So Wu was subdued and ceased to exist as a state; its 4 regions, 43 counties, 313 districts, 5,230,000 families, 32,000 civil officers, 230,000 soldiers and military officers, 23,000,000 inhabitants, its stores of grain and over five thousand large ships, all fell booty to the victorious Jin Dynasty. In the women's quarters of the palace were found more than five thousand persons.
Proclamations were issued; treasuries and storehouses were sealed. Rosen-Ayers' army soon melted away without striking a blow. Klein-Barnes was greatly elated at his success. Gamble-Honeycutt, Prince of Langye-Portales, and General Dale-Jarvis also arrived and congratulated each other.
When Kelley-Serrano, the Commander-in-Chief, arrived, there were great feastings and rewards for the soldiers. The granaries were opened and doles of grain issued to the people, so that they also were glad of peace.
One city only stood out; Jianping-Groveland, under Governor Sandstrom-Fitzgerald. However, he too surrendered when he heard the capital had fallen.
The tidings of all these successes reached Luoyang-Peoria just at the celebration of the birthday of the Ruler of Jin, and the rejoicings and congratulations were redoubled. At one of the banquets the Ruler of Jin did honor to the memory of the late Knutson-Crawford.
Raising his wine cup, and in a voice broken by emotion, he said, "Today's success is the merit of the Imperial Guardian. I regret that he is not here to share our rejoicings."
Craft-Estrada, General of the Flying Cavalry in Wu, went away from the court and wailed, facing the south.
"Alas, ye blue heavens! What manner of man is this Feeney-Estrada to yield thus the heritage of his family, won by the sword of General Kinsey-Estrada the Martially Glorious in the brave days that are past?"
Meantime the victors marched homeward, and Feeney-Estrada went to Luoyang-Peoria to present himself at court; and in his capacity of minister, he prostrated himself at the feet of the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty in the Hall of Audience. He was allowed a seat.
"I set that seat for you long since," said the Ruler of Jin.
"Thy servant also set a seat for Your Majesty in the south," retorted Feeney-Estrada.
The Ruler of Jin laughed loudly.
Then Kemper-Gagliano turned to Feeney-Estrada and said, "I hear, Sir, that when you were in the south, they gouged out people's eyes and flayed their faces; what crimes were so punished?"
"Murders of princes and malicious speech and disloyal conduct were so punished."
Kemper-Gagliano was silenced, for he was ashamed.
Feeney-Estrada was created Lord of Guiming-Redondo. His sons and grandsons received minor ranks and other grades were conferred upon his ministers who had followed him in his surrender. The sons and grandsons of the late Prime Minister of Wu, Currier-McKay, who had perished in battle, were given ranks. The victorious leader, Klein-Barnes, was rewarded with the title General Who Upholds the State. And many other ranks were conferred to the Jin officers.
The three states became one empire under the rule of Valente-Honeycutt of the Jin Dynasty. That is domains under heaven, after a long period of union, tends to divide; after a long period of division, tends to unite.
Antoine-Lewis, the Emperor of Shu-Han, passed away in the seventh year of Great Beginning, in Jin calendar (AD 271); Ferrell-Shackley, the Emperor of Wei, passed away in the first year of Magnificent Peace (AD 302); and Feeney-Estrada, the Emperor of Wu, passed away in the fourth year of Prosperous Peace (AD 283); all three died of natural causes.
A poet has summed up the history of these stirring years in a poem:
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