Age of mythical princes

Chapter 263 When people sit at home, blessings come from the sky

Abdicate to Xian!
It was not the first time that Prime Minister Yu had this idea.

A long, long time ago, Prime Minister Yu once told Jiang Hua in private. At that time, he said this: "My lord, now our Yancheng is full of talents."

"Feng Yi, Qu Wu, Feng Qingyang and other local talents have also gradually developed through experience. And outsiders such as Xiao He and Wu Qi are unparalleled in the country."

"For this class of national scholars, we naturally have to give high positions, this is one of them."

"As for the second, there are nearly a hundred counties inside and outside Yancheng today, and the minister has exhausted his energy in dealing with various government affairs every day. In order not to make mistakes, the minister follows the example of the master in handling government affairs in the Huangtian world .”

"But even so, if one day is used as ten days, I still have to resort to various elixirs, spiritual roots, and magic weapons to boost my spirit and keep me in a state of energy for a long time, but this is not the case. The long way."

"As for the third, as our Yancheng continues to grow stronger, sooner or later we will become a prince. Even at this moment, our Yancheng often has to deal with some major issues related to the nearby situation. It is already the limit for the minister to deal with the dozens of counties under Yancheng's rule. Now, it is really not strong enough to deal with these major events involving other countries and involving Yancheng for hundreds of years in the future."

"Actually, I really want to accompany my lord forever, but my ability is limited. Needless to say, governing a county is easy."

"A minister can be regarded as excellent in governing a county."

"However, to govern the dozens of counties in Yancheng, you need to coordinate at least dozens of newly added departments to reduce friction and help each other. This is already the limit of the minister."

"Besides, I can only be regarded as qualified in the position of prime minister now. This qualification is the result of relying on the power of pills and magic weapons, or relying on diligence. Today's Yancheng does not need a qualified prime minister. , What is needed is not a diligent prime minister, what is needed is a prime minister who is skilled and capable of governing. And even if I try my best, I can barely be a qualified prime minister."

"In today's rapid development of Yancheng, a qualified prime minister is actually holding back!"

This is what the old prime minister said when he communicated with Jiang Hua in private when he resigned for the first time, but Jiang Hua refused.

Later, the old prime minister put forward this idea several times, but Jiang Hua rejected them all.

At this moment, before Jiang Hua opened his mouth, Xiao He shook his head again and again: "Why did you say that? Why did you say that?"

"Today's Yancheng cannot do without the prime minister."

However, Prime Minister Yu really felt that he was not capable enough to govern the entire Yancheng, so he was determined to resign: "Now that I continue to stay in the position of Prime Minister, it will only hinder the development of Yancheng."

Fortunately, all the people here are real high-level people, and there are no outsiders at all.Otherwise, if such news spreads, what will other people think?
After thinking about it, Jiang Hua said directly: "How about this, Uncle Yu, you continue to be the prime minister, and I will ask Xueshi Xiao to be your assistant."

"From now on, Xiao Xueshi will serve as a cabinet scholar and minister."

Thinking about being aboveboard, this is for Xiao He to take charge of the two real power departments of the cabinet and prime minister's office by himself.

Today's Prime Minister's Mansion is still the undoubted big brother in terms of government affairs.

The cabinet is the big brother among many new departments when Taoism comes into life.

Many new departments will first be affiliated under the name of the cabinet. After a period of time, they will grasp the characteristics of the new department, and then send this stable new department to the government affairs system.

But at this moment, Xiao He is a cabinet scholar and minister. Thinking about it better, he is the No. 1 in Yancheng's internal affairs, which fully proves Jiang Hua's trust in him.

And if you think about it in a bad way, in terms of internal affairs, it is the minister, not the prime minister.There is still a prime minister on top of his head, even if this prime minister will gradually ignore things in the future, as long as the prime minister is around for a day, Shang Shuling is not a legitimate prime minister, but just the second child.

In terms of the cabinet, it is only one of the four great scholars, and the remaining three are all natives.

At first glance, it is quite reusable, but if you look closely, it will be constrained in all aspects.

Reusing and restricting, this is called ugly words in the front, and it is also called system construction to restrict, so as not to give talents the opportunity to make mistakes.

After thinking about it, Jiang Hua assigned a task to Xiao He: "Sir, Yancheng will officially become a vassal next, and now it is Lixia, and I will leave it to you to handle this matter, and become a vassal within three years as much as possible. ?"

