Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 369: Your Gilded Weapon Token is Crooked
In the first year of Xingshun, Bai Tu did not hold a New Year's banquet for the first time, but instead broke into the New Year's banquet of Jingzhou Prefecture.
Bai Tu was not too annoying. After conferring titles on Cai Shuang and Liu Cong, he symbolically sat at the main seat and drank a few cups with the former civil and military officials of Jingzhou Prefecture who had "made contributions to the state". Then he left on the pretext of being busy with official duties...
Well, Bai Tu still has a lot of important things to do in Xiangyang, and the original staff of Jingzhou Prefecture should stay here and continue the banquet until Bai Tu finishes his work!
It was not until most of the day had passed, when it had already turned night and the Chu army had taken control of the city, from the defenders to the city guards, that the banquet in Jingzhou was dispersed.
After Bai Tu appointed Cai Shuang and Liu Cong as governors, Huang Jun as governor of Nanjun, and appointed Yi Ji as chief clerk and Huo Jun as commander of the Jingzhou army stationed outside the city, he left Xiangyang...
In this way, the officials in key positions are still the previous staff of Jingzhou Prefecture, and at the same time they are not from the Nanjun gentry. In addition, with the support of the Chu army staying behind, the possibility of causing trouble will be minimized.
After all, Xiangyang had just surrendered and was also the center of aristocratic forces. Although it was caught off guard by the "surprise attack" by Huang Chengyan and Cai Shuang and was entered by the Chu army without any resistance, its foundation was still there!
If Bai Tu were here, there's no guarantee that they wouldn't be thinking of going all out.
Lü Lingqi was outside Jiangling City. After Bai Tu was shot in the shoulder by an arrow, Lü Bu scolded her and then temporarily resigned as the head of the guard. Now Taishi Ci is following Bai Tu like a shadow...
Moreover, the Chu army has already entered the city. Whether in the inner city or the outer city, Bai Tu is not very worried about his own safety, but staying here will ultimately do more harm than good.
If any conflict really happens, we can still maneuver if Bai Tu is not here .
Although it is an idea to use oneself to "fish" and lure the other party to rebel, and take the opportunity to cleanse the gentry in Xiangyang, especially Nanjun, it is also an idea.
However, this would result in too much killing, and since it is completely avoidable, Bai Tu prefers to take it step by step.
As for the route from Xiangyang to Wancheng, although there are still some defenders of Jingzhou Prefecture and local nobles who were persuaded to defect before, but... since Xiangyang has already opened its doors to offer the state, it is impossible for them to cause any big waves.
Just send troops from south to north and Bai Tu doesn't need to worry about it.
After leaving Xiangyang, Bai Tu went straight along the Han River, crossed the Yunmeng Lake, and took a boat straight down to Wuchang. After returning to Wuchang, he followed the Yangtze River and went downstream all the way back to Jinling!
Fortunately, it is not the coldest time, otherwise the Han River would be frozen...
At this time in Jinling, let alone the New Year's banquet, all government offices are busy as hell, so there is no hope of having a good New Year.
Although it was busy, everyone was busy and happy.
Because he was not busy with other things, but was busy with Bai Tu's preparations for the official establishment of the Chu Kingdom!
It doesn’t matter that Bai Tu was not given any “screen time” at the imperial court’s New Year’s Day meeting, because Bai Tu was preparing to make a big move of his own.
By combining the strength of the two states of Jing and Yang, and establishing a country, even if it is nominally a vassal state under the Han Dynasty, it would not be a problem to launch a wave of "letting everyone know".
And since Liu Xie presided over the New Year's court meeting on the first day of the first lunar month, Bai Tu decided to establish the State of Chu in Jinling on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!
Therefore, Bai Tu was in a hurry along the way, and Nanjing was also in a state of chaos. Fortunately, there was a plan for establishing a country.
The reason why he was so busy was that Kong Rong relied on his seniority and the fact that he was the chief priest of the Ministry of Rites, and insisted on taking the lead in arranging the ceremony. The various retro ceremonies made everyone very upset...
But overall, everyone is tired and happy.
When Yuan Shu ascended the throne and founded the country when his country was almost at the end of its rope, most of the civil and military officials in Shouchun were delighted.
Now the Chu State in Bai Tu was established. Although it was offering the Nine Gifts bestowed by the Han Emperor and was nominally a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, the Chu State was now in its prime.
As the first batch of civil and military officials who were enthroned when the country was founded, not only did they have obvious benefits such as greatly stimulating the growth of mental strength and the evolution of armor, but as the State of Chu became stronger in the future, they would also be able to rise further.
As for the most important "Chu Ji" at the time of founding the country, Bai Tu and Yu Ji had confirmed that Yu Ji herself had no interest, so Bai Tu was planning to use the founding ceremony to "pull out" Jinling Ji from Jinling City as Chu Ji.
Jinling Ji is the manifestation of the Jinling Dragon Vein. Even if she is separated from the city, she will not disappear and can continue to exist as a foreign Ji. After Jinling has no city Ji, the dragon vein will give birth to a new "Jinling Ji".
Before the new Jinling Ji was born, Chu Ji could take charge of the affairs of Jinling City. Anyway, for a long time, Jinling was still the capital of Chu State.
Bai Tu hurried all the way and finally returned to Jinling on the night of the 13th day of the first lunar month. The speed of the ship during the dry season was slower than Bai Tu had imagined.
Because he had been on the river the whole time, Bai Tu was truly "tired from the journey". After returning to Jinling, he went straight home to rest for a night. As he still had one day to prepare tomorrow, Lu Su and others did not disturb him at this time.
After a good night's rest, Bai Tu opened the door and found that his head guard had been replaced by Lu Lingqi...
Bai Tu also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Lu Lingqi had thought it through and was no longer stuck in her previous dilemma. Otherwise... if Lu Lingqi did not show up when the queen was crowned tomorrow, people would inevitably think too much!
"Lingqi, I hope your godfather hasn't made things difficult for you these days?" What surprised Bai Tu was that Lu Lingqi seemed to be in a good mood at this moment?
"Of course not! There is nothing my father can do to make things difficult for me. It's all thanks to my own hard work in cultivation." Lu Lingqi was in a good mood indeed.
"That's good. Tomorrow during the national festival..." Bai Tu was halfway through his words when Lu Lingqi suddenly took two steps closer.
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Lu Lingqi very deliberately stepped forward to help Bai Tu tidy up his clothes, especially the strap with the military token hanging around his waist, which she tightened again.
Now Bai Tu has gotten into the habit of carrying the military token with him at all times.
"Don't move, your gilded military talisman is crooked." Lu Lingqi said seriously.
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Originally, Bai Tu thought that Lu Lingqi was being virtuous because she was thinking about getting married soon, but... why did she specifically remind me of Liujin...
Bai Tu instinctively lowered his head following Lu Lingqi's words, and just happened to see a touch of gold and jade on Lu Lingqi's waist!
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Okay, now Bai Tu understood why Lu Lingqi seemed to be in a good mood, and also understood why Lu Lingqi got out of the dilemma so quickly!
It turns out that it wasn't because she figured something out, but because her own strength improved, so she regained her confidence. Well, this is very Lu Lingqi...
Seeing that Bai Tu didn't respond, Lu Lingqi reminded him again: "Oh, my Golden Jade Soldier Talisman is also crooked."
"Don't move, I'll help you tie it..."
