The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 256 Rebuilding the Han Dynasty
"Your Majesty, are you tired today?" Wang Wei asked softly while pressing Liu Tai's temple.

"No!" Liu Tai shook his head and said, "I let you take An'er all the way to Yecheng in the snow. Thank you for your hard work."

Wang Wei shook her head when she heard Liu Tai's words, and whispered softly: "I understand that the king wants to calm the hearts of the people in Yecheng. I and An'er came here early so that the soldiers can relax more.

Moreover, the whole journey was carried out in a comfortable carriage and well-guarded. Didn't I and An'er reach Yecheng safely? "

"Yeah!" Liu Tai nodded silently. Marrying Wang Wei and giving birth to Liu An made Liu Tai feel as if he had a little more connection with the world.

Even so, Liu Tai could clearly feel the coldness engraved in his bones, and couldn't help but reach out his hand and shake Wang Wei.

Although I am not really in love with Wang Wei, I am still very satisfied with Wang Wei and like her soft and fragrant body.

Wang Wei said: "Your Majesty, now that we have settled down in Yecheng, should we recruit some female officials and envoys to be employed in the mansion?"

"You make the decision on matters in the house." Liu Tai waved his hand and said, "There is no need to ask me for instructions. This is your right."

Wang Wei couldn't help but feel happy when she heard Liu Tai's words, and then said: "An ordinary female envoy will naturally not disturb the king.

Your Majesty is the greatest king in the world. I don’t dare to favor you alone, so I ask you to choose a beautiful woman from a good family! "

When Liu Tai heard Wang Wei's words, he glanced at Wang Wei in surprise and said calmly:
"You take care of it. Finally, I'll take a look at it and pick one or two."

"I understand, does the king have standards?" Wang Wei couldn't help but ask after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai thought for a moment, then slowly stretched out his hand and traced it on Wang Wei's neck, rubbing his hot fingers on the cold skin.

Liu Tai said with a slight smile, "The fragrant temples hang down and the clouds cover the lotus roots, and the orchid breasts are pink and the snow suppresses the plum blossoms."

"Your Majesty, please stop moving your hands." Wang Wei blushed and scolded Liu Tai in a low voice.

"This is the fire you started, so naturally you are the one to put it out!" Liu Tai said to Wang Wei with a slight smile.

It was another ordinary day in Prince Qi’s Mansion.

Liu Tai's feelings for Wang Wei are not very deep, and he doesn't feel that he has to be her. But since marrying Wang Wei, he really has someone in his life who can be entrusted to help him take care of things, and he also has the feeling that he can't. Out of the warmth.

Because Wang Wei was taking care of Liu Tai's inner courtyard, Liu Tai was exhausted when he came back every day, but when he got up the next day, he was full of energy again and faced the new day with a new look.

However, after Liu Tai came to the Interior Department today, he quickly received the news, "Zu Ti is short of food?!"

"Strictly speaking, we have not found out that Zu Ti is not short of military rations, but it is unusual for his people to smash ice and fish by the Yellow River." Chu Hui said with the information he had found.

"Send someone out to find out the news!" Liu Tai looked serious and said firmly, "I want to know further news!"

"Follow the order!" Chu Hui and Zhou Zheng looked at Liu Tai's serious expression and understood what Liu Tai meant.

After all, he and others were preparing to dig the canal in order to use their collective strength to deal with Zu Ti. If Zu Ti was really short of food, then this might be a pretty good opportunity.

Therefore, Liu Tai's scouts on the south bank of the Yellow River gradually became active, and information from all sources also converged on Liu Tai at this time.

First of all, after discussing with the officials, Yang Xianrong chose to abandon Luoyang, gather all the people and materials in Chang'an, and give Luoyang to Zu Ti.

Under this policy, the Zhao State was more like the Qin State, firmly occupying the [-]-mile Qinchuan River, and planned to rely on Hangu Pass to continue to exist.

After all, the defeat of 15 soldiers was too great a loss for Yang Xianrong, and she really did not dare to continue participating in the struggle for hegemony among the princes.

But even so, Zhao State is not having an easy time in Qinchuan now. The Ba and Di tribes have begun to rebel, and at the same time there is a rebellion by Chen An. It can be said that a lot of things are waiting for Yang Xianrong, who wants to keep the current Zhao State alive. It was really hard for her to come down.

Although Zu Ti took advantage of the opportunity to capture Hulao and took this important stronghold into his own hands, he did not immediately advance to Luoyang.

