The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 757 Dog Slave
After Zhou Chu recuperated for a few days, his almost disfigured face finally began to return to normal.

He is a few years older than Wen Yang.

Guanqiu Jian attached great importance to this young man. In the following days, he often discussed academic matters with him and asked for his opinions on various affairs in the world.

After the conversation, Guanqiu Jian valued this talent even more.

Because Zhou Chu was a very upright young man.

When he talked about local affairs, he had the same attitude towards both the people of Wu and the people of Wei, without favoritism or slander.

He is a bit of a stickler for details.

But such a character can definitely make him an excellent governor, or even a prime minister.

He did not have the common bad habits of children from wealthy families, nor was he willing to say empty words.

The first thing he talked about after seeing Guanqiu Jian was the corruption problem in that place.

He truthfully told how the Wu people were exploited by those people in Pingzhou.

In fact, no matter how many times Cao Mao messed around with the administration, the crimes would still continue to exist. There was no way to completely eliminate them. Moreover, remote areas like this had always been the most fertile breeding ground for corrupt officials.

Zhou Chu almost used a scolding tone to talk about the current government's negligence in governing these big families.

Although Guanqiu Jian was not responsible for the actual management of the place, he still listened with great interest.

From the perspective of these Wu people, there are indeed still many problems.

Guanqiu Jian also directly used his identity as the Grand Marshal to appoint Zhou Chu as a colonel and let him follow Wen Yang to participate in this battle.

This made Wen Yang very happy. After all, this was a warrior recognized by him. Following this man, he would have more opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

The distance to surpass my father seemed to have shortened a little.

Wen Yang was still preparing to send troops, and the envoys sent by the Japanese were now acting as guides, preparing to take Wen Yang to the Japanese island.

At this moment on the Japanese island, the war is still going on.

The national strength of the Gou Nu Kingdom is actually not much different from that of Yamatai.

Whether in terms of population or land, the gap between the two sides is not that big.

However, this did not prevent the Gou Nu Kingdom from pinning Yamatai to the ground.

Over the years, Yamatai has been constantly being beaten, from the time of the queen to the present, without any pause.

They even brought in many small countries around them to form a coalition to deal with the Dog Slave Kingdom, but they were still beaten badly by the other side.

Perhaps the other side really had confidence and was able to defeat the Yamatai coalition forces many times despite being at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.

At this moment, they came again, and Yamatai struggled to hold on.

Dog slave country.

In the palace, the elderly king was surrounded by beauties on both sides, allowing the beauties in his arms to stuff all kinds of food into his mouth.

The king was so fat that he could hardly open his eyes.

But this did not prevent him from enjoying himself.

His hands kept wandering over the beauties on his left and right, with a smug grin on his face.

At this moment, someone suddenly walked into the house quickly.

Seeing this man, the beauties were shocked and quickly stood up to avoid him. The king was a little surprised. He stretched out his hand, wanting to keep the beauties, but they did not obey the king's order and hurriedly fled.

The king was helpless about this and he looked at the minister who walked in.

"What happened again?"

Standing before the king was a thin old man, the king was almost twice his size.

He was leaning on a cane, his eyes were sharp, and he looked like a very shrewd man.

And this person is the reason why the Dog Slave Kingdom is so powerful.

His name is Gou Gu Zhi Bei Gou.

This man came from a very humble background and was originally just a close attendant to the Dog Slave King.

Later, he gained the favor of the king and began to participate in government affairs.

This is a typical behavior of Liu Chan doting on Huang Hao.

But this Huang Hao was a little different. After he began to actually participate in government affairs, he carried out many reforms in the country, improved smelting technology, and actively fought foreign wars.

He defeated Yamatai several times in succession, forcing Yamatai to form an alliance to fight them.

By now, he had the final say on almost all matters in the country, and the king had become a puppet.

Perhaps in this era, powerful ministers are really popular, and even Japan cannot avoid it.

After this person came in, he said seriously, "How can you still continue to enjoy yourself at this time?"

The Dog Slave King looked at him in surprise: "Didn't Yamatai already lose the battle?"

"What else do we have to worry about?"

Zhibeigou said seriously, "Yamatai has sent people to ask for help from Wei, but we were unable to stop them."

Hearing this, the Dog Slave King laughed out loud.

"So what?"

"It's not like they didn't ask for help before. And then the Wei Kingdom didn't send any troops, they just sent someone to read out some orders. Shouldn't we have attacked them anyway?"

"What's there to worry about now?" Zhibei Dog shook his head. "Things were different then."

"Back then, the State of Wei still had to deal with two powerful enemies, so it could only send people, but could not send troops."

