This battle ended in an anticlimactic manner. The beginning was extremely explosive, and the end was extremely sudden.
Daming Mansion was in a mess, and the Jin people suffered a lot of losses, but overall this was a good result. Yue Fei also took his troops and horses to bid farewell to Zongze and entered the land of Jiangnan directly from Shunchang Mansion.
Zhao Huan looked at Zongze, who was obviously showing signs of aging, and wanted to have a chat with him, but in the end he chose to sigh.
He knew that instead of talking about these things now, Zongze also wanted to see the Song Dynasty prosper, cross the river and conquer the world.
Before we even got close to the Dongting Lake area, we could already feel the deadly wind blowing.
The corruption of the situation in Jiangnan has officially entered his eyes, Zhao Huan.
This kind of corruption does not mean that the people here are miserable, nor does it mean that corrupt officials are rampant here, but it is the situation here.
The entire Jiangnan area has been persuaded by Prime Minister Zhong's slogan of "equalizing the rich and the poor, equaling the rich and the poor", and countless people have either already joined it or are waiting for the opportunity.
In fact, many soldiers and even generals under the Yue Family Army began to have this idea. What they did this time was not correct.
After all, it can be said that most of today's Yue Family Army are men from poor families. If they are asked to hunt for gold, they will have no problem with it.
No regrets despite defeat!
But it is not impossible to let them put down the rebellion, but now Zhong Xiang's Da Chu... makes them unable to do it, because the suggestions put forward by Zhong Xiang are from the world in their dreams.
Why don't they want to have such a dreamlike world where they can no longer suffer any oppression and insult?
After seeing this appearance, Zhao Huan knew that it was time for him to appear, and he had to tell them about Zhong Xiang's problem as a routine.
"It's not unbelievable that Prime Minister Zhong can make such a big noise in this place in the south of the Yangtze River. Even in the eyes of a certain family, the reason is very simple.
Not only because of his ambition, but also because he understands the people!
Most of the officers and soldiers of my Yue family army are poor people, and I must have some understanding of how the people of the Song Dynasty live.
The people in the south of the Yangtze River and even the people in the world are not fools. They may not have much knowledge, or they may not have been taught by any teacher.
But they spent their whole lives racking their brains to make a living.
Maybe they know only a little about the major events in the world, but when it comes to weighing the pros and cons, and regarding matters of benefit, they are not much worse than everyone in the court.
This is the suffering that this world has given them.
And if a person can see hope through their own efforts, then they will work hard towards that hopeful place without anyone's urging.
But if a person cannot find hope no matter how hard he tries, then of course he will choose to live his life in confusion.
But if the world makes it impossible for them to be ignorant.
Then they will naturally resist desperately because they want to survive!
But if someone suddenly gives them a false hope at this time, they will naturally swarm around him and devote all their efforts to this false hope.
This is Zhong Xiang’s method! "
"Wait!"
As soon as Zhao Huan finished speaking, he was stopped by Niu Gao, the general who had just surrendered to Yue Fei.
Niu Gao was a new general and didn't know Zhao Huan's true identity. He just felt that this general was indeed very special among the Yue Family Army.
But he didn't think much about it. After all, this careless man couldn't have imagined that the officials of the Song Dynasty would be by his side.
She even drank with him and got drunk by him too much!
Niu Gao now stood up and refuted Zhao Huan unceremoniously.
"There is something that a certain family said that the general said before that I cannot agree with.
Although Mr. Niu felt sorry for Zhong Xiang, the general could rest assured that he would never show mercy when he tried to kill the bandit Kou's family in the future.
But just now the general said that Prime Minister Zhong was deceiving the people. Some people think that the general said this a bit too much!
This court..."
"Niu Gao, shut up!" Yue Fei suddenly opened his eyes and shouted angrily, shouting Niu Gao away. His eyes when looking at Zhao Huan also changed slightly, seeming to be a little request.
Zhao Huan knew that Yue Fei didn't want him to have any objections to this careless general, so he couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head.
"In fact, the certain family understands what General Niu Gao wants to say. We are all brothers and there is no need to be so cautious. The certain family is not the eunuch sent by the imperial court to supervise the army.
This court does have problems. Jiangnan is so corrupt now, and this court cannot get rid of its own problems.
But this does not prevent Zhong Xiang from being fundamentally wrong.
Of course, a certain family did not say that Zhong was deliberately fooling or taking advantage of the people. You have all heard about his character. Although he is not a person who has both loyalty and justice, he is not a treacherous person.
His Manichaeism has indeed allowed many people to slowly live a good life.
With this ability, if his ambition was not so great, he would have no problem with the court letting him guard one side.