Zu Ti learned a lesson from the experience and knew that he had already accomplished the feat of reviving Luoyang. If he revived Luoyang for the second time, he would be a bit resentful.

So after taking Hulao, I planned to ask Sima Rui to send someone over to also brush up on the achievement of reviving Luoyang!
Then I won't be conspicuous. If I want to continue the Northern Expedition, not to mention getting their support, as long as they no longer restrict me!
But Zu Ti waited and saw that Sima Rui had not sent someone over, and he couldn't help but be filled with doubts.

It's such a good opportunity to give you meritorious deeds, so don't make any more trouble!
At this time, Zu Ti received news from Sima Rui. A famine broke out in Jiangdong. Not only were they unable to send out troops, but they also needed to borrow some grain from Zu Ti to help the people in Jiangdong tide over the crisis.

Zu Ti even felt like vomiting blood when he heard the news. He had calculated everything and even considered the political reasons, but he never expected that a food shortage would actually happen in the Jiangdong area.

Zu Ti didn't understand, really didn't understand, that food shortage was not like a natural disaster. If you said there was a food shortage, then there was a food shortage.

Even if the weather in the Jiangnan region is not smooth this year, at least it is not bad enough to cause natural disasters.

Why is there a shortage of food? !

Zu Ti didn't know how Sima Rui and Director Wang managed the Jiangnan area, but in the face of this envoy asking for food, they still didn't lose face, squeezed a hundred stones from their own army rations, and sent it to Jiangnan for Sima Rui rescues emergency.

No matter what, this is my boss. I did not choose my birth background. After all, I chose my boss.

Not to mention that although this boss is somewhat unreliable, at least he supports himself.

Even after he achieved the results of reviving Luoyang, he was wary and sent Dai Yuan to check and balance, but Zu Ti finally understood this behavior.

And as Zu Ti gradually matured and adapted to politics, he also specially left behind his merits, waiting for Sima Rui to send people to pick them up. However, this matter was shelved because of a famine in the rear.

It's just that the hundred stones of food sent to Jiangnan is just a drop in the bucket. It's not so much a solution as it is a thought.

"Brother, in recent days, I feel that the business trip has been a bit too active!"

Zu Yue also discovered that the number of business travelers on both sides of the Yellow River had suddenly increased a lot, and immediately came over to report to Zu Ti.

"Liu Tai already knows about the famine in the south of the Yangtze River, so he came to inquire about our truth!" Zu Ti said to Zu Yue.

"Brother, we need to enforce martial law and take down all these spies?" Zu Yue replied to Zu Ti.

Zu Ti shook his head decisively and said, "As long as Liu Tai knows that we are not short of food, Liu Tai will naturally retreat!"

Zu Ti was full of confidence when he said this.

After all, Zu Ti believed that Liu Tai was a smart man. This time, the number of spies suddenly increased sharply, because it was just to detect his true identity. As long as Liu Tai knew that his army was not short of food, Liu Tai would put down his suspicions no matter what he had in mind. .

After all, Liu Tai had just swallowed Liu Yao and Shi Le and was still digesting them, so it was impossible for him to have the strength to go south.When Zu Yue heard Zu Ti's words, he immediately sent someone to arrange things.

To put it simply, they ordered people to use edible rice, dispatch and transport it from south to north, and conduct acceptance and handover near the shops where the spies were confirmed to be there, so that the spies could see the white rice and clearly know that the army had sufficient food.

As for why the common people have to go to the river to fish when they have enough food to eat, you can guess for yourself.

Anyway, the food in our army is quite sufficient. If you have the ability, you can just fight here.

In this era, the army has sufficient food and the civilians are in trouble. This kind of thing is really normal.

Under such circumstances, as long as the army has enough food, it will be enough to deal with you Liu Tai.

Liu Tai looked at the information that the scouts had detected, then compiled it and looked at Wen Qiao and said:
"Taizhen, what do you think of this information?"

"The great prince thinks that our spies have been discovered by Zu Ti. Zu Ti is demonstrating to us!"

Wen Qiao looked at Liu Tai and looked at him, but he answered Liu Tai immediately.

When Liu Tai heard Wen Qiao's words, he nodded in approval and motioned for Wen Qiao to continue.

Wen Qiao was encouraged and continued:

"According to the information we received, it was not Yanzhou that was hit by the disaster. It is impossible to hide the disaster in this state.

Most of the people who went to the Yellow River to fish came from the south of Yanzhou, and these refugees alone would not be able to shake the foundation of Zu Ti.

