Looking at Zhu Zhi's appearance at this time, it was difficult to associate him with the playboy he was when they first met in Lanzhou, but Zhu Tong still had a somewhat generous demeanor. Xu Huai smiled slightly and said:
"I'm not sure if it's you, or it could be Liu Shiwang or Yu Gong, but Beijing and Xiangxiang really need someone who knows each other well, who can be sent to Lizhou to serve in accordance with the imperial decree. Some things during this period in the imperial court were indeed fueled by us behind the scenes.
Promote..."
Xu Huai secretly rushed to Jingzhou this time to wait for Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong. They met when they were passing by Jingzhou, just to talk something out. Of course, they no longer wanted to hide anything from each other at this time.
"Why did Jingxiang and Xiangzhou spend so much effort?" Zhu Zhi sat leaning on the desk and asked with a frown on his face, "Shouldn't Jingxiang and Xiangzhou spend more energy on those foreign states in southern Guizhou?"
During the first northern expedition against Yan, because Xu Huai had an unexplained relationship with Xiao Linshi, Xiao Yanhan and others, Wang Zhen, Wang Fan and his son were impeached in the court, and Ge Boyi and others even tried to muddy the waters.
, putting the blame for the defeat of Tianxiong's army on them; during the second northern expedition against Yan, Xu Huai even pushed Xiao Linshi to recruit Xishan Hu, and they hid in Xishan together to watch the situation change.
As a witness to the two Northern Expeditions, Zhu Zhi knew better than many people the close relationship between Xu Huai and the remnants of the Khitan.
This time, the remnants of the Khitan risked the annihilation of their entire clan and moved south across the Tubo Highlands. Jingxiang did not hesitate to issue an edict to come out of the border to assist. Afterwards, the remnant Khitan directly sent more than a thousand elite cavalry to participate in Rucai's resistance war, basically declaring that Jingxiang was
The relationship with the remnants of the Khitan has entered a closer stage.
Later, the remnants of the Khitan moved south to Qinzhou and attached themselves to Dayue, which was also promoted by Xu Huai; the previous Chushan camp had never been interrupted with Qinzhou, and Chen Zixiao, Han Lurong, Zhang Xiongshan and others were old Khitan generals.
At this stage, the attitude of the DPRK and the Central Government towards Jingxiang is extremely subtle. They are eager for Jingxiang to be able to withstand the powerful offensive of the Chihu people in the middle, but at the same time they are worried that Jingxiang will be too easy to resist, so that the tail will not be lost and the tiger will be in danger.
Therefore, the imperial court would not refuse the remnant Khitan troops to directly send troops to Rucai to participate in the war, but at the same time, it would never agree to the remnant Khitan troops moving into Jingxiang and completely integrating into Jingxiang.
Therefore, the opinions of the DPRK and China on how to deal with the remnants of the Khitan troops moving south are basically limited to lobbying the Dali State to accept the remnants of the Khitan troops, or agreeing to move the remnants of the Khitan troops to a certain area on South Guangxi Road for resettlement, but will never allow the remnants of the Khitan troops to continue to move north.
, let alone moving to Beijing and Xiangzhou for resettlement.
In Zhu Zhi's view, if Beijing and Xiangxiang really wanted to incorporate the remnants of the Khitan, and spent so much effort secretly fueling the situation, the destination should be somewhere in southern Guizhou on Guangnan West Road. After all, that is the place most likely to accept the remnants of the Khitan.
What does Lizhou have to do with the whole thing?
It’s no wonder that Zhu Zhi was puzzled. The main reason is that people’s understanding of geography is too limited.
Local maps are mainly drawn based on the actual mountains, rivers and rivers passing through. People in the world do not have the concept of longitude and latitude in later generations, and their understanding of directions is relatively vague.
In addition, the remnants of the Khitan tribe moved south, and it took two years from the advance troops to arrive at the foot of Shenyu Mountain for the main tribe to meet up. However, there is still a long journey of more than six or seven thousand miles between the foot of Shenyu Mountain and Jingjiang Prefecture.
