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Jiaozhi and Dali are old acquaintances and enemies, so when Duan Siyu's plan was sent to Duan Siping, after Duan Siping read it, he called a group of ministers to discuss it, and finally came to the conclusion that it was feasible.

The military strength of Jiaozhi is much worse than that of Shuzhong. If it is said that when the Central Plains conquered Jiaozhi in the past, it would fail due to problems such as climate and climate, but the climate of Jiaozhi is not much different from that of Dali. Therefore, this is fundamental. It won't be a problem.

Perhaps for the Central Plains, Lingnan is a poor place, and Annan is not a place where civilized people should live. In fact, Jiaozhi is really a good place. People here often do not know their blessings.Compared with central Sichuan, Jiaozhi is more suitable as a pure agricultural base, because it has abundant rainfall and a warm climate, so it can produce three crops a year.It's just that people here don't do that at all!

Or it can be said that those who can be called hard-working working people generally have a relatively harsh environment, while people living in places with rich natural resources are mostly lazy.After all, even if they rely on collecting fruits from trees, they can fill their stomachs by hunting a few times casually. Who would want to develop any agriculture or animal husbandry?There is no need at all!

Duan Siping now has a group of talents in his hands, and he is ready to conduct a reliable operation in Dali and Chengdu respectively, and select a group of low-level officials.That's right, it's just low-level officials, the kind of grassroots officials who have to go through a period of induction training before becoming an official.Otherwise, if the kind of people on the stalls are eloquent in their retreat, if they are really doing practical things, but they are the ones with a confused face, then they will be caught blind!

Therefore, even after Jiaozhi was attacked, it was not afraid that no one could be found to manage it. Thinking of this, Duan Siping agreed with Duan Siyu's plan to attack Jiaozhi.Of course, there is also a premise here, Duan Siyu has to issue a military order, if the loss exceeds a certain level, then he has to be punished!

Duan Siyu readily agreed. He was ambitious this time, and he hardly used any veterans. He used his own team, plus a batch of firearms produced urgently, mainly artillery, and a small amount of muskets.This batch of firearms skipped the black powder stage and used nitrocellulose directly. At least this thing is not afraid of moisture and is relatively stable. It is a bit troublesome to store, but the products shipped to the front line are all finished products that have been loaded, which is less A lot of trouble, very suitable for use in relatively humid places.

With these equipments, if Duan Siyu still loses, Duan Sijin feels that he should go back and take care of the logistics honestly!Therefore, when Duan Siyu personally brought people to the front line, Duan Sijin had already packed up his things and went directly to the Central Plains for a tour.

Duan Sijin's goal is very clear, that is, to stay in the residences of several famous sects recorded in the records of Changchun Gate. His first stop is to go directly to Jingzhou.

Jingzhou was originally the land of Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. In that era, the theory of gods and ghosts in Chu State was very popular, and there were several sects established on the land of Chu State.One of the sects has even been enshrined by the Chu royal family for generations, and the sect's resident is just outside the original city of Yingdu.

Duan Sijin searched almost every inch of the original Yingdu for hundreds of miles, and finally found clues in Yunmengze.Since the pre-Qin period, Yunmengze has undergone several changes, and it is no longer what it used to be. The site of the sect called Taihuangmen in the records of Changchunmen has been buried underground.

The name of the Taihuangmen sect alone is quite impressive, it is said that it inherited the orthodoxy of the Heavenly Emperor Taiyi, which is why it has such a name!It took a lot of effort for Duan Sijin to enter the ruins of Taihuang Gate. As the descendant of the former Heavenly Emperor, this place was almost emptied.

It was a real evacuation. Many of the original buildings were taken away. It is estimated that those were originally similar to magic weapons. The remaining broken walls and ruins may not be the place where the core personnel lived at that time.Duan Sijin searched the ruins for a long time, but did not find anything useful, that is, some strange characters or runes probably had some value.

Duan Sijin finally made a discovery, so the trip was not in vain!He found a dead bone, and looking at the words engraved on the stone slab next to the dead bone, Duan Sijin knew that this was a standard unlucky ghost.In order to break through the current realm, he has been closing the death test. Before he left the test, the sect moved away. No one thought to inform him. When he woke up, he found that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had almost disappeared. He who was able to fast without the supplement of aura, naturally cannot eat energy to live forever, and even his own cultivation base is constantly regressing, and there is nothing left for him in the sect.In the end, his lifespan was almost exhausted, so he simply went back to his residence in the sect and retired by himself.

