Chapter 184: The New Dynasty's Strongest (Part 1)

Time flies, and it's April again

As the lord of Yunmeng County, Xiao Bing began to take charge of the Wang family industries such as Wangzhuang and Wangtian.

Although some people disagree with this, since it is business, not politics, many ministers just forget it, just treat it as a royal woman who manages her own industries.

Although he has been in power for only four months, most of the leaders of the chamber of commerce who have sneaked into this world are under Xiao Bing's disciples. Of course, he is easy to control. The five provinces are also rich in resources. The industries within the five provinces can develop normally, and some of them have already made profits and self-sufficiency.

In this chaotic world, the most important thing was of course grain. Not long ago, the chamber of commerce outside also smuggled more grain. Now, with five provinces, the food problem has been alleviated.

The most important thing now is arms and money.

In the five provinces, the army expanded to 400,000. Intensified training, the required military equipment was of course huge.

Fortunately, the paper armor has been operating for several years, and the current production scale is 30,000 yuan per month. It is currently under full force to start construction, so it is still no problem to arm all soldiers before the war.

But the problem of arms and money is a big trouble - this is actually a problem of iron and copper. It is not enough to arm 400,000 troops in the five provinces!

For future mining development, we are basically planning to learn from some policies of the Northern Song Dynasty on Earth - the Northern Song Dynasty was a private mine, and now mines and the like still belong to the court, but the court itself does not operate it. The government establishes a management agency and only collects taxes - just hand over the mines and the like to the private sector to operate it.

But the problem is that these things cannot be built in one or two years. Even if the Minerals Department has been established in the Ministry of Industry and sent people to explore new mines in Anchang, Jinsha and other provinces, it is necessary to find, build roads, mine, output, and until the real profits are real, at least more than ten years...

After thinking about it, Fang Xin issued an order to auction the original five provinces of money minting bureaus, a total of thirteen departments.

The chamber of commerce controlled by the arrivals, of course, knows the benefits, so they flock to it. The original old chamber of commerce in this world is generally waiting and watching, and some are also involved.

Just by auctioning eleven coin minting bureaus, they obtained five years of minting rights, they auctioned 550,000 taels of silver, which greatly supplemented the fiscal revenue and had at least one year of military expenditure. Even Xiao Bing himself purchased two and became the owner of the industrial and mining industry.

Some provisions on plane technology and civilization have been notified. Although these arrivals cannot directly send technology, by organizing personnel research to "naturely improve" some technologies, this kind of edge ball can still be played.

Since capturing Xijiang Province, the newly recruited 100,000 troops naturally transferred backbone veterans to a long line. They have started training since October last year, and until now, they can almost participate in the war as second-line troops.

The whole world closely monitors Fang Xin's actions and sees his next move.

In May, generals Zhou Bingbin, Wu Xing and Jiang Wenxuan sent troops. These three were all generals in a town, with 50,000 soldiers, 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 10,000 cavalry. They led a total of 90,000 soldiers and 150,000 troops. Zhou Bingbin was the vanguard commander and attacked directly at Songtai Province.

After that, Fang Xin personally led 20,000 cavalry and 150,000 soldiers, claiming to be 300,000, and followed up slowly, claiming to mobilize 400,000 troops.

There were nine counties and eighty counties in Songtai Province, and they were named Dacheng, which was founded by Gaoming Tong. Since Gaoming's death, it was actually a force of private separatism.

Faced with such a huge military force, the Governor of Songtai Province, Lu Qiuhui, hurriedly asked for help from the imperial capital, and on the other hand, he tried his best to organize resistance.

But the massacre order was not long before everyone was afraid.

