Chapter 796 of the Gui Zi Scroll: Great responsibilities come from heaven and we must face difficulties.
Such conversations with King Cui have been happening continuously in the past few days.
Politics is all about transactions and compromises. Even if Feng Ziying knew that some concessions were wrong, he would still make them.
Necessary concessions are needed to make greater progress.
Huang Ruliang also returned to the capital and had a long talk with Feng Ziying together with Xu Xie.
Tang Binyin and Han Jing also appeared at Feng Ziying's house. This former down-and-out elder also lowered his head for the continuation of his political life and the future of his disciples.
Ye Xianggao did not appear, but Fang Congzhe returned to the capital. He and the Southern Zhili scholars headed by the Songjiang Gang were having intensive negotiations, trying to avoid a complete split and collapse of the entire Jiangnan faction of scholars.
Feng Ziying watched with cold eyes.
Perhaps Fang Congzhe still has some influence, but his biggest shortcoming is that he has never served as the first assistant, and in the past few years of retirement, Gu Bingqian has never really taken any measures to maintain the Jiangnan scholars, which makes the loose atmosphere among the Jiangnan scholars even stronger.
, especially Feng Ziying’s series of views were obviously more in line with the interests of Jiangnan merchants, which frustrated Fang Congzhe’s idea of winning over the hearts and minds of Jiangnan people and rebuilding the core of Jiangnan scholars.
In fact, Cui and Wang took the initiative to talk to Feng Ziying, and even made considerable concessions, also trying to avoid the division of the northern scholars.
Scholars in the entire northern region have formed two major groups: Qiao Yingjia, Han Xu, Shanxi scholars headed by the Sun brothers, and another group consisting mainly of scholars from Beizhi, Shandong, Henan and Shaanxi.
Qiao Yingjia has retired to work and returned to his hometown to write books and teach.
Qiao Yingjia originally hoped to go to Qingtan Academy, but Feng Ziying declined politely.
He cannot allow Qingtan Academy to become a conservative camp. He will continue to exert his influence and make Qingtan Academy a stronghold for the progressives.
While intensifying efforts to squeeze out established Shanxi scholars, Feng Ziying did not give up on her other side.
He also deliberately promoted Zheng Chongjian, Sun Chuanting and Chen Qiyu, the so-called new three heroes of Shanxi. Zheng Chongjian, Sun Chuanting and Feng Ziying had a very close relationship. Although Chen Qiyu was a little further away, after taking the initiative to befriend each other, the other party quickly got closer. This
It also made Han Xu and the Sun brothers feel helpless and helpless.
"That's almost it." Feng Ziying stroked her scroll and raised her tired face, "Is there a lot of movement over there at Zaisai?"
Feng Ziying had already been working very hard and tired preparing for this grand meeting, but she didn't expect to receive such news from Shanshan merchants, which gave Feng Ziying a headache.
There are finally some problems with raising the voodoo, but it's hard to say who the voodoo will bite back. At least Da Zhou is no longer afraid of this.
However, the Inner Khalkha people led by Zaisai have suddenly risen in recent years, and they seem to have the same momentum as the Jurchens in Jianzhou thirty years ago. Especially in the early stage, they formed an alliance with the Great Zhou Dynasty, controlled the Horqin Grassland, and fought with the Zhou Dynasty.
The Outer Khalkha people fought two battles, and their momentum was unrivaled. They already had the momentum and strength to overwhelm the old overlords of the past, the Chahar people.
However, the Inner Khalkha people led by Zaisai have suddenly risen in recent years, and they seem to have the same momentum as the Jurchens in Jianzhou thirty years ago. Especially in the early stage, they formed an alliance with the Great Zhou Dynasty, controlled the Horqin Grassland, and fought with the Zhou Dynasty.
The Outer Khalkha people fought two battles, and their momentum was unrivaled. They already had the momentum and strength to overwhelm the old overlords of the past, the Chahar people.
Wu Yaoqing hesitated for a moment, and finally said hesitantly: "Sir, in the past few years, because of their alliance with us, the Inner Khalkha people have imported a large amount of materials from Yongping Prefecture and Yuguan Port, and from Wantong Wu
Since the beginning of the year, the amount of imported iron materials, wood, gunpowder and weapons has continued to increase. By last year, that is, the second year of Xuanshun, the amount had tripled compared with the fifth year of Wantong.
By the time of the year, its input of materials had also increased fivefold,..."
This means that compared with the first few years when Feng Ziying and Zasai began to cooperate, the input materials of the Inner Khalkha people have increased by fifteen times, which is not a small number.
Feng Ziying rubbed her chin thoughtfully, "With such a large amount, do Zifang Si and Long Jinwei have anything to say? And what about the two towns of Liaodong and Jizhen that don't collect food at night?"
"According to feedback from various sources, the influence of the five Inner Khalkha tribes has expanded rapidly, especially after gaining control over the Horqin people. The influence of the five Inner Khalkha tribes on the grasslands of Eastern Mongolia has greatly increased.
The Khalkhas also began to move closer to the Inner Khalkhas. A large amount of iron imported by the Inner Khalkhas was transferred to Outer Khalkhas. Now there is constant friction between the Inner and Outer Khalkhas and the Chahar people.
There is a tendency of a misfire,..."
Wu Yaoqing has now become the think tank of Feng Ziying's personal staff who specializes in intelligence affairs, while Wang Wenyan has started to be more involved in government affairs and does not have much energy to deal with intelligence.
"Haha, the Outer Khalkha people were defeated by the Inner Khalkha people?" Feng Ziying sneered, "Supadi was so frustrated that he was beaten three or five times by Zaisai until he couldn't find his way? Besides, I remember Erek
He should be very friendly with the Chahar people. Could it be that Erek also defected to Zaisai? Where is Shuolei?"
If all the Outer Khalkhas have turned to the Inner Khalkhas, the situation is somewhat complicated.
In Feng Ziying's view, the divided Mongolians are the best Mongolians.
When the Chahar family became dominant, they would facilitate the Inner Khalkhas to control the Horqin people, and even support the Inner Khalkhas to suppress and win over the Outer Khalkhas. But now it is obvious that the Inner Khalkhas have passed these ten years.
The rapid development in recent years has surpassed the former leader of the alliance, the Chahar people. However, Lindan Batur, a guy with great ambition and talent, has not been able to completely control the Chahar people until now, which makes him very disappointed.
As the power began to shift towards the Inner Khalkhas, the alliance between the Zhou Dynasty and the Inner Khalkhas should have ended, perhaps even two years earlier.
I was still a little careless, busy with domestic affairs, and a little complacent in annihilating the Jurchens in Jianzhou, so I was a little underestimating the enemy.
"Subadi should have made peace with Zaisai. The last battle was three years ago. In addition, Shuolei should have defected to Zaisai and become Zaisai's ally. This is why Subati is willing to make peace with Zaisai.
To make peace, the two parties may even collude..."
"From now on, we will gradually reduce the supplies of materials imported to the Inner Khalkha tribes. You can find the reasons yourself..."
"Sir, I'm afraid it's too late." Wu Yaoqing shook his head, "My subordinates are a little worried. I'm afraid that Zasai is no longer satisfied with ruling the roost in Eastern Mongolia. He may want to attack the Chahar people. The news from Horqin, Neka
The Erkha people asked them to hunt this autumn..."
Feng Ziying's face began to turn cold, she rubbed her cheeks and sighed. After sitting in this position, she realized the difficulties here. Nothing about fighting outside or inside was easy. The Chahar people were not weak.
Once defeated by the Khalkhas, Great Zhou would be in danger.