Jia Ke glanced at Ruan Zhengyu in the prison car, his face expressionless, and directly ordered his soldiers to take over the prison car. Then he cupped his hands and said to Alontai: "The king of your country understands the righteousness. From now on, you and I will never interfere with each other."
Alontai felt relieved now. He was afraid that Jia Ke would get Ruan Zhengyu and still have a peep at Thailand.
Then the two of them retreated without saying anything.
Jia Ke returned to the camp and immediately lifted Ruan Zhengyu to the tent.
Ruan Zhengyu came to the big tent and looked at Jia Ke sitting in the middle, with an expression of resentment in his eyes.
Jia Ke was a little unhappy when he saw Ruan Zhengyu entering the tent and not kneeling down to salute him.
Those escorting Ruan Zhengyu were all Jia Ke's soldiers. When Jia Ke frowned, they knew that their master was unhappy.
So the two men looked at each other and kicked Ruan Zhengyu's knees hard at the same time.
Ruan Zhengyu only felt a sharp pain. He could no longer stand and fell to his knees. However, he immediately reacted and struggled to get up. However, the two soldiers behind him could not get him up, so they held down one on the left and the other on the right.
He grabbed his shoulder, and Ruan Zhengyu couldn't stand up no matter how hard he struggled.
Jia Ke nodded with satisfaction and said to Ruan Zhengyu below: "King Annan, our country is not kind to you. Back then, I, Emperor Taizu, helped your court quell the rebellion, so that your ancestors could stabilize their country.
How dare you violate our border again and again now?"
Ruan Zhengyu knew that there was no way to survive this time, so he risked his life.
"Although your empire has helped my ancestors, your country has always been weak, but it occupies a large area of land. Naturally, I will act on behalf of heaven and fight for slaves and land for our Annan people."
After hearing this, Jia Ke became furious. King Annan had reached the end of his rope and dared to speak so wildly.
"Come here, drag Ruan Zhengyu out of the tent and behead him in public."
Jia Ke had just finished his instructions, and Sun Yan who was standing next to him immediately came out to admonish, "No, my lord, Ruan Zhengyu is the king of Annan. We will take him back to the capital, kill him in the Ancestral Temple, and tell the world. This is the right thing to do. Now
Killing him in the camp would be an advantage to the king."
Jia Ke was also angry for a moment, but now after hearing Sun Yan's words, he immediately understood that Ruan Zhengyu wanted to deliberately anger himself to avoid being humiliated again.
So Jia Ke quickly ordered people to release Ruan Zhengyu back.
Ruan Zhengyu entered the tent again and looked at Jia Ke. He saw a smile on Jia Ke's face and the angry look was no longer there. He knew that Jia Ke had seen through his plan and now he had no choice but to remain silent.
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Jia Ke didn't talk nonsense to him anymore and just ordered him to be imprisoned again.
After that, Jia Ke repaired on the spot for three days, and then led his army back to Shenglong Mansion in Annan.
After Jia Ke returned to Shenglong Mansion, he ordered the troops to settle down so that the soldiers could rest. After all, the soldiers were tired from fighting for such a long time and it was time to relax.
But Jia Ke summoned the generals in the main hall of the palace of Shenglong Mansion.
After the soldiers arrived, Jia Ke sat in the middle and said to the people below: "This time, I have been ordered by the emperor to conquer Annan, and the process went smoothly. Now that Annan has surrendered, how should Annan's affairs be handled next?
Any suggestions?”
These generals below are naturally good at attacking, killing, and defending, but if you ask them to talk about governing the local area, it is natural to ask blindly.
Seeing their behavior, Jia Ke didn't have much hope, so he turned to Sun Yan and said, "Master Sun is the foreman of the military aircraft. What can you tell me now?"
Sun Yan was Jia Ke's most important civil servant in the military camp, so he naturally did his duty. He came out of the job and said to Jia Ke, "Now Annan has two ways to stabilize the situation."
Jia Ke nodded with a smile on his face and asked Sun Yan to continue.
"The first one is to choose a young child from the royal family of Annan as the king, and then send our civil servants from the Central Plains as the prime minister, so that Annan can be quickly stabilized."
Jia Ke was noncommittal after hearing this method. He finally conquered Annan and spent a lot of money and food. Now, isn't the other king making himself unhappy?
Sun Yan quietly looked up and saw that Jia Ke didn't express his position, so he knew that he was a little dissatisfied with this method, so he quickly came up with the second method.
"Furthermore, the Annan Protectorate was set up and the generals were ordered to take charge. Although Annan still resisted a little for a while, he naturally surrendered after a long time."
Jia Ke was satisfied after hearing this, "Sir, what you said makes sense."
After Jia Ke finished saying this, he looked at the generals below, and finally said, "Where is Wu Lu?"
Wu Lu stood below and listened to what Jia Ke and Sun Yan said, and his heart jumped. He had been spying on the job of guarding Annan for a long time. Now that he heard Jia Ke change his name, he immediately went out to work and said:
Jia Ke cupped his hands and said, "The end will be here."
Jia Ke was very satisfied with this Wu Lu. Ever since he followed him to fight for Annan, he had led the way in every battle without making any mistakes.
"Wu Lu, I have appointed you as the governor of the Annan Protectorate. I hope you will guard Annan and contribute to the country."
After hearing Jia Ke's words, Wu Lu was naturally overjoyed. Wu Lu knelt down on the ground, cupped his fists and raised his hands: "Please don't worry, my lord, but I will be able to breathe in the end, so Baoan Nan will be safe."
