Lu Yuan felt a little worried in his heart.
At this moment, after finally settling down, he didn't really want to start a war again.
Now there are millions of people in the country who have no resettlement. Just to support these relocated people requires a lot of money and food.
The 240,000-strong army that has just been reorganized still needs time to train before it can become combat effective.
Moreover, Zhou Qing had just received the influence of the fairy spirit at this time, and he still needed a long time to adapt to the transformation. It would take at least five or six years for him to break through to the innate realm.
Which of these tasks does not require a stable environment to complete?
If the world is really in chaos at this time, Lu Yuan's original thought of recuperating for five or ten years will be in vain.
Without digesting the above achievements, both immigrants and the entire military will become a burden.
Changsha needs to carry these burdens together to face the crises sweeping around it.
Zhou Qing will also not have time to grow up, and will have to face countless innate masters together.
'How hard things are. '
Lu Yuan thought about these thoughts in his mind and couldn't help but sigh.
Marquis Wu'an is dead.
The Yue Kingdom was missing this pillar of strength and its strength was weakened. This was originally a good thing for the Changsha Kingdom.
But in today's situation, it has become an unknown risk.
The changes in the world are really confusing.
'But no matter what, it's all for the future. '
Lu Yuan was helpless and bitter, put away the shock in his heart, then looked at the messenger in front of him, nodded solemnly and said: "I never expected that Marquis Wu'an would pass away at this time. Going back to last year, during the Northern Expedition, Gu and Marquis Wu'an When we met, I was still very proud.
It had only been two or three months at this time, and things had changed so much.
Don't worry, envoy. Please go back and tell the Emperor and the family of Marquis Wu'an that our country, Changsha, will send an envoy to express condolences for Marquis Wu'an. "
Although the two sides belong to different camps and are even hostile.
But Lu Yuan admired Wu Anhou himself and this contemporary military god.
Since the Northern Expedition, although on the coalition side, it seemed that Lu Yuan made two surprise attacks, defeating the Zhou people in one fell swoop and completely turning the situation around.
Can be substantial.
These two surprise attacks were both planned by Wu Anhou. It was the other party who came up with this plan and Lu Yuan was the one to execute it.
And no matter how many achievements Lu Yuan made during his execution, they would only belong to the partial army after all.
Without Marquis Wu An fighting against the main Zhou army on the frontal battlefield, even if Lu Yuan wanted to make a surprise attack, or even if the surprise attack succeeded, he would never be able to achieve the miraculous results later.
Therefore, in any case, the Northern Expedition was Lu Yuan's first achievement and his most outstanding performance.
But the contribution of Wu Anhou, the commander of the army, cannot be erased.
Anyway, judging from Lu Yuan's actual contact and experience, he greatly admired and recognized Marquis Wu An's abilities and achievements.
I think there are still many gaps between myself and the other party.
At this time, such an old senior passed away. As a junior, he even had the lofty ideals of a colleague, and it was reasonable for him to send someone to express his condolences.
When the envoy below heard Lu Yuan's reply, he also bowed: "The king is benevolent and generous. In this case, the foreign minister will retire first and return to the court. Jinling City and Baifu will sweep the couches to welcome the king's envoy."
Lu Yuan nodded: "Envoy, go slowly."
…
After seeing off the messenger.
Lu Yuan was in the palace and thought about it alone for a moment, and then summoned Chang Huairen, the minister of Honglu Temple.
Honglu Temple is located in Changsha. Its main responsibilities are in charge of domestic affairs of all ethnic groups, foreign diplomacy, and funeral rites. Generally speaking, you can think of it as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Changsha.
"Meet the king."
After receiving the order, Chang Huairen hurriedly arrived at the main hall and saluted upon entering.
"Get up."
Lu Yuan nodded, and then said: "You are the minister of Honglu Temple, in charge of Honglu Temple. You should already know what the envoy from Yue is coming this time.
I have called you here this time because I want you to arrange for a suitable envoy to go to Jinling City to express condolences to Marquis Wu'an. "
As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Changsha Kingdom, Honglu Temple is the first to receive envoys from all over the world when they come to the Changsha Kingdom.
The intentions and etiquette of envoys from various countries will be coordinated and inquired by Honglu Temple in advance.
Therefore, Chang Huairen wanted to know about the envoys from the Yue Kingdom coming to report the funeral before Lu Yuan did.
Therefore, he had already prepared for this matter. When he heard the inquiry, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Li Tingjing, the chief minister of Dianke Department, is quick and able to argue, smart and knows etiquette. He is qualified to take on this important task."
