stubborn thief

Chapter 286 The Greatness of the World
In fact, Liu Chengzong stayed in Nangqian, and he had to wait until the twelfth lunar month before leaving, not just for the purpose of cultivating fields.

He is also waiting for someone, the envoy from Tibet.

Counting the time and days, the news of the change of ownership in Kham was enough to spread to the snow-covered mountains, and the north and south roads connecting Tibet to the Central Plains Dynasty were all under his control. Could the people on the snow-capped mountains still be able to sit back and relax?

In fact, even if the envoy from the snow-capped mountain really came, he would not be able to talk to them about anything constructive, he would despise what they could offer, and they would not obey his requests.

There is no such thing as a pie in the sky. Liu Chengzong has gradually groped for the establishment of a political power. This matter is outside the Central Plains. Building a political power from scratch is much more difficult than fighting a war.

In this grotesque era, people will always take unimagined paths. He originally just wanted to find a place to settle in Xining and Qinghai Lake, so that he could complete the transformation from a bandit to a separatist regime. Annihilated by the army.

If you really want to say that apart from this down-to-earth thinking, there are any lofty expectations, it is nothing more than to let the generals and soldiers who follow him have a basic understanding of the new northern captives of the new dynasty.

After the long-term border blockade of the Ming Dynasty, especially the two-sided attack of the Northern Yuan Khan Court by the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, the precarious Mongolia has long been unable to be called a northern prisoner after the Wanli Year when the God of War frequently appeared.

If it is said that at this moment, the world's impression of Beilu is only weak, then Liu Chengzong is half a step ahead of others. The new Beilu of the new dynasty is Wulusi, which is already inevitable in his heart.

Surrounded by the three forces of Daming, Houjin, and Ulusi, the four tribes of Oala, which were less blocked, still had the strength to fight, but they were alone in the northwest. To attach to the Central Plains dynasty.

But this kind of thinking changed when he came to Nangqian. It was destiny for him to abolish the feudal seal and build a prefecture.

Destiny is not for the virtuous to live in, it is for the Lion Army to move in this direction even if he does not give the order after he is stationed in the pocket, which is what the army wants.

Everyone wants to do something, all he can do is guide, after all, there are too many things his people want to do.

If we look at it from the perspective of those who are virtuous by destiny, if ten lion soldiers are randomly selected to be slave owners, eight of them will be more virtuous than the gentlemen here.

There is exploitation and oppression everywhere, but there is a big difference between exploitation and oppression. At least they live in a world that still needs natural disasters, man-made disasters and land annexation to oppress them.

Between direct rule and changing the system, he chose a path of great merit, but this is also more difficult, requiring multiple times of effort, and has little effect in a short period of time.

In fact, although there is another way in front of him, the way of directly becoming a slave owner does not work for Liu Shizi, because his army has faith.

Faith has always been an ordinary thing, not noble at all, the only difference is what you believe in.

Some people believe in money, some people believe in morality, some people think that there should be no court, and most soldiers of the Lion Army believe that people should be able to eat enough.

They traveled across mountains and rivers, across grasslands and snow-capped mountains, and they did not come here to enslave others.

This made it impossible for Liu Chengzong to extend to the snow-capped mountains of Tibet. You can’t have both. There are countless benefits to this approach, but there are only two disadvantages. The first is to occupy manpower, and the second is to lose money.

He has no spare energy to enter the snow mountain.

The reform of the abolition of feudalism and the construction of prefectures and counties in Kangning Prefecture took up too much manpower, and based on the experience here, Liu Chengzong realized that if the reform of abolishing feudalism and Xingfu counties cannot be completed, it will only be war, which will bring greater disasters to the people.

To live like an animal is to live, and to die comfortably is still a dead man.

Anyway, Snow Mountain has no interference from external forces, and it is not enough to form a strong power within it. It is like this now, and it will still be like this 20 years later.

