Chapter 32: Confusion

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Liu Xu turned his head lightly and looked at his team, there were nine hundred and sixty-two scholars, most of whom came from various counties and schools in Songjiang Prefecture, all of whom were hopeless and had to take risks with themselves in order to gain fame and wealth; There are more than 1,200 peasants, and it is impossible to calculate accurately, because there are people coming every day, and people are leaving every day, and those who give up halfway naturally cannot take the money and leave, but they just enjoy three free meals for a few days. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a veritable rabble, they have a unified leadership, but this leadership is only a spiritual leader, and they have no power over life and death, rewards and punishments; They are numerous and powerful, but there are no organizational rules, no military orders, and no grassroots managers; Their morale is like a rainbow, and it seems that it is just an idle matter to run rampant in Jiangnan, but it is only because they know that no one dares to attack them at the risk of the world's condemnation, and even a group of rebels can chase them down.

But Liu Xu has no interest in organizing them, because his ruling core is not destined to be such a group of people, they are just a group of passers-by in his life, and they only have temporary use value, like a bright red lychee, he will discard the lychee mercilessly after absorbing the sweet juice.

Now, it's time to suck the juice.

"Jing En, you are not suitable to appear by my side now, you go and do your business, I will contact you." Liu Xu looked at the officer he had just recovered, he didn't know the past and life of this officer, nor did he know his strengths and abilities, but he saw in this officer the burning ambition and the blood that had not completely cooled.

And this, enough, what he needs is a loyal and determined lackey, by no means a saint willing to sacrifice himself and a self-interested person full of intrigues, the lackeys can have their own selfish desires and pursuits, as long as they obey their own leadership.

"Yes, Childe." Xu Jingen's eyes did not have the rebelliousness at the beginning, which was a manifestation of his initial taming. This officer, who was not very good in the officialdom, showed great subjective initiative at this moment, and he took the initiative to call his soldiers to disperse the crowd of onlookers gathered at the gate of the city and guide the team into the city.

He spoke with a lot of energy, gave orders in an orderly manner, showed a certain command ability, and seemed to be able to be trained as a reserve officer.

Liu Xu silently kept the name Xu Jingen in his heart.

Jiading is a typical city in the south of the Yangtze River, the whole city seems to be built in the water, the water network in the city is dense, the bridges are vertical and horizontal, people cross the bridge, the boats go on the river, pass back and forth with each other, do not interfere with each other, but there is a little taste of three-dimensional traffic. The buildings of Jiading City are also Jiangnan-style, with white facades to reduce heat and keep them clean and beautiful, with black tiles and steeply sloping eaves, because the local residents don't need much rain, so they don't care about letting these gold-like waters, which are so expensive in the arid northern lands, go to waste. There are many plants in Jiading City, although the four seasons in the southern region are more obvious than the tropics, but there is always green forever, this is the late autumn season, the bottle of orchids, the bamboo in the south of the sky blooms just right, there are also red fruits, hanging among the green branches and leaves, more beautiful autumn colors in the south of the Yangtze River.

Liu Xu roughly observed the scenery of Jiading, looked back and saw that the team had begun to enter the city, and said to Zhou Jun who came forward: "Jun'er, how to deal with this team entering the city?" ”

"Master, the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the servants in the Fuzhong who were sent out to fight the front station have already set up the major inns in the city, and at present, the population of outsiders in Jiading is not large, and there are enough private rooms to accommodate the scholars, as for the peasants, they can let them open up shops in the store. The disciples were already 132 teenagers divided into 13 teams, each team was in charge of 70 or 80 scholars, and more than 100 peasants, and they were allocated lodging according to the list, and drinking water and dry food were also prepared, so that not a single scholar would go hungry! ”

"Yes, the scholars follow us to the south of the Yangtze River, this logistics support work must be done well, as for the peasants, they must not be lazy, at least to ensure that they cannot starve!" Liu Xu lightly approved, and then said: "This Jiading is the first stop of our tour of Jiangnan, this battle must be a good start, how did you and a few others arrange this widely advertised event?" ”

"Master, this advertising campaign is what the apprentices think, first, Li Fengtian sent people to prepare 10,000 pieces of gingerbread candy and various snacks, and distributed them to the teenagers and scholars, and the local residents can sing a nursery rhyme to receive a piece, there is no upper limit, until the end of the collection, anyway, these snacks don't cost a few dollars, and they should lose money and make a shout; Second, Liu Ruyi asked the scholars to copy more than 20,000 big-character posters and various leaflets along the way, and had already posted more than 3,000 in advance, planning to distribute the rest in Jiading City; Thirdly, the peasants asked them to shout slogans and spread all kinds of stories in their own words, and those who worked hard were rewarded with eggs and pork. ”

"Oh? That's a great job! Liu Xu didn't expect that he was just mentioning it a little, and this apprentice could think of such a few points, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. He raised his eyes and took a closer look at Zhou Jun's face, and found that his eyes were dark, obviously he had been too busy for a few days, and he had been coordinating work among several people, so that he couldn't take a good rest, and he couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted: "For the cause of the teacher, it is for the sake of the teacher to make Jun'er work so hard." ”

