Tang Yin in another world

  A stable environment, a large population, and thriving commerce are the foundation for increasing prosperity. The current state of Tianyuan County has already possessed these three aspects. As the number of foreign merchants increases, local residents have gradually become more open-minded, abandoning their prejudices and interacting with the city-state of Besa more frequently.

  Trade is mutually beneficial, Tianyuan County sells the specialty of Fengguo to Besa and then brings back the specialty of Besa, after returning, it is resold to other counties and prefectures, earning a huge price difference. The city-state of Besa does the same, selling the specialties of Fengguo to inland people or reselling them to surrounding countries, making more profits.

  Pingyuan County, once ravaged by war and considered the worst county in Fengguo, has now become the most prosperous. Not only are Hengcheng and Biancheng crowded with people, but even ordinary towns have rapidly flourished, and Bessa merchants and travelers can be seen everywhere on the streets.

  The prosperity of commerce brought huge revenue to the county's finances, but Magistrate Yuan Jiguo didn't forget his roots, which was agriculture. Agriculture is the foundation of everything, without it, everything else is just a fleeting dream. Without food, there would be no army, and no ability to defend oneself. If one can't even defend oneself, then the current peace and prosperity will only be short-lived. As commerce was lucrative, many farmers in the county abandoned their land to engage in trade. Magistrate Yuan Jiguo allocated a large sum of gold and silver from the county treasury to reward farming households, ensuring the continued development of agriculture within the county.

  At this time, Shangguan Yongji's internal political talent was fully played out, with accurate foresight, understanding of the situation, and timely policy adjustments, which made Tianyuan Prefecture develop steadily, without causing imbalances between various industries. When money is needed, there is money; when grain is needed, there is grain. This provided the strongest support for Tang Yi's large-scale expansion of the army.

  Even the later Tang Yuan admitted that 70% of his achievements were due to Shangguan Wanjing, and without him, he could not have raised such a large and powerful army.

  The Ningguo army fought against the Feng army in Yancheng for three whole months, and it wasn't until then that Tang Yin was ready to send reinforcements.

  At this time, the Tianyuan County was fully staffed and had a total of 230,000 people. Among them, the strongest Plain Army accounted for 100,000, and the Sanshui Army, Chifeng Army each accounted for 50,000. The directly affiliated army had 30,000. Now Tang Yin's ambition is much greater than when he first became the county governor. He plans to lead his troops southward, assist Wang Ting, and defeat the Ning army in one fell swoop, gaining a higher position.

  For several days, the large army has been gradually moving south. Batch after batch of Tianyuan Army have been pouring out from various counties and gathering at Tianguan. Tang Yan and other generals led by Qiu Zhen also left Shunzhou and went to Tianguan.

  The Tianmen Pass was not small, but at this time, the army of over 200,000 gathered here still seemed narrow. Inside and outside the pass, there were barracks everywhere, and the Wind Army wearing black leather armor could be seen everywhere.

  Tang Yan also planned to stay in Tian Guan for a longer period, intending to leave 30,000 soldiers to guard the city and personally lead an army of 200,000 to Yancheng.

  On that day, he was discussing the route of march with Qiu Zhen and others in the camp when a soldier came to report outside, saying that Shunzhou had received a flying letter from Yancheng, which was specially sent for Tang Yin to review.

  Tang Yin was indeed strange, who in Yangcheng would send him a flying letter? Could it be the charming young lady Wu Mei? Calculating, he hadn't seen Wu Mei for a long time either. This trip to Yangcheng would definitely allow him to see her. When she saw that he had become the county governor and commanded an army of 200,000, what expression would she have on her face?

  Thinking of this, Tang Yin couldn't help but laugh and stretched out his hand saying: "Give me the letter!"

  "Yes! Sir!" The swift and nimble official from Xunzhou hastily stepped forward, respectfully handing the letter to Tang Yin.

  Tang Yin took it over and was greatly disappointed as soon as he saw the envelope, which was not written in Wu Mei's handwriting.

  As it was a flying letter, the envelope and letter paper were connected together, rolled into a ball, with wax seal on the outside, only the words "Tang's personal opening" were written on the outside of the letter paper.

  He took a fire stick from Shangguan Yuanwu, lit it and melted the wax seal, unfolded the letter paper, lowered his head to read carefully.

  The generals did not pay much attention to the content of the letter, and eight or nine out of ten letters from Yangcheng were urging reinforcements. They were still discussing which route was faster and more conducive to marching, but Qiu Zhen was the first to notice that Tang Yi's face had changed, and his hand holding the letter paper was also slightly trembling.

  Tang Yin rarely showed such a change, what's going on now? Did something big happen? Qiu Zhen furrowed his brow, stopped discussing with the other generals, and stared straight at Tang Yin.

  The crowd also sensed that something was wrong and stood up straight, staring at Tang Yin with wide eyes.

  After a long time, Tang Yin finally finished reading the not-so-long letter, then glanced at everyone, said nothing, and lowered his head again, silent.

  Seeing this, everyone was even more anxious, and Qiu Zhen couldn't help but ask: "Sir, what is the content of the letter?"

  Tang Yin did not answer, and with two fingers holding the letter paper, handed it over to Qiu Zhen.

  The latter hastily took over and after he read it from head to toe, he was also shocked, stunned on the spot, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

  What kind of letter is this, and why does everyone who reads it become stunned? The crowd gathered around Qiu Zhen, asking in unison: "Lord Qiu, what exactly happened?"

