Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Jiang Hongfei captured Yelu Yanxi, and the Liao Empire finally came to an end.

It is worth mentioning that when Lin Chong and his men surrounded Qingzhong Village, Yelu Yanxi's illegitimate son Yelu Yali was in the army. Under the protection of Taibao Temuge, he escaped alone and took a shortcut to Yinshan. Later, after hearing that Yelu Yanxi was defeated and captured, Yelu Dilie, Temuge and others escorted Yelu Yali to Shaling. Three days later, these people discussed and supported Yelu Yali as emperor. Yelu Yali then ascended the throne, changed the reign title to Shenli, and became the third emperor of Northern Liao.

——The first was Yelu Chun, and the second was Yelu Ding.

From this point of view, the Liao Empire seems to have not died yet.

In fact, it is not the case.

Whether in terms of reputation, power, or ability, Yelu Yali can no longer pose a threat to the Yuan Empire and the Jin Kingdom.

Moreover, in terms of orthodoxy, Yelu Yali's throne as emperor is also debatable.

After all, Yelu Yanxi was in Jiang Hongfei's hands, and the only three legitimate sons of Yelu Yanxi were also in Jiang Hongfei's hands, including the second emperor of Northern Liao, Yelu Ding.

In short, although the Liao Empire still had a legacy, it can still be determined that the Liao Empire was completely destroyed, and Yelu Yali's Northern Liao was not a concern.

Therefore, Jiang Hongfei's victory in the Qingshui River Battle was very important for the Yuan Empire.

Statistics after this battle:

More than 50,000 people were killed and wounded on the coalition side, and nearly 10,000 people were captured.

The Yuan army seized more than 20,000 good horses, nearly 70,000 wounded and dead horses, countless weapons and armor, and more than 100,000 cattle and sheep.

The Yuan army itself suffered less than 20,000 casualties.

Jiang Hongfei ordered to immediately treat the wounded and send the fallen soldiers back to Yanjing for a burial.

In addition, the Ministry of War counted the military merits on the spot, determined the promotion and reward, and immediately redeemed them when they returned to Yanjing.

This is the rule that the Yuan army has been adhering to since the Liangshan Army period. When it comes to treating martyrs, military exploits and promotions, they are never vague, never procrastinate, and never do anything that makes the soldiers bleed and cry.

After these matters were dealt with, Jiang Hongfei personally led the army back to Yunzhong Prefecture in triumph.

Jiang Hongfei stayed in Yunzhong Prefecture for 15 days, personally listened to Zhu Wu, Gao Qingyi and others report on Yundi’s government affairs and difficulties, and personally met with the main officials of various states in Yundi, listened to their speeches, and appeased those officials who were originally from the Zhao Song Dynasty or the Liao Dynasty.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei sent officials trained by Shuibo Liangshan and Jinshi selected in this imperial examination to Yundi to increase his rule over Yundi.

After personally handling many matters in Yundi, Jiang Hongfei instructed Zhu Wu to cooperate with the hotel intelligence system, the Imperial City Division, and the Jinyiwei to find out the intelligence of Hedong and to instigate Tian Hu’s subordinates before returning to Yanjing.

With the merits of defeating the Jin Kingdom and destroying the Liao Kingdom as a foundation, Jiang Hongfei's Yuan Empire completely established its foothold in the Yanyunping area.

Jiang Hongfei did not attack the officials left by the Liao Kingdom, and he focused on using Han'er, who was disliked and trusted by no one before. In short, Jiang Hongfei tried his best to employ people based on their talents, but at the same time, he tried to balance the domestic political system.

Jiang Hongfei also issued many benevolent policies to appease the civilians, reduce corvée labor, and let the people live and work in peace.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei was particularly loved and respected by his ministers for one thing, that is, Jiang Hongfei had ability but no temper.

Of course, it does not mean that Jiang Hongfei really has no temper, but that he can tolerate people, even those with temper, and put his self-esteem in an appropriate environment.

Jiang Hongfei used many people with temper or even thorns, such as Chen Gongfu, Tang Chang, and Han Fang.

These people are stones in the pit, smelly and hard, and dare to die for their advice.

To put it bluntly, they would rather die than give the emperor face.

Jiang Hongfei made many concessions in this matter.

For example, the little tyrant Zhou Tong became the defense envoy of Qingzhou after Jiang Hongfei ascended the throne. Not long ago, he took a fancy to the daughter of Liu Taigong of Taohua Village and wanted to marry her as his wife, so he left behind 200 Lingshi and a piece of red brocade as a gift, and prepared to find a good day to marry Liu Taigong's daughter. But Liu Taigong didn't know what was going on, he just looked down on Zhou Tong and sued Zhou Tong in a petition. Because of the special status of Zhou Tong, Qingzhou prefect Huang Rang reported the matter to Jiang Hongfei.

