In July, the autumn is clear and cool.
The knights took the decree of the Zhou Lord to travel to and from all over the place and pacified many areas.
The three armies slowed down their advance, but they divided their troops to surrender. There was no resistance in various places, and the Han-Zhou war was heading towards its end.
Shu County.
Outside the official rank, fully armed soldiers were distributed on both sides.
They are tall and upright, looking ahead, motionless.
Zhou Houzhu Yuwen Zan changed into his crown garment, holding the seal in his hand, and dozens of people who looked like officials stood not far away.
Yuwen Zan looked at the clothes he was wearing and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He wore this outfit twice in total, the first time he ascended the throne, and then the time he was about to surrender now.
And these ministers around him, this was the first time he met them after he ascended the throne.
The old ministers burst into tears.
Perhaps it was to commemorate the homeland, and to look at the emperor holding a seal and stroking the crown robes, all of them were crying.
Yuwen Zan searched among the crowd for a long time, and then found an acquaintance.
That's right, it was Yuwen Shan who was captured again.
Yuwen Shan was injured in the war and could not move forward any further. He was captured by the Han army. He had just gotten up and saw Yuwen Zan being caught back.
Yuwen Shan's heart seemed to be dead, his face was numb and his expression was dull.
Yuwen Zan sneaked to him, "You are here too!"
Yuwen Zan's face was filled with a smile.
Yuwen Shan slowly raised his head, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak.
"Why should you be sad? This destiny is the emperor, so how can you resist the destiny?"
"I tell you, this Han army will use magic magic. The war horses can fly with wings. This is definitely not something that humans can do. This is what I have seen with my own eyes!"
Yuwen said swearingly.
Yuwen Shan's expression became more and more sad as he listened to his words.
Yuwen Zan ignored this, and he lowered his voice and asked, "What should I say to save my life when I see Your Majesty later?"
Yuwen Shan finally reacted.
"Liu Taozi will not kill His Majesty, His Majesty can only speak less."
Yuwen Zan asked, "But I heard that he had killed surrendered nobles in the past.::
Yuwen Shan stopped talking.
Yuwen Zan was a little unhappy. After waiting for a long time, the guards finally came out and allowed them to come in to pay their respects.
Yuwen led the ministers to the government office in a mighty manner.
Yuwen Zan always feels that surrendering in such a place is really a loss of identity. As both parties have to surrender in a large place like Chang'an or Youcheng, right?
He was thinking randomly, and under the gaze of the soldiers, he kept walking forward, and walked all the way to the lobby of the conference.
This is naturally not comparable to the palace, and it still looks very unbearable and has insufficient specifications.
However, Yuwen Zan has no say in this.
Liu Taozi rarely wore a crown suit. Yuwen Zan glanced at it. The clothes she wore on Liu Taozi felt very inappropriate, as if she was wearing cloth on a bear, which was strange no matter how she looked.
Many commanders and generals who participated in the war in the Han Dynasty stood on both sides.
Standing at the top of their identities, Zu Ban, Gao Changgong and others stood in front, leading the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty respectively.
Yuwen Zan walked in front, walked to the prescribed place, and then knelt down to Liu Taozi.
"Your Majesty leads the king's army to rest in all directions. At first, I did not know the destiny of heaven, but I dared to obstruct it. Now I know that my virtue is insufficient, and I am abide by the destiny of heaven, and I have issued an edict, which is contrary to my wishes. Now I am willing to surrender Your Majesty, leave the emperor's title, and worship me...
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Yuwen Zan's words were taught by someone, and his words were extremely humble. At first, it was fine, but in the end, he almost pointed at himself and called himself a thief.
The ministers were naturally even more sad, but they were powerless to stop them.
After Yuwen officially surrendered to Liu Taozi, Zu Ban sent someone to step forward, took Yuwen's seal and seal and changed his clothes.
Liu Taozi named him Qingdiaohou... This does not meet the conditions for local enthronement, but it also shows that the emperor did not intend to give him any place as a fief.
If Yuwen Zan surrendered from the beginning, or could still get a pretty good marquis, regardless of whether he has a fief or not,
At least it's acceptable to live up to face.
But now, he was captured and surrendered, so the marquis who were canonized was a naked humiliation.
The lightweight teacher comes from the Zuo Zhuan's "The lightweight teacher is easy to shake."
Yuwen was not very touched by this. It would be great if he could save his life. Do you care if he was humiliating?
Zu Ban stood not far away and chuckled when he heard the enthronement.
It's really a legacy of the Han Dynasty.
Then there is the way of dealing with the other surrendered officials and ministers.
Liu Taozi pardoned the soldiers who led the army to fight against the Han army, and at the same time rewarded some people who made contributions after surrendering.
Finally, he announced that the Zhou State was officially destroyed, and the territory of the Zhou State in the future was the territory of the Han State. He asked someone to take Yuwen Zan on a carriage and send him to the Yicheng City to live.
There is another very important thing.
"Although Yuwen Yong led his troops to resist the Tianshi, he had a big mistake. He thought that his governance was successful and his son surrendered, so he kept his sacrifices, changed his marquis of Zhou, gave him a posthumous title, and sent his children to the main sacrifices."
