"Now we have two strategies for dealing with the Three Kingdoms plane."
"The first took the opportunity of "suppressing" the Yellow Turban Army to become a powerful force in Jizhou, and then went to Jizhou."
"As a large northern state, the gentry in Jizhou are not very powerful. Most of them are powerful. The only wealthy family should be the Yuan family. However, the Yuan family's main strength is now in Sili, and they don't care too much about Jizhou.
This gives us the opportunity to completely capture Jizhou."
"And the most important thing is that because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the political environment in Jizhou is very chaotic. Bandits are plundering everywhere. The Yellow Turban Army has been crippled, as well as the bandits and bandits who are doing evil everywhere under the banner of the Yellow Turban Army, causing chaos in various places.
The hero died and was wounded."
"This is the most suitable time to fish in troubled waters. If there is such a powerful Zhu family in Jizhou at this time, to maintain the rule and order of the Han Empire, "conquer" the Yellow Turban bandits, and stabilize the situation in Jizhou, they will definitely be able to get the local powerful people in Jizhou.
support and become famous all over the world."
In Fengtian Hall, Zhang Juzheng was talking.
This is the strategy plan that Ming came up with after a series of explorations into the Three Kingdoms planes.
This plan was made by the cabinet in half a month based on the information obtained by Jin Yiwei, and was approved by Zhu Yuanzhang.
The plan is actually very simple. As a wealthy family in Jizhou, join the powerful noble families, follow their rules and gameplay, and mobilize Ming Dynasty's huge manpower and material resources to defeat them.
The advantage of doing this is obvious, as it will not arouse the resentment and hostility of local powerful people.
At the same time, with the support of a big industrial country like Ming Dynasty and countless material aid, it will not touch the interests of many local powerful people in Jizhou. Even if they are willing to cooperate, everyone in Jizhou, from the noble families to the common people, can benefit from the Ming Dynasty.
Benefit from assistance.
It can be said that implementing this plan, taking over the entire Jizhou, and dividing and winning over all the powerful people in Jizhou is a sure thing. Whether they come softly or hard, Zhu Yuanzhang can handle it calmly, and there is no possibility of failure.
And it can also make you famous.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang will become a hero who suppresses the entire Jizhou Yellow Turban Army.
This may seem useless, but the current political ecology and gameplay in the late Han Dynasty are like this. Only with a reputation, aspiring civil servants and military officials from all over the world will flock to it and use it for their own purposes.
In the future, including Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian, they will all earn their first pot of gold in this way and use this to gain momentum.
In fact, the three of them all came from powerful backgrounds. After Cao Cao became a eunuch, Sun Jian was originally just a minor official. He gained a serious official position by virtue of his bravery and meritorious service in quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Liu Bei was even worse. Although he was a member of the royal family, his family had already fallen into decline. He also gained the capital for promotion during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
It can be said that if you want to conquer the entire Three Kingdoms plane while minimizing casualties, you can only play this way.
After all, the current situation in the late Han Dynasty is that aristocratic families are very powerful. They monopolize knowledge and land. Most of the truly capable civil servants and military generals come from aristocratic families. This is a fact that has to be admitted.
If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to win over the civil servants and generals of the Three Kingdoms, he could not stand on their opposite side. He could not directly destroy all the wealthy families like he did in the late Qing Dynasty.
The price paid would be too high.
However, the so-called powerful status is also temporary, just to make those nobles lose their vigilance. What he wants is Jizhou, a base area that he can fully control.
Then, on this base land, he will display his political policies and ideas, so that everyone in the world can take a good look at what the Three Kingdoms will look like under the governance of the Ming Dynasty.
this point is very important.
Because after his investigation, he found that the current Three Kingdoms plane is actually an era of extremely intense ideological collision, and many knowledgeable people are thinking about the future of the Han Dynasty.
The nobles are not all idiots who only care about their family. Many people are also actively making suggestions for the future of the Han Dynasty.
It's just that in the original history, all attempts ended in failure, and it was the conservatives among the gentry who finally gained the upper hand.
What Zhu Yuanzhang had to do was to provide them with another feasible development direction.
Zhu Yuanzhang also believed that those like-minded people who were willing to think about the people would eventually unite under his command.
"Your Majesty, do you want us to act as rebels from a wealthy family in the future?" After Zhang Juzheng's explanation, Zhang Jiao quickly understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant and couldn't help but ask.
