Dominate the Country

[Enter ‘limited time free’ at 2pm! Although it seems like a loss, I heard that this is a great recommendation O(∩_∩)O haha~】

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It's already after the third update.

In the Chen Mansion in Putian, Xinghua Prefecture, everyone from the housekeeper, deacon and accountant to the rough servants are busy.

In the inner house, Chen Jie's mother, Mrs. Liu, her confidants, maids and servants, followed their master's instructions and packed up all kinds of valuable things overnight. Those who could be taken away with the army were ready to be taken away with the army, and those who were unable to be taken away were Be prepared to distribute it to maids, servants, relatives, and neighbors.

As for all kinds of furniture made of expensive wood, as well as screens, large vases, and large ornaments, there are really too many. Don't look at the fact that the Chen family has been rich for a year or two because of Chen Jie, but they have already purchased thousands of pieces of furniture.

After all, Chen Jie is like half of the Tu Emperor in the entire Xinghua Mansion.

So the carefully selected objects brought into the Chen Mansion could not be disposed of for the time being. Even though they were valuable, they could only be discarded.

Outside the second gate, the first steward directed a large group of male servants and domestic servants to move all the things that could be used to relieve the poor and neighboring people to the open space outside the gate; the second steward led a group of male servants and domestic servants to move the things in the yard. All the coarse grains, fine grains and miscellaneous grains in the warehouse were transported out and piled outside the gate.

These things are not meant for people, but are to be handed over to the pack team to be taken away by the army tomorrow. There is also a pile of seasonings and salt in there.

The little maids and old male and female slaves who were not assigned errands were also packing their belongings and waiting for their masters to be punished.

Chen Jie is already preparing to leave Xinghua.

Fuzhou has been captured by the Fuhan Army. If he stays in Xinghua, Chen Han's sword will fall on his head. At this time, Chen Jie's best choice was actually to join the Fuhan Army. After all, he has never had the blood of the Fuhan Army on his hands, and he has joined Chen Ming. As long as he is loyal, he can get along like a fish in water, and his family can enjoy glory and wealth.

But Chen Jie was unwilling to surrender and wanted to remain loyal to the Qing Dynasty. Not because of the emperor or rebels, but because of an orthodoxy.

Just like many scholars in the world believe that Master Kong's P-picture is the leader of the Fuhan Army and Hunyuan Sect is just a gun in the hands of the Chen family, Chen Jie also sees it this way, and he is very sure of it.

Because what Chen Han practiced was not the traditional Confucian way, Chen Han's court was filled with officials from all walks of life. The power of the three schools of Gong, Shu, and Fa was not much less than that of Confucianism. We must really label them as sages - Chen Hanzhi's actions are even more "miscellaneous".

He is good at collecting opinions from various schools of thought. It is both Confucianism and Mohism, combined with Dharma, and has a thorough understanding of all the schools of thought.

It is really similar to Liu Han in history. Didn't Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty also tell the prince: The Han family has its own system, which is based on domineering and domineering, but it is purely based on moral education.

As a pure Confucian student, Chen Jie certainly could not agree. In Chen Jie's opinion, if he is not the master of Confucianism, China will no longer be China. The Fuhan Army also said that the Manchus were a foreign race and they were even more absurd than the Manchus.

It is indistinguishable that the rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty themselves were of a foreign race. However, as a foreign race, the Manchu Qing emperor still used "Han law" to govern the world, but the pure-blooded Han people of the Fuhan Army "deviated from the orthodoxy." He is now loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is, loyal to the 'Taoism', how can he be willing to surrender?

For Chen Jie, the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is the best in the world.

So Chen Jie gathered all his soldiers and set off towards Quanzhou. Even if he was defeated in the end and failed to penetrate southern Fujian and enter Guangdong, Chen Jie had no regrets at all. He believed that his blood was shed to protect the 'tradition'.

