Chapter 219 Jiangning Xu Qing is here!
Chapter 219 Jiangning Xu Qing is here! (2nd update, please give me the guaranteed monthly ticket)
"According to the intelligence from our Red Flower Society brothers, suddenly, many rumors about the young master appeared..." Su Lianqing came from Lingnan transporting military supplies and reported the news he got on the way to Xu Qing.
According to her judgment, this news was first transmitted from Longchang Posthouse, the territory of Shuixi An family.
When Xu Qing received the news, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Can eating his meat make you immortal?
Do you think he is Tang Monk?
But it was Xu Qing who caused the astronomical phenomenon that alarmed the star Wenqu.
Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other.
Qiannan Province is a place of poverty, bad water and mountains, and there are many unorthodox ways and demons. These people have always been lawless, so it is not surprising that they believe in rumors.
Unfortunately, these people probably don’t realize that he, Xu Qing, is not Elder Tang, but the strong and powerful Elder Sun.
Xu Qing said slowly: "The An family is such a coward that they actually thought that a mere rumor could scare me away. This time you will go to Longchang Posthouse with me."
To be honest, among his subordinates, Su Lianqing is the most comfortable using them.
Yan Shan has considerable talents, but he is not as ruthless and meticulous as Su Lianqing in doing things.
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Xu Qing then continued, "The terrain of Qiannan Province is complex. Even if we conquer the Tusi, it will be difficult to manage. The existence of Tusi has its own significance. It is a long and arduous task to change Tusi into common people. After we conquer the Tusi this time, the focus is to establish a long-term business relationship so that they have to rely on us."
Su Lianqing understood that this was a strategy to remove the fuel from the fire.
When the chieftains get used to commercial benefits, their will and strength of resistance will weaken.
Why did Heshan Dao incite the Yang family to rebel?
This was because after the Dongming Gang was won over by the imperial court, the seas were opened in Lingnan and southern Fujian, and the Maritime Customs Office was re-established, which greatly weakened the smuggling interests of the Heshan Dao and local nobles.
This is the fundamental reason.
As for revenge against the imperial court, that was the superficial reason.
Yang's rebellion was also based on economic considerations.
Because although the Yang family has the strongest overall strength, their trade routes are blocked by the imperial court and big chieftains like the An family. If they don't make any noise and just get the benefits, over time their status will naturally be replaced by big chieftains like the An family.
After all, the rise and fall of chieftains was the result of the imperial court's deliberate actions.
But the current head of the Yang family is unwilling to accept this outcome, so he rises up to fight.
Anyway, Emperor Chengzu had set a good example, so it wasn't as if the rebellion of the local princes was doomed to fail, right?
What is the difference between being a person without dreams and being a salted fish?
As for the independence of the chieftains, they were even better than when Chengzu rebelled.
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After two days, the rumor that Xu Qing was the elixir of life became more and more intense, and even Lord Zhou was alarmed and went to ask Xu Qing about it.
Xu Qing was naturally fearless. He asked his uncle to take care of the internal affairs and his nephew and son-in-law would take care of the external affairs for the time being, so there was no need to worry.
By the way, Xu Liushou also performed the martial art of uprooting willow trees, showing his bravery which directly shocked the soldiers of Juzhou. After seeing this scene, everyone was completely subdued.
I even couldn't help but wonder, is Xu Liushou really the Star of Literature?
Isn’t this the Wu Qu star?
Some scholars also explained that the Confucian master is like Xu Liushou, who has a high martial arts value. Xu Liushou is the ancient Confucian Gongyang School tradition, which is different from the current Cynicism.
This scholar was a scholar named Yang. He was not a member of the Fushe Society. He simply failed the provincial examinations several times and was quite resentful of the contemporary eight-legged essay examination.
If Xu Liushou had not had the foresight to recognize a talent and invited him to join the army as an aide, everyone would have been studying the history of the uprising of private salt dealers in the late Tang Dynasty.
