"In the next two or three years, there will be a battle in Chu and Tang. 【Latest chapter reading. Just the day before Zhao Pu negotiated with Chang Mengxi and others, Li Xiang was in the Yangmin Palace and said to Ma Yun and Zhao Pu categorically.

Li Xiang's expression revealed a hint of categorism, and he continued: "Great Chu is the land of four battles, and it is not easy to defend it. The king wanted to achieve a great cause, when the north took Xiangyang Prefecture, the south to Lingnan, the east to Tang, the west to Shu, and then raised troops to the north to conquer the Central Plains. Nowadays, the Jin court's power is weak, and its ability to control the local area is gradually declining, and if the Khitan goes south again, the Jin court is afraid that it will surely die. And the Khitan is brutal, even if it can capture the Central Plains for a while, it will inevitably not be able to hold it, and when the Khitan returns to the north, the king can spread the world, drum the army to the north, and the Central Plains are full of princes, I am afraid that it cannot be easily taken, but at least we can take the Xiangzhou lands and improve our northern defense line. After that, with a little rest, you can go south to attack the Han Kingdom. After the destruction of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains was strong and could not compete with it, so it could only be temporarily called a tribute; The terrain of Xishu is steep and can be befriended; The king commanded the army to the east, exterminated Li Tang, and swept through the south of the Yangtze River to show a north-south confrontation. However, although this Li Tang has five ghosts and chaotic government, after all, the place is vast, the people are rich, and there are many soldiers and horses. If you attack rashly, I am afraid that you will kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 yourself. This Li Tang wants to take, but can't do it brutely, the minister thinks that we should find an opportunity to slowly weaken Li Tang's troops, consume Li Tang's grain and grass, and disrupt Li Tang's political situation. When the time comes, Li Tang can go down in one go. ”

Ma Yun's eyes lit up and asked, "Mr. Li, do you have any ideas?" ”

Li Xiang smiled: "In the past, we were too busy to take care of ourselves, but now it's different. The king ascended the throne, and the state of Chu was under control. Let's take a longer-term view. At present, there is such an opportunity - Minzhong. Fujian is too far away from our Chu country, we can't reach it, but it is adjacent to Wu Yue, if we do one or two things in detail, spread rumors in Wu Yue, saying that Tang will destroy Fujian, then the next step will definitely destroy Wu Yue. The far-sighted people in Wu Yue will inevitably lobby King Wu Yue. In this way, Wu Yue would not sit idly by and watch the Min State be easily destroyed. Wu Yue's power is weak, but Li Tang is not a lady, and the generals on the front line are all wine bags and rice bags. ”

"Clever plan, good plan. Chen Jue and Cha Wenhui, who have been seen by all people, are by no means generals who can conquer battles, and the elite troops of the Tang Army will definitely lose a lot under the command of the two. If you lose your elite, even if you have a million Tang soldiers, how can you stop the army of our Chu State? Ma Yun said happily.

"King, this is just the first step, if Li Tang and Wu Yue want to separate the winners and losers in Fujian, they will have to live for a year. When the time comes, we will encourage Li Tang to send troops to attack the Southern Han Dynasty, which can not only consume Li Tang, but also we can observe the strength of the Tang army nearby. Then he drummed the army to the east and completely destroyed Li Tang. ”

Ma Yun's heart moved, and he said hesitantly: "Sir's intention, but do you want to use this negotiation?" ”

Li Xiang looked at Zhao Pu and Ma Yun with a smile and nodded. All three understood what it meant.

So there was a negotiation between Zhao Pu and Chang Mengxi and others, if Li Tang's envoys were only Chang Mengxi and Han Xizai, one of these two was anti-war and the other was smart, I am afraid that they would not talk about any joint troops with Chu State. But there is one more Wei Cen.

What kind of person is Wei Cen, one of the famous Five Ghosts of the Southern Tang Dynasty. In addition to their own problems, the five ghosts of the Southern Tang Dynasty also have a common problem, that is, they think they are excellent military strategists, and they want to help Li Jing make contributions and sweep away the **. After Zhao Pu took out the military distribution map of the Han State, he said that when the Chu State defeated the Han State next year, he would give Xiongzhou to Li Tang.

Comrade Wei Cen, an outstanding military strategist, quit on the spot. He heard Zhao Pu say that the Chu army was only 30,000 people, so he first defeated Pan Chongche's army, and then captured Wu Huaien, which shows that the Han army's combat effectiveness is underground. It's cheap and doesn't take advantage of it, so why is it what he Wei Cen did? So, in the name of alleviating the casualties of the Chu State, he strongly demanded that the two countries send troops at the same time, and Zhao Pu naturally shirked it repeatedly.