If I hadn't heard Zhu Yuanzhang's proposal before coming to the Ming Dynasty, not to mention Zhang Jiao, the rest of Zhang Liang and others would have exploded.
The reason why they rebelled was because under the rule of the Han Empire, they had no hope of promotion. At the same time, they also believed that the princes and generals would have the right to call Ning Ning!
How could he be a powerful lackey?
But now that they have a big backer like Daming, their ideas will naturally change.
Because what they have struggled for all their lives can be easily obtained in Ming Dynasty.
They are already military attachés of the Ming Dynasty and have access to promotion channels. They may even be granted the title of marquis or general in the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Naturally, no matter what identity Zhu Yuanzhang lets them return to the Three Kingdoms, they will have no complaints.
"That's right!"
"The identity of the Yellow Turban Army has been ruined. The nobles and powerful people in the world have joined forces to suppress them. Using this identity again will not do us much good. On the contrary, we will be subject to great pressure and malice for no reason."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Jiao and others and smiled: "If we continue to serve as the Yellow Turban Army, we will be thankless."
"But as long as we change our identities, we can immediately escape from the embarrassing situation."
"Besides, haven't you already gathered the elite and cronies of the Yellow Turban Army back?"
"The Yellow Turbans who are still active outside are either bandits and bandits who have taken advantage of the situation, or they are uncontrolled rioters. At least the remaining so-called Yellow Turbans in Jizhou should have little to do with you, right?
"
Zhang Jiao and others looked at each other after hearing this and nodded.
Indeed, although they claim to be hundreds of thousands of people, those people are actually just a united uprising. If we really count them, like the Red Turban Army in the late Yuan Dynasty, they are divided into several commanders who do not interfere with each other.
Zhang Jiao, a great sage and mentor, was only a nominal leader like King Xiao Ming in the early Ming Dynasty.
"In that case, there is nothing to hesitate about."
"As long as we can make great contributions in suppressing the Yellow Turban uprising in Jizhou, we may be rewarded by the court, and we may even get an official position!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile on his face.
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhang Jiao and others suddenly had strange expressions on their faces.
They themselves are the Yellow Turban Army, but now they want to suppress the Yellow Turban Army in order to seek official positions in the imperial court. This sounds a bit magical.
But now that Zhu Yuanzhang said this, it seems that this is not impossible!
Zhang Jiao was also a little shaken, because he realized that doing so might really have the possibility of revitalizing the stagnant Yellow Turban Army.
After all, they are no longer fighting alone, the Ming Army is standing behind them!
To be honest, the Yellow Turban Army was his hard work, and he didn't want to see the Yellow Turban Army wiped out by the imperial court.
If Zhu Yuanzhang's method could be used to preserve the elite of the Yellow Turban Army, even though it would be preserved in another identity, it would be enough to satisfy Zhang Jiao.
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
A piece of news began to spread throughout Jizhou.
Because Zhu Biao, a righteous man from Pingxiang, Julu County, Jizhou, could not bear the harassment of the Yellow Turban Army, he united eight nearby heroes and spent all his wealth to recruit 2,000 rebels to fight against the Yellow Turban Army. After seven battles and seven victories, he completely wiped out the entire Julu Yellow Turban Army.
As soon as the news came out, it spread quickly throughout Jizhou. In just half a month, officials and powerful officials from all over Jizhou, and even the governors of several counties sent their clan members to Pingxiang to meet Zhu Biao.
I want him to lead the army to continue to wipe out the Yellow Turban rebellion in Jizhou.
For this reason, heroes and officials from all over the country expressed their willingness to provide part of the food and grass support for Zhu Biao, and were even willing to recommend Zhu Biao as a filial and honest person to the court in exchange for Zhu Jiajun's departure.
"See it!"
"This is the weakness of the gentry class. They did not dare to confront the Yellow Turban Army head-on. When they saw that we were capable of fighting the Yellow Turban Army and maintaining local order, they immediately sent us property and food."
"But they can't see that the knife we hold in our hands can also kill them!" After Zhu Biao once again sent away a wave of family members who came to lobby, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was watching the whole process, sighed and said to Zhu Biao
.
"Then Father, what should we do next?"
"Should we agree to their request and expand our power from Julu County?" Zhu Biao asked.
"Just leave the affairs of Jizhou to us. It's just Jizhou. It's easy to win. You don't need to worry about it."
