The night was dark, and Gao Fang and Dong Sankuo, who had been arguing for a whole day, did not come to any result, so the matter was naturally put aside again.
There is a reason why one of the two supports defense and the other supports offense.
And this reason is not due to national interests, but family interests.
Now that the Gao family has taken over the power of Dali State instead of the Dong family, they naturally hope to resist safely.
Once in wartime, Gao Fang can legitimately control the army and attack dissidents.
Secondly, this method of defending the city is the safest. Even if the Zhou army breaks through the Changcheng County, Shicheng County and Shengma City, there will still be Shanchanfu and Yangju City, so they can attack them simultaneously. Make conditions.
As for Dong Sankuo, although his official position was that of a general, in fact, as early as the Nanzhao period, this official position was divorced from the military position, and he could only be regarded as a deputy prime minister.
Nowadays, Gao Fang is the founding hero of the country. He is still Dong Sankuo's predecessor. He has more than 100,000 clan members. With him as a Qingping official, Dong Sankuo, a general, can't get any power. It's good to keep his family.
Therefore, Dong Sankuo tried his best to persuade Duan Sicong to take the initiative.
Although Dong Sankuo knew very well that it would be difficult to defeat the Zhou army that occupied Wumeng City by taking the initiative.
But what does this have to do with Dong Sankuo? It was a stalemate, but he could attack Gao Fang from behind for his faulty command.
For example, if the Gao clan sends few troops, it can be said that the Gao clan wants other tribes to die.
If the children of the Gao family suffer heavy losses, it is said that the Gao family, as the Qiancheng family of the country, is neglected in military preparation and cannot resist foreign enemies.
If you lose the fight, well, of course you don’t need to say anything if you lose the fight.
By then, Gao Fang's power will be greatly weakened, and his reputation will plummet. We don't know what will happen to Dali Kingdom, but it will definitely be a good thing for the Dong family, or for him, Dong Sankuo.
As for why Dong Sankuo acted as if he didn't care whether Dali existed or not when facing an invasion from foreign enemies, there was actually a reason.
First of all, after Gao Fang took power, the Dong family's life became very difficult.
The two surnames Gao and Dong are common white surnames, and there have always been conflicts. In the past, when Dong Jialuo was in power, he did a lot to rectify the Gao family. Now that Gao Fang is in power, the Dong family still wants to live well?
Although in order to maintain the white-dominated scene in Dali, it would not be necessary to overthrow the Dong family, but it is still possible to overthrow Dong Sankuo.
Dong Sankuo has deeply felt this. If the Gao family continues to be in power, the Dong family may be able to exist, but Dong Sankuo and his descendants will have to shed their skin even if they don't die.
Secondly, it comes from the ethnic origin of white people.
Although the conclusion drawn by later generations is that the white people and the Han and Tibetans are basically of the same origin, they are the Erhai and Kunming barbarians formed by a branch of the Di Qiang in the pre-Qin Dynasty that went south, and may also be mixed with a little blood of the ancient Shu people, Bo people, and Chu people.
But at this time, the only ancestry recognized by the white people was the nobility of Chu.
They almost all claimed that they were descendants of Chu general Zhuang Qi, king of Dian, or descendants of those who followed Zhuang Qi into Yunnan to establish the Dian Kingdom. Some of them were bold and shameless and dared to claim to be descendants of the Chu royal family.
At this time, if you tell white people that they are Diqiang people, they will definitely consider it an insult and they will fight you to the death.
They speak Chinese, read and write Chinese characters, use Chinese surnames, are familiar with Confucianism, and look similar to Han people. All these characteristics make white people think that there is not much difference between them and Han people.
To be honest, among the people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan at this time, except for white people, the rest are somewhat black.
Even the Dai people who have many fair-skinned and pretty beauties in our impression in later generations are all a bit dark. Only white people have fair skin and look different from the surrounding indigenous people.
This difference in appearance gave the white people a sense of self-confidence. They despised other tribes who liked to wear black and looked darker as Wuman, Heicuan, etc.
The more they come into contact with the Central Plains, the more they believe that King Zhuang Qi of Dian is real and the legends of their ancestors are true. They are the descendants of the Chu royal family and the Chu nobles who moved south, because the people of the Central Plains are as fair and tall as them. It's a group of people.
This is also an important reason why Han people in Nanzhao Kingdom can achieve high positions as officials and maintain power through their families, because white people basically regard Han people as their own race.
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Dong's barracks, in the secret room, the Dali Kingdom at this time was actually still in the stage of transition from slave society to feudal society.
The power in the country is somewhat similar to that of the Ji Zhou Dynasty. The king is just the co-owner, and the major families below have their own fiefdoms and tribes of private soldiers.
