- Jimo

In later generations, Qingdao became a city with separate planning, and Qingdao, the economic center of Shandong, was still a barren land at this time, with only a few small fishing villages here, with a population of less than 3,000, and belonged to Jimo County, Laizhou.

Zhao Mingcheng, the new governor of Laizhou, and Yang Xiaoyou, the county magistrate of Jimo County, are waiting for something outside Jimo County.

Zhao Mingcheng is Li Qingzhao's husband, after Jiang De returned to Shandong, he immediately ordered all parts of Shandong to listen to his orders, many loyal officials of Zhao Song Dynasty hung up their crowns and left, Zhao Mingcheng also wanted to go south to avoid trouble, but was intercepted by Jiang De, forced to be the prefect of Laizhou, Zhao Mingcheng did not dare to say a word under the big knife of Minghuang, and Li Qingzhao was angry and did not see him for several days.

When Zhao Mingcheng came to Laizhou, he wanted not to do anything, so that when the Song army returned in the future, he would be less guilty, but he didn't expect the news he got was that the Dao of the Seed Division, Li Gang was demoted from Beijing, and the soldiers were defeated and killed in the Division, and he couldn't help but feel that the Zhao and Song Dynasty might really be at the time of the number.

Since the death of his father, Zhao Mingcheng's career has been extremely unsmooth, so he has lived in Qingzhou for thirteen years, and now that he has the opportunity to be an official, he really doesn't want to give up.

In fact, Jiang De also knew that Zhao Mingcheng was not a good official at all, this guy was just a mediocre and sour Confucian, but his identity was a sign, as the son of the former prime minister, he was an official under his command, but it was a signal.

"It's coming! Here it comes!! ”

As soon as he rode a fast horse and came to report, Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly got up from his position and said, "But President Wang's team? ”

The servant dismounted and said, "Exactly, a long procession, the carriage and horses are more than three or four miles long, the number is nearly 5,000, there are sergeants to escort, I saw from a distance that there are two big flags in the front, one is written in Pingyin, and the other is written in Huaxing Chamber of Commerce." ”

Zhao Mingcheng nodded and said, "It must be President Wang." ”

Yang Xiaoyou asked Zhao Mingcheng in confusion, "Lord Zhao, what is the origin of this President Wang?" Master Hou actually wants to cut me Jimo and establish Qingdao Zhili? ”

Zhao Mingcheng sighed and said, "Lord Yang is a local noble family in Jimo, and he doesn't know anything about Hou Ye's side, so he asked this question.

I heard my insiders say that this Wang Ming was originally a member of Neihuang, with two brothers, the son of three people and another person who married Jin Lan with Hou Ye, classmate martial arts, and helped Hou Ye with money, so Hou Ye has great trust in him, and his people are like Hou Ye in the past. ”

Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly nodded, indicating that he would treat Wang Ming carefully.

In Wang Ming's convoy, Huang Shiren was walking in the middle with several wagons of belongings.

Huang Shiren used to oppose Jiang De and others in the shopping mall, but later saw that he couldn't do anything, so he took the initiative to join the Chamber of Commerce led by Jiang De, and was already one of the directors of the Huaxing Chamber of Commerce at this time.

But his body was much fuller than before, and the donkeys carrying him stretched their necks, looking like they were about to die.

Huang Shiren watched his speed slow down again, and said dissatisfiedly, "This donkey is really not good, you still need to have cows and horses." ”

On the side, his son Huang Qiang was in good health, and when he saw his father like this, he smiled and said, "Father, you should also exercise from time to time." ”

"Exercise a fart! The meat that I have worked so hard to accumulate for so many years, if it is gone, then I will have to cry to death, you don't know how envious those people are every time they see my meat. Huang Shiren said with a snort, then stopped the donkey, glanced at the ox cart on the side, licked his lips, and said, "I would have hired an extra ox cart if I knew it, and it wouldn't be bad for this money." ”

Huang Qiang smiled helplessly: "My father didn't say that before. ”

Huang Shiren slapped Huang Qiang on the head, and said angrily, "You kid knows a fart, we are going to build a new city this time, do you know how many places that need to spend money here?" Don't save a little, and when the money is used, you will know that you are going to cry. ”

"It's here! It's here! One mile ahead is Jimo. ”

An outpost shouted, Huang Shiren listened and smiled, "It's finally here, this is Jimo, it's not far from Qingdao, let's hurry up." After speaking, he slapped the donkey's buttocks hard, and the donkey had a look on his face, and he reluctantly sped up and hurried forward.

The convoy came to the outside of Jimo City, Wang Ming came to the front of the team with several people, and Zhao Mingcheng bowed to Wang Ming, "Zhao Mingcheng, the prefect of Laizhou, has seen all the adults. ”

Yang Xiaoyou also bowed: "Jimo County has ordered Yang Xiaoyou to see all the adults. ”

Wang Ming smiled and replied, "I've seen Lord Zhao, Lord Yang." ”

Yang Xiaoyou stood on tiptoe, glanced at it and said, "Lord Wang, this place is still eighty miles away from the place where the new city of Qingdao stands, so many people and horses may have to walk for a day, it is better to rest here for the time being, and set off early tomorrow morning, bring more dry food, and arrive in the evening." ”

Wang Ming nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean, and the matter of Qingdao New City has to be discussed with the two adults." ”

There are too many people in the convoy, most of them are stationed outside Jimo County, so many people gather outside, and it also attracts people from Jimo County to watch, many people also take the opportunity to peddle goods, most of them are businessmen who come this time, and they are also happy to understand the local goods, and it is extremely lively for a while.

