Chapter 217: Time is Running Nearer and Shorter
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As the person with the highest status in the surrender faction of the Li Dynasty in Jiaozhi, Li Daocheng's net worth, life, glory and wealth are all under the control of Li Nan.
Li Nan casually handed the letter sent by the Ministry of War to Li Daocheng, and said quietly: "Daocheng, you said that Li Qiande and his sons have run away, why did these Jiaozhi people rebel?" β
swept the letter at a glance and ten lines, and Li Daocheng said with some hesitation: "General, Weichen has a saying, I don't know if to say it or not?" β
"We've been familiar with each other during this time, and you know a little bit about me, so if you have something to say."
After listening to Li Nan's words, Li Daocheng paused slightly, as if pondering the wording, and then said: "Since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, Jiaozhi has belonged to the Chinese lineage, but because it is located in the extreme south, it has not been valued by the previous dynasties of the Central Plains, and has long had its own customs and sense of belonging. β
Li Nan nodded slightly, he had probably guessed what Li Daocheng wanted to say, but he still signaled: "That's good, continue." β
"Whether it is the Ding Dynasty, the Li Dynasty, or the Li Dynasty that was destroyed by your own hands, although they are not very good to the people, they are all Jiaozhi people after all, and even if this place is occupied by your army, it is still Jiaozhi. The general Wen Tao is good at martial arts, and he has all the strange people under his command, but you still have one thing missing......"
"Hehe, I see what you mean." Li Nan said with a smile: "Are you saying that the chaotic parties that are appearing in various places now are not rebelling because they support Li Qiande, they are only against me because I am a Song Dynasty?" β
Li Daocheng clenched his fists and praised: "The general is wise! β
"Now that you know the symptoms, is there a solution to this?"
"Since ancient times, it has been easy to conquer a city and land, but it is even more difficult to conquer the people of a country, especially the wars between different peoples. Wechen thinks that the general has done a good job at present, the people of the state capitals have food and drink, as well as the welfare of clearing the wasteland, Wechen expects that after more than ten years, the people of Jiaozhi will completely agree with the rule of the general, and there will be no more soil for the survival of the chaotic party. β
In fact, Li Nan also knew that it would definitely take a while for the people of Jiaozhi to return, but what he needed most now was time.
Although Li Nan was far away in Tiannan, he definitely planted a lot of spies in the Great Song Dynasty, and a large amount of silver was scattered, and even fine works were placed around Cai Jing, Cai You, Gao Yu and Tong Guan and other high-ranking officials of the imperial court, so as to ensure that the latest news could be transmitted back in a steady stream.
In the few years that Li Nan came to Lingnan, the Great Song Dynasty did not change much.
Song Huizong still ignores political affairs, obsessed with gardens, calligraphy and painting and beauties, Li Nan's old acquaintance Cai Jing is still desperate to make money, after the evergreen tree on the court lost power again, it was soon activated by Song Huizong, who was short of money to spend, and the upward and downward effects, natural disasters in various parts of the Song Dynasty, forced a large number of hungry people to rebel, and then filled into the box army after recruiting according to the custom.
The two major peasant uprisings in the Northern Song Dynasty that later generations are more familiar with are Song Jiang and Fang La, so there is an illusion that the people lived a prosperous and stable life during the two Song dynasties, but in fact, they are not.
Although the GDP of the Song Dynasty was high. The comprehensive strength of the country, both in terms of quality and quantity, was the largest country in the world at that time. The Song Dynasty had reached the peak of the feudal dynasty, and the germ of capitalism had already appeared. However, the military of the Song Dynasty became weaker and weaker, and while suffering repeated foreign humiliations, the taxes of the peasants in the later period of the Song Dynasty became heavier, and the richer the richer, the more polarized the situation was, and the class contradictions were so acute that they were irreconcilable.
The Song Dynasty's policy of "strengthening cadres and weakening branches" and "emphasizing literature over military force" succeeded in weakening local power and strengthening the centralization of power in the Song Dynasty. However, it caused the national strength of the Song Dynasty to be poor and weak, resulting in negative consequences such as financial constraints, too little local authority, weakened military combat effectiveness, and serious external troubles.
The foreign enemies of the Northern Song Dynasty mainly included the Liao State, the Western Xia State and the Jin State. Although the Song family spent a lot of silver and silk to pay them New Year's coins, they could not change their passive state of being beaten, and finally died at the hands of foreign enemies. The Song Dynasty's blind compromise with the outside world, the corruption of the internal officials, and the abundance of redundant officials and redundant officials finally led to a peasant uprising for more than a year, and one group was as strong as a gang.
