In Shangcai City, he rested for two days, and as soon as these two days passed, Zhang Shihua also continued to take his soldiers to the west of Wuyang City. After all www.biquge.info Wuyang is now his real territory, so naturally the sooner he arrives, the better.

However, just when Zhang Shihua led his soldiers to swagger towards Wuyang City, in the distant north, the political center of the Great Yuan Empire, Yuan Dadu, he also received an urgent report of 800 miles from Jiangbei Province.

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Yuan Dadu, in a study in the Prime Minister's Mansion, after seeing the emergency report sent by Bianliang non-stop, he had always been unsurprised and unhappy, but at this time he couldn't help frowning.

"A bunch of rubbish!" After reading this report, his face was a little ugly and he couldn't help but scold like this.

But after angrily scolding this, Tokh couldn't help but turn his gaze to the book on the table.

Some of them looked angry, and after picking up the account book and looking at it, they couldn't help but sigh and suppress the anger in their chests. Because the contents of the account book clearly told him that the current Great Yuan Dynasty is impossible to form an expedition of men and horses.

Not long ago, the last bit of savings in the treasury has been emptied, unless you wait another month and let the imperial court collect the autumn harvest money and grain from all over the country, otherwise the current imperial court simply does not have the ability to form a large army to crusade against the Red Turban Army.

But the more this happens, the more angry he becomes. "After all, now he is the prime minister of Da Yuan, and he is the big housekeeper of Da Yuan, and when there is chaos in the world, others will naturally put the hat of incompetence on his head. And the matter of controlling the water and repairing the river was also sponsored by him, but now the north of the river is also because of his plan to control the water and repair the river. ”

"Now, if he can't suppress the rebellion of the Red Turban Thieves in Jiangbei Province in time, then his political enemies will never give up such a good opportunity to hit his reputation."

"After all, in this capital, the high-ranking officials who coveted him to get rid of the prime minister's position are a big handful, and there is such a good opportunity to hit his reputation, these people will definitely not let it go."

But after all, Tokhtar is also a person who has experienced storms, and he understands very well that now is not the time for him to be anxious, on the contrary, not only can he not be anxious, but he must strive for stability. "As long as he persists for this month, after the treasury of the imperial court has money and food, he can send a large army to completely exterminate those troubled bandits with the power of thunder."

Thinking of this, Totokh couldn't help but turn around and instructed an official from Zhongshu Province behind him: "This report will be left in China for the time being, and it will be disposed of in a month." ”

"The subordinate obeys." When the official heard this, he replied as soon as he could.

But what Totok didn't expect was that it was because of the repeated inaction of the Yuanmeng Imperial Court that more and more people gradually had other ideas in their hearts. After all, in any era, there will be no shortage of heroes who take risks and become famous and rich.

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At the same time, speaking of Xuzhou, because the Yellow River has not been diverted, when the Yellow River floods, Xuzhou will become the hardest hit area without exception. So much so that in the past few years, Xuzhou has been full of displaced people, and there are even more horses, robbers, etc. in Xuzhou.

Although it is said that Xuzhou has been the key to the north since ancient times, the gateway to the south, the place where soldiers must fight and the center where merchants gather, at this time, the more commercially developed places are often the more areas outside the city that are exploited by the government.

Especially this year, after the Jiangbei Province where Xuzhou is located needed to repair the Yellow River and the Red Turban Army uprising broke out, the officials of Jiangbei Province further intensified their efforts to squeeze places like Xuzhou in order to obtain enough money and food.

But, I think everyone knows that. Things like tax increases, no matter how much they are added, they can't be added to those really wealthy families. After all, these wealthy families often have the right to tax exemption, even if there are individual large families who do not have the right to tax exemption, but most of these people will directly pass on the heavy taxes of the imperial court to the tenants below.

Therefore, the more the imperial court collects taxes, the greater the gap between the rich and the poor in the country, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This point, at least in Xuzhou, is undoubtedly revealed.

Moreover, because the Runing Mansion, where the Red Turban Army was located, was far away from Xuzhou, most of these local officials in Xuzhou did not take the Red Turban Army uprising to heart at all, on the contrary, these local officials also regarded this matter as a good opportunity to make a fortune.