In the Ya of Jimo County, the lights were bright, the singing was everywhere, and after three rounds of drinking, Wang Ming began to talk about business.

"This time, the old man appointed the old man to build a new city, and the old man pre-hired 50,000 people, and he also needed a lot of help from Zhao Zhifu and Yang Zhixian." Wang Ming poured a glass of wine and said to the two.

"Fifty thousand?" Yang Xiaoyou gasped and said, "I, Jimo County, plus the women and children who have just been born, are only 100,000 people, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the entire Laizhou to draw out 50,000 strong men... This..."

Zhao Mingcheng nodded and said, "Yes, Laizhou is not a prosperous place, there are many mountains and rivers, and it is difficult for the people to live, Jimo is already the largest county in my state, and the total number of people in the state is less than 500,000, if you draw out 50,000 strong men, I am afraid of farming..."

Wang Ming and the others glanced at each other and laughed.

Wang Ming arched his hand and said, "Don't worry, the two adults don't have to worry, these 50,000 strong men have already come from, and they will never be extracted from only one place, Hou Ye has ordered the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo, and ordered the two places to gather 10,000 strong men to come to Qingdao to work, and also ordered all over the country to convene the strong men at the lowest price of 30 wen per day, and they are also ready to mobilize the guards to help here, and they will definitely not exhaust the people's strength here." ”

Zhao Mingcheng and the others were surprised and surprised, ashamed and ashamed, Zhao Mingcheng said, "President Wang, I am not perfunctory, but..."

Wang Ming said, "Your Excellency, rest assured, we understand that we need the help of the two adults, but it is something else."

The construction of this new city requires a large number of materials, but also land and minerals, land requisition compensation, warehousing and logistics, all of which require the assistance of two adults. ”

The two of them were relieved and promised to do their utmost to help.

- Outside the city

Huang Shiren kept checking the money and belongings, and he saw that there were local vendors walking around outside, and said worriedly, "Why are so many outsiders in the camp?" ”

A small guy said, "They are all local vendors, and they see a lot of money and goods outside, and they want to sell some special products." ”

Huang Shiren looked left and right, and saw that many merchants began to trade, worried in his heart, and said to Huang Qiang, "If it is not peaceful today, I heard others talk about the Three Kingdoms in the past, and they said that Cao Cao's father was killed because of his wealth, so we should be careful." ”

Although Huang Qiang was a little unimpressed, feeling that there were sergeants around him, he still agreed to patrol around at night.

In the middle of the night, a man sneakily evaded the patrolling soldiers and came to a tent, ready to steal his belongings.

"Who?"

A loud shout startled the man, he turned around and saw a strong man with a knife, he didn't dare to fight, and ran away, this strong man was naturally Huang Qiang, Huang Qiang didn't dare to pursue, just shouted loudly, called the patrol sergeant, explained the matter, the patrol sergeant felt that it was probably a thief in the city, just asked the teams to strengthen patrols, and didn't care.

This person is indeed a thief, named Yang Jun, speaking of which is also the same family as Yang Xiaoyou, but Yang Xiaoyou is a descendant of the family, he has been studying since he was a child, he is a side door, and he has been farming since he was a child. Yang Jun ran out of the camp, thinking that he was nearly thirty years old, and he still had to steal for a living, but Yang Xiaoyou, who was about the same grade as himself, was appointed as the magistrate of the county by the Hou Ye because of his reputation in the local area, and the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and he actually cried in the woods.

As he was crying, a voice came from behind.

"Who is weeping here?"

Yang Jun was taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw a group of people pressed by black, all of them were blades in their hands, shining in the moonlight, and the first person was handsome, but a scar on his face made people feel a pity.

"I... I didn't steal anything, really, don't kill me, don't kill me! Yang Jun was so frightened that he fell to the ground, retreated again and again, kicked his feet indiscriminately, and turned the dirt around, which made the man unhappy in his heart.

"Silence me! I ask, you say! The man stepped on Yang Jun's stomach, and pointed the Xixia Sword in his hand at Yang Jun's throat and shouted.

Yang Jun nodded hurriedly, for fear that he would be stabbed to death by this person if he was a little slower.

"Let me ask you, how many sergeants are there in the camp outside Jimo City?"

"There aren't many sergeants, less than a thousand, and most of them are merchants."

"Where did the merchants come from?"

"I heard that I came from Hebei, and it seems that I came here to build some island."

"How much supplies?"

"There are a lot of materials, most of them with gold, silver and jade!" Speaking of this, Yang Jun's eyes were red, if he had just succeeded, he would not have to worry about it in this life.

The man laughed and said, "Good! I wish Biao and Liangshan a grudge, I will collect some interest today, the whole army will obey the order, the horse will be wrapped in cloth, the people will contain coins, and I will go to rob the camp! ”

Saying that, Zhu Biao grabbed Yang Jun and asked him to lead the way, Yang Jun looked at the group of killers behind him, hid all the way, and touched the outside of the camp.

