Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 704: Wu Xuejiu advocates war

The State of Liang seemed to have inherited the customs of the State of Song. In addition to drinking, gambling was also very prosperous.

Zhao Zhen was also very troubled by this.

The law cannot punish everyone, so we can only decide that entertainment is not prohibited, and gambling can only be done in the city's gambling houses. Despite repeated warnings, there are still many people who set up gambling houses privately, so we can only arrest the big ones and let the small ones go, and there are also many people who are sent to work as laborers in the mines as punishment.

As for the Dali Kingdom, after the war, Duan Zhengyan, as the emperor, naturally also saw the world's reminder.

world log
In June, he invaded the world of [Zhao Zhen of Liang State] and lost Shicheng County and Dongchuan County.

Defeated.

Dali Kingdom’s reputation -1, politics -1, economy -3, military -1, culture -1.

Luck -2000.

Duan Zhengyan immediately sent someone to invite Prime Minister Gao Liangcheng to the palace to discuss matters. Gao Liangcheng frowned and said, "Your Majesty, we launched this invasion in order to form an alliance with [Zhao Huan of the Song Dynasty] and [Zhao Gou of the Southern Song Dynasty]."

"We have also sent people to investigate the Liang State. It is indeed a split from the east of Song State, but we never thought that the Liang State is so powerful. We wanted to take this opportunity to consume the thirty-seven barbarian tribes in eastern Yunnan that refused to submit to the king, but we lost two counties in a row. We are not afraid of anything else, but we are afraid that the Liang State will take advantage of it and invade again."

After hearing Gao Liangcheng's words, Duan Zhengyan frowned and said, "Prime Minister, what should we do?"

The Dali Kingdom has always had the Duan family as emperor and the Gao family as prime minister. Gao Liangcheng was in charge of state affairs after all, so he came up with an idea in a blink of an eye and said, "Your Majesty, the thirty-seven barbarian tribes in eastern Yunnan surrendered and rebelled again. The places they live in are also autonomous and have never paid taxes. Even if they are all lost, it will not be a big loss for Dali."

"Fortunately, the invasion will still be launched next month, and Liang will be forced to eliminate all 37 tribes of barbarians."

Duan Zhengyan listened and nodded. The Gao family had long been in power in Dali, and the Duan family only held a high position.

Duan Zhengyan seemed to feel a little sad about giving up his ancestral heritage. He said, "Prime Minister, I'm afraid Liang will not completely agree with us. Besides, the area occupied by the thirty-seven tribes in eastern Yunnan is too large. Perhaps we can send someone to Liang..."

Before he could finish his words, Prime Minister Gao Liangcheng interrupted him and said, "No, we have finally established diplomatic relations with the Song Kingdom, and the emperor has been conferred the title of Jinzi Guanglu Dafu, Jianxiu Sikong, Jiedushi of Yunnan, Shangzhuguo, and King of Dali. If we are indecisive and the Song Kingdom finds out, I'm afraid they will cut off relations with us again."

Duan Zhengyan said: "Prime Minister, we have established diplomatic relations with the State of Song just to exchange what we have. When I was traveling in the State of Song, I also heard of the reputation of Zhao Zhen of Liangshan. What we want is just medical skills and Confucian classics. Jingdong Road is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, and there are many classics."

After hearing this, Gao Liangcheng still shook his head and refused.

Seeing that Gao Liangcheng still disagreed, Duan Zhengyan said no more.

In Liang State, after dealing with state affairs that day, Zhao Zhen went to the backyard to talk to Chen Liqing. After Chen Liqing became pregnant, Zhao Zhen was very concerned about her and would visit her every three or five days in Jinhua Pavilion. In addition to the earliest Xiaomei and Cui'er, two new maids, Zhilu and Xiuju, were added to the head palace.

Needless to say, there are palace maids serving and the expenses for food and drink.

Today, Chen Liqing had a sad face. Zhao Zhen saw this and quickly approached her, took her hand and asked, "Xiaomei, what happened? Why do you look so sad?"

