The capital of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang.
The cold wind of autumn blew by, rolling up the yellow leaves on the ground.
We have just entered late autumn, which is the most pleasant autumn hunting season.
As the royal garden outside Luoyang City, it is also very busy at this time.
Today's emperor is holding an autumn hunt with his relatives and nobles.
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
With bursts of shouts of long live the mountain, a deer was shot through the neck.
Liu Yu, who succeeded with one blow, did not feel the slightest sense of accomplishment.
This kind of symbolic autumn hunting is really not of much interest to people.
The broad Emperor's car looks impressive, but there is no pleasure in galloping at all.
"Let them hunt!"
Liu Yu threw the bow and arrow in his hand to his entourage, and then gave a very normal order.
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
An attendant Lang Guan immediately went to make arrangements.
As the emperor, Liu Yu shot the first arrow, which was to complete his mission.
The remaining prey can also serve as ministers for the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Huan Wen has been waiting for a long time to send you a memorial requesting a reward. I wonder when your Majesty wants to give him a reply?"
While Liu Yu paused, Gongsun Sheng, who was standing next to him, came over to ask.
When Liu Yu heard this, he frowned at first, and suddenly felt unhappy in his heart.
He forced Huan Wen and others to leave Ningzhou in the first place just to drive away some potential dangers and harm those ancient monkeys.
But I really didn't expect that Huan Wen and the others would advance too quickly and smoothly.
Just a few months after setting foot in the wild jungle of Pyu State, he almost conquered most of the Funan region, which later became the Bengal region and the Northeastern state.
No one could have imagined that the weakness inherited by the monkeys would be revealed once again.
"I don't care about Huan Wen's ambition."
"However, the Puyue tribes under his command are all barbarians, and the Funan people he has conquered now are also barbarians. To give them rewards and make them vassals is not to demean yourself."
Huan Wen's request was to ask Liu Yu to grant him the title of king.
According to Huan Wen's logic, he had led his army to leave the territory of the Han Dynasty, conquered a large territory, and subdued hundreds of thousands of Dingkou, and he could already be regarded as a foreign vassal.
"Your Majesty, Huan Wen and others control the majority with a small number. How can they last long without some supporters?" Gongsun Sheng advised.
The reason why he spoke so well for Huan Wen was not because he received any benefits from Huan Wen.
It's really because Huan Wen is completely developed this time.
In just a few months, Huan Wen and the others went from being on the run as refugees to returning home in fine clothes to show off their wealth.
In order to ask for the reward, and to maintain future trade and support, Huan Wen sent people to see him this time, bringing with him a large number of rare treasures.
No, it shouldn't be said to be a large amount, it should be said to be a massive amount.
Just the colorful jewelry, ivory, gold and silver and other items were loaded onto hundreds of pack horses.
The remaining specialties such as linen cloth, white cotton cloth, fire cloth, spices, etc. are even more jaw-dropping.
Even hundreds of exotic singers and dancers were sent to Luoyang together.
It was precisely because of this that Liu Yu had some inappropriate thoughts.
He really didn't expect that Huan Wen and his party would be so successful.
Successfully conquered the Dongda Gate of Ahou Continent.
Liu Yu already knew what happened.
Huan Wen and the others just led their army through the jungle of Piao State, and then appeared in front of the Ahou people in the Funan region. Then they defeated an army of Ahou nobles, captured several Ahou nobles, and then became Conqueror of Funan region.
A large number of Funan noble warriors abandoned the Gupta dynasty, which they had just pledged their allegiance to, and joined Huan Wen's command.
"Huan Wen's victory was too simple."
"It's so simple that it makes me a little jealous."
Liu Yu couldn't help but speak out what was on his mind.
Now he is really becoming more and more aware of the pain of being short of money.
The overall situation of the world that has just settled down is not as peaceful as it seems.
Liu Yu had no intention of practicing the Huang-Lao way of governing by doing nothing. Even the proactive Confucian way of governing the country was too slow in Liu Yu's eyes.
What he wanted was to promote humanities and civil engineering, to sweep away the long-standing shortcomings since the end of the Han Dynasty spiritually and materially, and to restore the blood of the people of the world.
This requires a lot of investment, and all kinds of gold and silver are rejected by him because he is slow to get money.
What's more, what he lacks most is not money, but a serious shortage of food.
