I, Altria, only want to rule China.

"Master Liu, in your opinion, should we surrender?" Cui Yu looked at Master Liu.

"Master Cui, is this something I can say?"

Tutor Liu immediately understood that Cui Yu wanted to be the leader himself.

"Grand Tutor Cui, we can't surrender. The State of Wu does not agree with our conditions at all. We won't get any benefits if we surrender!" Seeing that Cui Yu was thinking about surrendering, a minister Wang quickly stepped forward.

"Indeed, what Wang Situ said is right. We absolutely cannot surrender!" Some ministers said hurriedly.

"You can't surrender, you can't surrender!" the ministers said repeatedly.

It's not that they can't surrender, it's just that their interests have been damaged. Considering their own interests, they can't surrender. Many people here rely on the land to exploit the people. Without the land, they will have no income in the future.

Seeing that more than half of the people here shouted that they could not surrender, Cui Yu showed an embarrassment on his face. Even if he was the prime minister of the current dynasty, but the interests of so many people were involved, no one would take him seriously.

"Everyone, I just want to say one thing. Which is more important, the land or your life and property? If you lose your land, will you die? If you lose your life, you will lose everything. I hope everyone will think about this carefully."

After saying this, Tutor Liu didn't say anything else, but closed his eyes and remained silent.

Cui Yu looked at Master Liu in surprise. You know, this guy has quite a bit of land, but he is so carefree. Did he reach some conditions after meeting Queen Arthur of Wu State?

Thinking of this, Cui Yu said to Master Liu: "Master Master, can we have a word?"

"Why not if the Grand Tutor invites me?" Upon hearing this, Grand Tutor Liu made a gesture of invitation.

Cui Yu also said to everyone: "My Lords, the Grand Tutor and I have something to discuss. Please wait here for a while. When the time comes, please tell me the results of the discussion."

As they spoke, the two men walked towards the side hall, leaving a group of Wei ministers looking at each other.

After the two of them arrived at the side hall, Cui Yu saw that there was no one around, so he looked at Master Liu and said, "Master Liu, what do you think about today's incident?"

"What can I, a civil servant, think?"

"Master Taifu, let's not beat around the bush. This time you went to the Wu Kingdom's camp and met Queen Arthur. Didn't she promise you anything?" Cui Yu frowned when he saw that Taifu Liu was still pretending.

"Is that what you think, Grand Master? Unfortunately, although I have met the Empress of Wu, we have not said anything to each other. I just conveyed your opinions. Empress Arthur did not promise me anything either. We just chatted for a while, which made me change my opinion of the Empress of Wu."

"Oh, what is it? Can you tell me?" Cui Yu asked in surprise.

"This is not a topic that cannot be discussed. It's actually about land." Master Liu had no intention of hiding anything and directly told her the conversation between him and Leah at that time.

Cui Yu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

Queen Arthur of Wu State was indeed a wise ruler who saw the essence of things so clearly. If their emperor was also like this, how could there be so many rebellions under his rule?

"If the Emperor of Wei was like this, how could we have come to this point?" Taifu Liu sighed.

Cui Yu nodded in agreement.

However, there is an opportunity in front of them this time. Since the emperor of Wu is so wise, it is not impossible for them to become court officials of Wu in the future.

In fact, for officials like them, money and land are not that important anymore. They care more about their future reputation.

Because there is no place they can climb in their current positions, unless they want to become emperors, but without military power, they naturally cannot do that.

So what they seek is just fame, to let their names be passed down to future generations and recorded in history.

The two men discussed it and felt that now that Emperor Taiwu had been killed, the eunuchs wanted to control the government and would definitely oppose them in every way in the future. Even if the Wei Kingdom was defended at the moment, the new emperor would be the King of Annan, a lustful and immoral guy. The future would be uncertain no matter how you look at it.

It would be better to surrender directly to the State of Wu. Although she is a woman, she is at least a wise ruler. Moreover, judging from the current national strength of the other side, it is certain that it will surpass the State of Song.

If the other party really unifies the Central Plains by then, they will have nothing to worry about.

After discussing their situation, the two decided to surrender. Now it's just a matter of convincing those guys outside.

The two thought about it and soon came up with an idea.

The hour was almost up, and Leah frowned as she looked at the city gate that had not yet opened.

But the time has not come yet, so she can only continue to wait, hoping that these ministers of Wei will value their lives more.

Time passed slowly, and the gate of Luoyang finally responded. With a "creaking" sound, the gate of Luoyang was slowly opened.

Next, a group of ministers from the palace came out one after another, each of them bowing their heads.

"Cui Yu, Liu Junyue, you two traitors. Even if I die or become a ghost in the underworld, I will not let you go!" At this moment, an angry curse was heard at the city gate.

An old man in his sixties was tied up and brought out.