Chen Jie didn't know that Chen Ming's biggest headache now was people like him. In the minds of people like Chen Jie, China belongs to Confucianism. Without Confucianism, there would be no China. It seems that in the pre-Qin period when a hundred schools of thought contended, Lao Dan, Yang Zhu, Mo Zhai, Zhuang Zhou, Guan Zhong, etc. were no longer Chinese. This kind of thinking has even survived into the 21st century.

Many people have always closely tied Confucius and Mencius to Confucianism. It seems that whenever you attack Confucianism, you are attacking and slandering Confucius and Mencius. Don’t they know that the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius had been changed too much by the time of the Manchu and Qing dynasties?

If Master Confucius was resurrected, he would probably be stunned by Neo-Confucianism.

Chen Ming does not deny the Confucian ideals for China. In his previous life, keyboard warriors had been on the Internet for five thousand years, and they mentioned Confucianism when talking about the proliferation of Red Dynasty ideas in China. Because the Chinese have an egalitarian tendency to "not suffer from poverty but from inequality", China's traditional universal values ​​educate the Chinese to value the collective over the individual - to pay attention to the spirit of dedication.

Whether it is loyalty and filial piety that cannot be both--loyalty first and filial piety must be followed, whether it is righteousness that destroys relatives, whether it is selfless and selfless, or whether it is not entering the house three times, he is talking about "dedication".

They are all too consistent with Hong Chao’s thoughts!

Chen Ming has never denied the role of Confucianism in Chinese history. But in today's society, Westerners have moved from agricultural civilization to industrial civilization. Confucianism still adheres to the viewpoint of scholar-peasants, industry and commerce, focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce, and despising industry and commerce. It is indeed backward.

[Let me explain first that the policies of scholar-peasants, industry and commerce, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, originated from Legalism. After respecting Confucianism exclusively, Confucianism fully accepted it and carried it forward. I have said before that the teachings of Confucius and Mencius have undergone too many changes since they were passed down to later generations, so don’t use the thoughts of Confucius and Mencius to explain Confucianism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Just like you use Taizu's thoughts to explain the present, does it make sense? During Taizu’s time, the non-public economy was ‘lightened’, right? Can you say that rabbits now also ‘light’ on the public ownership economy? Aren't they all rabbits?

Don’t apply the college entrance examination answers from ten years ago to the current college entrance examination questions.

This is just to explain the ‘origin’ of policies such as scholarship, agriculture, industry and commerce]

Chen Jie now has a bit of a 'martyr' mentality. The appeal of this concept is extremely powerful. At least after the news of Chen Jie's southward march to Quanzhou came out, his troops did not fall apart because of this. Although they were still Many people bravely abandoned their troops and returned to their hometowns. But the real backbone of Chen Jie's army - his neighbors, relatives, friends, classmates, teachers and students, did not leave him because of this.

According to reports from the secret camp, there are even more than ten teachers and students from Putian Xing'an Academy who plan to follow Chen Jie to the south. "It's okay to leave. If you don't agree with each other, it will be a disaster for these people to stay in Xinghua."

Chen Jie has already sent word that before dawn, all the people who serve in the palace, whether they are deacons, stewards or servants, whether they are capable or not, will be punished. The Chen family was poor in their early years, but it has only been in the past two years that they have become wealthy. Many of the people in charge of the family are relatives.

This is a major event that affects everyone's life and generations of their descendants, so everyone, whether they have deacons or not, is waiting for how to "repay". Come to think of it, Chen Jie is so 'generous' to outsiders, and he will definitely not be stingy towards them. They noticed all the big things left behind in the house.

The upper room where Mrs. Liu lives is the nerve center of the entire backyard. Chen Jie's wife Yuan and Chen Jie's widowed sister-in-law Zhang are helping out. The maids and servants are coming in and out, making it very busy. Chen Jie and his cousin Chen Qin saw that the inner house was in chaos and could not discuss important matters, so they invited Hong Yinghui to the study to discuss it.

Another cousin of Chen Jie, Chen Ming, led people to guard outside the study.

