Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 435 Submitting the credentials, sweeping away the prestige

Jiangxia Mountain is temporarily walking in it.

The dusty Shen Wansan, with a haggard face, walked slowly into the hall under the leadership of the palace attendants, bowed down and prostrated himself, shouting:
"Shen Wansan, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

Xiao Cheng turned around, looked at Shen Wansan who was somewhat thinner, nodded slightly and said:

"Be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Shen Wansan stood up, and immediately clapped his hands back and said:
"Your Majesty rewarded the army with all the supplies needed by the grassroots. This time, the ones who followed me to Jiangzhou City were only about [-]% of the total supplies. The follow-up caravans and fleets are rushing over with all the supplies. !"

The amount of rice, grain and cloth needed to reward 30 troops is an astonishing amount.

Before Jiangzhou County was occupied, under Xiao Cheng's signal, Shen Wansan mobilized merchants of all sizes in Yunguo in advance to go to various places to raise supplies, and it took nearly half a year to get enough of these things.

Having said that, Shen Wansan raised his head slightly, looked at Xiao Cheng, and said:
"Your Majesty, Caomin has one more thing to report."

"This time, in addition to rewarding the supplies needed by the army, Shen's Commercial Bank also brought some miscellaneous items, large and small. Daily items such as shoes, socks and clothes, wound medicine and supplements needed by the army, and life-saving items at critical times. The sword, the breastplate...."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng thought for a while, then looked at Shen Wansan with a slight smile on his face, and said:
"What's the matter? Before the rewards of the officers and soldiers of the army were obtained, they were targeted by you, a profiteer?"

Shen Wansan sneered, and hastily said:
"Your Majesty has wronged the grassroots. The grassroots have done a lot of things in business, buying high and selling low, but they are all well-behaved business, so they can be regarded as some kind of profiteers..."

"It's just that in this battle, the frontline soldiers took all the land of the seven counties and expanded the land for thousands of miles. With such credit, I think I know that there must be gold and silver rewards from the court. If the soldiers have money, they will naturally have the desire to spend it. Instead of Let others earn it, it is better to let the grassroots earn it, so that His Majesty will have more gold and silver in his internal funds."

The frontline army is serving their lives, so it is naturally impossible for the DPRK and China to be stingy.

In addition to the rewarding materials, 300 million taels of silver were specially allocated just to reward the lieutenant general.In the hands of each soldier, it is almost ten taels per person, which is equivalent to one year's military salary for one person.

Such a large amount of gold and silver remained in the hands of soldiers, and I knew it would greatly stimulate the desire for consumption.

The things that Shen Wansan brought were not to mention necessary, but they were also popular with the generals in the army, so how could they not be sold?

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng couldn't help laughing and cursing:

"Your vision is vicious. As expected of Shen Wansan... I have no objection to this matter, and you can make money, but the frontline soldiers are all rewards for fighting hard with their heads in their hands. A little bit of money is enough, don't go too far!"

Hearing what Xiao Cheng said, Shen Wansan hurriedly bowed and said:
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the grass people know."

Xiao Cheng nodded slightly, and said in a gentle voice:

"In these days, you can see your hard work. But the reward is related to the morale of the frontline army. No matter how hard you work, you must pay more attention to these days, and you must not make mistakes!"

Shen Wansan heard the words, bowed again and saluted, and said solemnly:
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the grass people will never dare to be careless!"

Xiao Cheng pondered for a while, and said:
"Since you joined me, you have done a lot of credit for presiding over the tea-horse trade, buying war horses, and earning money for internal money. I promise you that after this matter is over, I will reward you with the official status of a fifth-rank court official. Serve in the imperial court, continue to take charge of your Shen's firm, and do things for me!"

After the implementation of the New Deal system in Yunguo, the court official became a false official with no real authority.

Hearing what Xiao Cheng said, Shen Wansan was overjoyed, bent down again, and shouted:
"Chen Shen Wansan, thank Your Majesty for your grace! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

He, Shen Wansan, served His Majesty today, worked hard and worked extremely hard, for what?Isn't it just to get an official position as a merchant!How can you not be ecstatic now that your wish has been fulfilled?Even before the specific rewards came down, he had already started to call himself a minister...

"By the way, there is another good job that I want to leave to you!" Xiao Cheng continued with a smile.

"Please order, Your Majesty, I will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate!"

