The Jagged Empire of Daqin

"Thanks to Grandma Huang's guidance!" Zhao Dan smiled lightly.

Zhu Ci smiled without saying a word, took a sip of the fragrant tea, then put down the teacup, and said in a neutral tone: "In the past few years, my great Zhao's national strength has recovered, and I believe that within five years, the great Zhao's national strength will be able to Recovering to the peak period, but the emperor should not take it lightly, the development momentum of the Qin Empire in the past three years can be described as fierce, and there are even rumors that the Qin Empire has surpassed the Wei Empire and become the new overlord of Kyushu!"

Zhao Dan couldn't help but dignified, "This is not a rumor. The national strength of the Qin Empire has indeed surpassed that of the Wei Empire. Whether it is finance, people's strength, or military strength, although the Qin Empire's army is only one million, but what kind of reserve battalion system is implemented in the country, anyone who is 17 years old The above-mentioned men must be trained in the camp for three years, and if you add the strength of the reserve battalion, the Qin Empire has at least 200 million troops!"

"Facing this kind of enemy, is the emperor stressed?" Zhu Ci asked immediately.

Hearing this, Zhao Dan couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly: "It's a lie to say that there is no pressure. Facing such a powerful neighboring country, how can the emperor's grandson not be under great pressure, even if he doesn't hide it from the emperor's grandma. The emperor's grandson not only feels the huge pressure, I am also a little scared in my heart, if the Qin army draws 50 troops to attack my Zhao army, I am afraid that my Zhao army will not be able to stop the Qin army's offensive!"

Zhu Ci raised his eyebrows, and said emphatically, "The emperor need not be afraid, grandma can guarantee that before the Yan Empire is destroyed, the Qin Empire will not attack my Great Zhao!"

"Oh?" A trace of doubt flashed in Zhao Dan's eyes, and he couldn't help asking, "Why did Grandma Huang say that?"

Although the Great Zhao Empire has experienced several disastrous defeats, it is still one of the best existences among the countries in the northwest of Kyushu. It is also the most dangerous enemy of the Great Qin Empire in the northwest. If he is Emperor Qin, he will definitely eliminate this threat first, and then deal with it other weak countries.

"Bring me the territory map of Great Zhao!" Zhu Ci said.

Zhao Dan was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly ordered someone to fetch the territory map of Dazhao. After a while, someone sent a territory map the size of a small tea table, and Zhao Dan placed the territory map on the small table on the couch Go up, and then look up at Zhu Ci, wanting Zhu Ci to continue talking.

Zhu Ci pointed to a river between Handan County and Beichang County, "Handan County and Beichang County are bordered by the Yellow River. The Yellow River is turbulent and as wide as three miles. It is impossible for an ordinary boat to cross it, let alone a large army." If you enter the river, even if the Qin army breaks Changmen and seizes Beichang County, the Qin army will not be able to enter the hinterland of Zhao, and can only stare blankly across the river!"

Zhao Dan showed a look of sudden realization, as if he was enlightened, and quickly said: "The emperor knows what the emperor's grandma means. If the Qin army breaks through Changmen and takes Beichang County, my Dazhao can cut down the Huangjiang cable bridge, so that the Qin army Can't cross the river!"

"In this way, the Qin army will at most occupy the area north of the Yellow River, and will never be able to attack the hinterland of our Great Zhao. Even our Great Zhao can dispatch naval forces to counterattack the Qin army, while the Qin army can only passively defend. In the long run, the Qin Empire will Absolutely can't hold it!"

"Although the Qin Empire can also build ships and train sailors, sailors are no more than cavalry and infantry, and sailors are more complicated than land troops, and Qin people are not good at water, which makes it more difficult for the Qin Empire to train sailors. Now, it will take at least seven or eight years for the Qin Empire to train elite sailors!"

Chapter 674 Consolidate to attack Qin?

"But the Qin Empire simply can't afford to wait seven or eight years. Seven or eight years is enough to drain their treasury. The Qin Emperor is bold and far-sighted, so it is impossible for the Great Qin Empire to fall into this endless vortex!"

"If I were Emperor Qin, I would definitely send troops to destroy the Yan Empire first, because the Yan Empire has powerful navy, and the Yan people along the coast are good at water, so they are the best source of soldiers to train sailors!"

