Chapter 22 Southwest Toast
He Xi said: "Whose families do the toasts you mentioned have?"
Zhao Zongshou removed the tiger skin and said: "The Sizhou Tian family, the Shuidong Song family, the Panzhou Yang family, the Shuixi Luo family, the She family, the Guangxi Cen family------" Almost all the big chieftain families said it.
He Xi smiled slightly after hearing this and thought to himself: "If you go by your words, there will never be peace in the southwest."
He Xi did not believe that all the chieftains would rebel together. To put it bluntly, if the southwestern chieftains had such determination and could coordinate, they would have no problem forming a country on their own.
However, there are more problems between chieftains and chieftains than between chieftains and the court.
However, He Xi also believed that Zhao Zongshou was not talking nonsense, and there might be someone supporting him. Otherwise, he would not dare to say such big words here.
He Xi said: "Since the Southwest Chieftain has a loyal heart, I will ask your Majesty to issue a decree to commend him."
Zhao Zongshou said: "If you do this, wouldn't it chill the hearts of people far away?"
The Beijing court issued a decree to praise the Southwest chieftains, and the Nanjing court was naturally very vigilant towards the Southwest chieftains. It is even possible to punish these chieftains in advance. Under such a situation, it is strange that Southwest Chieftain can benefit.
Although the Southern Army was repeatedly frustrated by the Northern Army.
It does not mean that the Confederate Army cannot fight.
In this era of the Southern Army, a thousand households had no problem with over 10,000 chieftains. Several guards joined forces and these chieftains took action together without any problem. Not to mention, the people who are in charge of the southwest are all veterans, such as Gu Cheng. Almost all of this veteran's achievements in the title of marquis were achieved by killing heads in the southwest chieftain.
If the southwestern chieftains dare to rebel, they won't mind taking the knife.
He Xi said, "Then what do they want?"
Zhao Zongshou said: "I can only represent that they will send troops to respond to the capital when necessary?"
He Xi said: "When necessary? When?"
At this moment, He Xi felt a sense of worthlessness.
It's really of no use.
If Beijing does not gain a strategic advantage, these chieftains will probably not take sides. However, once Beijing gains a strategic advantage over Nanjing, the rest of the war will be just chopping vegetables and melons, without the help of these chieftains at all.
The so-called help from these toasts seems to be useful. But in fact, it is too much to say that it is not useful at all. It is probably just a little useful.
Zhao Zongshou said: "I thought that when the army captured Guanzhong."
He Xi felt something in her heart and thought to herself, "This is because the news has been leaked."
He Xi has been hesitating and thinking about whether to open another battlefield in the northwest. Or how to open a new battlefield in the northwest direction. Now that Zhao Zongshou said this, He Xi's first thought was that the news had been exposed, but he thought about it again and again.
In the end, I felt that it was impossible for Zhao Zongshou to know what he was thinking. He doesn't have that channel.
He Xi said: "Capture Guanzhong?"
Zhao Zongshou was shocked and immediately said: "My lord, I thought that the imperial court had hundreds of thousands of cavalry, which could not be used on both sides of the Yellow River. It would be better to detour to the northwest and join forces in Guanzhong. When the army arrived in Guanzhong, the chieftains of each family set up troops in the southwest and went straight to Chongqing. , and join the army at Xiangyang, then the world will be divided, Nanjing will be attacked on several sides, and the defeat is certain. Then your majesty will return to Nanjing, worship Xiaoling, and the world will be united. Peace will be achieved all over the world."
He Xi thought to himself that it seemed possible for a large number of cavalry to fight in a roundabout way.
However, Zhao Zongshou did not take it to heart when he said that the chieftain was going north. In his opinion, if the army could capture Guanzhong and Shanxi was backed by three sides, even if Geng Bingwen was there, the morale of the army would definitely be unstable. Even if Geng Bingwen withdrew from Shanxi, it would be a disaster. certain. At that time, half of the country in the north was located between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River. How could Nanjing be able to stop the iron horse of the north?
Victory is just a matter of time.
Now if the chieftain sends troops, he will definitely murder the Han people, which may not be a good thing for Beijing. What's more, He Xi was also worried about Tusi's fighting ability. Although Guizhou Tusi is not far from Chongqing, can they really win Tusi?
