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Chapter 670 Final Chapter 4 Returnees 1
Chapter 670
On the first day of September in the eighth year of King Yue, the city of Chang'an was very lively!
After learning that the King of Yue was about to establish the capital, large and foresighted households from all over the country moved to Chang'an one after another, forming a new metropolis.Today, the whole city is immersed in joy, because today is the day when Yue King Yin Xu ascended the throne as emperor.
After destroying Chu, Ping Han, and descending to Qi, Yue State has occupied the whole world, and Yue King Yin Xu has become the overlord of the world.In the spring, Yin Xu's prestige also rose unprecedentedly.
As a result, people from all over the world and people from all walks of life have written letters, respectfully inviting the king of Yue to ascend the throne.After three speeches, Yin Xu finally nodded in agreement.
The Chengtian Hall of the Chang'an Imperial Palace, Li Si named the main hall of the palace in this way, which is exactly in line with the meaning of Chengtian's order!
In front of the majestic hall, the high and high steps highlight the extraordinary momentum of the emperor, and the carpet from bottom to top paves a supreme road.
Wearing a crown on his head, Yin Xu walked forward step by step. His whole body exuded a strong aura of the emperor, which made people admire him.Yin Xu climbed up the steps step by step, turned around in front of Chengtian Hall, and truly ruled the world!
When all the officials saw this, they all bowed to the ground, shouting long live, and the momentum was huge!
Afterwards, Li Si personally presented the jade seal of Shangguo, Qin has completely become history, and Yin Xucheng was ordered to be the emperor and become the lord of the world.In view of the previous chaotic chronology, Yin Xu issued an imperial edict to start the year system.This year was designated as the first year of Qianyuan, and the Dayue Dynasty also started a new era of Qiankun.
Yin Xu then canonized Li Yuniang, the queen of Yue, as empress, Yin Heng, the eldest son of the emperor, as prince, worshiped Chen Ping as prime minister, Wei Liao as imperial doctor, Yingbu as Taiwei, Zhang Han as general, and appointed hundreds of officials.
As the founding emperor, he has countless powerful generals and advisers, and rewards for meritorious deeds are inevitable...
Zhang Han, Ying Bu, Pu Jun, Su An, Su Jiao, Gao Yi, Chen Ping, Dong Yi, and Wei Liao were named dukes, known in history as the eight founding princes!
Ji Bu, Zhong Limei, Xiao Gongjiao, Li Zuoche, Guan Ying... Many Chu, Han and Qi kingdoms were enfeoffed as princes, and they held different military and political positions.
After that, Yin Xu made Liu Bang King of Han and Xiang Yu King of Chu!Yin Xu's imperial edict clearly stated that if the children of the non-Yin royal family are crowned kings, they will be lowered by one level when they inherit, and the Duke and Marquis will not be lowered.
It also means that Liu Ying, the son of Liu Bang, and Xiang Long, the son of Xiang Yu, can only be the Duke of the state.The original king of Qi, Han Xin, was fortunate to become the first king with a different surname in the Dayue Dynasty, but he was renamed to Huaiyin and called King Ying!Of course, his son Han Wu can only inherit Ying Guogong in the future.
Afterwards, Xiang Yu entrusted the nineteen princes and kings in Guanzhong, and Wu Rui, the only surviving king of Hengshan except the Yue Kingdom, presented himself as a minister and offered his land to surrender.Yin Xu readily accepted and named him King Jing.
In the first year of Qianyuan, Emperor Yin Xu issued an edict that, in addition to the capital of Chang'an, Luoyi was renamed Luoyang as the Eastern Capital, Taiyuan was renamed Jinyang as the Northern Capital, and the original Hongdu City was the Southern Capital.
Then he sent the British Duke Su An to lead an army of [-] troops to garrison Hongdu. The meaning could not be more obvious.First of all, it was to deter the two kings of different surnames who were entrusted in the Jianghuai area, and at the same time to prepare for the southern expedition to unify the Baiyue land in the south of the Lingnan.
