Chapter Twenty-Five: A New Choice
Gong Changhou is not an ordinary person, and he will never listen to Zhao Cheng's words.
But his perception of the crisis is also very human.
Over the years, he has made great contributions to Zhu Chongba, fought in the south and the north, and was born and died.
It can be said that the great contribution of Gongchang Hou is not the slightest smaller than that of Xu Da and others.
Those people are named wolves and rank as the prince of the country, why is he Guo Xing treated the same as Fu Youde, Hu Mei and others?
Although he Guo is not the same as Guo Zixing, he is also an important part of Guo Zixing's team, and he is also one of the people who have followed Zhu Chongba for the longest time.
The Guo brothers worked hard, in the end, what is the difference between them and the generals?
What made Guo Xing even more unbearable was that he and Fu Youde and others attacked Shu and destroyed Shu Xia, and everyone in the world knew Fu Youde's merits, but they didn't know that he Gongchang Hou conquered Hanzhou and Chengdu, and his contribution was not small.
How unfair?!
Guo Zixing's death is a knot in his heart.
Zhu Chongba looked for him during the southern expedition to the north, and when the campaign was over, Wang Shi triumphed, but it was unfair to him.
This is also a point that Gong Changhou can't let go.
What is the difference between Zhu Chongba's move and "picking up the bowl to eat, putting down the bowl and scolding"?
As for what Zhao Cheng said, he would catch an illness after touring northern Xinjiang in the sixteenth year of Hongwu and die after returning to Beijing, and Gongchanghou did not believe it.
Or rather, he would never believe that he was dying!
He fought all his life, fought Mobei, killed the northwest, broke through friendship with fire, conquered Zhang Shicheng in the east, attacked Chengdu when he entered, and defended Tongguan when he retreated......
Such an almost invincible god of war, a fierce general who has fought all his life, it is normal to die on the battlefield, and it is not good to die of old age and incapacitation.
As for the death of illness, who would believe this?!
Anyway, he Gong Changhou won't believe it.
But what if it wasn't for death?
In particular, after his death, he was posthumously presented to the Duke of the Kingdom, and within a few years, he was removed from the knighthood.
It's not normal no matter how you look at it!!
Zhao Cheng didn't know what Gong Changhou thought, he thought that this Hou Ye would set up an ambush, but he didn't want to go all the way.
This Gongchang Marquis Guo Xing is a bit interesting!
Zhao Cheng knew very well that his identity must have been exposed.
Wuchang Mansion has a large number of garrisons, if he finds the traitor Zhao Cheng, how can he be easily let go!
But this is the case, there are no officers and soldiers to set up ambushes, and it is so ordinary that it is unusual.
Zhao Cheng knew very well that Zhu Chongba could not be merciful to him.
If the court has a chance, if the government can find clues, it will not make him feel better.
Originally, Zhao Cheng was already preparing for a fierce battle, and then fought his way out of the encirclement and escaped by night.
Unfortunately, what he thought was wrong.
Along the way, nothing happened, and the wind and waves were calm......
All this, obviously, is not normal.
If it was said that it had nothing to do with that Gong Changhou, Zhao Cheng didn't believe it.
In fact, it was indeed Guo Xing's arrangement.
Even, after Zhao Cheng left, this Gong Changhou drank wine for a night, and stopped a few Jinwei on the way to drink and chat with him until dawn.
Guo Xing is not a man who rests on his laurels.
In other words, there is a breath in his chest, and he is angry at the injustices of the world.
Like Song Lian, he also wanted to find out why Guo Zixing died!
The little marquis can be called a god and demon in the world, but he only knows that Guo Zixing died depressed because Zhu Chongba released Sun Deya.
Obviously, Gong Changhou could not be convinced.
He might have to do something to find out.
Now, the south is chaotic, the southwest is undecided, Pingxi Hou Muying led the army to the north and conquered the Northern Yuan, and Yongchang Hou Lanyu led the troops to garrison Ganzhou, and led the troops south to attack Guangzhou at any time.
Fu Youde was stationed in Tanzhou, training and preparing for war, while waiting for news from the north.
He Gongchang Marquis Guo Xing, if he doesn't do something, how can he be worthy of his title?!
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Zhao Cheng continued to move west, and after escaping a few lines, he came to Yuezhou Mansion.
In the end, he chose to believe in Song Lian and completely handed over the promotion of simplified Chinese characters to him.
In Zhao Cheng's original plan and deployment, he was going to blackmail Song Lian to promote the simplification of Chinese characters.
After Song Lian entered Bashu, he moved the Song family to Bashu, and then relied on the Song family to buy mountains and land, and planted all the seeds in the system space.
It took two or three years to develop obscenely, carry out industrial manufacturing and commercial expansion, and at the same time effectively control an area, and recruit a large number of family care homes.
After the arsenal is established and begins to take shape, and can stably produce advanced munitions, Zhao Cheng can fire the first shot of the armed secession of Bashu.
