PFC Chapter 397: Jiangnan changes its owner.
Chapter 397: Jiangnan changes its owner.
"Shrimp and pig heart? That's good stuff, it can be eaten with wine."
Ye Kun laughed loudly, waved his hand and said:
"Take all your relatives and family members to show your filial piety to Xiao Dequan, but remember to leave the money behind. I will help you return it to the people of Jiangdong and accumulate merit for you!"
Shen Tai and others left in disgrace.
Yu Guinong complained to Ye Kun: "My Lord, these people are fierce tigers from Jiangdong. If you let them go back to Xiao Dequan, wouldn't that be like letting a tiger go back to the mountain?"
Ye Kun chuckled: "Mr. Yu, you don't know that there are many benefits to letting them go to find Xiao Dequan."
"What's the benefit?"
"First, they are all Xiao Dequan's diehards. If I kill them, it will cause dissatisfaction among the people of Jiangdong. Leaving them behind will also be a burden. Letting them go will show our great benevolence and righteousness.
Second, Xiao Dequan and the families of these generals, totaling more than a thousand, will tell the truth when they go to Jiangbei, which will undermine the morale of Xiao Dequan and Xiahou Chang. They all know that I don't kill surrendered soldiers, so when we meet on the battlefield in the future, they will surrender without any burden. "
Yu Guinong sighed, "I'm afraid they will repay kindness with hatred and come back again."
Ye Kun laughed: "In front of my artillery and muskets, all tigers, jackals, strongmen, including all carbon-based life, are just cannon fodder."
"Uh...what is carbon-based life?"
"It is life with flesh and blood."
Ye Kun smiled and continued to handle government affairs and arrange the next steps.
The next morning, Ye Kun really dispatched three large ships and personally sent Xiao Dequan's family, Shen Tai and others to the dock.
Xiao Dequan's family, relatives and subordinates, plus the family and friends of Shen Tai and others, totaled more than 3,000 people.
Everyone's luggage was checked.
You can take away your clothes and jewelry, but you are not allowed to take away gold, silver, silk or other personal belongings.
For Xiao Dequan's female relatives, Ye Kun arranged for female soldiers to check them to protect their privacy and respect women.
This unscrupulous Xiao Dequan had more than 1,700 women in his harem, all of them were beautiful beauties.
However, most of the childless women stayed and were unwilling to go to Jiangbei.
After the inspection, everyone boarded the ship.
Ye Kun bought wine at the dock to see Xiao's mother off and said:
"I don't want to be king, I just hope that the people of the world can live and work in peace and have a decent life in old age. Within three years, I will stabilize Jiangnan and let the people eat white rice and drink meat soup. I also hope that the Queen Mother will be in good health and have great fortune. I will come back to Jiangnan in the future to see if I, Ye Kun, have kept my promise."
Mother Xiao turned around, looked back at Jinxiu Jiangnan, and sighed, "Can I come back in my lifetime?"
"As long as Queen Mother is willing, you can come back anytime. I will treat you like a distinguished guest as I treat you as a junior!"
"Thank you, King Hanzhong. I am grateful."
Xiao's mother shed tears, drank a glass of wine, and prepared to board the ship.
Ye Kun raised his hand to see him off.
Behind Xiao's mother, a beautiful and pretty woman in brocade clothes came over. She was about eighteen years old and smiled at Ye Kun: "Master Ye, I remember your words. I will come back in three years to see if the people in Jiangnan can drink meat soup."
Ye Kun was stunned, clasped his fists and said, "Excuse me, who is this girl?"
"Xiao Ruliu, Xiao Dequan's youngest sister."
"It turns out to be Miss Ruliu. I have heard of your name for a long time."
Ye Kun nodded and smiled: "Maybe in two years, I can let the people of Jiangnan drink meat soup. Miss Ruliu is welcome to come back at any time, and we will build Jiangnan together."
"Okay, as long as my brother lets me go, I will definitely come back."
Xiao Ruliu chuckled and helped her mother onto the boat.
Ye Kun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Miss Ruliu, beware of Xiahou Chang, that bastard... is not a decent person."
With Xiao Ruliu's beauty, if Xiahou Chang saw her, I'm afraid...
