Li Tianqu, the Tuyuhun people of Bai Chengfu's subordinate who were recruited, recently spent mainly on rectifying the officials and government orders of the Wuguozhou Prefecture, which were incorporated into the Wei Dynasty's territory. Shangyuan, Shengzhou, which was originally run by Xu Wen, is now promoted to Jinling Prefecture according to the original title of the land, and will also be the political, economic and cultural center of the Central Plains dynasty located on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, playing an important role in the famous city's important ports connecting the rivers and the seas.

In the land of Youyan, he respected Li Tianqu's edict and mobilized a large number of civilians to start building a city just under the eyes of the Khitans in the north... The location of the city walls that were built was in the Yandu of Yan in ancient times, and it was also the Youdu Prefecture of Nanjing in Liao Kingdom in the official history, the Yandu of Jin Kingdom in the Zhongdu of Jin Kingdom, and the Yuandu of Yuan Dynasty. The layout was symmetrical east-west, while the inner city walls were regular square.

Li Tianqu was not willing to waste the people and lose money too much, so he did not intend to build a huge city with an area of ​​thousands of miles or even thousands of miles in one fell swoop. At first, the inner city could be built as a palace for the emperor's northern tour, and a bridgehead for the Khitan troops in the future. It also needs to be gradually expanded by future generations over the years. It is also unhurried at the moment...

After all, Rome was not built in one day, nor was Beijing.

However, during the period when Li Tianqu handled government affairs, news spread from the land of Hunan and Chu to Bianjing, which immediately made him realize that the Wei Dynasty had expanded its territory and soon wanted to annex large areas.

"Your Majesty, since he entered Changsha Prefecture, he regarded himself as the governor of Wu'an, Wuzhen and other towns, and still praised us for his reverence. He became increasingly indulgent and extravagant. He sold his official positions and titles, and allowed the treacherous and slander to order the common people to donate money to become officials, and the high level of the wealth is determined according to the amount of wealth. All wealthy and unkind wealthy businessmen will be promoted. The officials of the prefecture will be transferred back to Changsha Prefecture, and they must also be given additional tributes;

Ma Xifan forced levies and miscellaneous taxes from the people of Chu, which caused people everywhere to leave because they could not bear the heavy taxes. The people of Chu then sent a land envoy Deng Yiwen to investigate the tax evasion land everywhere and arrested refugees. If the taxes were still not paid, the strong would be exiled to the army, the poor and the weak would be severely punished, and there were also many civilians who had suffered the destruction of their entire family;

Although the Peng family in Xizhou was Ma Xifan's relatives, he still collected heavy taxes from the Tujia tribes in Xizhou after he ascended the throne. The taxes were severe and even worse than those during Ma Xisheng's reign... Peng Yanxi, son of the chief king of Tujia tribes in Xizhou, Baojing, Yongshun and other prefectures, heard that he had frequent exchanges with the tribes of the ten prefectures of Hunan and Guizhou in recent years. It seems that he had plans to rebel against Chu..."

In the side hall of the Bianjing Dynasty, Jie Qing, who is now a minister in charge of the hall, sorted out the information that has been verified by the Xiang and Chu area for a while, and was reporting to Li Tianqu in a lot of ways. He suddenly paused and then said with a meaningful meaning:

"Also Ma Xifan issued an order to build a large-scale construction and build the Tiance Mansion. The doors, windows, railings and sills were decorated with gold and jade, and the walls were painted in vermilion. A golden spear and spear were also placed. Ma Xifan even restructured the head and feet of the head are long, which means the dragon horns. The Jiulong Hall will be built in the near future. According to the specifications of his buildings, palaces, gardens, and crowns... it can indeed be punished according to the crime of overcoming the rules."

Li Tianqu sat leaning against the imperial chair. After hearing Jie Qingbao's words, he nodded first, and then let out a long sigh:

"Although the founding king of Chu, Ma Yin, was the remnant of Qin Zongquan and Sun Ru's thief army, since he moved to the land of Hunan Chu, he was appointed by the Tang court to judge the affairs of the Hunan Military Palace, and later he was later appointed as the King of Chu, he was still a wise ruler who was diligent in politeness to polite the people... But his descendants were not worthy of being the lord of a country. Ma Xifan relied on our dynasty to force his brother to abdicate and usurped power to control the land of Chu, and thus ruined the country and country that his father had captured. But he could not have thought that retribution would come so quickly..."

