According to intelligence, the Zhongdu court learned that a considerable number of barbarian tribes in the southwest worshiped and offered sacrifices to Zhuge Liang.
Some tribes even worship Zhuge Liang as a god. They respect Zhuge Liang quite a lot and have deified him.
The reason why many minority tribes are willing to have contact with the Han people on the Chengdu Plain is mainly because of their worship of Zhuge Liang.
Su Yonglin didn't expect it.
Zhuge Liang's intervention and development to a certain extent in the Nanzhong area when he was governing Shuzhong could have such a huge impact on subsequent history that even today so many barbarian tribes still worship and offer sacrifices to him.
These tribes may not know what Han culture is, but simply know Zhuge Liang, a special Han Chinese, and remember what Zhuge Liang did for them in the legends passed down by their ancestors. With gratitude to Zhuge Liang, they continue to worship him until now.
This can also prove from the side that Zhuge Liang did a lot of good things for the people living in the Nanzhong area, helped them a lot, and improved their living standards, so he is still remembered by them to this day.
Of course, this further proves that no subsequent ruler could have Zhuge Liang's talent and structure, and had such a profound impact on areas inhabited by ethnic minorities.
That is to say, Zhuge Liang did not have that much time. Su Yonglin even thought that if the Eastern Han Dynasty was still unified at that time, Zhuge Liang would be placed as a local official in the Nanzhong region and given military and political power, he would definitely be able to achieve more dazzling achievements.
Even so, the precious legacy Zhuge Liang left for future generations has fully demonstrated its effectiveness. It was the fulcrum of the Ming Dynasty in leveraging the restrained rule pattern that had been formed in this region for many years.
“If we can start from this aspect, inherit the practices and aspirations of Marquis Zhuge Wu, and cut off the erroneous practices of later generations of politicians with sinister intentions, we can truly achieve successful governance of this region.
Our goal is not to oppress, not to exploit, not to invade, and not to occupy, but to truly integrate the millions of tribes and ethnic groups in this area into the big group of Ming Dynasty, and to achieve the goal that has not been achieved since Zhuge Wuhou. effective management of this area. "
In order to achieve this goal, Su Yonglin devised many methods.
For example, some open tribes that have frequent business exchanges with the Han people in the central Sichuan plain jointly hold a ceremony to honor Zhuge Liang, and organize the ceremony to honor Zhuge Liang into a super business conference, a super temple fair, etc. where both parties can communicate with each other and trade on an equal footing. .
Han people and Tubo people, Qiang people, Liao people and other ethnic groups can do business at this large-scale sacrificial ceremony, or promote each other's culture, exchange their own products, etc., deepen mutual understanding, and establish Mutual trust.
All in all, the Ming Dynasty should abandon the domineering and condescending attitude of most Central Plains dynasties after Zhuge Liang, and use equality, fairness, and mutual benefit as the main entry points to help them carry out production innovation and cultural innovation.
As long as they can live a stable life, few people will still think about making trouble every day.
From the Ming Dynasty's own perspective, although the southwest region has inconvenient transportation, it is rich in mineral resources, such as copper mines.
And from a geographical point of view, this is also the rear area when the Ming Dynasty further operates Southeast Asia and South Asia.
If there is no stability here, it will be difficult to talk about the operation and management of Southeast Asia.
Therefore, the State Council of the Ming Dynasty reached a basic consensus: be tough first, then be gentle, let them know the strength and invincibility of the Ming army, and then treat them softly, which will have better results.
Adhering to this concept, Su Haisheng and Xu Tong unanimously demonstrated powerful force and established military advantages in this area.
As time goes by, the image of the Ming army's strength will be widely spread in this region.
The first goal of the Ming Dynasty was achieved.
On the 20th of the first lunar month of the eighth year of Hongwu, Xu Tong and Su Haisheng met in Xuzhou. The two exchanged views on the current military progress of the two sides and had some conversations about military operations in the coming period. The two sides exchanged many opinions.
Including but not limited to Su Haisheng's hope that Xu Tong would temporarily transfer the command of Shenji Battalion 1 to him, so that he could make some achievements in subsequent military operations.
