Taiping Inn

Xu Wugui would understand this, but this is the general trend. Understanding it does not mean that there is a way to change it.

The general trend now is that the court and the Qingyang Army have been fighting for years. The elite troops of the states in Jiangbei have been withdrawn, forcing the court to delegate power to local governors and powerful people. In this case, if Xu Wugui forced Liaodong to rebel, the Liaodong cavalry would go south under the banner of clearing the emperor's side, and they would be able to reach the imperial capital in an instant. Now that the court's prestige has been greatly damaged, it is hard to say how many troops will come to support the king. There will even be people who respond to Liaodong's call. Those imperial party members in the imperial capital may take the initiative to open the city gates to welcome the Liaodong cavalry and kill the regent**, just like the court officials led the Xiliang army into Xijing to quell the rebellion of the foreign relatives and eunuchs.

This is an open conspiracy. After the conspiracy is seen through, it loses most of its effect, but the open conspiracy does not matter whether it is seen through or not. It is upright and makes people know the outcome but feel helpless.

Of course, Li Xuandu did not want to go this far, because the time was not right, the court had not lost the hearts of the people, there were still Zhao Zheng and Qin Xiang in the northwest, and Zhang Suqing and other governors who were still loyal to the court in the heart of the Central Plains. If Liaodong entered the imperial capital at this time, it would only completely destroy the court and make the world fragmented, and it would not be able to seize the world. Instead, it would be attacked by people who were still loyal to the court and become the target of public criticism, and even make wedding clothes for others. This is just a desperate measure. If possible, Li Xuandu still has to continue to hide his strength and hide hidden dangers.

The land situation is high in the north and low in the south. There has always been a saying of going north and going south. Liaodong is located in the northernmost part of the north. Youzhou means the state of the underworld in the north. Being high in Liaodong means looking down from a high place and looking at the Central Plains.

Time entered the 19th year of Tianbao, Qin Su was already 36 years old, approaching the age of 40, no longer young and immature, but she had never married, so it was not appropriate to call her Madam, and it was a bit inappropriate to call her Miss, because Qin Su was carrying the "Yin Yang Fairy Clothes". Some people checked and found that this "Yin Yang Fairy Clothes" was the property of the previous generation of geomancers. Later, the previous generation of geomancers disappeared, and the fairy clothes were also missing. Qin Su was granted this fairy clothes by the immortal in her dream, which meant that she inherited the Taoist tradition of the geomancer, so people called her the geomancer, corresponding to the Tianshi in Jiangnan.

Now Liaodong has more than 70,000 elite troops, which is enough to guard Liaodong. If they really want to march into the pass and enter the imperial capital, they can barely do it. But it is not enough to compete for the world with this. The current priority is to expand the army, and expanding the army is inseparable from money, food and population. Real elite soldiers must focus on training, that is, "off-duty", away from agricultural production, needing to be supported by others, and soldiers can only be young and strong men, who are the backbone of farming. In other words, one more soldier means one less farmer, and the difference between one increase and one decrease is twice that of the other. This is also the reason why the dynasties that have been militaristic have not had a good end.

Everything in the world is inseparable from food. Although Qin Su has made some improvements over the years, it is nothing more than the improvement of agricultural tools. After all, she is not a real geomancer, and she still has no idea if she wants to start with seeds.

Because of food, the speed of military expansion has always been slow. Because of the war in Jiangnan, the trade of ginseng, deer antlers, and mink fur has also been greatly affected. Moreover, Liaodong is bitter and cold, and the population is not as large as that in the interior and Jiangnan. Even if the court agrees to cultivate land and Liaodong accepts many refugees from the interior, there is still a big gap. This is not something that can be completed overnight, and it can only be done slowly. On the other hand, Song Zheng occupied the most prosperous Jiangnan region in the world, and he could easily take refugees with him. He had no worries about money and food, and no worries about people.

In this situation, Qin Su set his sights on women. Because of etiquette, men were responsible for the outside world, and women were responsible for the inside world. Many women did not go out of the house, but only took care of housework, so that a considerable amount of manpower was wasted. Now men are short of manpower, so what about women? As long as the shackles of etiquette on women are removed, and women can also go out of the house and participate in labor, wouldn’t women be able to hold up half the sky?

What’s more, Qin Su herself is a woman, and she can also play the role of setting an example. However, this move also has a disadvantage. It will inevitably offend the Confucian school, causing all kinds of accusations from the Confucian school, which is not good for her reputation.

But after repeated consideration, Qin Su decided to release the shackles of etiquette on women. The accusations from the Confucian school were just mosquitoes and flies. The Golden Tent did not understand etiquette, but it could also rule the Central Plains. It can be seen that extraordinary things should be done in extraordinary times.

However, Qin Su also understood that such things could not be forced by political decrees, but should be induced by benefits. Liaodong could also grow cotton and weave it into cotton cloth. It was entirely possible to start from textile workshops, promise silver and money, hire female workers, and at the same time take into account the etiquette and customs, so that female workers were separated from male workers. In this case, there would inevitably be women who could not hold back and came out to work to supplement the family income. In this way, taking advantage of the situation and forming a trend, and then slowly promoting it through the mentality of following the crowd, it would be a natural outcome.

