"In history, there has never been such a siege. To be honest, even though I have been paying attention to the changes in the battle situation since the Liu family's private army besieged the city, until last night, Liu's 300,000-strong army retreated, and a large number of
The whole process of soldiers being killed, wounded and even captured was vividly displayed in front of my eyes, but I still couldn't believe it, how could it have turned out like this?"
Chen Ang sat opposite Jiang Fan, making tea.
The two of them were sitting in the open space of the Lin family's house, but they did not go to the Heyang government office.
Lin Wanru sat quietly beside him, but Lin Wanqing didn't know where he went.
Hong Qigong usually lay down under a big tree to take a nap, with the cattail leaf fan on his body flapping irregularly.
The atmosphere seemed a bit comfortable and comfortable. Compared with the mountain of blood and fire corpses outside the city, it was like two extremes of heaven and hell.
This world is always full of contradictions. Maybe just a street can often separate the world from hell.
The two poles mixed in every corner of the world are so distinct and opposite.
The world also appears completely different to them.
"The superiority in weapons has made the clansmen a true enemy of ten thousand people. When the number of people becomes meaningless, the Liu family's outcome is already doomed. The only difference is how long this process will last."
Jiang Fan said with a smile.
"I understand the truth, but I still find it unbelievable. That's an army of 300,000 people...but our Heyang garrison only has more than 10,000 people. Even if we use human lives to pile up, it shouldn't be like this.
Even the red-coated army that once dominated the world couldn't do this. But now... almost no defenders are used, just more than a hundred Lin family members. Maybe I am really old... already
I can’t understand this world anymore.”
Chen Ang was obviously very emotional.
There was no other way, with more than 10,000 defenders, Liu's army of 300,000 was defeated head-on, killing 80,000 or 90,000 people, injuring more than 40,000, and the remaining Liu's private army was also in the process of fleeing.
As a result, not only Chen Ang, but anyone else standing here would still have the same reaction.
"Master Chen is getting stronger and stronger, how can we talk about old age easily? When we occupy the entire Handong County, we will still need Master Chen to take charge of the overall situation. After all, the governance of a county is definitely very different from the governance of a city.
.I also want to promote the Heyang model. In the future, wherever we occupy the territory, we must implement Heyang's reform methods. If Mr. Chen is not in charge, God knows what kind of chaos will happen."
Jiang Fan said with a smile.
The situation in Heyang has been very stable recently.
Under Chen Ang's old-fashioned approach, Jiang Fan's previous series of changes are fermenting and showing real impact.
Compared with other cities in the Zhou Dynasty, Heyang has completely changed into a different look.
Especially after truly taking control of Heyang, Jiang Fan began to implement many modern models in Heyang City.
Although limited by technological standards and insufficient productivity, this kind of change in Heyang cannot transcend the limitations of the times.
But there is no doubt that compared to the previous governance methods of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Heyang now has a completely different kind of vitality.
However, Chen Ang still has a lot of worries about this.
So after listening to what Jiang Fan said, Chen Ang frowned and said: "Do we really want to roll it out directly? The resistance... I'm afraid it will be unimaginably great. I'm not saying that these changes of yours are not good. In fact, you have a negative impact on the river."
All the changes in Heyang have outstanding vision and amazing talent that amaze me, but the success of these changes in Heyang has its own particularity, and I don't think it has universal significance for the time being."
"Heyang is just a city, and due to the existence of Prince Wu's Mansion, there are no real wealthy families in the city. After the incident, you took over the power in Heyang again. From top to bottom in Heyang, whether it was the officials of the government or the
Ordinary people will obey your words. I believe you must understand that when everyone works together to do something, then it is half done before it even starts."
"But once you leave Heyang and expand to the entire Handong County, you will never get such top-down support. Heyang is special after all. I don't believe you can't see this clearly. Break away.
Beyond the scope of Heyang, these changes of yours will touch the interests of all wealthy families. I don’t believe you can’t imagine how great the resistance will be at that time.”
Chen Ang's tone was a little solemn.
This is an issue that must be put on the agenda for discussion.
It involves the next development direction of Jiang Fan's forces, so it is naturally extremely important.
Because it’s a routing issue!
If the route is right, no matter how many difficulties you encounter, you just need to find a way to solve it.
Persist to the end and move forward step by step, and sooner or later you will achieve final success.
But once the route is wrong, no matter how amazing the way to solve the problem is, in the end, the result will be wrong after all.
All persistence and efforts will be meaningless.
Obviously, Chen Ang believed that the route Jiang Fan had just planned was wrong.
"I know it's difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, it still needs to be done. You can't be timid when you see difficulties, and you always think about giving in. Even if it is in this life, you will achieve nothing in the end. So I do things without asking.
Just ask me whether it is difficult or not. If I think it is right, then no matter how difficult it is, I will still do it."
Jiang Fan smiled and continued: "I know very well what Mr. Chen is worried about. But there is one thing that Mr. Chen thinks is wrong, that is, in Mr. Chen's eyes, the family members are too powerful. It seems that they can turn everything upside down with a wave of their hands.
, which is incorrect."
Chen Ang raised his eyebrows, said nothing, and just motioned for Jiang Fan to continue.
"Master Chen, can you answer me a question. Where does the influence of the aristocratic families lie? I know that all major aristocratic families have private armies, but in fact, these private armies still belong to the Zhou Dynasty in name. It's just that the aristocratic families have private armies.
His influence on the local level can be said to be that he covers the sky with one hand, so he can intervene in the appointment of local officials and generals."
"So subtly, as time goes by, the aristocratic families are able to control all aspects of their lives. But in the final analysis, those invisible influences give the aristocratic families the real power to intervene in local factors.
What exactly is it?”
Jiang Fan asked with a smile.
Chen Ang thought for a moment and said: "The real influence of aristocratic families lies among the people."