Don't think in the wrong way. I just wanted to learn how to smuggle salt and get out of poverty and become rich. I had no other thoughts.
As for whether the smuggling of salt will lead to the formation of gangs or armed struggles, that will only happen naturally.
In any case, Yang Xiucai is very dissatisfied with the current imperial examination system.
Although the difficulty of the provincial examination in Qiannan Province is already very low, there are always scholars from other provinces with strong imperial examination performance who try to immigrate to grab the quota of juren in Qiannan Province.
The household registration immigration based on the imperial examination is actually quite difficult to implement, but it is not impossible.
Moreover, the real masters in Qiannan Province were the chieftains, and the gentry had to stand back.
The chieftains didn't have to take the imperial examinations at all, and the imperial court often gave them backdoors in this regard, but the chieftains ignored them.
To put it bluntly, in their eyes, being an official in the court means transforming from a human being into a slave.
This naturally gave the gentry families in other provinces the opportunity to exploit loopholes.
It has to be said that the civil servants of this dynasty are extremely good at exploiting loopholes in the system.
Yang Xiucai looked down on the cynical civil servants of the time, but was completely submissive to Xu Qing. He was completely subdued by Xu Liushou both physically and mentally.
He had no other ideas at the moment and just wanted to follow Xu Liushou.
Therefore, Yang Xiucai was still not at peace even after becoming a staff member.
There were rumors outside that Xu Liushou was an elixir of life. When Yang Xiucai was drunk, he directly said that Xu Liushou had the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, and the appearance of the sun and the moon. He thought that Xu Liushou was an elixir of life. That was too much of an underestimation of Xu Liushou.
If Yang Xiucai had not been completely drunk, he would probably have said that Xu Liushou was destined to be a Purple Star Fate, and Wenquxing was nothing!
However, the people in the southwest were originally unwilling to submit to the king's rule, and they often said strange things to the court.
Moreover, several great talents and scholars of this dynasty had been exiled to several southwestern provinces, so it was natural that they would talk about strange things during their daily lectures.
So it's nothing new.
Especially in neighboring Bashu, Taoist culture is prevalent and there are many lawless things.
Everything was ready, and Xu Qing set off for Longchang Posthouse with Su Lianqing, several tea merchants' shopkeepers, and a group of followers.
As Xu Qing's bodyguard, Feng Qingtian is now ordered to protect Lord Zhou.
The southwestern region refused to accept the king's rule, and the dynasty's fortune was greatly reduced. Moreover, it was now a period of Tusi rebellion, and the personal safety of officials was not guaranteed.
On the other hand, Shuixi Dama is very famous in the southwest.
These tea merchants from Lingnan are also sponsors of the Red Flower Society. They are now coming here to take the opportunity to expand the tea-horse trade.
Horses have always played an important role in commerce and military.
Even if the tea merchants do not use it themselves, they can resell it to the government.
In a sense, the number of horses can directly reflect the strength of the imperial court.
The An family is good at raising horses, so in terms of military strength, they are slightly better than the Yang family.
The Fire Cloud Horse ridden by Xu Qing had been nourished by Xu Qing's Thunder Sound for a long time. It was like a martial artist practicing martial arts and was much taller and stronger than when it first came into Xu Qing's hands.
The current Huoyun Horse is even more powerful than the average martial artist.
However, the resources consumed by raising a Fire Cloud Horse are equivalent to those of a hundred war horses. This guy is getting more and more picky, and he has also learned the bad habit of drinking.
The Fire Cloud Horse's coat is now even purer, just like white clouds, and its hooves are as bright as fire. Combined with its tall stature, it is definitely a celestial horse that has descended to earth.
When he appeared at the Juzhou Horse Farm, he had a kingly aura. Tens of thousands of horses submitted to him and many mares couldn't help but go into heat.
In addition, Huoyun Horse can now understand human language. Except for the inability to speak, its intelligence is no different from that of a normal child.