"Look, that's the camp of those merchants."

Zhu Biao looked carefully, saw that the camp was loose, and said with great joy, "Okay, go with me!" ”

A group of people hid in the shadows, carefully touched, these sergeants were originally guards, and they fought with bandits at most on weekdays, not to mention such a large team, where did any bandits dare to intercept them, and they had no intention of meeting them, until the sentry standing on the high platform was shot by Zhu Biao with an arrow, and the patrol sergeant found that there was a change.

"Rush with me!!" Zhu Biao immediately picked up a sergeant with a shot and crashed into the camp, hundreds of people rushed in, for a while, the camp was in chaos, Huang Shiren, who was sleeping in clothes, heard the shouting and killing outside, and shot up, pulled out the sword placed under the pillow with a bang, and shouted tremblingly, "Where is my son?" Where is Huang Qiang? ”

Huang Qiang walked in quickly and shouted, "Father, hurry up, there are thieves coming." ”

Huang Shiren rolled his eyes and said, "Quick, just bring money and tickets, let's go to the city!" ”

The shouting and killing sound outside the city and the firelight soon alarmed the city, Chen Guang in the city was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly led the soldiers in the city out of the city to respond, but after all, it was a step slow, Zhu Biao saw the soldiers coming from the city, a wind roared, and fled with countless gold and silver.

Chen Guang saw countless corpses in the camp, and shouted angrily, he had a strong personality, and he actually chased Zhu Biao single-handedly, and when Wang Ming knew, he could only send people to find Chen Guang while appeasing the camp.

When the day dawned, Chen Guang returned with a person, threw it to the ground, and said to Wang Ming, "These thieves scattered in all directions, caught one person, and interrogated!" ”

Zhao Mingcheng listened to the shouting outside in the city for a day, he was afraid and angry, if it wasn't for the sergeant who had been following, he would have fled a long time ago, and now when he saw Chen Guang catching someone back, the sour anger came, and he shouted at the moment, "What a thief, how dare you do this?" Don't you know shame? ”

The man raised his head and snorted, "I don't have anything to eat, what are you ashamed of?" I only hate that I grabbed more and ran slower, otherwise I would have been happy by this time!

You're a big official, are you hungry? ”

"You!" Zhao Mingcheng pointed at the man, speechless for a long time.

Chen Guang snorted, "Interrogation like an adult, when will you know the result, it's better for the old man to come." ”

Chen Guang stepped forward and grabbed the man, his hand was like lightning, and he connected the number of people, and the man screamed miserably.

"If you don't say it again, I'll let you die of pain!" Chen Guang squinted his eyes and shouted.

"I say, I say!" The man hurriedly kowtowed and shouted, Chen Guang snorted and asked, "Who are you?" Who is the chief? ”

The man screamed miserably, and replied, "The villain Deng Guang, the Qishan people, are here with the commander Zhu Biao." ”

"Who are you talking about?" Wang Ming asked.

"Zhu Biao! Spare your life! Adults spare their lives!! Deng Guang shouted loudly, and Wang Ming asked, "Where is Zhu Biao now?" ”

"The villain doesn't know, he doesn't know..."

- In a forest

Zhu Biao was counting the number of people and harvesting, and found that there were dozens of people missing, thinking that in addition to being killed in the stealing camp, it was because of the floating wealth that he had to find another way.

"General! After counting, a total of more than 7,000 taels of gold, more than 10,000 taels of silver, and countless jewels were obtained. General, we sent! ”

When Zhu Biao heard this number, his brows furrowed, and he smiled, "I didn't expect these people to be really rich." ”

"General, we might as well find a place and go as a master!" Someone proposed, and many people said yes.

Zhu Biao pulled out his spear with a bang, slammed the shot at the man's throat, and shouted to the others, "You want to seek death, don't look for others, I will help you first, okay?" ”

The others looked at Zhu Biao in horror.

Zhu Biao said to everyone, "We are plundering the caravan of the Pingyin army, you should also know the strength of the Pingyin army, if you want to go to a rich place, aren't you afraid that you will lose your head one night?" ”

"General... So what are we going to do? ”

"I heard that the Pingyin army sent orders to all parts of Shandong to obey its orders, and all of them obeyed, but Yanzhou not only did not obey, but sent its envoy to the imperial court, but Jiang De did not pursue it, do you know why?" Zhu Biao said hehehe.

"The villain knows!" Yang Jun's eyes lit up and said, "It must be because of the Kong family!" ”

"The Kong family?"

"Could it be Sage Kong?"

"If it is a Confucian saint, then the Pingyin army will naturally not dare to invade."

"With the Xianyuan Kong family protecting us, we can survive, what do you think?" Zhu Biao asked as he withdrew his spear.

"I want to listen to the general's orders!"

"Okay, let's go to Yanzhou!" After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he took this group of former Western Army sergeants to Yanzhou.

- Liang Shan

"Master Hou, who do you see coming?" Xu Guanzhong walked in with the two of them, Jiang De looked up, hurriedly stood up and said happily, "Senior girl, are you here?" Shopkeeper Yue, they've all arrived, right? ”

"I said Master Hou, you are too biased, obviously there are two people here, why do you only call the teacher girl?" Naturally, it was Feng Yinu who said this.

