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Chapter 909 "Wang Shichong" was attacked by the Tang army, how could "Dou Jiande" not come to help?
The difficulty of the Shu Road is as difficult as reaching the sky.

The geographical location of the Sichuan Basin is undoubtedly very special. The roads to and from Sichuan are very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Whenever there is chaos in the Central Plains, it is easy to form a separatist force in this place.

It is a pity that "a solid country does not take the danger of mountains and streams", "worrying and labor can rejuvenate the country, and Yiyu can perish". Throughout history, there are few situations where the princes of Shu competed in the Central Plains. , Prime Minister Zhuge couldn't win.

In the process of the Northern Song Dynasty's unification of the South, there was also a battle where the Song Dynasty destroyed the Houshu. After Zhao Kuangyin won Jinghu, he occupied a strategic location in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, cut off the connection between the Houshu and the Southern Tang, and planned to attack Shu.

There were no twists and turns in the whole war. Zhao Kuangyin took [-] out of more than [-] refined forbidden troops, and attacked Houshu in two ways. Warrior, what I want is the land ear."

That is to say, after the city was captured, the imperial court only counted the weapons, armor, and rations seized. As for the money and property, the soldiers who went out could divide them up on the spot.

In this way, the high morale of the Song army can be imagined. On the other hand, Hou Shu divided his troops to defend, and the army had no fighting spirit. The whole war lasted only [-] days, and Shu died after two months. It can be said that it has achieved an overwhelming victory. victory.

However, Zhao Kuangyin's behavior of motivating soldiers in this way also led to the Song army's "longitudinal plundering of children and property", and another way of expropriating and extorting money in the local area, sowing the seeds of turmoil and unrest in Shu. The civil rebellion caused many peasant uprisings.

However, it took only two months for the regime of Shu after Song destroyed it, but it took more than a year to put down a rebellion in Shu.

The "Jiaozi" mentioned above was gradually born under this background. The Song army emptied all the copper coins, so that the local people traded with iron coins, which was miserable, and finally paper money was derived.

Time goes back to the present, when the world is in chaos and rebels are everywhere, the first group of rebels almost all stepped off the stage of history.

Chongtong Daoist Zhang Xian was destroyed by "Zuo Ming", Sun Lie in Jinan Prefecture was destroyed by the township army, Gaotuo Mountain in Hedong was destroyed by the surrendered Western Army, Wuhu in Guanzhong was destroyed by Chao Gai, and Guo Kang in Xiangyang was recruited by the imperial court , but now the heart of disobedience is becoming more and more obvious, I am afraid it will not end well...

Only Chuanshu Yang Tianwang is still active, and his power is gradually growing.

This is not unrelated to Song Ting's governance of Shu. Although those things happened more than a hundred years ago, the people in Sichuan and Shu are not as attached to Song Ting as they are in other places. The king of heaven proclaimed himself the "King of Xingshu", but he was supported instead, and he seemed to have a separatist posture.

Wang Qing's original focus was all on Jingxiang, and he almost never thought about it, but once he got out of the way of thinking and looked at the overall situation, he immediately realized that this King Yang really deserved Yan Ting's attention.

He immediately began to search for all the impressions of Yang Tianwang in his mind, and quickly organized his words: "Report Your Highness, Yang Thief has no aggressive intentions. When Fang Gong formed an alliance with him, he only agreed to it and was not eager. Even the ceremony of the covenant They all acted very stingy, but this human nature likes property, and it is best to search for it, so you can start with it!"

The Ministry of Secrets has already collected all the information on the rebels. Due to the closure of Shu, Yang Tianwang has relatively the least information, but there is indeed a trait of greed in it. Li Yan asked again: "If money is used to move it, this person Will you send troops down the Yangtze River to besiege Xiangyang together?"

Later generations Zeng Guofan once summed up a strategic idea, "Since ancient times, the strategy of flattening the south of the Yangtze River must be away from the trend of the upper reaches." In history, this is what Mongolia did when it attacked the Southern Song Dynasty. Therefore, it took countless efforts and sweat to attack Sichuan and Shu. In the end, it was not completely won, but Sichuan and Shu were also abolished.

If Sichuan and Shu are not abolished, the Mongolian army will not be able to attack Xiangyang, because the Song army can flow down the river from the upper reaches of Sichuan and Shu and attack from both sides.

It is the same reason now, Fang La is going all out to attack Xiangyang, and Yang Tianwang can send troops from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to form an alliance and forge ahead.

Wang Qing has fully understood the strategic goal of this man, pondered for a moment and said: "I heard that Bandit Yang plundered merchants at first, and he did a lot of atrocities against the Chuanxia Guild. The Chuanxia Guild will make a connection, and it may be successful!"

Li Yan nodded slightly, and ordered: "Let Zhang Yuanwai enter the palace."

A businessman is the best at adapting to the situation. In the more than a year of running Yanyun, he has actually had contacts with major guilds. Of course, the Shangqiu guild has the most contacts, and the leaders of the guild have come to seek refuge. , Zhang Yu is also the first.

But now that Zhang Dun is back, the position of the Shangqiu Guild, which is all held by members of the Zhang clan, is in an embarrassing position. Fortunately, Li Yan doesn't care about this at all. Let Zhang Yu be a member of the household department, even if he only has a name, it will immediately make people feel uncomfortable. Realized that the Shangqiu Guild was not implicated.

At this time, the head of the meeting entered the hall after being summoned by the servants, and bowed excitedly: "Chen Zhangyu, I pay my respects to Your Highness!"

