Chapter 289: Watch out, Luo's ancestral tradition spreads the king's culture
After the conversation in the quiet room, Zhao Tuo deeply realized the importance that the Luo family attached to the Lingnan region, which was both a good thing and a bad thing.
The good thing is that this proves that I am very important to the Luo family, and the Luo family will not touch me easily, but the bad thing is that if I just sit there in Lingnan and do nothing, and fail to successfully turn the barbarians into Chinese, the head of the Luo family who has been sitting in Zhaocheng might come to Lingnan.
Luo Ling was like a mountain pressing down on everyone's heart. He was the unprecedented head of the Luo family, looking down indifferently at the kings, princes and generals of the world.
Of course, Luo Xin's journey across a distance of thousands of miles was not as simple as just saying a few words to Zhao Tuo. His most important task was to connect Lingnan with the Central Plains.
Where to build canals and where to build straight roads should be put on the future agenda, and construction should begin after production gradually recovers and the Central Plains recovers from its exhaustion.
Looking at the complex terrain of Lingnan, Luo Xin sighed to Zhao Tuo beside him: "Your Majesty, Lingnan is really a good place to establish a separatist regime. As long as we guard a few key passages, we can cut off the heavenly soldiers from the Central Plains."
Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "You are right. When Tuo led the army to the south, he suffered heavy losses because of these terrains. Fortunately, we have now established a firm foothold in this land. As long as we develop it slowly, every inch of this fertile land will become a place that the Su King will look down upon."
Luo Xin nodded with satisfaction. The longer he stayed in Lingnan, the more he felt that the vast south was really nice.
As long as you can overcome the miasma, this place is much more suitable for survival than the area north of the Great Wall.
Because in Luo's view, whether it is miasma or the diseases unique to the south, they can be overcome through the advancement of medical technology.
But the cold in the north is really hard to resist. In the land north of the Yellow River, people freeze to death every winter, not to mention north of the Great Wall.
The reason why the Hu people always wanted to move south was because their living environment was too difficult.
Even those nobles who had enough charcoal for heating and thick clothes to cover themselves still felt uncomfortable in winter.
Thinking of this, Luo Xin recalled the authority given to him by his elder brother, and said, "My king, before I came here, my elder brother sent me a message, saying that if you have made great contributions to the development of Lingnan, when you die, the family will send someone to carry your coffin back to the Central Plains and bury it in Zhaocheng to enjoy incense and sacrifice.
In this world, if there is a family that can last forever, is there any other family besides the Luo family?
If you are buried in Zhaocheng, your soul will rest in peace forever. For thousands of years, your achievements will remain in the world forever."
boom!
It was as if a thunder exploded in an instant, shaking Zhao Tuo's entire body.
Buried in Zhaocheng!
Zhao Tuo never dreamed that Luo would actually offer such conditions. These were conditions that not many people in the world could refuse.
"Prime Minister, is this true? Did Lord Zhao really say that?"
Zhao Tuo's tone was so excited that he could hardly suppress it. He had to ask clearly. This had to be agreed to by Luo Ling himself. The promise of the head of the Luo family was more important than Mount Tai.
Luo Xin said solemnly: "Yes, even if the corners of Mount Tai become as small as stones, even if the river becomes as narrow as a belt, even if the sun and the moon collapse, and the sky and the earth collapse, Luo's promise will never be violated."
Zhao Tuo said solemnly without hesitation: "Prime Minister, please tell Lord Zhao that I will open up Lingnan in my lifetime and will never give up until my death."
At this time, the Prime Minister of Lingnan suddenly came in a hurry, with an anxious look on his face. When he came close to the two of them, he said directly: "My King, Prime Minister, the news of the riot of the southern barbarians seems to have leaked out, and they have noticed something."
Zhao Tuo's face immediately changed when he heard this. He had just boasted, but now he was slapped in the face. He couldn't help but feel a little angry, but because Luo Xin was right beside him, he couldn't get angry directly. He suppressed his anger and asked, "Which tribes are they?"
"Most of them are from Xiou and Luoyue. They have gathered dozens or even hundreds of tribes. The people below thought it was just a small riot and did not report it. Unexpectedly, it escalated and eventually led to the current situation. Now there are probably tens of millions of southern barbarians involved."
Zhao Tuo was completely out of control now, and he cursed: "I have long said that any news about the barbarian riots must be reported to Fanyu. I am worried about the current situation. These people dared to disobey orders. They really deserve to be killed!"
After cursing, he quickly said to Luo Xin: "Prime Minister, Tuo will deal with this matter immediately. Do you want to return to Chang'an or continue to stay in Lingnan?"
Hearing about the barbarians rioting, Luo Xin was not worried at all, but smiled and said, “My king.
Isn’t this a good thing?
The Chinese established their kingdom in the wild land and spread civilization, but the ignorant barbarians wanted to push the world back to the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood. Is this tolerable?
Please tell this to all the people in Lingnan, and I believe everyone will be full of fighting spirit.
Such a big thing, Xin naturally couldn't stand idly by.