Because as long as the Red Turban Rebellion existed for a long time, these magistrates could brazenly seize and extort in the name of suppressing bandits. Moreover, the methods are more cruel and ruthless than before, as long as you don't pay obediently, a gangster is detained in the name of a gangster, and I am not afraid that you will not comply.

Therefore, after the Red Turban Army uprising, the lives of the people in Xuzhou can be described as dark.

This morning, there was a light rain in Xuzhou, and the eighth month of the lunar calendar is still in autumn, and after this autumn rain, the weather in Xuzhou is getting colder and colder.

However, although the weather was cold, Zhao Junyong, who was the chief of Zhaojia Village, Xiao County, Xuzhou, was still dressed in a thin short shirt at this time, braving the cold autumn rain, and the Li Erjia on the other side of the village rushed there.

Listening to the name, you can know that Li Er was not from Zhaojia Village, but later moved here to settle down. At the beginning, the people in Zhaojia Village were quite repulsive to Li Er's family, but later because Li Er's family had a little money and was righteous, so they were so upset that the villagers of Zhaojia Village accepted their family.

And not long ago, when there was a famine in the village, Li Er actually took out all the sesame seeds in the only warehouse in the family to help the victims. And after this incident, there was no one in the nearby towns who did not admire him, so he was also given a nickname called Sesame Plum.

It can be said that now in these ten miles and eight townships, and even in this Zhaojia Village, his prestige Li Er is even greater than that of his Zhao Junyong.

And at the beginning, Zhao Junyong did have a grudge against Li Er because of this. But today, he had to find Li Er, because he wanted to do a big thing, and this big thing must have Li Er come forward in order to succeed.

"I'm all at home, is Brother Li at home?" After Zhao Jun arrived at Li Er's house, he stood at the door and knocked on the door, and asked.

"It turned out to be Brother Zhao, wait a minute, brother, I'll open the door for you." Sesame Li, who was in the room, heard Zhao Junyong's words, and immediately replied in such a loud voice.

Then, Zhao Junyong, who was standing outside the door, heard a sound of footsteps, but it was the tall Sesame Li who came and opened the door for him.

I have to say that Sesame Lee's appearance is indeed quite good-looking, not to mention that he is seven feet tall, he has a long beard, and he looks even more dignified. Although he is dressed plainly, the more he is like this, the more Sesame Li looks like a decent person with the world in mind.

Compared with him, Zhao Junyong's appearance is a little ordinary, and when Zhao Junyong squints his eyes, he gives people a sense of cruelty and viciousness.

However, judging from the current relationship between the two, the two of them seem to be very good. And from this point of view, Zhao Junyong is obviously also a person with a city government, at least Sesame Li never knew that Zhao Junyong had a grudge against him in private.

"Come on, come on, Brother Zhao, please come in quickly." After Sesame Li opened the door again, he welcomed Zhao Junyong into the house like this.

And after the two of them entered the house and sat down separately, Sesame Li, who had always been bold, couldn't help but ask directly at Zhao Junyong: "Brother Zhao, what is the so-called matter when you come to find my brother when it is raining?" ”

When Zhao Junyong heard Sesame Li's words, his eyes flashed, and then he said to Sesame Li with a sad face: "Brother Li must also know that in two days it will be the day when the imperial court collects autumn taxes, but now the villagers are having difficulty eating one by one, where can they have the money to pay taxes." It's going to be time, but what should I do? ”

Hearing Zhao Junyong's words, Sesame Li couldn't help but sigh. "What to do, what can he do. He is just a small rich man in the countryside. And in the past two years, because of the relief to the victims, even he himself is now a little too busy to take care of himself, where can he help other poor people. ”

However, after Zhao Junyong saw that Sesame Li was silent, his eyes couldn't help but flash, and seeing that there was no one else in the room, he couldn't help but lower his voice and said to Sesame Li: "Brother Li, now the Red Turban Army in Runing Mansion can be said to be in full swing, I heard that even the army of the imperial court has been defeated and retreated by them. ”

"Now Marshal Liu of the Red Turban Army has openly argued with the Tartar Emperor, what a man and what a hero. To say that this Marshal Liu was just a district inspection at the beginning, his prestige in Yingzhou is even inferior to Brother Li's prestige in our Xuzhou now. What he can do, why can't our brothers? ”

Saying this, Zhao Jun couldn't help but stare at Sesame Li tightly.

