Chapter 291: Choose a carrot or a knife

Dong Bi was stunned. When he woke up, he found that Zhao Xing was staring at him. Dong Bi quickly bowed and replied: "I know! This song has many names, but it is all about the scenes of the battle between Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, and the King of Chu, the King of Overlords of Chu.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Persian pipa had just been introduced to the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi described this song in "Pipa Xing". At that time, the song was called "Huaiyang Pingchu", with a total of eighteen passages. Later, the song was also called "Chu Han", and it had fifteen passages at this time. Later, when the song was called "Ten Sides" or "Ten Sides Ambush", there were only ten passages left."

Zhao Xing sat up in silence: "Oh, there is such a saying? In this way, what I hear now is only an incomplete track, at least half of it has been lost."

Zhao Xing did not talk to Dong Bi about the matter on Qiongzhou Island, which made Dong Bi very happy. He talked: "It cannot be said that half of this song is lost. The segmentation method of the ancient song is different from that of the present. The eighteenth paragraphs of the ancient song may be similar to the current thirteenth paragraphs. Furthermore, in Persia, the pipa was played by men during the instrument, but when it was introduced to the Central Plains, it was mostly female bullets. It can be seen from the Dunhuang murals that the Tang people liked to let women play the pipa.

This song is so intense that it takes a lot of physical strength to play, and the finger swinging technique is very energy-consuming. After playing the eighteen tracks, the woman may not be able to exercise physical strength. Therefore, later generations also deleted some of them. After the cut, the track was even more compact and exciting than the original track."

Zhao Xing clapped his hands and replied: "That's right. I have always believed that the most valuable thing about civilization is its creativity. For example, why does the Great Wall make people feel awe-inspiring? It is not the broken wall that makes people respect it, but the creative ability to build the Great Wall.

By the same token, Kaifeng Tower is towering and towering. It makes people feel vast at first sight, but is it that brick and stone tower? No, it is the creativity of building this tower.

The ancient pipa is good, and Bai Juyi once praised it, but the reduction of it reflects a kind of creativity. Only creativity can be brilliant."

Dong Bi didn't know why Zhao Xing said this, but he agreed unconsciously: "That's that's that!"

Zhao Xing nodded and continued: "This year I swept away the natives in the South China Sea. It is said that the history of the migrating natives from Africa has been longer than ours, but why can only be our slaves? It is because they lack creativity.

Nowadays, Japan, Goryeo, Jiaozhi, Bomu... I can count a large number of countries like this, why are they all crawling at our feet? I admire my emperor Song - I tell you, it is because our creativity amazes them."

Dong Bi still didn't understand what Zhao Xing wanted to say. He rolled his eyes hesitantly. Wang Ying in the room hung his head unhappily. Wan Qiyong picked up the seal from Zhao Xing's table with a smile. He stamped the official appointment letter one by one, and Zhao Xing didn't even glance at Wan Qiyong's actions. At the door of the lobby, there was a man from the black iron tower, squinting lazily. Outside the hall, several waiting juren were standing and listening to the speeches in the lobby.

Zhao Xing sighed and continued, "What have we created? Let me take a look at it - there is Kaifeng Tower, "Five Horses Picture", silk, tea, and exquisite porcelain; in terms of law, we have the amazing "Tiansheng Ling" to liberate slaves, accounting, copyright law; in terms of technology, there are water transport gazebo, keel water wheel, legal candle (match), and in terms of administrative means, there are government procurement land means - the dental merchant bidding law.

Look at our glory, the welfare of our officials and people will make the people of Qin, Han, Tang and officials cry to death with jealousy; our free medical care will make the herdsmen on the grassland desperately grab the land with their heads; we enjoy vacations, will make the people of the whole earth drool; our support for the elderly and children will make the people of other countries cry and cry to be the people of the Song Dynasty; our people of the Song Dynasty enjoy the power of the land will make the future slave countries curse us too "weak" and "will be evil"...

This is the Song Dynasty, and there are many benefits that I can't describe.

This is a gorgeous era, with officials and people speaking completely freely, and they can engage in any profession without worrying about robbery by the government. Think about everything in front of you. How gorgeous! How brilliant! How glorious! How pinnacle - although it is a little unsatisfactory, this is the social fact that is not omitted, both good and bad, complete and ordinary.