"I want to set up an accompanying capital, and the required manpower and materials are up to you to prepare in advance!"

"Accompanying capital?"

Shen Wansan muttered something, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He, Shen Wansan, doesn't understand politics, so he didn't know why he wanted to set up a capital all of a sudden.But as a businessman, he can keenly perceive the huge profits from it.

Although it is only the accompanying capital, it is also the capital of Yun Kingdom.No matter where you choose, as long as it is established as the capital, according to the etiquette system, it needs to be expanded and rebuilt in order to match the status of the capital of the Dayun Kingdom.

In addition to the city, there are also the imperial palace of the accompanying capital, the government offices of various ministries, and the mansions of hundreds of officials... These buildings all need to be built.Adding up the inside and outside, the cost of rebuilding a city is small, and there are too many profitable places in it!
As long as he thought of this, Shen Wansan felt restless in his heart.

Shen Wansan, who had just obtained Xiao Cheng's promise, all of the exhaustion accumulated on his face over the past few months dissipated at this moment, replaced by a face full of energy, and hurriedly cupped his hands and shook his voice:

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do it now!"

After discussing this matter, Shen Wansan, who didn't care about taking a break, left excitedly, and was about to mobilize the contacts of Shen's firm to start preparing for the construction of all kinds of materials and manpower needed.

Xiao Cheng watched Shen Wansan leave. Just as he was about to continue reviewing the memorial, a young eunuch walked quickly into the hall, bowed down, and said:
"Report to Your Majesty, the envoy of the Xia Kingdom is seeking an audience outside!"

When Xiao Cheng heard the report, he paused in his hands, turned his head to look at Feng Bao, and asked:
"How many times?"

"This is the third day in a row that I have asked to see you." Feng Bao hurriedly replied.

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng raised his eyebrows and said:

"I saw them coming here after a long journey, which allowed them to rest for a few days. I didn't expect that the Xia Guo Mission was in such a hurry, asking for a visit for several days..."

Feng Bao lowered his head and asked softly:

"Your Majesty, do you want to continue to block back?"

Xiao Cheng pondered for a while, then dropped the memorial in his hand, shook his head and said:

"No, I suddenly don't want to review the memorial today!"

Having said that, Xiao Cheng showed a playful smile and said:

"Feng Bao, you go to do something..."
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At this time, Jiang Xiashan was temporarily outside.

A group of Xia Guo envoys stood here, waiting for Xiao Cheng's summoning.

Perhaps it was because Xiao Cheng hadn't summoned him for several days, so the atmosphere of the Xia Guo Mission seemed a little restless at this time.Xia Guo's envoys whispered to each other from time to time.

If it weren't for the officials and soldiers from the Ministry of Rites of Yunguo not far away, I'm afraid these people would have given up their manners long ago.

At this time, Gong Yingzong was mixed in with the Xia Kingdom mission, his expression was unusually calm, and he looked around from time to time, his eyes moved again and again.

And beside Gong Yingzong, the envoy of the mission, Gong Caijie, Shaoqing of Xia Guoda Honglu Temple, turned slightly sideways, and reminded in a low voice:

"Master Gong, pay attention to your expression!"

Gong Yingzong, who was thinking about something in his heart, was interrupted by Gong Caijie, recovered slightly, frowned and said:
"what?"

Gong Caijie looked up at the officials of Yunguo in the distance, and said in a low voice:

"Expression, my lord should show a little restlessness and panic like the envoys of the mission!"

Even though Gong Yingzong was so talented, hearing Gong Caijie's endless words, she couldn't help showing a puzzled face, and said in a puzzled way:

"What do you mean?"

Seeing that Gong Yingzong still didn't understand, Gong Caijie moved his footsteps slightly, leaned closer to Gong Yingzong, and said in a voice that only two people could hear:
"My lord Gong just joined the mission halfway, so I don't know what the lords of the DPRK and China have explained before, so I can't blame it."

"Before leaving, Da Honglu had secretly confessed that the purpose of the mission's visit to Yun Country this time was to submit the certificate of armistice... In other words, we came to bow our heads and give in! The emperor of Yun was not my Daxia who took the initiative to submit the letter of truce. Books, don't you just want to use this to satisfy your desire to win or lose?"

"So this submissive attitude is very important! To satisfy Emperor Yun without damaging my face, there is really not much room for us to play. This is not a formal occasion, and we are becoming more and more anxious , the young Emperor Yun will be more satisfied."

