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Zhu Chongba in the late Ming Dynasty Volume 1 Chapter 505: Cultural Invasion

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    The Qiang soldiers ran in and reported: "The three clan chiefs, Mr. Li Yan and Mr. Li who were here last time, are asking for a meeting outside the camp again, saying they want to do business with us."

    Before Rimaimouxi could react, Tashi shouted: "Is this guy here again? Drive away, drive away!"

    Marcy, however, was more steady. She frowned and said, "Business? Is it the corn thing he talked about last time again? This man uh let him come in and listen to what he has to say."  "After tasting the taste of corn, seeing the yield of corn, and even getting tens of thousands of kilograms of corn, but unfortunately it was lost again, Marcy's attitude towards corn has quietly changed.

    Rimaimouxi actually began to think about it. In the past, the Qiang people had no interest in dealing with the Han people, not to mention that the other party was a bandit among the Han people. However, after the last time the Meng brothers took them to visit Zhu Jun's territory, they personally  I harvested six to seven hundred kilograms of corn from the corn field and saw the yield of this new crop.  It would be really weird if he wasn't moved.

    The Qiang tribe is really very poor Needless to say, they live on high mountains, and the land there is barren. The key is that in the plateau climate, ordinary crops cannot grow, and they can only survive on highland barley.  This has resulted in the entire Qiang people being very poor and everyone living a miserable life.

    Strictly speaking, Rimai Mouxi may not be considered a good person. In the Qiang tribe, he is a powerful patriarch. He often bullies men and dominates women. He has even raped a few Qiang girls.  But no matter how bad he is, he still knows how to think about his tribe, if the entire tribe is rich.  Of course, as a clan leader, he will also rise with the tide.  This principle is the same as that no matter how stupid the emperor is, he still wants his country to be prosperous and strong.

    After thinking about it for a long time, Rimaimou Xi waved his hand and said, "Please come in, Mr. Li Yan."

    After a while, Li Yan walked in accompanied by the Qiang soldiers. He looked the same as last time, wearing a Confucian shirt. He looked like a scholar with no power to restrain a chicken. However, the three Qiang clan chiefs all understood.  This man is very powerful these days.  The Qiang people racked their brains but failed to get in under Li Yan's nose and grab the corn.  On one occasion, Rimaimou Xi was almost captured.

    Seeing Li Yan come in with a smile on his face that was similar to that of Qi Luo and others, Tashi became unhappy and shouted angrily: "You Han Chinese. What do you mean by the expression on your face?"

    Li Yan laughed: "You know my smile. I just want to ask you, have you successfully grabbed the corn?" In fact, Li Yan does not have such an arrogant personality. He is a gentle and good man.  He rarely talks to people in such a tone, but this time it is different. He knows that ethnic minorities are proud and arrogant. If you are soft with them, they will be hard with you. You must be tough and don't take them seriously.  Only then will they be willing to negotiate with you on an equal footing.

    Li Yan's words immediately made Tashi feel discouraged. Although the Qiang people were not convinced by Wang Hua and were even a little barbaric, they were not very thoughtful. Losing is losing and winning is winning. These days, these  Even though they had tried their best to grab a corn kernel, they had already lost all their energy. They were so uncomfortable with Li Yan's words that they had no choice but to lower their heads and muttered: "You're cruel!"

    Li Yan laughed.

    Rimaimou Xi then spoke: "Master Li, are you here to evade us, or are you here to do business? If you are here specifically to evade someone, you can leave now."

    Li Yan smiled slightly: "Of course Wansheng is here to do business. As for Qiluo Ren, it was obviously the head of the Tashi clan who started the trouble first, otherwise Wansheng would not have tit-for-tat with him."

    Rimaimou Xi glared at Tashi, who had no choice but to step aside angrily.  Rimaimou Xi then asked: "Can we discuss business now? What exactly do you want to buy or sell with us?"

    Li Yan clapped his hands: "Wansheng knows that you Qiang people are upright and don't like twists and turns, so Wansheng made it clear that you retreat from here and never care about the affairs between our Zhu army and the imperial court from now on.  How about helping each other, and Wansheng will provide you with 100,000 catties of corn to help you travel back and forth?"