The entire study room was empty. All calligraphy, paintings, antiques and books had been moved away, leaving only a set of tables, chairs and empty bookcases. Hong Yinghui was Chen Jie's right-hand man. His face was full of exhaustion and his eyelids seemed to weigh several pounds. As soon as he sat down, he wanted to close his eyes and sleep. After drinking a cup of strong tea, his drowsiness subsided a little, and he smiled at Brother Chen Jie and said:

"Sir, Zheng Ji from Quanzhou turned a blind eye to me! The villain sent a post to Zheng Ji's general's house. Zheng Ji accepted the post even though he didn't see the villain." Hong Yinghui is not an unknown figure who can stay safe. Walking out of Quanzhou City, this in itself showed Zheng Ji's attitude.

Otherwise, Zheng Ji would have tied up Hong Yinghui and cut off Chen Jie's arm with a knife.

Chen Jie and Chen Qin both laughed. Zheng Ji is going to put on a show and will not fight to the death with Chen Jie. "Zheng Thief wants to face Chen Ni's army. How can he dare to fight us with such strength?"

Chen Jie nodded and said, "Yinghui's words make sense. We will start an army in the future, so those people under your command can be reorganized as soon as possible. You have seldom slept a wink these days. Once the matter has been discussed, you should hurry up." Go sleep for a while." Hong Yinghui left Quanzhou City and rushed back to Putian.

Hong Yinghui rubbed the dry corners of his eyes with the back of his hand and looked at Chen Jie. He knew what Chen Jie was thinking. Although he thought it would be difficult to penetrate southern Fujian and reach Guangdong, he was not timid and waited for Chen Jie to come up with an idea. Chen Jie pondered for a while and said slowly:

"I have thought about this matter many times, but I still have no opinion. Our team will go south and pass through Quanzhou. Judging from Zheng Ji's appearance, it is not difficult to pass through. It is just a scene. But after Quanzhou, we will reach Zhangzhou. Chen Biao and We have no grievances or grudges. He killed many of Wu Bida’s relatives. Bida has now joined the Fuhan Army and made great contributions in the Battle of Fuzhou. Chen Biao must be jealous and will not fight us to the death, but Lu Mao, who is behind Chen Biao, will definitely not let us go. "The latter has already raised the bloody tiger flag of the Fuhan Army. "Lu Mao has the advantage of terrain, and can get direct support from Chen Ni when necessary. Our army is probably no match for us. So if we are in the north of Zhangzhou, we will go to Longyan."

"Longyan is Zhang Gou's territory." Chen Qin said. It is far further from Xinghua Prefecture than Zheng Ji in Quanzhou, but Zhang Gou and Chen Jie have more intersections than Zheng Ji. Because of Zhao Mingde back then, Zhao Mingde asked Zhang Gou for help when he was struggling in Xinghua. Zhang Gou was so tired that he fought against Chen Jie and suffered a lot of losses. "Longyan is no better than going to Quanzhou and facing the pressure of the Fuhan Army. Zhang Gou may not let go of this opportunity for revenge."

"Sir, the terrain of Longyan is complicated. If Zhang Gou really wants to make things difficult for us, it will be difficult for the army to pass through it." Hong Yinghui also said. The flat land in Longyan Prefecture is not even 10%, so it would be good to have 67%. It is the birthplace of the three most important rivers in Fujian - Minjiang River, Jiulong River and Tingjiang River. Mountains rise one after another and waterways crisscross the area, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack!

"And Zhang Gou from Longyan is on good terms with Li Shaomin from Zhongbei in Tingzhou. If the two armies come together to embarrass me, the situation is really not good!"

Chen Jie must be fully prepared, because once the army moves, there will be no reason for it. He must consider everything from the worst perspective. If his army is unable to defeat Longyan and does not want to touch Lu Mao, who occupies half of Zhangzhou, Chen Jie will be stuck at the junction of the three prefectures of Yongchun, Quanzhou and Longyan.

