My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 446 'Love' from Su Chen

The news that the Yue Kingdom was in complete chaos was a step slower than the news about the Japanese in Shengkang.

The fast horse has entered and been sent to Luyang. It is the time when tigers are raging in autumn. The quiet old trees are swaying with light spots, and the cicadas are singing their final song on the trees outside the city gate.

In the hot atmosphere, the fast horse showed its token, passed directly over the business travelers and people who were queuing up to be interrogated into the city, and rushed into the imperial city along the special post road.

In the main hall of Luyang Palace, the morning court was coming to an end. Su Chen then asked Qiu Wei about recruiting scholars for the country. After listening for a while, he didn't ask any more questions.

The Xia Kingdom is at its peak, and signs of the end of the dynasty will not appear so early.

"The Xia Kingdom is so big that it needs many officials to manage it. It is the cornerstone of the country. If I know who is engaging in malpractice for personal gain and pretending to be someone else, you know what I will do."

The main hall was magnificent, with four dragon-shaped cloud pillars standing outside the ministers. Su Chen's voice echoed slowly.

"One more thing, the harvest in the Central Plains is good. When the income from the Yue Kingdom comes in, I will need two batches of grain so that the people in the northwest and southwest will have food to eat this winter. Please pass on my words and let the people in the clan Those family members who have stored grain should look through the granary, and I will not treat them badly when the time comes."

As an emperor, Su Chen was the tallest among the emperors of the Six Kingdoms. Even the dead Liang Emperor Tuoba Kui could not compare with him.

As soon as he stood up, the civil and military personnel below him felt like they were dominating the world.

"After this year, a batch of new grain seeds will be sent back from the North. By then, it will be fully rolled out so that all the crops in the fields can be planted, and the people will be told that these are new seeds that will allow them to grow more grain in their fields. , be careful in farming, the government only collects two levels of grain tax in the first year, and the rest belongs to the people!"

The reason for saying this is to increase people's enthusiasm for planting new grains; secondly, Su Chen could not guarantee that when the new grains arrived in the Central Plains, the new soil would increase production like in the Northland, so he lowered the grain tax standards, even if he adapted. No, if there is no increase in production, the people will not starve.

Anyway, after the Yue Kingdom comes down, it will have to take care of people's livelihood, and we can't keep fighting all the time.

It's not okay to resort to force.

We cannot imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the later period...

As for the Japanese, they can only wait for two or three years to defend the sea and prevent... Just when Su Chen had an idea in his mind, he quickly came over from the imperial city, and then an order hurriedly climbed up the stone steps. , led by the eunuch outside the palace, quickly entered the hall.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Shengkang!"

Na Lingqi strode to the middle, stopped ten steps away from the imperial steps, half-knelt and cupped his hands, then took out the lacquer-sealed bamboo tube from his arms and presented it to Zheng He who stepped forward.

The eunuch raised his orchid fingers and carefully inspected it. After confirming that there was no trace of disassembly, he walked up the imperial steps from the side and handed his hands to Su Chen.

Opening the lacquer opening, he poured out a rolled letter from the bamboo tube. Su Chen unfolded it and his thick eyebrows suddenly furrowed.

"Your Majesty, what did Guan Yunchang say above?" Lu Bu couldn't help but ask when he saw the figure on the dragon chair looked strange.

"Humph!"

Su Chen pursed his lips and handed the letter to Zheng He, asking him to pass it on. He then waved Long Qiao, Yuan Feng and a group of Central Plains civil and military personnel to leave, leaving only the Chinese civil and military personnel.

After all, there is a difference between closeness and distance. Some things can only be said to the people closest to you.

"The Japanese were so confident that they took the peace treaty signed by the former Wu Kingdom Gu Chongwen with them and went to Shengkang to ask General Guan to ask for Minggang, so that they could enter and exit there at will!"

As soon as the letter was passed on, the generals in Huaxia immediately exploded. Only now did they feel the rudeness and rudeness in their shoes.

