Section fifty-second ambition
Ying Jianming tried hard to think about the meaning and big plan that came out of Cui Wenxiu's words? What big plan can there be without fighting now? Is Your Highness the King of Qin really planning to gain a foothold in the imperial capital city? This seems a bit risky. However, judging from the current situation in Qinghe Jinzhong, there is a possibility. There is no need to say much about the importance of the imperial capital. His Highness the King of Qin has already put on an attitude of fighting for the world. Almost everyone can see this, but he is the only king of the different surname among the three kings. For the people of Tanghe who originally had a strong orthodox concept, if they want to overthrow a dynasty and establish a new dynasty, the right time, place, and harmony between people is essential, and the point between harmony between people is very important, that is, the favor of the people.
It should be said that the policies of His Highness King of Qin are extremely popular among the emerging industrial and commercial classes. This is also the main factor that His Highness King of Qin has been able to grow step by step over the years, especially in political status, which has given the position that the industrial and commercial class has never had before, and can be compared with the original gentry landlords. Although this has won strong support from the industrial and commercial forces, it has made the landlords and gentry feel threats and pressures. In particular, the conservative landlords and gentry regarded Li Wufeng, who was born in the gentry, as a rebellion, believing that he had betrayed the interests of the nobles and allowed those inferior people to take the political stage. This situation has actually been reflected in the ruling areas of the Western Xinjiang, especially in Guanxi, where Tiannan is more obvious.
Fang Chengsong adopted a series of gradual policies to make the landlords and nobles gradually realize that industry and commerce will bring them richer returns. At the same time, in the jurisdiction of Kansai County, a relatively generous policy attracted aristocratic landlords to change their investment methods, gradually shifted their funds to industry and commerce, and also carried out a series of reforms in agriculture, which made the contradictions in this area seem much more eased.
However, Wang Zongxi's reform in Tiannan was the first to take action against aristocratic landlords. On the one hand, while vigorously promoting officials from other classes, Wang Zongxi took targeted measures to the great aristocratic landlords who had originally depended on the Lang clan, gradually weakening and depriving them of their political rights. In particular, various measures were taken to limit the amount of land, forcing these land nobles to focus on the process of industrial and commercial industries and economic crop farming that the government encouraged to develop. In this regard, Wang Zongxi and Lu Man, who served as the governor of Myanmar, also led to more participation from many land nobles in Tiannan who were conservative and unwilling to invest in industry and commerce.
In the process of land development in Myanmar, the local government in Myanmar has also introduced a series of preferential policies to support land development, especially to encourage the development of economic crops, which has caused many aristocratic landlords in Tiannan to divert more energy to the cultivation of various economic crops in neighboring counties. Many economic crop plantations and farms are constantly emerging. In addition to some investments from industrial and commercial workers from Jiangnan and other places, a considerable number of them are transferred from the investment channels of land nobles from Tiannan. This has also eased the dissatisfaction of the land nobles. After all, the benefits brought by the large-scale economic crops are tangible.
But even so, there are still many people dissatisfied with the Wufeng policy in Kansai and Tiannan. They missed the situation where the gentry was unique in the past. In the mainland of the empire, especially in the northern region centered on the capital, this hatred was more obvious. Facing the steadily improved industrial and commercial class, the stinky businessmen who were unable to get on the scene in the past could even speak in the court in a manner. The huge psychological sense of loss caused by this psychological make these people feel unbalanced. In fact, the security department has also issued a warning to Wufeng himself and the Government Affairs Office, demanding to face up to this severe social problem and prevent the unstable factors it brings to the entire Western Xinjiang in the future.
It is precisely because of the dissatisfaction of the conservative and noble forces of the imperial capital with Wufeng that this political, economic, cultural and artistic center, which was originally in a special position among the Tanghe nation, is particularly important for the Western Xinjiang, which lacks orthodox recognition. If the city cannot be controlled or cannot exert sufficient influence on the city, then the city will inevitably become an indestructible bridgehead for the Situ family to raise a resistance to the Western Xinjiang, which will bring many unimaginable troubles to the Western Xinjiang, especially for His Royal Highness, who attempts to win the people's hearts in a natural way and then win the world, it may even add countless difficulties.
Therefore, in Ying Jianming's eyes, if His Highness of Qin really wants to make any big moves, he must have made some achievements in the core area of the imperial capital, and accumulating heavy troops in Jinzhong would inevitably make a choice.
