Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1508 Eight before enthronement

How to fight outside, in fact, the relationship with the Ming country is not very big, but from another perspective, this is a good thing, at least it can ease the situation in the Ming country.

At the stage of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the Central Plains War, Jianyedu had one battle, Luoyang had one battle, Wancheng had one battle, three battles and three victories.

With the power of the princes of the Central Plains, they can't beat the Ming country. The threat of the Ming country has surpassed all the princes, and it is already the enemy of the whole world.

Everyone has become the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, so their war is internal friction. The more intense their internal friction, the better it is for the Ming Kingdom.

"Xin Zhao!"

"exist!"

"Send everyone in your Jingwu Division to keep a close eye on the situation in Hebei!" Mu Jing put his hands on his back, his expression was cold, and there was a sharp light in his eyes: "Every move they make, I will be the last one!" Know soon, especially the direction of their troops, if there is a trace of abnormality, we must be cautious!"

"Your Majesty is worried. They are fighting on the surface, but in fact they are joining forces to attack my country?"

Xin Zhao stared, he hadn't thought of this possibility.

"The possibility of this is actually very small, less than one percent. I think they did fight, but..."

Mu Jing narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and said, "It's also possible that there is such a possibility, so we must guard against it!"

Don't be afraid of them fighting, let them fight no matter what, it won't affect the Ming country, I'm afraid they are just acting, if this is the case, Ming country is still quite dangerous, when Ming country is unprepared, if they surprise you, it will be troublesome up.

Nor can this possibility be denied.

After all, there is a huge market for the threat theory of the Ming Dynasty in the current situation. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce will definitely be wary of the Ming Dynasty.

Under such a major premise, it is hard to say whether they will take the risk to join forces, put on a show, and then take advantage of the Ming Dynasty's relaxation of guard and drive straight in.

"My subordinates understand!"

Xin Zhao suddenly became cautious: "A certain party will keep an eye on them personally, and never give them any chance!"

"Ok!"

Mu Jing is just reminding, as long as Jing Wusi is prepared, it is impossible for them to steal the sky and hide the situation, as long as the Ming Dynasty is prepared, the possibility of them wanting to break in does not exist.

"In addition..." Mu Jing continued: "Gu's ascension to the throne is imminent, and the Ming Dynasty is about to be established. Compared with some external threats, Gu is more worried about some internal hidden dangers!"

An external threat is nothing more than a war. The Ming Dynasty can go to war and has the ability to go to war. If anyone dares to come, Mu Jing will dare to fight. It is not a big problem.

But the biggest fear is internal problems.

These years, Mujing ruled the southwest, first ate Jingxiang, then took Xiliang, Xiqiang, Guanzhong, Jiaozhou...

Those who have been fighting in the south and north have put most of their energy on the battle. Although they are recuperating, many policies have not been implemented in place, which actually leads to internal chaos.

Of course, the Ming army is strong, so no one would dare to oppose Mu Jing on the bright side, but some people are bound to be obedient and obedient.

The reason why the Jingxiang New Deal first increased and then declined was that some people first followed Mu Jing's thoughts, and when Mu Jing focused his attention on the battle, they ran out one after another and began to obstruct the implementation of the New Deal.

This is typical, unconvinced.

If it's just that simple, it's easy to solve, everyone slowly wears it down, and Mujing must win in the end. I'm afraid that some people will lose hope and will collude with foreign enemies, and they will hate Mujing internally and externally.

Internal ghosts are always more destructive than external enemies.

"Jingwu Yousi, you can't be silent for too long!" Mu Jing said in a low voice: "You have to let some people know that your existence at least deters some people, don't let them be too presumptuous, only want a safe and stable Ming country!"

"Yes!"

Xin Zhao accepted the order respectfully.

When he comes back this time, he is also going to make a big fight. They have suffered a lot in Xu, so they have to dig out some people internally, as much as they can dig out.

"Go!"

Mu Jing saw that he had already understood, so he didn’t say much. There are some things that Xin Zhao can do, but he can’t say them. Be cast aside by the people.

"Subordinates retire!"

"and many more!"

Mu Jing suddenly remembered something, and said: "At Nanshan, you should keep an eye on it, the new weapons have exploded with too much power in this battle, and the spies of the world's lords will go to inquire, be careful People have been bought!"

People's hearts are unpredictable, although Mu Jing thought he had given those researchers very high treatment, but he couldn't guarantee that anyone would be controlled by others.

