191. Chapter 191 The Principality of the Second Grade
191. Chapter 191 Second-grade Principality
Author: Shengxiao Swordsman
Chapter 191 Second Grade Principality
Merter Federation, Os Province, Os County.
After learning that the Tang army had invaded the northern province of Lieyang Kingdom, Lord Porter of Os County was really nervous, because he led the construction of the war fortress in Lieyang Kingdom, which was located in the easternmost part of the northern province.
If Tang Guozhi was in the entire northern province, conflict would be inevitable.
Think of this.
Porter was very envious of Kaka from the Sith Kingdom.
Compared to him who was "unlucky", Kaka's war fortress built in Lieyang Kingdom was located in the southernmost part of the central province of Lieyang Kingdom, more than a thousand kilometers away from the northern province.
Temporarily in a safe zone.
Naturally, there is no need to worry about conflicts with the Tang State.
And once there is a conflict with the Tang State, Porter, or in other words, the Mote Federation, has only two choices, either to confront the Tang State, or to withdraw from the Lieyang Kingdom.
quit.
Definitely reluctant to part with it.
More than three months have passed since the Mote Federation declared war on the Lieyang Kingdom. The lords of the Mote Federation have become accustomed to enjoying the blessings from the light of the national war. How could they give up so easily?
But declaring war with the Tang Dynasty, which was at its peak?
The Mote Federation does have the courage, but it lacks the corresponding war organization and mobilization capabilities.
There are two reasons.
Subjectively, the Mote Federation is incomparable to the Aztec Alliance.
The Aztec Alliance's current stage of "major annexation of counties and all-inclusive military forces" was all forced step by step by the Tang State. They had no choice but to stick together for warmth.
Before this, the Mote Federation did not have this hidden danger.
Naturally, they are also keen on internal fighting.
Objectively speaking, although the Lieyang Kingdom is known as a bulk country, the Mote Federation is actually no less willing to give in. From ancient times to the present, there has never been a time when they were truly united.
It has always been a mess.
Especially between provinces, many provinces even have feuds, and there are deep grudges between them.
It is a twisted melon in itself.
In this case, it was not an attack on the homeland. He wanted to unite the Mote Federation to face the outside world and confront Tang Guogang. To be honest, Porter did not have the confidence.
It's really too difficult.
Just when Porter was in a dilemma, he received an olive branch from the Aztec Alliance.
Hope to advance and retreat together.
"Hey, they are trying to drag us into the pirate ship."
Porter was so shrewd that he saw through the Aztec Alliance's plot at a glance. He neither refused nor agreed on the spot, thinking that he would delay it for a while.
perhaps.
Will things take a new turn?
………
Facts have proved that Porter was right once again.
A week later, the Lieyang Army commanded by Bai Qi had captured the entire northern province of Lieyang Kingdom, but only "spared" the border county where the Mote Federation War Fortress was located.
obviously.
At least so far, Tang State does not want to have a head-on conflict with the Mote Federation.
Tacitly allow the Mote Federation to continue to "occupy" Lieyang Kingdom.
Although.
On the day when the Tang State launched war against the Lieyang State, the glory of the national war enjoyed by the Mote Federation was reduced from half to one-third.
But at least the Tang State did not intend to kill them all.
This time.
The Mote Federation, which was originally hesitant about whether to start a conflict with the Tang State, suddenly became firm-pretending that nothing happened and continuing to enjoy the glory of the national war with peace of mind.
As for the Aztec Alliance? Let’s do whatever we want!
Today's Mote Federation, not to mention annexation at the county or even provincial level, even the integration at the county level, still encounters a lot of resistance and fights with each other.
There is really no way to form an overall will to think about the overall strategy of the federation.
Of course, just focus on the present.
………
Chang'an City.
In fact, when the Lieyang Army had only conquered a quarter of the northern province, Tang Jing received system notifications one after another.
"Congratulations to the Tang Kingdom for taking the lead in advancing the stone tablet to the Black Brilliance level, obtaining the achievement 'Black Glory Quality', and being rewarded with a special Confucian temple as a token of encouragement!"
