The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1544 Killing the chicken to scare the monkey

On the second day after conquering Lianshan Pass, Fang Yun led the central army, left army, right army and rear army of the Pearl River Army back, while the front army and Lumen Army stayed in Lianshan Pass.

Wang Li, the former general of the Pearl River Army, stayed in Lianshan Pass with Xun Tianling as the commander of Lianshan Pass.

Xun Tianling realized what he had gained recently, absorbed the power of Wenquxing, and looked for the barbarian kings around Lianshan Pass to sharpen himself in a few days.

The army returned to the south. On the morning of April 1st, the civil and military officials of Zhucheng and hundreds of thousands of residents who had received the news went to the outside of the south city and looked at the dark army in front.

Among the returning Pearl River Army, only one big flag was erected.

It was a somewhat old big flag, with blood-red as the base and golden tassels as the edges. When the spring breeze moved, the big flag fluttered, as if breaking through the ancient battlefield sealed in the long river of history, carrying hundreds of millions of fighting spirits, and vaguely revealing three black official scripts.

Pearl River Army!

The fluttering bloody flags captured the beauty of the world.

Behind the big flags, there were some armored ox carts, each of which was piled with a large number of barbarian heads.

When they saw the big flag of the Pearl River Army, many people in Zhucheng felt their noses sore and tears fell, and some old people even burst into tears.

Not long after, Fang Yun led the army to the city gate.

Fang Yun rode a black dragon horse at the forefront of the army, and there was a man holding a tall flag of the Pearl River Army behind him.

The people of Zhucheng on both sides of the road kept shouting, and many women even kept throwing their own purses, handkerchiefs and other things to Fang Yun to express their love.

Many veterans were in tears. Since Zhang Wankong disappeared, the Pearl River Army has been constantly suppressed and defeated repeatedly. In the past two years, it has almost huddled in the city and become a laughing stock for the people of Zhucheng.

And now, the Pearl River Army has finally achieved an unprecedented victory. Even when Zhang Wankong was there, he did not kill tens of thousands of barbarians and five barbarian kings in one battle.

The flag of the Zhujiang Army was seen again, reappearing its heroic appearance.

Fang Yun rode on his horse, smiled and greeted the elders of Zhucheng, and calmly accepted their cheers.

After entering the South City, Fang Yun took out the official seal and checked various letters.

Qin Prime Minister Zhu Fengqiong praised it again and again, and said that the previous unpleasantness was over. He hoped that "Zhang Longxiang" would continue to work hard, not only to surpass Fang Yun in literary reputation, but also in military exploits. Zhu Fengqiong conveyed a message that if nothing unexpected happened, the King of Chu would send Fang Yun to Liangjie Mountain.

In addition to Zhu Fengqiong's letter, scholars from Chu and other countries sent congratulatory letters, congratulating Fang Yun for killing five barbarian kings and completing an immortal feat.

In the history of Confucius' literary world, no university scholar has ever killed five barbarian kings in a battle.

Even some Chu families who had a cold relationship with the Zhujiang Marquisate sent congratulatory letters.

The highest institution in the Confucian literary world, the Great Confucian Hall, issued a formal congratulatory letter, not only congratulating Fang Yun, but also recording this battle in the Great Confucian Hall. With this military achievement, Fang Yun can exchange some treasures such as literary treasures or holy pages from the Great Confucian Hall.

Fang Yun quickly browsed through the letters, which included all kinds of letters, and even a letter written by Zhang Jingan, the dean of Zhurong Academy.

"Father, today the flag of the Pearl River Army is planted on Lianshan Pass. I hope that in the near future, the flag of the Pearl River Army can stand on Liangjie Mountain! I want all the students of Zhurong Academy to know that we Zhang family members are not bragging, we can really do it!"

Fang Yun shook his head gently. Zhurong Academy is not a paradise. Most of the students there are descendants of the powerful and wealthy in the Chu State, and many of them have grudges against the Zhujiang Marquisate. Zhang Jingan must have said during the quarrel that Zhang Wankong had set foot on Liangjie Mountain, and was laughed at by many students in the academy.

