Chapter 636 0631 [Use of Surrendered Generals]
A carriage went to the dock, and Yelu Yudu watched the street scene along the way.
Once upon a time, Nanjing (Beijing) in Liao was also so prosperous and lively. Now everything is gone, the population of Youyun states has dropped sharply, and only one in ten people in the north has survived.
From Jin to Ming, the further south you go, the more it feels like you have come from hell to the world.
Unfortunately, before staying in Kaifeng for a few more days, you have to go to Shandong to see Prince Zhu.
After entering the city, the father and son did not even have time to go shopping. After meeting the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they were asked to contact Shi Yuangong. Officials from the Grand Marshal's Office, the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, and the Honglu Temple also came to listen and ask questions, reminding them what information they should recall and tell.
"Ouch, bite with your mouth, bite his hand!"
"Grab his crotch, hurry up and grab his bird!"
"King Kang is so skilled that he can even turn this over."
"King Yun, hurry up and poke his eyeballs..."
The onlookers who were blocking the street made way to avoid the carriage, and Yelu Yudu finally saw the situation clearly.
Yelu Dong really couldn't understand Chinese, so he didn't take the two fighting people seriously.
Yelu Yudu was extremely surprised and asked the official who was traveling with him: "Why are there Prince Kang and Prince Yun?"
The official glanced at him and said awkwardly and amusedly: "They are just the royal family of the previous dynasty. General, don't be too surprised."
"Can the royal family of the previous dynasty move around freely in the Ming Dynasty?" Yelu Yudu asked.
The official said: "The official is kind. The emperor of the previous dynasty is still an official in Shandong."
Hearing this, Yelu Yudu was more relieved. If the royal family of Zhao Song could be treated well, he, a member of the Liao royal family, didn't have to be afraid of anything.
In the center of the street, before the patrol soldiers arrived, the three brothers had dragged Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou away.
Zhao Qi was about to complain about their shame, but Zhao Gou had already walked away, and Zhao Kai also limped in another direction.
Except for his brothers, no prince liked Zhao Kai, and their attitude towards this guy was envy, jealousy and hatred. In the past, they needed to curry favor with him, but who cares so much now? Zhao Gou had long wanted to beat him up!
Zhao Kai raised his sleeves to cover his face, rented a carriage, and headed straight to the suburbs.
He didn't want to go home for the time being, and he didn't dare to go back to the city.
After the fall of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kai always regarded himself as the big brother. When he was under house arrest, he often went to his younger brothers' homes to ask for money. Later, when he had money, any younger brother asked him to borrow money, he would lend it without saying a word.
All these behaviors were taken for granted by Zhao Kai.
He was the big brother, so of course his younger brothers should help him when he was down, and naturally they should help their younger brothers when they were prosperous.
Zhao Gou's words and deeds today broke Zhao Kai's heart. It turned out that he was nothing in the eyes of his younger brothers.
"Stop!"
Zhao Kai reached out for money and planned to find a tavern to drink alone.
After groping around, he found that he had forgotten to bring money. Zhao Kai didn't care about being sad, and said awkwardly: "I have something to do at home, so I'm going to the southwest. I have to go home to get something first."
Zhao Gou went to Yuanshe to play football with his friends.
There are two main rules for Cuju in Tokyo now. One is a performance, using the rules of the Song Dynasty; the other is a competition, using the rules improved by Prince Zhu.
No matter which one, they are very popular.
"Hey, Jiulang is here again." The playboys had a mocking expression.
These guys, with the children of the powerful in the new dynasty as the core, also absorbed many children of merchants, and at the bottom was a large group of hangers-on.
And Zhao Gou, in fact, is also a hanger-on.
He didn't want to be like this, but the real scholar circle was wary of Zhao Gou's identity. He could only make a presence in the lower scholar circle while running to be a hanger-on for these dandy boys. While eating and drinking all day, he could also find some opportunities to climb up.
Zhao Gou bowed and smiled flatteringly: "I've kept you waiting for a long time."
"Has the engagement been withdrawn?" asked a playboy.
Zhao Gou replied: "I will withdraw and not bother with the Luo family."
Another playboy laughed and asked: "How much money did you lose?"
Zhao Gou replied: "Not much, and it's not for money."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone started laughing. They liked to play tricks on the Zhao Song royal family and had a perverted pleasure of trampling on the nobles.
Zhao Gou could only greet them with a smile and follow these guys to have fun at night, eating and drinking in high-end entertainment venues.
When the wine was over and the people dispersed, Zhao Gou wandered on the streets of Tokyo, looking up at the bright moon in the night wind.
He felt that this was not a way out, especially after a fight during the day, he completely became a laughing stock for the people of Tokyo.
Save money for another half a year, and try to write a letter to the court, asking to move to another place with his wife and children. The more remote the place, the better. The gentry in the remote areas have little knowledge, and he, a former royal family, can be respected.
When you go to a small place, spend money to buy land and property, make friends with local celebrities, and your second half of life will be better.
Whoever wants to live in this broken Tokyo city can live there. Anyway, Zhao Gou doesn't want to stay there for half a day.
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Yelu Yudu and his son were escorted out of Tokyo and took a boat all the way to Shandong.
From Kaifeng to Jinan, you can take the water route, and you have to pass Liangshan Lake in the middle.
The population of the prefectures and counties around Liangshan Lake has also dropped sharply, and even the fishermen have become very few, but it is no longer as chaotic as in the past few years.
People don't want to experience war again, and even the scattered bandits in the mountains have been recruited as civilians and assigned to reclaim unowned land.
