Chapter 309: Who said that the Tubo people were stupid?

Zhao Xing shook his head: "I can't do this. In any case, Mr. Mengxi is destined to leave a note in history. If I do this, one is that I will be uneasy for life, and the other is... what will I think of me after the historical record is here?"

Wan Qiyong smiled faintly: "Sir, I just said that Mr. Mengxi's depression has not been cured. However, in the past, adults kept comforting and relieving it, and the symptoms were mild. But I heard that his appetite has always been bad, his bones are weak, and his body is very thin. In addition, he is not used to the taste of Guangzhou. The adults transport food from Hangzhou every day, which costs a lot.

Mr. Mengxi did this to us, and actually planned to exchange our secret for his recovery. It is natural for the adult to exempt him from offering... I think Mr. Mengxi's current spiritual pillar is the adult. When he treats his illness, he has developed an emotional dependence. As long as the adult is a little more contemptuous and cold towards him, his dependence will collapse. The rest is to die for oneself - what do you think?”

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "If you and I don't discuss this matter here, it seems natural that I heard the news that I would withdraw my offering to Mr. Mengxi, but now that you have talked about his treatment, he will definitely die, how can I pretend to know nothing? If I do it, that is murder!"

Wan Qi Yong shook his head: "My lord has always been decisive, why is he indecisive this time?"

"There is no airtight wall in the world. As long as we do this, we will one day be discovered by the world. I don't often say: Everyone has to pay the price for their own behavior. You and I will definitely pay the price for this matter in the future, but I think this price is too high and we can't afford it.

I have always wanted to be a rule defender, not a destroyer. Did you know that Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin? He killed his brother and forced his father to abdicate. Although Emperor Taizong of Tang was indeed wise and powerful, he set a bad precedent. Since his death, every emperor in the Tang Dynasty had to take bloody measures ascend to the throne, so the once powerful prosperous Tang Dynasty perished in the constant struggle for power.

The dispute over the right to succeed the throne is the most cruel. Every new emperor ascended the throne and killed a group of enemy supporters. Like Li Bai, he was also involved in the struggle for the succession of King Yong. He was eventually lost. After much struggle, many talents were wasted and many talents were killed. As a result, foreign races entered the Central Plains...

This was the case in the Tang Dynasty. Wang Mang's reform in the Han Dynasty also set a rough precedent, and he changed the new coins and revised the law as he pleased. However, since Wang Anshi's reform in the Song Dynasty, he used rough means to reject dissidents. He also set a bad precedent. Since he came, every time a husband came, he took it as his first position to exclude dissidents. I cannot make this mistake, I cannot achieve my goals with despicable means and set a bad precedent - even if this purpose is so noble, it is not worth promoting, at least it is advocated by me."

Wan Qiyong grinned: "Then we ignore him. The adult's position in Guangzhou is as stable as Mount Tai. Mr. Zhang didn't like Shen Kuo much in the past. Now he is more concerned about the adult's attitude. He may not necessarily pay attention to Shen Kuo. Shen Kuo knows that his betrayal and betrayal is still looked down upon, and the rest of the things - people are doing it, and God is watching..."

Zhao Xing remained silent.

Zhao Xing was silent and said nothing. Wan Qi Yong was impatient. He left this topic and turned to the Dali issue: "Sir, our naturalization work in Dali should begin at the beginning of this spring. However, preparing for the 'land-reforming and relocation' is a major project. We have not had enough officials at hand. Please see, should we slow down and start from Shanchan Mansion and gradually advance northward. In this way, manpower will appear less short of people, and we still have time to teach those students of Dali."

"Change the land and return to the flow" is a word from the Ming Dynasty. In real history, by the Ming Dynasty, the feudal hereditary chieftain system was still implemented in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the central government in the Ming Dynasty implemented the land as a serf. In this case, the slave dynasty did not allow the existence of "feudal fortresses" within its territory, so the court began to find faults, set up many obstacles to exempt the hereditary feudal power of the chieftain, and changed to "remove the land and return to the flow". This strategy is called "Change the land and return to the flow".

Zhao Xing always liked to use the crust of the ancients to do things that suited his wishes. His so-called "changing the land and returning to the flow" was to deprive the chieftain of judicial power and military power, and to use mobile courts to hear local civil litigation. However, the governing power enjoyed by the chieftain was not touched at all.