Now, we can make it transcend the entire world for a thousand years with just a little effort. Why, why do you ruin all this? Is it because others are different from your party?

Why did the Song Dynasty achieve its past glory? Taizu endured the decree of heaven, "just to remove the (Five Dynasties) and even the (legal drawbacks), and many other legal entries remain the same." The ancestors' law did not say: to prevent bad policies, to establish a country's law - the main theme is three: to promote cultural education and suppress military affairs, to speak out, and not kill scholars and officials.

Wang Jinggong said that he wanted to reform the law and said that the laws of his ancestors were not fearful, so he wanted to destroy them. So what rules did he want to establish so that future generations could abide by it? ‘Of courses, those who do things should first establish an outline. Other contents (based on the outline, you can make reasons according to the outline. This is a heroic means (this quote is Zhu Xi in this sentence). Wang Jinggong established the new rules of the land, what is the new outline?

No, he doesn't care about any principles. He doesn't care about the world, ghosts, gods, people, ancestors, kings and laws. In order to show that he is reforming the law, to attack those who disagree, all opponents agree with and everything created by people in the past are destroying the scope.

Is this his rule because he has to raise his sword to kill his compatriots in his own country because he is different from his own party?

I also know that the world needs change, but what this world needs is creativity rather than destruction. Reform should be the renewal of creativity, rather than destruction of everything that was old. You, including Wang Jinggong, are all a group of guys who "take destruction as their own responsibility". What have you created? You broke all the rules, did not have any awe in your heart, and created refugees who have been wandering thousands of miles away, man-made disasters are rampant, and the people are crying and wailing, and they all call them "supportive husbands"? Isn't that enough?

Today, we despise Nanyang slaves because we have no creativity. When we lose our creativity, will the people of Goryeo, Japan, and Jiaozhi look up to us like this now? No. They will despise us as we despise Nanyang slaves today. But for party reasons, you banned Zizhi Tongjian, banned the Water Transportation Eye Station, banned the accounting law, and banned all creations of the old party. What have you created?

What will be left of our civilization without creativity? Only searching for chapters and summarizing sentences to tell people what ancient sages said cannot violate it - this is not civilization. It is a repetition of the past. And what you do not follow the rules say is often theories that you have tampered with and conform to your own wishes!”

What Zhao Xing said was too far away and too profound, and Wang Ying and Dong would not understand, and they would not understand it. Because there was no compromise in their worldview, only the concept of struggle "oppose what the enemy supports and what the enemy opposed". Hearing Zhao Xingyin, who was holding their lives in his hands and their respected teacher Wang Anshi, Dong Bi was the first to think of it as angry.

If this were in the capital, Dong Bi had already jumped up and called on a group of accomplices to come forward and kill Zhao Xing... But this is in Guangdong, it is not certain who will beat whoever.

Moreover, the New Party’s knowledge emphasizes obedience. Zhao Xing is the lord of Guangdong. Should he be in conflict with the lord?… It seems that Wang Ying’s knowledge is not allowed to do this!

Wang Ying was still hesitating, Zhao Xing would not wait for him to react before talking, he did not allow Wang Ying to say more. He threw a diary newspaper and said with a smile: "This is the latest diary newspaper. Look, what is said above is very interesting - for example, Zhang Qing returned to Huanqing and began to launch a counterattack against Xixia again; Huanqing's second general Zhang Cheng broke into Xixia for investigation, encountered a large Xia army on the way, and retreated slowly without panic... Also, the Hedong Road Palace Commander Zhe Kexing has been killed since Autumn. In just three months, he has killed more than two thousand Xixia Jin soldiers."

Dong Bi stayed in Guangxi. The court official newspaper had not touched this thing for a long time. He flipped it twice, stopped and stared at Zhao Xing, thinking about how to fight back. Zhao Xing waved his hand and ordered his followers: "Come on Dong Cha's visit to report the residence. Move all the residence newspapers for the past two years, and also "Zizhi Tongjian"."

Sima Guangdi's "Zizhi Tongjian" was also among the bans. Dong Bi's face changed and was about to refute it. Zhao Xing was already holding his arms and said slowly: "Dong Cha, you can read it carefully. Is there any news about me in Guangnan in this "Zizhi Tongjian" and in this residence report?"