"Biao'er...!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he stood up and patted Zhu Biao's shoulder and said: "If dad wants you to compete with the world's heroes, do you dare to go?"
"What do you mean, father?" Zhu Biao's eyes lit up, and he vaguely understood what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted him to do.
"There are only two of us here, so we won't beat around the bush. The Three Kingdoms are very important to us because the upper limit of civil servants and generals here is extremely high. These people will definitely occupy a place in the future Ming Empire. If you can make them completely
If I convince you, your position as Emperor of the Ming Empire will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai in the future."
"So we want you, like Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others, to take this campaign against the Yellow Turban Army as an opportunity to officially become an officer of the Han Empire, and to represent the Ming Empire as a prince in the future."
"Although we don't have the dazzling family background of four generations and three princes in the Han Dynasty like the Yuan family, but you have the support of the entire Ming Empire behind you. We believe that you will not be weaker than those heroes." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly.
"Father, you still have a lot to live for!"
"I never thought about becoming an emperor!" Zhu Biao said with a grin.
He told the truth, being an emperor is too tiring.
It's very good now. Being a prince, with Lao Zhu at the top controlling the general direction, and Zhu Xiongying at the bottom handling complicated government affairs, it couldn't be more comfortable for him.
He wished that Lao Zhu could live a long life!
And this is not impossible to achieve. The current imperial dragon energy has the effect of prolonging life. According to Zhu Biao's speculation, there is no problem for Lao Zhu to live another hundred years.
But Zhu Biao soon realized something was wrong, because Lao Zhu looked at him with increasingly unfriendly eyes, and the hand patting his shoulders began to gradually become stronger.
This made Zhu Biao smart and quickly changed his words: "But I am willing to do this. I will fight on the battlefield and meet the heroes of the world. Father, don't worry, I will definitely not be worse than anyone else!"
"good!"
"This is our Zhu Yuanzhang's son!"
"What do you mean by lying down and enjoying yourself like you did before?"
"A good man should fight in all directions." Zhu Yuanzhang grinned with satisfaction after hearing Zhu Biao's assurance.
Zhu Biao couldn't help but grin when he heard this.
Before, he just mentioned it and lied down, so Lao Zhu had remembered it.
"We have prepared three thousand elites for you, and also asked Mu Ying, Lan Yu, Zhang Jiao and Ma Yuanyi to come with you in disguise."
"They are all ready. Let's go now!" Zhu Yuanzhang had a resolute character. Now that he had made a decision, he immediately started urging Zhu Biao with a wave of his hand.
Zhu Biao: “……!”
Two hours later, Zhu Biao led 3,000 troops and horses and left Julu County.
According to Jin Yiwei's information, the closest place to Julu County is Huangpu Song, and they are going to join Huangpu Song.
"Your Majesty is actually willing to let His Highness be implicated. I really didn't expect this!"
During the march, Lan Yu couldn't help but said.
"I think this is good!"
"The dangers will only increase in the future. Your Highness will have to face them sooner or later. It's better to face them at the headquarters sooner rather than later."
"What's more, we still have our protection!" Mu Ying also arrived.
Zhu Biao couldn't help grinning after hearing this.
He felt that the two commanders of the special operations battalion seemed to have forgotten his combat effectiveness.
It seems that the number one position on the Martial Saint Tower list is still firmly occupied by him!
I dare not say that his military power is the best in the world, but in the entire Ming Dynasty, including the current Three Kingdoms plane, there may be people who can defeat him, but I am afraid there is really no one who can kill him.
Even he himself doesn’t know how many trump cards he has!
Otherwise, how could Zhu Yuanzhang rest assured that His Highness, the Crown Prince of the Ming Empire, would be implicated?
The marching speed of the people was not very fast, and they only traveled more than fifty miles in one day and one night.
That evening, near the border of Changshan County, Zhu Biao was about to give the order to set up camp.
A man riding a white horse and leading hundreds of people suddenly galloped from a distance and happened to bump into Zhu Biao's men and horses.
"Be alert!" Lan Yu, who was in charge of peripheral security, immediately reminded everyone, and soon three thousand well-trained elites quickly formed a battle formation and were ready.
"May I ask who is the person opposite?"
"I'm Zhao Zilong from Changshan. I wonder why your army entered our Changshan?" At this moment, a high-pitched voice suddenly came from afar.