Zhou Tong's incident can barely be regarded as robbing a civilian woman. According to the laws of the Yuan Empire, Zhou Tong must be dismissed from office.

After Zhou Tong learned about this, he quickly submitted a memorial to Jiang Hongfei to beg for mercy, saying that he had not yet snatched Liu Taigong's daughter, and he would not do this anymore. He also did not want the 200 Lingshi and the red brocade, and begged Jiang Hongfei to let him go.

Jiang Hongfei thought that this was not even an attempted rape, and Zhou Tong had been with him for such a long time. Even if he had no merit, he had worked hard. He could not let his old brother down, so he ordered Huang Rang to suppress this matter.

Unexpectedly, after Chen Gongfu learned about this, he said firmly: "If Zhou Tong is not severely punished to serve as a warning to others, how can we govern the people?"

Jiang Hongfei had no choice but to recall the original imperial edict and dismiss Zhou Tong on the spot.

Of course, Jiang Hongfei later transferred Zhou Tong to Yanjing, rewarded him with two beauties, a big house, and 10,000 Lingshi. After this matter was completely over, Jiang Hongfei personally acted as a matchmaker and let Zhou Tong marry Liu Taigong's daughter to help him fulfill this wish.

But then again, Zhou Tong did lose his official position because of this and could only be a rich man.

Everyone in the court knew about this matter, and it was Chen Gongfu who asked Jiang Hongfei to change it.

And Jiang Hongfei is the emperor, Chen Gongfu is just a civil servant from the Zhao and Song Dynasty, and Zhou Tong is Jiang Hongfei's old brother no matter what.

The result is this.

Undoubtedly, this was a wake-up call for many of Jiang Hongfei's old brothers and made them all restrain themselves.

Also, not long ago, after Jiang Hongfei defeated Yelu Yanxi, he stayed in Yunzhong Mansion for fifteen days. At that time, Jiang Hongfei lived in Yelu Yanxi’s palace in Xijing, Liaoning. As soon as Jiang Hongfei arrived at the palace, he discovered that the palace The tea sets and everything else were old, and the dishes the steward served Jiang Hongfei were not delicacies, but ordinary spiritual wine and spiritual meat. Jiang Hongfei felt that the former steward did not respect him, so when he got angry, he gave the steward to him Dismissed from office.

Tang Chang, who was accompanying the army, immediately admonished Jiang Hongfei: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. Extravagance is absolutely undesirable!"

Jiang Hongfei was still a little dissatisfied: "Let's not talk about the fact that this general manager despises me, so he should be punished. Now that I have conquered such a large territory, I have no shortage of spiritual money, and the national power is quite strong, what about some food and drink?"

Many ministers and generals around Jiang Hongfei also supported Jiang Hongfei. They also felt that Jiang Hongfei's desire to eat and drink well was not too much.

But Tang Chang said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. It is precisely because of the great power of our country that your Majesty must be diligent and frugal and must not indulge in extravagance."

Zhu Wu said: "Tang Yushi, please don't make alarmist remarks."

Unexpectedly, Tang Chang did not give any face to Zhu Wu, a frontier official whom Jiang Hongfei valued very much. Without even looking at Zhu Wu, he worshiped Jiang Hongfei: "Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty worked hard on people and money, digging the Grand Canal, and looking at Qionghua in Yangzhou. Later, the eighteen rebel kings gathered in Siling Mountain, and the seventy-two Yanchens destroyed the Sui Dynasty. Also, Emperor Daojun of Zhao and Song Dynasty was extravagant and promoted Huashi Gang. Only then did your majesty lead the heroes of the world to rise up and establish our country today. Yuan……"

Jiang Hongfei left Tang Chang speechless, and in the end he could only say: OK, I can't defeat you, I will listen to you.

Later, Jiang Hongfei recruited the manager back and gave him some rewards.

Afterwards, Jiang Hongfei asked Tang Chang to write for him and published an article advocating diligence and thrift among his subjects, and signed it himself.

For a time, the officials of the Yuan Empire were all proud of being diligent and thrifty, and were ashamed of extravagance and waste. Even if they were extravagant, they did not dare to show it.

The most criticized issue about Jiang Hongfei is that Jiang Hongfei is lustful. The country has just been founded, but there are already nearly a thousand women in his harem!

To be honest, besides Jiang Hongfei being such a womanizer, there are many objective reasons.

