stubborn thief

Chapter 396

In the handsome tent in Mugetan.

Liu Chengzong sat opposite Dai Daozi. He looked carefully at Dai Daozi. He didn't suffer any injuries, but lost a little weight. Then he smiled and said, "It's good if you can come back. You have suffered a lot in the Wara Tartars?"

Dai Daozi grinned happily, nodded and said: "Master Lao is worried, and the humble job can be regarded as a life. This trip is worthwhile. At the beginning, he was exposed for a while in Heshuote, and then asked Junggar Taiji to take him away. It would be much better." He thought I was Tumote Haner who knew Mongolian, and wanted to take me back to Tianshan to help him create characters."

Make characters?

Liu Chengzong wondered: "It's so good, why did the Junggar tribe create characters? Don't the Mongols have characters?"

"Yes, but Oala has been independent from Beiyuan for too long. They have too many dialects, and there are not many people who understand Mongolian, and they can't write clearly, what they write can't be read clearly, and what they read can't understand why."

Dai Daozi smiled and said: "The lowly job still found some information. The Mongolian law is difficult to apply, and the Mongolian language is also incommunicable. In fact, Hui Taiji asked the monk to help him do these things a long time ago. It's just that the two masters of the Oara League and He Shuo Especially against Junggar, so that no one can take the lead in building cities, laws, and writing."

Liu Chengzong thought for a moment, these situations sounded as if the Oirats were very primitive and backward, but in fact it was not because they didn't have them, but because the things in the past were no longer applicable.

This situation is actually very similar to the Marshal’s Mansion before the acquisition of Hehuang. Thirty thousand Han Chinese, [-] Mongols, and hundreds of thousands of Fanmin mastered armed forces and mainstream culture. To continue.

Even for the transmission of government orders, culture must be promoted, and the Han people have an advantage in this regard.

The earliest public and private institution of higher learning in the world is Jixia Academy of Qi State. The earliest private institution’s principal is named Kong Qiu. The largest ancient institution of higher learning is the Taixue of the Han Dynasty with 240 rooms, 850 rooms and more than [-] students. The first college of higher learning is Hongdumen School founded by Emperor Han Ling.

From the pre-Qin feudal era to the era of the unified dynasty, each country had its own imperial school, each county had its own county school, each county had its own county school, and fifty families had their own social schools. study.

This land is the place with the largest number of schools in the world, which is the cornerstone of the prosperity and development of ancient Chinese culture, the rapid advancement of science and technology, and the ability to occupy a place in the forest of the world.

If you have the opportunity to change your destiny, you must rely on reading, which is a tradition that has not changed through the ages.

However, Wala obviously did not have this advantage. According to the information brought by Dai Daozi, their language and writing system were obviously in chaos, resulting in the inability to preserve and inherit their culture, and their existence was in jeopardy.

Facing this situation, Liu Chengzong applauded joyfully: "I'm here, why do they need to ask the monk for help... This information is very useful, what does he ask for surrender?"

Dai Daozi didn't know why Liu Chengzong was so happy about this matter, he thought for a while and said, "He hopes that Junggar can bring Oirat's surrendered nobles and troops back to Tianshan Mountain."

"If the commander-in-chief agrees." He glanced at Liu Chengzong, and sure enough, the commander-in-chief looked like he was joking: "He is willing to kill the horse and make an oath, pay tribute, kowtow, pay tribute every year, and never do it again?"

Of course, Liu Chengzong seemed to be watching a joke, because of the same request, the sixth son Dorji of Heshuo Tebu Guoshi Khan also thought so.

He clicked his tongue, shook his head and said with a smile, "I just discovered this Oirat, their leader likes to dream."

"They came to our Qinghai to fight. They lost and wanted to send them all back. What do they think of me as Liu Chengzong, a living Buddha on land?"

Dai Daozi knew that Liu Chengzong would react in this way, so he smiled wryly and said, "Commander, I told him that too, but what Hui Taiji said made some sense, saying that they marched five thousand miles to Qinghai and lost; Even if we kill them all and march five thousand miles, it will be difficult to win, and it will be difficult to control the north and south of Tianshan Mountain if we win."

brave man!
Liu Chengzong stood up, he knew that Junggar Taiji was telling the truth.

Among other things, the journey is thousands of miles long, and the desert has to be crossed in the middle. The worst thing is that there is not even a city on the Tianshan Mountain. He sent troops to attack Tianshan, just like Daming sent troops to attack him, and he sent troops to Kham. It might even be harder.

There are no road facilities, no supplies, and no villages to rob. Even if the army is lucky enough to win a few battles, it will fall into the dilemma of losing without fighting if it has insufficient supplies for a long time.