Before the mobilization of the army, Nanyue Zhao Tuo defeated the Tu family, completely controlled Lingnan, surrendered with land, and was canonized as King Gui.The Central Dynasty once again set up a county in Lingnan and stationed officials.
Afterwards, Marquis Yunhao of Wuling led an army of [-] troops up the Hunan and Yuan rivers to capture Yelang, Qilan, Dian and other southwestern border areas.Immediately, officials were dispatched locally and formally brought under the jurisdiction of the central dynasty.
At this time, since the chaos in the world at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the war has lasted for about ten years, and the people have suffered greatly.The population of the world has dropped sharply, and there are countless barren lands.Immediately, Yin Xu issued an edict to encourage childbearing, distribute land equally, pay one out of ten taxes, and implement a policy of rest and recuperation.
Then according to the memory of the previous life, he proposed and participated in the design of many agricultural tools and production equipment, which were handed over to the construction workshop and the internal history experiment of millet for promotion.At the same time, water conservancy was built and wasteland was reclaimed all over the country, and production was quickly restored.
In the tenth year of Qianyuan, the damage caused by the war at the end of Qin Dynasty was gradually healed, the people gradually lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the national power also greatly increased.As for the recovery of population increase, it is a long process and cannot be completed overnight.
At this time, in the northern grassland, the son of Maodun Shanyu convened some old ministries, and called him the old Shang Shanyu, which seemed to be rising.The Yue Emperor Yin Xu immediately sent General Pu Jun to lead an army to conquer, defeated the main force of the Xiongnu near the North Sea (Lake Baikal), and forced them to move westward.
Afterwards, General Zhang Han was sent to lead an army to attack the tribes of Donghu and Sushen in the northeast. They won a complete victory and incorporated their land into the territory of the Dayue Dynasty.Then it entered the peninsula land across the sea from the land of Qilu, and established the absolute rule of Yue State in the land.
In the 11th year of Qianyuan, General Pu Jun led an army to attack the Hexi Xiongnu King Xiutu and Hunxie King, and they were defeated.Under the pursuit of the Vietnamese army, the Huns were defeated repeatedly, and they were almost scared out of their wits. =, moved westward again and again until the extreme west of the mainland.The Hexi Corridor under the Qilian Mountains was immediately opened up by the Vietnamese army, and it stretched directly to the Western Regions like an open arm.
In the next few years, generals Pu Jun, Ying Bu, and Su Jiao attacked successively, directing their troops at Loulan, Wusun, Yuezhi and other tribes in the Western Regions.With the lessons learned from such a powerful enemy as the Huns, after seeing the powerful front of the Vietnamese army, all the countries surrendered to the Yue State after suffering.
Emperor Yin Xu of Yue issued an edict to set up the Protectorate Mansion in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the generals Su Jiao and Dong Yi were stationed separately, and the Western Regions were officially included in the empire's territory.
In the 13th year of Qianyuan, the descendants of Xu Fu who traveled to the east in the past returned to the west, and at the same time brought a detailed map of the island country and the meaning of the surrender of the Japanese.Yin Xu didn't give any gold seal, but set out directly with the battleship navy, occupied the four big islands, and then set up Dongzhou province there!
As the territory of the Dayue Dynasty became larger and larger, the previous county system could no longer effectively govern it, so in the 14th year of Qianyuan.With the support of strong national power, reforms were initiated.
The provincial system is implemented in the local organizational system to ensure the effective relationship of the empire with each piece of land.But there is one thing, the army is always controlled in the hands of the emperor, effectively maintaining the central government's control over the local area.With the construction of roads and upper roads, various places were closely connected, forming a unified and powerful dynasty.
In order to ensure the professionalism and high efficiency of the organization, the imperial court's system of three officials and nine ministers was reformed into a system of three provinces and six ministries.Against the background of a large number of civilian ministers, universal education was promoted throughout the country, and Confucianism, Taoism, and Mohism coexisted, but Confucianism was the main one.On this basis, start the imperial examination system, recruit talents, and use them for the country.
......................................................
In the autumn of the 15th year of Qianyuan, it has been 15 years since Yin Xu ascended the throne as emperor, and the Dayue Dynasty has become a powerful empire.