Here's how the plan is arranged.
But time can't wait!
Slow development, increase productivity, enhance industrial capacity, and finally carry out armed secession, continue to develop, expand power, and expand externally......
This series of processes is down, and there is simply not enough time!
Moreover, Song Lian was good at advocating, and he also disrupted Zhao Cheng's plan.
Zhao Cheng had no choice but to change his mind, change his thinking, and think about how to go in the future?!
During this time, two options have come to mind.
First, go directly to Liangguang and find his father, Nanxiong Marquis Zhao Yong.
Second, go directly to Qianzhou to prevent the Ming Dynasty from pacifying Yungui.
If the first option is chosen, Zhao Cheng can go south from Yuezhou Mansion and get in touch with Nanxiong Marquis directly.
However, he still needs to find time and opportunity to actually control an army.
After that, he also suggested that Zhao Yong should narrow the scope of actual control, strengthen his own strength and improve his combat effectiveness.
Judging from the current situation, this choice is Zhao Cheng's best choice.
After all, his father, Nanxionghou, formally controlled Guangdong.
Although he does not actually control it, he has an unparalleled voice in Guangdong, and if he can persuade Zhao Yong, Zhao Cheng will be very convenient.
But the question now is, will Nanxiong Hou listen to his Zhao Cheng's arrangements and suggestions on such a major matter?
If he didn't listen, could Zhao Cheng coerce Zhao Yong by force?
None of this is a big deal.
The real problem was that Guangdong would have a hard time defending itself against the Ming army.
Zhao Cheng knew very well that if there was no sudden change, Fu Youde and other army commanders would be able to pacify Yungui in less than half a year.
After that, the army will definitely advance eastward, and the army of Ganjiang and Hunan will go south, and it will be impossible for the two Guangxi to stop it.
With the development of more than half a year, it is difficult for Zhao Cheng to form a powerful firearms army that has won all battles.
Once the Ming army swept away, he only abandoned the base area and carried out a strategic transfer.
This is the most powerless ending for Zhao Cheng!
After all, food is the foundation.
If the grain he planted in Guangdong can't be taken away, isn't it a dowry for Fu Youde and others?
If he doesn't grow food in Guangdong, it won't be a waste of time!
But if you don't go to Guangdong and choose to go to Qianzhou, Zhao Cheng is still struggling.
If you want to develop and grow in an environment like Qianzhou, strong allies are a must!
If there is the support of allies, it is more advantageous to develop in Qianzhou than in Guangdong.
Because there are many mountains in Qianzhou, there is no way to go in many places.
If the Ming army wants to break in, it will be difficult to climb to the sky!
Once Zhao Cheng has a firm foothold in Qianzhou, high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes can grow in Qianzhou, which is of vital significance to the development of Qianzhou.
Agriculture is not a problem, and grain basically cannot hinder Zhaocheng's development of power.
It was based on Qianzhou, and the foreign government was strong, rapidly developing the military industry, increasing productivity, and then actually controlling Qianzhou.
All of this will be as natural as a fish in water.
Zhao Cheng was sure that as long as Qianzhou was under his actual control, it would be almost impossible for the Ming Dynasty to take down Qianzhou.
The Sword Pavilion is majestic and Cui Wei, one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open.
Qianzhou, how can it not be so!
The ground is not three feet flat, the army is moving forward, and you will be tired to death!
When Zhaocheng's power further develops and expands, it will be easy to capture Yunnan and Bashu, and basically achieve the goal of separating the southwest.
However, Zhao Cheng had another idea.
Go south to Guangdong, hold on to Guangzhou, and if nothing can be done, quickly retreat to Hainan, or even retreat further south.
But there is a downside to this, manpower can be an issue.
Retreat all the way, and when you reach Luzon, there may not be many people.
There are not enough people, and many things want to develop quickly, which is almost impossible.
This article can only be used as an alternative among alternatives.
Regarding how to go in the future, Zhao Cheng thought about it for three days, and finally decided to go west!
It is necessary to find an opportunity to unite with the Qianzhou Tusi to snipe the Ming army and greatly prevent them from pacifying Yungui.
In this way, it may be possible to contain the military strength in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty and reduce the pressure on Zhao Yong, the Marquis of Nanxiong, and others.
As long as Zhao Cheng is given a few years, he will definitely be able to cultivate a powerful army, with advanced combat concepts, equipped with advanced war weapons, advanced medical treatment, and a powerful arsenal......
Sweeping Bashu and separating the southwest, the future has infinite possibilities!
Once Bashu is occupied, with the support of his huge database, information base, and database, Bashu can easily develop rapidly in a short period of time.
It will not reach the level of the 21st century, but it is very possible to reach the level of the 20th century.
Moreover, not the beginning of the twentieth century, at least the middle of the twentieth century.
With the support of huge data, it will take us more than 100 years to complete the road in 40 or 50 years.