Duan Sijin counted the time of this death retreat, and finally knew why he was forgotten. He has been in death retreat for almost a hundred years, and it may even be longer. Forget it, the problem is that when he reached his level, he didn't need to eat at all, which caused some people to remember him for a while, but after that, almost no one remembered him!The place where he retreats is not a magical building, but a closed stone room, and the news from the heavens is more urgent, so there is no time for everyone to think about it, so they hurriedly evacuate the sect that can be empty. Everything was emptied, and I thought it was impossible to leave anything behind, so I hurried to the place required by the heaven and waited to leave!

The inheritance left by this man is also very small, just a jade bottle that has eaten up all the medicines in it, and a few pieces of jade slips, which contain the skills he practiced, and some of his past knowledge, and nothing else. No more!

Duan Sijin collected the bones of this unfortunate senior, and the jade bottle was not a magic weapon. Although the quality of the jade was good, it was not worth Duan Sijin's keeping, so he was buried with him.As for those jade slips, Duan Sijin naturally accepted them with a smile.

The most important thing in the jade slips is the fundamental skills of Taihuangmen, but they don't pass on the words, they are just a picture of the sun and the sky, and what you can comprehend depends entirely on your understanding and understanding.This one who comprehended is the way of Zhiyang, and many of his realizations are recorded in it.

For Duan Sijin, these are just supplements. Duan Sijin has always visualized the World Tree, and although the image of Da Ri Hengkong is magnificent, it is actually not in line with Duan Sijin's way.

When Duan Sijin was traveling around, looking for the relics of the predecessors, Duan Siyu had already invaded Jiaozhi, and the way was almost overwhelming.

The main reason is that those firearms are quite scary. The direct release casting artillery has adopted the internal spiral technology, and the nitrocellulose gunpowder is used inside, which is already very powerful. Compared with the return artillery, the volume is much smaller and can be installed directly. With two wheels, it can be pulled by two horses. Not to mention the convenience of transportation, it is not so easy to wear and tear. Of course, the premise is that it should be cleaned and maintained frequently.

Duan Siyu went out this time, in order to succeed in one fell swoop, he directly brought the first batch of cannons, a total of fifty cannons, lined up, facing the city wall of Jiaozhi, which is much lower than other places After one round of launch, the city wall almost collapsed in half.Even if the city wall is like this, if the two armies are fighting, there is nothing to say.

Jiaozhi lacks war horses, and combat is mainly on foot, which also leads to a lack of mobility, and it is too late to run.In the end, Duan Siyu had to accept a large number of soldiers who surrendered, and this was a headache, so he could only confiscate their weapons and order them to do some coolies. Of course, he dared not hand over the really important things to these surrendered soldiers. soldiers.

Later, Jiaozhi even used his own trump card, and even the elephant soldiers came out. Unfortunately, even the elephants were no match for the power of the artillery. Under the threat of the artillery fire, the panicked elephant turned around and ran away. A severe stampede was caused and the world led to a mutiny from the army behind.

In short, Jiaozhi suffered a complete defeat in the initial battle, and they wanted to choose street fighting. Unfortunately, facing muskets, Dali's more advanced and compact crossbows, and various weapons used in close combat, Jiaozhi's resistance was extremely weak. .

Duan Siping has been paying attention to the battle of Jiaozhi. Every time Duan Siyu goes to the city, the officials sent by Duan Siping will directly take over the city, start counting the population, and screen the local wealthy families. As for the screening criteria, there are two, right? It has aroused public outrage, and there is willingness to cooperate.After all, Jiaozhi was still the territory of the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty. Therefore, although a certain slavery system still remained, the main body was already a feudal landlord system.

Exploitation is unavoidable, but if the short ones outshine the tall ones, they can always find a few typical ones. They can get one or two positions in the newly formed yamen, which can be regarded as protecting their own rights and interests.As for others, if you want to make troubles, then you have to see if Dali's blade is sharp enough!

For Jiaozhi, Dali didn’t need to be too tolerant. Therefore, many people who didn’t know how to live or die and wanted to bargain were directly punished by the Ming Dynasty, deprived of their property, distributed to the landless poor and released As for the family members, the guilty ones are dealt with according to the law, and the innocent ones are also reduced to civilians, but they can still get the same land as other civilians. As long as they work hard, they can always live on.Of course, whether these people who are used to rich clothes and fine food can put down their bodies to give birth is another question!