"Haha, Brother Cui, you are also an old man under His Highness King Qin. Do you still don't know what His Highness King Qin is thinking? Just this time, His Highness King Qin insists on going to the imperial capital and his party regardless of his own safety, we can figure it out one or two? The people's hearts and opinions are probably what His Highness King Qin is most concerned about now. Even if he is in his own safety, he doesn't care much about his own safety. The imperial capital is really important. All the essences possessed by the Tanghe Empire are probably condensed in the imperial capital. Any movement in the imperial capital will attract all attention from the country and even abroad, and the public opinion of the imperial capital also affects the people of the entire empire.
Public tendencies, I remember a philosopher once said that the people have a largely blind obedience and follow-up mentality. When public opinion should promote fallacies as truth, it will take no time for fallacies to become truth and be accepted by the people. The imperial capital is an indispensable part of affecting the people's views. I think the reason why Your Highness chose to participate in this meeting of kings, which does not seem to be very valuable, may be to test the bottom line. It is not only the bottom line of Situ Tai and Situ Biao, but also the bottom line of the people's recognition of him. This may have a great impact on Your Highness's future choices."
After a brief pause, the deputy commander of the Fourth Legion, who was born in an imperial military family, seemed to be considering his words. "It's just that my brother thinks that your highness may have too many concerns in this regard. Many problems are not as complicated as he imagined. The words "The ship reaches the bridge head" may be a bit negative or risky, but the facts tell us that history is often smeared in history books in such intentional or unintentional situations, and deliberate things may not be able to do it."
After some careful consideration, Ying Jianming's shocking words were like a storm that stirred waves in Cui Wenxiu's heart.
Cui Wenxiu had to admit that before this sentence, he underestimated the man in front of him who didn't seem to be much stranger. He originally thought he was just a secretly plotted against His Highness the King of Qin, which was just a perfect appearance when he was time to make his efforts. There was nothing else particularly outstanding. But this sentence was enough to make Cui Wenxiu admit that the other party's understanding of His Highness the King of Qin is even better than himself. At least in his understanding of the people's hearts and opinions, Cui Wenxiu felt ashamed of himself.
Cui Wenxiu agreed with the other party’s subsequent words. His Highness the King of Qin may really value the people’s hearts too much, but is the people’s hearts really that important? For a weak regime, the necessary people’s hearts are indeed very important, but for a strong regime, this people’s hearts and opinions seem a bit unnecessary. At least in Cui Wenxiu’s eyes, these illusory things are far less than the merits and prestige established by iron and blood. What’s more, His Highness the King of Qin has been careful in management over the years and won the people’s hearts and opinions that he won will never be worse than any prince in the Situ family. Why is His Highness the King of Qin so trembling as if he was walking on thin ice?
Seeing that the other party's eyes were already a little more rewarding than before, Ying Jianming knew that he had successfully won the other party's respect and recognition with his words just now. He must have risen more than one step in the other party's mind. A brief speech could win the recognition of their former general who followed His Highness the King of Qin to fight bloody battles. It should also be worthy of pride.
"Brother Cui, because of the different perspectives of ours, Your Highness may see further and consider more thoroughly than us. People who are superior often have many unknown troubles, not as simple as our position. However, as Brother Cui said, Your Highness King Qin may really have a big plan, and we may all be an important and indispensable part of this plan. Now what we should do is to do everything possible to adjust the state of the sub-army under our command, especially the army under Brother Cui. Once Your Highness King Qin needs it, we can also play the role we should play in the shortest time!"
Ying Jianming said this very beautifully. Even Cui Wenxiu, who had always disliked flattery, was amused by the other party's words with a little ambition. "Old Ying, it seems that your speed of entering the role is far beyond our expectations. To be honest, when I came to Jinzhong, I was a little worried that Lao Ying would find it difficult to adapt to the style of our Western Army, but now it seems that I am overthinking. Haha, nothing to say. Your troops will sooner or later integrate into our Western Army system. Let me encourage you together. You will find that under the command of His Highness the King of Qin, you will never let you feel disappointed as a soldier. What awaits us are countless conquests and martial merits. The Tanghe nation can only truly achieve strength under the leadership of His Highness the King of Qin, and these will need us to prove it!"
The loud words made Ying Jianming's eyes shine, especially the pride and pride in the other party's words, which stimulated Ying Jianming's thoughts, which had already soared in the Central Continent thousands of miles away. In Ying Jianming's heart, it was the best battlefield for Tanghe soldiers to truly show their talents!
Chapter completed!