Su Lianqing couldn't help but secretly wonder whether this Fire Cloud Horse would transform into a spirit in a few years and cultivate powerful magical powers.
A group of people went to Longchang Posthouse.
Along the way, the mountains are high, the roads are long and steep.
But with Xu Liushou here, no matter how difficult the road is, it will be easy to walk.
Many bandits and evil spirits appeared among them.
Many times, before everyone could react, Xu Liushou had already solved the problem.
The shopkeepers sent by these tea merchants all guessed that Xu Liushou was the leader behind the Red Flower Society. Now, seeing Xu Liushou's powerful force that could kill people with ease, they were extremely afraid. After returning, they would definitely report to the tea merchants behind them. Xu Liushou must not be offended.
Especially some hidden evil demons, they were completely unaware but were easily found out by Xu Liushou.
It was too terrible to offend such a person. He would definitely take advantage of you, and you would not be able to hide. Xu Qing did not waste the corpse of the evil spirit, but sent it to the local government, who ordered him to find a coroner to perform an autopsy and then hand in the autopsy experience.
In fact, Xu Qing is now actively supporting the government's coroners in performing autopsies on humans.
In addition, he himself had the medical skills taught by Danxi Weng, and had his own insights in this area. He also wrote related books and sent them to Xinmin Daily, Shuntian Times, and Daming Daily for publication.
With his current reputation, if he takes the initiative to do these things, there will definitely be imitators.
Xu Qing's goal is not to do well in this area, but mainly to serve as a benchmark.
For example, the water boiled from willow branches has some curative effect, so Xu Qing offered a high reward and asked people to study the reason why willow branches can cure diseases.
These influences became increasingly greater after he became the incarnation of Wenqu.
It is difficult to carry out reforms from top to bottom, but as a person in a high position, it is easy to exert influence by influencing all walks of life.
For example, the old emperor played a significant role in the development of Taoism and alchemy.
In Xu Qing's opinion, if he had a lot of time left, he would definitely combine the intelligence of people all over the world to compile a martial arts and Taoist scripture to explain the mysteries of martial arts and Taoism.
Because the more you practice, the more you need to rely on wisdom, and a person's wisdom is limited.
It is better to use the wisdom of the world to help your own practice.
As for whether too many practitioners will lead to insufficient resources for the Dayu Dynasty, that is inevitable, so the dynasty can continue to expand.
When conflicts are directed outward, internal friction will naturally be reduced.
These are big strategies, and they won’t take one or two years. Maybe Xu Qing won’t be able to wait until that day, but he can make a start.
Moreover, the longer-term Xu Qing plans, the stronger the cohesion of his subordinates will be.
But in fact, only Xu Qing himself knows whether he can live after July next year. Only then will he know.
Even so, Xu Qing had no intention of indulging himself in madness as he was approaching death.
Because he cherishes everything he has now and his achievements.
Career is another continuation of life.
After he realized this, his sense of life and death had become very weak.
The three armies can win the commander, and each man can't win the ambition.
He began to understand the meaning of "ambition".
"Awu is about to give birth, and it must be a son." Xu Qing thought of his beloved wife, and his heart was filled with tenderness.
It's not that he is prejudiced against boys and girls, but as the legal wife, giving birth to a son is a good thing for all parties.
More importantly, it’s best that he doesn’t die young.
Otherwise, his family and friends would have no choice but to go out to sea or to a foreign land.
Su Lianqing seemed to be able to sense Xu Qing's emotions and said, "Sir, I have already followed your instructions and asked the old Taoist priest to look after the lady. Once there is a result, the Taoist priest will immediately send a message."
The birth of the little master is naturally the top priority of Xu Qing’s camp now.
To be honest, she is becoming increasingly confused about the current situation in the world.
Things seem to be getting better, but there are more and more things happening in the world. The chaos on the border and the various undercurrents in the inland provinces are all very alarming.
But the court's silver was also increasing.
But can we say that people’s lives are getting better?
