Three Kingdoms Eschatology

"My lord, as far as I know, they should come next month."

"Well, we need to treat them well." Cao Cao paused for a moment to think about it, before he asked the serious matter:

"Feng Xiao, you see how we should deal with the current situation. Back then, you advised Gu to rest his life and rest, not to fight with the princes, and only focus on the powerful enemies of Wuhuan, Goguryeo, and Xianbei in the north. But now the border troubles in the north are basically relieved. The population of our Wei country has also increased a lot. And the strength of the Liang country is also increasing day by day, you see, it is time for us to do something..."

Guo Jia straightened his face slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think it's time for the world to truly compete for the throne. Although the nine princes have gone to the third, the appointment of the Han court among the scholars of the world has a great influence. Power. But..."

When Cao Cao heard the word "but", he knew that Guo Jia was going to talk about the main text, so he concentrated and looked at Guo Jia in a blink of an eye.

"However, we can indirectly and secretly curb the expansion of Liang Guo's power..." Guo Jia told Cao Cao what he had been thinking in his heart for the past few days.

……

Wandu, on the school field in Yulin Garden.The Habayashi new army, well-armored and well-organized, was conducting formation drills, issuing orderly orders from time to time.Han emperor Liu Xie himself stood on the general platform in armor and helmet, watching the drill of the Yulin soldiers, and nodded with approval from time to time.

At present, Hanting's Habayashi Army has expanded to more than [-] people.Moreover, the Habayashi Army also changed the old-style military system to a legion system based on Liang Guo's method. At present, Liu Xie has three legions.Most of the middle and senior officers of the Yulin Army are no longer based on Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, and Yang Biao, but are generals promoted by Liu Xie himself.

Liu Xie watched the drill of the Habayashi Army for a while, and suddenly asked a group of courtiers who accompanied him: "Is there anything shortcoming that I, a big fellow, the Habayashi Army seem to have? Have you noticed it?"

Yang Biao bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the cavalry is the weak point of our army. Among the more than [-] athletes, there are only [-] cavalry, which is less than [-]% of the entire army. Moreover, our The horses used by the cavalry are all second-rate horses, and even the He Shuo Jian horse is used as a good horse in our Yulin Army."

Zhu Jun then echoed, "That's right. Now the capital of the Han Dynasty is located in Wandu, which is isolated from the northern border. Most of the horses used are transported by merchants from thousands of miles away, and the cost is very high. There are also a small number of horses that are paid by Wei and Liang as tribute. Come on, they didn’t bring out the best horses either. The best Heshuo horses in our army were sent by Liang Jun.”

Huangfu Song continued: "When it comes to good horses, all the best horses in the world are in Liang State. Now Liang State has occupied the Western Regions and Mobei, and it has countless BMW horses...".When he said this, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Liu Xie's face changing slightly, and quickly stopped talking.

But Liu Xie responded: "Speaking of Liang Guo, I was just about to mention Feng Yu. Now, he has annexed the territory of the other two of the original nine princes. From the perspective of the territory, it seems to occupy half of the country. And Expansion of land in Huawai. This is nothing. I heard that he currently monopolizes the two main commercial routes of the southern sea and the northern silk road. He has a lot of money and does not need to collect taxes. He can support himself only by business taxes. There are tens of thousands of soldiers and officials in Liang State. You say..."

Liu Xie changed his tone when he said this, and said in a weird tone: "Do you think Feng Yu's Liang Guowei will replace my Han Dynasty?" Go, be silent.

Fortunately, there were no courtiers recommended by Liang Guo from the territory of Liang Guo at the scene.Otherwise, the atmosphere would be even more embarrassing. It wasn't Liu Xie's intentional arrangement, but the courtiers recommended by Liang Guo hadn't been promoted to official positions above the third rank.And this time the emperor accompanied the emperor to watch the drill of the Habayashi Army, which was at least a third-rank official.

