Give way!
This is not the first time that Prime Minister Yu has had this idea.
A long, long time ago, Prime Minister Yu once told Jiang Hua in private. He said this at the time: "My lord, now we in Yancheng are full of talents."
"Local talents such as Feng Yi, Qu Wu, and Feng Qingyang have gradually gained experience. And outsiders such as Xiao He and Wu Qi are unparalleled in the country."
"For such national scholars, we naturally have to give them high positions. This is one of them."
"As for the second one, there are now nearly a hundred counties inside and outside Yancheng. I have exhausted my energy by dealing with various government affairs every day. In order not to make mistakes, I follow the example of my master and handle government affairs in the Huangtian world. .”
"But even so, if one day is used as ten days, I still have to resort to various elixirs, spiritual roots, and magic weapons to boost my spirit and keep me energetic for a long time. But this is not The lasting way.”
"As for the third, as our Yancheng continues to grow stronger, sooner or later we will become princes. Even now, we in Yancheng often have to deal with some major events related to the nearby situation. I have already reached my limit in dealing with dozens of counties under the jurisdiction of Yancheng. We are really not strong enough to deal with these major events involving other countries and Yancheng for hundreds of years in the future."
"Actually, I really want to accompany my lord all the time, but my ability is limited. It goes without saying that you can manage a county with ease."
"If you govern a county, your ministers can be considered excellent."
"However, to govern dozens of counties in Yancheng, we must also coordinate at least dozens of new departments to reduce friction and work together in the same boat. This is already my limit."
"Moreover, I can only be regarded as qualified for the position of prime minister now. This qualification is the result of me relying on the power of elixirs and magic weapons, or my hard work. Today's Yancheng does not need a qualified prime minister. , what we need is not a diligent Prime Minister, but a Prime Minister who is skillful and capable of governing. Even if I try my best, I can barely be a qualified Prime Minister."
"Today, when the entire Yancheng is developing rapidly, a qualified prime minister is actually holding us back!"
This was what the old prime minister said when he communicated privately with Jiang Hua when he resigned for the first time, but was rejected by Jiang Hua.
Later, the old prime minister proposed this idea several times, but Jiang Hua rejected it.
At this moment, before Jiang Hua spoke, Xiao He shook his head: "Why did you say this? Why did you say this?"
"Today's Yancheng is still inseparable from the prime minister."
However, Prime Minister Yu really felt that he was not capable enough to govern the entire Yancheng, so he was very determined to resign: "Now that I continue to stay in the position of prime minister, it will only hinder the development of Yancheng."
Fortunately, everyone here is a real high-level person, and there are no outsiders at all. Otherwise, if such news spreads, what will other people think?
After thinking for a while, Jiang Hua said directly: "Let's do this. Uncle Yu, you continue to be the prime minister, and I will ask Xueshi Xiao to be your assistant."
"From now on, Academician Xiao will serve as the Cabinet's Grand Scholar and the Minister of Order."
Thinking openly and honestly, this allowed Xiao He to take charge of the two most powerful departments of the Cabinet and the Prime Minister's Office on his own.
Today's Prime Minister's Office is still the undoubted big brother in terms of government affairs.
The cabinet is the big brother among many new departments as Daofa comes into life.
Many new departments will first be affiliated under the name of the cabinet. After a period of time, the characteristics of the new department will be grasped, and then this stable new department will be introduced into the government affairs system.
At this moment, Xiao He was both a cabinet scholar and a minister. Thinking better of it, he was the number one person in Yancheng's internal affairs, which fully proved Jiang Hua's trust in him.
And if you think about the worst, in terms of internal affairs, it is the minister, not the prime minister. There is a prime minister above his head. Even if this prime minister gradually stops caring about things, as long as the prime minister is around, Shangshu Ling is not the legitimate prime minister, but just the second child.
In terms of the cabinet, he is only one of the four bachelors, and the remaining three are all localists.
At first glance, it seems quite reusable, but upon closer inspection, all aspects will be restricted.
Reusing and restricting at the same time is called ugly talk in the front, and it is also called system construction to restrain and not give talents the opportunity to make mistakes.
After thinking about it, Jiang Hua assigned a task to Xiao He: "Sir, Yancheng will officially become a prince next. It is the beginning of summer. I will leave it to you to take care of the matter. Try to become a prince within three years. I am confident. ?"