To become a vassal is not just a matter of shouting, you have to get the imperial seal of Zhou Tianzi and fully demonstrate your strength.However, with the power of Yancheng today, it is basically only the last step away from the princes.

Xiao He affirmed: "Of course."

"In addition, sir also needs to integrate the manpower."

"Of course, this is only about government affairs."

Xiao He nodded again, how could he say no at this time?
"This plan should cover as many aspects as possible. Some aspects of Yancheng can also be properly disclosed. This is also a way to show our strength."

Xiao He nodded for the third time.

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Jiang Hua and others are busy with internal affairs, sorting out internal affairs, and becoming a vassal state, and Wu State is also busy.

Ever since Xiangliu was defeated by Jiang Hua back then, Wu's high-level officials have held their breath and always wanted to make big news.

Later, Wu Guo found out that Yancheng did not intend to continue to develop outwards, but instead focused on land reclamation, development to the sea, and ocean trade, so he was relieved.

If possible, under the premise that there are many soft persimmons, Wu Guo wants to squeeze the soft persimmons first, and doesn't want to confront Sansheng so soon.

When the time came to Baijia for ten years, Mr. Changqing's military training was over.

There was another earth-level Taoist soldier in this world. The moment this Taoist soldier was born, he also carried a little destiny and successfully became a Daoist.

However, at the request of Wu Guo, this news is currently blocked.

Afterwards, Mr. Changqing commanded the army of the state of Wu to attack the state of Xu, this time to destroy the state.

Xu Guo used to be very powerful, once so strong that he gathered the surrounding small countries to resist the rule of Zhou Tianzi, and established an anti-Zhou Tianzi alliance several times. It was not until the time of King Mu of Zhou that Xu Guo was completely defeated by Zhou Tianzi, and was completely defeated by Zhou Tianzi He was granted the title of prince.

At that time, Xu Guo's strength was in decline.

Since then, Xu Guo has been in a long-term recession.

Qi, Lu, Song, Chu...

The surrounding countries all look down on Xu Guo, and regard Xu Guo as an outsider. They exclude a certain country for a long time, and exclude them in all aspects. It is normal for this country to decline over time.

Up to now, the state of Xu has declined to the point where there are only one or two hundred counties left, and the area is not as large as the country.As for strength, the Heyue Kingdom may not be the same.

In just three years, Xu's main force was wiped out.

The capital of Xu State has been besieged for two years now, and other surrounding cities have been occupied one by one.

The state of Xu was completely destroyed, and there was only the last capital left.

As for reinforcements, there are no reinforcements!
Xu State is a country of outsiders. In the eyes of many nobles, Xu State's political status is similar to that of Chu State and Qin State, or even inferior. Who made Xu State so weak.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, He Lu convened high-level officials to discuss the battle ahead.

"Now the main force of Xu State has been wiped out, but the resistance forces from all over the country have never stopped. These resistance forces have greatly increased our consumption. We must break through the capital of Xu State as soon as possible." Wu Zixu, who is full of white hair, looked at the map. Straight up.

Wu Zixu was in charge of the army's logistics. This time when Wu State attacked Xu State, the troops drawn were all Dao soldiers.

There were more than 50 yellow-level Taoist soldiers, six mysterious-level Taoist soldiers, and prefecture-level Taoist soldiers followed silently, but they never made a move.

There are as few as 2000 or as many as 5000 of these yellow-level Taoist soldiers. The owner of each yellow-level Taoist soldier is a certain noble in the country.The difference is that some great aristocrats are loyal to the monarch, and some great nobles are loyal to the state of Wu (who is the monarch and who is loyal to whom).

As for the Taoist soldiers completely controlled by Marquis Wu himself, there were not many of them.

These yellow-level Taoist soldiers are a huge resource just for eating and drinking every day.

Even if it is a big monster with a million catties, which is half a month's food for a yellow-ranked Taoist soldier, there will still be no war.Once a war breaks out, the food requirements will be even higher.

Therefore, although the Huang-level Taoist soldiers marched extremely fast, they could travel hundreds to thousands of miles a day, but the logistics could not keep up, and relying on the army alone to catch monsters would only be hungry and full: monsters I'm not a fool, I ran away early when I met the army.

