"How dare Shu Zian bully me!"
In Jinling City, the newly enthroned Emperor Jianwu couldn't help but became furious after receiving the news that Nanhai and Ninghai had declared independence following Changsha.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Next to him, Li Xian, the minister of the Ministry of War, who was accompanying him on the left and right, quickly advised him.
"Calm down, how do you want me to calm down?"
Shen Qiu picked up the certificate of credence that had just been delivered to him, waved it and said to Li Xian: "The three rebels, Lu Yuan, Yan Wangqiu, and Su Xuange, have been working together to fight against the imperial court.
Now that Qian Yue has died and a new dynasty has been established, these traitors do not know how to restrain themselves. Instead, they want to go one step further, break away from the imperial court and become rebellious and independent.
Who do they think they are?
What do they think the imperial court is?
If this matter really causes these three countries to secede, then the imperial court will really lose its majesty, and our Ning country will also be laughed at by other countries. "
At this point, Shen Qiuqi's hands started to tremble a little.
No wonder the new emperor is so angry.
It is really the actions of Lu Yuan and others that have shaken the hearts of the new dynasty too much.
think about it.
You say that it is unethical to cross one's family, tyrannize the world, and make the country collapse. Ningshi replaced Yueshi, which is in line with the people's hearts and the wish of all people.
Then why during the Qianyue period, the emperor Yue Shi was so tyrannical, but the local princes still respected the emperor and regarded Yue Shi as Zhengshuo.
Not only was he willing to obey the orders of the Yue Dynasty court and send troops to participate in the Northern Expedition, but he also paid constant tribute every year.
Can this be said to be unpopular?
Now that you, Emperor Ningchao, have come to power, all the previously submissive princes have jumped out to rebel.
Not only did they not recognize the identity of Emperor Ning Chao, they even refused to pay tribute. Everyone said they wanted to break away and become independent.
Oh, it used to be okay to commit such violence by escaping a wife, but if you, the popular Ning Chao Emperor, come up, everything will not work.
Tell me, tell me, if this matter spreads and everyone in the world knows about it, how should they view Ning Guo and how should they view Shen Qiu, the new emperor?
Originally, because of Emperor Hongdao's lack of cooperation, Shen Qiu had to kill the emperor and usurp the throne, which was already very dishonorable.
In the end, it also led to the invasion of Liang State, which caused the Yue State, which had just breathed its last breath, to once again suffer the disaster of war, causing death to the people and causing complaints among the people.
With great difficulty, Shen Qiu led his army to defeat the Liang people and finally cleaned up the original mess. And with the power of this great victory, he successfully ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and successfully established a new dynasty.
Now is the time for a new dynasty and a new atmosphere to eradicate the old evils of extramarital affairs and make the world stable and prosperous again.
The local vassal states chose to leave Ning State one after another.
Doesn't this mean that the newly born Ning Kingdom and the newly born Jinling court really committed regicide and usurped the throne?
Otherwise, why don’t the local princes recognize you as the emperor?
The above is only internal. Ning Guo cannot give a reasonable explanation to its domestic subjects legally.
Externally, if Changsha, Nanhai, and Ninghai are allowed to break away.
So without these three kingdoms, the original situation of the Yue Kingdom as the lord of the five counties and five kingdoms would suddenly collapse.
Not only the previously connected land, but also the separation of the Three Kingdoms will create the enclaves of Xichuan, Hanzhong, and Jiuzhen two counties and one county, causing the Ning Kingdom to be divided into two parts.
Needless to say how harmful it would be to have a country split in two and cut off in the middle.
Xichuan and Hanzhong were blocked from communication with the Jinling court by Changsha, and they lacked communication for a long time.
Who knows if they will come up with ideas and finally follow the changes in the situation and go out independently?
Don't even talk about these two countries, just talk about Jiuzhen County.
This new territory was established after finally conquering Jinghai Kingdom. If it remains an enclave for a long time and is isolated from the outside world, who knows whether it will become independent again and turn the county into a country?
Yes, the imperial court is in Jiuzhen County, and there is a Wuping Hou Xie Ning watching over it. There are also 50,000 forbidden troops, enough to guard the territory.
But if there are no external enemies, are there no internal thieves?
If Xie Ning, the Marquis of Wu Ping, had been isolated from the outside world for a long time, wouldn't he really have the desire to separate the country and establish himself as a king?
