"Anyway, the moment this Ye Zhijun walked up to the Temple of Heaven on the top of Zhongshan Mountain, there was smoke and clouds on Zhongshan Mountain in Jiankang Mansion, guess what?!" Inside the Vasher, the storyteller was dressed in a wide robe and big sleeves, and he didn't care about brushing his white baby beard, and the spitting stars flew sideways.

When the people below heard this, their faces showed a complaining look, but the movements in their hands were not slow at all, and all kinds of copper plates and copper coins flew to the stage, and the storyteller did not dodge it, and he slapped it with a startled sound: "But it was said that there was only a faint dragon chant on this Zhong Mountain, and then the golden light shone, and a real dragon burst out of the cloud, and there was a long roar in the sky!" ”

"Dragon?!" People were also fascinated by it, and even subconsciously fell backwards at the same time, and even looked at the sky with their brains probed. Everyone knows that the Son of Heaven is the incarnation of a real dragon, but everyone has never seen what a real dragon looks like in half their lives!

"How can there be a real dragon coming out, we have lived for so long, who has ever seen a real dragon?" A chubby, very honest and cute middle-aged man took a sip of tea carefully, glanced at the people around him, the teacup was on the table, and said, "Don't lie to people, you storyteller!" ”

This is clearly to smash the signboard, and the storyteller couldn't stop talking, just wanted to explain, but a young man next to him had already jumped up: "Shopkeeper Zhang, you can say this wrong, who is Ye Yuanjun, the current His Royal Highness King Ming, who fought all the way from Xingzhou to Xiangyang at that time, this is a credit that everyone can see." If you want to say that he is not a true dragon emperor, then let's not believe anything, what happened to a real dragon? ”

Another cloth-robed scribe didn't wait for the man's voice to fall, then stood up with a smile and arched his hand at the shopkeeper Zhang: "Shopkeeper Zhang, the contemptible person is a Confucian and Mencian apprentice and a scholar, it stands to reason that he should not believe in these ethereal theories, but the contemptible brother went to Jiankang Mansion to visit his uncle at that time, and saw this scene with his own eyes, the brother is an honest person, so the contemptible people believe that there is really a golden dragon in the world." ”

Suddenly, including the storyteller, everyone looked at it directly, and the cloth-robed scribe did not have stage fright, and bowed around, people either understood or not, and they all gave the gentle and elegant appearance of the literati to return the salute, after all, this is a society that has been cultivated by the Great Song Dynasty for three hundred years, and the respect for literati and knowledge is first-class, even if it is a wealthy businessman like Zhang Zhang, he is also polite in the face of literati and inkmen.

"As we all know, this is the body of the true dragon, and the dragon is possessed by the body, so that it can have the ability to reach the heavens and the earth, and only then can it be rich and make all the people bow down to it." The literati don't need to turn the book, just wave their sleeves and talk eloquently, "In the three hundred years of the Song Dynasty, the true dragon melted into the bloodline, passed down from generation to generation of emperors, naturally since Yizu ascended the throne, there is no real dragon in the world, and now the former Song Dynasty is dead, Mongolia is just some northern Tartars who drink blood, and the mountains and rivers of our Han family in Kyushu are not their turn to call the shots." The real dragon is a good immortal mountain, Zhongshan of Jiankang Mansion was originally where the first emperor sealed the dragon vein, and the real dragon should live here and wait for future generations. ”

At this point, the literati came to an abrupt end.

However, including the man and the shopkeeper Zhang, they couldn't help but nod slightly, and then looked at the storyteller together. There are also well-known scribes in this city, and everyone is naturally convinced. This true dragon has reappeared in three hundred years, and it is in Zhongshan!

