Iron Dynasty

The King of Shu is dead.

Xiao Ming closed the memorial that Di Ying sent.

He got the news one month after Xiao Zhen led 20,000 people into Shu.

Because of this incident, both Fiji and Pang Yukun went to the imperial study room to discuss the matter together.

As expected by the old minister, the king of Shu really refused to surrender. Pang Yukun said.

Fiji said: This Xiao Zhen's righteous extermination at the last moment is a good move, which not only makes the emperor appreciate him, but also wins the favor of the Yizhou nobles.

However, these three princes are also ruthless. This is his own younger brother. Pang Yukun said seemingly unintentionally.

Xiao Ming glanced at him, Pang Yukun was just reminding him that the third prince was a ruthless person, and told him to beware.

I understand what you mean, so I am going to decree to withdraw the name of the vassal state of the State of Shu and make the State of Shu a government, and the army of the State of Shu will be commanded by Di Ying for the time being, so that the third prince will be a tiger without teeth. , If he has outrageous behavior, I can end him at any time. Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun nodded, The most taboo thing about the vassal king is the grasp of military and political power. Now we only need to control the army to control the land of Shu.

In addition, we will send some loyal officials over there. In this way, the land of Shu is no different from the land of Wei, and the third prince's time in the land of Shu is only equivalent to exile. Fiji said.

Xiao Ming nodded. He naturally had no mercy for the third prince. There was no one who was pitiful or pitiful.

He didn't kill him, just because he won the land of Shu without a single shot. This was a great achievement, which was enough for him to continue to enjoy the glory and wealth, but it was impossible to continue to enter the political center of the Great Yu Kingdom.

After talking about the third prince, Xiao Ming led the two to the map. In addition to discussing the establishment of the Yizhou Mansion, he also sought the two for the barbarians.

During this period of time, the memorials at the border were one after the other, and the contents of the memorials were similar. They were all news of the barbarians in the border.

It's just that both Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan are guarded to death, and the barbarians seem to have a headache, and often drive out slave soldiers to try to attack and then retreat.

However, this situation still caused unease in the court and the opposition, and even the rumors of relatives came out, which made Xiao Ming very angry.

The two looked at the circles on the map. These were the places that the barbarians had recently tried to attack, and they were all important levels on the front line of the Great Wall.

Your Majesty, there are some outrageous remarks about the barbarians in the court now. Some officials' kneecaps are softening again. It's ridiculous. Pang Yukun sneered.

Fiji said: When the previous emperor was there, he always blamed himself for compromising with the barbarians. If he hadn't let the barbarians enter the customs, he would not have allowed the Great Yu Kingdom to decline to this point. The younger generation in the hall, the old minister thought that the barbarians were not greedy enough, and they would only put away their claws if they were subdued.

If you say this, I will be relieved. As the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked. If you also have the same idea with them, this court will be over.

After a pause, he said to the two of them; Go back and tell them that my three principles will not change, not to be a subject, not to pay tribute, not to be amicable, and whoever wants to be a subject will take off his official uniform and go to the barbarians. I won't stop him when he is a minister. Those who want to pay tribute will take their own money and give it to the barbarians. I will not stop him. As for those who want to be relatives, I will let them send their own daughters. Who dares to send them? If it's fake, I'll cut off his head.

Hahaha... Pang Yukun laughed loudly, Your Majesty, if this is the case, I am afraid that none of the ministers would dare to agree. It is easy to be generous to the country, but not so easy to be generous to yourself.

Fiji nodded, After I go back, I will tell them what the emperor said.

Xiao Ming shook his head. Some people are used to kneeling and can't stand up. If you ask him to stand up, he will scold you.

There are such a group of people in the court now, and he asked Qian Dafu to write down the names of these people, and he plans to check whether these people are corrupt in the future.

According to convention, those who like to kneel are often greedy for money and lust.

However, Xiao Ming did not let the two of them look at the map for the barbarians. Now the barbarians could not enter the northern hinterland for a while with the pass of Yanyun.

The purpose of the two of them is for Goryeo.

So he said: Leave aside the barbarian thing for the time being. Today I want to tell you about Goryeo. I think it's time to clean up Goryeo.

Fighting again? Your Majesty, you really don't have the money to fight now, not to mention that Gaoli is so far away from the Great Yu Kingdom, it will definitely have to recruit teachers again. Pang Yukun cried directly.

Fiji agreed; Your Majesty, Pang Shoufu is telling the truth, the treasury has only so much money, and the Emperor has set aside 6 million to support the industry. On weekdays, he has to open mines, build schools, and build roads. It’s not making ends meet.”

Xiao Ming also understood the current situation, he said to the two of them: That's why I want to fight Korea, and fighting at home will naturally make people poorer, but fighting Korea is a cost-effective business. Little silver, now I want to ask Goryeo to offer some silver to the Great Yu Kingdom.

After a pause, he continued: And fighting Goryeo is also for merchants to sell goods, and at the same time to cut off the arms of barbarians.

Both of them are smart people, they can figure it out when they think about it.

Pang Yukun said: Your Majesty, since this is the case, let the merchants provide the materials and expenses for this attack on Goryeo.

Now Fiji and Pang Yukun are surprisingly consistent, he said: Since the attack on Korea is for the sale of goods, this war is fought for the merchants, it is really unreasonable that they can't afford the money, why don't they sell the Korean trade to these merchants in exchange for it? Material and silver.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, this is the purpose of his looking for the two of them, he said: This is also what I think, so you can talk to the merchants and let the merchants use the money to buy Goryeo's trading rights, how about it?

Yes, Your Majesty. The two bowed in response.

Solving the problem of funds is the problem of attacking Goryeo. For Xiao Ming, the best way to fight is of course to defend the enemy outside the country.

It's better to smash someone else's house than his own, and this time his attack on Goryeo is a disaster.

And it would be even better if the barbarians changed their strategies because of this, so that there would be much less pressure on the Yanyun front line.

The three agreed on this matter, and Xiao Ming sent a letter to Yue Yun at this time, asking him to prepare. The main force in this attack on Goryeo was the Navy and Marine Corps.

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