The plan of the year lies in the spring. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Wu Dynasty, after bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, the world recovers, among the courts, there is a continuous court meeting, summing up the last year, looking forward to the coming year, Jun Wu naturally wants to participate.

This year, I stayed in the capital for half a month, and the words and swords at the court meeting also soared for half a month. The respect of the prince of Junwu, no one dares to be disrespectful to him on the surface, but after some praise, the words of the courtiers also revealed malice, these adults stated the various problems behind the prosperity of the Wu Dynasty, the reasons for the delay, in the end, no one said, but all kinds of public opinion, after all, still pressed to the side of the prince's mansion.

Even after the loss of the Central Plains, the vigorous development of Nanwu for several years, the expansion of the economy, the abundance of the treasury, and even the growth of armaments seem to prove the strength of a dynasty after learning from the pain. This ever-increasing number confirms the wisdom of the kings and their ministers, and since all things are growing, the slightest flaws behind them are understandable and tolerable.

No one can prove that the country can still take off like this after losing its tendencies. Then, some flaws, labor pains may be inevitable. If the imperial court is fully inclined to appease the refugees in the north, then the treasury will be gone, the market will not be developed, and the armament will not be increased.

The great Confucians quoted scriptures and classics to demonstrate the inevitability of many things, but vaguely, they set off the unwise princes and princesses who became obstacles to the development of the Wu Dynasty. Jun Wu was entangled in the capital for half a month, because of a certain news back to Jiangning, a group of ministers handed over the excerpt again, earnestly persuading the prince to be virtuous and admonished, how could he leave in anger, and Jun Wu could only reply to the education one by one.

In February and March, the snow melted and the ice melted, the warbler flew and the grass grew, and the people who were sitting in the capital also came, and the guests of honor stood at the head of Jiangning City, looking at the huge yellow balloon flying into the sky.

In the basket of the balloon, someone threw something out, and the thing fell from the sky, and when it fell on the grass, there was a bang, and the earth splashed. Jun Wujiang's brows furrowed, and after a while, people ran over one after another: "No explosion-"

"Ten years ago, Master's side ...... I researched the hot air balloon, I stumbled here has not made much progress, and later found that the one used to seal the air over there is actually pulp, and the paper used for Kong Ming lanterns can fly into the sky, but such a big ball, lit on fire, you can't imagine that you can still use paper! After another two years of delay, Jiangning's side finally had this, so I hurried back......"

The wind on the city wall is strong, Jun Wu's voice is also high, and the twenty-six-year-old crown prince's robe is wide, and he is already quite majestic after growing two beards, and at this time, his arm is waved lightly, and he looks even more vigorous. Hearing people is just solemn and arching their hands.

"To the rebellious, Your Highness is cautious."

"Senior Brother Wenren is right, that thief who kills the king, we will not share the sky with him." Jun Wu smiled calmly. Wen Ren is a disciple of Qin Siyuan, Jun Wu was also taught by him when he was young, he has a casual personality, and he relies on Wen Ren Bu Er, and many times, he is commensurate with his senior brother.

"His Royal Highness left Beijing angrily, and the Lin'an court was already boiling, and he still needs to be cautious in the future."

"Yes, it's a mistake in my character." Jun Wudao, "I also know that it is not good, I have endured it in the past few years, but sometimes I am still uneasy, at the beginning of the year I heard that there was progress in this matter, so I simply abandoned the court and ran back, I said it was for this hot air balloon, and in hindsight, I just couldn't bear the trivialities in the court, and made excuses." ”

He admitted his mistakes, and he didn't say much when he heard about it, and the two went down the city wall all the way, Jun Wu said: "However, in fact, if you think about it, I am not suitable for being a prince, I like to study the study of Gewu, but over the years, all kinds of things have been entangled, and Gewu has long fallen." The world is turbulent, I have responsibility, and I have no brothers, I want to cover up for Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others, and then save some fugitives from the north, reluctantly, but in the middle of it, I know how many problems there are. ”

