Chapter 53 Zhang Xianzhong's Return to Shun The goal is southwest

Before getting off work, Zhang Xianzhong came to Zhang Zhimu's office all the way shouting, and the voice came in before anyone arrived, "Haha!" Zhang Dongjia, miss me old Zhang? Invite me for a drink? ”

Zhang Zhimu greeted him and said, "That's right! There's a good thing to do today that can help drink, and we need to have a good drink. I think you'd better sit down and tell me about this good thing! ”

"Okay!" Zhang Xianzhong sat down with a big grin, and said to Yang Yulin, "Second lady, quickly get some water for Lao Zhang, I didn't care about drinking the water when I returned to the hotel, I heard that Zhang Dongjia was looking for me, so I came over!" ”

Yang Yulin really hated the words "second lady" said by Zhang Xianzhong, but it was inconvenient to get angry, so she turned around and asked Yang Qinglian to pour water.

Zhang Zhimu simply told Zhang Xianzhong about the Fujian side, Fan Chengkun and the others had occupied Quanzhou and Ping'an Town, and captured Zheng Zhilong and his family alive. Zhang Xianzhong lowered his head and stopped for a while, and when he looked up, he said, "Zhang Dongjia, it's a big deal!" I didn't expect you to solve Zheng Zhilong so easily. That's the hegemon of the southeast! The emperor couldn't get him, so he barely recruited him. In fact, the emperor has never been able to order him. Every year, he kept most of the money he collected for himself, and gave very little to the imperial court. In addition to your kiln gang, Zheng Zhilong is the richest in the world. You must get all his money out, and it is estimated that the vote you have done will be enough for you to spend ten or eight years. It's enough to give Lao Zhang twenty years! ”

"What is this vote, it makes me feel like a robber!" Zhang Zhimu and Zhang Xianzhong are already very familiar, jokingly.

"Haha! My old Zhang is a thief, so I think everyone else is also a thief. Zhang Xianzhong said, "But you guys did a good job this time." The defeat of that southern barbarian at your hands is not unjust at all. I mean, don't leave your mouth alive. That guy is too deep in the southeast, and as long as he has a breath of air, you can't stay there steadily. ”

"Zheng Zhilong is in the southeast, and his annual income is not less than 10 million taels of silver, and without Zheng Zhilong, many commercial activities will have to be stopped. It takes a lot of time and effort for us to recover these. It is better to find a way for Zheng Zhilong to cooperate with us, we will leave him a way to live, and he will also do things for us to ensure that Fujian's overseas trade and so on continue to be carried out normally. Also, I am more optimistic that Zheng Zhilong has a large number of talents who know how to sail and understand overseas trade. It's the people there who know all kinds of languages, and they are rare talents. If Zheng Zhilong cooperates with us, everything in Fujian will easily continue to proceed normally. ”

"That Zheng Zhilong, who wanted to attack you several times, don't you want to kill him?" Zhang Xianzhong stared at Zhang Zhimu puzzled and asked.

"Huh! I'm not a fairy either. Whoever wants to kill me, I want to kill him. But compared with benefits, I value Zheng Zhilong's usefulness more. This person is not of small use, but of great use. Zhang Zhimu said, "Compared with his talent, I can tolerate his mistakes." Just look at what Zheng Zhilong thinks? ”

"His family is in your hands, and it is up to him to do it or not." Zhang Xianzhong slapped the table with his big hand and said.

"We have a plan for this." Zhang Zhimu said, "The best result is that Zheng Zhilong can take the initiative to cooperate with us, and we will also give him certain benefits." As long as he can cooperate with us for a few years, we can take over all the affairs of Fujian. ”

"And! There is a Heaven and Earth Society under Zheng Zhilong, and that is also a very powerful person. Do not underestimate them. Zhang Xianzhong seems to know a lot about Zheng Zhilong.

"General Li Jing will take care of this matter over there. In the future, the Heaven and Earth Society will be taken over by Li Jing. Directly under the leadership of the Military Council, and we, the Ministry of Intelligence, are two completely separate bodies. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Hey! It's a pleasure to see you doing things! Zhang Xianzhong said with admiration, "I didn't expect Zheng Zhilong, the world-famous king of the southeast, to be so vulnerable in front of you." So what's next for Zuo Liangyu? ”

"Alas! I really don't want to do anything with General Zuo Liangyu, we have always had a good relationship. Zhang Zhimu said, "A while ago, General Zuo invited me to Jiujiang. ”

"Zuo Liangyu, that devil invites you, you must not go." Zhang Xianzhong said, "That guy can do anything." I have never had a good impression of that Zuo Liangyu, although he is also an official soldier, but the scourge of the people is more powerful than us anti-thieves! When are you going to deal with them? ”

"I haven't thought about General Zuo yet," Zhang Zhimu said, "I still want to discuss it with General Zuo." It will not take a lot of effort to solve him militarily. But we've already shed too much blood, so let's try to shed as little as possible. Let the people also slow down! ”

"Hey! I see, this world belongs to your Zhang Dong family! Zhang Xianzhong took a sip of tea and said, "Okay, that's all for Zheng Zhilong, tonight, let's go to the Yaogang Hotel to drink." Let's nag too! Tell the second lady about it, I'm going to drink with Lao Zhang today! ”

Yang Yulin heard that Zhang Zhimu couldn't go home for dinner again, and when she heard Zhang Xianzhong's name "Second Lady", she was so annoyed that Zhang Xianzhong couldn't bear it. There was also displeasure on his face.