Go - This was confirmed by merchants from Dali Kingdom who conducted tea and horse trade with Duogansi Tubo tribes. In recent years, Dali Kingdom has also traded tea and cloth with Dai Viet through Jingjiang Prefecture more and more frequently. Dai Viet has been interested in tea horses to the west of Dali Kingdom.
I have some understanding of the old Tao.
All in all, the world lacks specific knowledge of the harsh alpine climate in the Tubo Highlands. Even if they know that the southern migration route of the remnants of the Khitans is to the west of Sichuan and Shu, they will subconsciously think that the two are extremely far apart. Who would have thought that the foothills of Shenyu Mountain are already far away from the western foothills of Qionglai Mountain?
Less than a thousand miles?
Xu Huai dipped his fingers in some wine, drew several vertical and horizontal lines on the wooden table to briefly indicate the appearance of Sichuan, Shu and other places, and said:
"This is the river. This is the Dadu River, a westward tributary of the river passing through Jiazhou. This is the Qionglai Mountain to the west of Shu. Lizhou is located on the bank of the Dadu River, which runs from the west of Jiazhou to the mountains at the southern foot of Qionglai Mountain. The Dadu River crosses
After Qionglai Mountain, its upper reaches wind around the Dajian Furnace, where it is said that the Prime Minister of Western Shu in the late Han Dynasty made armor. The Dajian Furnace is said to be the place where Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Western Shu in the late Han Dynasty, conquered wild beasts and forged weapons. It is located at the western foot of Qionglai Mountain.
, but it is actually the Muyaraggang area that the Tubo people once ruled. At present, most of the Khitan people are still temporarily staying in the Semogang area to the west of Muyaraggang, but the pioneers have entered the Muyaraggang area, and
It’s the legendary Arrow Furnace…”
After hearing what Xu Huai said, brothers Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong were in a panic.
They had never thought that the remnants of the Khitan had no intention of moving to Dali or Guangnan West Road, and were already preparing to settle west of Qionglai Mountain. However, Jingxiang secretly added fuel to the fire. In fact, they wanted to connect the remaining Khitan to Sichuan and Sichuan via the Qionglai Mountain and the Dadu River.
channel.
Lizhou, where the Qingqiang tribes live together, happens to occupy most of this passage.
Jingxiang went to great lengths to secretly add fuel to the flames, and it is self-explanatory why Xu Huai made a special trip here to wait for the two brothers to pass by.
Zhu Tong subconsciously glanced at his brother Zhu Zhi and saw that his brother was frowning tightly and making no sound. He also curled his lips and sat aside in silence.
"You two brothers have known me for a long time and know that I have a perverse temperament and am not a good and obedient minister. However, since the Chihu invasion of the south, I have fought in the north and south, and have never forgotten to save the people from fire and water and support the generals.
Since the fall of last autumn, nearly 6,000 generals in Jingxiang and Xiangxi have died on the battlefield. This is the result of scholars in both the government and the public.
No matter how much criticism is made, it cannot be erased. I don’t know now whether your two brothers are full of thoughts about being good and obedient ministers, or whether they also have an indelible passion in their chests and want to drive out Hu
Are you not afraid of being captured and smashed to pieces?"
Xu Huai looked at Zhu Zhi for a while and saw that he was still silent. He raised the wine glass in his hand between his eyebrows and said,
"The boat stopped in the middle of the river, and the sails and boats rocked. The boatman was extremely labored. After drinking this glass of wine, I won't leave you two brothers alone. I hope you have a smooth journey..."
The whole incident was so shocking that Zhu Zhi was confused and left after a glass of wine.
Standing on the bow of the ship and watching the sailboat on which the Zhu brothers were riding go upstream, Xu Wujiang couldn't help but asked with some worry: "Since he started seeking Beijing and Xiangzhou, Zhu Hang has completely cut off all contact with us, Zhu Zhi,
Zhu Tong didn't say a word when he left. I'm afraid we can't expect too much from them..."