Yang Biao's response broke the silence: "Returning to Your Majesty, although Liang Guo has accumulated and grown in strength in the past few years, it is indeed likely to break the balance among the princes, but it is not enough to cause trouble. Although Liang Guo has a vast territory, richness, and rich resources, it has A fatal shortcoming is the lack of population. I think Feng Yu can’t introduce Huawaishengfan into the Central Plains without naturalization. If that’s the case, the world will discuss it. On the contrary, if Feng Yu is cut off at this time, the world will definitely be in turmoil. Whether it can be successful is another matter, even if it is successful, it will be cheaper for Cao Wei. By then, Cao Wei will be a much greater threat to the Han Dynasty than Liang Guo is now."

But Zhu Jun retorted indifferently: "Then we can't let Liang Guo develop and grow like this, otherwise it will be a trouble for our Han Dynasty."

Huangfusong smoothed things over: "Both of you are right. Feng Yu has no way to get rid of him now. Even if we can unite with other princes to find a reason to get rid of Feng Yu. Then Cao Cao will be like the sky, and it is his only wish to replace my Han family." Even if they unite, they are not his opponents. Even if they unite, they are not his opponents. The four families are only Liu Bei who can be used on the surface. But it is true As His Majesty is worried about, we have to guard against the ever-growing Kingdom of Liang..."

Liu Xie interrupted him impatiently: "Huangfu Aiqing, don't waste your time repeating what others have said, just tell me your countermeasures!"

Only then did Huangfu Song shake his head and say, "Your Majesty, I believe that at this time, we should find ways to limit the growth of Liang Guo's strength, and at the same time encourage Cao Wei's strength..."

Chapter 397

Before Huangfu Song finished speaking, Zhu Jun blew his beard and glared and tossed his sleeve robe: "Teacher, aren't you talking nonsense? Who knows that the expansion of Liang Guo's power should be restricted, and at the same time, Cao Wei should be encouraged to expand its strength. So that They have reached a balance. Although the emperor and the court have recovered a lot, they are still far behind Liang Guo Wei Guo. Apart from issuing some edicts, they have no ability to interfere with these princes. How can we suppress Liang Yang Wei?"

Huangfusong was not angry, but said with a chuckle: "Zhu Situ, don't underestimate the edicts of the imperial court and the emperor. If you use them well, they will be very powerful. We can use the edicts to order Feng Yu to do things for granted, but It is very detrimental to the Liang State. Of course he can refuse to obey the imperial edict, but if he does not obey the imperial edict, it will affect his reputation in the world, and at the same time give other princes a reason to have friction with him. The motive of competing for interests is to use this as an excuse to invade Liang. For example, the Shi family in South Vietnam and the Sun family in Dongwu will definitely covet that maritime trade route. Linjiang Liu Bei will covet Wuling, Xiangyang and other border areas..."

Liu Xie nodded after listening to Huang Fusong's long speech, and asked again: "Then what exactly do you mean by encouraging Cao Cao to expand his strength?"

Huangfusong went on to say: "This Cao Wei has coveted Beiyan Gongsun's family for a long time, but he was worried that the court would punish him for breaking the oath of the white horse, so he has not dared to annex the weak Beiyan. Then your majesty only needs to release him The message hints..."

Zhu Jun exclaimed at this time: "What, you want to indulge Cao Wei to annex the Beiyan of Gongsun's family. Isn't this against the plan we made back then to support the Han Dynasty with the nine tripods?"

Yang Biao, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said with a chuckle, "Old Zhu, one moment and another moment. Back then there were nine princes in the world, but now there are only two big families, four small families and six families left in the world. The original balance has long been broken. .The imperial court needs to establish a new balance, so what the Taifu said is not wrong. A certain person agrees."

Liu Xie said leisurely at this time: "Huangfu Aiqing's outline is very good. It's just that I need to make some revisions."

The Son of Heaven spoke.The court officials who were whispering and talking in low voices immediately stopped talking.More than a dozen pairs of eyes stared at Liu Xie.

