Tan Zijimei abdicated, and the crown prince Jilie became the new king of Tan.
Because the troops of Yiyang Jun Jixuan were getting closer and closer to the state of Tan, the ceremony for Ji Lie's succession was extremely hasty. At the same time as he succeeded to the throne, he worshiped Li Jie as the prime minister of the state of Tan.
Li Jie, who was originally the Prime Minister of the Biyang Kingdom, now received another Prime Minister's Seal, which was actually nothing. For Ji Mei, it was a very important investment.
The fall of the Tan Kingdom is doomed, but the Tan clan cannot die with it. Whether they can make a living in the Wu Kingdom in the future depends on Li Jie's ability.
Now it seems that Li Jie is still just a "big country commander" and a low-level bureaucrat. However, as a monarch, Ji Mei also knows very well that Li Jie now has great achievements, and the King of Wu has just not waited for the appropriate opportunity to reward him.
As long as he can deal with Lord Yiyang and Li Jie ranks among the top officials of the state of Wu, it can be said that there is no difficulty.
"You are a virtuous prince, why don't you imitate Emperor Mu and declare yourself to the world?"
"That's fine."
In response to Li Jie's suggestion, Ji Mei followed the good advice. The newly appointed Tan Zi Ji Lie gave Lao Tzu Ji Mei the honorific title "Zhuang", which was Tan Zhuangzi.
As a fierce man of the Wu Kingdom, Li Jie doing this is equivalent to confirming his status as a beautiful woman first.
No matter how old a monarch is, a monarch is a monarch, and it is still quite attractive to the nobles in a big country. If the descendants of Ji Mei want to gain a foothold in Wu, they will obviously need a large number of intermarriages. Since Tan Zhuangzi is famous all over the world
Xianjun, his descendants will naturally be more proud and their worth will definitely be higher.
"Ji Xuan is approaching Tancheng. I wonder how Li Jun should respond?"
"Run away, are you still fighting with Lord Yiyang?"
Township Chief Li took it for granted that the main force in the hands of Ji Xuan, an old turtle, had not suffered any big losses, so the chance of winning a wild battle with Ji
and then quickly transferred into the territory of Ju State.
The basic operation of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields is still necessary, but Township Chief Li obviously had selfish motives. After consulting with Ji Mei, he first cleared out the Tan State's treasury.
Most of the grain must be transported to Biyang State. Naturally, someone in Biyang State will organize manpower to transport the grain to the south or sell it on the spot to the neighboring Xue State.
Especially after Xue State ceded a large amount of land, the people of Xue State who originally ceded the land were urgently looted by Xue State. It can be said that there were not many good things left to Biyang State.
The food on hand is not sufficient, and the farmland outside the city has been completely destroyed during the autumn and winter wars. Wheat cannot be counted on at all. We can only wait for spring plowing, which requires leaving seeds. Will there be any after spring plowing next year?
It is hard to say that the Song Dynasty is coming back.
Therefore, Yubao not only had to prepare seeds for spring plowing, but also prepared food in case the spring plowing was also destroyed and the whole country had to migrate.
Coupled with the people in the original land of Xuedu who have to be bribed whether they like it or not, this will free up a lot of expenses.
As for the thousands of prisoners of war, unless they can still work, they are almost pure waste.
Therefore, Li Jie raided the treasury of Tan State, which is equivalent to using Tan State's output to subsidize Yang State.
It's a financial transfer.
The biggest advantage of the Tan Kingdom is that it is rich in miscellaneous grains, among which persimmons and chestnuts are the most important. The chestnuts in the Tan Kingdom are enough to last the Biyang Kingdom for a year and a half, and they can introduce a lot of rations.
"If Ji Xuan is allowed to enter Donglai, how can Li Junruo resist in Lai?"
"Does the young master of Lai just want to sit back and wait for death? Furthermore, the Tan Kingdom is about to surrender, and the King of Wu can easily pursue and kill him, and there is no need to worry about anything later."
