Chapter 3255 Who Says Tubo People Are Stupid?

Zhao Xing shook his head: "I can't do this thing, no matter what, Mr. Mengxi is destined to leave a mark in history, if I do this, first, I will have a restless conscience for the rest of my life, and second, ...... What will history think of me when it comes to this? ”

Wan Qianyong smiled faintly: "My lord, I just said, in fact, Mr. Mengxi's depression has not been better, but in the past, there were adults who kept comforting and relieving him, and his symptoms were relatively mild." \\\\ But I heard that his appetite has always been bad, his bones are thin, and his body is very thin. In addition, he is not accustomed to the taste of Guangzhou, and the adults transport food from Hangzhou for him every day, which costs a lot.

Mr. Mengxi has done such a thing to us, and he intends to exchange our secrets for his own recovery, and it is only natural for your lord to exempt him from his support...... I thought that Mr. Mengxi's current spiritual pillar was an adult, and when the adult was treating his disease, he developed an emotional dependence, as long as the adult was contemptuous and cold to him, his dependence collapsed, and the rest was a matter of self-destruction---- what do adults think? ”

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "If you and I don't discuss this matter here, I heard the news that it seems to be a matter of course to withdraw the offering to Mr. Mengxi, but now that you have said that if you treat him, he will definitely die, how can I pretend that I don't know anything?" I did, and that was murder! ”

Wan Qianyong shook his head: "Adults have always been decisive, why are you indecisive this time?" ”

"There is no impermeable wall in the world, as long as we do this, one day the world will find out. I don't often say: everyone pays for their actions. You and I will definitely pay the price for this in the future, and I think the price is too great for us to afford.

I've always wanted to be a rule maintainer, not a disruptor. Do you know Tang Taizong Li Shimin? Killed his own brother. forced his father to abdicate. Although Tang Taizong was indeed wise and martial, he set a bad precedent, since his death, every emperor of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne had to take bloody measures, so. The once powerful Tang Dynasty perished in the constant struggle for power.

The battle for succession is the most brutal, every new emperor ascends the throne has to kill a group of enemy supporters, as strong as Li Bai, and because of the succession battle involving King Yong, he finally collapsed. Fighting for each other, many talents were wasted, and many talents were killed. As a result, the alien race entered the Central Plains......

Don is so. Wang Mang's change of law in the Han Dynasty also set a rough precedent, changing new money and amending the law as he pleased; And my Great Song Dynasty since Wang Anshi changed the law, using brutal means to exclude dissidents, but also set a bad precedent, since him, every time a minister comes up, he will take the exclusion of dissidents as the first responsibility. I can't make this mistake, I can't use vile means to achieve my ends, and set a bad precedent---- no matter how noble the purpose may be. ^^^^ is not worth advocating, at least by me. ”

Wan Qiyong grinned: "Then we will ignore him." The position of the adults in Guangzhou is as stable as Mount Tai, and Zhang Xianggong did not look at Shen Kuo very well in the past. Now he is more concerned about the attitude of adults, and he may not necessarily take care of Shen Kuo. And Shen Kuo knew that his betrayal and betrayal were still looked down upon, and the rest ---- people were doing it, and the sky was watching ......"

Zhao Xing was silent.

Zhao Xing remained silent, Wan Qiyong was already impatient, he dropped the topic and turned to the Dali issue: "My lord, this year's spring." It's time for our naturalization work in Dali to begin. However, the preparation for the land reform is a major project, and the number of officials we have at hand is not enough. My lord, let's see if we are slowing down, starting with the Shanyan Mansion and gradually advancing northward. In this way, manpower is less scarce, and we still have time to teach those Dali students. ”

"Reform the land and return to the stream" is a word of the Ming Dynasty, in the real history, to the Ming Dynasty, the Yunnan-Guizhou region still implements the feudal hereditary Tusi system, at the same time, the central power of the Ming Dynasty implements serfdom, in this case, the slave dynasty does not allow the existence of "feudal fortresses" in its territory, so the imperial court began to find faults, set up many obstacles to exempt the hereditary feudal rights of the Tusi land, and changed to "liuguan" to govern the local area. This strategy is called "changing the land and returning to the stream".

Zhao Xing has always liked to play the shell of the ancients and do something that meets his wishes. His so-called "changing the land and returning to the stream" was to deprive Tusi of its judicial and military powers, and instead use mobile courts to hear local civil lawsuits. However, the power of governance enjoyed by the toast was not touched.