Master Li smiled and pulled Feng Yinu, saluted Jiang De first, and then asked, "Master Hou, back then, you promised me the dry shares of Kaifeng Qionglou, but now that Qionglou is gone, how do you compensate the slave family?" ”

"How about I compensate you for Yan Qing?" Jiang De asked with a sneer.

"Phew! Who wants him! Master Li snorted, she and Yan Qing fell in love, Yan Qing didn't care that Master Li was born in Qinglou, after all, Yan Qing herself was also born as a slave, after Jiang De exposed her identity, Yan Qing launched an emergency plan to let everyone in Qionglou disperse and evacuate, but she took a group of people to hide in Kaifeng, collect intelligence, and wait for the opportunity.

"Newspaper!! Huaxing Chamber of Commerce Emergency Military Intelligence! A herald hurried in and shouted.

"Huaxing Chamber of Commerce? Chairman Wang should have arrived in Qingdao by time, could it be that there are pirates attacking? Jiang De took the military report a little puzzled, since Jiang De occupied Goryeo and the Wa Kingdom, there are many people in the two places who are dissatisfied with being ruled by the Han people, and greedy for property and go to the sea to be thieves, the main task of the sea sailors of Liangshan is to exterminate these endless pirates.

Master Li pulled Feng Yinu and said to Jiang De, "Since Master Hou has military intelligence, then we will go down first." ”

Jiang Deqiang endured his anger and handed the general report to Xu Guanzhong, and said with a smile on his face, "Okay, you guys will rest for a few days, I still have a heavy task to appoint two girls." ”

"Bang dang!" After Jiang De waited for Master Li and the two to leave, he suddenly threw the teacup on his table to the ground.

"How can this be true? Outrageous!! I let this wish Biao his life, he actually dared to come back and make trouble! It almost hurt me! Get me the time! Jiang De was angry that he was soft back then, and on the other hand, he was angry that Wang Ming and others were so careless, and countless merchants were harmed, these people were the backbone of the Huaxing Chamber of Commerce, and it was a great loss to die.

After Shi Qian came in, Jiang De patted the case and asked, "Do you know about Zhu Biao's robbery?" ”

Shi Qian was taken aback by Jiang De, didn't dare to be frivolous, bowed his head and said, "The last general has just gotten the fast horse report, and he already knows." ”

Jiang De snorted, "Isn't it too late to know now?" I'll give you one day and find out Zhu Biao's traces for me! ”

Shi Qian also knew that such a large group of thieves did not find out that it was a serious dereliction of duty before entering the Listening Bureau, and hurriedly took the order.

Shi Qian's Di Ting Bureau is indeed not a dry meal, and it was only half a day before Shi Qian came back with a stack of materials.

Jiang De heard that Shi Qian asked to see him, and said to Lou Minzhong, who was reporting on the side, "Mr. Lou, wait a minute, I'll listen to Shi Qian's report first." ”

Lou Minzhong got up and prepared to leave, Jiang De shook his hand and said, "Sir, don't avoid it, just listen to it on the side." ”

Xu Guanzhong, who was sitting below Jiang De, looked at Jiang De like this, and secretly understood in his heart that Jiang De was preparing to let Lou Minzhong enter the core decision-making circle.

Lou Min and others have revised the original Mingjiao doctrine in these days in Liangshan, and it can be said that the current Mingjiao doctrine has nothing to do with the original.

The predecessor of Mingjiao is Manichaeism in the Western Regions, which is a sect that integrates Buddhism and Christianity, the first leader Mani claimed to be the successor of Buddha, Zoroaster and Jesus, and the doctrine summarized all phenomena as good and evil, black and white, so it was extremely extreme, and now it has added a large number of Buddhist thoughts, which has softened a lot, and added a large number of national ideas and equality ideas, these new Mingjiao ideas can make the soldiers more brave in battle, and can also make the introverted national thinking from the Song Dynasty from the new outward.

Of course, Jiang De will not let Mingjiao dominate, and the existence of Mingjiao is more in the face of Western sects in the future, Jiang De can have one more card, and the religion is politically unified, which is a great difference between Eastern and Western civilizations.

"Then where did Zhu Biao flee now?" Jiang De looked at Shi Qian and asked.

Shi Qian arched his hand and said, "According to the informant, a team of people and horses recently went to Yanzhou with a large amount of gold and silver, it must be Zhu Biao!" ”

Jiang De squinted his eyes and said, "It's Yanzhou again, are these old masters going against me to the end?" ”

Xu Guanzhong got up and said, "Master Hou, the Confucian family and other Confucian families have always been at odds with my Liangshan, and now they have instigated Liu Yu, the prefect of Yanzhou, to be the enemy of our army, and it should be broken early!" ”

Jiang De sat in his position, closed his eyes and asked while thinking, "Then why is Zhu Biao here, shouldn't he be a general in the Western Army?" ”

A few days ago, Geng Nanzhong played Zhao Huan, saying that the soldiers and horses of Hebei and Henan and other local service kings and horses had invaded the local area, and spent countless money and food, and most of them were local volunteers, and they should be disbanded as soon as possible.

