Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2425 Li Xiang is greedy and raises troops in the southeast

In Nanzhou, Chen Deng, the governor of Yanzhou, was changed to the governor of Nanzhou, Feng Yi was appointed the general of Wuwei of Nanzhou, and Duan Siping was appointed the local tax officer of Jiaozhou.

In Yizhou, Bai Qi was appointed as the General of Yizhou, and given the additional title of General of the Southern Expedition, in charge of the Yizhou camp. The Marquis of Wu'an Township was promoted to the Marquis of Wu'an County, and given the additional title of Junior Protector.

Li Si, the governor of Sizhou, was changed to the governor of Yizhou and was given the title of Duke of Qin.

Han Qinhu was promoted to General Wuwei of Yizhou, and Xie An was changed to the position of Local Tax Officer of Yizhou.

These days, Li Si has been annoyed by the clan members because of the issue of clan salaries, and has repeatedly requested to be transferred out.

This time, Li Xiang simply followed his wish.

It's time to let him go. In the past few years, although he was also a governor, Li Si was much more frustrated than the other governors.

After all, the governor of Sizhou does not hold great power. There are many people with higher positions than him, and they do not have the decision-making power that a governor should have.

This time, when arranging the chief officers of each state and the chief generals of each camp, Li Xiang simply promoted the titles of some civil and military officials.

After all, the achievements of the Central Plains War and the Southern War three years ago have not been recognized because of the plague!

Therefore, Bai Qi, Wei Qing and others, as the commander-in-chief of the Southern War and the Central Plains War, had their titles changed from township marquis to county marquis. Bai Qi even had an additional empty title of Grand Guardian.

As for the clan members of the same generation, such as Li Mu and Li Si, they were all promoted to the rank of Duke in one go.

In the beginning, royal family members such as Li Mu and Li Si did not receive any preferential treatment in terms of official titles compared to others. Only some of the older generation were granted the title of duke or even king shortly after the establishment of the dynasty because of the emperor emeritus.

For example, his second uncle Li Ming was only a county marquis when he came to power, but he was directly conferred the title of prince soon after.

The emperor rarely spoke in all these years, so there was no need for Li Xiang to offend him.

After all, the dukes or kings of the Jin Dynasty did not really allow them to divide the land and become kings. Those who gave them fiefs only gave them more clan salaries and fiefs.

At that time, the Jin Dynasty was at its peak, not long after Li Xiang proclaimed himself emperor. The court was not short of that little money.

Others can't say anything about these things! After all, these people are from the royal family, and they are all elders in the royal family. After all, it has been like this for all dynasties. Reincarnation is always a technical job, and you can't envy it.

However, that time, although several dukes and even princes were added because of the retired emperor, they were all elders of the royal family. Most of the peers did not see much change. At most, a few role models were picked out and promoted as appropriate.

This time, Li Xiang promoted the best performing group among his peers to the rank of Duke. Even Li Jing, who served as a role model for the royal family, was promoted directly to the rank of King of Qi.

He is the only one among the royal family Li Xiang's generation who has the honor of being granted the title of king.

The royal family's salary was suspended for a year, and then it was halved. They had to be compensated with something sweet.

In Jiaozhou, Wang Dao was promoted to the position of Governor of Jiaozhou, Yang Su was promoted to the position of General Wuwei of Jiaozhou, and Li Gang was promoted to the position of Local Tax Officer of Jiaozhou.

In Yangzhou, Wei Yang, the governor of Jingzhou, was changed to the governor of Yangzhou, Qin Qiong was appointed the general of Yangzhou Wuwei, and Yu Qian was promoted to the local tax officer of Yangzhou.

In the Southern Camp, Chang Yuchun was appointed as the Southern General, and was given the title of General Zhennan, and was promoted to Marquis of E.

With his contributions in the Southern War, especially those to Zhu Yuanzhang, Chang Yuchun became one of the top generals of the Jin Dynasty.

Chang Yuchun was obsessed with the position of Grand Commander, and even Li Xiang had heard about it. When Zhuge Liang proposed to abolish the position of Grand Commander, Chang Yuchun's reaction was the most intense.

After all, Chang Yuchun had been dreaming of being promoted from deputy governor to grand governor for such a long time. Judging from his achievements in the southern battlefield, he could not be left out.

Zhu Yuanzhang alone made him one of the people who made the greatest contributions in the Central Plains and Southern battlefields.

But at this critical moment, the position of Grand Commander was cut off. It would be strange if he didn't make a fuss! So, we still have to appease him!

Besides, with Chang Yuchun's military achievements and abilities, he deserves the position of one of the five major camp commanders.

Next, among the five major camps, if nothing unexpected happens, the combat tasks of the Yizhou Camp and the Southern Camp will be relatively light.

The Southern Camp was, on the one hand, to guard against the remnant forces of Zhu Yuanzhang who had disappeared.

On the other hand, they were asked to cooperate with the combat mission of the Yizhou camp.

As for the Yizhou camp, their next main task is to bully the weak ones. After the national strength recovers to a certain level, they will sweep across Southeast Asia.

Originally, at the beginning, Li Xiang did not take Southeast Asia seriously. After all, Southeast Asia at that time was extremely backward.