In order to tie the local feudal Tusi tightly to the chariot of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Xing immediately began to recruit the people of Dali to build roads after capturing Duan Zhengchun, the king of Dali. Of course, the local Yi people built roads for the Great Song Dynasty, not free labor, Zhao Xing relied on the abundant financial resources of Guangnan, and spent money to build the official road from Dali to Guangxi and Chengdu Prefecture like water, and each conscripted Dali migrant worker was treated according to the Xiang army, and paid 50 wen and a liter of rice every day.

After the young and strong men under the Dali Tusi were tempted by money and let Zhao Xing be emptied, Zhao Xing began to "make ten chapters" with the Tusi, and put forward the concept of "lord's land rights and obligations" for the first time: the local Tusi can have the right to govern their hereditary territory, but in order to maintain the central government's recognition of this hereditary right, they must pay taxes according to the size of the fief, and also provide manpower to deal with the imperial court labor---- of course, according to the exemption law, Zhao Xing also has to pay for the conscription of Dali people to do labor.

At the same time, Tusi was deprived of his judicial power by the imperial court, and instead used the "mobile law cao" sent by the Guangxi Tidian Criminal Prison to accept criminal cases and take charge of judgments. In order to prevent the local Tusi from interfering with the judgment of the case, Zhao Xing also stipulated that if the Tusi offended the judge, the Tusi would be exempted from the hereditary inheritance right, and the hereditary territory would be under the direct management of the local government.

In order to alleviate the concerns of the toasters about the unfairness of the verdict, Zhao Xing moved the jury system from modern times---- where the judge was in charge of the trial, but he could not make a verdict, and the verdict had to be made by a jury composed of locals. If both parties to the litigation are not satisfied with the verdict, or believe that the verdict violates the criminal law of the Great Song Dynasty, they may appeal to the Guangdong Criminal Prison (Constitutional Division......

The establishment of such a judicial system was intended to contain the toast and limit the power of the toast. But to build such a judicial system from scratch, it is necessary to train a large number of people. Zhao Xing's expansion was so rapid that all the trained students from the prefectures had been sent out to serve as officials, but this was still not enough. Wan believes that Guangdong should slow down the pace of expansion. Gradually implement the system of "changing the land and returning it to the stream".

"Don't worry, we don't have to be anxious if we don't have enough manpower, I'm worried that there are too many toasts in Dali", Zhao Xing smiled meaningfully.

Wan Qiyong suddenly understood, and he immediately laughed. That laughter couldn't have been more treacherous.

What Zhao Xing means is that he tends to "correct after the fact", ---- if there are toasts who dare to challenge the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty, then it is just right to use these toasts to test the knife. And Shuai Fan is still stationed in Dali, which is what he intends to do.

Wan Qiyong laughed for a moment, remembered something again, and hurriedly added: "Master Zhang said last year that the Qingtang people harassed Shaanxi again, should we also let Shuai Fan respond......

As he spoke. Shuai Fan has news from there. A soldier came in and reported: "Urgent report, Tubo sent troops to Lanxi County, the striker has fought with our army eleven times, the army is strong, Lord Shuai, please quickly increase the troops in Dali." ”

Zhao Xing stood up unhurriedly and said with a smile: "Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, it was really not the right time for them to come." ”

Now can be said to be the weakest time in the East Guangnan Road, and the First Fleet of the Quang Nam Navy was taken to the Indian Ocean by Chen Buqun. The Second Fleet stopped at Fuzhou, and the Third Fleet followed Zhang Tian to Beijing to receive the reward. Along with the Third Fleet, there were some heroes of the two wars, and the remaining backbone of the army who did not leave was taken to Fujian by Zhao Xing.

"We still have half a demon army on hand. The training of the demon army is not over yet, and I am afraid that it will not be of great use...... The newly recruited Guangxi Monster Army has not yet arrived, so for the time being, we can only let the Shuai Jian Division hold on", Wan Qiyong finished calculating with his fingers and hurriedly suggested.

Zhao Xing categorically denied Wan Qianyong's suggestion: "It can't be delayed, once the Tubo people go down the mountain, the situation will not be up to us." \\\\\\ weather will soon enter the rainy season, and we can't increase our troops to Dali in the rainy season. Wait until the rainy season has passed. The Tibetans have already established a firm foothold in Dali---- they are familiar with the way, once they are allowed to gain a foothold. I'm afraid it's hard to get them out...... Let's let the half of the demon army, as well as the untrained demon army. ”

Zhao Xing replied contemplatively: "The action must be fast, and the army must be pulled to Dali as quickly as possible---- mobilize all the flat-bottomed boats on the Pearl River, and immediately start transporting soldiers to the capital of the king of Dali." Tell the officer: Leave the formation alone, which squad is organized and will be shipped immediately, and we will reorganize it in the capital of Dali...... I'll leave now, I'll take the guards first, and I'll leave the rest to you. ”