After all, Lu Yuan and others had plenty of examples in front of him, so he just had to copy them.
There will be no difficulty or burden at all.
As for him becoming independent, what will happen to his family in Linhai County?
It's not like there are no cases of big families dividing their families in order to strengthen the family or avoid risks.
As long as the Xie Ning and Linhai County Xie families separate and become two families.
By then we are no longer a family, and we are all relatives. You can't insist on holding the Xie family members who stayed in Linhai County accountable, right?
If we really want to implicate the nine clans, then if our six surnames and seven clans intermarry with each other, who will not be the relative of the other, are you going to hold yourself accountable?
As for the Xie family.
If there is a chance, I think they would also be willing to have a different branch, let them establish a country in Jiuzhen County, and have another royal family.
After all, being a member of a Linhai County aristocratic family is indeed very satisfying, being a minister for generations, but after all, it is difficult for him to be the emperor in his turn.
But if you are the king of Jiuzhen County, it will be different.
The meat is in your own pot. This is a throne that can be passed down from generation to generation. The surname is Xie forever.
If these two countries and one county also follow suit and become independent, then the newly born Ningguo court will only be left with the current four Jiangdong counties.
And from the lord of the Five Countries and Five Counties to the lord of the Four Counties in Jiangdong, this change in status is not just a difference in name.
This was a sudden fall from the hegemon of Yangzhou, which originally controlled ten counties, and even the hegemon of the world, to a regional power within Yangzhou.
Ningguo suddenly fell from a position that could be on an equal footing with Zhou and Liang countries, and was similar to a vassal state of the two countries.
You tell me.
Can the difference here be the same?
This is still a fall in national character, in terms of status, soft power, and virtuality.
Let’s talk about practical strength.
Without the title of Lord of the Five Counties and Five Kingdoms, the Jinling court could no longer mobilize the troops of the Five Kingdoms in the name of the Emperor and ask them to cooperate with its military expedition.
The previous situation of calling on the three subordinate states of Changsha to join the Northern Expedition against Zhou in the name of the Yueshi Emperor will never happen again.
And losing Jiuzhen County, the Jinling court also lost an innate master and 70,000 troops.
The above losses are all real.
so.
Now that Lu Yuan and others have rebelled, internally, Ning Guo's legal rationality has become a huge problem. It cannot convince the people of the world, and the gold content of orthodoxy has been greatly reduced.
Externally, this was the national character and prestige of Ning State. It suddenly fell from its position as the world's hegemon and became an ordinary local power.
Putting these many internal and external losses together, tell me, would any emperor be able to accept it?
Not to mention, it was Shen Qiu, the founding emperor of the new dynasty, who was experiencing this at this time.
"Your Majesty, although the three countries of Changsha, Nanhai, and Ninghai are plotting rebellion, these three countries are already connected as one, covering a vast area, more than 4,000 miles from north to south, and more than 3,000 miles from east to west, spanning five counties, so they are already huge.
There are tens of millions of people on it.
The total number of soldiers from the three kingdoms is millions.
If we want to get rid of it now, I'm afraid there will be another chaos of promoting Taoism, which will not be quelled in ten years. "
Li Xian saw that Shen Qiu was so angry and even planned to raise an army because of his anger. He knew it was not good, so he couldn't help but quickly persuaded: "Now that Daning has been newly established, we have inherited the desolation of the former Yue, and the local people are taxed more and more. Selling one's son and marrying one's daughter can be described as a long-lasting struggle.
If a war breaks out, I am afraid that the foundation of the imperial court will be completely destroyed.
Even though the chaos of the Three Kingdoms has been quelled by then, besides the Three Kingdoms, there are also Liang and Zhou, who all covet our country, and it can be said that a pack of wolves is looking around.
It is easy to destroy three countries, but it is difficult to conquer two countries.
Therefore, the current plan is to recuperate and accumulate armor and soldiers.
With the wealth of Linhai and Yuzhang, it only takes ten years for the imperial court to have 200,000 more troops. After twenty years of living, the imperial court would have 400,000 more soldiers.
At that time, the imperial court will have 700,000 armored soldiers and enough money and food. It will not be easy to bring peace to the Three Kingdoms. "
Although the Ministry of War does not directly command the military, it is in charge of a country's military logistics.
So others may not know it very well, but Li Xian knows that Ningguo today really cannot afford to fight a war that will overwhelm the country.
The persuasion at this time was also well-founded and pointed to the point.
