Ji Wuye died, and he died simply.
Also dead was Ji Wuye’s only son, Ji Yihu.
Zhang Ji naturally cut off the head and took it away.
Although he admired the creation of "rebels" and supported the abolition of beheadings to record merit, it was still necessary to behead the heads of great generals like Ji Wuye.
It wasn't out of any collection idea. He didn't have a perverted hobby of making the enemy's skulls into golden wine cups. He just wanted to squeeze out the last bit of value from Ji Wuye and Ji Yihu.
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Xinzheng, in the palace of the Han Dynasty
This is the first court meeting in nearly a month since Ji Wuye's rebellion.
It's not that Han Wangan wanted to be lazy, but in the face of the rebel attack, Han Wangan was frightened and needed to recuperate.
Furthermore, the Han Palace was damaged in many places due to the night army's attack. Arrows were everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of blood. It must be repaired and cleaned up to maintain the final majesty of the Han Palace.
If in the past, Han Wangan, who was a semi-puppet, still had some majesty in front of the ministers, then now without Ji Wuye's constraints, Han Wangan has almost completely lost that majesty that suppressed people's hearts.
The palace of the Han Dynasty, which symbolized the power of the king, was attacked by Ji Wuye. The reason why Han Wangan did not fall into the hands of Ji Wuye was purely because of Qin's interference.
If it weren't for Zhang Ji's interference, Han Wangan would be a prisoner of Ji Wuye's subordinates at this moment. Maybe they would all become Ji Wuye's ministers. Today is the day of Ji Wuye's enthronement ceremony.
Although Ji Wuye was unsuccessful, this rebellion also lifted the last fig leaf of Han Wangan, completely revealing the true nature of this weak royal family to the world.
The ministers looked at Han Wangan who was sitting on the throne and shouted "My king for ten thousand years", but from the undisguised expression, there was no trace of humility and respect at all, just a perfunctory sentence.
Haha, after the rebellion was suppressed, King Han could not bring out the heads of Ji Wuye, Ji Yihu and a group of senior ministers in the night to appease people's hearts. What authority did King Han have?
"The traitor Ji Wuye was so bold that he blatantly started a rebellion, causing harm to the country and the people. The crime cannot be punished." King Han coughed twice while pacifying his chest. His face was still a little pale. "Thanks to the help of the Qin envoy, the rebellion was put down."
With that said, Han Wangan stood up with the help of Honglian and walked down the steps in front of the throne. The maids behind him lifted up the hem of Han Wangan's clothes and walked to Zhang Ji who was standing in the center of the hall and bowed slowly.
"Thank you sir!"
Han Wangan's attitude in this gift was quite sincere.
Firstly, it was a hint of apology for Zhang Ji's failure to reward Zhang Ji for saving Honglian, and secondly, it was to express his gratitude for Zhang Ji's full help this time.
After quelling Ji Wuye's rebellion, Han Wangan also met with Zhang Ji and learned about the process of quelling the rebellion from the other party's mouth.
It sounds like Zhang Ji had a very smooth journey, from entering the city to breaking through the four city gates, bluffing to scare Ji Wuye away, then calculating Ji Wuye's retreat route in advance, ambushing him, and finally killing Ji Wuye in one fell swoop.
But even Han Wangan, a military layman, could hear the danger in it.
Ten thousand Snow Clothes Castle soldiers, plus some snare killers who could only shoot from a distance, and even a thousand Iron Eagle warriors, faced Ji Wuye's 80,000 army, were still as disparate in strength as a natural chasm.
But through this series of plans, Zhang Ji defeated Ji Wuye, who had absolute strength. This way of using troops was really dazzling.
And I heard that Zhang Ji has a way to make money. If last year, because of Zhang Ji's contribution to saving Honglian, Zhang Ji, a princess, became a Korean noble family, maybe this young man at this moment is not only his considerate His son-in-law is once again his most loyal minister who can be entrusted with important responsibilities.
But there are not so many what-ifs in the world, and there is no regret medicine. In fact, Han Wangan also thought that even if Zhang Ji married Honglian at that time, it was just a marriage to tie up Zhang Ji. He may not be able to provide Zhang Ji with Ji Wuye's constraints. No matter how much power Ji has, it may not be able to really tie down the Qin State, which started to pay attention to and invest in Zhang Ji many years ago, but people always need a beautiful fantasy to temporarily escape the corrupt reality.
As for Zhang Ji, he naturally did not accept Han Wangan's gift and instead hid sideways.
It's not that Zhang Ji is pretending to be humble, but this person is, after all, his future father-in-law.
And Zhang Ji also made an agreement with Han Wangan to present prisoners in court today to ask for his hand in marriage!
The prisoners were naturally sacrificed by those night veterans.
Bainiao and Yeyoushen, who have lost their organizational planning, cannot be Luo Wang's opponents at all.
Under Zhang Ji's message, the leaders of the Luowang branch of the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Chu closely monitored the border with South Korea, and almost wiped out these night remnants.