Li Yan raised his hand: "The members of the chapter are exempt from courtesy. This is the connection between the Chuanshu Yang Bandit and the Chuanxia Guild. Wang Langjun has lived in the south for a long time, and has some opinions on this matter. You can discuss it with each other."

When he saw the key figures, he waited outside the hall. Wang Qing didn't know that Yan Ting had already planned a series of plans, and he didn't need to make plans by himself. The relationship with the Chuanxia Guild.

All major chambers of commerce have their own areas of focus, but the basic business also covers the world. Zhang Yu asked for a few details, and he knew that what this person said was inseparable: "My Highness, according to what Wang Langjun said, Chuanxia The leader of the guild, Lu Huishou, came forward and bribed the subordinates of the Chuanshu Yang bandits to lobby, and it will be very effective!"

Li Yandao: "Is the Chuanxia Guild willing to do something?"

Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment, and replied: "I believe that Lu Huishou can distinguish right from wrong, so I take on this important task!"

Li Yan couldn't hide any subtle expressions from his eyesight, and the corner of his mouth suddenly overflowed with a trace of coldness: "Why, they still have the idea of ​​'Jiaozi'?"

Zhang Yu turned pale with astonishment, and hurriedly bowed down: "The minister is guilty!"

Li Yandao: "It has nothing to do with you, but this 'Jiaozi' has a lot to do with it. The Chuanxia Guild should know what is good or bad."

The hall suddenly fell silent.

Not to mention that Zhang Yu's face turned pale and he didn't dare to answer rashly. Fang Yuye and Fang Jie, who had nothing to do with themselves, felt a sense of oppression rushing towards their faces.

Even the six major chambers of commerce, between the joy and anger of this person, is enough to change the rise and fall...

In fact, Li Yan's perception of the big chambers of commerce was indeed not very good. Let alone the thick general guild that disappeared in smoke, the other five major chambers of commerce, including the Shangqiu guild, had many unruly methods.

Jiaozi is originally a good thing that benefits the people, but the profit-seeking nature of businessmen can often turn a good thing into a bad thing. The Chuanxia Guild is constantly promoting Jiaozi behind the scenes to expand its influence. The real purpose is obviously through this The monopoly of currency controls the lifeblood of part of the economy.

This is undoubtedly an extremely sensitive matter, so the Chuanxia Guild weaves a network of contacts colluding with the officialdom, and walks cautiously on the edge of Song Ting's tolerance. soup.

This is a big taboo.

The importance of currency to a regime is self-evident. Li Yan once tried to promote "flying money" in Datang World, but he didn't officially start it until he ascended, because this thing collapsed if it didn't work well. And caused a series of disasters.

This is true for "Feiqian", and even more so for "Jiaozi". How could he allow a private chamber of commerce to get involved?
Zhang Yu secretly complained, he had no friendship with the Chuanxia Guild, and he was even a competitor, but he didn't want the other party to be completely ruined, because he was not alone in this industry, and he would be implicated more or less if something happened.

Li Yan was no longer ready to ask any more questions, and looked at Wang Qing: "Wang Qing's family is willing to enter Sichuan and Sichuan, together with the Chuanxia Guild, to lure out the thief Yang who is entrenched here?"

It is undoubtedly a dangerous thing to ask the chamber of commerce to work for it without meeting the requirements, but Wang Qing replied without hesitation: "I will stick to my wish, I dare not ask for it!"

Li Yan nodded: "Okay, this time the three Qing families have made meritorious service and will be rewarded in the future. I will have a lot more choices, so I don't need to worry about this matter."

Wang Qing bowed to salute, Fang Yuye saluted, Fang Jie clasped his fists heavily, and said neatly: "Your Highness will definitely live up to your Highness's trust!"

After a few more simple instructions, Li Yan didn't arrange specific tactics, but manipulated them subtly, and said directly: "Go!"

"Sir, please retire!"

Withdrawing from the Zichen Palace, the three of Wang Qing remained silent until they were taken out of the palace by the servants, and then they let out a sigh of relief as if they had been pardoned.

Wang Qing immediately said to Zhang Yu: "I don't know if Zhang Huishou is free tonight to go to Suian Restaurant for a banquet?"

Zhang Yu said with a smile: "Wang Langjun, what are you talking about? When you first come here, it is the old man who should do his best to be a landlord..."

The two parties declined for a while, and finally Zhang Yu booked the private room in the restaurant. Wang Qing no longer refused, watched the other party leave in a hurry, and murmured: "This is from the Zhang family of Pucheng on Fujian Road. If you can become a member of the southern faction in the future , this person is a great assistant!"

"Fu Lang, let's go back to the station!"

Wang Qing turned around, and saw that Fang Yuye's previous arrogance was gone, and said in a low voice, "The back of my concubine's body is soaked..."

"it is good!"

Wang Qing couldn't help laughing, then felt his clothes, and found that it was not much better, sighed: "So I am the same!"

The three got on their horses, Wang Qing frowned suddenly, and asked again: "Did Fang Gong admire the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty?"

Fang Yuye thought for a while and said, "Brother seems to be comparing himself to Dou Jiande, or Wang Shichong? I only heard him mention it once, but I can't remember exactly who..."

Wang Qing said with a smile: "That is 'Wang Shichong'. It seems that God's will is so. 'Wang Shichong' was attacked by the Tang army. How could 'Dou Jiande' not come to help?"

(End of this chapter)