The World (8)

The flat-bottomed sand boat seemed to feel the pressure from the eyes around it, and walked astringently, more than two miles of waterway, as long as thousands of years.

It's just that the afternoon sun has always shone brilliantly on the same position on the wooden sail, and has not moved slightly.

The sand boat finally sailed into its own water gate, and Huang Zhen, Yin Shi, Tang Shixiong and several other thousands of households in charge of the army greeted them at the same time, surrounded Zhu Qing and asked, "Big boss, what do you say?" ”

Zhu Qing didn't answer, and his feet on the gangway suddenly shook, and he almost fell into the water. Zhang Xuan next to him was quick and helped him. While helping Zhu Qing to walk to the deck, he shouted at everyone: "Go into the cabin and say, don't you see that the big boss is tired!" ”

Several managers and thousands of households felt abrupt and walked into the cabin with apologetic faces. It's no wonder that everyone behaved at a loss, since Zhu Qing took over as the big boss, today is the worst situation faced by the gang, they didn't fight with all their strength, the defeat was decided, and everyone didn't know where to go all of a sudden.

Zhu Qing didn't know!

Back then, the Huangshui Gang was attacked by the Great Song Dynasty sailors, and he fled all the way to Goryeo with Zhang Xuan, Huang Zhen and others.

At that time, he felt that he was standing on the moral high ground. Who doesn't know that the heroes of the northern waterways have the Great Song Dynasty in their hearts, and have always only attacked the fleets of the Jin State and the Mongols, and did not plunder to the south. The official family surnamed Zhao had just received the help of the heroes of the northern waterway, and in a blink of an eye, they forgot the kindness of everyone and helped Kou Qiu to exterminate the pirates! As long as everyone is still alive, how can they be willing to give in to this ungrateful person?

But today, Fang Kui's few words of scolding made Zhu Qing unable to defend himself. Many words still echoed in his ears like Hong Zhong. Although from a certain point of view, Zhu Qing felt that his choice was not much different from Fang Kui, they both went ashore to find a way out, but one family took refuge in Wen Tianxiang and the other took refuge in Dayuan.

But Fang Kui asked well, "For the sake of your hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children, can I let millions of people in Jiangnan die tragically under the butcher's knife?"

No, Zhu Qing knew in his heart that hundreds of thousands or millions, neither of them should be sacrificed, it was not his original intention.

"He bullied people too much!" The roar of the fourth master, Huang Zhen, pulled Zhu Qing back to reality from his contemplation. Raising his head, he found that he was already sitting in the handsome position of ordinary deliberations, and the few people in charge of the army under his command had already quarreled.

"The other Fang family just found the right time and voted for a powerful master, what qualifications do they have to accuse others of not! If you want me to say, let's just break the boat, who will have the last laugh is not necessarily! The third Huang Zhen jumped to his feet and said. This fourth brother usually acts recklessly, and he is notoriously desperate. It seems that he has learned about Fang Kui's conditions from Zhang Xuan's mouth, and is ready to fight to the death with the other party.

"Yes, let's fight with them, Lao Tzu is organizing the water ghost team. Sneak over and scuttle his ship, desperately trying to earn him enough money! The fourth jumped up to cater to it. In this case, it is impossible to win, but the Yellow Water Gang has always been on a par with the southern Fang family, and at this moment it is better to die than to fall into the face of the heroes of the northern waterway.

"I'm afraid that I can't get close to the ship of the leopard in the waves, their ship is fast. And the leopard in the waves is also an old boater, and knows the number of roads in the water! The fifth Tang Shixiong has always been cautious, shook his head, and reminded in a low voice.

"Then what do you say, do we Huangshui Gang just stick out their necks and let others cut them?" The fourth Yin Shi pointed to Tang Shixiong's nose and asked.

