"Your Majesty, here are the reports of military exploits sent by Yao Neibin, Dong Zunkiao, Li Hanchao, and Ma Renyu, as well as the local situation sent by the supervisory army."
Han Wei gave the memorials he had compiled to Luo Youdu.
Luo Youdu briefly read the battle report sent by the four generals.
Just as he thought, this battle report was extremely simple.
The strength of the disaster-defeating army has been exhausted by the long-term confrontation.
Li Guangrui drained the national treasury, so naturally he could only suck the blood of the common people. When the common people couldn't suck the blood anymore, they attacked the wealthy families in the country.
Suck it in and you will naturally become enemies.
In fact, Li Guangrui's ability to persist to this day has exceeded Luo Youdu's expectations.
It is completely unreasonable for Li Guangrui to blame his ancestors.
If it were not for the kindness accumulated by the Li family in the five states of Dingnan over the past hundred years, the existence of Xixia as a country would not have been possible in history.
Historically, Li Jipeng took the initiative to go to Kaifeng, Tokyo, the capital of the Song Dynasty, to pay homage to Zhao Kuangyi of the Song Dynasty, and requested that he donate the land of Yin, Xia, Sui, and You four prefectures and eight counties that he had retained for generations to the Song Dynasty, and give up the separatist regime.
Li Jiqian did not want the Li family's foundation to be ruined, so he fled with only a dozen people, and then recruited tens of thousands of troops with the help of the portrait of his distant ancestor Tuoba Sizhong.
This is based on the prestige and kindness accumulated by the Tuoba clan over the past hundred years in solving difficulties.
The reality is the same. Luo Youdu trapped Dingnan and constantly sent troops to harass it. As a result, Dingnan was short of supplies and his life was unsustainable. In an ordinary place, it would have collapsed long ago.
If it hadn't been for the Li family's century-old management, how could it have persisted to this day?
It was the Li family and his son who caused all this to happen because of their ambition.
The common people want to live, and the wealthy families also want to live together with their own people.
Li Guangrui didn't even give them the most basic means of survival, so what could he expect from them?
The surrender of the Dingnan states is no longer a moral issue, it is the instinct of survival.
Except for some resistance in the Li family's stronghold of Xiazhou, the capture of the four states can be described as smooth sailing.
Luo Youdu put the battle report aside and asked: "How many people are there in the Li family who are directly related to the Tuoba family of the same clan?"
Han Wei replied: "About five hundred people."
Luo Youdu thought for a moment and said, "Move them to Jiaozhi."
The Tuoba family is the common surname of the Dangxiang clan, and leaving them in the northwest will cause certain troubles.
On the grassland, a surname can often recruit a group of people to work for it.
Jiaozhi needs to be filled with some Han people. Most of the Dangxiang people have become Han Chinese. When they get to Jiaozhi, there is no difference between them and the Han people.
Do you still expect the Vietnamese people to recognize Dangxiang people?
Luo Youdu did not need to order this kind of thing himself, the Privy Council issued the appointment.
Luo Youdu continued to open up the situation in the four Yinxia states reported by the supervisory army.
"The land of Xia, Yin, and You, the four states of Jing, has experienced famine, floods and droughts, military service has been diverted, people have died from diseases, and the people have been displaced and scattered. From ten to five to six hundred miles away, no cocks or dogs can be seen barking."
This may seem miserable, but it actually comes with some discounts.
Luo Youdu's determination to overcome difficulties was true, and at the same time he also left a way for the people who faced difficulties to surrender and survive.
Originally, the Five Prefectures of Dingnan were located between the yellow sand desert and the land was barren and unsuitable for human survival.
The reason for its rise is actually the chaos in the Central Plains, the wars and disasters, and the people fleeing to the five prefectures in Dingnan.
Nowadays, the Central Plains is besieged and it is difficult to make a living. Naturally, many people have fled to the Central Plains.
Nowadays, the four states are exhausted. Although it is caused by wars and disasters, most of the people have returned south, resulting in a emptiness of the population.
