This real crisis is nothing more than an ordinary battle in any sense, and the emperors of the Chinese world and other regions, since the beginning, have experienced an arduous death battle, and have experienced the danger of nine deaths, which is much more difficult than the one that Zhao Jin suffered. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this ambush battle, Zhao Jin showed superhuman courage and force for the first time, and several of them faced more than 100 outlaw bandits, and won more with less.

We have seen too much of the emperor's miraculous performance when he was a teenager, but this battle outside Xuzhou is not fiction, whether official or civil, there are enough records as ironclad evidence, you know, the local government and literati at that time did not need to please Zhao Jin.

The valley that occurred nearby now has a very beautiful name "Shenglong Valley", and it is also a must-go place for wealthy idlers when they first come to Xuzhou.

In the eyes of researchers, in addition to proving that Zhao Jin did have imperial potential, the ambush in Shenglong Valley also had an impact on Zhao Jin's psychology, which had little impact on the establishment and consolidation of the Han Empire, but it was a blessing for all the heroes of the Han Empire.

After the emperor ascended the throne, the purge of heroes has become a common way to play power games, and it has reached the extreme here in Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Among the meritorious ministers who have been opened by the Han Dynasty, whether it is the chief military general Chen Sheng, or the chief civil official Wang Zhaojing, as well as the veterans and important ministers who are responsible for all aspects below, they have long been aware of this, and after the Han Empire was stabilized, they all expressed their desire to leave the center of power and retire to enjoy wealth and prosperity through various occasions.

Regardless of ancient or modern, whether in the East or in the West, this kind of active retreat is also a common way to play power games, as a superior Zhao Jin should push the boat along the river, creating a harmonious atmosphere both internally and externally, and everyone is happy, but all the important ministers who put forward this wish have been severely reprimanded.

When Zhao Jin made this statement, everyone thought it was a common etiquette on the faces of Chinese officials, and when the reprimand became more severe each time and specific measures were implemented, everyone realized that Zhao Jin was sincere.

This practice has caused another kind of worry, looking at the world, not only in China itself, but also in favor of meritorious officials and close ministers, which will lead to an imbalance of power, will lead to uncontrolled abuse of power by trusted people and families, will shake the foundation of the country, and even let the country perish, this is not alarmist, but there are various precedents to follow.

However, the reality made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, Zhao Jin still maintained his trust in his partners and cronies, but he was not unbridled spoiling and indulgence, when anyone made a mistake, they would be punished according to the rules, and this punishment would neither be too heavy for their relationship with Emperor Taizu, nor would it be exalted and neglected because of their relationship with Emperor Taizu.

Acting according to the rules and acting in strict accordance with the rules is the difference between the Han Empire and any previous Chinese dynasty, but even so, from this kind of "rules" itself, it can still be seen that Zhao Jin's friendship and concern for his partners, even if this kind of brotherhood is only maintained in this generation, the more the next generation tends to the traditional relationship between monarchs and ministers.

The words full of warmth such as "affection" and "concern" should not have appeared in an emperor, especially the first self-made emperor like Zhao Jin, the reason why there is such a situation, we can only attribute the reason to the psychological impact of the "Thang Long Valley Ambush".

Back to Zhao Jin's method and rhythm of doing things, in the social environment at that time, the first few steps Zhao Jin took were not too unusual, in the vast territory of the Ming Empire, more than one person did this, but these people either became bullies who exploited the place, or became gentry with semi-official status, earning money and land for themselves and their families, pursuing power and pleasure or fame, and most of their goals were concentrated in their hometowns, and one house was already the biggest limit.

Zhao Jin was completely different, he had always sought to grow in strength, to make his group stronger in all aspects, whether it was military, organizational, or economic, in a sense, he even made the same demands in terms of ideology and civilization.

In this process of seeking growth and becoming stronger, Zhao Jin defeated and annihilated one enemy after another who was considered to be similar to him.

The composition of these enemies varied, from thugs from Xuzhou's underground society, to religious organizations that were like political powers, legal and illegal, as well as chambers of commerce and guilds that controlled economic interests.

With the victory after victory, Zhao Jin's strength is getting stronger and stronger, from ancient times to the present, countless people have been lost in the increasing wealth and prestige in victory after victory, or indulged in enjoyment, or arrogant, or lost their goals, and Zhao Jin's opponents eliminated one by one are exactly like this.

