The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1681 Seven-Character Policy

All the generals present looked at Fang Yun in confusion. They had never heard of such a thing before, but it was indeed an effective method. If Fang Shouye was not Fang Yun's person, after establishing this temporary military room, Let Fang Shouye serve as his deputy, and Fang Yun can easily take him out.

Fang Shouye did not expect that Fang Yun would come up with such a clever plan in such a short period of time. He thought that his eldest nephew was really cunning. Fortunately, he was not an enemy of him, otherwise he would have killed him long ago.

Some generals who favored the Qing Kingdom had a headache. Once the military office was established, Xiangzhou would become the commanding officer of the military office instead of the governor.

Fang Yun was not in a hurry. He sat in the Governor's Mansion and discussed the whole matter with the generals.

"What a pity. That old man Qu Che missed the opportunity to fight and must be severely punished!"

"Rewards and punishments should be put last. Now the main focus is on the aftermath. How to deal with the people who were plundered and how we should fight back. These are the top priorities!"

"Yes, how can I, Sergeant Xiangzhou, sit still and wait for death? What's more, they invaded from Ding County in Taihe Prefecture. Everyone should remember what happened in Ding County a few days ago, right?"

"That's it. A few days ago, Ding County and Fengzhou people's villages were competing for water and land, which led to armed fighting. The Qing army marched to the border and then withdrew. I thought the matter was over, but I didn't know they actually came back with a carbine."

"The person who uses this trick is probably a good player. Attacking Moyao Mountain to occupy the great cause; plundering the people of Xiangzhou to show his strength and military power. At this moment, Xiangzhou is unstable, and this opportunity catches people off guard."

"If you don't go earlier, you won't go later. We are going to Moyao Mountain now. Qingguo is obviously targeting Governor Fang."

"However, from this general's point of view, the aftermath and revenge are not the most important. The most important thing is how to prevent the Qing army from doing this next time. Once the Qing army does it too many times, just like walking through the city gate, then Jing Guo and Xiang The dignity of the state is gone.”

"Why go through the city gate? This is too ugly!"

The generals are used to life in the military camp. Even in important meetings, they always talk about something, which is different from civilian meetings.

Fang Yun did not speak, but listened carefully and absorbed the opinions of these generals. After all, he was a civilian official, not an officer.

The cabinet and the Marshal's Office have not responded to Fang Yun's request to set up a temporary military room, so Fang Yun did not leave, and the officers kept discussing it.

During this period, high-ranking civil servants from Baling and generals from various places arrived one after another.

In the evening, Fang Yun had a hurried meal with all the officials and schools and continued to hold meetings.

Until late at night, a general asked Fang Yun how to handle the matter.

Everyone is looking at Fang Yun.

"The dignity of a country means compromising when it is weak and fighting when it is strong!" Fang Yun said.

A Qing official said angrily: "May I ask, Lord Governor, what is going to happen? Should we, Jingguo, fight or compromise?"

“Find compromise in struggle.”

The generals were stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment.

"Fang Xusheng's words are truly a wise saying!"

"The more you chew on these words, the more interesting they become."

"At this time, Jingguo has been suffering from internal and external troubles and has been weak for many years. However, under the leadership of Fang Xusheng, in the era of continuous progress of the human race, it is not absolutely weak, so this 'compromise in struggle' is not only for this matter This method will even be Jingguo’s policy for governing the country for a long time to come.”

"These seven words should be engraved on the wall of the Lisi Gate to let those weaklings who only know how to compromise understand that struggle is necessary, but surrender is not."

"Come, let's all brainstorm and formulate a strategy according to Fang Xusheng's seven-character policy."

"Let's talk about compromise first. The so-called compromise means not to have a full-scale conflict with Qingguo, but how to compromise and to what extent we need to compromise still needs to be determined through struggle. To what extent we will struggle, or to what extent we have the strength to fight, will determine level of compromise.”

Dong Wencong said: "Inspired by Fang Xusheng, I thought of three fighting plans. The most drastic move is to retaliate with tooth, do the same thing and humiliate Qingguo. But... you also know that the real power of our country is Jingguo. The strong troops are all in the north. It would be too dangerous for Jing's army in Xiangzhou to penetrate deep into the border of Qing. Then, you can try the second struggle plan. The core of this plan is to restrain your emotions. Since you cannot retaliate directly, you can start to retaliate indirectly. For example, find out who led the invasion of the Qing army, and then find the family of the leader. problem, attack, and thus complete the struggle.”

"As for the third and weakest method, that is to first issue a national proclamation, and then send troops to the junction of the two states to conduct a sergeant drill every day to let them know that we are ready to fight. If we are not afraid of the Holy If you want to be punished by the hospital, you can fight. Each of these three plans is easier and safer than the other.”

"Dong Zhoumu is worthy of being the Jieyuan of Jiangzhou. These three strategies are all good strategies!"

"It's a good method. As long as you understand it, I, Jingguo, can actually move forward and retreat freely."

Dong Wencong shook his head slightly and said, "Unfortunately, these strategies are too standard."

"At this time, Fang Xusheng needs to come forward." A general said.

"Yes, Mr. Governor, could you not state the policy directly, but the specific means." A Qing official said.

Fang Yun smiled slightly and said: "I am waiting for news from the capital. If the capital sends an imperial envoy, it will be useless even if I have all the means. If the capital cannot send an imperial envoy and I take the lead in this matter, then I will naturally have upright means to offset it. This is a humiliation for Qingguo. However, no matter what, the primary goal now is to resettle the victims.”

"Okay, let's wait for news from the capital."

It was already dark, and soon all the officials left one after another.

On the second day, there was no news from the capital.

On the third day, Fang Yun got news from his friends that the Qing army that went to Mount Moyao was the Xuanwu Army, one of the four major armies of Qing. It had only 50,000 people, but was led by a university scholar. However, the Xuanwu Army is now led by not one university scholar, but five.

On the fourth day, the latest "Xiangzhou Dibao" was released.

The first article on the second page was a poem that Fang Yun had written before.

What's wrong with giving him three feet?

The moment he saw this sentence, Fang Yun felt something was wrong, so he took a look at the author of the article, Guan Yi, the right official of Xiangzhou Lisi and the current editor of "Xiangzhou Dibao".

This person made no secret of his support for Qing and his contempt for Jing.

The article "What's wrong with giving him three feet?" expounds from many aspects such as benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trustworthiness that the origin of Qing's invasion was the land dispute in Ding County. Instead of being hostile to Qing because of a few towns, it is better to learn from Fang Xusheng's advice to his fellow countrymen and give up a step and hand over those towns to Qing. Let the villagers of the two places live in harmony, which is worse than the villagers of the two places fighting for water and land.

Finally, Guan Yi thought that it was just a poor and remote place with no value, so it was better to give it up.

As soon as this issue of "Xiangzhou Dibao" was published, the whole country was in an uproar. A large number of Jing people denounced Guan Yi, believing that he was a traitor like Hua Qingniang.

Just when the criticism of Guan Yi and Hua Qingniang reached its peak, on July 20, people from 22 of the more than 80 cities in Xiangzhou took to the streets. Some of them, under the banner of expelling Qing dogs, prevented everyone from going to Qing people's shops to buy and sell things. There were even looting incidents in five cities.

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