In order to tie the local feudal chieftains tightly to the chariots of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xing immediately began to recruit Dali people to build roads after capturing Dali King Duan Zhengchun. Of course, the local barbarians built roads for the Song Dynasty, not for free labor. Zhao Xing relied on Guangnan's strong financial resources and spent money to build the official roads leading to Dali to Guangxi and Chengdu Prefecture like splashing water. Each recruited Dali migrant worker paid fifty cents a day and one liter of rice according to the treatment of the wing army.

After the young and strong man under the Dali chieftain was tempted by money and Zhao Xing was transferred to him, Zhao Xing began to "constitution ten chapters" with the chieftain, and for the first time proposed the concept of "the power and obligations of the lord": local chieftains could have the right to govern their hereditary territory, but in order to maintain the central government's recognition of this hereditary right, they had to pay taxes according to the fiefdom, and also provide manpower to deal with the court's labor service - of course, according to the exemption law, Zhao Xing also had to pay for recruiting Dali people for labor service.

At the same time, the chieftain's judicial power was deprived of the court, and the "mobile law" sent by the Guangxi Trinite Criminal Prison accepted criminal cases and was in charge of the judgment. In order to prevent local chieftains from interfering with the judgment, Zhao Xing also stipulated that if a chieftain offends the judge, the chieftain's right to inherit the hereditary inheritance will be exempted from the hereditary inheritance rights, and the hereditary territory will be directly managed by the local government.

In order to relieve the chieftains of unfair concerns about the case, Zhao Xing moved to the jury system from modern times. The judge was in charge of the trial, but he could not make a judgment. The judgment must be made by a jury composed of locals. The parties to the lawsuit were dissatisfied with the judgment, or thought that the judgment violated the criminal law of the Song Dynasty, and they could appeal to the Guangdong Criminal Prison (Ceijing)...

Establishing such a judicial system is to restrain the chieftains and limit the power of the chieftains. However, starting from scratch and establishing such a judicial system requires cultivating a large number of people. Zhao Xing's expansion was too fast, and all students trained in local governments have been sent out to serve as officials, but this is still not enough. Wan Qiyong believes that Guangdong should slow down the pace of expansion and gradually implement the "change of land and return to the current" system.

"Don't worry. We don't have enough staff. We don't have to worry. I'm worried about too many tomatoes in Dali." Zhao Xing smiled meaningfully.

Wan Qiyong immediately understood it, and he laughed out loud, not to mention how cunning the laughter was.

Zhao Xing meant: he tended to "correct afterwards" - if there were chieftains who dared to challenge the majesty of the Song Dynasty, they could use these chieftains to test the knife. Shuai Fan is still stationed in Dali, which is the one who planned to do this.

Wan Qi Yong smiled for a moment and remembered something again. He quickly added: "Last year, Mr. Zhang Qing said that Qing Tang people had harassed Shaanxi again. Should we also let Shuai Fan respond..."

As he was talking, news from Shuai Fan came, and a soldier came in to report: "I urgently reported that Tubo sent troops to Lanxi County. The vanguard had fought with our army eleven times, and the troops were strong. Lord Shuai asked you to quickly increase your troops to Dali."

Zhao Xing stood up calmly and said with a smile: "Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, it's really the time for them to come."

Now it is the weakest time of Guangnan East Road. The first fleet of Guangnan Navy was taken to the Indian Ocean by Chen Buqun. The second fleet was parked in Fuzhou, and the third fleet followed Zhang Tian to Beijing to receive the reward. There were some heroes from the two battles in the same place as the Third Fleet, and the remaining backbones of the army who had not left were taken to Fujian by Zhao Xing.

"We have half a 'demon' army on hand, and the training of the 'demon' army has not yet ended. I'm afraid it's useless... The newly recruited 'monster' army in Guangxi has not arrived yet, so we can only let the supervisor and supervisor hold on for the time being." Wan Qi Yong finished the calculation based on his fingers and quickly suggested.

Zhao Xing flatly denied Wan Qi Yong's suggestion: "You can't delay it. Once the Tubo people go down the mountain, the situation will be unwilling to decide. The weather will soon enter the rainy season. We cannot increase our troops in Dali during the rainy season. After the rainy season, the Tubo people have already gained a foothold in Dali. They are familiar with each other. Once they have their feet, they may not be able to drive them out... and let the half of the "demon" army and the "demon" army that has not been trained."

Zhao Xing replied in contemplatively: "You must move quickly, and pull the army to Dali as quickly as possible - mobilize all the flatbed ships on the Pearl River, and immediately start transporting soldiers to Dali King Du. Tell the officer: Don't care about the formation, and if any team is organized, the manpower will be shipped immediately. We will reorganize the Dali King Du... I will set off now. I will take the guards first. Leave the rest to you."

