Chapter 445 Wu Wei Political Affairs

After Weiyun really showed his strength, Chu State suffered a great disaster.

Master Fei of the Great Kingdom was seriously injured and fled frequently, and more than 200 monks from the Kingdom of Chu died.

This amount, of course, does not seem to be much, but to Chu State, it is an out-and-out heavy blow.

There was no other reason, most of the more than 200 people who died were senior monks!

After all, those who were summoned by Fei Pin earlier to besiege the Yan-Qi allied army's pursuit troops were all the elites of the Chu Kingdom, and all of them were monks of Jindan level or above. And after Fei Pin was quickly wounded head-on and beaten away, it was not so easy for these people to escape.

Either die or be captured.

The loss of so many senior monks is quite traumatic for a Great Immortal Kingdom.

After that, the Yan-Qi allied forces stepped out of the defense line and began to advance westward.

Previously, the lands conquered by the Chu people under the name of Emperor Wu were pulled out one by one by the Yan-Qi coalition forces.

During this process, the Chu people had no intention of taking care of it.

But that doesn't mean it's all smooth sailing.

At this time, the combat power displayed by the National Defense Army is a bit beyond people's expectations.

Defending the family and the country, this sentence can really arouse people's will to fight to the death.

Of course, despite this, they are not enough to watch under the actions of the Yan Qi coalition forces.

But at least, their desperate battle, in the overall situation, slowed down the attack speed of the Yan-Qi allied forces, and at the same time allowed more Chu people to escape back, so that they were able to regain their strength and at least maintain their organization .

And since this is the case, the Yan-Qi coalition forces slowly slowed down and stopped pressing.

After a while, the negotiations led by Yan Guo also started.

To put it bluntly, continuing to fight will do no good to either side.

The Chu State was doomed to be impossible to win. A defeat, frequent injuries to Fei, and the death of a large number of senior monks made them lose the ability to organize another army to attack.

On the other hand, Yan State, after swallowing Wu State and surrendering to Wei State, was too full. They are unlikely to invade the territory of Chu State in one breath. On the one hand, they are powerless; too difficult.

Not to mention Chu, the two fairy kingdoms of Wu and Wei are a big problem that is very difficult to deal with. If one is not done well, it will cause indigestion.

But Lu Qing no longer wanted to care about this matter. It's too tiring to do this by myself, so let the two emperor's sons do it, that's fine.

Especially Lu Chaoxi.

Chaohe has only been emperor for a short time, but Chaoxi has been emperor for several decades. From being at a loss at the beginning, until now, he has grown and experienced. For this kind of government work, it should be able to handle it.

What's more, he also has a large group of court bureaucrats as helpers.

Relatively speaking, what Lu Qing needs to obtain is only a result.

Can Wu and Qi be used by me? Can we safely cultivate monks, especially reliable high-level monks, who can deal with those time fragments?

As long as this goal is achieved, Lu Qing doesn't mind what the process is like.

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When Lu Qing went back to practice hard and was about to squeeze into Shenhaiqi's door as soon as possible, his two sons were already scratching their heads.

This is of course for the situation of Wu Guo and Wei Guo.

Military results are always just the beginning. There is no doubt that the Yanqi Alliance and the Lu Royal Family are the undisputed victors in the war since this period of time. However, there are many problems left by the victory.

In terms of Chu State, what will be the follow-up arrangements for the Cao family?

It is definitely not possible to let them be emperors,

Otherwise, the instructions left by my lord father cannot be fulfilled.

According to what my father said, it doesn't matter whether we keep the title of "Wei Guo", but the emperor, or the ruler with other titles, must be from the Lu family.

In the end, Lu Chaoxi decided that the title of Wei State would be retained; the title of Emperor Wei State would be cancelled, and merged into the rule of Dayan; he would still agree with Cao's imperial lineage, but the current emperor would definitely not be able to be the current emperor. Will be named King of Wei.

After such an operation, the State of Wei still exists, but it has become a part of the State of Yan and is governed by Emperor Dayan.

This is necessary, and it is the fruit that must be obtained under military victory. Without this result, what was the purpose of wasting so much effort and doing so many things before?

Of course, in order to make the rule more smooth, those supporting strategies are also necessary.

For example, let the Cao family retain the title of "King of Wei" to appease loyal ministers like Xia Cang; the name of the country "Wei" is also to appease these people's hearts, at least the country is not dead; at the same time, retain the court of Wei , A large number of officials have been retained, which is also to appease people's hearts.

And all these appeasements, in essence, are making a political promise to these Wei people:

As long as you don't mess around and support my Dayan rule, then all Wei people will not suffer too much damage to their current vested interests.

But at the same time, the implied meaning is also very simple: if you still confront me like this, you will die.

As for the imperial court of Wei State, since they have already promised that their interests will not be harmed, then naturally, the entire imperial court should be preserved.

If Wei's government system can be maintained, it will obviously be of great help to the subsequent Lu family's rule over Wei. They are the local administrators of the state of Wei, all affairs are integrated into one body, regardless of whether they are alienated from the Lu family now, or how loyal they are, as long as they can guarantee it, they will generally maintain it under the premise of recognizing Lu Chaoxi as the emperor. The internal tranquility of Wei State, that is enough.

In the future, as time goes by, it is possible to reform the government system of Wei State step by step. Let the officials in key positions be able to follow Lu's sincerely; if not, then simply replace them.

All in all, this should be a mildly remodelable one.

Of course, this so-called mildness is only relative.

There are always fierce ones.

After all, this is not the hometown of Yan, nor is it an old friend. At the beginning, when Wei State ceded Yingzhou and Hezhou to Yan State, some conflicts, contradictions, and uprisings broke out in these two states.

Let alone now.

