Like most models of the son of luck in the era, this Yang Huayuan's life is also full of meanings in a certain sense: "Don't bully the young," "Thirty years in the east, and thirty years in the Hexi".
For example, in this troubled world, it is not uncommon to want both parents to die, or for the whole family to die in exile or become bandits. Moreover, when he started his career, he also followed others to sell salt. It was only different from Huang Chao's family who sold salt for generations to become rich enough to support scholars. His family was a generational tenant farmer in the authentic Luzhou countryside.
Therefore, even after Dongpu, the decapitating business of selling salt, whose head is tied to the waistband, could not go on, he had no accident participated in the rural peasant riots between the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River. As a result, in the process of beheading and execution, the governor of Zheng Di, because of his peculiar appearance, untied his ropes and changed him to serve as an army to guard the border.
This has also become an important occasion for his transformation in his life. Because he was born vigorously and good at running, he became an informant at the pace. Through this experience of defending the border, he not only changed from the son of a farmer who didn’t know how to write a big word, to a little boss with a rough literacy, he was also able to get to know and gather the number one named "Thirty-Six Xiangdang" among his colleagues. Batch followers.
After returning home after the expiration, he did not hesitate to cut off the officers who wanted to send him to the side again, and gathered the crowd to drive away the governor, Lang Youfu, and occupied Luzhou (now Hefei City, Anhui Province), claiming to be the all-knowing soldiers and horsemen of the eight battalions; He made heavy bribery to obtain the recognition of Huainan Jieya, and began the process of traversing under the banner of Huainan Jiedu.
If he follows another time and space trajectory, he will continue to advance Jiangdong after taking the chaos to capture Yangzhou, defeating a series of internal and external opponents including Sun Ru and Liu Hanhong, defending the land and the people, and spreading the geniuses, gradually annexing possessions that span the north and south of the river. The Jianghuai foundation of Jianghuai eventually became the king of Wu by observing the court of the Central Plains, becoming the strongest predecessor and originator of the Southern Tang Dynasty among the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Therefore, from another perspective, he is also the standard model of the historical allusion for the ultimate achievement of emperors and generals with a rash body. The evaluation from another historical line is also good. The first is to care for the people, the second is to be good at tending to the soldiers, and the third is to have a perseverance and repeated defeats. He has no special ability to use soldiers, but he is indomitable and can always bring down the enemy.
Because he is good at judging the situation and assessing the situation, and when he is weak, he puts down his body and both sides are derived from the various forces, and draws and unites all the forces that can be used for his own use; he can also grasp the opportunity to expand with smallness after a little growth, and even get a cruel hand at a critical time. Cut off the dissidents and kill the subordinates and allies who have followed him for many years.
However, the Taiping Army regime created by Zhou Huai'an in this time and space will not give him this opportunity to rise again. It's just that unlike Liu Hanhong, a gangster group with a strong color of local thief, Yang Xingmin's traditional tyrannical success model is not enough to rely on military strikes. It also needs to draw salaries from the bottom to cut off what it depends on for support. Foundation.
Isn't the subsequent "three teams" and trainees prepared for this. As another historical foe and life-long opponent, the original "King Wu Yue" who had defeated him many times with a weak victory over a strong, was arranged to preside over the situation in Hailing City, Jiangbei, also in order to offset the peace. Prevent his potential son of luck aura, and the many variables and accidents caused by this in the dark.
As for Zhu Cun's main force that crossed the river to sweep the country eastward, it was instead a last resort to make a final decision. The so-called is to despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the basic principles of the enemy tactically.
If the situation changes in the future or new situations require it, the fully mobilized Jiangxi territory and the partially mobilized Jiangdong Sanlu can also be reorganized and reorganized within a short period of time within the framework of Gangneung dispatched officers and veterans. Mobilize a new force (Supplementary Battalion) with a scale of about 30,000. However, the corresponding price and cost will be doubled again.
Zhou Huaian was thinking about it this way, when he saw an urgent message sent by Yuhou in a hurry, he suddenly smiled and said to the left and the right:
"This Yang Hanzi didn't come here enough last time, and this time he sent someone to ask for peace. What about claiming that Yizhan would be subordinate to the Metropolitan Government and surrendering the offending culprit?"
"Then what should he ask for?"
Yang Shigu, who was dealing with the paperwork by the side, couldn't help but ask:
"Of course I just sit back and watch him get Yangzhou, and I am willing to hand over the three states of Shu, He, and Lu after the incident, and half of the seizures in Yangzhou City!"
Zhou Huaian smiled lightly:
"This guy is planning a good deal... Are these terms mostly false verbal favors?"
Yang Shigu suddenly sighed with a weird expression: The so-called Jiangbei three states are there. Wouldn't he not allow the Taiping Army to take it? As for half of the seizures in Yangzhou City, it is a mere sham. However, if he obtains the subordinate status of the Taiping Army's Grand Dudu Mansion, he would really have done a great job by opening all the shackles.
"That's the case, so compared to the delay of the previous visit, I'm afraid this is a new round of temptation; it is probably to find out the degree of dedication and attention to this war in the general governor's office..."
Zhou Huaian said a little bit, but then after he casually glanced at the last name as the messenger, he couldn't help but laugh again.
