Hearing what Li Qianzhe said, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh.
People are very complicated. It is difficult to generalize whether they are good or bad, virtuous or foolish. As far as the Xiao family is concerned, Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, is really quite good. He has been in Shu for more than ten years.
The fact that there is rarely a big mess is worthy of praise.
In the early days of the Southern Liang Dynasty, Shuzhong was by no means a land of abundance. Various contradictions emerged one after another, and civil uprisings and struggles occurred one after another, so much so that it was rated as greedy and rejoicing in misfortune by the Shu people.
Luo Yan, a native of Shu, once said: There are many disadvantages in Shu. It is true that there is no one dynasty. Hundreds of families are villages, but only a few families have food. Nine out of ten people are impoverished, and two or three ten days are bound. Corruption and disorder
It's not enough to take pleasure in misfortune.
The people of Shu are greedy and happy for misfortunes not because of their temperament, but because of the huge gap between the rich and the poor and the heavy burden of taxes and labor. The government is really forcing the people to rebel. If they don't rise up, they will die without a burial place!
Since the founding of Xiao Liang, the governors appointed to Shuzhong were all talented people, but it was still inevitable that there would be frequent turmoil.
This situation was greatly improved when King Wuling Xiao Ji came out to control Shuzhong. People's livelihood and commerce have been greatly developed. During his tenure in Shuzhong, civil unrest rarely occurred. This
This shows that various conflicts have been alleviated. When he went out to fight in Shu, he brought in more than 10,000 kilograms of gold alone, which shows that the financial situation in Shu is very good.
But the wonderful thing about character design is that you never know when it will overturn. At least before this year, Wuling King Xiao Ji still had a good reputation in Nanliang. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, even Hou Jing
After killing Xiao Yi, King of Eastern Hunan in Jiangling, King Wuling who is in charge of Shu is also qualified to become the last hope of the whole village.
But what can I say about Xiao Ji's move of proclaiming himself emperor? It's really a bit stinky. Not to mention what the people of Nanliang thought of this, even people from neighboring countries like Li Tai had to talk about it.
This sentence is contradictory, because there is absolutely no legal basis to follow! Either you are the successor, or you are a great contributor to the country, but now you are neither of them, what is the difference between you and Hou Jing?
Even when many people in later generations talked about history, they were confused about whether the country was upright or not, not to mention that in this medieval political environment, King Wuling’s behavior was an out-and-out one-man country thief! Even King Xiangdong was incompetent in comparison with him.
Become thick eyebrows, big eyes, cute face.
Judging from the situation described by Li Qianzhe, the people in Shu are generally not optimistic about King Wuling proclaiming himself emperor. This also reflects the success of King Wuling in governing Shu, which at least allowed the people to
Understand the concepts of family, country and political power, let them understand that there is a vast world outside the world of Shu, and understand that if you are too arrogant, you will be beaten!
"The country originally had a plan to conquer Shu. That was why I returned to the country..."
Hearing Li Qianzhe's question, Li Tai did not hide anything and simply recounted the discussion on this matter after returning home.
Li Qianzhe listened very carefully, and after listening to Li Tai's story, he nodded and said: "Master Lang's suggestion is that it is a good idea not to attack Shu for the time being. Nowadays, many wealthy families in Bashu are worried that King Wuling may make his subordinates disciples."
People are marching out from the east to compete with Jiangling for supremacy, so they don’t want to join them. Once the country sends a large army to knock on the pass at this time, the people of Bashu will definitely be united and vow to guard the pass to defeat the plan of going out from the east!"
King Wuling's demands were not the same as those of the great clans of Bashu, and even ran counter to them. Of course, King Wuling hoped to go east from Shu, defeat King Xiangdong, and become the only heir to the entire Southern Liang, so that he could be justified.
But these Bashu clans obviously don't have too strong ambitions. They just want to guard this three-acre area in central Shu, and are not willing to sacrifice the lives of their own children and waste their own money and food for the wild whims of King Wuling.
If the army of the Western Wei Dynasty presses the border and launches an attack on Shuzhong at this time, it will force them to work together and put aside their past grudges. The whole of Shuzhong will be monolithic, and it will be a tough battle regardless of whether they can conquer it or not.
"Now that the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office is about to send personnel to directly negotiate with Shu, our affairs here also need to be slightly changed. We can no longer limit ourselves to obtaining material benefits, but we must also appease people's hearts."
Li Tai knew that once the personnel of the Zhongwai Mansion were in place, he would immediately start interacting with Shuzhong. He was well aware of the high efficiency of the Chinese Foreign Mansion. It might even be before Liu Fan and others arrived in Huazhou.
, the Chinese Foreign Affairs Office has sent envoys to make preliminary contacts.
As the expedition to Shu entered the formal preparatory stage, Li Tai was no longer satisfied with just exchanging some Shu brocade, and began to discuss further land enclosure plans with Li Qianzhe.
In targeting Shuzhong, the Chinese and Foreign Government mainly engaged in extortion from Yizhou officials, and also contacted and recruited military personnel like Yang Qianyun who held military power and guarded the passes. They did not pay much attention to the lobbying work of powerful people in Brazil and other places, and did not pay attention to it.
