Qin Wenyuan led his army back to Licheng without any danger. After settling in his mother's house, he called his superior Ma Yuntian to have a secret talk with Qin Changqing at the mansion. Then Qin Wenyuan ordered the craftsmen to choose a site in "Xuanyuan" to build the mansion.
It was for the Mo family to live. Before the mansion was built, Murphy and her second uncle Mo Yazi first lived in the Xu Mansion, while the people accompanying the Mo family lived in the mountains around "Xuanyuan" together with Li Kuang's craftsmen who returned at the same time.
In the house built for the craftsmen.
After several days of rest, Qin Wenyuan asked his father to convene the generals of the Qin family army and senior officials in the governor's office at the Generalissimo's Mansion in Licheng for discussion. When many military and political officials arrived, and after a while of greetings, Qin Changqing led
The audience waved their hands in front of a huge map to indicate that everyone should listen quietly.
"Everyone, I invite you to come here today to discuss something. For the greater development of Qizhou, Qin decided to petition the imperial court to establish a vassal palace in Qizhou and govern Jizhou, Cangzhou, Yunzhou, Weizhou, Haizhou, etc.
Eleven prefectures including Chongzhou, Qingzhou, Yizhou, Dizhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou are included in the prefecture. In this way, Qizhou can slowly develop northeastward to the area with fertile water and grass at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.
The state will establish a military port, develop a naval force, radiate to Silla and control Jeju Island, forming a strategic depth that can advance, attack, retreat and defend, and create a lasting legacy for our future generations. Do you have any suggestions?"
Looking at the "e"-shaped area centered on Qizhou on the map pointed by Qin Changqing, all the officials opened their mouths and couldn't believe it. How ideal a person must be to dare to think like this.
"It's incredible, it's incredible!"
In fact, this is what Qin Wenyuan thought after returning to Licheng and having a long talk with his father. Considering the current situation, Qin Wenyuan believed that the court would inevitably cause an uproar after receiving the report from Licheng, but the emperor would eventually have to rely on the fact that the Tang Dynasty is still
They compromised because of the reality that they were unable to look eastward. After all, if there was a force that could guarantee that the northeastern part of the Tang Dynasty would not be invaded, why not do it? Moreover, this force had no intention of competing with the Tang Dynasty for the world. All it wanted was to be crowned king with a different surname.
All the civil and military personnel in Licheng took their eyes away from the map with difficulty, then bowed and said loudly.
"We are willing to follow the Generalissimo to expand our territory, and we will follow the descendants of the Xu family to the death!"
Qin Changqing was satisfied after hearing the officials' expressions, and ordered everyone to sit down before continuing.
"This is the plan proposed by my son. In the future, the Xu family's army will act according to my son's military orders. From now on, the governor's office will issue notices to the entire Qizhou, and before the end of the year, departments will be opened to select useful materials to enrich the local government offices.
The selected people, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, as long as they are of good character, can sign up to take the exam. Everyone, please work hard for our lofty ambitions!"
After saying this, Qin Changqing paused briefly before speaking.
"Sima Yuntian will take up the post of joining the army in the Marshal's Office from today. He will be responsible for the Marshal's Office coordinating various documents between the Xu Family Army and the Governor's Yamen and participating in the planning and decision-making of major military and political affairs in Qizhou."
After hearing the appointment of the generalissimo, Sima Yuntian stood up, bowed deeply to the Licheng officials and said.
"Sima will serve the Qin family with all his colleagues from today. I hope you will take good care of me in the future!"
Seeing Sima's humility and politeness, the Licheng officials had some good impressions. The counselors who knew that this man had returned to Licheng with the young marshal already knew it, and then heard Qin Changqing say that what happened today was the plan and countermeasures advocated by Qin Wenyuan.
The appointment of this person must be that he was not just an ordinary person, so he was highly valued by the Xu family. For a while, he had some expectations for Sima Yuntian.
The political environment in Licheng was relatively clear compared to that of the Tang Dynasty. A new government without the constraints of aristocratic families and various forces would make judgments based on the actual situation rather than on whose interests to care for when dealing with major military and political matters.
No matter what, it has its advantages and correctness. From this point alone, Licheng's development plan is much more advanced than the policies implemented by Datang.
After receiving the support of the officials in Licheng, Qin Wenyuan began to prepare for the construction of the navy wharf. First, he used the fishermen in the coastal waters of Qizhou to find out the specific situation on the line from Laizhou to Dengzhou. Once the imperial decree came down, he would start large-scale construction. Everyone in the Mohist family knew about this
He was very supportive of Xu Tian and stated that he would do his best to help.
After completing the preliminary preparations for the establishment of the navy, Qin Wenyuan sent a large number of military scouts to Jizhou, Cangzhou, Yunzhou, Dizhou and Haizhou to learn about the Yamen officials and city defense situations in various places. In Qin Wenyuan's mind, if
The imperial court finally rejected Licheng's request, and he would use force to force these state capitals to obey the Qin family's command.
Qin Wenyuan knew that in a few months the Eastern Turk Jieli Khan tribe would cause chaos in Taiyuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. The Tang Dynasty would send Ju Gong Tang Lian to negotiate, and at this time Li Jing would take advantage of Tang Lian to negotiate with Jieli.
