Chapter 218 Zhang Xianggong, who was sanctified on the spot
"Prime Minister Zhang, the total money Sun Canjun borrowed from Chen Di exceeds 80,000 taels of silver. Even if we can buy this Miao soldiers, I'm afraid they will be a rabble that cannot be used, right?" Liu Bowen was worried. He now stood firmly.
After Zhang Ximeng died, he naturally did not want Zhang Ximeng to make any mistakes. Even if it was done by Sun Yan, Zhang Ximeng would be implicated.
"Mr. Bowen, you just said the two most crucial words... Miao Bing!"
"Miao soldiers!" Liu Bowen muttered: "Prime Minister Zhang is saying that they are barbaric and only care about money?"
"No!" Zhang Ximeng waved his hand, "The matter of the Miao people is very complicated and cannot be judged purely on the basis of their barbaric nature... But they are indeed different from the Han people. If they want to win the hearts and minds of the people simply by announcing the equal share of land... this method is afraid
Either it won’t work, or we need to be more careful.”
Liu Bowen couldn't help but take a breath and fell into thought.
This Yang Tongguan has a descendant named Yang Yinglong.
That's right, it was the one who started the Bozhou rebellion. In order to deal with the Yang family in Bozhou, Wanli mobilized troops from several provinces and spent millions of taels of military expenses before finally solving it.
This matter involves the very complicated Southwest region.
If you briefly review the history, you will find that the first developed areas were the Central Plains and Guanzhong, followed by Bashu, Jiangnan, Jinghu, Lingnan... This happened piece by piece.
The southwest region has complex terrain and difficult development, so it is very late in the sequence...
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty started the chapter of developing the southwest, but due to the establishment of the Nanzhao Kingdom, this process ended. Then Nanzhao became Dali, and the Central Plains also entered the Zhao and Song Dynasties.
After Zhao Kuangyin pacified Shu, he actually gave up his plan to march into Dali and encircled the land.
Until the Yuan Dynasty, although Yunnan was conquered and Yunnan Province was established, under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the southwest region still belonged to the outside world.
In fact, if you look carefully, Yunnan’s history as a province is not very long.
After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he sent Mu Ying to march into Yunnan and guard it hereditary. After more than two hundred years of painstaking efforts, Yunnan was finally included in the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty.
In the following hundreds of years, the southwest region has always been a solid rear area, the third line, resisting foreign invasion, defending the country, preserving the industrial system, and making great contributions to the continuation of the entire nation.
After careful calculation, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who left behind this legacy, and the specific executor was Mu Ying!
By the way, in the Yuan Dynasty, the province of Guizhou did not exist, but the chieftains were used to govern the place. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Guizhou Chief Envoy was established to continuously eliminate the influence of the chieftains. You must know that changing the native land and returning it to the locals is not that way.
An imperial edict is enough.
In fact, as early as the Ming Dynasty, there were very few chieftains left who were truly powerful and well-established and could compete with the imperial court.
"Xiang Zhang, do you mean that the Miao people can only be bought with gold and silver?"
"No!"
Zhang Ximeng waved his hand flatly, "I don't think so... No matter who is in his right mind, he longs for a piece of land and hopes to have the capital to live and settle down... This is human nature! It will not change no matter what. It's complicated over the toast.
What's more, there are tribal clans and a harsh slavery system, and due to long-term conflicts, it is very xenophobic and full of hostility. Even if we come up with a good strategy and announce the equal division of land, the upper class will definitely oppose it, and the people at the bottom will not
They will believe it, and they will only think that we are hiding evil intentions and cannot really be good to them!"
When Liu Bowen heard this, he couldn't help but nod his head again and again, "Zhang Xiangsi is thoughtful and thoughtful. It really makes me fall in love!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled lightly. In fact, what he said is all basic common sense for future generations of college students who have some investigative experience. But even if it is common sense, in this era, it is the most advanced working method and is a dimensionality reduction attack.
"Mr. Bowen, I heard that when you were a local magistrate, you traveled to the countryside to understand the people's conditions. Is this true?"
Liu Bowen smiled bitterly, "I did visit the people, but I mainly visited local wealthy households, asked if they had any grievances, and helped the people redress their grievances... It's shallow, very shallow!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled calmly and said, "Mr. Bowen, if one day you can rule the world, would you be willing to travel to the southwest, visit the chieftains, communicate with the local people, and explain the court's policies?"
"This...I am willing!"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Mr. Bowen, you need to know one thing. The places we have walked, the mountains and rivers we have stepped on, and every common people we have talked to have only been there in person. This is our land.
Only the people will truly support us. After the Han and Tang Dynasties, our Han family’s world became smaller and smaller, and the Han people’s vision became narrower and narrower... Poets in the Tang Dynasty could write frontier poems in Liangzhou, Dunhuang, and Yumen
.In the Southern Song Dynasty, you could only comb your hair in Dashanguan and imitate Kyoto style."
