Chapter 715: Discrimination

Liu Keshi, Li Heng, and Lao Liu Tou looked at Ye Qing who set off from the city gate, and the five thousand iron horsemen with one person and two war horses behind him showed the momentum of thousands of troops and horses to the fullest.

Even though it has entered the end of hot June, when Liu Keshi looks at the black iron horse behind him, he still can't help but feel chills and his scalp numb.

Like a pack of ruthless wolves with fangs exposed, Liu Keshi felt that if he had a little disrespect for Ye Qing at this time, he would be immediately trampled into flesh by the wolf-like and murderous iron horse behind him.

Especially looking at Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm, who had been famous for a long time in Yangzhou, and then looking at Ye Qing, who had such a tiger and wolf division, Liu Keshi had a feeling of wanting to worship at the moment.

In the face of such a calm and fierce killing army, the defeat of the Jin people is obviously reasonable, but I don't know what kind of sensation it will cause when such an army full of killing and blood arrives in Lin'an.

From the gate of Jinan Mansion, the land of five miles was sent, and the three of them stopped under Ye Qing's refusal, and watched the five thousand iron horses ride under the scorching sun, raising dust in the sky and heading south.

Under the leadership of Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm, the five thousand kinds of flower army escorted Ye Qing all the way to the south, no matter which city he passed, there would be officials such as Zhizhou from each city, thirty miles out of the city to greet Ye Qing and the others.

So along the way, Ye Qing was not in a hurry, basically he would enter the cities along the way, and he would also enter them under the greeting of officials, and then rush to the next city on the second day.

The army finally arrived, in front of Yizhou, the first city captured by war in the real sense last year, next to the official road more than 30 miles away, Shen Mu, the current governor of Yizhou, has been waiting for nearly half an hour.

As the dust began to kick up in the distance, and the sound of the iron riding on the ground gradually came, Shen Mu immediately cheered up, straightened his clothes, and waited for Ye Qing's arrival.

Although it has never been as grand as water purification and street sweeping and loess mat road, Shen Mu's attention and scale to welcoming Ye Qing far exceed the degree of welcoming a courtier.

Looking at the black-clothed ironclad cavalry that seemed to have no end in sight, Shen Mu actually felt sincerely proud and proud, if the Song Dynasty had such a prosperous and killing military momentum, how could it let the Jin people be powerful and blessed in the north for so many years?

After some greetings, Ye Qing naturally changed from riding a horse to riding a car, and the personal soldiers led by Jia She, Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm escorted them to Yizhou City.

"My lord, something is still going to happen in Haizhou." Shen Mu looked at the young general who was still full of energy even though he had been on the road for a day.

"I heard about it on the road, do you know what's going on?" Ye Qing smiled casually and said.

"Xia Guan is not very clear about the inside story, but as far as Xia Guan knows, I am afraid that this matter is inseparable from my great Song literati. It is also rumored that it was because of Zhu Xi's words that Zhao Bingwen would be infamous in the world, so he chose to hang himself to prove his loyalty to the world. Shen Mu sat at the bottom of Ye Qing and said after pondering for a while.

Zhao Bingwen actually hanged himself, and all the Jin people on Nanjing Road were evacuated, and Xin abandoned the day after he entered Kaifeng and stationed in Xifu Zhengzhou, and then chose to hang himself, although he left a suicide note before he died, but in addition to a short explanation from his parents, he did not mention anything about the court.

Why did Zhu Xi scold him for being disloyal and unfilial? Speaking for the Kim, or why? Ye Qing lifted the curtain and looked at the calm streets of Yizhou outside and asked.

"I don't know about this subordinate official, but it should be a fact that this matter is related to Zhu Xi." Shen Mu replied.

Ye Qing sighed again, and then looked out of the car window silently.

When he was still in Lin'an, in the house where Bai Bingzhong temporarily lived, he once attacked Zhu Xi's correspondence with the literati in the north, and it was precisely because of this incident that he had a reason to imprison Zhu Xi in the Imperial City Division.

And the person who corresponded with Zhu Xi at the beginning was Zhao Bingwen, which is why Dong Chao was able to easily oppose Zhao Bingwen through Zhao Bingwen's disciple, Hao Jinqing, the magistrate of Pengcheng County.

It is precisely because he seized the handle of his correspondence with Zhu Xi back then, although the content of the letter also has the theory of loyalty and patriotism, but it is more about their so-called academic exchanges at this time, but as long as they can find the handle that is unfavorable to Zhao Bingwen, for Ye Qing, just a few words are enough to coerce Zhao Bingwen.

But now Zhao Bingwen suddenly chose to commit suicide after the northern land was recovered, is this a clear ambition to die? Or do you use death to prove to the world that he Zhao Bingwen has been above board all his life?