[Territory Stone Tablet: Black Glory Level (1.2/10)]
[Confucian Temple (only): a special building, a place where cultural context gathers. After completion, the territorial political index +15 points, the cultural index +20 points, and the economic index +10 points]
"Oooh!"
Tang Jing just thought that the system was too stingy to only reward a special building with the quality of Black Glory.
did not expect.
The attributes of the Confucian Temple are so exaggerated, it is simply an artifact.
Love it, love it!
The next step up from the Black Brilliance level is the Purple Yao level.
Tang Jing's previous goal was to capture the entire Aztec Alliance, but in fact, although the area of the Lieyang Kingdom was not as large as that of the Aztec Alliance, its population was comparable to that of the Aztec Alliance.
The number of initial lords is also similar.
This means that by capturing the entire territory of Lieyang Kingdom, the territory's stone tablets can also be upgraded to the Zi Yao level.
It’s still worth looking forward to.
After the territory stone tablet advanced, Tang Jing chose another territory characteristic, "a good harvest".
[Food Grain LV5: Crop Yield +30%]
Whether it is the river valley province or the northern province, they are both major grain-producing areas. With the blessing of "abundance of grains", they will obviously be even more powerful and will solve the problem of food self-sufficiency in the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop.
At the same time, the five previous territorial characteristics have also been upgraded.
[Strong Martial Arts LV5: Army combat effectiveness +30%]
[Daxing Construction LV5: Construction efficiency +60%]
[Business is booming LV5: Business prosperity +30%]
Blessed by six level 6 territorial characteristics, it would be difficult for Tang State not to prosper.
With the advancement of the territory stone tablet, the daily number of refugees in the Tang Kingdom increased from the previous 4,800 to 9,600.
Doubled again.
Nearly 290,000 new refugees can be added in one month, which is very good.
………
With the Lieyang Army's siege of cities and territories, the Tang State also ushered in an opportunity for promotion.
"Tang Guo has met all the upgrade conditions. Do you want to upgrade?"
"upgrade!"
"Congratulations to the Tang State for being promoted to a second-grade principality. The merit value will be +100,000 points, the territory experience value will be +10 million points, and the territory capital will be +2 million gold coins."
This is the base reward.
"Tang is the first territory in the world to be promoted to a second-grade principality. All basic rewards are doubled, and an additional level 6 crystal core is added. The reward is 20 million glory points and two B-level talent summoning cards!"
Is the system running out of cards?
The rewards have been changed to honor points.
However, for today's Tang State, the more glory points, the better. They also need to purchase infantry armor and Mingguang armor, and convert them into merit points to enhance Tang Jing's title.
Follow-up.
Along with the first batch of third-level warriors who have successfully practiced the "Hundred Battles", they must also consider the fourth-level Flame Dragon Armor.
All require glory points.
In addition to the glory value, the additional reward of level 6 crystal cores is also very fragrant.
Before the Tang Dynasty was promoted, Tang Jing only had two level 6 crystal cores left in stock, and the promotion consumed another one. Fortunately, he has replenished one more now.
otherwise.
Tang Jing really didn't know where to get level 6 crystal cores, he just had to rely on opening treasure chests to get lucky.
"Your lord profession has been upgraded to level 38!"
"Congratulations on the territory being promoted to a second-grade principality. You can open another teleportation array. Please choose the location of the teleportation array."
[Friendly reminder: The permissions of the teleportation array can be set by yourself and cannot be destroyed. Please explore the specific situation by yourself. The second teleportation array can be set up in any city in the territory.]
"Oooh!"
Unexpectedly, the teleportation array previously built in Chang'an City would be put to use so quickly.
This second teleportation array.
Tang Jing decided to locate it in Lieyang Country without even thinking about it.
Thus.
The exchange of personnel and materials between Lieyang Kingdom and Chang'an will become extremely convenient.
No more trekking over mountains and ridges.
The problem is that the northern province currently captured is not the optimal solution for setting up a second teleportation array.
