The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

Amidst the unbearable and pale faces of those gentry, Zhong Yu issued this ruthless and almost inhuman order.

Many of the gentry present vomited with horror on their faces, and their usual unrestrained and unrestrained image suddenly lost, full of embarrassment.

Looking at the unbearable situation of those gentry and the tragedy of those dead, they interweave into a strange picture. Zhong Yu finally started to talk about his second major event of summoning Jingzhou gentry here.

"The widow summoned you to come here. In addition to punishing these rebels, there are two more things to announce."

After he finished speaking, he paused, and gave the soldiers who were out of their minds a moment to recover.

Hearing Zhong Yu's words, many people turned pale, and their expressions were full of distress.

At the same time, I thought secretly in my heart, does this tyrant even want to let us go? Want to take advantage of this opportunity to catch them all? Thinking about it, I couldn't help but burst into tears.

Seeing the gaffes of these people in front of him, Zhong Yu understood that they had misunderstood him, but he didn't want to say anything more, so he continued to say what he wanted.

"The second thing is that the widow realized that what he had done before was indeed too cruel, so he summoned all of you to make a covenant. Let’s share wealth and honor together, and share this magnificent world!”

Hearing Zhong Yu's voice, many people with terrified faces opened their mouths wide open, and stayed at this moment with an inconceivable look, as if they could never have imagined that this rampant and arbitrary tyrant would say something so close to Take it easy.

But this answer made them very happy. They no longer have to worry about whether their future heads are still on their heads. They just don’t know if this tyrant’s words count, and they can’t be too carried away. yes!

Those gentry just wanted to speak, but found the cruel king in front of them, and continued to speak, could not help swallowing the words, and listened carefully to what is the last thing?

"Is this the third thing? In order to reward the meritorious ministers who followed the widow, pacified the world, and conquered the four directions, the widow once again made a reward. Please be a witness!"

After finishing speaking, he stopped, turned his head and looked at Huang Chengyan and Cai Mao. As the representatives of Jingzhou's aristocratic family, these two people have high prestige among all the noble families in Jingzhou. After looking at them for a while, they said to them :

"In order to appease the turbulent hearts of the entire Jingzhou due to the behavior of the widow during this period of time, the lonely king also made some arrangements for the two of you in this reward, to show the lonely king's guilt! It is absolutely unexpected by you all. Yes, the two great talents may wish to guess what the reward is?"

The two looked at each other for a while, exchanging their opinions with their eyes, and finally shook their heads helplessly, and replied respectfully to Zhong Yu:

"The ministers are not talented enough to understand the meaning of the king, and I hope the king will appeal our ignorance."

Looking at the two people, who were a little bored, Zhong Yu, who had just aroused a little interest, shook his head helplessly, and said a little speechlessly:

"Forget it, forget it, since you don't dare to say it and don't want to say it, the lonely king won't embarrass you, let's just say it!"

Afterwards, they clapped their hands, and a group of dozens of people were either mighty generals in armor or elegant and elegant civil servants in official uniforms.

He walked out under the leadership of a group of guards. Straight to the position tens of steps in front of Zhong Yu, they bowed in unison and saluted:

"The ministers and others pay respects to the king. The king's military fortune is prosperous, and the rule of law is at its peak. I will rule the country for a long time, and I will never replace it forever!"

Hearing the sound of congratulations in unison, Zhong Yu smiled, nodded in satisfaction, and said warmly to the loyal people in front of him:

"In order to commend you for your loyalty to the lonely king, I hereby specially reward you for your loyalty and bravery, so as to honor all those who are loyal to the widow!"

Then he signaled the herald officer beside him to take out the decree he had written long ago, and read out his reward in front of everyone.

The herald officer also looked a little excited, his hands were trembling and he couldn't hold these decrees firmly. It was obvious that he had known the contents of them a long time ago, and his mind was a little agitated and he couldn't control his body.