Dong Bi was already struggling with the topic by Zhao Xing. He didn't know what Zhao Xing meant, but was just thinking hard. Wang Ying seemed to have had experience of being destroyed by Zhao Xing. He rolled his eyes and said sarcastically: "The mission assigned by the Lord to the Lord has been completed. In "Zizhi Tongjian", only one piece of news from Guangnan can be found on more than 100 pages, but there are only a few words. According to the Di News, there was only one piece of news from Guangnan in the past two years, that is, the news of the Lord encountered pirates and suddenly entered Chameng Kingdom to capture thieves."

Zhao Xing nodded and reminded with a meaningful reminder: "The two people who visited Guangnan are a remote place. This is the reason. After turning over more than a hundred pages in "Zizhi Tongjian", we can find a piece of news about Guangnan. The di newspaper has only mentioned a gossip for two consecutive years. No one cares if there is any major event in Guangnan!"

Dong Bi understood this sentence, it was a threat.

Zhao Xing was nakedly threatening these two people.

Shortly after arriving in Guangnan, Dong Bi had discovered a strange phenomenon. The legendary fierce folk customs in Guangdong and Guangxi areas, there was almost no bandit, and it was even more strange at the sea. The Song merchant ships traveling and showing off their power. Not to mention pirates, even sea birds dared not provoke Song ships. Because the restrictions on deadly weapons such as bed crossbows on the Song ships have begun to be lifted, and no one in the Song ships provoked, and they also shot out groups of crossbow arrows from time to time to train the range. How could sea birds rest?

Thinking deeply, it was even more surprising that the pirates went to Lingdingyang to provoke Zhao Xing.

After the frightened Hainan Island, Dong Bi was already fully aware that the biggest pirate in Guangzhou was the pirate commander in front of him, who was the pirate leader in the entire Nanyang Sea... However, this was something that the court had paid for money and everyone was happy about. If the court did not admit that there were pirates on the sea in Guangzhou, it meant that the reason for Zhao Xing to attack Chameng Kingdom would no longer exist. Then the court would need to spit out the treasures of Chameng Kingdom and return them to the king of Bintong, which was something that the court refused to kill.

In this way, even if the visitor Dong Bi encountered pirates at his doorstep in Guangzhou, the court could only pinch his nose and admit that in order to be consistent with the court, he could only grit his teeth and admit that Guangdong had indeed been attacked by pirates. Therefore, if he did not follow Zhao Xing's wishes, he was sunk by the "pirates" on a boat. He had nowhere to go to seek justice.

Just now, Zhao Xing talked about another threat: Guangzhou is a legendary place of malaria. Due to the delay in information transmission, the court has never paid much attention to the situation here. The indifference of the newspaper and the Zizhi Tongjian on Guangnan is proof of this. Even if these two officials died in office, the court would think that they died of illness and would not even pay attention to the newspapers on the newspapers on the newspapers on the court.

As long as Zhao Xing provides taxes to the court normally every year, the court will completely ignore the big and small events that occur in this "pointing place" as usual.

The most terrifying thing in life is that life and death are ignored and forgotten.

Dong Bi was still thinking, and Wang Ying was unwilling to shout in his heart: "The old party, Zhao Liren is definitely an old party. He wasted the court ministers and always talked about him, thinking that he did not forget to reform when the old party was in power, and it was the southern banner of the new party. It turned out that he was an old party in his bones. He scolded Wang Jinggong and called Wang Jinggong a pig!... What should I do?"

Wang Ying thought of this and felt bitter - Zhao Xing is a member of the new party! Who said this? Zhang Dun, the current leader of the new party. The conclusion that denies Zhang Dun is to deny the new party. Can the new party allow it?

In just a moment, Wang Ying figured it out. He looked up at Dong Bi. He found that Dong Bi's eyes were full of despair. He tidied up his clothes and bowed his hands, saying, "It seems that Lord Zhao must not allow me to live anymore. That's why he said so seriously to me that even his always hidden face was exposed. Since that's the case, let me change my clothes and take a bath."

A sneer appeared on Zhao Xing's lips. There would be no one in the New Party who was not afraid of death - there should be only one, which is recorded in history. History records that when the Jin soldiers attacked the city of Bianliang, the new Party in the whole city was surrendered, and there was only one who resisted resolutely. But that person was definitely not Dong Bi.

