my days with tyrants

Chapter 383 The Empire
Just when Zheng He defeated He Di and ensured the safety of the coast for the court, the influence of the Jianwen army's siege of the capital finally spread to the north.

Tie Xuan, the governor of Shandong, raised righteousness in Jinan.

but……

Only lasted an hour.

"It's embarrassing."

Ambassador Yang, who had arrived at Guihua City, said with some regret.

Tie Hyun's righteousness and failure process are very dramatic.

As the governor of Shandong, he summoned the generals of the Shandong capital in Jinan, and then made an impassioned speech with great righteousness. He tried to reason with these people, lure them with benefits, and told them that the capital had been surrounded and that Yang Feng had died in the Western Regions. Loyalty arose in all parts of the south, and most of the south had abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. At this time, Shandong could no longer wait and see. He decided to use Shandong as a cause of righteousness, and combined Shandong's troops to go south to Huaiyang and join forces with Wang's division in the capital.

Then the generals who attended the meeting expressed their support and patted their chests to express that they had been waiting for this day for a long time.

The Iron Governor was overjoyed.

Then he invited out the envoy of the Jianwen Dynasty who had arrived in Jinan a long time ago, the censor Zeng Fengshao.

However, the generals proposed to summon all the guardsmen and elders and wise men of Jinan to the school grounds together, and then ask Zeng Angel to formally read His Majesty's edict. Tiexuan and Zeng Fengshao immediately agreed. This was obviously very reasonable.

So soon all the Jinan guardsmen, the elderly and wise people in the city, and even tens of thousands of idle people came to the school grounds. Amidst the stunned silence, Governor Tie boarded the school review platform, formally announced the uprising and invited Zeng Fengshao out. Zeng Angel then took out the certificate given to him by Jianwen. The imperial decree, using his auspicious official dialect, read out Jianwen's imperial edict calling for Shandong officials and people to go south with righteousness.As soon as he finished reading the words "Commander of the Shandong Capital" behind him, he kicked him off the stage. Immediately afterwards, all the generals raised their feet and kicked Tie Xuan and several supporting officials down.Moreover, there were several elders and sages below, who were kneeling down one by one with the joy of seeing the sun clearing the clouds, shouting long live to the Imperial Edict Mountain, and then looked at the angels and governors who fell in front of them as if they were stupid.

But by this time it was too late to get up.

The soldiers behind him just happened to hold him there.

In this way, Shandong's uprising failed amidst Tie Xuan's grief-stricken roar.

Not to mention the generals of the guards, even the gentry actually had few supporters.

Now, both the generals and the gentry in Shandong are happily making money. The Yellow River diversion project is expected to allocate 1000 million yuan this year...

Of course, it’s not all about digging rivers.

Digging rivers is not the most important thing now. The most important thing is to open cement plants and steel plants in various places, and to build roads and bridges at the same time. Yang Feng does not expand government-run factories at all, but purchases everything from the private sector. If you don’t have the money to open a factory, you can go to the bank for a loan. Those who don't understand technology banks can provide guidance, and even hire a master from the capital for them.

That's the most important thing.

Who doesn't have any relatives and friends among the generals of the various guards and the capital, especially the Beijing camp system?
They must be the most advantageous.

In the same place, the gentry have the most advantage in this kind of thing.

Therefore, the whole of Shandong, especially Jinan, Qingzhou and other prefectures close to the diversion project, are all opening mines and factories like a carnival. After all, what does it mean to spread 1000 million yuan a year? Everyone knows that this is a carnival-like feast.In this situation, except for a few old rotten scholars, who would care about Jianwen? Not to mention that Yang Feng still doesn't know about real death and fake death. Even if she is really dead, everyone must support the princess, otherwise Jianwen will really be able to take over the world again. It can be said that he was supported by the gentry in the south, especially in Jiangxi. The first thing he did was to stop this brain-twitching Yellow River diversion project.

In good conscience, this project is really crazy.

But this brain twitch is putting money into the hands of the northern gentry!

Money is the most important thing.

Righteousness?

How much is justice worth?

At present, Jianwen is indeed more qualified to be emperor than the little girl who has just learned to walk.

But what's the use.

He couldn't give 1000 million yuan a year to the northern gentry.

Profits determine butt.

Therefore, Tie Hyun's actions were suicidal from the beginning.

"Not only Tie Xuan, but also several civil servants in Peiping persuaded Governor Zhang Bing to kill Chang Sheng, and then use Peking as a cause of justice to go south. Zhang Bing was still hesitant, but a group of senior citizens from Henan happened to come to Peiping, and asked him, a Huaiqing native, to give Henan more Take some projects, and after the meeting, he went directly to Chang Sheng and sold out the civil servants who persuaded him."

