"The Commander-in-Chief, who is destined by fate, should obey Heaven and accept the throne." Queen Dong took the jade seal and presented it with both hands.
Jiang Gan and others still had illusions, but the queen was quite wise.
"How dare I have such unreasonable thoughts?" Li Yue was also lucky to meet an understanding person.
What is left of Ran Wei today?
Even if Li Yue doesn't come, Yecheng will collapse on its own.
"Your Majesty was captured, Yan thieves besieged the city, and the country was ruined and the family was in ruins. If the governor had not turned the tide, the Ran family would have been left behind. The governor's benevolence can be heard even in the deep palace. Millions of people in Ye City are crying for food. The only one who can resolve this misfortune is the Governor." Dong's face was calm, and it was obvious that she had thought of everything.
Ran Min has a bad character, but he marries a woman who understands justice well.
Li Yue sighed, "I would never dare."
Eating food is very important. After Ran Min took power, he acted unscrupulously and paved the way for his downfall.
There is no problem in replacing Ran Wei, but there is no need to be so anxious.
Since Dong was so sensible, Li Yue was not in a hurry. After making concessions, he led his soldiers out of the palace.
Outside the palace, Liu Qun and Dong Run had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Li Yue exiting the palace, they looked relieved and said, "The people of Yecheng are eating each other. Please ask the governor to urgently arrange food and grass to alleviate the famine in the city."
Li Yue nodded, "Before coming, I have asked Chen Liu to transfer food and grass."
As a military man, Dong Run was more direct, "Now that the governor has entered Ye, he should take care of Jiang Qian, Liu Chong, Miao Song and others, and must not be careless."
Liu Qun said: "When the new governor comes to the city, his first priority is to calm people's hearts. There is nothing to fear from Jiang Qian, Liu Chong and others. The only plan for now is to take over the power inside and outside, and then move on to other things. I will go to the palace and ask the queen to make a decision." .”
There is a process for accepting Ran Wei's influence.
Although Yecheng is under his control, there are still some forces in Hebei that are loyal to Ran Wei.
Especially Changshan.
After Zhongshan and Xiangguo were captured by Murong Ke, Changshan became the only barrier to Yecheng.
"Thank you, Mr. Liu Ling." Li Yue handed over his hand.
With people like them doing everything for them, Li Yue doesn't need to step in for many things.
Liu Qun was extremely efficient and quickly obtained a copy of the imperial edict. Li Yue was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese and foreign military affairs. He was recorded as a minister and Duke of Liang Dynasty.
The three-piece set of a powerful minister is fully equipped, and everything you should have is there.
Liang is more reliable than Qi.
During the Warring States Period, the Wei State moved its capital to Daliang, so it was also called the Liang State. Daliang was located in the Chenliu area, and it was also the place where Li Yue made his fortune.
Wei and Liang are not separated, so Liu Qun put a lot of thought into choosing this title.
Li Yue wanted to directly get a Tang Gong, but the titles were very particular and had traces to follow. Most of them were based on the region. The ancient Tang Dynasty was in the Bingzhou area, and it was really impossible to compete with him.
In addition, according to Li Yue's instructions, Dong Run was granted the title of Guantao Marquis.
Jia Jian was the governor of Xuzhou and the general of Zuo Chaoqi, who controlled Pengcheng.
Cui Jin, the governor of Qingzhou, and the general on the right chariot, guarded Guanggu.
Liu Qi's Yanzhou governor remained unchanged and was granted the title of Sikong, and Liu Qun was still the minister.
Zhou Qian was appointed as Chief Secretary of Agriculture, and Chang Wei was appointed as Supervisor of Zhongshu.
Wei Shan was the former general, Xu Cheng was the left general, Liang Xiao was the right general, and Cao Kan was the rear general.
Qin Biao, Mi Jin, and Gao Yun were all made generals.
Holding the national jade seal in your hand, naturally you can't just seal it to your own people, outsiders can also grant special seals.
