Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2620 The Field Girl Enters the Palace, Guan Zhong Takes a Concubine

Chapter 2620 The Field Girl Enters the Palace, Guan Zhong Takes a Concubine

With Jiang Chaoyu, who was practically the de facto master of the Great Qian, making the decision, it wasn't long before Ji Chengfu and Yao Xiong at the front lines received their orders. This marked the official end of the Qi-Qian War, which had lasted for nearly half a year.

Although Daqian seized half of Tianqi's territory, it also killed a large number of Tianqi's important generals, including Tian Pan.

However, the Great Qian Dynasty ultimately failed to completely destroy the Tian Qi state within that year, thus failing to achieve Jiang Ziya's initial strategic goal.

On the other hand, the Han Dynasty gained a territory in Dao without bloodshed, and made full preparations for its southward expansion. Before the war even started, it had already taken the strategic initiative.

In this round, neither Tian Qi nor Jiang Qian were winners; only the Great Han ultimately gained enough advantage to become the final winner.

From then on, the Great Qian Dynasty ushered in its last few hard-won months of peace.

Although the Great Qian Dynasty has been inactive for the past few months, it has not slackened at all; on the contrary, it has become even busier.

Over the past few months, Daqian has sent several envoys to Dawu and Dayu to make final pre-war contacts.

Of course, the Han Dynasty was not idle in this regard either. As the southern expedition drew closer, external communications became more frequent. This time, it was not Wang Yingkan who went south to Zhu Yuanzhang, but Su Qin.

Meanwhile, Su Li has also set off for the Golden Horde royal court on the grasslands recently.

These two allies occupy a crucial, even irreplaceable, position in the next phase of the Han Dynasty's strategic plan.

In terms of personnel, Jiang Xiaobai, Jiang Ren, and Jiang Qianqiu were jointly stationed in the southern part of Daqian, where the original Xuandi was located, actively organizing the southern defense line.

After completely eliminating the rebel kings of Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang's national strength and power were still incomparable to those of the Han Dynasty.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was now one of the top powers in the Central Plains.

There are nine circuits in the Great Wu, three circuits in the Great Qian, and two more circuits established by merging several small dynasties that merged the areas where Wu and Qian intersect, making a total of fourteen circuits.

Now, the Great Qian Dynasty only has fourteen regions left.

After Jiang Ziya suggested a truce, Jiang Chaoyu took charge of the central command, while Jiang Ziya himself rushed to the northern frontier to readjust the northern defense line.

With Xingbei Road already in the hands of the Han Dynasty, and the flank of the original northern border defense line under threat, it would be impossible to effectively resist the Han Dynasty if the northern border defense line was not adjusted as soon as possible.

However, just before Jiang Ziya set off for the northern frontier, he specially summoned Jiang Ren back from the south and held a small meeting with Jiang Chaoyu and the other two.

It was precisely because of this small meeting that, after Jiang Ziya arrived in the northern frontier, as time came to the end of the eighth year of the Yuanshi era of the Great Han calendar, Jiang Chaoyu, who was sitting in the center, officially issued a series of systems such as abolishing the historians and establishing the governors, and the appointment of sons.

The abolition of the official system and the establishment of the governor system completely concentrated local military and political power in the hands of one person, while the appointment system for sons meant that officials of a certain rank could directly recommend their sons for official positions.

In addition, within the original Xuan Di Dao (mysterious realms and various paths), the Great Qian Dynasty further delegated most of its military and political power to local forces, allowing local officials and powerful figures in these regions to rapidly expand their influence. In the long run, these policies are naturally more harmful than beneficial, essentially planting time bombs for the country. Local forces will expand rapidly, and may even lead to the re-emergence of powerful factions in the regions.

However, the decision to issue this series of regulations was made after careful consideration by Jiang Ziya, Jiang Chaoyu, and Jiang Ren.

Even if these policies encounter problems in the future, Daqian will have to wait until that future to address them.

At least for the time being, after the release of this series of policies, Daqian can use them to obtain a series of internal support. This short-sighted approach can be used to make up for Daqian's current lack of strength in order to cope with future crises.

Only by living into the future will we have the opportunity to face these problems.

Meanwhile, in the Han Dynasty, over the past few months, Bai Qi swiftly used the 100,000 troops he had brought with him as a base to rapidly reorganize and disband the original Tian Qi troops, forming the current 200,000-strong Tian Ce Legion.

At the same time, a series of generals from Tian Qi, including Tian Ji, were incorporated into the Tian Ce Legion. With their help, Bai Qi was able to complete the reorganization work quickly.

With these people around, it is possible to ensure that these organized troops can exert sufficient combat power and play a significant role in the upcoming southern campaign.

Tian Ji and other generals of Tian Qi were incorporated into Bai Qi's Tian Ce Army. Civil officials such as Zou Ji, Chunyu Kun, and Duan Ganlun remained in Xingbei Road to serve as officials, using their local influence to stabilize the area as quickly as possible.

However, Tian Wu, Tian Yinqi, Tian Wen and other members of the Tian clan all moved into Tianjing. The Han Dynasty had already prepared mansions and large amounts of land for them near Tianjing.

Although Tian Ji was also a member of the Tian clan, after Tian Pan's death, he had become the most influential general in Tian Qi.

Throughout the entire Qi army, no other general from outside the Qi clan could replace Tian Ji's role.

At the same time, in order to make good use of the "money spent to buy horses" strategy, Wang Yu not only offered high-ranking official positions and generous salaries to these members of the Tian Qi royal family, but also took Tian Xi, a woman from the Tian family, as his concubine.

Moreover, in order to show the importance attached to the Tian Qi royal family, after the original title of Gui Xian Shu De, a new title of Chen Fei was specially created, and Tian Xi, a woman of the Tian family, was made Chen Fei.

Tian Xi was not Tian Wu's daughter, but rather the daughter of Tian Ji, a general of the original Tian Qi state. It was only after Wang Yu expressed his desire to take a woman from the Tian family into the palace that Tian Wu temporarily adopted her as his goddaughter.

After all, Tian Wu herself did not have any suitable sisters or daughters to enter the palace as concubines, so she could only choose from the important members of the Tian Qi royal family.

Tian Wu himself, and indeed the entire Tian Qi royal family, were pleased to see a woman from the Tian clan enter the palace as a concubine. In this way, they could live a slightly more peaceful life in the Han Dynasty.

Besides Wang Yu, Guan Zhong, the head of the civil officials of the Han Dynasty, also married a woman named Tian Jing as his concubine.

Although she was only a concubine, this woman from the Tian family was not an important branch of the Tian Qi imperial family; she was originally just a minor, unimportant member of the collateral line.

Furthermore, even within the Tian Qi imperial family, she was not a legitimate daughter, but rather a daughter born out of wedlock.

Guan Zhong's decision to take her as a concubine was not considered an insult to her status; on the contrary, it further strengthened the connection between the Tian Qi royal family and the Han Dynasty.