It would be best to set it up in the Western Province, which is located in the central area of Lieyang Kingdom and not too far away from the southern, central and eastern parts of Lieyang Kingdom.
It can even radiate the Sith Kingdom in the future.
Isn't that wonderful?
"Can the placement of the second teleportation array be postponed?" Tang Jing asked tentatively.
"Can!"
The system is still very user-friendly, which gave Tang Jing a reassurance.
[Territorial Country Name]: Tang (Second Rank Principality)
【Territorial Capital】:Chang'an City
[Territorial Stone Tablet]: Black Glory
[National Protector Divine Beast]: Suzaku
[Territorial area]: 500,000/1 million square kilometers
[As expected, the upper limit of the territory of the second-grade principality has doubled to one million levels. This means that even if the entire northern province is captured, it will not be able to meet the requirements. ]
[It’s still a little short, we need to attack the western provinces again]
【Territorial population】:55.5 million/50 million
[The upper limit of the population of the second-grade principality has also reached a new level, reaching a total of 50 million]
【Follow-up】
[Population may become one of the biggest obstacles to promotion in the Tang Dynasty]
[This attack on the northern province of Lieyang Kingdom captured millions of people. During this period, more than 20 million people were traded in the global market, barely reaching the population limit.]
[Refresh of refugees]: 9,600 people/day
[Political Index]: 57 (popular support)
[Economic Index]:52 (Economic Prosperity)
[Cultural Index]: 68 (prosperous culture)
[Military Index]: 72 (strong military strength)
[With the establishment of the Confucian Temple, the Tang Dynasty’s political, economic, and cultural indexes all experienced a surge. It is likely that they will not be restricted by the four major indexes for a long time in the future]
[Hidden Buildings]: Savage Temple, Chongxian Pavilion, Jingyuan Evolution Tower
[Condition 2: The title of the lord is at least a first-class Duke]
[Condition 3: Territory population reaches the upper limit]
[Condition 4: Territory area reaches the upper limit]
[Condition 5: The four indicators of politics, economy, culture, and military must not be less than 45 points]
The conditions for promotion to a first-class principality are basically the same as before, except that the title requirements are higher, and the four index requirements are correspondingly increased to 45 points.
Still the same old rules.
Tang Jing immediately consumed eight million glory points, converted into eight hundred thousand merit points, and upgraded his title to a first-class duke.
All that remains is to conquer the western province of Lieyang Kingdom, and then Tang Kingdom will be able to advance again.
………
After completing the promotion.
Tang Jing did two things. One was to inject three million gold coins into Chang'an Bank.
In order for Chang'an Bank to expand its business in the northern provinces.
As soon as he declared war on Lieyang Kingdom, Tang Jing shouted to the lords of Lieyang Kingdom, including the players in Lieyang Folding City - "Welcome to join Tang Kingdom and welcome to settle in Tang Kingdom!"
Yes, that's right.
Compared to the resistance to Aztec players, Tang Jing did not object to Lieyang players settling in Tang territory.
They even offered preferential terms.
Priority will be given to employment arrangements for talents such as doctors, teachers, engineers, and civil servants.
Those who want to farm will also be given settlement allowance.
For those local forces that are tied to tribes, they are even allowed to implement a certain degree of regional autonomy based on villages and towns.
Including preserving some local cultural customs, etc.
Tang Jing also hopes to use this method to win over players from the Lieyang Kingdom so that they will not be so repulsive or resistant to the national war initiated by the Tang Kingdom.
Integrating each other is the right way!
After all, even without the intervention of the Tang State, the scattered Lieyang State would sooner or later be coveted by the surrounding Aztec Alliance, the Mote Federation and the Sith State.
Rather than being carved up by the surrounding neighbors, it would be better to integrate with the Tang State.
Tang Jing's proposal.
Indeed, it has been recognized by many players and lords of Lieyang Kingdom.
According to frontline reports, some territories that were still at the village level did not put up any resistance and simply surrendered after the Tang army invaded.
in exchange for some autonomy.
The original tribal chiefs have transformed into talkative people at the village and town levels.
The interests were not damaged too much.