A teenager, a teenager who was not so wealthy, achieved a brilliant victory no matter how he evaluated, and achieved a huge fortune that was worthy of envy in any time and space, but he did not get lost, restrained the most vigorous desires of young people, to continue to accumulate, to continue to develop, to make himself more powerful, this is Zhao Jin's calmness, no, this cannot be explained by calmness, this is his plan.

In the process of Zhao Jin's growth, there is another thing that is surprising, that is, his forward-looking, no matter how proud the people of the Han Empire and its vassals are now, and how prosperous the Chinese world is, there is no way to deny that in the era when Zhao Jin grew up, the Ming Empire as an empire was full of holes, and it was okay by the standards of an empire, he was still the largest empire in the world, ruled stably for nearly two hundred years, and also achieved brilliant victories in several internal and external wars, which can be said to be " Zhongxing", but this empire has declined in all aspects, and has fallen behind the Western world at that time, and if this trend continues, it is an inevitable result that Western civilization will comprehensively overwhelm Eastern civilization.

As researchers of later generations, we have detailed information, from the perspective of an almost omniscient and omnipotent person looking at the long river of history, we can conclude that the Ming Empire was full of holes at that time, and we can conclude that the power of Europe was growing rapidly, but people at that time did not know, and Zhao Jin was keenly aware of this.

It is difficult to imagine how there is such courage to challenge the seemingly invincible behemoth, how can there be a decision to draw on the fallacies and heresies that most people thought at the time, and some historical researchers have put forward conjectures about borrowing European technology and certain conceptual details, and today's church system especially insists that this speculation is the truth, that is, Zhao Jin once secretly detained missionaries or merchant ships from Europe, and gained a lot of knowledge from these people from the West. Some bold churches have been secretly promoting that Zhao Jin and those around him were baptized as a teenager because of a saint, a claim that has been strictly forbidden by the authorities, and judging from the official crackdown on the church, this cannot be true.

On the one hand, he absorbs the excellent part of Western civilization, on the other hand, carries forward the excellent culture of the East, learns from the advantages of the East and the West, improves and innovates, here, it can only be said that the capable are omnipotent, Zhao Jin's forward-looking is not only reflected in the use of specific technology, but also reflected in the innovation of specific details, and can even be directly said to be inventions, under his integration, the technology of the Han Empire is ahead of the world, with the full outbreak of the Han Empire's culture, economy and military, Technology has also begun to overtake the whole world, from the original details to improve to the leading era.

People who are contemporaries of Zhao Jin, maybe some people see that the troubled times are coming, maybe some people see that the Ming Empire is strong and strong, maybe some people are also strengthening their armaments, maybe some people are making money while strengthening their armaments, but in this, only Zhao Jin uses all aspects of methods to make his strength stronger, far ahead of the strength of others.

Before obtaining an official status, before setting up a banner that was legally recognized, Zhao Jin's organization and armed forces were at best staff members, militia groups, and tenants, but when we examined his organization and mobilization power, it was far more formal than other underground forces, and even far more formal and efficient than the governments at all levels of the Ming Empire.

For example, Zhao Jin personally created several huge commercial cities, turned the pirates that plagued the Ming Empire into legal shipping, and established huge government-run workshops and farms, which are certainly worthy of admiration and an important part of Zhao Jin's journey to the top.

But in fact, many victories and miracles are not so significant, when Zhao Jin completely controlled Xuzhou, it has become inevitable to take the world.

The territory of the Ming Empire is a thousand times that of Xuzhou, and the population is nearly a thousand times, not to mention that Xuzhou has no fertile fields, no precious minerals, and the Grand Canal, which is the backbone of the Ming Empire's transportation, has been diverted elsewhere, and the Yellow River, which is easy to flood, is a huge danger, and there is no geographical advantage to rely on, because the Yellow River has broken several times, the canal has been diverted, and the local population is sparse compared to a state of the same size, which is not a foundation.

Xuzhou is not without foundation, he has one of the largest iron mines in the Ming Empire at that time, as we all know, the hostess of the iron mine is the first empress of the Taizu Emperor Zhao Jin of the Han Empire, she was threatened by someone because of her family business and took the initiative to establish contact with Zhao Jin, at that time it was a huge iron ore and mining for Zhao Jin's army to provide equipment, and a large number of miners are more suitable than farmers to become professional soldiers. (To be continued.) )