Chengdu! Governor's Office.

After receiving the news that Zhang Ling was captured by the bandit army and the main force of the bandit army entered Jianmen Pass and stationed in Mianyang, Chengdu fell into a sluggish atmosphere, and all the civil servants and generals had a calm face. At this time, the civil servants finally knew that they had a bad idea. If Zhang Ling guarded Jianmen Pass well, the main force of the bandit army would never have allowed the main force of the bandit army to enter the Chengdu plain, and Zhang Ling would not have been ambushed by the bandit army halfway back.

Civil officials did not understand military affairs, but relied on the power to use civil servants to randomly allocate their military power, and finally caused major problems.

The military officers in the lobby all looked angry on their faces, and some even twisted the civil servants beside them to quarrel. The civil servants knew that it was their fault in their hearts, but they could never admit it. Instead, they said with confidence that Zhang Ling's level of war was too poor, so he was captured by the thief army. The hall was in chaos and quarreled.

Qin Liangyu sat among the noisy crowd, with a calm face and no words. From her experience, of course she knew that it would be better to save some energy to fight with the bandits than to quarrel with these inexplicable civil servants. The most unconvincing thing in this world is civil servants, because even if they are wrong, they will not admit their mistakes... Just this point is hopeless.

Qin Liangyu just whispered to Shao Jiechun next to him and said, "Governor, what's the rest of the reinforcements we have allocated?"

Shao Jiechun sighed. He knew that he had been wrong to transfer Zhang Ling back, but he was also a person who refused to admit his mistake. If Qin Liangyu did not condemn him, he would naturally not mention Zhang Ling's matter and replied: "The barbarians in Xidong have arrived, and the Miao soldiers have arrived... There are 5,000 people in these two groups. I will temporarily arrange them in Huangniwa."

"Huangniwa?" Qin Liangyu was shocked and said anxiously: "How can they be stationed there? Huangniwa is low and not a good place for garrisons. The bandits can only walk to the edge of the wharf and overlook the panoramic view of Huangniwa. Our army's secrets are all visible. In addition, the terrain is sunken. If it is attacked by the bandits, it will be immediately surrounded and killed... Why don't the governor let Xidong soldiers and Miao soldiers come to Chengdu?"

Shao Jiechun smiled bitterly on his face: "I have no choice but to do so. The barbarians in Xidong are not obeying Wang Hua and are savage and fierce. If they are allowed to enter Chengdu, the Han people in Chengdu will be in great trouble... and the Miao soldiers are even more vicious and lewd, and they are unpredictable... How can I put these two armies into Chengdu?"

Qin Liangyu was anxious. Although the Xidong soldiers and Miao soldiers did not obey Wang Hua, they were not the description of "vicious and lustful poison". She actually knew a little about the Han people's prejudice against ethnic minorities. However, Shao Jiechun's extreme contempt for ethnic minorities in his tone was a little too much, so he quickly persuaded: "Although the Xidong soldiers and Miao soldiers did not obey Wang Hua, they were at the time of the survival of the crisis in Shu. Even if they were not obedient, they would not do anything at this time. Moreover, the governor only needed to give more gold and silver and try his best to appease them, so that these two armies could be temporarily obedient. When they were defeated, they could be dismissed immediately. No matter what, they could not be stationed in Huangniwa."

Shao Jiechun shook his head: "General Qin, although I trust your Tujia clan, I cannot believe in other barbarians. If I am not my clan, my heart will be different. I am not at ease to let them enter Chengdu, so don't mention this matter again."

Qin Liangyu was extremely depressed and had to say again: "Even if they were not allowed to enter Chengdu, they could not be stationed in Huangniwa. At this time, Mr. Shao must not sit in the city of defense. He should take the initiative and compete with the thief army for danger."

Shao Jiechun had a calm face and did not speak. He was thinking in his heart whether he wanted the Xidong soldiers and Miao soldiers to change places to garrison and seize mountains and rivers with the bandits.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly ran in. The soldier was wearing Tujia folk costumes and knew it was Qin Liangyu's subordinates. He ran to Qin Liangyu to kneel down, and then sent a letter with both hands.

Qin Liangyu was shocked when he saw the cover: Is this written by my son Xianglin?