With the opportunity, he used very few Tang troops to sneak attack the Eastern Turks and achieved a complete victory, forcing Jieli Khan to flee to the front line of Yinshan Mountain.
A sense of urgency that cannot wait inspires Qin Wenyuan to dream of conquering the battlefield and establishing an ideal country.
After staying in the government for a few days, Xu Tian led 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry troops to enter Yunzhou and forcibly took over the management of the Yamen. He wanted to make arrangements in Yunzhou to resist possible threats to Licheng from the imperial army.
, after having some conversations with the officials of the Yunzhou Yamen and the generals of the city defense camp, all those who are willing and agree with the governance of the Qin family will stay and continue to be employed, and other officials will be free to come and go as they please.
After settling the Yunzhou incident, Qin Wenyuan left Xu Shiqing, the captain of the cavalry, to lead 1,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry to strengthen the city defense and assist the Yamen to control the chaos in Yunzhou City, in the hope that officials selected from Licheng would come to Yunzhou to help the current
The chief officials of the yamen improve the people's livelihood and other political affairs here.
After finishing the Yunzhou affairs, Qin Wenyuan led the remaining 4,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry to march towards Chongzhou City. With lightning speed, he successfully captured Chongzhou City before the defense of Chongzhou City could figure out what it was.
city.
Qin Wenyuan also left some soldiers in Chongzhou and continued to march to Haizhou. After capturing Haizhou, the situation changed somewhat.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At that time, the governor of Haizhou City was Yang Xinzhi, who was under the command of Li Tai, who was renamed King of Yue. This officer relied on his profound background to move around some Haizhou officials and aristocratic families to oppose Qin Wenyuan.
In desperation, Qin Wenyuan sent an order to kill Yang Xinzhi outside the gate of Haizhou city defense camp and display his head to the public. Qin Wenyuan killed a group of people and recruited a group of Haizhou officials with iron-blooded and gentle methods to quickly calm down the chaos in Haizhou. Haizhou was finally
Fall into the hands of the Qin family.
In the last few months of the second year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Qin Wenyuan used sneak attacks to bring several states in the Henan Province of the Tang Dynasty into the scope of the Qin family's governance, forming a barrier to defend Qizhou. From then on, there would be no threat to the southwest of Qizhou
The power of the Xu family...
At the same time that Li Shimin received a request from Qizhou to establish a vassal palace, the Henan Daoxingtai Yamen reported that Qin Wenyuan had forcibly captured several states, and a memorial flew to the court like snowflakes.
Li Shimin only knew that something serious had happened after receiving memorials from two places. With thunderous anger towards the Qin family, he summoned the ministers in the Taiji Hall to discuss how to deal with this sudden situation.
When the officials in the main hall learned the truth of the incident, they became indignant. They all said that the Qin family had forcibly separated several states and wanted to rebel against the Tang Dynasty. However, they did not know how to punish the Qin family because of the great military power of the Qin family, the prosperity of the people under their rule, and their clear political policy.
Looking at the ministers in the hall whispering among themselves, no one could come up with a reasonable and effective method. Li Shimin finally felt regret in his heart. He really shouldn't have suppressed Qin Wenyuan and made him leave Chang'an like that! This kid acted too boldly and recklessly.
He did not take the overall situation of the court into consideration and only did what he thought was right. However, some ministers in the court were still colluding with Guanlong and Shanxi, and the aristocratic families in Shaanxi planned their own rights and interests. Little did they know that Xu Tian's vision and structure were not the same.
What they can compare with is that they all think highly of themselves at ordinary times, but they are useless at critical moments.
While Li Shimin was indignantly pondering and thinking, Fang Xuanling came out and said.
"Your Majesty, the memorial from Qin Changqing, which I have read, shows that the Qin family has no intention of rebelling against the Tang Dynasty. All they want is rights. Qin Wenyuan's son led the army to seize several states in Henan Province just to prepare for a rainy day and to be prepared for the imperial court to send troops.
Qizhou has obtained a strategic and in-depth plan. It is not simple for this son. He has such insight at a young age. As for the memorial, which wants to place several states in Hebei Province under the jurisdiction of Qizhou at the same time, the ministers do not understand the intention of the Qin family. Is it possible that this is the case?
Is it also the idea of that kid Qin Wenyuan? Could it be that he wants to launch a defense to the north to compete with the Turkic cavalry for the fertile land under the Yin Mountain?"
When Fang Xuanling finished speaking and was about to say something else, Li Jing quickly took over his topic and started talking.
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask your Majesty to report the map to you."
After hearing what Fang Xuanling and Li Jing said, Li Shimin seemed to have some ideas, so he ordered the eunuch to put up a bracket in the main hall to hang the map, then got up and went down to the Jinluan Hall in front of the map.
Li Jing drew an "e" shape on the map with his finger on the area claimed by the Qin family and said.
"Your Majesty, please see that the rights of Jizhou and Weizhou advocated in the Qin Family Memorial are nothing more than a cover-up used by Qin Wenyuan to bargain with the emperor. His real purpose is actually to include Cangzhou and Dizhou in the north.