"Not only will I not bother about Cao Cao's annexation of the Northern Yan Gongsun, but if Liu Bei dominates the south of the Yangtze River, I will not bother. Remember, Liu Bei is the one who is most devoted to the Han Dynasty among the princes. His expansion of strength is my Han Dynasty. growing in strength."

Everyone understood Liu Xie's intentions as soon as they heard it, and they all kowtowed and praised: "My emperor is holy!"

At this time, a servant of the Huangmen came to Liu Xie in a hurry, bowed his body and said, "Your Majesty, the special envoy of the State of Wei came to see the Holy One. It is said that the Holy Majesty has reached the year of his wedding, and the State of Wei presented a gift to the palace. Cao Jie, the daughter of the King of Wei, is to be the concubine of the Holy One."

The already calm officials whispered and made noise again.Liu Xie glanced at Huangfusong, Yang Biao, and Zhu Jun, the three elders, and found that they all lowered their heads and looked down, not expressing any opinion.Liu Xie said with a cold smile: "How can the daughter of King Wei enter the palace just as a concubine? I will make her the queen."

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In the summer of the 11th year of Jian'an, good news from the Altai Mountains and the Tianshan Mountains frequently spread to Yibin, the capital of the Liang Kingdom.Lu Buqin and Dingling leader Tuo Lidu led their troops to march west along the grassland belt from the west coast of the North Sea, conquered and persuaded the Dingling tribe scattered in the north of the Altai Mountains, and at the same time cut off the passage for the Wusun people to flee north.

Li Su, Yao Luoge, Ma Chao and others repeatedly raided the remnants of Wusun in Altai and Tianshan, and the surviving Wusun had no choice but to flee westward.But to the west of them are the Naida people who call themselves the White Huns and are fighting the Guishuang people.The White Huns also hated the Wusun people. If the Wusun people who fled west wanted to survive there, they could only serve the White Huns.

The rest of the Liang Kingdom was also peaceful. All kinds of goods from the Western world were continuously transported to the Central Plains along the sea and land silk roads, replaced with silk, porcelain, etc., and then returned by the same route.Cane sugar, a specialty of Liang State, was also sold to every corner of the Han land. Cane sugar has changed from a luxury item to a daily necessities like table salt.Billions of gold, silver and other hard currencies are continuously enriching Liang's treasury, and they can be exchanged for necessary materials, including grain, from the Western world when necessary.

Feng Yu's happy mood was ruined by a Han court edict from Wandu.The content of this edict also surprised Feng Yu.Liu Xie said in the edict that the world has been peaceful for many years, and the population of the original Jingzhao Yin Sili area has also recovered a lot. Chang'an and Luoyang, the former capitals of the Han Dynasty, are both prosperous again, so Liu Xie has let the Han court return to the old capital. meaning.The edict also stated that the same edict was not only issued to Feng Yu, but also to Cao Cao.

Feng Yu knew what this meant.On the surface, Liu Xie just said that he wanted to return to Chang'an, but in fact things were not that simple.Chang'an is just a city, but it is impossible to return only an isolated city to Liu Xie. At least Jing Zhaoyin, including Zuo Fufeng and You Feng Yi, will be returned to the court along with it.Jingzhaoyin occupies most of the Guanzhong Plain in Yongzhou, and even Shangluo County, an important town gateway on Wuguan Road, belongs to Jingzhaoyin.

If this is the case, it means that the Northern Territory Commander's Mansion has basically cut off contact with Liang Guo's mainland.If you want to go from the hinterland of Liang State to Mobei without going through other people's territory, you can only take a huge circle from Liangzhou, and most of the road sections are desolate and bitter cold places, and you have to climb high mountains.In addition, the hinterland of Liang State is connected with Liangzhou and even the Western Regions with only a little "skin and flesh", which is also an area with difficult roads.

Feng Yu didn't know what Liu Xie's intentions were, and he didn't dare to be negligent. While delaying the reply to the imperial envoy, he urgently called a group of ministers to discuss countermeasures.Even Zhuge Liang, who lives in Myanmar, was summoned back from thousands of miles away.Among the advisers, only Pang Tong was too far away to recall him.