The King of Lingnan can take a look at how the Luo family transformed from barbarians to Chinese. Xinhui will demonstrate it to you in full here, and then you can learn from what Xin did. "
Glory always fills people with fighting spirit, especially in a war to spread civilization, the Chinese people are born with a psychological advantage.
Zhao Tuo himself was encouraged by Luo Xin's words, and Luo Xin even demonstrated it to him personally. After this time, he had a clear idea of what to do, so he happily went to Panyu City to gather the troops and prepare to quell the rebellion.
Luo Xin gently moved his body and said solemnly to the brave warrior beside him: "Notify them to prepare for battle."
Luo Xin decided to go into battle himself. Although he held the position of prime minister, he was not a pure civil servant like Xiao He. He was a brave man who could rescue Lu Zhi and her daughter from the chaos of the army. Even if he was not the prime minister, he was more than qualified to be a brave general.
He really didn't expect that he would encounter a barbarian riot when he came to Lingnan. He thought he would never encounter such a thing in his life.
You must know that although the Luo family has always been holding up the banner of transforming the barbarians into Chinese, the Luo family itself has not taken any action in this regard for a long time, mainly because after losing the country, the impact is still very large.
Now these things can only be done through the court. Of course, it is not as convenient as during the Bang Zhou period for the head of the family or the prince to directly lead the brave warriors and the elite soldiers of Luo State to attack.
Wars are fought for intelligence. After Luo Xin confirmed that he was the commander of this war to quell the rebellion, he immediately began to investigate the situation of the barbarian riots in this direction.
After learning this, Luo Xin himself felt a little frightened, and he felt as if he was empathizing with his ancestors who lived thousands of years ago.
In the Lingnan area, Panyu City is like a small boat in the ocean. Compared with countless barbarians, these hundreds of thousands of people can really be said to be weak.
Luo Xin sighed and said, “My king, thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Xia people, those first generation nobles, faced this situation.
It was even more critical than this situation, because at that time the weapons of the Chinese had not yet completely surpassed those of the barbarians.
Now we have iron tools, full body armor and sharp weapons. If we still cannot complete the great achievements of our ancestors, we really don’t know how we can face our ancestors after we die.”
Zhao Tuo also sighed and said, "You are right."
The war started soon. Zhao Tuo was able to dominate Lingnan because he was really strong. He once had more than 20,000 high-quality armored soldiers under his command.
It was just that the armor had fallen into disrepair and there was no iron smelting technology in Lingnan, so it could not be repaired.
In addition, over the years, many soldiers have become weaker due to farming, but they still have a decisive advantage when facing the barbarians.
Those disorganized barbarians were soon met with a head-on blow. A fierce general like Luo Xin, leading the Han Dynasty's most elite guards and brave warriors, all of whom were armored warriors, was like a divine army descended from the sky.
The only thing that could cause an obstacle is the hot weather. One has to take a rest after putting on armor for a while, otherwise one simply cannot bear it.
Luo Xin had no intention of getting entangled with the barbarians. From the beginning of this war, he had only one goal, which was to weaken the barbarian population.
Relying solely on killing on the battlefield is too slow and tiring. The best way is to rely on water and fire, so he chose the best location.
The war proficiency of these southern barbarian tribes was far behind that of the Central Plains. They didn't even have the idea of feigning defeat and luring the enemy deep into their territory.
When the barbarians poured into the valley, despair came.
Billowing black smoke was rising from the valley, and there was some fire burning in the black smoke. It was really not easy to set a big fire in Lingnan, a place with a humid climate, but the lethality was really great. Even if the fire didn't kill people, no one knew how many people would die in the thick smoke.
Countless barbarians wailed in the thick smoke, and then gradually became silent. Luo Xin and Zhao Tuo watched this scene from afar.
Zhao Tuo asked in confusion: "Prime Minister, didn't you say to use all means except massacre?"
Luo Xinyan glanced at Zhao Tuo and said calmly: "King of Lingnan, you should be flexible in doing things. Killing those unarmed women and children and soldiers who laid down their weapons is called massacre. How can killing in war be called massacre?
We didn't even kill the surrendered soldiers, so isn't this considered a righteous army?"
Zhao Tuo understood.
It turns out that this is the Luo family’s ancestral method of spreading the king’s rule.
Then he knew that he was still young, and Luo Xin said again: "A saint is unwilling to hurt even ants, so as a Chinese, can you watch women and children suffer and remain indifferent?
Go, let the soldiers rescue those women and children."
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When Xin wanted to return, he encountered a rebellion by the barbarians. He assisted King Tuo of Lingnan in suppressing it. He said, "Women and children are pitiful. Xin asks the king for mercy."
The King of Lingnan responded, saying, "I have heard that the wise men of ancient times did not harm ants, but regarded the lives of ants as their own. Now the Prime Minister has the demeanor of a wise man, which is a blessing for the southern barbarians."
People at that time said: "Dong'e's kindness extended to all birds and beasts, and even saved the barbarians." - "Records of the Grand Historian: The Biography of the Marquis of Dong'e"
(End of this chapter)
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