Lizhou was crucial in opening up the connection between the remnants of the Khitan and the mainland. Zhu Zhi was sent to Lizhou to serve as a household secretary to join the army. He seemed to have a high official position, but he was the only official who entered Lizhou according to the imperial decree.
- None of the Qingqiang tribes in Lizhou will recognize the name of Jingxiang, but as long as they do not exploit their interests excessively, the imperial decree will still be effective, especially wooing some small and medium-sized tribes will have special effects.
It's just that Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong didn't seem to be persuaded at this time, which made Xu Wujiang worried. He was even worried that Zhu Zhi's letter to his father Zhu Hang about today's secret meeting would undo all their previous efforts.
Running water.
Xu Huai smiled and said: "Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong do not carry as heavy a burden as Zhu Hang - besides, although Zhu Hang had previously ordered Zhu Zhi to abandon his official position and return from Hualing, this time
Things can't be done again, after all, it's not up to the father to grow up. Uncle Seventeen, just sit in Jingzhou and do whatever you want!"
Biyang is still further away from Lizhou. Since Xu Wujiang is in charge of Jingzhou and is planning to open the Qionglai Mountain Road and support the remaining Khitan troops, it is naturally most convenient for Xu Huai to be under the control of Xu Wujiang. There is no need to go to Biyang for everything.
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Going upstream from Jingzhou to Jiazhou in Xichuan, there are waterways connecting all the way for more than 2,000 miles. Among them, the gorge between Xiazhou and Yuzhou is the most dangerous because of the steep currents. Ships traveling upstream need to be pulled by trackers.
However, overall, taking a boat for more than ten days to Jiazhou after leaving Jingzhou is much smoother and more comfortable than taking the land route.
In addition to meeting the Jingzhou River in the middle of the river like a huge stone weighing on my heart, brothers Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong, together with Lu Jing and other famous artists, took a boat trip during the day to see the beautiful mountains and forests on both sides of the river, and stayed in famous cities and towns at night, but they also felt happy
, after arriving in Jiazhou, we entered the city and headed to the Jiazhou Government Office.
The imperial court nominally conferred thirty or forty prefectures and governors in Lizhou, all of whom were leaders of the Qingqiang tribes. It had not formally sent officials to Lizhou before; all matters related to Lizhou, including accepting the Qingqiang tribes
Tributes, missionary work to the Qingqiang tribes, and sales and other matters were all under the jurisdiction of the Jiazhou Government Office.
Therefore, Zhu Zhi, a Lizhou sihu, joined the army. He was actually controlled by the Jiazhou Government Office. After he exchanged official documents with the Jiazhou Government Office, the Jiazhou Government Office sent people to escort him to Jiuli Town, deep in the Qionglai Mountains.
Take office.
Qian Huishu, the magistrate of Jiazhou, visited the counties below the day before yesterday. He was not in the city and it was not possible to discuss his appointment for the time being. Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong took their generals to stay in the post house.
But as soon as the boxes and cages and other things were packed away, a clerk from the post house came over and reported: "Mr. Zhu family, there is a guest coming to visit..."
Zhu Zhi and the others got off the boat and entered the city, and then went to the state government office, but no one in Jiazhou City recognized them and came to visit them.
Zhu Zhi asked the clerk to invite the visitor to the small courtyard where he was staying. When he saw a stranger with a rough face and a dark face, slightly older than him, he could not guess his identity for a while.
Su Qiucheng reported his identity: "Half a month ago, Su Qiucheng received news from the production department in Jiuli Town, saying that Mr. Zhu Zhilang would arrive in Jiazhou and then go to Lizhou to take up his post in the near future - I didn't know that Mr. Zhu Zhilang would be there.
I came to Jiazhou to buy something, so I came to Jiazhou to listen to Zhu Zhilangjun's instructions. This is the envoy's order, and I also ask Zhu Zhilangjun to check it..."