Liu Chengzong walked a few steps in the tent, turned to Dai Daozi and said, "Take out your book and write it down."

Dai Daozi quickly responded, and took out the small notebook that recorded Tang Bing's meritorious deeds that he had just taken back from his subordinates. After searching all over his body, he couldn't find a pen, so he took a charcoal pencil from the handsome case with a smile: "Daddy!" Cool, I'm ready."

Liu Chengzong nodded, and began to pace in the tent, and said as he walked: "Slay the horse and make an oath, pay tribute, and never commit another crime. Counties and ministries learn Chinese and Chinese, and draw topographic maps of Oara mountains and rivers."

Dai Daozi stared wide-eyed and called out what a good guy, the charcoal pencil almost broke, this is not a good relationship forever, it belongs to his mother's picture.

He thought about the commander-in-chief and said that the leaders of Wala like to dream, so the commander-in-chief of his family is not far behind.

It is nothing more than the dream of the Oala leaders who lost the battle and dreamed of a tie, and their commanders who fought the victory and dreamed of occupying the country, all of which are excessive.

"It's not over yet, you continue to write down."

Liu Chengzong walked a few more steps, turned around and said, "Guoshi Khan is recuperating in Xining, so he won't go back. The Heshuote Society has a pasture in Qinghai, and the Junggar troops will join the battle. They will select 600 people, and the rest will be brought back. , As for the surrendered leaders and nobles, I will take a few of them back depending on his surrender attitude."

"In the event of a war in the commander's mansion, all the Oirat tribes have to be recruited by the general of Tianshan to fight. The noble officials of the Oirat all lead the official title of the commander's mansion, and the wife is given the order, and they are all under the care of the commander's mansion. .”

Dai Daozi was full of doubts and did not dare to ask, which department is the Shuai Mansion Liya?

Don't say that the yamen doesn't exist at all, it's just that the bricks for the yamen haven't even started burning yet.

Not to mention the event of a war in this commander's mansion... In case of a war, he ran five thousand miles to the northwest to send an order, and the general of Tianshan recruited troops on the land spanning thousands of miles.

It takes three to four months for the army to march for sixty miles a day.

"When the Oirat tribes encounter wars, the general of Tianshan is also responsible for assisting the tribes in guarding the land; all the prefectures and counties are all designated by the general of Tianshan to build cities, build government offices and set up schools, select [-] hectares for the mansion, and [-] hectares for the county to cultivate farmland. The government employs people as tenants to mine and quarry, and the nobles are not allowed to intervene to stop them."

After Liu Chengzong finished speaking, he lowered his eyes to notice Dai Daozi's expression.

It was an expression of seeing people daydreaming, which Liu Chengzong expected.

He smiled and said: "The two places are open to trade, and [-] caravans are issued every year, and each company is given a bronze medal. Those without a license are not allowed to trade. Those who have a license are not allowed to trade all kinds of commercial goods, gunpowder, guns, weapons and armor. According to Juerwan The market sets the official price to sell and buy...the bronze medals are all issued by the commander-in-chief."

When Liu Chengzong said this, he paused, and said: "There are ten branches in Fajuerwan, and there are ten leaders in all the Oirat tribes."

At first, Dai Daozi felt that these conditions of Generalissimo were just a dream, but when he said that the conditions for all trades were unstoppable, he felt that there might be something to talk about.

It's just that this also made him a little worried. Could this thing belong to... the enemy?

The Marshal's Mansion armed Oirat, and Oirat had enough guns to turn around and fight them.

Liu Chengzong saw Dai Daozi's concerns, and comforted him: "It's okay, just go talk to Junggar Taiji and see his reaction."

Selling guns to Oirat is naturally dangerous, but the gun trade can feed back the manufacturing capabilities of his arsenal and train more skilled craftsmen. He can always suppress the opponent.

Moreover, there were only ten caravans of Oirat leaders in a year, and they couldn't transport a few cannons back, not to mention that the long distance also made the transportation of heavy artillery a phantom.

What Liu Chengzong planned to provide to Oirat was a monkey version of the gun with a less scientific specification than Shuaifu's military weapon, with a smaller caliber, shorter length, and heavier weight.

If you take such a risk and turn Oirat, which is impossible to control, into a vassal state, and then gradually half-control it through culture and trade, then for Liu Chengzong, all this is worth it.

If you want to have complete control without going through a battle of conquest in the Tianshan Mountains itself, it is a dream.

But his focus is not to conquer Central Asia in the west, but to compete in the Central Plains. At present, he has only two requirements for Oirat, one is not to stab him in the back, and the other is to stop Russia from continuing to expand eastward.