Therefore, drawing the border between Nangqian and Qamdo, blocking the contact between the snow mountain and the outside world, and putting the Mongolian army who boasted of Taiwan and Kyrgyzstan into the snow mountain to lean on as horns is the most beneficial choice at the moment.

But when it comes to dealing with the Tibet-Pakistan regime on the snow-capped mountains, it is one thing for Liu Chengzong to talk about it, but it is another thing to talk about it.

He was very upset, my grandfather is also a political power, how can it be done without diplomacy?
With such a mentality, Liu Chengzong really waited for someone to talk to him about diplomacy, but it was different from what he imagined. They did not come down from the southwest, but a tribute team from Hami in the northwest, who called themselves Mughalstan.

Liu Chengzong felt like dreaming when he heard this distant name.

It’s not that no one paid him tribute, but those tributes were like giving gifts, even Liu Chengzong led the army to ask for bribes. When he went to a place, the local leader gave him some tribute, which was very different from the tribute to the court.

But this tribute team was different. They came from far away Hami, went all the way to Haibei, and were guided by their father to Kangning Mansion.

Standing on the third floor of the manor, Liu Shizi could see from a distance more than [-] Xining Banner Guards escorting a group of more than ten people, leading yaks and war horses. The clothes were very different from those in the Central Plains and Kham. Liu Guoneng, who they came over, was walking towards the manor, not forgetting to look around curiously.

Liu Guoneng and Liu Chengzong were old acquaintances, and when they got closer, they couldn't see him. They said with a smile, "Marshal, I'm here to transport farm tools for you."

With that said, present the bill of lading.

There are more than 4000 picks, sickles, hoes, axes, saw blades, plowshares, hammers, etc., all of which have only iron heads and a few boxes of nails.

Liu Chengzong was overjoyed looking at the manifest, and said with a smile, "Is this all brought by the chieftain in the Hehuang Valley?"

"They're all good things." Liu Guoneng nodded and said, "Yes, earlier, the commander-in-chief thought about selling these goods to the Mongols, so he was planning ahead, and now he's using them first."

Although the number of these agricultural implements and tools is still very small, and the wooden handles and plow bodies still need to be made by Kangning Prefecture, they are enough to meet the urgent needs of Kangning Prefecture's land reclamation.

Liu Chengzong nodded his head several times, then patted Liu Guoneng and said with a smile: "How are you doing in Xining, are you still used to it?"

"Habit!"

Liu Guoneng laughed out loud, and after Liu Chengzong motioned him to sit down, he said, "Actually, I came this time not only to transport goods and take the tribute team from Hami, but also to find the commander-in-chief and dignitaries."

Hearing this, Liu Chengzong frowned slightly, and asked doubtfully, "How do you say that?"

"When the old lady took office as magistrate, he wanted to add two counties. One was to guard Qilian Mountain in Haibei, and the other was to guard Yanchi in Haixi. Chen Qindai was the magistrate of Haibei. Let me go from the commander-in-chief."

"Besides, the old lady pities me for my inconvenient legs and feet. It's so troublesome to lead troops in the Xining Guard. He plans to ask me to be appointed as Haixi. He came here to meet the commander in order to obtain a seal of license."

After Liu Guoneng finished speaking, he waited for Liu Chengzong's reply.

"Wait a minute, let me think about it." Liu Chengzong thought for a long time, then raised his hand and said, "It's okay for you to be the county magistrate, but is it the opposite? Wouldn't it be good for you to go to Haibei and Chen Qindai to Haixi? What do I think?" ?”

Liu Chengzong felt that there was no problem with Liu Guoneng becoming the magistrate of the county. After all, he was also a scholar and the leader of the army in the early years. Besides, many clansmen were also in the army. It was a trivial matter for someone to help guard a county.

And Chen Qindai is proficient in Mongolian language, and it is easy to guard Yanchi and deal with the Mongolian tribes there.