"Their purpose is to rob food, not to kill people. After a while, the junior brother led people to rush over and entangle the Fang family's gunboat. The eldest brother and the second brother replaced the small loach and rushed to the shore. The third brother and the fourth brother each drove a huge ship of 2,000 materials, and led people to rush to the open sea and the shore separately under the banner of the eldest brother. Our nearly 200 ships are scattered, and he will catch them one by one, and he will have to catch them for a day and a night......" Tang Shixiong ignored the sincere questioning and arranged it in a clear manner.

"Old Five!" Yin Shi withdrew his finger and choked.

"Our brothers, as long as one of us is alive, we will find this field in the future! No matter how powerful the other Fang family is, there will always be a time when the ship is left alone! Tang Shixiong hugged Yin Shi and said with a smile. I didn't take the other party's accusation to heart at all.

That's how pirates work. The reason why they don't kill each other is because the sea is wide, and it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net in every battle. And once an unresolved grudge is formed, it will be difficult for a reporter to close his eyes for a lifetime. In the past few hundred years, how many gangs of thousands of ships on the sea have been bitten by a few maggot-like enemies with bones, and finally the entire gang has been wiped out.

Several family members stopped talking, and they all thought that Tang Shixiong's suggestion was the best choice at the moment. The cabin was shrouded in a tragic atmosphere, and everyone hugged each other, waiting for Zhu Qing's order, and then dispersed to break through. At this time, I heard Zhu Qingmeng say faintly: "Do you think about the 100,000 old and weak people in your family when you do this?" ”

"Huh?" Tang Shixiong and the others froze, and the tragic feeling in their hearts was swept away, replaced by a deep worry and helplessness.

Today, everyone's home is no longer at sea. Whether in Liujiagang or Chongming Town, the brothers' families have taken root.

Kublai Khan was generous to his courtiers and easily did not offend others. But if someone disappoints him, the punishment is also very severe, and it is common to exterminate his family. The loss of 200,000 stone of grain delayed the northern expedition of the army. I am afraid that anyone who escapes back alive will inevitably be beheaded and punished by military justice. And those family members living on the shore, either in the army or in the official slaves, I am afraid that none of them will end well.

"Then what should we do, can we just bow our heads and give in! We, the heroes of the north, when have you ever been afraid of their southern characters," Zhang Xuan asked with red eyes. After following Zhu Qing, he felt the humiliation in front of Fang Kui together with the big boss. This feeling of humiliation burned his mind and prevented him from making a normal judgment about the situation in front of him.

"From the day I took you to be recruited, our northern waterway has been unable to raise its head in front of them!" Zhu Qing slowly stood up and sighed.

As if in an instant, the brilliance of life returned to his face. With a few wry smiles, Zhu Qing instructed a few good brothers: "Second brother, please go to Langli Leopard with the fifth brother again, and say that I promise to surrender." Let him find a way to keep it a secret, and within a month, don't spread the news that the grain ship was intercepted! Let's arrange for the evacuation of our families. ”

"This, yes!" Zhang Xuan paused, reluctantly agreed, turned around and walked out of the hatch. Before leaving the cabin door, Tang Shixiong glanced back at Zhu Qing, and suddenly, his eyes turned red for no reason. Shaking his head, he desperately suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.

"The third, the fourth, the two of you will take people back to your hometown in a while, pick up the brothers' families on the boat in batches, first go to Daishan, Xiaohengshan and Sijiao Islands to hide, and when the people are here, take them to Fujian to vote for the prime minister." There are 200,000 stone grains as a meeting gift, and Prime Minister Wen will not treat everyone badly! Zhu Qing looked at Tang Zhen and Yin Shi, and solemnly ordered.

"Yes!" Tang Zhen and Yin Shi received the order in a low voice. For Zhu Qing, the eldest brother, the two of them have always been convinced, even if they are unwilling in their hearts, they will carry out his orders to the letter.

