Chapter 4, Still Alive
As the first indigenous who can indirectly understand the news of the outside world, Zhou Huai'an has basically understood the background of the times he is in and the historical events in which he lives.
It was actually the last days before the great Tang Dynasty fell into darkness, and the peasant rebel army led by Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao set off countless turbulent times.
It's just that Wang Xianzhi, a salt dealer from Puzhou (now north of Juancheng County, Heze City, Shandong), who died on the beach, has completely ended with the 50,000 army that died in Huangmei, Huainan Province (near present-day Huangmei, Hubei), and now it is the post-rebel era led by Huang Chao, another person from Caozhou (now southwest of Heze, Shandong), who was born in a salt lord family, just when they were frustrated and Fujian and Zhejiang and marched south to Wuling and invaded Guangzhou.
In addition, his other knowledge of this era is more the memory of some words in the history textbooks of his early years, as well as some vague impressions from historical allusions and character jokes circulating on the Internet.
And the massacre that is taking place in the city, that is, the "Guangzhou Hu Killing Incident", which is one of the few major events related to Huangchao in later generations, was once one of the hot topics that were inexplicably advocated on the Internet.
Although it is recorded in the history books that tens of thousands of Hu were killed, it is not a good experience in terms of Zhou Huai'an's short personal experience; After all, according to Zhou Huai'an's memories and experience, once he kills the red eyes under the tyranny of the group, he no longer cares about the difference between the Hu and the Tang people, or it is simply easy to become driven by personal selfishness and desire, the complete release of the ugly and dark side of human nature and the bottomless cathartic cycle.
Even if you have the appearance of a typical Han Chinese, there is no guarantee that you will not be drawn into this frenzy of death and killing, especially for unidentified foreigners; So for now, everything is still hiding from the top, until this frenzied and bottomless trend has completely passed.
As for the massacre against the Hu people and the foreign feudal people in Guangzhou, in the words of the more mainstream scholars in the field of later historiography, it was just an abnormal violent transfer of wealth and forced plundering against the background of the massacre in the context of a peasant uprising with the characteristics of the feudal era.
After all, in terms of specific ingredients, among these Hu people ordered by Huang Chao to kill, only a small part of the Green Cultists and Great Cannibals who were criticized by later generations, and more were all kinds of Tianzhu people living in the local area, Persians, Great Qin people (Byzantines), and even large and small foreign nations such as Cham, Linyi, Zhenla, Zhupai, and Sri Buddha, and even Kunlun species from Africa.
And theoretically, those who were able to cross the sea to make a living in Middle-earth were the most adventurous, cunning, and flexible of the merchants.
It is really on a par with the so-called "killing Hu hero Min Tianwang blowing" advocated by those stupid and pseudo-yellow men in later generations, and the bullshit things such as nationalist awakening and "curbing the greening of peaceful religion" are simply irrelevant.
According to these brainless theories, Min Zai, who was previously a tiger and a thief and a father, was regarded as the head of the Xiongnu regime in Shizhao in his early years, and killed more Han people and their rebels, wouldn't they have to jump up in the ground;
This is like the Takasago Volunteer Brigade who participated in the Nanjing Massacre, as long as they kill some old and weak women and children who cannot be taken away before the devil is finished, they can escape the accumulated blood debt of the Chinese people where they are traitors and lackeys.
It can only be said that Huang Chao, as the head of the peasant rebel army, chose the target that was conducive to the knife and attack, and avoided the local native Tang group that could be united and utilized; But it really has nothing to do with the green hero who is being touted on the Internet and doesn't make sense. Those who do not want to do this can only say that they have ulterior motives and deliberately confuse right and wrong to achieve ulterior motives and selfishness.