Sufficient energy to carry out such detailed infiltration work needs to be reserved as part of local governance after Shuzhong is captured.
In line with the principle of being the first to do everything, Li Tai decided that he would catch the work that the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office had no time to do. What he discussed with Li Qianzhe this time was to contact those wealthy Brazilians who were used to doing business.
They organized them and took advantage of the Western Wei army's invasion of Shu to join them first, thereby occupying a favorable position under the new order of Western Wei's governance of Shu.
After hearing Li Tai's plan, Li Qianzhe couldn't help but frowned and said: "But King Wuling has not yet shown his decline, and the Shu people are relying on the danger of Jiange Pass, so I am afraid they will not be easily convinced!"
Being one step ahead in everything sounds nice, but you have to endure treatment that people don't understand, don't pay attention to, etc. In many cases, you will get twice the result with half the effort, which is far less smooth than things that come naturally.
Regarding this, Li Tai certainly understood that King Wuling was a good pastoral official respected by everyone in Bashu. If he wanted everyone to betray him, he would have to pay more!
So he was well prepared. After hearing what Li Qianzhe said, he smiled and said: "The power of the Nanliang country collapsed, and the brothers were at war. The signs of the end of the world can no longer be concealed. Bashu is closed, and it is difficult to form a country just by the tyranny of the Shu people.
It is inevitable to join our country, it is just a matter of sooner or later. If they are willing to join me, I can still try to protect their safety and the integrity of the country. If they still stubbornly defend themselves, they will only regret it in the end."
This is the truth, but it is not enough to convince people. Especially now that you cannot directly send troops to increase your own deterrence, you still need to find another way. After making this tough statement, Li Taicai threw out his trump card: "
What if we add the method of making sugar?"
After Li Qianzhe heard this, he immediately became excited and hurriedly asked: "Does Master Lang really want to teach this secret method to his people?"
"Why not? I made a promise before, and I will never break my promise!"
After hearing this, Li Tai smiled and said that he had used the secret method of sugar production to induce the Brazilian wealthy families to cooperate with him, and he also sent protons to Jingzhou.
He wants to dominate the world, not to run a canteen. In the past, because his power could not reach him, or he was worried about being guilty of having a weapon, he had to do some technical confidentiality work. However, as his power reaches a certain level, anyone who can promote
When it comes to productivity technology development, the sooner it is promoted, the better!
The profits from Frosting Sugar are indeed huge at the moment, but compared with the further development of power and further improvement in status, these monetary profits are nothing. What's more, just because he teaches the secret method of Frosting Sugar to others, it does not mean that he will give up.
Instead of making profits in this area, we will gain broader development prospects and operating space due to the expansion of production scale.
"The method of making frosting can be taught to them, but the prerequisite is that they can unite the masses and show their support. At that time, someone from the army of Shu will go to recruit them. As long as they comply with the agreement, the situation of Brazil's hometown will not be infringed."
At this point, Li Tai looked at Li Qianzhe and said: "The general was originally a virtuous man with both civil and military skills, but he was trapped in the government affairs and had no one to spare, so he had to temporarily delegate this matter. It is regrettable that he has great power but little use.
After this incident is over, I will recommend you, General Li, to join the army to fight in Shu. Once you have accumulated merits, you can take advantage of the situation and sit in southern Shu to guard the mouth of the gorge. I wonder what General Li will do?"
"A native of Shannan, an unknown person in the world. Fortunately, Master Lang did not give up, so he came up with a great plan and was given an important position. Master Lang has a mission, and he will not hesitate to die in the end!"
After Li Qianzhe heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him.
Since he defected to the Western Wei Dynasty, he has been awarded the title of hussar and opened a mansion. Although he was ordered to travel around and work hard in Shu, doing all the business of merchants, he did not suffer any loss in the power of his hometown. He also had brothers who were pastors of the state.
The treatment was second to none among all the Shannan powerful men who had joined the Western Wei Dynasty, and this was naturally inseparable from Li Tai's care. At this time, he was promised by Master Lang to take charge of Shunan, so Li Qianzhe was naturally grateful.
Li Tai bent down and helped Li Qianzhe up, then he said with a smile: "There are many barbarians in southern Sichuan. If they don't follow the education, they will inevitably be conquered and suppressed, which may not be a good job. But now that the wealthy families in Brazil have learned the method of making sugar, they are also eager to do so."
Take the cane and squeeze the sugar, and then the general can use his soldiers for his own purposes and open up the southern frontier!"
Let these wealthy people from Shu charge into battle for King Wuling, and they can't help but beat the drum in their hearts, but if it is for their own interests, then they have to roll up their sleeves and work hard!
Brazil is not suitable for growing sugar cane, but southern Sichuan, Yunnan, Huguang and other places are very suitable. Giving these wealthy Brazilians the method of making sugar is undoubtedly adding small motors to them. Don't worry, they will not forget these places and work hard to develop them.
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"That's it, it turns out... Master Lang really has a clever plan, and he will be ashamed of himself in the end!"
Li Qianzhe's eyes couldn't help but brighten after hearing this, and he immediately nodded and said.