Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 921
Guishuang surrendered.

This once mighty empire perished so quickly. Even the time spent by the big man on Guishuang was not as good as spent outside the Great Wall. When the big man conquered the outside of the Great Wall, it took four years, but now Guishuang is destroyed. , but it only took three years, and even the reason for the three-year delay was an old and lame old man.

Without this old man, Guishuang might be able to occupy the whole territory in less than a year. King Guishuang walked out of the palace topless, opened the door, and met Zhuge Linggong. He was also very polite, hurriedly let him put on the royal robe, and took his hand. The two walked into the royal city together. Under the fearful eyes of countless people, the royal city finally hung up the flag of the Han army. flag.

Zhuge Linggong sat in the palace with King Guishuang, chatting very happily. King Guishuang never expected that the great nobleman of the Han Kingdom in front of him would be so polite to him, and he could even speak a very fluent paragraph Guishuang said, this made King Guishuang completely relieved of his worries. Judging by their appearance, they probably won't hold me accountable.

When the ministers of Guishuang sat down in pain with their heads down, while the victors from the east looked at them contemptuously, the king of Guishuang had a look of joy, and chatted kindly with Zhuge Liang about Guishuang's history. All things, Zhuge Liang admitted that he had indeed underestimated Guishuang, and Guishuang was not a bloodless person. When King Guishuang opened the city gate, he saw with his own eyes many houses in the king's city burning raging fire.

King Guishuang looked at those flames with contempt, and told Zhuge Liang that these were diehards who were unwilling to surrender to the big man, so their whole family set themselves on fire and died. When Zhuge Liang heard this, his heart trembled, and he took a deep look at the billowing smoke in the distance , but did not say anything more. At the moment of Guishuang's demise, either because of pain or pain, many princes and nobles, and even some ordinary people, chose this extremely painful way of death.

But the Guishuang King next to him was indifferent, he was even very happy, those opponents died like this, and it saved him from spending energy to hunt them down, Zhuge Liang was not angry when he saw the Guishuang King like this, But I am very happy in my heart. It is really thanks to this emperor that the Han army can win a big victory and defeat another vast empire so easily.

He is the hero of the big man.

If it weren't for the smog in Guishuang he created, the soldiers had no morale, and people like Nu Xia had no way out, the big man would not know how much he would have to pay. Therefore, Zhuge Liang didn't want such a Guishuang king at all. Instead, he hopes to be more friendly with him, and it is best to let him continue to be the King of Guishuang, the kind in name only.

Similarly, King Guishuang has been making close friends for this purpose all the time. He almost used the wisdom he had never used before, and said with a smile: "There are really too many capable people in the big man. I heard from the envoy that the big man Once upon a time, there was a great nobleman who learned the Guishuang language in only three days, it is really amazing, I never thought that today I will meet such a strange person as your Excellency."

"What your majesty is talking about is my great man's old Situ, the prince. He indeed has extraordinary talents, but I dare not compare him with him. I have a master named Liu Gong who is proficient in fourteen languages. He also wrote a book on language, which can be learned in Taixue today."

"Wizards! Wizards!" King Guishuang laughed. In the words, Zhuge Liang kept boasting about the strength of the big man, such as the territory of the big man, which is a hundred times that of Guishuang. From the south to the north, riding the most It takes nearly ten years for a fast horse. Of course, these are all his bragging, but the more King Guishuang listened, the more fearful he became.

He actually believed these nonsense. After accompanying King Guishuang for a banquet, Zhuge Liang left. As for King Guishuang, he still stayed in his palace, and the Han army did not deal with him.

Back in the camp, Zhuge Liang's mind was always full of those burning houses and the letter sent by Guan Yu, the Guishuang veteran who would rather die than surrender.

The more Zhuge Liang thought about it, the more difficult it was to calm down. He suddenly got up, lit the wax, and then sat in front of the desk and started writing quickly.

"In August of the 23rd year of Yankang, King Guishuang surrendered, Guishuang was destroyed, and the minister played for His Majesty", he quickly wrote the main process of this war, as well as some interesting details, explaining the war from beginning to end After that, he continued to write: "However, there are still many things I haven't figured out. I heard that a country with one hundred thousand chariots, hundreds of warriors, and a territory of more than eighty counties can be counted as a country. powerful country"

"But now, Guishuang has nearly 20 soldiers. The soldiers are not as cowardly as we think. There are also people who fought to the death. They fought against the Northern and Southern Army many times, and even repelled the Southern Army. They have thousands of generals. , there are many handsome talents like Nuxia among them, and their counties have already exceeded [-], and they own six states."