Showing this panic in private, even if he behaved a little tougher in front of the king and ministers of Yun Kingdom, it would be harmless.In this way, for the Xia Guo mission, there is a little more room for maneuver.

Gong Yingzong was a political strategist in the past, so he naturally understands the diplomatic tactics of a small country pretending to be submissive.

It's just that neither he nor Gong Caijie ever imagined that the dignified envoy of the Xia Kingdom would be reduced to the point where he would use such methods...

After a moment of silence, Gong Yingzong said in a low voice:

"It's hard for Gong Shaoqing!"

Hearing this, Gong Caijie forced a smile, but a trace of grief and indignation flashed in his eyes, he couldn't help but sighed softly, and said:
"Oh, I just hope that in the future the country will be revived and the country will be regained... At that time, I will ask Your Majesty to go to Yun Kingdom again!"

Gong Yingzong's eyes flashed, and he murmured:
"There will be a day..."

And at this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps was heard.

An eunuch in the palace, surrounded by the forbidden army, came quickly, and shouted loudly to the envoy of Xia Guo:
"Your Majesty ordered the mission of the Xuanxia Kingdom to meet in Jiangzhou City!"

All the envoys of the Xia Kingdom Mission were congealed when they heard that Emperor Yun Xiao Cheng had summoned them, and the atmosphere became extremely dignified.

"Have you been summoned so soon? I thought we would have to wait a few more days..." Gong Caijie whispered to Gong Yingzong.

At this time, Gong Yingzong frowned slightly, and said in a low voice:

"It's strange, I'll be summoned as soon as I'm summoned, why is it in Jiangzhou City? Isn't Emperor Yun walking here in Jiangxia Mountain today?"

Gong Caijie, who hadn't paid attention to it at first, felt a little doubt in his heart when he heard Gong Yingzong's words.After a little thought, he couldn't help but sink in his heart.

Indeed, something is wrong...
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The sound of "da da da" horseshoes suddenly sounded in Jiangzhou City.

The elite and brave cavalry of the cloud army, with dazzling armor and gorgeous parasitic wings on their backs, full of chilling spirit, rode their horses across the street and shouted in unison:

"Your Majesty's chariot has arrived, everyone avoids it, kneel down to welcome him!"

"Your Majesty's carriage has arrived..."

"..."

The voice of shouting in unison echoed in the city, and the people in the city were startled to avoid it.

Those who were dissatisfied with their hearts immediately hid in the houses and alleys.And these days, the people who have been favored by Xiao Cheng and have been able to accept the rule of the Yun Kingdom choose to kneel on both sides of the road, waiting for Xiao Cheng to bring the carriage.

After a while, the sound of military boots was heard.

The guards and soldiers, with long spears like forests, swords like snow, holding bows and crossbows, lined up in order to kill people, making people dare not give birth to offense.

The mighty guard of honor followed closely, with flags and banners of various colors, ritual and music playing, showing the majesty.

The jade-shaped carriage, which symbolizes the Son of Heaven, is slowly approaching under such battles.

After Xiao Cheng's carriage, Xia Guo's mission also followed closely by carriage.

Gong Caijie pushed the boat, looked at so many people kneeling on both sides of the road, his expression became a little ugly, and he said in a low voice:
"Emperor Yun wants to tell us, have the people of Jiangzhou County surrendered?"

Just looking at the large number of people on the streets in the city, we can know that the current Jiangzhou City has restored order and all kinds of private businesses have also recovered.

And seeing so many people kneeling on both sides respectfully, one knew that Yunguo had already won a part of the hearts of the people.

Thinking about it carefully, it took only a few months for the Yun army to capture Jiangzhou City.It took even less time for Yun Kingdom to formally establish an administrative organization.In such a short period of time, the hearts of the people can be gathered to this point, so will it be worth it in the long run?
By the time Xia Jun is able to counterattack, the people of Jiangzhou City may have forgotten their identity as Xia Guo people...

Gong Ying glanced at both sides of the road, then withdrew her gaze, lowered her head and said in a deep voice:

"The news from the embroidered clothes envoy said that Emperor Yun had only been in Jiangzhou City for more than a month, and he reduced local taxes, confiscated the land and property of Daxia officials, local gentry, and rich people who loved me in Daxia, and distributed them to the poor and landless. The common people even sprinkled a few 10 taels of silver to buy people's hearts. With such a large amount of money, the minds of ordinary people will naturally change."