At that time, there was Chen Guoting impeached Yao Gu for supporting the army and not aiding Taiyuan, and the crime could be beheaded, so many ministers of the imperial court agreed that the army of King Qin was no longer available, and ordered that the soldiers and horses in various places should be disbanded on the spot, and they would not give money and food. ”

Jiang De patted his head and said helplessly, "I don't know how to say this group of big men in Kaifeng, it must be that in order to return the gold soldiers, they used up the money and grain of the treasury, and they are like this in order to save money and food." ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded and said, "When this is the case, half of the money and grain of the imperial court is taken from the south of the Yangtze River, and the remaining quarter comes from the Central Plains, and a quarter comes from Bashu.

Since the Jin army went south, the money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River were blocked by Zhao Ji in Hangzhou, and I heard that in Hangzhou, Zhao Ji and others were more extravagant than in the past, and he spent more than half of the money and grain.

The money and grain in the Central Plains are too late to help the local area, where is the money and grain to the imperial court, as for Bashu, the mountains are high and the road is far away, it is difficult to arrive quickly, and the imperial court at this time has no money and grain. ”

Jiang De shook his head and said, "In this way, how can all parts of Hebei recover quickly?" How's the situation in Yanzhou? ”

"That Yanzhou has always been the Confucian family and other Confucian people's own land, since Liu Yu arrived, the Confucian family, the Meng family, the Yan family continue to fund it, his son Liu Lin called himself ten thousand enemies, and there is a general Guan Sheng for its service, the generals Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Xuanzan, Hao Siwen, etc. are all able to recruit good fighters, now there are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and they are still constantly recruiting troops, it is said that the officials and squires in Jeju, Xuzhou, Shanzhou, Yizhou and other places are colluded with it, and it seems that they want to protect each other and our army as enemies. ”

"Guan Sheng? Isn't he in the Eternal Tranquility Army? Jiang Deqi said.

"I was indeed in the Yongjing Army before, and it was Hao Siwen under Liu Yu's account who strongly recommended this person, and Liu Yu specially transferred him to Yanzhou." Shi Qian understands these things very well.

Jiang De nodded, he didn't expect this pair to get together, but unlike Liu Yu, a big traitor who lowered his gold in the future, Guan Sheng would rather die than surrender, and was finally killed by Liu Yu.

"Report! There is an emergency military situation! Someone shouted outside the door, Jiang De waved his hand to let him in, took the information, Jiang De glanced at it, handed it to Xu Guanzhong and said, "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived, the local clan Sun of Rencheng should join forces with the outside and offer Rencheng to Liu Yu, Liu Yu's nephew Liu Ni has already occupied Rencheng." ”

Xu Guanzhong looked at it and said, "Rencheng is located in the southeast of my Liangshan, if you send troops from here, the cavalry can go to Yuncheng in one day, and the navy can also go to my Liangshan in one day. ”

Jiang De walked to the map, looked at the map carefully, and found that this Rencheng was actually Jining in the later generations, and a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal ran rampant on it, and said, "Rencheng is not uprooted, Yanzhou is rare, I want to send troops to attack, Mr. Xu, what do you think?" ”

Xu Guanzhong replied, "It's not a problem for Rencheng and Yanzhou to capture, the problem is Xianyuan, can Master Hou think about how to deal with the Xianyuan families?" ”

Xianyuan is also the later Qufu, in the past, Jiang De did a fight with them because those Confucian students in Qufu were dissatisfied with his Tianxiang Academy, but at that time, the two parties were petty fights, Jiang De's side did not want to completely tear his face with Confucianism, and Confucianism felt that he could not lose his identity.

But now it is different, Jiang De merged the county and swallowed the county, and the newly appointed officials were not only the original demoted officials and the local famous squires, but also the students of Tianxiang Academy.

I'm afraid that the Confucianists headed by the Confucian family are already gritting their teeth with hatred for this, which is smashing the millennium job of Confucianism.

In fact, Jiang De is also helpless, if it was in the Han Dynasty, he would still reuse Confucianism, after all, most of the Confucians at that time were actually external Confucianism and internal law, and there were also mixed with the way of a hundred schools, such as Zhuge Liang governing Shu, using the law, and there is no concept of emphasizing literature over martial arts, but advocating the general into the phase.

In fact, at this time, Confucianism also admired the generals, but except for a few people, they were only dedicated to learning the strategy in the story thousands of miles away, and they couldn't wait to determine what position each soldier in Hebei should stand in Kaifeng, so it can be said that Zhao Kuo disdained to be with these people.

In fact, this kind of remote-controlled warfare has always existed from the Song Dynasty to the later new century, with Chang Shenkai in China and Xihebei in the West.

Jiang De turned around his back a few times, and then said to Xu Guanzhong, "Mr. Xu, now that the matter has come to this, how do you think we should deal with the relationship between us and the Confucian sect headed by the Kong family?" Or can they be our friends? ”

Xu Guanzhong asked, "What do you mean by Master Hou?" ”

Jiang De sat down in his seat, his eyes closed. Constantly recalling what he had heard the old man say in the past, he said, "Although Zhao Song still exists now, the world has been in chaos, I am waiting for the end of the slightest, and if we want to gain a foothold in this world of great contention and even become an overlord, distinguishing friend from enemy is our primary problem."