Zhang Ying said.

She is in Peiping now.

When Governor Hu's army went south, she had been inspecting industries in Peking. Now she is mainly responsible for various industries in the north, especially the construction of several tax concession areas such as Shanxi.

Her family is still in Beiping, her father Zhang Yu did not follow Zhu Di, her brother Zhang Fu followed Zhu Di, and her father was the commander of Yanshan Zuowei who was changed from Yanshan Zuowei.

"At present, the north will not be rebellious, but the King Qin will not go south too quickly. After all, it is impossible to say that everyone likes your reforms, and the rumors of your death in the Western Regions are also very fierce. Ordinarily, several major presidents in the north The soldiers know about your situation in the Western Regions, at least a few months ago. They know that you cannot die in the Western Regions, but even so, rumors are still spreading. So it is very likely that they let it go on purpose, including Chang Sheng. What are you thinking, you are Gao Huan to them after all, they are loyal to the Zhu family, of course they hope to see the capital fall, and your foundation is severely damaged. They are not loyal to the Zhu family, and those who hold military power as a local government are of course happy to see the capital fall Captured, and then took advantage of this opportunity to play feudalization.

No matter which position they take, it is not a bad thing for the capital to be captured.

After the capital was captured, they became kings again.

At that time, the power of the court was weakened and your foundation was destroyed. Their power to guard these places was bound to increase. Regardless of whether you could come back or not, they all benefited. As long as they maintain the previous court situation in the end, it will be fine. "

Zhang Ying said.

This is actually an inevitable result.

The northern provinces would not support Jianwen. He was originally supported by southern Confucian scholars and civil servants. The military system and northern gentry certainly would not support him.

but……

It would be beneficial to them to weaken the imperial court!

Once Chang'an was captured in the Tang Dynasty, the power of Jiedu envoys in various places was strengthened once.

If the capital city is captured at this time, then the general soldiers from various places will basically have the final say, and they will be no different from the Jiedu Envoys of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, if everyone goes south to Qinwang and prolongs the war, the vassalization of various places will inevitably be strengthened.After all, Cheng and Boqian relied on these town generals to retake the capital. With the fall of the capital, the previous command system and logistics system were all in chaos. More power must be given to the localities to facilitate the war.Once power is given out, it is difficult to take it back. Since the Qing Dynasty gave the Han people the power of governor, in the end we could only watch Li Erjiazi and others become bigger.For those who are loyal to the Zhu family, the capital is already Yang Feng's foundation. Without the capital, especially the education system, industrial system and the support of the people in the capital he established, he would basically have lost his arms.

But it is difficult to build this set again.

You must know that this was built in the past ten years.

This restricted Yang Feng's power and limited his possibility of seeking to usurp the throne.

Those who are not loyal to the Zhu family will of course take advantage of this opportunity to gain more power.They will continue to wait and see.

"Then let them do what they want, and we'll talk about it in half a year."

Yang Feng said.

Even if he sets out to return now, as long as he doesn't abandon the army and run at full speed, it will take more than half a year to return to the capital at normal speed. Besides, the capital camp will have to take a temporary rest of two or three months before officially returning eastward.As for Xu Huizu and Song Sheng, the former is still breaking leaves, and the latter is heading south from Talas, preparing to temporarily sit in Guihua City and stare at the river and other places after Yang Fengdong returns.After all, Yang Feng's road construction plan has caused chaos in various parts of the river that were once peaceful. The Gansu Army Corps he led is sitting on the ground to provide support to Shaharu and others when necessary.The turmoil caused by this road construction plan will not end in a short time. In fact, even if the construction officially starts, there will be resistance. By the way, isn't it just the resistance that Dayuan caused when we were working on big projects?Han Shantong and other river-builders can rise up to resist, why can't those Western Regions who were forced to build roads?Could it be that Yang Feng is still going to serve them delicious food and drinks, and work eight hours a day?
They are all used as big animals.

By then it will be necessary to die of hunger, thirst and exhaustion.

If the death rate reaches a certain level, resistance is inevitable.

Song Sheng must be suppressed with heavy troops.

The Western Region will not be stable in the future.

Yang Feng's road construction plan affected not only the three towns in Hezhong, but also the four towns in Anxi. King Yan had already issued the same order after returning.

