Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 858
The night was dark, and Gao Fang and Dong Sankuo, who had been arguing for a whole day, did not come to a conclusion, so the matter was naturally put on hold again.

There is a reason why one of the two supports defense and the other supports offense.

And this reason is not out of national interests, but family interests.

Now that the Gao family has replaced the Dong family to control the power of Dali, he naturally hopes to resist safely.

First, during wartime, Gao Fang can legitimately control the army and attack dissidents by the way.

Secondly, this method of defending according to the city is the safest way. Even if the Zhou army broke through the Great Wall County-Shicheng County and the three cities of Cimicifuga, wouldn’t there still be Shanchan Mansion and Yangjumei City? put forward conditions.

As far as Dong Sankuo is concerned, although his official position is a general, in fact, as early as the Nanzhao period, this official position was separated from the military position, and he could only be regarded as a deputy prime minister.

Now Gao Fang is the founding meritorious service, and he is still Dong Sankuo's senior, with a clan of more than [-] people. With him as a Qingping official, Dong Sankuo, a general, can't gain any power. It's not bad if he can keep his family.

So Dong Sankuo tried his best to lobby Duan Sicong and took the initiative to attack.

Although Dong Sankuo knew very well in his heart, it would be very difficult to take the initiative to attack Zhou Jun who occupied Wumeng City.

But what does this have to do with Dong Sankuo?In a stalemate, he can attack Gao Fang from behind and make a mistake in command.

For example, if the Gao family sent few troops, it can be said that the Gao family wanted other tribes to die.

If the Gao family suffered heavy losses, it would be said that the Gao family, as the Qiancheng family of the country, was too weak in military preparations to resist foreign enemies.

Lost, um, of course you don’t need to say anything if you lose.

At that time, Gao Fang's power will be greatly weakened, and his reputation will plummet. We don't know what happened to Dali, but it will definitely be a good thing for Dong, or Dong Sankuo.

As for why Dong Sankuo would seem to be indifferent to the existence of the Dali Kingdom when facing the invasion of foreign enemies, there is actually a reason for this.

First of all, after Gao Fang took power, the life of the Dong family was very difficult.

The Gao and Dong surnames are common surnames of white people, and there was a fight in the past. When Dong Jialuo gained power in the past, he did a lot of rectification of the Gao family. Now that Gao Fang is in power, the Dong family still thinks about it?

Although in order to maintain the white dominance in Dali, it is not possible to overthrow the Dong family, but it is still possible to overthrow Dong Sankuo.

This Dong Sankuo has already deeply felt that if the Gao family continues to be in power, the Dong family may survive, but Dong Sankuo and his descendants will have to peel off their skin if they don't die.

Second, it comes from the source of the white race.

Although the conclusion drawn by later generations is that the white people and the Han and Tibetans are basically of the same origin, they are the Erhai people and Kunming people formed by a branch of the pre-Qin Diqiang who went south, and there may be a little mix of ancient Shu people, Bo people and Chu people.

But at this time, the only ancestral source recognized by the white people is the nobles of Chu State.

Almost all of them claimed that they were descendants of the Chu general Dian King Zhuang Ke, or the descendants of the people who followed Zhuang Ke into Yunnan to establish the Dian Kingdom, and some were bold and thick-skinned and dared to call themselves descendants of the Chu royal family.

At this time, if you tell the white people that they are Diqiang people, it will definitely be considered an insult by them, and they will fight you endlessly.

Knowing Chinese, reading and writing Chinese characters, using Chinese surnames, learning Confucianism, and looking similar to Han people, all these characteristics make white people think that they are not very different from Han people.

To be honest, at this time, among the people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan, except for the white people, the rest are somewhat black.

Even the Dai people who have many fair-skinned and beautiful little beauties in our impression in later generations are somewhat dark, only the white people have fair skin and look different from the surrounding aboriginals.

This difference in appearance gave the white people a kind of self-confidence. They contemptuously called other tribes who like to wear black clothes and look darker as Wuman and Heicuan.

And the more they came into contact with the Central Plains, the more they believed that King Zhuang Dian was real, and the legends of their ancestors were true. They were the descendants of the Chu royal family and Chu nobles who migrated south. It is a group.

This is also an important reason why in the Nanzhao Kingdom, the Han people were able to achieve high positions as Qingping officials, and their families continued to hold power, because the white people basically regarded the Han people as their own clan.

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In Dong's barracks, in the secret room, the Dali Kingdom at this time is actually still in the stage of transition from slave society to feudal society.

The power in the country is a bit similar to that of the Ji Zhou period. The king is only the co-lord, and the major families below have their own fiefdoms and private soldiers.