"If anyone does not want to go to sea, give them some money and let them go away. Don't stay in your hometown and wait for someone to catch you! Zhu Qing took out a bunch of keys and pressed them in Huang Zhen's hand. The family business we have accumulated over the years, as well as the smuggling proceeds after returning to the Great Yuan, are all here, you have distributed them evenly, don't let people complain! ”

"Hmm!" Huang Zhen rubbed his red eyes, put away the key, still unwilling in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Big boss, what about you?" Will Prime Minister Wen reuse us? ”

"I heard that Yang Xiaorong and Li Xing are both generals, and they are all in charge of the army. If you go there, your status will not be lower than that of a thousand households. As for me," Zhu Qing smiled miserably, "I lost His Majesty's grain, and I should go to the north and give him an explanation!" ”

"Big boss!" Tang Zhen and Yin Shi jumped over in one arrow step and grabbed Zhu Qing's arm stiffly. At this moment, the two finally understood why Zhu Qing arranged for Zhang Xuan and Tang Shixiong to contact and surrender, and left the two of them behind. Zhang Xuan's influence in the fleet is only second to Zhu Qing, Tang Shixiong is thoughtful, with the two of them, Zhu Qing can't do anything to sacrifice his life for righteousness.

"Let it go, if no one goes ashore and gives the port officials along the way a set of arguments to convince them that the grain ships are still there. Can you get out of it for a month? Zhu Qing smiled and shook his arms, and got out of the grasp of Huang Yin and the others, "I have exhausted the road by myself, no wonder others." It's me, it's me who understands too late. There is only the court in his eyes, but he doesn't know that above the court, there is also the country! ”

"Country?" Huang Zhen and Yin Shi muttered, and a nameless grief and anger surged into their hearts. From childhood to adulthood, all I heard in my ears were the father and son of the monarch and the minister, who had ever told them the word 'country'? And these two words were just put forward by someone from the south, why should Zhu Qing die without regrets for these two words.

"Take a look at the south side, you will slowly understand!" Zhu Qing said with a smile, as if an enlightened Zen master was encouraging the confused disciples.

What is the country, Zhu Qing can't say it clearly.

But Fang Kui, who took refuge in Wen Tianxiang, could condescendingly scold himself from the perspective of the country, and let himself see the blood of millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River bursting under the Mongolian butcher's knife.

Zhu Qing was unconvinced at the time, but he couldn't find a word to defend himself. Pirates are not like Confucianism, and there is no such thing as destiny and luck in their dictionaries. The pirates have never recognized that any dragon son is qualified to become the ruler of the whole of China. But in the hearts of the pirates, there is a clear concept of the state. Although these two words have never been so clearly stated in their beliefs as they have been in the newspapers of the South.

However, although the previous old alliance leader did not receive half of the benefits from Zhao Song, he still led his brothers to assist Zhao Song's sailors to burn the Dajin warship.

However, at this moment, as soon as Wen Tianxiang's order flag came out, from Changsha to Penglai Islands, countless heroes were willing to bow down.

Wen Tianxiang himself does not have this power, but behind his banner he represents a country. This country does not belong to the Great Yuan or the Great Song Dynasty, it belongs to the thousands of Chinese people who have lived in the north and south of the Great River for generations.

The court is a bastard, the emperor is a soft bone, and the sanctimonious Confucian celebrities are hypocrites. But none of this can be a reason to betray the country! You were born here, and from the moment you were born, the country has been imprinted in your veins. No matter how much you erase this point or how you cover it up, you can't erase it.

Zhu Qing still clearly remembers that he was ordered by Kublai Khan to escort 40,000 stone of grain to Goryeo last year for disaster relief. On the premise that they knew that they were the generals of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and tens of thousands of households, the royal court of Goryeo still couldn't forget to compliment when they were drunk, the general was a Han Chinese, and he didn't know where his ancestral home was. I have admired the culture of the Central Plains since ancient times!

A compliment made him embarrassed. Although he has been comforting himself in his heart every day since he surrendered, telling himself that he is doing this to find a way out for the hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children behind him.

