Volume 10 Chapter 339

Chapter 339

Tang Yin still admired these Zhen people who wanted to stay in Zhendi to resist Chuan, Mo, An, and Huan. He did not force them to join Feng, nor did he kill them. Instead, he gave them a lot of gold and silver and let them go quietly. TXT download. ()

He did this to intentionally create trouble for Chuan, Mo, An, and Huan, so that even if they occupied Zhendi, they would not be able to rest.

Hundreds of Zhenjun generals decided to join Feng. More than 400,000 of the 500,000 Zhenjun were lured to Feng. Together with the families of these soldiers, more than 2 million Zhen people followed the Fengjun and withdrew to Feng.

As the Feng and Yu armies evacuated Zhendi, the population of Zhendi decreased again. At this time, many villages and towns in Zhendi became empty land, and the population migrated northward on a large scale.

In the war to destroy Zhen, although Feng State did not occupy an inch of land, the number of Zhen people it gained was astronomical, and there were 400,000 Zhen Central Army among them. It can be said that the benefits gained by Feng State were no less than those of Chuan, Mo, An, and Huan. In terms of short-term benefits, it was far greater than the four countries.

Tang Yin led the Feng Army and took the Zhen people to Huan State, entered Yu State, and then passed through the five counties of Mobei and entered the territory of Feng State.

It was two months later when the large group of troops arrived in Yancheng. This time Tang Yin led the army to return in triumph. Without anyone reminding Yin Zhun, he took the initiative to go out of the city to welcome him.

The coalition destroyed Zhen State and killed Li Hong, who claimed to be the emperor. He was naturally full of joy as a puppet emperor and expressed his heartfelt welcome to Tang Yin's return.

He did not let Tang Yin return to the palace, but directly invited him to the palace. In the main hall of the palace, a feast had already been arranged. Not only were the ministers of the imperial court there, but even Queen Yatong and Princess Yin Rou also participated.

At the banquet, Yin Zhun, who was in a very good mood, seemed very excited. He toasted Tang Yin from time to time and praised the coalition's war to destroy Zhen.

Tang Yin didn't care about Yin Zhun's attitude, but seeing Yin Rou also smiling and looking at him from time to time, his mood was also quite high. He rarely opened his mouth in the imperial court and talked about some interesting things and experiences during the war against Zhen.

The atmosphere in the hall was lively and harmonious. Everyone at the banquet enjoyed it very much.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Tang Yin suddenly remembered something and asked someone to bring a brocade box. He held it with one hand and walked directly to Yin Zhun's dragon desk. He put the brocade box on the table and said, "Your Majesty, this is a gift I brought back from Zhen."

"Oh?" Yin Zhun became interested, stretched out his hand to pull the brocade box in front of him, opened the lid, and looked inside. It turned out that the box contained a crystal clear and finely carved jade seal.

Tang Yin explained, "Your Majesty, this is the national seal of Zhen. The previous emperor granted Zhen the fiefdom and granted the imperial seal to Zhen. Now that Zhen has perished, the imperial seal must be returned to Your Majesty!"

Ah! So this is the imperial seal of Zhen! Although Yin Zhun is the emperor, he has never seen the imperial seal of Zhen. He took the imperial seal out of the brocade box with trembling hands, looked through it for a long time, and then slowly put it down, saying faintly, "Li Hong is so treasonous that he deserves this fate. It's a pity that his mistake has caused the destruction of Zhen, and it has also wasted the painstaking efforts of the previous emperor." As he spoke, he put the imperial seal back into the brocade box, handed it to the female official beside him, and said, "Seal the national seal of Zhen."

"Yes! Your Majesty!" The female official agreed, holding the imperial seal, and quickly retreated.

Yin Zhun turned his head to look at Tang Yin, and smiled, "My dear minister, you have made great contributions to the attack on Zhen this time, and I have to reward you heavily!"

Tang Yin smiled secretly in his heart, reward me? What can you reward me? Now, what gold, silver and treasures in the palace were not given to him by himself!

He smiled slightly and said, "I serve your majesty and fight against the disobedients. I don't ask for rewards!" As he spoke, he turned around, faced the outside of the palace, and clapped his hands.

With a crisp sound, two guards walked in from outside, and also carried in a large box. When the lid of the box was opened, the golden light inside was reflected immediately. The ministers around took a closer look. Well, the box was full of gold and silver utensils, jewelry and jade.

Tang Yin smiled slightly and said loudly: "You have made great contributions to assisting the emperor. These treasures are all spoils of war obtained by me when I conquered the Kingdom of Zhen. Let's distribute them to you!"

Hearing this, all the ministers present were delighted and smiled. They all stood up from their seats and bowed their hands and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, King Feng!"

Yin Zhun was so happy on the dragon throne that he couldn't close his mouth. He thought that Tang Yin was not selfish and was willing to share the seized gold, silver and jewelry with the ministers in the court. It was really rare.

But Yatong, who was sitting next to him, frowned and shook her head secretly. Tang Yin was just a prince of a country. What qualifications did he have to reward the ministers of the imperial court in the court? If this continued, wouldn't the ministers only remember Tang Yin's favor and forget the emperor's favor? Tang Yin's behavior was arrogant and disrespectful to the emperor. To put it seriously, it could be regarded as having ulterior motives and treason.

