"The imperial edict has arrived! Su Ren takes over!"
This time, there were no banners waving, no shouting and cheering. A palace chamberlain and a dozen imperial guardsmen rushed from Chang'an and took more than half a month to get to Kuaiji. The Su family had already prepared the incense table and the chamberlain's unique rooster.
With his voice, he finished reciting the imperial edict in a flurry of emotions. Su Ren and the others waited to express their gratitude and accept the edict, and the procedure was over.
He asked Shi Bao to take some money to send the eunuch who was delivering the order. Gongsun He chuckled and said, "Now it's justifiable. Say, I'm in charge of that army? Last time you led the troops to an expedition and left me to guard Kuaiji.
I'm almost done holding my breath back. This time, whatever I say will make my sword see blood."
Li Danghu was the calmest: "The troops in Kuaiji are already under our control. The soldiers and horses in Wujun, Jiujiang and Hengshan are probably not so easy to mobilize. Wujun may be better. Jiujiang and Hengshan
The country is the most troublesome.”
"Then I'll go to Wu County." Gongsun He immediately picked a soft persimmon.
Huo Jin said: "Why do you always like to do this kind of unmanly thing? If you have the ability, pick Jiujiang or Hengshan. If you are a real man, go to Huainan to mobilize his troops?"
Gongsun He smiled: "It's really not difficult to mobilize troops from the Huainan Kingdom. I'm just afraid that the troops will be of no use. The reason why Your Majesty didn't write about the Huainan Kingdom also has this meaning."
"If Huainan Kingdom can't use it, Jiujiang Kingdom and Hengshan Kingdom can use it?" Hawking was puzzled.
Han said that he was now considered an insider and could participate in many things. He smiled and said: "The little general doesn't know something. Although Jiujiang and Hengshan are also vassal states, they cannot be compared with Huainan. These two countries have few soldiers and few generals.
With so many old, weak, sick and disabled, they can't gather the troops and horses we need, so they can only draw from the national army, so the troops from these two countries are still available."
"Huainan is not that big, so he can find so many old and weak soldiers?" Hawking asked.
Han said he didn't know what to say and glanced at Su Ren. Su Ren immediately took over the conversation: "King Huainan kills him. There are many soldiers around him. It's easy to find the old, weak, sick and disabled."
Huo Jin scratched his head: "It's really troublesome. There are so many ways to mobilize soldiers. Old Han, the three of us can be in the Kuaiji County army. There is no need to abandon us when we go to the battlefield." Huo Jin, Shi Bao, and Li Gan went to Han
When he said he was standing in front of him, Han said he couldn't laugh or cry, and he didn't even dare to say anything.
The four places are Kuaiji, Wujun, Jiujiang Kingdom and Hengshan Kingdom. With Han in Kuaiji, there will be no problem; Gongsun He occupied Wujun first, and with the power of his Gongsun family, the prefect of Wujun should not dare to embarrass himself; Jiujiangguo and Hengshan
The Hengshan Kingdom has become a tough nut to crack. Li Danghu and Wei Qing look at me and I look at you. It doesn't matter whether they accept or not.
Su Ren smiled and said: "What's wrong with you two? One is the eldest son of the Weiwei family, and the other is the uncle of the country. They are so frightened by the two princes that they dare not speak?"
Wei Qing said: "Brother Su is making a joke. We are not afraid, but we are worried that we will not be able to handle it well and delay His Majesty's important event."
Li Danghu also nodded: "It is equally important to resettle the Yue and to clear out the banditry in Lingnan. The land of Lingnan is so vast that it will be difficult to clear out the banditry without a large army. If the banditry is not cleared away, the imperial court will not be able to occupy Lingnan, and the Yue people will become a threat to us."
It was a big crisis, so we didn’t dare to talk.”
"It's just a few Yue thieves. Don't be so nervous. I don't plan to get many soldiers and horses from Jiujiang and Hengshan. I just want to test their attitude. I'm afraid your Majesty means the same. There are two counties, Wu County and Kuaiji County.