Wan Qiyong squinted his eyes, nodded with a smile, got up and arched his hand and said, "Congratulations to my lord, I wish you a successful start and a long martial luck!" ”

Zhao Xing went out on the front foot, and Wan Qianyong whispered: "My lord is avoiding it, it's not easy for adults to come forward, why don't I, a staff, take action...... Come on, quickly send someone to Hong Kong Island to see Mr. Mengxi, and so on. ”

On the banks of the Guangzhou River, Zhao Xing commanded the guards to detain the boat, and announced that the government had recruited, as soon as he gathered enough boats, he immediately boarded the boat non-stop, went upriver along the Guangzhou River, and went straight to Shanxian Mansion, when Shanxian Mansion stopped for a while, he received news from Wan Qianyong---- Shen Kuo committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.

Zhao Xing was silent for a long time, dripping a few tears, and he didn't know if these tears were crocodile tears.

After shedding these tears, the follow-up demon army arrived, Zhao Xing sorted out the team a little, and continued to go up the river until the royal capital of Dali, and then stopped for a while.

Guangdong's original musket team is often called the "Demon Army", the earliest Demon Army was composed of Guangxi Yi people, and later Zhao Xing recruited some Tunken farmers, local gunners, Huainan Zhuangding, to form the second mobile force. Both armies used muskets, and when they fought, the guns rumbled, as if the god of thunder had descended from the earth. The Yi people of Guangxi did not know the truth, and they called the new-style army of Guangdong the "demon army" by spreading false rumors.

When Zhao Xing learned about it, he simply named the two armies "Demon Army" and "Demon Army" respectively. In this regard, the soldiers of the demon army not only did not feel fear, but also quite promised to be demons. They think that they have mastered Thor's weapons, and the combat methods they use to fight are completely different from the previous cold weapon army, and they should name their team with a special name, and the word "demon" is just right.

With the victory of Dali and the increase of the peasants in the cantonment, Zhao Xing now began to form two other armies, and he simply continued to name these latter two armies with "ghost army" and "strange army". Together, the four armies are known as the "Demon Army". ****

The Song people all like two-word words, as Zhao Xing named his four armies with "demons and monsters", the literati in the Liangguang region thought the name was indecent, and added a word to each of these four armies, called "Ping Demon Army", "Demon Eradication Army", "Ghost Search Army", "Monster Sweeping Army". Zhao Xing smiled at these four names. But in his usual days, he still likes to simply call those four armies "demons, demons, ghosts, and monsters".

Among these four armies, the demon army has the longest training time and the strongest combat effectiveness, and the soldiers are all equipped with muskets; The demon army is a mixed army of spears and muskets, and the latter two armies gradually increase the artillery ground configuration---- the reason why this situation has become such is because Zhao Xing wants to use different troop formations. A firearms unit similar to the "Spanish Musket Mixed Phalanx" was found. However, because he did not know the specific data of the Sino-Spanish musket formation, he had to use different formations and gradually explore and repair them in actual combat.

Among the four armies, the combat effectiveness of the demon army can be said to be the strongest, because the people in the Liangguang area are short and thin, so Zhao Xing specially recruited strong people from the northern reclamation personnel to form this mixed team of spears and muskets, they are relatively strong compared to the southerners. Fierce by nature, dare to fight, so when Dali conquered the battlefield. Shuai Fan took this army with him.

After the victory of the battle, Shuai Fan adopted the rotation rest system, half of the demon army returned to Guangdong and began to take turns to rest, while the demon army all returned, and at the same time, the ghost army was transferred. When the Tibetans invaded the land, fortunately, the rest time of the half of the "demon army" had ended. In the past few days, we are assembling in Guangzhou. Ready to pull on Dali. This made Zhao Xing's temporary convening end quickly. At the same time, the families of the demon army are all in the north and south of the world. It was very difficult to retract, Zhao Xing didn't have time, and directly pulled half of the demon army to Dali......

After waiting for two days in the capital of Dali, only a third of the demon army came, and the time could not wait, so Zhao Xing had to mix the army at hand and continue to go up the river by boat. Set off towards the Dali border.