Pengcheng was the capital of the Western Chu Kingdom in the past.Now Sui is no longer a metropolis, but it is not small and very prosperous.
On the street, a middle-aged man in his [-]s was walking with a young woman on his arm, accompanied by a few people who looked like family servants. They were just ordinary wealthy couples traveling.At the same time, there are still many people in the market secretly interspersed, cautiously, and the core of the surrounding is always this middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man and the young woman pointed, talked and laughed along the way, haggling at roadside stalls and buying a few gadgets from time to time.
When approaching the gate of the city, the young woman Yuan was surprised and said: "Your Majesty... Husband, look, there is someone setting up a stall over there to tell fortunes. I don't know how it compares to Sister Xu Negative?"
"Foretelling is mostly a trick to deceive people..." The middle-aged man smiled faintly, but when his eyes fell on the old man with half-white beard and hair in the distance, he immediately stood there in a daze.
"In that case, let's count it in the past!"
The young woman was also surprised, she said it was a trick just now, why is she suddenly interested again?But I had to follow up...
"Are you measuring characters? Or looking at phases?" the fortune teller asked softly without looking up.
"Look at the picture!"
"Okay!" The fortune teller said with a smile: "Then I will help you to see if you have the appearance of being the richest man in the world, or the appearance of being a marquis and worshiping general!" When he looked up and saw the mighty and domineering face in front of him, Immediately stunned...
"How is it? How does it look?" The middle-aged man asked with a smile.
The old man who told the fortune was stunned for a long time, then he said with a dumb smile: "Your honor is beyond words, rich in the world!"
"Hey, it's really..." The young woman stopped when she reached her mouth...
"Mr. Zifang has been away without saying goodbye for many years, and I never expected to meet you here!" The young woman understood instantly, and immediately stopped talking!
The middle-aged man was the emperor Yin Xu who was out on a tour in micro-clothes, and the young woman who accompanied him was Mrs. Qi. Although she was in her early thirties, she was well-maintained and still as beautiful as a flower.
And that gray-bearded fortune-teller was none other than Zhang Liang's ovary!Since King Yue left Xingyang without saying goodbye in seven years, he never showed up again.
Zhang Liang shook his head and sighed: "Where can Zhang Liang go if there is no king in the world? So it is fate or fate!"
"Hey!" Yin Xu smiled lightly, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Today you and I meet again... It would have been nice if it had been more than 20 years earlier. On that night, what you wanted to see was not Liu Bang but Zhen, wouldn't it be Is it another ending?"
"The process may change, and the result may still be the same..." Zhang Liang showed a faint wry smile.
"Sir, do you think so?"
"Set up a fortune-telling stall, if you don't believe in the fate!" Zhang Liang said with emotion, but he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. He looked at the sky and was silent for a long time, and then said: "But your majesty is better than Liu Bang." It’s better to be enthroned, let’s not talk about whether they can be so powerful, at least they can live like Han Xin…”
Yin Xu smiled lightly, and asked instead: "Do you plan to keep setting up a stall here for fortune-telling, sir?"
"It's a lot of fun!"
Yin Xu shook his head and said, "But I want to find something for my husband to do!"
"Do I have a choice?" Zhang Liang asked in a low voice.
Yin Xu smiled and said: "The shore of the land, could it be the king's minister, so - no!"
"Okay! What do you want me to do? It's an old bone!"
"Prince Taifu!"
Zhang Liang couldn't help being startled, and asked, "Is Your Majesty rest assured?"
"What's not to worry about!"
During the conversation, the two looked at each other and laughed heartily...
At that time, the sun was shining brightly and the autumn air was crisp. Yin Xu said: "Sir, go directly to Chang'an. I will go to Jiangdong. The autumn waters are long and the sky is the same color. The scenery in Hongdu is just right!" Then he murmured: "I don't know where the Xiangxi River is. Are the maple leaves red? Is the Goddess Temple safe?"
(End of the book!)
I finally finished the book, and I have something to say to everyone later!Please all book friends who subscribe to receive the light of the great god, please support the new book "Song Wang", thank you!