Zhang Yuluo, the governor of Yuluo, Yang Yang, the military commander of the four prefectures, was granted the title of Duke of Yingchuan County. Zhang Ping was appointed governor of Bingzhou, Feng Ang was appointed prefect of Shangdang, Su Yan was appointed general of the left hussar, and Zhou Cheng became the general of the left hussar.
Li Du of Changshan was granted the title of general against the bandits.
The other large and small forces in Hebei, as long as they have not surrendered to the Murong clan, have all been granted official posts and made wishes.
However, there are also two forces that are not easy to block.
One was Su Lin who claimed to be the Emperor in Zhongshan, and the other was Wang Wu who claimed to be King An in Lukou.
Su Lin was attacked by an army of 150,000 soldiers from Murong Ke and Mu Yugen, and was almost defeated.
Even if Li Yue wanted to rescue, he was powerless.
However, Wang Wu of Lukou could not give up. He held the northeast gate of Jizhou in his hand and blocked Murong Chui several times. He was so powerful that he still needed to share the pressure of Murong's family for the time being.
Li Yue overcame everyone's objections and directly stamped the jade seal on Wang Wu, giving Wang Wu a legitimate title as King An, and also asked Bohai to send 50,000 shi of grain.
With the current situation, let alone Wang Wu, he only wants King An, even if he wants the King of Heaven, Li Yue will have to stamp him with a jade seal...
Shangdang Feng An, Changshan Su Yan, Li Du and others all came forward to submit.
Wang Wu was satisfied and expressed his firm support for the imperial court.
Zhang Yu of Xuchang had some complaints. He also knew that Li Yue had no good intentions in giving him the governorship of Jing and Yangzhou, but he still "happily accepted it."
There's nothing he can do if he doesn't accept it. His territory is even worse than Li Yue's.
Now that they have fallen out with the Jiangdong nobles, there are Xie Shang and Xun Xian in the back left, Huan Wen in the back right, and Li Yue above the head. Even if he has thoughts in his heart, he can only endure it.
After receiving the reward, Li Yue, Cui Jin, Chang Wei, Liu Qun, Dong Run and other important officials immediately reorganized the army.
Nanjundi and Yanzhoujun are too regional and not suitable.
After some discussion, the Southern Army, Yanzhou Army, and state and county soldiers from various places, including Wang Wu's Lukou Army, were all converted into town troops.
It means a guarding army, which is used for farming during busy farming and training during leisure time. It guards one side. If there is a big war, it can assemble and rush to the battlefield.
The previous left and right midfield, backbone, valiant cavalry, vanguard, guerrilla, light cavalry and other battalions were expanded into armies, with each army having a strength of 5,000 to 8,000, and the left and right Yulin armies were added.
Li Yue's personal guard camp was changed to Su Weijun.
Strive to expand to 100,000 elites and still adopt the model of the Chinese and foreign armies of the Han, Wei, Jin, and other countries.
Of course, elites are not easy to come by. The 20,000 defenders of Yecheng were reduced to more than half, leaving only 9,000.
The rest of the troops were selected first from the Southern Army and Yanzhou Army.
Even so, Cui Jin still had a shortfall of 40,000 yuan after budgeting.
Li Yue directly issued an order to recruit troops. Anyone under forty and above fifteen in the territory who was determined to restore China and expel the barbarians could apply.
Along with the recruitment order, there was also a twenty-level military meritorious title.
There must be a brave man under a heavy reward.
As long as the benefits are in place and the money and food are sufficient, there is no enemy that cannot be defeated.
The Qin army, the Han army, the Tang army, including the Zidi soldiers, all gave money or fields.
Li Yue not only gave land, but also status, slaves, a way to ascend, and special abilities such as ascending first, beheading generals, and capturing flags, all with clearly marked prices.
As soon as the recruitment order was posted, there was a huge crowd of people in front of the Yecheng Military Department, ranging from sixty-year-olds to children as young as eleven or twelve years old, all coming to fight for it.
Li Yue spread out all the Heiyun Lang, Heiyun General, and scouts and asked them to select qualified people.