He walked down the stairs of the city wall, and his steps were brisk: "The family has been operating for more than 200 years, the power is intertwined, the interests have long been deep-rooted, the generals are short-sighted and afraid of death, and the civil officials are corrupt and ineffective, which has become a big net." A few years ago, I intervened in the southward migration of the northerners, and on the surface, everyone applauded, turned their heads, instigated people to make trouble, beat people to death, and even instigated rebellion, and killed people according to the law. In the end, he said that the southerners returned to the south and the northerners returned to the north, and he also said that it was really helpless - how could the north return! The North is broken! ”

"Look at General Yue's side, he is upright, he grasps all kinds of things in his jurisdiction, never compromises with others, and finally maintains such a strong army. In the past few years, it has been said that he is domineering, domineering, competing with the people for profit, and even has opposing ideas, not to mention hundreds, this is still the case that I am watching from behind, otherwise he would have let someone with a heart cut off his head. On Han Shizhong's side, he knows how to turn around, but the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are dotting one by one, and the money is spent a lot, and I think his armament is a little worse than Yue Feilai. ”

The two got off the city wall and walked into the carriage, Jun Wu waved his hand: "What can you do if you don't do this?" Oh, you train a soldier, come to a civil official today, and say that you should practice like this, you give me some money, or I will join you. Come to one tomorrow, saying that your brother-in-law will be a battalion officer with you, and the day after tomorrow, his brother-in-law will deduct military salaries, and you want to kill him, and he will say that his brother-in-law is the minister of state! Then stop fighting, let's all die. ”

The carriage drove out of the city gate, went to the official road outside, and then forked out of the field, Jun Wu vented for a while, and said in a low voice: "Do you know why you want to kill the emperor in rebellion?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is cautious!"

"Let's say, what do you want to do...... A big deal. Your subordinates have dealings with these guys, and you want to be false and wronged, and laugh and laugh with them for a while, as if ...... It's perfunctory for two or three years, but you don't have a backer on it, come here today, carve up a little of your things, you endure, stuff a brother-in-law tomorrow, you endure, three years later, you have to do something big, turn around and see, the people around you are all the same as them...... Ha ha. Ha ha. ”

Wen Ren squinted his eyes, today's Jun Wu's mood was obviously a little wrong, slightly excited, and even more unscrupulous, such a situation had never been seen in the past: "Your Highness, are you ...... What's going on? ”

"Nope." Jun Wu waved his hand, then lifted the curtain and looked ahead, the hot air balloon was still in the distance, "Look, this hot air balloon, when I made it, I came to the imperial history again and again to impeach, saying that this thing is ominous, because ten years ago, it could bring people into the palace, it flew higher than the palace wall, and it could spy on the palace...... What a big rebellion is ominous, this means that I want to kill the king. For this reason, I left all these workshops in Jiangning, running at both ends of the big and small things, and when they participated in the impeachment, I apologized and admitted my mistakes, and it didn't matter if I apologized and admitted my mistakes...... I finally made it. ”

"Your Highness......"

"Senior Brother Wenren, in this world, there may be another way in the future, which you and I can't understand." Jun Wu closed his eyes, "Last year, before Zuo Duanyou died, I went to visit him. The old man said, Xiao Canghe's words may be right, if we want to defeat him, at least we have to become like him, the artillery has come out, and it is still getting better and better, this hot air balloon has come out, you don't have it, how can you fight with people. Li Pin was talking about Neo-Confucianism, and he didn't skip Gewu. These people in the court, those big families, say this and that, and those who are related to them, all of them have no good results, but maybe in the future, when the study of Gewu will flourish, there will be other methods? ”

The carriage shook and stopped in the middle of a green field, where many craftsmen had gathered, and a hot air balloon was inflated here, and Jun Wu and Wenren got out of the carriage.

"I'm not very proficient in Confucianism, and I can't figure out how to change the law and how to forge ahead. After two or three hundred years of intertwined roots, the inside is broken, even if you have lofty ambitions and noble hearts, when you enter here, thousands of people block you, and thousands of people reject you, you will either become bad or walk away. Even if I am a little lucky, I become the crown prince, and I can only save General Yue and General Han with all my might, if I become the emperor one day, I can't even do it rashly, even these people can't be saved. ”

"They alone can't beat the Jurchen." Jun Wu stood there, still talking, the hot air balloon in front of him was also inflating and growing taller, pulling the hanging basket: "But fortunately, with the study of things, maybe ...... Being able to rely on these people and forces to find some turnarounds, even if I have a reputation for being stubborn, I don't want to let go of this stall, I only see hope here. ”

"Your Highness......"

