Aspirations for Nation and Beauty: Section 4 Root

Turning his head slightly, Wu Feng asked casually, as if feeling a little bit: "Oh? Your opinion seems to be a bit compromised, let's hear it."

"Now the Taiping Sect is actually mainly concentrated in the Heshuo area. Although Anyuan is the old nest of the Taiping Army, it has become an isolated island in our hands. It is easy to overthrow it, but the adults are not willing to spend more damage. But that's all. Now Heshuo seems to have some momentum, there are still four prefectures in the territory, the population under its control is still six to seven million, and the number of troops is still around 400,000. It can also be regarded as the elite of the Taiping Army, but here There is a very fatal problem, that is, there have been serious differences among them on the policy of where the Taiping religion should go. The Holy Kingdom establishes an ideal heaven where the tiller has his own land and everyone can be equal, but this is obviously an ideal thing. There are a hundred people and all kinds of people. If you want to build such a society that equals the rich and the poor among all people It can only be a castle in the air, and it can only make society regress, but now You Daofang seems to be neither able to see nor listen to these different opinions.”

"However, there are also some wise and intelligent people in the Taiping Sect, such as Bo Jinchen, Tao Bang, Xu Wenzhe, etc. They have discovered the deviation of the Taiping Sect's policy in this regard. When it was first built, the trend of thought represented by You Daofang had risen somewhat, but under the special circumstances at that time, the great achievements of the Taiping Sect concealed this contradiction. However, as the areas controlled by the Taiping Sect gradually stabilized, These trends of thought are gradually emerging, and the Taiping Sect's weakness has been gradually exposed in the face of pressure from all sides. How to deal with the drastic changes in the situation? The radical faction represented by You Daofang, Tang Guotai, and Yu Yongzhi He Bo Jinchen, Tao Bang, and Xu Wenzhe's moderate faction have become more and more incompatible. They have become the focus of their attitudes towards the middle and upper-class gentry in their control areas, and this has directly affected the people in their control areas. Stable."

"In fact, there is an invisible force hidden behind these two factions. This invisible force is not weak, and can even play a pivotal role. Its representatives are Cheng Dayou and Yu Yongzhi. From their inner essence, they are not compatible with the main forces of the two factions just mentioned. Judging from the policies he implemented in Jiujiang, Cheng Dayou should be inclined to the Bo Jinchen faction, but this guy is quite cunning. After occupying Jiujiang, he tended to be independent. When he saw that the power of the Taiping Sect was declining day by day, he already had close contacts with some forces in the empire in some aspects. Some of his methods even imitated your early days, sir. Measures, his ambition is not small, but he is inextricably linked with the Taiping Sect after all, even if he wants to get rid of this connection, I'm afraid it is impossible. As for Yu Yongzhi, according to the situation we know On the surface, this guy is a loyal supporter of You Daofang, but inside this guy has changed his character. The large amount of wealth he and his confidants collected in the Heshuo area are secretly stored in the imperial capital and There are several big banks in the south of the Yangtze River, and even our Northwest Bank has accounts, this guy has a lot of vision, and like Cheng Dayou, he can see that the Taiping Holy Kingdom is not long, it's just that the two chose different directions."

"In short, Taipingjiao no longer has the kind of concerted efforts that it used to have when it started its business, and because the original leader You Daofang who maintained them is gradually losing his charisma as a leader, his direction of guidance has greatly deviated from the correct one. In the course of history, powerful forces like Kaman and us in the Northwest have emerged around the Holy Kingdom of Taiping. They have no power to regain their glory. It is a matter of time before they are destroyed. Of course, this is the opinion of the subordinates. .”

Linghu Yi combined his own views and analysis with the large amount of intelligence information he possessed as the chief of military intelligence, and explained it with reason and evidence. Even Liang Chongxin had to admit that his subordinate was in this The position of chief of military intelligence is really good.

"Well, the analysis is good, but Linghu, can you predict when the Taiping Sect will disappear completely?" Wufeng asked with a smile of interest.

Shaking his head, Linghu Yi is very cautious about this point: "My lord, the rise of the Taiping Sect has its historical reasons, especially in the north of the empire, because most of the heroes who started the empire were from the northern counties After the empire gained power, out of the dual needs of buying people's hearts and reducing military power, several emperors in the early days of the empire conferred meritorious officials and lands, and most of these heroes and generals returned to their original hometowns, so in the north Not only are there many meritorious nobles in these counties, but most of the land is concentrated in the hands of these nobles. Because the land nobles in the northern counties are conservative in thinking and discriminated against in the development of industry and commerce, the assets of these meritorious nobles are mainly concentrated in land and land income. A vicious circle, most of their income is invested in continuing to buy land rather than in industry and commerce, making the land more and more concentrated.”