Border, Dali Lanxi County, this is the place where the three rivers converge, in modern times, it is still a famous scenic spot: the White Horse Snow Mountain is nearby, the west of the Snow Mountain is the famous scenic spot Shangri-La, and beyond Shangri-La and then west into Chengdu Prefecture. To the east of Snow Mountain is the Tibetan Plateau, which is called the "Tibetan Plateau" in modern times. When Shuai Fan saw Zhao Xinglai, his mouth couldn't close in shock, and he stammered and asked: "Why did the adults come so quickly, I thought you would not be able to come until the rainy season at the earliest, I estimated that at that time, my gunpowder was also exhausted, if the reinforcements did not come again, I would have to retreat to the capital of Dali." ”

Zhao Xing gritted his teeth: "It's the spring flood in front of me, the snow is melting, and the soldiers you sent to deliver the letter will soon arrive in Guangzhou, but do you know how hard it took me to go upstream?" ”

Shuai Fan grinned, licked his face and replied, "I know that adults always have a way." ”

Zhao Xing then asked, "How is the situation?" ”

Shuai Fan replied: "A few days ago, I was in the royal capital to send various places to tour the Facao, to meet with the Tusi, there was a Lanxi County Tusi said that at the beginning of spring, there were constantly Tubo people from the confluence of the three rivers drilled out, they suspected that this was the advance sentinel of the Tubo army, I was suspicious, so I sent a team first, but the team was in a hurry that night, saying that it encountered a 200-strong Tubo army, these Tubo soldiers were not afraid of death, and the attack was very fanatical.

So I sent you a letter, and at the same time personally led the team to rush over, and in the following days, we kept encountering the Tubo riots, with three or five people in small groups and two or three hundred people in large groups, and we were tired of fighting, and I was worried that there were still large troops of the Tibetans hidden in the mountains. I am afraid that our little strength will not be enough to deal with it. ”

Zhao Xing took out the telescope from his arms and observed the white horse snow mountain from a distance, the snow mountain was as white as jade in the sun of the plateau, shining like glass, the top of the mountain was shrouded in a hat-like white cloud, the clouds were steaming, colorful streamers, plus fresh air, blue sky, making the snow mountain appear extremely beautiful.

Zhao Xing put down the binoculars and muttered to himself: "The color is too bright, the blue sky is like a jewel, the white clouds are like the white yarn dancing of a girl, the snow white is tempting, and then it is called the eternal ice and snow in the upper half of the mountain...... You say, do the Tibetan people know about the snow-capped mountains, or do we understand? ”

Zhao Xing's last sentence was very abrupt, and Shuai Fan replied without thinking: "Of course they are Tubo people, they live in the mountains all year round, so they are naturally familiar with the situation in the mountains. And we...... To tell you the truth, when I walked to this mountain pass, I didn't dare to enter the mountain anymore, I just wanted to block the Tibetan people into the mountain, and it was over. ”

Zhao Xing asked again: "Why did the Tubo people send troops at this time?" ”

Shuai Fan replied smoothly: "After the rainy season last year. We have conquered Dali, and this situation has broken the balance of power in this region, and the Tubo people must certainly make a statement. It's a pity that the mountain road is rough, and the news is passed to them, and it will probably be the end of the year. At the end of the year, heavy snow began to cover the mountains, and they had no way out if they wanted to, so they had to do it in the spring.

I reckon. The Tibetans wanted to occupy a foothold in the spring. When we moved our troops from outside, it was the rainy season, and after the rainy season the mountains began to get colder, and if we wanted to expel them, we had to wait until the next year, and in a year's time, they could build a bridgehead in the area, and then they would come and go as they wanted. And we have to deal with it.

Of course, if we can't bear the harassment and are forced to quit Dali. That's better, the Tubo people can swallow the ripe fruit of Dali in the name of Dali's restoration.

As long as they don't go out of the mountain and we survive the rainy season, I believe that with the hands and feet of adults, they will definitely come to support us, but I didn't expect that the hands and feet of adults will be faster than I imagined. ”

A wicked smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Xing's mouth. Answer: "I'm also worried that the Tibetan people will make a big mess. I rushed all the way to the rescue. We have just occupied Dali for a short time. The people's hearts have not yet been submitted, and at this time, the Tibetans cannot be allowed to make trouble, and they must be resolutely pushed back...... When is the most dangerous time in the snowy mountains, you say? ”

Shuai Fan's eyes lit up, and he replied to himself: "Although I have never been to the Snow Mountain, it is common sense to speculate that spring should be the most dangerous." Because of the snow mountains in winter, the snow on the mountains is very solid, and as long as there is no earth noise that causes the snow mountains to shake, avalanches will not occur. In spring, the snow is melting, the snow is loose, and avalanches or mudslides can occur at any time---- and I don't dare to go into the mountains. ”