Jun Wu walked forward: "I want to go to heaven to see, do you want to go with Senior Brother Wenren?" ”

"Your Highness—"

When he said this, there was a sudden uproar around him, such as "Your Highness thinks twice", "Your Highness can't", "This thing is not safe" and other words burst into a bang, and the craftsmen in charge of technology were so frightened that they all knelt down, and they also rushed forward to try to dissuade them, Jun Wu just smiled.

"Since the end of the year, this hot air balloon has flown up and down six times in a row, it is very safe, I have also participated in the production of this hot air balloon, what is wrong with it, I know, you can't fool me. I have made up my mind on this matter, and I will not say any more, for now my luck is your luck, and if I fall from the sky today, you will be unlucky, and you will be buried with me. Jun Wu would like to thank you all here...... Brother Wenren. ”

The prince turned his head by the hanging basket: "Do you want to go up and have a look?" ”

Wen Ren was silent for a long time, and finally sighed. Over the years, Junwu has worked hard to shoulder the burden, although there are always some young people's impulses, but on the whole he is very rational. It's just that this balloon has always been a big concern in the prince's heart, he studied Gewu when he was young, and it is for this reason that he wants to fly, wants to go to the sky to see, and then the identity of the prince makes him have to be distracted, but for this dream of flying, he has always been thinking about it, and has never forgotten it.

It had only been two or three months since this thing was actually made, and he didn't understand the danger and the fear of leaving the ground when he flew into the sky with such a thing, but he had made up his mind at this time, and it was difficult to change it, if it weren't for this, I am afraid he would not have said what Fang Cai said.

Confucianism in the past...... The art of governing the country has no way out in front of such a powerful enemy as the Jurchens.

"The ministers should follow the prince."

"If you're afraid of heights, you can naturally not come, Lone just thinks it's a good thing."

Ignoring the people who knelt on the ground around him, he couldn't help but climb into the basket, and he also went over when he heard the people, and there was a craftsman who manipulated the lift-off in the hanging basket, kneeling there, Jun Wu glanced at him: "Master Yang, get up and do things, you can't let me operate it myself?" It's not like I won't. ”

The craftsman staggered, and after a moment, he lowered his head and began to throw the weighted sandbags.

Jun Wu grasped the rope next to the hanging basket with one hand and stood there, his body swaying slightly, looking ahead.

"The adults in the court think, how much time do we have?"

"The Prime Minister and several members of the Privy Council believe that the situation is not good, two or three years, and if they are lucky, they may have five years to recuperate." Wen Ren Fuji also looked ahead, his body stiff and nervous, "After the Jurchens captured the Central Plains, they made Liu Yu the king, because there were too few clansmen, and they needed to stabilize the entire Liao Realm first. After they were completely stabilized north of Yanmen Pass, the first thing they had to do was to formally annex and digest the Central Plains. ”

The huge hot air balloon shook and began to rise into the sky.

"It's just that although the original Central Plains was defeated, Liu Yu's control was difficult to dominate, in the past few years, there have been dissidents in the north and south of the Yellow River, many of them have surrendered to the Jurchens on the surface, and they dare not take the lead, but if the Jin State really wants to annex things, there are still not a few people who will rise up and resist. Defeat is different from domination, if you want to formally annex the Central Plains, the Jin State will spend more effort, so there may be two or three years of respite...... Hmm—"

The field of vision below narrowed, and they rose into the sky, interrupting their nervous statements. Jun Wu didn't listen anymore, he stood there, looking at the fields and farmlands below, the people who were planting rice in the fields, the oxen and horses pulling the ploughs, and in the distance, the houses and cooking smoke were expanding, the walls of Jiangning were extended, the river was passing through, and the boatmen on the canopy boats were holding up long poles...... In the bright spring light, the vitality spreads like a picture.

Six years ago, the Jurchen people searched the mountains and inspected the sea here, and Jun Wu still remembered the corpse outside the city, and Grandpa Kang who died here. Now, all these creatures are living so vividly again, all these lovely, hateful, and inclassifiable living beings, just seeing that they exist, can make people happy, and based on their existence, countless sufferings are born......

Hot air balloons float up.