After more than half a month, Feng Yu just convened all the personnel and held a meeting in Liang Palace.When he told the ministers what happened.It was as if a pot was fried in the hall, some shook their heads and sighed, some lowered their heads, and of course more people were indignant.

Gan Ning was the first to jump out and shouted: "What do you miss the old capital? The emperor of Han did this clearly to see that our Liang country is getting stronger and stronger, and intends to suppress our Liang country. Look, the king doesn't pay attention to him, a vain emperor. If there is any change in him, Your Majesty will simply do nothing and attack Wandu..."

His disrespectful words were immediately interrupted by Feng Yu: "Gan Ning, stop being rude, don't say such disrespectful words!".Gan Ning was stopped by Feng Yu, so he had to stand aside in a muffled voice.

Zhuge Liang said calmly, "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, why not see Cao Cao's reaction. Didn't the edict ask Cao Cao for Luoyang?"

Chapter 398 The Exposed Mo An

Feng Yu listened to Zhuge Liang's words and said with a smile: "Kong Ming mentioned Cao Cao. In fact, the latest news about Cao Cao came earlier today. He has expressed his willingness to return Luoyang to Wandu at the first time, including the subsidiary Yu Sili, Henan, Hongnong and other counties. Moreover, Kong Ming had just returned to the capital, and he might not have known that Cao Cao had betrothed his daughter to Liu Xie as the queen. The queen previously appointed by the court should be a doctor of Zhongsan and assist the country General Fuwan's daughter Fushou. So this Luoyang should be Cao Cao's dowry to his daughter."

Many people in the hall knew that Cao Cao was going to marry his daughter to the emperor as his queen, but Cao Cao promised to return Luoyang to the court, but most of them did not expect and did not know.As soon as Feng Yu's words came out, everyone was surprised again, and the whispers became even more noisy.

Zhao Yun, who had been silent for a long time, sneered, and said to Feng Yu: "My lord, this Luoyang Sili is not so important compared with Chang'an Jingzhaoyin and my Liang State. Without Luoyang Sili, it is only a small piece of money. Land. But if our country of Liang loses Chang'an and Yongzhou, wouldn't the Northern Region Commander's Mansion, the Western Region, and even Liangzhou become enclaves? Your Majesty must not agree to this unreasonable request from the imperial court."

Xun You objected to Zhao Yun's opinion: "If we really ignore the imperial edict, the king's prestige will definitely be lost. I'm afraid it will be in the hands of some people. At that time, many people will take the opportunity to attack me. country."

The words Xun You said were very vague, and it took careful comprehension to understand what he meant.Hua Xiong, who was returning to Yibin to report his duties, muttered in a low voice: "I'm so afraid, the soldiers will block you, and the water will flood you!"

Xun You shook his head and said: "Others don't need to send troops to attack. They just need to issue an edict in the name of the court and unite with the other five princes to impose an embargo on our country of Liang. We can't bear it. You must know that we are different from Cao Wei and Sun Wu. Most of the money comes from the tax revenue from merchants. What’s more, the rest of the princes have legitimate excuses to attack us. Even if they can’t deplete our country of Liang, they can still make us restless day and night.”

Everyone was silent again.Feng Yu turned to Zhuge Liang and asked, "Kong Ming, I just see that you haven't spoken. What's your opinion on this matter?"

Zhuge Liang bowed to Feng Yu and said: "Your Majesty, Chang'an and the surrounding Jingzhaoyin are the key points of our Liang Kingdom, and it is absolutely impossible for the court to take them away. But the court will not completely turn against our Liang Kingdom because of this. Liang thought that this matter was originally planned by the imperial court, and even Cao Cao might have participated in the plan. Before they made this decree, they knew what the king would choose. Even if the dispute has achieved its goal."

