It was raining heavily, and the rain curtain was pulled under the eaves. Li Li, who was sitting by the window, looked at the rain outside, and was a little worried.

It is late summer and autumn is coming. Rainfall of this scale may have a significant impact on crops.

First, short-term heavy rain can easily cause flooding in farmland, which in turn leads to "drowning" of crops; second, strong winds and rains can easily cause crops to fall; third, rain may damage the ears of crops.

Either way, it will affect the autumn harvest.

But people are powerless to do anything about this, so they can only hope that water conservancy facilities can play some role and discharge rainwater as much as possible. The next thing can only be left to fate.

Fortunately, there are many grain storages in major granaries in various places, and the "logistics channels" are quite smooth. If the weather really causes the river and the Huai area to reduce grain production this year, there will be no large-scale famine.

But the reserves of military rations will be affected.

Thinking of this, Li Li was a little annoyed.

If the autumn harvest is good this year, he should give Zhou a happy time and gather a large army to push it over.

But once the Hehuai area has a large scale grain production cut...

If you have food in your hands, you will not feel panic. If you have food in your hands, you will be muttering in your heart.

Depending on the age of food and how much grain is stored, many things are determined. If the food is insufficient, the court will be reluctant to do things because it is necessary to prepare food just in case (rescue the wasteland).

Moreover, people's mentality is different.

When you are barefoot, the family is barely covered, and the whole family will not have to worry about eating one person. You can do your best to work hard and be bold.

When I wear leather shoes, my family is big, my children are many, and I have more concerns, so I will be brave...

Li Li withdrew his gaze and looked at the memorial in his hand.

His nephew Li Xin has already made a handover and returned to Kaifeng from Liyang.

Stay in Kaifeng for a while and head to Xiangyang. After autumn, he will take charge of the battle.

The official army has recovered most of Shu and won a great victory in this attack. Next, Li Xin wants to recover Hanzhong, Liangzhou.

The Chu army in Yizhou will "assist" and attack from east to west to ensure that Hanzhong becomes a turtle in the jar.

And the battle of Yi and Liang will consume most of the food stored in Jingxiang area in recent years.

This is because the food consumed a lot during transportation. It is the case when entering Shu and Hanzhong, and there is no solution.

But it is worth it, because taking Hanzhong is equivalent to completely removing the "right arm" of Zhou (Yi, Liang area).

With the "left arm" (Shaanxi and Luo areas) that were removed before, Zhou State has not had much time.

So Li Li thinks that if the grain harvest is really bad this year, then you can wait for another year.

In any case, the "momentum" must not be interrupted.

The "momentum" of Chu State has become, the national strength has grown rapidly, the fiscal revenue and expenditure are in good condition, and the control of land and population is becoming increasingly powerful.

But everything was based on the "invincible" of the Chu army.

The undefeated commander and the undefeated army, these two points combined form the cornerstone of Li Chu, which is enough to shock all jackals, tigers and leopards.

Those landlords in various places whose interests have been damaged due to the inspection of temples, land, and property, the gentry whose special treatment has been cancelled, and the officials who have lost their country have no doubts about this "power". No matter how dissatisfied, they dare not reveal it.

But once the "unbeaten" power of the Chu army is interrupted, these jackals, tigers and leopards will be ready to move.

Li Li put down the memorial and looked at his sons who were writing to the desk next to him.

Can these "second generations of emperors" who live in poverty and live in peace in the future?

He didn't know that no matter how many males there were in the royal family, they could not compare to the number of high-ranking officials.

Who is the one who can become a high-ranking official is not a human elite?

It is a delusion to rely on a few or a dozen men from a family to completely suppress dozens and hundreds of individual spirits.

So, as a father, he had to cut off all the thorns on the wooden sticks. The sons would not be pricked with blood on their hands in the future.

Of course, "cutting the prick" is not to massacre the meritorious officials, but to resolve conflicts.

Conflicts between the north and the south, contradictions between the east and the west, contradictions between the gentry and the common people, contradictions between the ministers and civil officials, etc.

Only by resolving these contradictions with the prestige of the founding emperor, the general trend of building a country and unifying the world, can we resolve these contradictions later.

The alarm clock suddenly rang and the exam time was up.

The princes stopped writing, handed in their papers, and then sat in their seats, waiting for their father to assign new homework.

Although they are only eight or nine years old, they cannot leave the necessary education behind.

Li Li put away the test papers and began to assign homework: "Fu Qin preferential treatment of the royal family of the country to be destroyed, and the dynasty also preferential treatment of the royal family of the country to be destroyed. So, will the dynasty repeat the mistakes of Fu Qin?"

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The next morning, the rain stopped, and Li Li and the crown prince Li Fang who entered the palace talked about some things, including the resettlement of Yuwen Zhao.

The captured Zhou State's Yizhou chief supervisor, Zhao State Duke Yuwen Zhao, had arrived in Kaifeng, and Chu State gave the prisoner a decent treatment: Crown Prince Li Fang personally went to the city gate to welcome Yuwen Zhao.

This attitude continues the "tradition" of Chu's favorable treatment of the royal family in the fallen country, which is actually a tactic of attacking the heart. It tells other Zhou royal families: Don't resist stubbornly, surrender can save your life and be a rich man.