Throughout his life, Zhou Junwu never forgot the earth he saw in this eye.

In the spring of Wu Jianshuo's ninth year, he flew into the sky for the first time.

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Under the same sky, crossing the Yanmen Pass to the north, when the snow melted and the ice disappeared, Xijing Datong of the Jin Kingdom ushered in the peak period of business travel.

The flow of goods, the exchange of merchants, and the flow of traffic. After more than ten years of plundering, digestion, and internal recuperation, the emerging regime of the Jin State gradually gave birth to a prosperous appearance. Entering from the four gates of Datong, the flags on the city wall are like forests and spread in the wind, and everywhere on the big wall are groups of Jurchen soldiers with strong bows and sharp swords, the market in the city is extended, the pedestrians are weaving, and the patrolling officials walk in it with their waists straight, and occasionally see the brawl in the crowd, and when the trouble is unavoidable, they step forward to stop it -- the people of the north are fierce, and this kind of thing is not uncommon.

In the thriving blacksmith shop, the fire is sultry, and in the restaurant restaurant, food and pastries are sold from all over the world, but most of them still cater to the taste of the golden people, and the storyteller plays the huqin and slams the shocking wood.

During the period when the ragged Han slaves were in mixed places, some of them were as thin as firewood, with chains tied to their bodies, and they were only used as livestock, and their eyes were long gone. In the bustling streets and alleys, there are still Han women taken from the south in some Qinglou brothels, if they come from small families, they are just cattle-like materials for people to vent, and there are also wives and children of the princesses of the big clans, they can often bid high prices, and there are also a few royal women, and they are still the cash cows of several brothels.

Even among the Jurchens, there are also many elegant and poetic, and when they come to the Qinglou, they are more willing to chat with the well-informed lady and lady in the south for a while. Of course, it's not the same here as it is in the south.

There are no Qingqi people here.

The woman in the flower dress was dancing in the street like crazy, babbling and singing the songs of the Central Plains, and then was dragged into the door of the Qinglou by the rough Jurchens who came over, and dragged into the room, and the laughter was not stopped. Wu Chao's words, many people here now also understand, the crazy woman is laughing: "Haha, Xianggong, you came to pick me up...... Haha, ah-haha, Xianggong, you come to pick me up......"

In that room, she was ** and this voice came out. But everyone in the neighborhood knew that her husband had already been killed—that he had been a craftsman, and that he had been beheaded in front of her, and his head had been made into a drinking vessel...... As the dart team walked through the streets, Shi Jin lowered his head to listen to the voice, and his companions whispered these things.

“…… Hero, don't think about it too much, there are more of these things, the emperor of the Wu Dynasty still kneels in the palace as a dog every year, and the queen is the same...... Oh, hero, look, over there is the Great Courtyard of Xiyin Gong......"

Shi Jin looked up and saw that the courtyard at the end of the river was stretching, with columns of smoke rising in the air, and soldiers patrolling around him, heavily guarded. The companion pulled the corner of his clothes: "Hero, you can't go, don't be seen......"

Shi Jin nodded and withdrew his gaze.

It has been three months since he came to the North.

Shi Jin was chivalrous and heroic by nature, and when he came to the north a few months ago, he saw countless Han slaves suffering, and couldn't help but burst out to kill people, and then was pursued by Jin soldiers in the heavy snow. Shi Jin is strong in martial arts, but he is not afraid of this matter, he has put life and death aside, tossed and turned in the heavy snow for more than a month, and killed more than a dozen golden soldiers, making a fuss. Later, he went all the way north and rescued a dart master, only to find a companion and arrive in Datong in a low-key manner.

Although there are many Han slaves in the north, there are naturally Han people and Liao people who originally lived here, but the Wu Dynasty is weak, and the Han people in this place, although they can also have the status of good citizens, they have always been oppressed and humiliated. Most of the dart masters in this dart team are aborigines of the sixteen states of Yanyun, who were first oppressed by the Liao people, and then by the Jin people, and licked the blood from the knife edge, and admired Shi Jin and other heroes, even though he knew that Shi Jin was dissatisfied with the Jin people, but he was willing to take him for a ride.

