The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 605 Blessings from Heaven

Jiangling.

"Everyone, please stand up!"

Wang Ji is a relatively cold person. Deng Ai is like fire, and he is like water.

He has always been very calm and composed, especially when commanding troops in battle. He never takes risks and rarely shows any passion.

But at this moment, an indescribable smile appeared on Wang Ji's expressionless face.

What a happy event! What a great thing!

The current front line is the confrontation between Wang Ji and Lu Kang.

Wang Ji also had to admit that Lu Kang was a tough opponent. After he officially became the governor of many regions and the highest commander of the Wu State on the front line, many of Wang Ji's ideas came to nothing.

Lu Kang established a defense line in the local area, appeased the people, and opened up farmland, which made Wang Ji feel a little difficult.

Fortunately, the Wu government helped Wang Ji to resolve this situation.

God knows how happy Wang Ji was when he heard that the State of Wu was going to rebuild the lake fields.

Wang Ji was sleeping on the bed at that time. When the scout brought the news, Wang Ji jumped out of the bed and asked repeatedly to verify the truth.

Wang Ji couldn't believe it. Even at this point, the enemy still dared to carry out such a large-scale project?
Is Sun Xiu crazy or what?
But this is true. Wang Ji really couldn't understand Sun Xiu's thoughts, but this incident was of great help to Wang Ji.

Within less than a month, four county magistrates from the Wu State stood before him and asked to surrender.

Wang Ji looked at the people who were bowing in front of him and laughed so hard that he was numb.

He smiled gently and helped several county magistrates in front of him to stand up.

"I am truly pleased that you have all turned from darkness to light!"

At this moment, the mastermind, the man who had led the other three county magistrates to surrender, stood up and said seriously, "General, we are not traitors either. It's just that we cannot tolerate the tyranny of the Wu Kingdom!"

The man gnashed his teeth and said, "The court wants me to send 4,000 civilians to Jianye and has set a deadline. None of my subordinates are willing to go, and the people are even more eager to flee."

The county magistrate was actually afraid too.

He was afraid that after sending these people out of the city, they would run away halfway, and it would become his responsibility in the end, and he would be sent to Jianye to be beheaded.

He was also afraid that like what happened in Jiaozhou, they would be forced to go, and then their heads would be chopped off by his own petty officials, and he would directly surrender to Wei as a military merit.

You know, Lu Xing from Jiaozhou was made a marquis because he killed their county governor and defected to them. He became the county governor of Jiaozhou in one step. He was also a hot new upstart in the Wei State. He started from being a local tyrant and moved directly towards becoming a prominent family.

Although the State of Wu tried to cover up the matter, many officials knew about it and were afraid that their own officials would become like Lu Xing.

Instead of living in such fear, it would be better to just join Wei!
The other people had the same idea.

In order to show their loyalty in front of Wang Ji, they scolded their former master and severely criticized the tyranny of the Wu State.

Wang Ji listened carefully to their words before speaking, "His Majesty has issued a decree that those who abandon the state of Wu and join the good will be rewarded with the highest possible reward. You have saved over 100,000 casualties in several counties, a tremendous feat. I will submit a petition to commend you and have you brought to Luoyang to meet His Majesty!"

After hearing this, several county magistrates looked at each other, unable to suppress their inner ecstasy.

After sending these people out, Wang Ji took a deep breath and adjusted his mentality.

Wang Jun, who was the deputy general at the time, stood aside, looking at the excited Wang Ji, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Wang Jun was from the Wang family of Hongnong, a wealthy family, but not a particularly wealthy one. Several generations of his family had held the position of two thousand stones, which was neither too big nor too small.

By the time of Wang Jun, none of his clansmen had become high-ranking officials, and the family had fallen on hard times, but Wang Jun's conditions were very good.

He was extremely handsome. If he had been luckier and met Zhong Hui, it would probably not have been Wang Jun's turn to promote him.

In addition, he loved reading very much, was well versed in the Five Classics, and was also good at military strategy. However, this person was arrogant and did not like to show off for fame, so he was not well-known.

Until later, when he was working as a minor official in the county, the then governor Xu Miao, who was an important official of Cao Wei and later served as Sikong, summoned these young people to choose a son-in-law for him.

This person was also quite open-minded. He asked his daughter to go and see if there was anything she liked.

So, the daughter of the Xu family saw Wang Jun, who was handsome and rebellious, in the crowd at a glance.

So, this unknown guy became the son-in-law of a super important official.

However, Xu Miao was not the kind of person who would sacrifice his son-in-law's future. He was a rare good official in Cao Wei. He was fair and strict during his term of office and kind to the people. He developed water conservancy projects, opened up paddy fields, and recruited poor people to rent them, causing the warehouses to overflow.

