Cold droplets of water fell from the eaves, and when I turned around, the rain was pouring down in the courtyard. Everywhere in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the adults who came here were still talking. The servant who served the tea and poured the water cautiously walked by.

Since the news of the war in the southwest came, the members of the Jun Society have been meeting in private for several days in the mansion of the right minister of Lin'an.

For everyone in the Lin'an court, including Li Shan, the war in the southwest is essentially like an unexpected "unwarranted disaster". The people had already accepted the status quo of "changing the dynasty" and "conquering the world by the Jin Kingdom" - of course, such a perception has a more roundabout and more convincing statement in words - the war situation in the southwest is a change in the chaos of this great chaos.

As a result, people have to think about things that they don't want to think about anymore.

There are reasons for the establishment of the small court of Lin'an, and there are reasons for the reduction of gold, for everyone, there are many narratives: for example, the firm gold cutters agree that there will be a king in three hundred years, and the tide of history cannot be stopped, people can only accept, and while accepting, people can save more people and avoid meaningless sacrifices.

It can be deduced from this that although the Jurchens won the world, they can only rely on Confucianism to govern the world throughout the ages, and even in the context of the overthrow of the world, the people of the world still need the salvation of Confucianism, Confucianism can educate the people, and can also educate the Jurchens.

Of course, such a statement is too lofty, if it is not talked about among "like-minded" comrades, sometimes it may be ridiculed by people who do not know the current affairs, so there are often Xu Xu Tu said, the biggest reason for this statement is also Zhou Zhe to Zhou Yong's incompetence in governing the country, the Wu Dynasty has weakened to this point, the Jurchen is so powerful, we have to be false and wrong, and retain the Taoist system of the Wu Dynasty.

As for why he doesn't respect Zhou Junwu as the emperor, it is also because of Zhou Zhe and Zhou Yong's Che Jian in front, Zhou Yong's son is hot-blooded but stupid, he doesn't know the overall situation, and he can't understand everyone's forbearance and humiliation.

In fact, if you think about it, so many people took refuge in the court of Lin'an, why wasn't it caused by Zhou Junwu's restructuring of the army in Jiangning, Zhenjiang and other places? He completely returned the military power, scattered the original lineage power of many families, and expelled the middle and upper class generals who originally represented the interests of various families in Jiangnan.

He proclaimed himself emperor in Jiangning, but in the end, he left the people of Jiangning to break through, causing hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangning to be killed by the Jurchens. He relied on the help of everyone to break through successfully, but after that, he only favored Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other generals in the army, and disregarded the interests of many big clans...... Zhou Junwu has already betrayed his relatives, and the Taoist system of the Wu Dynasty is as weak as a candle, how many people can understand the painstaking efforts of these people who have kept this Taoist system?

In any case, the people of Lin'an have gone their own way for many reasons and are very good. If there were no sideways, everyone could believe in the invincibility of the Jurchens and realize their own powerlessness, and the correctness of "having to do this" is self-evident. But as the news of the battle in the southwest came to the fore, the worst situation was that everyone felt weak and embarrassed.

If the Jurchens weren't so invincible, what were they doing?

The southwest has deflated the Jurchens, how should they choose on their side? Adhering to the Han humane system and reconciling with the southwest? I have already sold so many people on my side, will people really give face? How should we define the Taoism that we insisted on at the beginning?

If you don't reconcile and take refuge in the Jurchens without hesitation, will you still be able to stand up to the hypocrisy and grievances in your mouth, and endure humiliation? Can you still take it out and say it? The most important thing is, if the southwest is killed from the mountains one day, will you be able to bear it on your side?

When faced with a powerful enemy, the choice is easy to make. But now that the southwest has shown the same strong muscles as the Jurchens, the people of Lin'an have somewhat felt the apprehension and embarrassment of being in the cracks.

As for the views of the southwest, the people of the Jun Society discussed for several days, and some points of view, the people who discussed them had reservations, trying not to let some sharp things touch each other's pride, on the other hand, they were also waiting for the people above to give more authoritative statements. On this day, as the light rain fell in the right minister's mansion, Gan Fenglin, who had inquired about Li Shan a few days ago, also quietly came and summoned several senior brothers to talk in the small study.

"There is a thing that is seen before you brothers today. This is a new work by the teacher. ”

Gan Fenglin spoke, took out an article, and the rest of the people were in high spirits: "Oh? But what about the Southwest? ”

In the past few days, Wu Qimei and several confidant disciples have collected news from the southwest, and they have also continued to confirm various specific matters of this information. Someone took the lead and said with a smile: "The teacher is Xiongwen, and the students have a sneak peek." ”

The senior brother took the article in his hand, and everyone gathered around, first frowning, and then frowning, or confused, or thinking something. People who lack concentration discuss with people on the side: What is the meaning of this article?