Sooner or later, gunpowder cannot be hidden.

But the red cannon, shells, these things, Mujing still has to hide them first, he can't let others plan to bomb him.

"Your Majesty's meaning..." Zhao Xin was somewhat confused about Mu Jing's thoughts.

"Gu pays great attention to every researcher in the Academy of Science and Technology. I don't want them to suffer any harm, and I don't want them to be held hostage. Your responsibility is to protect them!"

Mu Jing calmly said: "Of course, when necessary, necessary measures can be taken to give you authority alone, but you have to learn to respect each of their researchers, this is the most basic!"

"Yes, this subordinate knows what to do!"

Xin Zhao's eyes brightened.

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The publicity of Mu Jing's proclaiming the emperor is getting bigger and bigger, and the Ming country has become a boiling trend, sweeping past like a storm, and no one can be spared.

It is a fact that the big man has lost the hearts of the people. Mu Jing obeyed the fate of the sky, and replacing him is what the hearts of the people want.

The only thing that stands in the way is Shilin.

Scholars in the Ming Dynasty were also a very large group. Scholars from all over the world, aristocratic families, gentry and wealthy families, scholars from poor families, Qingliu, and officials were all part of the Shilin.

Shilin is actually a general term for scholars.

Scholars are the top of the pyramid in this era. They are sitting on the inheritance of knowledge, and they also rule the hearts of the people. The local people are not very clear about the things above. The man speaks.

They said that if this person is a bad person, the common people will have a bad impression of this person.

They say that if this person is a good person, the common people will have a better impression of this person.

This is the influence of Shilin.

One word can ruin a person's reputation.

One person can make a person a god.

Among the scholars, the more influential are not the high officials, but more the great Confucian scholars who have become gods in reading and have a reputation that spans heaven and earth.

In fact, most of the local Confucian scholars don't have a good impression of Mujing. Whether it is from his background or other aspects, Mujing is not very friendly to scholars.

Everyone knows this.

In particular, Mu Jing has always had opinions on aristocratic families. No, it should be said that the Mu clan has opinions on aristocratic families. It was Mu Jing's father who sank the No. [-] family in the world and slaughtered the Yuan family. Mushan of the prime minister of the dynasty.

In one, people in the scholastic community pay attention to their backgrounds. If Mu Jing was only born in a poor family, there would be no problem, but he happened to come out of a bandit den. A shame that cannot be washed away.

However, Mujing also has advantages, which can make many reasonable and flexible scholars have a new impression of him, especially those who are from a poor family and clean, but they have a lot of good feelings for Mujing.

First, Mu Jing invented movable type printing, so that the children of poor families in the world can read books. This alone is enough to make him the son expected by sages.

Second, Mu Jing employs people, regardless of background, paying attention to ability and knowledge, being able to respect the virtuous and corporal, and always attaching great importance to those who value him, which has made many scholars from poor families stand out.

Thirdly, Mujing has invested heavily in education, vigorously developing educational power, and respecting knowledge, so that all scholars are impressed. Looking around the world, the Ming Dynasty is the place with the most academies in the world, not to mention those universities, just every county. There must be a school, which is enough to make countless people who have struggled to study and want to study but have no threshold to be grateful.

In addition, there is another point, that is, he is the son-in-law of Cai Yong, a great sage who is famous all over the world. This title also gives Mu Jing a lot of points among scholars.

In the future, Cai Yong will be a superstar with countless fans, or that kind of die-hard fans. His influence in Shilin is one of the few in the world, even if he is not the first, he can still be ranked top three.

He fully supported Mujing, which had a great impact on Mujing's reputation, and gradually changed Mujing's impression in the hearts of scholars all over the world.

This time, when the news of Mu Jing proclaiming himself emperor was released, Shilin was also shocked. If it was a few years ago, there must have been one-sided opposition, but now it is in the past, and it is no longer a one-sided situation.

Some people are against it, and some people are in favor of it.

Anyway, the dispute exists.

So today's scholars gather together, and the topic of cooking wine with green plums is all arguing about the pros and cons of Mu Jing's proclaiming himself emperor. They talk endlessly, but there is not much result.

But Hu Zhao and the others dared to take such a strategy, so they were naturally prepared.

When the discussion of Shilin began, great Confucian scholars also began to make symposiums, pleading that the king of Ming should set things right for the sake of the common people in the world, establish a dynasty and proclaim himself emperor.

The first is Nanzhong.

