Chapter 398 The whole world is changing
Zheyang, Nanyang, Huai'an, Runan, Fangling, Xiangyang, Chongling, and Yiyang are the eight southern towns of the Qin State.
As the place where Da Qin once prepared for its southern expedition, it naturally became a concentration of materials, technology, and funds.
Convenient transportation provides the necessary conditions for the rapid mobilization of the army.
A large number of farmland enables the government to raise food on the spot.
Countless craftsmen allow ordnance to be quickly replenished.
For all these reasons, the Eight Towns in the South became another special place in Da Qin.
There is actually another such special place in Da Qin, and that is the Beiting Protectorate.
It’s just that Beiting is too far away from the Central Plains and guarded by Yangguan, so the Great Qin court has never paid much attention to Beiting. In the view of the Great Qin Central Committee, no matter how hard Beiting tries, as long as the Central Committee starts to strangle Beiting above finances, Beiting will be in trouble
What's more, Beiting still has Bei Yuan, a powerful enemy watching, Without the support of the Central Plains, the Beiting Protectorate would collapse very quickly.
But the eight towns in the south are different.
From the beginning of the founding of the Qin Dynasty, all emperors who still wanted to achieve something basically took it as their mission to destroy the Chu State and unify the world.
It doesn’t matter that Beiyuan is a barbaric land, but the territory occupied by the Xiong family of Chu State was the territory of Dayong. Legally speaking, it should belong to Great Qin.
With a large population, fertile land, convenient transportation, and developed water conservancy, whoever controls the eight towns in the south will pose a completely different threat to the center than Beiting.
It’s just that in the past, the imperial court had very strict control over the eight towns in the south. Anyone who wanted to form a small group in the eight towns in the south of the Yangtze River would die in an ugly way.
But as time went by, Da Qin became more and more reluctant to destroy the Chu State, and even regarded the existence of the Chu State as a normal state, things finally changed.
A large number of military farms gradually turned into private fields, and countless craftsmen's workshops also turned public into private under the operation of some people for decades. Some people in the south , collusion between officials and businessmen, step by step, turned Da Qin's deployment over the years into part of his family business.
Even the military in the eight southern towns has a tendency to become increasingly privatized.
Just like Linghuye did to Beiting Protectorate.
He Qiku was in the same position as the Southern Zhenjun a few years ago.
Therefore, Kou Zhong and Wei Zhengdao had a huge plan to kill several birds with one stone.
The plan was basically successful.
He Qiku was abolished, the southern army fell apart, and the wealthy families in Hedong and Hexi were almost wiped out. These wealthy families in the south also fought over the inheritance of the He family.
Originally, if everything was normal, Wei Yi or Zhang Quanyi should have led the army to the south and taken over the defense of the eight towns in the south.
It’s just that He Zudao didn’t die.
When Kou Zhong arrived in Luoyang, his original intention was to trap He Zudao in the north and kill him to prevent him from going south again.
But Kou Zhong died, and He Zudao returned to the south as he wished.
Although the Eight Southern Towns are no longer the integrated Eight Southern Towns under He Qiku a few years ago, the heritage still exists, especially the return of He Zudao, which gave most of the Eight Southern Towns Someone you can get close to.
The enemies of the He family were really completely wiped out this time. The remaining centrists were originally the things that fell on both sides of the wall, and they immediately joined He Zudao again.
The eight towns in the south are indeed far behind the past. After all, their elite losses were too great in the battle of Xiangcheng.
But when the remaining remnants were twisted into a rope again, their power was still enough to affect the overall situation of the world.
"General, the Demon Cult is like a cancer growing in the body. You never know when it will break out and ruin your life. From the following point of view, it is better to end it with them as soon as possible. !" Linghu Zhishu, who was sitting on the railing of the covered bridge, grabbed a handful of fish food and sprinkled it into the fishing pond below, watching countless koi fish flying over to grab food amidst the roaring sound of the water.
“Yesterday, Ke Wuji just advised me to end things with you in time.” He Zudao laughed and said, “Brother Linghu, I haven’t been back to the south for several years. When I come back this time, I really feel that things are like people. No. The development of the demon sect in the eight towns in the south is really like mushrooms after a rain. It has grown too fast."
"In the battle of Xiangcheng, Kou Zhongwei killed one thousand enemies and suffered three thousand losses! Linghu Zhishu laughed and said: "Of course, if you put Jiangnan's game into the world's big game, it's nothing. If they win, they can really make the world peaceful for decades more." . But it's never a good thing if the chess game starts too big and the calculations are too sophisticated. As long as one link goes wrong, it may cause a chain reaction and eventually lead to a complete collapse." "That's the truth!" He Zudao nodded: "Kou Zhong is too arrogant. He wants to solve the problem of the army of the eight towns in the south, the problem of the separatist power of the world, and the problem of the self-respect of your Beiting Protectorate's army. They don't even think about such a big situation. Can they really control it?"
