The cult of knowledge, coupled with the cult of power.

Not to mention knowledge, insight and experience, just the imperial examination, lifting people, jinshi, especially the latter, can be officials, officials and people are worlds apart. Even if he fails to pass the examination to raise people and jinshi, a student can sit and discuss with a "Baili Hou" like the county master, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Moreover, scholars and doctors are in the same class interests, and a single sentence can often decide the fate of an ordinary family, and even the restoration of the society in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has reached the point of interfering in local administration, which is even more unimaginable for ordinary people.

Today, both the Ming and Qing dynasties are trying to win over the morale, and in the imperial examination, even children and talents can be directly awarded. Not even anything else, it only shows that in the records of the late Qing Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, the proportion of scholars killed was far less than that of ordinary people, and it should be a safer identity.

From the perspective of the Lin brothers, being able to help a scholar when he is in trouble may not necessarily benefit, but there is always a chance to change his fate, and the return on this investment is really amazing. What's more, it is said that when Zheng Zhilong was appeased and made a big deal with the Fujian Ming Army, he also did the thing of giving gifts to the scholars he met to catch the exam. Such a sea overlord is still like this, and they are like this, and it is understandable.

Focusing on anti-customers, Chen Kai has realized the transformation from an uninvited guest to a distinguished guest. With this relationship, the Lin brothers became more respectful and more restrained, but Chen Kai, after showing his "identity" a little, was completely informal, and won the favor of the two brothers. In addition to the somewhat awkward shape of this primitive person, the overall atmosphere is very harmonious.

"If Mr. Chen doesn't dislike it, let's put on the clothes of the two of us for the time being."

"That's it, the decency of a scholar is still needed."

The two brothers began to undress as they spoke, but Lin Dexiao's words provoked his brother to glare, and the latter stuck out his tongue, his face full of innocence, which was very interesting.

"How can this be, the kindness of Xian Bozhong has not been repaid, if it hurts Xian Bozhong to suffer a cold, I really can't bear it in my heart, no, no."

Chen Kai pushed, the younger brother hesitated, but the elder brother had already taken off his shirt and directly covered Chen Kai's body. Seeing this, Lin Dexiao also hurriedly took off his pants and handed them to Chen Kai's hand if he said anything.

"Mr. Chen should wear it, Mr. is a scholar, no more than the two of us who often hunt in the mountains and forests, rough and rough, not afraid of the cold."

"That's it, that's it."

The dress of the primitive people did make Chen Kai awkward enough, so that he had some feelings for the collar for half a day. But after all, this dress can't last long, so you have to change into some normal clothes. It's just that the nutritional intake of the new society is benevolent, and the clothes worn by the Lin brothers are clearly one size smaller.

"Then thank you." After all, Chen Kai was a courtesy, but it caused the two of them to be a little dissatisfied with his formality.

Sitting down again, the pheasant that had been cleaned up was also roasted to the point of appetizing. The three of them ate the bamboo tube rice, and began to eat it in a hurry, Rao is Chen Kai's constant humility, he also ate nearly half of the chicken, and most of the others were pushed to Lin Dexiao by him, otherwise this roast pheasant would be destroyed by him.

Except for yesterday's meal, he still drank too much and ate less, Chen Kai hadn't eaten for nearly a day and a night, and he was already hungry and panicked. At this moment, the wind and clouds are whirling, there is food in the stomach, and the heart is much calmer. But now is not the time to be full and down, and more needs to be done if you want to live.

"I just heard the car that Xian Bozhong talked about, who is it?"

The murderer in the small village of the mountain col is likely to be the subordinate of this car and heavy responsibility, Chen Kai said this, the two brothers were stunned for a moment, and then two sighs merged into one.

"Don't hide it from Mr. Chen, that car is a red-headed thief, and he does all kinds of evil in our Chaozhou. Later, he was appeased and served as the chief military officer, making the city a miasma. When the Tartar soldiers came from Fujian last year, the Tartars were demoted and became the chief military officer as usual. I guess it's this person, mainly because the guy sent troops to occupy the water distribution pass some time ago, and it's not too far from the water distribution pass......"

Teochew?

Last year, the Tartar soldiers came from Fujian?

These two information points are more concerned by Chen Kai than what red-headed thieves and what Chaozhou general soldiers are. Sure enough, this is Chaozhou, no wonder the two brothers speak the Chaoshan dialect. As for last year......

"Last year, the Tatar soldiers entered Guangdong from Fujian, and Li Chengdong, the former general of Xingping Bo Gaojie, the former chief officer of Xuzhou Town, and the current governor of Guangdong of the Tatars, led the troops?"

The Qing army entered Guangdong from Fujian, and according to Chen Kai's memory, it seems that the famous time Li Chengdong swept Guangdong and destroyed the Shaowu court.

As far as the Qing army is concerned, compared with Guangdong, Fujian is facing no small military pressure, and it has always been the Qing army from Zhejiang to aid Fujian, and I have never heard of the Qing army from Fujian aiding Guangdong. What's more, with the division of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Fujian and Zhejiang were under the same governorate, while Guangdong was together with Guangxi.