The country's military force is also composed of the imperial army and the soldiers of various families.
Although the Dong family has been suppressed, it has nearly 100,000 members. It is the third largest family among white people after the kings Duan family and Gao family. Naturally, it also has its own territory and tribes.
However, this is what Dong Sankuo is worried about.
The existence of the Dong family is a great threat to the Gao family who has monopolized power. The Gao family will not allow the existence of the Dong family.
But they could not swallow up the Dong family, let alone massacre the Dong family, because that would weaken the status of the white people over other ethnic groups in Dali.
Therefore, Gao Fang, the patriarch of the Gao family and the Qingping official of Dali, had only one choice: to kill Dong Sankuo, and then choose a Dong family member who was willing to submit to the Gao family to be the Dong family leader.
In the secret room, there were only two people, Dong Sankuo and his nephew Dong Mohe. For Dong Sankuo, the only person he could trust at the moment was his nephew in front of him.
Because his son Dong Kuomei was still young, the power of the Dong family was actually shared between his uncle and nephew.
This is also related to the structure of the Dong family. Since the Nanzhao period, some people in the family have also served as Azhali. This is a Sanskrit word that can be translated as mentor or Buddhist teacher.
Azhali is a Buddhist sect that is now popular in Dali. Its origins are Han Tantric Buddhism, which has basically disappeared in the Central Plains.
Of course, after arriving in Dali, many localized changes that belong to Dali were added, and it can even be called Dian Mi.
Later generations directly called it the Azhali sect. The monks of this sect can eat meat, drink wine, get married and have children. They believe in the slender-waisted Guanyin and Mahakala, the king of Mahakala.
After this sect was introduced in the fifth century, it became popular in Yunnan until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties believed that this teaching was neither a Buddhist explanation nor a Tao. Its techniques were enough to move people and its explanations were enough to confuse people. This was the reason why the people in the prosperous times were in chaos and must be banned by the king's law.
So Zhu Hongwu and Mage were separated by hundreds of years, and they tried to ban it several times. It took hundreds of years to finally sweep the Azhali Sect into history.
Therefore, at this time, when the Azha Li religion was still very popular in Dali, the Dong family had two extremely important positions, one was the patriarch of the family, and the other was the hereditary Azha force of their family.
Although Dong Sankuo was the head of the Dong clan at this time, he was not Azhali. It was recognized within the family that the person who could inherit the position of Azhali was Dong Mohe.
This was established before his death by Dong Sankuo's father, Dong Mohe's grandfather, and Dong Jialuo, a great figure in the Dong family.
Now it's just that Dong Mohe has not yet officially become an Azali because of his experience and age.
If the Gao family wants to suppress the Dong family, in addition to choosing an obedient clan leader, the other option is to take away the Dong family's Azha power.
That's why Dong Sankuo can trust Dong Mohe infinitely, because once Gao succeeds, the two of them will definitely not have a good life.
Historically, Azhali was taken away by the Gao family, and it was not taken back until Dong Sankuo's grandson Dong Meiju came.
Dong Mohe walked around the room. At this moment, he already felt that something was wrong.
Because the Guo Rong and Zhang Fei they faced now were extremely cunning and had great patience to slowly plan their plans. As soon as they made a move, Dali fell into a situation where he could not survive but could not survive.
Do you think that the king who can make such a person willing to stay here in the wilderness for several years will be a bit of a girl, not in good health, and also fierce in appearance?
"Something's wrong! Something's wrong!" Dong Mohe said something was wrong twice in a row. He reviewed his experience of going to the Central Plains more than two years ago over and over again, and then suddenly raised his head.
"Uncle, last time my nephew went on an envoy to the Kingdom of Zhou, he was constantly urged by the Zhou people along the way. He only glanced at Chengdu from a distance, and then rushed all the way to the Central Plains.
After arriving in the Central Plains, he was not allowed to go to Luoyang, the sacred capital, or Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, but was summoned to Xuchang Prefecture.
Without saying a few words, Lord Zhou got furious and expelled his nephew directly. He was escorted back to Dali as he ran wildly. He didn't have time to look at Zhou Guo carefully. Do you think this could be wrong? question? "
Dong Sankuo also thought hard, "You are saying that the Zhou people deliberately concealed the actual situation of the Zhou Kingdom from you, and the Zhou Lord also deliberately acted weak to paralyze you, so why did they do this?"
The more Dong Mohe thought about it, the more he felt that he had been fooled. He slapped his hand hard and said, "Why else should the Zhou Kingdom fully support Murong Baipao's eastern expedition to Korea and Japan?