"Although Yuwen Xian resisted stubbornly and did not know the destiny of heaven, he could remember his loyalty and righteousness and sacrifice his sacrifices.... He allowed him to enjoy the Zhouhou Temple."
Liu Taozi did not directly prohibit sacrificial activities against Yuwen Yong, Yuwen Xian and others. Even if they were allowed to hold sacrificial activities to commemorate them, they would not directly defeat them in the form of official forms and attack them.
The man has died and the Zhou Kingdom has also died, so there is no need for this.
This is also considered as some rumors that the Han Dynasty clarified in the past, such as the rumor that Yuwen Xian killed the lord. If Yuwen Xian really killed the lord, Liu Taozi would not allow him to sacrifice him, let alone allow him to accept sacrifices with Yuwen Yong.
Zu Ban actually doesn’t quite understand why the King of Heaven wanted to do this, probably because of his respect for the two brothers?
After a long time of busyness, Yuwen Zan and others left in a hurry.
Although Zhou has been destroyed, the final work is still going on, so Liu Taozi is not in a hurry to give the reward.
After the court meeting ended, everyone left, but two people followed Liu Taozi and walked towards the backyard together.
One is Gao Changgong, and the other is Zheng Daoqian.
Zu Ban naturally followed him all the time.
The group returned to the backyard, and Liu Taozi asked them all to sit down.
He first looked at Zheng Daoqian, with some respect in his eyes.
"Mr. Zheng made great contributions, which is really admirable."
Liu Taozi said it was quite sincere, but Zheng Daoqian hurriedly gave in, "I can win this battle because of your kindness and the life of the land. What I did was a little dou, and it was really not worth mentioning."
Zu Ban laughed, "No, no, since Zheng Gong went to Zhou, we have been able to prophets in everything and make correct judgments every time. Just this time, if it weren't for Zheng Gong's announcement, I'm afraid Yuwen Zan would run out,
It only adds a lot of trouble."
"Besides, it's really not easy for Mr. Zheng, it's been so many years.\n..\n:
Even Gao Changgong said, "If it weren't for Mr. Zheng, I would not have captured Yuwen alive."
Zheng Daoqian didn't know what to say for a moment.
His experience over the years is really not easy. Yang Jian is already smart, and Zheng Daoqian has always acted as if he is against Liu Taozi. He even has to do something that sells Liu Han’s interests and writes a letter and memorial correctly, but these are all for being able to play a role at the most critical moment.
Now, the hard days are finally over.
Zheng Daoqian was still a little worried.
"Your Majesty, I had to do something before in order to gain the trust of the thief...
"No problem, I know, Mr. Zheng, I promise you to take three days off. Go back and have a good rest first. Don't worry about those things."
Liu Taozi comforted her for a few words, and Zheng Daoqian finally relaxed, bowed, and then said goodbye and left.
Looking at Zheng Daoqian who was leaving, Zu Ban stroked his beard, "I think he can rest for three days."
Gao Changgong looked at him, "Does the grandfather want to rest for a few days?"
"Hahaha, it's not time yet.
Zu Ban hurriedly looked at Liu Taozi, "Your Majesty, all armies can retreat in turn."
"Reduce food consumption first."
"The Guanzhong and Bashu have been destroyed in ruins. I think we should be exempted from it for three years to calm people's hearts.
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"The division of states and counties...:"
Zu Ban skillfully took out a map from his arms. Zu Ban prepared this map a long time ago. When he attacked Chang'an and got the accurate map, he began to prepare.
Zu Ban not only made the regional division of Bashu and other places in advance, but he even made the Chen State. When he decided to assist Liu Taozi in the uprising, he began to try to divide the prefectures and counties in the world.
This map was placed in front of the three of them. Gao Changgong looked at it a few times and felt a little strange.
"In the past, my grandfather always divided the numbers, but didn't like to divide the counties in many states and counties. What's going on today...
Zu Ban's map changed the past style and divided the prefectures and counties more in detail. In the Guanzhong area alone, he divided four states, and in Bashu, the Wen divided six states, plus Gan and Liang, that is twelve states.
In the past twenty-one states, plus these twelve states, the number of states reached thirty-three.
Zu Ban narrowed his eyes, "Hebei and Henan are our hinterlands, close to Yecheng, but this Guanzhong Bashu has been separated from us for a long time, so this side should be subdivided."
"Besides, Guanzhong and Bashu are difficult to pass and government orders are difficult to pass. If they are not divided, it will lead to inefficiency and will be detrimental to future governance."
Although the war has been won, the dawn of great unification has already appeared.
But they took over a mess.
Capture is important, but governance is even more important. If people's livelihood cannot be stabilized and the local area is comforted, the newly recovered land will continue to consume the national strength of the Han Dynasty. Not only will it not be strengthened, it may also cause huge damage.
Zu Ban pondered for a long time, then looked at Liu Taozi. For the first time, he was a little hesitant.
Liu Taozi and Gao Changgong could see Zu Ting thinking, but neither of them disturbed him.