Feng Yu laughed and said: "In this way, Kong Ming also knows how Gu Hui will choose. Not bad! Chang'an and Liang Guo must not give up, even if we completely tear face with Han Ting, let alone the situation has not reached that point yet. As far as what the emperor and Cao Cao want to achieve in the end, I have already guessed one or two. But let him be turbulent, and I will walk in the courtyard. We just do our own thing. As for the princes mentioned by Gongda Shicai It is impossible to cut off my business routes. As long as merchants have profits, they will be as pervasive as quicksilver. And because of the rapid expansion of the territory of the Northern Territory Governor's Mansion, more of our financial resources come from the bitter cold in the north. place."

Seeing that Feng Yu had made a decision, everyone fell silent.Jia Xu reminded Feng Yu at this time: "Your Majesty, since you are determined not to obey the edict, we still have to be prepared just in case."

Feng Yu nodded: "Wen He is right, we really need to strengthen our vigilance. The waiter is ready to write! Send me an order. Because of the rampant banditry at the moment, Liang Jun's various ministries need to be on strict alert to protect every key point in the territory. Special Let the Huaxiong Army be stationed in Tongguan. Transfer Zhao Yun Army to Zhuyang, Xiangyang line, transfer the Ganning Navy to go down the river to Badong Wu County..."

……

To Feng Yu's surprise, the biggest crisis of the Liang Kingdom came one after another, not from the Han border in the middle land, but from the attack of the "Huawaishengfan" Zhu Luoguo.

In the summer of the 11th year of Jian'an, because Guishuang was constantly being plundered by the White Huns, the focus of defense could only be placed on the north.Yan Gaozhen, the king of Guishuang, was forced to sue for peace with Karikala, the king of Zhuluo. It just so happened that Zhuluo was also dying from years of war.Both sides are unwilling to fight again, and the agreement will naturally be reached soon.

Karikala, who had freed up his hands, shifted his attention from the military to the "open source and reduce expenditure" of the Zhuluo Kingdom because the treasury was gradually empty.He immediately discovered that a large share of the commercial tax revenue that should have belonged to the Zhu Luo Kingdom was "blocked" by the Liang Kingdom in the east.

Then Karikara noticed Mo'an, the commander of the Chola Empire's Third Fleet.Mo An's behavior is very suspicious. For example, there has never been a war between his Third Fleet stationed on Andaman Island and the Liang State Navy in Sawady Port not far away.They also did not plunder Liang's merchant ships.

These are all secondary and the most important thing is that merchant ships going to the East by sea must pay heavy taxes to the Chola government in Ceylon Island, and obtain a road ticket, allowing them to continue to Hongshawadi or further east by sea. .Otherwise, it will be intercepted by the Zhuluo Navy.However, the number of ships intercepted by Mo'an was much less than before Liang Jun occupied Hongshawadi.

You know, after the Liang army occupied Hongshawadi and established Myanmar.In order to reduce his own losses and at the same time attack Liang Guo, Zhu Luo doubled the previous road ticket tax.As long as the number of ships and goods going to the east is not less than half of that before, the road ticket tax collected can only be more or less.But the road ticket tax that Cholo now receives in Ceylon is only one-tenth of what it used to be.

Mo'an explained to Karikala that this was because there were very few passing ships.What kind of person is Karikala, even without investigation, he can know that what Mo An said is a lie.

The high road ticket tax will lead to a sharp drop in the number of people paying road tickets, but it will not reduce the number of merchant ships sailing eastward.Because businessmen are willing to take more risks as long as they have enough profits.And Mo An didn't intercept and seize any merchant ships, that is to say, these merchants didn't have much risk. How could there be fewer ships on the sea trade route?

Karikala sent people to conduct an actual investigation, and it turned out that the port of Sawady was busier than in previous years, with ships of all sizes coming and going.

Karikali was so angry that he immediately made up his mind to investigate Mo An.He still thought that Mo An had betrayed the Zhu Luo Empire for his own gain.According to Zhu Luo's rules, the organizational units of the large army are allowed to engage in side jobs to earn military pay and support the professional soldiers in the army.But the condition is that these side jobs cannot harm the interests of the Zhu Luo Kingdom and Emperor Zhu Luo, and of course they can't betray the country and capitalize on the enemy!

