In June of the 14th year of Hongwu, Panyu, Guangzhou.
The streets of the thousand-year-old commercial capital are still as bustling as ever. People in Guangzhou wear thin clothes and rush about making a living on the streets under the scorching sun. There are also many white and black potatoes that have traveled across the ocean, mixed among the Han people, running between shops and warehouses one after another, which is also a unique scenery. Occasionally, warriors in commoner clothes and scarves with swords hanging from their waists pass by on the streets, looking arrogant and arrogant.
These civilian warriors were all marching in formation, and at the head of the formation there were people holding flags. The flags had a white background and dazzling red letters "Preserve the principles of nature and destroy human desires" tattooed on them. These civilian warriors sometimes chanted the slogan "When the Southern Emperor comes out, the laws of nature will flourish; preserve the laws of nature and destroy human desires." Wherever the warriors shouting slogans went, the white and black Tibetan people stumbled away.
They all know that these warriors are the so-called "Confucian scholars of heavenly principles". They appeared in Guangzhou more than four years ago through some auspicious sign from heaven, and then quickly became big. And it’s becoming more and more evil and violent!
Moreover, this school of Confucianism also carried the banner of "Following Heaven and converting barbarians", claiming that it had obtained the principles of heaven and would go to the southern land to spread the principles of heaven and educate all barbarians. Therefore, when the white and black people in Guangzhou see them, they must hide a little, otherwise they will be dragged away and reprimanded on the spot, which will be tragic...
The local Han people in Guangzhou could only hide aside and sigh when they saw these unreasonable "Confucian scholars"... These "Confucian scholars" were not local Confucian scholars in Guangzhou. They all followed the Southern Emperor. Most of the Yankees who came from the north did not practice Confucianism, and were even crude warriors. They joined the "Tianli Confucianism" in order to earn a living or climb the ladder.
I don't know whether it was this group of "rude Confucians" who made the fuss, or whether it was the leader of the Tianli Confucian Sect, Southern Emperor Zhao Chen, who pushed it himself. In short, Tianli Confucianism has become increasingly evil and violent in the past three or four years.
Last autumn, under the pretext of trying to civilize the Tibetan people in the Fanfang in Guangzhou, they rushed into the Fanfang in groups and had a fight with the guards of the Fanfang and the Fanfang merchants. When these Tibetan people said they were guards, that was a good word, but it was a bad word. Pirates!
On a lawless sea, who can be expected to abide by the law?
Therefore, the force of the Fanfang merchants in Guangzhou Fanfang is not weak. If Zhao Chen hadn't led a dozen Northern troops south, with the original soldiers in Guangzhou, they wouldn't necessarily be the opponent of the Fanfang escort in a fight, let alone Let alone a group of Confucian scholars.
However, this feud between Fanfang and Fanfang ended in a great victory for the "rude Confucians". In the end, the rough Confucians bloodbathed Fanfang. Several large Tibetan businessmen with the title of "Guide General" were even wiped out by these "rude Confucians". .
During the whole process of the war, the Southern Emperor's army and the Guangzhou government turned a blind eye. It was not until these "rude people" were done wreaking havoc that the Guangzhou government sent soldiers into Fanfang to maintain order, rescue the injured, and Bury the dead.
This bloodbath in Fanfang not only frightened the Tibetan people who came to the Song Dynasty to make a fortune, but also the people of Guangzhou were stunned by the violent behavior of this group of "rude Confucians".
However, this bloodbath in Fanfang did not end the prosperity of Guangzhou, nor did it cause an interruption in maritime trade - because the Song Dynasty court and the Southern Guangdong court allowed Han maritime merchants to purchase copper cannons with ammunition weighing 3 kilograms or less to arm merchant ships. Now the advantage in the Nanyang sea has been transferred from the hands of Dashi and Persian merchants to the hands of Han merchants. The bloodbath of the Tibetan merchants in Fanfang, Guangzhou only accelerated the decline of the Tibetan merchants. However, the Tibetan merchants did not disappear from Guangzhou immediately. Many people survived, and some even came after the "bloodbath"... But both the survivors and the latecomers knew to avoid this. Helping the "rude".
There are also some Tibetan businessmen who adopted the strategy of joining if they couldn't beat them. They used connections to gain the identity of a student of Tianli Academy and became a member of the Confucian sect, which was considered to have received enlightenment.
And the reputation of the Confucian scholars of Tianli who are good at teaching has been established!
Later, similar incidents of fire began to occur frequently in the three teaching offices of Hue, Fenghua, and Chenghua... In short, wherever this group of people went, there would be a burst of bloodshed. Feng, those uneducated Tibetan people have to tuck their tail between their legs and behave.
Of course, there are always exceptions. For example, today on the streets of Guangzhou, a group of Tibetan knights with cross flags appeared on the streets, marching swaggeringly from the Pearl River Pier towards the palace in the city. Moreover, there was a group of Banzhi cavalry directly under the Southern Emperor clearing the way in front, and several military attachés from the "Northern Emperor" were accompanying them.
The horse team quickly passed through the street and quickly attracted the attention of a group of rude people. Several of these rude people had not seen such arrogant Tibetan people for a long time. No matter who the other party was, they opened their mouths and cursed: " His cross slave!"
This group of Tibetan knights is none other than Alexius, King of the Roman Empire, Bagration, the Archmage of Georgia, and their entourage. The leader among the several military attaches from Beidi was none other than Duke Jia Guo Zhao Yi. He heard the scolding and followed the sound and looked over. He actually saw several fierce-looking Confucian scholars holding swords in one hand and pointing towards him with the other. scold......
