Just when Liu De was admiring the engraving and printing, in the far south, across the Yangtze River, a majestic city stood on the riverside, with boats and boats coming and going, and a lot of people.
This is Guangling City, an important southern town of the Han Dynasty and the capital of Wu King Liu Bi.
King Wu Liu Bi, who was dressed in military uniform, was walking on top of the city, overlooking the beautiful rivers and mountains on both sides of the river.
"Back then, I followed Emperor Gao to conquer Yingbu in the south and killed the Han thieves. Emperor Gao recognized my bravery and made him the King of Wu, and gave him the important task of Annan. For forty-two years, I have worked hard and sleep day and night, so that the great prosperity of Wu State can be achieved today.
The situation!" Although Liu Bi is sixty-two years old this year and is the oldest among the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty, he is still strong and strong and very talkative.
Following King Wu Liu Bi were all his trusted generals.
No matter what the world thinks about Liu Bi, in terms of his governance of the state of Wu, he is indeed a wise ruler.
Over the past forty-two years, with the help of the profits from salt money, Liu Bi has forged ahead with determination, making the Wu Kingdom, which was dilapidated by the war, thousands of miles uninhabited, full of swamps and ruins, now a populous country with continuous farmland, developed industry and commerce, and a powerful military.
A prosperous southern country.
In the three counties and fifty-three cities under the rule of Wu, Liu Bi exempted them from all exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes except for land taxes.
Therefore, in the land of Wu, the people only knew about the king of Wu but not about the emperor. The generals of Wu only recognized the tiger talisman of the king of Wu but not the tiger talisman of the emperor.
Especially the new generation of young people who have grown up have almost forgotten that there is a place called Chang'an that still manages them!
In the hearts of these people, King Wu is their monarch!
Liu Bi walked up to the tower and continued: "Unfortunately, this great situation is about to be ruined!"
He turned around, looked at his generals, and said: "There are traitors in the Han Dynasty who have done nothing for the world. They invade the princes' lands and do not treat the Liu family's flesh and blood with the courtesy of the princes and princes. They destroy the meritorious officials of the late emperor. Your Majesty is sick and loses his will and cannot reflect on it."
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"What is the crime of King Zhao that he cut off the Hejian County!" Liu Bi asked angrily: "The king of Jiaoxi is just selling his title. He wants to cut off six counties. Yesterday he cut off Zhao State, today he cuts off Jiaoxi.
Tomorrow it may be our turn to be in Wu State. I dare to ask the generals, why should I face each other?"
I have to admit that Liu Bi's speech skills are good. His tone is very good, and he quickly incited the generals' anger towards the imperial court.
When the Han Dynasty reduced other princes, the generals of Wu State had no objection.
But if you want to destroy the Kingdom of Wu, you must never agree!
Why, in Wu State, even the lowest-level farmer can live a very prosperous life.
Although Wu State is located in a humid land in the south with swamps everywhere, it only pays a land tax of thirty to one!
There is no need to pay any extra taxes or oral calculations. The King of Wu has shouldered all the duties. Not only that, the King of Wu has also canceled all the regular duties. This is equivalent to saying that this is a paradise where there are no excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.
Under the temptation of such benefits, refugees from all over the world and even poor people from vassal states such as Nanyue, Dongou, and Minyue came to settle in the territory of Wu.
Within more than ten years, the originally dilapidated place became prosperous. The swamps were filled in, houses were immediately built, and pastoral streets began to appear. Today, the population of the three counties of Wu State has reached nearly two to three million, with an average of one county.
There are a million people!
This is a feat that King Wu Liu Bi cannot erase!
As for the nobles and the upper class of Wu State, life is even more prosperous.
The extremely generous income from salt and coinage allowed the Wu State to absorb half of the world's wealth with the land of three counties. With such a huge wealth, anyone who is not too stupid can live a very happy life.
At this time, they heard that the imperial court actually wanted to reduce the fiefdom of Wu State?
Is it possible to tolerate this?
Even if you don’t think about yourself, you have to think about your family, fellow villagers and elders!
Whether to live a comfortable life in Wu State or go back to pay all kinds of exorbitant taxes and do corvee service to the Han Dynasty, you can make a choice even with your butt!
A general came out to pay homage and said: "Your Majesty, the generals have no objection to the imperial court cutting down other feudal states, but if the emperor wants to cut down my country of Wu, I will not agree even to my death!"
King Wu Liu Bi looked over and saw that it was his favorite general Hengba, who was young and promising and well-known in the army.
When Hengba said this, the other generals knelt down excitedly and said, "Exactly, if the emperor wants to destroy my country of Wu, we would rather die than agree!"
When Liu Bi saw that his generals were supporting him, he was greatly relieved, but he still pretended to sigh: "It's a pity that if you want me to die, I have to die... I am a Han minister, and I have received the favor of my country in my life.
Dare to resist the emperor? No way!"
"Your Majesty!" A general knelt down and cried: "We will not rebel against the emperor, we will only rebel against traitors... How about using the name Qingjun?"
"Qingjun's side?" Liu Bi finally smiled on his face after hearing this.
What a good excuse!
So, he stroked his beard and said: "Since I have received the favor of Emperor Gao, I have sealed the Wu Kingdom and become a prince of the Han Dynasty, how can I just sit back and watch the traitors disrupt the country, overthrow the country, and repeat the disaster of the Lu family?"
He bowed to the generals and said: "Since the generals are willing to support me, I will risk my life to seek an explanation for the world and justice for the Liu family's flesh and blood!"
"Please all the generals go back, reorganize the armament, train the soldiers, wait for me to contact the princes, stand up for the Qing emperor, punish the treacherous ministers, and stabilize the world. After the success is achieved, I will not hesitate to reward you!" Liu Bi said solemnly.
"No!" The generals prostrated in silence: "I obey the king's orders!"
In the past, three thousand Yue Jia could devour Wu. Nowadays, it is not impossible for the powerful Wu State to become the world leader!
Liu Bi stood on the tower and looked in the direction of distant Chang'an.
He was thinking in his heart: "My son, please let your father avenge you and seek justice!"
His eldest son, his favorite son, and the most promising son, died in Chang'an. He will never forget the situation when his son's coffin was transported back to Guangling from Chang'an.
Although the body had been disposed of, the blurry face still told him how unfairly his son had been treated.
Since then, he vowed to take revenge!
For sixteen years, we have prepared our army for war, stored up food and fodder, and hoarded ordnance. Now, we finally have the strength to fight a war.
Moreover, within the Wu Kingdom, the morale of the military, the people, and even the scholars were all on his side.
If the princes help me again, I won’t have to worry about great things happening and big revenge not being avenged!
"Liu Qi, I will make you pay for it with your life!" Liu Bi roared in his heart. The revenge of killing his son, the pain of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man, have been tormenting his heart all the time. Now, he finally sees the hope of revenge.
How could he be unhappy?
So that night, King Wu Liu Bi was hungover.
But where Liu Bi didn't pay attention, a masterpiece placed by the Han Dynasty in Guangling City quietly boarded a small boat from a pier in Guangling City on this night, carrying a wax-sealed secret note.
The night goes all the way north.
Twelve hours later, the secret memorial arrived in Xingyang. The governor of Xingyang was shocked when he heard it and immediately sent it 800 miles to Chang'an.
PS: Well, I still owe 1,000 words today, but I really can’t hold it anymore~ I’ll wait until I come back from the hospital tomorrow~ Ahem, I will definitely make up for it~ Well, I plan to update 3 tomorrow -0-