"Mr. Bowen, if you are familiar with classics and history, you will naturally know that after the defeat of Yashan, the climate of the Central Plains has become worse than before. If we cannot expel the Huru and restore China, in a few hundred years, I really don't know who will be in this world.
Man’s world?”
When Liu Bowen heard this, he couldn't help but stood up. He looked at Zhang Ximeng in a daze, and he felt that light was gushing out from him, and he looked like he was becoming a saint!
"Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Central Plains has been adhering to co-ruling the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. This road has been broken by the Zhao and Song Dynasties. The scholars were unable to help the country and save the country from danger. As a result, the Central Plains fell and the Mongols occupied China. Now, the world's
The people couldn't bear the tyranny and fought back. In the land of Huaihei and Huaihe Rivers, on both sides of the Yellow River, and in the north and south of the Yangtze River, countless people rose up and raised the flag of uprising. It was the time to expel the barbarians and rebuild China. And this time to rebuild China, will the king and the emperor still have to go through it?
How can the scholar-officials jointly rule the world? The scholar-officials have already failed once, will they fail even more miserably? At that time, where will the Chinese people go?"
Liu Bowen was trembling all over. He seemed to have realized something and couldn't help but blurt out, "Prime Minister Zhang, this is what you said about dividing the land equally and rescuing the people, but you still have to expel the barbarians and restore China, right?"
Zhang Ximeng nodded with a smile, "Mr. Bowen is really keen. A few scholars can no longer support the world. We must mobilize the people and use the power of billions of people to defend China and make China prosperous... Since the King of Qin conquered Liuhe, the Han Dynasty has fought for the Xiongnu.
Lingnan, connected to the Western Regions, the Central Plains dynasty was flourishing, and the people of the Han family were high-spirited. We have traveled upwards for a thousand years, until after the Anshi Rebellion, the country's fortunes declined, getting worse day by day, and suffered hundreds of years of bad luck! If
We can seize the opportunity in front of us to expel the barbarians in one fell swoop, restore our fortunes, and at the same time bring the power of all people to push the Central Plains of China to a new level. What an undertaking!"
"Stop talking!"
Liu Bowen was trembling all over. He had fallen to the ground and was speechless. He was only left with a strong shock. His mind was rushing like a tide and it was hard to calm down!
What is a pattern?
What is height?
This is already standing on the roof of the world and singing loudly!
No matter what you say, all the great Confucian scholars and well-educated people seem as insignificant as ants in front of this grand theory, not worth mentioning.
At first, Zhang Ximeng discussed the defeat of the Yuan Dynasty with everyone and proposed a sixteen-character slogan, and then to worship Zongze, Song Lian composed the essay.
Liu Bowen felt that he had reached his limit and could not go higher.
Who knew that in just a few days, Zhang Ximeng would have a new job!
"Xiang Zhang, I, I want to write it down quickly for Brother Jing Lian and the others to take a look at!" Liu Bowen hurriedly found a pen, as if he was obsessed with it.
Zhang Ximeng stopped him with a smile.
"Mr. Bowen, this is just talk. It is still thousands of miles away from reality!"
Liu Bowen shook his head, "Otherwise! Everything depends on human effort. If Prime Minister Zhang can say it, it is enough to become a saint immediately. The only thing left is to continue to implement it."
Zhang Ximeng nodded and said: "Indeed! It's easier to say than to do... This is what I just said. I hope that when the world is unified, I can truly travel across the country to solve the chieftain problem and win the hearts of the people in the southwest!"
Liu Bowen didn't hesitate at all, and immediately said: "If I can still be alive at that time, I will definitely go to the southwest and leave these bones in the southwest. I will be willing to die without regrets!"
For Liu Bowen, he was not afraid of hard work, or even death... He was the kind of person who got rid of vulgar taste very early. He was unwilling to betray Yuan Ting because he could not pass the test of being a traitor.
Later, Zhang Ximeng opened up his mind with a higher level, and Liu Bowen devoted himself to serving Zhu Jiajun.
But this time, a longer-term picture was revealed, and Liu Bowen also had the urge to risk his life at all costs.
Of course, if you want to accomplish great things, in addition to having ambition, you also need to have wisdom and methods.
"Recruit these Miao soldiers, train and educate them... As long as they can accept our proposition and are willing to serve as our vanguard, we will have tens of thousands of warriors without hesitation in an instant. We can solve the problem of chieftains in Huguang, Yunnan and other places.
There’s a handhold.”
Liu Bowen nodded vigorously and said excitedly: "This is the secret of Prime Minister Zhang's acquiescence in Sun Yan's bribery of Yang Tongguan at all costs!"
