Just as the memorial to Su Pingjiang was sent here, the envoy from Kaiqing City arrived.
In addition to the mourning letter, the envoy also conveyed the court's decision to depose the prince for the reason of regicide and father-in-law. The prince was currently regent by Duke Xiang, who was the prince's fifth uncle.
He Ran received the envoy with a look of unwillingness but helplessness and sent the envoy away.
There were more lookout posts on Kaiqing City, closely watching the movements of the Yi army. When they saw the Yi army slowly retreating the next day, the people in the city were overjoyed and let out a long sigh of relief.
Sorry, this kind of expression shouldn't appear during national mourning.
The soldiers retreated for hundreds of miles, but before He Ran could find King Fan, King Fan came over first. He was not here to see He Ran, because he didn't know that He Ran had arrived before. He came to ask Shi Lang why Yi's army withdrew without reason.
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King Fan was very happy to see He Ninghou unexpectedly. He pointed at him and said, "You are probably planning to withdraw your troops, right?"
He Ran reported the death of King Shun to his sworn brother, and explained the Central Plains rule of "propriety does not interfere with mourning", and then said with a smile: "You don't pay attention to these, so brother can send troops to attack the remaining cities, but it is best to leave Qingcheng.
Stay far away and be on guard against White House Bo. This guy is not easy to mess with. Your brother-in-law almost suffered a big loss from him."
Not long after Wuqiu was in danger, the news had not yet reached Fanying, so Shilang had no choice but to explain it again.
King Fan secretly sweated after hearing this, and blamed Shilang for being too careless. He wanted to say a few words to him, but in the end he held back. Although he was his brother-in-law, he was still the Prime Minister of Yi State, so he could only find opportunities privately.
Tell him again.
"You are really pedantic. After the battle has reached this point, you will give up the good situation and stop fighting when the opponent's king is dead? I see this kind of etiquette, it's fine if you don't keep it."
He Ran smiled and said: "There are many similar etiquettes here in the Central Plains. Didn't my brother always say that he yearns for a land of etiquette? I already knew that you would not be able to bear it by then."
King Fan was speechless for a moment, then shook his head and said: "This rule is too fake. Both sides have been beaten to the point of having their heads broken and bleeding, so why bother pretending?"
Shi Lang said helplessly: "This is an ancient ritual, and the people of China deeply believe in it. If you don't abide by it, you will lose the support of the people."
"Then...then you really have to wait here for three months?"
He Ran blinked at him and said: "We have thought of a flexible way. My brother sent troops to disturb us, and we saw the opportunity to kill a carbine."
King Fan laughed and said, "I know you won't abide by these pedantic rules honestly. Tell me, let me fight you."
He Ran pointed at Shi Lang and said: "Ask him, I don't care about anything this time, just be the one who saves worries."
King Fan sighed: "It's enough for one of you to worry about. If you two get together and become a general in the world, it will not be easy for you."
He Ran chuckled, blinked and changed the topic: "Uh..., this battle went so smoothly, we gained too many cities, and we don't have enough officials here. I wonder what's going on with my brother?
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King Fan was worried about this matter. When he heard him mention it, he smiled bitterly and said: "We came to the Central Plains before just to plunder. Although we have made preparations this time, we are still exhausted at the moment. Not to mention other things, we are not even enough to translate, let alone govern.
"Originally, I didn't agree with using killing methods to suppress the people, but later I had to do it. When the front was busy attacking the city, riots broke out in the rear. I couldn't do it without killing people."
He Ran smiled and said: "We have thought about it, so we are going to send some officials to my brother."
King Fan said happily: "This has helped me a lot. Don't you know? Because the governance is in a mess, those ministers who are opposed to moving to the Central Plains have been bothering me for the past few days. They advocate plundering as soon as possible."
I don’t have the confidence to go back to the grassland anymore, good brother, please send someone here quickly.”