At this time, Shao Jiechun was sitting beside her and inadvertently glanced over. When she saw the letter written by Ma Xianglin, Shao Jiechun was also shocked. He knew that Ma Xianglin had been captured by the thief army. It was a bit strange to suddenly receive his letter at this time. Shao Jiechun was embarrassed to say that he wanted to read other people's letters, but his body deliberately turned to the side, obviously trying to peek at the contents of the letter. As for what scholars pay attention to, "Don't look at it inappropriately", he could not care about it.

As a military general, Qin Liangyu could even feel the big sword and spear cut from behind on the battlefield and could certainly feel the small movements of a civil servant beside her, but she was open and unfair and did not think about blocking her letter, so she spread the letter in front of Shao Jiechun. When she saw the content, she was shocked. It turned out that the letter said that the thieves dispatched troops to surround and kill the 5,000 white-rod soldiers under Ma Xianglin. He was worried that the entire army would have a huge impact on the Tujia family after the entire army was wiped out, so he had to compromise with the thieves and answered to use 5 million kilograms of grain to exchange for his life with the 5,000 white-rod soldiers... The end of the letter also stated that Zhu Jun would send technicians to guide the Tujia people to plant new crops.

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely accurate in Qin Liangyu's psychology. If he used the lives of Ma Xianglin and 5,000 white-sling soldiers to threaten Qin Liangyu withdrew from Chengdu, Qin Liangyu would definitely not agree. He would rather watch his son die than compromise with the thieves. But now the thief army only needs five million kilograms of food, so Qin Liangyu had no intention of firmly opposing it. She took the letter, thought carefully for a while, sighed, and handed the letter to the Tujia soldier who came in and said, "You go back to Shizhu and handed this letter to several elders in the clan, and let them do as they say in the letter... Let's tighten your belt for a year and redeem the five thousand brothers."

As soon as these words came out, Shao Jiechun next to him was immediately satisfied. He had read the content of the letter and figured out what was going on. He quickly spoke: "General Qin, your actions are inappropriate..."

Qin Liangyu said: "What's wrong?"

Shao Jiechun said: "You Tujia people are... this is going to collude with the enemy!"

Qin Liangyu frowned slightly: "Why is this called collusion? My man was captured by the thief. The thief proposed the conditions to redeem him, so I agreed to the conditions. This is a way to save myself."

Shao Jiechun shook his head and said, "You hand over five million kilograms of grain to the thieves. Isn't this helping the thieves raise military rations? It's better to hand over so much military ration to the court..."

Qin Liangyu was slightly angry, but he didn't get angry. He just said with a calm face: "Mr. Shao, if you can rescue my son Xianglin and the five thousand white-rod soldiers under his command, I can also hand over these foods to you."

Shao Jiechun was hoarse. After a while, he whispered: "Since General Xiaoma and the Five Thousand White-Steel Soldiers have been captured, it is already a great disaster. Whether to save it or not..." He originally wanted to say it was okay to save it or not, so it would be better to use the food for the officers and soldiers, but he was not a fool. He was still escorted the last half of the sentence. It was just that meaning. It was clearly expressed from his face.

Qin Liangyu said seriously: "Seventeen years ago, in the Battle of Hunhe, my son Xianglin led the Baigang soldiers to be surrounded by the Tartars. There were tens of thousands of officers and soldiers nearby who could rush to rescue. However, in the end, no one helped. We sat down to watch our army destruction. My son relied on his exquisite martial arts to kill the siege, but also lost one eye. In the sixth year of Chongzhen, my daughter-in-law Feng Yi led his troops to chase the thirty-sixth battalion bandits, and Yuhoujiazhuang was surrounded by Wang Ziyong. There were obviously Sun Hongmo and Yang Fang nearby, but the officers and soldiers led by the two men did not help. They sat down to see that my Shizhu soldiers were gone, and Feng Yi died in battle..."

Speaking of this, Qin Liangyu's face was already sad. She said depressedly: "This time my son Xianglin was captured, I don't expect the court to lend a helping hand. We rely on our Tujia people to rescue themselves, right? The governor doesn't need to say much."

