"Now, we can only enter a wartime state." Chu Xiangcheng said dejectedly: "Military advisor, can you send a few people from your military to help?"
When Xuanji heard this, his head suddenly shook like a rattle: "This is not possible! Sir, it's not that I don't agree to this, but that the soldiers are not willing to do it."
The mystery is not to deal with Chu Xiangcheng, this is indeed a fact. In fact, in the Hetao military, except for the beginning, there were many people who were transferred to the government system because of the scarcity of talents in the Hetao, such as Wei Hecheng, Daping and Xinshuang.
So. But since then, no one from the Hetao military has transferred to government affairs. In fact, it is not that there are no people in the military who are qualified for government affairs, but everyone understands that once they transfer, they will never be separated from the battlefield.
, this is the greatest pain in life for the Hetao soldiers.
Chu Xiangcheng didn't care about this. Since he had spoken, wouldn't it be a big loss if he didn't take something back? At least, he would be able to live up to his reputation. He said stubbornly: "Military advisor, it's rare for me to ask you to help me once."
I’m busy, you should be more considerate!”
Xuanji smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Sir, aren't you deliberately trying to cheat?" However, since Prime Minister Chu Chengdu said so, Xuanji could not shirk anymore.
There are also many talented people in the military, and they all come from the battlefield, so they are more aggressive and courageous. It is just right for them to manage the current Tiandu Shengjing.
After thinking about it for a while, Xuanji felt that it would be more appropriate to select people from the Tiger Legion and the Falcon Legion. Dugu's White Tiger Legion was definitely not considered. Although the selected personnel needed to be able to control the situation, they could not lose the Loop.
Face. The White Tiger Army is all made of the same mold as Dugu. They are good at fighting. If they manage the place, they will most likely make it a mess.
The Huben Legion is Haotian's personal army, and its soldiers have the highest quality. The officers of the Falcon Legion are deeply influenced by Fengjing, and at least in terms of temperament and demeanor, they are the best in Hetao.
"Sir, I can only assign you ten people at most, five each from the Tiger and Falcon Legions." Xuanji smiled bitterly and said: "According to our Hetao practice, the commander of the army is at the same level as the prefect. Therefore, the people assigned to you,
At least it's at the level of a guard commander. Ten people is already the maximum limit, and I don't know if Feng Shuai and the lord will agree."
The commander of the Huben Legion is Haotian himself. There is no deputy commander or chief of staff. However, due to Haotian's poor health, Xuanji, the acting commander, actually manages the entire legion. He just pays respect to that, and Xuanji himself has it in his heart.
No bottom either.
Chu Xiangcheng calculated it and found that although ten people were still a small number, plus the troops under his command, he could barely put up a show. Besides, it was still under military control, so there shouldn't be much of a problem. Of course, the premise was that he could obey the orders.
Please bring someone out there.
Fengjing is indeed the most knowledgeable among the many generals in Hetao. Although he is very reluctant in his heart, after all, five smart guard commanders have left the army at once, but they have not received any compensation. Even a general
Reluctantly. But considering the current situation of Tiandu Shengjing, he didn't say anything in the end, and took the initiative to recommend a few to Xuanji, which made Xuanji and Chu Xiangcheng feel a little flattered.
"I just can't understand why Lord Chu is so worried if there are more than two million people in Tiandu Shengjing. With such a population in Qinchuan and Yizhou, why can't we manage it easily? If it's me, then
Just throw a few administrative officials over there, and a hundred thousand soldiers will stand here to see who dares to be arrogant!" Xin Ke said to Dugu and others in private.
Xinke saw that Chu Xiangcheng was so cautious about Tiandu Shengjing and was very dissatisfied. However, he could not say this in front of Chu Xiangcheng, so he could only complain in private in front of Dugu and others.
Dugu nodded in agreement: "That's right, there is no need to worry too much about these unruly people in Tiandu Shengjing. The so-called killing chickens to scare monkeys, as long as one hundred and eighty thousand are killed, then who will dare to torment the remaining unruly people?
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In fact, military generals don't pay much attention to local governance. To be more precise, they don't care about the management of other places except Hetao Sixth Road. In their view, the people in places like Tiandu Shengjing and
The Hetao headquarters is a completely different concept. Their life and death has nothing to do with themselves. If Dugu and others follow the idea, then for Tiandu Shengjing, they only need to wipe out the three tribes of the Imperial Guard soldiers who went north that day, and then
The loyal henchmen of Emperor Zhongxing at that time were executed by nine tribes, and there were not many people in Tiandu Shengjing who could torment them. As for those local ruffians, the knives in Hetao would teach them how to behave.