    It is indeed corn!  The three clan leaders were overjoyed and quickly suppressed their joy. The most taboo thing in negotiations was to show joy. The three clan leaders understood this.  They looked at each other, exchanged glances, and finally gave the right to speak to Masi, because Rimai Mouxi was the patriarch, and if he came out to make conditions, there would be no room for change later, so due to his identity  When people at the next level come forward to speak, it will be easier to adjust later.

    Marci coughed lightly and said, "One hundred thousand jins is too little, isn't it? This amount of food is spread among tens of thousands of Qiang people, and it will be eaten in just a few days. You have to add more!"

    Li Yan laughed: "It's impossible to add that, and you don't even think about it. I'm giving you these benefits, but I'm just asking youSoldiers, we don't help each other, and we don't ask you to help us fight, nor do we ask you to surrender to our army. If you retreat, you will have tens of thousands of catties of food. How can such a good thing come from?  If we, Zhu Jun, push our troops to the border of your Qiang people and ask you for 100,000 kilograms of grain before retreating, will you be willing?  "

    The three clan leaders thought for a moment and realized that this was what happened. If the Zhu army pressed close to the Qiang territory and asked for one hundred thousand taels of food before retreating, what would be the difference between that and banditry?  The Qiang people would rather die than be given food.  In this way, it seems that they are indeed quite profitable in getting 100,000 catties of grain.

    But the three of them felt something strange, as if there was something wrong with their logic. After thinking for a long time, they finally figured out that Zhu Jun was different from their Qiang people. The Qiang people were a nation recognized by the imperial court and were guarded by sergeants and officers.  They can be considered a part of the Ming Dynasty. It is only natural for them to send troops to resist the invaders. They are completely different from bandits going out to steal food and cannot be confused with each other.

    They pressed to the border of the Zhu Army. It was a just war to contribute to the country.  But if the Zhu army pressed close to their Qiang territory to extort food, the nature would be completely different.

    It took a long time, but the thieves wanted to use food to bribe us!  The three clan leaders finally woke up, and Tashi immediately said angrily: "You are trying to frame our Qiang people for injustice! Tomorrow, after you are suppressed by the court, our Qiang people will also be held accountable by the court for being a traitor.  "

    Li Yan saw that although these three were not as cunning as the Han people.  But his brain was not completely stupid, and he couldn't help but feel secretly amused. He smiled and said: "Actually, the key question here is whether the imperial court can defeat our Zhu army" He said freely and confidently: "If the imperial court destroys our army, you guys  Naturally, you will be charged with collaborating with the enemy, but if the imperial court is overthrown by our army and the world changes its master, what will happen to you? At that time, as my friends, Zhu Jun, you will be able to avoid the disaster of annihilation. "

    When he said these words, the three clan leaders couldn't help but be moved.  Li Yan is right.  The key issue here is who can win against whom.

    Masi rolled her eyes and said: "More than ten years ago, the Yi chief She Chongming rebelled. He raised a hundred thousand Yi soldiers. In the end, they were also exterminated by the imperial court. How can we believe that your Zhu army can defeat the imperial court? Do you have ten soldiers?  Wan Dajun?"

    Li Yan laughed loudly: "She Chongming didn't have an army of 100,000 people at all. He added all the men, women, and children of the Yi people together to get 100,000 people. But our Zhu Army you should know that our army has controlled Shaanxi  In the whole territory, if we add all the men, women, old and children together, there will be several million people, how can the Yi people compare with us?"

    After a pause, he continued: "The 100,000 people of the Yi people are extremely poor, but the millions of people in our Zhu army all grow corn with an yield of six to seven hundred kilograms per mu, and potatoes and sweet potatoes with a yield of more than a thousand kilograms per mu.  Everyone has enough to eat and drink, and they have enough strength to fight. How can the Yi people compare with us?"

    After saying these words, Marci didn¡¯t have the strength to refute. Indeed, as Li Yan said, the She Chongming of the Yi people back then was not a little bit worse than the Baishui Zhubalai of today. They were not at the same level at all.