Moreover, Guo Rong did not know 21 of the thirty-five parts of Hei Cuan at that time, so he deliberately showed us the illusion of domestic chaos in the Zhou Kingdom and deceived us all. "
"What a big deal! From the emperor to the supervisors below, they worked together to make them suffer a big mistake.
If Lord Zhou hadn't been like this, we wouldn't have taken any precautions against the situation in eastern Yunnan. If Black Cuan 21 had not been mastered by the Zhou people, we would have been able to block the Zhou people in Wumeng City. "
The more Dong Sankuo thought about it, the more he realized that this was the case. He cursed angrily for a while, and then suddenly his face was startled, and he seemed to tremble slightly.
Dong Mohe also reacted at this time. He looked at his second uncle Dong Sankuo with some fear, his lips trembling.
"Uncle, what should we do? Gao Fang is an old man. Has he already understood the reason and is he waiting to catch us all in one fell swoop?"
Dong Sankuo calmed down first, with a dumbfounded look on his face, "The Zhou people on the opposite side did a great job. If they hadn't captured Black Cuan 21 as soon as they came up, Gao Fang wouldn't have dared to provoke him at this time. If there is internal fighting, you, my uncle and my nephew might already be dead."
Dong Mohe nodded with lingering fear. Lord Zhou was getting older and was no longer aggressive. There were many domestic conflicts. The garrison in Nanxi Mansion was mostly to prevent the oppressed Shu people from communicating with Dali. All Dong Mohe judged. Brought it back.
And in order to show that he had made great contributions to the Zhou Kingdom by using his intelligence and talents, Dong Mohe also publicized it everywhere.
So from another perspective, it makes sense that he, Dong Mohe, is the culprit responsible for the current passive situation.
Looking at it this way, it is true that if the people of Zhou hadn't taken action and pinched Dali's seven inches, he, Dong Mohe, would have been on the guillotine long ago.
After the uncle and nephew looked at each other, Dong Mohe, who felt that his life might be in danger at any time, said cautiously and dryly:
"Uncle, nephew, if I remember correctly, Heiba from the Violent Barbarian tribe married the sister of the leader of the Wumeng tribe. Should we think about the future of the Dong family?"
Two seemingly unrelated things, but they are actually the same thing.
The leader of the Wumeng tribe has now taken refuge with the Zhou people, and is said to be very important. The mother of Hei Ba, the violent man tribe, is the daughter of the Dong family and is also a believer of Mahakala, the god of Mahakala.
When Dong Mohe said this now, he was almost openly asking his second uncle Dong Sankuo if he could simply join the Zhou people.
Dong Sankuo thought for a long time and then slowly shook his head. It's very simple. According to the current consumption, there is no problem for Dali Kingdom to last for another year and a half.
After all, it is a big country with a population of nearly one million and a core tribe of more than 300,000 people. It still has the financial resources to support a fully retired army of 60,000 to 70,000 people for two to three years.
It is too early for a wealthy family like the Dong family to place a bet now. If something goes wrong, the entire family will suffer.
More importantly, the Dong family controls the Azhali sect, which is the most popular religion in Dali, but the Lord of Zhou also has the status of supreme heaven.
Thinking about Dong Sankuo, there must be Liufa Sect who came in with the Zhou army. So what should Dong do?
Although Azhali is now about to be snatched away by the Gao family, it is still hard to accept that a believer of the Azhali sect who has believed in Dong for three hundred years suddenly changes his religion to the Six Methods Sect! It is difficult for the tribesmen to agree.
But just when Dong Mohe was feeling a little discouraged, Dong Sankuo suddenly stopped him and whispered:
"You go find a few trustworthy people and ask them to go to Chongsheng Temple to pay homage to the fifth uncle, and ask the fifth uncle to order the monks in the city to contact the great masters of the Six Dharma Sect outside the city."
Dong Mohe was overjoyed and nodded hurriedly. Chongsheng Temple was also called Tianlong Temple in later generations. Well, it was the Tianlong Temple where Dali Duan's Six Meridians Divine Sword was used in The Eight Parts of the Sky.
This temple has been the number one Buddhist temple in the land of Yunnan since its establishment. For a temple of this status, even if the Liufa Sect is restricted by Zhang Zhang from contacting it, the Jinyi guards will definitely not let it go.
Therefore, some eminent monks in Chongsheng Temple have communication channels with the Jinyi guards. In this case, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate for them to take the front line.
Either I, Zhang Shengren, came at the right time. If I had come to Dali earlier, Dong Jialuo would still be there at that time, and the status of the Dong family would not be threatened by the Gao family.