The academic atmosphere in Nanzhong is not very good, but there are also many great Confucian scholars in the local area. Under Cai Yong's letter, many great Confucian scholars directly went to the Ming Dynasty to support Mu Jing's proclaiming emperor.

This directly opened up the dispute over scholars.

Some people support it, and naturally some people oppose it. Some great Confucians support proclaiming emperor, while others strongly oppose proclaiming emperor, thinking that this is a betrayal of the imperial court and the world.

The 400 years of the Han Dynasty, after all, there is still some heritage.

Someone once said that every time righteousness slaughters more dogs, most of them are scholars who are ungrateful.

But there is one thing that scholars are really different. The bones of scholars are particularly hard. No one will object to this. The more you learn something, the more you will return to what you want and insist on.

Ordinary people are easy to buy, they are for survival, money, power, beauties are all things to buy.

But scholars, especially those who have faith, will stick to what they think, no matter right or wrong, they will never give up their faith.

Even if the butcher's knife hangs around his neck, he will never regret it.

Therefore, those who opposed Mu Jing's proclaiming the emperor did not necessarily have other reasons, but they simply thought that Mu Jing was wrong in doing so, and they were insisting on their own correctness.

This kind of person is Mu Jing's opinion, the most difficult person to deal with, and also the most difficult type of person to deal with.

Not enough, now Hu Zhao, Cai Yong and the others are not vegetarians anymore. From the very beginning, they have already calculated that they will use the knife of Shilin to deal with those people of Shilin.

Therefore, under Bao Su's auspices, the news of Mu Jing's proclaiming the emperor directly amplified the propaganda power by more than a hundred times, causing more and more discussions among scholars, and the discussions became more and more intense.

Let those who support and those who oppose begin to counteract this bad influence, let the influence of Mujing's proclaiming emperor cover the people, and win the greatest support from the people.

On this point, Mujing felt that Hu Zhao and Cai Yong were playing tricks with great skill.

Otherwise, as soon as the news of Mujing's proclaiming emperor came out, Shihlin would probably start a large-scale opposition, and it would not be possible that the voices of opposition are still suppressed by voices of support.

Of course, in the end, whether Shilin will show its absolute support for Mujing's proclaiming emperor depends on whether this debate can reach a conclusion.

At present, there are not many great Confucians who have expressed their views, and many of them are silent. For example, the great Confucians in the land of Hanzhong, Xiliang, the land of the audience, and the land of Jingxiang are all silent.

Their influence on Mujing's proclaiming emperor is still under consideration. Whether it is good for the world or bad for the world, they also need to weigh it slowly.

Mu Jing is not in a hurry, he still has a lot of things to do before he proclaims himself emperor, such as dealing with the follow-up of this war, which is also a lot of work.

This was an all-out battle of the Ming army. The main force of the Ming army basically went out to fight. The number of battle losses is still being counted. Not all of them have been reported. It is conceivable that it is by no means a simple figure.

In addition, Mu Jing also needs to sort out the interior of the Ming Dynasty, the local system, the central system, the rank of officials, the change of salary...

There are many things here.

Mu Jing had to do it himself, because these were already included in the package of the New Deal, and it was impossible for him to let Hu Zhao preside over them and quit by himself, which would make the New Deal even more difficult.

However, when Mu Jing was preparing to proclaim himself emperor, the situation in the Central Plains changed rapidly, beyond Mu Jing's expectations.

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Not long after the Hebei War ended, young and strong men were suddenly recruited to serve as soldiers, and arsenals and grain depots in various places were mobilized one after another, and more than [-] main forces were quickly formed.

Maybe Yuan Shao was really confused and too impatient.

Or, his estimate of the Central Plains' military strength is too simple. In his opinion, perhaps at this moment in the Central Plains, there is no half of the troops in the Central Plains to resist him.

The main force of the Zhou army didn't even try to test it, they crossed the Yellow River directly, and ate the white horses one after another.

But Yuan Shao probably never imagined that his side had just started to move, and Liu Bei in the north had already started to erupt, first the Jieqiao battle.

Liu Bei personally led the army and defeated Yuan Jun's general Yan Liang with Jieqiao. Under his command, Baima Yicong's leader, Zhao Zilong, beheaded Yan Liang before the battle, and Baima Yicong directly defeated the main force of the Zhou army.

At this moment, the people of the world felt that the Central Plains War, which seemed to have ended, broke out again, and the whole of Hebei was shrouded in the fog of war...

(End of this chapter)