"Is this the 'concession' that His Majesty talked about before?" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan.

"It doesn't matter what the concession is, if you cut our flesh, these monkeys will get tired of living!" Qin Qiong has a bad temper. He pretended to attack the Yue Kingdom but failed. He rolled his eyes and immediately turned his gaze to the front where Jia Xu was looking. On the letter, he grinned and strode out: "Your Majesty, why don't we, Tang Jun, make a move and follow Governor Zhou to go to the monkey island and kill a few and come back for everyone to see."

Li Xuanba nodded: "I want to see if their heads are bald."

"Haha." Lu Bu looked at the content of the letter and could only laugh coldly.

These Chinese military generals are eager to expand their territory. Fortunately, someone comes to the door and asks for land from them. Doesn't this give them a reason to take the butcher's knife?

"There's no rush yet."

Su Chen pressed down his hand and interrupted everyone's words, "You think I don't want to do it? But there are too few ships at sea. Only a few ships can't do their full work. After building a few more ships, we can raise enough soldiers and horses for two armies. Go over and seek bad luck for them. However, to relieve your anger, General Guan has beheaded the Japanese envoys and set them up at the ferry at Ming Port."

"Haha, Guan Yu has such a temper!" Lu Bu laughed. This was the first time he was satisfied with Guan Yu. "I must have said again that we, tigers, can't associate with chickens and dogs!"

Having said this, there were fast horses driving in again outside. This was specially arranged by Su Chen. Anyone who rushes for hundreds of miles will not be questioned when entering the imperial city, which will delay time.

All the generals turned back to look at the palace gate.

"Come to Baili again to rush?"

"It should be from the Yue country."

As Yuchi Gong and Li Jing finished speaking, the commander who came after him walked straight in, half-knelt down next to the first commander, handed the urgent letter to Zheng He, and then it fell into Su Chen's hands.

The above content is simple and clear: Meng Jintai captured the palace, and the other four princes entered the capital.

You don't need to think about it to know that this letter was written by Qin Hui. This person was a cunning person in his previous life. Now that Su Chen has the handle, he naturally doesn't dare to mess around.

Just like An Lushan, throwing him out to harm other countries is easy to use.

"Next, it's my turn."

Su Chen folded the letter with a smile and put it on the dragon table together with the memorial above. Immediately, he ordered: "Send a decree to Zhongshu Province to draft the article I wrote to them before into a memorandum. Tell the world!"

Lu Bu and other generals in the palace didn't know what it meant, but Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu looked at each other and smiled without saying a word. Wang Lang looked at them with a look of understanding.

Ma Chao, who was leaning back, kept winking at Zhuge Liang, asking him to speak quickly.

Zhuge Liang shook his crane fan and said, "This is a secret, don't say it!" "Who cares?" Opposite him, Lu Bu crossed his arms and turned his face to one side.

Ma Chao looked at Wang Lang again and bumped Situ's lower back with his elbow, "You said."

As a result, Wang Lang spread his hands and said, "How do I know!"

"Then you look very understanding."

Wang Situ looked around, then turned back and said to Ma Chao in a low voice: "Both of them know it, but I don't know. Doesn't it mean that I am stupid and not as good as the two of them! It's better to pretend."

The voice was not loud, but the generals with amazing ears heard it, and the hall suddenly burst into laughter.

This prompted Wang Lang to lift up his sleeves, revealing his dry arms on his waist.

"You're laughing, I want to challenge you to a duel!"

……

Compared with the liveliness of Luyang, Lening, the capital of Yue State, was under martial law at this time.

The four princes received Meng Tong's edict and entered the capital. They did not have any doubts at first, because the content stated the punishment for the fourth son Meng Jintai, telling them to return to the capital and not to imitate the fourth son, otherwise they would be like Meng Jintai and prepare to leave. Return to the fief.

