Chapter 453: Prelude to the Civil Tribulation
The sudden demise of Minyue made Nanyue, Luoyue, and Xijiao nervous for a while. The originally planned war was immediately stopped, and they became like friends, quickly communicating with each other, and passing on the latest news of the Han people. No one expected that the most powerful Minyue Kingdom in Lingnan would be destroyed like this, and the king of Minyue would be captured, which had never appeared in the history of Yuedi.
Lu Jia, the minister of South Vietnam, frowned, and his white face was flushed: "King, Minyue has been destroyed, and it is the best time for us to unify Nanyue and Zhuyue, and we must not miss it." ”
Zhao Hu asked, "What do you mean by this?" Minyue was destroyed, the next target of the Han people must be us, self-protection is not enough, how to unify Zhuyue? ”
Zhao Wendao: "What the king said is very true, the Han people are fierce, Minyue was destroyed only in the evening, if they send troops to come, our soldiers and horses are insufficient, how can we fight on both sides, the ministers think that they should guard the border and guard against the Han people, and they should also send envoys to Chang'an to pay tribute to the emperor of the Han Dynasty. ”
"Humph! The Han people are not stupid, they have just defeated Minyue, and there is no reinforcement from the army, how can they fight again at this time? Zhao Yu snorted coldly. He didn't dare to see Zhao Wen's move to pay tribute to the Great Han Dynasty, in his eyes, South Vietnam was founded for hundreds of years, and no one was allowed to defile such glory.
Zhao Hu hesitated and looked at Lu Jia: "Prime Minister, you make your thoughts clear." ”
Lu Jia said: "The subordinate did not want to continue the crusade against Yuyue, what the subordinate meant was that although the Han people captured the royal city of Minyue and moved away their people, they did not set up counties in Minyue. ”
"Oh ......! There is some truth in what the prime minister said. Zhao Hu nodded.
Zhao Wen hurriedly said: "Absolutely not, the king must not!" Although the land of Minyue is good, it is the bait of the Han people, just waiting for my Zhuyue to compete with each other, they can reap the benefits of the fishermen! ”
Zhao Hu frowned again: "What Doctor Zhao said also makes sense. ”
"King, don't listen to Zhao Wen's words, Minyue has been defeated, among the Yue, I am the largest in Nanyue, who dares to compete with us? As long as the land of Minyue is taken, South Vietnam can increase by hundreds of miles, and within three years, my South Vietnam will send troops to conquer Zhuyue, but I can go down with a drum and miss this opportunity, if the Han people occupy Minyue, South Vietnam will never come out again! Lu Jia knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
Zhao Wen also knelt down and said: "King, don't do it, this is a trick of the Han people, and you can't be fooled!" ”
Zhao Hu's head was very big, he stroked his forehead with one hand, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, he looked down at the courtiers, only Zhao Yu stood quietly, and the rest of the ministers whispered in their ears, asking them in vain, so he asked Zhao Yu straightforwardly: "General Zhao, if this king gives you 20,000 soldiers and horses, how long will it take to take the land of Minyue?" ”
Zhao Wen knelt on the ground: "Your lord, you can occupy the land of Minyue in three months or two months." ”
Zhao Hu pondered for a long time: "Okay, according to the words of the prime minister, I ordered the Flying Tiger Battalion to open immediately and take Minyue before the Han people!" ”
"No!" Zhao Yu kowtowed respectfully and stood aside.
Zhao Wen was shocked, and his head knocked Bang Bang sounded: "King, think twice!" ”
South Vietnam still didn't hold back, and finally wanted to make a move. When Ying Guangji received the news, he was furious and pointed to the direction of Panyu in the south and scolded. After scolding, the anger in my heart was smoothed, and I sat down on the wooden chair, hugged my head and cried. Thorn kept standing beside him and watching, silently drinking his wine. Since this was part of Su Ren's plan, Thorn never doubted that something would go wrong, and since he knew Su Ren, all of Su Ren's plans seemed to be carried out according to Su Ren's wishes.
With a long sigh, he handed the wine bag to Ying Guangji: "Take a sip, this is the wine I got from Su Ren, I usually don't want to drink it, take it out today, we will get drunk and rest!" ”
Ying Guangji took the wine bag, raised his neck and poured most of it: "A group of stupid people, no one can see such a clumsy strategy?" ”
Thorn smiled: "It's not that they didn't see it, it's that Su Ren's bait is too big, Minyue is the largest branch in Zhuyue, it's such a big place, everyone has the capital to be the king and hegemon in Yue, and the rest of the Zhuyue kings are not greedy." ”
"The king of Yue Yue and the king of Xizhu didn't make a move!"
"They are waiting, waiting to see if the Han people will obstruct it, if the Han people do not have the slightest intention of obstructing South Vietnam, the two families will immediately pounce."
"Hey!" Ying Guangji sighed, took another big sip, and almost drank the wine in the wine bag: "It's just that these people of my Great Qin are suffering!" ”
Thorn was a little reluctant to give up his wine, but he invited Ying Guangji to drink, so there was no reason to come back, and sat back in his position: "You can rest assured, I heard that Su Ren has made preparations at all intersections, food, clothes, and even temporary grass huts have been built, if there are Yue people who escape, they will be well taken care of, if you want the Yue people here not to die, it is best to let your people inform the people, if the war comes, it is a good choice to go to Han Realm." ”
"Humph! Su Ren is going to dig the foundation of my Great Qin, so that I will not let the people of Great Qin go to the Han Realm! ”
Thorn sighed and didn't speak again. He has long seen the paranoia of Win Guangji, and it is useless to say anything at this time.