The whole Yecheng became extremely busy.
Liu Qun distributed grain and registered the population, Zhou Qian came from Chenliu to reclaim wasteland, and Cui Jin and Dong Run were busy recruiting troops.
And Li Yue is also worried about the "harem" matter.
Shi Hu once stipulated that all women over fifteen years old in the country were ready to enter the palace at any time. Later, he raped and kidnapped common women again and again, resulting in more than 100,000 maids in the palace.
There was a shortage of food in Yecheng. These palace ladies were the first to suffer and became food. Nearly ten thousand people died...
But there are still 70,000 to 80,000 people left.
Li Yue collected their wishes. Those who were willing to return home could do so. Those who were unwilling to return could marry soldiers as wives or concubines, or marry ordinary people.
As long as you get married, the government will provide you with a house and create a household. If you give birth to a boy, you will be rewarded with ten acres of land, and if you give birth to a daughter, you will be rewarded with seven acres of land.
Hebei is full of scorched earth, where is their hometown?
As soon as they leave the palace, these weak women are either eaten by tigers and wolves, or kidnapped by thieves everywhere. They still inevitably end up becoming food.
Therefore, most of them chose to marry the soldiers of the Black Cloud Army as wives and concubines, and a small number of them married common people of the right age.
On the day of the wedding, Li Yue directly took out the grain. Regardless of his wife or concubines, no one had two stones of grain, which was regarded as a dowry.
Such a small amount of food made these tortured palace maids cry and kneel down to Li Yue one by one.
In the midst of all the busyness, Yecheng finally had a glimmer of vitality.
In Jinfeng Taizhong, Li Yue convened everyone to discuss state affairs.
Murong Ke and Mu Yugen attacked with an army of hundreds of thousands, and Su Lin was instantly destroyed.
Zhongshan fell into the hands of Yan State again.
Murong Ke regrouped and deployed heavy troops in Xiangguo and Julu. Murong Jun directly appointed Murong Chui as the prefect of Zhongshan, eyeing Yecheng.
The confrontation between Ran Min and Shi Zhi was replaced by two larger forces from the north and the south.
Yecheng became the military frontier, always under the attack of the Yan army.
"I want to move the queen and the prince south to Chenliu. What do you think?"
Facing the huge threat from Xiang State, there is no point in establishing settlements around Yecheng.
However, if the food needs to be sent up from Yanzhou, it will be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there is a risk of being cut off by the Yan army at any time.
Dong Run said: "Liang Gong once set foot in Hebei, and now he has returned to the south of the river. How will the heroes of Hebei view the general?"
In one sentence, Li Yue was blocked.
The two major forces of the North and the South are competing. Whoever takes a step back will be weaker.
In order to compete with China, the Murong family first moved the capital from Longcheng to Jicheng.
"There are more than 800,000 people in Yecheng and an army of 100,000. They cannot be self-sufficient and supply is difficult. The battle for Hebei cannot happen overnight. Have you not seen your Majesty's past? I suggest you go south." Liu Qun was pragmatic.
Most of the generals advocated staying in Yecheng and fighting with the Murong family.
The scribes headed by Liu Qun were in favor of going south.
During the stalemate, Zhou Qian said: "The land in Xuzhou is fertile but the population is empty. Why doesn't Liang Gong first move the people to enrich the land? Yecheng can be a place for garrisoning troops."
Nearly a million people crowded around Yecheng, which was extremely stressful.
But if the people are taken away, the problem of use will be easily solved.
Cui Jin said: "Da Si Nong's words are very good. Yecheng has been managed by the Shi family for more than 20 years. The city is high and the pond is deep. There are Fangtou and Liyang in the south and Guangzong in the east. It is enough to compete with the Murong family. The general trend of the world is In Hebei, if Liang Gong returns to Chenliu, the soldiers in the north will have no intention of fighting the enemy to the death."
Since he said so, Li Yue nodded in agreement.
The strongest city on both sides of the river is Yecheng. Shi Hu once lamented that his descendants would have no worries for generations to come.
Two chapters………
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