Li Shan also poked his head suspiciously, only to see that the paper was sprinkled with water, but the title of the writing was "On the Death of Qin II".

The situation of the Qin Dynasty is similar to what it is now? He was puzzled in his heart, the first senior brother who read the article passed the article to the people around him, and he was also confused: "Like a rafter pen, it is deafening, but what is the intention of the teacher holding this eloquent article at the moment?" ”

After reading the article one by one, everyone was more or less touched, and they talked about each other, and some people felt the taste: "Qin Zheng, I should be talking about the southwest......

"Actually, it is similar to the former prince Junwu, who is rigid and self-serving, and can be strong for a while, but it will not last long, what do you think ......?"

Everyone talked for a while, and after a while, Wu Qimei also came and gathered everyone in the rear lobby. The old man was in good spirits, first greeted everyone happily, and after inviting tea, Fang Zhiren sent a copy of his new article to everyone.

Many people looked at the article and also showed doubts, and Wu Qimei waited for most of everyone to read it before she opened her mouth:

"In recent days, you have all been disturbed by the war in the southwest, and when the old man heard about the war situation in the southwest, he was also a little surprised, so he sent Fenglin, Jiaji and others to confirm the news, and then inquired in detail about the situation in the southwest. At the end of last month, in the mountains in the southwest, the Black Flag bandit army led by Ning Yi took advantage of the location to set up an ambush, and actually defeated the Jurchen elite led by the Jurchen West Route Army Baoshan King Wanyan Xianbao, who was beheaded by Ning Yi in front of the battle. The battle reversed the situation in the southwest. ”

The old man said these things frankly, and in the solemnity of everyone, Fang smiled: "This kind of news is beyond our expectations. In the past few days, I asked Fenglin, Jiaji and others, why did the southwest win, and how did the southwest develop in that ravine in the past few years? Shamefully, many people don't even know about it. ”

“…… So the old man also gathered some people, the traders who have had dealings with the southwest in the past few years, these days, the eyes are still staring at the southwest, and the seers who have not relaxed, like Li Shan, he is one of them, he had close contacts with Li Dexin back then, and did not forget to understand the situation in the southwest...... The old man consulted the people, and learned many things. Ladies and gentlemen, for the Southwest, cheer up. ”

The old man nodded and said earnestly: "You have to cheer up." ”

Everyone nodded, and some people looked at Li Shan, very envious of the praise he received from the teacher.

I only heard Wu Qimei say: "Now it seems that in the next few years, the southwest may become a problem for the world's henchmen." Who is Ning Yi and what is the black flag? We had some ideas in the past, but after all, they were just general talks, and in the past few days, the old man has inquired in detail, verified, and read a lot of information before he came to a conclusion. ”

As he spoke, Gan Fenglin took out a large stack of papers, both new and old, all of which were collected information, and they were half a person's head high on the table. Wu Qimei patted the paper.

"Why did the southwest fight like this, and who is Ning Yi? First of all, Ning Yi is a murderous person, many things here, in fact, you all know, you have heard more or less before, although this person is born as a son-in-law and has an inferiority complex, but the more inferior a person is, the more murderous and untouchable! The old man didn't know when he learned martial arts, but after he practiced martial arts, he had blood debts on his hands! ”

"Back then, when he had Qin Siyuan's support, he was in charge of the Secret Investigation Division, and when he managed the affairs of the green forest, he had countless blood debts on his hands. From time to time, he would be assassinated by charlatans and then killed at his hands...... This is the wind comment he had in his early years, in fact, if he is really a gentleman, how can he be so resentful of people when he is in charge of the green forest? The bandits of Liangshan had a deep grudge with him, and once killed Jiangning, killed his home, Ning Yi also killed Liangshan, and he slaughtered nearly half of the bandits in Liangshan with the power of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and the blood flowed like a river. Although dog-eat-dog is not a good person, Ning Yi's cruel comment will not be wrong. ”

"Secondly, Ning Yi is a treacherous person." Wu Qimei tapped her fingers on the table, "Everyone, he is very smart, not to be underestimated, he was originally born in a school, and later his family fell into the family of a wealthy businessman, perhaps because of this, he has a desire for money and things, and he is very talented in business." ”

"We don't mention trivial matters, only mention that in the eleventh year of Jinghan, the world suffered disasters, the south was flooded, the north was drought, there was no harvest in many places, and the people were not able to make a living. At that time, Qin Siyuan was the right minister, and he should have been in charge of the world's disaster relief, but Ning Yi took advantage of this convenience to mobilize the world's grain traffickers to sell grain in the disaster-stricken places. He was a great businessman, and then in the name of the Prime Minister's Office, he unified the distribution of grain merchants and unified the price of grain, and those who were not under his command were suppressed, and even the government personally came out to deal with it. That year, until it snowed, the price of food couldn't go down, how many people starved to death in the Central Plains, but he helped the Right Prime Minister's Mansion and made a lot of money! ”

Wu Qimei's fingers knocked hard, and someone in the room stood up: "I know about this, when I talked about disaster relief, I actually sold it at a high price!" ”

Someone else said: "That's right, I also have an impression of the eleventh year of Jinghan...... disaster"

"If it weren't for this catastrophe and the great loss of national strength, it's hard to say whether the Jurchens would go south......