However, a few people did not flee to the border, but temporarily hid themselves. There were also many people who fell into the trap of bandits, but it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out.
Ji Wuye, Ji Yihu, and the heads of these remnants of the night will be Zhang Ji's betrothal gift today.
"King Han, I have something to ask of you today."
Han Wangan looked at Zhang Ji who saluted him respectfully. Even though it was a pre-arranged process, he still felt a little emotional.
"The Qin envoy is the savior of the king and princess. Please speak out if you have any requests."
Han Wangan stretched out his hand, gave Zhang Ji a virtual hand, and motioned for him to get up.
"The foreign minister asks to marry Princess Honglian!"
Zhang Ji and Hong Lian, who was supporting Han Wangan, looked at each other and their eyes met. Although the two of them had done everything they should and should not do, and they were not called husband and wife but they had the reality of being husband and wife. However, they paid homage to Han Wangan in a grand manner in the Han court. Proposing for marriage, this inevitably made Honglian's face turn red with embarrassment. She lowered her head and did not dare to raise it, as if everyone around her was laughing at her.
As for Han Wangan, this old father looked at his most beloved daughter looking so shy, with a pair of peach blossom eyes full of shyness and affection, and there was no trace of his status as an old father.
Even though everything was a process discussed with Zhang Ji in advance, Han Wangan was still a little uncomfortable. That was his only little cotton-padded jacket!
It’s just that there is nothing we can do no matter how reluctant we are.
In order to ensure Honglian's safety, he could not leave Honglian in South Korea.
Zhang Ji has analyzed that even if Ji Wuye, the leader of Yemu, and Ji Yihu, the legitimate first heir of Yemu, are dead, Ji Wuye still has a few adopted sons still alive, and not all of Yemu's elders have been killed. As long as people are here, the mess in Korea cannot be cleaned up.
And next, I am afraid that Liusha will launch a full-scale attack on the remnants of Nightfall, take over all the power and territory that Nightfall once held, and become the new Nightfall.
But in this process, the confrontation between the remnants of the night and the quicksand will inevitably set off a bloody storm in Han Ting. Neither Zhang Ji nor Han Wangan dared to let Honglian stay in Korea.
As for why it wasn't the Fourth Young Master Han Yu who took over the government...
The prince Han Yun died young, and the ninth son Han Fei entered the Qin Dynasty. It seems that among the sons of Han Wangan, Han Yu has lost his opponent. At this time of unrest, with three thousand dead soldiers, even quicksand cannot compete with him. It is completely legitimate to fully take over the government of South Korea on the grounds that Han Wangan is unwell and let him supervise the country on his behalf.
But it is a pity that Han Yu is the person in the Korean court who can really do practical things for Korea. Such a person is still a young master with inheritance rights in South Korea, so he must "die".
After putting down the rebellion, Zhang Ji led his people to annihilate all the dead men under Han Yu in the name of rescue. He also regretfully announced that the fourth son Han Yu and his adopted son Han Qiancheng were unfortunately killed by the rebels in the night. He came to One step later.
As for the body, no one will check it.
Han Wangan acquiesced to Han Yu's "death", which was the best outcome and the biggest concession that Zhang Ji could make for the sake of Han Wangan and Honglian.
Of course, Han Wangan's many cooperation also made Zhang Ji reciprocate, simply giving Han Wangan enough face.
A prisoner sacrifice ceremony, conducted by Zhang Ji out of his own pocket, was held outside the palace gate of the Han Palace.
Han Wangan rides a tall horse and wears a military uniform. Although his body fat and his riding skills have deteriorated due to living in the palace for many years, Han Wangan's image looks a bit funny and ridiculous, but he still carries the Hanwang sword and shows off his power in the palace city of Hanwang Palace. They went around in a circle and reviewed for the last time the Snow Clothes Castle army that was about to officially become the soldiers of Great Qin, and accepted a group of captured night high-level prisoners of war presented by Bai Yifei, as well as a series of trophies.
These trophies were naturally confiscated from Ji Wuye's general's mansion and the mansions of his subordinates who rebelled against the party at night.
Speaking of this matter, I have to mention the Emerald Tiger.
After learning that Ji Wuye's rebellion had been put down, Jade Tiger immediately came out of Luo Wang's underground darkroom and took the initiative to take Zhang Ji, Mo Ya and others to check Ji Wuye's property.
As Ji Wuye's purse and financial steward, Jade Tiger almost knew where all Ji Wuye's money was hidden. He dug almost three feet into the ground and even the walls to take out the money hidden inside.
The cash seized, plus the proceeds from the sale of the mansion and antiques, excluding the property that originally belonged to the Jade Tiger, were worth a total of two hundred thousand gold!
(Just the value, some say 200,000 jins of gold.
Although so much gold was obtained during this period, it was not pure gold after all, but only contained a small amount of gold. And gold is used as the value here because during the Warring States Period gold could be regarded as a disguised universal currency. After all, various countries have various coins with different values)
What is the equivalent of two hundred thousand gold?