If we have enough soldiers, the worst we can do is burn down the entire Nanling Mountains. Let me see those bandits. Where are the bandits hiding?"
Zhao Wen was also beside him, and he couldn't help but feel nervous when he heard this. Su Ren turned around and smiled at Zhao Wen: "Just talking, hahaha, it's not easy to burn such a big mountain. If Master Ying is willing to help,
, it’s okay not to burn it.”
Ying Guangji stepped out from behind the door and rolled his eyes at Su Ren: "You should just burn it, I can't help you at all!"
Su Ren said with a smile: "No! There is really nothing left in Lingnan. Mr. Ying is so noble, how about moving to the west or south?"
"Huh, what's the benefit?"
"you say!"
"Yelang?"
Su Ren shook his head: "No, go further west!"
"You really want me to go to the plateau?"
"That place is really suitable for you, really! As long as you go to the plateau, I swear that the Han Dynasty will never send a single soldier, and it will always be your world!"
The two looked at each other, trying to see something in each other's eyes, but unfortunately neither could understand the other. Ying Guangji said: "I have sent people to see the place you mentioned, and it will be there in a month."
If you have any news, please wait for me in January."
"OK!"
Yesterday's Changshi Mansion has become the Su Family today. The flagpole erected at the gate proves that the people living here have extraordinary identities. The Golden Crow flag on the left proves that someone in this family is a high official in the court, and the Feibiao flag on the right proves that this family
Someone in a family is only one step away from being a general. In the Han Dynasty, the clan system was very strict. Who in a family had what status, almost to the point of posting a notice on the door. In the Yuan family during the Three Kingdoms period, the four generations and three princes were always listed on
That's the truth on the lips.
Su Ren got the official position, but things didn't change much. The Shaping construction site and shipyards were managed by the master Fu Yan, Cui Jiuming looked after Jianghuai affairs, and even the people who stayed in Kuaiji were carefully comforted by Zhao Wen.
There won't be any trouble. This is the people, let's talk about the soldiers. Han Yue, the captain of Kuaiji, almost became Su Ren's follower. Because of this, Yan Zhu was almost so angry that he vomited blood. Under the pressure of Gongsun He, the prefect of Wu County still sent him to Su Ren.
The county soldiers handed over most of them. With these two soldiers in hand, Kuaiji will not be overturned.
Kuaiji will not be overturned, but there is a leak in Jianghuai. Most of the land in Jianghuai is Jiujiang and Hengshan. Although it was bought by Cui Jiuming, it is the fiefdom of the kings of the two countries. Just when Cui Jiuming was preparing to build a land in Jiujiang and Hengshan according to what Su Ren said,
When they built a city on the purchased land, gathered people, and became a local emperor, the King of Hengshan and the King of Jiujiang unanimously announced that they would use the thousands of hectares of land purchased by Cui Jiuming as military camps.
They didn't force it. I'll give you whatever you paid for it. The only requirement is that you leave. Vietnamese people are not allowed to live in this place, and Cui Jiuming will not be allowed to build a city or town.
Faced with the rudeness of the officials, Cui Jiuming, a businessman, couldn't stand it at all. He relied on connections, found people, gave money, and tried all kinds of tricks, but it had no effect. The people he looked for made fun of him, but no one accepted the money. It was a toss-up.
After three or five days of waiting, I received the news that they would move out within one month and no one would be allowed to stay within the borders of the two countries.
Cui Jiuming was so worried that he had no choice but to come to Su Ren to find a solution: "Tell me, why there was no news about this matter before, but suddenly decided to come to claim the land immediately, making it clear that we would not be allowed to open up wasteland and resettle Yue people here.
.”
Su Ren nodded: "You are right this time. The King of Hengshan and the King of Jiujiang said it was a coincidence and no one believed it."