Zhou Jun was a little stunned when he heard this, it seemed that no one except his mother had ever really thought that he was just a teenager, how could he bear such a heavy work burden, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little red. But the young man didn't say anything, just smiled: "It wasn't until I followed the master that I knew that there was such a plan in this world, and it was my blessing to do things for the master, so why say tired!" ”

"Okay, you can rest well today, I'll let Ruyi take on them more, after all, they are older than you, so they should do more." Liu Xu patted Zhou Jun's head lightly: "The coming day is long, don't be in a hurry, you learn a little more from Shizun, and you will inevitably be indispensable in the future." ”

Liu Xu saw Liu Ruyi with a group of scholars doing propaganda again, and these scholars simply did not look like scholars at the moment: some wealthy scholars were reluctant to wear the uniform of Jimin Society, because they were used to wearing velvet and Huluo shirts, and felt that the temporary caftan cloth was too hard, which made the skin uncomfortable, so they still wore the original clothes, all kinds of colors, and the poor scholars were finally able to change into new clothes, but they did not hesitate to change into them, so their uniforms were not unified and looked a little chaotic. The scholars carried a small rattan basket in their left hand, which contained all kinds of snacks, such as gingerbread, mung bean cake, bean paste buns, and brown sugar cubes, these cheap snacks were not a big gift, but for the naughty children and ordinary people on the street, it was still a good deal to rap a nursery rhyme to exchange a piece, so they gathered around and scrambled all kinds of nursery rhymes, and some failed to distribute them in time because the scholars were too busy, and even went directly to grab them. For a while, adults roared, children screamed, mixed with various dialects and various nursery rhymes, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

The scholars are also forced to be anxious at the moment, they have never known the way of reading the sage, only know the way of the sage, only know the eight shares of the scholar, where do they know how to deal with the ordinary people, where can they understand that there will be people for a piece of gingerbread candy in the street to scold, and even fight, because they don't know what to do, so they have to "turn a blind eye, listen but not hear", and carry forward Lao Tzu's teachings to the extreme. Although it was a mess, although they didn't know where to start, in order to be able to go to the countryside to hold a council and become a councilor, they could only stubbornly propagandize. These scholars in long robes left behind their demeanor and demeanor as scholars, like street vendors, carrying baskets in their left hands and snacks in their right hands, while protecting the baskets from being snatched, while shouting all kinds of nursery rhymes, trying to expand their influence.

"A piece of gingerbread and a song, everyone sing it with me!"

"Defeat the eunuchs and get rid of the traitors, and the Ming Dynasty will last for thousands of years!"

"Parliamentary politics is true Confucianism, and all the people of the Ming Dynasty must follow suit!"

"The eunuch party has plagued the country for more than ten years, and the restoration of the avenue three generations ago!"

"Say you, talk about you, you haven't memorized the song yet, how can you grab it!"

"The rabble, a typical rabble, no organization, no discipline, no method and no rules, only know how to shout at the top of their voices, except for the relatively loud voice, there is no other advantage." Liu Xu looked at this group of scholars and people who disregarded their image for their own interests, and secretly shook his head, sure enough, it is impossible to educate a political propaganda team with strong combat effectiveness and firm discipline in a short period of time.

However, he doesn't need such a team at the moment, he just needs to be powerful and able to win over most of the soldiers to defect, as for discipline and methods, they can only be icing on the cake and not a charcoal in the snow.

He only needed one thing, momentum, momentum, and greater momentum.

"Li Fengtian, bring out our gong and drum team, slogan team and the statue of the emperor!" Because the environment was too noisy, Liu Xu had to shout at the top of his voice.

"Yes!" Although it was frosty weather, Li Fengtian was still sweating profusely hot, he no longer cared about his image, removed the Sifang Pingding scarf on his head, draped his hair loosely, and shouted to the peasants behind him: "One team, gongs and drums are ringing in unison!" Second team, raise the sign! Three teams, carry a sedan chair! ”

The peasants who followed him were all paid double wages, so they worked harder, and soon prepared the props, carrying them while reciting the manifesto. For a while, the gongs and drums were noisy, and the voices of the people were boiling, but the voices of the people were suppressed.

"Go according to plan! The scholar moves freely, and the brigade follows me to Wei Zhongxian! Liu Xu didn't bother to look at the chaos behind, he just needed to prove to the entire Jiading City that he had been here, as for whether the scene was good or not, no one cared.

When the rumors began to spread from Jiading to Hangzhou, to Jiangxi, to Guangdong, to Nanjing, to Shandong, and to Jingshi, people would only know that there was such a contingent of thousands of people who rose up to fight against Wei Zhongxian, and spread the declaration of battle all over the world, but they would not know that they were disorganized, untrained, and had evil intentions.

This may be the truth of the rumors, but people don't need the truth, so the truth is not known.