Guo Bin was shocked and asked, "I don't know how many children of the family are in armor?" ”

Dong Fengdao: "I'm afraid there are not two or three hundred people." ”

Listening to Dong Feng's words, Guo Bin fell into deep thought.

Armor and strong crossbows are important weapons of the military, and if they are found to be privately possessed, they can basically be punished for the crime of treason. If according to what Dong Feng said, the Shi family actually had two or three hundred sets of armor and crossbows in their private possession, what did they want to do? Guo Bin's mind turned, and then it suddenly dawned on him that Shi Xie wanted to keep Dong Feng in the Shi Mansion, and he should also be afraid that Dong Feng would publicize what he saw. Although Dong Fenggui is a generation of martial arts masters, he will not be so rappy, but this is related to the survival and death of the entire Shi family, once this matter is said, it is a big sin to raid the family and destroy the clan, so naturally it is not too careful.

Although the Yellow Turban is in turmoil now, and the Han court is anxious and too busy to take care of itself, the world's expectations are still on the side of the Liu clan. This can be seen from the fact that Liu Bei, the so-called imperial uncle who is 108,000 miles away from the current son of heaven Liu Hong, was able to stir up many people loyal to the Han family to fight against Cao Wei in history.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand, and a little analysis will help you understand the end.

In this world, in the final analysis, the surname is Liu, and in the Han Dynasty, where the family concept is particularly strong, as long as the Son of Heaven is a descendant of the Liu family, it will be fine. Looking at the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, including several emperors who reigned for a very short time, there were a total of fourteen sons of heaven, and among these fourteen sons of heaven, according to the normal rules, there were only six sons of heaven who succeeded their fathers and sons.

Among all the Sons of Heaven, as the grandson, great-grandson or great-grandson of Emperor Zhang Liu Wei, the third emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are four Sons of Heaven who were greeted by his subordinates or eunuchs. Including Emperor Huan Liu Zhi and today's Emperor Ling Liu Hong, of which Emperor Huan is the great-grandson of Emperor Zhang, and Liu Hong is the great-grandson of Emperor Zhang.

As a clan noble, it has always been an extremely important task to spread the branches and leaves of the Han Dynasty, so the members of the clan in the past dynasties have shown a geometric multiplier. Emperor Liu Wei of the Han Dynasty died in 88 A.D., and Liu Hong, the son of today, succeeded him in 168 A.D., that is, there was a full eighty years in between. It is also worth mentioning that Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty Liu Wei was the third emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, while Emperor Ling Liu Hong was the third emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In other words, one of the two emperors was in the early years of the dynasty, and the other was in the last years of the dynasty. It can be imagined from this that the so-called imperial family is only considering a name, but there is no emotional component in it, and even a little blood and family affection is becoming more and more estranged later.

Liu Bei is a descendant of Liu Sheng, the son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, which can be traced back to the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. When Liu Xiu founded the Eastern Han Dynasty, although he barely used the name of Han, everyone knew that the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty were no longer the same thing. However, even so, Liu Bei, an old relative who can't be beaten, still has the legitimacy to inherit the position of the Son of Heaven, without him, because his surname is Liu.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a precedent for finding a little doll or a sick seedling from the clan to be the emperor, anyway, what Liu Bang said at the beginning was "The king who is not the Liu family will be attacked by the world", and the surname Liu will become a bei. Therefore, in the troubled times, Liu Bei, a "clan" with Hongyi and generosity, who knows people and treats people, has the style of high ancestors and the weapon of heroes, has become the investment object of many political speculators. At the beginning, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu raised troops in Chungling, also under the banner of "restoring the cause of the ancestors and setting the autumn of eternity"!

It can be seen that whether it is Liu Bang's unification of the world and the Dingding Central Plains, or the great achievements of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty in driving the Xiongnu in Mobei and opening up the territory, they have greatly boosted the morale of the world, and at the same time, it has also made the Liu family very prestigious in the world at this time.