"If the navy of the Yan Empire can be used for its own use, the Qin Empire can let the navy of the Yan Empire enter the Yellow River Basin through the Haikou of the Xia Empire, and then go all the way west, directly landing in the hinterland of our Great Zhao. Therefore, the Qin Empire must be destroyed first. Lose the Yan Empire, oh no, you have to destroy the Xia Empire again, the Xia Empire is not so kind as to lend Haikou to the Qin Empire!"

"Grandma Huang's words really awakened the emperor's dream. The emperor did not expect that across the river, it would take the Qin Empire to destroy Yanxia to attack the hinterland of our Great Zhao Empire. Haha, God bless you!" Zhao Didan was very excited, The whole body is much more relaxed.

"You should thank the great Zhao's ancestors, thank them for their vision, and make a great place for Great Zhao to reject the north." Zhu Ci said with a smile on his face.

A river that rejects all the countries in the northern part of Kyushu!

"Well, when you are free, the emperor's grandson will lead the descendants of the royal family to the ancestral hall to worship..."

"Report!"

Before Zhao Dan finished speaking, there was an urgent call from outside the hall. Zhao Dan hated being interrupted when he was speaking. For a moment, a surge of anger welled up in his heart. Just as he was about to explode, Zhu Ci immediately spoke. Said: "What's the matter!"

"Go back to the Empress Dowager, the Prime Minister begs to see Your Majesty!" A duck's voice came from outside the hall.

"I came to look for you, the emperor!" Zhu Ci turned to look at Zhao Dan and said.

"Come in!" Zhao Dan yelled softly with no expression on his face.

After a short period of time, a gray-haired old man wearing a silver white crane patch entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation. This old man was Fang Ruhai, the Prime Minister of the Great Zhao Empire. It's an old man who cut his body into the loess as soon as he walked.

When Fang Ruhai walked three steps in front of the couch, he bent down his aged body, raised his hand to pay respects and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, Fang Ruhai, my minister!"

"Pingshen!" Zhao Dan said without expression, without anger.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fang Ruhai stood up slowly, before Fang Ruhai could speak, Zhao Dan asked straight to the point: "What is there for Aiqing to ask me?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have just received a detailed report that the Qin Empire has declared war on the Yan Empire, and the Emperor Qin personally marched. I feel that although this matter is not related to my great Zhao, your Majesty has said that any action by the Qin Empire must be done." Report to His Majesty immediately, so I take the liberty to enter the palace to ask His Majesty!" Fang Ruhai replied respectfully.

"what?"

Zhao Dan and Zhu Ci were taken aback for a moment!

What did you just say?If the Qin Empire wanted to destroy Zhao, it must first destroy Yanxia. Just after saying these words, did the Qin Empire take action?This is too fast!

Seeing Zhao Dan and Zhu Ci's reaction, Fang Ruhai felt puzzled, and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the Qin Empire's attack on Yan is a good thing for me, Great Zhao!"

Zhao Dan frowned, and said with an ugly face: "What do you know, the Qin Empire's conquest of swallows seems to have nothing to do with my great Zhao, but in fact the Qin Empire is targeting my great Zhao, how is this a good thing!"

"Come here for my great Zhao, so where do you start?" Fang Ruhai Erzhang monk couldn't figure it out, he couldn't understand Zhao Dan's words at all, thinking to himself, Your Majesty was frightened by the Qin Empire and became a frightened bird.

Zhao Dan threw the territory map on the small table at Fang Ruhai, and said with a look of resentment: "Look, look, see if the Yellow River is the border between Beichang County and Handan County!"

"Yes!" Fang Ruhai replied in a daze.

"If the Qin army breaks through Changmen and captures Changbei County, what should we do?" Zhao Dan continued.

"It's not Your Majesty, didn't the Qin Empire conquer Yan? How do you say that the Qin army broke through the Changmen?" Fang Ruhai became more and more confused as he listened, and was led into the gutter by Zhao Dan.

"Stop talking nonsense, just tell me what to do with Da Zhao!" Zhao Dan said angrily.