Feng Jing happened to pass by the two of them and heard their conversation. He couldn't help but smile and said: "You two, things are not as simple as you think. We need to kill people, but not everyone in Tiandu Shengjing
All can be killed. Even among the Liu royal family, there are many people who need our protection. Just like the remaining family members of King Xiangrui and others, we in Hetao must give them basic respect. Secondly, all the forces in Tiandu Shengjing
They are all intertwined. Like Mingjian Villa, they are all our friends in the Hetao. Now that we are reintegrating the forces of Tiandu Shengjing, we need to discuss how to treat them. Again, if nothing else happens, this place will become our
The new capital of the empire, so we must be cautious."
Xin was a little confused: "The capital of the country? Is the lord planning to make the capital here?"
Feng Jing smiled helplessly: "Yanzhou is too northwest, and it has always been the capital of Hetao. It cannot compare with the Holy Capital of Heaven in terms of cultural heritage or grandeur. Although Youzhou is the ancient capital of several dynasties, its terrain is too north.
Moreover, the main grain-producing areas in China are in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, and the cost of transporting grain northward will be too high. As for Jiangzhou on Jiangnan Road, it has a prosperous economy and prosperous culture, but it has been completely destroyed by the war. Moreover, the folk customs on Jiangnan Road are relatively weak, and people living in Jiangnan Road for a long time
This place is very likely to weaken the morale of our army and the aspirations of the upper echelons. Therefore, Tiandu Shengjing is the most suitable place. As for Yizhou Road and Yangzhou, although the location is extremely favorable, the basin terrain also limits the active expansion of the country.
Upward passion is more than enough to maintain success, but not enough to develop."
After hearing this, both of them agreed deeply. When Youzhou was the capital, the territories of those dynasties were mainly north of the river. The only Ming Empire period was also out of the need of the emperor to guard the border. However, the heroes of Hetao were like
Iron and lofty ambitions, a small Youzhou really cannot accommodate the ambitions of Hetao.
As for Jiangzhou, this is even worse. The dynasties that have always been based here are all luxurious and weak. In the first two years after the founding of the country, they could still maintain a little upward attitude, but as time passed, they all began to degenerate into drunkenness and extravagance.
.And this is something that the Loop cannot tolerate at all.
Feng Jing hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth and said: "Moreover, Master Chu and Mr. Luo also have their own considerations. After all, our foundation here is too shallow, and military victory is only superficial glory. If we cannot completely destroy this place,
If it is in our hands, we will suffer big losses sooner or later."
Dugu and Xinke also understood what Fengjing was talking about. Now, among the senior leaders of Hetao, except for Haotian who was kept in the dark, the five generals and the three counselors all knew about it. Just as Chu Xiangcheng expected, Fengjing
Although they were very unsupportive, they did not express their opposition. On the contrary, Dugu and Xuesha disapproved of it. In their view, the weapons in their hands were the real confidence to speak.
Dugu was not interested in this similar question, so he changed the subject and said, "Feng Shuai, how is the selection work you are responsible for going?"
Feng Jing smiled bitterly and said: "Fortunately. With the help of Chu Lianfeng and Sheng Lanxin, we saved a lot of trouble during the process."
If we say what the military's greatest interest was after they invaded the Holy Capital of Tiandu, then naturally it was to bring the members of the three clans of the Imperial Guard and the Liu family to the Holy Capital of Niantian to build the city. However, after entering the Holy Capital of Tiandu
, and a group of candidates were added, which are the homeless thugs who have just become one-armed in the past two days. These people were all those who made great fortunes when the Loop was attacking the city, or took advantage of the situation to rape, torture and kill. In order to distinguish them, the Loop
After cutting off all their right arms, now that Tiandu Shengjing has been firmly controlled by Hetao, it is naturally time to settle old scores.
However, they encountered a lot of trouble when liquidating the personnel. Most of the Imperial Guards were children of meritorious nobles. Many of these people were born in the mansions of generals such as Liu Nanshang, Ma Ying, and Huang Jie who had died in battle.
Hetao has always respected these generals who have sacrificed their lives heroically in the battle against the foreign tribes, but there are members of the Imperial Guard in their residence, so the order to kill the three tribes has no effect here.