"It's a pity that such a piece of land has been lost. Tens of thousands of Yue people have no place to settle without it, let alone building a city to support the people. If His Majesty doesn't let you issue an edict, let's see what else they have to say."
Su Ren shook his head: "That area is the fiefdom of the King of Hengshan and the King of Jiujiang. Your Majesty has nothing to do. Isn't there still one month? Let's find out first. Hengshan King Liu Ci is an interesting person. He doesn't have the courage. There must be someone behind him.
Support me, at worst I will go to Lu'an myself to see what Liu Ci wants to do?"
"Okay, okay, it's absolutely fine for you to take action, then let's...?"
"Do whatever you have to do, and leave him alone. If he comes to you again, just turn to me. Liu Ci is timid and will never dare to send troops."
Cui Jiuming let out a long breath: "That's good. We have invested so much money in Jianghuai and we must not let it go down the drain."
"Hahaha, I still feel bad about money!"
Cui Jiuming laughed twice: "Didn't you say that money can help the gods? In that case, who doesn't like money?"
After sending Cui Jiuming away, Su Ren asked Huang Shisan to go find A Xun and ask A Xun to find out why Liu Ci was so tough all of a sudden. Not only did he not give Li Danghu any soldiers, but he also took over Cui Jiuming's land on some pretext.
According to Su Ren's guess, there must be the shadow of King Huainan in this, but he doesn't know what benefits King Huainan gave Liu Ci to make Liu Ci work so hard.
After waiting for news about A Xun for a few days, Su Ren told the emperor about the matter, but he only told him and did not ask Liu Che to intervene. Liu Ci must be the king of Hengshan. According to the court regulations, the feudal court of the vassal state has no right to interfere.
He was given the title of King of Hengshan by Emperor Jing. Even if he wanted to withdraw, there must be a legitimate reason. This alone might arouse the rebellion of the princes and kings. The Han Dynasty must not be in great turmoil in the current situation.
Three days later, Ah Xun was rewarded. To Su Zunzhen's expectation, this time the person standing behind Liu Ci was not the King of Huainan, but Han Yan, the senior official.
"You mean, Han Yan came all the way to Hengshan Country?"
Ah Xun nodded: "Exactly, the villain found out that Han Yan was originally going to Huainan Kingdom, but for some unknown reason, she suddenly changed her plan and went to Hengshan Kingdom. The King of Hengshan listened to Han Yan's words and won over the King of Jiujiang.
Ask for the land purchased by Shopkeeper Cui."
"Han Yan!" Su Ren read these two words, rolled his eyes twice, and said to Huang Shisan: "Get ready, let's go to Hengshan Kingdom tomorrow."
Han Yan was very happy and was having a drink with Liu Ci. The two hit it off and when they talked about Han Yan's ancestor Han Wangxin, Liu Ci was very complimentary. Han Wangxin, also called Han Xin, was often written as Han Wangxin in history books in order to distinguish him from the famous general Han Xin.
Han Wangxin is a Korean aristocrat. When he was young, he followed Zhang Liang into Guanzhong to follow Liu Bang. After Korea was occupied by the coalition of princes, he became the Korean Taiwei. Later, Xiang Yu divided the world and the Han Dynasty entrusted him with the title of King of Han.
Han Yan is the grandson of Han Wangxin. Like Han Wangxin, he is handsome and good at talking. After Liu Bang brought peace to the world, Han Wangxin colluded with the Xiongnu and was led by Liu Bang to destroy Korea. Han Yan was brought back to Chang'an. In fact, Han Wangxin did nothing in his life, just occupying the world.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be the King of Han because of the glory of the Korean nobles. Adding the word "王" to him in the history books to distinguish him from Han Xin also shows that the King of Han is not as trustworthy as Han Xin, who was born in a reckless way.
Han Yan picked up the wine glass and saluted Liu Ci from afar: "If your Majesty can make Su Ren suffer, I promise that Princess Guantao and the Queen will compensate you in the future, please!" (To be continued)