At the same time, he was also the first person to implement Cao Mao's policies. When he was in power, he took the initiative to order the transformation of customs and the rectification of official administration. He used both kindness and force to treat the Hu, Qiang and Rong peoples, and even opened up the Western Regions.

As for his son-in-law Wang Jun, he was an arrogant man who was unwilling to rely on his father-in-law and did not receive any promotion because of this.

Wang Jun was a minor official. He was very honest and just, just like his father-in-law. Therefore, his colleagues were very afraid of him and wanted to get rid of him. However, his father-in-law was still around, so if they didn't get rid of him, he would always expose and scold them.

Until later, Wang Ji took over Jiangbei, where a large number of officials were needed. So, people from all walks of life in Hedong jointly requested that Wang Jun be sent there!
This bastard is too much. He wants to control everything and pretends to be noble!
After Wang Jun was sent to Jiangbei, he encountered war. Wang Ji quickly identified this talent who had been buried for most of his life through his military achievements, and quickly recruited and promoted him.

Then he rose through the ranks through military merit, and finally stood by Wang Ji's side.

Wang Ji thought highly of him. He believed that this person was fully capable of guarding an area, and was absolutely qualified to be a county governor or to be in charge of peace and stability.

Wang Ji saw that he was hesitant to speak, so he couldn't help but ask, "Does Wang Jun have any ideas?"

Wang Jun hurriedly said, "General, we can launch a small-scale attack now."

Wang Ji glanced at him and said, "Why? The King of Wu is helping us right now. If we send troops now, wouldn't we be helping him instead?"

"General, the morale of the Wu army must be low at this moment. They have no fighting power. Even Lu Kang cannot solve this problem and easily break through those passes that are difficult to attack under normal circumstances."

"Also, since the King of Wu has ordered this, he won't care about the situation here. If we harass and attack, preventing the officials from completing their tasks, the King of Wu will certainly think that the local officials are lip-service. Knowing that they can't complete the task, the local officials will choose to surrender."

"Therefore, I propose a small-scale attack at this moment, to conduct exploratory harassment."

Wang Ji looked at him again, "If I let you take charge of this matter, can you do it?"

"I will definitely not let the general down!"

"Okay, then go ahead. You can make all the decisions, but you can only bring your own troops."

"You have three months to bring all the people over there back to Jianye!"

"If they refuse, then suppress them! No need to ask any questions!"

"In addition, any officials who refuse to cooperate can be arrested immediately. If anyone blocks the way, they can be killed."

Puyang Xing looked up and was giving orders to several young generals in front of him.

Building lake fields requires a large number of people, and the warships of the Wu State have to be mobilized to bring people back from various places, especially from Jingnan and other places.

Puyang Xing pointed at the young men standing nearby and said, "This time, the Left Military Supervisor will be accompanying you! If anything goes wrong, you'll be the ones to take their place!"

This left military inspector was Puyang Duan, the son of Puyang Xing.

Puyang Duan stood aside, looking at the stinking old men in front of him with disdain in his eyes.

"Puyang Gong has set up iron chains everywhere, making travel very difficult. I'm afraid three months won't be enough."

"Not enough? Do I have to give you three years?! This is His Majesty's order! If you fail to complete it, you will be captured and killed! You can set off now!"

Puyang Xing waved his hand and drove them out.

Several young captains stood together, their eyes filled with grief and indignation.

The reason why they were targeted was very simple. After Shi Ji returned to the government, he promoted some young people who could be trained, taught them many fighting skills, and sent them to the army to hone their skills.

They were branded as Shi Ji, so Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu disliked them very much.

The worst thing is that even General Shi Ji is unreliable at this moment. They suffered injustice here, and when they told General Shi Ji about it, he just listened and remained unmoved.

Puyang Duan sneered, "No wonder you always fail to get things done. I don't know why the general actually gave you the most elite fleet to command. You received the order but didn't act. Instead, you just stood here. Sooner or later, you will be punished!"

The young men looked at him angrily.

Just as that person was about to step forward to argue, their leader reached out his hand and stopped the others.

He walked over to Puyang Duan with a smile and said, "General, we are just a little worried. We have too few warships and not enough manpower. If we don't bring enough people, won't it be embarrassing for you?"

Puyang Duan pondered for a moment, "What you said makes some sense, so what should we do?"

"Since there are no enemies attacking us now, why don't you help us get more warships and manpower so that we can make great achievements later? What do you think?"

Puyang Duan suddenly realized, "So this is what you guys were thinking!"

He suddenly laughed sinisterly, patted his waist bag, and whispered: "But this matter is not easy to handle."

The leader said hurriedly: "That's easy. I don't have much money, but I can go home now to get the house and land deeds. I have two mansions in Jianye and a lot of farmland."

Puyang Duan's eyes lit up, "Are you serious?"

"Seriously, they are too."

"Okay! Give it to me first then!!"

(End of this chapter)