"But the situation is different now. Wei has already destroyed its two powerful enemies. No one around can threaten them anymore. But they sent an imperial edict back then, and we didn't obey it."

"That's why I'm sending people to intercept those messengers."

"But they have already reached Wei State. If we fail to intercept them, then they might alarm Wei State."

Zhibei Dog carefully analyzed the situation in front of him.

But the Dog Slave King still disagreed.

"Over the years, we have fought countless battles without a single setback. Our warriors can defeat ten enemies at once. Even if the Wei Kingdom comes from afar, what can they do? How many men can they send this time?"

"If they send a lot of people, then we can hide in the mountains. Will they be able to chase us?"

The Dog Slave King waved his hand and said confidently, "I think you are too cautious!"

Zhibeigou frowned, "When Gongsun Yuan was still around, his army was already invincible, let alone the State of Wei."

The Dog Slave King was very curious, and he finally couldn't help asking, "You've been talking about the Wei Kingdom these days. I want to ask you, how does the Wei Kingdom compare to Yamatai?"

Hearing this, Zhibei Dog suddenly raised his head and looked at his king in surprise. He was silent for a moment, then turned and left.

The Dog Slave King was confused, "Hey! You!"

But Zhibei Dog ignored him and left the place simply.

When his king asked this question, he felt that there was no need for negotiation.

Our king had no idea how huge the Wei State was.

When the envoy came, Zhibeigou asked him a lot of questions about the Wei State.

He brought many gifts, asked about their history, and hoped to get some books.

After learning about these things, Zhibei Dog’s three views were refreshed.

It was like a frog at the bottom of a well suddenly jumped out and saw the real world.

Later, he sent ships to try to contact the State of Wei and even the State of Wu, but failed.

At this moment, he was worried.

He had a feeling that Wei was really going to join the war this time. They couldn't even defeat the Gongsun Clan back then, so how could they possibly want to attack Wei?

what should we do?

After returning, Zhibeigou issued orders to the front line, requiring the generals of the Dog Slave Kingdom to withdraw their troops and return as soon as possible.

At the same time, he began to summon officials to discuss with them the establishment of diplomatic relations with the State of Wei.

If Yamatai can establish diplomatic relations with Wei, then of course we can too. We are even stronger than Yamatai!

If he could demonstrate his strength in front of the State of Wei and let them know that he was more reliable than Yamatai, perhaps he could even get the support of the State of Wei?
Zhibeigou now decided to fight with Yamatai with all his strength for the qualification to become a vassal of Wei.

It was under such circumstances that Wen Yang finally went out to sea.

They chose to start from Chenhan.

In the Korean region, the northern part is the Four Han Commanderies, namely Lelang Commandery, Xuantu Commandery, Zhenfan Commandery and Lintun Commandery.

In the south, there was the Samhan region consisting of Mahan, Jinhan, and Byeonhan.

When Guanqiu Jian led his army to attack Goguryeo, Jinhan, the strongest of the Three Han, stepped forward and was subsequently destroyed by Guanqiu Jian.
Chenhan also has another nickname called Qinhan. This is because during the reigns of Emperors Huan and Ling, a large number of refugees fled into Chenhan, which affected the entire Chenhan people and caused their etiquette, language, customs, and clothing to become more Central Plains-like.

The other two trembled.

The government had little interest in them, so they let Lelang and Daifang govern the local area.

This time we are going to sea, we are heading from here.

The army that Wen Yang brought was not large, only about 10,000 people, but the warships were quite luxurious.

Guanqiu Jian waved his hand and temporarily transferred the Feiyun to Wen Yang for use.

Under the leadership of Feiyun, the navy of Wei State was powerful. They had more than 30 main battleships, as well as various types of fast ships, defense ships, etc., a total of more than 80 ships. Even Nan Shengmi would feel weak in the knees just by looking at them.

Wen Yang stood on the boat, looking at the endless ocean in the distance, his eyes full of excitement.

This time, he was the commander-in-chief alone, and no one would tell him what to do. Everything had to be done by himself.

Both the Grand Marshal and His Majesty have high hopes for him.

If he can successfully complete his goal this time, he might be able to go one step further.

Cheng Ji was standing beside him at this moment, and he was also very much looking forward to it.

Not long ago, he received a letter from his brother.

In the letter, his brother used all the cruelest and harshest words to insult him.

Cheng Li had no idea what was going on in his brother's mind. He gave up his job by the emperor's side and insisted on going to the countryside to become a general of some minor title.

I don’t know how he felt when he learned about his brother’s behavior. Anyway, judging from the letters, he was probably a little unhappy.

Cheng Ji decided that this time he must prove himself in front of his brother!

Let him know that his choice is right!

(End of this chapter)