Why would my father ask Liu Guoneng to guard Yanchi and Chen Qindai to guard Qilian Mountain?
Liu Guoneng said with a smile: "That's what the old man thinks. On the other side of Yanchi, the commander left General Zhong Hu with [-] soldiers. I will come out from Xiningwei and bring some people from my tribe to strangle the Nanshan Fort that General Zhong built at Nanshan Pass. , the troops are sufficient."

"Chen Qindai is a frontier soldier and was born as the commanding officer of the Marshal. There are many Mongolian tribes in Haibei, and Qi is connected to Zhangye and Suzhou. There are already Gansu frontier soldiers running over, so let him be the county magistrate."

Liu Chengzong supported his forehead and sighed heavily. The appearance of Xining Mansion would definitely attract deserters from Gansu, and he couldn't stop those who should come.

After thinking about it, he asked Liu Guoneng, "How is the situation in Gansu?"

"What can we do? The flag army under heaven is the same. It's not much better than northern Shaanxi. The cold weather kills the crops, and the farmland is completely abandoned. From Gaotai Qianhu to Shandanwei, the nearby land is planted and rested for a year; In distant lands, it takes three or four years to rest for one year to restore its fertility, and the harvest cannot be handed over to the court in half? Hah."

Liu Guoneng shook his head with a wry smile and said, "There is only a lot of land over there, and the garrison has no place to run. Lanzhou catches deserters, and Gansu is surrounded by enemies. Now that there is Xining Mansion, anyone who wants to run will go here."

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket and presented it to Liu Chengzong: "This is the old man's official document."

The matter is almost understood, Liu Chengzong read the letter and said: "What's the matter with the tribute team, there are yaks in Hami, shouldn't they ride camels?"

"The yaks and camels that were exchanged for them in Juerwan were all left in the north." Liu Guoneng said: "These people are paying tribute to the emperor. When they heard that Juerwan opened the border market of Marshal's Mansion in Jiayuguan, they came here with their things. , The words are extremely humble."

He said with an exaggerated expression on his face. He shook his head and said, "We all thought that there were enemies outside Jiayuguan. Does the commander know how the head of Turpan calls himself the emperor? Slaves."

Liu Chengzong was extremely surprised: "Can't you?"

Liu Guo asked Liu Chengzong to wait for a while, and asked the guards to take the memorial of the tribute envoy and present it to Liu Chengzong.

Liu Chengzong was dumbfounded when he saw it, and it was clearly written on it: When the slaves were young, they sent people to and fro and paid tribute endlessly.In recent years, due to the difficult place, the slaves have not paid tribute, and the slaves are guilty.Today, it is still the usual practice to pay tribute to various local products, send envoys to participate in politics, etc., and go to kowtow in front of the golden palace, so that His Majesty knows.

Is this diplomacy?

He knows that those who claim to be younger brothers or even sons call themselves little brothers; there are also those who claim to be nephews through marriage; but won't such words in the memorial cause turmoil in their country?
Liu Guoneng looked at his complicated expression, laughed out loud, and said, "Well, these Tartars also want to take control of the Central Plains, and they thought about taking Ganzhou before. I already told them that this is the Qinghai Marshal’s Mansion, don’t even think about cheating on tribute, if you want to do business, you have to get the Marshal’s approval, so they came here.”

"On the way, they participated in politics and complained to me about Fanzi all the way. When they first saw Fanzi, they planned to fight."

Talking and laughing, Liu Guoneng recounted his interesting experiences when he came here: "This political loser told me on the road that they have been fighting with Tibetan Fanmin for 100 years."

"Ah?" Liu Chengzong's expression was extremely confused: "He is in Turpan, how can he fight against the Tibetan people, and fight in a dream?"

"no!"

Liu Guoneng laughed and waved his hands and explained: "In the west, their Mughalstan is quite big. There are two cities in the far west, called Yarkand and Khotan. The commander of Khotan knows that the four towns of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty one."

"The four towns of Anxi, you know, the land of the ancestors."

