Chapter 1063: I cant have this Minister of War anymore
Prince Wu Luan finally appeared.
Su Mingzhe muttered "Wuluan", but the images of Empress Wan and Qingnu came to mind.
"When I recalled the plot, I thought the story was set in the Later Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties."
"After all, in the story, not only did you have the governor of Youzhou, but Emperor Li and the Khitan also sent each other's princes as hostages."
"As a result, the background of the story actually takes place in the small country of Nanping, which is somewhat ridiculous."
"The king of Nanping, who lives in a mere three states, is in danger. No wonder Wu Luan doesn't care about the throne. No wonder Emperor Li loves beauties but not the country."
Out of curiosity, Su Mingzhe summoned the Nanping envoy and Proton Wuluan that afternoon.
Just like in the movie, Prince Wu Luan of Nanping is handsome, cold-faced and weak in temperament.
However, these are just appearances.
Su Mingzhe could clearly sense that the power of Qi and blood in Wu Luan's body was by no means inferior to that of the elite soldiers of his Yinu Army.
This was not only true for Wu Luan, but also for the envoy and the eight beauties following behind.
The strength of each person's energy and blood is comparable to that of the elite soldiers of the Yinu Army.
Moreover, after they entered the Golden Palace, their heartbeats began to accelerate and their breathing rates increased.
"The King of Nanping sent over eight 'war girls'. Is this a game of 'Jing Ke assassinates the King of Qin'?"
Su Mingzhe looked calm and raised his eyelids, feeling that this matter was starting to become interesting.
According to etiquette, the Nanping delegation presented the gift first.
In addition to the eight beauties, there is also a sea turtle, a thousand-horse mount, a long statue, and a treasure bow.
Su Mingzhe knew about these gifts in advance.
As a superior state, the Han Kingdom accepted gifts from King Nanping and needed to double the gifts in return.
Su Mingzhe is currently on an expedition, and there are no officials from the Ministry of Rites accompanying him.
The list of return gifts to King Nanping was negotiated by the military counselor with officials from the Ministry of Rites of Shu.
After the reception of the mission was over, the rest of the mission was arranged to rest in the Sifang Pavilion, while Proton Wuluan was sent to the military camp for custody.
When the army squadron returns to the court, Wu Luan will follow him back to Chang'an City.
After receiving the envoy from King Nanping, Su Mingzhe also received the envoy from Ma Chu State.
After all, the Nanping Kingdom was not destroyed, so Ma Chu was spared.
Although the Ma Chu Kingdom's military strength was similar to that of King Nanping, both with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, its territory was vast, and the tributes and gifts it gave were extremely generous.
Su Mingzhe naturally gave back more.
Wait until Han and Ma Chu confirm their relationship of becoming vassal and paying tribute.
After the Ma Chu delegation returns, Chu Emperor Ma Yin will cancel his imperial title and change his title to king.
Historically, Ma Yin had always been obedient to the Central Plains dynasty and never proclaimed himself emperor.
In this world, Ma Yin has become addicted to being an emperor.
After the mission left.
The drama of "Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin" that Su Mingzhe thought would happen did not happen.
Although the eight beauties from Nanping all have martial arts skills, they never show off their skills.
Even when she goes to bed at night, she looks so delicate that she is "too weak to use any strength".
Su Mingzhe found it very interesting to see these women acting in masks. He would take them with him every time he went out of the palace to inspect the surrounding areas.
As time passed, rumors began to spread that Emperor Han liked the beauties of Nanping.
Of course this is bullshit.
There are so many beauties in Shu, how could Su Mingzhe only dote on eight beauties from Nanping?
As of August.
In addition to gathering the beauties from the Shu Kingdom's palace, Su Mingzhe also found the 'Mrs. Little Flower' Fei.
Fei was in her cardamom years, with delicate and snow-white skin, a clear and beautiful appearance, a pair of clear eyes like stars, a soft figure, and a fragrant fragrance. If she had grown older, she would be no different from the Luo Shen in "Fu of the Luo Shen".
After Su Mingzhe took her into the palace, he pampered her every day.
Later, he disliked it and made her go from the harem to the Imperial Study Room every day to waste time, so he specially arranged for her to live in the Imperial Study Room.
Not only that, in order to prevent other women from being jealous and killing Fei, Su Mingzhe specially arranged for more than a hundred palace servants to protect and serve her.
Except for the queen, no other woman in Su Mingzhe's harem has enjoyed this kind of treatment.
In a blink of an eye, it’s September.
The territory of Shu was relatively large. After annexing Shu, the Han State surpassed the Liang State in terms of population and area.
