Fu Song

Chapter 700
"Second Uncle, what can I do in the future?" Sitting in front of Xiao Cheng, Xiao Jing asked earnestly.

Xiao Cheng smiled and looked at his nephew, the eldest grandson of the Xiao family. It seemed that what he had seen and heard these days had finally touched him a lot. His outlook on life and values ​​were undergoing key changes.

Xiao Ding is not a good educator, and a guy like Zhang Yuan, although he has no problems with his knowledge, is too deceptive. He thinks more about his own interests and rewards when doing things. Xiao Jing followed Zhang Yuan After studying for so many years, how could it be possible not to be influenced by Zhang Yuan?
Fortunately, Xiao Ding himself is very upright, and Gao Qi is also a woman educated by a traditional high-ranking family, which made Xiao Jing go too far.

Of course, being ambitious is never a bad thing.

But it is the right way to put ambition on a bridle and let it grow within a certain range.

If he is allowed to breed wildly without enough self-control, he will probably grow into a freak, and the guy who will notoriety for thousands of years will probably grow up like this.

"Jing'an, do you know what your second uncle is most proud of these years?"

"Second Uncle, you have done too many things. If any one of them is taken out, for others, it may be called a lifetime achievement, which is enough to be proud of for a lifetime." Xiao Jing said: "Master said that he He has never been afraid of anyone except you."

Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "That guy Zhang Yuan is still unwilling to settle down after a lot of age. Wouldn't it be good to honestly make use of his strengths and do a good job in the internal affairs of the Northwest? If you harm others, you will also harm yourself.”

Xiao Jing lowered his head, his face felt so hot.

"Jing'an, so far, the thing your uncle is most proud of is that he changed his country and returned to his country on Guizhou Road." Xiao Cheng said.

Xiao Jing raised his head in astonishment, and looked at Xiao Cheng puzzledly, he really didn't understand why this became the thing that Second Uncle was most proud of.Whether it was the planned Western Army occupying the Northwest earlier, or it was full of tricks later, using the internal contradictions of Dali to turn this big country with millions of armors into the Yunnan Road of the Song Dynasty, it seems to be better than reforming the land in Guizhou. Make a lot of it!
Seeing Xiao Jing's expression, Xiao Cheng knew that the other party didn't understand, and said: "When Second Uncle Ni came to Qianzhou to sign and judge, he was only your age and just finished."

"Compared with my uncle, my nephew is really far behind."

"You're not bad!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "At that time, in the southwest, the ruling power of the Song Dynasty was actually quite weak. Qianzhou is just a state under Kuizhou Road, but this state is still far away. There are 49 Jimi prefectures, in fact, it even includes Sizhou Tian clan and Bozhou Yang clan who have occupied a place for hundreds of thousands of years."

"It must be very chaotic!" Xiao Jing thought about the current Northwest, it seems that there are many tribes, not to mention the Western Regions, Qingtang and other places are also a mess.

"Chaos, of course it is certain." Xiao Cheng said: "The attack on each other has never stopped. The faction that just came to pay respects to you and you just now, may disappear in a few days."

This situation is much worse than that in the Northwest today.

In the northwest now, the Western Army is the dominant family. Although other forces have disputes, under the suppression of the Western Army, it is still considered a rule. Although there are small tricks, they dare not go out of line.

"The local people don't know that there is a country, that there is a court, that there is a government, and that they don't know the laws and rules of the king. They only know that their leader is their sky, and their clan is everything to them." Xiao Cheng said slowly. : "For hundreds of thousands of years, they have been coming here like this, and some people in our court don't think this is a bad phenomenon, and even think that some forces like this should let them fight and make a mess. Life and death, so that it will not have an impact on the court, and will not threaten the rule of the Song Dynasty. As for how the people here are doing, it is not within the scope of officials' consideration. Whether the people here can be of some benefit to the Song Dynasty , they never even thought about it.”

"Only people like Second Uncle see such a place full of dangers as a place full of opportunities." Xiao Jing said sincerely.

