However, the development of things was completely contrary to Fan Fuzi's expectation. The army marched all the way in the deep mountains and dense forests. Instead of encountering attacks from barbarians, the tribes along the way ate pots of juice and entertained the king. They looked forward to liberation.
Fan Zhen's jaw dropped in shock.
Fan Zhen knew that this was naturally the result of Chen Ke, who had led the way, but he really couldn't figure out what kind of magical power this man who led only five to six hundred people, half of whom were barbarians, had.
When you see people fall in love, flowers bloom?
Full of doubts, he had someone escort him to catch up with the former army. At first glance, he was stunned. He saw that the camp was full of people. How many five or six hundred people? There were five or six thousand people! And they looked all kinds of strange.
, some had their heads wrapped in blue cloth, some wore nose rings, some had their hair loose, and some had paint on their faces... It looked like various ethnic minorities in the southwest were holding a congress.
"Protect the coach!" The guards were also shocked and quickly protected Fan Zhen behind them.
Compared with the unease of Fan Fuzi and his party, the people of all ethnic groups in the camp were silent and just looked at the Han official curiously.
"What's going on?" Fan Zhen looked confused. He pushed away the guards blocking his way and asked the soldiers who came to greet him, "What are these people doing here?"
"Reporting back to the commander, they are soldiers recruited by Judge Chen." The soldier said with a bitter smile: "Although they look scary, they are actually very honest. Commander, just don't worry."
"What am I worried about..." Fan Zhen said with a blush on his face.
Joining the army, Fan Zhen was welcomed into the camp and asked to serve food and wine to his personal guards, but Fan Zhen was served tea in the tent.
"Where is Judge Chen?" Fan Zhen asked as he took a sip of the blood-red Pu'er.
"He, General Nong, and some Dong tribe leaders went to visit nearby tribes." Junjun replied.
"A guest?" Fan Zhen asked in confusion: "Does Judge Chen know them?"
"I don't know him, but Judge Chen said that once he was a stranger, the second time he became acquainted, and the third time he became closer than a relative."
"What a mess..." Fan Zhen shook his head vigorously and asked the soldier: "When will Judge Chen come back?"
"Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow morning, but the locals are very welcoming, so it is possible to let him stay."
"Hey..." Fan Zhen was completely speechless. In his opinion, noble scholar-officials should keep a distance from those rude and humble barbarians. How could they get along with each other? This new top scholar is really unbecoming. It is unbecoming.
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However, he was still very curious about Chen Ke's behavior. He asked: "Is it possible that Judge Chen has been here like this all the way?"
"Exactly," Shanjun nodded and said, "Judge Chen has only returned to the camp a few times these days. Every time he comes back, he brings thousands of young men from various tribes. He said that he recruited the soldiers and asked his subordinates to give him a good education.
Then he took gifts and went to pay homage to the mountain."
"Is it useful to mess around...?" Fan Zhen muttered, but no one needed to answer. Facts speak louder than words. So Fan Fuzi changed his words again: "How did he do it?"
"I also asked the soldiers who were recruited by Judge Chen." The soldier said with a bitter smile: "Judge Chen seems to have a kind of magical power. The barbarian leaders who are very wary of us actually trust him very much and often drink for a whole day.
, you can chop off the chicken’s head and burn the yellow paper, and become the ally brothers who exchange posts.”
"The number one scholar in the Song Dynasty actually sworn sworn sworn relationship with a small barbarian leader. Is there any moral integrity at all?" Master Fan couldn't help feeling dizzy.
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As the soldier said, in the eyes of the barbarian leaders, Chen Ke was absolutely loved by everyone and loved by everyone.
Although there was a large force of 30,000 elite old Western troops, Chen Ke still did not want to conflict with the tribes along the way... In order for the army to march smoothly, to ensure the safety of the waterway in the future, and to gain a foothold in Dali, he wanted to do his best.
I turned those barbarians in the eyes of the Song people into friends and used them for my own purposes.
When he told Wang Han this idea, Wang Han did not feel that Chen Ke was unrealistic and unbecoming like Fan Zhen. Instead, he looked at him with admiration and thought that he was quite capable.
Most of the court officials had the heart to be different from those of their own race. Therefore, they took every possible precaution against the barbarians and were very hostile. But in fact, this intensified the conflict between the two sides and made the southwestern frontier of the Song Dynasty uneasy.
But in the opinion of Wang Han, an old official who has guarded the border for many years, in fact, many times, the barbarians did not want to rebel... They simply did not have the strength to occupy the cities of the Song Dynasty, let alone imitate Li Yuanhao and break the soil to found a country. They
In fact, it is more appropriate to say that what they did was robbery, and most of what they robbed were the most basic daily necessities.
To put it bluntly, it’s hard to be so poor that you don’t have any pants to wear. Haha, when you see the piles of silk and satin in your neighbor’s house, do you think he won’t be jealous? Can he do it without giving in?
But robbery will kill people. If you let them know that as long as they obey you, they will have clothes to wear, meat to eat, and they can become the high officials of the Celestial Dynasty that they dream of. How many of them are willing to rebel?