With a large army, Zhou Nanbo, the prefect of Dongyang County, immediately led the eight counties of the county to surrender, and said to Zhou Bingbin: "Now that Gao Ming died, he was obtained by usurping the throne, and his foundation was almost empty. Although his son Gao Zhenying was the emperor, he trapped the imperial capital, and each province and county each had its own people. Under this situation, if someone stood up to advocate, it would be easy to get the Central Plains, and the general army would come. Except for Lu Qiuhui, who was still willing to resist, other officials and heroes would all depend on the front. The minister was willing to drive forward to the general and persuade the counties along the way to surrender to the Yi Shi."

Zhou Bingbin heard this and although he was not very satisfied, he had no war without war. However, seeing that the trust and confidants in the camp were there, he had to say, "Good!"

Zhou Nanbo then stepped forward one by one to persuade the county: "Gao Mingzheng usurped the imperial power, and thus the world was in chaos because of his unrighteousness. How could the world last forever? Now King Fan raises 400,000 troops and is at the city. If he does not surrender, he will not only cause a disaster for his own death, but also a disaster for the nine clans. It is better to follow the will of heaven and the will of the people, surrender to King Fan, and not lose his official position!"

Suddenly, the nearby counties surrendered one after another. In less than a month, in the province, except for Lu Qiuhui, there were 30,000 troops guarding the provincial capital Lede City, and all the others surrendered.

Generals Zhou Bingbin, Wu Xing and Jiang Wenxuan led their troops to surround Lede City. At this time, with the surrendered troops, there were already 150,000 people, and the army began to attack the city.

After six days of battle, the city lost 8,000. Seeing that the situation was over, Wang Zhuo, the garrison in Lede City, and Chen Shuzi, the prefect of Lede City, were afraid that the family would be bankrupt and raid the family would be destroyed in the future, so they secretly united and led a thousand troops at night to kill Lu Qiuhui, and surrendered.

Fang Xin was very happy when he heard about it. He first ordered Lu Qiuhui not to be collected. His body was hung on the city and his whole family was confiscated and no one was left.

He immediately rewarded the entire army with wine and food. Zhou Bingbin, Wu Xing and Jiang Wenxuan were all promoted to the next level to show their merits and rewards. He also issued an order to promote Zhou Nanbo to the governor of the Song-Tai Province. He was promoted from the fifth rank to the third rank. Other counties and counties were not investigated and kept their original positions. However, all private soldiers must be reorganized and handed over.

Zhou Nanbo cried and thanked him. He opened a warehouse to provide famine relief and assigned counties. Within a month, the whole province was well managed and the hearts of the military and civilians were stabilized.

In July, Fang Xin rushed to Songtai Province and ordered Zhou Bingbin, Wu Xing and Jiang Wenxuan to go out to advance to Hetu Province.

Due to considerable examples, counties along the way went out of the city without even persuasion. Feng Huayi, the governor of Hetu Province, fell to the fate of Pei Xuzhou and Lu Qiuhui, and personally led 40,000 people to surrender.

Only the prefect of Hangang County, Ruizhe, was the direct line of Gao Mingtong, and refused to surrender. Jiang Wenxuan led 30,000 to encircle and suppress the battle. The initial battle was unfavorable, and was directly rushed to the original formation by Zhu Bingming, the prefect general, and five thousand people were lost.

Zhou Bingbin quickly raised his troops to support the county and besieged the county. The battle was very fierce. It was not until twenty-six days later that the city was broken. According to the order, the entire clan of the resistance was killed, and the people were killed by one of ten.

Zhou Bingbin admires Zhu Bingming's military talents very much. After all, he can lead less than 10,000 people. Facing an army of 100,000, he can still attack and win. It is really not easy to defend the city with a tenacious look. It is the seed of famous generals, so he reports to plead for mercy.

But Fang Xin still issued an order to execute him. No matter whether he was a famous general or not, those who firmly resisted should not be kept.

As soon as the Hetu province fell, the imperial capital and Zhili province were exposed to the sharp edge. At this time, Fang Jinzhi, Mengzhou Province, sent 60,000 troops to respond to the call of the imperial capital.

