At the moat below the city, thousands of Annan people were carrying stones in the moat with their shoulders and hands, sweating. It was very hard in the dry season.
But at this time, many people saw that there was a child among them, which made everyone marvel.
Upon hearing this, Master Zhang first covered his face with his loose clothes in shame. Finally, he couldn't bear it any longer and said, "My family has been harmed by the rebels. We don't have enough food. In order to support our young family, we have no choice but to do this."
After saying this, he stretched out his hands, revealing a large number of blood blisters.
Seeing this, everyone sighed and started talking hurriedly. Then they sent someone to plead for mercy, and only let him pick up stones instead of picking them.
Annan began to hold imperial examinations as early as the Li Dynasty of the Song Dynasty, and then officially began to implement the imperial examinations in the Li Dynasty of the early Ming Dynasty.
Completely copied from the Ming Dynasty, stereotypes, scholars, juren, Jinshi, top three Jinshi, etc., the status of scholars has always been very high.
So when they learned that Mrs. Zhang, who was teaching, had to come over to work as a child, they all immediately helped.
In order to benefit the people, the Qin army announced that each person would get ten kilograms of grain for picking up stones. In the eyes of the poor people in the city, one day's work could feed the family for three days. This was a good deal.
The movement below the city immediately attracted the attention of King Qin.
After a brief inquiry, he understood the reason, turned around and ordered: "Give that boy twenty kilograms of grain and tell him that I respect him for teaching and educating people, and that I am a descendant of a saint."
Having said this, he thought again and showed a smile: "In addition, you can declare that if your family is damaged by the military disaster, you will be compensated with two silver coins."
"Your Highness——" Zhu Jing on the side couldn't help but said, but was stopped.
"I understand what you mean." King Qin said confidently: "There is no misappropriation of military pay. This year, Qin's two prefectures taxed 500,000 dan. I used half of it to send to Luzon and Qi, and received 150,000 dan."
"Now there is still a surplus of 30,000 yuan, which is enough to win over people's hearts."
Soon, the soldiers went down to the city and passed the news: "Your Highness feels pity. As a scholar, you should teach and educate people. Take these twenty kilograms of grain!"
"In addition, King Qin Rende, you will all be subjects of the Qin Dynasty in the future. This military disaster has caused great harm, so if your home is robbed and the house is damaged, as long as it passes the inspection, each family can get two silver coins."
As soon as this statement came out, it immediately caused an uproar.
All the people on the list were shocked. This was a huge sum of money.
You must know that in Annan, there was a shortage of silver than in the Ming Dynasty, so copper and silver were expensive, but grain was cheap.
Two silver coins are enough to buy about ten stones of food in the market. Not only can it repair the home, but it can also help the family get a wife.
Notices were also posted on the streets and alleys, informing the entire city of Hue.
At this time, Hue City did not have the majesty of the future capital of Vietnam, and it was not Thua Thien Mansion. It only had 20,000 households and about 100,000 people.
In this way, it spread throughout the city in almost one meal.
"Madam, cook the food quickly——"
After returning home and putting down the precious food, Master Zhang couldn't wait to say.
"Okay." His wife responded: "I'm just like the next door using the excuse of making trouble."
At noon, the family of five had hot rice.
Master Zhang touched his belly. This was the fullest he had eaten in a while.
Before he could sigh, he saw a group of scholars rushing in, crowding his already small home to the brim.
"Senior Zhang, I heard that you met King Qin?"
"How is King Qin?"
Everyone looked at him with concern.
Master Zhang was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "It's just that His Highness the King of Qin felt pity for my hard work, so he rewarded me with twenty kilograms of rice."
As he spoke, he held his head high and said, "I am a disciple of a saint, so I shouldn't behave like this."
"That's true. I didn't expect that His Highness the King of Qin would be a person who obeys life and loves learning——"
"This is the Holy King!"˙О˙
"Have you forgotten that I, the Emperor of Dai Viet, am still in Thang Long Palace?/--マ"
Suddenly, someone shouted indignantly.
For a moment, everyone was a little embarrassed.
Annan is known as Annam to the outside world, but it has always called itself Dai Viet internally. Now, although the Le family is a puppet and the Trinh family in the north is in power, the Le family is still the nominal master.
Even if Annan is now divided into two.
"Da Viet is afraid that his strength has been exhausted." Master Zhang couldn't help but said: "The army of tomorrow is here, the Li Dynasty must be destroyed, and the Qin Dynasty must be established."
"Nonsense, this is impossible-"
"The Ruan family has repeatedly repulsed the Zheng family's soldiers, but they are vulnerable to the King of Qin. Doesn't the King of Qin occupy the destiny?"
Several people argued more and more loudly, and finally broke up unhappy.
