back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 866
"The only way is to recruit security." Zhe Kexing didn't touch the cup of tea, but said slowly.

"Recruitment?!"

Zhe Kexing said with certainty: "That's right, these horse bandits are not like the previous horse bandits. The previous horse bandits only knew how to rob merchants in my Dashun, but these horse bandits only rob Khitan merchants..."

Xue Gang didn't understand the tricks inside, so he asked in a daze: "What's the difference?"

"There's a big difference! Among the two groups of horse bandits, there must be a group of fake horse bandits who are dedicated to disrupting the discussion; while the other group of real horse bandits are those who can't survive on the grassland..."

Xue Gang was startled: "Someone dares to destroy the private discussion?"

"Why don't you dare? What is a private discussion? Although the imperial court sent people to collect taxes in the private discussion field, they turned a blind eye to it, but this does not mean that the private discussion is in line with the law. If If there is a real war, the city of Yunnei Prefecture will only become the enemy's city in an instant!"

Zhe Kexing has a clear understanding and mercilessly exposed the reality: "The people in the city are too complicated, there are Jurchens, Khitan people, Korean people, Shiwei people, Xi people, Bohai people, Menggu people... a mixture of fish and dragons, if it is true If there is a war, who can guarantee that there will be no spies in the city? At that time, I am afraid that the state shepherd will have to withdraw if he does not withdraw."

Although Xue Gang doesn't understand military matters, he understands officialdom!Use time, not just on the battlefield.As long as he thought about it for a while, he had already understood it.

"General, what should I do?"

Zhe Kexing looked at the trembling Xue Gang, with no contempt in his heart, only pity.It was also Lu Chengqi who was soft-hearted, such a big rice moth, he was just demoted, it would be better to kill him with one knife, and it would be over once and for all.

"Someone sabotages the private discussion. There was even a horse bandit in Tanzhou before. It must be deliberately trying to provoke the relationship between Shun and Liao. Such a sinister person must be hidden deep. Who can find it out? Even if it is the Supervision Department, There is still no clue yet!"

After Xue Gang heard this, he was almost paralyzed by the conspiracy behind him: "Someone wants to start a war?"

"It's normal. Shun Liao is originally a feud, and it will never be turned into friendship. As long as the time is right and the excuse is right, the two countries will fight again. It's just a matter of gestures. The dispute is the button that maintains the status quo of the two countries, the clothes. What happens if the button is broken?"

Xue Gang was scared out of his wits: "Cracked?"

"That's right, the covenant between Dashun and the Liao Kingdom is only three years old, and it has already been annulled. Furthermore, even if the covenant exists, it is nothing more than a scrap of paper. The reason why the Liao Kingdom has been tolerant these years is because It's just that the vitality has not recovered, and the Jurchen, the mortal enemy, has no time to spare. And the discussion field has become the channel that the Liao Kingdom relies heavily on to obtain tea, porcelain and cloth. Once someone with a different heart provokes a little, between the two countries, We must be wary of each other. At that time, not to mention the dispute, it is not uncommon for the Liao army to go south!"

Zhe Kexing's analysis made sense, and Xue Gang had no choice but to believe it.

"General, since someone with ulterior motives is sowing dissension, how can we recruit them?" Xue Gang asked worriedly, "It would be great if we could recruit the horse bandits, but I'm afraid they won't agree!"

Zhe Kexing said with a smile: "This is just the horse bandit in the past, but most of the horse bandits today are different. They are almost all foreigners. According to the Khitan merchants, there is not a single Han Chinese among them. The state shepherd knows that this Why?"

"Why?"

"Prairie people are born to be able to ride and shoot, but the Han people are different..."

After hearing this, Xue Gang immediately understood: "So this horse bandit is a real horse bandit, and the previous horse bandits are fake horse bandits!"

"That's right! The Han people can have such riding skills, they are definitely not ordinary people. This group of people deliberately pretends to be horse bandits, and they have sinister intentions!" Zhe Kexing said in a deep voice, "Don't lie to the state. Mu, I have already submitted this letter to the cabinet, and I will submit it to His Majesty soon, so that His Majesty can make a decision at his discretion."

"What about recruiting security?"

"We can only act when the imperial decree is passed down!"

"However, horse bandits are becoming more and more rampant, and there are no Khitan merchants coming, isn't it..."

Zhe Kexing sneered and said: "I have five thousand soldiers and horses in my hands, and I can maintain one or two business roads, but it's just a matter of little effort! I didn't notice it before, and the horse bandits took advantage of the loopholes."

This is true, there are only those who can be thieves for a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days.No matter how powerful you are, if others take advantage of your inattention and attack where you can't see, you are not a god, how could you expect it?Over the past few years, with Zhekexing's bandit suppressing cavalry growing stronger and stronger, the old horse bandits have long since disappeared.This also made Zhe Kexing relax his vigilance. It was not until recently that there were more horse bandits that he regained his vigilance.

"If this goes on like this, Yunnei Prefecture will return to the former desolate land, general, you can save me!"

Xue Gang didn't want to be demoted anymore, so he could only hug Zhe Kexing's thigh tightly.

Zhe Kexing said: "It's better for Zhou Mu to save himself!"

Xue Gang was taken aback: "How to save yourself?"

"In the past, the state herdsmen practiced 'governance by doing nothing', but Yunneizhou City is still thriving, which is a good thing. But now, there are more than 3 households in the city, and there is no other way of making a living except for private business. How can the state herd survive? If you really think about the people, you should introduce technology from the Central Plains, or reclaim wasteland, or graze cattle and sheep, or sew leather jackets... Only by giving the people a way of life can Yunneizhou City continue to exist. If not, the people will not be able to find it. When it comes to earning a living, I can only abandon Yunneizhou City, or go to the Central Plains, or enter the Great Wall, or go to the desert..."

Zheke's words are not alarmist.If there are no merchants and no people in Yunneizhou City, and there is an empty city, what can it do?At that time, the evaluation by the Ministry of Officials and the Supervision Department must be inferior. Even if Xue Gang didn't want to be demoted, he would have to.Yunneizhou city is already a frontier place, if it is relegated again, wouldn't it have to go to sex?

Thinking of this, Xue Gang shivered: "Thank you General for your advice, I know what to do!"

Looking at Xue Gang who was leaving in a hurry, Zhe Kexing shook his head: "If you don't waste your time, why is it like this now? Relying on merchants, you will be rootless duckweed after all!"

You can't blame Zhe Ke Xing, this is just how everyone thinks about business in this era.Especially at the border, once a war breaks out, let alone merchants, the common people will lose their lives!They will even be wrapped into the army, and the old, weak, women and children will all become siege weapons.How can the Dashun soldiers with benevolence, justice and morality have the heart to attack these innocent people with swords and arrows?
This is why the Liao Kingdom is aggressive. They think they have found the weakness of the Han people, that is, they are too kind.

Kindness is not a mistake, but cruelty is absolutely dehumanizing.Zhe Kexing has been in Datong Mansion for many years, he is used to the cruel Khitan people, he thinks in his heart that none of the Khitan people is a good thing, they are all so cruel that they are not like a human being, just like wild beasts.

In the face of survival, human nature is gone, only animal nature remains.

But Zhe Kexing won't understand, because he only has hatred in his eyes for the Khitan people.

(End of this chapter)