In the public opinion environment of Wei State, there are quite a lot of sayings that Wei State surrendered too easily, they can still fight, and they should not surrender so easily.

These claims are very marketable.

This kind of public opinion environment represents, in a sense, the direction of the people's hearts, and there will be riots in the future.

However, as far as the practice world is concerned, it is too difficult to start an uprising. As long as there is no stronger external force, this problem will not be a big problem in terms of the Yan Dynasty's subsequent combat power, which will obviously become stronger and stronger.

But when facing Wu, governance issues will be much more prominent.

Wu Guo's side is really a mess.

The main battle against Wu is definitely over. Wu's national defense force has almost been defeated by the established system; the invading Chu army has also been resolved; the Wei army led by Zheng Yu has also been transferred back to Wei's territory, and prepared to The entire army will be broken up, some will be disbanded, and some will be screened and included in several standing armies of the Yan Kingdom.

But this is still only the end of the main battle, and it doesn't mean that Wu has ushered in peace.

On the contrary, the Wu army whose establishment system collapsed was not completely wiped out. Their vital forces still exist, although most of them have fled, but there are still some scattered resistance in various parts of Wu State. In particular, they can also get the support of the local people of Wu State, and the supplies and personnel are very sufficient.

And many local governments in Wu State are also resisting, or at least not cooperating.

It is now very clear that the entire country of Wu is in a state of being occupied. But everywhere, the flames of resistance have never stopped. The Yan-Qi Allied Forces seemed to be exhausted. Although they were generally controllable, it was difficult to immediately establish an effective ruling foundation.

There are also problems within the Yanqi coalition forces.

After the great purge, the entire Qi army became very obedient, unlike the earliest days when they would not give orders. However, many people were also under such purges, especially after relatives and friends died in the purges, and their morale became low. Coupled with the years of wars and the long-term garrison in the territory of Wu after the victory, the war weariness of the entire army is quite serious.

Even within the Qi State, some trends of thought and public opinion have emerged.

They thought they were already in the war and had succeeded. Regardless of how this success was achieved, it is always right to win. And they, in this war, also paid a big price. Especially, a wave of purges, so many people died...

In short, after paying a high price, the people of Qi will think that after the war is won, it is time to harvest. The price of maintaining the rule in Wu State is too high, there is no need to do that, it is better to loot a wave and take back the wealth of Wu State, that is enough.

After this trend of thought rose, even after a major purge, the Lu family's control over Qi and the army had greatly increased, and it was difficult to suppress it.

This is normal.

If bloody suppression and other means are used to maintain the system and establish a terrorist regime, then there is no problem. The Lu family also has this strength. When the time comes, you can use it if you don't want to. If you force it, it will be over.

But obviously, Lu's would not do this. Maintaining the rule is not the goal of the Lu family, nor is it the goal of Lu Qing. To rule a fairy country is to better unify the power of the world, otherwise why bother?

The reign of terror cannot develop the country and fully mobilize the power of the entire country.

Since the reign of terror cannot be practiced, it is not okay for people to raise their opinions and express their opinions normally?

That's certainly possible.

So, the whole thing becomes troublesome.

In the end, after the discussion between the two emperor brothers, including communication with the ancestor Lu Qing, the corresponding handling strategy was come up with.

Qi State will withdraw some of its troops and return to the country; the other part will be withdrawn one after another in the next few years. At the same time, Qi State will send new troops to serve as a rotation.

The future state of Wu will be ruled by the state of Yan. The Yan army will also send some of them over to participate in the suppression. But due to the strength of Yan State, most of them must be placed in Wei State. Regardless of the present, Wei State is still relatively honest, but this is based on Lu Qing's deterrence and the fact that Yan State's army has been deployed in Wei State.

But for Dayan, the pressure is still not light. Both Jin and Liang countries in the west need to be on guard. This kind of border defense pressure requires Yan to invest a lot of power to protect Wei and its homeland.

After being involved with a lot of energy, it is really difficult for Yan State to mobilize a team to suppress Wei State for a long time.

But Qi State does not have this problem. To the north is the ally Yan State, to the west is the Wei State that has just been captured by Yan State, and to the south is also the recently captured Wu State. Calculated in this way, as long as Wu and Wei are not in chaos, Qi will suddenly become extremely safe.

That being the case, of course they have strength and can be mobilized to Wu to carry out the task of suppression.

So here comes the question, on the one hand, Qi people are needed to carry out the task of suppression, and on the other hand, Wu is ruled by Yan, so what are the benefits of Qi?

The benefits are delivered in immediate benefits.

The Yan State was the master, and distributed a large sum of spoils from the domestic, Wei, and Wu battlefields to Qi. This part of the income will be distributed by the court of Qi to the monks and aristocratic families who participated in the war. Many monks will receive their war dividends, and even those who died will be given pensions to their family members, relatives, friends, and colleagues.

Speaking of it, if the people of Qi State plundered Wu State completely, the benefits would definitely be more than this. It is also because of this that the people of Qi are somewhat critical of this.

But it doesn't matter, as long as you can plug your mouth a little, that's enough.

As for the mainland of Wu, their national title is still temporarily reserved. But the nature of this reservation is completely different from that of Wei Guo. In the territory of Wu State, military control is temporarily enforced, and the Yan-Qi coalition forces, mainly the Qi army, will focus on the establishment of the capital and sweep the surrounding areas gradually and land by land.

As for the restoration of Wu State's rule, Yan State did not fail to contribute. Although, in terms of military power, too many manpower cannot be removed, but a lot can be done in terms of forming a new government.

Whenever the Qi army finished cleaning a place, Yan State would mix some people dispatched from Wei State and promoted from Wu State's local defectors from the country, as management bureaucrats, to handle local government affairs.

Appease the local forces, monks, and people, and restore order...

Doing things step by step, step by step, is always a solution.