This is also the effect Luo Youdu wants to see.
Within twenty years, Yin Xia will not be able to cause another disturbance.
They have more than twenty years to govern the Yinxia area.
Luo Youdu picked up the ink pen, walked to the large map on the right side of Yanhe Hall, and assigned the difficult place to the imperial court.
"Next...it's Yunjiuzhou and Northeast!"
Luo Youdu looked at the map and felt quite excited.
"By the way..." Luo Youdu suddenly thought of something and said, "Where is Lin Renzhao? Counting the time, he should be back soon!"
Han Wei said without hesitation: "According to the agreed time, Governor Lin should have arrived at Dengzhou Water Village long ago. However, because it is the windy season, it will be delayed for some days. It is estimated that it will only be these two days..."
Luo Youdu nodded to express his understanding.
On the third day, Luo Youdu received the news about Lin Renzhao. He was relieved and ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the prisoner dedication ceremony.
With Pan Mei's contribution to destroying the Southern Han Dynasty, this prisoner dedication ceremony should have been carried out long ago.
It's just that without the big fish Liu Yuan, the prisoner offering seems boring.
Anyway, Pan Mei, the great hero, was still fighting internal troubles in Lingnan, so he simply put it aside. Most of the prisoners captured from the Southern Han Dynasty were sent to Longyou to enrich the population.
During Lin Renzhao's southern expedition, he unexpectedly captured Liu Yuan from Hualu Cave and confiscated the treasures he brought back from the Southern Han Dynasty, which happened to be done at the same time.
After Lin Renzhao returned to Beijing, the first thing he did was to enter the palace and resume his life.
"The last general, Lin Renzhao, has met His Majesty!"
Lin Renzhao saluted Luo Youdu furiously.
Luo Youdu laughed and walked down quickly from above, helped Lin Renzhao up, and said: "The Commander-in-Chief led my Yu navy across the South China Sea and shocked the southern countries. It's amazing!"
Lin Renzhao bowed and said: "This is all due to your Majesty's foresight. I dare not claim credit."
During Guo Rong's period, Luo Youdu persuaded Guo Rong to develop sailing ships and deepen contacts with Wu and Yue.
After five or six years of development, the Luo-Yu court gradually recovered the technology of Tang Gaozong's Li Zhi's 100,000-strong naval force for cross-sea operations, and also summarized the shipbuilding skills of Wuyue, Jiangnan, and Quanzhang to build new navigation ships.
Wuyue, Jiangnan, and Quanzhang all attached great importance to the navy. They had good shipbuilding materials and successfully built two large maritime warships named Donghai Ship and Nanhai Ship.
As the name suggests, one stayed in Dengzhou Water Village as the main ship in the East China Sea, and the other stayed in the South China Sea as the main ship of the South China Sea Navy.
Luo Youdu said: "This good warship is like a good horse, only a hero is worthy of it."
Lin Renzhao grinned. He liked good horses and good ships.
The East China Sea Ship really likes him.
"Your Majesty, I have something to offer to Your Majesty." Lin Renzhao thought for a moment and said, "It's not a gift from the general, it's from Liu Yun... The general never expected that Liu Yun actually has a pair of skillful hands."
Luo Youdu was greatly surprised, Liu Yuan's gift?
He became interested and said, "Have someone bring it up!"
Not long after, a servant served a green grass dragon.
Luo Youdu's eyes lit up, and he strode forward and took the grass dragon in his hand. Since he became the emperor, he has become more and more fond of legendary creatures like dragons.
The grass dragon was quite heavy to buy, weighing about a kilogram, and was woven so lifelike that its scales, claws, and beards were clearly visible, exactly as in the legend.
"Is this really made by Liu Yuan?"
Luo Youdu couldn't believe his eyes.
Lin Renzhao said: "The last general saw him weaving with his own eyes, and it's true. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, the last general wouldn't have believed that Liu Yuan had such an ability..."