Chapter 384 The Happy Life of Duke Hunde
Wang Yue didn't say anything in the end.
They can do whatever they like, at least he can't make a clear statement yet...
Of course, there will be no explicit rejection.
Let's continue to drag this problem first. Fortunately, his age advantage is obvious, so although these guys will urge him, they will not urge him very much. They are more to let him see that they can be said to have truly surrendered to him. To put it bluntly, they are just showing their loyalty. All the warlords of the Western Army have this purpose. After all, these guys are warlords at present. If they are warlords, they are afraid that they will cause Wang Yue's misunderstanding and then bring Wang Yue's attack.
They have no ambitions and are very self-aware, knowing that this is the best now.
The most important thing to maintain the current situation is to let Wang Yue not get them wrong.
They are all smart people!
Everyone knows how to do things.
Wang Yue left immediately.
There is nothing wrong here, so Xixia is enough to make arrangements first. After five or six years of this plan, let the cotton planting area in Xixia exceed the grain warning line before taking action.
Use grain to create civil strife in the Western Xia, and then the imperial court resolved the Western Xia by quelling the chaos.
After all, no matter what the relationship between the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty was before, it was now a formal vassal state of the Song Dynasty. Since it was a vassal state, it could not be too rough and could be solved in a relatively good way. However, due to famine and the incompetence of the Li family, the court sent troops to quell the civil strife in Xixia. In order to protect the Li family, the court moved the Li family to the King of Zhongshan to take charge of the people of Xixia.
This looks very good.
Then the King of Zhongshan took action and the people of Xixia lived and worked in peace again.
As for the Li family, they just need to be an apartment official in the Song Dynasty. They are still kings and get their salary according to the standards of the prince in the future.
This ending is much better than their ending in history.
As for the Tubo in the south...
Tubo was already perfect at this time.
There is no need to worry.
The real Tubo has actually been destroyed for nearly two hundred years. The reason why it is called Tubo is just a habit. The current plateau is divided into pieces, which is a melee between a bunch of old Tubo-type small countries. It is roughly from Lhasa to Ladakh. It is hard to say how many small countries are, but they should not be less than ten. I have to say that this is a chaotic limit.
After all, they are only that little population.
The ones close to the Song Dynasty were originally killed by Taishi Tong. The core of the Qingtang Tubo was Qingtang City, but now it has become Xining Prefecture of the Song Dynasty.
Going south again is Duosma.
But this is not a name of a force, but a simple geographical concept. In the Tubo language, Qinghai is called Duo, and Sima is called Xia, so this name means Lower Qinghai, roughly the Star Sea to Qinghai Lake, and then to the east and northwest of Sichuan. In the Tubo worldview, the west and northwest are the upper, the east and southeast are the lower, and the Xikang area is called Duo Sigan, but these are geographical names. In fact, there is no real country, just the nomadic tribes are scattered among them.
Originally, they would continue like this in history. Although the Mongols conquered this area, they only added more nomadic tribes to this area.
The Ming Dynasty also continued to let them continue to be nomadic.
Chiefs of all sizes were granted official positions, but a unified government did not exist.
Then because of poverty and backwardness, and for some special reason, their population was less nomadic. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, an army of seventy people had appeared, and the army of seventy people was actually a powerful force. Really, when the lord of Lewuqi resisted the annexation of Bailitusi, the total force was less than seventy. In folk legend, this powerful Bailitusi was nailed to the sky like six stars.
So don't joke about the village war in Japan.
The real village war between the Kang District and the tribes in Qinghai in the late Ming Dynasty.
They already have such a bright future, so there is no need to worry about them. After all, the era of Tubo has passed, and their rise is just an accident. The accident caused by the warm climate is normal now. Since this is the case, let them continue to be normal!
They are perfect for normality.
Wang Yue threw down his guard in Longyou, walked alone to the post station to change horses, and returned to Kaifeng as fast as possible, but then went south again.
Fuzhou.
“This place is good!”
Wang Yue looked at the wall two feet tall in front of him.
There is a raised part outside the wall that looks like a horse's face, and then a rope ladder leads to a guardhouse on the top, where soldiers are looking bored. In front of Wang Yue, an official was holding a key to open the iron door in front of him. Against the backdrop of the high wall, this small door, which is only two meters high and one meter wide, looks like a hole.
"When you go back to the king, it's good inside. The young man takes people in to clean every day. They buy them out for their daily needs."
The official said with a smile.
After saying that, he pushed open the iron door.
There is a quiet courtyard inside. Although it is not big, it is indeed quite neat. There are even some flowers and plants, but there are no trees.
