In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
It was now early September 187.
In the end, history had changed.
Perhaps it was because Ma Yuanyi and the others had suddenly exploded in Luoyang that the Spirit Monarch was frightened.
In short, the Spirit Emperor, who should have died in May 189 AD, was about to die in advance.
A few days ago, Lin Feng received a report from the Embroidered Uniform Guards in Luoyang. He knew that the Spirit Monarch was already terminally ill and didn't have long to live.
Lin Feng felt excitement in his heart when he heard this. After all, he had already waited for over three years. If it wasn't for Lin Feng's patience, he probably wouldn't have been able to endure it and would have continued to stir up trouble.
That's right, he was going to continue causing trouble. This was because Lin Feng had already caused a lot of trouble during these three years.
This was the cause.
During these three years, the news of Lin Feng unifying the entire Western Regions finally spread out. However, only a few people knew about it.
The general area was still the Qiang people in the Liangzhou area and the Xiongnu area in the north.
The imperial court of Luoyang did not pay much attention when they first found out. After all, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court had completely lost control of the Western Regions. Therefore, no matter who unified the Western Regions, it had little to do with them.
In addition, the Imperial Court also didn't have much interest in this desolate region of the Western Regions. Hence, they naturally didn't take Lin Feng seriously.
But not long after, the Qianghu soldiers actually sent troops to the Jade Gate Pass to provoke Lin Feng's Iron Eagle soldiers stationed there.
The result was obvious. The Western Qiang soldiers who had come to provoke them were completely annihilated. After this matter was transmitted back to Lin Feng, he was extremely furious.
Good heavens, I haven't even gone to find trouble with you, but you're here to find trouble with me?
Lin Feng instantly felt that he couldn't tolerate this. In addition, Xiqiang was one of the main culprits who would cause chaos in the future. As a Han, Lin Feng naturally hated him to the core.
Hence, with the principle of revenge and eliminating the roots, Lin Feng immediately sent Yue Fei as the commander, leading 200,000 Yue Clan troops and 30,000 Bei Wei troops. With Li Cunxiao as the vanguard, he also sent 100,000 official cavalry.
A total of 330,000 troops marched out of Jade Gate Pass and wiped out the Xiqiang tribe.
That's right, they were exterminated. After all, the Xiqiang only had a total population of 200,000 people and only 80,000 soldiers. In front of Lin Feng's army, they simply couldn't withstand a single blow.
After this incident, the Eastern Han imperial court was shocked.
After all, they had sent out 330,000 troops at once, of which 200,000 were cavalrymen (the Yue Clan Army was made up of 70,000 cavalrymen and 130,000 infantrymen). Just because Xiqiang had provoked them, they had wiped out their entire clan.
The extremely powerful military might that Lin Feng displayed in this battle directly caused the imperial court of Luoyang to change their view of him.
Hence, the imperial court of Luoyang sent people to express their goodwill to Lin Feng. Spirit Emperor Liu Hong even thought that he wanted to use the name of the Great Han Dynasty's emperor to acknowledge Lin Feng's title as the Western Liang King.
Lin Feng didn't stand on ceremony and directly rejected. He even said," This king isn't Liu Hong's subordinate. This king's name doesn't need to be acknowledged by anyone.”
When these words were spread, the Spirit Monarch was furious. Naturally, the Imperial Court of Luoyang could only be furious. They didn't dare to offend Lin Feng in the slightest.
Even the three prefectures of Dunhuang, Zhangye, and Jiuquan, which originally belonged to the Eastern Han Dynasty, did not dare to ask for them.
Lin Feng naturally didn't stand on ceremony and directly took these three counties as his own.
As for the Xiongnu in the north, after hearing about the fate of the Xiqiang, they immediately came to pay tribute. (The Xiongnu here referred to the North Xiongnu, and the South Xiongnu was located in the north of Bingzhou.)
After exterminating the Xiqiang and surrendering to the Xiongnu, Lin Feng obtained quite a bit of wealth.
During these years, Lin Feng's daily check-in and annual taxes (Lin Feng's taxes didn't collect grain, he only collected money. After all, with the number one granary in the world, Lin Feng's army didn't lack grain at all. Hence, there was no need to collect grain), as well as the property of some tyrants that were confiscated, all of these brought Lin Feng a considerable income.
Amongst them, the system's sign-in function contributed the most. In these three years, Lin Feng had earned 600,000 gold just by signing in for three years. In addition to the daily and monthly sign-ins, occasionally, he would also receive 100,000 gold from the lucky charm.
Hence, Lin Feng obtained a total of 2.2 million gold from the system.
In addition to the three years of taxes and the confiscated assets, Lin Feng had also received 2.1 million gold.
After destroying the Western Qiang and the Northern Xiongnu, Lin Feng obtained another 850,000 gold.
In addition to the 650,000 gold he originally had, Lin Feng's wealth had reached 5,800,000 gold at his peak.
Naturally, Lin Feng wasn't a miser. He definitely wouldn't be unwilling to spend the money that he needed.
Firstly, Lin Feng spent one million gold to exchange for 10 million people in the population system. Among them, five million were male and five million were female. (Don't doubt the ability of the world's number one granary with ten Jizhou's output to support the people. One Jizhou can support more than six million people. So what if ten Jizhou can support 20,000 people? Is there something wrong with it?
In addition, in these three years, Lin Feng abolished the head tax and changed it to a household registration tax. At the same time, he encouraged childbirth.
Due to the country's policies and the inexhaustible supply of food and grass, the people did not have to worry about not being able to raise children at all. Therefore, the birth tide had also arrived.
Lin Feng originally had a population of over eight million, of which four million were males and three million were females.
In addition, Lin Feng advocated monogamy under his rule.(Naturally, he only advocated it. After all, this was ancient times. Anyone who understood it would understand.) If he really wanted to force it, wouldn't Lin Feng have to follow it as well? Could he still be called a transmigrator?？）
Therefore, there were more than three million families under Lin Feng's rule. Under Lin Feng's policy of encouraging childbirth, on average, every family had at least one child in these three years. Therefore, the number of newborns under Lin Feng's rule reached an astonishing four million in these three years.
As for the high mortality rate of childbirth in ancient times, the system had to be mentioned here. Among the eight million people, seven million were the system's population. They were all extremely healthy young adults, so there was almost no premature death. (System yyds!)
After exchanging for 10 million people, Lin Feng exchanged for 600,000 infantrymen, 200,000 archers, and 200,000 cavalry (all regular soldiers). He spent a total of 3.2 million gold.
As for why Lin Feng didn't exchange for elite soldiers, it was because he discovered that Yue Fei could completely rely on his terrifying training ability to train ordinary soldiers to the level of elite soldiers.
For example, the 200,000 Yue Family soldiers that Yue Fei trained were all elite soldiers of the system. As for the Wei Army, which was one of the top five military units in China's history, it surpassed the system's elite soldiers and could not be exchanged through the system's population function.
Since this was the case, why did Lin Feng still want to be a sucker? Spending so much money to exchange for soldiers and horses that could be obtained through training was considered an act of NT.
If it wasn't for the fact that Yue Fei needed a long time to train his soldiers, Lin Feng wouldn't even want to exchange for regular soldiers.
Hence, the current Lin Feng still had 1,600,000 gold and a million soldiers. This was the time for him to display his strength.
At this moment, the news of the Spirit Emperor Liu Hong's impending death drifted over. Lin Feng couldn't afford to be unhappy.
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