Chapter 399

On Andaman Island, Mo'an was still drinking and having fun, hugging the exotic beauties sent by two Anxi merchants.He is now under the control of Liang Guo, and he muddles along every day, enjoying himself in time.

As for how Mo An was controlled by Liang Guo, we have to start with when he was captured.Liang Jun tricked him into taking a medicinal soup for several days. Liang Jun said that this medicinal soup was a very special poison.Without Liang Jun's antidote, he would feel as uncomfortable as being eaten by ants after a period of time, and finally died of exhaustion.

At first Mo An didn't believe it, and laughed and scolded the leader of Liang Jun who was interrogating him, saying how could such a trick deceive him.Liang Jun stopped taking the antidote for him that day, and he was really uncomfortable all over.In the end, Mo An had no choice but to succumb to Liang Jun, who then released him and let him return to Andaman Island to continue to be the commander of his Zhuluo Empire fleet.In fact, the medicinal soup that Liang Jun gave Mo An was not a unique poison, but a medicinal soup made from the fruit of a plant, the botanical name of which was poppy.

Mo An, who didn't know the inside story, could only obediently listen to Liang Jun's mercy, and a few years have passed in the blink of an eye.

At that moment, Mo An, who was drinking, suddenly felt uncomfortable again.He hurriedly asked the servant to bring the "antidote", and he took a few sips from the medicine jar before he felt better.Only then did he remember that Liang Jun's person who delivered the antidote should have come these days.

As soon as Mo An thought of this, soldiers came in to report: "Report! General, there are some unknown ships coming from the port." Mo An was delighted when he heard this, and said, "Liang Jun sent the antidote in time."

He wiped his greasy mouth and said, "The ones who came must be those Orientals again. They are my friends, and they came to deliver medicine to me. It is still the old rule, there is no need to intercept them. Let them into the camp after they land."

After half an hour, the soldiers rushed to report again: "General Qi, the people who came have already landed, but they are not from the East. They are soldiers from our native land."

Mo An was taken aback now, he was an Andaman Island, and the Chola Dynasty rarely sent someone here for a year or so.Only on some major festivals would an official in vain be sent to the island to comfort the soldiers, generals and sailors of the Third Fleet out of courtesy.But today is not a special day, why did the court send someone here?

"Have you asked clearly? Who are they? What is the purpose of coming to Andaman Island?"

"General Qi, the person who came here said that he was sent by the superior to announce the edict of the king. But what did the edict say, this... I don't know, and I dare not ask."

Mo An didn't have time to think about it now, since he was a messenger sent by King Zhuluo's court, he didn't dare to neglect it.He hurriedly asked the Meiji dancer next to him to step back, wiped off the grease, adjusted his clothes and prepared to welcome the visitor.

After a while, a person dressed as a court servant of King Zhuluo led more than [-] Zhuluo warriors in bronze helmets and iron armor, entered the barracks and came to Mo An.Mo An didn't feel wrong about this, because Zhu Luo read out the important edict of the king, and he was indeed a warrior who needed to be a guard of honor.

The visitor cleared his throat, and then read out Karikala's edict.The imperial edict praised Mo'an's hard work in guarding the eastern sea area for the Zhuluo Empire. Now that the head of the fifth largest army of the Zhuluo Empire has passed away, Mo'an is going to fill the vacancy.

If it were someone else, it would be a promotion worthy of celebration, but it would be different if it were Mo An.At this moment, Mo Anxin was as cold as sinking into ice water.

Mo An murmured in his heart, once I leave, wouldn't Liang Guo's antidote be impossible to get anymore, wouldn't that mean that my life would be worse than death.But he said: "I have been stationed on Andaman Island for many years, and I have become brothers and sisters with the officers and men of the Third Fleet. I am suddenly transferred today, and it is really difficult for me to part with them. Dare to ask for a mission Report this situation to His Majesty the King, and allow me to stay in Andaman Island forever."

