As soon as Zhao Chang heard the name of the king of Chu, he immediately hit a spirit, and then saw the king of Chu looking at him with angry eyes, and he couldn't help but be terrified, and hurriedly climbed from the seat to the middle of the hall, kowtowed, and said: "The king, the minister is guilty, please ask the king to surrender." ”

"Guilty? Of course you are guilty! Xiong Huai looked at Zhao Chang and said angrily: "At the beginning, when the feudal monarch recruited the people, it was you who argued for those feudal monarchs in the court, saying that those people spontaneously gathered because they were afraid of the new law. But as a result, because of your arguments, the imperial court has not dealt with those feudal kings who have violated the order to recruit the people, so that the rebellious spirit of those feudal monarchs has quickly grown.

Not long ago, after the tragedy of Yinling, it was you who did your best to protect those feudal monarchs, saying that the matter of Yinling was never done by those feudal monarchs.

However, now, now those feudal monarchs have gained an inch, and they have begun to attack the city, kill important ministers in the court, and openly rebel under the banner.

At this moment, what else do you have to say, do you still have to defend those feudal monarchs, do you have to wait until they kill Yingdu and take off the heads of the widows, will you be sure that they are really against them? ”

"Minister... Minister..." Zhao Chang collapsed to the ground weakly: "The minister is guilty of capital crime." ”

"Capital offense? Of course you are guilty of capital offense. Xiong Huai's face turned cold, and he looked at Zhao Chang and said: "Conniving at evil, breeding evil, and causing chaos in Jianghuai, even if I kill you ten times, it is not too much." ”

"Edict: Zuo Yin Zhaochang is unforgivable for his crimes, and now the widow deprives him of his title, takes back his fiefdom people, and the whole clan is demoted to a commoner, and is assigned to Dongting to reclaim the famine. Among them, Zhao Chang committed a great crime, and immediately pulled it out and beheaded it to show the public. ”

When Zhao Chang heard that the king of Chu not only wanted to kill him, but also demoted his entire clan to a concubine, he was shocked in his heart, and suddenly raised his head to look at the king of Chu, but saw that the king of Chu had a cold face and was looking at him with emotionless eyes.

Seeing this, his words of begging for mercy immediately returned to his stomach.

Then, he looked at the ministers again, but saw that all the ministers looked at him indifferently, and none of them pleaded or spoke for him.

Seeing this, his heart was cold, and he instantly realized: Yes, I really deserve to die, I was already guilty of a great crime when I let people set fire to it before, and I already deserve to die, and now the king only kills me and spares the rest of my family, this is the mercy of the king, the love of the king for decades, and the conscientiousness and meritorious service in my past.

Thinking about it, Zhao Chang immediately bowed down: "Thank you for your kindness, and the minister confesses." ”

Xiong Huai was unmoved when he heard this, he could allow the ministers to oppose the change, such as Xianyin Fan Huan, among the ministers, Fan Huan had the highest opposition and the most opposition, but he could tolerate Fan Huan, because the reason why Fan Huan repeatedly opposed it was also for the sake of the country.

However, for the sake of their own selfish interests, such as Zhao Changjing Shao and others, they have repeatedly secretly conspired with each other, carried out conspiracies and tricks, and even did not hesitate to disturb the country, which is not okay and he will never tolerate it.

Therefore, Jing Shao was belittled, Zhao Chang died, and Fan Huan is still sitting alive in the main hall.

At this time, Xiong Huai glanced at Fan Huan in the hall, and saw him sitting on the seat with an expressionless face looking at Zhao Chang, and couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart.