In short, the situation in Jiaozhi was relatively smooth. If it weren't for the bad road conditions and some complicated terrain that slowed down the marching speed, Duan Siyu and the others could have made faster progress.

Whether it is the Southern Han Dynasty, Ma Chu, Fujian, or Yue, they have all paid attention to Dali, because they are relatively close to Dali. Even if they are not enterprising, they still want to keep their current state. Therefore, it is natural to care about the situation of one's neighbors.

Dali has indeed posed a great threat to them. The most embarrassing thing for all countries is that the people have a lot of yearning for Dali.

Businessmen traveling between Dali and the Central Plains can always bring news of Dali. Now Dali has its own caravan, and more commodities are exported, and Dali’s system is also exported. For other places For the common people, it was a real shock.

Countries don’t have a good solution to this. It’s impossible to stop Dali’s caravans and goods from coming in. Dali’s goods are really good and cheap, especially from Dali and Shuzhong (Shuzhong is also now Part of Dali) textiles are now about to overwhelm the hand-woven textile industry of Yue State.

These days, because of the confusion of the currency, cloth has always been a hard currency, and the cloth from Dali is finer and thicker, and it stands to reason that its natural value is higher, but even if the shipping fee is added, it is actually cheaper than the cloth woven locally. , for those who rely on weaving for a living, that is simply a disaster!This can be said to directly impact the economic systems of various countries.

But the common people recognize this. After all, ordinary people can't control so much. They don't have much money. Since the same money can buy better things, why not?As for those who have no money, the poor cloth woven by their own family is fine for their own use. This is also the advantage of the small-scale peasant economy to a certain extent.What's more, those merchants in Dali are very generous. As long as you are willing to help with a little part-time work, they will naturally be willing to pay a certain amount of money. It doesn't matter whether you want copper coins minted in Dali or ready-made goods. .Many people went to work as part-time workers in order to get some soap, cloth and other things from the Dali caravan.

Even for that class of dignitaries, they may not be those who are far-sighted. The so-called carnivores are despicable, and they are talking about them!The vast majority of people are actually short-sighted and only see the immediate benefits. Since Dali's things are more exquisite and useful, and can better reflect their own identities, then they don't care whether they are capitalizing on the enemy or not, or they are making big money. Buy.

Therefore, even if the government issued an order, the folks should do as usual, and even a batch of buying and selling businesses were born, and smuggling transactions were secretly carried out.

Now all countries see that Dali not only has good things and can make money, but it is also so powerful in wars.It can be said that it was a surprise to take down Shuzhong before. After all, Meng Zhixiang had not lived long at that time, and Meng Chang, others did not know his ability. Therefore, Dali took advantage of the transfer of power in Shuzhong. easy.

But Jiaozhi is different. It has always been a tough nut to crack. During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, they fought with Jiaozhi many times. In fact, even if they won, they were mostly miserable victories.

As for Dali, just advancing all the way, I have never heard of how they were delayed on the road. This is not an attack on a country, it is like entering a no-man's land.Immediately, all countries felt a sense of crisis, and even pondered whether to form an alliance against Dali.

Most of the Taoist sects who have taken refuge in Dali and some of the Buddhist sects who have taken refuge in Dali sent back the news. Duan Siping was a little nervous and soon realized that there was no need to be so anxious.Because compared with Dali, in fact, the conflicts between those countries are deeper. It is simply impossible for them to put aside their past suspicions and work together to fight against Dali. What everyone is more worried about is that their own The covenant came, and the ally stabbed him in the back.

Of course, under such circumstances, Dali still had to show his muscles. Therefore, the scene of the new batch of artillery test firing was spread through secret spies from various countries.Suddenly all countries fell silent!

No one is sure to deal with Dali alone, even if the two countries deal with Dali together, they have to worry about the other party secretly attacking. The so-called long-distance and short-term attack does not apply to the present, because most of them have borders. Ma Chu and Nan Han, who are relatively strong, have long had friction with each other.

Wang Yanjun in Fujian Province was only thinking about becoming an immortal, and he didn't even know that he was close to becoming a target. He only thought that even if the ideal was to fight, the first unlucky ones would be Nan Han and Ma Chu, and it had nothing to do with him.As for the country of Yue, if it is a little farther away, then don't worry about it, and just want to take advantage of it later. In this way, the so-called covenant is simply a daydream!

