Chen Wenjun is actually worried that the people in her parents' family will be too deeply involved in politics or too ostentatious, which will arouse dissatisfaction from the shogunate and then affect her relationship with Xu Zixian.

Since her husband was not disgusted with the arrival of his elder brother and was even a little happy, she was extremely relieved. She sat gently on the left side next to Xu Zixian, and the three of them sat together and chatted.

"Do you know?" Xu Zixian suddenly said: "I have always been a little worried, afraid that everything is a mirror and will suddenly stop exist..."

"I know." Chen Wenjun and Xiu Niang looked at each other, and they said in unison: "You often have nightmares, you will sweat coldly, and you will wake up from nightmares many times."

Xu Zi first smiled and shook his head.

It’s really impossible to hide anything from the person next to you. No wonder the most powerful emperor has a completely different relationship with his wife.

"I have seen more and heard more... This time I went north and confirmed my previous thoughts. If I don't stand up, the Donghu people will break through the pass. Not only will I not be able to save my Great Wei in the north, but also the south. I, you, our relatives and friends, and ordinary people will all fall into a state of doom..."

Xu Zixian didn't say much, including his life, even the closest person around him was not easy to tell. He could only respond vaguely, and then said: "I often have these hidden worries, and even dreamed that the Great Wei forgot the country, the ancestral temple was not protected, and my life was not protected. So I have been doing special things over the past few years and worked hard. To outsiders, I am already rich and noble, but I still wear thick clothes and eat bad food, and seem to be coveting the throne... Indeed, I want the position of the emperor and I am bound to win. But in fact, the emperor is not good enough to match the position, and the talent is not enough to match the position. In this crisis, if I don't stand up and keep my duty as a minister, I can only watch the emperor drag the Great Wei into a cliff and fall into a state of no return. What is destroyed is not only the family and country of the Great Wei, but also the country of the Great Wei.

The world of China... the emperor cannot bear this responsibility, and the entire Wei royal family cannot bear it. At this time, I finally don't have to worry anymore. It is a matter of time before the navy is so strong that it will be a matter of time before it can destroy Pu Xingfeng and control the South China Ocean. Even if the Donghu enters the country a few years later, I will have hundreds of thousands of elite troops who can compete with them, with at least tens of millions of yuan of profits, including taxes from the south, the levy of ship trade taxes, and the income from overseas trade, which is enough for me to raise troops and the Northern Expedition. If I take a step back, even if I can't protect the north, as long as the navy is present, the enemy cavalry will not be able to cross the river, protect my Chinese, seize the countries of the South China Ocean, turn the South China Sea into my Chinese Neihu, and then fight the North to drive the Hu when the country is stronger and the troops are more powerful... I must do what I can do..."

Xu Zixian finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he seemed to remember the situation when he was practicing arrows by the river a few years ago. At that time, he woke up in a nightmare every night. Now, he finally did it. Back then, he accumulated strength to practice bows and arrows, practice swords, and recruit Luo generals, and strive to achieve success. What he wanted was this moment.

Looking around, seeing Chen Wenjun, Xiuniang, the soon-to-be-born children, the thousands of loyal and brave soldiers, the Nanyang and the entire southern part of the Wei Dynasty, what else can I ask for?

"I succeeded...I succeeded!" Xu Zixian's face seemed to be about to stand up and dance. Xiuniang and Chen Wenjun pressed his hand and gently stroked it.

"You did it." Chen Wenjun said softly: "You really did it."

"Yes, husband." Xiuniang said nervously: "You haven't had nightmares for a long time."

Xu Zi calmed down first, then smiled on his face. Yes, he really did it. No matter what bumps and bumps in the future, nothing can stop him from reaching the top of the throne!

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"Did the Liu brothers capture Bianzhou?" Qin Dongyang wore a martial robe made of cocoon silk and a flat iron helmet on his head. The helmet was not decorated at all and was painted black, which contrasted with the phoenix-winged helmet that the generals liked.

While he was speaking, many generals stood around, and local officials and famous gentry stood opposite him. This was Guangzhou. After receiving the latest Tang newspaper, everyone discussed matters in the main hall of the tutoring corps office.

The new Chongde 17-year-old military uniform has been fully equipped with a complete military uniform. The black iron helmet is consistent across the army, but at the level of a general in the military, silver stars will still be added to the helmet, so that the generals can be found far away on the battlefield, which is convenient for command in front of the battlefield.

Except for the black iron helmet, the gray military robe has not changed, just

The hem is a little shorter, the cowhide belt tightens the waist, breeches and boots, and the military rank logo on the shoulders, which are all quite distinctive characteristics of the Qin Wangfu Army.