Wan Qiyong narrowed his eyes and nodded with a smile. He stood up and bowed and said, "I wish you a happy gift to you. I wish you a victory and a long-term martial arts fortune!"

Zhao Xing went out, and Wan Qi Yong whispered: "Sir, this is avoiding it. It's hard for me to come forward. Why don't I, an aide, take action... Come and send someone to Hong Kong Island to meet Mr. Mengxi, so."

By the Guangzhou River, Zhao Xing directed the guards to detain every ship and announced that the government had summoned them. As soon as he gathered enough ships, he immediately boarded the ship without stopping, went upstream along the Guangzhou River, and rushed straight to Shanchan Mansion. While Shanchan Mansion was staying for a while, he received a message from Wanqiyong - Shen Kuo committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.

Zhao Xing was silent for a long time and dripped a few tears. He didn't know if these tears were the crocodile's tears.

After shedding these tears, the demon army arrived later. Zhao Xing slightly organized the team and continued to go up the river until the Dali capital, and then stopped for a while.

The original musket team in Guangdong was often called the "Demon-Suspension Army". The earliest demon-Suspension Army was composed of Guangxi's barbarians. Later, Zhao Xing recruited some farmer farmer, local gunmen, and Huainan men to form the second mobile unit. Both armies used muskets, and when they fought, the guns were rumbling, as if the Thunder God came to earth. Guangxi's barbarians did not know the truth and spread rumors, so they called this new army in Guangdong the "Demon-Suspension Army".

After Zhao Xing learned about it, he simply named the two armies "Demon Army" and "Demon Army". In this regard, the soldiers of the Demon Army not only did not feel fear, but also believed that they were quite demons. They believed that they had mastered Thor's weapons and used the combat method to fight was completely different from the previous cold weapon army. They should have named their own teams with a special name, and the word "Demon" is not big or small.

With the victory of Dali and the increase in the number of farmers in reclaiming farmers, Zhao Xing has now begun to form two other armies. He simply continues to name the last two armies by "Ghost Army" and "Monster Army". The four armies together are called the "'Demon and Ghost Army' Army".

The Song people all liked two words. As Zhao Xing named his four armies with "demons and ghosts", the local literati in Guangdong and Guangxi thought the name was indecent and added a word to each of the four armies, namely "Ping Yao Army", "Demon Elimination Army", "Ghost Search Army", and "Sweeping Monster Army". Zhao Xing accepted these four names with a smile, but when he was usually aware of it, he still liked to briefly call the four armies "demons, demons, ghosts, monsters".

Among these four armies, the demon army has the longest training time and the strongest combat effectiveness. All soldiers are equipped with muskets; while the demon army is a mixed army of spears and muskets. The latter two armies have gradually increased the configuration of artillery. The reason for this situation is that Zhao Xing wanted to find a firearm unit similar to the "Spanish Spear and Musket Mixed Square" through different troops, but because he did not know the specific data of the Chinese and Spanish musket positions, he had to use different organizations to gradually explore and repair them in actual combat.

Among the four armies, the Demon Army has the strongest combat power. Because the people in Guangdong and Guangxi are short and thin, Zhao Xing specially recruited strong people from the northern reclamation personnel and formed this mixed spear and musket team. They are majestic compared to the southerners. They are strong by nature and dare to fight and fight. Therefore, when the Dali battles, Shuai Fan brought this army.

After the victory of the battle, Shuai Fan adopted the rotation rest system. Half of the demon army returned to Guangdong and started the rotation rest, while the demon army returned. At the same time, the ghost army was transferred up. When the Tubo invaded, fortunately the rest time of the half of the "demon army" had ended and was gathered in Guangzhou these days. He was preparing to pull Dali. This made Zhao Xing's temporary convening end soon. At the same time, because the family of the demon army was from all over the world, it was very difficult to gather it. Zhao Xing could not wait, but directly pulled half of the demon army to Dali...

After waiting for two days in Dali King Capital, one-third of the demon army was waiting. The time was too late, so Zhao Xing had to mix the troops at hand together. He continued to take a boat to the river and set off towards the Dali border.

The border is Lanxi County, Dali. This is the convergence of the Sanjiang River, in modern times. It is also a famous attraction: Baima Snow Mountain is nearby. To the west of the Snow Mountain is the famous scenic spot Shangri-La. Going west through Shangri-La, you will enter Chengdu Prefecture. To the east of the Snow Mountain is the Tubo Plateau, which is called the "Tibet Plateau".