Zhao Xing replied resolutely: "But we have to go into the mountain, and only by going into the mountain can we know the specific plans of the Tubo people." ”

Shuai Fan shook his head: "Judging from the fact that the Tubo team is only three or three, the Tubo people are also worried about the avalanche, so they scattered the team." My lord, you can't enter the mountain now, the snow-capped mountain in spring, no matter how careful you are, it is useless, when it has an accident, it is not a personal luck that can be avoided, it is all up to the destiny of heaven. ”

"Then bet on our luck", the expression on Zhao Xing's face was very hideous: "The Tubo people are waiting for the summer, and when the snow mountains are safe in the summer, they go out of the mountain just in time for the rainy season in Dali, and our muskets are not as good as bows and arrows in the rainy season, they wait for the ground, we can't afford to wait, so we have to go into the mountains." ”

Shuai Fan was silent for a moment, and cautiously verified: "Didn't the adults think that Tubo was coming?" …… I originally thought that the adults had no last resort, since they started to recruit the strange army early, then after the training of the strange army, the Tubo people would not move, why did the Tubo people suddenly do it now? Didn't you really expect the chain reaction of capturing Dali? ”

Zhao Xing sighed: "Accident, pure accident!" After receiving Zhang Di's letter, I thought that Tubo's attention was in Shaanxi, so we had at least a year to prepare, but I didn't expect him to start taking action against us.

There are capable people in Tibet, he harassed Shaanxi, and he should have left a reserve in the direction of Shaanxi to deal with the possible retaliation of our Great Song Dynasty, but he actually transferred all the troops to the south---- according to the time, this winter, it is estimated that this Tubo army is marching. Only in this way did they have time to walk from Shaanxi to Yunnan. This shows that some people in Tibet anticipated the reaction of the imperial court and knew that the imperial court would stop the war on both sides of Zhang! Awesome, who is this person? I really want to burn yellow paper with him and worship him as a brother. ”

Shuai Fan smiled: "Do you think you are more treacherous, but I didn't expect that there is also a treacherous person in Tubo, so I have the idea of sympathy, yes?" It's a pity that we locals can't go up to the plateau. ”

Shuai Fan said that this sentence is the key, under the simple equipment of the Song Dynasty, ordinary people could not cope with altitude sickness, once they walked to a place above 4,000 meters above sea level, they often felt that there was not enough oxygen in the air and could not breathe. The Tibetans, on the other hand, were able to adapt to the alpine environment. This caused the Song people to be beaten one-sidedly. As long as the Tubo people lacked something, they went down the mountain to rob it, and then retreated to the high mountain, and the Song people could only look at the mountain and sigh.

However, altitude sickness has always been a double-edged sword, the Song people can't climb the mountains, and the Tubo people who came down from the plateau also have to adapt to the lowland environment and suddenly come down from the plateau, and they can't adapt to the oxygen concentration in the air, and produce a state of "drunk oxygen", in order to get rid of the drunken oxygen state, they must rest in the low-lying place for a period of time, and so on to adapt to the low-lying environment, in order to recover their combat effectiveness---- which is why Shuai Fan guessed that they must hide somewhere in the mountains to rest.

"How do you relate to the people in the neighborhood?" Zhao Xing asked calmly.

"Of course it's good!" Shuai Fan replied proudly: "Who am I, I can't even do this means, so do you dare to reach out to Dali---- you see, Lanxi County didn't secretly tell me the news of the Tubo people, so that I could block the Tubo army here, which shows that at least for now, the Dali people have no resistance to our rule." ”

The new officials in Dali are still cultivated by Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing's salary is generous, and he likes to teach students practical philosophy, and the students have learned less of the hypocrite doctrine of saying one thing and doing another, which is more simple than the readers in other places, so the people of Dali who have respect for the culture of the Great Song Dynasty are still quite obedient.

"Then go and find more guides nearby--- those who have dogs at home should be hired with their dogs and give them double money," Zhao Xing waved his hand and ordered.

Shuai Fan understood what Zhao Xing meant, and hurriedly added: "There is a big dog the size of a calf on the Tubo Plateau, which is called a golden mastiff or a snow mastiff here, so we will hire those who have a big mastiff as guides, and I will 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 am better than you; In terms of official character, I can just order you--- I order you to follow me, and in case I am in danger, you will lead the dog to search for me. Don't worry, I'll be careful. ”

Shuai Fan rolled his eyes: "Why do you say that you are more familiar with the snow mountains than me?" You, like me, have never been to a snowy mountain before. Adult status is respected, or I'll go, in case I have three long and two short ......"

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