At least in Guangzhou in this time and space, there are no countless illegal stay-in-the-dark uncles in later generations, most of them are emasculated Kunlun slaves here, as novelty playthings and consumables; There are also no shameless bureaucrats who have distorted the former prime minister's efforts to break through the diplomatic blockade of New China into "no trivial matter in diplomacy" and "no trivial matter for foreigners", and all kinds of brainless actions that kneel and lick the lower limit;
It is not even more indiscriminate by anti/thief and vested interest groups in the system such as the National Religious Affairs Commission, which is accustomed to "lawlessness", "rule of law in Iraq", and "pan-halalization"; For most of Guangzhou's history, even the most authentic Arabs had to live with their tails between their legs in the land of the Tang Dynasty, and even mixed with the Persians who had communicated with China earlier, maintaining their unconventional beliefs in the name of Zoroastrianism.
At least in this era, most of the big cannibals and the green cultists they developed must be discriminated against in disguised form because of their tails in front of the government and the common people; Instead of the so-called "Arab relatives" who are more important than Chinese citizenship and national identity, and some local governments need to kneel and lick "overseas investors" as they export heavily from Saudi Wahhabi extremists;
For a long time, they could only put their names under the name of the Persian Zoroastrians, and they could only hide in the fang area where they lived to entertain themselves privately. It even had to be married to the indigenous chiefs along the sea route to gain a foothold.
Therefore, these pseudo-yellow men who are mixed in the Politburo on the keyboard to advocate this and kill that slaughter are just setting up a worse target to worship by covering up people's ears and confusing right and wrong, and it is nothing more than a trick and means to cover up their lack of caring for their relatives and neighbors who do not want to care for their relatives and neighbors and evade the needs and responsibilities of social reality in disguise.
In fact, according to Zhou Huai'an's impression, what is really suffering from green erosion and threat in this era is the Central Asian region and the Western Regions countries within the scope of the Tang Dynasty's former basic plate and cultural radiation circle;
Without the protection of the Tang Dynasty Anxi and the Beiting Protectorate from the former suzerain, waves of so-called mujahideen and new annexes of the converted Turkic race who had crossed the Syr Darya River from the Khorasan region were attacking cities and plundering cities and lands along the Transoxians of Central Asia, massacring all the Buddhists they could see and demolishing monasteries. While urinating on the Buddha statue to show his devotion to destroying the forbidden idols, he created mass graves one after another on the ruins of the temple.
As for the ancestors of the later Uyghurs, the remnants of the Uighurs who had just moved from the steppe nomads to settle down, whether they were Ganzhou Uighurs or Xizhou Uighurs, were still devout followers of Buddhism, or worshiped Zoroastrianism; In later generations, a considerable part of the splendid ancient grottoes in Xinjiang are the fruits left by them.
At least as a superpower that came out of the monster room in East Asia at the same time, before the five dynasties to the Huanghuang Great Song Dynasty were slapped in the face by foreigners one after another; The Tang people walked in the surrounding areas and countries, and enjoyed the superhuman national treatment of "breaking the law and not daring to be cured"; There are only examples of later generations committing adultery in the disguised colonies of vassals, such as Japan and South Korea, and always being able to transcend the local death trials.
But at least Zhou Huai'an has finally known from this guy in front of him that he is in the southwest area of Waiguo, Guangzhou, where Zhenquan Zuofang is located, because it is easy to make sweet spring water here, and there are many wells and it is named after the place.
As Zhou Huai'an expected, this guy is indeed the descendant of the foreign feudal people from Guangzhou, and it is said that the ancestor is a Tianzhu ship merchant who settled in the local area, and it has been the third generation since he was naturalized in the east. Therefore, with the sound of Chaxia in his real name, he took the surname of Middle Earth - Shan, and came to him with a single word and a word, which means a promise and a thousand gold;
Because of the family, he has a family business including a shop in the port market on the outskirts of the city, so he can raise such a fat body, and because of his livelihood, he has a wide range of contacts, and he is also a well-informed person.
However, what surprised Zhou Huaian a little was that he was not tall and had this fat body, and he could still walk like a fly and leave behind the armed man who searched for them, which was also a kind of outlier.