Under the jurisdiction of Qizhou, Cangzhou, Dizhou, Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou were connected in a line. Then this son decided to establish a navy in the coastal areas or go north into the grassland or even the Goryeo Kingdom or go east to Silla and Silla.
The purpose of establishing a maritime territory on Jeju Island is not only military but also to open up trade routes between the sea and the north. If this plan succeeds, the economy of the area under Jeju's jurisdiction will become so prosperous that I can't even imagine, and the strong economy will bring about
The Qin family's army must be even more powerful, I admire this son's ambition and his great skill!"
After looking at the map and listening to Li Jing's story, Li Shimin was also shocked by Qin Wenyuan's strategic thinking. He really didn't expect this kid to have such a promising plan. Then he turned around and looked at the ministers beside him, feeling disappointed in his heart.
Feeling depressed, he returned to the dragon couch and sat upright without saying a word.
Seeing the emperor's behavior, Yuwenshi knew that the emperor must be regretting what happened to Qin Wenyuan. At the same time, he was also reviewing in his mind whether his conspiracy with Changsun Wuji and others a few days ago was beneficial to the Yuwen family. He thought of his hatred with Qin Wenyuan.
It was just because his son's martial arts was abolished and it didn't lead to a life-and-death feud. How could he be so smeared with the thieves of a few old ghosts and even provoke the hatred between Master Shande and Qin Wenyuan?
Thinking of this, Yu Wenshiji felt a little regretful for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Wei Ting and others.
When Wei Ting and others saw Yu Wenshi looking at him, they mistakenly thought that he was trying to make him wait for him to come out and write the book, which would be detrimental to Qin Wenyuan. They exchanged glances with each other and then all came out and stood in the hall. Wei Ting said loudly.
"Your Majesty! I have something to report to you."
When Li Shimin saw that it was Wei Ting, Zhang Gongjin, Wang Yuting and others who came out to speak, he endured the impatience in his heart and spoke.
"If you have anything to say, please tell me!"
"Your Majesty, we believe that Qin Wenyuan led his army to seize several prefectures in Henan Province, which is a treasonous act. The imperial court should immediately summon a large army to attack the Qin family's army in Licheng, capture the Qin family's entire family, and behead them to rectify the imperial court. Only in this way can we make the Tang Dynasty famous in front of the world.
It establishes an image that the empire is not afraid of anyone's threats and rebellion, and at the same time it can also deter the generals who command the army from having the idea of subverting the imperial will."
"Wei Ting! Tell us who has violated the imperial decree. I was in Luozhou at that time, but I was ordered to let Qin Wen return to the Far East. I just thought of meeting him, so he drank and said goodbye before the stalemate between the two armies, saying that each was his own master.
We don't hold grudges against each other even if we die in battle. How do you, a common man, understand that iron-blooded men like us have clear grudges, unlike you and other good men who plot against others in dark corners? You are a bunch of damn villains."
Wei Ting had just finished playing with the emperor, but unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin was furious and shouted in the palace.
Since that day, he drank with Qin Wenyuan in the city of Luozhou and got a little drunk before receiving the order to return Qin Wen to the Far East. After Cheng Yaojin returned to Chang'an, he felt proud every time he thought about his deeds of feasting, chatting and laughing with this boy in front of the two armies.
, I didn’t expect that Wei Ting would dare to make any remarks in front of the emperor today. He just wanted to say that I, Old Cheng, and Qin Wenyuan had something to do with each other, so why would you make insinuations when you said it clearly? It’s really shameful.
"Cheng Yaojin! Who are you talking about? Others are afraid of you, but we, Zhang Gongjin, are not afraid of you. On that day, we followed the emperor's order to stop Qin Wenyuan, but we did not see you leading the army there. Instead, we drank and had a good time with Xu Tian in Luozhou. Who knew you
What kind of heart do you have? If you are not disobeying the order, then what is it? The emperor did not hold you accountable for disobeying the order, which is a great blessing from God, but what courage do you have to coax me like this?"
"Old Zhang! Fuck you, you are like a villain who was beaten to pieces by Qin Wenyuan several times. If I, Old Cheng, and Yuchi Heizi hadn't saved you, you would have been fucking killed by Xu in front of the Qin Mansion in Chang'an City.
It’s God’s fault, but I can still hear you beeping here today. With your wolfish heart of not repaying a favor, I, Old Cheng, said that you are a villain but I have not wronged you..."
"That's enough! You two are so impudent in front of the palace. It really opened my eyes. I summoned you today to discuss how to deal with the two memorials. I don't want to see you two make a fool of yourself in front of the palace. Zhang Gongjin and Cheng Yaojin
Each of you will be fined one year's salary as punishment. If you two don't have serious words to say, go down and listen to what others have to say."
Seeing He Yaojin and Zhang Gongjin facing each other in front of the palace and speaking obscene words, Li Shimin couldn't help but get angry and reprimand loudly on the dragon bed.
Hearing the emperor's rebuke, Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Gongjin quickly fell to the ground to plead guilty. After the emperor said the punishment, they still glared at each other and retreated to the palace without daring to speak.