Qin Dongyang was already the commander of the Xiangdu. Among his ranks are Jin Baoyi, Wu Weisan, Zhang Huchen, Liu Yi, Ge Cunzhong, Ge Cunzhuang, Lin Cunxin, Dong Ruixiang, Li Xingwu and other generals who have been following the Qin King for a long time.

By the beginning of the 17th year of Chongde, the number of government troops was 260 troops, 12 cavalry troops, and more than 1.3 million engineers and baggage units, and more than 100,000 mules and horses were transported, and more than 30,000 transport vehicles were used.

Even so, King Xu Zixian of Qin was not very satisfied. The number of mules and horses could double. He already knew that in this era, the Dutch mobilized about 30,000 troops, and the number of mules and horses was more than 30,000 troops, with more than 30,000 vehicles. In the plains of Western Europe, with good roads, it is quite normal to move more than 100 miles a day, and you can even go further.

Of course, mules and horses in Western Europe are generally much stronger than those in East Asia. The type of horse used for arable land is higher than that of adults. There is no such horse in Mongolian horses, river and Tang horses in China, and southwest horses.

The quality is not good, and the quantity is not enough, but this has been the result of two or three years of hard work to purchase. The purchase of war horses is diversified. Not only is it purchased from the Western Qiang, but the Northern Lu also smuggled and sold war horses to the East Vanguard. In addition, it was to various countries in the South China Sea, and even Japan sold a small number of war horses to the King of Qin to enrich the cavalry.

By the end of the sixteenth year, the cavalry of twelve armies were finally organized, and these cavalry played a great role in the pursuit of Li Kaiming. Due to the intentional laissez-official and Jingnan was indeed a gunpowder barrel, Li Kaiming achieved great success in Jingnan. By the summer of the sixteenth year, Li Kaiming had already occupied more than 500,000 young men and women, and his family was accompanied by the army, claiming to be a million troops, and the entire southeast was shocked.

In the autumn of the 16th year, Xu Zixian appointed Qin Dongyang as the general manager of the various marching routes of Jingguang, commanding the cavalry on both sides, plus the ten wing capitals of the mainland division, and 300,000 troops set out from Jingbei, Jingnan and Jiangxi respectively, and expeditioned and suppressed the troops of Li Kaiming, which had attracted national attention.

Li Kaiming was full of ambition at this time, and he occupied the northern part of Jingnan and Guangnan East Road, with Shaozhou as his capital, and was known as King Jing.

Three hundred thousand prefecture troops arrived, and they fought with 500,000 troops. Qin Dongyang used cavalry to cover their wings. Nearly 50,000 cavalry rushed to attack and thunder. Although many bandits were strong, they were not as strong as training or equipment, and their will were not enough compared with the prefecture troops, let alone the most powerful cavalry elite in the prefecture troops.

After the cavalry attacked, the scattered thieves fled all over the mountains. This battle was the second time that Li Kaiming's backbone was interrupted, making the thief leader understand that not only was the dream of sweeping the world, but even if he occupied the land and separating the country, he was just dreaming. The momentum that Li Kaiming had created before was just that the King of Qin needed him to achieve such a scale, so that the government army could successfully enter southern Zhejiang and Jingbei. Now the shogunate has mastered all the ways, and Li Kaiming has become an abandoned son and no longer needs his existence.

Another reason why it is not advisable to publicize it is that Jingnan is difficult to cure.

There were bandits and robbers everywhere, and they were plowing the land during the day and taking short knives and hoes at night. The valley was filled with the people of Jingnan who were inseparable from farmers and bandits. Li Kaiming's great momentum in Jingnan made countless local bandits either voluntarily or forced to follow. At this time, the bandits in Jingnan were eliminated in one battle, and the bandits in Jingnan were also solved by the way. After that, several infantry from the army were left, and with the assistance of the local wing army, they kept eliminating the remaining bandits. Within one or two years, the security problems in Jingnan could be almost solved.

In fact, the local area is poor and cannot accommodate too many Ding Zhuang. Ding Zhuang, who has more than 100,000 people, follows the bandits, and the pressure on survival in the local area has been greatly reduced, so of course it is easy to manage.

Another way to recover aftermath is to recruit soldiers in the local area, not only the government troops, but also the defensive wing troops, engineers, baggage troops, as well as security guards and officials. With the financial resources of the shogunate, it is more than enough to bear more than 100,000 people in a place with strong people like Jingnan. On the one hand, it can solve people's livelihood, and on the other hand, it can eliminate bandits and thieves. Third, the shogunate can also take the opportunity to attract local tyrants and elites, consolidate their rule in Jingnan, and kill multiple kills.