Opposite was the main room. On the steps in front of the room, a melancholy white-haired old man sat on the steps in front of the room. His eyes were dull and he looked at the sky with drooling, and his chest seemed to have obvious abnormal color due to the long drooling. However, the clothes were not patched and could barely maintain their image. He seemed to have not seen their arrival, and he was still looking at the sky so melancholy. There were a few women next to him. They were in good spirits and immediately greeted him as soon as the door opened.
Wang Yue waved his hand and signaled that there was no need.
Then he walked straight to the white-haired old man.
"Duke Hunde, we meet again!"
He said.
OK, this is Wu Qibu.
The former Emperor of the Great Jin, now the Song Dynasty, raised his head blankly, looking at him like Alzheimer's disease...
"Master, this old guy is stupid. Last summer it was too hot and he was not used to it. For some reason, he suddenly became stupid by the heat. Now he can't recognize people, no one can recognize them. He just sits like this every day and watches the sky, sometimes he goes crazy. Fortunately, he is cleaned up by his sisters a few times, and then he is honest."
A woman beside her bowed and said.
This was the former queen of the Great Jin Kingdom. She must have bought it with Wu Qipeng. In addition, four concubines also followed Wu Qipeng.
They were obviously in good spirits, radiant and very moist at first glance.
They can enter and exit freely, but Wu Qimai cannot leave this small courtyard. The five women can leave as long as they are willing, and then go outside to do whatever they like, but their identities are still the wife and concubines of Duke Hunde. For these women, coming from the snowy and snowy land on the Songhua River to a prosperous city like Fuzhou, even if their identities have become prisoners, they cannot be considered suffering...
This is Fuzhou.
An important overseas trade port in the Song Dynasty.
The population alone has to be millions, while Fuzhou has more than 200,000 households.
It’s a woman!
Who doesn’t like the bustling and bustling?
Moreover, although Wu Qimai has reached the realm of observing the sky, he is still the duke of the Song Dynasty, and Duke Hunde is also the duke. He has a duke's salary, so the Queen of the Great Jin and the four concubines are still very happy. They all have men they raise outside, and it is said that they have improper relationships with many of these people who supervise. As for the poor Wu Qimai, since Alzheimer's disease, he has become a disgusting thing in the eyes of these women, and he just wants to kick them.
But you still have to serve well.
He cannot be allowed to die, because if he dies, the duke's salary will be gone. His Duke's Undevoted salary will be paid according to the standards of the Duke.
Ten thousand households with fiefs.
Thanks to Wang Yue's reform, all titles and fiefs were based on real numbers. There was no such thing as 10,000 households who actually had 2,000 households, so he only had 250,000 yuan per month, which is more than 300 yuan. At present, the stakes of the Song Dynasty were still 770 yuan. After all, it has been used for many years. Changing back to 1,000 yuan will cause short-term chaos, so Wang Yue did not change this stakes of 770 yuan.
More than 300 stakes a month.
Enough of five women to be romantic and happy outside!
At this time, the soldiers' military salary was only 60 yuan per year, and Mrs. Hunde also had an imperial decree, and she also had a salary, and the prices in Fuzhou were low.
As for whether Wu Qimai knows...
He is all Alzheimer's disease. What's the point of knowing it?
"This is a disease and needs to be cured. No matter what, Duke Hunde is also the Duke of our Song Dynasty. What does this look like? I will report to the official and arrange for an imperial physician to treat him. If the money is not enough, the wife can report to the official. This is really not like that."
Wang Yue said.
Poor Wu Qimai is also a hero for life, and now his appearance is also a pity.
Mrs. Hunde nodded quickly and agreed. Although it was definitely not possible to treat him. If he cured him, how could these women be happy outside? What are the dangers of the imperial doctor coming? At worst, it would be good to go into the water. Using this excuse, it was still very good to report to the emperor to ask for some money, so that he could go out to find a few younger ones. For a moment, Mrs. Hunde and his concubines were grateful to the King of Zhongshan.
"Okay, let's change the official uniforms to Duke Hunde and wash his face. You can't go out to see the soldiers on the expedition off like this."
Wang Yue said.
Well, he is here to see off the fleet that was voyage to the Southeast Asian Sea.
At this moment, the huge fleet led by Fang Qifo and others, including eight 500-ton warships, 30 300-ton warships, and fifty armed merchant ships, were already waiting outside the city. Next, they will set sail from here to south to Sanfoqi, and then led the way to complete the expedition to the chariot. As for letting Wu Qimai see him off, this is of course Wang Yue's evil taste. Besides, Wu Qimai was imprisoned in Fuzhou, and letting him come out to see him off will be by the way.
As a prisoner, the Emperor of Great Jin sang and danced here to send off the Song Dynasty navy to the South China Sea...
Chapter completed!