The country's armed forces are also composed of the imperial army and the tribal soldiers of each family.

Although the Dong family was suppressed, the clan has nearly [-] people, and it is the third largest family among the white people after the king's Duan family and the Gao family. Naturally, it also has its own territory and trilogy.

However, this is what Dong Sankuo is worried about.

The existence of the Dong family is a great threat to the powerful Gao family, and the Gao family will not allow the existence of the Dong family.

But they can't swallow the Dong family, let alone kill the Dong family, because that will weaken the position of the white people over all ethnic groups in Dali.

Therefore, the patriarch of the Gao clan, Gao Fang, the Qingping official of the Dali Kingdom, had only one choice, to kill Dong Sankuo, and then choose a Dong family who was willing to submit to the Gao clan to be the patriarch of the Dong clan.

In the secret room, only Dong Sankuo and his nephew Dong Mohe were there. For Dong Sankuo, the only person he could trust now was his nephew.

Because his son Dong Kuomei is still young, the power of the Dong family is actually shared by his nephew and uncle.

This is also related to the structure of the Dong family. Since the Nanzhao period, some members of the family have also served as Azhali. This is a Sanskrit word that can be translated as tutor or Buddhist teacher.

Azhali is a Buddhist sect that is popular in Dali today. Its source is the Han Tantric sect that has basically disappeared in the Central Plains.

Of course, after arriving in Dali, many localization changes that belong to Dali have been added, and it can even be called Dian Mi.

Later generations directly called it the Azhali Sect. The monks of this sect can eat meat and drink alcohol, marry and have children, and they believe in Avalokitesvara and Mahakala.

Since the introduction of this sect in the fifth century, it prevailed in Yunnan until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties believed that this teaching was neither interpretation nor Taoism, its technique was enough to move the masses, its theory was enough to confuse people, and it was the one that would be banned by the king's law for the troubled people in the prosperous age.

So Zhu Hongwu and Ma Ge were separated by hundreds of years, and they were banned several times. It took hundreds of years to finally sweep Azhali into history.

Therefore, at this time, when the Azhali Sect was still popular in Dali, the Dong family had two extremely important positions, one was the patriarch of the family, and the other was the hereditary Azhali of their family.

At this time, although Dong Sankuo was the patriarch of the Dong clan, he was not A Zhali. It was recognized within the family that Dong Mahe could inherit the position of A Zhali.

This was established by Dong Jialuo, Dong Sankuo's father, Dong Mohe's grandfather, and the great god-level figure of the Dong family before his death.

Now it's just because Dong Maha's experience and age are not up yet, so he hasn't officially become A Zhali yet.

And the Gao clan wants to suppress the Dong clan, in addition to choosing an obedient patriarch to come up, the other is to take away the Dong clan's Azali.

That's why Dong Sankuo can trust Dong Mahe infinitely, because once the Gao family succeeds, the two of them will never have a good life.

In history, Azhali was taken away by the Gao family, and it wasn't until Dong Sankuo's grandson, Dong Meiju, that he snatched it back.

Dong Mohe walked back and forth in the room, and at this moment, he already felt that something was wrong.

Because the Guo Rong and Zhang Fei they are facing now are extremely cunning, and they have great patience to slowly lay out the layout. As soon as they make a move, Dali falls into a situation where he cannot survive or die.

You said that the king who can make such a character willing to stay here in this barren land for several years will be a bit of a mother, not in good health, and still stern?
"It's not right! It's not right!" Dong Mahao said two things were wrong. He replayed his experience of going to the Central Plains more than two years ago over and over again, and then suddenly raised his head.

"Uncle, the last time my nephew went on a mission to the Zhou Kingdom, he was constantly urged by the Zhou people along the way. He only glanced at the Chengdu Mansion from a distance, and then rushed all the way to the Central Plains.

After arriving in the Central Plains, he was not allowed to go to Luoyang, the capital of God, and Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, but was summoned in Xuchang Mansion.

Without saying a few words, Master Zhou became furious, and then directly expelled his nephew, and was escorted back to Dali after running wildly along the way. He didn't have time to take a closer look at Zhou Guo. Do you think this is possible? question? "

Dong Sankuo also tried to think hard, "You mean, the people of Zhou deliberately concealed the actual situation of the Zhou Kingdom from you, and the Lord of Zhou deliberately pretended to be weak to paralyze you, so why did they do this?"

The more Dong Mohe thought about it, the more he felt that he had been fooled, and he slammed his hand hard, "What else could it be? Zhou Guo wants to fully support Murong Baipao's expedition to Korea and Japan.

