What Ouyang Hui wrote in his secret letter was the exploitation and exploitation of the Dongchuan County copper mines by the powerful Dali ministers Gao and Yang, which ultimately led to the Dongchuan County miners being unable to bear the oppression and revolting.
The list of evil deeds is too numerous to describe.
When Luo Youdu saw this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. It can be said that these people died because of him.
The Dongchuan County Copper Mine is the largest copper mine group discovered in the world. It is known as the Copper Capital of Tiannan and is one of the oldest copper mines in China. It has been under development and mining from the Qin and Han Dynasties to later generations.
In this era when copper coins are the main currency, copper mines represent wealth.
When negotiating peace with Dali, Luo Youdu laid the groundwork for the future attack on Dali by targeting the copper mines in Dongchuan County.
He forcefully demanded Dongchuan County, but handed over the mining rights to Dali's two powerful ministers, the Gao family and the Yang family.
Luo Youdu accounted for 50%, and the Gao family and Yang family accounted for 25% of the total.
Luo Youdu took one part from his 50% and gave it to all the miners.
The problem lies in the 10% dividend.
The copper mine in Dongchuan County is so large that it is second only to the undiscovered Dexing Copper Mine in Jiangxi Province in the whole of China.
On such a large scale, 10% is already an immeasurable amount.
Before that, the copper mines in Dongchuan County were exclusively owned by the Gao family. As a powerful official of the Dali warlord, most of the people who mined the mines were Dali criminal slaves. Wherever wages were paid, they were not given enough food to eat, and they did not care whether they lived or died.
Luo Youdu waved his hand and directly gave 10% profit.
During that time, the ferocious place that used to be feared by people became a place that thousands of people yearned for to make a fortune, and many people wanted to become a glorious miner.
Afraid of Luo Youdu's power, the Gao family and the Yang family did not dare to make any small moves at first. At the beginning of each month, they honestly divided Luo Youdu's 50% profit into two parts, one sent to the official residence in Chengdu, and the other
Distributed to absentees in Dongchuan County.
But as the Dayu court focused its attention on the South China Sea, after the Khitan, the Gao family and the Yang family gradually couldn't stand the temptation, and slowly and gradually demanded 10% of the profits from the miners.
As time went by, they saw that the Yu court did not take them seriously, and Ouyang Hui, the governor of Jianchang, also turned a blind eye to the situation in Dongchuan County. He became more and more emboldened and dissatisfied.
He began to reach out to Luo Youdu's 40% profit.
It is true that the Gao family and the Yang family were hostile to each other, and the two of them worked together to contain each other. But in the face of interests, both parties tacitly understood each other and forged various false accounts.
Ouyang Hui remembered Luo Youdu's advice and secretly collected evidence of crime without interfering.
But before they could attack, the miners in Dongchuan County couldn't bear it. How could the miners who have already tried to live a prosperous life be willing to be exploited again? Resentment is like a spring. After the high pressure, what comes is the most intense
Backlash. The Gao family and the Yang family in Dali were worried that the matter would spread and eventually lead to the leakage of what they had been hiding from the superiors for many years, so they launched a bloody suppression of the revolting miners.
All those who participated in the rebellion were slaughtered
Such evil deeds, coupled with the evidence Ouyang Hui has collected over the years, are enough to mobilize an army to attack.
"Send an order to Cao Bin and ask him to go south today to conquer Dali." Road construction is the aspect that best reflects the performance of officials. In addition to the necessary dredging of river areas, most of the annual corvee work of the Dayu court was spent on road construction.
.
There is already a decent official road from Luoyang to Jiangling, and then to Shu via Wu Gorge.
Working hard, in less than ten days, the order was conveyed to Chengdu Prefecture.
As the most trusted general of the emperor today, Cao Bin knew his mission before entering Shu, which was to destroy Dali, stabilize southern Xinjiang, and plot against Tubo.
When the Dongchuan County Copper Mine Uprising broke out, Cao Bin was already aware of the approaching war machine and made certain arrangements.
At this moment, after receiving a clear order to go out, Cao Bin immediately considered the candidates for the vanguard. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "Call Li Jilong."
Li Jilong accidentally caused a big trouble in Bianjing, and Luo Youdu threw him to Shu to train with Cao Bin.
When I was in the Royal Camp Division,
Cao Bin, Pan Mei, and Li Chuyun had the best relationship. For Li Jilong's nephew, Cao Bin had to give a certain amount of care as an elder.
Li Jilong is the most outstanding among the three generations of generals, and his military potential is even more outstanding. Even compared to famous generals like Cao Bin and Brother Yelvxiu, they are only better. Such a good person, as long as you give him a pedal, he can achieve great success.
Soaring into the sky.
What's more, thanks to Cao Bin's special care, in just half a year, Li Jilong had already carved his own niche among the Bashu Army in the southwest.
The news about Dongchuan County reached Chengdu, and Li Jilong also realized that the opportunity to overthrow Dali was coming, so he found Cao Bin first and asked him to be the vanguard.
Although Cao Bin did not agree immediately, when it came time to mobilize manpower, the first thing that came to mind was undoubtedly Li Jilong, the son of an old friend with outstanding abilities.
In the military, strength speaks for itself, and someone with ability and background like Li Jilong is naturally favored.
"Jie Shuai!"
Li Jilong came to report with excitement.
Cao Bin did not exchange pleasantries, but said straight to the point: "You are the vanguard, how can you fight against Dali?"
Li Jilong had already made some deductions in his mind and said: "Destroy them one by one. If the last general is the vanguard, he should avoid the Yang family in Dali, take Sanfu (Lijiang) directly from Shenggongfu, and rush to Longshou Pass in one breath.