"Wang Fang, the general who conquered the South, came forward to listen to the order. The general who conquered the South has worked hard and made great contributions to the pacification of the territory for the widow. Today, the general who conquered the South is the county of Dian under the jurisdiction of Jianning County, and Guchang, which is under the jurisdiction of Jianning County. County, Kunze County, Dianchi County, and Yuyuan County, the four counties, the land of 800 li is the country, and from then on it will be the Dian Kingdom, the Viscount Kingdom of the Great Royal Kingdom!"

Hearing this reward, not to mention those who were rewarded in front of them, even the gentry who were watching the ceremony behind them all looked surprised, and they were all stunned there.

what is this? Did I hear wrong? Crack the soil and seal the country? This kind of thing has been since the Zhou Dynasty entrusted 800 princes to the world more than 1,000 years ago, and no new countries have been created for thousands of years.

Now the tyrant in front of him is willing to give up his own land to his subordinates. What kind of thoughts are in his mind?

However, the herald officer didn't care about everyone's thoughts, and continued to read aloud excitedly:

"General Zhao Ping, who conquered the North... Lie Shu County is the country, governing five counties, and is the kingdom of Shu, the Viscount of the Great Royal Kingdom; Li Zhen, the general who conquered the East..., Han Kai, the general who conquered the West..."

"Fuguo General Zhu Hua... Yandao County in Hanjia County is Yan State, and it is the Baron State Yan State under the Great Royal State."

"..."

As the rewards were conveyed, fifty or sixty of them became the new monarchs in a short time. All the new monarchs looked happy, obviously very happy that they could become the lord of a country.

Slowly, the decrees on rewards were coming to an end, and the herald's eyes were on the last two decrees. After opening it, I took a look, and couldn't help looking at Huang Chengyan and Cai Hao. Amidst the excited and restless expressions of these two people, they said slowly:

"Cai Mao, the Patriarch of the Cai family in Jingzhou, was named the male of Xiachong County, the governor of Brazil County, and Liechong County was the country's land, and he was named the Baron Guochong of the Great Royal Kingdom."

"Huang Chengyan, the patriarch of the Huang family in Jingzhou, is divided into Jiangyou County under the jurisdiction of Fuxian County, Liefu County is the country, and it is the kingdom of Fuguo, the baron of the Great Royal Kingdom"

In this award, more than 80 counties were confiscated, 63 countries were established, and all the gentry in Jingzhou, as well as all the officials under his command, immediately returned their hearts to him.

After this luxurious award was spread throughout the Han Dynasty, all the heroes and scribes who aspired to fame and fortune couldn't help but yearn for Zhong Yu, and they also looked forward to the day when he could divide the land and divide the country, become the king of a country, and set himself apart. The hereditary inheritance of the country is inherited.

Regarding the negative impact of Zhong Yu's massacre of the gentry before, he couldn't help but directly ignore it. After all, Zhong Yu had made an alliance with all the gentry in Jingzhou. As long as they did not fail him, Zhong Yu would not kill those gentry at will.

So those who want to gain fame and fortune under Zhong Yu's command selectively ignore this issue. Instead, he tried every means to join Zhong Yu's command, to make contributions to Zhong Yu, so as to fight for a fortune.

After that, Zhong Yu's strategy in Yangzhou and Jiaozhou also directly proved the effect of his switch strategy. A large number of prefects and counties surrendered directly, hoping that they would have the slightest chance to be directly named the king of a country by Zhong Yu.

And Zhong Yu just gave him more than 20 counties of territory to commend those county magistrates and local families who surrendered in Kaesong, and used it to show future generations that he would not treat those who have contributed to him badly.

But what Zhong Yu got was more than 200 counties, and those 20 counties were not worth mentioning in the entire vast territory. What's more, these assigned counties are still vassal states under his own command, and they must obey his orders in name.

The most important thing is that in a few years, when I unify the entire Three Kingdoms world, whether it is the monarchs who were separated by myself or those who want to make contributions under my command, they will disappear due to the destruction of the world.

For myself, there is no loss at all in exchange for a large amount of loyalty from the nobles of the Three Kingdoms with some things that are destined to be destroyed, but I have gained a lot of luck points and time.