"Li Tingjing?"
Hearing this name, Lu Yuan thought about it and had some vague impressions.
This person seems to have been working as a Li Cao under Cui Changqing when he was in Shaoyang Mansion. He is an upright scholar. He seems to have a good relationship with Sun Siwen. He once went to Sun Mansion to drink and had sex with Lu Yuan. see once.
At that time, this man was only a junior official of the ninth rank. Unexpectedly, in the past few years, with the establishment of the Changsha Kingdom, he would become a middle-level official of the sixth rank under him.
With the endorsement of Cui Changqing and Sun Siwen, Lu Yuan naturally trusts this person's ability and conduct.
So after hearing this recommendation, he nodded and said: "This person over there."
After arranging the candidates to express condolences, Lu Yuan did not ask Chang Huairen to leave immediately, but continued: "In calling you here this time, in addition to choosing an envoy to express condolences to Marquis Wu'an, there is one more thing I want to explain to you. "
Chang Huairen looked solemn and said, "Please give me your instructions, Your Majesty."
Lu Yuan pondered and said: "Marquis Wu'an is the pillar of the Yue Kingdom, and its collapse now is the same as the collapse of the Pillar of Heaven. With this sudden change, I am afraid that the world's finally peaceful situation will change again."
You, Honglu Temple, are responsible for diplomacy with all countries in the world. You should be the most informed about the news and trends of various countries.
Therefore, Gu wants Honglu Temple to send more envoys during this period to travel around various countries to find out the direction of the wind.
Let’s see if there are any changes in various countries after receiving this news?
If there is, and it is confirmed that the country wants to use troops, people will be asked to find out as much details as possible and send them back to the country so that our country can prepare early.
If it is possible to prevent the war from resuming, then try to prevent it as much as possible.
Our country in Changsha has just been established, and everything is in ruins waiting to be revitalized. At this time, we cannot fight and cannot fight. "
Well, the above is the main purpose of Lu Yuan calling Chang Huairen this time.
After hearing these instructions, Chang Huairen also knew that it was related to the rise and fall of the country, so he immediately said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will send more envoys to find out the true situation of each country. All disturbances will be reported back to the country."
Lu Yuan nodded and said, "I'll leave this matter to you."
In this way, we finally came to a conclusion regarding the arrangements for Wu Anhou's death.
…
In the next period of time, Honglu Temple became busy.
The death of Marquis Wu'an was so important that it would most likely trigger another war between the three states of Yong, Qing, and Yang, and the impact would be too wide.
For all surrounding countries that may be affected by this, Honglu Temple must arrange envoys or make detailed arrangements to monitor and investigate. This is a huge workload.
Even after continuous research and discussion, Honglu Temple finally determined that there were as many as seven countries to which envoys would be sent. As for the others who were sent to do detailed work, there were even thirteen.
There are twenty countries, and the number of manpower arranged alone is over a hundred.
If these people were sent out, they would almost empty out Honglu Temple.
So this is bound to be an arduous task.
While Honglu Temple was busy, the examination on March 13th also came to an end in Changsha City.
A few days later, hundreds of new scholars held a palace examination in the Chaoyuan Hall of the palace to determine the top three.
Lu Yuan personally gave official positions to the top leaders of this term, bringing an end to this nine-year-old Enke.
Also at this time.
Being selected as the envoy to Jinling City to express condolences, Li Tingjing also went to Jinling City first.
He will be at the center of this storm, closely observing the movements of all parties, confirming how this storm will evolve into, and spreading news throughout the country.
Lu Yuan, on his side, also stepped up his practice of Taiping Taoism during this waiting period.
Now he has been practicing this Taoist book for more than a year.
This long time has passed, and my cultivation is no longer the same as before.
If you ignore the shortcomings of lifespan loss, luck methods such as Taiping Daoshu are indeed much better than ordinary immortal methods in other aspects.
With the end of Lu Yuan's Northern Expedition, he opened up the land of the Eight Prefectures and moved back millions of people. Now he has two consecutive imperial examinations and won a lot of people's hearts.
After repeated operations, the luck gathered in him at this time has really increased by more than twice compared to the time of the Northern Expedition.
With his luck increasing so rapidly, Lu Yuan was able to draw more fairy energy from the Tianzhu than before.
And not only is the spirit of the immortal spirit absorbed more, but also when practicing Taoism, due to the influence of luck, the speed of practicing Taoism is also several minutes faster.