Don’t use the soldiers and horses of the early Ming Dynasty
Compared with the soldiers and horses in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Chongqing Jiancheng. With only one determined general or civil servant, it is normal for the chieftains to be unable to capture the territory for several months.
He Xi felt that Zhao Zongshou's words were not as fruitful as the fact that he had brought about using cavalry to carry out the northwest roundabout.
He Xi didn't answer and said, "What's the Mu family's attitude?"
Zhao Zongshou said: "This is the Mu family's attitude when I come here."
He Xi looked at Zhao Zongshou and felt that there was something wrong with this man's speech. But he thought along Zhao Zongshou's train of thought and had some ideas in his mind.
Is the Mu family planning to place bets in advance in Beijing?
Or it's not betting in advance, it's just matchmaking. If Beijing's advantages will be further obvious in the future, then the Mu family will naturally come from behind to the front. If Beijing fails in the future. The Mu family was not involved in what happened today. It was just a crime of negligence at most.
He Xi couldn't help but think of Mu Ying. He thought to himself: "Brother Mu is so arrogant, but now this junior is so arrogant. It's really ------"
Although Mu Ying is a distinguished person, he came out of blood and fire after all. The heroic spirit in him is better than the noble temperament. What is the noble temperament? It is this kind of calculation of interests very clearly, and everything is only for profit.
He Xi said: "I might as well make it clear that all the chieftains in the southwest are responsible for guarding their territory. As long as the chieftains do not violate laws and disciplines, the imperial court has no intention of sending troops to the southwest. As for the others, I'm sorry that they don't need it. Of course, if they are willing to accept the imperial court's commendation , that’s another matter.”
This is also He Xi's true attitude.
Southwest development only develops main roads. If possible, He Xi hopes to open up a major road from Hunan through Yunnan and Guizhou to Myanmar and the ports in the Indian Ocean. This transportation line must be located near the county. This ensures control of this road.
As for other places that are far away, forget it. Be it toast or other forms of existence. As long as it doesn't hinder Daming. Just keep it for now.
After all, in He Xi's view, the same manpower and material resources invested in Nanyang, North America, and Australia are better than those in the southwest. It is even good to invest in India. Why bother digging into the ravine here?
Of course, with the economic development, this road will definitely have an economic siphon effect, attracting people from the mountains, and it is not impossible to slowly transform the Tusi into a county. Just go to war and let hundreds of thousands of troops crawl into the ravine.
There are many undeveloped places on earth, so there’s no need to stick around here.
He Xi didn't have many requirements for these toasts. If they are willing to accept Beijing's edict now, that's great. Nanjing will definitely get rid of the southwestern chieftains and then quickly, which will contain a lot of Nanjing's troops.
As long as these chieftains are still alive after the war, He Xi will not be stingy with numerous praises, and it may not even be impossible for them to be granted overseas vassal status.
But they don't want to. If they want Beijing to stand out, they want to take advantage of the chaos and rob it. forget about it.
Zhao Zongshou's heart thumped and he thought to himself, "What should we do?"
Zhao Zongshou put his hope of turning around in meeting He Xi this time, but He Xi was so indifferent to their conditions that he didn't know what to do. Are you going back in such despair?
After he goes back, unless he hides his name and never appears in Vanity Fair again, he may not end up well if he doesn't fight in the future.
"That's right." He Xi said, "When you get back, go tell Butler Bai and let him take care of himself."
He Xi is not interested in the Southwest Chieftain, but he still has feelings for the Mu family. Moreover, the army in the hands of the Mu family is not a ragtag group of southwestern chieftains, but an army of the Ming Dynasty, if nothing else. Mujia was neutral at the critical moment, so that the southwestern Ming army could not be used by Nanjing. This relieves a lot of pressure on the front line.
The Mu family and the Southwest Chieftain are completely different from each other.
Zhao Zongshou immediately said: "I understand."
At this moment, Zhao Zongshou's heart moved and he thought to himself: "This may be my opportunity."
Naturally, he is not planning to go back to the Southwest, at least not now. From this simple message, he saw someone who could be valued by He Xi.
Not an opportunity of opportunity. So he prepared for an adventure.
If you succeed, you will be famous. If you fail, it will be nothing more than a head in a different place.