"Smack!" The storyteller knew that the scribe had helped him, and he had not cut off his financial route, so he hurriedly patted the shocking wood in gratitude, and then said, "This golden dragon circles nine times in the sky, symbolizing the world's Kyushu, and also symbolizing the people of all directions, and then this five-clawed heavenly emperor dragon nodded slowly directly towards the altar at the top of Zhongshan Mountain, and with a sudden sound, the wind broke and left, turning into a golden light and shadow in an instant, and it was just submerged in the body of Ye Zhijun walking in the mountains!" ”

"No wonder, no wonder!" Another porter who was listening intently suddenly suddenly shouted, "I heard that His Royal Highness King Ming was wearing golden armor that day, and his hand pressed the Longquan Sword, and the golden light shone brightly, and it was like a god descending on Zhongshan Mountain. Dare to love because the true dragon bowed his head and entrusted all the people in the world and Kyushu to His Royal Highness King Ming! ”

"Yes, in this way, King Ming should have the world!"

Shopkeeper Zhang also Huo Ran stood up, his face was flushed, and he took out a full silver ingot from his sleeve and slapped it on the table: "Well said, I will give you these ten taels of silver!" ”

Just when people were relieved from the excitement and sighed about the wealth of the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper Zhang strode straight forward and walked onto the stage, and when he saw the silver, the storyteller's hand trembled a little, and he did not stop the God of Wealth. The shopkeeper rolled up his sleeves with a red face, and looked at the crowd of people coming up below, he was really a miscellaneous person, and he could see traces here:

"Ye Yuanjun, when His Royal Highness King Ming ascended the throne, a golden dragon was born, which shows that King Ming is really the destiny of heaven, and he is the true dragon son of our Kyushu! And think about it again, the king of Ming turned to the north and south of the river, drove out the Tartars and killed the blood flowed like a river, if it wasn't for the battle of Lin'an, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness the King of Ming, I'm afraid you and I have already become the slaves under the hooves of the Mongolian Tartars, only prostrate and change the clothes! ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, the shopkeeper Zhang spread out a piece of paper without hesitation, and his entourage quickly sharpened the ink from the side, and then the shopkeeper grabbed the pen and wrote while talking: "Today, I will take ten thousand taels of silver and donate it to His Royal Highness King Ming, so that His Royal Highness King Ming can take everyone to fight through Huaibei and drive out the Tartars!" ”

"Beat Huaibei and drive out the Tartars!" The scribe also raised his arms and shouted, "Although it is a Confucian crown, there is no power to tie the chicken, but there is still some family wealth, Zhang Shopkeeper, please write down the name of the contemptible, thousands of wealth, from now on it will be His Royal Highness King Ming, it is our Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Beat Huaibei and drive out the Tartars!" The people in the Vasher raised their arms high, their eyes blazing, and the merchants and wealthy families who were rendered by the atmosphere in front of them stepped forward to leave their names on the white paper, and soon a whole piece of paper was written.

The man who stood up and argued with the shopkeeper Zhang just now also silently took two steps forward at this time, took out some copper plates from his pocket, and slapped them on the table: "Please ask the shopkeeper Zhang to convey this point of affection." ”

The shopkeeper Zhang showed a look of surprise on his face, and before he came back to his senses, the man had already turned around and shouted loudly: "Brothers, although we don't have the money and food to support His Royal Highness King Ming, but we still have the strength to do so, I will sign up for the army today, do you have the courage to join a certain one?!" If we have fought Huaibei, then we will follow the banner of the Ming Dynasty and personally fight Huaibei! ”

"Yes, why not?!" I don't know how many arms were raised, and the group of men who didn't dare to step forward because of their shyness just now all stood up at this time.

Three hundred years of humiliation, three hundred years of war, everyone has had enough, generation after generation of blood and tears, from Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to Jingkang and now, everyone is finally looking forward to a new Ming, and finally looking forward to a Ming King His Royal Highness who can turn the tide with a good man, saying that nothing can be given up, this is the long-cherished wish of the ancestors, this is the direction that every Han family son can't help but look at in the past three hundred years!

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After squeezing out of the crowd with all his might, Shopkeeper Zhang was already sweating profusely, and the eyes of the people around him were no longer the original eyes of businessmen, but like a hero worthy of everyone's respect. Under the joint call of Shopkeeper Zhang and several respected squires and businessmen in the city, most of the people in the entire city were soon in action.