Everyone was talking, and Wu Qimei's palm pressed down.

"This was just back then, even a few years ago, the Black Flag lived in the southwest mountains, and business with various places was still being done. The old man said that Ning Yi is a business wizard, and you all know what you transported from the southwest, right? Don't talk about anything else, just talk about the book, the southwest will be extremely exquisitely printed in the subset of the scriptures, it is not only neatly typeset, but also beautifully packaged. But what? For the same book, the asking price in the southwest is tenfold, hundredfold or even thousandfold times that of ordinary books! ”

"Southwest classics, not much shipment, high price, in the early years of the old man became an article to criticize, to be wary of this matter, it is just a book, even if it is beautifully decorated, can the words of the sages in the book be biased? Not only that, but the southwest also carefully decorated all kinds of beautiful and promiscuous texts and all kinds of vulgar and boring texts, and transported them to the Central Plains and Jiangnan for sale. Vassals and elegant people flock to it! These things turned into silver money, and when they returned to the southwest, they became the guns of the Black Flag Army. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, Ning Yi has a nickname outside, called the Heart Demon, this person has a deep understanding of the unbearable aspects of people's hearts, although he was in the southwest in the early years, but with all kinds of strange and obscene things to disturb the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, he even sold guns and cannons to the army of the Wu Dynasty, the army of the Wu Dynasty bought his guns, but felt that he took advantage of it, others talked about attacking the southwest, the various armies were soft, where can they afford knives and guns! Little by little, he corrupted the army of our Wu Dynasty. Therefore, this person is cunning and must be guarded against. ”

"Three!" Wu Qimei aggravated her voice, "This person is crazy, it can't be measured by common sense, this crazy statement, one is that he brutally killed the king, so that my Wu Dynasty, my Central Plains, and my China fell, which is unreasonable!" And after he killed the king, he even said that it was for Huaxia! It's shameful to name his army the Huaxia Army! And the second item of this madness is that he actually said that he would destroy my Confucian Taoism! ”

When he said this, he looked at the crowd and paused. Laughter came from the room: "This is indeed crazy. ”

"It is said that soon after he said this, the little Canghe was besieged by the world, so he didn't scold enough back then......"

"Destroy my Confucian Taoism, after I heard it back then, I didn't scold him......"

At that time, Ning Yi's statement of declaring war on Confucianism came out because of Li Pin, and the discussion and criticism in the world were not long, first of all, because Xiaocanghe did not make too many substantive actions in this regard - such as seeing a Confucian kill another - and then Xiaocanghe was besieged by the world and ran to the southwest in a gloomy manner, without any radical actions. Secondly, because everyone's confidence in Confucianism and Taoism is too much, it is still feasible to kill the emperor, a madman shouts to destroy Confucianism, and the Confucian students actually have a very calm attitude of "let him perish".

If you take this matter too seriously, it is easy to feel that you are a fool and have lost. Occasionally mention it, just scold.

Speaking of this, Wu Qimei also sneered, and then said solemnly: "Although this is the case, don't be careless, everyone." This person is crazy, and the fourth item that leads to it is tyranny! What is tyranny? Facing the Jurchens, the Southwest Black Flag is said to be fearless of death, one after another, why? It's all because of tyranny! This is also the reason why the old man wrote this article these days! ”

When the old man said this, someone in the room had already reacted, and his eyes lit up: "I see, ......" Several people suddenly realized, including Li Shan, nodded slowly. Wu Qimei's gaze swept over these people, quite satisfied.

"Why can the Black Flag Army confront the Jin Army head-on? The old man asked many people and checked some previous news, and the whole thing may have to start with Fang La...... At that time, Fang La made a rebellion and won the slogan, 'The law is equal, and there is no superior', and the so-called word equality is one of the reasons. Back then, Fang Lazuo was in chaos in Hangzhou, which is now Lin'an. Ning Yi happened to be in the middle of it, and we later learned that many of Ning Yi's later efforts to kill the monarch came from the remnants of Fang La's rebellion. ”

The old man stood up: "Now Chen Fan, the commander of the Battle of Changsha, is the disciple of the bandit leader Fang Qifo, and many of the Emiaojiang troops he led came from the so-called Badao Battalion back then, and the leader of the Badao Battalion is now one of Ning Yi's concubines. When Fang La got up, Ning Yi fell into it, and later when the incident failed and the city was broken, he said that Ning Yi had also made meritorious contributions to our dynasty, but in fact, Ning Yi at that time had already taken over the mantle of Fang La's uprising. ”