Xiaomei, the head maid, quickly replied, "My Lord, Xiuyuan was practicing martial arts secretly today, and the Imperial Concubine saw it. The Imperial Concubine scolded Xiuyuan and ordered people to move Xiuyuan's Lihua Ancient Ding Spear, Qingchun Sword, Tayuan Treasure Carved Bow, and Mud-Gold Pagoda Flower Warm Target Treasure Carved Bow to the Imperial Concubine's residence." Zhao Zhen heard this and laughed, "I thought it was a big deal. Liqing, you are pregnant, so it is really not easy for you to practice martial arts. Just practice some Ba Duan Jin and Pai Jin Palm exercises to stretch your muscles in the house."

"Your Majesty, you asked me to take care of the pregnancy a few days ago and didn't let me move at all. You also had to check my pulse every day. Now that the pregnancy is stable, I can't help but practice martial arts. If I don't move, I'm afraid I won't be a match for Sanniang. I'm bored staying at home every day." As she spoke, Chen Liqing pouted, looking very aggrieved.

Zhao Zhen listened and comforted her: "This Fei Teng movement is indeed a bit noisy. So, Li Qing, you have always wanted to lead troops to fight. After you give birth to a child, I will choose a small world and let you be the commander. How about it?"

Chen Liqing was delighted after hearing this and high-fived Zhao Zhen: "Sir, don't joke."

Zhao Zhen nodded and held Chen Liqing in his arms lovingly.

"Your Majesty, although I cannot practice martial arts, I still need to draw the bow from time to time. Otherwise, after giving birth, I am afraid that this archery skill will be abandoned. Drawing the bow will always be fine. Your Majesty, please ask the Concubine to return the bow to me."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen sent for the Miracle Doctor An Daoquan and Baohe Lang Zhang Luchu to come and question them. Then he asked the head maid Cui'er to go to Cheng Wan'er and get back Chen Liqing's two precious bows.

Although the weather was hot, Jinhua Pavilion was quite cool. Zhao Zhen was too lazy to go anywhere else, so he had lunch in Jinhua Pavilion.

Halfway through the meal, I heard a reminder from the world.
[Yellow Turban Bian Xi of Sishui Pass] The world is being invaded, please be prepared.

Zhao Zhen spent his luck to explore it, fortunately, this world is not as good as the world of [Yellow Turban Guan Hai].

After thinking about it, since this place is called a pass, it must be a dangerous place. So he placed this world outside the westernmost city of Liangshan Prefecture, which will also be a defense for the capital in the future.

After dinner, Zhao Zhen coaxed Chen Liqing to take a nap, and then went to Qingcheng Palace to gather everyone to discuss matters.

After some discussion, they selected Shan Shiqi, the training envoy of Bozhou [Shan Dujian], and Zhou Bi, the training envoy of Yizhou [Changjiaolong], and selected 5,000 soldiers and horses to go to the expedition.

Even with the cooperation of local big families, the Fujian Road and the newly acquired Shicheng Prefecture and Dongchuan Prefecture could not be sorted out in just half a month.

For this reason, Zhao Zhen and others discussed and debated whether they should still launch an invasion of the Southern Song Dynasty world next month.

Mainly from what Wu Yong, the "wise man" who returned to Liangshan, said, Zhao Zhen was concerned about the situation in Fujian Road, especially the people here. After all, the seized territory was large, and if the governance could not keep up, there would probably be resistance everywhere.

Wu Yong insisted on continuing the invasion, but Ji Qingwan and Liu Huiniang wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that the customs of the barbarians were different from those in the capital, and that they had to rely on large troops to suppress the situation in order to avoid any chaos.

Even though the people were registered, the tribal system was broken up, land was distributed, and intermarriage and cohabitation were allowed, it would still take at least a year to win over the hearts of the people.

Wu Yong said: "My Lord, it is different in Fujian. Now that the Miao and Liu rebelled, officials and common people in Fujian are extremely disappointed with Zhao Gou's government."

"Officials, gentry and common people are actively integrating into Liang State. Not only the current officials, but also those who are fleeing from disaster, are actively working together. When I return to the capital this time, I also bring many nobles with me."

"Besides, there is only half of Jian'an Prefecture left in Fujian. Right now, the time and people are on our side. If we don't take this opportunity, when Zhao Gou's court wipes out Liu Zhengyan, the time, place and people will be gone. If we want to attack again, I don't know how much it will cost."

(End of this chapter)