On the way back, Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but sigh secretly as he watched the figures who appeared from the street one after another, saluted him, and then disappeared into the darkness again.

This deputy envoy Lin Yan is much bolder and more presumptuous than he wants, or after all, he expects to go further; Zhou Huai'an thought that he was going to win him over and keep the patrol team, which was better than Meng Kai, who was pacifying the chaos outside, to fight in court or wrestle in secret; But I don't want him to do this kind of thing in these days.

As the nominal number two person in the left-behind division, he doesn't know when he has begun to secretly communicate with the imperial court; You must know that he is going to make friends with Huang Chao's uncle's nephew; However, Zhou Huai'an thought that it was also the legend that he personally cut off the head of Huangchao to sacrifice in the battle of Tiger and Wolf Valley, which was the end of the Yellow Nest in history, and he was not so surprised and shocked.

Huang Chao may not have thought that he placed the general of the situation and his blood nephew in his rear, as a means of double insurance, it would actually become a result of competing for power and profit with each other now, so that one side secretly colluded with the imperial court. But it also brought Zhou Huaian to the crossroads of life choices again.

Later, in the office, a group of subordinates who had been gathered overnight, with various expressions and thoughts, watched one of the things brought back by Zhou Huai'an under the bright lights, and let out an unknown meaning of the tsk or shouting, one after another exclamations.

Because, this is a real proclamation from the imperial court, yes, that is, a surrender document issued by the imperial court; Although it is not a book used for canonization and gifting in the "Seven Kinds of Edicts", or a book that promulgates major national systems, it is also from the government hall in the book province with a complete set of stickers, as well as the servants, the Huangmen Shilang, and the attachments and embosses in the affairs;

Raising his hand is a pen to walk the dragon and snake posture of Yan (Zhenqing) body Kaixing" under the door said:

Forgive the sins of forgiveness, the philosopher king Yixun; Record the old recitation of the gong, there is a national general code. In the land of Nanling, where the king's traces go, the forces are united, and the fierce and quiet chaos is calm. However, he Shishu, the more righteous he is, and he commits a forbidden sentence, and he should be cleansed.

The people of Yuan Yuan are reluctant to feast, they are worried about their dreams, and they forget their fatigue. Heavy labor division brigade, do not order the attack, control the reverie, and invite the trouble. And the Muhua disciples, take the opportunity to take effect, the soldiers are bloodless, and the cost is exhausted.

Can Qu pardon Guang, Gang, Chao, Shao, Xun, Duan, Xin, En, Chun, Qin, Taki, Feng, Gao 12 prefectures, since the Qianyuan six years ago, the crime is not serious, all from the forgiveness. ”

Anyway, the main meaning of these last chapters is: the thieves who secretly stole Lingdong in the monk Yuanxuan were lost, and they took the initiative to abandon the secret and serve the court;

For this reason, the imperial court also gave a series of titles, official bodies and ranks, including General Jinwu Zhonglang, Chaoxun Defense Envoy, and Zhiqing Yuan Military Envoy at the end; It looks like the result of a special study and understanding of the forces and territories to which you belong, as well as your position in the rebel army.

Looking at such a rather visual text and content, Zhou Huai'an remembered that in this turbulent period of the last days, it was also a strange era in which reckless characters appeared one after another; As a result of the great decline of the authority of the imperial court, various local figures came to the fore.

As long as you can pull up a force to occupy a place, and continue to recognize the nominal righteousness of the court; Even if you are a peasant army who can't survive and rebel, or an official and military background who can't bear to mutiniate and kill your boss, or a bandit or a water scourge who pulls a pole up the mountain by yourself, or a powerful armed force in the name of defending the territory and protecting the border, or even an armed refugee group; Basically, there is the possibility of being posthumously recognized by the imperial court to recruit An;

Of course, the premise is not to establish the Yuan regime as early as Huang Chao, which is the bottom line of the imperial court's uncompromising and tolerant position; Otherwise, even the generals under Huang Chao have many examples of being successfully recruited and having other encounters, among which the earliest group is undoubtedly the people known as "Harriers", and the most famous among the later people is undoubtedly the one who is known as the "reincarnation of Meng De", and Zhu Wen, who also likes wives and has also done the coercion of the princes of the Son of Heaven;

In the earlier Pang Xun Rebellion, there was also a benchmark that was regarded as "murder and arson" by the reckless people in the world, who was born in a Xuzhou school and is now an official worshipping Xia Suiyinjie, and Zhuge Shuang, who was shot by the right servant of the school book.