Shao Jiechun was speechless. Even though he was a Jinshi and had sharp teeth, he couldn't say a word at this moment. You should know wherever he went to make the truth, only the court owed Qin Liangyu. No matter what Qin Liangyu owed the court. However, when the Tujia clan compromised with the thieves and sent five million kilograms of grain to redeem people, he always felt strange and very unhappy.

His expression changed for a long time. He finally turned into a black face and snorted coldly: "Since that's the case... General Qin will not be stationed in Chengdu. I also asked General Qin to move to Chongqing City... Chengdu and Chongqing are rugged. If the thieves attack Chengdu, Qin Liangyu can lead his troops to aid."

As soon as he said this, he wanted to drive Qin Liangyu out of Chengdu.

Qin Liangyu originally wanted to argue a few words, but when he said it, he felt relieved after thinking about it carefully. It turned out that Shao Jiechun could not only trust Xidong and Miao soldiers, but also Bai Gan soldiers of the Tujia clan. The only thing this Han civil servant could trust was the Han soldiers. The sentence he said not long ago, "If you are not my race, your heart will be different." In fact, it was deliberately said to the Tujia clan, but it was not so obvious. Now he heard that Bai Gan soldiers were going to reach a certain degree of compromise with Zhu army, but he also suspected the Tujia clan.

Qin Liangyu didn't want to say anything more. After sighing, she stood up and clasped her fists and said, "Since that's the case, let's go to Chongqing... Alas..." She turned around and left, and her old body trembled slightly. If she hadn't been devoted to the country, she wouldn't even want to go to Chongqing. She really wanted to return to Shizhu Old Village as soon as possible.

(Note: The fall of Shu in history was because Shao Jiechun did not believe in Qin Liangyu and did not use any other tricks. As a result, Zhang Xianzhong was arrested and defeated the Sichuan soldiers in one go. This book is a little exaggerated, so please do not investigate it in depth.

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In the 11th year of Chongzhen, in the winter, Mianyang, and the yamen lobby.

Zhu Yuanzhang was looking at the documents sent from various places and gave instructions on it. Ma Xinyu sent a message saying that the blacksmiths finally made the first batch of rotors produced with "molds" and could soon be escorted by Bai Yuzhu. This news made Zhu Yuanzhang excited and quickly ordered in the letter: "Do it quickly!"

Then I saw a document sent by Zhu Jun's Shaanxi Governor Li Qingshui, saying that Shaanxi has produced many potatoes, corn, brown rice, cotton, etc. This kind of document seems to be the most exhausting. Zhu Yuanzhang had to keep a lot of numbers in his mind to make various decisions himself.

After reading for a while, I felt a little tired. I was about to have a cup of tea to cheer up and continue working, but I saw Zhang Yingxian's letters mixed in these documents, which were about his son. Zhang Yingxian had already given birth to a son for Zhu Yuanzhang in the tenth year of Chongzhen. At this time, his son was one year old and was lively and cute, but Zhu Yuanzhang had been fighting outside, and the child had never seen his father. Zhang Yingxian wrote some interesting stories about his son in the letter, and then wrote about missing him. Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and went away from fatigue. It was a mistake for him to be with Zhang Yingxian, but this mistake had become a fate many years later, and Zhu Yuanzhang attached more and more importance to this wife.

He picked up the document and gave instructions again, but saw a figure swaying at the door. A spy ran in and reported: "General, we have received the news that Qin Liangyu left Chengdu City and entered Chongqing..."

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't put down the documents in his hand. His eyes did not turn, and he waved, "I understand."

The spy was very surprised: Why did the general not react at all after hearing such good news? Isn’t this a good thing?

However, he didn't know that Qin Liangyu left Chengdu as early as Zhu Yuanzhang's calculations, he had already guessed that when he sent Ma Xianglin's letter, Shao Jiechun had at least 70% chance of sending Qin Liangyu away after reading the letter. Maybe the civil servants couldn't do other things well, but the ability to destroy the Great Wall by themselves can be considered unparalleled in the world. The imperial court has really done many things like withdrawing or killing capable generals.