The Messenger of Zhu Luo thumped in his heart, he was surprised that Mo An was so alive, he actually felt the danger, he became suspicious of me and the king, and refused to be ordered to follow us.If it doesn't work, you have to implement a backup plan as a last resort.

His face remained calm, and he continued to say with a pleasant face: "Why, General Mo An is still reluctant to part with this deserted island. What an honor it is for you to be promoted to the general of the Grand Army. Not only in the ranks, but also the commander of the Grand Army The commander of the Grand Fleet is half the rank, and in terms of real power, it is much greater than the commander of the Navy Fleet..."

Mo An still didn't let go, and continued: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your respect, but I really can't bear to let go of the soldiers of the Third Fleet. Please also ask the messenger to go back and tell His Majesty my difficulties on my behalf."

The face of Zhu Luo's messenger suddenly changed color.He suddenly shouted: "Mo An, I don't think you can't bear to let go of the Third Fleet, but you have other plans! In any case, it is a serious crime for you to refuse to submit the king's order. Come here, take it down for me! "

The twenty Zhuluo warriors behind the messenger had already prepared, several of them rushed forward and captured Mo An with lightning speed.These twenty warriors are not used as guards of honor, but Karikala is one of the best men in the guards.Mo An struggled desperately, but how could this opium cream break free from the shackles of these burly men.

Mo An could only shout desperately: "Bastard, how dare you treat me like this, even if His Majesty the King came in person, you can't treat me like this. What are you trying to do!... Hurry up, come and catch them all!"

At this time, except for the three soldiers who continued to control Mo An, the other seventeen warriors drew their weapons and guarded the messenger and the bound Mo An nervously.A large number of soldiers from the Third Fleet began to surround them, but they all looked at a loss.

Zhu Luoxin glanced at the soldiers of the Third Fleet with his eagle-like eyes, and said coldly: "Mo An's treason to the enemy, this matter is only related to Mo An, and has nothing to do with the soldiers of the Third Fleet. Your Majesty He will only be held accountable for his crimes. But if anyone dares to follow him to rebel against the king, he will be killed without pardon and punish the entire clan."

When the messenger spoke calmly on the surface, his heart was already in his throat.One of the three warriors controlling Mo An put his weapon on Mo An's neck. If there was any change in the scene, he would cut off Mo An's head as planned.

It's no wonder they are so nervous. According to Zhu Luo's military system, the formation of the large army and fleet, the military's salary and logistics are all self-sufficient.So after a long time, the generals in the army are almost equivalent to the private soldiers of the commander of the army and the commander of the fleet.This is also the reason why the Cholo Messenger tried his best to trick Mo'an out of Andaman Island.

It's just that at this moment, none of the officers and soldiers of the Third Fleet seemed willing to sacrifice their lives for Mo An, and there were many reasons for this.Seeing that the situation has not deteriorated, the messenger immediately said: "His Majesty the King is sympathetic to the officers and soldiers of the Third Fleet stationed on the deserted island all year round, and hereby orders everyone to increase the annual leave for visiting relatives by one month..."

The messenger escorted Mo An back to the boat, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Chapter 400 Control of the Andaman Sea

Mo'an was successfully brought back to Thanjavur, the capital of Chola.Without being tortured and interrogated, Mo An recruited them all.This was not because Mo An was afraid of being tortured, but because of his drug addiction.Mo'an begged the interrogating officer to cook up the remaining "antidote" he had with him and give it to him.

The officials of King Zhuluo's court took the opportunity to easily pry Mo An's mouth open, and Mo An poured beans out of a bamboo tube, and confessed everything he had experienced.Immediately afterwards, the well-informed physicians of the royal family recognized that the so-called "antidote" was actually just the crushed foam of poppy fruit after drying.