But Zhang Xianzhong didn't pay attention to this, and took Zhang Zhimu in a car and went to the Yaogang Hotel.

Zhang Xianzhong, who is used to making cars, said to Zhang Zhimu: "In the future, the road to Sichuan must be repaired well, and it would be good if the car could be driven to Sichuan." It's funny to think about it, Sichuan people feel great that they can have a steel spring carriage from Yaogang. ”

"It's no wonder that I heard that in order to transport the carriage into Sichuan, they had to disassemble the carriage into several pieces, and I don't know how much effort it took to transport it into Sichuan. The steel spring carriage is very common here, but not everyone can ride in Sichuan. Zhang Zhimu said.

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are the same age, and they are both five or six years younger than Zhang Zhimu. But it seems that they are much older than Zhang Zhimu, they all came through the ups and downs of nine deaths and lives, and it is not strange that they look old. But whether it was Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, after seeing Zhang Zhimu, they were all moved by Zhang Zhimu's kind attitude. Such a hero in their hearts doesn't have a shelf at all, and they themselves can't stand up to the shelves of Emperor Dashun and Emperor Daxi. Not only did he get along with Zhang Zhimu very casually, but he also got along well with Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, Yan Boju and others in Yaogang. Because Zhang Zhimu doesn't drink, Zhang Xianzhong got together with a few of them to drink when he was fine, and he didn't want to find Zhang Zhimu. Because Zhang Zhimu's alcohol consumption is not good, they are still not happy with him present.

After arriving at Yaogang, Zhang Xianzhong specially drank with Zhang Zhimu, and today was the first time. Zhang Zhimu also knew that Zhang Xianzhong had been here for a long time, and it was estimated that he should talk about something serious.

Zhang Xianzhong proposed that today we should drink together in the restaurant on the top floor of the Yaogang Hotel looking at the night view of Yaogang, and of course Zhang Zhimu had no opinion. The two of them went to the restaurant on the top floor, found a room by the window, and sat by the window. When the food and drinks began to serve slowly, the wine was served. Zhang Xianzhong said: "Zhang Dongjia, I know you are not good at drinking. I see some things that I still haven't said before drinking. Otherwise, if you drink wine for a while, your words won't count. ”

"Okay!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Just listen to your eight kings." It's a natural drink, I just can't. ”

"Hey! This is also the only thing where my Lao Zhang is stronger than you. Ha ha! Zhang Xianzhong laughed out loud after speaking.

The two drank tea for a while, and Zhang Xianzhong adjusted his mood and said, "I've been coming to Yaogang for a few days. Not only all over the kiln, but also around, as far as Baotou, Datong, Tongguan, and Kaifeng, I have also turned around. Especially in Yaogang, there are no places I haven't been to. I really don't want to leave the kiln! ”

Zhang Zhimu didn't answer Zhang Xianzhong's words, for fear of interrupting his train of thought. Zhang Xianzhong said: "Actually, don't say how much difference we have from the kiln, I understand these truths before I come, and when I go around the kiln, I am actually fighting with myself." In the end, I figured out why Li Zicheng has been on the side of Yaogang for so long, in fact, we are all the same, that is, I can't let go of my dream of being the emperor and sitting in the world. Until I clearly understood that this was a sweet dream that I couldn't do at all, I still couldn't let go. waited until we felt that we were also from the kiln, and then we felt that there was nothing we could not let go. How good the lives of ordinary people in Yaogang are living one by one! Even my righteous descendant Kewang said that if he could live the carefree life of ordinary people here, he wouldn't want to do anything! ”

"When I went to Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen asked me if I wanted to be the emperor, and I asked the emperor, is it interesting to be the emperor?" Zhang Zhimu asked, "What do you say the emperor said?" ”

"Yes! I'd like to hear about it? Zhang Xianzhong became interested.

The emperor paused for a moment and shook his head. I said, I don't think it's interesting to be the emperor, I don't want to be the emperor. The emperor has always remembered this. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Don't you really want to be the emperor?" Zhang Xianzhong was a little unconvinced.

"I don't want to be!" After Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, he told Zhang Xianzhong why the successive dynasties have been changed repeatedly, and the truth that blood will be shed every time they are replaced, and the people of Yaogang want to establish a democratic and free country. The nationalization of the army, and the idea that in the future the leaders of the country and at all levels will be elected by the people.