The breeze rises, with a faint earthy smell, and the dry season in Lingnan is coming. This place is strange, there are only two seasons of the year, the dry season and the rainy season. During the dry season, the sky is clear all day, and sometimes there is not a drop of rain for ten days and half a month. And in the rainy season, there are three or five games in a day. Whether it is the dry season or the rainy season, Su Ren doesn't like it, the dry season is too hot and dry, the rainy season is too humid, and the quilt for sleeping can drip when lifted.
The dry season also has an advantage, it is suitable for marching, it is suitable for arranging everything, even if you have to hurry, you can walk a few miles. In several Dao counties bordering with Yuedi, Su Ren set up so-called refugee camps, ordered the local county commanders and county magistrates to be personally responsible, and sent all the newly appointed school captains and county lieutenants over to maintain law and order and to screen out spies.
Riding a horse, Su Ren went to a refugee camp closest to Zhiling. This place belongs to Shangyu, which is within the scope of Xiao Zuo's management. Although Li Danghu has agreed to accept Xiao Zuo as his arm, but now is an extraordinary period, Xiao Zuo can only be a lieutenant first, and then take them away when they return to Chang'an.
Shangyu County Ling is a thin old man, with patches and patches of clothes, and I don't know if it's intentional or if he is really poor and has no clothes to wear. It stands to reason that the county order of one party is 600 stone per month, which is enough for a family to eat and drink, and it will never fall into this kind of world. Later generations once said that a Qing prefect would have 100,000 snowflakes of silver. That is to say, no matter how honest a prefect is, he can have 100,000 taels of silver. Although the Han Dynasty is not as good as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the county order is not as good as the prefect, he should not treat himself so badly in terms of clothing and food.
"In Xiashangyu County, Ling An Guo Junyi has seen Su Changshi!"
Su Ren glanced at it and said with a smile: "Anguo County Order, your dress is deliberate, right?" ”
An Guo Junyi was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Don't dare to go down, the family has a large population, and there is not enough food and drink, there is really no way, and I don't mean to humiliate Changshi." ”
"Oh? How many people are in your family? ”
"There are ten families in the family."
"Ten mouths? With a rank of 600 stones, ten people will eat you poor to this extent? ”
Xiao Zuo hurriedly knelt down and said: "Su Changshi Rongyu, although there are only ten family members in the Anguo County Ling family, there are no less than three hundred servants, so ......"
"Three hundred?" Su Ren was really a little angry, according to Xiao Zuo's words, ten family members, three hundred servants, that is, thirty people serving one person, such a degree of luxury in addition to the palace, who else has it? A remote small county, a county order, it turned out to be like this, Su Ren wanted to kill someone.
Xiao Zuo hurriedly said: "The words of the last general are not finished yet!" Those servants of the Anguo County Order's family, all of them are homeless women and children in Shangyu City, Shangyu is close to Nanling, the Yue people often harass, women and children have no way to live, Anguo County Order can't look past it, so they will close the house, although they are servants, in fact, Anguo County Order to contain them. ”
Su Ren's anger was slightly relieved, and he asked everyone behind An Guo Junyi: "This matter is serious!" ”
Everyone said in unison: "It's true, if you don't believe it, you can go to the county government and see it." ”
almost did something wrong, Su Ren coughed twice to ease the embarrassing atmosphere: "Get up!" If you don't have that ability, don't help others casually, you have to be able to do good deeds, the respect of a county must have the people of the whole county in your heart, and just three hundred women and children will make the county order like this, I think your county order is not very competent. ”
An Guo Junyi didn't dare to raise his head: "What Su Changshi said is true, the old decay is inadequate, and he really has the trust of the imperial court." ”
"You also get up, put this aside in advance, if things don't work well in the refugee camp, let's have a good theory!" Su Ren looked left and right: "Lead the way ahead, go to the place you have chosen now, the refugees from the land will arrive soon, and there must be no mistakes." ”
Su Ren took the lead, An Guo Junyi led the way, and the group came towards the refugee camp in a mighty way. If it's a refugee camp, it's a large open space. Dozens of long thatched huts are built on the roadside, not to mention the wind on all sides, and the roof is not covered enough thickly. Fortunately, this is the south, and it is the dry season, so this arrangement is not a big problem.
Not far away, a few people were building stoves, and a little farther away a wooden house was tightly sealed, and more than a dozen county soldiers were standing around in full armor and majestic. Su Ren nodded with satisfaction: "It's okay, can the epidemic prevention work be done?" ”
An Guo Junyi hurriedly said: "Dr. Chun Yu has already come, and a special person has been arranged below, as long as there are Yue people coming, according to what Mr. Chun Yu said, take a bath first and then deworm it, these thatched huts are also buried with lime, if there is a sick person The medical officer in the county will diagnose and treat him on the spot, there should be no big problem." ”
Su Ren nodded: "You did this right, there are more people who are most likely to have a plague, if these Yue people have a plague, your county and even the entire Huiji will suffer, other things are easy to do, epidemic prevention is the most important." ”