The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

The two Lingnan people sent by He Lianfang are genuine Lingnan natives, not descendants of criminals exiled to Lingnan.They are people from Shangling Hidden Mountain Tribe.

Lingnan is divided into upper ridge, middle ridge and lower ridge, which are divided according to the terrain.In Lingnan, the locals seldom say that they are from a certain city, they only say "I am from a certain tribe in Shangling" or "I am from a certain tribe in Xialing".

Although it is divided according to the terrain, Shangling is richer and more powerful than Zhongling, and Xialing is naturally the poorest in Lingnan.

The reason why the two people from the Yinshan tribe can speak the official dialect of Dazhou is because the people of their entire tribe have been in contact with the Central Plains people, that is, criminals who were exiled to Lingnan.

The chieftain of the Yinshan tribe is a very resourceful and enlightened person.Unlike the chieftains of other tribes, she is old-fashioned, stubborn, and pedantic, and has great hostility towards the Central Plains people.

She is very interested in and appreciates the culture, business, and etiquette of the Central Plains.Therefore, she has always encouraged people in her tribe to interact more with the Central Plains people and learn the good things of the Central Plains people.

Obviously, her policy of interacting with people from the Central Plains is correct.Over the years, under her management, the Yinshan tribe has grown from a backward and poor tribe to the largest tribe in Shangling.

People in other tribes looked down upon the chieftain of the Yinshan tribe interacting with the Central Plains people, and they agreed that it was shameful for the Yinshan tribe to do so.In fact, while they looked down on the Yinshan tribe, they also envied the growing strength of the Yinshan tribe.

The chieftain of the Hidden Hill Tribe didn't care at all that the other tribes looked down on them.In her opinion, people are alive, rules are dead, and nothing is more important than filling the stomach.The most important thing in her heart is to let the people in the tribe have enough food and clothing.If she sticks to the same rigid rules for the sake of face, regardless of the life and death of the people, then she will fail very well as a chieftain.

Under her management, most people in the Yinshan tribe can speak the Central Plains dialect.Not only that, most people can also read, of course, the characters of the Central Plains.Many of them have studied "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" and other books.

Each local tribe in Lingnan has its own language, but not its own written language.They record things by drawing, not writing.

The people of the Yinshan Tribe learned and read from the Central Plains people who were exiled to the south of the Five Ridges, and recorded everything in the Central Plains characters.Since learning the characters of the Central Plains, the people of the entire Yinshan tribe have become more and more obsessed with the Central Plains culture.

After the chieftain of the Yinshan tribe learned about some things in the Central Plains, she naturally yearned for the Central Plains more and more. She wanted to go to the Central Plains to see for herself, but it was a pity that Lingnan people could not leave Lingnan without customs clearance documents.

It is very difficult to apply for the customs clearance document in Lingnan, because it is not issued by the government office in Lingnan, but issued by the capital.In other words, if you want to go to the Central Plains from Lingnan, you must get the approval of the Yamen in the capital.

Even if you apply for a customs clearance document from Lingnan, the yamen in the capital will basically not agree.That is to say, Lingnan people can only stay in Lingnan for the rest of their lives, and cannot go anywhere.If someone from Lingnan secretly ran out of Lingnan and was discovered, not only the person would be severely punished, but the local officials would also be severely punished.If the matter is serious, the person who sneaked out of Lingnan will be beheaded.

People in Lingnan cannot leave the local area. This law was not formulated by Dazhou, but by the previous dynasty.The reason why the former imperial court did not allow the Lingnan people to leave the area was because the Lingnan people rebelled and successfully captured several cities near Lingnan, killing many people.At that time, the former emperor Lei Ting was furious and sent a large army to wipe out the Lingnan rebels.

Because of this incident, and the fact that the officials sent to Lingnan by the former court were often killed, the former court felt that the people of Lingnan were barbaric and uneducated.Therefore, the former emperor decreed not to allow Lingnan people to leave Lingnan.

Although Da Zhou changed a lot of the laws of the previous dynasty, but for the laws of Lingnan, Da Zhou completely copied the laws of the previous dynasty and did not modify a single one.

Whether it was the former dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty, or earlier dynasties, the Lingnan people were stubborn barbarians.In their eyes, there is no difference between Lingnan people and wild animals, so there is no need to spend effort to educate them.Even if you spend your time teaching them, they can't learn well.