    Li Yan waved his hand and said: "I know what you are worried about. If you don't fight with our army, you are worried that after the imperial court defeats our Zhu army, it will settle accounts and cause trouble for the Qiang people. But in fact, you don't have to worry.  You should know the court's attitude towards you better than I do. As long as you don't blatantly side with our army and help our army fight the war, the court will definitely follow the principle of doing more than doing less and will never come to trouble you. What's more,  The imperial court may not be our army¡¯s opponent yet!¡±

    Li Yan is not talking nonsense. In fact, the imperial court's policy towards ethnic minorities is very liberal and open, almost allowing them complete autonomy, and as long as they surrender to the central government, they will not be cruel to them.  Take the Shizhu Tujia people for example. They organized white pole soldiers and resisted the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years. Later, in the 16th year of Shunzhi, the Tujia people finally surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. However, the Qing Dynasty did not do anything to them, and in the end they were given official titles.  , allowing them to govern themselves with the same preferential treatment as if they had never fought before.

    The Ming Dynasty¡¯s policy toward ethnic minorities may have been a little tougher than the Qing Dynasty¡¯s, but it was not much tougher. As long as the Qiang people did not openly rebel, the imperial court would never settle accounts with them.

    Of course Rimai Mouxi and others knew this truth. They just said they were worried about the imperial court settling accounts, which was just an excuse to negotiate for better conditions. Li Yan exposed it and had no choice but to keep silent.

    Seeing that Masi failed to obtain more benefits, Rimai Mouxi had no choice but to speak. He nodded and said: "I didn't expect that Mr. Li is so familiar with the imperial court's policy on minority people. He is really powerful. My brother is not very good.  I know this, but he didn¡¯t say it well, so please forgive me"

    As soon as he stood up, he wiped away the fact that Marcy said the wrong thing.  Then he said: "The conditions proposed by Young Master Li are indeed good, but Marcy also said just now that one hundred thousand catties can only give us tens of thousands of pounds."The people have to eat for a few days. This is actually meaningless You Han people have a good saying, it is better to teach them to fish than to teach them to fish. I would like to ask Li Yan to change the conditions. I don¡¯t want one hundred thousand taels.  Silver food requires seeds from 100 acres of land, plus a farmer who knows how to grow corn. Come back with us and teach us how to grow corn. What do you think?  "

    This time it was finally time to talk about drama. Rimaimou Xi had made the final offer. He had a good plan in mind. He would first get seeds from a hundred acres of land and find a farmer who could farm.  He taught the Qiang people to grow corn. Once the Qiang people learned how to grow corn, they could rely on the corn grown in the one hundred acres of land to cultivate and plant it. It would not be difficult to plant corn in all the Qiang tribes in western Sichuan

    Li Yan was overjoyed. He could tell that Rimai Mouxi was very sincere. In this case, he might as well ask for the price and pay back the money on the spot.  Li Yan said with a smile: "This is not possible. We Han people have a good saying, teach the apprentice and starve the master to death. I gave you the method of growing corn, what should I do if you bring others to fight? I  He's not a fool. He's not that easy to fool."

    "It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, and to teach a disciple to starve to death is the master. Why are these two sentences so conflicting?"  Rimaimou Xi sweated profusely and thought: The knowledge of the Han people is indeed weird, contradictory and self-contradictory. He smiled bitterly and said: "Then what do you think we should do?"

    Li Yan smiled and said: "It's very simple do it this way! I will allocate a hundred acres of land in Guangyuan as land for your Qiang people to grow corn. You will send dozens of families of Qiang people down the mountain to live in Guangyuan to take care of the corn. My  People will teach them how to grow corn and protect their safety. After the corn is grown, it can be transported back to your Qiang territory. These dozens of families can also return to the Qiang tribe with the corn. We will not detain them.  "

    Rimaimou Xi was surprised: "What does this mean?"

    Li Yan said: "If you do this, one hundred acres of corn will be under the control of our Zhu Jun. We will not be afraid that you will regret it. And our Zhu Jun will naturally not regret it. Otherwise, you can kill them from the bottom of the mountain at any time."