"Ling Liang in Yongchun has a bad relationship with Zhang Gou. Now that the main force of Ling Liang is tied up in Youxi and Minjiang Rivers, he must be afraid that the Fuhan Army will invade his home base along the Minjiang River. The troops in Yongchun are not strong enough. There are a lot of them. We pass through Yongchun and Dehua, and we only need to cross Daiyun Mountain to get the fields..."

The person who occupied Datian and Yong'an, southwest of Yanping Prefecture, was Chen Pi. He originally raised troops in Longyan, but was beaten by Zhang Gou and had to go north to Yanping. He was Zhang Gou's mortal enemy. Chen Pi is not strong, and Zhang Pu next to him is not strong either. He occupies the junction of the northeast of Tingzhou and Yanping Mansion, opposite Shaowu Mansion.

Chen Jie did not have the confidence to defeat Zhang Gou and Lu Mao who were occupying the advantageous position, but he did have confidence in dealing with Chen Pi and Zhang Pu.

"It's just that those places are small in area and adjacent to Shaowu. Most of the latter has been captured by the Fuhan Army. Sooner or later, all red flags will be planted. It is extremely difficult for us to gain a foothold here. Besides, after defeating Chen Pi and Zhang Pu, Zhang Gou, Li Shaomin and Ling Liang won’t accept it either Our situation. We are far away from Xinghua and the land is unfamiliar. We have to fight Chen Ni and guard against attacks by the Tiandihui invaders. "Chen Qin doesn't think that Chen Pi and Zhang Pu can cope with it. That's where they stand!

Hong Yinghui shook his head and said: "Datian and Yong'an can only be used as temporary places, and it is absolutely impossible to settle down for a long time. Chen Ni does not want to antagonize the bandits now, but he will not show mercy to us. We must rush to capture Shao Wu from Chen Ni. Before, we entered Jiangxi through Panhu Pass and Zhuyu Pass. "A few people didn't look at the map at all, and the entire Fujian map was already familiar to them. You don’t need to look at a map to know clearly what the place names are in each other’s mouths.

Panhu Pass and Zhuyu Pass are the other two passes in Shaowu Prefecture that are the same as those in Jiangxi besides Wufeng Mountain. It's just that the roads here are rugged and difficult to navigate, and there are far less people and businesses than Tieniuguan in Wufeng Mountain. But apart from these two openings, Wufeng Mountain has been occupied by the Fuhan Army. Further south, we have to drive a hundred miles to Changting, the capital of Tingzhou. There is the ancient walled city 50 to 60 miles to the west, and Ruijin is to the west after that. . [You may be familiar with this place name. People who don’t look at the map will be confused about this kind of plot. As an author, I really don’t want to write it.]

Of course, Chen Jie's behavior could not be hidden from Xinghua's secret camp. Chen Jie never thought of hiding it, but he didn't know that even Hong Yinghui's trip to Quanzhou was clearly known to the secret camp.

Zheng Ji didn't see Hong Yinghui, but he didn't arrest Hong Yinghui either. This attitude is worth pondering.

Not long after Hong Yinghui went to Quanzhou, Chen Jie started preparing for the "expedition" of a large force. With such contact before and after, what else is there to understand?

Gao Yanming and Liu Wu suggested that Chen Ming beat Zheng Ji. Xiong Bingzhang doesn't advocate that anything happen now, but he also thinks that Chen Ming should put some pressure on the Zheng family and his son. "Your Highness just needs to let Zheng Ji and his son understand that your Highness knows what they are doing."

"How?"

"Your Highness, please send a letter to Zheng Ji." Of course Xiong Bingzhang had thought of a perfect strategy. "To be blunt, it is said that Chen Jie wants to flee to southern Fujian, and Quanzhou is the first to bear the brunt. Zheng Ji should be careful to prepare for battle, not to escape the powerful enemy. At the end, he clicked on Hong Yinghui, saying that he has entered Quanzhou for investigation, and it would be better for Zheng Ji to be careful. "