Of course, the premise of everything is that you must have a big stick in your hand to suppress them.
After four years of suppressing bandits and causing the Dong people of Guangyuan Prefecture to suffer enough, Wang Han extended an olive branch. Sure enough, using the title of General Zhongwu, plus some cattle, salt, and cloth, he made the new leader of Guangyuan Barbarians
Nong Zongdan raised his clan and became a subject of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, after Nong Zongdan became the governor general of the Song Dynasty, his performance was unexpectedly active. Within a few months, he successively attracted several tribes to apply for annexation and become subjects of the Song Dynasty forever.
After Nong Zhigao's incident, the imperial court also changed its attitude and began to accept the neighboring caves of Jisi Prefecture on the border, so Wang Han petitioned them for official positions and rewards, all of which were approved by the imperial court. By this month, half of the tribes in Guangyuan Prefecture had
, became a subject of the imperial court, with the leader serving as an official, the tribes receiving rewards, and everyone above and below being satisfied, so they naturally stopped doing anything.
Wang Han firmly believed that his successful experience could be used by Chen Ke. He was just trying to see if the No. 1 Scholar would be conceited and unwilling to put down his dignity and deal with those barbarians. Unexpectedly, someone else brought it up first.
However, Wang Han admired Chen Ke's courage even more. After all, Guangyuan Prefecture was still the territory of the Song Dynasty in name, and Chen Ke wanted to step out of the country and enter the power vacuum of the Song Dynasty to appease those ferocious men with unpredictable temperaments.
The Stubborn Department.
Speaking of unlucky things, if someone disagrees with someone and draws a sword at someone, they can chop him up and drink wine without any difficulty.
But Chen Ke brought hundreds of people... and they were mainly to carry gifts for him. With Nong Zongdan and others as guides, he dared to go out of the country like visiting relatives and friends, visiting the mountains from house to house.
Liu Yue'e blamed Chen Ke for not taking his life seriously, but Chen Ke laughed and said nothing. He was certainly not stupid and bold. Although he took some risks, he was still sure of his own safety.
Because he is not fighting alone. As soon as he came, the two sides had no grudges in the past and no grudges in the recent days. Moreover, 30,000 elite Song troops were not far behind him. Those tribal leaders would not dare to do so unless they were tired of living and eating arsenic.
Move a hair on his head.
Secondly, the level of civilization of the Song Dynasty in this era was much higher than that of any other country in the world. In the eyes of the barbarians and foreigners at this time, the Song Dynasty was the kingdom of heaven and a great country. In their eyes, the Song people were excellent and noble people.
Therefore, barbarians in foreign countries always treated the Song people, especially the high-ranking officials of the Song Dynasty, with great respect, even as if they were gods.
The people of the Song Dynasty had every reason to regard any foreign country or tribe as barbarians, and that was exactly what they did. Now, Chen Ke treated them with an approachable and almost equal attitude. How could the barbarian leaders not be flattered?
?How could he harm this noble, compassionate and benevolent Number One Scholar of the Song Dynasty?
The third and most important one is that Chen Ke came with the gospel.
Usually, after establishing initial trust, he first asked Nong Zongdan and others to speak out about their happy life after joining. When the tribal leaders heard what he said, he told them - you can do this too, and you can
better!
He promised that after the attachment, not only would they have the same official position and rewards, but also a fixed annual income - the imperial court would build a flood and drought channel from Dali to Yongzhou. Chen Ke appointed them as road protection committee members and promised that every time a ship passed by
, each car will give them a reward. They can also order the required supplies from the copper ship and wait for it to be delivered when it returns.
He even promised that after they get rich in the future, they can go to Dali to run mines and become respected merchants of the Song Dynasty...
In addition, he also recruited a group of soldiers with the same treatment as the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty. Although no one was willing to lose strong men, Chen Ke's conditions were too generous - they were treated the same as the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty.
If a man is chosen from any family, his life will definitely be better than that of the clan leader.
Of course, it is impossible to surpass the clan leaders, because Chen Ke secretly promised to the clan leaders that for every soldier recruited, he would give the clan a monthly subsidy of 500 yuan...
With both the cake and the immediate advantage, Chen Ke dropped sugar-coated bullets one after another, and no barbarian leader could withstand them.
My brother is getting married today, and there are relatives visiting the young monk. I am very tired. There is only one chapter...
The only fly in the ointment is that these barbarians are a bit pretentious. Although they are very willing in their hearts, they are still reserved on the outside. They have to torment Chen Ke before they can obey him.
For example, in Heishui Cave, Chief Amao insisted on having a drinking contest with Chen Ke. If he said he won, he would listen to the emperor, but if he lost, they would have to discuss it again.
Thanks to Chen Ke, he drank the home-brewed village wine as if it were water. The two of them drank from noon to night, and from night to morning, before they drank Amao under the table. When Amao woke up, they were right
He finally fell to the ground, then chopped off the chicken head and burned the yellow paper... Do you think it was so easy to take over?
In addition to the drinking competition, there were competitions in archery, strength, and hunting... Chen Ke was forced to use all his strength to convince the leaders of all walks of life.