, fight with the Gao family of Dali here."
A trace of approval flashed in Cao Bin's eyes and he asked: "What's the reason?" Li Jilong said: "If we attack the Yang family, the Gao family will definitely come to rescue us. Even if we win by then, the loss will be huge. On the contrary, we ignore the existence of the Yang family.
, the Yang family will most likely not rescue them, make a fuss, or sit on the sidelines and stand still, or reluctantly rescue them and be alienated. We can defeat them one by one."
"good!"
Cao Bin couldn't help but admired: "Brother Zhengyuan has such a son, it is really enviable."
The royal family of Dali is named Duan, but the power in Dali is not Duan. It is in the hands of the Gao family and the Yang family respectively.
One of the two major families controls Yunnan, the capital of Dali, and the other controls Kunming, the prefecture of Shanchan. They divide Dali into two. They are as powerful as fire and water, and they both want to destroy each other.
There are three routes for Dayu to march south. One is to go to Huizhou and attack Yang's Shanchan Mansion. The other is the march route mentioned by Li Jilong, which can bypass Yang's territory and reach Dali, the gateway to Yunnan.
close.
As for the third road, it is a trail that crosses the Dadu River from Hanyuan in the north, goes south along the ancient Qingxi Road, passes through a thousand-mile valley, and reaches the bank of Lijiang.
When Cao Bin was in charge of Bashu, he recruited athletes from southern Xinjiang and trained an elite infantry group who were good at mountaineering and wading. However, Luo Youdu decided to use the Jinsha River as the boundary to control the Jinsha River Basin. There was no need to specially bypass Jinsha.
Jiang, let the army suffer that kind of hardship.
Whether to fight the Yang family or the Gao family became the first question to face.
The Yu Dynasty is powerful. Facing the army moving south, no matter how serious the conflict is between the Yang family and the Gao family in Dali, they will not sit idly by and ignore each other at this critical moment.
It is impossible for either the Yang family or the Gao family not to understand the principle of dying lips and cold teeth.
However, the internal composition of the Dali Gao family and the Dali Yang family are different.
The Gao family of Dali is an emerging aristocrat, a powerful man who rose up following Duan Siping's entrepreneurial journey.
However, the Yang family in Dali is the most common surname in the Bai area. A quarter of the Bai people are surnamed Yang, and they have been a prominent family in the Yunnan-Guizhou area for thousands of years.
There are pros and cons between the two.
The foundation of the emerging aristocracy is unstable, but its victory lies in unity and unity.
As for a long-established family like the Yang family, although they have many friends and brothers, their internal relationships are complicated, each has its own grievances and conflicts, and each has its own agenda. Although its strength is strong, it cannot be used in one place. This is why the Yang family in Dali is obviously more powerful on the outside.
Although he is strong, he has always been suppressed by the Gao family.
The Yang family could trust the Gao family's reinforcements, but it was impossible for the Gao family to trust the Yang family's reinforcements.
To defeat the Yang clan means to defeat the whole of Dali, otherwise it is just a Gao clan.
The twists and turns were part of Cao Bin's calculations, and he even bribed many people in the Yang Group to act as caretakers.
If Mrs. Gao trusts Mr. Yang heartlessly, the consequences will be even more tragic.
Li Ji
Long decided to advance the army, presumably because he saw through this, and it can also be seen that he put some effort into it.
Cao Bin did not hesitate at that moment and said: "The preparations are good, it depends on whether the skills in hand are strong enough. Your Majesty's order to send troops has been issued, and I have ordered you to be the vanguard. Once you are ready, go south immediately."
Li Jilong's eyes flashed and he loudly accepted the order.
Chengdu's troop deployment trend was not hidden from Dali. Regarding Dayu's southern expedition, neither Gao Fang nor Yang Jian had many surprises and behaved very calmly.
It wasn't because they were fearless, but because the two of them were fully prepared.
Before Cao Bin was transferred to Chengdu, the relationship between Dayu and Dali was extremely harmonious.
The main reason is trade. The Yunnan-Guizhou area is mountainous and forested, the roads are rugged and inconvenient, and the transportation of materials is difficult.
The Ancient Tea Horse Road is a trade route forged by local people in Yunnan and Guizhou with their blood and sweat. Dayu and Dali share the profits of the Yunnan-Tibet Road with Dali using the Jinsha River as their border. Peace between each other can bring about a win-win situation, and the exchanges are particularly frequent.
Until Cao Bin was transferred to Chengdu, the atmosphere suddenly became inconsistent. Gao Fang of Dali and Yang Jian of the Yang family were both old foxes, and they immediately realized that Cao Bin was transferred to Dali for them.
The two were originally at odds with each other, but after years of peaceful coexistence, they also found opportunities to talk.
Faced with such a terrifying existence as Dayu, Gao Fang and Yang Jian knew very well that if they cooperated, they would have a slim chance of survival. They had no chance of winning at all. They had already contacted each other secretly and set a consistent external tone.
Two years of preparation lead to today.
For some reason, after learning about the signs of Dayu's troop deployment, regardless of whether it was Gao Fang or Yang Jian, after a brief period of panic, he felt like "it's finally here" after a big stone fell to the ground.
The two of them immediately mobilized all available troops according to the strategy they agreed on early on to fight a war of attrition against Dayu. Win?
The two of them didn't dare to think about it, but with the geographical advantage, being able to push back the powerful enemy would be a big victory for them.
Therefore, Dali's Gao and Yang's reactions were not unpleasant. They took corresponding measures the moment they received the news.