Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

Chapter 233: Go to Lingnan to meet the Great Sage!
Together with a group of ministers, he followed the scholar Liang to the county government office to visit Zhang Wei, the famous Lingnan governor.

Shi Ziliang went to the door and told Zhang Wei everything.

Qi Tai and others were guarding the door of the city lord's mansion tremblingly, wondering what would happen next.

But soon, they discovered that the door was suddenly pushed open.

An old man who looked very old and haggard hurriedly ran over, came to Qitai's side in a few steps, grabbed his hands, and then shouted loudly: "Okay, okay, I'll wait." After waiting for so long, I finally waited!"

Qi Tai and others were all confused. They only heard one of the guards say arrogantly: "This is the Lingnan Marshal, why don't you pay your respects?"

Qitai and others quickly bowed.

However, Zhang Wei quickly dragged them up from the ground, invited them to his mansion with a smile, and ordered someone to prepare a table of wine and food. The food and wine were very delicious, including beef and mutton.

Qi Tai and the others all looked surprised.

How could the great Sima of Lingnan be so kind to them?
Zhang Wei smiled and said: "Well, you are all ministers of the court, and you all have one person to rule.

talent.I am very happy to have traveled thousands of miles to come to Lingnan. You two can take a break and experience the customs of Lingnan. "

Qi Tai hesitated for a moment and said cautiously: "This may not be good. The reason we came here this time is to make a plan to conquer Annan.

"What? Recapture Annan? Why have I never heard of it?" Zhang Wei was stunned and said quickly.

"What? King Su made this request, did he not tell you?!"

Zhang Wei swung his sleeves and cursed loudly: "This little guy really doesn't know how to live or die!" That's easy to say, send troops to Annan?What is a noble prince thinking about all day long? "

A glint flashed in Qitai's eyes. It seemed that the Lingnan County Sheriff did not have a harmonious relationship with the Crown Prince Su.

Lu Xiaofeng said: "This is King Su's order, don't you want to hear it?" Lu Xiaofeng smiled and said: "I will listen to whatever you want to hear. You listen, I listen, it's like listening to a The emperor’s orders are the same, tell me, will you disobey them?”

Hearing this, Zhang Wei gave a cold shout and complained: "This guy always likes to do mischief. I wanted to resign several times, but he stopped me. Alas, he went to Beijing to work as a handyman, but he hurt me. Crap!"

Qi Tai asked again: "Is there any injustice?"

"More than just an injustice, this guy is not a human being at all! This guy insists on making me the county guard, and he also throws the entire Lingnan political affairs on me. They also specially arranged five doctors for me, just to prevent me from suddenly Death suddenly!"

Qitai was confused.

He never thought that Zhang Wei would be like him.Although King Su is a traitor, the Governor of Lingnan is the traitor among traitors. Enemies should be resolved rather than sworn off.

Qi Tai couldn't help bowing his hands, and then complained loudly to Zhang Wei with a heartbroken look: "Chang Shi will know that King Su is rampant in the capital, killing scholars at will, and even exiling us here. King Su has murderous intentions!"

Suddenly Zhang Wei's eyes lit up, and he said, "Are the two of you King Su's enemies?"

"Yes, we petitioned Prince Su in court, but he bit us back!"

"King Su is really stingy. He handed over the responsibility to us for the Annan battle, which basically put us to death. Unexpectedly, he actually got the approval of the imperial court, so we came all the way here. Come up the remote hills. Hey."

All the civil and military officials complained.

Zhang Wei's eyes returned to normal, he waved his hand and said: "Come here, these ministers, since it is Annan's matter, let them go to Annan tomorrow."

"What?!" According to Zhu Tuo's personality that likes to be in the limelight, he has even subdued several chieftains in the south. How could he not take Annan's idea?
This path is difficult.

After Zhu Tuo conquered several tribes in the south, the first thing he did was to build a huge highway to connect several tribes together so as to control the entire tribe.

But the road to Annan is a winding one.If you accidentally enter a dense forest, it will be difficult to get out.

If someone comes from the north, in such an environment, they will definitely be infected and die in a short time.

Therefore, if we want to completely unify the entire Lingnan, we must do this.

Cut down trees and build roads!
The Lingnan generals have already explored this step, and have found two shortcuts to Annan.By the way, I also hired a few locals to serve as guides.

Therefore, Qitai was assigned to these two roads and cut down the trees on these two roads. However, cutting down trees was also very tiring.

Some mountain roads were really difficult to walk on, and with the continuous heavy rain, even if they lit a fire, they couldn't ignite it and put it out in an instant, and the soldiers they carried were soaked to the skin.

Shi Ziliang remained unmoved and announced his decision loudly with great interest.

Brothers, Annan is a good place. The wind is beautiful and the sun is beautiful. There is sea water everywhere, dense forests everywhere, and gold everywhere. You can get whatever you want. "

"Haha, when we build the road and send people to station at the border, the King of Annan will be scared to death by our army and surrender. By then, won't we have as much as we want?"

Hearing this, Qi Tai who was standing aside showed disdain.

This trip to defeat Annan was not perfect, but it was still a mess.

Cutting trees in the mountains and forests every day, watching the apes and mosquitoes taking turns, is really a hard job!
King Su didn't know what was going on. He was bent on attacking Annan. He only needed to take care of himself. Why bother to attack Annan?This is simply thankless!
Seeing the tired look on the face of a soldier next to him and the dark circles under his eyes showing that he had not slept well for several days, Qitai said, "You can also be lazy and cut down so many trees, and no one will care."

The soldier immediately shook his head and said loudly: "You are all working hard to conquer Annan. I, the squad leader, must set an example for them, right?"

"Is it useful to attack Annan?"

The sergeant hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know."

"Then why are you trying so hard?"

The soldier said: "In short, the general said that this is the time for men. If we can capture Annan, everyone will have merit. Maybe, me too."

I can buy a house in Annan. "

"Even if you give me my property, I won't take Annan. The forest is lush and green, it rains constantly, and there are countless quagmires. Even if it is captured, it will be meaningless."

The soldier didn't care and said: "It was like this before. It's only been a few years now. Aren't we the same way? In short, I heard that if we don't defeat Annan, future generations will scold us to death. "

"Soldiers without force!"

Qitai yelled angrily, and then fell into a rare silence.

Qi Tai is a Confucian and has no desire to expand his territory.

And those emperors who were wise and powerful, such as Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Yang of Sui, were regarded by Confucians as cruel emperors.

(End of this chapter)