That being the case, then simply "trap" them, let them stay in Lingnan forever, and continue to be beasts.

The people from these two hidden mountain tribes could leave Lingnan, of course with the consent of the emperor, otherwise they would not be able to leave Lingnan.Also, the two of them were not randomly captured by He Lianfang's people, but they were selected after some investigation.

Not only the chieftain of the Yinshan tribe didn't know about the two of them leaving Lingnan, but even their brothers and family members didn't know about it.They disappeared suddenly, and everyone thought that something happened to them when they went out to run errands.

He Lianfang's people sent the two of them to the capital first, and He Lianfang met them in person.In the beginning, facing He Lianfang's questioning, the two of them concealed something and even lied.Afterwards, they were tortured, and then obediently told all the things they knew.

Now facing Zhao Yao's questioning, they dare not lie anymore, because they were poisoned.If you are not obedient, there will be no antidote, and you will die from the poison.

The two of them have some status in the Yinshan tribe, not only familiar with the affairs of their own tribe, but also have some understanding of the affairs of other tribes.

After listening to the words of the two people from the Yinshan tribe, Zhao Yao had a general understanding of the situation of the Lingnan tribe.Sure enough, the situation is very complicated, but it is not as difficult as imagined.

In his view, the tribes in Lingnan are basically in a state of ignorance and backwardness.The local people only believed in the chieftain's words, and they regarded the chieftain as the emperor and the chieftain's words as imperial decrees.What's more, they regard Tusi as a god.As long as the chieftain is controlled and eliminated, the people of each tribe can be recovered smoothly.

The chieftains and common people of all tribes in Lingnan believe in gods.Even though the language and cultural habits of each tribe are different, they believe in one god—the dragon.

The Dragon King Temple can be seen in every village in Lingnan.No matter how poor and dilapidated the village is, the Dragon King Temple in the village must be the most luxurious and the best.It can be seen that they are devout to dragons.

In addition to each village having its own Dragon King Temple, each tribe also has its own Dragon Temple.

The reason why Lingnan people believe in dragon so much is because of frequent floods.In addition, Lingnan is close to the sea, and many people make a living by going to sea.

It stands to reason that if Lingnan people believe in dragon so much, they should trust the emperor, because the emperor is the true son of the dragon.However, Lingnan people do not believe that the emperor is the real dragon emperor.They have their own way of believing, and only through their way of believing do they believe.Furthermore, they have always believed that the dragons believed by the Central Plains people are not the same kind of dragons as the dragons they believed in.

When Zhao Yao heard this, he murmured in his heart that dragons are fictitious things. There are no dragons in the world. Why are the dragons in the Central Plains different from the dragons in Lingnan?

It is clear that the dragons believed by the Lingnan people are exactly the same as the dragons believed by the Central Plains people. Why do the Lingnan people think their dragons are more noble and powerful than the dragons in the Central Plains?
The funniest thing is that the chieftains of various tribes in Lingnan also claim to be "descendants of the dragon". They think they are more powerful than the emperor of the Central Plains.They also feel that they are the real "descendants of the dragon", while the emperor of the Central Plains is not.They believed that the emperor of the Central Plains lied about the "True Dragon Emperor".

He suffered so much that Zhao Yao couldn't complain.

The two people from the Yinshan tribe didn't know that Zhao Yao was laughing at them in their hearts, and they continued to talk about the various tribes in Lingnan.

After Zhao Yao heard it, he had a spectrum in his heart.Now it seems that the chieftain of the Yinshan tribe is the easiest to subdue.Maybe you can buy her now.

The chieftain of this Yinshan tribe knew in his heart that if they wanted to live a good life, they could not be trapped in Lingnan for generations, they had to go out of Lingnan.She has also always wanted to take the people in the tribe out of Lingnan and visit the Central Plains.Unfortunately, without the consent of the Central Plains court, they could never leave Lingnan.

Zhao Yao felt that he could give the chieftain of the Yinshan tribe a chance to let the people of the Yinshan tribe go out of Lingnan and come to the capital to have a look.He believes that as long as they have been to the Central Plains, the people of the Yinshan tribe will deeply appreciate the prosperity of the Central Plains.