If we cannot distinguish between friend and foe, we will not be able to unite the hearts of the people to defeat the enemy.

At present, there are two contradictions in the world.

One is the national contradiction between the Jin people and the Han people, although the Jin people retreat to the north slightly, but they will go south again in the near future, and all the young and old in the Central Plains have the responsibility of resisting the Jin and defending the land, which is the righteousness of the world, which can be described as the first contradiction today.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Song State has not suppressed annexation, the land system has not been established, the powerful officials have rich surnames, the land is unlimited, the annexation is fake, the habit is customary, and the children are everywhere, which is the second contradiction.

And who are we? To put it bluntly, we are a group of undesirable literati, heroes and merchants, and the backbone of our army is the poor tenants and peasants, who are willing to fight to the death to protect the land we have given them.

Therefore, judging from these two contradictions, our enemies are, on the one hand, Jinxia and other countries, and second, the house of the situation, which occupies a large amount of land. ”

The Huangchao Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty completely destroyed the family rule from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang Dynasty, and came to the Song Dynasty, although there are generations of officials, the door of poetry and book heirlooms, but it has completely disappeared from the Han and Tang dynasties.

Due to the popularity of paper, the cost of reading was greatly reduced, and the scholars and the Hanmen merged to become a new ruling class, in the words of later generations, the landlord class, but in this era, they were called the House of Situations.

The ruling class of the Song Dynasty was the House of Situation, and these House of Situation were mainly composed of registered civil and military officials and Shanghu who had been officials for generations, such as Chao Gai and Song Jiang, all of whom were born in the House of Situation, and the opposite of the House of Situation was the Hirado, that is, ordinary people.

"What does Hou Ye mean is that Confucianism is not our enemy?" Lou Minzhong asked a little unwillingly.

Mingjiao has always been at odds with Confucianism, in the past, when Fang La rebelled, I don't know how many Confucian students were killed, although he took refuge in Liangshan and changed the teachings of Mingjiao, Lou Minzhong still didn't care about Confucianism.

Jiang De nodded and said, "Confucianism is not our enemy, isn't Mr. Xu also a Confucian?" In other words, our enemies are not all Confucianism, and we need to divide Confucianism into two.

We appoint officials who do not read the Four Books and the Five Classics, but only look at the punishment of peasants, do not judge officials by blood, and only judge the level by performance; we oppose uncontrolled land annexation, demand the division of land to households, and pursue the common prosperity of the great harmony of the world; if we agree with our approach, then we are our friends for a long time, and if we oppose it, we are our enemies. ”

Xu Guanzhong clapped his hands and said with a smile, "What Master Hou said is extremely true, enemies or friends can't look at his doctrine, but see whether he supports us." ”

Lou Minzhong shook his head and said, "People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, how do we know if they support us?" ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "I have heard such a sentence, there are only individuals who betray the class, and there is no class that betrays interests." ”

Seeing that Xu Guanzhong and the others frowned, knowing that they didn't understand what class was, Jiang De continued, "To put it simply, Song uses Confucianism to take scholars, but how many people can be taken in a year? Jinshi takes the exam every three years, but only admits 200 people at a time, these people are divided into one point, and there may not be one in a state capital for three years, most of the Confucian students are actually just a show talent in their lives, but there are a lot of show talents? As far as I know, it is extremely rare for a county to be able to get ten talents in three years.

And Xiucai actually didn't have any benefits to gain, but he was just exempted from hard labor, but I didn't do hard labor under Liang Shan's rule. ”

In ancient times, every household had to serve hard labor, and labor was to force the people to work for the day, and in good times they were to build roads and bridges, build water conservancy, and the people knew that it was beneficial to them, so they were willing to do it, but in bad times, they might be building palaces, city walls, and even serving in the army as a civilian husband.

Jiang De, who is accustomed to the practices of later generations, is deeply saddened by such a thing of forcing people to work for the day, and feels that it is extremely wasteful. How can you stimulate domestic demand without sending money!

Therefore, Jiang De's rule did not have labor, but spent money to recruit workers to form engineering teams, and paid them to build roads or water conservancy projects.

"Under Xiucai, there are countless children, these people are actually people we can fight for, and those who raise people or jinshi, they have obtained a lot of benefits through the original imperial examination, they are easily our enemies." Jiang De continued to analyze, "So we can divide everyone into such categories.

On the one hand, we are the natural supporters, such as the landless peasants, the tenant peasants, who are desperate for land and for reform, because they have nothing left to lose, and they are the majority of our army.

The second group is the object of our easy struggle, such as yeoman farmers, small traders, poor scholars, these people are better off than the first group of people, they can barely make ends meet, they want to change in the midst of hardship, they are afraid that it will be worse after the change, but as long as they give them hope, they are willing to support us.