To be honest, except for the southeast, the lives of people in many provinces are getting worse and worse.
One is natural disaster, the other is man-made disaster.
Because the reform was a good policy in some places, it gave the government an excuse to exploit the common people in more places, and many small landlords were also greatly harmed by the reform.
But the imperial court had money, the army was stronger, and its power to suppress local forces was stronger than before.
In fact, some scholars in the Daming Daily in Nanzhili have even concluded that the population of this dynasty is the largest in all dynasties, but the land and grain have not increased to the same level as in previous dynasties. Moreover, the mountains and forests are becoming increasingly scarce, and the number of animals is also decreasing. The average amount of meat that the people get is actually less than in the Middle Ages.
Anyway, the conclusion reached by these scholars is that there are too many people now, and if there were fewer people, it would be beneficial to everyone in the world.
In fact, quite a few wealthy people responded to this kind of speech.
However, there were also many gentry who turned into workshop owners who opposed it, because population meant money to them, and the more people there were, the lower the labor cost.
They don't care about the consumption of land and food, but they care more about whether the workshop can be expanded and whether the cost of labor can be cheaper.
Moreover, they have the profits from maritime trade, so they are only worried about insufficient output and are not afraid of having no market.
With the benefits of maritime trade, production can be expanded, and it is a dimensionality reduction blow to those workshops that do not benefit from maritime trade.
This is another level of annexation, which is more covert than land annexation but also more terrifying.
Based on Su Lianqing's personal understanding, he has no idea what the world will become, because some old orders are collapsing, while new orders are still in the birth stage.
In her opinion, the direction of the future has been swinging between great order and great chaos.
The source of everything is actually the young master.
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Xu Qing naturally had no awareness that he was the source of trouble in the world.
"I read the Twenty-Three Histories, which said that history is the history of emperors and generals. This is both right and wrong." Seeing that they were about to arrive at Longchang Posthouse, Xu Qing chatted with Su Lianqing.
"What do you think, sir?"
"I'm just saying it randomly, it may not be correct. In my opinion, it can be summed up in eight words: 'The people set the stage, and the heroes perform.'"
Su Lianqing was stunned when she heard this, and felt that these eight words were quite meaningful.
The people of the world are the stage, and the heroes are the actors?
While Su Lianqing was stunned, Xu Qing shouted to the Longchang Posthouse in front of him: "Xu Qing from Jiangning is here, please ask the old hero An to come out and see me."
His attitude was clear. This time he came to see me in plain clothes and it had nothing to do with court business.
So, you, the An family, dare to come out and meet Mr. Xu?
The power of one person is like that of thousands of troops.
The people of the Shuixi An clan suddenly felt as if a dark cloud was looming over the city, threatening to destroy it.
It seemed that the thousand-year-old reputation of the Shuixi An family had become shaky today because of Xu Qing's few words.
He only has a few people.
But this pressure is extremely heavy and real.
Especially in Longchang Posthouse, the Shuixi horses of the An family all crawled on the ground and trembled, as if they sensed that some terrible danger was approaching.
These horses had followed An's soldiers in many expeditions in Qiannan Province. They had all seen blood and were not afraid of even ghosts, but now they were all trembling.
The An family members became increasingly uneasy.
The more uneasy they were, the more terrible the danger seemed.
The time around me seemed to be speeding up, everything in front of me suddenly became gray, and the sky was rapidly turning dark.
Especially the warriors and wizards under the An family, they are more sensitive.
The sky was not only getting darker, but it was not pitch black. In their perception, stars appeared in the sky.
Those were the Seven Stars of Xuanwu defined by the people of the Central Plains. The terrifying murderous power fell from the starry sky and covered the entire Longchang Posthouse.
Supernatural powers and Taoism!
The powerful figures in the An family could not have imagined that before they even met officially, this legendary Wenquxing would give them a terrifying show of power.
It was a real show of force, and all the big horses prostrated themselves on the ground.
(End of this chapter)