After hearing what he said, the anger in Shen Qiu's heart could not help but subside a little, and he regained some sense, and then asked: "How many troops and horses do we have in Daning now?"
This was the scope of his responsibilities. Li Xian knew it well and immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty. If we exclude Jiuzhen County, which is thousands of miles away, the imperial court's troops and horses in the four counties of Jiangdong and the three prefectures of Xiangyang are now. There are still 320,000 people.
Among them, there are 10,000 imperial troops and 10,000 county soldiers stationed in the three prefectures of Xiangyang County.
Then there is Guangling County, which has 30,000 imperial troops and 15,000 county soldiers.
Yuzhang County has 100,000 naval troops and 20,000 county soldiers.
Jian'an County has 15,000 county soldiers.
Linhai County is an important area in the capital. There are ten thousand county soldiers in the area. In Jinling City, there are 5,000 palace guards, 5,000 capital camps, and 100,000 forbidden troops stationed.
In total, the imperial court can now mobilize 140,000 imperial troops, 100,000 navy troops, 70,000 county soldiers, 5,000 palace guards, and 5,000 capital camps, totaling 320,000 troops.
However, among the 320,000 soldiers and horses, those county soldiers, palace guards, and Beijing camps cannot be mobilized.
You must guard the place and protect the capital.
There are 140,000 forbidden troops. If there is no support from the capital, at least 50,000 forbidden troops must be stationed in Guangling County. Only an innate master can resist the threat of the Liang people in the north.
The same principle applies to the three prefectures of Xiangyang County. There must be at least 30,000 forbidden troops to cooperate with the local prefectural and county soldiers, and an innate master can be preserved.
Jian'an County is close to Nanhai Kingdom.
It would be okay if there was no war. The Nanhai National Army was weak and close to the county soldiers, so they could barely maintain it.
But if a war breaks out, at least 10,000 forbidden troops will be stationed in the county and an innate master will be arranged to deal with the threat from Nanhai Kingdom.
In this case, if there is a war with the Three Kingdoms in Changsha, the imperial court can only dispatch 50,000 forbidden troops at most.
As for the navy, the Yangtze River waterway also needs to be protected, and it is impossible to send them all out. Based on the most basic defense, at least 50,000 navy and an innate master must be left.
Therefore, the navy can only go out with 50,000 troops at most.
As for the Xiantian Grandmaster, even including His Majesty, there are only four in Jiangdong. It can only barely fill the needs of Guangling County, Xiangyang County, Jian'an County, and the Navy.
With 50,000 imperial troops and 50,000 navy troops, without the leadership of an innate master, they wanted to destroy the Three Kingdoms.
Your Majesty, I forgive you for overstepping your bounds. This is just wishful thinking. "
Using this excuse, Li first made a calculation. At the end of the calculation, he couldn't help but become more and more desperate.
honestly.
There are still 320,000 troops on the Jinling court side, which sounds like a lot.
But Ningguo is surrounded by enemy countries. In the land of four counties, there is no rear.
There are too many places that need to be defended.
As soon as these nearly ten thousand miles of national borders were spread out and 320,000 troops filled in, they couldn't even make a sound and simply disappeared.
That's why Li Xiancai said earlier that now the imperial court cannot fight at all and has no soldiers to fight.
Otherwise, can we really rely on those 50,000 forbidden troops, 50,000 navy troops, and no innate grandmaster to pacify Lu Yuan, who is now the new generation of war god?
It's impossible even if you think about it.
But if he goes according to what he said and waits for ten years, the imperial court will be able to gather 250,000 forbidden troops and 50,000 naval troops to go out.
And within ten years, with the Linhai family's heritage, it might be possible to cultivate another innate grandmaster to fill the vacancy left after the death of Marquis Wu'an.
Ten years later, Shen Qiu personally took command and led an army of 300,000 land and sea troops on a large-scale eastward expedition. Is the situation worse than now?
If we wait another ten years, twenty years later, the imperial court will be able to dispatch as many as half a million troops. Even Xiantian Grandmasters can pick out two or three.
This strength is stronger again.
If at that time, Wuping Hou Xie Ning of Jiuzhen County had not yet rebelled, and Jiuzhen County was still in the hands of the imperial court. Then in the south, the imperial court can also dispatch one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, as well as an innate master.
If Xichuan and Hanzhong are still obedient, they can also gather 50,000 to 60,000 troops and horses, as well as two innate masters.