As a result, the more Zhao Pu prevaricated, the more Wei Cen felt that Lingnan, a piece of fat, could not all fall into the mouth of Chu State. He Wei Cen became more and more courageous, and even got rid of Chang Mengxi and others, took the initiative to find Zhao Pu, begged again and again, and finally reached an agreement - to send troops at the same time. The place west of Duanzhou in the state of Chu, the east of Duanzhou, including the Xingwang Mansion, are all Li Tang's. From the perspective of territory, Chu and Tang are basically equal, and it cannot be said that Chu has suffered losses, but in terms of population and economy, Guangdong is much richer than Guangxi. In addition, before sending troops, Li Tang wanted to subsidize 200,000 quintals of grain and grass for the Chu State.

At the same time that Zhao Pu and Wei Cen were arguing, Ma Yun, accompanied by Xu Zhongya of Xiangguo and Liu Zhaoyu of the Ministry of Rites, came to Tiance Bachelor's Mansion and cordially visited and condoled the eighteen famous scholars of Chu State.

These influential figures in the era of King Wen Zhao heard that the King of Chu took time out of his busy schedule to visit his old revolutionary comrades. One by one, I was so excited that I ordered the miscellaneous servants of the Tiance Bachelor's Mansion two days in advance, sweeping the floor, brushing the wall, and working overtime for two days without a salary increase, and finally cleaning the Tiance Bachelor's Mansion with a new look.

Then the red carpet was rolled out on the main road, and his old men stood outside the door early in the morning waiting for the arrival and guidance of the King of Chu. In addition to seeing Ma Yun from afar on the day Ma Yun ascended the throne, they have never had the opportunity to see Ma Yun again in the past month. Although the title of the eighteenth bachelor has not been lost, and the salary has been slightly improved, there is no longer half a cent of power in this hand.

As soon as Ma Yun got out of the sedan chair, these bachelors quickly knelt on the ground, and the mountain shouted Chitose.

Ma Yun helped the front one up, and said with a smile: "Gentlemen, I can't help it, I can't help it." Saying that he was a group of them, he said: "Gentlemen, my Dachu can have today's prosperity and health, inseparable from your decades of hard work, over the years, you gentlemen are painstaking, you are our Dachu officials to learn from the example, you use your own practical actions, to prove what is 'benevolence', what is 'righteousness', what is 'behavior', what is 'family and country'. The widow wants to thank you for the people of Jingchu! "It's another episode. When have these old men seen the King of Chu saluting them, how dare they accept such a salute. One by one, they avoided sideways, and they returned the gift with excitement, and they repeatedly said "Don't dare, don't dare." Ma Yun's sycophant made them feel that their bones were two or three pounds lighter, and they started to walk, as light as in the clouds, and they wanted to eat brand calcium tablets, and they didn't pant anymore, their waist didn't hurt, and their legs didn't cramp.

Ma Yun took an old man's arm and said: "It's hot outside, and your lords have been waiting for the widow here for so long, which makes the widow very uneasy in his heart, come on, let's go in and talk." ”

After Ma Yun sat down in the hall, these people also sat down one by one. Ma Yun said kindly: "Ladies and gentlemen, how are you doing lately?" You are all people who have made great contributions to my Great Chu, and the widows will never forget it, and the people of Jingchu will never forget it. A few days ago, Xiao Wang had just ascended the throne, and there were so many chores in all aspects. Hey, I really can't find time to visit you. I hope that you will forgive me, gentlemen. ”

An old man in his sixties, who was a little excited, knelt down and said: "Old ministers, old ministers are very unexpected, the king, the king will come back, he will come back to the bachelor's mansion." The king's concern for the ministers, the ministers are broken bones, and it is difficult to repay them in case. "When Ma Xifan was in power, although the power was in the hands of Li Gao and Xu Zhongya, they could be regarded as holding real power. When Ma Yun became the king, most of them were excluded and completely recuperated. As the saying goes, "Once a day, a courtier." Having said that, when things really fall on me, I can't help but feel unhappy in my heart. Seeing Ma Yun here today, and he was so polite, he said that they were the fathers of a generation, and they were touted to the extreme, and they were all overjoyed, no matter how you look at it, I feel that Ma Yun is extremely sage.

Ma Yun hurriedly stood up, helped the old man, and said, "The gentlemen's high style and brightness, the widow is admired." After the widow came to power, in order to maintain the normal transition of power, the gentlemen still decided to withdraw from the state together with King Wenzhao. A lifetime of fame, look down like a floating cloud. The widow was very impressed. ”

What and King Wen Zhao withdrew from state politics at the same time. King Wen Zhao was forced, and they had no choice at all. However, when Ma Yun said this, it was not Ma Yun who fired their squid, but they regarded fame as dung and fired Ma Yun's squid. In this way, don't these people hold their faces? These so-called Confucians, they think very simply, they are nothing more than officials, and if they are not officials, they must also have a decent way to step down. As soon as Ma Yun said this, they could be regarded as having a face.

