"Isn't this a bit too whimsical? These natives have always been xenophobic, and they have never trusted us Han people. The whole Tianqi has repeatedly caused chaos, and there will be trouble every now and then."
"And precisely because the court dealt with it with appeasement every time, it made these natives think that the court was weak and could be bullied, and their arrogance became more and more arrogant."
"What's more, there are still thieves fanning the flames. How can these natives be easily persuaded to give up causing rebellion?"
Tang Hao shook his head slowly. He was not very optimistic about Chen Ping's proposal to persuade the natives. He pointed out the key to the problem very realistically.
"Unless we can offer more money than the thieves, we can't convince the natives. Even so, the natives are capricious and may take advantage and then rob. Wouldn't it be like a meat bun beating a dog?"
No return?"
Yang Anguo also nodded and agreed with what Tang Hao said: "This matter is different from making a fuss in the examination room. It involves interests and intrigues that cannot be explained clearly in a few words."
"You have a bright future, why do you have to put yourself in the danger of Lingzhou?"
Chen Ping was silent, and after a long time he raised his head, his eyes clear and firm.
"There are nearly ten million people living in Lingzhou. I am not afraid of your jokes when I tell you. I have always had a long-cherished wish. When I embarked on the road to the imperial examination, I was determined to help the people of the world."
"Now that Lingzhou is about to overthrow, I can risk my life to escape, but can the people of Lingzhou escape?"
Chen Ping bowed his hands. Lingzhou is adjacent to Qianzhou. If Lingzhou is plundered by the natives, Qianzhou next door will inevitably be affected. The influx of displaced refugees into Qianzhou is a small thing, but the chaos spreading to Lingzhou is a big deal!<
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"What I do to save Lingzhou is actually to save the world!"
Chen Ping's seemingly arrogant words did not seem inappropriate to anyone present, because judging from the current situation, if the crisis in Lingzhou is not properly handled, it will indeed become a trigger for his reputation.
Tang Hao, Yang Anguo, Zhao Jin, Nangong Ming, which one is not a hero among people? But Chen Pingguang saw that it was useless. They all knew that the situation was critical, and that was why they wanted Chen Ping, a young talent with unlimited future, to leave.
Here.
As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.
Yang Anguo still frowned, seeming to be thinking about what to say to make Chen Ping give up, while Tang Hao smiled and raised his head at Chen Ping.
"Okay, tell me what you think."
Chen Ping smiled and nodded. Tang Hao was right. He was really sure about how to appease Lingzhou Chieftain.
It’s just that we need to rely on the help of some people. It just so happens that Chen Ping is a person who has a wide range of friends. After passing the Huiyuan exam, he can be considered a bit thin.
However, it takes time to move people. Before that, he must stabilize the local people.
After telling everyone his thoughts, Zhao Jin immediately said that he would go. The reason was that Jiulong Hall was a small family business. At worst, he would use Jiulong Hall as a bargaining chip to make deals with the natives, so he would have to delay some time anyway.
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Chen Ping politely declined Zhao Jin's kindness. Jiulong Hall was entrusted to him by Cao Lei. Although Zhao Jin is now taking over, he still needs to be responsible for Jiulong Hall.
"I'll go. If the chieftain doesn't agree, I'll kill him with one blow."
Nangong Ming sat holding a knife in his hand, and everyone fell silent after he suddenly spoke. Chen Ping smiled awkwardly, Brother, we are here to appease each other, not to kill anyone.
"Brother Nangong, although one person is strong, he cannot defeat thousands of troops. Killing the chieftain will anger these natives."
Chen Ping said helplessly, then looked at Tang Hao and Yang Anguo: "Master Tang and Master Yang need to be in charge of the center. After much deliberation, only this boy is the most suitable person to go."
"You kid, I'm afraid I didn't want you to do it from the beginning!" Tang Hao smiled and cursed, pointing at Chen Ping, breaking his disguise.
"Master Tang, it's pointless to say it out loud. I still need two adults to publish the news and put up notices, saying that there may be a large number of bandits looting the place. This can be regarded as putting some pressure on the other party."