And at that time, Guo Rong didn't know 35 of the 21 Hei Cuan, so he deliberately showed us the false image of chaos in Zhou State and deceived us all. "

"It's really a big hand! From the emperor to the supervisors below, the co-author made them stumble.

If it wasn't for Lord Zhou, we wouldn't be unprepared for the situation in eastern Yunnan. If the 21 Black Cuan were not controlled by the Zhou people, we would be able to block the Zhou people in Wumeng City. "

The more Dong Sankuo thought about it, the more this happened. He cursed angrily for a while, and then suddenly his face was startled, and he seemed to tremble a little.

Dong Mohe also came to his senses at this time, he looked at his second uncle Dong Sankuo with some fear, his lips were trembling.

"Uncle, what should we do? Gao Fang is old and smart, did he already understand the reason, and he is just waiting to catch us all?"

Dong Sankuo calmed down first, with a dumbfounding look on his face, "It's because the Zhou people on the opposite side did a great job, if they hadn't taken down the 21 Hei Cuan as soon as they came up, Gao Fang would not dare to provoke internal fighting at this time , you, my uncle and nephew might have already lost their heads to the ground."

Dong Mohe nodded with lingering fear. Lord Zhou is getting older and no longer aggressive. There are many conflicts in the country. Most of the troops stationed in Nanxi Mansion are to prevent the oppressed Shu people from communicating with Dali. It is Dong Mohe's judgment. brought back.

And in order to show that he has made great contributions to the state of Zhou by exerting his ingenuity and wisdom, Dong Mahe still spread it everywhere.

So from another perspective, it makes sense that Dong Mahe is the chief culprit of the current passive situation.

Looking at it this way, it is true that Dong Mahe would have been guillotined long ago if it hadn't been for the people of Zhou who had grabbed seven inches of Dali Kingdom.

After the uncle and nephew looked at each other, Dong Mohe, who felt that his life might be lost at any time, said cautiously and dryly:
"Uncle, if my nephew remembers correctly, Heiba ​​of the Baoman tribe married the sister of the leader of the Wumeng tribe. Should we think about Dong's future?"

Two things that seem unrelated, but are actually one.

The leader of the Wumeng tribe has now taken refuge in the Zhou people, and it is said that he is still very popular, while the Heiba ​​of the Baoman tribe, whose mother is the daughter of the Dong family, is also a follower of the great black god Mahakala.

When Dong Mahe said this now, he was almost asking his second uncle, Dong Sankuo, if he could simply join the Zhou people.

Dong Sankuo thought about it for a while, but slowly shook his head. It's very simple. According to the current consumption, it is no problem for Dali to last for a year or so.

After all, it is a big country with a population of nearly one million and a core tribe of 10,000+. It still has the financial resources to support [-] to [-] completely out-of-production troops for two or three years.

It's too early to bet now for a big family like the Dong family. If something goes wrong, the whole family will suffer.

More importantly, the Dong family controls the Azali sect, which is the most popular religion in Dali, but Lord Zhou still has the status of being supreme.

In Dong Sankuo's mind, with Zhou Jun coming in, there must be Six Dharma Schools, so what should Dong do?

Although Azhali is about to be snatched away by the Gao family now, it is still unacceptable for a follower of the Azhali sect like Dong who has believed in it for 300 years to suddenly convert to the Six Dharma School!It is also difficult for the clansmen to agree.

But just when Dong Mahe was feeling disheartened, Dong Sankuo suddenly stopped him and said in a low voice:
"Go find a few trustworthy people and ask them to go to the Chongsheng Temple to meet the fifth uncle, and ask the fifth uncle to order the monks in the city to contact the great masters of the Six Dharma Schools outside the city."

Dong Mohe was overjoyed, and nodded hurriedly. Chongsheng Temple was also called Tianlong Temple in later generations, um, it was the Tianlong Temple of the six-veined sword of Duan's family in Dali in the Babu of Tianlong.

Since its establishment, this temple has been the number one Buddhist temple on the land of Yunnan. For a temple of such status, even if the Six Dharma Sects were restricted by Zhang Tie from contacting it, the guards in Jinyi would definitely not let it go.

Therefore, some eminent monks in Chongsheng Temple have communication channels with Jinyi's personal guards. Now that it is like this, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate for them to make a stand.

Or say that I, Zhang Shengren, came at the right time. If I had come to Dali earlier, Dong Jialuo would still be there at that time, and the status of the Dong clan would not be threatened by the Gao clan.

They control the Azhali faction, and they will certainly not tolerate the tentacles of the Six Dharma Schools reaching in. This kind of war of defending the country and religious hatred must be very difficult to fight.

