Dressed as Wu Dalang, Jinlian please respect yourself

Chapter 355 Ordinary People Don’t Care About National Events

After hearing this, Xiao Zetian came to his senses and saluted Tian Suojun.

"I was negligent just now. Mr. Tian Suo's words are very reasonable. We can't use a tired teacher to deal with an elite teacher. This is the way to kill ourselves."

Seeing that Xiao Zetian understood, Tian Suojun secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Ochiai Shun, who was following behind, saw all this and immediately reported the news to Emperor Yunze.

Emperor Yunze was overjoyed, Wutian didn't attack at such a good time, so it can be seen that he didn't really want to fight against him, and immediately ordered: "Everyone obeys my order and rushes to the Yalu River to station!"

When the generals were getting ready, a soldier ran in and whispered something in Emperor Yunze's ear.

Emperor Yunze showed surprise on his face, and then frowned.

Seeing him like this, the generals were also very puzzled, what exactly did the soldier tell Emperor Yunze.

"Generals, there are traitors in our country, and the plan to conquer the Central Plains may be temporarily stranded. Everyone obeys my orders, and the troops are divided into two groups, all the way from the southern port of Koryo to Kyushu Island, all the way from the port of Pingcheng Ship, go straight to the capital of the country of Wa! In addition, order Tian Suojun and Xiao Zetian to lead the troops back to the capital of the country of Koryo immediately, and guard the land in the south of the country of Koryo!"

Emperor Yunze was annoyed with the imperial decree. Seeing that the winning ticket was in his hands, he did not expect that at the critical moment, it would be lost in vain due to domestic turmoil!

When the generals heard of the civil strife in Japan, they were worried about the safety of the family members, so they immediately followed suit, and the troops retreated in two ways.

Tian Suojun and Xiao Zetian on the banks of the Yalu River were also surprised when they suddenly received an order from Emperor Yunze, but they did not dare to stay when they knew the internal turmoil in Japan, and immediately withdrew their troops.

This scene was discovered by Liang Guo's spies and reported to Wu Tian.

When Wu Tianzheng was wondering, Dai Zong came in with joy on his face.

"Your Majesty is overjoyed. In Wa, the remnants of the second prince took advantage of Emperor Yunze's army to lead the army and rebelled when the country was empty. Now nearly half of the land in Wa has fallen into the hands of these remnants. Yunze had no choice but to abandon Goryeo. He dispatched Tian Suojun and Xiao Zetian to guard the southern land of Koryo, while he himself led the army back to Japan to suppress the rebellion."

Wu Tian was overjoyed, there was civil strife in Japan, and within three to five years, Emperor Yunze would not be able to invade China again.

When the generals heard that the Japanese army was retreating, they suggested pursuing them.

Wu Tian shook his head: "The Japanese kingdom has retreated, and our strategic goal has been achieved. Now it's time to stop the army and rest, develop the economy, and plan for the future."

The generals were silent.

"Now the class teacher returns to court."

Under the order of Wu Tian, ​​all the generals pulled out the stronghold.

When passing through Bohai State, the King of Bohai ordered someone to send a letter of surrender, expressing his willingness to surrender to Liang State, and he will become a subsidiary state of Liang State from then on.

Wu Tian accepted King Bohai's surrender and signed a covenant with him.

After leaving Bohai Kingdom, he walked south for three days and returned to Youzhou City.

As soon as he entered Youzhou City, Wu Tian immediately found Tang Long.

"Brother Tang, how is the railway transportation that I asked you to build?"

Tang Long cupped his hands and said, "Returning to Your Majesty, according to His Majesty's request, in the past six months, you have successively built railways connecting Youzhou and Yanmen Pass, and Youzhou to the other sixteen and five states. Materials transported from the Central Plains, It can be shipped to the entire Yanyun Sixteen States within one day."

Wu Tian nodded, the railway transportation of the main road in the north has been built, and the crusade against Xixia will be much easier in the future.

"Brother Tang Long, you have done a good job. I am very pleased. Now I have made you the Marquis of Wu'an, Prince Shaobao, and will be fully responsible for the supervision of all railway transportation in the Liang Kingdom."

Tang Long was overjoyed, Marquis Wu'an is a county marquis with a very high title.The prince Shaobao is a second-rank official.

"Your Majesty's grace, I will never forget it. Even if I go to the mountain of swords or go to the frying pan, I still have to repay your majesty's kindness."

Tang Long knelt in front of Wu Tian and kowtowed to thank him.

Wu Tian helped Tang Long up, and said, "Brother Tang Long, you deserve this. You go back with me and build railway transportation throughout the Central Plains, so that our country of Liang can develop its economy."

"Yes!"

After resting for two days, Wu Tian continued to lead the army to the Central Plains.

Cross the Yellow River and finally return to the city of Tokyo.

Wu Yong led the civil and military ministers out to meet him, and knelt at Wu Tian's feet.

"Your Majesty has won a great victory, and the squadron is returning to the court. The ministers are here to welcome you and congratulate Your Majesty on your great victory!"

Wu Tian helped Wu Yong up, and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, during the time when I left the Liang Kingdom, I am very grateful to you for governing the Liang Kingdom and continuously sending things to the front line. You have made a lot of contributions. I will make you a grand teacher."

Wu Yong was surprised and knelt in front of Wu Tian to thank him.

"The rest of the people who stay in the Liang State Assistance City will be promoted to a higher level."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The rest of the officials shouted in unison.

Wu Tian led the army into Tokyo City.

Three days later, Wu Tian summoned a group of ministers in the lobby to reward the generals who followed him on this expedition.

Dong Ping was named General of Zhenbei, Fan Rui was appointed as General of the Rear, Yang Zhi, Li Zhong, etc. were all Marquis of Guannei, and each was rewarded with 3000 taels of gold.

Those who died, such as Li Kui, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, and Zhang Qing, were all named land lords, and their descendants were rewarded with 1 taels of gold.

All received rewards, some were happy while others were sad.

Wu Tian can't control that much, the next is the critical moment.

He looked at Wu Yong and said, "Grand Master, how much silver, how much food and ordnance are left in the treasury after years of fighting in Liang Guo?"

Wu Yongdao: "There is only one and a half year's income left in the national treasury, about 700 million taels of silver. As for the food, it is still enough for two years, and the loss of armaments is too great, and there is a serious shortage."

Although Wu Tian was prepared in his heart, when he actually heard this, he was stunned.

There are only so few things left in Liang Guo's treasury. Once a natural disaster strikes, it will be difficult to clean up.

Wu Yong saw Wu Tian's embarrassment, and said: "Your Majesty, I have a way to gather silver and military rations in a short time, in case they are not needed."

Hearing this, Wu Tian stared at Wu Yong and asked: "Teacher, what good way do you have to tell me quickly?"

Wu Yongdao: "Your Majesty, if you want to gather enough silver and military rations in a short period of time, you can only increase taxes. I know that doing so will indeed harm the interests of some ordinary people, but there is no other way. After the world is peaceful, we will Repay the interest to the common people from the tax revenue.”

As soon as these words came out, Wu Tian shook his head again and again.

"This method won't work. The common people don't care about any major national affairs. It's most important for them to have enough to eat. If you increase taxes now, it will definitely arouse the resentment of the common people. If you don't do it, it will cause civil turmoil in Liang. When the time comes, we will face Things are bound to be more complicated.”

Wu Yong remained silent.

Wu Tian looked at the other ministers, they were all silent.

The court suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere became serious.

(End of this chapter)