There were some things that Ji Mei did not say and did not intend to ask. For example, some of Tan's supplies could actually be left for King Wu's division.
However, Township Chief Li had a very good reason and did not intend to "encourage the enemy", so he cleared it.
As for when Yi Yangjun arrived in Tancheng, in case of blackmail, the new Tanzi Jilie wanted to borrow something, right? At that time, he could only ask the people to borrow some, but in the winter, he could borrow food at will?
When persecution begins, everyone in the Tan Kingdom will share the same hatred and fight against Ji Xuan.
Besides, based on the virtuous reputation of Tan Zhuangzi, Ji Xuan, an old turtle, would not attack Tan City unless he lost his mind.
If he attacks Tancheng, he won't be able to change his skin if he turns back to Lai.
If nothing else goes wrong, Li Jie's emptying of Tan's treasury will soon reach Ji Xuan's old turtle. After that, even if Ji Xuan passes by Tan City, at most Tan Zhuangzi will ask him to get some money, food and silk, and the two sides will talk to each other.
Just say goodbye in a friendly manner.
As a result, no matter how reluctant the Tan Kingdom was, they still allowed Li Jie, the Prime Minister, to operate randomly. Several large warehouses in Tan City were cleared to the point where even the rats had to move.
After more than a day of busy work, the team prepared by Tan State headed towards Biyang State in a mighty manner.
The envoys sent out first had arrived in Biyang City and informed Biyangzi Yubao that a large amount of supplies had been shipped from Tan.
"The strong man is truly extraordinary! Tanzi worships him as his prime minister, and I will be honored!"
Yu Bao was very excited. The more aggressive Li Jie was, the better it would be for him. This showed that he had great foresight. He had already worshiped Li Jie as his prime minister.
In addition to being excited, Yu Bao was even more moved. The current situation in Biyang Country was not very good. This batch of materials that Li Jie had tricked and kidnapped would definitely allow Biyang Country to spend this year smoothly.
Regardless of whether the Song Kingdom fights again in the coming year or not, at least the forced Yang Kingdom has a basis for advancing and retreating. If it really can't be defeated, it will be relatively easy to run away without fear of starvation.
Compared with the nobles of Biyang Kingdom, after "Qi Chuan" quickly spread the news back to Jiangnan, the kings and ministers of Wu Kingdom in Gusu City were all confused after receiving the news.
Wu Wang Gou Chen was actually a little speechless: "If this incident about Tan State is true..."
"Li Jie's loyalty can be learned from heaven and earth!"
Dazai Ziqi hurriedly came out. He must have a clear attitude on this kind of matter. The more awesome Li Jie is, the better.
He has the merit of recommendation, he has the ability to recognize people... he is awesome and he is proud!
"Tanzi is actually the heir apparent?! According to the 'Qi Zhuan', the new Tanzi worships Li Jie as his prime minister. In this way, the strong man Li Jie has the seal of the two countries. He is indeed a great talent!"
"Tanzi is offering his soil now."
"Nowadays, the king can open up territories without losing any blood. This is the virtue of the king!"
"Hahahahahaha..."
The old monster Gou Chen was very happy to hear this. After laughing heartily, he raised his hand and looked at the ministers in the hall, "I used the 'fierce commander' as a surprise weapon, and now it has achieved results. It is a great thing! Everyone in the world regards Li Jie as reckless.
Husband, nowadays, 'words and tongues are opening up the frontier', who can compare with it!"
When Dazai Ziqi heard the boss say "opening up borders with words", he was overjoyed and thought to himself, with the boss's determination, the military generals could only stare blankly at the success of Tan's surrender.
If Li Jie is willing to share some of the credit, that would be the best. But if he is not willing, the generals will have no solution at all.
Thinking of this, Ziqi felt even more secretly happy. He was thinking about hosting a family banquet in the evening, searching for a few places for his "tongue-in-cheek" achievements, and making an offer to see if anyone wanted them.