"The northern counties have always been dependent on the sky due to terrain and climate reasons and have never paid attention to the construction of farmland infrastructure. The unstable harvest made these nobles even more aggressively increase the rent. The people of the lower class are eager to obtain A better life. The Taiping Sect moves with the times, taking advantage of the continuous famines in the northern region to continuously develop believers. It has laid a solid foundation in the northern counties of the empire, and thus achieved success in one fell swoop. In recent years, the northern region has compared The weather is relatively smooth, and ordinary people can get by. Except for some fanatical Taiping believers, many lower-class people are not so fanatical about this aspect. However, once natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, the lower-class people cannot survive. The yearning and longing for the teachings preached by the Taiping Church, as long as this kind of thinking is instigated by someone with a heart, it will become a wave of peasant uprisings. Even though it seems that the Taiping Church may be extinguished due to the attack of various forces, it is superficial. The open fire in the world is extinguished, and the spark is still hidden. As long as the opportunity is ripe, it may resurface at any time. Therefore, the collapse of the Taiping Holy Kingdom is inevitable, but it is not easy to eradicate the root cause of the disaster caused by the Taiping Sect. Unless fundamentally changing the living conditions of the lower-class people in the northern counties.”

Linghuyi's analysis made Wufeng and Liang Chongxin look at each other and nod at the same time. This is not a problem that can be solved in a short period of time. The infrastructure in the northern counties is too poor, and they are completely dependent on the sky, and these counties are land aristocrats In the most powerful areas, the cruel oppression makes the peasants in these counties barely able to afford food and clothing even in normal years. Whenever a disaster occurs, there will be a large number of bandits and bandits, and when there is a catastrophe, it will be even more violent Once there is a fuse, it is very likely that the situation of the Taiping Sect uprising will happen, especially now that the various teachings of the Taiping Sect are widely spread among the lower classes in the northern counties.

"The issue of the Taiping Sect is indeed a complex issue, with a deep historical background behind it. If you want to resolve the various disasters it brings, military strikes and suppression alone will not be effective, and it must exist Only by completely eradicating the foundation of society can this disaster be truly resolved." Wu Feng said in a deep voice.

"Well, but the civil strife of the Taiping Sect is imminent. According to intelligence, Bo Jinchen and Xu Wenzhe have gotten very close these days. I doubt what Bo Jinchen might have in mind." When it came to this question, Ling Fox Wing hesitated.

"This possibility is very high. Bo Jinchen is a top-notch figure in the Taiping Sect and also You Daofang's former chief think tank. However, the relationship between the two is not as good as before, and Bo Jinchen is also unwilling to be like this. The person who made the Taiping Sect decline~IndoMTL.com~ And Xu Wenzhe also has considerable military strength in the Heshuo area. If Bo Jinchen wants to think about it, he can only deal with Yu Yongzhi by joining forces with Xu Wenzhe, but You Daofang is not a good person, although He deviates from the normal path in thinking, but he is not weaker than anyone in playing tricks, and Bo Jinchen may not be able to succeed if he thinks about it." As a close neighbor of the Taiping Army, Liang Chongxin has always been very fond of Taiping teachers. Pay attention, he will ask for a copy of the information about the Taiping Sect collected by the intelligence system of the Military Intelligence Bureau or the Intelligence Agency for his own analysis.

"Chongxin, regardless of whether Bo Jinchen and Xu Wenzhe can solve You Daofang together, the Taiping Sect will split sooner or later, and both sides have considerable military strength. It may collapse suddenly, and the wolves around will not give up this opportunity, the Kamans are like this, Situ Jun and Situ Lang may also be waiting for this opportunity, including us of course." Wufeng said with a faint smile, "This is an opportunity, now it's up to who can seize it."

"My lord, do you mean to wait for the Taiping Sect to kill each other, and then wait for the opportunity to send troops?" Linghu Yi also nodded.

"Well, now let's see when this opportunity will come." Wufeng nodded and said, "Heshuo is a land of kings and hegemony, and no one will give up this fertile land easily. Kaman people are like this, The same is true for Situ Lang and Situ Jun, of course we can't give up lightly, and hope that some things can happen as we planned in the second half of the year."

Liang Chongxin and Linghu Yi also nodded heavily, "What your lord said is true."

The somewhat sensitive Liang Chongxin then asked rhetorically, "Are some of the things your lord said related to the large amount of grain stored in Kansai and Northwest?"