The two men pretended not to hear the old man's curses. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.

If you want to be a loyal subject of Wei, that's your business, but don't pull us all down.

Hearing the noise at the city gate, Leah immediately showed a happy expression. It seemed that these Wei people had surrendered.

The capital of Luoyang surrendered, so what about other areas of the Northern Wei Dynasty? Wouldn't they surrender at the sight of the enemy?

Liya led the team to the gate of Luoyang. Led by Cui Yu, all the officials of Luoyang knelt down and bowed to Liya, saying, "Greetings to Her Majesty Queen Arthur. Long live the Queen!"

From this moment on, all the officials in Luoyang submitted to her.

However, only the official who was tied up by Cui Yu and his men looked at his former colleagues with contempt.

Chapter 113 Meeting Her Majesty the Queen

"Who are you and why don't you kneel when you see me?" Leah said, looking at the tied official.

"Hmph, you're just a traitor, and you're not worthy of me kneeling down to you, bah!" As he said that, the man spat at Leah.

"Damn, why is this guy so dirty!" Seeing this scene, Leah quickly waved her hand, and the spit was swept directly to the ground by her magic power.

"Hahahahahahahaha!" Seeing this scene, the other party immediately laughed heartily.

Liya looked at the other party with an unpleasant expression. If you don't surrender, then don't surrender. What's the point of spitting at me?

Although I robbed Luoyang, at least I got it in a fair way, not by using political tricks or forcing the emperor to abdicate.

"Kill him and give him a proper burial." Leah said after taking a deep breath.

After all, she is a loyal and righteous person, so she can't do anything too ugly, lest others say that she is vindictive and a petty-minded woman.

It's a pity that these loyal and righteous people all have a bad ending.

"Yes!" Someone soon dragged the guy away

After dealing with this man, he looked at the dozens of officials kneeling at the city gate and said, "Since you have all pledged your allegiance to me, we are now king and subject. My dear ministers, please stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After hearing Leah's words, everyone stood up from the ground.

"But let me be frank. Although I have agreed to your requests, I will not agree to the land. Now, if you have anything to say, please speak up. Otherwise, if someone tries to tamper with this matter in the future, don't blame me for not thinking about the relationship between the monarch and his subjects!"

Leah said on the spot.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to hand over all the land in my hands, just for the people of the world!" At this moment, before Leah could speak, a minister stood up first and spoke proactively.

Since Her Majesty the Queen has made up her mind, the land cannot be kept. It would be better for her to be generous and hand it over voluntarily.

Moreover, he was the first to speak, so that he could gain the other party's favor in front of the emperor in the future. With more exposure, his official career would be further improved.

"What's your name?" Leah glanced at the other person and asked.

The minister was immediately delighted when he heard this, knowing that his approach was right, and quickly said, "I am Zhang Shouting, your humble servant."

"Well, Mr. Zhang is very wise and righteous. It is a blessing for our Wu Kingdom!" Liya said happily.

The others also looked at this guy with hatred. The horse was running so fast! Now they only regretted that they were one step late.

Liya glanced at the kneeling ministers and said, "Although I want to take back the land in your hands, don't worry, I won't take your land for nothing. I will buy it back at the market price. But don't think of anything. I have investigated how much one acre of land costs, so once I find out,

If someone is playing tricks inside, don't blame me for being rude!"

"We understand." The ministers nodded immediately.

There was no way. No matter how unwilling they were, Leah had soldiers at her disposal and they couldn't make any waves.

After saying this, the soldiers who originally belonged to Luoyang were temporarily placed outside the city, and Leah's army took full control of the place.

And all the royal members of the Tuoba clan were also captured. Liya had no intention of killing them directly, but imprisoned them all first.

The eunuch who killed Emperor Taiwu was also tied up and handed over to Leah.

Although Liya was very grateful to this guy for helping her get rid of Tuoba Tao, a dangerous opponent, she felt that keeping such a guy who dared to kill the emperor would be a disaster, so she had him beheaded directly.

In order to show goodwill to Leah, these ministers held a grand banquet in the palace in Luoyang that day.

As the etiquette officer clapped his hands, more than a dozen beautiful girls in light clothes walked in from outside the door. They held plates of delicious food in their hands, which looked absolutely pleasing to the eye.

After the girls left, the etiquette officer clapped his hands again, and more than a dozen beauties in colorful clothes came in again and danced in the hall.

Listening to the wanton laughter of the palace ministers in the banquet hall, even the generals she brought with her seemed to be indulging in wine and sex, and Leah frowned.

Looking at these girls dancing, Leah could only see the loneliness and desolation in their eyes. They seemed so helpless.

However, having won the battle, Leah didn't want to spoil everyone's fun, so she just ate a little and left with an excuse.