(End of this chapter)
On the first day of September in the eighth year of King Yue, the city of Chang'an was very lively!
After learning that the King of Yue was about to establish the capital, large and foresighted households from all over the country moved to Chang'an one after another, forming a new metropolis.Today, the whole city is immersed in joy, because today is the day when Yue King Yin Xu ascended the throne as emperor.
After destroying Chu, Ping Han, and descending to Qi, Yue State has occupied the whole world, and Yue King Yin Xu has become the overlord of the world.In the spring, Yin Xu's prestige also rose unprecedentedly.
As a result, people from all over the world and people from all walks of life have written letters, respectfully inviting the king of Yue to ascend the throne.After three speeches, Yin Xu finally nodded in agreement.
The Chengtian Hall of the Chang'an Imperial Palace, Li Si named the main hall of the palace in this way, which is exactly in line with the meaning of Chengtian's order!
In front of the majestic hall, the high and high steps highlight the extraordinary momentum of the emperor, and the carpet from bottom to top paves a supreme road.
Wearing a crown on his head, Yin Xu walked forward step by step. His whole body exuded a strong aura of the emperor, which made people admire him.Yin Xu climbed up the steps step by step, turned around in front of Chengtian Hall, and truly ruled the world!
When all the officials saw this, they all bowed to the ground, shouting long live, and the momentum was huge!
Afterwards, Li Si personally presented the jade seal of Shangguo, Qin has completely become history, and Yin Xucheng was ordered to be the emperor and become the lord of the world.In view of the previous chaotic chronology, Yin Xu issued an imperial edict to start the year system.This year was designated as the first year of Qianyuan, and the Dayue Dynasty also started a new era of Qiankun.
Yin Xu then canonized Li Yuniang, the queen of Yue, as empress, Yin Heng, the eldest son of the emperor, as prince, worshiped Chen Ping as prime minister, Wei Liao as imperial doctor, Yingbu as Taiwei, Zhang Han as general, and appointed hundreds of officials.
As the founding emperor, he has countless powerful generals and advisers, and rewards for meritorious deeds are inevitable...
Zhang Han, Ying Bu, Pu Jun, Su An, Su Jiao, Gao Yi, Chen Ping, Dong Yi, and Wei Liao were named dukes, known in history as the eight founding princes!
Ji Bu, Zhong Limei, Xiao Gongjiao, Li Zuoche, Guan Ying... Many Chu, Han and Qi kingdoms were enfeoffed as princes, and they held different military and political positions.
After that, Yin Xu made Liu Bang King of Han and Xiang Yu King of Chu!Yin Xu's imperial edict clearly stated that if the children of the non-Yin royal family are crowned kings, they will be lowered by one level when they inherit, and the Duke and Marquis will not be lowered.
It also means that Liu Ying, the son of Liu Bang, and Xiang Long, the son of Xiang Yu, can only be the Duke of the state.The original king of Qi, Han Xin, was fortunate to become the first king with a different surname in the Dayue Dynasty, but he was renamed to Huaiyin and called King Ying!Of course, his son Han Wu can only inherit Ying Guogong in the future.
Afterwards, Xiang Yu entrusted the nineteen princes and kings in Guanzhong, and Wu Rui, the only surviving king of Hengshan except the Yue Kingdom, presented himself as a minister and offered his land to surrender.Yin Xu readily accepted and named him King Jing.
In the first year of Qianyuan, Emperor Yin Xu issued an edict that, in addition to the capital of Chang'an, Luoyi was renamed Luoyang as the Eastern Capital, Taiyuan was renamed Jinyang as the Northern Capital, and the original Hongdu City was the Southern Capital.
Then he sent the British Duke Su An to lead an army of [-] troops to garrison Hongdu. The meaning could not be more obvious.First of all, it was to deter the two kings of different surnames who were entrusted in the Jianghuai area, and at the same time to prepare for the southern expedition to unify the Baiyue land in the south of the Lingnan.
Before the mobilization of the army, Nanyue Zhao Tuo defeated the Tu family, completely controlled Lingnan, surrendered with land, and was canonized as King Gui.The Central Dynasty once again set up a county in Lingnan and stationed officials.
