Kai Fu Han

Chapter 426
But the Xinghan League was different.

The Xinghan League popularized basic education and sent imperial power to the countryside. This was a direct blow to the bottom of the cauldron, which directly took away the backbone of the scholars and gentry class to live and work in peace.

In later generations, Ming Taizu sacrificed his butcher's knife, and blood flowed all over the world. He killed more than half of the people who were studying and serving as officials. In some places, the management of the places where he killed was broken, but the scholars could still endure it. On the one hand, Ming Taizu was the founding emperor and had prestige. , with military power.On the other hand, no matter how much you kill, you still have to let scholars be the officials in the end, and you cannot let all scholars share the same hatred.

The Xinghan League directly ruined this advantage that only belonged to scholars.

Liu Xinqi had predicted before that the continued expansion of the territory would inevitably cause a violent rebound, so it has been developing very steadily and did not blindly and quickly expand the territory just because of a golden finger.

Otherwise, even if all the scholars are killed, who will be the official?Who will govern this country?

When the time comes, local government affairs will be in chaos, and only the people will suffer.

Even if Liu Xinqi has loyal soldiers under his command, how much support can he gain from the people if their lives are in dire straits?

In the end, when the world was in chaos, Liu Xinqi was the sinner of the nation.

So Liu Xinqi has been enduring his own desires, always waking himself up not to be blindly arrogant.

Unexpectedly, in the end, I took a big step forward.

I originally wanted to quickly occupy the land of Jingdong East Road and West Road, and then turn around and slowly rectify it. I didn’t realize it. Before I occupied them all, there were frequent chaos in the front and rear.

"We didn't say we wouldn't let those gentry become officials, so why did they react so violently?" Sun Li originally belonged to this class, but he was a military attaché after all and couldn't figure this out.

"There was originally a hen that laid golden eggs in your family. No matter how noisy the family was or how the brothers fought over each other, in the end this hen that laid golden eggs belonged to your family. You can use the golden eggs to buy whatever you want. Things, even the most obscure relatives, can get a little light." Liu Xinqi gave Sun Li an example: "Now someone comes here to tell you that this hen that can lay golden eggs no longer only belongs to your family, but to Everyone in the village, even those who have a grudge against your family, can get a piece of the pie."

"What would you do?"

Sun Li frowned and understood what Liu Xinqi meant: "I will definitely resist."

In the example, the family with the "golden egg hen" is the gentry class, and the villagers are the common people.

The gentry could have exchanged the golden eggs for the hard-earned output of the common people, but now they find that the golden eggs belong to everyone from now on, and the golden eggs become worthless.

"I finally understand why you are so cautious." Sun Li suddenly realized.He previously believed that Liu Xinqi had thousands of "masters" in his hands, and that Zhao and Jin were no match at all.Now he discovered that the enemy of the Xinghan League from the beginning was not Zhao and Jin, but the entire "vested interests" class.

From then on, Sun Li truly understood these four words.

"Then what to do next? Attacking the three counties of Changshan, Gaoyuan and Zouping has already consumed most of our ammunition. There are still so many cities next. Do we really want to fight for the bayonet?"

"The plan cannot keep up with the changes. I used to think that the resistance would not come so soon, but now it seems that I am optimistic." Liu Xinqi sighed: "In order not to fall into the quagmire created by these gentry, we must fight steadily."

"Change the plan?"

"Yes, change the plan."

Before sending troops, the staff anticipated the worst-case scenario.Halfway through the Xinghan Alliance's westward strategy, the Puppet Qi, Jin and Zhao all sent troops to attack. How should the Xinghan Alliance respond in this situation?

It's not that bad so far, but it's not too bad.

"Notify Liu Xin'ang that the South Route Army will guard Cheng County and the Central Army Army will guard Xintai County and stop advancing westward." Liu Xinqi ordered.It is estimated that Xintai has also made preparations.

However, with the current ammunition reserves of the Central and South Route armies, it is still possible to capture these two cities.

The rest of Fei County, which is located in the central part of Yizhou, can be postponed.

"Then we still want to attack Qizhou?" Liu Xinang asked.

"We can't fight. You guard Zouping, and Liu Xinjun guards Zichuan." Liu Xinqi shook his head: "The 'rebellion' of the gentry in the rear cannot be delayed. I must return the troops to deal with these hidden dangers, otherwise we will easily become a lonely army."

"Okay, we will definitely defend these two cities without any mistakes." Sun Li promised.

"In the near future, the gentry should mainly focus on defense and will not take the initiative to attack. However, I believe that it will not be long before the puppet Qi court, which has strong support from the gentry, will definitely organize a large army to attack." Liu Xinqi said: "You can draw Some troops were deployed throughout the three counties, and the gentry who participated in the fight against our Xinghan League were uprooted in advance."

Liu Xinqi still didn't say a word. The best situation for Zhao State in the south is to stand still and watch the fire from the other side.The worst case scenario is that the Zhao State raises its troops to go north to "help" the Han League, which will be difficult at that time.

Maybe we will have to retreat to Denglai.

...

As the situation changed, Xinghan League's westward strategy was adjusted immediately, from offense to defense.

Liu Xinqi also sent an order to Penglai, asking Gao Yuan to send people to Jeju Island and the Japanese country, transfer half of the Goryeo army to the mainland, and hire as many Japanese mercenaries as possible.

These two arms will become the second-line troops of the Xinghan League, and will be used in the future to deal with the large number of cannon fodder troops organized by the gentry and the Jin army that may go south.

On the [-]th, Liu Xinqi led Liu Xinyuan's [-]th Field Regiment back to Weizhou by boat, and the fleet floated downstream along the Jishui River, several times faster than traveling on land, without any effort.

Liu Xinqi intends to start from the bordering Laizhou and Weizhou, gradually wipe out all the resistance forces, and use thunderbolt methods to quickly settle down.

Then all efforts were made to deal with the counterattack of the "pseudo-Qi" representatives of the gentry class.

"Tell me, what do those people think? We came here with a good life, why do they listen to those gentry and fight against us for a little profit?" Liu Xinyuan was very displeased with the turning point of the Westward Raiders.

"Those common people are illiterate, and they can understand the big truth. The right to speak is in the hands of the gentry class. They believe what the gentry say. If they want to make them believe in the empty and beautiful Xinghan League, they must first let them know that there is a 'Xinghan League. The League is a strange regime. Which gentry do you think can let the people know about the merits of our 'Prosperous Han League'?" Liu Xinqi asked in return.

"Hey, definitely not. When we attacked Zouping before, the people scolded us for being rebels. Their seriousness made people really angry and helpless." Liu Xinyuan was in a low mood: "I have some doubts about the point of saving these people. .”

"That's not right." Liu Xinqi didn't want his generals to be fooled, so he quickly comforted him: "It's like the young children in the family are ignorant, so why should we give up their education? Those common people's sources of information are limited, and it's inevitable that others will follow what they say. .”

"When I go back, I have to urge Luo Gao to quickly distribute the newspaper to the entire Kyushu continent. Those gentry can't control the right to speak and continue to fool the people."

Liu Xinqi did not hit him again.

If the people are illiterate, even if you give them newspapers, what will be the use?

(End of this chapter)