Faced with such a situation, Fang Xin had a disagreement within. On the one hand, he believed that this was already an isolated army, and the veterans were tired, so he should slow down. On the other hand, he believed that soldiers were the most powerful and should go straight to the imperial capital. In this way, the overall situation of the Central Plains has been decided, and the provinces in the Central Plains must not be given enough time to unite.

Fang Xin issued a decisive order, Wu Xing stayed in Hetu Province, leaving 50,000 troops, while Jiang Wenxuan sent 40,000 troops, leaning against Hetu Province, and arrived at Fang Jinzhi's army. Fang Xin personally led a large army, and joined Zhou Bingbin's army to attack the imperial capital.

The Li family army rushed to Zhili and first sent confidant generals to guard the checkpoints and form a barrier. At this time, the counties and counties in Zhili surrendered to Fang Xin, and the situation was clear.

In November, Fang Xin led an army of 200,000 to the imperial capital. Eleven days later, Kyoto was conquered.

He raised his troops north, but in May, even Fang Xin himself was shocked. This was actually because of the condensation of troops and attacking the disintegrated enemy. Although Dacheng had hundreds of thousands of troops, he was almost invincible.

When Li Rui arrived at the imperial capital, he killed the entire Gao Zhenying clan to offer the ancestral temple, and ordered that the Dachu ancestral temple not be violated, which gained the support and support of public opinion.

At this time, 400,000 troops were guarding everywhere, and the newly surrendered 300,000 troops had not yet been digested. Fang Xin issued an order slowly. Even so, Fang Xin seized the imperial capital and had already grasped the unparalleled trend, and nearby counties surrendered one after another.

Thirty thousand cavalrymen looked at the provinces, and any rebellion was destroyed with the momentum of thunder, and time passed quickly. By April of the following year, the private soldiers of the occupied counties and counties had been reorganized, and the officials had also been adjusted.

In May, Jiang Wenxuan was given a new army and defeated Fang Jinzhi in one fell swoop. Two of the three provinces near the imperial capital were pacified.

In May of the same year, Prime Minister Shen Xuan wrote a letter

"Now the Central Plains is in a blink of an eye. At this time, the king has nine provinces, and the world has already obtained half. He gathers 800,000 troops and launches troops to fight. He will definitely be invincible and will be able to defeat all the attacks... The southern expedition is also imperative. With the Hunyuan world, how can those who unify the world alone be just the king's title? I believe that the king has millions of troops to save the people from the water and fire, but the great righteousness is not yet determined. If he goes south, there will be former Chu vassal kings in the south who claim to be emperor. Those who use the king to attack the emperor must be suspected of rebellion and forcing the palace. If he proclaims the emperor, he will make a decision to rebel and force the palace. If he proclaims the emperor, he will make a decision to establish the throne. At this time, he will not ascend the emperor to the throne, and to determine the great righteousness, when will he wait? I hope the king will proclaim himself emperor, respond to the order of Tianjing and comfort the people..."

As soon as this book was published, Fang Xin was convinced by him. Indeed, he was a minister of the Great Chu in the past. Now if he directly attacked the emperor of the Great Chu with the title of king, he would inevitably be suspected of usurping the emperor. It would not matter after he became emperor. It was a revolutionary act of heaven.

The same is true for all the ministers. The memorial to Li Rui ascend to the Infrastructure and Establishment of the Dynasty flew like heavy snow. In the central court, Shen Xuan led the cabinet and civil and military officials to formally submit a letter to persuade them to advance.

When the first sign was mentioned, he believed that his virtue was insufficient and humbled him.

The ministers refused, and the two of them followed him, and then issued an order, saying: "I am not worthy of prestige, so I should be sacred in the marquis's land, and I will wait for him in a vacant position!"

The ministers submitted a letter saying, "There is no sage in the world who is better than the great king."

So after three times, Li Rui sighed and said, "Heavenly gave his destiny, and he dared not disobey it, so he would accept it!"
Chapter completed!