Of course, apart from his greater ambition, he has no other problems to speak of, but he goes against the greatest truth in the world.
He wants to equalize the rich and the poor, to equal the rich and the poor, which of course does not matter, because people in this world are not worried about poverty but inequality.
But he has forgotten that this person is not divided into grades, but things are divided!
For example, the biggest flaw in his policy is how to treat the people around him?
Before Yang Yao succeeded Zhong Xiang, it can be said that he worked hard and made great achievements. It is not an exaggeration to say that Yang Yao single-handedly resisted the imperial army.
But how should Zhong Xiang reward him?
Is it possible to tell him, "Equal wealth to the poor, equal wealth to the poor" and then have Yang Yao obediently forget all his merits?
Okay, even if Yang Yao becomes this saint for the people of the world, what about his wife and children?
Even his son is willing to follow his father and become a saint, but what about his grandson?
Yang Yao's achievements will not be erased by this slogan, but will become the biggest loophole of this slogan. If Yang Yao is awarded a reward, he will become an uneven person.
If he doesn't give it, then Prime Minister Zhong will become someone who treats his subordinates harshly!
Of course someone knows what you are going to say. You would say that for Yang Yao’s great achievements, it is only natural that he should receive rewards and enjoy special privileges!
But what about others?
Whether Zhong Xiang wants to achieve something or to protect himself, as long as he is not destroyed, this situation will continue to happen to the many soldiers and generals under his command.
More and more people want credit, and more and more people want rewards.
They are all meritorious people, and of course they should all be rewarded. But after being rewarded, will they become uneven people again?
When they retire from the battlefield, will they also need fertile land, servants, and people to support them?
So where do these things come from?
If he keeps doing it, what will be the difference from now?
Oh... He doesn't have such high taxes, but what happens after a long time?
When the war begins, his daily consumption will flow like water, and his daily money and food will be consumed crazily.
How long do you think they can maintain such an equal distribution of wealth and poverty? "
"...This...this..." Niu Gao seemed to be at a loss by Zhao Huan's statement, "Is it possible that there is no way for ordinary people to survive in this world?
Is it possible that the world cannot allow people to live peacefully? "
Niu Gao seems to really be unable to accept this reality, and perhaps many people cannot accept it.
But this is not a big problem, nor is it a dead end.
"Have you ever heard that General Niu's family background was not very good in his early years?" Zhao Huan suddenly said such a sentence, which made Niu Gao a little stunned, but he still bowed and answered.
"In the early years, our family hid in the mountains and forests to avoid wars. It was not a seclusion, at most it was just to avoid disaster. It was indeed a bit difficult to live a sparsely populated life.
When I was young, in order to have three meals a day, a certain family cut down wood all year round, and then walked more than thirty miles to exchange for some money and food.
This kind of life passed for many years. "
"What about now?"
"Now?" Niu Gao laughed, "The general wants to say that the certain family knows about it, but the general must not forget that the certain family has been very strong since he was a child.
At most, a certain family can walk as fast as they can with hundreds of kilograms of firewood. Only then can they get through the days and achieve their current achievements.
It is natural for a certain family to have this strength, but what if the people don't have it? "
"If God doesn't give it, people won't take it?" Zhao Huan also went back directly, "General Fu Qing is a bricklayer, Wang Gui was a hunter, and Yao Zheng was a blacksmith apprentice.
There are so many miserable people in this world who cannot survive!
There is a problem in the court, and it is our failure to solve it. It is our fault, so we must correct it and reverse it!
But what about outside the court?
If the government is clear now, the Jin people have retreated, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment again, there is no need to worry about losing their lives anytime and anywhere.
Then they really won’t suffer from inequality anymore?
In this world, people rise up every day, and people fall into despair every day. Some of the people who rise up may be scum, but it doesn’t mean that there are no opportunities in this world?
Tian Xingjian, a gentleman, should constantly strive for self-improvement, instead of waiting for me to hold my rice bowl and beg the people to eat it!
General Niu must remember that if the people themselves cannot figure this out, then there is nothing we can do about it.
The court will eventually get better, and I will do my best to do this. But it is not Prime Minister Zhong's hope that can save these tens of millions of people, nor is it just sitting around waiting for the court's rescue.
It's them!
Only by walking out of this path can you really stand up.
Zhong Xiang cannot give them this, but I can give it to them! "
After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he looked at everyone's contemplative eyes again. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. The biggest problem in the chaos in Jiangnan was not that Yang Yao could fight.
It's their hope that people can't bear to destroy.
And Zhao Huan wanted to be the first to destroy the false hope and utopian happiness they brought, which was nothing more than self-deception.
