The Child Emperor

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More than 120 years ago, the state of Qi was attacked by Chu and Zhao from both sides, and lost in a row. King Chen Lun of Qi refused to flee and committed suicide in Linzi City. Nearly a thousand people died. A fire was set and the corpse was burned to avoid humiliation after death, as well as the palace and its treasures.

Chen Lun wanted to bring the state of Qi, which his ancestors left to him, to the sky.

A small number of Chen's descendants and servants had other ideas. They felt that although the sky is good, there should be a Chen's blood on the ground. So hundreds of people escaped from Linzi City, protecting a Chen's descendant, all the way east. He couldn't get rid of the enemy army behind him, and finally had to take a boat into the sea, leaving some people on the shore, keeping a fake descendant of the Chen family to fight with the pursuers, and all died on the beach.

The fugitives found a deserted island in the vast sea. The original intention was to live here temporarily. As a result, they lived here for more than 100 years. The island was named "The Righteous Man". Lonely hermits get to know each other, no matter how much the outside world changes, the dream of restoring the country never disappears in the hearts of the islanders.

Fuyu is a small country located in the east of Liaoning. It has close contacts with Yishi Island. Its king even married a "princess" on the island, but it was of no use. Yushi Island was hungry and wanted to use soldiers to restore the country, but the King of Fuyu just wanted to fish in the water. When they found out that none of them had this strength, the grand plan had to be left to nothing.

During Emperor Wu's time, Righteous Shidao was almost in despair, and he never thought that as soon as Emperor Wu died, Da Chu would fall into chaos, and it became more and more chaotic.

The chance to return to the country has finally come.

Yoshidao summoned many pirates, and with their ships, transported thousands of soldiers from the Fuyu Kingdom from Liaodong to the East China Sea, and drove tens of thousands of improvised refugees and boatmen to form an army that Yoshidao dreamed of.

In fact, Righteous Island often acts as a pirate to survive, but the islanders never admit that they are pirates. In their view, robbery is just a stopgap measure. Unlike those desperadoes who only want money, they have bigger goals.

This goal is about to be achieved.

Pengcheng is close to the East China Sea and is a key place to prevent the rebels from advancing westward. The North Road Chu army led by the emperor himself was stationed here.

General Cui Hong proved that he was not incompetent. In just ten days, the number of soldiers he transferred from various places had reached 20,000. At the same time, Chai Yue's troops on the middle route had expanded to 30,000, and Fang Daye on the south route had increased to 20,000. Ten thousand people surrounded the rebels between mountains and seas.

The rebels occupied most of the entire Donghai Kingdom and Qi Kingdom. Most of their vigor disappeared. They turned from attack to defense and began to defend the city, preparing to fight against the three-way Chu army.

After more than 100 years of waiting, the remnants of the Qi Kingdom on Yishi Island have worn out a little arrogance. They did not immediately play their own banners, but respected the Shangguan family of the East China Sea as the head and the King of England as the emperor, claiming to restore the orthodoxy of Emperor Wu, and then Slowly spread the news of King Qi of the Chen family.

That's all the information Chai Yue can collect, he doesn't know anything about the relationship between Chen Qi and the Meng brothers and sisters.

Han Ruzi knew that, so he was shocked. At that time, he sent someone back to the capital and sent a letter to Yang Feng, asking him to find out the truth-the Meng brothers and sisters were introduced to the Queen Mother by Yang Feng as guards, promising to help them capture a Huawai In a small country, as a result, the two brothers and sisters jumped east at the same time, and the righteous island sent troops ahead of time. The target of the capture was not the small country, but the homeland of Qi.

Before Yang Feng's reply had arrived, Han Ruzi did not wait, and discussed the plan to pacify the chaos with the generals in Pengcheng.

Cui Hong had already drawn up a plan on the march, "General Nanlufang fought two battles with the rebels, both of which were won. According to his observation, the rebels were close to a mob, and many were forced to join, and they would be defeated with a single blow. If you can defend the city, you dare not leave the city to fight."

"The country of Fuyu is a small state. According to the generals of Liaodong, although the soldiers of Fuyu are fierce, they lack armour and often fight naked. They are most afraid of long-range bows and crossbows. Now they are all in the city of Linzi, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

"The trouble is that those pirates do not form an army, they are divided into dozens of groups, avoid the Chu army, and specifically harass the grain roads and towns in the rear. The Chu army is concentrated in attacking, it is difficult to find the whereabouts of the pirates, they are scattered, and there are threats from rebels. Probably a rebel strategy."

"According to the minister's plan, it is better to seize the big and let go of the small: the middle road goes straight to Linzi, the north road breaks into the East China Sea, occupying the coast, blocking the retreat of the savage soldiers of the Fuyu country, forcing the rebels to flee south, and General Fang taking the opportunity to intercept. As for the pirates, wait until The general situation has been set, and then we will try to destroy it.”

Cui Hong's plan was complete, and the odds of winning were high. Han Ruzi couldn't make any further comments, but asked, "Is the Chu army enough?"

"If you want to win, the three-way Chu army is enough. If you want to catch all the troops in the middle, the south and the middle are too few. Fortunately, reinforcements are already on the way. Within ten days, the middle route can reach 40,000 people, and the south route can reach 2 10,000,000, the North Road can also be slightly increased by a few thousand, and it can become a sure-win situation."

"Does the Huns have any movement?"

"No news yet."

"The northern border guards cannot be moved."

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are not many defenders in the northern border. This time I have not used a soldier in the northern border."

Han Ruzi was a little relieved that the war would start in ten days, and there would be at most ten more days, the rebel army could be destroyed, and the Great Chu could eliminate a major internal trouble.