However, after coming into contact with Southeast Asia during the three-year epidemic, I began to pay attention to this area and thought about taking it into my hands.

There is no other reason. Although this place is indeed very backward in terms of civilization, the key is that it is rich! This place can be said to have money and food at this stage!
During the three-year epidemic, after Dajin came into contact with this place, it purchased a lot of food and grass!

If he had not had any spare energy at that time, I am afraid that Li Xiang would not have been able to suppress his greed at that time.

In fact, Southeast Asia in the late Eastern Han Dynasty could indeed be said to be backward, but to say that they had no money would be unfair to them!
Moreover, with the climate in Southeast Asia, rice can basically be harvested twice or even three times a year. Therefore, in terms of food, even though there are more jungle environments and the arable area is relatively reduced, but thanks to the climate, it is completely God who provides the food.

While meeting their own needs, they can even develop foreign trade.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, present-day Vietnam and Laos were controlled by three countries: Linyi, Funan, and Tangming. The rest were all small countries of various sizes.

Among the Three Kingdoms, Funan was the most powerful. It was a typical local power at that time and reached its peak during the Three Kingdoms period. Its shipbuilding technology was comparable to that of Eastern Wu. During the reign of Fan Man, Funan "built large ships, explored the sea, attacked more than ten countries including Qu Dukun, Jiuzhi, Diansun, and opened up five or six thousand miles of land."

Relying on its powerful fleet, Funan became the leading hegemonic country in the southeast region.

Linyi Kingdom, which was adjacent to Funan, was not as powerful as Funan, but it was also a small but powerful country.

"Book of Liang. Chronicle of Funan" records: "It raised troops to attack the neighboring small countries and swallowed them all up, with a population of 40,000 to 50,000." At that time, Linyi Kingdom was also a small local hegemon. All the surrounding countries except Funan were under its control. Some small countries were even destroyed by it, and its military strength reached 40,000 to 50,000.

According to "Book of Southern Qi. Biography of Funan", "The people are fierce, accustomed to mountains and rivers, and good at fighting." The people of Linyi are all extremely fierce, especially good at mountain warfare. Therefore, although Funan was very powerful at that time, it could not annex Linyi.

The Linyi Kingdom often sent troops to invade, and even worse, it often led its troops to the north to attack the Eastern Wu, and sometimes caused the Eastern Wu to suffer heavy casualties. "Linyi had no land at first, but it coveted the fertile land in the south and always wanted to take over it."

In 248, the Linyi Kingdom launched an invasion of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen and other places, and captured many cities. This shows that the strength of the Linyi Kingdom should not be underestimated.

According to the later "Book of Southern Qi. Biography of Linyi State", "Linyi has a gold mountain, and golden juice flows out of the river. It serves Ni Qiandao and casts gold and silver human figures, which are ten times larger than the waist. In the 22nd year of Yuanjia, the governor of Jiaozhou, Tan Hezhi, attacked Linyi. Yang Mai wanted to pay 10,000 catties of gold, 100,000 catties of silver, and 300,000 catties of copper to return to Rinnan. The minister Sengda advised against it, but he did not listen. Hezhi advanced his troops and destroyed Licheng in the Quanrong area in the north of the Linyi border. He obtained countless gold and treasures, destroyed the golden figures, obtained tens of thousands of catties of gold, and the rest of the items were considered valuables."

The Linyi Kingdom alone possessed extremely rich resources of gold, silver and copper. In the 22nd year of Yuanjia, when the governor of Jiaozhou, Tan He, wanted to attack Linyi, the monarch of Linyi hoped to use 10,000 kilograms of gold, 100,000 kilograms of silver and 300,000 kilograms of copper to negotiate peace. Just imagine how much this amount was. Just for the sake of peace talks, so much gold, silver and copper could be taken out. It is conceivable how rich the Linyi Kingdom was. Moreover, later, Tan He only captured Licheng in the northern border of the Quanrong area and obtained countless gold and treasures. He destroyed the Jin men and obtained tens of thousands of kilograms of gold.

As for the Kingdom of Funan, it established an overseas trade network mainly based on sea routes with the help of advanced navigation technology. With the help of this overseas trade, the Kingdom of Funan became extremely rich.

"Book of Southern Qi. Biography of Fuyu" records: "The goods were traded with gold, silver and colorful silk. The men of the wealthy families cut brocade into horizontal banners, and the women made them into headbands. The poor covered themselves with cloth, and forged gold rings and made silver tableware." Since the poor could use gold and silver, you can imagine how wealthy they were.

It’s not Li Xiang’s fault. During these three years, after coming into contact with Southeast Asia, he learned about the current situation in Southeast Asia through investigation. He originally had no idea about Southeast Asia, but now he couldn’t suppress his greed!

In fact, this place does have money and food. After taking it over and managing it well, it will definitely greatly increase the strength of Dajin.

Temujin enjoyed all the benefits of the Western Expedition, which led to a rapid increase in the national strength of the Yuan Dynasty.

Now, after learning about the situation in Southeast Asia, Li Xiang has begun planning. He will wait until the national strength of Dajin recovers, and then start another southern expedition to enjoy the benefits of foreign wars.

(End of this chapter)