"Uh..." Fang Ruhai was speechless for a while, but also pondered for a while, and after a moment of thought, he opened his mouth and replied: "Of course, cut off the cable bridge on the Yellow River to prevent the Qin army from crossing the river, so as to ensure that the hinterland of our Great Zhao is safe. If possible, We have to mobilize the navy to attack the Qin army, and the Qin army can only defend passively. If they want to cross the river, they must first build a strong navy, and then defeat my Dazhao navy before they can attack the hinterland of our Dazhao. People are not good at water, and since the founding of the Qin Empire, they have never been trained as sailors, let alone trained sailors, and they don't even have a decent warship!"

"That's right, the Qin Empire does not have sailors, and with the current situation of the Qin Empire, it can't train sailors, but the Yan Empire has powerful sailors, I ask you, if the Qin Empire turns the Yan Empire's sailors into its own Use it, don’t you have a navy?” Zhao Dan continued to speak.

Fang Ruhai frowned slightly, and after a moment of contemplation, he said: "Your Majesty, what you mean is that the Qin Empire wants to destroy the Yan Empire, and then use the Yan Empire's navy to fight against me, Zhao? Although there is some truth in this statement, it is not at all Be realistic!"

"First of all, there are warships. The source of the Yellow River is in Donggu County of our Great Zhao. The river runs directly through the area north of our Great Zhao and the Xia Empire, and goes straight to the East China Sea. Even if the Qin Empire regained the navy of the Yan Empire, their navy would not be able to Appearing in the Yellow River, there is no way to go, unless a warship falls from the sky in the Yellow River Basin, but this is impossible, it is impossible!"

"Secondly, even if the Qin army has the ability to move the navy of the Yan Empire to the Yellow River Basin, the Qin Empire has to build a port. If there is no port, how can the navy's food and grass be guaranteed? It is impossible for the army to build a port, if they build it, we will make trouble!"

"Your Majesty, I also think that the Qin Empire doesn't need to spend so much effort to attack my Great Zhao. If the Qin Empire really wants to attack my Great Zhao, it can just use the Zhongshan Kingdom directly, and there is no need for any navy at all!"

Fang Ruhai didn't believe that the Qin Empire's destruction of Yan was for the purpose of destroying Zhao.

"What you said is also reasonable, but what if the Qin Empire destroys Xia after destroying Yan? Then enter the Huangjiang River Basin from the Haikou of the Xia Empire, and attack the hinterland of my Dazhao all the way west, and what you just said by way of Zhongshan China, this is indeed a very good choice, but for the Qin Empire, it has little strategic significance, so it will never be adopted. Now, do you still think that the Qin Empire's attack on Yan has nothing to do with my Great Zhao?" Zhao Dan said again Explain!

"This..." Fang Ruhai was at a loss for words for a moment, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Then what should I do, Da Zhao?" After Fang Ruhai understood Zhao Dan's true meaning, he immediately changed from a relaxed state to a stressed state, and couldn't help but worry about Da Zhao's future.

Zhao Dan fell silent, he didn't know what to do, send troops to help Yan?Forget it, the Yan Empire has existed in name only, and it is in a period of separatist rule by heroes. Although those heroes of the Yan Empire have a large number of soldiers and horses, they are all stragglers, and they will collapse at the first touch!

If this situation still sends troops to assist Yan, the Yan Empire will definitely not have soldiers to help. At that time, Zhao Qin will be one-on-one. With the strength of Zhao Jun, it is estimated that it will become the second Jinling Battle, and Qin Emperor will personally conquer, Qin The emperor is here, Qin Wu Wang Bai Qi is probably there, Bai Qi is here, Zhao Jun has not yet fought, and his morale will drop by half.

"Why don't we, Da Zhao, subsidize armaments to the heroes of the Yan Empire? Let those heroes deal with the Qin army?" Fang Ruhai cautiously made a suggestion.

When Zhao Dan heard this, he shook his head and denied it without thinking: "How many of these heroes are worthy of great use? They are all a group of robbers who take advantage of the fire. Even if they are equipped to the teeth, they will still be easily defeated by the Qin army, and the Qin Empire He also fought against the Yan Empire. The battle between Qin and Yan scared the Yan Empire so much that it has not recovered from the fright. No matter how poor the country is, it still has to squeeze out 1000 million taels of silver to give to the Qin Empire. Pay tribute!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Dan suddenly regretted cutting Yan back then. If it hadn't been for cutting Yan, the Yan Empire would still have some strength, and it wouldn't be as useless as it is now, but there is no medicine for regret in the world.

"Combine!"

Zhu Ci, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke two words.