Ma Yun looked at the somewhat quiet hall and said with a smile: "However, the state affairs are difficult, and there are many places to rely on. ”

When the scholars heard this, they ignored it, and their minds became active. Ma Yun restructured, these people thought that no matter how bad they were, they had to get a Shang and a waiter, but unfortunately, after the appointment, among the eighteen bachelors, except for Xu Zhongya and the four of them, the rest of the people had nothing but the title of a Tiance bachelor. These people can't help but feel lost in their hearts. These people are people who are not willing to be lonely, and when Li Tang's envoy came a few days ago, these people also wrote some poems and presented them in the name of celebration, but in fact they were showing off their talents and dreaming of reactivation. But I didn't expect it to be like a mud cow into the sea, and there has been no news since.

Just when they were a little disappointed and a little resentful, Ma Yun actually came to visit them in person, and listening to Ma Yun's meaning, he actually used them a lot. These people couldn't help but rejoice.

An old man came out and said, "Great King, don't miss your ministers and other old age, trust us and others." Even if we are sick and brainy, we will not dare to resign from the king's order. ”

Ma Yun said: "Gentlemen, Cao Mengde once said: Lao Ji is in the twilight of his life, and his heart is strong. Your Excellency is my great Chu erudite, my great Chu's wealth, and my great Chu culture's long-standing representatives. The widow respects and loves you, and uses it even more. As he spoke, Ma Yun glanced at them and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think I lack in Dachu?" ”

These old men glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: The king is going to examine his own knowledge. One by one, there is a lack of copper, or there is a lack of rich grain production land, or there is a lack of horses...... In short, racking my brains to name a series of things.

But Ma Yun shook his head one by one, seeing that these people couldn't say anything new, Ma Yun made a sad look and said: "Lack of copper and these materials, we can exchange with other countries, the people lack food and clothing, we can lightly shake the thin tax, but the people are not wise, the vast majority of people are illiterate, do not know etiquette, as court officials, what can we do?" It is unlikely that all people can read and write, and why? Because of the limited financial resources of the imperial court, there was not so much money left over to study in Daxing. Gentlemen, is there a way to help me educate the people, so that everyone will know how to be courteous, righteous, and honest, and that everyone will know what is right? ”

These old men were stunned for a moment, and they all shook their heads blankly, one or two of them were secretly guessing what the king meant, did they want the old brothers to go to school to accept apprentices to teach? If you have to rely on your own old guys to improve the cultural quality of the whole people, ......?

Ma Yun said with a serious face: "The widow thinks about it day and night, but he has come up with a method. The reason why the people are illiterate is because there is no one to teach them, but some people can't even write their own names, which is a bit too much to say. The widow thinks that it is not that the people are stupid, but that there is something wrong with our writing. ”

These people looked at each other, not knowing what Ma Yun wanted to say? Something went wrong with the text? This text has been passed down for thousands of years, how can something go wrong?

Ma Yun continued: "Because our text is too complicated, few people teach it, and this text is too complicated, even if you learn it for a while, after a long time interval, you will naturally forget it." However, if we simplify the analogy of this text, the text will be refined, and it will not only be easy to remember, but also easy to learn. Saying that, Ma Yun stood up, walked to the table on the side, and pulled out a blank piece of paper.

Ma Yun said: "Gentlemen, come over and see how the widow writes these words?" Ma Yun said and thanked a few traditional surnames and wrote a few simplified surnames.

These eighteen scholars looked at it, they were all surprised, these people have learned traditional Chinese characters since they were children, and they have never thought about simplifying the text, nor have they realized what is the point of simplifying Chinese characters. After Ma Yun said that just now, I saw that Ma Yun wrote these simplified words, but it was easy to remember. One by one, they suddenly came to their senses.

One of them said, "What does the king mean, but let the old decay and others simplify this text?" ”

"Yes, gentlemen, this simplified word is not a casual simplification, to say something, to inherit our civilization, such as this 'beauty', the ancients thought that the sheep was beautiful, so it can be simplified to form a beautiful word. Such a simplification not only does not lose the original meaning of the ancient man-made characters, but also simplifies the text. Isn't this benefiting the country and the people, and the merit is in the future? The widow wanted to set up a literacy pavilion in the Tiance Bachelor's Mansion to be responsible for this epoch-making project. I don't know if you gentlemen, but you are willing to help the widow. ”

"King Shengming." After being fooled by Ma Yun for a while, these old ministers finally understood the significance of this simplified word. If this simplified word is promulgated in the world, these people will really go down in history. This is even more tempting than being a prime minister, and even Xu Zhongya is a little envious.

As for Ma Yun, a chuckle appeared on the corner of his mouth: These old guys don't have much ability, but they have been officials for many years, and their energy is still not small. After a long time, these people may have some other ideas. So, we have to find something to do for these old ministers. They don't have time to think about anything else. As for this simplified word, it's not so easy to get, and there are a lot of questions in this thing. After five or six years of discussion, the things have come out, and the old country has also sat firmly. If you have a very strong work ability and can get it out in a year or two, then we have other things, such as repairing the history of the Tang Dynasty, making a Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties or something...... There are things that keep you entertained.

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