However, apart from slowly accumulating little by little, food is not something that can be obtained by looking for a few mountains of gold and silver, and then increasing the amount by leaps and bounds.
"Huan Wen is not short of food, grass, gold and silver at all now. What he wants is nothing more than support from the ironware, weapons and other trades in Ningzhou. If your Majesty can grant a few moderate titles, it will be enough for them to serve."
"Otherwise, if His Majesty keeps delaying, it is not impossible for Huan Wen and others to stand on their own feet."
"At that time, if Your Majesty issues another edict, I'm afraid the meaning of taking the initiative will be lost."
According to Gongsun Sheng's idea, while Huan Wen and the others were not yet stable, he would immediately give some titles and rewards in a timely manner, and then use Ningzhou's back-up support to help Huan Wen gain a wave of reputation, and then exchange for more and better tributes.
Otherwise, once Huan Wen and the others established a foothold in Funan and no longer needed support, all they had to do was block the eastern gateway, and Liu Yu's orders from the emperor would not work at all.
At that time, the wealth that makes people drool will be lost.
"Okay then, let's send someone to reward Huan Wen and the others. Let's give Huan Wen a king's title similar to that of the vassal kingdoms in the Western Regions."
Liu Yu said.
In today's world, except for many small countries in the Western Regions, there are no kings with different surnames under the rule of the Han Dynasty.
Compared with the king's title of the Western Region vassal kingdom, it is not a serious king at all.
"Your Majesty, how should the remaining people be canonized?" Gongsun Sheng asked again.
This time Huan Wen won a big victory, and Puyue leader Yang Wanmo and others made great efforts.
Huan Wen was seeking rewards, and the focus was also on Yang Wanmo and others.
"Those Puyue tribes seem to still have some tribes left in Ningzhou and Yizhou?" Liu Yu suddenly thought.
"Yes, Your Majesty, some of the old, weak and inconvenient people stayed in the Nanzhong area." Gongsun Sheng said.
"Then let Yizhou and Ningzhou move them all there, and then set up a Puyue school captain's mansion in Funan, that is, in the Kingdom of Mengjia, to specifically govern them." Liu Yu said.
"Yang Wanmo and others from Puyue, including those refugees from Guanzhong, should be under the jurisdiction of this school captain's mansion."
Liu Yu's school captain's mansion happened to be led by eight major forces including Yang Wanmo.
If we say what Liu Yu fears the most, it is not that Huan Wen and others rebelled on their own, but that Huan Wen and others have enjoyed the benefits of the Central Plains and then used the spears of the Central Plains to attack the shields of the Central Plains. That is the most worrying thing.
After all, in the entire Ahou Continent, there has never been a 'First Emperor' who annexed the Eight Wastelands for thousands of years.
What Liu Yu was afraid of was that Huan Wen and others would become the First Emperor of Ahou.
However, after all, this is a conjecture thousands of miles away.
If Liu Yu could see the true situation of Ah Hou now, he would be able to continue to ignore it boldly.
When these edicts were passed back to Huan Wen, Huan Wen had already won the last surrender from Funan.
As some groups from the eastern subcontinent, these Funan people are obviously very different from the Gupta dynasty from the northwest.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to surrender obediently before.
Now, the whole situation has been greatly reversed.
The Funan people already have a new master.
Never again would they surrender at the feet of the Guptas.
"Honored King, these are the lords and soldiers of Donluko City. They are all willing to surrender. As long as the King guarantees their property and lives, they will not betray the King even if they are fighting the devil!"
Kumaradan, who was dressed in a blue Han military officer uniform, prostrated in front of Huan Wen and said very respectfully.
Behind him, more than a dozen people from Donglu Kecheng who were also kneeling on the ground were the last Funan people to surrender to Huan Wen.
"Very good. You can all turn from darkness to light. You are considered a meritorious person. I promise to ensure the safety of your family!"
"Send an order to the whole army. After entering the city, they are not allowed to disturb the people or looting!"
Huan Wen happily agreed.
After conquering this small Donluko City, his strength has reached an unprecedented level.
Although Huan Wen didn't have any detailed maps, he didn't know how vast the territory he occupied was.
However, according to the description of Kumaradan of the "Leading Party", the entire land of Funan that surrendered at his feet was about the size of two Guanzhong Plains.
In just a few months, such a large territory was acquired.