When Shuai Fan saw Zhao Xinglai, he couldn't even close his mouth and asked stammeringly: "Why did sir come so fast? I thought you would not arrive until the rainy season as soon as possible. I guess that at that time, my gunpowder will be exhausted. If reinforcements do not come again, I will retreat to the capital of Dali."

Zhao Xing gritted his teeth: "It's the spring flood in front of me, and the snow melts. The soldiers you sent to deliver the letters to Guangzhou soon, but do you know how much effort it took for me to go upstream?"

Shuai Fan grinned and licked her face and replied: "I know there is always a way for adults to do it."

Zhao Xing continued, "How is the situation?"

Shuai Fan replied: "A few days ago, I was dispatching various places to travel to the court in the capital. When I met the chieftains, some of the chieftains of Lanxi County said that in the beginning of spring, Tubo people kept coming out of the confluence of the Sanjiang River. They suspected that this was the advance provocation of the Tubo army. I felt suspicious, so I sent a small team first. The team was in a hurry that night, saying that they encountered a Tubo army of 200 people. These Tubo soldiers were not afraid of death and attacked very enthusiastically.

So while I delivered a letter to you, I led the team here in person. In the following days, we kept encountering riots in Tubo, with a small group of three or five people, and a large group of two or three hundred people. We were tired of fighting. I was worried that there were still a large group of Tubo troops hidden in the mountains. Our small number of troops might not be enough to deal with it."

Zhao Xing took out a telescope from his arms and observed the White Horse Snow Mountain from afar. The snow-capped mountain was as white as jade under the sunlight on the plateau, shining like glass. The top of the mountain was shrouded in a hat-like white cloud. The clouds evaporate, colorful light, and the fresh air and the blue sky made the snow-capped mountains look extremely beautiful.

Zhao Xing put down his telescope and murmured to himself: "The color is so bright. The blue sky is like a gem, the white clouds are like girls dancing in white veil, and the snow-white is moving. Then he calls it the eternal ice and snow halfway up the mountain... Do you think the Tubo people understand the snow-capped mountains, or do we understand?"

Zhao Xing's last sentence was abrupt. Shuai Fan replied without thinking: "Of course, they are Tubo people. They live in the mountains all year round, and they are naturally familiar with the situation in the mountains. Let's tell the truth to the adults. When I walked to this mountain pass, I dared not enter the mountains anymore. I just wanted to block the Tubo people into the mountains, so I'll leave it alone."

Zhao Xing asked again: "Why are the Tubo people sending troops at this time?"

Shuai Fan answered very smoothly: "After the rainy season last year, we conquered Dali. This situation broke the balance of power in this area. Of course, the Tubo people must make some statements. Unfortunately, the mountain roads are rugged and the news is passed on to them. It is probably the end of the year. The mountains are closed with heavy snow at the end of the year. They have no way out to think about it, so they have to take action in the spring.

I guess the Tubo people wanted to occupy a foothold in the spring, and when we were dispatching troops from outside, it happened to be rainy season. After the rainy season, the mountainous areas began to turn colder, and we had to expel them. We had to wait until the second year, and one year later, they could build a bridgehead in this area. From then on, they would come and leave as much as they wanted. And we could only deal with it.

Of course, it would be even better if we could not bear the harassment and were forced to withdraw from Dali. The Tubo people could swallow the ripe fruit of Dali in the name of restoring Dali.

It was precisely because of this that I wanted to block them into the mountains. As long as they didn’t leave the mountain, we survived the rainy season. I believe that with the hands and feet of the adults, I will definitely support us, but I didn’t expect that the hands and feet of the adults were faster than I thought.”

A sneering smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Xing's mouth and replied: "I am also worried that the Tubo people will cause a big mess. I have rushed all the way to rescue me. We have just occupied Dali for a while and people have not yet surrendered. At this time, Tubo cannot make trouble. We must resolutely push them back... When will the snow-capped mountains be the most dangerous?"

Shuai Fan's eyes lit up and replied to himself: "Although I have never been to the snow mountain, I guess it is the most dangerous spring. Because in winter, the snow on the mountain is frozen very strong, as long as it does not make a loud noise and causes the snow mountain to shake, there will be no avalanche. But spring is different. In spring, the snow is melting and the snow layer is very loose, and avalanches or mudslides can occur at any time - it is precisely because I think of this that I dare not enter the mountain."