Seeing this, Sesame Li first got up and closed the door, and then he turned to Zhao Jun and asked in a deep voice, "Brother Zhao, do you want to rebel?" ”

However, when Zhao Junyong saw Sesame Li like this, his eyes flashed, but he pretended to be disdainful and asked: "Rebellion, this day is the world of our Han people, how can we take out the country of our ancestors to rebel." Brother Li, you don't know what the situation in Xuzhou is now. ”

"Now in our Xuzhou, there are almost 8,000 people who want to rebel and survive, if not 10,000, but now what they lack is nothing more than a person with prestige, standing up and raising his arms and shouting. I, Lao Zhao, dare to assure you, Brother Li, today, that as long as you can ascend to the heights, you will definitely be able to gather thousands of people to fight against the Yuan with you, Big Brother. ”

"When the time comes, big brother, you will be able to take Xuzhou City in one fell swoop, think about that situation, big brother, are you really not excited. Or are you really willing to be a cow and a horse for those dogs and tartars in this small village, big brother? ”

Zhao Jun said this in words, and Sesame Li was finally shaken. I saw that after listening to Zhao Junyong's words full of demagogy, he couldn't help clenching his fists, and said to Zhao Jun in a deep voice: "Brother Zhao is right, the eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, and he wanted to make a great career. But rebellion is a big crime after all, and with just the two of us, the odds of winning are not great. ”

"That's it, Brother Zhao, you and I will go to Xuzhou and find that Peng Da, with his help, we will be able to kill those Xuzhou cities in one fell swoop."

"Peng Da, but that Xuzhou Qiao old Peng?" Hearing Sesame Li say Peng Da's name, Zhao Jun couldn't help but exclaim.

"That's right, it's Xuzhou Qiao Lao Peng." Sesame Lee replied affirmatively.

"But this old Peng is a well-known hero in Xuzhou City, and there are not many outlaws under him, can this person be used by us?" Hearing Sesame Li's affirmation, Zhao Junyong couldn't help but ask so worriedly.

However, when Sesame Li heard Zhao Junyong's words, he said calmly: "Brother Zhao, don't worry, I am friends with Peng Danai in life and death, he can be described as my brother with a different surname, if I tell him about this, he will definitely stand with us." ”

And Zhao Junyong couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard Sesame Li's answer, and then he couldn't help but look forward to the rich life after their successful uprising.

Xuzhou is like this, and in the cloudy villa where the main peak of Dabie Mountain in Qizhou is located, that is, Paradise Village, a middle-aged man who is almost dressed as Han Shantong at that time is also discussing the matter of rebellion with the other two at this time.

In this hall of Paradise Village, I could only hear Xu Shouhui, a cloth dealer who claimed to be the head of the Southern Maitreya Sect, who was sitting opposite the two people at this time, asking, "Two hall masters, how are the preparations for the uprising?" ”

"Back to the sect master, his subordinates still issued an assembly order to believers everywhere, and on the reincarnation day of Maitreya in three days, believers from all over the country will be able to arrive as scheduled, just ask the sect leader to rest assured." Hearing Xu Shouhui's question, among the two people sitting opposite, Peng Yingyu, a Yichun monk with short hair, replied with his hands folded.

"Good!" Hearing Peng Yingyu's answer, Xu Shouhui couldn't help but shout hello. Then he saw Xu Shouhui turn to another person and asked, "Hall Master Zou, have the armor I taught have been prepared?" ”

When Zou Pusheng, a blacksmith in Macheng, heard this, he couldn't help but bow his head and replied: "Sect Master, rest assured, the armor is ready, and it is not a problem to equip thousands of people. ”

"Well, these two are really my confidants. On the other day, the head of this sect will ascend to the great treasure, and he will never forget the merits of the two of them. Speaking of this, Xu Shouhui couldn't help laughing.

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Naturally, Zhang Shihua naturally had no idea about everything that happened in Xuzhou and Qizhou. However, as a traverser, Zhang Shihua knows one thing, that is, the turmoil of the times has come.

After riding a horse to a high ground, Zhang Shihua went to the high ground surrounded by all the guards, looking at the beautiful scenery around him, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but let out a long roar full of pride, "Ask the vast earth, who is the lord of ups and downs!" ”