Seeing Liya leave, several ministers of Wei State gathered together and asked Cui Yu: "Grandmaster, what do you think of our Queen?"

In fact, many ministers of Wei State always pay attention to Leah. After all, the Queen will be their immediate superior in the future, and they dare not act recklessly before they understand her temper.

"I think Her Majesty the Queen doesn't like this extravagance. Judging from her origins, she should be a relatively frugal person. So everyone should be careful in the future and not be too ostentatious."

Cui Yu thought for a moment and said.

"So that's how it is. Thank you, Grand Tutor, for telling us. We will definitely pay attention to it." After hearing Cui Yu's words, the others nodded immediately.

"What are you talking about? As surrendered ministers of Wei, we will have to bow down to Her Majesty the Queen when facing those civil officials of Wu. So we should help each other." Cui Yu also said with a smile.

"The Grand Master is right. We should help each other." The others nodded. Since they could communicate with Cui Yu, they must be smart.

A few days later, Leah and a group of generals looked at the map and started discussing.

Although they have now captured the Northern Wei capital Luoyang and taken over the entire Henan Province, the power of the Northern Wei still exists.

Except for Shanxi which was occupied by Pi Baozi, Hebei and Shandong were still occupied by the Northern Wei. And because she took over Henan, there were now frictions on the border with the Song State.

If the State of Song wanted to start a war at this moment, she would have to confront the State of Song directly. If the Tuoba clan behind her also launched an attack while she was confronting the State of Song, she would be attacked from both sides.

Luoyang, which we had captured with great difficulty, might be lost.

The current ruler of Song is Liu Yilong, who is also a wise ruler. But this guy is as unlucky as Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao, and will also die in a palace coup next year, but the person who kills him is his son.

As the monarch of Song State, Liu Yilong had always wanted to take back the military garrison in Henan and restore the Yellow River military defense line during Liu Yu's time. Therefore, the other party would definitely want to take over Henan while his foothold was unstable.

But Leah will tell him that times have changed!

Chapter 114: Song State Wants to Steal a Chicken

It can be said that the remaining forces of the Northern Wei Dynasty no longer pose much danger to Leah, and her main defense now is still against the Song State.

The Song State had been eyeing him covetously from the beginning. If the Northern Wei had not been watching from the side, fearing that a fight with him would result in mutual destruction, they might have wanted to use military force against him a long time ago.

Now that Henan has been taken away by her, more than half of the territories of both sides are at the point of connection, which has also caused the Northern Wei forces to almost cut off from the Song State. So at this moment, I have become the Song State’s first target.

Thinking of this, Liya immediately increased the number of troops to Hulao Pass while Song State had not yet sent out its troops, determined not to let the Song State soldiers enter Luoyang.

To this end, Leah also transported the more than 5000 Leah cannons and muskets that she had made with great difficulty to Hulao Pass, and let Li Lin guard Hulao Pass personally.

Fearing that Li Lin would lose Hulao Pass, Liya also issued a death order, absolutely not allowing them to leave the pass, just need to hold it. As long as Hulao Pass is not lost, the army of Song cannot break in.

As long as the Song army can't break in, she will have time to deal with the remaining forces of the Northern Wei!

Just as Liya expected, after learning that Tuoba Tao of Northern Wei was assassinated by eunuchs, Liu Yilong planned to send troops to Northern Wei.

But before he was ready, he heard again that the Wu State had broken through and occupied Luoyang, and the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty fled directly to Shandong and Hebei.

In these two places, after learning about the situation in Luoyang, Henan, Tuoba Yu and Tuoba Rong had no plans to send troops to Luoyang, but directly declared themselves emperors there.

After thinking about it, Liu Yilong felt that it didn't matter even if he offended the Wu Kingdom. After all, the Northern Wei Dynasty was no longer dangerous at this time. Instead, the newly rising Wu Kingdom was their enemy.

So he continued to give orders, ordering Xiao Sihua to lead an army of 40,000 to attack Hulao Pass directly, and another army led by the governor of Yongzhou with 20,000 troops to attack Tongguan directly.

It seems that the enemy intends to take Tongguan and then surround Liya to death in Luoyang.

However, Leah was not too worried. The other party came from afar, and as long as they guarded the pass, there would be no problem at all.

Liu Yilong's efforts were just in vain.

After arranging the guards of Tongguan and Hulaoguan, Leah also began to think about the affairs of several surrounding cities.

Shanxi is currently occupied by a guy named Pi Baozi. Maybe she can send someone to take a look and see if she can persuade the other party to surrender.

This matter can only be done by people who originally belonged to the State of Wei, and also by Pi Baozi's relatives and friends in Luoyang. This way the chances of surrender will be much greater.

The two provinces of Hebei and Shandong are currently under the control of the Northern Wei Dynasty.