After these many gains, Lu Yuan's cultivation realm naturally improved by leaps and bounds.
I have only been cultivating for a little over a year now, and not only do I have strong magical power in my body, but I can also form strands of it into knots. The soul is even more condensed and growing stronger day by day.
Full of energy and strength, he felt that he was not far behind Anqiu Zhenren at this time.
They only need to wait for March or April, wait for the immigrants in the country to settle down, and harvest a wave of luck, and maybe they can catch up with them.
As for Master Anqiu, this immortal monk, in terms of strength, he is comparable to the masters of the second realm of Xiantian.
If it takes three or four months for Lu Yuan to reach this level of immortal cultivation.
So with the combat power of the second level of Xiantian, even all the countries in the world are really in turmoil again because of the death of Marquis Wu'an.
With this strength, he can more or less protect the Changsha Kingdom and remain standing in this troubled world.
after all.
Marquis Wu'an is only at the second level of Xiantian level.
Lu Yuan can match the opponent's strength, his soldiers and horses are not bad, and he has great military exploits himself. In comparison, it is almost a replica of Wu Anhou.
A Marquis of Wu'an could protect Yue for a hundred years.
Then a Changsha King might not be able to protect the Changsha Kingdom for hundreds of years!
Lu Yuan was extremely confident in this.
…
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, the remaining heat of the imperial examination in March disappeared from the mouths of people on the streets.
And those who were promoted to Jinshi in the new subjects also began to go to various places to take up posts under the arrangement of the imperial officials.
With the arrival of these people, the three counties and 17 prefectures of Changsha were finally fully staffed with officials at all levels, and local operations became normalized.
As a new country.
The Changsha Kingdom was full of vitality and enterprising atmosphere at this time.
Moreover, a large number of young officials have flooded the officialdom, which has also caused the original ugly phenomena of seniority and corruption in the officialdom to be eradicated.
Young people are always full of energy.
At this time, the Changsha Kingdom was also full of opportunities.
Therefore, when the two are combined, the entire domestic government affairs are handled very quickly.
Various decrees and policies have also been greatly implemented.
The newly recovered Bafu land in Jiangbei quickly restored local stability under this trend of diligent and honest government, ended the year-long military control state, and began to normalize.
With the efforts of these new officials, local policies on resettlement and household registration that had been ongoing for a long time were quickly implemented.
Therefore, in June of the ninth year of Hongdao, Lu Yuan finally got a complete household registration report in his country.
"Your Majesty, in our country of Changsha, there are three counties and seventeen prefectures. Now, after half a year of sorting and counting, we have a clear number of local household registrations."
In Hongwen Hall, Sun Siwen held a book and handed it to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan took it and turned it over.
Next to him, Sun Siwen continued: "Among them, the ten prefectures of Dongting County and the original nine prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River have 420,000 households and 2.13 million people. After the Northern Expedition, Tianmen Prefecture was recovered, and then Hanzhong was taken over Three hundred thousand households in the county immigrated.
As a result, there are 740,000 households and 3.81 million people in the ten prefectures in the county.
Then there are the three prefectures of Xichuan County. These three prefectures were originally mountainous and poor prefectures. Later, they suffered from wars and their household registrations were even more depleted.
However, the king later moved there 50,000 households from Hanzhong and 60,000 households from Xichuan, making the local household registration abundant again.
Now counting the original registered residence and immigrants from the two counties, there are now 160,000 households and 830,000 people in the three prefectures of Xichuan County.
Finally, there are the four prefectures of Xiangyang County.
Xiangyang County is a prosperous place. It is located on the Han River and the Yangtze River channel, with convenient water transportation. It is also the junction of the three countries, and business travelers from the north and south pass through here.
Since the county is flooded with water, there are many fertile fields, and it is unknown how many people have been fed.
According to statistics, although Xiangyang County has not accepted immigrants, there are still 200,000 households and 1.07 million people left in the original four prefectures, even after a round of war.
The total of these three counties, our country of Changsha has 1.1 million households and 5.71 million people.
With a household registration of one million and a vast territory of thousands of miles, Changsha is already considered a great country in the world. "
Sun Siwen finally made this conclusion with a proud and proud tone.
really.
There are 1.1 million households, nearly 6 million people, covering three counties and 17 prefectures, with a territory of thousands of miles and 240,000 powerful soldiers.
This kind of strength is already double or even several times the national strength of Ninghai and Nanhai countries.