Huan Wen couldn't help but feel heroic in his heart.
He is going to accomplish something earth-shattering and great.
However, it was different from Huan Wen's expression of joy and pride.
Behind him, Yang Wanmo and other Puyue Han generals all looked uninterested.
These people are completely different from Huan Wen.
In their view, after wandering here, winning consecutive battles, and almost reaching the point of giving up, they should naturally enjoy the fruits of victory.
Although it is not a wanton robbery, it should be riding on the heads of those swarthy Funan people to dominate.
But now it's better. Huan Wen not only demanded that there be no burning, killing, looting, or casual killing along the way, but also allowed the surrendered Funan people to continue to maintain their respective powers.
Many of their generals had nothing to replace him, so they could only continue to follow Huan Wen and act as thugs.
If they continue to work as thugs, a profession with little reputation, Yang Wanmo and others are no longer willing to continue working.
The Funan people in front of them are all a group of sheep. As long as they move their fingers, they will be ordered to obey orders. This requires them to maintain such a large number of thugs.
Yang Wanmo and the others would rather serve as county guards and lords in various places.
Kumaradham, who has been leading the way for a long time, is already familiar with the new master's requirements.
After getting Huan Wen's permission, Kumaradan immediately led the newly surrendered people to prepare food, grass, livestock, etc.
At this time, Huan Wen had also noticed the emotions of Yang Wanmo and others around him.
Or maybe Huan Wen didn't notice it now, he had already noticed it.
"Everyone, I just received the imperial edict!"
Huan Wen smiled and said to Yang Wanmo and others.
Yang Wanmo and other generals were overjoyed when they heard this, but then they became silent and gloomy.
They were already very dissatisfied with Huan Wen's way of protecting the Funan people.
The edict of the emperor of the Han Dynasty that the emperor was far away was just to allow them to continue to have support from Ningzhou.
The real situation is difficult to change.
In other words, only by changing Huan Wen can Yang Wanmo and the others achieve 'power and freedom'.
"Haha, the emperor has agreed to recognize Gu's royal title!"
"And he was also given the title of Protector of Nanxiaowei, so that Ningzhou and Yizhou can exchange aid with each other."
Huan Wen's two sentences did not interest Yang Wanmo and others.
After months of fighting and killing, they were no longer interested in these vain things.
"General, you have also been given the title of King by the Emperor, and you have the title of Captain's Mansion. You are not afraid of a fire in the backyard. See if we can let the brothers have a rest."
A Di Renmin general suddenly spoke up.
Some of the generals nearby nodded in agreement.
When Huan Wen heard this, he smiled mysteriously.
"Hey, I don't know what you all are thinking."
Huan Wen's words immediately stunned Yang Wanmo and others, followed by a burst of confusion and dissatisfaction.
Dear Huan Wen, we all work our butts off just to be the masters in this land.
You obviously knew it a long time ago, but you didn't say anything and kept pretending to be deaf and dumb.
Is it just to trick us?
Just listen to Huan Wen continue to speak.
"Actually, everyone wants to split the land and seal the territory, and you have the same idea."
"When a real man is a king of hundreds of miles, he can express his ambitions and display them to his heart's content."
"Everyone thinks this way, Huan Wen really understands!",,,,
"However, now is an extraordinary time, which means we have to do something extraordinary!"
"It's not time to replace those Funan natives."
"Everyone, please be patient for a while. When the big deal is decided, it will be the time when Gou personally carves out this fertile land in Funan for you!"
Yang Wanmo and others were overjoyed when they heard Huan Wen's promise to entrust the benefits.
However, they are still a little worried about whether the promise can be realized.
And they didn't understand what Huan Wen meant when he said the timing was wrong.
It is clear that all the Funan people have been conquered now, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty in the rear has recognized them, so what are we waiting for?
"General, do you still have to worry about what happens to these Funan barbarians?"
Yang Wanmo asked.
"General, don't worry. If these Funan people dare to rebel, Yang will definitely chop off their heads. If there are a thousand, he will kill a thousand. If there are ten thousand, he will kill ten thousand!"
"Yes, anyone who dares to rebel will be killed!"
A group of Puyue generals all followed suit.
The experiences of the past few months have allowed them to see through the weak military force of those Funan people.
Among the Puyue people, even the least warlike tribes were extremely brave when facing the Funan army.