If you think about it this way, twenty years later, when the imperial court's strength is restored.
Under ideal circumstances, to launch a war to annihilate the Three Kingdoms in Changsha, the number of available troops would be as many as 700,000. There can be five or six innate masters that can be mobilized.
At that time, Yan Wangqiu of the Nanhai Kingdom had already died of old age. There was one less grandmaster to rebel against the Three Kingdoms, and the Nanhai Kingdom would become even weaker.
Under the circumstances of this ebb and flow, wouldn't it be easy for the imperial court to conquer the Three Kingdoms and recover the five counties?
Time is on the court's side.
With Yuzhang Linhai's background, as long as you give these two counties some time to breathe, they will really be worthy of rebelling against the Three Kingdoms.
"Fifty thousand forbidden troops, fifty thousand navy..."
After Shen Qiu listened to Li Xian's counting and statistics, he couldn't help but fall silent when he heard the chilling figures.
The anger that had originally risen was completely extinguished in the face of this cold reality, like a bucket of water pouring down on him.
really.
Even if he is angry and unwilling, but the cold reality is in front of him, what can he do?
Is it really possible to rely on these 100,000 troops and no innate master to fight a war to destroy the country?
I'm afraid this isn't a war, but a way to die with the few chips in the hands of the imperial court.
So after weighing it in his mind, Shen Qiu couldn't help but sigh, and then asked: "Have you heard that there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Changsha?"
As he spoke, Emperor Jianwu's tone loosened.
Seeing that his persuasion was effective, Li Xian was overjoyed and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Your Majesty, to be precise, including county soldiers, there are 240,000.
In addition, in Changsha, the system of rural warrior militia is also implemented. During the slack season, private rural warriors are also summoned for collective training.
Based on the current territorial household registration of Changsha State, the size of these militia and rural warriors should be between 500,000 and 600,000.
Therefore, if there is a war to destroy the country, there should be 800,000 troops in Changsha. Moreover, there are two innate masters in his country, the King of Changsha and his queen.
If the imperial court wanted to destroy such strength, it would be impossible without more than half a million elite soldiers and three or four innate masters. "
Although the specific size of a country's military force is a secret among secrets for any country, it must not be disclosed casually.
But who allowed the founding of Changsha to be too short?
Counting from the founding of the country on June 20, the seventh year of the former Yue Hongdao, to December 27, the first year of Jianwu, it only takes less than two and a half years.
In such a short period of time, Lu Yuan had already opened Enke one after another and continued to win over the hearts of local scholars. At the same time, he continued to expand his troops and horses, absorbing those powerful warriors and using them for his own purposes.
But no matter how good these methods are, it is impossible to win over everyone's hearts and make everyone truly return to their hearts.
The name of the Yue Kingdom's orthodoxy is still there, and the Ning State inherited the Yue Kingdom and also has orthodox principles.
This righteous reputation is still very attractive to those scholars and warriors.
And although Changsha State is now on a good upward trajectory, it is not as strong as Ning State.
There is no problem now, but when the imperial court calms down and leads the troops to fight, who knows whether it can hold on?
Therefore, driven by this idea, many people are thinking of stepping into two boats and preparing for both sides.
He was an official in the Changsha Kingdom, but at the same time he had a connection with the Jinling court, reporting news from time to time and making plans for the future.
Therefore, the details of Lu Yuan's troops in Changsha, such confidential matters, were also leaked out under the spying of the Ningguo court.
Well, it fits the urinary nature of those officials.
"Eight hundred thousand soldiers and horses..."
Hearing this number, Shen Qiu froze again and lost half of his anger.
At the same time, I realized one terrible reality after another.
Has the army of Changsha Kingdom reached such a scale without knowing it?
What's even more frightening is that even if you don't count those militia groups, there are still 240,000 regular troops. Changsha State can actually afford to maintain such a large army.
You know, the Jinling imperial court, which currently controls the four counties in Jiangdong, only has 320,000 troops.
Compared with Changsha Kingdom, there are only 80,000 more people.
Even though this is just Jiangdong in a weak state, it is already terrifying that the Changsha Kingdom can expand its military strength to three-quarters of the imperial court.
Only then did Shen Qiu truly realize that his desire to quell the rebellion didn't seem to be that simple.
This rebellion in the Three Kingdoms, especially Changsha, cannot be eliminated in a short time.
This will be a long-term career.