"So when Brother He breaks the situation here, the whole world will collapse!" Linghu Zhishu said.
"You say that, as if I, He, should die honestly!" He Zudao stretched out his hand, and the largest koi carp in the pond broke out of the water and fell into He Zudao's hands. , shaking his head and struggling incessantly.
"This is the fact. If you He Zudao really died in Hedong, then we, the Linghu clan, would not dare to enter the pass. If we don't enter the pass, Li Dachui's plans will not be implemented, or they will not be harvested. With such a good effect, the world will certainly be much more stable!" Linghu Zhishu sighed: "Sometimes people are not as good as God!"
"For me, the world is now better. But it is the best in the world!"
"That's true!" Linghu Zhishu nodded in agreement: "Earlier, you were a fish in the net, and no matter how hard you struggled, you couldn't get out of the net, but now, But you are like a carp jumping over the dragon gate, turning a fish into a dragon.”
He Zudao laughed, stretched out his hand and threw it, and the koi in his hand drew a beautiful arc in the air. Countless water droplets shone with colorful light under the sunlight, and the koi fell into the sky with a pop. Into the water.
“It’s not that I don’t know the dangers of the Demonic Cult, but in the past few years when Jiangnan has been in poverty, the Demonic Cult took the opportunity to invade on a large scale, and the bottom layer has long been infiltrated by them. If you ask me to eliminate them at this time, that is not purging them. The Demon Cult is committing suicide!" He Zudao smiled and said, "Brother Linghu, you have bad intentions. I don't believe you can't see the connection."
He Zudao exposed it to his face. Linghu Zhishu's expression remained unchanged: "A long-term pain is worse than a short-term pain."
"No, no, no, in fact, I have also been studying what Ke Wuji and others want to do. . The poorer the people are, the easier it is for them to deceive people, and the more people will join them. But the eight southern towns are not like this, so what I want to do now is very simple, to make the people in the eight southern towns rich again. As in the past, the people will naturally not believe their fallacies. You did a good job in Boling. I heard that when you left, you also gained the Wanmin Umbrella and the Baijiayi!"
"You are changing, and so is the Demon Sect!" Linghu Zhishu shook his head and said, "Things will not be as simple as you think. Didn't you say that Ke Wuji has joined forces with He Yiming and is preparing to go out to the bright side? Have you? This is their change.”
"Is the demon sect that has gone to the bright side still a demon sect?" He Zudao chuckled.
Linghu Zhishu nodded. People like He Zudao are not much different from Kou Zhong in essence. They are both extremely confident and always feel that they can control everything.
"Sooner or later, your subordinates will conflict with Ke Wuji and the others." Linghu Zhishu asserted: "No matter how Ke Wuji and the others change, they hate the powerful and the essence of annexation will not Although you have killed many wealthy and powerful families in the past, new powerful and wealthy families are being formed under your hands, such as Yang Lixin, Feng Kuan, and Chen Jianren." It is a test for new dignitaries like Yang Lixin and Feng Kuan to make good and effective use of Ke Wuji's group, but it is not impossible!" He Zudao said calmly.
“It’s difficult!” Linghu Zhishu said.
"I know there is a person who is doing this, and he is doing pretty well!"
"Li Dachui?"
"Isn't it?" He Zudao smiled and said: "Everything outside the pass is prosperous now, Li Dachui?" What a kid can do, why can't I do it? "
"I never thought that General He would admire Li Dachui so much!" Linghu Zhishu! Somewhat unexpected.
“Brother Linghu, you don’t have to worry that I will fall to Li Dachui!” He Zudao sighed softly: “You must have heard the rumor that Li Dachui is the posthumous son of Li Zemin and He Qingqiu, right?”
Linghu Zhishu laughed out loud: "Of course I know, because I was the one who spread this rumor. Brother He, this is just a rumor."
"Rumors are not important at all. !" He Zudao sighed: "As long as it is useful to Li Dachui, he will definitely use it, so I, He Zudao, will definitely be the target of Li Dachui's death in the future. Do you think I will seek refuge with him? "
How painful is that? , He Zudao and his son betrayed Li Zemin and He Qingqiu, which led to the disastrous defeat of the prince's family and the great changes in the whole world. There is really no excuse for such deep hatred. If Li Dachui wants to inherit the political legacy of the former prince, he will naturally inherit the corresponding hatred.
So, He Zudao could only fight Li Dachui to the end.
"Li Dachui will definitely come to the south to cause trouble!" Linghu Zhishu said: "Beiting and Shujun have been established. Now he just needs to make another fulcrum in the south. This is me The reason for coming to General He. General, Li Dachui is as cunning as a fox, and he will never underestimate the enemy!"
"If it really comes, let's have a good fight!" He Zudao said calmly: "The soldiers will block it, and the water will flood the soil, that's all."
"Please also ask the general to give Zhishu Xing some convenience, I I came here just to defeat Li Dachui. This is a matter of mutual benefit. I wonder if the general will approve it?” ! ”
(End of this chapter)