Afterwards, Marquis Yunhao of Wuling led an army of [-] troops up the Hunan and Yuan rivers to capture Yelang, Qilan, Dian and other southwestern border areas.Immediately, officials were dispatched locally and formally brought under the jurisdiction of the central dynasty.
At this time, since the chaos in the world at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the war has lasted for about ten years, and the people have suffered greatly.The population of the world has dropped sharply, and there are countless barren lands.Immediately, Yin Xu issued an edict to encourage childbearing, distribute land equally, pay one out of ten taxes, and implement a policy of rest and recuperation.
Then according to the memory of the previous life, he proposed and participated in the design of many agricultural tools and production equipment, which were handed over to the construction workshop and the internal history experiment of millet for promotion.At the same time, water conservancy was built and wasteland was reclaimed all over the country, and production was quickly restored.
In the tenth year of Qianyuan, the damage caused by the war at the end of Qin Dynasty was gradually healed, the people gradually lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the national power also greatly increased.As for the recovery of population increase, it is a long process and cannot be completed overnight.
At this time, in the northern grassland, the son of Maodun Shanyu convened some old ministries, and called him the old Shang Shanyu, which seemed to be rising.The Yue Emperor Yin Xu immediately sent General Pu Jun to lead an army to conquer, defeated the main force of the Xiongnu near the North Sea (Lake Baikal), and forced them to move westward.
Afterwards, General Zhang Han was sent to lead an army to attack the tribes of Donghu and Sushen in the northeast. They won a complete victory and incorporated their land into the territory of the Dayue Dynasty.Then it entered the peninsula land across the sea from the land of Qilu, and established the absolute rule of Yue State in the land.
In the 11th year of Qianyuan, General Pu Jun led an army to attack the Hexi Xiongnu King Xiutu and Hunxie King, and they were defeated.Under the pursuit of the Vietnamese army, the Huns were defeated repeatedly, and they were almost scared out of their wits. =, moved westward again and again until the extreme west of the mainland.The Hexi Corridor under the Qilian Mountains was immediately opened up by the Vietnamese army, and it stretched directly to the Western Regions like an open arm.
In the next few years, generals Pu Jun, Ying Bu, and Su Jiao attacked successively, directing their troops at Loulan, Wusun, Yuezhi and other tribes in the Western Regions.With the lessons learned from such a powerful enemy as the Huns, after seeing the powerful front of the Vietnamese army, all the countries surrendered to the Yue State after suffering.
Emperor Yin Xu of Yue issued an edict to set up the Protectorate Mansion in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the generals Su Jiao and Dong Yi were stationed separately, and the Western Regions were officially included in the empire's territory.
In the 13th year of Qianyuan, the descendants of Xu Fu who traveled to the east in the past returned to the west, and at the same time brought a detailed map of the island country and the meaning of the surrender of the Japanese.Yin Xu didn't give any gold seal, but set out directly with the battleship navy, occupied the four big islands, and then set up Dongzhou province there!
As the territory of the Dayue Dynasty became larger and larger, the previous county system could no longer effectively govern it, so in the 14th year of Qianyuan.With the support of strong national power, reforms were initiated.
The provincial system is implemented in the local organizational system to ensure the effective relationship of the empire with each piece of land.But there is one thing, the army is always controlled in the hands of the emperor, effectively maintaining the central government's control over the local area.With the construction of roads and upper roads, various places were closely connected, forming a unified and powerful dynasty.
In order to ensure the professionalism and high efficiency of the organization, the imperial court's system of three officials and nine ministers was reformed into a system of three provinces and six ministries.Against the background of a large number of civilian ministers, universal education was promoted throughout the country, and Confucianism, Taoism, and Mohism coexisted, but Confucianism was the main one.On this basis, start the imperial examination system, recruit talents, and use them for the country.
......................................................
In the autumn of the 15th year of Qianyuan, it has been 15 years since Yin Xu ascended the throne as emperor, and the Dayue Dynasty has become a powerful empire.
