Chapter 508: Establishment of Shenglong Province
Fenghuang helped the young general up and said: She knows everything, tell the cave master and the island master to get up, everyone is discussing how to deal with the aftermath.
The Lord of Henei Cave also knelt down with a plop and was about to kowtow to the Fire Phoenix, but was lifted up by the Fire Phoenix with both hands. The Fire Phoenix said that in the New Song Kingdom, everyone is equal and kneeling is not a custom. People talk while standing and discuss matters while sitting.
The Lord of Henei Cave was delighted to hear this, and excitedly reported to Fenghuang: The Kingdom of Yue was originally a part of China, and they have all signed the proclamation of Prime Minister Li, and want to return to the New Song Dynasty. Please let General Fenghuang make the decision.
Fire Phoenix said this was a big deal and needed to be carefully considered. Everyone, come together to discuss it.
The hall immediately became lively. Some people still insisted on rebuilding the Dai Viet Kingdom, but after the island owners and cave owners from all over the country joined in, most of them wanted to return to the New Song Dynasty and request unification.
The Li family of the previous dynasty, which was suppressed by the emperor of the Chen Dynasty, all stood up and shouted that they wanted to return to the Han Dynasty in Central Plains.
They were particularly moved by the scene where the Fire Phoenix helped up the Lord of Henei Cave. You know, in the past, they either knelt before the emperor or their superiors, and when they saw a minister of a superior country like the Fire Phoenix, they would definitely kowtow to him and worship him as a god.
Today's New Song Dynasty is a country where everyone is equal, everyone follows the law, and everyone lives with dignity. Such a country is ten or even a hundred times better than the Chen Dynasty. If you don't join such a country, you're a fool.
Seeing that the time had come, Fire Phoenix immediately put away Li Xiang's petition for return and shouted that no more quarrels were allowed. We were quarreling in the meeting room while the common people were suffering outside. The most important thing now was to capture the defeated soldiers and restore peace to the people, and to use the money and food from the palace to help the hungry people get through the difficult times.
She suggested that the 72 cave masters and island masters each take 3,000 taels of silver back to deal with the emergency, and that the navy of the Shenwei Army transport food from Guangnan West Road to help the hungry people. What do you think?
Everyone immediately cheered and smiled happily on their faces.
Then, Huo Fenghuang announced the establishment of the temporary general administration office of Thang Long Province, with her, Huo Fenghuang, acting as the temporary chief general manager, Li Qiuming, the patriarch of the Li family, as the financial general manager, Li Shu's third brother Li Guo as the water transport general manager, and Hanoi Cave Lord Lang Sheng Jiji as the chief judicial officer. Thang Long Province was temporarily governed according to the laws and systems of the Chen Dynasty.
After the arrangements were made, a notice was quickly posted in the city to announce that the Kingdom of Yue was gone and the New Song Dynasty had added a new provincial capital called Thang Long Prefecture. The order of the entire Thang Long Prefecture began to gradually return to normal.
At night, Huo Fenghuang summoned the young general and his subordinates who had killed Li Shu in a secret house outside the east gate, and said: "Ma Yuan, it's good, you did a clean and neat job, very good. I will reward each of you with 100 taels of silver. Take your brothers and set off immediately."
The young general was delighted. He took the silver box given by Fenghuang and shouted excitedly: Little, little..., and immediately held back the word "mother". He stood at attention and shouted: Thank you for the compliment, General. I will set off now.
Then he turned around, formed a team, shouted and saluted, and then led the team away.
Fenghuang watched with a smile as her son led this team of elite soldiers away and returned to the city, launching a thunderous operation to rectify the officialdom of Thang Long Province.
The Dali Kingdom, north of Thang Long Prefecture, received news of changes in the Vietnam Kingdom. The brothers of the Chen Dynasty emperor fought for the throne. After hearing the news that Foreign Minister Li Shu welcomed the Shenwei Army's arrival, the young Dali emperor was shocked and urgently summoned important officials to discuss the matter.