Hundreds of battleships get out of the way.

In the water village, a light boat sailed out. Standing at the bow of the boat, Zhu Qing was dressed in a hat and waved lightly at more than 10,000 brothers.

The sea is turbulent, the waves are exhausted, and the characters of the ages are merry.

Just when Fang Kui and the others were thinking about how to keep the secret, how to fulfill their promise to Zhu Qing, and rescue 100,000 people on the shore. The plague that swept half of Fujian quietly ended with the arrival of midsummer.

Although the Metropolitan Governor's Office took timely preventive measures to save the large cities with concentrated populations, some rural and small towns in the lower reaches of the Min River, which had no time to respond, were forever wiped off the map.

Poor medical care and poor living habits exacerbated the severity of the plague. In this era, the land is sparsely populated, and there is no concept of public health at all. In rural areas, many families use a stream of water for cooking, laundry, and cleaning. Even the toilet that I use at night at home is flushed every morning with water from the stream.

As for the people downstream of the stream, they don't care, and the people upstream don't think about it. The ingrained notion that water is not corrupt makes them think that all water flows are clean, and they never know it, and no one reminds them what to do with it once it is polluted.

Even in the city, littering everywhere and using the outside of one's yard walls as a garbage dump and cesspool is a habit that everyone can tolerate. Anyway, the sun will dry the sewage, and the garbage will be trampled and mixed with the dirt. As for the mosquitoes and flies that breed with garbage and sewage, what's so strange about that, these little things have existed since the opening of Pangu, as long as they don't fly into their windows, why bother to find out what makes them more and more.

After the outbreak of the plague, the Metropolitan Government introduced a number of countermeasures in a timely manner. Calling on the people not to flee in all directions, but to gather the sick in designated places for medical treatment. Call on the people to drink boiled water and not eat raw food. It is forbidden for people to litter and dump sewage. Waste was regularly cleaned up, lime was sprinkled in open spaces and cesspools for disinfection, and displaced people were recruited to dig the largest sewer system in history.

But it was too late.

In the big cities of Fuzhou, Zhangzhou, and Jianpu, because the government has adopted coercive measures, although many people are resistant in their hearts, they still have to do what the government demands. The scale of the plague was quickly brought to a certain limit, and the number of deaths due to the disease was kept to an all-time low.

But in those remote villages, even with the current control of the Fujian Metropolitan Governor's Office, it is impossible to make all the people do what the government orders. Many families regard the government's notice that they are not allowed to drink raw water and dump garbage and filth as troublesome, and even deliberately dump garbage on official roads for demonstration. After the village was affected by the plague, some people, under the leadership of the patriarch, went around to relatives and friends, carrying the plague to neighboring villages.

For this situation, the Metropolitan Governor's Office was very anxious. Wen Tianxiang personally went out and sent out all the doctors who could be found and had a little medical knowledge, and even promised several times the consultation fee, and recruited doctors who were not afraid of death to lead the soldiers of the Broken Army to the countryside to distribute medicine and assist the people in fighting the plague. However, in May, a large number of people began to die in a few areas.

Some people, entire families fell on the way to flee. There are also some tough guys who are reluctant to give up the crops in the fields, carrying hoes, and falling in the paddy fields.

Mourning is everywhere.

A few places have become hell on earth.

At the end of May, the Broken Soldiers who were sent to help the people fight the plague brought back even more worrying news. With the efforts of the soldiers of the Broken Army who stayed in Fujian, the trend of the spread of the plague was controlled, but after the killing of Dachun and others last year and the invasion of the plague this year, a large area in central Fujian has become a no-man's land. The crops in the fields were barren, and the grass had grown taller than the wheat seedlings.

The innocent people who fled to the big cities to escape the slaughter of the Northern Yuan Dynasty faced the threat of running out of food after experiencing the blow of the plague. Although everyone has been eating fish for more than half a year under the leadership of the capital, the amount of grain consumed daily is less than one-third of the original.