Therefore, if the scholar family wanted to rebel with these two or three hundred pairs of armor and heavy crossbows, Guo Bin was the first to disbelieve it. In his opinion, now the Central Plains is in turmoil, the world is in turmoil, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban are flowing all over the world. Wealthy families in various places have built Wu Forts, trained their children, and there are very few people who have the intention of rebelling against the Han family and unifying the world, and more of them want to form associations as a unit to protect themselves.

Jiaozhou is far away from the Central Plains, the imperial court whip is beyond the reach, there are Linyi countries in the south, and there are barbarians in the west who are often disturbed. Therefore, Guo Bin believes that the Shi family's actions are more for self-preservation. The self-protection of the Shi family is not only to protect the Shi family, but also to maintain the stability of Jiaozhou, so as to avoid the separation of Jiaozhou from China.

However, although there are various reasons, violating the law is violating the law, although even if the imperial court knows about the matter of the scholar's private possession of armor and crossbows, it is unlikely to be exterminated by force, but it is always inconvenient to say it. In today's Jiaozhou, Zhu Fu, the assassin of the history of the organization, trains soldiers, which can be regarded as justifiable to a certain extent, and the Shi family is responsible for controlling the civil forces in Jiaozhou and connecting the major wealthy families in Jiaozhou. The two sides went their own way, forming a delicate balance in the situation in Jiaozhou. If the Shi family secretly hid such an elite division that was both skilled in martial arts and extremely well-equipped, the delicate balance would inevitably be broken now, and it would be difficult to say what kind of twists and turns the situation in Jiaozhou would occur at that time.

Once Jiaozhou is in turmoil, it will inevitably affect Guo Bin's traffic Lingnan and the layout of the United Shijia. Therefore, for Guo Bin, maintaining the current stable situation in Jiaozhou is the most in line with his interests. Thinking of this, Guo Bin was shocked, looked at Dong Feng and said, "Senior, is it because you didn't leave Lingnan because of the seniors?" ”

Dong Feng has insight into the secrets of the Shi family, how can Shi Xie let him go with peace of mind? It's just that Shi Xie himself was seriously injured, and the Shi family didn't have a master of the same level, even Wang Yue, a big disciple, couldn't help, how could Dong Feng be kept? As for Dong Feng's life-saving grace to Shixie, Guo Bin didn't pay much attention to it, in today's era when the family concept is so deep-rooted, not to mention a little personal grievance, it is the order of the court and the Son of Heaven, once it deviates from his family interests, I am afraid it will also cause resistance. It's just that if Shi Xie really puts Dong Feng, a life-saving benefactor, under house arrest, most people who know the inside story feel a little uncomfortable.

Listening to Guo Bin's words, Dong Feng glanced at him and said coldly: "Hmph! Under the whole world, even the palace Ouchi Dong also comes and goes freely, can these few broken fence walls in the Shifu trap me? ”

Hearing this, Dong Xing'er on the side was not happy, she grabbed her father's arm, and said coquettishly: "Hmph! Then why didn't Daddy go back to Lushan? It makes Apricot so worried. ”

When he landed, Dong Feng's cold face couldn't be put on anymore, but he only stared at Guo Bin and was silent.

The courtyard of the deep mansion of the Shifu, the courtyard wall is more than two zhang high, how can it be called a "tattered fence wall"? It's just that this wall can't even stop Guo Bin, let alone Dong Feng. In the eyes of a master like Dong Feng, two zhang or three zhang, with his light body kung fu, the difference is not big, just a leap away. And because he has been staying in Jiaozhou, he thinks he has seen through the situation in Jiaozhou.

Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Zhu Fu is recruiting troops, saying that he wants to maintain the stability of Lingnan and guard against possible intrusion by Linyi State. However, why is there no intention to guard against the Lingnan wealthy family? After all, Lingnan is too far away from the Central Plains, and the imperial court is beyond the reach of the whip, and now the remnants of the Yellow Turban are in trouble in the Central Plains, and the imperial court has no time to look south. However, although he Zhu Fu is the assassin of Jiaozhou, although he only has the function of supervision in name, according to the practice of the Central Plains and the actual situation of Jiaozhou, he also has the function of expanding his power and recruiting troops. In other words, today's Zhu Fu is also responsible for defending the territory in Jiaozhou, even if the imperial court is beyond the reach of the whip chief of Jiaozhou, but once there is an invasion of Linyi or a wealthy family in Jiaozhou has bad intentions and wants to break away from the central government, the board will still hit him Zhu Fu. After all, Zhu Fu is a Huiji, and his father Zhu Jun is a right-hand cavalry general, so although he is an official in Jiaozhou, his foundation is in the court and in Huiji.

Once Zhu Fu knew that there was such an elite force in the Shifu, it would definitely cause him to be jealous, and then it was very likely that internal friction would occur.

Jiaozhou has always been a place where the people are fierce and the local forces are extremely unstable, otherwise there would not have been a mutiny of officers and soldiers because they were unwilling to go south to expedition to Linyi. If you think about it, it's not hard to understand why. The capital of Linyi is like Lin County, which is the hometown of the people, although it has been conquered since the Qin Dynasty and became the extreme south of the Central Plains Dynasty, but the most of them are still the people, and the popular folk are also the customs and habits of the people. In addition, the Zhan people believe in Brahmaism, and it is even more difficult for the Han people to intervene in it for hundreds of years. As a result, Xianglin County has been on the fringes of China since it was conquered, and the cost of its rule by the imperial court was extremely high.

Zhanren originally lived in the area of Xianglin County, Rinan County, and repeatedly rebelled in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, plundered the prefectures and counties, and Jiaozhou assassinated the history. In the second year of Emperor Yonghe of Han Shun (137 AD), the imperial court recruited Jiaozhi soldiers to quell the rebellion, but the recruited army turned against him, and the situation was extremely critical. The court wanted to transfer 40,000 people from Jing, Yang, Yan, and Yu to conquest, but fortunately, the famous minister Li Gu tried to stop him and sent people to surrender.

It is inconceivable that the troops originally recruited to quell the rebellion should rebel against the imperial court and become a rebel. But sit down and think about it carefully, who would dare to do such a thing as an ordinary ordinary person? Who has the power to do this? It has long been a trend for wealthy families to plant people in local governments and enhance their influence, and local tycoons control the localities by relying on this means. Therefore, it is conceivable that the imperial court recruited the righteous army to exterminate the rebellious Zhanren in Xianglin County, and it still relied on the local Haoqiang in Jiaozhou, and the influence of this local Haoqiang in the Yijun is naturally undoubted.

If this army is used to appease the place and resist the invasion of the occupiers, it must be enthusiastic and extremely effective, but if it is used to march south to the Xianglin, for the sake of the so-called virtue of the Son of Heaven of the imperial court, it will be extremely difficult. Because Xianglin County is a place where the occupants live, the land around Xianglin County has long been entrenched by the occupiers. In today's era when agriculture is the foundation of the economy, land, or arable land to be exact, is the most important means of production.

Cultivated land is not like people, it will not run away with long legs, unless the imperial court sets rules, such as Xianglin County to capture everyone to divide the land equally, or do not seal the knife for three days to kill all the occupiers, otherwise no one will want to work for the imperial court. Because there is no benefit in capturing it, the interests and concerns of the majority of local wealthy families in Jiaozhou are not here.

The most important thing is that Jiaozhou is not as good as the Central Plains. In the Central Plains, the imperial court recruited the army in the year of the famine or a way for the poor people to eat, and in Jiaozhou, whether it is planting crops or going to the sea to fish, you can fill your stomach, and joining the army has become a real drudgery.