Although it is not said that he was guilty of Ma Xifan Xing's army in the name of usurping the emperor's standards, he could not say that he wanted to add a crime, so he would be in troubled times... However, in such a separatist regime in the Central Plains dynasty made a confession to the outside world and claimed to accept the enthronement of the superior country. In fact, he closed the door and followed the emperor's standards. As Ma Yin established the Chu State according to historical records, "King Yin of Chu State first established the country, established palaces, and placed all officials, all like the emperor, or slightly changed their names"... Whether for the sect leader and vassals, it was often tacit.

Li Tianqu knew that the monarchs who were separatist in various places would not often be as good as Jie Yan Liu Shouguang and Lingnan Liu. They were so happy to be successful, and they insisted on claiming to the outside world what kind of Da Yan and the Emperor of the Da Yue... They were low-key to the outside world and high-profile to the inside, in short, they paid tribute on time, accepted seals from the Central Plains dynasty, and held nominal official positions such as the marshal of the imperial capital, Shangshu Ling, etc., whether they regarded themselves as king of a country or the Jiedushi in various towns... We are willing to be younger brothers on the surface, just like the Southern Chu family in official history, who has been passed down for six generations, and have always been known as the King of Chu to the outside world, or the Jiedushi appointed by the Central Plains dynasty, and they only lived the addiction to being an emperor in the internal world, and they would not be too harsh, right?

But Li Tianqu is just to be picky, and Ma Xifan just showed signs of over-the-stop order, and he wanted to prosecute troops to punish him, which was quite like the joke that "the advanced left-footed company was fired" in later generations... Because he knew very well that Ma Xifan was exploiting the people internally and was incompetent and indecent, and he decided not to openly be enemies with the Wei Dynasty, so he wanted to annex the State of Chu completely. Even if he was picking the bones in the egg, as long as he had the name of provoking troops to punish him, he should take action.

If it were during the period when Ye, Zhao, Wu, Chu, Beiping, Wu Yue and other countries were established together, and the Liang and Later Tang and other enemies had not yet collapsed, Li Tianqu knew that if he had blatantly invaded and annexed the forces of all parties in the name of overcoming the rules, it would have inevitably attracted the vigilance of all monarchs and would have chosen to surrender to the Liang and Later Tang camps, which had always been very ambition to enter the Central Plains, and formed a situation of uniting against Wei.

But now is different from the past. Now, the only one who is called alone in Central China is left in the south is Wu Yue, Min, Chu, which has lost half of its territory, and Yue, which has already been called emperor but is now facing the threat of the Wei Dynasty... Li Tianquxin wants to speed up the process of unification and no longer cares whether the reason for annexation of other countries is too far-fetched.

After all, is the king's land under the world; is the king's minister in the shores of the land, just like the words "Where can you let others snore on the side of the bed?" The title of the sect leader and vassal state is just a way to get along with each other in troubled times. But the world and chaotic times will eventually return to the unified rule. Any separatist regime that is free from the court will sooner or later be destroyed. Now that the opportunity is ripe, why wait any longer?

After Li Tianqu finished thinking about it, he slowly stood up and said decisively:

"Since the land of Chu has left the title of king, we must be given the vassal governor of the vassal state, Fu Xin, who is in charge of the vassal state. Ma Xifan is just the lord of Wu'an and Wuzhen, but he dared to usurp the imperial system, and he had no imperial power, and had the intention of being a disobedient, and deposed all of him as an official and a title!

The Ma family father and son were two generations of kings, and three generations of kings managed the land of Hunan and Chu. First, Ma Xisheng openly responded to the Wu Kingdom and dared to be enemies with our dynasty; later, Ma Xifanwang abused the superiors and complained in his face, so he could no longer take charge of Chu. After all, Ma Yin conquered the country of Southern Chu, and at least he could govern the country and the people, and he was able to serve the emperor and the people.

But Ma Xifan was arrogant and arrogant, and took advantage of the situation, exploiting the people of Hunan and Chu for a while, and was displaced and miserable. Now Xiang and Chu no longer have to be controlled by the Ma family, and should be incorporated into our territory. Now it is also related to the welfare of the people... Ma Xifan had previously relied on our dynasty to launch troops and initiated his brother Ma Xisheng to abdicate, which also ruined the legacy of his father and brother. The civil and military officials in Chu were all intimidated by our dynasty's power and power, and they had to take it as the main force, and they dared not speak out... Now it is our turn to launch a troops to fight against Ma Xifan, the old ministers and generals of the three armies, who would work hard for him to die?"
Chapter completed!