The Gao and Chai families believed that the civil unrest in Vietnam was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Dali, and both advocated marching into South Vietnam to seize territory. The important ministers also felt that the opportunity should not be missed, and decided to send troops to the south immediately.
At this time, the eunuch outside the hall sang loudly that an imperial edict had arrived from the New Song Dynasty.
The eunuch took the pigeon message from the New Song Kingdom and read it. The emperor Zhao Feiyan asked the Dali Kingdom to protect the territory and the people, and treat the people of Shenglong Prefecture of the New Song Kingdom well. Immediately send 50,000 dan of new grain to Shenglong for emergency relief, without any delay.
The young emperor was confused. They were about to attack and take over the Kingdom of Yue, but the emperor of the New Song Dynasty sent an edict stating that the Kingdom of Yue had become the Thang Long Prefecture of the New Song Dynasty.
What is this called?
The State of Yue was gone.
The entire Yue State became a state of the New Song State and was renamed Thang Long State.
The little emperor sat slumped on the dragon throne like a deflated plastic man, looking at the gentlemen in the hall in a daze.
The Gao and Chai families were extremely dissatisfied and angrily said that the Kingdom of Yue belonged to them, Dali. We do not recognize the crappy edict of the New Song Dynasty. We should immediately send troops to take over three or five states and counties and then argue with them.
Soon a minister said it was inappropriate.
Even the emperor's brother Duan Xingzhi said that it must not be done. The Xin Dynasty is already powerful , and the King of Feiyan has already sent a letter and issued an edict, which means that the Xin Song Dynasty has thought of the possibility that we may send troops to the Yue Kingdom, and we should have a backup plan.
If we had sent troops before receiving the imperial edict from the superior country, it would still be reasonable. But it would be unwise to forcibly send troops now that we have received the imperial edict.
If the New Song Kingdom were to disregard the ties of vassalage and in-laws and send its army to invade, who would be able to turn the tide and defend Dali's vast territory?
The ministers were soon like a stove without gas.
The Gao family said angrily: The New Song Dynasty eats meat, and yet it asks our Dali Kingdom to send fresh rice for cooking. This is too much. We will not send it.
The Chai family said that if they were going to send any food, they should send old grain from ten years ago, so that their troops would have diarrhea after eating it, and die on the land of Yue.
Duan Xiaolin, the Prince of Zhennan, sighed at the hysterical curses of these frogs in the well and laughed. He said that we are still discussing matters in the court, why are we talking about such irrelevant things?
He believed that the food should be picked fresh and sent immediately to let General Fire Phoenix of the New Song Kingdom know that we also have no surplus food, which is to strongly support the superior country.
Since we have to deliver the food anyway, why do we have to do such immoral things that hurt others and ourselves?
Besides, the incorporation of Yue into the New Song Dynasty is an accomplished fact. The best policy for Dali Kingdom is to maintain good relations with the New Song Dynasty. In the future, we can work together with the New Song Dynasty to deal with Pagan, share the peace of the jade mining area, and share the profits equally. It may not be a bad thing.
After all this discussion, everyone realized that the situation was hopeless, and they quickly reached a consensus and accepted the outcome.
Duan Xiaolin's uncle Duan Xingming also thought the same thing. He thought Duan Xiaolin was right. The New Song Dynasty conquered Tubo and now it has recovered the Kingdom of Yue, forming an encirclement of Dali. Now is not the time to oppose the New Song Dynasty. We should make friends with the New Song Dynasty and sincerely respect the New Song Dynasty as the superior country.
Duan Xingming said: We still owe the New Song Dynasty nearly eight million in debt, so we should use the grain as payment for the debt and send it to Thang Long.
The young emperor came to his senses after listening to his younger brother's eloquent speech. He sat up straight and made a decision, ordering Prince Zhennan to personally take charge of the matter and immediately deliver the new rice to Thang Long to comfort the Shenwei Army.