"At that time, I wanted to come here, and at that time, the emperor sent me here with the intention of punishing us in order to suppress our Xiao family." Thinking of the past, Xiao Cheng could not help but smile: "This is Zhou Yu's fight against the Huang family." Guy, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer. In Jing’an, there are many crises. In other words, there are great opportunities. If at that time, I went to other places in the Song Dynasty where the rule was stable and rich, I would not be able to do it. What kind of thing, the high probability is to follow the trend, and then make some small changes, and wait until you slowly become a chief official, then you can really show your strengths. But in such a chaotic and disorderly place, you can pull up Use tiger skin as a banner, and let it go.”

"That's why the later Guizhou Road came into existence!"

"It was very difficult at first!" Xiao Cheng leaned back slightly, "But it is not easy to do anything. Jing'an, as long as you want to make a career, there is nothing easy. There is no need to talk about the later things , Qianzhou has [-] subordinate states, including the Tian family of Sizhou and the Yang family of Bozhou, which together became Guizhou Road.”

Xiao Jing nodded slightly.

"But this is just the first step, and the next thing is what your second uncle and I really want to do and can be proud of for a lifetime!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "At that time, there were many ethnic groups in the southwest, and everyone The only sense of belonging is the tribe, the clan, or the family. I have no feeling for the country or the nation. After kneading the 49 Jimi states together, I started to work hard in this area. The Huaxia clan is Our entry point, Da Song is the big family of all of us. This is a more difficult process than unifying the entire Guizhou Road, you know? Kneading them together, as long as I have strong force in my hands, it is enough , but to change their thinking and cognition, we need not only enough strength, but also the perseverance and patience to wear through water."

"Huaxia family?"

"Yeah, otherwise, how can we make all the ethnic groups in the Southwest unite together and regard each other as our own?" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "We need to give everyone a greater reliance .Besides, the word Huaxia has appeared long ago, hasn’t it? Di Yi’s entry into Huaxia, and Huaxia’s!”

"How do you do it?"

"This is a huge proposition!" Xiao Cheng laughed loudly: "If I really want to tell you, I can't finish it in three days and three nights. This is a systematic project. Of course, to put it bluntly, it is a Enlightenment, but to make people listen to your indoctrination is one problem, how to indoctrinate is another problem. Jing'an, at the very beginning, our actions were still very rough. First we swung a big stick and beat , If you don’t listen to me, I will beat you if you don’t listen. Then there is financial support, following me, it is beneficial, you can have enough food, you can wear warm clothes, you can have a good house to live in, and then there is education, this generation We can only force them to believe, but for the next generation, we can start with education, and Old Master Cen’s hard work on Guizhou roads for more than ten years will certainly be of use.”

"Is there finally a Guizhou road that can support the Song Dynasty today?" Xiao Jing asked.

"Later, the more everyone did it, the more proficient and sophisticated the methods became. It really made people agree with our philosophy unconsciously, and then when we operated Yunnan Road, it seemed It's much simpler, because at that time, we already had a large number of officials who were familiar with these routines. Now your second uncle can point out the country here in Jiangning because of the strong support of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong. Don't look at the two rivers and two lakes now. Economic conditions are better than those of Yunnan and Guizhou, but when it comes to critical moments, your second uncle still thinks that Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong will become the most staunch supporters behind me, because the feelings of family, country and world have gradually integrated into them in these places In the blood, ten years of hard work is now bearing the fruits I need!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Jing also understood what Xiao Cheng meant.

The northwest land occupied by the Western Army is not another Qianzhou that was chaotic at the beginning?
Although the Western Army now rules the Northwest, at best, the Western Army has only completed the first step, that is, I will beat anyone who is disobedient, and if you are always disobedient, I will keep beating you until you are obedient until.

The Western Army basically stopped at this step.

As for the second step of economically binding everyone and letting everyone voluntarily follow you to work together, the Western Army has long since stagnated.

The system designed by Xiao Cheng at the beginning has been deliberately stopped by some people over time, because they want to enjoy the benefits exclusively. Therefore, in the northwest land, those who really enjoy the benefits are those who gathered together at the very beginning For those people, it is quite difficult for those who come later want to join this circle.