"And their land is fertile, the crops are ripe, and the people rarely go hungry. Why is such a powerful country destroyed so quickly? I think it's all because it's not really powerful, the really powerful A country should have a diligent emperor, diligent ministers, and loyal and patriotic people. The strength of a country should not depend on the number of its territory, armaments, and soldiers, but on this The people who live in this land."

Sitting in Houde Hall, Liu Xi looked at the memorandum in his hand, and read it seriously: "Therefore, I risked my life to present the memorandum to Your Majesty, so as to strengthen the interior and prosper the country." Liu Xi squinted his eyes and his face was full of smiles. It was the memorial sent by Zhuge Liang, which introduced the course of the battle and his final understanding of Guishuang. It seems that the destruction of Guishuang had a great impact on Zhuge Liang.

Putting down the watch in his hand, Liu Xi also began to think about it. The empire of Guishuang is really rotten to the bone. The relationship between the king and the locality is particularly bad. , so that these standing armies had no choice but to sell their own weapons to make a living, especially in the bureaucracy system. The officials in the temple did not have any restrictions on the king at all.

After making a person like Weisutippo come to power, he tossed a huge empire into such a appearance.

Of course Liu Xi understood that this memorial was not written for him, so he put it away, and then looked at Sima Zhongda at the side. Sima Zhongda was indeed not inferior to Zhuge Liang in terms of internal affairs. Afterwards, he spent the whole day in the Hall of Houde, accompanying the emperor, and handling the performances from various places. He did a very good job and was very organized.

Although he did not make drastic policy changes like Zhuge Liang after he took office, he just maintained the original policy, but the results in the past three years were more than that of Zhuge Liang. Liu Xi waited for a while and saw After Sima Yi finished his work, Liu Xi stepped forward, patted Sima Yi on the shoulder, and asked him to follow him out of Houde Hall.

The two came to Qiongyuan, the weather is a bit hot recently, the emperor often has tea and rest here, Sima Yi is often called by him, the two sit together, Huangmen has prepared two cups of tea, Qi Yue Standing not far away, Liu Xi and Sima Yi came down and sat down respectively. Then Liu Xi asked, "Recently, Zhong Changtong and Pang Tong walked a little too close?"

Sima Yi nodded, and then said: "That's true, the performances of the two are exactly the same, and they have attracted many people, probably hoping that His Majesty can abolish many restrictions on merchants, reduce business taxes and encourage private businessmen. Ban government houses, restaurants, etc., and let private merchants bear this kind of burden."

"Heh," Liu Xi snorted coldly, took a sip of tea, and continued, "Fortunately, they didn't play, and it's getting worse and worse for the temple to throw the salt and iron to the merchants. Haoqiang, isn’t it nonsense to say that Haoqiang owns large-scale economic farmland and textile factories? In the future, you can suppress their performances, and you don’t need to let me see them!”

"Please!"

He also didn't understand the thoughts of Zhong Changtong and these people. What exactly did they want to do? If they offended the emperor again and again, they would be squeezed out of the core of the temple sooner or later. However, other people's affairs have nothing to do with him. As long as he can keep himself safe, he doesn't need to care about the rest. However, when he thinks about it seriously, he really can't hide these performances, or if something goes wrong, he will have to Suffered.

While he was thinking about this, Liu Xi continued: "Guishuang has surrendered, and Kongming will come back in time. The temple cannot be without him. He gave me a performance, hoping that Guishuang can be divided into four states. Send the state shepherd to serve as an official, and it is best to send another state minister beside King Guishuang. I have thought about it for a long time, and your younger brother, Sima Fu, may be able to take the position of state minister."

"How capable he is"

"Hey, needless to say, this position belongs to him. As for the other three positions, Kong Ming recommended a person, the son of Xun Guoxiang, Xun Ji, what do you think?" Liu Xi asked, Sima Yi was taken aback, and then said: " This person has the style of a father, he has served as county magistrates in many places, and now he is the prefect of Dongjun County, with outstanding achievements, he is indeed qualified to serve."

"Well, there are two people left, and it's up to you to discuss together and choose someone for me earlier."

"Please!"

Sima Yi paid homage, and then asked again: "Your Majesty, there is also an order for the northern and southern armies. Do they continue to guard or withdraw? Did Zhuge Linggong say anything?" Liu Xi squinted his eyes and smiled, just now Said: "As an important minister in the temple, how can he mention the military affairs, the Northern and Southern Army affairs, I will give the order to General Guan and General Zhang myself, so there is no need for you to discuss it."

(End of this chapter)