Later, it was Chu Xiangcheng who proposed to Haotian that except for Emperor Zhongxing and his loyal lackeys such as Guan Xiang and others and the palace guards, the rest should try not to implement the system of involvement. As for family members such as Ma Ying and Huang Jie, try to relax it as much as possible.
Some. Haotian thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he let Chu Xiangcheng handle it on his own. But even so, the number of people killed in Tiandu Shengjing still exceeded 200,000. However, Xuanji and others were a little surprised.
What is surprising is that among the Liu royal family, except for the family members of a few people such as Liu Nanshang, the rest of the people who in their minds should have been dragged to the Holy Capital of Tiandu to build the city were actually all taken over by Chu Xiangcheng.
They were all thrown down and now they are all thrown into the prison of Tiandu Shengjing.
During this period, because Fengjing was in charge of this matter, his ears had never been clean. Everyone knew that Fengjing held a high position in the Hetao Army and had a special status, so there would always be people coming to intercede. For ordinary people
Fengjing naturally didn't need to pay attention to people, but Chu Lian, Feng Shenglanxin and others came in person, so Fengjing had to give some face. Fortunately, this matter finally came to an end, and Fengjing was finally freed.
Xinke frowned and said, "The further south we go, the more things like this will happen. It seems that force cannot solve all problems."
Dugu curled his lips, he didn't think so. In his opinion, there is no problem in the world that cannot be solved by force. Since these people dare to engage in intrigues below, the easiest way to solve the problem is to kill them all. People
It's all gone, so naturally there won't be any more problems.
Dugu's thinking has a large market in the military, government and civilians of Hetao. Among the top leaders, Luo Xiang, Xue Sha and Dugu are its representatives. Among the army commanders below, Wu Xiaolangjun, Jiang Chenzhou, Situ Lie and others
Li Xiao all agreed with both hands. As for the ordinary soldiers in Hetao, most of them were in favor of them.
Fortunately, people like them are not the only ones who exist in Hetao. Although Haotian and others are a bit more bloodthirsty and hardened, they understand to some extent that conquering the world immediately cannot rule the world immediately, so Hetao has not completely embarked on this extreme path.
"Now we have only controlled the situation on the surface. The three major aristocratic families and the Qingfeng Liu family are forces that have been inherited for hundreds of years. It is impossible for us to uproot them now. Therefore, after our army leaves, who knows what will happen
No accident will happen." Feng Jing sighed.
Xin was also a little worried, but Dugu shook his head nonchalantly, and the soldiers came to cover up the water and the earth, not to mention that the Loop was not without backup plans. Feng Jing, it seems that he has become more sentimental in the past two years.
At this time, Xuanji hurriedly came out of a courtyard. When he saw the three people, he immediately asked happily: "The three marshals are all here. By the way, have you seen sir?"
"It should be at Xianling. If you go directly there, you will definitely be able to see Mr." Dugu said with a smile.
Feng Jing was surprised: "Military advisor, is there something urgent?"
The mystery is not hidden: "My lord believes that Duke Jingnan Ouyang Jing is highly respected and respected for his virtue and justice. If we in Hetao want to enter Jiangnan Third Road, it is best to negotiate peace with Duke Jingnan. After all, Duke Jingnan is deeply loved by the soldiers.
We in Hetao also respect his character very much. Therefore, the Lord does not want to use force to unify the Great Lakes and Jiangnan."
"So, my lord is going to let you go to Dahu Road?" Feng Jing was also a smart man, and he immediately understood the meaning of the mystery.
Xuanji nodded and said: "That's right, but Mr. Chu has not been seen in the past few days, and Mr. Chu is busy with the management of Tiandu Shengjing. Therefore, he cannot escape."
In fact, Xuanji also knew that Luo Xiang must be at Xianling now, so he just asked casually. When the Hetao army entered Tiandu Shengjing, Luo Xiang did nothing. The first thing he did was to go to Wangyue on the northwest outskirts of Tiandu Shengjing.
Mountain, here is where the imperial tombs of the emperors of the Qingfeng Empire are located. What Luo Xiang had to do was very simple, which was to dig out the body of Xianlie Emperor Shenzong Liu Hao from the imperial tomb.