The upper echelons of the four towns of Anxi don't need to worry, they are now loyal to Daming, and Yang Feng has already awakened them in Shule, but don't forget that Shule is because there are already people resisting in the local area.They couldn't bear it without the road construction. Now the road construction is an intensified oppression. It's no wonder they can bear it, especially those elders, who are already dissatisfied with the status quo...

In fact, they are the key.

The real bottom does not have the mobilization ability to resist.

Only these elders can do it.

The Ming system is to ensure the interests of the city owners.

Basically equivalent to the enfeoffment system.

The power of each city belongs to the city lord, who has absolute local power. Regardless of the original tribal elders or other leaders of large families, they are all his subjects in the Ming Dynasty's definition, and there is no difference.He distributes the internal benefits by himself. It is his own business to share the part he is willing to share with the tribal elders. If he does not want to, he will monopolize all the benefits. As long as he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, he can do whatever he wants.In this case, it is certainly impossible for these city lords to give too much to these tribal elders. After all, he cannot resist even if he does not distinguish between them. To resist him is to resist the Ming Emperor.

This is the source of the conflict.

If this contradiction is not resolved, the seven towns in the Western Region will not be stable.

but……

This was Yang Feng’s intention!
This is what he wanted!

So Song Sheng had to continue to deal with the consequences of his bad governance for at least many years.

This kind of turmoil cannot be stabilized if it lasts for ten or eight years and a third of the population dies. But once it finally stabilizes, it will be truly stable.

As if he didn't know that a war had broken out in the country, Ambassador Yang continued to guard his concubine in Guihua City, and the accompanying soldiers from the Beijing camp also had a happy and romantic life with the beauties from the Western Regions assigned to them.After all, the scenery here is still very good. Galloping on the grasslands of the Fergana Basin and climbing to the nearby snow-capped mountains to sing songs can also allow these soldiers from the capital to truly feel the joy of expansion.The city lords, with their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, began to forcibly recruit young people, tying them up with ropes to go to Samarkand, the gathering place, and then led them away by the city lords along the road with their troops.

Don't worry about how to fix this.

Tell them the standards and they can just complete them according to the standards. After the repairs are completed, Ambassador Yang will personally come to inspect and accept them. Those who do not repair well will be punished.

There is no need for high-end road construction technology here.

And there are no conditions for using it.

The real roads for four-wheeled carriages must be paved with stones. Such roads in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the south, are paved with stones and then topped with gravel, but it is impossible to have such roads on the grasslands of the Western Regions. Many rocks.

Only rammed earth can be used.

A dry climate is also good enough for other problems.

At most, it will be dusty in the future, but this can be done by laying sand on the rammed earth roadbed. Anyway, there is no shortage of sand here.

In addition, in order to ensure that there would be no escapes, in addition to the supervisors under these city lords, Yang Feng also ordered Ugeqi Hashiha to send out five thousand cavalry to patrol along the line. Anyone who escaped would be caught directly and then dealt with as they pleased. .

This is Wala.

They don't care about the life and death of those civilian husbands.

As for the route, there is no need to choose, just follow the business route of the camel team, including the route designed by Yang Feng, which was also the business route of the camel team.

In this way, the forced conscripts from Hezhong, Congling, and Persia arrived one after another, and began their suffering.

Samarkand.

"Where are these folks from?"

Ambassador Yang, who was inspecting in person, looked at the Asans in front of him with some surprise.

The latter were tied up in a string and walked as if they were dying under the escort of soldiers, like American slaves who had just disembarked from a slave ship and were waiting to be auctioned.

"Sent from Khalil."

Shaharu said with a smile.

"Isn't he in Kandahar?"

Yang Feng said doubtfully.

"He didn't have the ability to forcefully recruit the people from the tribal elders. If the latter resisted, he couldn't suppress them at all. But there were some around him who were easy to bully, so he led his troops directly to India and captured more than 3 slaves. If it wasn't enough, He can still catch them again, as for their food, he also went to grab it, and gave it to me directly with the money, and I bought it for him."

Shaharu said with a smile.

"He is quite cunning. In this case, let him do whatever he wants. If we really don't have enough manpower in the future, we will really have to let him catch him.

Tell him that his father's matter is over, as long as he does things well for Daming, I will protect his prosperity and wealth in the future. "

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, the tribal elders in Kandahar are very difficult to deal with.

But Khalil couldn’t offend them, and he couldn’t offend the Indians?
It is true that he could not forcefully recruit civilians from tribal elders such as Kandahar and Kabul, but he could capture as many as he wanted in India. It was just a sweep with the cavalry through the Khyber Pass. Khalil, who was guarding this huge treasure, was completely helpless. It is necessary to provoke the tribal elders in Afghanistan.

(End of this chapter)