Jia Ke nodded, but did not let him stand up. Instead, he continued to instruct: "When you guard Annan, you must use the barbarians to control the barbarians. Contact the Annan nobles who have surrendered to us so that they can do more to pacify the place."
Wu Lu nodded quickly after hearing this. In fact, he also understood that the place Annan had just conquered was bound to be unstable. With the help of these nobles, local affairs would soon be calmed down.
Jia Ke then asked Wu Lu to stand up and ordered again: "Starting from this year, Annan must pay tribute to the court of 5 million tons of grain every year, and not a single grain should be missing."
Wu Lu didn't feel any pressure after hearing this. He also inquired privately that Annan, a place with three crops a year and abundant products, could still deliver 5 million tons of grain a year.
Seeing that Annan's affairs had been given, Jia Ke said to the generals below: "Ten days of rest from now on. After ten days, the army will return north and return to their respective stations."
In the next ten days, Jia Ke no longer restrained the soldiers under his command. These soldiers swarmed into Shenglong Mansion and began to have fun.
There were many things that happened, such as visiting brothels without paying, eating the King's meal and beating people. The most abominable thing was that some people even dragged many women from good families into the mountains and forests for humiliation.
When these matters were reported to Jia Ke, Jia Ke dealt with them gently. The man who insulted women was only given 30 military sticks and let go.
Jia Ke has his own ideas. These soldiers have followed him through life and death, and they are not in his own country now. Let them indulge a little. As long as there is no large-scale commotion, it can be regarded as some reward for them.
On the 10th day, the soldiers who had been crazy outside for a while returned to their camps.
On this day, Jia Ke led his soldiers and escorted King Ruan Zhengyu of Annan and started to return north.
But now the people of Shenglong Mansion can breathe a sigh of relief. In the past ten days, they have suffered a lot of harm from these soldiers from the Central Plains.
After Jia Ke left Shenglong Mansion, Wu Lu became the native emperor of the original Annan Kingdom and now the Annan Governor's Mansion.
Wu Lu is also self-aware. He knows that he still has some ability in military-style management, but he does not have the ability to manage local areas.
So Wu Lu thought about it all night in the house. He thought of the instructions Jia Ke gave him before leaving, asking him to use barbarians to control barbarians, and he came up with an idea.
The next day, Wu Lu held a meeting in Shenglong Mansion and summoned all Annan officials who had taken refuge.
Wu Lu announced at that time that from now on, all the troops of Annan Kingdom would be commanded by himself alone. Without the military order of the governor of Annan Governor's Palace, no one could mobilize a single soldier.
The Annan officials below had long known that such a day would come, so they did not resist.
Wu Lu's expression softened next, and he said to the people below: "This Governor is in charge of the military and has no time to spare, so I am going to hand over the government affairs of the Annan Governor's Mansion to you."
The officials below were all wide-eyed after hearing this. They did not expect that Wu Lu would delegate such great power.
Wu Li looked at the surprised expressions of the Annan officials below, and smiled slightly: "I, the Governor, will follow the imperial court's example in setting up a military aircraft office. A government affairs office will also be established in Annan. I will appoint three people to serve as bachelors of the government affairs office."
When Wu Lu said this, the eyes of the Annan officials below all lit up, and each of them looked at Wu Lu expectantly.
"Mr. Du Lin, who is quite prestigious in the Annan Kingdom and has achieved military merit in the lord's conquest of Annan, can be appointed as the chief bachelor."
After hearing this, Du Lin's heart was pounding, so Du Lin came out of the office and said to Wu Lu, "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, from now on I will serve His Highness the King of Yan to the death."
Wu Lu was very satisfied after hearing what he said, "The next one is Wang Jie, who will also join the Government Affairs Office as a bachelor."
Wang Jie was originally just a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy in Annan Kingdom. Unexpectedly, he rose to the top and became one of the three people in charge of government affairs in Annan Kingdom.
"The last bachelor will be Li Weng, the former Minister of Household Affairs of Annan Kingdom."
From then on, Annan Kingdom began to gradually become stable under the dual-pronged governance of Wu Lu's high-pressure army and the Huairou administration of the three Annan Kingdom universities in the Government Affairs Office.
Even more than ten years later, it became another granary of the Central Plains Celestial Empire. In addition to the 5 million dans of grain that it paid tribute to the court every year, it even had the ability to deliver several million more dans of grain to the court.
Besides, Jia Ke left Shenglong Mansion, led his soldiers all the way north, and entered the territory of the Central Plains. Then he asked the soldiers from Yunnan and Guangxi to return to their respective bases. He took the Eight Banners soldiers and the men from Fenwu Camp, as well as those who were captured this time.
Annan soldiers, continue heading north.
This journey was not as hurried as when we came here. Jia Ke and his troops sometimes only walked thirty or forty miles a day, just like traveling in the mountains and rivers.
In this way, they walked for more than two months before arriving in the capital.
Outside the Shili Pavilion in the capital, Fan Kang had already greeted Jia Ke with his civil and military officials. When they received Jia Ke, they knelt down to congratulate Jia Ke.
Jia Ke saw a large group of civil and military ministers kneeling outside Shili Pavilion. He quickly got off his horse and walked a few steps to the group of people. He first helped Fan Kang up, and then said to the ministers behind him: "Everyone
Please get up quickly, it doesn’t have to be like this.”