Zhao Cheng made a decision, no longer wasting time, moving forward at full speed and heading west.
And in the past few days, the rendering wave caused by Song Lian in Wuchang has spread.
The so-called "Xinhua Dictionary" has also become a hot topic of discussion among the whole people.
In Wuchang, several wealthy businessmen united with the support of Song Lian and established the Xinhua Printing Factory, which turned to study how to rub the "Xinhua Dictionary".
Song Lian knew the importance of the Xinhua Dictionary, but he also understood the difficulty of rubbing the entire book.
In order to facilitate the promotion, he refined the "Xinhua Dictionary", and on the basis of Zhao Cheng's proposal, it was classified and printed according to the pronunciation.
This work is not easy, especially on the basis of such low productivity during the Hongwu period, many things can only rely on manpower.
But fortunately, there is a physical basis, and the work is tedious but not difficult.
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The simplification of Chinese characters is being implemented in full swing, and Zhu Chongba, who is sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, has a heavier killing intent towards the old and immortal Song Lian.
But he has already killed once, and the difficulty of killing a second time, he also understands.
What's more, his wife and children were forced to use the queen's throne and the prince's throne, and Emperor Hongwu was helpless.
I can only pray that Song Lian's old guy is not accustomed to the soil and water, and he will die on the road as soon as possible!
As for simplifying Chinese characters, Zhu Chongba also knows something.
If it weren't for Song Lian who proposed it, he might have supported it and issued a decree from the imperial court to implement the simplification of Chinese characters throughout the country.
But it's a pity.
Hatred changes face beyond recognition.
What's more, this is also related to the traitor Zhao Cheng?
If it weren't for the persuasion of his wife and children, he would have directly ordered that this simplified Chinese character be listed as a taboo and all related activities prohibited.
Song Lian's guy didn't die, and he even did something immeasurably meritorious like promoting simplified Chinese characters.
This made the Eight Emperors very unhappy.
Even more unhappy that he couldn't kill him yet.
It's annoying.
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In the East Palace, the crown prince Zhu Biao is still making marks on the divine book.
After moving the Zhou family of Anqing Mansion to Yingtianfu, those divine books originally fell into his hands.
With the help of the Zhou family, he has long mastered the use of the "Xinhua Dictionary", and now he basically understands simplified Chinese characters.
That "General History of the Ming Dynasty" is no longer a heavenly book that he can't read, and he has long studied it over and over again.
What has happened, Zhu Biao is basically right.
What is happening now has not yet come to fruition.
1. Mu Ying defeated the Northern Yuan army in July;
2. Teacher Song Lian was exiled to Maozhou in August;
3. In September, Zhu Liangzu was whipped to death.
"The teacher has been exiled for two months because of Song Shen, and the second one has been advanced."
As for the third one, Zhu Liang's ancestors were originally in Guangdong, and they would not have rebelled.
But because Zhao Cheng fled, his father Zhao Yong learned of the drastic changes in Yingtianfu, and the king forced his ministers to rebel and had to rebel, and was forced to rebel.
This Zhu Liangzu already had the heart of rebellion, and under Zhao Yong's bewitchment, he rebelled.
If the counterinsurgency in the south ends, Zhu Liangzu will definitely die.
However, it is said that he did evil, brutalized Zhongliang, and colluded with Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, this traitor deserves to die! ”
"Now, these two have changed because of Zhao Cheng, and they are not fully consistent with the record.
Could this be the reason why Zhao Cheng said that day, 'I'm here, all this will change'? ”
"Zhao Cheng, can he influence the future and change the future?"
Thinking of this, Prince Zhu Biao was very excited.
Zhao Cheng can influence and change the future, does that mean that his son and mother can not die in the fifteenth year of Hongwu?
"Zhao Cheng, Zhao Cheng, I know that you have a connection with the teacher, maybe I can contact you through the teacher,
If you can change the fate of my mother and my son, I will protect you at all costs!! ”
Zhu Biao's eyes flashed, for the sake of Queen Ma and Zhu Xiongying, he did everything, including rebellion.
"However, now we still need to verify that it is about to be July, whether Mu Ying can defeat the Northern Yuan army,
The methods and strategies recorded in this divine book are known only to me except Zhao Cheng.
If Mu Ying returns triumphantly, and the method he uses is the same as the above record, then it proves that this book is indeed a divine book! ”
Zhu Biao is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart.
After Zhao Cheng killed Ying Tianfu, he continued to verify some things, and at the same time, he continued to accumulate strength, gathered some people around him, and had a lot of power.
"Tell Chen Xi to come to see me!"
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Biao gave an order to the guards outside the door.
Chen Xi is the person who has been in contact with Zhao Cheng for the longest time.
At the beginning, Zhao Cheng's fake lady died, and Chen Xi escaped from death, but there was almost no chance of survival under the torture.
Zhu Biao rescued him.
The grace of saving lives cannot be repaid.
It can only be promised by cattle and horses.