When Gong Caijie heard this, he couldn't help saying:

"In the past three years, the country of Yun has fought many wars, and it has cost a lot. Now that the emperor of Yun still spends so much money, can the country of Yun's finances really be able to support it?"

At this time, Gong Yingzong couldn't help sighing, and said helplessly:

"You have to ask the Buddhist sect of Yunguo back then about this matter. Ask these monks how much foundation they have accumulated..."

"Money, money! If there is still money in the treasury, it wouldn't be this far!" Gong Caijie couldn't help but sighed.

While the two were talking, the moving carriage slowly stopped.

Not long after, there were Yun Kingdom imperial guards outside the car and said:

"Please also envoys get out of the car!"

Gong Yingzong and Gong Caijie looked at each other and got up immediately to get out of the car.

After getting off the car, Gong Caijie looked into the distance, and realized that he and the others had arrived near the gate of Jiangzhou City.

In the distance, there is also a temporarily built high platform, on which there are many guards of honor, surrounded by twelve layers of colorful canopies.Indistinctly, a figure wearing an emperor's robe and a crown is sitting under it.Although the face can't be seen clearly, the aura of the emperor is coming from the surface, so brilliant and majestic that people dare not look directly at it.

"Where is this place?" Gong Caijie couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"Zhonghe Gate." Gong Ying said in a deep voice.

"Zhonghe Gate? Why are you here?"

Gong Ying's eyes flickered, he looked around, his eyes were fixed, and said:
"The Zhonghe Gate is the place where criminals are executed in Jiangzhou City."

As soon as these words came out, Gong Caijie's back broke out in cold sweat, and he exclaimed:
"Impossible! No matter what, we are also Da Xia envoys!"

At this time, a chuckle sounded from the side:
"Hehehe, Mr. Gong is probably thinking too much!"

Zhang Yi walked out slowly, smiling all over her face, and said to the two:
"My Majesty has always been diligent in government affairs. Although he is on tour now, he has never let go of the big and small affairs of the court. He is very busy. Today, there are other arrangements. It is just that your Majesty is afraid of being negligent because your country's mission has been asking for a visit for several days. I decree to invite all of you to come here together, and arrange to meet you when you are free!"

No one here would believe these words.

The emperor of a country will not ask him to review everything.As long as you are determined to spare time, it is naturally impossible not to spare it.Let Xia Guo envoys come here at this time, I'm afraid they have ulterior motives!
Both Gong Yingzong and Gong Caijie understood, but at this time, facing the confused Yun Kingdom's monarch and ministers, they could only cooperate to pretend to be confused.

"So it is!"

"His Majesty Yunhuang is so diligent, he is worthy of being a wise king!"

Zhang Yi responded with a smile, waved his sleeves, and said:
"Everyone, please come with me!"

On the high platform, Xiao Cheng glanced at the members of the Xia Guo Mission, and the corner of his mouth slightly curved.

Yu Huatian, who came to the side in a hurry, bowed his body and saluted Xiao Cheng, then got up and said:

"However, some Jianghu assassins will be executed according to His Majesty's will, so why come to supervise the execution in person."

The movement of this day is because Xiao Cheng had just issued an order to imprison and behead all the Jiangzhou City Wulin people who participated in the assassination, and even came to this Jiangzhou City in person for this time. in front of the door.

Xiao Cheng heard the words, but said in a low tone:

"That can't be done. I have been preparing for so long, but just for today's big show, why don't I come in person?"

Big drama?

When Yu Huatian heard the words, he was puzzled, and subconsciously looked at Feng Bao who was at the side.

Feng Bao blinked at him as a gesture.

Although Yu Huatian still didn't understand, he didn't dare to hesitate at all, and quickly cupped his hands and said:

"It's the slave who talks too much."

At this time, a group of Dongchang fanzi had brought all the captured martial arts people here.

And among these people, most of them are famous people. Around the execution ground, the common people gathered to watch the fun knew many of them.At this time, seeing the embarrassing appearance of these majestic heroes of the rivers and lakes in the past, now they have been reduced to prisoners, and they immediately made a voice of discussion.

Yu Huatian bowed slightly to Xiao Cheng, then stood up and shouted with a murderous look on his face:
"A gang of rebels who refused to obey Wang Hua and assassinated the holy driver is an unforgivable crime. Now, according to His Majesty's will, they will all be executed, so as to shake the ambition of the younger generation!"