Of course, it is also handled in Jingnan, Liangzhe, Fujian Road and other places.

Li Kaiming was defeated, and more than 500,000 troops were killed, with more than 100,000 corpses accumulated like mountains. The remaining 300,000 people were divided into several levels from the bandits and the gangs were sentenced to hard labor ranging from one to three years, and were escorted to the government offices of various military prefectures.

After serving, the shogunate planned to release these people after their service, or recruit sailors to become sailors, or persuade them to go to the East Fen to reclaim colonization.

These people are not evil people, they are just bandits who are difficult to survive. However, they are infected with bad habits and have to be rectified. Otherwise, they will still be difficult to control if they do not change their bad habits.

Next level is the leader level, and the hard labor period is five to ten years. Then there are the general level, or the evil people who kill many people and are notorious, all of them will be executed.

Each of Li Kaiming's old soldiers was covered with blood in his hands. As long as they were captured, they would be executed, and none of them could be spared from death.

The family members of the army also followed them to the hard labor labour place to settle. If they were executed, they would be directly subject to the control of the East vassal state, and then they would gradually install differentiated controls and gradually become ordinary people.

The main force of the bandits was annihilated, more than 300,000 people were taken away in batches, and more than 20,000 prisoners were executed. The report from the Tang Dynasty also gave the court a sigh of relief.

Qin Dongyang did not stop and used the excuse of a small number of remnants of bandits roaming to Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road. The army marched in separately. The military control was first carried out according to the other methods, gradually digesting local forces and dispatching shogunate officials. These two routes were also taken down.

By the 17th year, the entire south, except for Sichuan Road, Yunnan Road, Guizhou Road, and Jiangnan East Road in the southwest, which were managed by officials sent by the imperial court, the rest of the places had fallen into the hands of the shogunate.

The tax reduction, the alumni, the local government were purged, and the bandit suppression were all familiar with the shogunate, including the early military control and the later officials to follow, and the empty local officials were all very skilled.

In recent years, there has been no rebound from local officials. However, under the threat of the Qin King's military, and the great prestige of the Qin King suppressed the Qin King, local officials could only accept the reality. With tax reductions, their interest in officials has been greatly reduced. With the assistance of middle and low-level officials and a large number of officials sent by the Qin King's shogunate, these officials were also happy to ignore them.

For Xu Zixian, he would be patient for the time being. After the center lost its position and the emperor died, he would be able to justify the removal of a large number of officials and replace them with the chief officer of the shogunate to take office. At that time, he could use local power more legitimately.

After Qin Dongyang arrived in Guangzhou, he immediately announced military control. Of course, the officials of the Pacification Envoy and the various departments were dissatisfied, but local gentry, students, and people all supported the Qin King and the military. The officials of each department and the prefecture and county officials could only accept the reality silently.

The prefecture army has been stationed in Guangzhou and various prefectures and counties for more than ten days. The cavalry has successively suppressed bandits, and also pursued and suppressed the fleeing bandit commander Li Kaiming.

After Li Kaiming was arrested and sent to Guangzhou, when Qin Dongyang summoned local officials and gentry to examine Li Kaiming, news came that Liu Anle's brothers finally conquered Bianzhou.

Everyone looked at each other and felt uneasy.

The importance of Bianzhou is not only the capital of Henan Road, but also the throat of the Central Plains. Only by having a victorious place like Bianzhou can you truly control Henan Road and then pose a threat to Shandong and the northwest routes. The bandits originated from Henan, and had occupied many military states such as Luoyang and Huazhou before Bianzhou. After that, you can get Shandong again. Losing the two northern routes is not the most deadly, but Henan is close to Hebei, with the imperial guards empty. More than 20 armies transferred by the court were defeated by the Liu brothers, which shows that after the loss of elite troops, the imperial guards' combat power dropped sharply. If the imperial guards of these more than 20 armies could completely defeat more than ten times of the bandits, this time they were defeated many times in the battle to aid Henan Road. The court had to transfer more imperial guards to the south, making the northern defense line even more empty.

"The bandits have been sieging Bianzhou in two years." As soon as Jin Bao took the Tang newspaper, he took a brief look, and said, "It's expected that there are only 20 troops to support the imperial guards, more than 40,000 people, and they add fuel to the tactics and sting. I really don't know what it is to ask people to say."

This veteran of the government army still kept changing his temper at the time and spoke without any restraint. He said whatever he had and was very straightforward.

The officials present couldn't help but feel embarrassed, but the gentlemen and students around him showed approval.
Chapter completed!