  Qiu Zhen came back to his senses, licked his lips and handed the letter over to the crowd.

  Everyone lowered their heads to take a closer look, and this letter was written by Deng Mingyang, one of the thousand household heads under Tang Yin when he was the commander of the battalion. This book is nothing, but the content of the letter is too shocking.

  The letter clearly stated that Zhong Tian, the General of Fengguo, colluded with the palace guards and ambushed the royal family, killing King Xianhua and Crown Prince Zhen. The entire city was slaughtered, and all members of the Xian clan were killed. He also captured Liang Xing, Wu Yu, and Zi Yang Haochun, the leaders of the royal court, and declared himself king, changing the country's name to Peng. He then sent envoys to negotiate with Ningguo, ceding two hundred miles of land west of Tongmen to Ningguo.

  "What?!" After reading this letter, all the generals were also stunned, each one shocked like a wooden chicken.

  After an unknown period of time, Bai Yong came back to his senses and stammered: "I... I have lost my country in a great wind?!"

  "What! This remark shocked everyone and immediately caused a commotion in the big tent."

  The king was killed, and Zhong Tian established himself as the new king, changing the national title to Peng. This news is truly shocking and unbelievable. So, from now on, there will be no more Feng country, but instead, it will be Peng country with Zhong Tian as its king?

  Qiu Zhen shook his somewhat muddled head, waved his hand at the crowd and said, "Quiet, everyone, don't be in a rush!" As he spoke, he grabbed the letter paper and asked Tang Yin, "Sir, do you think this letter is true or false?"

  Tang Yin raised his head and asked, "How can it be fake?" After a pause, he said, "This letter was written by Deng Mingyang. He has no reason to deceive me, and even if he had the courage of a giant, he wouldn't dare write such a big lie."

  "That's right! This news is probably true." After finishing speaking, Qiu Zhen's eyes quickly rolled around and then lit up, her face barely concealing her excitement, she hastily said to Tang Yin; "The opportunity for the master has finally arrived!"

  Tang Yan was stunned, and all the other generals were also stunned. Now that even the country had been lost, they couldn't understand what Qiu Zhen was still excited about.

  "What do you mean by that?"

  "Overthrow the rebels and take their place."

  Tang Yin heard this and his body shook slightly, he raised an eyebrow, looking at Qiu Zhen with suspicion. The crowd also turned to look at Qiu Zhen together.

  "Zong Tian murdered the king, a great rebellion against morality. Everyone will be outraged and want to punish him. You can take this opportunity, with Tianyuan County as the foundation, raise the flag of punishing the rebel, openly and uprightly recruit heroes from all over the world, wait for the right moment, and then launch a surprise attack on Yancheng, kill the traitor Zong Tian, and at that time, you will restore the title of King Feng, and naturally sit on the throne." Qiu Zhen said with a serious tone.

  "This... " Tang Yin was no simple-minded person. The king's throne was indeed tempting, but could things be as simple as Qiu Zhen said?

  He believed that Zhong Tian was not suddenly attacking, but had been planning for a long time, and even this invasion of Ningguo's army was agreed upon with him.

  Now, many things can be explained clearly.

  At the beginning, when Fengguo mobilized troops against Ningguo, there was a traitor in the royal court who informed Ningguo. That traitor was likely Zhong Tian, whose purpose was to weaken the military power of the nobles of Fengguo, and ultimately led to the downfall of the powerful Ziyang family. When Princess Yin Rou was assassinated by an assassin while on a mission to Fengguo, Zhong Tian attempted to continue the war between Fengguo and Ningguo in order to further deplete the military power of the royal court and nobles of Fengguo. Zhong Tian's guest invaded Heng City's Huafang Min, in order to control Fan Jue, as long as he gained the financial support of the Fan family, the country would be able to stabilize quickly after his usurpation. Zhong Tian proposed replacing the Tongmen general, resulting in the loss of Tongmen overnight, with an even more obvious purpose, which was to collude with Ningguo, deliberately luring the Ning army into the territory, in order to create an opportunity for his usurpation.

  Tang Yin felt that he had not yet arrived in this world, but Zhong Tian already had the intention of rebellion. This old fox has been hiding for many years, waiting for the opportunity to strike, and now he finally waited for the chance to destroy him.

  Taking a deep breath, Tang Yin knocked on his head which was still throbbing with pain and said slowly: "Things are not clear yet, it's too early to make any conclusions. Let's just observe the situation for now."

  Qiu Zhen wanted to speak again, but Tang Yin was already impatient and waved his hand, interrupting what he was about to say.

  Tang Yin was originally preparing to lead his troops south to assist Wang Ting and the Ning army in a decisive battle, but Deng Mingyang's letter completely disrupted his plans and deployment, and the 200,000-strong army ended up staying at Tianmen Pass, waiting for news from Yancheng.

  After several days, accurate news came back from Yancheng, everything was as Deng Mingyang said in his letter. Zhong Tian had rebelled and proclaimed himself Peng Wang, changing the national title to Peng. Moreover, Zhong Tian also sent edicts to various counties as Peng Wang, asking whether the county guards were loyal to him. As the county guard of Tianyuan County, Tang Yin naturally received Zhong Tian's edict as well.

  Another person's arrival made Tang Yin feel greatly surprised.