"General Zhang, the Chu army has always been invincible. Even Cao's army is no match. Why are they losing consecutive battles against barbarians in recent days?"
Zhang Zheng of Jiaozhou had been ordered to go south to suppress the rebellion for several months, but he either stood still or deliberately sent troops to defeat the barbarians.
Today, the barbarians are becoming more and more powerful, and more tribes have chosen to rebel. The rebels have reached nearly 80,000 people!
The combined army of the Chu army and the Shi family only had 50,000 men. Shi Xie finally couldn't sit still and sent Shi Yi to come and question Zhang Zheng.
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Zhang Zheng, who was sitting in front of the commander's desk, put down the military book in his hand, stood up and walked towards Shiyi, "Sir, if you are old enough, if you have anything to ask, just send someone over. Why do you need to come over in person?"
"Come here, show your Majesty a seat!"
Shi Yi was supported by Zhang Zheng and sat down with a gloomy face, "General Zhang, although Jiaozhou belongs to the Shi family, it belongs to the Chu State and the king. You came here under the king's order. How can you sit back and watch the rebels grow bigger?"
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Zhang Zheng sat in the commander's seat and said calmly, "Sir, do you know how many people there are in the rebel army now?"
"Huh!" Shi Yi snorted coldly, "After the general came, instead of trying his best to wipe out the barbarians, he repeatedly lost to them. Now the rebels have exceeded 80,000! Not only that, the rebels have even gathered,
Isn’t this more difficult to eradicate?”
As he spoke, Shi Yi frowned and threatened, "General, our Shi family is also the king's ministers, and Jiaozhou is also the land of Chu. If the general continues to be so passive and avoids war, I will report to the king and ask him to punish you!"
No wonder Shiyi and the Shijia are anxious. If this continues, the prestige of the Shijia in Jiaozhou will fall to the bottom. From now on, it will be even more difficult to rule Jiaozhou.
In the opinion of the scholars, it is all the fault of the general sent by Liu Cong, who is ineffective and has a negative attitude. If this continues, when will the battle be over?
Even though Shi Yi had reached this point, Zhang Zheng remained unmoved, his eyes fixed on the map on the desk.
"General Zhang..."
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"Sir, Panyu, Boluo and other places in the south belong to Nanhai County, and your disciple Shiwu is the prefect of Nanhai. Am I right?"
Shi Yi was stunned. He thought Zhang Zheng interrupted him to tell him something important, but instead he asked about some trivial matters about Nanhai County!
"General Zhang, the most important thing now is to suppress the rebellion! If the king wants to transfer someone from my family, it will naturally be decided by the king, so you don't need to worry about it!"
Shi Yi's tone was extremely cold. Zhang Zheng raised his head and smiled, "Master Shi, you have misunderstood. Your Majesty is very relieved that the Shi family controls Jiaozhou. Therefore, he will not transfer anyone from the Shi family."
"However, the king intends to develop Jiaozhou. From the map, these places are natural ports. Your brother and the Shi family will have a bright future."
These places are the banks of the Pearl River Estuary in later generations. They are still backward and barbaric places. Even the entire Jiaozhou is a remote area where prisoners are distributed.
"Does this have anything to do with this war?" Shi Yi's tone became much calmer.
Zhang Zheng smiled and said, "On the peninsula in the south, there are Khmer people, Linyi Kingdom, and Funan Kingdom. The king wants to open sea transportation and communicate with foreign countries. It is inevitable to develop Jiaozhou. Therefore, Panyu and other places must be developed first.
of."
"Sir, tell me, where did so many common people come from?"
Looking at the smiling Zhang Zheng, Shi Yi was shocked, "What do you mean..."
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"Are you deliberately indulging them? You..."
Halfway through, Shi Yi was speechless, and he was about to blame Liu Cong.
Zhang Zheng looked at another map hanging in the tent, which was covered by a white cloth. Zhang Zheng stood up and pulled open the white cloth, and the location of the rebels was clearly drawn on it!
"The king has an order that those who dare to rebel will have their species destroyed, their tribe exterminated, and their descendants exterminated! Now, the rebels are gathered in three places, involving as many as twenty-three tribes. The total population of these tribes is nearly two
One hundred thousand!"
With that said, Zhang Zheng turned around and looked at Shi Yi, still smiling, "Master Shi, do you think these barbarians who dare to rebel should be exterminated?"
Before the scholar could speak, Zhang Zheng said again, "How to carry out government affairs is a matter for the king and the civil servants. I don't care about it. I only focus on fighting!"
"When I came to Jiaozhou, your Majesty told me that my stay in Jiaozhou will not be short. Your Majesty has only one request for me, and that is to cleanse Jiaozhou!"
"General, general! The general requested to go to war, these barbarians are too arrogant!"
While he was talking, Xiang Chong barged into the tent.
Zhang Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "No!"
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"General, I..."
"I am the commander-in-chief, and my generals are not allowed to go into battle. I have the final say on how to fight and how to fight!"
After saying the hard words, Zhang Zheng sighed and said softly to Xiang Chong, "I know you have the intention to make a great contribution, but now is not the time. Wait until you have the time to fight."
Xiang Chong wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Zhang Zheng raising his hand, "Step back!"
After Xiang Chong left angrily, Shi Yi looked at Zhang Zheng in disbelief, "Now, with so many tribes rebelling, isn't it enough?"
Zhang Zheng sneered and said, "Master Shi, I agree with what you said. The Shi family is the scholar family of the Chu state. If the barbarians dare to rebel, it is not the scholar family that is rebelling, but Chu!"
"For the barbarians who dare to rebel against Chu, they have only one fate, and that is death!"
Shi was speechless for a long time.
It wasn't until Zhang Zheng returned to his commanding position that Shi Yi said, "General Zhang, in my opinion this is enough. If this continues, how many people will be killed or injured in Jiaozhou?"
Zhang Zheng leaned on the back of his chair, looking indifferent, "All those who died are barbarians, you don't have to worry, Sir."
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"Don't worry, Sir. With these barbarians dead, Jiaozhou will only become more prosperous. Sir, the king said something that I deeply agree with."
"There is only so much land in the world. Only by supporting one country with ten thousand countries can we ensure the eternal prosperity of a country. And this country can only be our great Chu!"
"Sir, to tell you the truth, the big decision of indulging the barbarians was not an order from the king. It was my own decision. At most, it was an instruction from the king."
"As for other things, Sir, there is no need to worry. Any rebellious barbarians will definitely be defeated by our army!"
Hearing this, the taxi driver did not speak, "I already know the general's intention. No matter what, I will report this matter to the king."
"It's up to you, adults."
"Farewell!"
The conversation between Shi Yi and Zhang Zheng broke up unhappily. Like most scholar-bureaucrats and literati, the education Shi Yi received did not allow him to watch so many people die. Even if these people were rebellious barbarians.
In the Chu State, there are many officials like this. Except for a few people at the top, almost all officials at the middle and lower levels have this idea.
In response to this situation, Liu Cong promoted hard-working officials to replace them, and at the same time rewarded slaves to various officials or meritorious families to replace the former tenants of the major families.
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After the interests are bundled together, no one will care about the issue of benevolence and righteousness. Having tasted the sweetness of the interest community, they are eager to have more wars and generate a lot of free labor.