Chapter 355 The common people don't care about any national affairs
After hearing this, Ozawa Tenkong woke up and saluted Tian Suojun.
"I was negligent just now. Tian Suojun's words are very reasonable. We cannot deal with elite troops with tired teachers. This is the way to die by ourselves."
When Tian Suojun saw that Ozawa Tian understood, he felt relieved.
Luo Hejun, who followed him, saw all this and immediately reported the news to Emperor Yunze.
Emperor Yunze was overjoyed. Wu Tian did not attack at such a good opportunity. It was obvious that he was not really going to fight him. He immediately ordered: "All the people followed my orders and rushed to the Yalu River to station!"
Just as the generals were preparing, a soldier ran in and muttered in Emperor Yunze's ear.
Emperor Yunze showed a look of surprise on his face, and then his eyebrows frowned.
Seeing him like this, the generals were also puzzled. What did the soldier tell Emperor Yunze?
"My generals, there are traitors in our country, and the plan to conquer the Central Plains may be temporarily stranded. Everyone obeyed my orders and divided the troops into two groups, one by one from the southern port of Goryeo to Kyushu Island, one by one from the port of Pingcheng, and one by one from the capital of Japan! In addition, they ordered Tian Suojun and Ozawa to lead their troops back to the capital of Goryeo and defend the land in the southern part of Goryeo!"
Emperor Yunze was angry at the underground imperial edict, and he was sure to win. Unexpectedly, at a critical moment, he was lost in vain due to domestic turmoil!
When the generals heard the civil turmoil in Japan, they were worried about the safety of their family members, so they immediately followed suit and retreated in two directions.
Tian Suojun and Ozawa Ten, who were by the Yalu River, suddenly received the order from Emperor Yunze and were also surprised, but knew that the Japanese civil unrest was in chaos, they did not dare to stop and immediately withdrew their troops.
This scene was discovered by the spies from Liang State and reported to Wu Tian.
When Wu Tianzheng was confused, Dai Zong came in with joy.
"Your Majesty is so happy. In Japan, the remnants of the second prince took advantage of the time when Emperor Yunze led his troops to fight and the country was empty, and they raised troops to rebel. Now nearly half of the land in Japan has fallen into the hands of these remnants. Yunze had no choice but to abandon the land in the north of Goryeo Kingdom and dispatch Tian Suojun and Ozawa Tian to protect the land in the south of Goryeo Kingdom. He himself led a large army back to Japan to suppress the rebellion."
Wu Tian was overjoyed. In the Japanese turmoil, Emperor Yunze was unable to invade Middle-earth again in three to five years.
When the generals heard that Japan had withdrawn their troops, they suggested pursuing them.
Wu Tian shook his head: "Water has retreated, and our strategic goal has been achieved. Now it is time to stop the troops and rest, develop the economy, and strive for the future."
The generals remained silent.
"Now, the army will return to the court."
Wu Tian ordered the generals to set up camp.
When passing by the Bohai Kingdom, the Bohai Kingdom ordered people to send a letter of surrender, expressing their willingness to surrender to Liang Kingdom and will become a vassal state of Liang Kingdom from then on.
Wu Tian accepted the surrender of Bohai King and signed an alliance with him.
After leaving Bohai Kingdom, he walked south for three days and returned to Youzhou City.
As soon as he entered Youzhou City, Wu Tian immediately found Tang Long.
"Brother Tang, how is the railway transportation I asked you to build now?"
Tang Long bowed and said, "If you want to go back to Your Majesty, in accordance with Your Majesty's request, in the past sixteen or five prefectures, you have built railway transportation connecting Youzhou and Yanmen Pass and Youzhou to the other 16 or five prefectures. The materials transported from the Central Plains can be transported to the entire 16 prefectures of Yanyun within one day."
Wu Tian nodded. The railway transportation of the main northern trunk roads has been built, and it will be much easier to conquer Xixia in the future.
"Brother Tang Long, you did a good job, I am very pleased. I now appoint you as Marquis of Wu'an, Prince Shaobao, and I am fully responsible for the supervision of all railway transportation in Liang State."
Tang Long was overjoyed. Wu'an Hou was a county marquis and had a high title. The prince's Shaobao was a second-rank official.
"Your Majesty is unforgettable. Even if I go up to the Knife Mountain and go down the oil pan, I will repay Your Majesty's kindness."
Tang Long knelt in front of Wu Tian and kowtowed and thanked him.
Wu Tian helped Tang Long up and said, "Brother Tang Long, this is your duty. You go back with me and build railway transportation in various parts of the Central Plains so that our Liang Kingdom can develop the economy."
"yes!"
After two days of rest, Wu Tian continued to lead the army to Central Plains.
Cross the Yellow River and finally return to the city of Tokyo.
Wu Yong led the civil and military ministers to greet them and knelt at Wu Tian's feet.
"Your Majesty is a great victory, and the army returns to the court. I am here to welcome you and congratulate you on your great victory!"
Wu Tian helped Wu Yong up and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, I have been away from Liang for the past few days. Thanks to you who have governed Liang and have been continuously transporting things to the front line. I am very grateful. You have made great contributions. I will now give you the Grand Tutor."
Wu Yong was surprised and knelt in front of Wu Tian to thank him.
"The rest of the people who were taken in by Liang Guo to assist the city will be promoted to the next level."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The other ministers shouted in unison.
Wu Tian led the army into Tokyo City.
Three days later, Wu Tian summoned all the ministers in the lobby to reward the generals who followed him to the war.
Dong Ping was granted the title of General Zhenbei, Fan Rui was the title of General of the Later, Yang Zhi, Li Zhong and others were all the titles of the Marquis of Guannei, and each of them was rewarded with three thousand taels of gold.
Those who died such as Li Kui, Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu and Zhang Qing were all named Tudi Gong, and their descendants were rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold.
All received rewards, some were happy and some were worried.
Wu Tian can't control so much, and the next is the critical moment.
He looked at Wu Yong and said, "Tai Shi, Liang State has been fighting for years. How much silver is left in the treasury, how much food and weapons is left?"
Wu Yong said: "The treasury has only one and a half years of income left, about seven million taels of silver. As for food, it is still enough to eat for two years, but the loss of weapons is too great and seriously insufficient."
Although Wu Tian was prepared, he was stunned when he heard this.
There are only a few things left in the Liang State treasury. Once a natural disaster comes, it will be difficult to deal with.
Wu Yong saw Wu Tian’s embarrassment and said, “Your Majesty, I have a way to gather silver and military rations in a short time to prevent it from being needed.”
When Wu Tian heard this, he stared at Wu Yong and asked, "Taishou, what good way do you have to tell me quickly."
Wu Yong said: "Your Majesty, you want to gather enough money and military rations in a short period of time, so you can only increase the tax. I know that doing so will indeed harm the interests of some people, but there is no way to do this. After the world is peaceful, we will pay the benefits from the tax to the people."
As soon as these words came out, Wu Tian shook his head repeatedly.
"This method doesn't work. The people don't care about national affairs. The most important thing is to have enough food in their hearts. If you increase taxes now, it will definitely cause disgust among the people. If it is done well, it will cause chaos in Liang. The things we will face will definitely be more complicated at that time."
Wu Yong remained silent.
Wu Tian looked at the other ministers, and they were silent.
Chapter completed!