He Ran blinked and said: "I have sent an order to go back, but... this kind of thing can't be done solely by orders. It has to be done by these officials themselves. Otherwise, the resentful past will not only not be able to help, but will also cause trouble, so...
, it is estimated that the number of people who can be mobilized will not be too many."
"How many can there be?" King Fan asked urgently.
He Ran looked at the geographical map and gestured with his hands: "This is the area that my brother belongs to, right?"
King Fan nodded and said: "Absolutely."
He Ran smiled with ulterior motives and said: "There are not that many officials, but if we make them work harder... we can maintain it for a short time. No matter how many cities there are, I'm afraid it won't work. What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Tokiro was secretly amused and could only give a vague "Yeah".
King Fan was already very satisfied. When he wanted to say thank you, he suddenly thought of He Ran's weird smile. After thinking about it for a moment, he understood. He leaned over and punched his chest and said, "Good boy, you are beating around the bush with me again."
You are scheming, you think I take up too much space, right? Just say no!"
He Ran smiled and said: "No, no, there really aren't that many officials anymore. We don't even have enough ourselves. If you don't believe me, just ask him."
King Fan glanced at Shi Lang, then turned to He Ran and said: "You don't have to push him, I will take care of this matter on you."
He Ran said with a bitter face: "It's really not that many. Brother, please think about it. We only had three cities in the beginning. How many can we have even if there are officials everywhere? We previously occupied more than thirty cities in Shun State, and recently we occupied thirty cities in Zhao State.
Yu Cheng, there are currently more than thirty to fifty new cities acquired, brother, do the math yourself, am I telling a lie?"
King Fan thought for a while and said: "Well, that's what I said. It's difficult for you. In this case, you can still send some officials to me. Well, I am not a greedy person. I will only occupy the current area.
I won’t take any more cities, I’ll give them all to you, just think of them as a thank you gift to the officials.”
Shi Lang secretly gave He Ran a look of disdain.
The brotherly love shown by King Fan made He Ran feel a little embarrassed and said with a guilty conscience: "I have to make it clear to my brother. These officials were all abolished by us. They are no longer suitable under the New Deal. But
The younger brother will select the ones with good talents and decent conduct and give them to the elder brother. There will be no corrupt officials. I will kill almost all of those people."
King Fan said magnanimously: "As long as the people can be stabilized first, we will talk about the future later. Our governance method is indeed not suitable for the Central Plains. We need to re-enact laws. I will also say the ugly things. You have to come and help as soon as the war is over."
I govern and revise the laws, and if you want to shirk me, I will not agree."
He Ran patted his chest and said: "Leave it to me. Although I don't have much ability in this matter, in a short period of time we can dispatch more officials to help my brother. Yes, has my brother considered imitating this?"
Are we going to implement the New Deal? If that were the case, it would be much simpler and we wouldn’t need too many officials.”
"Although I know something about your new policy, I don't know much about it. Please go back and find someone to explain it to me."
Tokiro interjected: "He formulated the New Deal single-handedly. No one knows it better than him. If you want to ask, you should ask him."
He Ran glanced at him angrily and said: "How can I have free time at the moment? Besides, many terms of the new deal were decided upon by the adults in the DPRK and China. They are far from the few words in Zangxian Valley. No.
I can finish the explanation in a minute and a half." He turned to King Fan and said, "I will send someone who is familiar with the new government officials to go back with my brother. I will understand it in detail when I have time."
King Fan frowned and looked at him and said: "You have left all the war matters to the prime minister, what else do you have to do? Why don't you have any time?"
He Ran showed a pretentious expression and said: "Did I just say that we have to break the rule of 'rituals should not be compared with mourning', I am going to do this."
"Oh, okay, I won't ask you any more nonsense. You and I will have a few drinks when we meet as brothers, and then you can go about your business. I will discuss with the Prime Minister how to fight next."
He Ran said to Shi Lang: "You see, they don't have any pedantic rules, but just the rule of having to drink when they meet is enough to kill someone."
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