He just regretted that the Meng brothers and sisters became enemies of Chu so quickly, especially Meng E. She had an agreement with the emperor, but she betrayed without a word, but returned the extremely important seal, which is unpredictable. through.

Having seen the generals, Han Ruzi summoned the accompanying civil servants and asked them to come up with an idea that would stabilize Qi for a long time after the chaos.

In just three years, the state of Qi had two rebellions, which must be guarded against.

The ministers came up with many ideas: one is to divide the state of Qi into several prefectures, the other is to assign the descendants of the old and respectful clan as kings, the third is to appoint officials by the court, the fourth is to reduce the power of the princes, and the fifth is to impose heavier taxes. Taxation, the sixth is to migrate the home of the powerful, the seventh is to ban the sea to prevent robbery, the eighth is to station heavy troops under surveillance for a few years, the ninth is to cancel the title of the state of Qi, and the tenth is to severely punish the rebels and thieves as an example.

The Ten Strategies of Ding Qi came out like this, and there are many repetitions, but in the descriptions of the ministers, these are ten completely different strategies. Even if only half of them are implemented, it can ensure that the land of Qi will not be chaotic for decades.

Han Ruzi accepted these ten strategies and praised the ministers, but he was still not satisfied.

At dusk, when Han Ruzi climbed the city and looked east, he saw mountains and mountains, but no city or people.

"That's your East China Sea." Han Ruzi pointed at the mountains and said.

"There is no king's land in the world." The King of the East Sea replied humbly, and also looked at the mountains. The setting sun was falling to the west, and the mountains to the east were only blurred, "The scenery is not bad."

Cui Teng also followed the emperor and said excitedly: "Your Majesty and the East Sea King were both born in the East Sea Kingdom? This is the land of Longxing, does Your Majesty remember anything?"

Han Ruzi shook his head, he had no impression of Donghai Kingdom.

The King of the East Sea didn't even remember, he turned around and took a look, surrounded by eunuchs and guards, and no ministers, so he whispered: "Your Majesty, the state of Qi cannot be kept, it must be divided, and if you want me to say, the state of Donghai cannot stay either. "

"Donghai Kingdom is already very small... You don't care that your fief is smaller?" Han Ruzi was a little surprised.

"I'd rather not confiscate land and turn Donghai Kingdom into a county. I would like to stay by Your Majesty's side all the time, or live in Donghai County and live my life as a civilian."

Han Ruzi smiled and shook his head. The King of the East Sea was pitiful, but he actually wanted to return to the capital with the emperor.

As night fell, there was nothing to see. Han Ruzi didn't want to go back, so he ordered someone to find Qiao Wanfu.

Qiao Wanfu was no longer Ao Cangling, but was promoted to a regular servant of the Sanqi. He was able to follow the emperor, but he had no power at all.

But this is an opportunity, as long as the emperor takes a fancy to it, it is possible to ascend to the sky in one step.

Qiao Wanfu was short and did not dare to speak. He knelt behind the emperor for a while before being discovered. Cui Teng smiled and said, "What a small minister."

Han Ruzi asked Qiao Wanfu to get up and asked, "The ship of Qilu is full in the west and empty in the east. Is there really nothing to exchange in the capital?"

Qiao Wanfu has met the emperor several times and knows that His Majesty does not like empty words, so he said succinctly, "Yes."

Han Ruzi, Donghai King, and Cui Teng all looked at the "little minister", and then Qiao Wanfu realized that he needed to explain, and hurriedly said: "The capital is the official source, Qilu has things, and the capital has officials, which can be exchanged. ."

Han Ruzi frowned slightly, but Cui Teng didn't understand it at all. The King of the East Sea smiled and said, "This is really a strange and bold idea. There are two rebellions in Qidi, do you need to make more people from Qi an official?"

Qiao Wanfu knelt down again, "Weichen is talking nonsense, begging for forgiveness."

Han Ruzi raised his hand, motioned for Qiao Wanfu to flatten his body, thought for a while, and said, "The people of Qilu are rich and eager to learn. I remember that there are many Qi people among the jinshi over the years."

"There are a lot of people in Qi who are Jinshi, but it is difficult to get high officials. They often try to find ways to return to their hometowns to live idle. The reason why Qi people attach great importance to the imperial examinations is mostly to exempt the family from the tax, not to be an official. It is said that the land tax in Qilu is heavy, but it is actually the tax of the common people. Heavy."

The minister's idea was too conventional, Qiao Wanfu's idea was too bold, and it was difficult for Han Ruzi to decide for a while.

From the other side of the city wall came the faint sound of the piano.

Han Ruzi put his mind down and listened carefully. Cui Teng was more interested in people who played the qin, but he didn't dare to walk over and whispered to the King of the East Sea: "I really admire this father and daughter, who can play music anywhere, no matter when. Wherever you are, you can please your Majesty."

The King of the East Sea gave a soft hum, not interested in Qin and people.

The qin song only lasted for a while and then ended suddenly. Han Ruzi was caught off guard and felt annoyed. He was about to order Zhang's father and daughter to continue playing the qin when one of the guards outside shouted, "Who is it? Be careful, there are assassins! "

Although assassinations were rare, the emperor's guards and bodyguards were still well prepared. The four guards immediately rushed to the emperor's side and pushed Donghai Wang and others away, followed by a large number of guards, who surrounded the emperor on the third floor and the third floor. , this time not excluding anyone.

The other bodyguards and guards scattered, looking for the whereabouts of the assassin.

Han Ruzi didn't rush down the city, but stood in the same place and said to the panicked people around him: "It's just late, how can there be a reason for the assassination at this time? I'm afraid it's a false alarm."

The riots on the periphery soon ended, and the leader of the guards, Wang He, hurried over and said, "I have been caught, not an assassin, claiming to be His Majesty's guard, surnamed Meng."