Ruan Zhengyu was in Jiading Prefecture, consolidating nearby military power. He thought that without the constraints of Du Lin and others, the south would be easily conquered by him.
Unexpectedly, a few days after he arrived in Anding Prefecture, a letter was delivered to the hands of the prefect of Jiading Prefecture.
The man received the letter, and after a closer look, he found that it was an order sent by Du Lin, the leader of the South.
Let them gather military power and capture Ruan Zhengyu so that they can ask for merit from the Celestial Empire.
After reading the letter, the prefect thought for a long time. Now it seems that the military power has been controlled by Ruan Zhengyu. Several of his generals have gone to the army near Jiading Prefecture and become commanders.
But the prefect knew very well that as long as he gave the order, these troops would immediately stop. Now that Du Lin's order had been given, there was no need to deal with Ruan Zhengyu anymore.
So that night, when the prefect personally led people to the military camp outside the city, the commander who was sent by Ruan Zhengyu to take charge of the military was chopped into pieces by the soldiers who broke in before he understood what was going on.
Then the prefect sat in the military camp and issued orders to several other camps, so the army that Ruan Zhengyu thought he had under control fell out of his control overnight.
After the prefect took over the military power, he immediately led his troops into Jiading Mansion and went to the palace to capture Ruan Zhengyu.
Little did he know that Ruan Zhengyu was not given for free. He never relaxed for a moment after arriving in the south.
Overtly, generals were assigned to take charge of the military, but secretly, spies were assigned around Fuchengmen in Jiading.
This time, the army entered Jiading without his order. As soon as Ruan Zhengyu got the news, he knew it was bad, so he didn't care about anything else. He immediately organized his own soldiers and headed straight for the south gate with his troops.
The gatekeepers in the southern city did not know what was happening in the northern city. When they saw that the king was leaving the city, they naturally did not dare to neglect and immediately opened the city gate to let him leave.
When the prefect arrived at the palace, he found that Yu was no longer there. By the time he sent troops to block the city gate, Ruan Zhengyu had already escaped to heaven and headed straight to the west.
The prefect had no choice but to find Ruan Zhengyu, so he could only write a letter to Jia Ke of Shenglong Prefecture and send troops to search for Ruan Zhengyu.
After Jia Ke took control of Shenglongfu, the capital of Annan Kingdom, the situation in Annan Kingdom changed drastically. In the north, Jia Ke's army had completely defeated the local situation.
In the south of Annan Kingdom, due to the existence of Du Lin, there is no resistance to Jia Ke's rule. It can be said that Annan Kingdom is now under Jia Ke's control.
But Jia Ke is not relieved now, because there is still a big problem in Annan Kingdom, and that is Ruan Zhengyu.
After receiving the letter from the south, Jia Ke immediately ordered his personal eunuch Li Deshan to cooperate with the people from Annan Kingdom to start searching for Ruan Zhengyu's whereabouts.
After Jia Ke ordered this matter, he turned his attention to the south. Although the south had surrendered to him on the surface, in fact they still supported their troops and surrendered in name only.
Jia Ke naturally cannot let this situation exist. Jia Ke wants to build Annan into his own food base, so naturally there cannot be any hidden dangers.
So Jia Ke ordered Wu Lu, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, to lead 30,000 wolf soldiers and 20,000 Guangxi soldiers. He also asked Jiya, the Zhengbai Banner of the Eight Banners, to take his own cavalry and captured Annan soldiers to go south with him and accept all the troops from the south.
Military important areas and prefectures.
Jia Ke's actions made Du Lin feel that Jia Ke was worried about people like him.
So Du Lin convened a meeting of southern leaders in Thang Long Province.
Among them, Wang Jie, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy who he pointed out as his successor, gave a speech without hesitation.
"I think the King of Yan in the Celestial Dynasty is a thousand years old. This means he is worried about us. After all, we control all the states and counties in the south. No leader can be worried about us."
Du Lin nodded after hearing this. He also knew this truth. When Ruan Zhengyu was in power, he was very wary of the south. Now that Jia Ke has come, he is also wary of the south. But the only difference between Ruan Zhengyu and Jia Ke is that Jia Ke is the leader.
The Celestial Empire was very tough and sent troops south without asking Du Lin or the others for their opinions.
"Then according to Lord Wang's wishes, how should we act?"
A very thin old man next to him said, stroking his beard.
When Wang Jie saw the old man talking, he hurriedly raised his hands and said, "I have met Mr. Ding."
This old man Ding is not a mortal. Although he is just an ordinary household doctor, he is the largest landowner in the south. In terms of strength, he is definitely the first in the south. If it were not for his small official position and low reputation, he would be the biggest landowner in the south.
I'm afraid he is the leader of the south.
When Old Man Ding saw Wang Jie saluting, he waved his hand to him, indicating that he would not be polite, "Master Wang, there is no need to be more polite. What did Master Wang mean when I asked you just now?"