"Combination?"

Zhao Dan and Fang Ruhai's eyes lit up!

"Grandma Huang is really wise, just two words can solve the key to the problem, Fang Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhao Dan had a strong smile on his face, and he felt a lot more relaxed again.

"The empress dowager is the smartest woman I have ever seen!" Fang Ruhai bowed and bowed respectfully.

Zhu Ci said somewhat dumbfoundingly: "Okay, you all stop praising Aijia, an old man. Aijia just happened to think of Wei Chengxiang Tang Shaohe's attack on Wei, so he blurted out!"

"The emperor's grandson is not flattering. The emperor's grandson has never obeyed anyone in his life, but only his grandma, Fang Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhao Dan said with a blushing face.

"Yes, yes!" Fang Ruhai nodded quickly and said.

"Okay, okay, the Ai family is just a reminder to you, and how to get married in the future, you have to discuss with your monarchs and ministers!" Zhu Ci said with a smile on his face.

"The emperor's grandson wants to discuss with the emperor's grandmother, Fang Aiqing, do you have a decision now?" Zhao Dan didn't want to leave the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but only wanted to discuss it in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The reason for this was naturally that he wanted Zhu Ci to continue to give advice. .

Fang Ruhai heard the words, and quickly wrote back: "I already have a general direction. I want to send envoys to Xia, Chu, Han, and Qi, and persuade them to send troops to help Yan!"

"Qi Empire? Will the Qi Empire send troops?" Zhao Dan raised his eyebrows.

The Qi Empire is now well-known as the second son of the Qin Empire, who has been following the Qin Empire to wave the flag and beat the drums. He even suspects that the Qin Empire was behind the Qin Empire when the Qi Empire attacked Zhao.

"The possibility of the Qi Empire sending troops is very low, but we have to try, after all, no one wants to be a dog!" Fang Ruhai said solemnly.

Zhao Dan nodded, agreeing with Fang Ruhai's point of view, anyway, there is nothing to lose if you try it, what if it works?

"I'll trouble the prime minister to handle this matter, the sooner the better, we can't afford to wait!" Zhao Dan looked at Fang Ruhai solemnly and said.

"I obey the order!" Fang Ruhai bent down and responded.

After a while, Fang Ruhai quickly left the palace and began preparations for a joint attack on Qin!

At the same time, the Great Yan Empire, the capital of Wuyang Emperor, the Imperial Palace, and the Palace of Chengqian!

In the Chengqian Hall, the military officials live on the left and right sides, and Yanliu, the emperor of the Great Yan Empire, occupies the dragon chair. If you look carefully, you will find that the dragon chair under Yanliu's buttocks is twice as big as the dragon chairs of other emperors. She could lie on her side, but Yan Liu felt her butt squeezed instead.

Yan Liu's already fat neck and waist were invisible, and from a distance, it was just a big meat ball wearing clothes.

"Report to Your Majesty, the King of the East China Sea, Yin Li, said that the army has no military pay, and the imperial court needs to allocate 500 million taels of silver as the military pay for the Eastern Navy!"

"Report to Your Majesty, King Zheng and Zheng Long also said that the army has no military pay, and asked the court to allocate 600 million taels of silver as Zheng Jun's military pay, otherwise Zheng Jun's loyalty to the court cannot be guaranteed!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Ming Wang Dong Li Shangzuo, also known as..."

Ministers one after another stepped out of the queue to report, and what they reported was that the kings asked the court to pay the military salaries, otherwise it would be difficult to guarantee the loyalty of the army under their command to the court.

There are five kings with different surnames and eight marquis with different surnames in the Great Yan Empire. The five kings with different surnames are: Donghai King Yin Li, Zheng King Zheng Long, Ming King Dong Li, Yun King Song Zheng, and Ning King Ningde!The eight different surnames are: Nanmenghou Zhou Gong, Beimenghou Tangze, Jihou Wuyang, Yuanhou Liushen, Huaibeihou Liuzhendong, Wuhou Huale, Yanghou Dukong, Haozhouhou Hejie!

Yin Li, King of the East China Sea: The fiefs are Yandao and Sanming Island, with 20 sailors under his command!

King Zheng Zhenglong: The fiefs are Jinchang County and Changfu County, with millions of troops!

Ming Wang Dong Li: The fief is Mingguang County, with an army of 30!