"The Jin Kingdom will definitely not be able to defeat the Ming Kingdom." Yelu Dongzhen said.
Yelu Yudu said: "Of course we can't win. The Ming Dynasty only needs to defend the city, and the Jin Dynasty will inevitably have civil strife. The Jin Dynasty court has food but lacks soldiers, and Wanyan Zonghan has soldiers but lacks food. If he can't go south to plunder, Wanyan Zonghan will sooner or later fight with the Jin Dynasty emperor!"
Yelu Dongzhen said: "My son means that along the way, the prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty are full of merchants and fertile fields. On the other hand, in Yunzhong (Datong), all industries are depressed under Wanyan Zonghan's rule. As long as the city is not lost, the Ming border army can continue to fight next year even if it loses ten or twenty battles. And what about Wanyan Zonghan? He will be exhausted after losing three or five battles."
"Indeed!" Yelu Yudu nodded.
More than a hundred years ago, the Jurchen tribes were still in the primitive society of clan communes.
In the past hundred years, the Jurchens have finally leapt from clan communes to slavery.
But the specific situation is extremely complicated. In the civilization transition from "hunting" to "farming", clans and slavery have always existed together.
From clan communes to large family communes, and then to small family private ownership, this civilization process that jumped several levels was almost carried out simultaneously in all parts of the Jin Dynasty.
Until half a century later, Yue Fei had been dead for decades, and the Jin Dynasty was still "small family private ownership, large family common farming". During the busy farming season, the clan leader could mobilize all resources, including the slaves of the small family, to command the labor of the entire family's land.
In the past two years, the Jin Dynasty not only migrated a large number of Xi people and Bohai people, but also migrated the Jurchen tribe to the north and brought the Meng'an Mouke system.
The tribal aristocratic slave system of large families and small families began to be implemented in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Countless Jurchen slaves were redeemed as free people, and countless Han people and Bohai people became slaves, carrying out very inefficient production activities in the Youyun area.
Those places were worse than when the Liao Dynasty ruled. Every month, people fled south, or simply rebelled and fought guerrilla warfare in the mountains.
For example, the monks of Mount Wutai, under the leadership of the abbot, united the local gentry and people, and have been hiding in the mountains to deal with the Jin people for more than a year.
Yelu Dongzhen saw the chaotic rule of the Jin people in the north. At that time, he didn't think there was anything wrong. When he came to Daming for a tour, he found that the national strength of the Jin Kingdom was too weak.
Yelu Yudu sighed: "The Liao Kingdom did not perish from the Jin, but from internal strife. As long as Daming does not have internal strife, why should we fear the Jin Kingdom?"
This is the truth in Yelu Yudu's heart. He still looks down on the Jin people and thinks that they are a group of uncivilized mountain barbarians.
As for the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Jin soldiers, Yelu Yudu selectively ignored it.
When he met Zhu Ming in Jinan, Yelu Yudu bowed his head and knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes and said: "Yelu Yudu, a survivor of the Liao Dynasty, greets the prince of the Ming Dynasty China!"
"General, please get up quickly." Zhu Ming smiled and supported him.
Yelu Yudu said: "The Jurchens are barbarians. The Ming, Liao, and Song are all part of China. The Liao and Song did not practice good governance, so they were coveted by the barbarians. Now the Ming is benefiting the people, and it will surely drive the Jurchens back to the wilderness!" Zhu Ming took Yelu Yudu's hand and said: "General, you are wrong. That place is not a wilderness, but the original land of China. The Jurchen people have been deprived of education for a long time, so they have become barbarians, and they have been bewitched by ambitious people, so they have become as savage as beasts. Since the general is here, you should help me recover The Chinese homeland, re-educate the people there. If someone is stubborn and would rather die than submit to the king's rule, then we can only kill them. "
Yelu Yudu was stunned, and then acted excitedly: "The prince is a man of great talent and strategy, which really makes me ashamed. The whole world belongs to the king, and all the people are the king's subjects. Those Jurchen barbarians should be well educated."
Zhu Ming asked: "Have many Khitan tribes been relocated by the Jurchens?"
Yelu Yudu said: "In addition to the deaths of famine and war, the Khitan and Han people in Yanshan Most of them were relocated by the Jin Kingdom. Last year, the Xi people and Bohai people were relocated to Yanshan, which was considered a complete replacement of the people there. The relocated tribes had a lot of resentment in their hearts. Who would be willing to leave their homeland? It was simply because the Jurchens were few in number and they were afraid of rebellion from the tribes, so they would be better governed after random relocation. "
Zhu Ming asked: "If you cross the sea from Shandong and follow the army to the heartland of the Jin Kingdom, can you be sure to incite the Khitans to revolt?"
Yelü Yudu said: "My people were relocated to Chenzhou (Gai County) by the Jin Kingdom. At the beginning of the migration, many tribesmen joined forces to fight against the Jin Dynasty. As long as I lead the troops to fight, the tribesmen will surely come to surrender. "
"Excellent!"
Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Before the fighting in Hebei, you will cross the sea with the army in Shandong and go to Chenzhou to recruit the old Khitans. I will provide you with weapons and armor, and form an army on the spot to turn the whole Liaodong upside down!"
"I will definitely live up to the trust of the prince!"
Yelu Yudu was so excited that he immediately knelt down. He could finally command troops again, and the soldiers under his command were his own people.
Yelu Dongzhen didn't understand Chinese, but seeing his father's performance, he guessed what happened, and quickly knelt down to thank him.
(The last chapter made a mistake in the champion, and it has been corrected. Sorry.)