As long as you have seen the prosperity in other places, you will realize your own backwardness. At that time, your longing and ambition will become bigger and no longer satisfy your original life.

That's the way it is.After the two people from the Yinshan tribe were brought to the Central Plains, they were deeply shocked by everything in the Central Plains.In their view, everything in the Central Plains is like a fairyland, something they dare not imagine.

They no longer want to go back to the Yinshan tribe, they want to stay in the Central Plains for the rest of their lives.

Zhao Yao asked some more questions, and then let Tong Xi take the two people from the Yinshan tribe down.

Zheng Xilin walked in and asked curiously, "What do you gain?"

Zhao Yao smiled brightly at Zheng Xilin: "The harvest is rich."

Hearing what Zhao Yao said, Zheng Xilin became more curious and asked, "What did you gain?"

Zhao Yao probably told Zheng Xilin for the first time what the two people from the Yinshan Tribe said just now.

After Zheng Xilin heard this, his expression was very surprised.He doesn't know much about the situation in Lingnan, and his understanding is limited to some content he has read before.

"What are you going to do?"

"Send someone to officially go to the Yinshan tribe first, and let the chieftain of the Yinshan tribe send some people to follow our people to the Central Plains." After listening to the words of the two people from the Yinshan tribe, Zhao Yao had some arrangements in his mind. "The chieftain of the Hidden Mountain Tribe can't leave the tribe at will, let alone leave Lingnan easily, but she can send her confidants to the Central Plains. After her confidants come to the Central Plains, tell her the real situation in the Central Plains. I think she will be more Willing to come to Central Plains."

"The Hidden Mountain Tribe is not the largest tribe in Lingnan, nor is it the most powerful tribe." After hearing Zhao Yao's words, Zheng Xilin sorted out the situation of various tribes in Lingnan. "Because the chieftain of the Yinshan tribe interacted with the Central Plains people in Lingnan, both she and the Yinshan tribe were squeezed out by other tribes and regarded as traitors. If you want to use her, it will be difficult to recover other tribes."

Zhao Yao said with a smile: "Then help the Yinshan tribe become the largest and strongest tribe in Lingnan, let her become the chieftain king, and let all tribes and chieftains respect her."

Zheng Xilin raised his eyebrows slightly, with a questioning expression: "Even if you have the ability to help her, but a woman like her can make all the tribes surrender?"

Hearing Zheng Xilin's tone of looking down on women, Zhao Yao gave him a very rude look.

"Third Uncle, how can you underestimate women? You have to know that many women have more means and skills than men. Don't talk about others, the Queen Fan who went to court in advance, if there is no her, the previous dynasty will be handed down to the third generation. It's time to ruin..."

Queen Fan of the previous dynasty was a very powerful woman.Back then, after her husband died of illness, her son was a young and ignorant child.This is not the worst situation. At that time, there were several princes, all of them were young and strong, and they had powerful influence.There are also many ministers in the court who were bribed by them.It can be said that when her son succeeded to the throne, there were many crises.

Facing such a dangerous situation, she relied on her excellent resourcefulness and means to save herself from danger step by step, and finally succeeded in removing the most threatening princes and their forces, allowing her son to sit firmly on the throne.

After the crisis of the throne was lifted, she began to implement some policies to benefit the people to make people's lives better and better.For the ministers in the court, she gave both kindness and majesty, and gave the talented ministers a chance to show their talents, so the previous court became better and better.

"The female chieftain of the Yinshan tribe is a smart and ambitious person. As long as she is given a chance, she will definitely make great achievements." Perhaps it was the influence of Concubine Liang, or the love of Zhao in her dream. Under Yao's influence, Zhao Yao never thought that women should be inferior to men, let alone think that women can't do anything.On the contrary, he thinks that women are very powerful, as long as they are given a chance, they will definitely be able to make a career. "Maybe she will be relatively young at the beginning, but I believe she will grow up soon, and then give me a satisfactory explanation."

Zheng Xilin didn't expect Zhao Yao to trust the female chieftain of the Yinshan tribe so much, and he was a little surprised: "You haven't seen this female chieftain yet, so you are so optimistic about her."

"Just rely on her to communicate with people from the Central Plains." Zhao Yao said again, "Third Uncle, don't underestimate women."

Zheng Xilin smiled and said, "Then I look forward to it."