But millions of mouths add up, and one-third of the demand is enough to drag Fujian down.

The newly recovered areas of Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road, as well as Qiongzhou and Liuqiu, have done their best to transfer grain stocks to Fujian and to several large cities with concentrated populations. However, the price of food in the city continued to soar, and individual unscrupulous traders began to make a fortune in the country, taking advantage of the people's fear to hoard and live in strange.

The situation gradually became sinister, and as the military crisis eased, the internal contradictions in the areas controlled by the Metropolitan Government became increasingly prominent.

In early June, the Chen family sent a fleet to Champa to buy grain. At the invitation of Wen Tianxiang, the Su family sent a fleet to bypass the stone pond and go to Xiaotianzhu to buy rice.

At the beginning of June, the summer heat in Fujian, after the epidemic eased slightly, spread to the junction of Jiangnan West Road and Fujian Road. Yuan Jiangxi acted on the right, and Da Chun, the marshal of the Ping and Song dynasties, led his troops to retreat one hundred and twenty miles, and completely evacuated the Northern Yuan soldiers and horses from Fujian.

At the beginning of June, the great Confucians of Liangjiang, Liangzhejiang, Jinghu, and Liangguang Zhulu gathered in Fujian, braved the heat and the danger of being infected by the plague, and willingly demanded that Wen Tianxiang, the prime minister of Song, reaffirm the principles of the monarch and the ministers at the upcoming Dharma meeting, and take science as the foundation of the country and write it into the law.

In mid-June, Zou Xun, the deputy commander of the Broken Army, led the army to recover Liuzhou, and the governor of Jinghu in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the right prime minister of Shangshu, Alhaya, led troops from Jinghu South Road to fight, but was broken by Zhang Tang and fled in embarrassment.

Du Hu led the army to attack Yongzhou, and the defender Ma Chengwang and his son Ma Yingqi surrendered to the city. Du Hu counted his father and son in the moment of crisis to abandon the unrighteous deeds of the Song Dynasty and launched the off-the-books to behead them.

Chen Yiben, a giant on Guangnan East Road, was under the command of Mrs. Xu, and when he heard about this, he led his troops to rebel again. Zhang Yuan sent troops to encircle and suppress and kill him in Bailu Mountain in Xunzhou.

So far, most of the two roads in Guangnan, except for Temo Road, Youjiang Road, and Yi and Rong Prefectures, where Zhu Miao lived, fell into the hands of the Broken Army. On the one hand, the deputy commander Zou Wei sent generals into the mountains to exterminate the bandits and stabilize the place, and at the same time, according to Wen Tianxiang's general order, he sent those who had meritorious service in the army to return to Fujian to participate in the upcoming convention.

Emperor Deng Guang recommended that it was imperative to see the Dharma Conference and return to the court. Xingchao, who had been silent, finally reacted. The young emperor personally decreed that the law established by the Law Assembly was the new law of the Great Song Dynasty. If it is passed, the whole country will follow it. At the same time, he decreed that Wen Tianxiang was the king of letters, the right prime minister and the governor of the world's soldiers and horses, the privy envoy, and the fake Jieyue.

In return, Du Gui, the head of the household department, took out a sum of silver taels from the Dadu Governor's Mansion and began to build a small-scale palace on the original site of the garden of Pu Shougeng's house in Quanzhou for the Song Emperor to temporarily stay.

At the end of June, the former prime minister Chen Yizhong and his guests occupied the city and returned, and the former prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, who had been 'envoy' to Annan for more than two years at the time of crisis, brought a reply from the king of Annan to the Great Song Dynasty, saying that Annan was willing to be brothers with the Great Song Dynasty and fight against the Northern Yuan Dynasty together. The rest of the requirements are not mentioned at all.

The chaotic political situation has added some variables due to the return of Chen Yizhong. In the midst of the controversy, people were looking forward to the day when the convention would be held.

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