Chen Kai asked, Lin Dezhong frowned and thought about it, but shook his head and said: "I don't know much about this, I only remember that I went to the town to sell skins, but I ran into Tartar soldiers on the way, and I hid on the hill not far from the town, watching them burn and loot all the way." As for the flag, I have seen it, but I don't know how to write it. ”

Illiteracy, this is a big problem, and it is a common problem, Chen Kai has just benefited from this, and it has not been ten minutes since he suffered from this, which can be regarded as a good way of heaven. At this moment, although Chen Kai estimated that it was probably Li Chengdong, he always needed to get credible information before he could make a judgment based on the history in his memory.

However, just when the two of them were at a loss, Lin Dexiao, who had not spoken up, suddenly brightened his eyes: "It should be that Li Hedong, brother, do you remember, when Brother Dong came back during the Chinese New Year, didn't he tell everyone that the guy seemed to be surnamed Li?" ”

Lin Dexiao suddenly remembered something, Chen Kaidang was shocked, but Lin Dezhong was fine when he heard the first half of the sentence, but in the end, his face changed, and he glared at his brother fiercely.

"If Brother Lin has anything unspeakable, Quan Dang has not asked."

"No, there's nothing hidden."

Chen Kai was like this, Lin Dezhong hurriedly waved his hand to deny it. just really said it, but he still sighed first, and then said: "Don't hide it from Mr. Chen, the Dong brother that the brother said is now following the Wanjia brothers to make a living." These ten thousand brothers gathered in Fujian a few years ago and entrenched themselves, but in the final analysis, they were thieves after all, and they were really afraid of staining Mr. Chen's respectful ears. ”

"I see."

The so-called Wanjia brothers, in fact, are not surnamed Wan, but eighteen people gather righteousness, take the color of all hearts, and only then will they take Wan as their surname. The leader is called Wanli, originally surnamed Zhang, and is the adopted son of a wealthy businessman. Later, the brothers of the Wan family gathered in the Changlin Temple of Jiujia Society on the west slope of Wushan Mountain, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian, and rebelled against the government over the years, resisted the levy and donation, punished the squires, robbed the rich and helped the poor, and there were more than 2,000 people.

These people, to put it bluntly, are a group of peasant rebels. In Lin Dezhong's eyes, Chen Kai is a scholar, a future official, and they make friends with bandits, lest they will cause Chen Kai to be dissatisfied.

“…… In fact, Brother Dong came to pull me and others to go up the mountain to kill the Tartars together. Lin Dezhong subconsciously looked at Chen Kai's hair before saying this.

Chen Kai saw this scene in his eyes, and what made him sigh even more was that when Lin Dezhong mentioned the Wanjia brothers, there was still admiration and admiration on the faces of the two brothers, especially Lin Dexiao, and even had a posture of being proud of it.

Lin Dezhong was afraid that Chen Kai, an official of the "reserve", would be dissatisfied, but Chen Kai first knew that he was not a child at all, and naturally he would not have the consciousness of a class position. What's more, I don't mention any words about the official bandits, but only say that the thief is like a comb, the soldier is like a grate, and the official is like a shaving, from the perspective of the toiling public, sometimes, the official is not as good as a thief.

Wanli, this name Chen Kai vaguely felt a little familiar, but he didn't care about it. Since it has been determined that Li Chengdong's men entered Guangdong last year, then last year should be the second year of Longwu, and this year should be the third year of Longwu. Of course, perhaps it should be said that it is the first year of Yongli, or the fourth year of Shunzhi.

In 1644, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, Chongzhen hung on the crooked neck tree of the coal mountain, and the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the north collapsed. In the same year, in the battle of a stone, Li Zicheng was defeated, withdrew from Beijing, the Qing army entered the customs, and the Ming court supported King Fu to ascend the throne in the south, which was for Hongguang. ”

In 1645 A.D., the first year of Hongguang, the Southern Ming Dynasty pursued the national policy of borrowing the capture of thieves, and the Qing army first chased Li Zicheng, and then went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and took Nanjing without a fight, and the Hongguang Dynasty was destroyed. In the same year, the Qing court strictly shaved their hair and changed their clothes, and the southern generals, officials, and gentry who had already been rumored to have been decided angrily rose up against the Qing Dynasty, and successively supported the Lu Wangjian State and the Tang Domain's Longwu Emperor, which was used as orthodoxy to oppose the Qing court. ”

"In 1646, in the second year of Longwu, the Qing army broke through the defense line of the Qiantang River, and the court of the Lu Jianguo State retreated into the sea. In the same year, Zheng Zhilong, a powerful minister of the Longwu Dynasty, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Longwu Dynasty was destroyed, and the Longwu Emperor was martyred. ”

"In 1647, the first year of the Yongli calendar, the Qing court had already occupied the whole of the north and most of the southern part of China. Guangdong is exactly where the Manchu Qing and the Southern Ming Dynasty repeatedly fought over more than 300 years ago. ”

"Damn enough!"

The topic is still continuing, but because of the status of the Lin brothers, Chen Kai can get much less information. It wasn't until a long time later that Chen Kai gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow, I still need Xian Bozhong's help in the next favor." If you can meet a friend below, you will be paid ten taels of silver for the guide and escort. ”