The meaty demon king and the big demons have all run away, and the ones who can't escape are the group of little monsters and goblins. Sending out an army to hunt down the little goblins and goblins can indeed withstand temporary consumption, but after a long time, they will still be hungry.These goblins and goblins, under the arrest of the Taoist soldiers, can't run away, not enough to eat, not enough to eat at all!

In the first raid, after failing to break through the capital of Xu State, the rest could only collect food on the spot and transport it slowly from the rear.

The transportation efficiency of ordinary people is very touching.

However, collecting grain on the spot will definitely violate the interests of the local nobles. Even if they become a leading party at the beginning, after a long period of grain collection, the local nobles will want to rebel.It is normal to secretly cooperate with Xu Guo's army in a small-scale resistance.

As for whether the conflicts between the two parties can be reconciled, unfortunately, they cannot.

Let Wu Guoda's army go hungry?

This is impossible!

Then you can only wrong the local nobles.

But the local nobles don't want to be wronged either. They were oppressed by Xu State before they took refuge in Wu State, and were oppressed by Wu State after they took refuge in Wu State. Isn't that for nothing?

As a result, a large number of local nobles let one of their children quietly bring the wealth accumulated by the family to settle in Yancheng, and complete the family inheritance by the way.

After the problem of inheritance was no longer a concern, a large number of nobles began to work.

Although it is inconvenient for Yancheng to join directly due to the relationship of Wu, it is still no problem to sell magic weapons and sell a large number of magic weapons specially used for destruction.

With these magic weapons, Wu's logistics, as well as the small-scale army, have been affected to a certain extent.

After thinking about the current situation, Wu Zixu went on to say: "If a quick battle is not possible, then we must find a way to disintegrate the enemy's resistance, such as leaving a way for them to survive, so that they can leave safely with their families and wealth. It’s not like now, wanting to swallow everything in one gulp.”

Helu thought for a while, and looked directly at Mr. Changqing, who nodded affirmatively: "If I directly show my strength, or directly use the earth-level Taoist soldiers, I can break through the capital of Xu State in an instant, just like this , the news will be exposed, and Chu State will give an early warning.”

Thinking of the great enemy of Chu State, He Lu endured it.

In order to give Chu State a big surprise at that time, He Lu felt that he could bear it a little longer.

"Is there any other way?"

Wu Zixu thought about it again: "In fact, we can negotiate peace with Xu Guo and let them leave. In addition, anyone who wants to leave in Xu Guo can leave, so that all the nobles will leave, leaving only common people and savages. It became our territory."

"Then it doesn't mean that we gained the land and population, and Yancheng gained the wealth of Xu State, but we couldn't reap all of it through hard work. And Yancheng directly gained all the wealth by selling things on the sidelines, which is too much." Isn’t it cheaper for Yancheng? Sir, you can’t favor Yancheng just because Yancheng is the future of Qi practitioners?”

Wu Zixu's brain ached when he heard what Fucha was saying. If he could, he wanted to beat Fucha up.

Before Wu Zixu could make a move, He Lu did it first, and slapped him when he went up: "Fucha, do you have a share in this? Did Gu let you speak?"

After being slapped, Fu Chai had to bow his head to admit his mistake. Mr. Changqing watched this scene silently, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wu Zixu didn't pay attention to this matter at all. His biggest goal in this life is to take revenge on Chu Hou. If he has the chance, he will kill him himself!

As for these things in front of me, it doesn't matter at all.

"The demise of Xu State is inevitable. The main force of Xu State was defeated by us in World War I and wiped out in World War Three. Even if our army leaves at this moment, State Xu will be wiped out by Lu State, Song State, Qi State and other countries."

"We need to make Xu Hou realize this. After Xu Hou calms down and finds out that Xu State is bound to perish, we can have a good talk with Xu Hou. Afterwards, we can give Xu Hou a county as a fief."

"In addition, we have to make it clear to the nobles in the city, and tell them that Xu State is bound to perish, and it's time to find a next family."

"In this way, the hearts of the people in the capital will disappear. After the hearts of people disappear, the difficulty of breaking through the capital of Xu State will be greatly reduced."

"In addition, you can also encircle three people and open a gate directly, so that they can safely and openly leave the capital with their wealth and clansmen. The nobles always have a way to leave, and we will not stop it..."

"In the end, people's hearts were scattered, and everyone who could run ran away, and the capital naturally fell into our hands."

(End of this chapter)