Although Shi Jin traveled with these people, he naturally never told them about the idea of assassinating Sticky Han. All the way to the north, he saw the gathering of the Jin soldiers, which was the military and political center of the Datong atmosphere began to kill again, and he couldn't help but want to investigate, and later saw the artillery among the Jin soldiers, and after a little inquiry, he learned that the Jin soldiers had also studied and installed these things, and the person in charge of this matter at the top of the Jin people was Wanyan Xiyin, who was known as the god of grains.

After the southern expedition of the Jin Kingdom, a large number of craftsmen of the Wu Dynasty were obtained, and Xi Yin referred to the study of things, and Shi Liai and other courtiers built a large courtyard to develop firearms and various new crafts, in addition to weapons, there are many novel objects, which are now circulating in the bazaar of Datong and have become popular goods.

In the hustle and bustle of the carriage and horses, the dart team arrived at the destination of Datong, Shi Jin was unwilling to drag the mud and water, and the other party said goodbye, the dart master was quite friendly, said hello to his companions, and took Shi in and out to eat first. He set up a table in a high-end restaurant in Datong City, which was regarded as thanking Shi Jin for saving his life, this person is also a person who knows what is good and bad, and understands that Shi Jin will go north, and he must have a plan, so he will know the situation and layout in Datong City, and more or less introduced it to Shi Jin.

After three rounds of drinking, his face was red and his ears were red, and his words were a little confused.

“…… I know that the hero is not here to travel, although the villain's ancestors have been Han people in the north for generations, but they also know the heroic chivalry and life-saving grace in the south, which is by no means repaid by a table of banquets. It's just that although the villain is also angry, the villain's family is here, and he has a wife and children...... In the early years, the Jurchens called this place the Western Imperial Court, but at that time, among the Jurchens, there was still the second prince Zong Wang, who could suppress Zong Han's arrogance, after Zong Wang's death, the east and west of the Jin Kingdom were divided into courts, and the authority of Marshal Zong Han here was no different from the East Heavenly Society......

“…… In this Datong city, heavy troops are gathered, and there is the god of Ceres, Xiyin, and the masters under his command are gathered, and the Dazao Courtyard is also heavily guarded. Although the heroes are strong in martial arts, after all, they come from the south, and their Han identity is too eye-catching. And please...... Be cautious and take care ......"

This dart master told Shi Jin to be cautious, and he was not afraid that he would be exposed, which would involve his own worries. It's just that Shi Jin is a heroic and righteous person, and he knows that the other party has taken too many risks in order to repay his kindness, so he doesn't say much. The dart master thought for a while, and then told Shi Jin some anecdotes in Datong City, those chivalrous warriors who opposed the Jurchens and were wanted or hunted down, thieves who specialized in stealing treasures, and so on. After that, Yan Xiyin collected warriors and swept and cleaned up these Jianghu people several times, but there are always some people who can survive the past and become legends told by everyone.

The master thought that if the other party really got into trouble in the city and it was difficult for him to intervene, these people might be able to become his companions.

After the banquet, the two sides officially said goodbye, Shi Jin carried his package on the street to watch each other leave, and when he turned around, he saw that there were Han slaves like pigs and dogs in the tinkling blacksmith shop at the end of the restaurant.

This year, in the twelfth year of the Jurchen Tianhui, Wanyan Wu begged to succeed to the throne, and it has been twelve years. During these twelve years, the Jurchens consolidated their rule over the subjects below, and the Jurchen presence in the northern land was officially consolidated. And along with the period, there were countless Han people's suffering and disasters.

Three expeditions to the Central Plains, the shame of Jingping, and the search of mountains and seas...... After all these years, many Han slaves who were captured and went north are still alive in this land, but they no longer look like people at all......

Shi Jin's life was chaotic, he was brave and ruthless when he was young, and then he fell into the grass, and then fought against the Jurchens and infighting...... The battles he experienced were both upright and unbearable, reckless when he was young, and naturally his hands were stained with the blood of innocents, and he has seen countless tragic deaths since then. But not at once did the distortion and pain he felt so deep into his bones as he felt in the bustling streets of Datong right now.

As he walked down the street, the figures of slaves came into view, and many of them were accustomed to it, and he did not stop a single step. In the following days, he squatted near the Marshal's Mansion to explore, and on March 23, he launched an assassination attempt against Zong Han. A bloody battle that shocked Datong...... (To be continued.) )