Xu Tong believed that the ownership of military command rights needed to be reported to the Privy Council and the Central Military Affairs Department of the Renaissance Society for approval. He only had command rights and no transfer rights, so if Su Haisheng wanted to, it would be better to report it directly to China.
The two parties have had many exchanges like this.
Su Haisheng met Xu Tong for the first time. He had heard about Xu Tong's surprise attack on Lin'an with 4,000 people before. He deeply admired Xu Tong's courage and courage. Later, he heard that Xu Tong rose through the ranks and then returned to Lin'an. When Su Yonglin personally arranged to go to Sichuan and Sichuan to do things, he knew that Su Yonglin was very optimistic about him.
When they met now, Su Haisheng felt that Xu Tong was impeccable in terms of conversation, knowledge reserve and professional skills.
"It was originally your mission to pacify Sichuan and Sichuan. Now I'm here to help, won't you be unhappy?"
"How could it be? The situation in Sichuan and Shu is changing rapidly. We should not stick to the only way to do things. If there is a better choice, we should choose this way. Besides, I am not without merit in this matter, but I am not strong enough. I am not that good. It’s just big.”
Su Haisheng smiled.
"That's right. We raised an army of ten thousand people in such a short period of time. I haven't heard of many people who have this ability. Your ability is very important and will be of great use in the future. And I heard that Jiefang Sect is Did you do it here?"
Xu Tong nodded.
"Yes, although I didn't do it, the Jiefang Sect is a good thing. Originally, I only had two thousand soldiers and horses. After winning a battle, we were quite embarrassed with a large group of prisoners. As a result, the Jiefang Sect came out and expanded to 10,000 troops in a short period of time.
Now that there are more prisoners, the revolutionary army may need to expand more troops to prepare for the next battle, so Jiefangmen can be used again. Before the entire battle is over, it can raise at least an army of 30,000 people. ,This is my plan. "
"Pretty good. You are really strong in this area. No wonder the chairman likes you."
Su Haisheng patted Xu Tong on the shoulder: "I'm here mainly to help out temporarily and put out a fire. I heard that the chairman's arrangements seemed to be related to the Sichuan-Sichuan Corps... A long time ago, I thought The chairman plans to change the Qilu Corps into the Sichuan-Sichuan Corps."
Xu Tong shook his head repeatedly.
"That's probably not the case. If the Sichuan-Shu Corps is really established, I think the main responsibility of the Qilu Corps should be to go west. Considering the vast area of Western Liao, the strong national power, and the complexity of the situation in the Western Regions, I think one Hexi Corps is not enough.
The garrison should be almost there, but the full-scale attack to open up the territory may be slightly insufficient. This is not the pre-Tang Dynasty. I heard that there are many powerful countries in the Western Liao area, and even the Tubo and Qiangtang areas seem to have many Trouble, if Ming Dynasty prepares to further open the stalemate, the Qilu Corps will definitely go all the way west. "
"Go west..."
Su Haisheng looked northwest: "Since the Anshi Rebellion in the former Tang Dynasty, we must have not returned to the Western Regions for hundreds of years, right?"
"That's natural. It must have been almost four hundred years. The Song Dynasty was too incompetent."
Xu Tong shook his head and sighed: "But being able to reopen all this is also an honorable thing for a soldier."
"You're quite thoughtful."
Su Haisheng smiled, paused, as if he had thought of something, and then said: "By the way, I heard that you are now the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Army, or the director of the Sichuan-Sichuan Renaissance Branch?"
Xu Tong nodded.
"Well, yes, it was appointed by the chairman himself."
Su Haisheng paused for a while after hearing this, looked at Xu Tong for a while, and then spoke in a low voice.
"Forget it now. When Sichuan and Sichuan are almost pacified, I suggest that you resign as the director of the Sichuan-Sichuan Revival Association branch and replace it with someone else. You can lead the troops to fight, and you can also lead the troops and be responsible for the work of the Revival Association. , will make people gossip."
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