Chapter 498

The palace que group of Xiang Kingdom covers a total area of more than 200000 mu, including many main halls, side halls, zhangtai and buildings in the city, as well as several forest gardens in the suburbs.

The palace building is extremely magnificent. It is inlaid with gold and silver and covered with precious wood. There must be all kinds of fancy carvings in the flowers. However, it looks like an upstart, lacking a kind of elegance and artistic conception.

If Liu Yan had not stopped ran min from burning the palace, it would have burned three tenths of Xiangguo, and might have turned the mountains and forests in the suburbs into a piece of white land.

[ran min's intention to burn the palace must be to enrich himself.] Liu Yan's idea was full of malice, but it was absolutely true: [when Xiang Yu burned the a-fang palace, the troops of the Western Chu robbed a basin full of overflow, and set fire to cover up the fact of looting...]

There are now no more than five residents in a city of Xiangguo. The main reason is that Xiangguo was originally the main place where the Hu people lived. Shi Hu went to Bingzhou and Shuozhou and took nearly one million, of which more than 200000 were the original residents of Xiangguo city. Some of the people who did not leave, the Hu people fled while waiting for the Han Army to come. The Hu people who did not escape were liquidated without accident. There were not many Han and Miao people living in Xiangguo city. Even those who took refuge in Hu people either ran away with Shi Hu or were liquidated. In this way, only a small part of Xiang's original residents will be left behind.

If you stand high and look at the city, you can see the bleak without deliberate observation. It does not simply mean that there are not many people, but also refers to the ruins that can be seen everywhere.

Most of the ruins in Xiangguo city were caused by self Immolation. When the Han army attacked, Xiangguo did not experience any war at all. After all, Shi Hu decided to run away and could not leave the army for death resistance.

By the way, Liu Yan did not move into the palace. The Han army was stationed in the forest garden in the suburbs. As the king of a country, he lived in a tent. The palace was used to accommodate the robbed women like Yecheng.

When the Han army conquered Yecheng and Xiang, they didn't get much food, but there were far more things such as gold, silver, wealth and silk than expected. The national jade seal was accidentally found when counting the property.

When Liu Yan got the national seal for the first time, the national seal was not protected with anything special. It was casually wrapped in a red cloth. It looked dirty.

There are only two guesses that the national jade seal will have such an experience. Either the stone tiger doesn't care about a stone pimple at all, or the stone tiger doesn't know what it is.

Hu people are different from those in the Central Plains who receive traditional education. Hu people believe in their strength. They never think that a stone with special meaning can play any role.

The people of the central plains are different. When the people who counted the wealth and wealth presented the national jade seal, Liu Yan didn't feel very special except for curiosity, but everyone present at that time worshipped it. The words may be different, but the unified meaning is that Liu Yanguo who got the national jade seal is a real dragon and is destined to rule the world again and become the only son of heaven.

Later, at the request of all the ministers, Liu Yan wrote a letter of state to the little emperor of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Originally, he wanted to make a big show and send an envoy group. However, Liu Yan insisted that he did not agree that the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was a country, so there was something that was tied to the arrow and shot casually.

The officials of the Han Dynasty suggested that Liu Yan did it not just to show off, but to show the meaning of "destiny is in the Han Dynasty". They also laughed at the fact that the ruler of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was just a whiteboard emperor.

It has to be said that what the state of Han did was very effective. Chu suanzi tried his best to block Liu Yan. He failed to get the news of the national jade seal.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin dynasty fell into chaos after knowing that Liu Yan had a national seal in his hand, and had already secretly communicated music to the state of Han... Er, those who abandoned the secret and turned to the bright felt extremely happy, and those who still insisted on their position in the camp of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty felt extremely frightened.

"The puppet Dynasty won't last long." Ji Chang just finished reading the report of the battle of the huaishui River and said: "he lost 80000 elite, but most of the generals who can fight in the first war have become demobilized generals. I think it must be a lot of sorrow now."

After reading the war report, Liu Yan had only one idea, that is, there is still a certain inertia after the history has been changed. For example, Xie Shi still did what Xie an would do, but the Han army is not an army like Fu's Qin army, and the result of the war is naturally different.

"Xie Shi should be killed." Ji Chang said in a very calm tone, "not killing is not enough to justify punishment, not enough to make an example."