After dispersing the money, the King of Qin personally paid homage to the Confucius Temple. Then he read out the king's order, recognized the imperial examination achievements of the Li Dynasty, and recruited scholars to join the court as officials.
In addition, he also announced that the Ruan family's taxation law would be abolished and a light corvee tax of one out of ten taxes would be implemented.
With the launch of a series of measures to calm the people, King Qin felt more and more like a fish in water.
To put it bluntly, in the final analysis, the scholars felt at ease.
Because they can continue to serve as officials, or even go one step further in the Qin State and become high-ranking officials, this temptation is much stronger than that of the Guangnan State where the Ruan family lived in a corner before.
At this point, the Qin State obtained the land of the Five Prefectures in Annan.
There are five prefectures, Champa Prefecture, Saigon Prefecture, Phu Yen Prefecture, Quang Nam Prefecture, Quang Tri Prefecture, and more than ten counties. The number of people under its rule officially exceeds one million.
At the same time, due to the imperial examination policy of the Li Dynasty for many years, government orders were passed unimpeded in the Qin State. A large number of scholar-bureaucrats defected to the Qin State, and the foundation of its rule was instantly consolidated.
King Qin also moved his palace to Hue and announced that Thang Long in the north would be officially designated as the capital and renamed Hanoi.
These words reached Thang Long and immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the entire Li Dynasty.
"The Ming army was cunning, causing the Mo family to cause chaos, leaving us unable to move, and then captured the Ruan family in one go."
At this time, the Northern Lord, King Zheng Zha of Xiding, could not hide the anger in his heart and couldn't help but burst out.
All the civil and military officials in the court were in a state of chill for a while, and even Li Xuanzong, who was sitting high on the dragon throne, couldn't help but shudder.
In 1592, General Zheng Song of the Later Le Dynasty defeated the Mo Dynasty in the north, and the Later Le Dynasty returned to Thang Long.
At that time, Zheng Song was so powerful that he appointed himself the "Marshal of the City, General of State Affairs, King Ping'an", and had the power to appoint and remove officials, collect taxes, recruit people, and govern the people. His status was hereditary and he was known as "Zheng Zong". Emperor Le was only responsible for attending to the affairs of the court and
Receive envoys.
It can be said that at this time, the Zheng family had completely ignored the Li Dynasty. Like Japan, it belonged to a dual political system.
Of course, the reason why the Zheng family did not depose the Li family was mainly because the Mo family was not destroyed, the Ruan family ruled Guangnan, and the Wu family ruled China.
Once the Li family is deposed, there will be no justice in their hands and they will easily be beaten by a group of people.
At this time, the chief minister of the cabinet raised his head and said: "The northern country is still determined to destroy us, so it sent his son King Qin. Now he has destroyed the Ruan family, conquered Guangnan in the south, and colluded with the Mo family in the north. This is a serious problem for our country."
"The current plan is to destroy King Qin at all costs."
"I'm lying, I'd rather live with the Mo family than give up the Ming Dynasty."
These words made the audience feel cold.
Zheng Zao sat high with an expressionless face, while Li Xuanzong remained silent, peeking at Zheng Zao from time to time, waiting for his reply.
In fact, Zheng Zha's anger at this time has almost dissipated.
As a ruler, he is naturally sensitive to power, and he is also a very dignified person.
Of course he understood that these scholars naturally stood with their heels on Li Chao.
Because the Li Dynasty was established by expelling the Ming army, it was naturally in a righteous position, just like the Ming Dynasty expelled the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
But the Zheng family didn't think so.
If he could give up the Ruan family and replace the Zheng family as the king, he would be eager to do so. In this way, he could usurp the throne and depose the Li family as soon as possible.
However, now that the Ruan family was destroyed, it was worth making him laugh for three days, but Qin Guoli gave people a splitting headache.
Firearms are not uncommon in Annam. As for matchlocks, both the Ruan family and the Zheng family have quite a few, but they all know that matchlocks are no match for the brave spearmen.
But the muskets of the Ming Dynasty were extraordinary?
"Now, we have to take a long-term approach."
Zheng Zhuo raised his head, his eyes full of solemnity, and said solemnly: "We are adjacent to the Guangxi Province of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a pincer attack from the north and the south, Shenglong will be difficult to protect."
"Send someone to inquire first, so as to make excuses."
"At least we have to wait until we have enough troops and food before we can march south."
Everyone expressed their agreement, and the meeting was considered over.
When he returned to his palace, Zheng Zha met several Xiyi people.
"Akito's musket, is it really tap fire?"
he asked in a deep voice.
The visitor chuckled and said: "Your Majesty the King, there are many Beijing camps in the Qin army, and they use flintlock guns, that is, automatic fire."
"There are many artillery among them, which Annan is far inferior to."