Peasant uprisings occurred one after another, and the number of them was unprecedented. It is recorded: In the more than 300 years before and after the Song Dynasty, there were 433 peasant uprisings, an average of 1.4 a year.
A few days ago, I received a secret letter from the fast horse in Tokyo City as usual, and an interesting incident that happened in the court attracted Li Nan's attention.
The secret letter wrote: "Tong Guan asked Liao to covet him, but Zheng Yunzhong, a scholar of Duanming Palace, served as the birthday envoy, and Guan was the vice." Or say: "With the eunuch as the superior, no one cares about the country?" The emperor said: "The Liao people heard about it, so they wanted to see it; Because he covets his country, he who has a good policy is also. "Yes."
This incident seems to be ordinary, but the issue of the selection of the envoy to the Liao State has caused controversy, but Li Nan, who has read the history of the Song Dynasty, knows that this is an important turning point that determines the fate of the Song Dynasty.
Tong Guan, a breakthrough person who started by relying on Hua Shigang and became a eunuch with a long beard, it doesn't matter if he goes to Liao as an envoy, the key is that he met a person in Liao State, this person is called Ma Zhi.
Yan Ma Zhi, originally one of the four major clans of Han, Liu, Ma and Zhao in Liao, was the official to Guangluqing, but because of this, he acted at home, so he was despised by the Liao people.
Tong Guan since the return of the Western Xia, was named the inspector of the school Tai Lieutenant Kaifu Yi Tong Sansi, a military general to this status, and then it is even more difficult to be promoted to the top of the ranks, but although this eunuch has no crotch under the seed, he has great ambitions in his heart, he wants a throne.
For the land of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were haunted by their dreams, and Song Shenzong once said that "those who take the sixteen states of Yanyun will be crowned kings".
After getting acquainted with Ma Zhi, the two hit it off, and Tong Guan continued to work hard to promote this matter after returning to Tokyo City, and a few years later, there was a joint attack on the Liao State by the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin State, the famous "Sea Alliance!" β
is like a phrase often said by the commentator in the football game of later generations: "There is not much time left for the Chinese team!" β
From the news of Tong Guan's envoy to Liao, the approximate time can be deduced, and in fact, there is not much time left for Da Song and him, which is why Li Nan's heart is so urgent.
Seeing Li Nan looking at the north and looking thoughtful, Li Daocheng said tentatively: "General, Weichen actually has a quick way, I don't know if you want to hear it?" β
Being able to quickly pacify Jiaozhi and make the Indochina Peninsula his most reliable rear is what Li Nan hopes to do the most, so he hurriedly asked, "What is the best strategy for Daocheng?" β
Li Daocheng pointed to the harem concubines and princesses in the distance, and said: "Since ancient times, there is a best way to integrate into the local ethnic group, and that is to be close. As long as the general can marry a woman who has a certain number of feet, then you will have a great reputation, and those rebellious parties who are dissatisfied with your status as a Song person, if they know about it, they can disperse without spending a single soldier......"
This is indeed a good way, as the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son, if Li Nan really marries a Jiaozhi woman, then the people of Jiaozhi will definitely have some sense of belonging.
Li Nan has also done similar things, such as Huang Cai'er of the servant clan and Xiangman who roars at the cow, but there are no psychological obstacles for the sake of the great cause, but his eyes swept over the Jiaozhi women who were working, and found that they were all dark and thin, they were really ugly, and they were really difficult to swallow.
Li Daocheng put forward this proposal with great effort, but in fact, he also has his own selfish motives. He had long seen that Li Nan had a rough mind and would not stay in the small place of Jiaozhi for a long time, and he would leave here sooner or later, and when he left, there would be a need for a nominal ruler here.
If everything goes according to Li Daocheng's plan, Li Nan will marry a Jiaozhi princess as his wife, then she needs someone to assist her, and because of this credit, she can not only get Li Nan's attention, but also get the princess's gratitude, why not kill two birds with one stone?
Noticing that Li Nan's gaze stopped on the mixed-race little girl who had just said the wrong thing, Li Daocheng hurriedly smiled and introduced: "This girl's name is Li Tianxin, and she is Li Qiande's seventh daughter, Princess Qinghua. β
Li Nan shook his head and said, "Princess Qinghua is indeed good, but she is too young. β
"Hahaha." Seeing that Li Nan really had an intention, Li Daocheng suddenly smiled and said, "General, what's so difficult about this." You don't lack this food, just support her for a few years, after all, all you need is her name now. βr
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