Zu Ban pondered for a long time and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, this governor is easy to say. He can promote prefects or officials with outstanding political achievements and reputation, and can also promote some wise men from Zhou State in the past. However, should we set up two platforms?"
"Hand up?"
"Due to the situation of the two places, Guanzhong Daoxingtai and Bashu Daoxingtai were set up, and then two respectable wise men were sent to serve as the Minister of the Xingtai, who were fully responsible and had to make decisions on their own. In this way, they could increase efficiency and adapt to local conditions."
Zu Ban slowly expressed his thoughts.
Gao Changgong didn't understand these very well, so he chose to remain silent.
Liu Taozi asked, "Is it useful?"
"It's useful in the short term, but it must be removed later."
"If it works, just come as you said."
Zu Ban actually can't come up with a very novel and unique way to clean up the mess at the moment. He can make strange plans in war, but the governance can only be honest and step by step.
Even if some places have special characteristics, it is also a similar way to make household registration, grant cultivated land, reduce taxes, clean up thieves, and let the place slowly recover itself.
This war has made the north a terrible situation, and it is unlikely that it will be possible to appease these places with the whole country’s strength.
In the first year, we can only arrange officials first, and then wait until the north recovers, and then slowly support this side and then improve the overall national strength.
In this case, the choice of local officials becomes the most important thing.
The one-time expansion is too large, and there are not enough reserve officials.
According to Zu Ban's proposal, Han State began to adjust its strategy, shifting from offense to defense, and it is best to develop peacefully.
There will be no war in a short period of time.
Although the Han-Zhou War ended and the Chen State retreated, in fact, the Han State is still in a state of war not only because the troops from all over the country are still outside, but the most important thing is that the north is still fighting.
That's right, when Liu Taozi led the army to Chang'an, Yuwen Yong's father-in-law began to harass and attack from the north, while Liu Taozi's father-in-law went out to resist.
The fourth battle between father-in-law broke out, and both sides fought intermittently until now.
Huluguang never let the other party get any advantage.
Although he was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, he successfully repelled several enemy attacks with the advantages of military ordnance and the quality of the troops, but he was unable to attack due to the limited logistics, which was a bit inappropriate.
In addition, although Yuwen Zan surrendered, the Han Dynasty had not completely allowed all Zhou people to submit to their Baisha County.
This is an important passage to the south of Shu.
The Zhou flag is still hung above the city.
Among the residents of the city, there were many people dressed in barbarians. The city was barely orderly and not completely chaotic.
In the official office located in the center of the city, the last several ministers of the Zhou State sat side by side, looking at the edict in their hands.
Yuchi Jiong is here.
After defeat, Yuchi Jiong fled all the way back to the rear, and was ordered to meet with Yuwen Xiaobo, pretending to take the emperor's car to the south to attract the enemy's attack.
When they ran all the way to Baisha and were about to continue advancing south, the Han army chased after him again, but
This time they did not attack, but only brought the imperial edict from the Emperor of Zhou.
He asked all regions to surrender to Han.
The seals and words on this edict can prove that this was written by his own emperor.
The Zhou Kingdom was destroyed.
This news completely destroyed the last morale of Zhou State.
The soldiers were completely collapsed and were unwilling to fight again.
Even these leading officials had different opinions.
Yuchi Jiong was unwilling to surrender.
However, the Zhou Kingdom had perished and the emperor surrendered. What could Hewen do?
Yuchi Jiong slowly looked at Yuwen Xiaobo beside him.
He obviously wanted to say something. Yuwen Xiaobo looked at him for a long time, but neither of them spoke.
But the ministers on the side couldn't sit still.
"Your Majesty has surrendered to the great man, so why should we continue to rush? This road is becoming increasingly difficult. Besides, if we continue to resist, who knows whether the Han Lord will blame His Majesty for his mistakes? Then don't we become evil people who harm His Majesty?"
They were talking about Dayi Lingran. Han Qinhu, who was standing not far away, looked confused at this moment.
This young man also didn't know where he should go.
Yuchi Jiong's lips trembled for a long time, and then suddenly felt relieved.
He nodded, "Okay, let's just drop."
"Everyone, be prepared, change your clothes, and surrender out of the city."
Many of the people here showed joy and left one after another.
Yuchi Jing and Yuwen Xiaobo were motionless and sat here.
When everyone left, the two of them stood up.
"Duke Shu, I was a little prejudiced to you in the past, and told Your Majesty: I cannot win over people like you in doing big things. I hope Duke Shu will not blame you."
Yuwen Xiaobo took the lead in delivering the ceremony.
Yuchi Jiong smiled, "No, no, talk about it, my incompetent nephew Ah Yun came to me and said that you were deeply loved and forced him to deal with him, I also scolded you, saying that you are a traitor who has no ability and only knows how to please His Majesty."
The two chatted for a few words, and then Yuchi Jiong bowed and bowed.
"Just say so much."
"Donald Anhua, say goodbye!"
Yuwen Xiaobo took a step back and saluted him, "Duke of Shu, say goodbye!"
The two of them smiled and turned around and left.
In August, the white sand surrendered.
Chapter completed!