It was also because of the vast territory of Shu that Su Mingzhe stayed here for more than two months to sort out the state capital.
Late September.
Su Mingzhe led the army back to Chang'an City.
"Congratulations to my emperor for his longevity and his unification of the nine states as soon as possible!"
In accordance with Su Mingzhe's instructions, Prime Minister Wei Yi led all civil and military officials to greet him at Ba Bridge at the gate of the city.
Queen Cui Yingying also came with her concubines.
After annexing Shu, the only country in the land of Kyushu that could compete with Han was Liang.
And Emperor Liang Zhu Wen is already an old man in his seventies. It is said that he has recently begun to cultivate his moral character. It seems that the end of his life is approaching.
Therefore, everyone inside and outside the Han Dynasty court was eagerly looking forward to the Han Emperor leading the Han Dynasty to unify the world and recreate the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties.
October has passed.
The busy farming season is over.
Su Mingzhe continued to promote "relief through work" to provide relief to the homeless.
After two years of construction, Chang'an City has been restored to its original state, and the palace is no worse than it was during the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty.
The main direction of this year's "relief for work" program is to build the industrial and agricultural foundations.
Spring has bloomed.
In the third year of Jianwu of the Han Dynasty.
Su Mingzhe summoned the ministers to discuss the matter of conquering the Liang Kingdom.
Since Su Mingzhe led the Han army last year, it took more than a month to annex the Shu Kingdom.
Not only Nanping and Ma Chu were frightened, but everyone in the Liang Kingdom also began to tremble, fearing that the Han army would attack.
In order to prevent the Han Dynasty, Liang Emperor Zhu Wen directly launched a militaristic mode, not only doubling the collection of various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but also unlimited military expansion.
In today's Liang Kingdom, all young and strong men will be sent to military camps and tattooed with gold letters to prevent them from becoming deserters.
Under this extreme operation, Liang Jun's army more than doubled in just a few months.
Among them, there were more than 800,000 Liang Jun troops stationed on the border between the two countries.
After hearing this, Su Mingzhe just smiled casually:
"The Liang army is mostly a mob. I only need 300,000 troops to defeat the entire Liang Kingdom!"
Lu Wen, the Minister of War, saw his emperor's confidence, so he stood up and reported the bad news:
"Your Majesty, according to reports from secret spies, the new Khitan Khan Yelu Deguang attacked the Bohai Kingdom for two consecutive years after he ascended the throne. By the end of last year, the Bohai Kingdom was destroyed. And after Liang Emperor Zhu Wen learned that the Khitan army was strong, he sent The envoy has gone to Khitan and is negotiating to borrow troops!"
As a grassland tribe, the Khitan unified the grassland very early, almost twenty years ago.
When the officials heard that Emperor Liang had borrowed troops from the Khitan, they immediately frowned and cursed:
"Liang Emperor Zhu Wen is such a traitor that he even formed an alliance with the prairie barbarians. This is to sell my Han family's kingdom!"
Lu Wen, Minister of War, spoke again:
"Your Majesty, the alliance between Liang and Khitan is about to begin. We are going to conquer Liang at this time, so we need to be prepared for a protracted war!"
The Minister of Hubu stood up quickly, with a mournful face, and said:
"Your Majesty, our Han Dynasty has been a country for three years. We have fought every year and paid too little in taxes. The national treasury has begun to eat too much food..."
"Don't worry about food issues!"
Su Mingzhe rubbed the handle of the dragon chair with his fingers and said with a smile:
"When the Chu State sent envoys to the DPRK last year, I had them sell one million shi of grain to us. Calculating the time, this batch of grain is already on the way. It will take another two months at most, that is, before April. , can be sent to Chang'an."
"One million stones of grain and grass can supply an army of 300,000 for half a year."
The Minister of War made a mental calculation, but hesitantly said:
"It's just that the one million stones of grain and grass were transported from Chu to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to the front line. I'm afraid the consumption on the way will be more than half. In this case, dispatching an army of 300,000 people, I'm afraid it can only support three soldiers." months.”
"Three months is enough!"
Su Mingzhe really didn't look down on Liang Guo.
The territory occupied by the Liang Kingdom was mainly the hinterland of the Central Plains, and there were not many natural dangers to defend.
Moreover, Luoyang, the capital of Liang State, was not even two hundred meters away from the border.
If the army is dispatched and goes straight down the river, it will be able to surround Luoyang.
The Minister of War also seemed to have guessed the emperor's thoughts, and reported another bad news:
"Your Majesty, after the Lantern Festival, Emperor Zhu Wen of Liang sent Crown Prince Zhu Youfeng to Youzhou. I and others speculate that... the Liang Kingdom is going to move its capital!"