"Tomorrow you accompany me to Haizhou." After arriving at the door of the post house, Ye Qing turned around and said.

Shen Mu followed, and originally wanted to accompany Ye Qing into the post house, but was rejected by Ye Qing on the grounds that he was going to hurry tomorrow.

As Shen Mu left, Ye Qing and the others lived in the post house that Shen Mu had ordered to be cleaned several times a day a few days ago, and after only Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm were left in the room, Ye Qing asked, "What news is there from Dong Chao?" ”

"Not yet." Mo Xiaobao frowned.

The five thousand cavalry went to Lin'an, which was not a matter that required a forced march, and Ye Qing would basically stay in every city for a day or two, so when Ye Qing led Mo Xiaobao and the others to Haizhou, it had already been a month.

In the scorching summer at the end of July and the beginning of August, the scorching heat made the marching speed slower and slower, but even so, the imperial court did not give any more orders after learning that Ye Qing had already gone on the road.

And Han Yanxuan, who was almost the same as Ye Qing's fate, but was not urgently summoned by the imperial court at all, at this time, because of the addition of Dali, let him suppress the rebellion from the original, after a year of conquest, finally became a siege and land, so because of the Dali country's troops to help Ziqi and Luo Dian, and received great resistance.

So at this time, Han Yanxuan, in the hotter and more humid southwest direction, had to temporarily stop fighting with Ziqi, Luodian and Dali, listened to the advice of his father Han Cheng, and began to return to Lin'an.

Coming out of Zhao Bingwen's mansion in Haizhou, after Ye Qing learned the news that Han Yanxuan had returned to Lin'an, the corners of his mouth showed a meaningful smile.

Haizhou is the base camp of Po Li San and Zhao Qier's army, in Ye Qing's heart, Haizhou must not have a little chaos, this is also what he has already thought about on the road, that is, to put Shen Mu in Haizhou, as for Yizhou, it is naturally handed over to Liu Keshi to arrange others.

The letters exchanged between Zhao Bingwen and Zhu Xi, except for those that were obtained by Dong Chao back then, Ye Qing searched through the entire Zhao Bingwen's mansion, but did not find even a single word.

In the pen wash in the study, the thick lonely ashes make people look like they have to wonder if the letters exchanged with Zhu Xi were burned by Zhao Bingwen.

Ye Qing, who did not find the slightest clue in his favor, stayed in Haizhou for three days, and after leaving a somewhat dazed Shen Mu, he continued to start heading south to Yangzhou.

But no matter what, Zhao Bingwen's death is still in his heart, sounding the alarm for him, which means that even if he wins the Beidi Fourth Road now, it does not mean that the four roads can be safe and stable from now on.

In addition to guarding against the possible comeback of the Jin people, it is also necessary to guard against their own side, those seemingly useless scholars and literati, using their ruthless pens and vicious mouths to exert pressure on those officials who surrender to the city, as well as local fame and other people, on the four roads of the Northland.

Just as the keyboard warriors of later generations will give people hats and rhythms, sharp to the point of being ruthless, and even lacking in virtue only for their own momentary pleasure, the scholars and literati of the Song court also began to take the opportunity to attack the four roads of the northern land, those people who were regained by the Song court, or with contempt and ridicule to treat those people and fame who returned to the orthodoxy of the Great Song Dynasty.

The farther south, the more frequent the three words of the Righteous Man appeared in the ears of everyone, when Ye Qing was already able to see the majestic and indestructible city wall of Yangzhou, the three words of the Righteous Returner finally became a collective name for the four people in the North.

Whether you are an official or a commoner, a businessman or a literati, in short, as long as you are a common person from the four roads of the Northland, you will all be labeled as a reformer.

"There are no heroes in the Northland Central Plains, if there is, why not die gold?" The rhythmic remarks of Shi Hao, the Duke of Wei, passed through Shi Miyuan's mouth, and completely made the three words of reformed person a contempt and even the object of ridicule.

Just like the racial discrimination in the West in later generations, the people who returned to the Song court north of Huainan East Road are now facing the discrimination and ridicule of the Song court against their identity as reformers, and after the Beidi Fourth Road was recovered by the Song court, it has become more and more out of control.

Naturally, the reformed people are like the lowest group of people, in front of the Southern Song Dynasty, they can't hold their heads up at all.

Liu Dexiu prepared the carriage for Ye Qing, Ye Qing did not sit, but rode side by side with Xiao Zhen, listening to Xiao Zhen not long after coming to Yangzhou, and told Ye Qing about the conflict between the Song people and the reformed people.

