Chapter 552: A Difficult Question

The third thing reported by the Secretariat Bureau was not a trivial matter, but it was a turmoil among the Jiyang Army slang clan. As for www.biquge.info the contradictions between the slang and the Chinese, Zhao Yu knew that it had been going on for a long time, lasting for nearly a thousand years, and he didn't think that it could be resolved at one time. Therefore, after arriving in Qiongzhou, he did not mobilize troops to suppress them, nor did he 'give favors' to buy them, but only adopted the Jingsui policy of not disturbing each other, neither collecting taxes from them nor interfering with the hereditary inheritance of their local officials. It's just that the military strength makes them dare not move, and at the same time they carry out a 'soft blockade' on the slang gathering area while opening up the post road, and they can quickly deploy troops to encircle and suppress it once there is a change.

After all, the slang occupy the middle of the island and have a population of more than 100,000, so for the sake of local stability, the goal of increasing taxes should also be the same. In addition, the slang people live in the mountains and forests, live by hunting and simple farming, the living conditions are difficult, the people are fierce, brave and good at fighting, if they are recruited into the army, they can get a strong army.

Although he had this thought, Zhao Yu also knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, and just wanted to wait for the opportunity to slowly figure it out, so he also discussed with Ying Jieyan, and when the time was ripe, he would use the strategy of 'changing the land and returning to the stream' to bring the slang people into the management of the imperial court to achieve the purpose of collecting them for their own use. But before they could make a move, a group of people from the Xing Dynasty took the lead and caused a slang conflict in the Jiyang Army.

According to the Bureau's understanding, the cause of the incident was the conflict and vendetta between Fu Xiong, a local official of the Jiyang Army, Fu Riping, a slang chieftain, and Ma Yu, another local official. At first, when the two families were in turmoil due to personal enmity, He Rende, who was in charge of the Jiyang Army, routinely reported to the imperial court, what he meant was only to remind the imperial court that there was chaos in the place, and had no other meaning. And he followed the policy formulated by His Majesty, did not interfere or participate in their disputes, but only warned the two families not to cross the border and disturb the people, and take the opportunity to plunder the Han people.

He Rende did not expect that his 'small report' would cause a huge repercussion in the imperial court, but Lu Xiufu, who presided over the government, was like a great enemy, and immediately ordered him to mobilize troops to suppress it. His reaction was so fierce that He Rende was taken aback, this matter is just two neighbors fighting each other, as long as it doesn't cause turmoil to watch. So he immediately replied to the left minister to inform him that this matter was not suitable for interference according to His Majesty's strategy, and the rash use of troops aroused the disgust of the slang people and provoked a large-scale conflict between the slang and the Han.

However, Lu Xiufu does not think so, the Jiyang Army has now begun to mine iron ore on a large scale, and it will be an important weapon building base in Qiongzhou. Moreover, for more than 100 years, the slang people in Qiongzhou have been in turmoil, and the imperial court has been too busy fighting against Mengjin to take care of it. Coupled with local corruption and incompetence, the slang people lost control, not only refused to pay taxes and travel, but also once attacked the state and plundered the Han people, Lu Xiufu wanted to take the opportunity to subdue the slang people and re-establish the majesty of the imperial court.

In addition, Lu Xiufu can't be said to be without a little selfishness, now that Wen Tianxiang has returned to the dynasty, Zhang Shijie is still trusted by the little emperor, and those ministers in Qiongzhou are also eager to try to 'plot' to take the throne, making his position precarious. And He Rende used to be Ying Tianfu Yin, with a transcendent status and much deeper qualifications than him, and now he does not obey his own dispatch, and is of course regarded as a potential political opponent, so that Lu Xiufu wants to make some achievements by 'counterinsurgency' and stabilize his position. Therefore, Han Zhen, the commander of the right army, was strictly ordered to lead the army into the Jiyang army to quell the rebellion.

However, Lu Xiufu did not expect that he would kick on the iron plate, Han Zhen refused to send troops on the grounds that His Majesty had ordered him to garrison Qiongzhou to prevent the invasion of the enemy, and He Rende once again wrote to the Empress Dowager to implore the Queen Mother to wait for His Majesty to return to the court before discussing it, and not to use swords and soldiers without permission. Jiang Xuan and Deng Guangjian, who remained in Qiongzhou, also resolutely mobilized troops at the court meeting, breaking the current balance and triggering civil strife, so that His Majesty's Eastern Crusade was abandoned halfway. However, Lu Xiufu 'tried his best to overcome public opinion', and invited the Empress Dowager to order the forbidden army in front of the palace training in Yazhou to send troops to the Jiyang army to quell the chaos.

Jiang Cheng did not dare to disobey, and hurriedly led 3,000 forbidden troops to the Jiyang Army, but he also kept an eye on it, and instead stationed the Jiyang Army in the name of protecting the post road and the mine. His original intention was not to disobey His Majesty's will, but he didn't expect that as soon as the army arrived, Fu Xiong, Ma Yu and Fu Riping, who were originally fighting, immediately stopped fighting, but carved arrows and passed books to the Quartet Slang Village to fight against the official army, and gathered more than 10,000 slang soldiers in an instant. They attacked the post posts stationed on the post road, crossed the border into the Han land and plundered the Mintun villages, and the government and the opposition shook up and down, panicking......

"Why hasn't Your Majesty rested?" Just as Zhao Hao was pondering how to respond, Ying Jieyan came upstairs and asked.

"I can't calm down, I can't sleep." Zhao Yu twisted his face and smiled bitterly, "Mr. is up too." ”

"Old man, there is not so much sleepiness, just lie down for a while, but Your Majesty is the time to grow your body, pay attention to rest. Isn't there any trouble if you don't sleep well! Ying Jieyan smiled.