The third type of people is the object we should try to strive for, such as ordinary merchants, talents, small officials, and small landlords with a certain amount of land, these people live better than the previous two types of people, and it can be said that in addition to self-sufficiency, there is generally a surplus every year. This kind of people have a very heavy concept of making money, and they worship the most diligent Marshal Zhao Gong, this kind of people are timid, they are afraid of officials, afraid of things, no matter whose flag is changed at the head of the wall, they will bow their heads, if we ask them to support, they will contribute some money, but they will definitely not stand in our team immediately, unless they see that we have a general trend, they will desperately shout that it is our people, these people we need to fight, but they don't need to be too careful, they will not stand on our opposite, they are actually mostly neutral.

The fourth group of people is the people we have to deal with, such as the big landlords and officials, who are naturally our enemies, because the rise of our power will inevitably weaken them.

You see, in this way, most of the Confucian scholars are in the second and third categories, and they are objects that can be fought for. ”

After speaking, Jiang De waved his hand and said, "Mr. Xu, if we take Xianyuan, I want to divide the field, what will the Kong family and other major families do?" ”

Xu Guanzhong stroked his beard and said, "Master Hou, I'm afraid that the Kong family will have a group of people to Kaifeng at that time, and the rest of the people will entrust us with the virtual snake." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "As I thought, Shi Qian, I want you to find out all the details of Yanzhou's military situation within half a month, and in half a month, I will go to Yanzhou!"

When I take Xianyuan, I want to distribute all the fields in Xianyuan to the local people, but I want to see if the old master is important, or my own belly is important! ”

"Yes!" Shi Qian understood that this was an opportunity to atone for his sins, and took the order.

Xu Guanzhong arched his hand and said, "Master Hou, if you want to divide the field after attacking the immortal source, you must first prepare for public opinion. ”

Jiang De waved his hand and said, "This matter is simple, just follow the old things of the Han Dynasty, they are all surnamed Kong, how can some of them be silk and satin, and some of them are poor!" ”

The corners of Xu Guanzhong's mouth curled and nodded clearly.

- Kaifeng

After more than a month of recovery in Kaifeng, the streets are full of pedestrians, and the places where wine shops and rap are also full of people.

At this time, Zhao Ji had already returned to the palace, but as soon as he returned to the palace, he didn't have time to do anything, and there was a rumor throughout the city, saying that Zhao Ji wanted to regain the throne and was ready to kill Zhao Huan with poisoned wine.

It is unknown where this rumor came from, but Zhao Ji was horrified to find that Zhao Huan really stopped eating with him, and by this, Zhao Ji found that the people around him were replaced one by one, and he was placed under house arrest.

After Zhao Ji was placed under house arrest, the power reshuffle and struggle in the court became more and more intense, and the officials close to Zhao Ji were constantly demoted, and this reshuffle did not come to an end until the news of Shandong came.

In the court, Zhao Huan waved a book with an angry face, "Look at it, look at it, this is my Pingyin Marquis?" Dare to send troops to attack Puzhou without authorization, what is the difference between this and rebellion? ”

Geng Nanzhong came out of the column and said, "Official, yesterday there was Yanzhou Governor Liu Yu Kuai Ma Lai report, and now there are Yun, Qi, Zi, Qing, Wei, Lai, Deng and other state capitals on Jingdong Road to play the banner of Pingyin, Pingyin Marquis has rebelled, and he will be killed now!" ”

"Official, don't do it!" Chen Xian, the head of the household department, said, "Now that the treasury is empty, the money and salary of the forbidden army are all problems, otherwise there is no need to disband the army of King Qin, the Marquis of Pingyin can fight well, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. ”

Speaking of money, Zhao Huan sighed, "If I knew this, I should have sent soldiers and horses from all over the country to attack Liangshan." ”

It was Geng Nanzhong's idea to disband Qin Wangjun, and when he heard that Zhao Huan regretted it, Geng Nanzhong hurriedly said, "The official family is wrong!" Most of these Qinwang's armies were originally native people, the sword could not dance, the bow could not be pulled, what was the use of more? If these Qinwang soldiers and horses are sent to Shandong, I am afraid that they are not to suppress thieves, but to help thieves. ”

Zhao Huan sighed: "This... This can't be done, that's not possible, what should I do? ”

Zhang Bangchang got the benefits sent by Liu Yu, and said, "Your Majesty, since the imperial court has no money, it is better to let the local recruit soldiers and horses, then Liangshan is a robbery and robbery, and the squires from all over the country hate it to the core, and many officials on the Jingdong and Jingdong roads are also loyal to the imperial court, so it is better to seal Liu Yu as the Xuanfu envoy of the Jingdong and Jingdong roads, and let him unify the soldiers and horses of the two roads to destroy Liangshan." ”

In the imperial history, Cheng Chen came out of the court and said, "Your Majesty! Although Liu Yu is loyal to the imperial court, he is not good at military affairs, and the ministers recommend one person, and it does not take three years to retreat from the strong enemy and the princes of internal security. ”

Zhao Huan hurriedly said, "There is such a person? Tell me about it. ”

Chen Guoting said with great confidence, "Weichen Baoyuan Bazhou Tong sentenced Zong Ze to be handsome, although this person is nearly seventy years old, but he knows astronomy, geography, Wen Taowu strategy, all of them are fine, in the past he was an official in Shandong, and the Marquis of Pingyin made more money to Cai Jing to transfer it away, and what he was afraid of was this person's ability!"

