The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 454
In a few days, the Western Expeditionary Army returned to Loulan again and sent troops to occupy the entire Loulan.Counting his crimes in front of King Loulan, he finally deposed him from the throne and replaced his son as king.The rest of the participating officials were all killed, and the family was demoted to criminals.Since then, the Loulan Kingdom no longer has an army, and its defenses are all led by Shi Shouyi, the guard of Tianji Gate.

Naturally, after the army captured the royal city, they immediately raided the royal family and their criminal families, and finally seized treasures worth more than 2000 million taels.And this is just to seize a few families who offended the Western Expeditionary Army. If the whole city is seized, I am afraid that the wealth will be doubled again.

However, the country of Chasha had been destroyed before, which had aroused the vigilance of some countries. If Loulan was destroyed again, the reputation of the Western Expeditionary Army in the Western Regions would be affected, causing panic among the countries.Therefore, he had to compromise, and only deposed the king and replaced him with the king.In this way, it can also deter the countries and warn them not to have two ends of snakes and rats and harbor different ambitions.

The ups and downs here have benefited the army a lot, Hou Mingfeng was secretly happy, and then distributed part of the money and food to Shi Shouyi as military resources, and took the rest away with the army.After everything was over, Hou Mingfeng led his army back to Duhu Mansion officially.

After more than ten days of marching, the army finally returned to Bro City.According to the plans of the masters of Hengshan, Murong Kang has been appointed as the first protector of the Western Regions and given the rank of General of the Western Regions.A total of [-] troops guarded the Western Regions.Of course, among the [-] troops, there are only [-] real Hengshan regular troops, including [-] infantry and [-] cavalry; plus [-] accompanying militiamen, the rest is the original Chasha army of [-].Meng Tong also stayed to assist Murong Kang in managing the affairs of the Western Regions.

At the same time, Hou Mingfeng issued an edict to the surrendered countries of the Western Regions, ordering them to send representatives, present tribute, and go to the Kingdom of Heaven to have an audience.Soon after, all the countries got the order, and none of them dared not to obey.

After finishing all matters, Hou Mingfeng led less than [-] soldiers and horses and set off back to the Eastern Land, accompanied by thousands of carriages carrying countless gold and silver treasures.

The first ones to return to Hengshan were the pigeons flying back from the Western Regions.

It was already August at this time, and it had been five months since the Western Expeditionary Army set off to the Western Regions.At this time, the Central Plains has been caught in the flames of war. Since Cao Ji sent troops in April, the troops have been divided into three groups, and two groups have resisted the two states of Huaming and Ming, and the main force has directly attacked the most powerful Yan state.After the two armies fought, the battlefield moved to both sides of the Longjiang River. Because Yanqing and Qingzhou were ruled across the river, Cao Jun had to cross the wide lower reaches of the Longjiang River to reach the boundary of Yanzhou if he wanted to go north.So the navies of both sides took the lead in fighting. Cao Jun's navy was dominated by the capital navy, with more than 2000 warships of various types and a force of more than 2.The Yanzhou Navy is stationed at Qingsha Port at the junction of Yan and Qing, with more than [-] warships and nearly [-] troops.

The two sides fought fiercely on the Longjiang River for three months. In the end, Cao Jun took the risk of the capital being attacked by Mingzhou and dispatched [-] warships responsible for deterring Mingzhou down the river to raid the Yanzhou Navy and finally won.

Without the navy, the Yanzhou Army had to retreat to Pingyang County City, fortify the walls and clear the fields to wait for the enemy.

It was already the end of July when Lin Yifan got the result of this war.Now Cao Jun has just entered the territory of Yanzhou, and there is no battle report yet.

Now Hengshan is invincible in all directions, and the people are happy.It also coincided with the coming of the autumn harvest, and everyone in Hengshan was busy with it.

At this time, Niu Dazhuang hurried over, "My lord, news from the Western Regions."

Lin Yifan was inspecting the farmland in the outskirts of Tongwan City. Hearing this, he immediately took the handed-in letter, glanced at it, and couldn't help showing joy on his face.

Because the amount of information sent by the carrier pigeon was too small, the translated content of the newspaper was very brief, but Lin Yifan at least had a general idea of ​​Hou Mingfeng's situation in the Western Regions.It has been more than two months since the last news, and Hengshan only knew that Hou Mingfeng led an army to capture the capital of the Western Golden Werewolf, forcing him to recognize Hengshan's right to rule the Central and Western Regions.Because of this news, Hengshan's high-level executives were all very excited, and they repelled the Western Golden Werewolves. The Hengshan Army's influence in the Western Regions would not be inferior to the Western Golden Werewolves, enough to compete with the Western Golden Werewolves in the Western Regions.For this reason, Hengshan has already sent envoys to Eternity to inform its master about the division of the Western Regions. From then on, the countries in the South Western Regions will belong to Eternity, but the condition is that they will form a military alliance with Hengshan to jointly fight against the Western Golden Werewolf.