Zhao Xing picked up a book from the table, threw it to Dong Bi, and said with his arms around, "This is "The Collection of Chaoran". My teacher, Mr. Po, can't it be passed down through the ages?"

Dong Bi didn't pick up the book, and said with his neck, "I have always admired Mr. Su's poems, that's nothing to say..."

Zhao Xing pressed to ask: "Will history ignore his talent, poetry, and creativity like my teacher?"

Dong Bi choked all of a sudden. He understood the meaning of Zhao Xing's question, and cold sweat gradually emerged from his forehead.

What Zhao Xing said was that history will never ignore a talented poet like Su Shi. When history records Su Dongpo's life, Dong Bi's behavior and all the persecution of Su Dongpo must be recorded. In this way, he drove Su Dongpo out of the Changhua military officer house, and instead wrote himself into history, and wrote into history in the form of a clown.

History will never ignore Su Dongpo. Liu Yong was poor all his life, but his talent made people unforgettable. History remembered this poet. Su Dongpo, a Hanlin bachelor who had served as a few ministers and several local officials, will never forget history.

What scholars desire most is to leave a name in history. This name is to leave a good name rather than a infamy. Dong Bi and Wang Ying were all focused on trying to please those in power, but they accidentally brought themselves to an embarrassing situation...

Zhao Xing smiled coldly and continued, "Wenxun probably told you that I, Guangnan, just send a lot of money, I will make an agreement for you. You should say what you should say, and turn a blind eye to what you shouldn't say. I allow you to spend your free time in Guangnan, otherwise I will turn my face off and ignore people."

I was convinced, and the two inspectors were completely convinced now.

Zhao Xing held a carrot in one hand and a big stick in the other - no, his hand was holding a bright knife, which made people choose whether to be a carrot or a knife.

Only fools choose a knife!

Literature is very famous. If he is upright and can leave a good name in history books, then the two of them still have the idea of ​​fighting together, betting whether Zhao Xing dares to rebel. But Zhao Xing has now clearly told the two that he was crushing these two officials to death as easily as crushing an ant, and their death is worthless, and if they are not done well, they will leave a bad reputation in history.

This is not good.

At this point, the two inspectors were convinced. Therefore, Zhao Xing's warlord era in Guangnan area also began. Since then, Guangnan officials are timid with Zhao Xing. The surveillance officials sent by the court have been replaced many times, but within a few days of coming to Guangnan, they were knocked down by sugar-coated shells and began to speak in Guangnan's accent.

The two inspectors surrendered and repeatedly assured Zhao Xing that they would submit any memorials to the court to Zhao Xing for a review, and also said that Zhao Xing would arrange the candidates for the inspector's office and form the yamen...

After they stepped down, Wanqi Yong finished the official seal and submitted it to Zhao Xing for reference: "This time we replaced 31 county magistrates, plus last year's land, 70% of the county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates, and chief clerks in Guangdong were all selected by us. The remaining 30% were also people who listened to us."

Zhao Xing nodded and replied: "As long as we have improved the grassroots organizations in Guangdong, no matter how the state officials are replaced, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. This is a place of shooting. County officials can only choose from the local area and control the grassroots in our hands. No matter how hard it is above, Guangdong is ours."

Wanqiyong looked south and added greedily: "The following is Guangxi."

Zhao Xing sighed: "The situation in Zhenla is not optimistic. Information has been heard. Zhenla's royal city, the Great Angkor City Wall, stretches for fifteen (km) kilometers, and the stone wall is seventeen meters high. Each city gate has five levels of stone gate. I cannot afford to conquer such a city. The blood that needs to be spent is needed, and I can't afford it."

After Zhao Xing's repeated Luozhai in Guangdong, he has only raised 20,000 soldiers, of which 12,000 of which are distributed in the navy. His demon army has only raised more than 2,000 troops and approximately 6,000 auxiliary soldiers. This kind of force can't afford to attack a majestic city wall with five-level stone gates.

Wan Qiyong chuckled: "Isn't that better? In the short term, we just turned our goal to Dali and used Dali's military merits to tempt Zhang Li. He will definitely allow us to intervene in Guangxi."