The money at the bottom of the box was also taken out, just to be able to offer a little heart to the peace that he had been looking forward to for three hundred years, just so that his ancestors who had fled from the north could leave peacefully under the nine springs. A hundred years ago, even if he couldn't make snow in person, he still had to contribute to this Northern Expedition.

The carriage stopped alone at the corner of the street, and the shopkeeper took out his handkerchief and wiped away the sweat beads with some trembling, and climbed into the carriage with difficulty, and there was already a person sitting in the carriage, who was the scribe who stood up to refute him at that time.

Breathing a sigh of relief, the space in the carriage was small, but the shopkeeper Zhang had a solemn look on his face, and he bowed his hand to the scribe meticulously: "Zhang Xin, who belongs to the six doors of Ningguo Mansion, is fortunate not to be disgraced." ”

The scribe nodded, stretched out his hand and carefully lifted the curtain, looking at the dense crowd of people pouring from all over the city, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "At least this time, Your Highness doesn't have to worry about money and food." ”

Zhang Xin said with some surprise: "Money and food? Is Your Highness planning to go north recently? ”

"This money and grain is not used to go north." The scribe sighed, he still trusted Zhang Xin very much, especially today, Zhang Xin, as the commander of the six gates of Ningguofu, went into battle in person, not to mention, he created such a good situation, his ability can be seen, to tell the truth, "The last time Wen Xianggong went on a northern expedition, don't look at the recovered state capitals, but most of them are empty cities, or only some hungry and cold people remain, if it weren't for the fact that Wen Xianggong transferred all the money and food originally accumulated by the armies, I'm afraid that the Mongolian Tartars don't need to have a single soldier, We had to be dragged down because of the lack of money and food. ”

"So in fact, the entire northern front can't be fought at all?" Shopkeeper Zhang said in disbelief, after all, Ningguo Mansion, as a mansion, is also a place where news flows smoothly, even if he is not a person from the Six Gates, he also knows that in the north, the Tianwu Army, the Shence Army, and the Zhenhai Navy have been tense, and the Mongolian Tatars are also a large army gathering and putting on a posture of stubborn defense.

"I have more than enough heart, but I don't have enough strength." The scribe sighed softly, "We are an empty shelf now, and the Mongolian Tartars can see it if they have a little bit of courage to test it." It's just a pity that they have been killed, and there are not many troops, seeing that the various departments of the Tianwu Army can gain a firm foothold in Xuzhou and Caizhou, even if they have doubts in their hearts, they don't dare to act rashly. ”

Glancing at Zhang Xin, the scribe slowly leaned on the cushion: "Now as long as there is no grain sent to the north for one day, there will be a shortage of grain in all departments." Otherwise, His Highness would not have put his mind on these people. ”

"Can't we give up those state capitals for the time being, wait until the Mongol Tatars open the front, and then concentrate our forces to take them in one go?" Zhang Xin couldn't help but ask curiously.

The scribe was silent for a moment, sat up straight again, and looked at him: "That is the state capital of the Han family, that is the mountains and rivers of China, even you and I know that it is better to give up, His Royal Highness King Ming and Wen Xianggong are people who are thousands of times smarter than us, how can they not understand this truth, but ・・・・・・"

Stretching out his hand and gently tapping his heart, the scribe looked at the shopkeeper Zhang and said coldly: "But ask yourself, how can you be embarrassed?" After retreating after the Northern Expedition was recovered again and again, such a trick, the former Song Dynasty played too much, do we also want to be a partial dynasty, do we also have to lose faith in the world. Maybe the Mongolian Tatars think that these state capitals are just some dispensable burdens, but in our hearts, this is the homeland left by our ancestors, this is the former hometown, even if it is a big burden, there is no reason to discard it. ”

Shopkeeper Zhang was silent, and the scribe only subconsciously clenched his fists.