After finalizing the plan, Chen Ping began to discuss the details with everyone. He did not believe that the natives were really stupid, because when he looked through the files, Chen Ping saw the reasons for the various rebellions of the natives.
The rebellion in the second year of Tianqi was due to the disaster in Lingzhou. The imperial court only reduced taxes and provided food relief to the Han people, while ignoring the native people.
The rebellion in the sixth year of Tianqi was because Dali threatened the chieftain of Lingzhou with force. The chieftain of Lingzhou had reported to the court many times before, but they were not taken seriously.
The rebellion in the eleventh year of Tianqi was caused by the then magistrate of Lingzhou recruiting native soldiers to go to Daozhou to quell the rebellion. He was only given a small amount of pay, and there was a lot of corporal punishment and discrimination against the native soldiers on the way.
Taking a closer look, all the rebellions caused by the Lingzhou natives during the Tianqi Dynasty had their own reasons.
Normally, the natives and the Han people are mostly at odds with each other, and they also shoulder the important task of defending the border against the invasion of the Dali Kingdom in the southwest.
In the final analysis, the many chieftains between Dayu and Dali have no choice, they are just making their own decisions.
Two days later, when notices mentioning the possible presence of bandits appeared in the counties under Lingzhou, the people panicked briefly and then began intensive preparations.
Anyone who has lived in Lingzhou for eight or ten years has some experience with this. The people in the city have bought grain for storage, while some people outside the city have moved to the gentry compound, and some have built buildings around the village.
Digging earth walls and digging trenches, in short, the more people there are, the more stable it will be.
In the government, Yang Anguo and Tang Hao were not idle. Tang Hao took the lead in recruiting the brave men of Lingzhou as temporary rural soldiers, and handed them over to Tang Hao's soldiers for emergency training. Because time was tight, as long as they could stabilize
Stay in formation and don't be frightened and run away when you encounter an enemy.
However, even such a request is not so easy to achieve. Fortunately, there are two to three thousand rural soldiers recruited by Lin Lin, and walking around outside the city every day can reassure the people, which is enough.
As for Chen Ping, he took the letters from Yang Anguo and Tang Hao to the native territory southwest of Lingzhou.
There were not many people accompanying him. Apart from Luo Li, there were only Liu Geng and about ten others accompanying him.
Although he had learned that the natives were going to cause trouble, the other party had not yet made trouble, so Chen Ping still left some room for maneuver. For example, the notice mentioned was not the natives, but bandits.
The first is to make the chieftains in Lingzhou look better, the second is to avoid excessive panic among the people, and it is also to prevent the chieftains from ending up easily if they are not in chaos.
At the same time, Chen Ping also asked Yang Anguo to send messages to the twenty-six chieftains in the southwest of Lingzhou before he set off, mostly about not listening to the thieves' deceptive words and committing rebellion.
As for whether it had any effect, Chen Ping didn't know. On the way, Chen Ping asked Luo Li: "Brother Luo, I heard that the natives in the southwest are good at using swords and shields, and are very capable of catching and killing opponents in close combat."
"The total number of men and horses in the hands of these chieftains is probably more than ten thousand. If the other party really turns against you, I will escape death."
Luo Li didn't care about this. He seemed to be very indifferent to life and death and said slowly.
"I remember it was written in an ancient book that when a common man is angry, his blood will be splashed five steps forward. I guess there are not many officials in the world who are not afraid of death. Chieftains are also human beings."
Chen Ping laughed loudly after hearing this, "Brother Luo said it well, chieftains are also human beings, and they have never had three heads and six arms. Those who don't know better think that I am going to break into some dragon's pond and tiger's den. What's more, Youdao is the envoy who will not be killed when the two armies are fighting."
, Brother Luo said this, I feel more at ease."
Luo Li was a little surprised when he heard this, and saw Chen Ping laughing heartily, raising his hands and feet, and his aura was completely different from that of an ordinary scholar, just like a knight.
When Chen Ping became interested, he immediately rode on his horse and started chanting poems.
"I go into the mountains and forests lightly, I don't know the rise and fall. I sit and watch the morning and evening end, and the Milky Way rises again..."