Volume 1 The Beginning of the Late Han Dynasty Chapter 11 Speech in front of the Yellow Turban
The autumn sun is gradually rising, and the autumn wind is blowing, with a hint of coolness.
Song Jiang stared at the neatly arranged Yellow Turban soldiers in front of the stage but their clothes were not very uniform, and stared for a while before he said loudly: "Yellow Turban soldiers, can you hear the bitter cries of the people, and do you see their hatred for you?"
There was silence, no one responded.
"You have seen and you have heard, but you have not spoken. You don't want to say it, or you don't dare to say it, or you don't bother to say it, you don't bother to say it. You are numb to this weeping, to this hatred. You secretly think in your hearts that who can control so much in this chaotic world, and the dead in this world have seen too much, and they don't starve or die in this world, but I starve and I die......"
"Why? Song wanted to ask why? "Song Shijiang is as cold as water.
"Actually, Song knows you." Song Shijiang continued to say loudly, "I don't know where you are from, I don't know what your surname is Wang, Li or what, but I know you." ”
"Look at your rough palms. You are an industrious farmer, a diligent merchant, you have old parents or good wives and children, you work all day in the fields, you run around the market all day long, but you don't know why the sun is not the day, taxes, rents, and famines, and your destitute family has been torn apart, and your children and daughters have been sold, and your wives have been separated, and you can't live anymore. People always have to live, so you have followed the great sages and mentors and the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai......"
"And you, your family is a wealthy family, with a wife, children, a family and a business. Unexpectedly, the Yellow Turban Army came and plundered everything; The officers and soldiers came, and they swept away, and you lost everything, you had nothing, and you and your family became refugees. What to do, you always have to live, you always have to stutter, so you and your family simply followed the Yellow Turban Army and followed the Yellow Turban's coercion......"
"You, you, and you, you hate this world, you hate the world that took away your parents, your wife, your original good life, you want to live, but you turn around and take away the life of others for your life, including the life of the people of Shouzhang!"
The formation of more than 1,000 yellow scarves gradually shook with Song Shijiang's words one after another. Some people began to lament, some began to sob, and after a while, some of the pawns began to cry. The pawn looked like he was about thirty or forty years old, but his face was already wrinkled, and he cried and cried: "My baby, my baby, my baby is only 5 years old......
Song Shijiang stopped, he looked at the yellow turban pawn, and said softly: "This old brother, please come to the stage to speak." Seeing this, Xu Ning, the golden gun on the stage, strode to the side of the pawn, and said softly: "Brother, don't be sad, Shou Zhang ordered you to come to the stage." ”
The Yellow Turban pawn forcibly stopped crying, but he trembled and hesitated and did not leave the team.
Song Jiang said: "Don't panic, just talk to you." ”
The pawn hesitated and climbed the high platform. As soon as he got on the high platform, the pawn was about to kneel down, Song Jiang stretched out his hand to support him, and said softly: "This old brother, I just heard you talk about the baby, I don't know if I can say that I can tell Song to hear the truth?" ”
The old man of the yellow turban will stop the tears flowing down again: "My lord, my baby is starving to death, he is only 5 years old......" Looking up at Song Shijiang looking at him with encouraging eyes, the old pawn continued: "I came from Jizhou, God doesn't open my eyes, there has been a drought for many years, and the main family refuses to pay less taxes and rob all the food." There is no food at home, my mother-in-law died of eating soil, she asked me to take care of my baby before she died, but where can I find food, I have nowhere to give...... My baby starved to death...... I joined the Yellow Turban to find a way to live, who knew that the great sage and good teacher left us to go to heaven by ourselves, we don't know how to live the next day...... I'm going to die, I'm only thirty years old and I'm going to die, I'm going to be beaten to death, I'm going to starve to death. The old soldier, who was less than thirty years old, had tears on his face, and he was even more confused.
Song Shijiang patted the old pawn on the shoulder, motioned for Wu Yong to accompany the old pawn off the stage, and then turned to the soldiers in the audience and said loudly: "Soldiers, I know that there are many situations like this, you want to live, so you rebel, you follow the Yellow Turban Army to rebel, go all the way to kill all the way and grab all the way, is there a way out for such a rebellion?" The Yellow Turban Thief Zhang Liang has already been ambushed, and now your little leader Tao Sheng has also been killed, which has long proved that your blind rebellion is a dead end. I know that you are all good people, you are just like the people of Shouzhang, you want to live, you want to have a family, you want to have a land, you want to have the same serious status as before, you want to live an upright life without hatred, and even a rich and secure life like in your dreams. Yes and no? ”
"Yes!" Some of the Yellow Turban soldiers burst into tears when they heard this, and responded loudly. First a group, then a large group, and then almost all of the Yellow Turban soldiers roared in response. "Yes! We want to live, we want our families, we want to live uprightly, we want to live richly......"
"Good! Follow me Song Jiang, I will let you live, live uprightly, live richly! Song Shijiang also roared out, "Now that Shouzhang has no owner, Song Mouquan knows this Shouzhang County, and he will be sent in a few days." Rest assured, a certain family is from a big family, and he has exhausted his family wealth to dredge, and this longevity order will come. I want the people of this longevity to live and work in peace and contentment, and I want you soldiers to live uprightly! I am here to announce that all of you who have no great sins have been turned into my Shouzhang officers and soldiers, and of course I also know that those of you who have great sins have been investigated and killed by us last night and this morning, so don't worry. ”
Song Shijiang paused for a moment and continued to say aloud: "Anyone who serves as an officer and soldier for my longevity will have food, clothing, and clothing, and will be paid monthly military salaries, and those who have made meritorious contributions will be awarded fields to generals...... Today, all the officers and soldiers of our country will be given a set of military uniforms, 100 copper coins, and a pound of food." Before they finished speaking, the Yellow Turban officers and soldiers in the audience heard such a good thing, and they became noisy early on, some were shouting, some were crying bitterly, and the formation was chaotic. Seeing that the head of the leopard, Lin Chong, Lin Dajiao's face was as pale as iron, and he took Xu Ning and Yang Zhi straight into the queue to push, kick and beat the soldiers.