Wang Jie sat back on the chair again, and then said: "Our King Yan Qiansui is completely different from the former Ruan Zhengyu. We can't take any action against his will. Since King Yan Qiansui doesn't trust us, we want to
Wouldn’t it be enough to make King Yan Qiansui completely relieved?”
Du Lin nodded when he heard this, but then shook his head. The truth is this, but if they can really go to Jia Ke, they can only hand over their military power. In this case, they will be the meat on the chopping board.
Wang Jie also saw Du Lin's reluctance. After all, the South relied on these strengths to remain safe in Annan. Now that they hand over military power, the elders in the South may feel guilty.
Wang Jie hurriedly stood up and came to Du Lin's side, bowed deeply to him, and then asked: "Do you think our strength in the south can match that of the Central Plains China?"
"cannot."
"Then the boss thinks that if we just retain military power, how can it be of any help to ourselves?"
Du Lin thought for a moment and said helplessly: "No."
After Wang Jie asked this question, he then said with a smile: "Since you can't, if you keep this military power, you will be jealous of the King of Yan. Isn't that not worth the loss?"
Du Lin understood a little now. He stood up and personally supported Wang Jie and asked him to sit next to him. Then he asked the people below: "Everyone, you also heard what Mr. Wang said just now.
I was confused for a moment, and I didn't think of this problem before. Fortunately, Mr. Wang gave me some advice, and now I know the whole story. I agree with Mr. Wang, but I don't know what you think."
Everyone below, look at me. Let me see how you finally focused your attention on Mr. Ding.
Mr. Ding here is almost 70 years old, but his mind is very active. He also understands that if the current situation is to be safe, he can only hand over military power.
"I think that Mr. Wang's words are good words of gold and jade."
As soon as Mr. Ding expressed his position, the rest of the people also shook their heads. They all understood clearly that even Ruan Zhengyu was no match for the Central Plains people. He was defeated by Jia Ke with one blow. They were not as good as
How could Ruan Zhengyu's men withstand Jia Ke's troops? They might as well be honest.
When Du Lin saw that everyone agreed, he immediately stood up and announced, "Since everyone has agreed, I will go to the palace tomorrow to meet with King Yan Qiansui to hand over the military power in the south. From now on, we will accept the rule of King Yan Qiansui.
Pay taxes and pay grain on time every year.”
Sure enough, Du Lin went to the palace to meet Jia Ke the next day and told Jia Ke what they had discussed yesterday.
In fact, Jia Ke was thinking exactly what Du Lin and the others were thinking. He was not at ease with these southerners. Now that he saw that they had agreed to hand over military power and pay taxes every year, he naturally looked at these people with admiration.
According to Jia Ke, although these people temporarily surrendered, they were not sincere. After the situation stabilized, they sent people to deal with all these people to stabilize the south. Now they can actually hand over their military power and agree to pay taxes every year. Naturally
It made Jia Ke feel relieved.
Since it was these people from the south who had made such a major concession, Jia Ke himself had no choice but to be merciful.
So Jia Ke announced on the spot that southern Annan would be divided into seven prefectures, four of which would have people from the south as prefects.
Du Lin was relieved when he heard this. He knew that Jia Ke was very satisfied with the actions of his people this time.
After Du Lin left, Jia Ke was completely relieved and immediately wrote a letter to Wu Lu, asking him to go to the south to receive more than 100,000 troops from the south.
Wu Lu has now arrived at Jiading, an important town in the south. Jiading is also the ancient capital of Annan. However, due to the collapse of the previous Annan dynasty, the capital was moved to the current Thang Long mansion.
Wu Lu was in the governor's palace in Jiading City when he received Jia Ke's letter.
Taking the letter sent by Jia Ke, Wu Lu showed a smile on his face. It seemed that his lord wanted him to take charge in Annan in the future.
Wu Lu coveted this position. Even though he was now the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, his position seemed to be no different from that of sitting in Annan.
But in fact, when Wu Lu was in Guangxi, his status was one level lower than that of the governor of Guangxi. If Jia Ke was not now in charge of the court and used military officers in high positions, he would have to kneel down and kowtow when he met the governor of Guangxi.
But if he was in charge of Annan, Wu Lu would be a local emperor. He would not care about anyone except Jia Ke's orders. What's more, Annan's economy is much stronger than that of Guangxi. How could Wu Lu not covet such a comfortable and prosperous life?
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In the next few days, Wu Lu followed Jia Ke's instructions and began to receive tens of thousands of Annan soldiers from the south.
These Annan soldiers also received orders from Du Lin and others, and obediently accepted Wu Lu's adaptation.
Wu Lu reorganized these people according to the military tactics sent by Jia Ke, and then assigned them to his own Guangxi soldiers, so that these people could fight against the Guangxi soldiers.
The nobles in the south handed over their military power, and naturally they were panicked, fearing that Jia Ke would cross the river and demolish the bridge.
Wu Lu also saw what these people were thinking, so he had a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days. He gathered all these respectable people together and gave them good advice.
These people felt relieved after seeing Wu Lu's behavior. They also saw that Jia Ke was reassuring them. It seemed that there would not be much fluctuation in their lives in the future.