Zhu Chaoshi laughed: "I'm not bragging. Who is a traitor and who wants to cause harm? In an army of ten thousand people, I think I can tell. When the time comes, the sergeants from various departments will be mixed together, and no one will let God know. The prisoners of Shidao formed an army alone. If they found out where their families, wives and children were now, they would have a rough idea. If they were really spies, they would have fixed channels of contact. It would be difficult to hide it from their colleagues around them, let alone It could lead to hundreds or even thousands of people mutiny together."
Liu Daogui nodded: "That's enough. Now we have to prepare for a counterattack. No matter which way we go, we need manpower. Each of the existing 30,000 to 40,000 troops is very valuable and is used to defend Jiangling." , It’s a bit of a loss. Now that the enemy fleet has been defeated, it is almost impossible to attack Jiangling from the waterway. These 10,000 newly formed troops are more than enough to defend the water stronghold and the city. The focus is on the lurking Huan Chu Just a remnant of the party."
Zhu Chaoshi said sternly: "If it is Brother Daogui's assignment, I have no reason to refuse, but the local nobles in Jiangling, especially the brothers from the Beifu Army, can they really ignore my past this year?"
Liu Daogui sighed: "You are a general of Huan Chu, and you have a certain reputation in Jingzhou. Since you surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, you have always made great achievements in battle. I don't blame you for what happened this year. I will tell you the right and wrong. I personally announced to everyone that I want you to be a general, and I also have this consideration. I hope that your experience will enable those former Huanchu soldiers who served as officials and generals in the Huanchu regime and had issues with us to truly Let go of the previous hatred and serve the Jin Dynasty wholeheartedly, instead of just serving me personally out of gratitude for my personal trust, Liu Daogui."
At this point, Liu Daogui's face became solemn and he said sternly: "Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, more than a dozen governors of Jingzhou, from Wang Dun to Huan Xuan, have all regarded the land of Jingzhou as their family's private property and want to Separate this place for a long time. If you advance, you can go east along the Yangtze River to seize Jiankang, and commit treason like Huan Xuan. If you retreat, you can segregate and establish yourself, making Jingzhou its own independent kingdom. Therefore, the people of Jingzhou only know that there is a governor, but they do not know that there is a holy emperor. This is also the fundamental reason why the Jin Dynasty has been unable to work together for hundreds of years to conquer the Huru in the north and regain the mountains and rivers. My eldest brother sent me to Jingzhou, not to regard Jingzhou as the private property of our Liu family, but to let the soldiers, civilians, civil servants, and common people of Jingzhou, From now on, I know that there is Dajin above Jingzhou, and this is the purpose of my coming here!"
Everyone was moved when they heard this, and Lu Gui also said: "I admire Brother Daogui for his integrity. My father also said that in the future we must learn from you and make Yongzhou the Yongzhou of the Jin Dynasty, not us. Yongzhou of the Lu family!"
Liu Daogui nodded: "Only if the important governors who guard the place have no selfish motives themselves can the subordinates accept this. Therefore, I need to make the soldiers and civilians of Jingzhou understand that as long as they are loyal to the court, no matter where they are from Beifu, Still born in Huanchu, no matter whether they have made mistakes or not, they will be treated fairly and justly. I will not condone their misdeeds in Jingzhou just because they are old Beifu brothers, nor will I even succumb to demons because they are former Huanchu generals. Thieves must retaliate. Those who have done meritorious services will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes must be punished. Only in this way can we win the hearts of the people by treating them equally without distinction."
Zhu Chaoshi said excitedly: "Brother Daogui, it wasn't until today that I truly conquered you. Master has always said that we must conquer people's hearts, and how to conquer them. Only when I saw you today did I truly understand. Now, I understand why. Master is willing to forgive Hu Fan and keep him by his side for his own use, so why not implicate my elder brother because of me?"
Liu Daogui said sternly: "Yes, even if our hearts are not together, I will not force you to leave. We can fight to the death in front of you without any regrets. This is how I burned the letter to open the city and met the governor Lu alone. The reason for father and son is that, in my opinion, they are both our own people, not enemies as some people say."
"The monsters and thieves started their rebellion half by hatred and half by terror. Back then, the Wu family really oppressed the tenants and farmers, and the hatred accumulated for decades. The misbehavior of Sima Daozi, Sima Yuanxian and his son also gave them the reason to raise an army. It was a perfect excuse to intimidate hundreds of thousands of people in Wu, causing huge changes, and the repercussions have not subsided to this day."
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"But this kind of temporary resentment cannot last. When ordinary people realize that without the court, without production, and even eating is a problem, they will leave. In order to prevent those people from leaving, they rely on various means. Such cruel methods, such as eating the flesh and blood of officials and soldiers raw, making everyone's hands stained with blood, are a kind of surrender, forcing people to be unable to turn back and can only follow their path to the dark side."
"There are indeed many good men and women who believed in the lies of the Celestial Master about being promoted to immortality in case of disaster. They even threw their infant babies into the water and drowned them during the march, saying that they were going to go to the immortal road early and he would arrive later. , but this kind of lies and superstition cannot deceive most people. Just like the lie about the immortal man, about being invulnerable and dying because of his dishonesty, but in the end more and more people died, so no one believed it. . If superstition and religion cannot restrain people, the only way is to rely on extreme violence and terror to keep people from leaving."
Tan Daoji sneered and said: "Letting the whole family follow the demon thieves is also a kind of hostage management. If anyone fails to fight or wants to escape, his wife and children will be dead. This is better than ordinary officers and soldiers, whose family and property are in Under the rule of the imperial court, the control was stronger. However, when we chased the demon thieves all the way and defeated them in the battle of Yuzhou, almost all the women and children and their families were abandoned by the demon thieves. Only the more than ten thousand old thieves were still determined to fight. He ran away with Lu Xun and Xu Daofu. These people can be said to be unrepentant and unable to look back."
Liu Daogui said sternly: "Yes, so we can't learn from the demon thief, relying on controlling family members and terrorizing killings to force people to be unable to turn back. Once restraint is lost, everyone will betray their relatives. But the more than ten thousand old thieves who have been following the demon thief , but they sincerely surrendered to them. Thanks to the preaching of Tianshi Tao in the land of Sanwu for decades before, these people, and even their fathers and ancestors, had received kindness and benefits, so they would rather Leaving home and career behind, following life and death, this also proves that only by giving sincerity can people follow you. On the contrary, whether it is through temporary inducement or coercion, at most people will follow you in good times, but not in adverse times. Always follow.”