They control the Azhali sect, and they will certainly not tolerate the tentacles of the Six Dharma Sect extending in. This kind of war, which involves protecting the country and protecting the country coupled with religious hatred, will definitely be very difficult to fight.
But at this time, the Dong family's status is in danger at any time. Now if they are asked to change their sect from the Azhali sect to the Six Methods sect, it seems that it is not so difficult to accept as long as they can be given the title of Living Buddha.
However, just when the uncle and nephew were still thinking of taking their time, Guo Rong and Zhang Fei were already preparing to give Dali a hard blow.
Of course, the two of them did not come up with this cruel job, they just had to help execute it.
This ruthless work is led by the Jinyi Guards, the bank will provide technical support, and then the Jinyi Guards will send people to implement it.
Guo Rong is holding a beautiful shell that even looks like it has a layer of glaze.
One thing that is beyond the understanding of future generations is that the current currency of Dali, which has neither copper nor gold mines, is shells.
And it is not common now. From the ancient Dian Kingdom of Zhuangqi before Nanzhao until the end of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, shell coins made of this kind of shells were in common use.
At first, perhaps a large number of shells were found near Dian Lake, and there happened to be a lack of technology for casting copper coins and gold ingots, so shell coins began to be used.
Later, when the people of the Dian Kingdom were trading with Tianzhu through the difficult and dangerous Shushen Poison Road, they happened to find many such shells on the coast of Tianzhu. So, as if they had found a treasure, they began to bring these shells back to the Dian Kingdom.
After hundreds of years, through the Shu Shen Po Road, even the ancient countries in Assam, Manipur and other places in northeastern India began to use this kind of shell currency.
Of course, at this time, Zhang Zhou was not able to go to Tianzhu and load shell coins in large ships, so what he used this time were shells collected from the coasts of Guangdong and Fujian.
There are certain differences between this kind of shells and the shells in the Indian Ocean. They are not as beautiful and the shape is a little smaller. But counterfeit currency is about being specious.
This time, the Jinyi guards directly spent 30,000 guan of silver on the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong to acquire and build shell coins that required thousands of mules and horses to transport to Dali.
The specific number cannot be calculated. It is just a rough estimate. It will not be less than 50 million.
You must know that at this time, in Dali Kingdom, one shell coin was equivalent to about five cents. In other words, these relatively low-quality shell coins collected by Zhang Zhou could be used as at least 250,000 coins.
For Dali, whose own economy is not very strong, the sudden release of shell coins worth 250,000 guan in Yangju City (Dali) and Shanchanfu (Kunming) in a short period of time is absolutely no less powerful. Yu dropped a nuclear bomb on the economic market of Dali.
By then, the wealth of all Dali people will shrink rapidly.
What's even worse is that because most of the food has been transferred to the front line, food prices have risen. With so many counterfeit coins coming in, you can imagine how food prices will start to soar.
This kind of inflation will not only stay among the people, it will quickly impact the military, causing soldiers' income to drop sharply and greatly damaging their morale.
At the same time, it will also be transmitted to the wealthy families in Dali, making them have to bear the unbearable depreciation of assets.
However, this was just one of the cruel tasks. Another cruel task was that Zhang Yan personally ordered that all the salt just produced from the artesian wells and tribute wells in Rongzhou (Yibin) should be concentrated in the hands of Guo Rong and Yin Yaozi.
At the same time, a large amount of refined salt produced by the Daning Salt Farm in Kuizhou Prefecture in the northeast of Sichuan Province was also transferred here.
Counting only what is currently in place, there are 10,000 shi of refined salt and 100,000 shi of coarse salt. This is almost the amount of salt used in Dali. Although it will not be dumped all at once, even if half of it is dispatched, it is still very scary.
And these salts are also prepared to be dumped throughout Dali like shell coins.
You know, Dali has always been short of salt, and the few salt wells are a very important and valuable source of tax revenue for Dali.
If 110,000 pieces of rock salt are dumped in a short period of time, Dali will not be able to collect the salt tax, which is vital to the country's life.
Well, after all, it comes from later generations. At least some economic warfare methods should be used. Zhang Hao believes that with these two hands in action, Dali Kingdom should be almost done.
And the reason why he spent such a high price to do this is to keep the tens of thousands of outstanding mountain soldiers in Dali. He will also send troops from Dali to conquer Bagan and Khmer in the future.
As for the Piao Kingdom, they have long been a vassal of the Dali Kingdom, and the King of Dali has long been given the title of King of Piao People.
Therefore, in the attack on Dali, the priority is still to focus on psychological attack and military warfare. Use both military and financial resources to control these white people who have the same ancestors as the Han people and make them the vanguard in conquering Southeast Asia, just like the Dai people in history.
(End of chapter)