As a prince of the country, Han Wang'an's birthdays had their own Zhou rites and regulations, but as extravagant as Han Wang'an was, he could have an extremely luxurious birthday with only five thousand gold, and two hundred thousand gold could hold forty birthdays!
To be more vivid, Shang Yang and Zhang Yi bribed the Zhao generals with 700 gold, and 5,000 gold to instigate rebellion against the prime minister of the great country. If the loyalty of the other party is not considered, and based on this standard, 200,000 gold can basically bribe all the countries in the world from top to bottom. The general and the prime minister are in love.
Zhang Ji was not too surprised by Ye Mo's total wealth.
You must know that Ji Wuye has been in power for many years, and his subordinates have either openly robbed, embezzled, or carried out assassins. They have used various means to steal assets. How can they be so small?
Zhang Ji distributed 20,000 gold to Jade Tiger. After all, he was able to check Ye Mu's property so completely, thanks to Jade Tiger, Ye Mu's financial manager who was also good at hiding property.
Moreover, the Emerald Tiger’s achievements don’t stop there.
In the process of putting down Ji Wuye's rebellion, the Emerald Tiger also contributed a lot.
A lot of information that only the core figures of Ye Mu could know was passed on by Jade Tiger, and Ji Wuye would escape to Nanyang. It was Jade Tiger who deduced from the flow of Ji Wuye's property. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was the first to do so.
Of the remaining 180,000 gold, Zhang Ji left 50,000 gold to Han Wangan, which was used to repair the palace, pay funeral pensions for the dead and injured royal guards and imperial guards, and it was enough to temporarily maintain the normal operation of the Korean court and localities. .
With another 130,000 gold, Zhang Ji could justifiably summon the Qin army to Korea this time and escort this large amount of wealth to Qin.
Not to mention that Qin can also purchase strategic materials such as grain, grass, metal ores, etc. from Qi. Even from other countries that have imposed an economic blockade on Qin, they can also spend huge sums of money to create a smuggling route for merchants from various countries to Qin.
Han Wangan watched the 130,000 gold being transported away by the Qin army, and then remembered that of the 50,000 gold he had received, he had to take out part of it as Honglian's dowry, which meant that after receiving this money, he could actually What went into his pocket was not much!
Thinking of this, Han Wangan was filled with anger, but he dared not speak out and could only cry in his heart.
That's all the money of the widow!
Han Wangan, who was full of grief and anger, announced in a high-profile manner the treatment of the captured Yemu high-level officials. From car-breaking, beating, beheading and other tortures, each person had a kind of torture, and almost all the tortures recorded in history were used.
Of course, torture is inevitably followed by clan execution.
It's just that the clan executions in this era did not rise to the level of implicating nine or even ten clans. Instead, the three Yi clans, usually the father, mother, and wife, were completely exempted from future troubles.
After the prisoner presentation ceremony, Han Wangan, who was addicted to prestige, could only agree to Zhang Ji's marriage proposal, even if it was as a concubine.
He is short-handed when taking people, but soft-spoken when he eats people. He is also a life-saving person, and they are in love with each other.
Moreover, Honglian's Yunying body was destroyed by Zhang Ji, a bastard.
As a vassal state of Qin, South Korea was embarrassed to have a princess as a concubine, but it was not a total loss of face.
If Honglian gets pregnant out of wedlock, that would be a real loss of face!
And calculating the date, it seems that it is getting closer and closer to Zhang Ji's wedding date.
There is only a little over January left in the March period.
Sitting on the Suzaku flight to Xianyang, Zhang Ji's ears twitched slightly, and he felt a malice brewing against him not far away.
The ones brewing this malice are obviously the five women Bai Jin, Da Siming, Zi Nu, Hong Lian and Cai Die.
It is said that three women are a drama. Although these five women also have some overt and covert fights, these women are in trouble when it comes to deceiving this bad man who wants to marry fourteen wives and concubines in one go, and secretly has the Queen Mother of Qin as his lover. Always a collaborative effort.
"What are you talking about? You're so excited. Why don't you let me listen?"
Zhang Ji pounced on the group of little sheep in front of him like a hungry jackal. He held the red lotus in his left hand and the colorful butterfly in his right hand. In one fell swoop, he held the two little sheep that lacked the ability to resist in the palm of his hand. .
"Brother-in-law, keep laughing. Soon you will have no chance to laugh."
Cai Die's smile was a bit sinister. This little girl with a feminine temperament and a plump figure no less than Zi Nu did not like to call Zhang Ji "husband", but preferred to call Zhang Ji. The machine is "brother-in-law".
This title naturally received strong support from Zhang Ji.
However, today Zhang Ji felt a strong sense of malice in this title.
"Brother-in-law, don't you want to know what we are discussing?"
Cai Die lightly covered her red lips and pretended to whisper in Zhang Ji's ear, "We are talking about whether those sisters and the Empress Dowager Zhao will take turns bombing the brother-in-law when they return to Xianyang. Not a drop left?"
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