This also laid a good foundation for the subsequent Tang Dynasty to conquer the entire Lieyang Kingdom.
………
After appropriation.
Tang Jing then took out the two B-level cards he had just obtained and chose civil servants to summon them all.
"Pei Ju!"
"Fan Zhongyan!"
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
With the rapid expansion of the Tang State in Lieyang Kingdom, there was an immediate demand for civil servants at the provincial governor level, and officials from Chongxian Hall were obviously not qualified for the position of governor.
We can only hope to summon B-level talents.
Pei Ju and Fan Zhongyan were both capable of serving as governors and supervising frontier officials.
Fan Zhongyan, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty.
His father died when he was young, and his mother, Mrs. Xie, remarried to the Zhu family of Changshan, so he changed his name to Zhu Shuo.
In the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, he studied hard and passed the exam, and was awarded the title of Guangde Army Manager to join the army. Later, he served successively as Xinghua County Magistrate, Secret Pavilion School Manager, Chenzhou Tongpan, Suzhou Zhizhou, Quanzhi Kaifeng Prefecture and other positions.
Because of his impartiality and outspokenness, he was repeatedly criticized.
After the outbreak of the Song-Xia War, he and Han Qi served as deputy envoys of Shaanxi Economic Strategy, Peace and Recruitment, and adopted the policy of "garrisoning the fields for a long time" to consolidate the northwest border defense.
It played a role in promoting the peace talks between Song and Xia.
After things calmed down in the northwestern frontier, Song Renzong summoned Fan Zhongyan back to the court and was appointed deputy envoy to the privy council. Later, he paid homage to the minister of political affairs, wrote the "Reply to the Imperial Edict on Ten Matters", initiated the "Qingli New Deal" and implemented reforms.
Soon after the New Deal was frustrated, he invited himself out of Beijing and visited Pizhou, Dengzhou, Hangzhou and Qingzhou.
In the fourth year of Huangyou's reign, he changed his name to Yingzhou and died on the way to take office at the age of sixty-four.
Renzong of the Song Dynasty personally wrote that the inscription on the stele was "a stele in praise of the virtuous", and later presented it to the Grand Master, Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Ling, Wei Guogong, with the posthumous title "Wenzheng" and the world's known as Fan Wenzhenggong.
It can be said that he is both civilized and military, and extremely resourceful.
………
Pei Ju, a famous official in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Born in the Western family of the Pei family in Hedong, he was diligent and studious, and his articles were eloquent. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, he became a soldier in Sizhou. When he entered the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he took refuge with Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui.
After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he was awarded the title of Nei Shi Sheren.
He participated in the Sui Dynasty's battle to destroy Chen, quelled the Lingnan rebellion, appeased the Turkic Qimin Khan, served successively as Minister of Civil Affairs, Minister of Internal History, Minister Zuocheng, Minister of Official Affairs, and was granted the title of Duke of Wenxi County.
During the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, he was still highly regarded. He joined forces with Su Wei, Yu Wenshu, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and others to take charge of the government. He carefully managed the Western Regions, attacked Tuyuhun, and designed to split the Turks.
After the Jiangdu Palace Incident, Dou Jiande committed himself to Yu Wenhua and was always respected.
In the fourth year of Wude, he surrendered to Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty. He successively served as the imperial censor, Prince Zhanshi, school inspector, and was granted the title of Duke of Anyi County. He supported the marriage with Yehu Khan, the leader of the Western Turks.
After the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he was ordered to advise the soldiers and horses of the East Palace and was awarded the title of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was highly praised by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
In the first year of Zhenguan, Pei Ju died of illness at the age of eighty, and his posthumous title was Jing.
Looking at his life, he experienced the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty, Yu Wenji, Dou Jiande and the two emperors of the Tang Dynasty. It can be summed up as "getting stronger with age".
Definitely a boss-level existence.
After seeing each other.
Tang Jing immediately appointed Fan Zhongyan as the Vice Minister of the Executive Yuan and Pei Ju as the Vice Minister of the Finance Yuan. Only when there is a vacancy for the governor later, he can be released to supervise one side.