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"I now want to know what the Mongol Tatars are doing in the north right now." Ye Yingwu said as he walked quickly through the corridor, "Now the food and grass of the Tianwu Army and the Shence Army are already insufficient, otherwise there is no need to retreat the Shenwei Army." ”

Guo Chang said helplessly: "Your Highness, now there is no other way than to do your best to transport grain to the north, after all, spring ploughing has just begun, and it is the time when the green and yellow are not harvested, and the Mongolian Tartars in Henan are concentrated in Luoyang, and there is not much reclamation in Yingchang Mansion and Caizhou, and the Mongolian Tartars are also transporting grain from Hebei before. ”

Ye Yingwu was silent for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "Okay, this time Kublai Khan took the lead, and at that time, I was very strange why the Mongolian Tatars would retreat so far." There is no ambush along the way, although these state capitals occupy a vast area, it is the only way to go south to Xiangyang, but for the Mongolian Tartars who do not have the strength to march south, it is simply a burden, since it is a chicken rib, even if it is a pity to abandon it, it is better than eating tasteless. ”

After a pause, Guo Chang arched his hand at Ye Yingwu: "If you fail to find out the situation of these state capitals, the six doors and the Jinyi guard will not escape the blame." ”

"No matter how many spies there are, they are not omnipotent, especially when the Mongol Tatars deliberately do it." Ye Yingwu waved his hand, "But Kublai Khan thought that this would stump us and drag us down, so it would be too naïve." The people of the Six Gates have already been activated in various state capitals. ”

Guo Chang nodded: "All the people have been dispatched, and Xiang Ji and Commander Yang have already gone out, and now only his subordinates are left here to take care of the family." ”

"I hope that people in this world can still have a little conscience." Ye Yingwu stretched out his hand and pressed his chest, "It's a little bit to be able to save a little, by the way, what they ordered the six doors of Yizhou to do before, did they take it to heart." ”

"The ship went out to sea two weeks ago." Guo Chang said in a deep voice, "However, even experienced people in the vast West don't dare to pat their chests to guarantee that they can return safely, so whether they can find the things that the envoy wants, his subordinates dare not say." ”

Ye Yingwu sighed lightly and looked up at the sky, he still had to be limited by the navigation conditions that were not very mature in this era, but there was no way, so he could only pray here that they could return safely.

Thinking of one thing, Ye Yingwu turned to look at Liang Yanwu, who was following closely on the other side: "Let Xie Junzhi of the Ministry of Household report the total amount of money and food that needs to be spent as soon as possible, and let the two waiters of the Ministry of Industry not be in a hurry to design the palace for the time being, and come over to see a certain person quickly." ”

Liang Yanwu was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Your Highness, let the two waiters come?" ”

Gritting his teeth, Ye Yingwu nodded: "Yes, let them come over, after all, they are specifically responsible for the construction of this Jiankang Mansion and the palace." Now the six doors have been persuaded to donate in various state capitals, and if a certain is still busy building a palace, what face will he have to face the fathers and elders of the world, and he should be an example. ”

Glancing at each other, Liang Yanwu and Guo Chang's faces changed, and at the same time bowed deeply to Ye Yingwu, Guo Chang said in a little anxious: "Your Highness, we can still squeeze out money and food from other places, but if this palace and the capital are not repaired, so that Your Highness will rest in such a small and dilapidated place, this is a shame for the courtiers in the world, please think twice!" ”

Ye Yingwu waved his hand impatiently: "The palace can be built at any time, now I just want the northern state capital to be able to gain a firm foothold, and at the same time be able to support Li Shuzhang in the south to attack Dali, these two are the most important things, there are more people in the world who are struggling under the eaves, so just rest here for two days, what's the matter!" ”

"Your Highness, Your Highness thinks twice." Guo Chang and Liang Yanwu said at the same time.

Glaring at them fiercely, Ye Yingwu waved his sleeves and left directly.

Looking at Ye Yingwu's distant back, Liang Yanwu's hands trembled slightly, and he muttered: "If there is a virtuous monarch in the world, it is really a great blessing for all the people." ”

And Guo Chang was also bright-eyed, and walked quickly outside without the slightest hesitation. (To be continued.) )