"Actually, Lingnan is a very good place, but neither the father nor the emperors of other dynasties found out that the excellent geographical location of Lingnan was wasted." The Lingnan in Zhao Yao's world in the dream was very extraordinary.

"You said that the excellent geographical location is near the sea?" Zheng Xilin said, "Many places in Soochow are also near the sea. The most important thing is that there is no miasma in these places, but there is a thick miasma in Lingnan."

"Soochow has many places close to the sea, but in terms of distance from foreign countries such as Annan and Johor, Lingnan is the closest. This is where it has an advantage over many places in Soochow." Zhao Yao said seriously, "Miasma It is indeed a problem, but it is not completely insoluble. The doctor I sent has done some research on miasma. It exists in the mountains and forests.”

"It seems that you are determined to build Lingnan into a wharf." Zheng Xilin reminded Zhao Yao, "Not all tribes are like the people of the Yinshan tribe, most of them are very barbaric."

Zhao Yao understood Zheng Xilin's meaning, "The most important reason why Lingnan people are not educated is that they only believe in the chieftain. As long as the chieftain is solved, and then force them to learn the culture of the Central Plains by forceful means, they will naturally be educated. If not , then beat them until they are obedient. If it still doesn’t work in the end, then kill them.”

Hearing Zhao Yaoyun say "kill it" calmly, Zheng Xilin was slightly shocked, and immediately said with a smile: "I'm waiting for you to go to Lingnan to show your strengths in the future."

Zhao Yao suddenly became dejected: "Oh, I still have three or four years before I can go to Lingnan to show my power."

While talking, Tong Xi knocked on the door a few times, and then heard him say: "Your Highness, Mr. Meng is awake, please go over."

"Go here."

Zhao Yao followed Zheng Xilin to Mr. Meng's room.The old man leaned back on the bed, and his complexion and spirit improved a lot.

He approached Zhao Yao to talk about the imperial examination.His old man was worried that the family would force poor students not to take the imperial examination, and by then no one in Jinling would take the imperial examination.

About this matter, Zheng Xilin told Zhao Yao before.Zhao Yao then told Mr. Meng what he said to Zheng Xilin before.

After Mr. Meng heard this, his worries did not diminish.

"I don't know much about the situation in Suzhou, but I think it is similar to Jinling." Mr. Meng said with a serious face, "Although I have been hiding in the mountains for decades, it seems that I only ask about worldly affairs, but I have a good understanding of Jinling. The situation is relatively well understood.”

"What do you mean?"

"The aristocratic families in Jinling are grasshoppers on the same line as the Cao Gang and the Salt Gang. The imperial examinations are not only related to the aristocratic families, but also to the interests of the Cao Gang and the Salt Gang. They will never allow other officials in Jinling's officialdom. "Mr. Meng frowned tightly, and said in a solemn tone, "The reason why the Cao Gang and the Salt Gang in Jinling are so arrogant and domineering is because of the protection and favoritism of the officials."

"I know." Mr. Meng said just now, and Zhao Yao had already guessed it.

"It's not so easy for the emperor to rectify Jinling's family and officialdom. Yangzhou's successful experience cannot be replicated in Jinling. Moreover, these people in Jinling will never allow them to repeat the mistakes of Yangzhou." Mr. Meng said, " One more thing, I once heard that the Cao Gang, the Salt Gang, and the aristocratic families in Yangzhou all listened to one person, and it was he who closely linked these three."

Zhao Yao hurriedly asked, "Who?"

Mr. Meng shook his head and said, "I don't know who it is."

"You mean that this person is the real king behind Jinling?"

Mr. Meng nodded his head lightly, and immediately continued: "I heard that this man is cunning, resourceful, and skillful, especially he knows everything about the imperial court like the palm of his hand."

"The biggest backers behind Jinling aren't the crown prince and Duke Zhen. It's not surprising that this person knows everything about the court."

Zheng Xilin helped Mr. Meng add a sentence: "Meng Lao means that this person can count your father's thoughts."

Zhao Yao was taken aback when he heard this, and turned pale with shock, "What?"

Please don't bring the Lingnan in the article into the real Guangdong and Guangxi.

I set a lot of Lingnan in the article, which is not only different from reality, but also different from Lingnan in history.

Belief in dragons is also something I made up, so it can't be true.

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