In Zhending Prefecture, Hebei Province, Hubili had just received news that the New Song Shenwei Army was marching into Thang Long, Yue State, to help suppress the rebellion. Then he immediately received news that the Shenwei Army was advancing northward and had occupied Banqiao Town, Jiaozhou, Shandong Province. He was amazed at Zhao Yulin's speed.
When Cao Youwen left Jiankang Prefecture for Guanzhong, Hubili had received a secret report. At that time, he suspected that Zhao Yulin had gone to Jiankang Prefecture to replace Cao Youwen, but there was no news since then.
Five days later, he received a secret report from Hangzhou Prefecture. Zhao Yulin arrived in Hangzhou and discussed state affairs with the officials of the prefecture. He was still grateful that the New Song Kingdom continued their investigation and research and had no plans to attack Shandong.
Unexpectedly, the Shenwei Army's navy suddenly launched a large-scale attack and took over Banqiao Town in Jiaozhou by sea.
Banqiao Town is an important maritime trade distribution center for the Mongolian army, especially for Shandong. It is extremely rich. According to businessmen , the sea water is full of golden sand.
Zhao Yulin's move was ruthless enough. The Shenwei Army's capture of Banqiao Town was like stabbing Li Quan in the waist, causing him to bleed continuously. If the army moved further east and north, the eastern end of the Shandong Peninsula would be lost immediately, and Li Quan would quickly become paralyzed.
Hubili left Li Quan's secret letter asking for help and summoned his naval commander Zhang Rou to come in for a chat.
Zhang Rou was the commander of the Han army. He reported to Hubli: The navy was already preparing to retreat according to the prince's plan, but if the New Song army quickly occupied Shandong and their ships entered Laizhou Bay again, our ships would not be able to withdraw.
Hubili knew that his few ships were small and old, and it was a dream to resist the naval formation of the Shenwei Army. He immediately ordered the main force of the navy to move north to avoid the battle, and all the small ships were driven into the inland river to be used as transport ships.
While they were still discussing, urgent military intelligence came again.
Hubili grabbed him and took a closer look: Yizhou in Shandong had been lost, and the Shenwei Army had transferred 30,000 troops from Liangzhe to land in Banqiao Town and rush towards Laizhou and Dengzhou. It was only a matter of time before the eastern part of Shandong Peninsula was lost.
Zhang Rou quickly stood up and said goodbye, going to order his navy to retreat.
Hubili waved his hand helplessly and told him to go quickly.
At this moment, the Yellow River changed its course and went straight to his Zhending Prefecture, and the turbid Yellow River water rushed into Bohai Bay.
It was the hottest season in the Central Plains, and the water level in the river was increasing at a visible rate. There were tributaries flowing into the sea after collapsed river embankments everywhere, and the docks downstream were moving every few days. How could he organize the army to cross the Yellow River flood area to rescue Shandong?
In the Bohai Bay, the ships along the coastline were still re-exploring the route. It was indeed difficult for Zhang Rou's small number of naval forces to defend Laizhou and Dengzhou.
Zhou Ping, commander-in-chief of the Shenwei Army's navy, was in good spirits after entering Banqiao Town. He immediately dispatched his marines to attack everywhere to expand the results of the battle.
Just when he was worrying that the battle line ahead was too wide and he didn't have enough soldiers, the garrison troops of Liangzhe came directly into the bay on ships. Zhou Ping was delighted and immediately ordered Qu Lingfeng to lead the team to seize Laizhou and block the retreat route of the Dengzhou army.
Looking back, Zhou Ping happily asked the central military staff to write a military report to Xuzhou, saying that the Shenwei Army Navy had occupied Banqiao Town and entered Yianze, and was advancing to Laizhou, Dengzhou and so on...
At this time, Li Quan of Jinan Prefecture was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He was stunned when he learned that the navy of the Shenwei Army had launched a large-scale invasion and that Banqiao Town in Jiaozhou was lost. He had 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Banqiao Town, 200 warships, and 1,000 Mongolian regular army supervisors. How could he not resist the attack of the Shenwei Army?