Of course he knew the attire of this group of Confucians - after Zhao Kai held the Qufu Confucian Sect Conference, commoners, scarves, and long swords became the standard equipment of the Confucian Zongting and Tiannan Confucian groups... ..However, the armed Confucian scholars under the Confucian imperial court are still relatively civilized. They do not shout and curse in the street, and they rarely show off in groups on the street.
But why are the armed Confucians in Guangzhou like this?
The last time I came to Guangzhou (last summer), they seemed not so rude and disrespectful!
It's not okay to go on like this. I have to talk to my eldest brother later... A Confucian scholar must still behave like a Confucian scholar.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yi clamped his horse's belly, increased his speed, and accelerated towards the Guangzhou Palace.
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The reason why the rude Confucians are so rude is of course the Southern Emperor Zhao Chen’s deliberate promotion!
Because the past three or four years of colonization, no, the educational experience told him that what he wanted to do would not be successful by relying on good reasoning.
Moreover, Tiannan Confucianism’s opponent is not a reasonable master... This matter depends on whose knife is sharp enough!
Whoever has a sharp knife can make rules and implement his own set of principles... There is no need to worry about the people below not listening.
On the other hand, if the knife is not fast enough and only relies on earnest reasoning, those Confucian scholars with little military power will not be able to gain a foothold on the land of Tiannan by their own strength.
If there is no way to gain a foothold, what kind of education and future will there be?
Moreover, those weak Confucians who cannot kill people but can only write articles are not easy to use here in Tiannan. Their articles are simply incomprehensible to barbarians... Are they still barbarians if they can understand them? It's not as effective as a knife for cutting people!
Anyway, the rule in this area for thousands of years is that whoever has the sharpest knife has the final say. Whoever has the final say, other people's beliefs will follow him.
Therefore, Zhao Chen has accelerated the arming of his Tiannan Confucian Sect since last year, and transferred a large number of officers and soldiers who were proficient in literature from his own army to join the Tiannan Confucian Sect and become armed Confucians.
And last autumn's war between Guangzhou and Fanfang... was a test of the combat effectiveness of armed Confucian scholars!
The result is quite satisfactory!
After confirming that his armed Confucian scholars were very capable of fighting, Zhao Chen sent a large number of enlightenment missions to the three enlightenment prefectures of Hue, Chenghua, and Fenghua, and began to cleanse the three prefectures. At the same time, he opened a large number of armed Tianli academies.
However, colonial education must be done step by step, and it is impossible to become fat in one bite... Zhao Chen worked hard for more than four years and only transported 100,000 people (mainly young men) to Hue and Chenghua. , settled in the three prefectures of Fenghua.
So Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road are still the foundation of Zhao Chen! This fundamental will not change for at least the next ten or eight years.
"Uncle Twenty-Six, what did you say?"
"Chair, you...what did you say?"
In the palace, to be precise, it is the Palace of Nanyue (Zhao Yi is the court angel, and as soon as he comes to the South Emperor Zhao Chen, he automatically becomes the King of Nanyue). Zhao Huan and Zhao Chen, father and son, are receiving Zhao Yi together.
After hearing Zhao Yi finish Zhao Kai's message, both of them were shocked.
Zhao Chen didn't expect Zhao Kai to be so disrespectful to his mother, and he had also heard some rumors about his "biological father" in the past few years, which seemed to be true... Now Zhao Kai Why do you turn your back on someone else?
Are rumors just rumors after all?
But Zhao Huan was a little excited - it seemed that Chen'er was not the bastard of that rebellious minister and traitor named Lao San!
In the past three or four years, Zhao Huan, who had retired, had been thinking about this matter.
On the one hand, rumors are spreading; on the other hand, Zhao Chen looks more and more like Zhao Huan when he was young... The facial features are 70% to 80% similar, and although he is one size larger, Zhao Kai is much bigger than Zhao Huan. ah! Moreover, Zhu Lian is also a "plus-size beauty". If it is true that the two of them are the same, it is impossible for Zhao Chen to be just like this, right?
Zhao Huan really couldn't remember what opportunities Zhao Kai had to get close to Zhu Lian in the years after he married Zhu Lian? At that time, Zhao Kai seemed to be busy competing with himself for the throne of the prince, and he was also busy managing the Imperial City. He also had to read, write, and draw. There were a lot of things, but he was busy! And there is no shortage of women around him, so why take such a risk to steal?
While Zhao Yi was talking, he was also looking at Zhao Chen and Zhao Huan... these were clearly father and son! Looking at it separately, I don’t think it looks like it when put together!
No wonder Zhao Kai can't tolerate Zhao Chen now... There's nothing we can do about it!
Zhao Chen looked at the futou on Zhao Huan's head. It was black, not green.
Thinking of this, he sighed and said to Zhao Huan, Zhao Chen and his son: "Brother, Dalang... where are Guangnan Road? It is the inheritance of the ancestors, how could it be occupied by the Nanyue Kingdom all the time?" There must be a time to return it, right? The third brother said that these two roads can be used as fiefdoms for you to provide for your retirement. In the future, you can also grant several sons of the King of Nanyue as the county kings of Guangdong and Guangxi. I think this condition is still good. It’s considered generous, so you’d better accept it as soon as you see fit!”
Then, he said in a threatening tone: "The third brother has already known about this 'Southern Emperor's emergence and Tianli's rise'... If we want to pursue this matter, it will be enough to start a war! "