Ma Xiaotian, who was guarding his side, immediately stepped forward and said, "Brother Zhu, your plan is indeed effective. What's next?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "There is no need to make any conspiracy next time. Attack with dignity... Pass my order. Arrive immediately, fight Huangniwa first... and be afraid of Xidong Tu barbarians and Miao soldiers."

Ma Xiaotianqi said: "Brother Zhu, aren't we going to win over all ethnic minorities? Is it a bit inconsistent with what you said before?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "Different strategies should be adopted for different ethnic minorities. The Qiang people have always lived on the mountains and asked less about the world, so we adopt the strategy of bribery. The Tujia people have always worn a pair of pants with the imperial court, so we adopt the policy of first differentiation and then win over. However, the Tubars and Miao soldiers in Xidong have always been enemies of the Han people and do not accept the king's transformation. We must first beat them and be afraid and hurt, so that they dare not challenge us. Then give them sweetness so that they can return home."

"So that's it!" Ma Xiaotian admired.

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Xia Erduo took a team that knew how to grow corn and stepped on the land of Shizhu. He was arranged by Zhu Yuanzhang to come to Shizhu to teach Tujia people to grow corn.

This trip was very dangerous because he was the leader of the thief in the minds of the Tujia people. The thief army captured General Ma Xianglin, whom everyone respected by Tujia people, so Xia Erduo made a will before stepping on the itinerary. With the wealth he now has, he actually no longer needs to "seek wealth and honor in danger". He should not do such a dangerous thing. However, when he promoted potatoes in Baishui and later promoted corn in Guangyuan, he was loved by the people, which made him fall in love with the work of promoting new crops, which made him gain great satisfaction, and this satisfaction cannot be measured by just wealth.

After walking into Shizhu, he passed many Tujia villages. Only then did he feel the poverty and backwardness of the Tujia people. The villages here are poorer than those of the Han people. Many people don’t even have neat clothes to wear. They either have shirtless or naked, and occasionally they can see bare butts... The Tujia filial piety almost have no clothes to wear, and they only have a bellyband made of coarse cloth.

The reason is that filial sons are big and can only wear a piece of clothing for one year, but they can’t wear it. Therefore, adults dare not make clothes for their children. They can only save the limited amount of money. When the children’s body is almost mature, they will have to wear it for more than ten years or a lifetime to make clothes.

Of course, the reason for poverty is inseparable from the land. The terrain of the stone pillars is as complex as that of Guangyuan. Moreover, it is also a karst landform. There are stone mountains everywhere. The soil layer on the mountain is extremely thin. Some mountains have no soil layer at all. Apart from stones and moss, there are not even a few wild grasses. The crops of the people are planted on some strange terrain. Xia Erduo even saw a peasant woman planting a green onion on a piece of palm-sized mud in the crack of the stone. This can be called "sometimes to get a needle". It is really difficult for them to grow crops on such a land. No wonder they live such a difficult life.

Xia Erduo couldn't help but sympathize with these Tujia people. He was a kind-hearted person. Even if there was a racial difference between Tujia people and Han people, he did not take this seriously, but secretly vowed to make their lives better.

After passing through a large area of ​​poor Tujia village, Xia Erduo finally came to Wanshou Village, the old village of Shizhu Tujia. This village was built on Wanshou Mountain. There are two stone peaks on the top of the mountain, which looks like two pillars. It turns out that this is the origin of the name Shizhu.

When I walked to the foot of the mountain, I looked up and saw a steep mountain with a steep mountain with a wide range of cliffs and cliffs on all sides. Except for me facing this road, there was no other way to go up the mountain. The wooden village was majestic on the mountainside, and the foot of the mountain was so grand that it was a village gate. Although there was no valuable material to build, the wood used in this Dajie was very thick, with stone beams pressing on the top and extraordinary momentum.

A couplet next to the gate of the village said: "There are strange mountains and rivers in IKEA. A long life and life can be the longevity of the people and the country," and the gate is "Wanshouzhai". A team of white-rod soldiers at the gate of the village stood straight with white-rod guns.

Seeing Xia Erduo and his group, the white-rod soldiers all had anger in their eyes, but General Xiaoma was still in the hands of the thieves, so they did not dare to be rude to Xia Erduo, so they had to be silenced.
Chapter completed!