Kong Rong was still very satisfied with the reward given to him by the imperial court. After all, it was a title of three princes and a prince, and there was also a very significant prince of Qufu. Anyway, none of the five princes who had surrendered to the imperial court had him.
The treatment is good.
Zhang Yang and Wang Kuang were forced to surrender, while Wang Lang, Qiao Mao and Zhang Miao all had their territories annexed and came to defect as a last resort.
The situations of Kong Rong and the five of them are different, so the treatment is naturally different.
Kong Rong not only surrendered voluntarily, but also allowed a county in Beihai to return to the embrace of the imperial court, allowing the imperial court to eliminate tens of thousands of troops out of thin air. This was not comparable to the above five princes.
Therefore, of course, Qin Hao should treat Kong Rong favorably. This would also set a good example for other princes. If another prince is destroyed in the future, he can follow Kong Rong's example and come to the court.
After receiving the imperial edict, Kong Rong couldn't wait. He wanted to leave Qingzhou with his family immediately and go to Luoyang to be his third son, so as to escape from Qingzhou, a place of right and wrong.
Upon seeing this, Li Jing immediately persuaded Kong Rong to stay longer. Although Kong Rong had officially completed the handover with him, he had not yet completely taken control of the Beihai navy's politics.
God knows whether the people below will plot to overthrow him and then forcibly support Kong Rong to ascend to power?
Therefore, before Li Jing completely takes charge of Beihai's political affairs, he will naturally not be let go so easily.
Despite Li Jing's kind words, Kong Rong thought about it again and again and decided to stay longer.
Live your life to the end and send Buddha to the West.
Anyway, Kong Rong has already handed over the military and political power. After Li Jing takes complete control of the Beihai Navy, it will not be too late for him to go to Luoyang.
With Kong Rong's personal support, Li Jing took over the power of the Beihai Navy without any setbacks.
All the civil and military ministers in Beihai were very well-behaved, and they were extremely respectful to Li Jing, the 'imperial envoy'.
The next night, Li Jing, who had been dealing with affairs for the whole day, returned to his room to rest with a tired look on his face, while his wife Yin Shiniang thoughtfully took off her husband's coat.
"Husband, this Kong Beihai is really interesting. He abandons the power that others can't get in their lifetime after struggling all their lives. What do you think is going on in his head?"
"hehe……"
Hearing what his wife said, Li Jing couldn't help but laugh and said softly: "Don't underestimate Mr. Kong Rong. The minds of these politicians are complicated, and they are far from as simple as you think, madam."
"Then why is he neglecting the good governor? Why is he so eager to leave Qingzhou?"
"It's not that Mr. Kong Rong doesn't want to be, it's that he can't be anymore.
Qingzhou is now a big quagmire, and Master Kong Rong has not yet completely fallen into it. If he continues to stay in the position of Beihai Prefect, he will not only cause death for himself, but even his family.
Therefore, Kong Rong came up with such a way to escape, using Beihai County, which he was destined to lose, in exchange for a new starting point for his official career."
After listening to Li Jing's words, Yin Shiniang couldn't help but be stunned: "It turns out that there are so many ways here. If you, husband, had not told me, I would have made Kong Beihai easy."
"Master Kong Rong was a figure of the same era as King Liang and King Jin, and he was one of the thirty-six princes who challenged Dong. Who can persevere from that chaotic era to the present? Who can be simple?" Li Jing
Sighed.
The next day.
Li Jing asked Ran Min, Jin Tai and other generals to gather the army, while he took Yin Shiniang, Fu Nian and Fu Su to inventory the treasury.
"For your information, Lord Prefect, there are 30,000 swords, 50,000 spears, 8,000 leather armors, and 3,000 iron armors in the armory...
There are two large granaries and eight small and medium-sized granaries in various parts of Beihai, with a grain storage capacity of 800,000 stones...
There are five baht coins and fifty million coins in the county treasury, thirty thousand taels of gold, and two hundred thousand taels of silver...
Moreover……"
After listening to Fusu's report, Li Jing couldn't help but be speechless. They all said that among the three counties and four countries of Qingzhou, Beihai was the richest. When I saw it today, I realized that this statement was true.
It has to be said that Kong Rong's wealth accumulated in Beihai is still very rich. Such a large amount of materials, money and food can fully support an army of 50,000 for the first half of the year.
Sitting on such a mountain of gold and silver, Kong Rong not only could not protect Beihai, he even hesitated to divert the disaster eastward and let Li Jing succeed him in taking charge of Beihai. This fully shows how unfavorable the situation in Qingzhou is for Beihai.
After spending half a day to find out the details of Xia Beihai, Li Jing took Yin Shiniang to the military camp.
"Prefect, the Northern Navy currently has 35,000 soldiers, including 2,000 cavalry, 10,000 archers, and 23,000 sword and shield soldiers." Ran Minhui reported.
"so much?"
Li Jing looked surprised. He knew that Kong Rong had suffered repeated defeats in the battle with Huang Chao. Logically speaking, the casualties of the Beihai Navy must have been considerable, and there should not have been so many troops.
"In order to resist Huang Chao's invasion, Kong Situ conducted another recruitment not long ago, and since the Yellow Turban Uprising, this is the fourth recruitment in Beihai.
Nearly half of the soldiers in the army are new recruits and lack training, so the overall combat effectiveness of the North Korean navy is very weak."
"I see."
Li Jing nodded, this was what he expected. If the Beihai Navy's combat power was really strong enough to protect Beihai, it would be impossible for Kong Rong to let him take his place.
"Nearly half of the 35,000 Beihai Navy are new recruits, and this time I only brought 3,000 fine cavalry. In other words, there are only nearly 20,000 soldiers available in the Beihai Navy, including 5,000 cavalry..."
Li Jing secretly analyzed in his heart, he knew that as he led the army into Beihai, a whirlpool would definitely set off in Qingzhou, and he was already at the center of the whirlpool.
After Yuan Shao and Huang Chao found out the details, their army could attack at any time, and the time for Li Jing to prepare was getting less and less.
"There is a long way to go. It seems that the alliance with Song Jiang must be accelerated."
As soon as he thought of this, Li Jing immediately said to Fu Nian: "Mr. Fu Nian, take the imperial edict of canonization and go to Liangshan immediately.
The current situation in Liangshan is similar to that in Beihai. Only by uniting can the two weak countries survive. I believe the people in Liangshan think the same way."
"No." Fu Nian said seriously, then decisively turned around and left.
After Fu Nian left, Li Jing asked Ran Min again: "General Ran Min, how is the takeover of military power going?"
"It went very well, but we are outsiders after all, and many soldiers are not very convinced of us.
However, this is not a big problem. Strength is always respected in the military.
The final general has set up a competition arena, and since they are not convinced, we will beat them until they are convinced."
"Um."
Li Jing nodded. He was very satisfied with the way Ran Min handled the affairs. He thought to himself: He is indeed a hero who returned from the war.
"There is not much time left for us now. The army is the top priority. Only by completely controlling the army can we proceed with the next plan and improve the overall combat effectiveness of the North Navy step by step. Therefore, the speed of control of the army must be
Speed up." Li Jing said with a serious face.
"Nuo." Ran Min said solemnly.
"By the way, General Ran Min, there are no generals worthy of reuse in the Northern Navy?"
Hearing Li Jing's question, Ran Min thought for a moment and replied: "Donglai Tai Shici is the general that Kong Situ relies on most. He is also the number one general in the Northern Navy. He should be able to be reused."