"Xiao Ye, you can bring a few people with you later to take down the plaque of Prince Qi's Palace." Xiang An walked through the main entrance of the hall and gave Liao Ye instructions.
"yes!"
Xiaoye went to find someone to pick up the plaque, while Xiang An walked into the main hall with a few guards, and Zijuan was standing next to greet him.
"Your Majesty, all the ministers in the city who have not escaped are here." Zijuan cupped his fists and stood beside Xiang An.
Xiang An stood at the door of the main hall and took a look inside the main hall. The first thing he saw was a group of ministers gathered together. Most of them had frightened expressions on their faces. Some of them were tied up, and a few were not tied up.
There was a flattering smile on their faces.
Xiang An looked at Zijuan with questioning eyes.
"Back to your Majesty, those who were tied up were those who resisted strongly during the arrest. Those who were not tied up basically surrendered on their own initiative." Zijuan responded.
Nodding, Xiang An expressed his understanding and asked, "Where is Peng Yue? You didn't kill him, right?"
"Not yet, it's right over there." Zijuan pursed her lips.
Xiang An looked in the direction Zi Juan pointed and found an unconscious figure lying on the side of the hall, with gauze tied around his wrists and ankles, and there were residual blood stains on the ground.
Xiang An didn't pay attention to those Qi Chen who either glared at him or showed a flattering smile, but walked straight in the direction of Peng Yue.
Peng Yue's hand tendons and hamstrings had been severed by Zijuan, and he was destined to be unable to survive the storm.
Xiang An looked down at Peng Yue, who was still unconscious, and just looked at him, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long time, Xiang An sighed, took out the sword from his waist, grabbed Peng Yue's hair, and lifted Peng Yue up.
"Before this, I was always thinking about what to do...when the thief fell into Gu's hands, what should I do? But now..."
Shaking his head, Xiang An put the sword edge on Peng Yue's neck, and with a little force, he killed Peng Yue in a coma.
Throwing Peng Yue's head to the ground, Xiang An kicked it and looked at a guard: "Go, hang this guy's head on the north wall, let him face north and look at the direction of the Great Wall."
The guard carried Peng Yue's head and walked away. Peng Yue's headless body was also dragged away by others. Xiang An sighed melancholy, wandered to the center of the hall and sat down.
"I won't kill you, at least I won't kill you all." After Xiang An sat down, he took out the mechanism Bird Zhixiang, played with it slowly, looked at the group of captured Qi Chen, and said in a faint tone,
With a strong sense of oppression, all Qi Chen felt breathless.
"Hand over all your money, and you can temporarily find an official position in Beichu, but the official will be demoted one level." Xiang An just sat there, looking at Qi Chen, intimidating them with his momentum.
, without any redundant actions.
"You, you thief - how could we -" Qi Chen jumped up with anger as soon as he was tied up, but before he could finish his words...
Bang——
Zijuan kicked Qi Chen in the face, knocking him over and spinning him around.
He struggled and wanted to turn over and stand up, but Zi Juan stepped on the back of his head hard. Two spears were instantly suppressed on both sides of his head, scaring him so much that he didn't dare to move.
"Don't think of Gu as the kind of eloquent prince, Gu is different from them." Xiang An's expression did not change, he just sighed and tilted his neck, "Gu is more interested in efficiency, so I don't intend to say anything.
Asking for your opinion."
"If you don't agree, you'll die."
Xiang An gestured to Zi Juan, who nodded, pulled out his long sword, and stabbed Qi Chen in the back of the head, who resisted.
"Wait - poof ah ah -"
Qi Chen was so frightened that he peed his pants, but before he could even utter the words of begging for mercy, the sword pierced his head and nailed him to the floor of the palace.
"Bei Chu has just established the country, and I am very short of manpower." Xiang An stood up and walked slowly towards Qi Chen, "That's why I didn't plan to kill you."
Qi Chen, who originally had angry eyes, became hesitant and frightened after seeing what happened to that Qi Chen just now. Only a few of them looked like they wanted to eat Xiang An.
Xiang An narrowed his eyes slightly, laughed, and continued.
"If you are willing to surrender, you can keep the money, but don't keep the food..."
"Now the territory in the east still needs to be consolidated. There will be a lot of wars in the second half of the year, and we need food and grass."
"So... Sirs, what do you think?"
...
Most of Qi's ministers have surrendered. In fact, Xiang An doesn't want to keep these unstable factors, but the biggest problem Beichu currently faces is too serious, which is the lack of people, so Xiang An can only keep these and still serve as Qi's ministers.
Ministers in important positions, let them work for you.
Of course, there were still a small number of people who did not choose to surrender. For these people, Xiang An was merciless and gave them the ending they wanted——
Follow Qi and die together.
The civil servants were acceptable, but the generals were basically brought by Xiang An himself.
"Wei Hao, the defense line on the west side will be left to you for now."
Just like the Three Qi period, after Xiang An established the Northern Chu State, his first military consideration was the western defense line.
Han, Chang Shan, and Liu Ji's minions were all on the west side of Beichu, and Xiang An had to guard against them.
"Liu Ji's focus will not be on us now, so the pressure on you won't be too great. You must resist it." Xiang An looked at Wei Hao and gave his order seriously.
"I will obey the order." Wei Hao knelt down and handed over his hands, without asking Liu Ji where his focus was now.
"Xiaosi, you lead the main force to the east." Xiang An's eyes moved and looked at Zi Juan, "There is a lot of chaos in Jiaodong now. We must clean up as soon as possible, and the rear cannot be unstable."
"The general will obey the order." Zijuan also saluted and presented Xiang An's order.
"Now Han Xin is attacking Wei in the north. Although it will take a long time, if Wei is captured by him, it will pose a serious threat to us in the north. The Yan State will not last long."
Xiang An said and sighed.
This king is harder than he thought.
But the most critical thing for Xiang An is that the flood season is coming soon. Sanqi is located in a river system. If it is not handled properly, next year's food and grass supply may not be replenished.
We still have to find a way to build water conservancy...
"Let's all go and perform our own tasks." Xiang An knocked on the desk in front of him, looked at the ministers sitting on both sides, and regained his seriousness.
"Although I will definitely control the entire world in the future, it is still too early. Recuperate and stabilize the situation is what we need to do now."