While the countries were still intrigue, Duan Siyu had conquered the entire territory of Jiaozhi, and even wanted to continue going south. If it wasn't for the lack of logistics, he really wanted to continue to push forward.In fact, according to his route, if he really keeps fighting, it is estimated that in a few months, the road to Tianzhu will be opened!

But it's not enough to fight any more. Just to digest the territory gained this time is enough for Dali to overload its operations.

Duan Siyu showed his talent in this battle of annihilating the country, regardless of whether he relied on advanced weapons or not, but he followed Duan Sijin's teachings, no matter what the opponent was, he had to crush him with absolute advantages In the past, in this case, even if it consumed a little more supplies, it would definitely guarantee victory.If you want to do something that wins the right with the odd, wins the more with the less, it is purely stupid!

Duan Siyu has always done a good job on this point. Even if there are several times, it seems that there is a good chance. It seems that he can win with a surprise soldier. Duan Siyu is still not impulsive. Since he can win safely, then why should Go on an adventure!Duan Siyu feels that his days are still long in the future, so there is no need to worry now!What's more, if you have to be so anxious to deal with guys who are not yet fully civilized, what should you do in the future?

Duan Siyu has now determined his goal. He thought of the map that Duan Sijin had drawn for him. There is a large area of ​​land around Dali. Duan Siyu is ambitious to become a great emperor on this land in his lifetime. , so that this life is worthwhile!

Since the future is so bright, Duan Siyu is naturally not willing to take risks!Those who can consume money and supplies don't need to consume human life!Talents are the most precious wealth. As for those materials and money, they are used up in a short time. Only people are still there, and they can be earned back soon.

It's like conquering the entire territory of Cochin this time, and the property confiscated from the aristocratic royal family of Cochin made up for ten times the military expenditure spent this time.Now that it is determined to make Jiaozhi the granary of Dali, then it is worthwhile to lay down this piece of land!What's more, in this war of destroying the country, in fact, there were not many casualties on our own side, and a few were injured due to my own misoperation.Those who cannot continue to fight will naturally be discharged directly and serve as small officials at the local level, while those who can continue to fight will also be rewarded for their meritorious service and honor their military achievements.

In short, Dali's battle this time seemed dangerous, but it actually won a complete victory!As for Dali, with the increase of immigrants and the shortage of officials, the imperial examination is imperative.

Therefore, Duan Siping directly issued an edict to announce the holding of the imperial examination, and the local government first conducted a screening, and the selected talents went to Dali or Chengdu to participate in the imperial examination according to their respective household registration locations.The imperial examinations on both sides focus on practice, rather than literary talent. Of course, it is inevitable that Dali is simpler. After all, education has not been rolled out for a few years. If the difficulty is similar to that in Sichuan, no one will be selected. coming!

Even, in order to make Jiaozhi return home, um, Jiaozhi has directly set up prefectures and counties, and that side can also participate in the imperial examination, which can be regarded as a way for the old nobles on the Jiaozhi side. Those who know how to study Sinology, they can take the same assessment as the students in Dali, and suddenly, the Jiaozhi side has settled down a lot, and many people who used to have some little tricks in private are now starting to sharpen their knives, just waiting for the imperial examination He was named on the gold list and became a member of the Dali official system.

This is also unavoidable. Dali and Jiaozhi are very different in strength in all aspects. Jiaozhi has no power to fight back. Since Dali is willing to regard Jiaozhi as a native land instead of a land of barbarians, it has given them a way to rise Channel, even if you fail the exam once, you won't fail the exam forever!Now that there is hope of getting ahead, everyone naturally doesn't want to take the risk of losing their heads to resist, isn't it good to live?

In short, the imperial examination in Dali was held very smoothly, and the various measures to prevent fraud provided by Duan Sijin before, both in appearance and in reality, seemed to be very fair and just, eliminating the possibility of black box operation.At least it's not like the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, where you have to pass papers or something, and whether you can pass depends on whether the examiner has any impression of you.No matter how good your talents are, and how colorful your writing is, if the examiner doesn't know you, it's probably useless!On the contrary, if you are from a famous family, and you have become familiar with the examiner, then it is very likely that you will be nominated on the list!

The imperial examination in Dali is much stricter this time, and the name will be blurred after the exam. In addition, a group of petty officials have to be asked to transcribe in special orthodox characters. , then, sorry, come again next time!It is difficult to cheat when the handwriting cannot be compared and the names cannot be seen. Therefore, a group of people who are quite proficient in practice have been screened out, followed by training, and then assigned to various places as officials.

At this time, Duan Sijin had already arrived in the territory of Yue.