Originally, Jiang Hongfei only had dozens of women.

Although this amount seems to be a lot, it is really not much for an emperor.

But later, Jiang Hongfei defeated Wanyan Aguda and won nearly a hundred royal and clan daughters from the Golden Kingdom.

At that time, Wang Lun, Li Chuwen, Wu Yong, Sun Jing, Chen Xizhen and many other people suggested to Jiang Hongfei: These royal and clan daughters should not be allowed to wander outside and cause unnecessary trouble; nor should they be rewarded to ministers and breed them. The disloyal heart. Jiang Hongfei could only be included in the harem.

Jiang Hongfei adopted the suggestions of Wang Lun and others and brought all the royal and clan daughters of the Jin Kingdom into his harem.

Within two days, at Li Chuwen's suggestion, the Ministry of Rites found all the daughters of the Liao royal family and clan members in the Yanyunping area, including Xiao Tabuyan, who was supposed to marry Yelu Dashi, and sent them to prison. In Jiang Hongfei's harem.

Later, Lin Chong and others took Qingzhong Village to Lian Guoduan, and even brought back more than 200 royal and clan daughters of the Liao Kingdom to Jiang Hongfei.

As a result, Jiang Hongfei had more than 400 women in his harem.

But at that time, Jiang Hongfei's harem, mostly composed of Liao and Jin people, was about to be occupied by foreign women. There were too few Han women.

This is a huge hidden danger.

Therefore, Han officials repeatedly sent memorials to Jiang Hongfei, asking Jiang Hongfei to recruit more Han women.

Wu Yong, Sun Jing, Chen Xizhen and others took the opportunity to persuade Jiang Hongfei to recruit some girls from the families of Yuan Empire officials to stabilize the political situation.

This matter also received strong support from many ministers such as Wang Lun, Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Li Gang, Chen Tao, Zhao Ding, Wen Huanzhang, and Li Chuwen.

Li Gang, Chen Yu, Zhao Ding, and Wen Huanzhang also set an example by sending their daughters to the palace. Li Chuwen even gave all three of his granddaughters to Jiang Hongfei.

With Li Gang and others setting an example, the ministers of the Yuan Empire were quite enthusiastic.

Even many of Jiang Hongfei's old brothers tried to infiltrate Jiang Hongfei's harem.

The most typical example is Fan Rui, the demon king. He actually sent all his two daughters into Jiang Hongfei's harem. It is said that for this reason, he specially went to Xiao Rang for a drink and asked Xiao Rang to help him no matter what. His two daughters were sent to Jiang Hongfei's harem.

When Jiang Hongfei heard about this, he thought to himself: "What? If you don't want to be my brother, do you have to be my father-in-law?"

Jiang Hongfei called Fan Rui over and scolded: "Why are you joining in the fun? If you, my brother, and your daughter join my harem, won't this generational hierarchy be in chaos?"

Fan Rui didn't answer the question, and just said: "I have talked with her and they are both happy with this, and I hope the official family can make it happen."

Jiang Hongfei wanted to say something else, but Wu Yong shook his head at Jiang Hongfei.

Seeing this, Jiang Hongfei could only let Fan Rui go down.

After Fan Rui left, Jiang Hongfei said to Wu Yong: "What is Fan Rui doing? How can he act like this?"

Wu Yong said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is actually human nature."

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Seeing Jiang Hongfei's confusion, Wu Yong said: "Your Majesty is no longer the leader of the village, but the Emperor of Dayuan. Naturally, he will strengthen his rule over Dayuan through marriage with his ministers. Your Majesty's original old brother is not the original villager." The leader, but my great minister, also wants to care for his descendants and his family, so he naturally wants to get married to your majesty, so that he can keep his family prosperous in the long run. "

Afraid that Jiang Hongfei still couldn't figure it out, Wu Yong added another sentence: "Fan Rui just got a son not long ago, which can be regarded as a son of old age..."

After Wu Yong's reminder, Jiang Hongfei understood a little bit. Fan Rui is now in his forties, which is beyond the average life span of this world. If Fan Rui suddenly has an accident, the Fan family without other insurance will probably decline. And if Fan Cheng's two sisters are imperial concubines, even if Fan Rui has an accident in the future, Fan Cheng will not have any accidents. Only then can the Fan family continue to prosper, and even become a big family that has flourished for countless generations.

As for the brotherhood with Jiang Hongfei?

The royal family has been the most ruthless since ancient times. The emperor has no true feelings, and no smart person dares to call him brother.