This breeds many contradictions.

As for the third step, the so-called enlightenment that Xiao Cheng mentioned, the Western Army has not even started yet.

Official studies, yes, very few.

Those who can enter government schools to study are basically the ruling class in the Northwest. The children of ordinary people want to study. First, they don’t have the opportunity. Second, they don’t have the cognition. Said that it is far less helpful to the family than letting the doll go to herd and farm.

Tribes and families are still the spiritual support of everyone in the Northwest.

The Western Army has a family, but no country.

Xiao Ding wants the Western Army to recognize the Song Dynasty as the country, but the main force of the Western Army is only one-third of the Han Army. It is quite difficult to get the rest of the tribes to recognize the Song Dynasty.

As for Zhang Yuan, those people who want to expand their reputation, want to build a new country so that the Western Army can have their own allegiance.

Xiao Cheng said that even if he failed in Jiangning, he could still retreat to the southwest, because in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangdong and Guangxi, people there already have a general understanding of home, country, and nation.

No matter what ethnicity you are, the Huaxia clan can include you.

"Second Uncle, do we have to take Huaxia as this big basket? Do we have to take the culture of our Great Song Dynasty as the main culture?" Xiao Jing asked, "I noticed that when you said these things, you were referring to the culture of the Great Song Dynasty. culture-based."

"Of course!" Xiao Cheng said as a matter of course: "No matter how it is integrated, there is always a subject. Why do I use Han culture as the main body of the Huaxia clan? Because Han culture has been passed down for thousands of years, and its background is not any other culture. Comparable. Our culture has gone through the barbaric stage, we are inclusive, we can absorb the advantages of other ethnic cultures and use them for our own use, and at the same time, we also incorporate new ethnic groups into this big family. This kind of culture other cultures do not possess, they either have no culture at all, or their culture is strongly exclusive.”

"That's right. During our westward expansion, we did encounter some extremely exclusive races." Xiao Jing nodded repeatedly as he recalled some past events.

"If these races are allowed to win, then the Chinese side and the Han culture will be doomed!" Xiao Cheng said: "So, only when we become the main body can we truly make this world a world of great harmony, Jing'an, Only when you are strong can you say tolerance and forgiveness, otherwise, do you think anyone will care about you?"

"Of course not!" Xiao Jing said, "Second uncle, do you want me to start the work you did in Yunnan and Guizhou when I am in the northwest?"

"Yes!" Xiao Cheng said: "It takes a long time and extreme patience to do this kind of work. He won't show the effect quickly, but when his effect can be seen, it will be our It’s almost time to finish.”

"Under the rule of our Western Army, there are a lot of generals, but there are too few people who can do such a thing!" Xiao Jing said.

"We have a lot of people like this here!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "If you want, we can give you a complete team and let them follow you to the Northwest, starting from the top-level design to how all the policies are implemented. They'll do a good job for you."

"Of course I am willing!" Xiao Jing narrowed his eyes, and there seemed to be a barefoot man with his trousers rolled up in front of him, holding a handful of rice seedlings in his hand.

I may not achieve as much as you in the future. You can engrave your name on the history books and become a person who has an influence on the whole world, but I can engrave my name heavily on the land in the northwest.

"I also ask my second uncle to help me find some talents in this field. The bitter cold in the northwest is not as rich and comfortable as this land in the south of the Yangtze River. If you really want to follow me, you will inevitably suffer."

"Those who are willing to go with you are all people who want to achieve something, so how can they care about whether they suffer or not?" Xiao Cheng laughed and said, "I will let Cen Zhong and Han Duan choose the most experienced and experienced people for you." It’s just that Jingan, if you decide to do this, you must be clear that you will definitely be resisted, because what you want to do will definitely damage the interests of the original interest groups.”

"As long as I have more friends than enemies, wouldn't that be all right? That's what you said, second uncle." Xiao Jing laughed.

(End of this chapter)