Such a letter of reprimand was indeed in line with Meng Tong's style, so there was no doubt that the princes took only a few battalions of soldiers and horses to Lening. There were no obstacles on the way. At the same time, they also knew that other royal brothers were also on the way, even if they had previously Attacking each other, it is not a good time to have a dispute on the road.

After entering Lening, the troops and horses they led were stationed in the military camp outside the city. As soon as they entered the city, the atmosphere became solemn, and within sight, everywhere in the city was under martial law.

However, considering that they were princes and had been fighting each other for two months, there was nothing wrong with martial law preventing them from fighting in the city. However, after entering the imperial city, their soldiers were detained at the city gate and had to enter the palace alone.

But as soon as they entered, the four of them were instantly controlled, their weapons were taken away, and they were surrounded by soldiers armed to the teeth. The second oldest, Meng Zhaolin, led the remaining brothers into the hall.

The first thing I saw was that the civil and military officials from all over the court were there, but they looked sluggish, as if they hadn't slept well for seven or eight days.

But when they looked at the first person, the expressions on their faces were as wonderful as they could get. The figure sitting on the dragon chair above them was none other than Meng Jintai, the fourth child who was scolded in the edict to be driven back to his fiefdom.

"Brothers, are you surprised?"

Meng Jintai was wearing royal robes. He stood up from the dragon chair, stretched out his arms, and said with an irrepressible smile: "Soon you will call me your majesty!"

"what?!"

"Where is my father?!"

"...Fourth brother, you...you..."

"Despicable, you lied to us...you forged an imperial edict!"

Meng Zhaolin and the other four princes' expressions changed greatly. It was already too late to escape at this moment, and they knew with their butts that Emperor Meng Tong was definitely imprisoned.

"A gentleman once said, success is king and defeat is defeat. You guys, you must have been gloating when you heard the news that I was summoned to Lening by my father, scolded and sent back to my fiefdom. But it doesn't matter, you will laugh soon. Won’t come out.”

Meng Jintai was very satisfied with the expressions of these four brothers. The reason why he summoned them was not only to catch them all, but also to see the surprised and horrified expressions on their faces.

"You have always thought that I am just a martial artist, but now it seems that the martial artist you have been making fun of is much smarter than you."

His eyes swept around: "My dear friends, are you right?"

"Yes……"

All the ministers in the court have been here for seven or eight days. They eat simple meals and sleep on the floor every day. They are exhausted and in a daze from the torture. How can they dare to say no again.

"Fourth, you are crazy!" Meng Zhaolin stepped forward and pointed at the majestic Fourth on the imperial steps and yelled: "You imprison the father and control all officials. Do you think you can become the prince like this?!"

"Who said I want to be a prince?"

Meng Jintai stood on the imperial steps, supporting the dragon case with high spirits, leaning forward slightly, and said one word at a time: "I want to be the emperor!"

After saying that, he burst into laughter.

At this moment, a eunuch came in from outside. His face was red and he was panting. He held a folded paper in his hand, walked slowly to the imperial steps and presented it to him.

Smiling as he unfolded the paper, the smile in his mouth stopped abruptly when he saw the contents composed of handwriting on it.

Above is the emperor of Xia's proclamation to the world.

After just one glance, he pinched the paper and sat back on the dragon chair. His eyes were unfocused and he stared blankly outside the hall.

The target of the conquest in the memorandum was him, Meng Jintai, the fourth prince of the Yue Kingdom and Chongwang.

This is something that no one has arrived at.

Moreover, once the Xia Kingdom really sends troops, it will definitely be a battle to destroy the country. From these years, Xia State conquered Xirong, Qi State, Liang State, and most recently Wu State.

Every conquest is a war to destroy the country.

The content in Meng Jintai's hand spread around the Golden Palace, and Wen and Wu, who were originally depressed, woke up and realized that the whole thing might be a big chess game played by Xia Guo.

But the hall was quiet, so quiet that only the breathing of everyone could be heard.

(End of this chapter)