After hearing the summarization of the case, the king of Zhula, Karikala, became very angry.He immediately executed Mo'an in public at the palace square in Thanjavur.Then he appointed a new commander of the Third Fleet, and at the same time transferred the Fourth Fleet, which was stationed at the mouth of the Indus River, from the west bank to the east bank to support the Third Fleet.

The anti-smuggling operations on the east coast have become more intensive. In previous years, as long as the sea merchants were outside a certain range of Ceylon Island, they did not have to worry about the Cholo Navy.But now even if they sail into the Andaman Sea, which is not far from Hongshawadi, they may still be intercepted by the Chola Empire Navy.If there is no road ticket, once caught, the ship's cargo will be fined, and even life will be lost.

Although businessmen value profits, they value risks more.The number of people walking this trade route decreased drastically.This will directly affect the tax revenue of Sawady Port in Liang State.

...

A bunch of local officials and tax collectors gathered in the government office of Shawady Port. Zhuge Liang was reading some relevant documents and account books while listening to their narration.

At present, because the situation in Sawady Port is stable, and the garrison of Tenglong City is stationed to ensure the safety of Sawady, Zhuge Liang moved the government of Maine to Mande City in order to develop the hinterland of Maine.This time he came to Sawady Port specifically for the sharp tax cut to learn more about the matter.

When these officials had almost finished speaking, Zhuge Liang gently closed an account book he was looking at, and then said to the officials: "So, the reason for my sharp decrease in tax revenue is because Mo'an of the Zhu Luo Navy was transferred to defense. And the later Chula admirals stepped up the crackdown on traders who evaded the Chula toll tax?"

An official from Sawady Port responded in time: "I would like to report to Commander Zhuge. According to the news we just learned, this Mo'an was not transferred to defense, but was arrested by King Zhuluo and sent to the mainland, where he was already executed. gone."

Zhuge Liang was silent for a few breaths, and sighed: "So that's the case, it's all due to someone who didn't consider things thoroughly, and is ashamed of the king. The current situation is not only a matter of the sharp drop in our tax revenue in Maine, Moreover, it will directly affect the tax revenue of Yizhou and Liangzhou in Liang State, because most of the goods in these two states come from the sea route of Myanmar. Our Liang State is different from other princes, and most of our tax income comes from commercial taxes. This will shake us. The foundation of the Liang Kingdom!"

Everyone was surprised: "I didn't expect the situation to be so serious! Then look at it, what should we do now?"

This was a difficult question for Zhuge Liang. He stood up, waving his goose feather fan, and paced back and forth in the hall.The mouth seems to be talking to himself, and it seems to be explaining to the officials: "For the current plan, we only have to be tough. We dispatched naval forces to defeat Zhuluo's third fleet and capture Andaman Island. Only in this way can we Solve our tax crisis."

Lin Tao, who has been promoted to the command of the navy, said in a doubtful tone: "But the governor, don't forget that those merchant ships from the west are not the multi-masted galleons we own. They want to reach the port of Sawady, or even further away. To the east and south, Ceylon must be used as a transit point, so even if the Cholas lose control of the Andaman Sea, they can still intercept merchant ships in Ceylon."

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "General Lin is right. But as long as the businessmen have no risks, or if the benefits are far greater than the risks, they will be like quicksilver, pervasive. These businessmen will soon find out that there is no need to pay the Zhuluo people that much money." With a large amount of money to buy the road, as long as you leave the island and avoid the nearby Zhu Luo army's inspection, you can safely send the goods to the east. Unless they..."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang stopped talking, and he immediately changed his words: "No, that kind of situation where you hurt one thousand enemies and hurt yourself eight hundred will not happen."

In fact, what Zhuge Liang wants to say is that unless the Cholo people completely seal off Ceylon Island and prohibit sea merchants from transiting and replenishing supplies here, or it makes no difference to the ships that arrive at Ceylon Island, whether they continue to sail eastward or not. Grams are taxed equally heavily.Otherwise, the Chula people would not be able to intercept the smuggled sea merchants on Ceylon Island.