Zhang Ximeng sighed lightly, "I am indeed afraid of missing this troop and this God-given opportunity. But people like Yang Tongguan will definitely not accept our proposal. After they surrender, we still have to focus on ordinary soldiers and take advantage of them."
A drop of water can penetrate a stone, and an iron pestle can be ground into a needle. Even a stone will heat me up!"
Liu Bowen put his hands on his hands and laughed, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, leave this matter to me and Brother Jing Lian. We will try our best to explain it clearly to them. There are still many scholars in the bachelor's college, and there are also scholars in the school... Let them
If you do it, I won’t graduate anyone who doesn’t want to do it!”
Liu Bowen used his ultimate move, and Zhang Ximeng couldn't help laughing.
It is indeed wonderful!
Just wait for the news from Sun Yan!
However, Zhang Ximeng and Liu Bowen didn't know that things that were clearly no longer suspense were actually complicated.
A decree sent from Yuan Ting was placed in front of Yang Tongguan.
Judging from the time, when the decree was issued, Zhuji had not even been conquered.
The Yuan Dynasty promoted Yang Tongguan to the rank of Youcheng and General of Hussars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. During the Great Yuan Dynasty, Youcheng was respected, and Youcheng was already higher than Shi Moyi Sun. He became the highest official of the Yuan Dynasty in Zhejiang Province.
Even in terms of authority, Zhang Shicheng had to be suppressed. Even though Zhang Shicheng had the rank of Grand Lieutenant, it didn't work.
Moreover, the Yuan Dynasty also gave Yang Tongguan the title of "Yang Wanzhe" on the grounds of "overcoming all loyalty", which probably means that he is the perfect man of the Yuan Dynasty in Zhejiang!
Yuan Ting's intentions were now clearly revealed.
They are trying to retain their last hope in Jiangnan. After all, this is the richest half of the country. Even if it is bound to be lost, Yuan Ting will still have to struggle!
Faced with the reward from Yuan Ting, Yang Tongguan...er, it was Yang Wanzhe!
He struggled unprecedentedly. Should he surrender to Zhu Yuanzhang or continue to serve Yuan Ting?
"General, to be honest, I have been in the Zhu Jiajun, and I know their habits. Even if they don't hesitate to spend a lot of money now, when they succeed, they will definitely rectify the Miao soldiers, even divide the land equally, and eradicate all the generals. Zhu Jiajun
They claim to be the soldiers of the poor. If others surrender to Zhu's army, they may become rich men. The general is afraid that he will be killed and he won't even be able to save his family fortune!"
Luo Guanzhong gave Yang Wanzhe a fatal blow at the critical moment!
"So, I can only fight with Zhu Jiajun!"
Yang Wanzhe thought about it again and again, and then said to Luo Guanzhong: "Immediately tell Captain Zhang that I will send troops to regain Zhuji, and ask him to send troops to capture Zhenjiang. Let's join hands and fight to the end for Zhu Yuanzhang!"
"good!"
Luo Guanzhong took a deep breath and said, "I'll write a letter right now!"
"Wait... tell Captain Zhang again that he has no food and ask him to send me 50,000 taels of silver... He won't refuse this little money, right?"
Luo Guanzhong was startled, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "I will try my best, and I must ask Captain Zhang to send it here!"
Luo Guanzhong took his leave. Yang Wanzhe thought about it over and over again, and finally made up his mind to call his uncle Yang Zhengren and others over to make arrangements for the battle.
Luo Guanzhong's letter was also delivered to Zhang Shicheng. After reading it, Zhang Shicheng breathed a sigh of relief and immediately called his brother Zhang Shide over.
"Tell me, is it easy to conquer Zhenjiang?"
Zhang Shicheng's face turned dark immediately, "Brother, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Geng Zaicheng to guard Zhenjiang. This man is mature and prudent and very difficult to deal with... But as long as brother has orders, I will take the lead and I will definitely take him down!"
Zhang Shicheng rolled his eyes and suddenly smiled, "Brother, you are very ambitious, but you don't have to work so hard... You lead the troops south, and when Yang Wanzhe sends his troops out of the city, take Hangzhou for me!"
"What? He, isn't he our ally?" Zhang Shide didn't understand his brother's thinking at all.
Zhang Shicheng sneered and said: "What kind of ally is he? Originally, I wanted to recruit him and let him charge into the battle for us. But he became angry and refused to give me this face. He even asked for Yuan Ting's reward and became a Zhejiang traveller.
You Cheng, the provincial governor, climbed on my head. Yuan Ting was also interesting and even named him the perfect one! Well, I will let him finish now!"
Zhang Shide was stunned for a moment, then immediately extended his thumb and said, "Best regards, brother!"