Chapter 162 Jiaodong
In February of the sixth year of Guanghe's reign, Feng Gao was appointed.
At this time, two celebrities, Hu Muban and Cai Yong, were sitting in Zhuge Gui's office. Since Zhang Chong's Taishan Army stationed in Fenggao, Hu Mu's class can no longer maintain the situation of snake and mouse. Hu Mu's family took the lead that day to present the city anyway to present a certificate of honor to Zhang Chong.
However, Hu Muban did not join the Taishan Army, nor did she get an official position in the government office where the Taishan Army acted. The reason for this is not only that Hu Muban is still hesitant, but also because Zhang Chong said that Hu Muban is more effective outside than inside.
Cai Yong no longer lives in Hu's mother's house. He and his family moved into the county government office and became the new Taishan County prefect. Although he, the prefect, was just a rebel army who blindly blocked the Caotai prefect, even though this prefect only had jurisdiction over three counties.
Hu Muban had a good chat with him about Cai Yong being a thief. This time, Hu's mother class did not say that we are Han ministers and Han traitors are not at odds with each other. Instead, they were seriously discussing with Cai Yong how much chance Zhang Chong had to win the world.
In fact, Cai Yong didn't say anything in his heart, but did he have any choice? He had long been disappointed with the Han court. If he didn't join Zhang Chong's Taishan Army this time, he would join a powerful shogunate who would disrupt the Han Dynasty next time. The Han Dynasty was hopeless and had to start all over again.
But since Hu Muban asked, Cai Yong still gave a rough guess:
"Based on the current situation, we have about a 60% chance of taking over the entire Qi Kingdom's homeland. But if we want to conquer the world, we probably won't have even 10% of it. Senior Brother, have you ever heard of anyone who can conquer the world here in Qi? Okay? There is no such thing in history
Qin conquered the world through Guanlong, and the Han Dynasty still did so. Today's Han Dynasty relies on Hebei and Hanoi. The anti-kings in Qi throughout the ages were all true dragon pioneers. Although the Qi State at the beginning was also known as the Eastern Emperor and was the last to be conquered and destroyed by the Qin State, it was still a loser in the end. If you look at the three kings of Qi who were in Qi at the end of Qin, they were either beaten by Xiang Yu, or they killed each other, and were finally destroyed by Han Xin. Finally, there was Zhang Bu in the last years of Xin Mang, whose foundation was more melted than frost and snow. Therefore, this whole land has no royal aura. ”
Hu Muban also understood what Cai Yong said, but she didn't think about it seriously. As soon as Cai Yong said it, he realized that it was really the case. Now his whole family's life was bet on Zhang Chong, so he panicked. Just ask:
"Isn't this a perfect match?"
Cai Yong was also frowning. He first asked tentatively:
"Brother, do you know the way to peace that helps people in distress?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Hu Muban looked at Cai Yong with a strange expression and said uncertainly:
"Junior brother, you have joined Taiping Dao. Now you are not trying to get me to join the religion."
Cai Yong shook his head and said to Hu Muban:
"It seems that senior brother knows Taiping Dao. Then do you know the relationship between Qu Kui and Taiping Dao?"
Hu Muban became more and more confused and asked tentatively:
"Zhang Chong wants to join Taiping Dao?"
Cai Yongxu pointed in the direction of Zhang Chong and whispered:
"It's not that I want to join, but I already am. Our canal leader is the head of the Taiping Dao Taishan side, and he is also a close disciple of their Taiping Dao master."
After all, Hu's mother class had a city government. Even after hearing such big news, she just opened her mouth wide but did not scream out in surprise. Then I heard Cai Yong say:
"I just learned about this. After knowing it, I knew that this was an opportunity for Zhang Chong and his Taishan Army to leap over the Dragon Gate. I know that many of your party members are cooperating with Taiping Dao, but those who really want to help Taiping Dao There is no one, they all want to take advantage of the chaos, so can our Taishan Army get a share of the pie? Let’s just say that there are millions of Taiping Taoists in the world, distributed on both sides of the river, as long as our Taishan Army becomes Does the new mentor of Taiping Dao mean that he can command the Taiping Dao? In this way, wouldn’t the Taishan Army jump out of this quagmire?”
The two of them were going to continue their deep conversation when Zhuge Gui, the county magistrate over there, came out. The two of them made a tacit agreement not to talk and changed the topic to talk to Zhuge Gui.
This Zhuge Gui is an interesting person. He has been in Fenggao for half a year, and he is still an official in the Han Dynasty.
On the day the city was defeated, he was captured by a general of the Taishan Army and presented to Zhang Chong. Then Zhang Chong found out that this man's native place was Langya and his surname was Zhuge. Zhang Chong was shocked, and then he made some insinuations and asked them about Langya. Who are the people in the Zhuge family? Although he didn't hear anything familiar, Zhang Chong was almost certain that this person should be one of Zhuge Liang's clan uncles.
Later, Zhang Chong learned from the mouths of some high-ranking people that Zhuge Gui was indeed a good official with a good official reputation, so he didn't bother him and just kept him in custody alone.
Later, Zhang Chong asked Cai Yong to be the prefect. One of Cai Yong's conditions at the time was that he wanted Zhuge Gui, and Zhang Chong agreed.