So where should I place Yuwenzhao next?

This involves how to place members of the Zhou royal family in the future.

The royal family of Xiao Liang was concentrated in Poyang, Raozhou; the royal family of Qi State, as well as the king of the fallen country, Gao Wei, were all placed in Jiankang.

Where were the royal family members of Zhou Kingdom placed?

The choice of resettlement points must follow a principle: to avoid these lost tribes being exploited and rekindled.

The normal method should be to eliminate the root cause and kill all the matter on the charge of "attempted rebellion".

"The child thought it was more appropriate to place it in Linxiang, Xiangzhou. They were all south of the Yangtze River, and it was much more difficult to escape back to their hometown."

Li Fang said, "Even if someone makes him a puppet, Yuwen and Gao are in Jiangnan, they have no appeal."

"Xiao's family is in Poyang and has no appeal."

"While Linxiang is prosperous and has good living conditions, they have a false position and are at ease to be a rich man."

Speaking of this, Li Fang smiled: "The lessons of Fu Qin's past are that the dynasty cannot repeat the same mistakes."

Li Li asked: "What is the lesson from the past?"

Li Fang replied: "If the emperor is not able to digest various political factions, then don't lose easily, otherwise it will be easy to take advantage of when his prestige is greatly reduced."

Li Li asked again: "Liang, Qi, there will be Zhou State and the remnants of the Three Kingdoms in the future. How could there be a chance to revive?"

"Even if someone raises up under their banner, the envoy behind the scenes will sooner or later throw these puppets away as chamber pots."

Li Fang understood that this was the exam and replied: "The hidden dangers of the national dynasty are not these devastated royal families, not the gentry landlords, but various interest groups."

"They are similar to Murong Chui to Fu Qin. If Fu Qin is not defeated by Feishui, they will have no chance of backlash."

"So, we should not be impatient for the use of military forces in Zhou. Now, after regaining Yiliang, we can slow down and wait for full preparations, such as abundant food and grass, and then pass the pass and go to Long."

"If the army is used in a hurry, although the defeat is unlikely to be great, the consequences of the defeat are very large."

The answer was correct, Li Li did not continue to talk about this topic and talked about other things to his son.

One of the political rules of this era was to eliminate the royal family of the previous dynasty (destroyed country), or at least kill all the imperial lineage, leaving only the distant branches to prevent the resurgence of life.

Therefore, Li Likuan's behavior of treating the royal family of the previous dynasty (Xiao Liang) and the country was very special under the context of the times.

But not the first person to do so.

The king of Qin, Fu Jian, was very good at the royal family members who had lost their country (Murong clan of Yan). As a result, after the defeat in the Battle of Feishui, Qin was in a turmoil, and the Murong clan, including Murong Chui, became thoughtful.

And the surrendered general Yao Chang, who was polite to Fu Jian, also became thoughtful.

Murong Chui later succeeded in reviving Yan, and Fu Jian died at the hands of Yao Chang. Yao Chang then established another Qin State for the purpose of "Later Qin".

It can be said that Fu Jian's behavior of treating surrendered generals well and the destruction of the country's royal family was morally "noble", but the ending was very tragic.

It gives people the feeling that "good people are not rewarded", so after that, no one will trust the surrendered generals and the royal family who are destroyed. Kill them when they should be killed, and it is most convenient to eliminate the roots.

Now, Li Li is here to come here, will it be that "good people are not rewarded"?

It is possible, but those who are ungrateful are unlikely to be the survivors of Liang, Qi, and Zhou, but are likely to be some political factions/"shantou" in the domestic officialdom.

For example, Wang Lin, who adheres to the Xiaoliang Xiangdong King (Xiao Yi), is Xiao Yi's cheap brother-in-law, and his nephews are living well in Poyang.

If someone takes advantage of troubled waters in the future, Wang Lin's chances are the greatest.

There is also Wang Sengbian, who was once an old official of the King of Xiangdong. However, Wang Sengbian represented the interests of the powerful people in Jingxiang. His son-in-law Du Kan was the representative of the wealthy family in Jingxiang.

Since these people can abandon Xiao Liang in the past, they will not have any psychological burden to abandon Li Chu in the future.

These two "mountain" represent the "remnants of the previous dynasty" of the ancient Liang Dynasty. Although they surrender to the new dynasty, they are only surrendering to Li Li personally.

If Xinjun cannot be conquered in the future, it is not impossible to take advantage of these two "mountains".

As for Chen Baxian's group who started from the Lingbiao, most of the members are border tyrants and are not valued by the "upper class" of Jiankang.

With Chen Baxian's death and Li Li's appointment of the generals, this faction was no longer a festive state, but the "young master" Chen Chang is still there. If the Li royal family cannot hold back the situation, will these people establish Chen Chang?

In addition, there are the gentry of overseas Chinese whose interests are damaged, the old Qi civil and military officials, and the Hebei gentry of interests are also damaged.

These interest groups or "mountain" look honest now, nothing more than the state of Chu being at its peak and the general trend has been achieved.
To be continued...