Chapter 25: The Spark
In the previous chapter, it was mentioned that Zhao Gou fooled a few of his cronies, Yue Fei was the Big Dipper, and these people not only did not have any doubts about his statement, but even directly sublimated Zhao Gou to the North Star.
Lan Qi Kanglu and the four centurions were worried about the loss of their longevity, so they didn't spread the news about the North Star or the Big Dipper. But don't forget, when Zhao Gou was frying oil tea noodles in the kitchen in the morning, he also played a mystery, plus it was rumored that he could set a tree into a soldier in Cizhou, and soon, the rumor that Zhao Gou was ordered by the sky was almost known. It's just that this rumor is really a bit off track-
Generalissimo King Kang was originally the Heavenly Palace Zhao Tianwang, but because he stole the oil tea noodles of the Emperor of Heaven, he was punished and descended to the world.
Zhao Gou heard that Xiangzhou was spreading this up and down, and he almost fainted. You must know that the people of the Song Dynasty believed in Taoism, and superstition was widespread throughout the country. For example, the Jin army is invincible in the Central Plains, in addition to the fact that the Jin army itself is really strong in combat, another important reason is that the Song people are rumoring that the marshal of the Jin army, Zong Wang, is the reincarnation of Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty. Song Taizong took the country from Zhao Kuangyin, and now Taizu has recovered the world from the descendants of Taizong, which can be regarded as karma.
Now, Xiangzhou is rumored that Zhao Gou was thrown down by Heaven by stealing Camellia oleifera noodles, plus the Camellia oleifera noodles he invented are really delicious like heavenly food, and the two things together testify to each other, making the people of Xiangzhou almost all convinced.
Stealing oil tea noodles and being punished to mortal, this is not a very good reputation, the individuals in the Marshal's Mansion are all indignant, but Zhao Gou's heart is still quite big, and his face is very thick, he thought for a while, and then said, being punished and sent down, after all, they are all mortals, hahahaha.
Although Zhao Gou made it clear that he didn't care, the four centurions all complained for Zhao Gou, especially Shi Erlang, who was so angry that his eyes were tee-eyed, saying that he would rather reduce his life expectancy by forty years than tell the truth, and he couldn't let everyone say bad things about the king like this.
Zhao Gou was moved in his heart, and then waved his hand to stop him, "No, no, Shi Erlang, this marshal still wants to watch you fight on the battlefield, don't destroy the Mandate of Heaven." ”
Lan Qi Kanglu also stopped him on the side, saying that the official family (the emperor of the Song Dynasty called the official family) was still there, and if he said that the king was the North Star, it would be a big crime for the Marshal's Mansion to punish the nine clans.
Zhao Gouxin said that the brainless emperor of Qinzong is not also his own nine clans? But he still agrees that he must not say it, he is not worried about what will happen to Qinzong, the object of his concern is the Jin people, in case the Jin people also believe that he is the North Star and send a large force to kill him, it will not be good. So, he once again strictly ordered that no matter what, he should not tell it, after all, the secret of heaven must not be revealed.
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Time always flies unknowingly, according to Zhao Gou's records, it has reached the 17th day of the 11th month of the first year of Jingkang, at this time the whole of China is filled with a pessimistic and panicked atmosphere, the Jin army surrounded Tokyo Bianliang like an iron bucket, what do they want to do, what can they do, what will happen to the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty? What should the Song people do in the future? From scholars to ordinary people, everyone who cares about the country and even their own future is watching with fear. Naturally, they will see Zhao Gou, the only prince who is not in Bianliang at this time. He opened the Generalissimo's Mansion in Xiangzhou and possibly Cizhou, recruiting volunteers to serve the country.
The patriots of Cizhou and Xiangzhou, and the patriots of the whole Hebei (Hebei in the Song Dynasty refers to the north of the Yellow River) are gathering in Cixiang and Xiangzhou. In less than five days after Zhao Gou arrived in Xiangzhou, more than 1,000 young people from Hebei had passed the assessment and became volunteers. And the broken arm Li Ziming on the side of Cizhou, Lin Xuesong, and the water ghost Wang Chongyi also led the Cizhou people to Xiangzhou to join Zhao Gou, and unconsciously, more than 2,000 volunteers were stationed outside Xiangzhou City. A spark is enough to set the prairie on fire.
Zhao Gou is still the same as when he was in Xiangzhou, he will go to the training ground every day to train with the volunteers, but there were few people before, and he has enough time and energy to become friends with those ten-master commanders who can pull two hundred pounds. And now, there are more than 100 people in the Captain of Ten alone, and he definitely can't talk and laugh with these people like he did when he was in Cizhou, but each of them has a few hasty chats, and then understands their family background, which can be regarded as doing his best.
"Generalissimo", Lin Xuesong is the most seen in the world among centurions, so he has also become a role similar to that of a political commissar, running around inside and outside the barracks every day, this afternoon, he rushed to Zhao Gou, who was practicing archery, and arched his hand, "Congratulations to the generalissimo, the Yue Fei you said has successfully Zhao An Jiqian." ”
Zhao Gou heard the name Yue Fei and thought, Emma, Yue Da Hero, you are back! To tell the truth, five days ago, Yue Fei asked Zhao'an to say that Ji Qian's gang was near Xiangzhou, and Zhao Gou thought that Yue Fei would take Ji Qian back to the city that night, and since it was an era without cars, he could come back the next day. But who knows, Yue Fei has been gone for so many days, and there is no news. Zhao Gou was anxious for two days before he thought that in this era, there was no Internet and no telephone, and Yue Fei could not be very fast when he found a group of "Liangshan Heroes" who fell into the grass.
After such a long time, the volunteer army camp was built, Zhao Gou finally looked forward to Yue Fei's news, he put down his bow and arrows, patted his stomach and said expectantly, "Quick, please come over Yue Qing!" ”
Lin Xuesong said respectfully, "Generalissimo, Yue Fei hasn't come back yet, but Ji Qian sent his clan brother Yoshino to send a letter to show his loyalty. After speaking, Lin Xuesong handed over a letter with both hands.
Hearing the name Yoshino, Zhao Gouxin said, Yoshino, what about Yoshino's house, but on the surface, he still pretended to be serious and nodded, took Ji Qian's letter, and opened it on the spot to read it carefully. There are seven or eight pages of crepe written in it, and Ji Qian, the old man, keeps saying how loyal he is and how much he wants to dedicate himself to the country at a time of national crisis. On the one hand, Zhao Gou was very moved, and on the other hand, he felt that the cultural level of the Song people was really unexpectedly high. Modern people's impression of ancient civilians is often that they are uneducated and illiterate. But in the Song Dynasty, it may be true that many people did not have a high level of education, such as Zhang Erlang and Zhang Sanlang, their parents did not have a high level of education, and they didn't even give them a name, but they didn't have any problems in terms of literacy.
Think about it, the city gate guards in Su Dongpo's era, and the amateur reading material is "The Analects"; Yue Fei is a farmer in Hebei Province and can write "Manjianghong" that has been passed down through the ages; Ji Qian is a bandit in the mountains, and she can write seven or eight pages of high-sounding nonsense. It can be seen that after the Song Dynasty, Chinese civilization did decline, and the speed of decline was like free fall.