Worried, Xiao Zhen's wrinkled face was more worried about Ye Qing's return: "If the North Fourth Road lacks your guard, will it be impregnable?" If you are counterattacked by the Jin people because of this, it will really outweigh the losses. Nowadays, the status of the Song people in the north continues to be looked down upon, and even the people look down on the people of the four roads in the north. So I'm worried that if this wind doesn't stop, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction and disgust among the people of the north, and then after lacking the will to return to the Song Dynasty, they will rise up against the Song Dynasty and turn their hearts to the Jin Kingdom. ”

"Even if you put a hundred Ye Qing on the Northland Fourth Road, it won't help." Ye Qing looked at the tall city wall that was getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but secretly admire Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen's crazy ambition for the city.

The iron-blue walls stretch endlessly, like a great wall stretching to the end of the horizon, and the gates of Nuoda need to look up to see the top.

Why is that? Now that you can regain the lost territory, I believe you must have the confidence to suppress the ...... of the dissenting people of the Northland. Xiao Zhen was stunned, he couldn't imagine that Ye Qing was so unconfident.

"I'm in the Northland, but I'm just treating the symptoms but not the root cause. The root cause...... It is above the Lin'an court of my Great Song Dynasty, not in the hearts of the people of the North. Ye Qing sneered and asked, "Are Elder Lu and Xiao Zhen affected?" ”

"You returned to Lin'an, not because of the fourteen decrees of the imperial court, but because of ...... Because you are aware of the problems of the converts, that is why you want to return to Lin'an? Xiao Zhen looked at Ye Qing with a sudden realization and asked in shock.

"What do you say?" Ye Qing asked without answering.

With a tacit expression and an ambiguous attitude, Xiao Zhen, who was sitting on horseback next to him, stared at Ye Qing for a long time before suddenly smiling and saying, "You are becoming more and more urban, I really don't know...... I really don't know if it's my luck or misfortune. ”

"The problem of the court must be solved above the court after all, I am in the north, thousands of miles away, after all, it is beyond the reach of the whip, and once it goes on like this, even I will be excluded, not to mention the people of the north. If you want them to live and work in peace and contentment, have enough food and clothing, and be truly accepted by our Song court, it is natural to do it from above the court, otherwise no matter how you do it and what method you use to appease them, in the end it will only deepen the emotional dissatisfaction between the people of the two places, and it will only benefit the Jin people. Ye Qing sighed and said.

History proves that the Song court's suspicion of the reformed people led by Xin Qiji is like the "Zhao ancestral training" that is suspicious of the generals, which makes the people of the north more and more dissatisfied with the Song court, and this also causes the Song court to continue to lose the hearts of the people in the north, making it completely impossible for the Song court to want to set the Central Plains in the north, and even the later demise of the Song court has a great relationship with the suspicion of the reformed people and the suspicion that the reformed people have different intentions.

Xin Qiji is a living example of Ye Qing's experiment to find out the truth and verify the historical conclusion.

Ye Qing had just met Xin Qiji, and his heart was towards the Song court, vowing to help the Song court in the Northern Expedition and recover the lost territory.

But because he can't be reused, he is suspicious and suspicious, so his career has always been depressed, and even Zhu Xi has been mocking him openly and secretly.

This obviously made Xin Qijian lose his expectations for the Song court in his heart, and at the same time produced great dissatisfaction and indignation, and finally became disheartened, so he had to resign and forbear, and no longer think about these Northern Expeditions to serve the country.

And looking at the current Xin Qiji, since he started the Northern Expedition with Ye Qing, he has finally implemented his ideals and ambitions into action.

But in this process, his original pure heart for the Song Dynasty is now undergoing earth-shaking changes because of the fact that the reformers are becoming more and more intense, that is...... Xin Qiji's current cognition has gradually formed: Beidi Fourth Road is Beidi Fourth Road, and Song Court is Song Ting, and the relationship between the two is not as simple as returning to Shun.

As for what kind of relationship it should be, like Ye Qing, it is natural to hope that the Northland Fourth Road can be backed by a big tree to enjoy the shade, and it is naturally best to be able to return to the Song Dynasty.

But if the imperial court has always regarded the people of the north as reformers, for Ye Qing and others who worked hard to recover the northland, if the status of the people of the north has always been so low and looked down upon in the eyes of the Song court, if it is better to be valued under the rule of the Jin State.

Then, no matter how Ye Qing and the others suppress the people of the Northland, no matter how they win the hearts of the people, I am afraid that because of the actions of the imperial court, the people of the Four Roads of the Northland will turn their hearts to the Jin Kingdom.

As he walked into the Yangzhou Government Office, Ye Qing suddenly stopped, turned around, and turned back, he seemed to understand that Zhao Bingwen's death was probably because of Zhu Xi's discrimination against reformed people, so Zhao Bingwen regretted surrendering to him Ye Qing, and finally chose to commit suicide out of resentment, right?