Even though he had vaguely guessed it before, but when he heard Yuhuatian's stern shouting, the people present were in an uproar.

A group of people from Jiangzhou County's Wulin who were under siege, saw that Xiao Cheng and his group did not attack them before, many of them hoped that Emperor Yun would fear the hearts of the people, and that they and others would not be in danger of their lives.

It wasn't until the order to kill everyone at this time was issued that these people suddenly reacted.

Some people got excited and beat and scolded.There are also people who speak with a crying voice and keep begging loudly.There were even some people who were so frightened that they were paralyzed at this time, feces and urine pouring out.

But at this time Xiao Cheng's order had already been issued, and there was such a big commotion, so naturally he didn't intend to withdraw the order.No matter how they struggled and pleaded, they were dragged directly to the execution platform.

Dozens of lieutenant generals came quickly behind these people at this time, raising the sharp swords in their hands.

"Cut!" The head lieutenant yelled violently.

There was a flash of bright knife light, and the long knives were swung down in unison, and the sound of "puchi" sounded.

Dozens of human heads rolled to the ground, and blood flowed all over the ground.In an instant, bloody air overflowed.The awe-inspiring murderous aura makes people dizzy and dare not look directly.

The people on the side, the timid ones, already let out a sound of exclamation.The brave ones didn't dare to look forward at this time.

The corpse was thrown aside, and dozens of people were escorted up.

"cut!"

There was still a flash of the knife, and the sound of cursing, pleading, and crying stopped abruptly, leaving only the quiet sound of blood dripping on the ground.

Then dozens of people were brought up, the knife flashed, and dozens of heads fell to the ground.

Such a large-scale beheading has never been seen in the Zhonghemen execution ground for hundreds of years.

Several times in succession, hundreds of heads fell to the ground, and blood flowed all over the ground.The bloody aura above the execution ground seemed to be condensed, which made people shudder, and even made it difficult to breathe.

And the Xia Guo Mission, who was waiting by the side, was extremely pale.Some civil servants who had never seen a murder scene even started to feel sick in their stomachs, wanting to vomit.

Gong Caijie covered his mouth, gritted his teeth and said:
"Get off your majesty!"

Gong Yingzong's expression was as usual, but his expression was incomparably dignified. He slightly shook his head and said:

"No, this is intended to intimidate. Just showing kindness is not enough to conquer the hearts of the people of Jiangzhou County. Only by giving kindness and power together, making people respect and fear, can Jiangzhou County be completely held in the hands of Jiangzhou County."

Having said that, Gong Ying Zong looked at Gong Caijie at the side, and said:
"These people are righteous men who assassinated Emperor Yun and wanted to help the court. Emperor Yun summoned them after beheading them, so that you, Gong Shaoqing, could submit the letter of credence under the watchful eyes of everyone, and let the world know that I, Da Xia, even protect loyalty No one has the ability to..."

When Gong Caijie heard this, his pupils shrank, and he exclaimed:
"No wonder...Master Gong, how should I deal with it at this time?"

Gong Yingzong hesitated for a while, and after a long silence, he sighed weakly and said:
"It's just that this is a conspiracy. Daxia must cease the war with Yunguo..."

The so-called Yangmou is just like that.He clearly knew that Xiao Cheng was making trouble, and knew his purpose, but in the end, he could only force it step by step according to his idea.

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yi led a young eunuch from Yunguo, and said loudly:

"Everyone, Your Majesty welcomes you!"

Gong Yingzong immediately closed her mouth and looked at Gong Caijie.

Gong Caijie grabbed the Xia Guofu Festival in his hand, straightened his back, took a deep breath, and led all the Xia Guo envoys to the high platform.

Sensing the gazes of many people in Jiangzhou City who had never left, Gong Caijie was like a light on his back, but he could only bite the bullet and say humiliatingly:

"The envoy of the Xia Kingdom has come with the letter of state and presented it to His Majesty the Emperor of the Yun Kingdom!"

On the high platform, Xiao Cheng glanced at the people gathered not far away.Many of them looked ashen and ugly, and some even walked away directly.The corner of his mouth suddenly curved, and he smiled at Feng Bao and said:

"Although it is a small method, it will deal a heavy blow to the hearts of the people in the world!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Feng Bao hurriedly flattered him.

(End of this chapter)