Xiao Ruliu blushed and waved goodbye.
The big ship set off, going upstream.
Shen Tai led seven or eight small boats as guards. Standing at the bow, he bowed to Ye Kun and said, "Ye Kun, you are indeed magnanimous and trustworthy. I, Shen Tai, admire you. But next time we meet on the battlefield, I won't be polite!"
Ye Kun smiled: "Don't worry, I will give you a chance to make you lose again!"
After letting these more than 3,000 people go, Ye Kun felt much more relaxed.
Because all of Xiao Dequan's diehard fans have left, the remaining ones are those who are nostalgic for their hometown and will be easy to manage in the future.
There are countless gold, silver, jewels and silks in Xiao Dequan’s treasury!
The prosperous area of Jiangnan, the people's hard-earned money for more than ten years, is in his hands.
Ye Kun rewarded Yan Ju, Yu Guinong and others, rewarded the three armies and comforted the people.
The Jiangnan Mint was also established in Jiangnan to allow gold and silver to circulate and exchange the copper coins in the hands of the people.
The silver coins of Yizhou had long been circulated in Jiangdong through merchants, so Ye Kun's monetary policy was implemented effortlessly.
Replacing copper coins with silver coins and increasing the currency value greatly reduced the waste of resources.
One silver coin of one or two taels saved the cost of minting and issuing a thousand small copper coins, saved a lot of charcoal and reduced the waste of copper materials.
Because there are always small copper coins circulating in the market that are accidentally lost and buried in the dust, if added up across the country, it is a huge number.
Speaking of Ye Kun's political achievements, he believed that his currency reform was the most successful, even more successful than Zhuge Liang's governance of Shu.
According to the established plan, Yu Guinong crossed the river to Yangzhou to persuade the enemy to surrender.
Yuan Zeng, the governor of Yangzhou, surrendered the city.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Qiantang County stopped resisting and the entire territory submitted to Ye Kun.
In December, all the prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River and the cities along the river were conquered by Ye Kun and incorporated into his territory.
However, southern Fujian, southern Jiangxi, and the Guangdong and Guangxi regions in later generations were still in the hands of local princes.
Those princes were originally under the jurisdiction of Jiangdong and obeyed Xiao Dequan as their leader.
Now that Jiangnan has changed its master, Ye Kun does not have the energy to fight back for the moment, so he just sends envoys to solicit surrender.
Some princes surrendered verbally, while others ignored Ye Kun.
Wanwan Island and Qiongzhou Island are isolated overseas, making Ye Kun unable to reach them.
Ye Kun was not in a hurry. He first controlled the major cities in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and stabilized the situation step by step.
Ye Kun was also very tolerant towards the separatist forces in the southern mountainous areas. He sent people to deliver porcelain iron pots and glass brown sugar, and tried to appease them with kind words so that they would not cause trouble.
Xiahou Chang fought hard with Ye Kun's army in the Xiangfan area for several months, suffering tens of thousands of casualties, but gained nothing.
At this point the situation was decided, and Xiahou Chang had no choice but to withdraw his troops and retreat to Luoyang.
Ye Kun was also seriously injured, so he ordered the troops to withdraw from Chang'an and recuperate.
At this point, the world was divided into two, and Ye Kun and Xiahou Chang were almost in a situation of dividing the country by the river.
Ye Kun stayed in Jinling to continue handling government affairs and calming the people in the south of the Yangtze River.
Zhuge Feng said: "Although we have occupied Jiangnan, there is still a large area in the southern mountainous area that we cannot actually control, which is a future trouble. If the future trouble is not resolved, we will not be able to compete for the Central Plains. After the new year, we can send troops to control the southern mountainous area step by step."
"I know, but it's really difficult to march in the southern mountainous areas."
Ye Kun had fought his way here and was already frightened by the mountains in southern Anhui and Jiangxi. Thinking of the mountains in Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi, he felt a headache. He smiled bitterly and said, "I'm waiting for someone. When he comes back, we can send troops to completely control the southern mountainous areas all the way to the South China Sea."
Zhuge Feng was puzzled: "Who are you waiting for?"