real extermination of the clan.

Ye Chen ordered: "Prepare some food and wine, the three adults and I will have some wine."

It was raining heavily outside, but in the middle of the night, a waning moon was exposed. The rain in the northwest was like this.

When the moon was in the sky, Han Xizai, Ma Wentao, and Yang Jiye had already bid farewell and left. Ye Chen sighed in his heart: "If I want to build a country and be the king of a country, I must step on the corpses of many people to be successful. It’s nothing more than ten thousand bones, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of bones when an emperor grows and appears.”

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Shanshen Village is a stronghold of the Qiang people in Lingzhou. It covers an area of ​​nearly ten miles. There are more than 1 people including women and children in the whole family, and more than [-] soldiers.It is not considered the largest among the Qiang tribes around Hengshan, but its strength should not be underestimated.In the battles among the tribes, Shanshen Village has rarely suffered losses, and no one has ever led an army to directly attack Shanshen Village.After all, Shanshenzhai originally belonged to the Great Song Dynasty in name, and was intimidated by the Northwest Frontier Army before. They seldom did anything to offend the Han people of the Great Song Dynasty. In the army, only the Dangxiang Bashi can afford such consumption.Party members are unwilling to plunder this tribe that does not have much wealth.

The patriarch of Shanshenzhai is named Rikeze. Two months ago, he heard that the party members dispatched [-] iron cavalry to attack five prefectures including Lingzhou. Fu Wang.He didn't know much about the specific situation.However, because King Xiangfu was able to mobilize the army of the party, which made him very afraid, so a month ago, King Xiangfu summoned the leaders to go to Xiazhou, and he also went, and he seemed to be very talkative and wealthy from there. The Xiangfu King got a lot of benefits in his hands, which made the life of the clansman better.

But within a few days, he heard something from a big businessman who had been buying medicinal materials and animal skins such as cattle and sheep from their mountain god village, and he had other thoughts in his heart.

He heard that King Xiangfu was dispatched to the Northwest because he offended the Emperor of Song Dynasty.The party members who were able to mobilize were hired at a great price. Didn’t these party members withdraw later?I also heard that Xiangfu King didn't even have enough troops to defend the city. In fact, he was very afraid of offending these local tribes, so he gave them benefits and wanted to buy them off.

This reminded Rikeze that when he was young, he often went to rob the Han people, often once, and let them live a good life for several months. He still remembers the wealth and weakness of the Han people clearly.Therefore, he made a bold decision to dress up as a robber and take a breath. He robbed three caravans, and killed all the people who killed the three caravans.

Rikeze did some calculations. It took him less than a month to rob the wealth of three caravans, which was almost equivalent to half a year's production of the cottage. If this continues, within a few years, their Shanshen Village will be so Ji is in a first-class Great Fortress, and his status will surely rise, so he is in a good mood these days.

Ke Laxi is an excellent hunter in Shanshen Village. According to the rules of the village, he is also the leader of a small team of more than ten people.

He had been part of a caravan he had robbed for the last time yesterday.He took eleven bolts of silk and raped a woman in the caravan.

Such a good thing as silk, Kerasi used to only see it through the counter of the store when he went to the town of the Han people to sell the fur of the prey. The silk is very gorgeous, and it looks like a luxurious thing. Looking at the beautiful cloth like colorful clouds, he dreamed of owning one at that time, but he knew that such a good thing was very expensive, and he couldn't afford it after hunting all his life.

But now he also has silk. When he touched it with his callused hands for the first time, he never expected that the cloth on his body would be so smooth. In his mind, this is something that only gods would wear. Clothes, that's why it should feel like this.And he owned eleven bolts of silk at once.

But what impressed him most was not the silk, but the Han woman with smooth skin like silk.He had never experienced that kind of wonderful taste on his own woman, and he had never imagined that a woman's skin could be so smooth and tender.

(End of this chapter)