And if it is a small country like Xichuan and Hanzhong, the gap in national power is more than ten times.
If we include the southwestern Yi countries in the southwest of Dongting County, the bright moon and stars in the sky are incomparably brighter.
Even when facing big countries like Zhou, Liang, and Yue, even when facing the Liang Kingdom, which maintained good strength, Lu Yuan still had one-tenth of the opponent's national strength.
If it were the Yue Kingdom, it would be even one-third.
With such strength, how can it not be considered a great power?
After Lu Yuan heard this statistics, he couldn't help but have this thought in his heart.
After working hard and struggling for many years, I finally created a big country. This sense of accomplishment is naturally self-evident.
However, while he was happy and proud, he did not forget the current situation, so he was just a little happy for a while, and then calmed down his mood and said: "The country can be so prosperous, thanks to the help of Brother Sun and other wise ministers, we in Changsha can achieve this scene.
However, the current situation is very difficult and unpredictable.
Since the death of Marquis Wu'an, the Yue clan has been in turmoil again and seems to be in danger of extinction.
Amidst all the chaos, wars across the world may break out again at any time. Our country, Changsha, is located on the side of the Yue Kingdom and is its vassal, so we cannot stay out of the matter.
If a war breaks out, they will definitely be involved.
I really don’t know how long this stability will last.
Therefore, taking advantage of this remaining period of peace, I hope that Brother Sun and other wise ministers can devote more attention to the country and work with me to overcome this difficulty. "
these past few months.
Following Lu Yuan's order, Honglu Temple sent envoys and spies from various countries to investigate and collect information.
News from all over the world spread back to Changsha City one after another.
Among them, the news that Li Tingjing returned from Jinling City is the most worrying.
Since the death of Marquis Wu'an, without Bai Mengyang as the pillar of the sky, the Yue Kingdom not only did not put its tail between its legs and get through this difficult period well.
On the contrary, at this critical moment, rumors arose in Jinling City that the Xiao family had lost all virtue, causing chaos in the world, that the Yue Kingdom had declined, and that it was time for the country to rotate.
Along with this rumor, there was another one.
It is said that in Cheung Chau County, on the same night, dozens of people dreamed of the sun rising into the sky. Sure enough, the next day, thousands of people in the county saw the golden crow flying across the sky, the auspicious mythical beast.
At the same time, in Jinling City, a divine bird flew over, landed on a mound, vomited a piece of jade, and wrote the word "Chen" on it.
Today's Yue royal family is named Xiao.
Changzhou County is where the current General Shen Qiu belongs to the Shen clan.
The Golden Crow is the sun, and the Golden Crow flies across the sky. Doesn’t it mean that there are two days in the sky, and one of them must die?
In Jinling City, the sacred bird spits out jade on the mound, and the word "Chen" is written on the jade.
One Qiu and one Shen. Doesn’t this refer to General Shen Qiu?
These two rumors spread and confirmed each other, directly hinting to the world that the Xiao family will retire and the Shen family will rise.
In the country of Yue, it is time for a change of dynasty.
After the death of Marquis Wu'an, the general Shen Qiu, for some reason, couldn't wait to replace Xiao and become the leader of the four counties in Jiangdong.
As the right minister of the country, Honglu Temple is under Sun Siwen's jurisdiction, so of course he is also aware of what is happening in Jinling City.
As a person who is familiar with history books, how could Sun Siwen not know what the current rumors are foreshadowing?
At this time, there are rumors, then there is auspiciousness, and then it is time for hundreds of officials to advise, Shen Qiu to be crowned king, the emperor to abdicate, and Yue to abdicate.
A set of procedures for usurping the throne began.
No, for the Linjiang family, this should not be considered a usurpation of the throne. It can only be said to be an election to vote out the incompetent Xiao family and then replace it with the more agreeable and powerful Shen family.
This is the will of the people and cannot be considered usurping the throne.
But even so, for Sun Siwen, who was a Yue nationality for the first half of his life, when he heard the news that the Yue Kingdom was about to fall, his heart was still complicated and difficult to understand.
However, as the right prime minister, he was not swayed by these personal emotions. After hearing Lu Yuan's words, he immediately said solemnly: "The king entrusts you with state affairs and trusts me. I have been doing my best to accept this important task. Serve the country. Dare not to die for the king."
These words were spoken categorically, deeply and without any hesitation.
When Lu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy and moved.
Sure enough, at the critical moment, my friends are still reliable.