Liu Chengzong nodded: "Go ahead."

"They used to have a Khan named Said who occupied that place. About a hundred years ago, the bandits from Uzang kept robbing them. Another time tens of thousands of people attacked Yecheng, destroyed temples and cemeteries, burned Killed and looted several towns with tens of thousands of households."

Liu Guoneng said: "They used to fight with the Kazakhs and Oirats in the north. Because of this, they ceased fighting with the north and wanted to go south to fight Uz-Tibet. As a result, Said Khan died on the way. The road is much harder."

Hearing this, Liu Chengzong suddenly realized that he knew that Said, the founder of Yarkand, died on the road to the south, and was killed by the plateau magic of Uzang. The gods and Buddhas in the sky on the snowy mountains are enough to know that someone is coming to beat him .

It was because of this incident that Said made the decision to march south for a long time. He smiled in surprise: "Do the descendants of Tubo still have this ability?"

"Yes, anyway, I didn't understand why Fanzi was very capable. They would go down the mountain to rob them and capture slaves. The summer trade with the Mughals in the west was ruined because of this incident."

Liu Guoneng suddenly remembered something, raised his hand and said, "And that Xie Erhu."

"What happened to Xie Erhu?"

Liu Guoneng said very seriously: "Don't think he is very well-behaved to you. He is happy to give you some pickles. Let you drive around. He is also a bully in the past. In the past, his followers often went to Hami to rob. famous."

Liu Chengzong was stunned, blinked and said: "He ran from Tuidan to Hami to rob, can he get back the fodder he ran over?"

"Otherwise, what should we do? Who do you want him to rob? Jiayuguan can't be robbed?"

Liu Guoneng raised his finger and pointed to the north and said, "Who else is there? The Qianhu Daiqing who was stationed in Haibei before went south to fight with you. What is his Taiji called? Chuoketu, who is called Khalkha, came from Mobei That, the resident animal husbandry is outside Jiayuguan."

"Snatching Hami is like Chinese New Year. Going there during the New Year's festival is the biggest enemy in Shili's mouth. He came to rob Jiayuguan, and was beaten by the guards with a ground cannon."

Liu Guoneng's trip was a big eye-opener, and he shook his head at Liu Chengzong and said with emotion: "The world is so big, we think it is very submissive, but it may be a very terrible enemy to others... There are countless arrogant soldiers in the desert General, people like Xie Erhu, as long as they can provide him with sufficient food and supplies, they will all be willing to fight for the Marshal's Mansion."

When Liu Chengzong heard this sentence with his left ear, he threw it out with his right ear as if he didn't hear it.

Liu Guoneng had never been a frontier soldier, and he didn't know Liu Chengzong's self-sufficient food and grass situation in Kangning Mansion. The township officials stationed in various counties had already started hunting after work to find snacks for themselves during the winter.

It is useless nonsense to provide sufficient food and grass supplies. If there is sufficient food and grass supplies, if the food is changed today, Gansu will have the surname Liu tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, Shanxi will not have the surname Zhu.

It is good for the Lion Army to have enough to eat. Everyone is short of food these days, and there is no shortage of heroes who dare to fight and kill.

Liu Guoneng could see that he didn't care about this matter, so he didn't go into details, but said: "The commander should see this loss, it's best to keep him by his side for a while, he knows a lot of information about the Northwest, According to what he said, that Chuoketu also wanted to enter Qinghai, and the old man set up two counties in Haixi and Haibei because of this."

"And he also said that if he wanted to, he could tell the leader when he went back that they attacked Uszang from Yarkand and we from Kangning Mansion; or we attacked the Mongolian bandits from Chuoktu from Xining and they flanked them from Turpan."

"Heh, heh."

Liu Chengzong was so amused by these words that he smirked, and finally patted his legs and said: "You can meet, or you can stay, don't even think about the coalition forces, they won't let me go, if I go, I can't leave my ancestors behind." Take it back, it's Anxi."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)