In fact, Zhao Zheng also had a similar political order during the battle of Qinzhongfu. Men should fight and women should transport. However, this was during wartime, and it could be promoted by war orders, and others could not say anything. When the war was over, it would be difficult to work. Qin Su wanted to make this move a normal practice, greatly play the role of women, and liberate more manpower.

When Li Xuandu took this step, the spectators immediately talked about it. Li Xuandu's action was indeed heretical, and some people in the Confucian school had already loudly rebuked him, while the Taoists only discussed it and did not accuse him. In addition to the fact that Li Xuandu was a Taoist, the fact that there were many women in the Taoist school was also one of the reasons.

Why is the status of women in the secular world inferior to that of men, or even superior to women? The fundamental reason lies in the difference in physical strength between men and women. Women are weak and inferior to men. Many things that men can do cannot be done by women, such as joining the army to kill the enemy. Women are weak and cannot fight head-on. What they cannot get on the battlefield, they naturally cannot get elsewhere.

But why is the status of women not inferior to that of men in the martial arts world, and there is no saying that men are superior to women? Because various skills have eliminated the difference in innate physical strength between men and women, women can also enter the realm of immortality, fly into the sky and hide in the ground, split mountains and rocks, and what men can do, women can also do, so the status of men and women will naturally tend to be equal.

In the eyes of a group of Taoist women, Li Xuandu's move was not wrong, and it should be so. Only when women get rid of the shackles of etiquette and start to earn their own living, instead of relying on men for a living, can they improve their status and resist oppression. The reason is very simple. It is better to have it yourself than to have it from your father and mother. It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on mountains and rivers.

However, the Confucian priests and hermits naturally did not see only the etiquette as ordinary Confucian disciples did. They saw more deeply.

Mr. Bai Lu praised: "This is an unreasonable move. Song Zheng would suffer a great loss if he did not anticipate it."

Chiyang Weng said lightly: "Let go of etiquette, improve farming, and develop commerce. These ideas are quite like the style of the geomancer. No wonder the geomancer regarded him as his successor. But if this is the case, it is inevitable that the world will decline and people's hearts will not be the same as before. This is not the great harmony that our Confucian school is looking for."

Ziyanshanren glanced at the priests, "This kind of chess game deduction should be the best by the priest Sikong. I wonder what the priest Sikong thinks?"

Sikong Daoxuan pondered for a moment and said: "Song Zheng's methods can't escape the old Tianshi Sect and Taiping Dao 's cliché is nothing more than gathering people to accomplish things by using supernatural powers. If it cannot win the hearts of scholars, it will ultimately be a mob. On the other hand, although Li Xuandu's methods are unorthodox, he gathers refugees, encourages agriculture and sericulture, reclaims wasteland, uses good family sons as soldiers, defends the Golden Tent in the north and looks to the Central Plains in the south. These are all upright plans of an emperor, and they are on the right track and there is nothing wrong with them. "

Chiyang Weng nodded in approval, "This game of chess will depend on the ten-year period."

In the 19th year of Tianbao, compared to the peaceful Liaodong, the court and the Qingyang Army fought again. With the support of governors and governors from all over the country, the court's army conquered Guangling Prefecture and set up the Jiangbei Camp. However, the Qingyang Army soon made a comeback, breaking through the Jiangbei Camp in September and conquering Guangling Prefecture in October.

The court established the Jiangnan Camp for two main purposes: one was to trap Jinling Prefecture, and the other was to protect the important land of grain transport and taxation. The Jiangbei Camp stationed outside Guangling Prefecture can threaten Jinling Prefecture from the north, guard the Grand Canal transportation line, and protect the salt tax areas in the Huai River area.

The successive destruction of the Jiangnan Camp and the Jiangbei Camp means that there are no official troops directly under the command of the central government in the Jiangbei states, and they can only rely on the troops recruited by the governors and governors in various places. Even if the court can quell the Qingyang Army Rebellion, the governors and governors who have grown stronger in this chaos will become a tail that cannot be removed, even more than the princes who led the troops in the previous dynasty.

Qin Su once sent a master to check the situation and found that the so-called Jiangbei Camp was not like an army, but a market, with eating, drinking, playing, prostitution and gambling. It is no wonder that such an army is no match for the Qingyang Army.

Even Xu Wugui was powerless to save the situation. As soon as he wanted to make a move, countless hands inside and outside the court pulled him, making him unable to move. Unless he could be ruthless and clean up everything inside and outside, he would die if he took strong medicine for a serious illness. At this time, the Wei Dynasty was a patient. Besides, this Xu Wugui might not have such a decisiveness. It would be almost the same if he was replaced by the Xu Wugui in the present world who wanted to overthrow the Xu family.

In this battle, the Jiangbei camp was almost wiped out, and only the Liaodong New Army broke through by force. This Liaodong New Army was all good family sons, with a clean background, loyal and reliable, and never had empty salaries. They were well-trained and equipped with a large number of firearms. With a force of more than 10,000 people, they formed a chariot formation and defeated the enemy that was three times their size. Later, with the support of the Qizhou reinforcements, they retreated into Qizhou to rest.

In this battle, the new army of Liaodong shocked the north of the Yangtze River, and the leading general became famous in one battle. This man was one of the ambitious people recruited by Qin Su in his early years, and his name was mentioned in the Taiping Society.