After a brief exchange of thanks and information on the neighborhood, they quickly said goodbye again; Because, Zhou Huai'an didn't want to have any extra burdens and controls, and the other party also had some lingering palpitations and vague taboos and wanted to find a way out.
After a thorough search of the leader's body, Zhou Huai'an once again got a few pieces of dry biscuits in his arms, but soaked in blood and a ball of things similar to pickles, after thinking and hesitating again and again, he still didn't have a mouth, and then turned his back to the faint shouts in the distance, and hurriedly and eagerly left the neighborhood that had been disturbed.
Fortunately, from the naturalized Tibetan man named Shannuo, he got some information about the layout and location of the neighborhood, although it was not necessarily very accurate, but he finally didn't have to go around like a headless fly.
Then he found a drugstore that had been smashed open and looted; Among the trampled crude drugs all over the ground, he found lilies, kudzu, yams, yellow essences, jade bamboos, and poria cocos that had been overturned in baskets and drawers, as well as a few sun-dried codonopsis and sand ginseng;
Thanks to a certain insight from playing in the pharmacy since childhood, he knew that the first few were mostly tubers rich in starch and sugar, while the latter were herbs that could warm and replenish qi and refresh the mind with minimal side effects. In later generations, it was generally used to concoct stew, as a recipe for regulating children's spleen and stomach, and for him, it could also be used as a temporary emergency to satisfy hunger.
In this way, after simply crushing and swallowing with a stone mortar, the incessant roar in his stomach and the burning feeling of wanting to devour everything were finally relieved again; Then, he found a small bottle of medicine that had not been broken and a few sticks of plaster that he didn't know to use, and set out again on the road of searching and hiding.
At this time, the core part of Guangzhou City, which happened to be located in the Panyu District of Guangzhou in later generations, except for the city wall built between Fanshan and Yushan on the land in the northeast, the rest of the city was surrounded by the Xiaojiang (Pearl River) channel and the large sea surface of the Pearl River estuary, and then with the continuous erosion of the river mouth to accumulate sediment and slowly grow into the river island, and constantly expand to the south and east of the port and urban area.
As the dawn came, the gates of the outer Guo of Guangzhou were opened again, and then more and more people gathered from the seemingly dead silence of the defense area into a huge wave of noise rising from the hustle and bustle.
"The general has an order."
"Only kill Hu'er, don't hurt the people."
"Only kill Hu'er, don't hurt the people."
"All the soldiers and soldiers, here is the sword."
"All the soldiers and soldiers, here is the sword."
"All the soldiers and soldiers, here is the sword."
"Those who dare to disobey orders will be severely punished."
"If the commander is incapable of restraining his subordinates, he will also sit down and deal with it."
Countless voices shouted through the streets and alleys, filling every square in the city, and making the city, which was immersed in death, suddenly regain another kind of vitality and vitality.
"By order of the Great General. Xiao Yuer and so on"
"Hurry up and bring your family to the house..."
"Porridge began to be put in all parts of the gates."
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"By order of the Great General. Tell the sergeants of the city"
"It is strictly forbidden to burn and plunder, and the offender should be beheaded."
And on the tower of the north gate of the city, a figure dressed in gorgeous military uniforms was also proudly shouting to Zuo Jindao.
"After this time, not only will I give enough food and goods."
"I also got more for the general out of thin air, at least 100,000 Ding Zhuang."
"It can be said that the general trend and the people's hearts are worthy of use."
"Send the brother over there in Panyu Outer Harbor to report back."
"Thousands of large and small official and private ships have been intercepted."
"It's just..."
The report's voice hesitated.
"Just what..."
"Including the envoys of the old dynasty, the chief historian of salt and iron, the transshipment judge, and the left envoy of the feudal division,"
"Together with a group of wealthy businessmen, officials, and family members, they fled from the sea by boat."
"These dog thieves are running fast, and they are really cheap."
The general was not extra angry, or angry with others.
"If there is no surplus, it will be carefully searched in this city."
"It is better to have more mistakes than to let this generation run away again."