Originally, even though Cai Yong was a famous person, it was absolutely impossible for Zhuge Gui to become a thief. However, Cai Yong said that he was just a rotten man and had never had any experience as a herdsman. He would definitely not be able to cure the common people in Fenggao. When the time comes when the people are not well governed, most of the thieves and bandits will go back to the river to fish, treating the people as dogs and horses. So you, Zhuge Gui, come out, not to govern the people for the thieves and bandits, but to make a living for the common people. Yes, he, Zhuge Gui, was not governing the people for the Han court and the bandits, but for the people. So he agreed to become the county magistrate, and also recruited a group of homeless county officials, and still used the seal and ribbon of the Han court to handle county affairs.
Of course, Zhuge Gui's fact that he was in the Taishan camp and his heart was in the Han Dynasty naturally aroused a lot of criticism from the Taishan army, especially Zhao Da, a Legalist who valued honor and righteousness the most. He pointed out that people like Zhuge A true and honest man like Gui is more threatening than a fickle person like Hu Muban. It is suggested that this person should be punished.
Fortunately, Mrs. Hu's class wasn't there at that time, otherwise she would have been so angry that she would have vomited blood again.
But Zhang Chong suppressed all these criticisms. For him, regardless of who he was an official for, he could use anyone who could solve his problems.
And judging from Zhuge Gui's actions, this person is a person who cares about the people and is loyal in his heart. If this person could be included in the plot, it would be a huge blow to the Hanting family. Everyone would think that if even such a loyal and patriotic person turned into a thief, then the Han Dynasty was really exhausted.
As for whether this person will change his family, Zhang Chong thinks the possibility is very high. It's not that he thinks Zhuge Gui is the kind of person who wants to gain fame, but it never depends on how he is, but whether the Han court can tolerate him. He said he didn't surrender to the enemy, so he didn't? Will Han Ting believe it?
Back then, Li Ling went out to attack the Xiongnu, but was captured after exhaustion. He was still determined to be a minister of the Han Dynasty, but what happened in the end? Didn't Emperor Xiaowu just listen to this man's surrender and kill his family? In the end, Li Ling had to vote even if he didn't want to.
Therefore, Zhang Chong is not in a hurry. He will wait and see. He believes that Han Ting will help him accept this person. As for what happens if it doesn't work, then Zhang Chong will not suffer any loss. Isn't Zhuge Gui still governing the people for him?
Today, it was Cai Yong who brought Hu Muban to Zhuge Gui's place. In addition to chatting and enhancing feelings, the most important thing is that Cai Yong still wants to listen to Zhuge Gui's advice.
Just in the morning, Zhang Chong, the leader of Ququ, summoned all the commanders and military staff of the Taishan Army to his office, including Cai Yong. They discussed one thing:
Where should our Taishan Army go next?
Zhang Chong said this at the time:
"It has been four years since our Taishan Army was founded. It can be said that we have fought countless battles and gone through many difficulties. But now I want to say that now, right now, it is time to determine the life and death of our Taishan Army. This paragraph Over time, Feijun carried flags and kept reporting on the situation in the southern part of the county and the situation in Jinan, Qi State, and Langya.
It can be said that in the east of us, Pingyuan County, Jinan Kingdom, and Qi Kingdom have already jumped into action, while our northern Jibei Kingdom and Lu Kingdom are also waiting for success, and then the Langya Kingdom in the south is even more ready to attack. It can be said that An encirclement has been formed against our Taishan Army.
This time, these counties all mobilized their troops at the same time, which can only mean one thing, that is, the Han court's conquest army is already on the way. According to convention, it should still be the northern and southern armies of the imperial court. So today we have a discussion, what should we do? ”
This meeting is actually an internal think tank meeting. It is not intended to unify the views, but is really for brainstorming.
Several staff members believe that we can strengthen the walls and clear the country to fight a protracted war with the Han Dynasty. But this suggestion was quickly rejected by several of Feng Gao's staff. They said:
"The purpose of defending is to wait for reinforcements. If there are no reinforcements, no matter how strong the city is, it will be defeated. Therefore, the strong walls and clear fields are of no use except for the broken places."
"Why is it useless? Don't you know how to wait for change? As long as we accumulate millet in the city, garrison the city, and defend it for two years, you will see that the world will not change."
Then the two groups of people started talking back and forth. You said, "What should I do if it hasn't changed?" and he said, "How do you know it hasn't changed?"
Then He Kui's opinion was whether we could fight them out. He thought this way. Our purpose before going out was to take the initiative and mobilize the effective forces of nearby counties to eliminate them in the movement. So can we still do this now? Since an encirclement has been formed outside Taishan County, we will take the initiative to break this encirclement, and even go directly to the Central Plains to see if we can form another massive uprising in the world.
He Kui meant what he said. He knew that Taiping Dao was strong in the Central Plains areas such as Ruying, so what he meant was to go to the Central Plains, unite all parties, and launch a great uprising together.
His plan not only united the Taiping Dao in the Central Plains region to strengthen their forces, but also diverted the trouble to the west, forcing the Taiping Dao to join them in launching an uprising.
Zhang Chong nodded, this is a way, and then he saw Zhao Da, the commander of military law, hesitated to speak, so he asked;
"Yong Xi, what do you think? It's okay, just tell me. You are usually very resolute, but what you are doing now is not like you."
Zhao Da was shy, but he still said it honestly:
"Qu, I think we can try going to Jiaodong."
"Jiaodong?"
(End of chapter)