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't accept it at once, but he was very interested in listening to it, and asked: "You mean that if I want to be the leader of this country, I can participate in the election, and if everyone elects me, I can be the leader of this country, right?" ”

"Yes! Every eligible citizen can participate in the election. Zhang Zhimu said, "As long as you can say what benefits you can bring to the people as the leader of the country, the people will choose you." But if you can't do what you say, the people can remove you! Your personal property must be made public, subject to the scrutiny of the people, and if you are corrupt, you must be dismissed! ”

"Such a national leader is also boring!" Zhang Xianzhong said, "It's better to be a mountain king somewhere!" ”

"Not only must the country's leadership be supervised, but officials at all levels must also be supervised, so that corruption can be better avoided! Such a country is the most beneficial to the people. Any official who does not serve the people must be dismissed. Zhang Zhimu said.

"It's not the people, but the emperor?" Zhang Xianzhong didn't understand.

"The world is the world of the people, what's wrong with the people being emperors?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"If you are not an official, you are not allowed to buy land, what else does that person have to do?" Zhang Xianzhong asked.

"You can do business and engage in production. If you have a thing that sells well like our kiln, you won't be able to spend all the money you earn in your life. You can live as much as you want, isn't it good for everyone to be like this? Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oh! It's all like a kiln? ”

"The kiln is just the beginning, and we will build better in the future!" Zhang Zhimu said, "So we have too many things to do!" ”

"My old Zhang's mind can't turn all of a sudden, I have to think about what you said slowly," Zhang Xianzhong said, "However, my old Zhang has one thing to understand, I want to take the brothers to follow you!" I'm not dreaming of the emperor anymore! Zhang Dongjia, don't dislike us, take us in! ”

"Eight kings, this is far away, how can we dislike you, to be honest, we have been waiting for your words." Zhang Zhimu said.

"Alas! It's good to say that. Zhang Xianzhong said, "During this time, I also thought, we can do a lot of things in Sichuan and southwest, and there are some things that you can't do conveniently, I can do it for you." ”

"Huh? What are you talking about? Zhang Zhimu didn't understand.

"Yes, the indigenous people of the southwest are very difficult to deal with. The Ming Dynasty sometimes can't do anything about them. They are gathered in hundreds of thousands, and they are hiding in the mountains, and you can't find them if you look for them. Since Ming Taizu, he had to appease them, and they rebelled a while ago, and in order to deal with them, the Ming Dynasty court also hurt their vitality. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Zhang Xianzhong was talking about the affairs of the Yi people in the southwest. The issue of ethnic minorities in southwest China has always been a very difficult matter. In the original history, Wu Sangui occupied the southwest and adopted the method of genocide, almost exterminating the Yi people to stabilize the southwest. But do you want to use Zhang Xianzhong to deal with the Yi people like this?

Hearing that Zhang Zhimu was silent, Zhang Xianzhong said: "To deal with those barbarians, we must use means to convince them." It's not good for you to do this. We can do it, and then you will drive us away, and you will be their benefactors. If you use your means again, and those people will thank you, you will be able to do it! But first of all, we must consume their vitality, those people are not subject to education, and it is difficult to deal with them without ruthless means. ”

Zhang Zhimu couldn't make up his mind about such a thing, but Zhang Zhimu also knew that what Zhang Xianzhong said made sense. The Americans dealt with the Indians in the first place, and they could not begin to use indoctrination without first using force to bring them to their knees.

"After dealing with the southwest, I will also learn from Li Zicheng, we can reorganize the army and leave 100,000 people, and we will march into Wusizang. Completely solve the problem of Uszambi. Zhang Xianzhong said.

"That's a good thing, but do you know Uszang?" Zhang Zhimu asked, "The plateau climate there is thin air, and it is difficult for us ordinary people to breathe. If you don't get it right, you will get altitude sickness. ”

"Huh! We're not afraid, you have some magic medicine, just bring us more. "Zhang Xianzhong has no idea how terrible altitude sickness is.

"Those medicines can't cure altitude sickness." Zhang Zhimu said, "When altitude sickness occurs, the more antibiotics are used, the faster they die." Nitric oxide should be used to eliminate edema. Zhang Zhimu knew that this was an effective method developed by the Chinese after paying a lot of lives in their previous lives.

"Then we'll just take what you said." Zhang Xianzhong thought it was very simple.

Zhang Zhimu didn't expect that he would face such a problem soon.

"In this case, I will arrange for them to study this matter immediately, and when you march into Uszang, we will equip you with a military hospital." Zhang Zhimu knew that if he was not well protected, many people would die if he marched into Wusizang.

"Hey! That's great, if we can have a doctor like Yaogang, we don't have to worry about getting sick there. Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed when he heard this, he knew that the medical level of the people in Yaogang was simply too high, and many patients who could not be saved before could be saved by sending them to the hospital in Yaogang.

"Eight Great Kings, we have been waiting for your attitude," Zhang Zhimu said, "Today's talk is here, how you will act, let's study it with Uncle Chen and Mr. Ouyang." I am sure that they will be able to work with you to find a more suitable and concrete course of action! Southwest and Usizang are not a trivial matter, and there are too many things that we need to study and solve. ”

"Haha! Only now did I feel that the stone in my heart had been put down. Those specific things, you kiln gang people must be more thoughtful than we think. I'm convinced of this. Zhang Xianzhong smiled very happily, "Let's drink now!" ”

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