According to the military system of the Song Dynasty, once a general made military contributions outside, in order to prevent him from supporting the army, the court would immediately transfer him back to the capital and give him a free position to support him. If Zhang Li made contributions to expand territory, he would leave Guangxi. Therefore, as long as the temptation is enough, Zhang Li would not care who appointed the officials in Guangxi.

Zhao Xing nodded and agreed with Wan Qi Yong's words, and asked again: "The big bell tower we built in Shanchan Prefecture (Kunming) should be completed, right?"

Wan Qiyong replied: "The official opening of the Zhengdan (Spring Festival) next year was officially consecrated, and An Sida's first disciple was invited to hold the consecration ceremony. We planned to ring the bronze bell on the Zhengdan day so that the entire Shanchan Mansion could hear the sound of the Song Dynasty bells... It's a pity that the purple gold made the earth-wide bronze bell to transport the bell from Guangnan to Shanchan. It took us a million coins to build that road alone."

Zhao Xing asked with a smile: "If it weren't for transporting the bronze bell, would you guess Dali let us go deep into their territory to build roads - this is the Song Dynasty version of the 'Trojan Horse Strategy'. Do you know about the Trojan Horse? I'll tell you a story..."

After Zhao Xing finished telling the story, Wan Qi Yong clapped his hands and exclaimed: "I understand that this road is also our way of entry. With this road, our local troops can go straight to Shanchan Mansion..."

Zhao Xing smiled and added: "It should be said that we can advance along the water and land, and go straight into Shanchan Mansion. At that time, we will launch together in the water and land, and the two armies will take care of each other. Before Dali can react, we can even gather in the outer sea and break into Dali from the Zhenla area."

"What are you waiting for?" Shuai Fan's voice came from outside the door. He drove away the tribute gangsters around the door as he entered the door: "Why are you doing when you go and go? Come and write down their names and names. If the news today is spread, they will ask."

After driving away the students, Shuai Fan said as he entered the door: "Our musket team has been trained into soldiers, with a total of 1,500 soldiers, 500 Yi people, 1,000 Guangnan people, and 7,000 auxiliary troops - just try it out with Dali, hurry up and create public opinion."

Wanqi Yong smiled and added: "The Dali people are now as obedient as cats, so how could they mess with us?"

Shuai Fan rolled her eyes: "You have no methods to turn the black and white, and you have never done any methods out of nothing. Isn't it the previous example of Zhan Po? Take action quickly, just try your best with the weak Dali."

Wan Qiyong shook his head and said, "No hurry. You have let the land reclamation people return to your hometown for two consecutive years. This winter is a good sign. The people who come to Guangdong to settle down will reach 200,000 in just one month. If this momentum continues, we will have 2 million, or even 3 million people in Guangdong next year. With Guangdong's wealth, we can bear it even more. At that time, our troops will be more sufficient."

Shuai Fan nodded and replied: "I think so, we let those people return to their hometowns for two consecutive years. Guangdong gives land high wages, and they reclaim wasteland and return to themselves. When people return to their hometown, they cannot leave the land. After all, they have to come back to take care of their land. Although the people have a heavy local complex, the land complex is even more heavy. If they own fertile land, they will transfer their relatives and friends even if they don't want it. Their relatives and friends will eventually bring their families to reclaim wasteland.

In this way, the people who reclaim land are like snowballing, and more and more people are rolling. When the population increases, all industries will flourish."

Shuai Fan changed the topic and added: "But I can't wait. Let's set up Dali earlier. We can stabilize the internal situation earlier. A country that believes in Buddhism, the people and soldiers are superstitious that they cannot kill. What kind of combat effectiveness does such a country have? If we plan it, we can take over his royal city in one fell swoop."

Zhao Xing clapped his hands and said, "What are you waiting for? Let's plan carefully and directly take his royal city, then send the Dali King to the capital, and then throw the seized things to the court. In this way, depending on what the court does, he will never send the Dali King back to Dali and take the throne again."

Dali is now in extreme conflicts between Hinduism and Buddhism. When the powerful ministers and the old king Duan clan were in extreme conflict, it had very weak control over the southern region. The Song people at that time did not assign southern Dali to Dali, and they called it "Southwest Yi". In the original history, not long after, a Hindu believer established a new country in the southern part of Dali, which is today's Xishuangbanna and Laos.
Chapter completed!