Song Zheng, the king of Yun, is enfeoffed as Yun County, with an army of 25!

Ning Wang Ningde, the fiefdom is Jiaocheng, with an army of one hundred thousand!

Nan Menghou Zhou: The fief is the southern area of ​​Meng County, with an army of [-]!

Tang Ze, Marquis of Bei Meng: The fief is the northern area of ​​Meng County, with an army of [-]!

Wu Yang, Marquis of Ji: The fief is the southern area of ​​Jiyuan County, with an army of [-]!

Yuanhou Liushen: The fief is the northern area of ​​Jiyuan County, with an army of [-]!

Liu Zhendong, Marquis of Huaibei: The fief is Huaibei County, with an army of 30. Among the 30 troops, 20 are the frontier troops of Ningta Camp!

Wuhou Huale: The fief is the southern area of ​​Wuyang County, with an army of [-]!

Yang Hou Du Kong: The fief is the northern area of ​​Wuyang County, with an army of [-]!

Hou Hejie of Haozhou: The fiefdom is Haozhou County, with an army of [-]!

It can be said that the five kings and eight princes divided the Great Yan Empire completely, leaving only Emperor Wuyang as the last fig leaf of the court, and the labor force of the Yan Empire was also divided. It is difficult to see a few young and strong people everywhere. He was captured and exiled by kings and marquis from various places.

"Oh..." Deng Huazhen sighed in his heart, feeling endless remorse, regretting the relaxation of the government's recruitment restrictions, and regretting forming a party with the ministers of the court for personal gain, otherwise, the Great Yan Empire would not have fallen into the state it is today, and he has become the gravedigger of the Great Yan Empire people.

PS: "Today's two chapters are both [-]-word chapters!"

Chapter 675 The Yan Dynasty's Desolation!

He will also be recorded in the annals of history as a treacherous minister, and will be scolded bloody by the descendants of later generations, and his own descendants will also be cast aside by the people of the world!

But it is useless to regret now, I can only bite the bullet and go on.

Yan Liu on the dragon chair heard the minister's report, and there was a trace of pain on his face, and he couldn't help but said: "I really have no money, so I crushed my bones, and I can't make up what the princes of all places want. a fraction of."

The imperial court was short-lived five years ago. A large part of the imperial court’s expenditure over the years was obtained from the imperial palace. Now the concubines in the imperial palace do not have a few decent jewelry on them, and some palaces have even become empty halls. It has been scratched and cannot be scratched!

The other part is to search for people's fat and people's ointment!

This generation of Yan officials are definitely the most powerful officials of all dynasties. They not only searched for the people's fat and anointment, but even the emperor's palace was not spared.

"Your Majesty, the dragon chair you are sitting on is made of pure gold. If it is refined, it will cost a lot!" A minister looked at the large pitch-black dragon chair under Yan Liu's buttocks with bright eyes.

The corners of Yan Liu's mouth twitched, feeling that the minister is going too far, you can just search the palace, now you don't even spare my dragon chair, after refining the dragon chair, why should I sit?Is it possible to stand up like you?

Yan Liu didn't dare to be angry or speak out, so he could only look at Deng Huazhen for help, hoping that Deng Huazhen could let go of his large dragon chair.

"The dragon chair is the seat of the emperor. If there is no dragon chair, what kind of dignity will it be? How will the nations make fun of me, Dayan?" Deng Huazhen said with a solemn expression. The emperor of a country even lost his dragon chair to his courtiers, what an apology!

Hearing Deng Huazhen's words, many ministers are not thinking about dragon chairs. Deng Huazhen's words are still very useful.

"Report!"

In vain at this time, there was a sound of a duck's voice outside the hall, and Minister Wu subconsciously turned his head to look, only to see an eunuch enter the hall with a bowed body. , The Qin envoy is already waiting outside the hall, do you want to invite him to have an audience?"

"What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you please come in quickly, if you neglect Qin envoy a little, I will take your head as an apology!" Deng Huazhen shouted hastily.

Daqin is no longer the Daqin of the past, and Dayan is no longer the Dayan of the past. The Daqin Empire can pinch the Dayan Empire to death with just a hand, so you must not slack off others, otherwise they will be unhappy...

"Yes, yes!" The eunuch trembled three times in fright, and quickly turned and left Chengqian Hall.