Although Yatong was the queen, she did not dare to reprimand Tang Yin on the spot. Even if she was dissatisfied, she could only endure it. She turned her head to look at Yin Zhun, and saw that the latter did not notice that Tang Yin's behavior was inappropriate at all. She could not help but sigh silently in her heart.

When it was almost evening, the banquet came to an end. Yin Zhun, who was drunk, was supported by a maid to go back to the palace to rest. Tang Yin was also a little drunk, and he sent Yin Rou back to the harem without any hesitation.

On the way to the harem, Tang Yin looked at Yin Rou's slender and well-proportioned body, exquisite and beautiful, flawless face, and couldn't help but feel a palpitation. He held Yin Rou's hand and walked side by side with her.

His bold move scared Yin Rou. She looked around subconsciously and instinctively wanted to pull her hand back, but Tang Yin held it tightly. She couldn't pull it out after two attempts. Her face flushed, she lowered her head, and could only let him do it.

Looking at her shy appearance, Tang Yin felt itchy in his heart, and subconsciously held her hand tighter, and asked: "Rou'er, I've been away for so long, have you missed me?"

Yin Rou looked at him strangely. Tang Yin was puzzled and asked: "What's wrong?"

"You never asked me this before." Yin Rou told the truth.

Tang Yin was stunned. Yes, such a mushy word, he could never say it before, but now in front of Yin Rou, he said it so frankly, which can only mean that his feelings for her have increased.

He smiled bitterly and asked, "You haven't answered my question yet."

Yin Rou replied casually, "I do." Reading a book}} Just

Tang Yin pulled her to stop, frowned deliberately, and asked, "Just thinking about it?"

Seeing him so serious, Yin Rou couldn't help but giggle and said, "Okay, I think about you every day, this is okay!"

Tang Yin's tiger eyes curved, raised his hand, gently scratched her face, and said, "Tomorrow, I will take you to the treasury. There are many treasures seized from Zhen State this time. You can pick some you like."

Yin Rou was not very interested in gold, silver and jewelry, but it was nice to be able to visit Tang Yin's palace. She smiled and pretended to be casual and asked: "Bring me to the palace, won't your wives be jealous?"

Tang Yin said leisurely: "They won't be jealous of the future princess!"

Hearing this, Yin Rou's face immediately turned red, and she muttered in a low voice: "Who promised to marry you?"

"If you don't marry me, won't the princess never get married in her life?" Tang Yin laughed with his face raised.

Yin Rou's face turned even redder, and her little fist hit Tang Yin's arm hard.

Tang Yin sent Yin Rou back to Huaying Palace and sat for a while. It was already dark. Even if he didn't want to leave at this time, he had to leave. If he didn't leave so late, it would also damage Yin Rou's reputation.

In the next few days, the affairs of Feng State began to get busy again. Millions of Zhen people need to be resettled. Where to resettle them, how much land each household should be allocated, and how to let Zhen people integrate into Feng people and Feng State as soon as possible, all of these need to be dealt with as soon as possible.

In addition, arranging the Zhen army in this way is also a problem. The Zhen army has 400,000 troops, and they are organized in a system. If they are disbanded, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers and will also arouse suspicion. If they are retained, such a large army with such strong combat power is really worrying.

Tang Yin specially found Qiu Zhen for this and asked him what he thought. After hearing Tang Yin's doubts, Qiu Zhen was happy and said, "My king, what's the difficulty?"

"What good plan do you have? Come and tell me!"

Qiu Zhen asked back, "The combat power of the Zhen army can be compared with our Pingyuan army. Such a powerful army must be deployed in the weakest place of our country. My king, tell me, where is our country's weakest now?"

Tang Yin thought for a while and said, "South! The five counties of Mobei directly face the Mo Kingdom, and the pressure there is the greatest."

"That's right!" Qiu Zhen said, "The five counties of Mobei are the top priority. They can isolate the Mo Kingdom from directly sending troops to our mainland, and they are also the base camp of our country's attack on the Mo Kingdom in the south. We must not lose them. The deployment of 400,000 Zhen troops in the five counties of Mobei is enough to ensure that the five counties are worry-free!"

Is that so? Tang Yin shook his head and said, "You also said that the five counties of Mobei are the top priority. If the Zhen army is deployed there, what should we do if something unexpected happens?"

Qiu Zhen smiled leisurely and said, "It's very simple to prevent the Zhen army from making a fuss. Just settle the families of the Zhen army near Yancheng. The other Zhen people who moved north can be settled in various parts of our country, but the families of the Zhen army must be settled near the capital. As long as the families of the Zhen army are firmly controlled, the Zhen army will never make a fuss, and they will work hard for the king."

"Yes!" Hearing this, Tang Yin felt that he had suddenly realized something. He nodded and smiled, "Yes, yes, yes! This is a good idea! However, the villages and towns around Yancheng can hardly accommodate more than one million families of the Zhen army!"

Qiu Zhen said, "Since the capital already has an acropolis, Wancheng, why can't there be another acropolis?"