As long as he can do these two things, it is enough for him.

Liu Chengzong believes that the Central Plains Dynasty is not afraid of any opponent in the world under normal conditions.

Dai Daozi wrote down all the important points, saluted Liu Chengzong, returned to leave the tent, and walked to the Junggar camp that was besieged by heavy troops.

At this moment, Wang Wenxiu brought a young soldier forward. The man was only wearing a piece of chain mail, and he didn't look like a regular army of the Shuai Mansion.

The soldier stepped forward and saluted: "Handsome, the younger one is accompanied by the third master. My brother is called Desheng when he comes back."

"Good name!"

Liu Chengzong had just boasted, and when he returned, he took out a letter from his waist and handed it in with both hands: "This is a letter from the third master to the handsome master."

When Liu Chengzong saw the letter, his eyes narrowed involuntarily. Chengyun knew that there was a war here, and if there was nothing wrong, it was unlikely that he would write the letter during the war.

Liu Chengzong thought that something happened to Hehuang, opened the letter, but couldn't help laughing easily.

Cheng Yun told him excitedly in the letter that when he found the plundering Lanzhou, the Lintao guard who imitated the crime was named Shi Xiang.

Just half a month ago, Kong Xiaochen, the general of Lanzhou who received bribes of 500 taels of silver and sold [-] catties of gunpowder to Li Wanqing for [-] taels of silver, was dismissed from office because of his disadvantage in defending Lanzhou. Take him to the capital.

And this Lintao Guard Commander Shi Shixiang spent 3000 taels of silver and took the route of the military department. He dug up some old heads from nowhere. The real shortage of generals.

In Northwest official circles, this is quite a strange person.

Now at this juncture, it is expensive to seek military power and wealth, and it is not worthwhile to stare at Lanzhou generals. In the vast northwest, where can you find a general?
Who doesn't know that the official Lanzhou general is a terrible job now!
Unfortunately, Shi Xiang wanted Lanzhou General.

But in Liu Chengyun's eyes, Shi Xiang is not a fool.

He sent people to Lanzhou and Lintao to inquire about Shi Xiang's background, and it was easy to find out. He was born in a poor family in Lintao. , I failed several exams.

Later, he sold all the land in his family, and he inherited his father's position as he wished back then, and became a conductor without actual teaching.

For such a person, Chengyun is convinced that he will have to work at least five lifetimes to save 3000 taels of silver by relying on an unprofessional command.

Therefore, the two brothers sent by Chengyun to return from victory went to the general's yamen in Lanzhou to try the general. The news brought back made Chengyun so happy that he wrote this letter in a hurry.

Liu Chengzong folded the letter, turned his head to look back, and asked: "Chengyun said, let the two brothers tell me what happened next, tell me, what happened afterwards?"

He came back with a very simple and honest smile, not at all like the ruthless character who planted mines in the latrine and blasted thousands of households in Yazhou to the sky with excrement thrusters.

He said: "The master officer did not deny our temptation. He even invited us brothers to eat and drink. He took good care of us for several days. Finally, he asked us to bring a message back to the third master. handsome."

"What?"

"Shi Xiang said, let the third master suffer, and ask the handsome master, do you want Lanzhou?"

Liu Chengzong laughed aloud, this guy is a bit interesting, and he keeps going every step of the way.

At that time, Liu Chengzong knew that this person would show his feet when he gave him cattle and sheep. He didn't expect that this person was more courageous than he imagined, and he directly took the dangerous position of Lanzhou General.

At this point, when he asked himself if he wanted Lanzhou, Liu Chengzong knew his plan very well.

It is very likely that this kid wanted to change jobs a long time ago, and what he is doing now is just following the plan.

He participated in the looting on the day when the incident happened, so he directly sought a key position as a general in Lanzhou, and then sold Lanzhou to the Marshal's Mansion.

Jin Chan escaped her shell and got a real official position. She is a ruthless person with a tail in her buttocks, and she is smarter than a monkey.

Liu Chengzong smiled at the return: "Go back and tell Chengyun that there is no rush to take Lanzhou. If you have nothing to do, you two brothers will run to Shixiang and inquire more about the news."

When he came back, he clasped his fists in response, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, handsome, the Han River is flooded. The third master said that the eighth king entered Hanzhong, and he probably wanted to engulf the hungry people and enter Sichuan."

"Eight Great Kings?"

Liu Chengzong felt that the name was familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while. Seeing him frowning when he came back, he added: "The third master said that he was an old acquaintance. The year you and the uncle enlisted in the army, the Yan'an policeman ate at home." seat."

Hearing this, flashes of lightning flashed across his mind.

Yan'an policeman Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan.

　good evening!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)