Zhao Xing replied resolutely: "But we must go into the mountain. Only by going into the mountain and taking a look can we know the specific plans of the Tubo people."

Shuai Fan shook his head: "Judged from the fact that the Tubo team is just a group of three or three, and the Tubo people are also worried about avalanche, so they dispersed the team. Sir, you can't enter the mountains now. It's useless to be careful in the snowy mountains in spring. When an accident occurs, it's not avoidable by personal luck. It's all up to fate."

"Then let's bet on our luck." Zhao Xing's expression was very ferocious: "The Tubo people are waiting for summer. When the snowy mountains are safe in summer, they come out of the mountain just in time for the rainy season in Dali. Our muskets are not as good as bows and arrows in the rainy season. They wait for the place to get up, so we must enter the mountain."

Shuai Fan was silent for a moment and carefully confirmed: "Didn't you expect Tubo to attack?...I originally thought that I had made every decision. Since I started to recruit the "Monster Army" early, the Tubo people would not do anything after the "Monster Army" training was completed. Why did the Tubo people suddenly take action now? I really didn't expect the chain reaction of capturing Dali?"

Zhao Xing sighed: "Accident is purely an accident! After receiving Zhang Feng's letter, I thought Tubo was paying attention to Shaanxi, so we still had at least one year to prepare, but I didn't expect that he would start to act against us.

There are capable people in Tubo. He harassed Shaanxi and should have left a reserve team in the direction of Shaanxi to deal with the possible revenge of our Song Dynasty, but he actually transferred all the troops to the south. Based on time, this is estimated that this Tubo army is marching in this winter. Only in this way can they have time to go from Shaanxi to Yunnan. This shows that some people in Tubo had expected the reaction of the court and knew that the court would stop Zhang Shi from going to war on both sides! Great, who is this person? I really want to burn yellow paper with him and become sworn brothers."

Shuai Fan smiled: "Do you think you are more treacherous? I didn't expect that there was a treacherous person in Tubo, so I had the idea of ​​sympathizing with each other, right? Unfortunately, our people can't go to the plateau."

The saying of Shuai Fan is the key. Under the simple equipment of the Song Dynasty, ordinary people could not cope with altitude sickness. Once they walked over four thousand meters above sea level, they often felt that there was not enough oxygen in the air and could not breathe. However, the Tubo people were able to adapt to the mountain environment. This caused the Song people to be beaten in a one-sided manner. As long as the Tubo people lacked something, they would go down the mountain to rob and then retreat back to the mountain. The Song people could only sigh at the mountain.

However, the reaction of the mountains has always been a double-edged sword. The Song people could not climb up the mountains. The Tubo people who came down from the plateau also had to adapt to the lowland environment and suddenly descended from the plateau. They could not adapt to the oxygen concentration in the air, and they produced a "intoxicating" state. In order to get rid of the intoxicating oxygen state, they had to rest in the low-lying place for a period of time, and only after adapting to the lowland environment could they recover their combat effectiveness - this is why Shuai Fan guessed that they must be hiding somewhere in the mountains to rest.

"How is your relationship with the people nearby?" Zhao Xing asked calmly.

"Of course it's good!" Shuai Fan replied proudly: "Who am I? I can't even do this method. Do you dare to reach out to Dali? Look, Lanxi County did not secretly tell me the news about the Tubo people, so that I can block the Tubo army here. This shows that at least now, the Dali people are not resistant to our rule."

The new officials in Dali were trained by Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing gave him a generous salary and liked to teach students practical philosophy. The students did not learn the hypocrite's theory of saying one thing and doing another, which seemed simpler than scholars in other places. Therefore, the people of Dali who admired the culture of the Song Dynasty are currently quite submissive.

"Then find more guides nearby - those who keep dogs at home should hire people and dogs together and give them double money," Zhao Xing waved his hand and ordered.

Shuai Fan understood Zhao Xing's meaning and quickly added: "There is a big dog as big as a calf on the Tubo Plateau. People here call it the 'Golden Mastiff' or 'Snow Mastiff'. We will hire those with the 'Golden Mastiff' as guides, and I'll go first."

Zhao Xing pressed Shuai Fan's shoulder and said, "In terms of familiarity with the snow mountain, I should be better than you; in terms of luck, I will also surpass you; in terms of official qualities, I can just order you - I order you to follow me. If I am in danger, you will lead the dog to search and rescue me. Don't worry, I will be careful."
Chapter completed!