"Then what can you bring?" Zheng Zha thought for a moment and looked up, his eyes full of exploration.
"Flintlock muskets, lots of flintlock muskets."
Holland couldn't wait to say: "As long as you have gold and silver, even copper coins, I can bring you a large number of flintlock guns."
"Where's the artillery?" Zheng Zha said excitedly.
"That's fine, as long as you have money." The Dutchman smiled and said, "Don't worry, we are enemies of the Ming Dynasty, but we are friends with you."
Zheng Zhuo nodded and fell into thinking.
The Westerners came to Annan decades ago. Although they looked down upon the poor people in Annan, they still had the advantage of being rich in food, so there were still Westerners doing business.
But the missionaries came and didn't want to leave. Even though the Zheng family kept restraining them, Xi Yi was like a dog-skin plaster that couldn't be shaken off.
It was precisely because of this that Zheng was able to quickly contact the Dutch.
"I need five thousand flintlock muskets and ten artillery pieces-" Zheng Zha made up his mind.
At this time, the Zheng family was in Thang Long, with the Red River Delta as the center, possessing a large population and fertile land, and its strength was No. 1 in Annam.
At the same time, because the three families of Ruan, Mo, and Wu were still there, they implemented the military system and the rent system, which were inherited from the Tang Dynasty. They could quickly recruit troops and fight in the north and south again and again.
It can be said to be a military-state integration.
It is precisely because of its unique system that the Zheng family has been able to stand for more than two hundred years.
While Annan was in chaos, Beijing was singing and dancing.
On the first day of the dynasty, it can be said that people from all over the world gather together, and it is very lively.
The prince also made another appearance after getting married, looking particularly energetic.
Of course, due to the problem of the Annan strategy, the subject country felt anxious.
In this regard, the Ministry of Rites explained: "The country of Annan was originally ruled by the Mo family, but now the Li family is a puppet, and powerful ministers are in power. The rites are getting worse and worse, and the people are uneasy. The King of Qin is benevolent and cannot bear the loss of the people of Annan, so he goes alone
Help Lord Li..."
The vassals who came and went did not believe a word of this.
However, North Korea couldn't stand it and kept nodding in agreement, and even said shamelessly: "The Li Dynasty is not blessed, and its destiny is not long. It should be the Qin Kingdom, and it is a blessing for the people of Annan."
There is no other way. North Korea, which borders China, is not afraid. The other countries can only accept it.
After all, on the surface, Guangxi's army has been safe and sound, and has not directly sent troops across the border. The blame was directly placed on the King of Qin, and there was naturally nothing they could do.
The situation is stronger than the person.
Then among them, the Kazakh Khanate was unique and asked directly: "How come we heard that your country's troops in Anxi crossed the border and directly sent troops to the Kokand region..."
"That's why Abdullah Khan sent troops to pursue the Yarkand subjugation man."
The person from the Ministry of Rites said calmly: "Moreover, this is a matter for the Bukhara Khanate. Your country is making nonsense without understanding it. It is really nonsense."
"Those who don't know think that our Ming Dynasty is a vassal state——"
"This..." "Don't dare, don't dare-"
The envoys of the Kazakh Khanate were helpless and had no choice but to admit their mistakes.
This Zhengdan Dynasty was as harmonious and lively as ever.
Zhu Yixi sat high on it. Dozens of envoys from the vassal state were dressed in different clothes. It was particularly lively now, and he felt very much what he saw.
All nations come to court, the preferences of ancient kings.
He thought of his sons again.
It would be fun if I could see my sons become feudal lords during my lifetime, and then my vassal state would be doubled.
It’s so satisfying to think about it!
I was busy until night, when the protracted Zhengdan Dynasty came to an end, and it was so lively with thousands of lights on.
At night, the emperor was too tired and had no interest in sex, so he randomly found a busty palace maid, hugged her and fell asleep.
The next day, after wiping his white saliva, the emperor began another day of corrupt life.
However, at this time, the King of Liao came to see him with some interest.
"how?"
The emperor said lazily.
Throughout the first month, he felt a little lazy.
Maybe it’s because we are middle-aged!
"Father, I heard that Duke Jin Guo captured Haohan?"
Liao Wangjun's face was full of smiles: "Can my son become a feudal lord like his elder brother?"
"After all, relying solely on Jin Guogong to conquer the Liao Kingdom is not enough. You have to personally participate in it, right?"
"Do you want to go?" Zhu Yixi was quite surprised. This son had just returned from Kang State and he didn't feel tired yet.
"I just want to see the world." The King of Liao flattered him: "My father has risen from the army, and my son will be looked down upon when the time comes to enjoy his success."
"Besides, instead of training in the Six Ministries, it is better to go to the Liao Kingdom in person. If you appoint a few ministers to assist you, the King of Liao will definitely live in peace..."