If you take this person as the commander and entrust the affairs of Hebei and Shandong, Weichen guarantees that only one year will be allowed to contain the enemy, and it will not take three years, and Liangshan will be taken! ”

Zhao Huan was originally very happy, but when he heard that this person was almost seventy, he couldn't help but sigh, "This person is too old, I'm afraid he can't use it." ”

Geng Nanzhong came out and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Guoting has misled the country!" That Zong Ze is another ability, he is nearly seventy years old, I am afraid that he can't eat, and he can't ride a horse, so how can he use it? ”

Chen Guoting said angrily: "Geng Nanzhong! You're wrong! Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to guarantee the lives of the twenty-seven members of the family, such as Zong Ze can't curb the thief! Please send the whole family of Weichen! ”

Seeing Chen Guoting like this, Zhao Huan couldn't help but be interested in Zong Ze, so he ordered Zong Ze to enter Beijing, and ordered Liu Yu to be the envoy of Jingxi Road and lead the soldiers and horses of Jingxi Road.

At the same time, an edict was issued to the whole country, announcing that Jiang De, the former Marquis of Pingyin, was a rebel against the imperial court, and everyone was punished, and the contradictions between the Pingyin army and the imperial court were completely put on the table.

The edict of the imperial court had not yet reached Liangshan, but the envoys of the Jin State, Xiao Zhonggong and Zhao Lun, had arrived.

They walked all the way this time, and saw that the entire Great Song Dynasty was in chaos, not only did they not quickly restore the people's livelihood and prepare for war, but on the contrary, thieves and robbers were everywhere, and the court was in chaos.

Xiao Zhonggong is a royal family of the Liao State, and there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart, but seeing the Song State like this, the idea of using the Song State to restore the country was completely dead.

When the two came to Kaifeng, they thought that Zhao Song would entertain themselves well, but they didn't expect that when they arrived at the court, they found that the whole script was wrong.

Thinking about how miserable Zhang Bangchang and others were scolded for seeking peace that day, there was still a Jin army outside the city at that time, and everyone could say a word for the sake of the overall situation, and now as soon as the Jin army retreated, everyone in the court became the main battle faction, one was tougher than the other, and many ministers simply shouted in the court that they wanted to kill these two Jin envoys.

Zhao Huan is looking at this group of people who are angry and funny, and they also kill, kill the Jin people, and come over, I see which of you dares to go to the battlefield.

But Zhao Huan knew in his heart that these two golden envoys were taken aback by this battle, these two people were not very tough people, if they were tough, they would not have lowered their gold.

In the court, listening to so many people shouting to kill them, Zhao Lun couldn't hold it anymore, he fell to the ground with a puff, kowtowed to Zhao Huan and shouted, "Your Majesty, the criminal minister is also a Han person, just because he was born in the north, so far, both of us were originally Liao ministers, and the Jin people are also enemies of the sky!" ”

Geng Nanzhong remembered something and asked, "This Xiao Zheng envoy's surname is Xiao, is he a descendant of the royal family?" ”

Xiao Zhonggong arched his hand and said: "In the next is the grandson of the former Khitan privy envoy Xiao Tzu, and the son of Xiao Temo of the Zhongshu Ling." ”

Geng Nanzhong's eyes rolled, and he said to Zhao Huan, "Your Majesty, since these two people also have a grudge against the Jin people, why don't they use it?" ”

Zhao Huan asked, "How to use it?" ”

Geng Nanzhong looked at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and signaled, Zhao Huan suddenly understood that this matter could not be known by so many people, so he announced his retirement from the dynasty, leaving only Geng Nanzhong.

Geng Nanzhong said to Zhao Huan, "Weichen heard that there is a person under the account of Wanyan Zonghan in the clouds, named Yelu Yujian, this person is generous and righteous, and is a powerful person in the clan, because Xiao Fengxian falsely accused Yu Yu of colluding with Xiao Yu to establish the king of Jin, and was forced to reduce Jin, and now he is the right capital of the Jin army, then Hao Zhonglian was broken by this person, and there are one-third of the soldiers and horses of the Jinxi Army under his command. ”

Zhao Huan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, but asked with some concern, "Is this really possible?" ”

Geng Nanzhong bowed and said, "Even if it doesn't work, there will be no damage to the country." ”

Zhao Huan felt that it was the same, so he asked Geng Nanzhong to handle the matter.

Xiao Zhonggong heard that Geng Nanzhong asked him to persuade Yelu Yu to see it, and couldn't help but feel funny, this Song Kingdom has been defeated again and again, what capital does he have to say this, but thinking back to those Song ministers in the court shouting and shouting at him, he decided to respond first, and then talk about it when he returns to Jinguo.

Geng Nanzhong thought that Xiao Zhonggong really had this intention, and he was overjoyed, and Xiao Zhonggong said again, "Although Weichen is willing to serve the Holy Dynasty, but there is no basis for his empty words, what should I do if General Yelu does not believe it." ”

Geng Nanzhong thought about it, so he asked Zhao Huan to write a holy decree and give it to Xiao Zhonggong, Xiao Zhonggong got it, and left Kaifeng with Zhao Lun overnight and went to the clouds.

What Geng Nanzhong didn't know was that because of this holy decree, the Jin Kingdom was furious, which led to the Second Battle of Jingkang.