It is only natural that there is nothing to do in the battle, but the deceived party will be angry. On the one hand, Ji Chang ridiculed that the national credit of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was so worthless. On the other hand, he felt that he must stop the enemy from doing similar things to the Han state.

Liu Yan attaches great importance to Xie an. Xie Shi is Xie an's brother. He wants to reuse Xie an but kills Xie Shi. What will happen to Xie an? Liu Yan felt a trace of hesitation for a moment.

"In addition to their own masters, Xie Shi should be a good general..." Sang Yu didn't see Liu Yan's face before he expressed different views: "Wang Shangzhi not only recovered the old land, but also needed talents to fight and develop abroad."

"Perhaps let Xie Shi lead the army to attack the puppet dynasty?" LV Yi obviously saw Liu Yangang's face and suggested: "if Xie Shi agrees, he won't kill. It's not too late to kill again."

Ji Chang looked at Liu Yan and saw that Liu Yan didn't make any statement. He pondered and said, "Your Majesty, please make a decision."

Liu Yan just nodded.

In fact, Liu Yan also wanted to see what kind of choice Xie Shi would make. If Xie Shi immediately turned his gun and attacked the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liu Yan would feel that Xie Shi had no integrity at all and would not use anything in the future. If Xie Shi refuses to attack the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liu Yan will appreciate it, but it is estimated that he will no longer see what Xie an thinks, but kill Xie Shi according to Ji Chang's advice. In the final analysis, it doesn't matter where you are, when you should do and what you hesitate, but your position must be clear.

"A group of people led by Huan Yun, the leader of the Huan family, have abandoned the secret and turned to the bright. Then the Yu family is secretly preparing to start a war. It's only a matter of time before the puppet Dynasty is destroyed." Sang Yu drew everyone's attention, smiled and then said, "it's time to decide how to govern the south?"

The Huan clan was converted to the state of Han through Huan Wen. If there was no accident, after the state of Han destroyed the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen and Huan Yun would be united again. Huan Yun's jump must leave a stain, and the position of the head of the Huan family will fall back in Huan Wen's hands.

The fact that no member of the Yu clan was an official in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is tantamount to saying that the Yu clan chose to stand on the side of the Han state, and there is no moral deficiency. With the consent of Liu Yan, the Yu family retained their family property in the state of Han, and then the state of Han provided ships to fight Lin Yi country on the other side of the southwest peninsula with the strength of a family.

There are not many aristocratic families that follow the Huan family's gate valve. They are some families that can't see any hope of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Jumping is a very common stop loss behavior of aristocratic families.

"If you don't abandon the secret and turn to the light, it will be completely destroyed. Those who don't want to register their clan property and population should also be paid off." Ji Chang has always been more inclined to kill a river of blood. After a discussion on the problem, the conclusion is very realistic: "those who have taken refuge and those who cooperate with registration must be on guard, but they have to be used."

In reality, today's era is not the era of personal literacy. It's really not so easy to find an official. It is impossible for a country to have no officials. Families that monopolize knowledge must be easy to get ahead. This is something that can only be improved after several generations before education... Or even after education is launched. It is improvement, not complete elimination. The living space of aristocratic families is no longer. As an example, it is clear from the Song Dynasty. Even in the Tian1 Dynasty, there are special groups?

There are now Qingzhou, Jizhou, Sizhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and several local territories in the Han Dynasty. If the local officials make statistics, they will find that most of the officials at the county level are from aristocratic families, and the officials at the county level are from powerful and powerful. This is related to a very white (no typo) fact. Only by mastering how much knowledge can you have how much ability. Therefore, there is a real difference between the talent of governing a county and the talent of governing a county. The big talent can be used for small purposes, but the small talent can not be used for large purposes, otherwise the place will be eroded.

A new country must have a group of new vested interests. Liu Yan is the biggest vested interests, such as Ji Chang, sang Yu, Cai you, Xu Zheng, ran min and so on. The core stratum is the second echelon. Some early attached to Liu Yan but did not enter the core stratum are the third echelon, and so on to form a pyramid level of governance.

The difference between Liu Yan and his native "ancients" is that he tries his best to give more people the benefits of environmental change, including rescuing (liberating) a group of people from water and fire and giving them an environment to settle down.

The people who do not want to forge ahead, but only seek stability, they live in peace.