It was Xu Wen, Yizu of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Is this another son who has come to the door to get lucky? In other words, the Taiping Army has just begun to take shape, and the heroes and heroes who have not yet made their mark, do they have to come out and appear in advance
Although this is not comparable to his adopted son Nantang Liezu Xu Zhigao (Li Fang), he is also a man of great power in the world. Although Yang Xingmin was unknown when he was alive, and he had no military exploits at all, Yang Xingmin seized the opportunity to monopolize the power of his support as soon as he died, and he was clever and decisive to quickly destroy those old and old in the same year. The Yang family members were cut off one by one.
Therefore, although he has never been king, he has firmly held the military and political power of the Huainan Yang and Wu forces as a prime minister during his lifetime, and he is regarded as the founder of the Nantang regime. In terms of historical evaluation, he belongs to a legend who is good at forbearing and has a city government and structure, and governance is better than using soldiers.
But right now he should be still in the dormant period, and even his adopted son Li Sheng has not had time to accept him; therefore, Yang Xingmin was casually sent out as a messenger. Then Zhou Huaian made a decision:
"Give this messenger Xu Wen extra courtesy, and then stay as a witness before the army, and let others return to report the letter..."
"I'm afraid this will damage the reputation of the chief governor..."
Luo Yin, on the other side, was a little hesitant to put down the brush for signing the contract and advised:
"Then put the Laozitian who came first, and stay here as a contact person in exchange... After all, isn't it the other side who turned back first?"
Zhou Huai'an didn't hesitate to say: Since the suspected son of luck was sent to the door, wouldn't he still be left for the opponent to increase the bargaining chip without controlling him
Subsequently, a document that was submitted level by level from the Department of Commerce in the government affairs department and was jointly approved by the principal Wang Qinian and Jinghu Yingtian envoy Lu Fang, once again surprised Zhou Huaian, and circulated it to other people. .
"What do they want to do, do they take the initiative to donate to the army?"
Compared with the previous strategy that allowed all merchants with the army to earn a lot of money, and then converted into designated specialties during the expiration of the cash, this time the Huainan war for the purpose of limited intervention and counterattack was relatively difficult. With a slightly smaller scale, there will be no more corresponding short-term military bonds and mid- and long-term government bonds for camping and property ownership.
However, under the Taiping Army’s rule, those who have tasted the sweetness of the Taiping Army’s offensive, and some of the rich and knowledgeable Lingdong, Annan, Jinghu, Jiangxi and other regional backgrounds, there are more than a dozen business groups large and small, and they can’t sit still and take the initiative. The joint letter stated that he is willing to do his best for the cause of the Taiping Army. And also prepared a batch of valuable money, food and materials for this purpose, as the initial start-up capital for the strategy and development of Huainan.
"Who is Wang Jiuhu who tops the list of capital contributions? He actually pledged an exclusive donation of silver silk worth 200,000 yuan?"
Then Luo Yin also asked:
Later, Shu Shi Lu Yan transferred the corresponding copy from the social media department and introduced to everyone on the spot:
"This Wang Dajia was born in Dingzhou Wang Clan, commonly known as Wang Jiuhu. The previous generation lived in the West City of Chang'an, and became wealthy outside of Jiasai. This time, he moved to Shannan (host road) with the people of Guan Nei and the people. He has invested heavily in more than a dozen properties along the Danshui coast, and is a leader among the merchants in the industry..."
"Even the merchants Wang Poxian and Haroha, who were originally serving in the army, were willing to stay behind; the former Fengyi Federation was dispersed, and the Lutheran Federation headed by it was re-established. ..."
Wang Jiuhu, and Zhou Huai’an also suddenly remembered such a name; it’s not that CCTV did a special program on the Silk Road, dedicated to introducing the legend of merchants in the Tang Dynasty, after the official army repelled Huang Chao and regained Chang’an in the late Tang Dynasty. Take the lead to donate 300,000 guan, help repair the damaged Zhuquemen to welcome Tang Xizong to return to the dynasty, so that it can be passed on to future generations of great merchants.
It is said that after Tang Xizong ordered the reconstruction of the Anguo Temple to be basically intact, he personally dropped the chariot and set up a big fast party, detained the new bell ten times, and gave up 10,000 yuan; at the same time, he ordered the ministers to take their own ideas and hit them: there is ability to give up Those who have a thousand pennies will hit a hammer. As a result, the emperor’s fast was about to end. Wang Jiuhu entered the bell tower and hit a hundred times, making it easy for the West Market of Chang'an to continuously send 100,000 alms to Anguo Temple, which became a legendary story for a while.
It was just that in this time and space, he could not wait until Tang Xizong returned to Beijing to greet him, so he was cut off by many accidents and ran to the Taiping Army to ask for a living. You must know that among the rebels and the official army that can go back and forth like a grate, it is not a simple matter to protect enough net worth alone, let alone move it south safely and intact.
Thinking of this, Zhou Huaian nodded slightly to determine the nature of the other party.
"I can invite you to see you later... Although there is no need for this generation to donate to the army for the time being, there are still other aspects that can come in handy..."
After all, in the social structure advocated by the Taiping Army, the power of businessmen can certainly be used and used, but they must not be led by the nose because of the corresponding benefit orientation; at least under the order dominated by the Taiping Army, this is not even necessary. Things to think about.
After dealing with the large number of official duties that had been rampant due to the war, Zhou Huaian took advantage of the break in the noon practice to deal with another private matter of his own. (End of this chapter)