To become a prince, you don't just have to shout loudly. You have to obtain the imperial title from the Emperor of Zhou and fully demonstrate your strength. However, with the current power in Yancheng, it is basically only the last step away from the princes.
Xiao He affirmed: "Of course."
"In addition, sir, we need to unite manpower."
"Of course, this is just a matter of government affairs."
Xiao He nodded again, how could he say no at this time?
"This plan should cover all aspects as much as possible. We in Yancheng can also disclose certain aspects appropriately. This is also a way to show our strength."
Xiao He nodded for the third time.
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Jiang Hua and others were busy dealing with internal affairs, busy sorting out internal affairs, and busy turning into vassal states. Wu State was also busy.
Ever since Xiang Liu was defeated by Jiang Hua, the top leaders of Wu State had been holding their breath and always thinking about making big news.
Later, Wu Guo found out that Yancheng had no intention of continuing to develop outward, but was instead focusing on land reclamation, development towards the sea, and maritime trade, so he was relieved.
If possible, under the premise that there are many soft persimmons, Wu Guo wants to pinch the soft persimmons first, and does not want to confront the Three Saints so quickly.
When the time came to Baijia's tenth year, Mr. Changqing's military training was over.
There was another earth-level Taoist soldier in the world. The moment this Taoist soldier was born, he also carried some destiny and successfully became a great master.
However, at the request of Wu Guo, this news is currently blocked.
Afterwards, Mr. Changqing commanded the army of Wu State to attack Xu State, this time with the intention of destroying the country.
Xu State was once very powerful. It was so powerful that it gathered the surrounding small countries to resist the rule of Emperor Zhou, and established anti-Emperor Zhou alliances several times. It was not until the time of King Mu of Zhou that Xu State was completely defeated by Emperor Zhou. He was granted the title of prince by imperial edict.
At that time, the strength of Xu State was in decline.
Since then, Xu State has fallen into a long-term decline.
Qi, Lu, Song, Chu...
All the surrounding countries look down on Xu State and regard Xu State as an outsider. If they exclude a certain country for a long time and try to exclude it from all aspects, it is normal for this country to decline over time.
Nowadays, Xu State has declined to the point where there are only one or two hundred counties left, and the area is not as large as Yue State. As for strength, He Yue may be about the same.
In just three years, Xu's main force was wiped out.
The capital of Xu State has been besieged for two years now, and other surrounding cities have been occupied one by one.
Xu State was close to complete destruction, and only the last capital city was left.
As for reinforcements, there are no reinforcements!
Xu State is a country for outsiders. In the eyes of many nobles, the political status of Xu State is similar to that of Chu and Qin, or even worse. Who makes Xu State so weak?
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Helu convened senior officials to discuss the current war.
"Now the main force of the Xu State has been eliminated, but the resistance forces in various places are rising one after another and have never been cut off. These resistance forces have greatly increased our consumption. We must break through the capital of the Xu State as soon as possible." Wu Zixu, with white hair, looked at the map. Said directly.
Wu Zixu was responsible for the logistics of the army. This time when Wu attacked Xu, all the troops deployed were Taoist soldiers.
There were more than fifty Huang-level Taoist soldiers, six Xuan-level Taoist soldiers, and the Earth-level Taoist soldiers followed silently, but they never took action.
These Huang-level Taoist soldiers range from two thousand to five thousand, and the owner of each Huang-level Taoist soldier is a major noble in the country. The difference is that some great nobles are loyal to the king, and some are loyal to the state of Wu (who is loyal to the king).
As for the Dao soldiers completely controlled by Wu Hou himself, there were not many.
These yellow-level Taoist soldiers are a huge resource just for eating and drinking every day.
Even if it is a giant monster weighing one million kilograms, which is the food of a yellow-level Taoist soldier for half a month, there will still be no war. Once a war breaks out, the food requirements will be even higher.
Therefore, although the yellow-level Taoist soldiers march very fast, ranging from hundreds to thousands of miles a day, the logistics cannot keep up. If they rely solely on the army to catch monsters, they will only be hungry and full: monsters He is not a fool, he would have run away if he encountered a large army.