Regarding this matter, Hetao expressed considerable silence. Opening the coffin and killing the corpse was the greatest insult to a deceased person. However, the hatred between Luo Xiang and Shenzong is indeed hard to explain. In the past twenty years, he and Prime Minister Chu
It is for today that I have worked so hard to achieve so much. Therefore, although Chen Han and others wanted to express their anger and opinions, under Haotian's pressure, everyone finally remained silent. Dugu and Xue Sha are free these days.
When I was there, I even went to help.
The place where the Qingfeng Empire's imperial mausoleum is located has always been an important defensive area for the Liu family. However, with the fall of the Liu family, there are naturally no soldiers to guard this place. However, as an imperial mausoleum, it is naturally densely packed with agencies. Of course, such agencies are very important to Hetao.
For a large army, it is not a difficult task. In Dugu's words, if a legion of soldiers is sent over, it will take at most two days to level the entire Xianling Tomb.
However, the entire proposal was jointly opposed by Chu Xiangcheng and Luo Xiang. The two agreed that they hoped to solve this problem with their own strength and did not want outsiders to intervene. Dugu also knew the state of mind of the two people, so he never mentioned the matter again.
Therefore, Luo Xiang stayed in Xianling all day long, relying on his own strength to crack the mechanism of Xianling.
Fengjing and the other three people had nothing to do now, so they simply went to Xianling Mausoleum with Xuanji. Dugu had the mentality of watching the fun, but after all, Fengjing and Xinke were the younger brothers that Tianyi had seen since childhood.
Hao died, so naturally the two brothers could not stand idle.
"What do you think will happen after Mr. Shenzong digs out his body?" Dugu asked as he walked.
The letter said: "It should be broken into pieces!"
Feng Jing thought about it and felt that it was very possible. Luo Xiang and Chu Xiangcheng had endured it for twenty years and finally got to this point, so naturally they wanted to vent.
Several people left Beicheng and headed for Wangyue Mountain. Before they reached the foot of the mountain, they suddenly heard an almost crazy laughter coming from the mountain. Xuanji and others were shocked, and their feet suddenly sped up a bit.
"Sir, what's going on?" Xin was a little worried.
Xuanji sighed: "If nothing happens, sir, I'm afraid you have cracked Xianling's mechanism."
Sure enough, when the four people came to the Xianling Tomb on Wangyue Mountain, the entire gate of the Xianling Tomb was already open, and countless soldiers were coming in and out. On that day, Luo Xiang had an order that no one was allowed to enter without permission until he cracked the Xianling Mechanism.
, now it seems that it is obvious that all the mechanisms have been broken by him, and the soldiers then moved out all the items in the Xianling Tomb.
When passing by two soldiers carrying huge boxes, Dugu opened a box and looked at the golden ingots inside. He couldn't help but said: "This damn ghost knows how to enjoy it. Look, just the ingots inside can...
It will support the expenses of our infantry army for three months."
Xuanji was also a little emotional, and just as he was about to reach out to take it, a soldier quickly shouted: "Military advisor, wait a minute, sir, I have ordered that no one should directly touch any gold and silver jewelry taken out of the Xianling Mausoleum with their hands. All these ingots have been poisoned."
If it has been soaked in water, it is very toxic and needs to be exposed to the sun for three days."
Xuanji was startled, and immediately retracted his right hand that had been halfway extended. Dugu, who was invulnerable, directly reached out and picked up an ingot of gold, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, then said with a wry smile: "
It is indeed poisonous, but fortunately my iron palms are invulnerable to all poisons. If it had been other people at the same level as the uncle, they would have been poisoned. This damn ghost is not as scheming as usual."
Turning around, Dugu asked the soldier: "Did Sir, did you tell me how to get rid of this poison?"
The soldier shook his head: "Sir, all he said was to expose it to the sun for three days and then seal the box immediately."
After saying that, seeing that Dugu and others did not give any orders, the two soldiers panted and walked past them carrying the box.
Xuanji praised: "Sir, you are really thoughtful. Haha, but we in Hetao now have no worries about food and clothing, and our finances are relatively stable, so these jewels are not of much use."
After five years of recuperation in the Hetao, the people in the territory have completely realized their food and clothing. The fiscal revenue has become increasingly stable, so it can support the long-term and large-scale operations in the Hetao. As for the infrastructure construction that consumes a lot of money, it has been in those years.
It was done by prisoners of war from the Northern and Southern War, and the cost was extremely low. Therefore, Chu Xiangcheng did not worry about finances at all in the past two or three years. Even if these jewels were taken back to the Loop, they would at best be piled in the warehouse.