Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 391 Destiny is mine (please subscribe!)
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Qingxi County, in Fang La's palace.

After reading "Don't Force Me" written by Wang Qing, Fang La threw the letter into the holy fire with a smile and burned it to ashes.

There was no need for anyone else to ask, Fang La smiled and said: "Wang Qing threatened Ben Jiao not to force him, hahaha... Is it frightening to be Ben Jiao?"

Bao Kang is the fifth grandson of the famous official Bao Zheng. He has had different ambitions since he was a child. He was extremely indignant at the political corruption, corrupt officials and heavy taxes in the Song Dynasty.

When Bao Kang was young, he traveled far away to give lectures and made many friends. Fang La was one of his close friends.

After Fang La's uprising, he personally served as the generalissimo of the rebel army, and Bao Kang served as the military adviser and deputy marshal.

Therefore, on the surface, Bao Kang is Fang La's number one adviser.

Therefore, Bao Kang was the first to speak, saying: "If we don't send troops to help the King of Chu, he should have nowhere to go, and it is not impossible for him to go to extremes and surrender the Song Dynasty."

Fang La asserted: "It is impossible for Wang Qing to descend to the Song Dynasty! He is used to being a free and easy prince, so why would he become a dog again? He once told Ben Jiao that at worst, he would lead troops to occupy Jiangdong. Although it is small, But he can also be a king. With Jiangdong as his retreat, how could he surrender to the Song Dynasty? Besides, if he is willing to surrender, can his civil and military officials agree? Take us as an example, that is, the sect is willing to surrender. Can you agree to that disappointing Song State?"

Fang La made a lot of sense—if Fang La dared to subdue the Song Dynasty, those who hated the Song Dynasty would most likely join forces to change the leader. The reason for Zhao Ji.Thinking about Wang Qing in this way, Wang Qing will indeed not descend to Song Dynasty.

Chen Kuutong said: "We can go north to occupy Huizhou and Muzhou, and then go straight to Bianliang, Tokyo to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. It would be best if we can take Tokyo smoothly. Keeping an ally around will also make Song Guo not dare to underestimate us."

Fang La said: "What if you burn yourself with fire?"

Chen Kuopong said: "Chu's territory is about to surround Shenjing, directly threatening the rule of the faint king. There is really no reason for Song to abandon Chu, which is close at hand, and not fight against us who are far away and have high mountains and dangerous waters."

Fang La said: "Wang Qing has already lost Xijing. If we give up Wanzhou and its counties, we will completely withdraw from Henan, and we will not be much farther than him. It is hard to say who the Song army will fight first at this time. ?”

Chen Kuutong knew that the reason why Fang La said this was mainly because Fang La wanted to go south and didn't want to go north to waste his troops, but he was powerless to refute, because what Fang La said was not completely unreasonable.

Chen Kuutong could only remind Fang La: "If Chu State is destroyed, we will have to fight alone. The Song State has been established for a hundred years, and it is not something we can challenge."

Fang La said: "This religion doesn't want to challenge the State of Song. He is north and we are south, so we can coexist peacefully."

Chen Kuutong said: "The south is the economic lifeline of the Song State. As long as the Song State has the power to fight, it will definitely attack us."

Fang La said: "If the Song Kingdom is willing to live in peace with us, that's all. If not, we will unite with Xixia, Liao, and Jin. By the way, there is also Li Yan. Song State first pacified Jin, and then fought against Chu, our religion does not believe that it can withstand the joint attack of the five families."

Chen Kuutong had no way to refute, so he could only respond in silence.

Fang La said again: "The most urgent thing for us now is to seize the southeast land as soon as Song Guo can't take care of us."

Lou Minzhong said: "Let's seize Jinling, which is not guarded by heavy troops, guard the Yangtze River, pretend to rescue the Chu State, and stabilize the Chu King so that the Chu King will not jump the wall in a hurry, and then seize the Southeast Prefecture..."

Before Lou Minzhong could finish speaking, Fang La interrupted Lou Minzhong and said, "Naturally we want to take Jinling, but don't be in a hurry. Jinling is the meat in our mouths, and we can't escape. When the Song army comes to attack our Jiangnan, we can occupy it by the way. Now that we have lost the hearts of the people in the southeast, if we don’t take this opportunity to expand, when will we wait? The more states and counties we occupy, the greater our war potential and the greater the strategic maneuvering space..."

Because Zhao Ji and his ministers levied violently in the southeast to expropriate the Daxing Huashi Gang, the Song Dynasty had indeed lost the hearts of the people in the southeast, so that Fang La had uprisings everywhere. , All over the country took the initiative to contact Fang La, telling Fang La that as soon as Fang La's rebel army arrived, they would revolt and respond to Fang La. It can be said that the situation on Fang La's side is very good, so it is no wonder that Fang La is addicted to it.

Seeing that Fang La could not be persuaded, and Fang La's claims were all well-founded, Bao Kang, Chen Kuutong, Lou Minzhong and the others could only give up their own claims.

There is no way around this, after all, Fang La is the leader of them, and Fang La is so persistent.

After Bao Kang, Chen Kuutong, Lou Minzhong and the others withdrew, Fang La looked at his uncle, Prime Minister Fang Fei, and his master, military advisor Wang Gong Laofo—these two were Fang La's most trusted people, and the former was to assist him. The person in charge of all state affairs, the latter is his real first counselor.

Fang La changed her previous determination and said, "Uncle, Master, is it right or wrong for me to do this?"

Wang Gong and old Buddha said: "The dispute between you and Bao Kang, Chen Kuutong, and Lou Minzhong is not a dispute between right and wrong, but a dispute between destiny. If destiny is with you, your choice is not wrong. If destiny is not with you, you No matter how you choose, it's all wrong."

Fang La said: "I was born in response to the times. I have seen myself wearing a flat sky crown and a dragon robe in the water. I have the blessing of the emperor. "Tui Bei Tu" is the evidence. The destiny is naturally mine."

Wang Gong and old Buddha said: "Hey, what you do is God's help, so why do you need to have knots?"

After Fang La heard this, he suddenly became enlightened, and then bowed to Lord Wang and the old Buddha, and said, "Thank you, Master, for clarifying my doubts."

Fang Fei said: "Whether it's fighting south or going north, I don't want to see it. We teach, there is no shortage of generals, and there are barely enough counselors. The only thing that lacks is the ability to govern. The states we occupy The more counties there are, the more people will be lacking in governance. If things go on like this, there will be great chaos. Seventeenth, if you take down the counties and counties, don't kill all the officials. Choose some of them with good reputations and let them make meritorious deeds Temporarily assist us in governing the prefecture and county, so as not to cause a catastrophe."

Fang La said: "Leaving those corrupt officials behind, what's the use of keeping the people disappointed with my religion? It's not like my uncle doesn't know that the reason why my religion has so many followers everywhere is because I teach to help those who are suffering. The suffering people punish corrupt officials."

Fang Fei said: "Last month, there were more than 300 public security incidents in Hangzhou alone. The people are miserable and full of complaints. They can no longer be left alone."

Fang La said: "This is an unavoidable pain. When I conquer the whole southeast and become emperor, I will hold an imperial examination to select talents. For now, let's teach the garrisons in various places to take care of it."

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(End of this chapter)