And other contemporaneous figures, such as Yang Xingmi, the predecessor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who seized the southeast, was a mud leg who was born in the rebellion of local peasants in Huaiyang, Qian Mi, who occupied Wu Yue, was born in a small Haoqiang who was in the upper position of the rebellion, and Qin Zongquan, who was known as the Caizhou ogre and scourged the northern half of the wall, was once the emperor of the northern half of the city, and Wang Zhenzhi, who founded the Fujian State, was a small leader who was elected in the rebellion;

Ma Yin of Southern Chu was only a carpenter, Gao Jixing of Nanping was born as a domestic slave of others, and Liu Zhiyuan of the Northern Han Dynasty was simply surnamed Shatuohu; Liu Qian, the founder of the Southern Han Dynasty, was still from a merchant family;

It's just that when it comes to Liu Qian, Zhou Huai'an suddenly remembered something, as the ancestor of the Southern Han Dynasty, Liu Qian, also known as Liu Zhiqian, was born in a small merchant family who moved to Fujian, and later joined the army in Guangzhou to become a small school, and he was assassinated in pursuit of the remnants of Huangchao going north, probably in this time period in which he was located.

Could it be that his butterfly wings, which accidentally entered into the chaos, inadvertently fanned him to some unpredictable historical corner and life trajectory?

If you want to say that the only special Shu king was built, it was an ordinary general who worshiped the power of Gelding Lingzi as his adoptive father. It can be said that most of them were laid at the beginning of their careers, and only then did they have the pattern and development through the posthumous recognition and conferral of the imperial court.

Regardless of the motives and stance of the imperial court, it is clear that this kind of story is also qualified to be repeated in itself.

At this moment, Zhou Huai'an only felt that he was both happy and helpless, full of complicated feelings, you said that I only planted some land and made some foundation in the peasant rebel army, how could I be targeted by the imperial court.

And with this university posthumously recognized by the imperial court, it seems that there is only one step away from the goal set by him and it is within reach; All you have to do is show it to yourself in public and declare that you accept it. Perhaps in the five dynasties, there was no Southern Han regime, and instead a new country named after his own surname.

However, Zhou Huai'an quickly calmed down again, this thing is not so easy to accept, or the words on it contain some kind of malice and intentions that cannot be triggered; Because it also means a complete break with the identity and past ideas of the rebels, and a large-scale fire, or even ongoing infighting, is completely inevitable.

Fortunately, after the training and run-in of the expedition to Annam, I have more or less the corresponding credentials and confidence; Otherwise, if it is still in the same situation as before, I am afraid that once I take this thing out, my subordinates will blow up the nest and make trouble on the spot.

But now that Annan's example of persuasion and psychological preparation, it is not so easy for them to get excited, question, and waver

In fact, these subordinates from the Sanjiang Army were also quite jealous or extremely jealous, and with indescribable and inexplicable faint expectations and eagerness, they watched this thing in groups, and from time to time let out gasps and sighs;

It's like a fire that burns itself all the time, or a poisonous snake that will bite at any moment; There are also people with all kinds of contradictions and struggles flashing in their eyes, or they are expressionless and spinning some different thoughts.

"At least in this matter I am selfless and have nothing to say to anyone."

After a silence and silence, Zhou Huai'an took the initiative to speak to a group of cronies.

"There are also people I trust here, what do you think, and what do you think, although it's good to say."

"Obediently, this is the document issued by the Dog Imperial Court, which looks much better than those things persuaded by Annan."

"I didn't expect that Lin Yan's guy turned out to be a two-faced and three-knife thing, it was really a waste of Huang Wang's cultivation and trust."

"What is there to say, cut down this dog who betrayed the rebels immediately."

"Tube, no matter what you think, we just listen to you and support you."

"Yes, yes, why don't we just follow the pipe."

For a moment the atmosphere in the tent became eager and impetuous, and at last only almost unanimous voices remained.

"You can do what you say... Anyway, it's right to believe in the pipe. ”

At the same time, in the audience, Chai Ping, the number three person in the army who should have reacted the most strongly to this, looked like he was deeply shocked and shocked in disbelief, his face was pale and his lips trembled but he didn't say a word. It wasn't until Zhou Huai'an set his eyes on him that he said with some difficulty:

"No matter how the virtual brothers decide, please look at the past feelings and give those old brothers a way out."