People with enterprising intentions join the army and use their efforts, sweat and blood to obtain a better living environment.

What Liu Yan can't change is that those who start higher than the people will certainly enjoy more benefits, all because he needs someone to govern the country.

Halfway through the conversation, the guard outside the tent informed that Xun Xian opened the curtain and came in. Holding a box in his hands, he looked like a military intelligence report sent by a fast horse.

When Liu Yan saw it, he circulated it to all the officials. The military intelligence report was not from the south, but from ran min, who led the army into Bingzhou.

"Shi Hu sent Yin Bi as the commander, leading the steps and riding 130000 in Zhongdu." Ji Chang frowned. He said, "there are other signs that the di Fu family is under the command of Shi Hu again."

Shijie Zhao state now has only Bingzhou and Shuozhou. Shuozhou is a very large state, which is connected with the northern part of the activities of the Fu family.

Zhongdu is within the jurisdiction of Bingzhou, south of Jinyang, the capital of Bingzhou. If the Han army wants to forge ahead, Jinyang must take it.

"Liangguo's recent war frequency with the di nationality has decreased. The garrison of the Han Dynasty in Guanzhong earlier found that the di nationality had signs of retreating to the north." Ji Chang, the left prime minister, still has the right to be in charge of military affairs. He is no stranger to the situation of several fronts in the Han Dynasty: "it is really surprising that Fu Hong belongs to Shi Hu again."

Not only Ji Chang thought so, but also Liu Yan was surprised by the news. After all, Fu Hong disobeyed Shi Hu and led the army to flee to Longxi last time. He was surprised at Fu Hong's re refuge and Shi Hu's acceptance.

"The Fu clan of Di nationality returns to Shi Hu's command, and Shijie garrison troops in Zhongdu..." Sang Yu first thought that Shi Hu would counterattack from two directions, but he thought there was a conflict: "Shi Hu wants to re manage the grassland, isn't the counterattack conflict with the previous strategy?"

Ran min led the Northern Expedition corps to fight with Zhao Jun in Shijie. The recent fighting scene was not big. The two sides were hanged by cavalry. The attack and defense war in the city did not happen because the Northern Expedition Corps was in the period of rectification.

The Northern Expedition Corps once expanded to nearly 500000. It was because of this that Liu Yan left Linzi to come to Xiangguo. Regardless of whether Liu Yan trusted ran min or not, as a minister, commanding too much troops is an extremely unreasonable thing. In addition, ran min seems to lack a tendon and never stopped recruiting. It is simply Liu Yan's order that ran min finally accepted the reorganization without hesitation.

At the peak of the national military strength of the Han Dynasty, it reached more than 1.4 million. That was the original 120000 field corps, which received more than 400000 slave soldiers brought by ran min and 200000 slave soldiers transformed from prisoners of war. It was divided into three batches of more than 600000 recruits.

Liu Yan abolished most of the new army, only selected elite supplementary field corps, and the field corps under preparation is 200000. After he decided to go north, Liu Yan created a new Northern Expedition regiment. At first, ran min had only 120000 troops. After getting permission, ran min repeatedly incorporated local sources of troops, and the result became uncontrollable.

"Liaodong..." Ji Chang was very sensitive. While thinking, he stood up and went to the place where the papers were stored. He quickly found the papers he wanted: "the last military newspaper in Liaodong is Murong Xianbei, and Murong Jun is the main general..."

Reminded by Ji Chang, they not only looked for the papers about Murong Yan state, but also the papers on Jizhou side. They looked through them together and came to a conclusion that Shi Hu's abnormal behavior interacted with Murong Yan state. The two Hu countries may really want to counter attack the Han state.

"The Great Han waved his troops south, and calculated the time, it should be spread to Shijie and Murong Xianbei." Sang Yu smiled, and smiled happily: "good counter attack, really good."

The stone tiger retreats again and again. It is difficult to catch and destroy its effective power in the state of Han. It has always been distressed that the stone tablet really retreats to the depths of the grassland. In that case, there will be another hundred year war similar to that between Han and Hungary.

Murong Yan state has used troops in Liaodong for a long time. The territory of Han state in Liaodong does not have much pressure, but the pressure of Koguryo front is very great.

Liu Yanxi said first, "yes, very good.", What he thought was that Shijie might have made a wrong judgment because of the rest of the Northern Expedition corps?