Even if we retreat ten thousand steps and the people have no food, Zu Ti's performance can be sure that there will be no shortage of food in Zu Ti's army.

Since this year, Zu Ti has only prepared to go north, rather than actually sending troops to go north. There is no doubt that Zu Ti still has food in his hands! "

Liu Tai heard Wen Qiao's words and agreed with Wen Qiao's analysis.

No matter what, for Liu Tai, this was just a dispensable opportunity. If he had the chance to win Zu Ti at once, he would naturally not hesitate to give it a try.

And if there is no chance, then forget it and just continue to play steadily!
"Your Majesty, I think we can take this opportunity to renew our friendship with Lu Yang." At this time, Chu Hui said decisively.

"What do you say?!" Liu Tai was a little confused when he heard Chu Hui's words.

And Chu Hui said, "We should give each other food to help our ancestors survive!"

Everyone was a little stunned when they heard Chu Hui's words, and both Zhang Song and Xi Jian couldn't help but think deeply.

Liu Tai was slightly silent. For Liu Tai, he must be looking at issues from both sides of the matter and would not veto something easily.

So after hearing the news about Chu Hui at this moment, Liu Tai couldn't help but said, "Please elaborate."

Chu Hui nodded when he heard Liu Tai's words, and then said:

"At the beginning, Yang Ku used virtue to defeat Wu and became close friends with the general Lu Kang of Soochow. However, his behavior made Lu Kang suspicious of Sun Hao. This is for the first time.

Since our army has no chance to conquer the Central Plains this time, it needs to continue to concentrate its efforts to open up the canal. Naturally, it needs to maintain a certain degree of friendship with Zu Ti. This is the second reason.

The most important thing is that we need to take this opportunity to win over the hearts and minds of the people south of the Yellow River!This is the third one! "

Everyone was stunned when they heard Chu Hui's words, and Liu Tai said in a deep voice: "Do you want us to lower the resistance of the people when we attack?

With Zu Ti here, it may not be easy for the people south of the Yellow River to regain their hearts! "

To be honest, although I can occasionally benefit the people north of the Yellow River, the people are very realistic.

Except for a few people who think that the moon outside is rounder than the one inside, basically they are very supportive of the government that can give them a bite to eat.

Not to mention, the Chinese people are more or less aware of relocating to their homeland. As long as they are not forced to do so, the choice of the vast majority of people is to die in their own homes.

"The king is not!" Chu Hui said to Liu Tai,
"I hope to let these people know that the Han Dynasty is now ruled by the king, not the Huns.

At the same time, in order to eradicate the influence of the Xiongnu alien race, I respectfully ask the king to choose a time to be honored and re-establish the Han Dynasty! "

When everyone heard Chu Hui suddenly say these words, they all came to their senses and quickly knelt down and said to Liu Tai:

"I respectfully invite the king to be enthroned with great treasures and reestablish the Han Dynasty!"

"Get up!" Liu Tai heard these people's words and asked them to get up, and then said,

"I'm not being polite. In the future, when the time is right, I will proclaim myself emperor. You can also be granted the title of marquis, and we can jointly write a good story for the emperor and his ministers.

However, now that we only occupy the land of Hebei, it would be too impatient to rush to proclaim ourselves emperor.

First of all, the table of military merits and titles that Chu Hui asked you to get has not been produced yet, and all the generals under my command have not yet been successfully ennobled. I have proclaimed myself the emperor, and it is ridiculous not to enfeoff ministers among them! "

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look towards Chu Hui, as if they were silently saying, "It's all your fault!"

Chu Hui looked up at the eaves and felt that the eaves had carved railings and red inlays, which were unique.

This kind of system involving the entire military system can be put out in a few days. Every treatment and punishment must be carefully considered.

After all, this thing is related to the exchange of military merits. If you are careless at the beginning, you may be in big trouble later.

"As for the second point, that is to return the old capital, be it Chang'an or Luoyang. If these two places are not in my hands, how can I be qualified to be named emperor after a great Han Dynasty!"

Liu Tai shook his head and said, "But we all work together to let the other side understand that there are no more Huns in the Han Dynasty, only the Han Dynasty, so one day, I will change my title to King of Han!"

"I'm waiting to see the King of Han!" When everyone heard Liu Tai's words, they quickly expressed their loyalty in unison!

Liu Tai looked at Chu Hui and said very solemnly: "You are right, at least let the Jin people across the Yellow River know.

What they have to face is no longer the cruel and ferocious Xiongnu, but the Liu family who wants to rebuild the Han Dynasty! "

(End of this chapter)