The meaty demon king and the big demon have all run away, but the only ones who can't run away are the group of small demons and goblins. Sending out an army to hunt the small demons and goblins can indeed withstand the temporary consumption, but over time, they will still be hungry. These little monsters and goblins, captured by Taoist soldiers like a net, couldn't escape. They didn't have enough to eat, not enough to eat at all!
After the first raid failed to break through the capital of Xu State, all that was left was to collect food on the spot and transport it slowly from the rear.
The transportation efficiency of ordinary people is very touching.
However, collecting food on the spot will definitely offend the interests of the local nobles. Even if they serve as a leader at the beginning, after a long period of collecting grain, the local nobles will want to rebel. It is normal to secretly cooperate with Xu's army in small-scale resistance.
As for whether the conflicts between the two parties can be reconciled, unfortunately, they cannot.
Let the Wu army starve?
This is impossible!
Then we can only feel wronged by the local nobles.
But the local nobles don't want to be wronged. They were squeezed by Xu before they took refuge in Wu, and they were squeezed by Wu after they took refuge in you. Wouldn't it be in vain?
As a result, a large number of local nobles asked one of their children to quietly bring the wealth accumulated by the family to settle in Yancheng, and complete the family inheritance.
After the inheritance issue was no longer a concern, a large number of nobles began to make arrangements.
Although it is inconvenient for Yancheng to join directly due to the relationship with Wu State, it is still no problem to sell magic weapons and sell a large number of magic weapons specially used for destruction.
With these magic weapons, Wu's logistics and small-scale army were affected to a certain extent.
After thinking about the current situation, Wu Zixu continued: "If we can't win a quick victory, then we must find a way to break down the enemy's resistance, such as leaving a way for them to survive so that they can leave safely with their families and wealth, and It’s not like now, where I want to swallow everything in one bite.”
Helu thought for a while and looked directly at Mr. Changqing. Changqing nodded affirmatively: "If I directly show my strength or directly use earth-level Taoist soldiers, I can instantly break through the capital of Xu State. That's it. , the news will be exposed, and Chu State will have an early warning."
When Helu thought of the great enemy Chu, he could bear it.
In order to give Chu State a big surprise, Helu felt that he could endure it a little longer.
"Is there any other way?"
Wu Zixu thought about it again: "We can actually have peace talks with the Xu State and let them leave. In addition, within the Xu State, anyone who wants to leave can leave. In this way, all the nobles will leave, leaving only the common people and savages, and the Xu State will also It became our territory.”
"Then this means that we have gained land and population, and Yancheng has gained the wealth of Xu State. We have worked so hard but can't harvest all of it. And Yancheng has directly gained all the wealth just by selling things. This is too much. Are you taking advantage of Yancheng? Sir, you can't be so partial to Yancheng just because it is the future of Qi practitioners, right?"
Wu Zixu's head hurt when he heard what Fu Chai said. If possible, he wanted to beat Fu Chai.
Before Wu Zixu could take action, Helu took action first and slapped him: "Fu Chai, do you have the right to speak in this? Did Gu Rang let you speak?"
After being slapped, Fu Cha had to lower his head and admit his mistake. Mr. Changqing watched this scene silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
Wu Zixu paid no attention to this matter at all. His biggest goal in life was to take revenge on the Marquis of Chu. If he had the chance, he would kill him with his own hands!
As for the things at hand, they are not important at all.
"The demise of Xu State is inevitable. The main force of Xu State was defeated by us in the first battle and wiped out in three battles. Even if our army leaves now, Xu State will be wiped out by Lu, Song, Qi and other countries."
"We need to make Xu Hou realize this. After Xu Hou calms down and realizes that the Xu Kingdom will inevitably perish, we will have a good talk with Xu Hou. Afterwards, we can give Xu Hou a county as a fief."
"In addition, we must also make it clear to the nobles in the city and tell them that the Xu Kingdom will surely perish and it is time to find a new home."
"In this way, the people's hearts in the capital will disappear. After the people's hearts disappear, the difficulty of breaking the Xu Kingdom's capital will be greatly reduced."
"Alternatively, they can also surround three but one and open a gate directly, so that they can safely and openly leave the capital with their wealth and clan members. The nobles always have a way to leave, and we will not stop them..."
"In the end, all the people's hearts were dispersed, and everyone who could run ran away. Naturally, the capital fell into our hands."
(End of chapter)