Therefore, it is better to give your daughters to the emperor while the emperor has "feelings" with you, let them become imperial concubines, and give birth to several princes for the emperor.

And this can also let the emperor see your loyalty, right?

It can be said that Fan Rui's choice was a smart one.

Seeing that Jiang Hongfei understood, Wu Yong said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you haven't carefully read the list sent by the Ministry of Rites? There are also Wang Dazai's niece Wang Liran, Chai Sanshi's daughter Liang Huiying, Pei Shangshu's daughter Pei Chen, Yang Jinglue Yang Ruonan, the envoy’s daughter, Huyan Yuying, the daughter of General Huyan…”

As Wu Yong muttered, Jiang Hongfei realized that Fan Rui was not the only one of his old brothers who dared to do such a thing. Wang Lun, Chai Jin, Pei Xuan, Yang Zhi, and Hu Yanzhuo had all done this.

Moreover, it was only then that Jiang Hongfei noticed that many of his old brothers were no longer young. Lin Chong, Chai Jin, and Pei Xuan were all in their forties, and Chao Gai was in his fifties. Years old, many of their descendants have already entered the officialdom.

Jiang Hongfei thought for a moment and realized that he was already thirty-seven.

——But, for some unknown reason, Jiang Hongfei still looked like he was in his mid-twenties.

Not long after, Wu Yong suddenly said: "By the way, Your Majesty, my son Wu Wei is also proficient in civil and military affairs..."

Even many of Jiang Hongfei's old brothers tried to infiltrate Jiang Hongfei's harem. Other Jiang Hongfei's ministers, especially those from the former Zhao and Song Dynasties and the original Liao Kingdom, naturally became more enthusiastic.

This gives people the feeling that if they have a daughter of the right age and do not send it to Jiang Hongfei's harem, it is a sign of disloyalty to Jiang Hongfei.

In such an atmosphere, as many as 1,500 women of suitable age from the official families of the Yuan Empire signed up to participate in the draft.

The people of the Ministry of Etiquette screened the people from their stature, appearance, and conduct, and Jiang Hongfei selected more than 400 of them.

As a result, the number of women in Jiang Hongfei's harem suddenly doubled, reaching nearly a thousand.

Regarding this, many ministers expressed dissatisfaction and submitted memorials hoping that Jiang Hongfei would hold a draft every year, at least once every three years.

In this regard, Han Fang boldly stated that these ministers had ulterior motives and wanted to make Jiang Hongfei obsessed with women. He also advised Jiang Hongfei not to be obsessed with women, and gave Jiang Hongfei examples of Gao Yang and Gao Zhan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Ming Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty Li Longji, and Empress Dowager Liang of the Later Liang Dynasty. The example of Zu Zhuwen, the example of Emperor Xiaowu of Song Dynasty, Liu Jun, and the example of Chen Shubao, the empress of Chen.

The examples cited by Han Fang were all because the emperor was too lecherous and immoral, which led to the destruction of his country. It can be said that it is quite unlucky.

Moreover, the emperors Han Fang gave examples were not only lustful, they also played very frivolously. They had elder sisters, younger sisters, their own daughters-in-law, their own stepmothers, their own clan relatives, and the wives and concubines of ministers. It can be said that the only things that others would not think of are those. There's nothing these guys can't do.

Han Fang used these emperors to remind Jiang Hongfei not to indulge in women, which was neither easy to say nor easy to hear.

If it were a bad-tempered emperor, killing Han Fang would be an easy task.

Moreover, don't forget, Han Fang was still a former Liao minister. It is reasonable to say that he had ulterior motives and cursed the Yuan Empire.

The key is, there is a reason why Jiang Hongfei has so many women.

But Jiang Hongfei didn't even explain a word, and said with a smile: "I will definitely take them as a warning."

Jiang Hongfei's attitude towards the remonstrating ministers was seen by all the ministers.

Think about it, Jiang Hongfei established the Yuan Empire before he was forty years old, defeated the Song, Liao, and Jin kingdoms, and seemed to have the potential to unify. How capable was he?

But it was Jiang Hongfei who was so temperless in front of a group of ministers who dared to directly rebuke him.

Jiang Hongfei's broad-mindedness made the ministers more and more confident in Jiang Hongfei.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei's previous policies such as dividing land, dividing grain, and canceling debts, as well as Jiang Hongfei's defeat of the Jin Kingdom and the destruction of the Liao Kingdom.

The Yan Yunping area gradually stabilized and was completely connected with Jiang Hongfei's original Shandong and Hebei.

Under this premise, Jiang Hongfei set his sights on his two "neighbors", Zhao Song Dynasty and Tian Hu...

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