Fang Yun sent a letter to the prefect of Zhucheng, wanting to know if there was an imperial edict from the King of Chu or a commendation document from the military.

The result was disappointing. The topic was indeed discussed in the court, but the King of Chu stopped it. Without the order of the King of Chu, neither the Prime Minister nor the Grand Marshal could issue a commendation document.

However, the families of the Prime Minister and the Grand Marshal of Chu sent congratulatory letters, which made Fang Yun know that the two high-ranking officials were different from Lumen Hou.

When the army entered the South City, Fang Yun allowed all the people of the Zhujiang Army to take turns to rest. He and some of the guards moved into the Marshal's Mansion, packed up the things of the Lumen Army and Lumen Hou, and had them sent to Jingzhou, the capital.

After Fang Yun entered the study of the Marshal's Mansion, he quickly picked up a pen and wrote a memorial, writing about his experiences along the way in a style that was more personal to him. At the same time, he clearly pointed out in the memorial that he was a university scholar and now the master of the Zhujiang Army.

The memorial was made in duplicate, one of which was delivered to the official post station. After the post station sealed it with wax for filing, Fang Yun sent the other letter to the court.

Fang Yun knew that things would not end easily, so he began to consolidate the power of the Marquis of Zhujiang.

At the celebration banquet that day, Fang Yun summoned the military, civil officials, the Academy of Literature, and famous scholars in Zhucheng. On the surface, it was just a casual chat, but in fact it was to send them a signal that he was already a complete Marquis of Zhujiang. From now on, he was the master of Zhujiang City. Anyone who did not stop would have his arm cut off.

At the banquet, no one dared to object.

In the Confucian literary world, the status of the university scholar was extremely high. Even the monarch could not scold him. On the contrary, there were often university scholars who scolded the monarch and the monarch did not dare to scold him back.

A new official took office and made three fires. Killing the chicken to scare the monkey was inevitable.

That night, the Zhujiang Army raided eleven families in Zhucheng. Some families had persecuted the people of the Marquis of Zhujiang, some families had close contacts with the hostile families of the Marquis of Zhujiang, some families had traded with the barbarians, and some families were even collateral branches of the family of the Princess of Chu.

The heads of these families basically have literary titles and cannot be killed at will, but they are all imprisoned in the worst prison in Zhucheng and treated as death row prisoners.

As for those without literary titles, Fang Yun announced to the whole city after dawn, asking the people of Zhucheng to expose the crimes of those people, and asked the prefect of Zhucheng to send people to investigate.

In just one day, Zhucheng changed.

Fang Yun was not prepared to burn a bigger fire, nor was he prepared to kill more chickens. If this was the Shengyuan Continent, he would definitely kill and control them strictly to make Zhucheng his own territory. However, Zhucheng is just a springboard, a springboard to Liangjie Mountain.

The only thing that is really valuable is the Zhujiang Army, and there is no need to waste too much energy on other aspects.

Fang Yun didn't care about other affairs in Zhucheng at all. This time, the house search was enough to make Zhucheng stable until he left, so he devoted all his efforts to reorganizing the army.

The most important thing for reorganizing the army is not other things, but silver. For other armies, military expenses are always in the hands of the court. But for the current Zhujiang Army, the silver, gold, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, cultural treasures, deeds and other property stolen from the eleven families are enough to arm the Zhujiang Army to the teeth.

Fang Yun immediately started planning.

After the first battle, the Zhujiang Army had less than 150,000 soldiers left, and less than 100,000 soldiers who could participate in the battle in the near future, and they had to find another 100,000 to supplement.

Fang Yun aimed at the Lumen Army and issued a military order to Wang Li of Lianshan Pass, asking him to select 50,000 elite soldiers from the Lumen Army, and at the same time, all Hanlin, Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai were included in the new army, and then supplemented to the Zhujiang Army.

On the afternoon of April 2, Fang Yun received a series of headache-inducing negative news.

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