After a pause, the hall was silent for a while, and Xiong Huai spoke: "Zhuqing, I don't know if Qing and others have any suggestions for the rebellion of Jianghuai Fengjun. ”

As soon as these words fell, Zhao Ju immediately spoke: "Great King, the Jianghuai feudal monarch rebelled, and the whole body must be quickly put down, otherwise, once it falls into a protracted period, the minister is worried that not only the country will be in chaos, but even other countries will be involved." ”

Xiong Huai nodded and asked, "Ling Yin, how should we quickly quell the rebellion?" ”

Zhao Ju's face was calm, his eyes were bright, and he responded without hesitation: "King, if you want to quickly quell the rebellion, you need to quickly raise 300,000 troops to go to Jianghuai to quell the rebellion. ”

"Three hundred thousand?" Xiong Huai was stunned.

According to Xiong Huai's own estimates, although the Jianghuai rebels are numerous, they are also a group of rabble, and it is not difficult to break them, why does Zhaoju need 300,000 troops to quell the rebellion?

At this time, Zhao Ju saw that the King of Chu looked at him with a hesitant gaze, and immediately explained:

"Great King, the news from Zhibeiya is that there are about 20,000 rebels in Shou County, about 25,000 rebels in Huaiyin, and about 30,000 rebels in Guangling.

But when I arrived at Jianghuai, the number of rebels I had to face was far more than that.

According to the conscription ratio of 1 ding per household of the 18 rebels, if they recruit all the males who have reached the age of 16 or even 14, plus their original standing private army, then the ministers can predict that the number of the main force of the Jianghuai rebels has increased by more than 200,000. ”

"Two hundred thousand?" Xiong Huai shook his head and said: "If the rebel army is only 200,000, then my 100,000 army in Yingdu can sweep away Jianghuai in one battle." ”

"What the king said is very true." Zhao Ju nodded, and then said: "Therefore, the minister thinks that Jianghuai's rebellion will definitely make a desperate bet to forcibly recruit the people from the places that have been conquered, and if other feudal nobles respond, then, in this way, the number of rebels will swell rapidly, and the number of strong men will exceed three or four hundred thousand."

In addition, if the entire Jianghuai is completely overturned, then the number of rebel strong men will probably exceed 600,000.

And if we want to put down the rebellion quickly, we need to gather 300,000 troops as quickly as possible, so that we can succeed. ”

"Six hundred thousand?" This number took everyone by surprise.

It's just that after the ministers remembered the hidden people in their homes, everyone was silent.

In the past, the feudal lords and nobles only fought for the Chu State, so every time they sent troops, they sent troops according to the number of people on the household register, but this time they fought for themselves, and they will definitely go all out.

In this way, 600,000 troops is not too much.

At this time, Zhu Guo Tang Wu heard the astonishment of the ministers and said, "Great King, it is completely possible for the 600,000 troops that Ling Yin said.

Moreover, there are a large number of minerals in the Jianghuai area, plus Shou County, which has Shaopo, is the most fertile granary of our Chu State, and Shou County still stores the materials of the Yue State back then, so those traitors can not only recruit 600,000 troops, but even arm all these 600,000 troops.

However, whether the rebel party has an army of 600,000 or 800,000, it is not worth mentioning.

As a courtier, the rebel party has lost its morality in rebelling against the king, and forcibly arresting the people into the army will lose the hearts of the people, plus most of the people do not fall under the rule of the rebel party, at this time, the rebel party will recruit the people, and the people will definitely not accept it.

Using unscrupulous generals to command a large army that has left Germany will only lead to one result, that is, the greater the number of troops, the more chaotic the army, and the lower the combat power of the army.

Therefore, the minister was not worried that the 300,000-strong army would not be able to defeat the rebel party. The minister's biggest concern is that the rebel party sits on a strong city, avoids the war and defends itself, and then leads the countries into Chu.

If this is the case, it will be a disaster for our Chu State, and even if we succeed in countering the rebellion in the end, I am afraid it will take more than ten or twenty years to recover. ”

"No, it won't." Zhao Ju shook his head and said, "King, we still have a way to make those rebels unable to defend the city with peace of mind, and force them to come out and fight a decisive battle with us." ”