Pengcheng was the capital of the Western Chu Kingdom in the past.Now Sui is no longer a metropolis, but it is not small and very prosperous.
On the street, a middle-aged man in his [-]s was walking with a young woman on his arm, accompanied by a few people who looked like family servants. They were just ordinary wealthy couples traveling.At the same time, there are still many people in the market secretly interspersed, cautiously, and the core of the surrounding is always this middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man and the young woman pointed, talked and laughed along the way, haggling at roadside stalls and buying a few gadgets from time to time.
When approaching the gate of the city, the young woman Yuan was surprised and said: "Your Majesty... Husband, look, there is someone setting up a stall over there to tell fortunes. I don't know how it compares to Sister Xu Negative?"
"Foretelling is mostly a trick to deceive people..." The middle-aged man smiled faintly, but when his eyes fell on the old man with half-white beard and hair in the distance, he immediately stood there in a daze.
"In that case, let's count it in the past!"
The young woman was also surprised, she said it was a trick just now, why is she suddenly interested again?But I had to follow up...
"Are you measuring characters? Or looking at phases?" the fortune teller asked softly without looking up.
"Look at the picture!"
"Okay!" The fortune teller said with a smile: "Then I will help you to see if you have the appearance of being the richest man in the world, or the appearance of being a marquis and worshiping general!" When he looked up and saw the mighty and domineering face in front of him, Immediately stunned...
"How is it? How does it look?" The middle-aged man asked with a smile.
The old man who told the fortune was stunned for a long time, then he said with a dumb smile: "Your honor is beyond words, rich in the world!"
"Hey, it's really..." The young woman stopped when she reached her mouth...
"Mr. Zifang has been away without saying goodbye for many years, and I never expected to meet you here!" The young woman understood instantly, and immediately stopped talking!
The middle-aged man was the emperor Yin Xu who was out on a tour in micro-clothes, and the young woman who accompanied him was Mrs. Qi. Although she was in her early thirties, she was well-maintained and still as beautiful as a flower.
And that gray-bearded fortune-teller was none other than Zhang Liang's ovary!Since King Yue left Xingyang without saying goodbye in seven years, he never showed up again.
Zhang Liang shook his head and sighed: "Where can Zhang Liang go if there is no king in the world? So it is fate or fate!"
"Hey!" Yin Xu smiled lightly, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Today you and I meet again... It would have been nice if it had been more than 20 years earlier. On that night, what you wanted to see was not Liu Bang but Zhen, wouldn't it be Is it another ending?"
"The process may change, and the result may still be the same..." Zhang Liang showed a faint wry smile.
"Sir, do you think so?"
"Set up a fortune-telling stall, if you don't believe in the fate!" Zhang Liang said with emotion, but he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. He looked at the sky and was silent for a long time, and then said: "But your majesty is better than Liu Bang." It’s better to be enthroned, let’s not talk about whether they can be so powerful, at least they can live like Han Xin…”
Yin Xu smiled lightly, and asked instead: "Do you plan to keep setting up a stall here for fortune-telling, sir?"
"It's a lot of fun!"
Yin Xu shook his head and said, "But I want to find something for my husband to do!"
"Do I have a choice?" Zhang Liang asked in a low voice.
Yin Xu smiled and said: "The shore of the land, could it be the king's minister, so - no!"
"Okay! What do you want me to do? It's an old bone!"
"Prince Taifu!"
Zhang Liang couldn't help being startled, and asked, "Is Your Majesty rest assured?"
"What's not to worry about!"
During the conversation, the two looked at each other and laughed heartily...
At that time, the sun was shining brightly and the autumn air was crisp. Yin Xu said: "Sir, go directly to Chang'an. I will go to Jiangdong. The autumn waters are long and the sky is the same color. The scenery in Hongdu is just right!" Then he murmured: "I don't know where the Xiangxi River is. Are the maple leaves red? Is the Goddess Temple safe?"
(End of the book!)
I finally finished the book, and I have something to say to everyone later!Please all book friends who subscribe to receive the light of the great god, please support the new book "Song Wang", thank you!
(End of this chapter)
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