    Rimaimousi thought about it and realized that this was really the case. As for sending dozens of families of Qiang people down the mountain to learn how to grow corn.  He thought there was nothing wrong with it. Even if Zhu Jun was playing tricks and wanted to take these dozens of families hostage, the Qiang people were not afraid of the Han people taking them hostage at all. At most, they could just sacrifice these dozens of families. In troubled times, human life is so cheap.  Dog, anyone who takes dozens of farmers as hostages is a fool.  If this deal goes through, then the corn fruits from the 100 acres of land will return to the mountains together with dozens of Qiang families who know how to grow corn, and the Qiang people will become prosperous.

    Rimaimouxi was afraid that Li Yan would regret it, so he quickly made a decision: "Okay, it's settled! I don't have to pick farmers anymore. I'll just pick a hundred Qiang soldiers from the army who know how to farm. It's up to you."  "

    The two armies agreed upon this, and Li Yan returned to Guangyuan with a hundred Qiang soldiers who were good at farming.  Rimai Mouxi and others began to pack up the camp and prepare to return to the mountain. They planned not to help each other and let the imperial court and Zhu Jun take their own blows.

    But it was said that Li Yan brought the Qiang soldiers back, built a small village outside Guangyuan City, surrounded a hundred acres of wasteland, cleared it, arranged for the 100 Qiang soldiers to live in the village, and then asked Xia Erduo to lead others  He came to teach them how to grow corn, and the news soon spread throughout Guangyuan.  At this time, the Han people and the ethnic minority people still belonged to two distinct camps. The people of Guangyuan were very puzzled as to why Zhu Jun moved the Qiang people to build a village in an area where the Han people lived. Wouldn't this easily cause problems?  ?

    This problem is not only faced by the common people, but also many leaders in the Zhu army are confused.

    In fact, even Li Yan, who was in charge of this matter, was a little confused. Although he was the one who made the plan, it was Zhu Yuanzhang's intention to bring the Qiang people to live with the Han people. He was a little confused about the purpose of Zhu Yuanzhang's move.  What does it mean?

    Of course Zhu Yuanzhang would not tell them that the best way to convert an ethnic minority is to assimilate them into Han culture. If he said this, no one would understand.  He just told his men not to harass the Qiang people, but to manage and treat them as Han people.  Send them more Han items, such as persuading them to stop baking barley cakes and use Han pots to cook corn.  He also advised them not to wear the leather hats often worn by the Qiang people, but instead wore the white scarves that Sichuan people like to wrap around their heads, and told them about the storytelling of the Han people

    This kind of behavior is called cultural invasion. In time, these Qiang people will feel that the moon of the Han people is rounder than that of the Qiang people. When they return to the Qiang tribe to teach corn planting technology, their views will be brought back to the Qiang people.  In the heart, it slowly takes root and sprouts, eventually forming the invasion and penetration of culture.

    There was a race called Westerners in later generations, and they used this trick on our Chinese people. As a result, the Westerners were very successful, and many Chinese people in later generations had a different aesthetic outlook.A fundamental change has taken place. They no longer like to wear long gowns and coats, but instead wear suits and leather shoes.  They also gave themselves an English name and kept saying all day long that foreign moons are rounder than Chinese ones, and foreign novels are better than Chinese novels

    In fact, many people no longer even like traditional oriental beauties, and instead think that Europeans have better figures than Orientals!

    This is basically assimilation. In fact, it¡¯s not that Eastern beauties don¡¯t have as good figures as Western beauties, but that they have used Western bodies as a standard. The standards have changed. Can they be measured well?

    If we put aside the aesthetics of the Chinese people in the Tang Dynasty, all Western women were ugly, and only fat girls like Yang Guifei were beautiful!  The reason is that people in the Tang Dynasty regarded fat girls as their aesthetic standard.  Different standards will lead to different results, and standards are set by those in power who have the power to spread culture. If I make you think fat girls are beautiful, you will be infected to think fat girls are beautiful!

    This is the power of cultural invasion!

    Zhu Yuanzhang planned to spread culture and infiltrate culture to the ethnic minorities throughout Sichuan. To do this, of course, he needed strong economic strength as a backing. By mixing various ideas into commodities and importing them to these ethnic minorities, he could transfer this  The gap opens.  This approach has been proven feasible by later generations, and Zhu Yuanzhang only needs to copy it.
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