"Sir, something happened in Qiongzhou, and I was worried about affecting the morale of the army, so I didn't tell everyone!" Zhao Hao sighed.

"Something happened in Qiongzhou?!" Ying Jieyan was surprised when he heard this, "Your Majesty, what happened to make Your Majesty sleep?" He knew that although His Majesty was small, he had experienced many major events, and he would never worry about some small things, and it seemed that things should be not small.

"Sir, sit down, I want to ask Mr. for more information on how to deal with it!" Zhao Yu thought about not only trying to restore stability when he went back, but also inevitably fighting openly and secretly in the court, and how he would deal with it, he could listen to his opinion.

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Should sit solemnly and solemnly.

"Since I left the eastern expedition to Quanzhou, a few things have happened in Qiongzhou, and the rest is okay, although there is chaos, it is still under control, but this slang turmoil is not handled properly, and our hard work in the past two years will be ruined...... "Zhao Yu moved into the small hall, and after serving tea, he ordered that no one should be summoned to enter, and then repeated the received wire report to Ying Jieyan.

"Your Majesty is right, since the successive dynasties set up a county in Qiongzhou, the slang and Han have been fighting each other for a long time, and every time there is turmoil, they will send a large army to the island to quell the rebellion, which will not only cost huge material resources, but also often pay huge casualties, and even last for several years, dragging the country to exhaustion, and finally ending in a hasty compromise. What's more......" Ying Jie Yan listened to it and frowned, nodded and said.

He knew that a country would often be dragged down by a protracted upheaval, and the foundation of the dynasty would be even thinner. Slang was born and grew up in Sri Lanka, familiar with the geographical environment, and adapted to life in the jungle and mountains. If you can't drill into the mountains, tens of thousands of people will be sprinkled into it like a drop of water in the sea, you can't find it, and you will give it to you again, plus the miasma in the mountains is pervasive, and outsiders will die in it. The feasible DPRK has limited troops and horses, and if it is used to quell the chaos, there will be no time for the outside world, and the restoration of the country is equivalent to empty talk.

"yes, we can't afford to drag it out, and we can't afford to fight." Zhao Hao thought it was true, "Now that we have just stabbed Kublai Khan's heart, how can he be willing to give up, I am afraid that as soon as the rainy season is over, he will mobilize a large army to retaliate, if we can't quell the chaos as soon as possible, we will fall into internal and external difficulties, and if we don't get it, we will be forced to evacuate Qiongzhou and find another place to live!" ”

And the so-called can't beat Zhao Yu didn't say it, and he also understood that he should be strict. The current financial situation of the Xing Dynasty is tight, and it will take a long time to completely solve the problem. But the army is consuming money every day, and Zhao Yu is now completely living by fighting to support the war, and if he does not capture it, he is trading at a loss. Qizhouyang and Yashan did not capture much, but in the end there was not much loss, but the slang people lived by slash-and-burn farming and hunting, and the poor except for the grass hut that sheltered from the wind and rain, it was the lice on the body. He dispatched tens of thousands of troops to fight guerrillas with them, hiding cats and cats, even if he subdued them, he couldn't get them back except for sticking money.

"Well, and now that it's happening, we need to try to fix it as soon as possible." Of course, Ying Jieyan understands His Majesty's thoughts, and he doesn't dare to be interested in fighting with a bunch of poor ghosts!

"I don't understand, what kind of nosy thing Lu Xiang is doing, causing such a big trouble, knowing that it is better to take him to the east!" Zhao Yu also understood that the sooner the better, but thinking about Lu Xiufu's many things, he couldn't help but regret it.

"It's not wrong for Lu Xiang to deal with it like this on weekdays." Ying Jieyan smiled when he heard this, "In the past, whenever there was a barbarian turmoil, local officials would conceal it, in order to turn a big incident into a small matter, and they would not report it to the imperial court until it caused a big chaos, and at this time the situation was out of control. Therefore, the imperial court will be very nervous when receiving the report, and use a large army to quell the chaos. ”

"I thought it was not impossible to do things according to convention, but the Great Song Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, and the situation is very different from the past, and still clinging to the flaws will only ruin our hopes!" Zhao Yu was very helpless and distressed. It is good for him to act as usual, and he has created a big problem for himself, but the reorganization of the program of the dynasty and the elimination of maladministration will hurt the muscles and bones, and if he does not do it well, it will cause new party disputes and intensify the existing contradictions.

"Your Majesty is very worried, but the timing is not right at this moment, and Your Majesty needs to be patient. The most urgent task at the moment is how to quickly quell the slang. Ying Jieyan knew that what His Majesty said was good, but he was worried that he would be impatient and in a hurry, which would make the situation even more uncontrollable.

"I'm worried that the Great Song Dynasty will be lost in my hands." Zhao Yu sighed and said, "What is the best strategy for quelling the slang chaos?" ”

"When the minister crossed the sea to Qiong, His Majesty and the minister discussed this matter, and it was the best policy to change the land and return to the stream, but it still needs to be delayed. In the past, slang chaos often occurred, and the chaos of each dynasty was nothing more than three strategies! Ying Jie Yan thought for a while, "But no matter what, it is difficult to last, and the slang chaos still comes and goes, and it is difficult to completely eliminate the slang trouble!" ”

"Sir, let's talk about it as soon as possible, let's think about it!" Of course, Zhao Yu knew that the national issue was still difficult to completely solve in modern times, and it was difficult to cure it with high pressure and appeasement, and the extermination of the ethnic group seemed to have become the first choice of those in power, and this was often equally difficult to achieve, but would provoke stronger resistance, which could be described as endless......