After saying this, Chai Ping felt that something in his heart was completely shattered and shattered, but he could no longer use those self-deceptive reasons to bridge it.

When he said these words, he even clenched his fists and didn't dare to look up at Zhou Huai'an's eyes, for fear that he would shake or make some inappropriate moves; leads to some unforeseen consequences in this scene.

Because he remembered that when the Yellow King was besieging Guangzhou, he had repaired a letter to Cui Xuan, the observer of eastern Zhejiang, and Li Yuan, the envoy of Lingnan Dongdao, asking for the posts of Tianping Military Jie Du envoy and Guangzhou Governor, but was rejected by the imperial court and only gave him a humiliating rate to sue himself.

After conquering Guangzhou, King Huang once forced the captured Lingdong Jiedu to make Li Zhen ask for officials from the imperial court again, but he didn't want Li Zhen to stubbornly say: "To receive the favor of the country, relatives are full of dynasties, wrists can be broken, and the table cannot be grassed." So he was killed by the Yellow King.

Therefore, now that the edict of surrender of the imperial court official and his wish is really placed in front of him, even he, who feels that he is bitter and bitter and incompatible, can't help but feel a little moved and can't help but think about what kind of benefits and conveniences he will have and what kind of things he can do after getting this official body.

"Xiao Chai, what do you mean by this, what do you think of me?"

However, he saw Zhou Huai'an's face suddenly sink, and he showed a distressed expression and said sharply to himself.

"Or can I ignore the intentions and pursuits of those countless rebels and soldiers and the people, and use the road paved by their bones and blood and tears to dye my own fame and future, or sell it for a good price of glory and wealth."

"My intention to find a way out for the suffering people of the world has never changed,"

"Everything is still the same sentence, I will take what I want by myself, and I don't need to rely on the charity of others;"

"Whether it's the gentry who persuaded Annan, or the court that maintains the cannibalistic world. It doesn't make a difference to me."

Speaking of this, Zhou Huai'an, who was role-playing, sighed heavily with a little disappointment and helplessness

"What's more, this thing is simply a divisive strategy with bad intentions and intentions to disrupt the morale of our army."

"If I receive it indiscriminately, whether it is good or bad, I will put it at the head of the generals and follow the soldiers. And how will they face the friendly neighbors in this city? ”

"Do you really want to do the last one so that you can make a donation with their heads... Or is it to force the local soldiers and civilians who follow us because they believe in our slogans and ideas, and force them to accept that we have become like lackeys of the imperial court? ”

"Once we embark on this road of no return, no matter what we do afterwards, in the end we will only mess up our positions or eliminate our strength, which can be described as the calculation of the two peaches and three soldiers in the middle of the court."

"No matter how greedy you are for fame and fortune, or if you seek to live and be comfortable for a while, you won't be so stupid. How did General Wang and King Huang break up and part ways, and the people's hearts were disheartened and finally Huangmei was defeated and died. ”

"The teacher of the past is vivid, how can anyone still have luck and expectations for the means of the imperial court to repeat the old tricks."

After being reprimanded by such righteous words, the dumb Chai Ping couldn't help but feel ashamed and surprised, but he was relieved to think of the words and meanings that Huang Chao had explained in private before the army left, and only felt that he was a little ashamed of himself.

"Please let me lead the team and take down Lin Yan's house overnight, in case the night is too long."

Then he volunteered to make up for it.

"No, no, not yet, I still hope you can continue to keep your tone a secret."

Zhou Huai'an, who had just finished playing the role of a staunch revolutionary, slowed down and waved his hand

"So that I can be a snake for a few days, so that all its involvement behind the scenes can be hung out."

"Otherwise, if you keep these signs and relationships, it will always be a big problem in the long run."

"Got it."

Chai Ping regained his spirits and said.

"I'll take people out of the city and back to the barracks to suppress the situation and wait for the follow-up."

"That's very good."

Zhou Huai'an looked at him with some approval and said, at least he has regained his calm and sanity, he can still rely on and use his life.

"By the way, those who are not too tight have been taken away, so as not to undoubtedly leak the clues and rumors. It won't take long, maybe it will be revealed in a few days."

(End of chapter)