But at this time, what Lin Yifan was excited about was not that the army would push all the way and bring the entire Central and Western Regions under the rule of the Protectorate.But this time after Hou Mingfeng conquered Chasha Kingdom and captured Loulan Kingdom, he found wealth worth more than 3000 million taels.These wealth can almost compare to Hengshan's financial income for several years, so far, Hengshan will no longer have to worry about lack of money.

"Hurry up and gather the officials from all ministries, and go to the government office to discuss matters." Lin Yifan no longer had the heart to inspect the farmland, and immediately said to Niu Dali.

When they returned to the government office, everyone was already waiting here.Lin Yifan didn't hold back, so he passed the letter he got to Han Song and others to read.

After everyone finished watching, the hall was filled with joy.Being able to get this wealth is really an unexpected joy, and at the same time, I am very surprised. I didn't expect that the countries in the Western Regions are so rich.

Regarding how to distribute this huge amount of wealth, everyone's eyes turned red immediately, and they all complained for their own departments, hoping to cut a relatively large share.

When everyone couldn't argue with each other, Lin Yifan knocked on the table to signal everyone to calm down.Then he looked at the crowd indifferently and said: "The total value of property confiscated in this Western Expedition is more than 3000 million taels. Among them, the amount of money is only more than 1000 million taels, and the rest are all kinds of rare treasures, as well as supplies, food, grass, etc. .I decided to deposit the 1000 million taels in the bank and not move it temporarily. The rest will be sold by the Ministry of Commerce and included in the annual fiscal revenue."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help showing disappointment. The financial allocation had already been fixed.However, with the addition of this wealth, the financial budget for the next year will be greatly increased, which makes everyone feel better.

The next step is to discuss the management of the Western Regions after the Western Expedition.

After the establishment of the Protectorate's Mansion, although Murong Kang was appointed as the Protectorate to guard the Western Regions.But officials at all levels, especially civil servants, have a huge gap.These all need to be discussed by everyone, who should be sent to the Western Regions as an official.

"My lords, gentlemen, although the Imperial Guard of the Western Regions is mainly based on the military, its duties are more on coordinating the various countries and maintaining stability." Han Song narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "Therefore, the dispatched civil servants must It is a person with outstanding ability and worldly knowledge who serves as the chief historian and assists the guardian in managing the documents. The subordinates think that this post should be selected from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

When Jiang Yunchuan heard the words, Chao Hansong nodded gratefully, and immediately stood up and said, "My subordinate recommends Cheng Yi from my department as the Chief Protector."

"Cheng Yi?" Lin Yifan thought for a while, "Could it be the envoy who was stationed in Shazhou a few years ago?"

"That's right, Cheng Yan served successively as the foreign envoy of Shazhou and Mingzhou, and now he is the head of the foreign envoy department of our ministry." Jiang Yunchuan replied, "Cheng Yi is practical, sociable, clear about right and wrong, and he once had a relationship with Murong. I have had contacts with him before, so it is perfect for him to assist General Murong."

"Well, then Cheng Yi." Lin Yifan nodded slowly in agreement, and then said: "Except for Chang Shi and other officials in the Duhu Mansion, the Chasha Kingdom has been destroyed, and its land and people are all owned by me in Hengshan. Since it is We need to assign officials to manage our territory in Hengshan. This official thinks that it can be governed according to the system of the counties under our Hengshan rule. What do you guys think?"

"My lord's words are very true." Han Song nodded and said, "However, the land of Shasha is full of people from the Western Regions, so we must guard against it. The subordinates think that when a group of people from the Central Plains are relocated to settle down, firstly, the population of the Western Regions will be diluted, and secondly, the population of the Western Regions will be diluted. It can be the foundation of the Protectorate."

"That's good, but the Western Regions are thousands of miles away, I'm afraid not many people are willing to go there?" Lin Yifan looked puzzled.

"This?" Han Song was startled for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "Perhaps it may be a great profit. Anyone who is willing to move to the Western Regions will be given a hundred acres of land, no tax for five years, all housing expenses will be provided by the government, and a farming ox will be rewarded." , a naive horse. I don't know what adults think?"

"It's possible." Lin Yifan thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

"My lord, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in the Western Regions. Maybe we can get these soldiers to agree to move their families to the Western Regions to settle down." Guo Huaili stood up and said, "Firstly, it can relieve the pain of lovesickness, and secondly, it can greatly improve the situation. It can be described as a double benefit.”

"Well, that's a good idea." Lin Yifan felt a little better when he heard the words, and immediately added: "Most of the soldiers stationed in the Western Regions are militiamen, and they were originally deployed in agriculture. I think we can imitate Hengshan The construction corps established in the early days, enclose the land for self-support, build farms and pastures in the deserted land, and build the land of our Chinese people in the Western Regions."

　The Battle of the Western Regions is finally over. I didn't want to write such a detailed one, but it was beyond the plan and it was very difficult to write.

　　
　
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