But at this time, Dong's status could not be guaranteed at any time, and now they are asked to convert from the Azhali sect to the Six Dharma School, as long as they can be given the title of Living Buddha, it seems that it is not so difficult to accept.

However, when the uncle and nephew were still thinking about taking their time, Guo Rong and Zhang Fei were already preparing to give Dali a ruthless blow.

Of course, the two of them didn't come up with this ruthless job, but they had to assist in the implementation.

This hard work is led by Jinyi's personal guards, and the bank will provide technical support, and Jinyi's personal guards will send people to mainly implement it.

Guo Rong is holding a beautifully shaped shell that even looks like it has a layer of glaze.

There is one thing beyond the cognition of later generations, that is, the current currency of Dali, which is not short of copper or gold mines, is shells.

And it is not popular now, it is from the ancient Dian Kingdom of Zhuangyu before Nanzhao until the end of Jiaqing in the later Qing Dynasty, shell coins made of this kind of shells were in circulation.

In the beginning, perhaps a large number of shells were discovered by the Dianchi Lake, and there was a lack of technology for casting copper coins and gold ingots, so shell coins began to be used.

Later, the people of Dian Kingdom traded with Tianzhu through the difficult and dangerous Shushen poisonous road, and happened to find many such shells on the seaside of Tianzhu, so they began to bring these shells back to Dian Kingdom as if they had found a treasure.

After hundreds of years, through the Tao of Shushen poison, even the ancient countries of Assam and Manipur in the northeast of India have begun to use this kind of shell coin.

Of course, at this time Zhang Zhou was not yet able to go to Tianzhu to bring back shell coins in a large ship, so the shells collected from the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian were used this time.

There is a certain difference between this kind of shell and the shell of the Indian Ocean. It is not so beautiful, and the shape is a little smaller, but the counterfeit currency is just about specious.

Jinyi Qinwei directly spent [-] guan coins on the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong this time to purchase and forge shell coins that required thousands of mules and horses to carry them to Dali.

It is impossible to calculate the exact number, but it is only a rough estimate, no less than 5000 million pieces.

You must know that at this time, in Dali Kingdom, a shell coin is equivalent to about five Wen coins. That is to say, these relatively low-quality shell coins collected by Zhang Zhou can be used as at least 25 guan.

For Dali, whose economy is not very strong, the power of suddenly investing 25 guan of shellfish in Yangjumei City (Dali) and Shanchanfu (Kunming) in a short period of time is absolutely no less powerful than that in Dali A nuclear bomb was dropped on China's economic market.

At that time, the property of all Dali people will shrink rapidly.

What's more, the price of food has risen because most of the food has been transferred to the front line. With so many counterfeit money coming in, it is conceivable how the price of food will start to soar.

This kind of inflation will not only stay in the civilian population, it will quickly impact the army, causing a sharp drop in the soldiers' income and greatly damaging morale.

At the same time, it will also be transmitted to the rich and powerful families in Dali, so that they can only bear the unbearable depreciation of assets.

However, this is just one of the hard work. The other hard work is that Zhang Ting personally ordered that all the salt produced in Rongzhou (Yibin) Ziliujing and Gongjing just now be concentrated in the hands of Guo Rong and Yin Yaozi.

At the same time, a large amount of refined salt produced by the Daning Salt Field in Kuizhou Prefecture in the northeast of Sichuan Province was also transferred.

Just counting what is currently in place, there are [-] shi of refined salt and [-] shi of coarse salt. This is almost the amount of salt used in the whole country of Dali. Although it will not be dumped all at once, even if half of it is dispatched, it is very scary.

And these salts are also going to be dumped throughout Dali like shellfish.

You must know that Dali has always been short of salt, and the few salt wells are a very important and valuable source of tax revenue for Dali.

If 11 rock salt is dumped in a short period of time, then Dali will not be able to collect the lifeline salt tax.

Well, at least it came from later generations, at least some means of economic warfare should be used. Zhang Ting believes that with these two hands, Dali should be almost ready.

And the reason why he spent such a high price to do this is to keep the tens of thousands of outstanding mountain soldiers in Dali. In the future, he will conquer Bagan and Khmer and send troops from Dali.

As for the Pyu Kingdom, they have long been vassals of the Dali Kingdom, and the King of Dali has already won the title of King of the Pyu people.

Therefore, when attacking Dali, it is still a matter of attacking the heart and fighting the war as the bottom, using the two hands of soldiers and money to control these white people who are considered to be of the same origin as the Han people, and let them become the vanguard of conquering Southeast Asia, just like the Dai people in history.

(End of this chapter)