"He was inspired by this 'equality of law', and after the murder of the king, he also talked about equality in the Huaxia army. What does he mean by equality? That is to say, everyone in the world is equal, and the people in the market are equal to the emperor and the Son of Heaven, so there is no big mistake in his killing of the king! Under the banner of equality, he said that since everyone is equal, then you live in a big house and have land and land in your family, which is unequal. ”

Of course, this person is well versed in human nature, and he will not make a big deal about these equal things, but secretly and carefully investigate the ugly things committed by the big families, as long as he has a slight errand to step out, in the Huaxia Army, it is the same crime as the common people, and the property of the big family will be confiscated. The Huaxia Army acted for such a reason, and in the army, it also strictly practiced equality, and everyone in the army was generally hard, and everyone had no money to spare, where did the property go? All of them will be used to expand military spending. ”

"This is placed in the court, it is called a reckless army-"

"In the words of equality, all the property of the people was confiscated, and the Jurchens used the threat of the world to make the people in the army fear and fear, and forced the people to accept this situation, so that they did not dare to flee on the battlefield. Ladies and gentlemen, fear has penetrated into the hearts of all of the Black Flag Army. Ruling the country by governing the army, extorting the people's surplus wealth, strictly exercising harsh government, removing the pleasure of the people, and increasing the fear of the people, such things are the so-called tyrannical !! ”

Wu Qimei's voice was deafening. By this time, everyone had already understood.

"Qin Shi Huang was able to unify the six countries with all his might, what is the reason? Because of its harsh government and strict law, the rise of the Qin Dynasty was due to its tyranny. But Qin II died, why? It is also because of its harsh government and strict law that everyone is afraid of its tyranny and stands up to resist, so Qin died because of its tyranny. At the end of the day, it's just a long time coming. ”

"Since the beginning of the incident, the Black Flag Army has often been in a situation where there are enemies on all sides, and everyone is afraid, so they all fight in battle, from Xiaocang River to the southwest, and their successive battles are victorious, and they are born out of fear. Whether we like Ning Yi or not, this person is indeed a generation of heroes, he has been fighting for ten years, in fact, how similar is the path he took to the Jurchens? Today he repelled the attack of the Jurchen army. But will this matter last? ”

Wu Qimei shook her head: "No." In adversity, if you squeeze people too much, and when you get to a good situation, you can't get by. Ning Yi is cruel, cunning, crazy, and tyrannical...... Such demons may be brutal for a while, but throughout the thousand-year annals, can such demons have succeeded? ”

He smiled: "The southwest is thousands of miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention that the battle situation has not yet been decided, even if the southwest black flag really resists the attack of Zong Han's army, the next vitality has been greatly damaged." What's more, after defeating the Jurchens, the fear in the hearts of the Black Flag Army has dissipated, and in the next few years, it is nothing more than a reward for meritorious deeds, and tyrannical people will be subject to their backlash. Even though we can see that it is strong for a while, but then it is the time of falling, and this matter is recorded in the annals of thousands of years, and there is no other result. ”

"There are things about the Southwest, Ning Yi, and the Black Flag Army, I have been sorting out it in the past few days, and since then, I have announced the tyrannical behavior of the Black Flag Army to the world, with these things, my Wu Dynasty will be able to see the trend of the situation in the world, then Ning Yi's 'is equal to the law', the old man believes, but no one dares to join in the fun. The old man will also repair the book next, and discuss this matter in detail with several humerus lords of my Wu Dynasty, the black flag is fierce for a while, and it is difficult to last long, so you don't have to worry too much. But we also have to learn from their strengths and learn from our own ......"

The drizzle outside was still falling, Wu Qimei said this, Li Shan and the others' hearts were already warm, and with the teacher's statement, they really saw the context of the world's affairs clearly. That's right, if it weren't for Ning Yi's ferocious tyranny, how could the Black Flag Army have such ferocious combat effectiveness? But what if you have combat power? If the path of the former crown prince Junwu can really be passed, all the princes of the Wu Dynasty will also become brutal people.

But such a thing can't last long. Even the Jurchens, now that they are also going downhill, do they have to refer to Confucianism to govern the country?

At this moment, Wu Qimei's words dispelled the fog in everyone's hearts, like a bright light, pointing out the direction for everyone. On this day, when they returned home, Li Shan and others also began to write articles and began to discuss the tyranny within the Black Flag Army: promoting equality, exaggerating fear, and depriving private property......

In the next half month, the creation of the murderous image of the Huaxia Army spread among the Wu Dynasty with the war report from the southwest.