Chapter 250: Driving the Tiger and Devouring the Wolf
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It is said that news will always go faster than flying, but it depends on the situation. In this era, due to the constraints of transportation technology, the fastest transmission of information has to rely on word of mouth.
Tiance Datang held an important meeting of the Chinese people in Qinxi, this meeting of the Chinese people actually invited "foreigners" to participate, so it naturally attracted the attention of all people, after the meeting, the content of its discussion naturally spread through various ways, when Yelu Wuzhi arrived in Yunzhou, the news has been transmitted from Qinxi to Guanzhong, and then from Guanzhong to the Central Plains, and even some well-informed people in the southeast of Hedong have also heard about it. And one of the most talked-about is Zhang Mai's trust in Yang Yi! After the people heard about it, they all gave a thumbs up, praising the elegance of Marshal Zhang's "undoubted use of people", and they were all glad that Yang Yi met such a master.
"With such a good man, if his subordinates still rebel, it will be intolerable!"
In the five generations where rebellion was the norm, it is rare that such a voice can appear among the people.
As for the land of the land (that is, the north of the east of the river, this place was the country of the ancient dynasty) of the clouds, Ying, Shuo, Huan Prefecture, in the territory and the east of the river are connected, the general news has to come from the east side of the river, although Shuozhou has a direct road to the north, but the relationship between the people and the Elechuan is shallow, and between the Elechuan and the west of Qin, there are thousands of miles between the vast set of south, so Taiyuan has not heard the news, Shuozhou should not know it yet, but Shuozhou knows at this time.
With Cao Yuanzhong's mission, there was also a team of three-person storytellers, one of these three people stayed in Elechuan, one infiltrated Yunzhou with the caravan, and the other entered Shuozhou, their task this time was to spread the important spirit of this meeting in Qinxi to Daidi - Tiance Tang Army every time there was something that needed to be promoted. There will always be a similar means of communication intervention, because the message is passed on by word of mouth, and it is already very good to retain half of its original appearance from a hundred miles away, and it is usually distorted beyond recognition when it is transmitted thousands of miles away.
Yunzhou, Shuozhou, Huanzhou, Yingzhou, and even Ulzhou, there were already storytellers brought by Zhao Pu that time, Shuozhou, who has been rooted in the local area for several months, is already familiar with the local people, and even can bring a little Shuozhou accent when telling stories. He usually talks about "Three Kingdoms" in forty or seventy years, "Journey to the West" in twenty-fifty-eight lectures, and "Liao Zhai" in three-sixty-nine lectures, and then comes in turns after the tenth day of the new year, and rests on the first and fifteenth days of the first and fifteenth years.
It's only been a few months. It has been welcomed by the military and civilians of Shuozhou, in the relatively backward Daidi. Listening to him become one of the best entertainment in the entire Shuozhou area. But whether it is the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West or Liaozhai - the above content is only about one afternoon, and there is one afternoon, it will definitely be "Anxi Tang Army's Eastern Crusade", the Eastern Crusade is about the past, and there are often some current events interspersed in the middle, and when talking about current affairs. It will also implement the spiritual concept of Tiance Tang Jun to achieve the effect of entertaining and educating.
When the storyteller came to Shuozhou, he first told stories in front of the Guandi Temple, and after seven days of preaching, he had a fixed place. At the beginning, it was to reward the audience at will, and then set the rules, drawing the ground as a circle with the effect of listening to the book, and the audience had to prepare a handful of rice or two handfuls of grains as the entrance fee to enter the house, and the first seat had to spend one to five cents, and if it didn't cost money, it had to be outside the circle to listen, although Shuozhou was in a period of preparation, but he was full every day, relying on these incomes, he had already made him still live a very nourishing life - not to mention that he was actually a person sent by Lu Jialing, with his own backers behind him, and Shuozhou's black and white respects him, Therefore, it has a very respectable status among the people.
Every time he starts to speak, after the morning talks, there are people from all over the country who run back to tell the stories, jokes or news they heard to their relatives, friends and fellow villagers, this kind of action is just a good thing in the first stage, and then there are flexible brains to show business opportunities, after all, the storyteller's fame has opened, and the huge Shuozhou can not be heard by everyone, so some people listen to the ancient in the morning, and run to other places in the afternoon to speak, and get a "copycat version" out - anyway, the genuine storyteller did not come to defend his rights, and these copycat versions of good discounts are collected. So in just two or three months, at least more than 100 storytellers have emerged in Shuozhou, and the new jokes on the genuine side have only come out, and the fast is half a day, and the slow is a few days, and the various copycat versions of guò can be transmitted to the squares in the city and the suburbs - this is the second stage.
Then, there are smarter people who come to the door and ask the storyteller to accept him as an apprentice, and the storyteller also selects the best to select the basic and spiritual talents, these people have the mantle to inherit, and then go out to tell the story is naturally more attractive than the pure copycat version, and it must be more promising in the future, which is the third stage.
The above is one of the organizational forms of the Tiance Datang propaganda force, which is an important component of the propaganda war of Lu Jialing, basically, in the places where they can, such as most of Bashu, most of Henan, the south of Hedong, the north of Xianghan, and the west of Shandong, each state will send such a storyteller or a monk, Luoyang, Chang'an and Chengdu have had ten, Taiyuan and Qufu have three each, Youzhou and Yangzhou have each entered one, and the Guanzhong region has been popularized to every county, As for the western Qinxi region, not only every county has such storytellers or monks, but also a disciple-level roving storyteller team with more than two years of "storytelling" experience, who preaches in the bazaar on the market day of each bazaar. After a period of training, these disciples have matured their skills and can become a new force in the storyteller team.
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When the new storyteller from Qinxi arrived in Shuozhou, there were already eight disciples around the old storyteller, holding his hands and feet around the old storyteller, respectfully, listening to the master's words, and calling the new storyteller "uncle".
The new storyteller smiled: "It's all on behalf of the people's livelihood is hard, but I didn't expect you to live a nourishing life here!" ”
The old storyteller retired from his apprentice, and then invited the new storyteller in, and asked, "My brother is here to replace me?" ”
"Bah! You have already laid a foundation here, and I am here to pass on the latest news from Qinxi's side, and bring some new jokes. I'm going to stay for about half a month, and I'm going to try to go to Youzhou, where there is only one monk now, and the news is very isolated. It's hard to sing alone, and I'm afraid that something will happen after a long time. ”
The old storyteller said: "Youzhou, a good place!" That's no less than Taiyuan, a big place that catches up with Luoyang and Chang'an! ”
"You're envious? Then if you don't go, leave the venue and apprentices here to me. ”
"Haha, how can I rob my brother of your wealth, I don't have much interest as a person, and I can eat safely."
"Why don't you say that I went to Youzhou this time to be a wasteland cow? Not to mention that the Khitans are still in charge there, so we are risking killing our heads here. ”
"Haha, joke. Joke, don't I know the hardships of going to Youzhou? But if the elder brother can gain a foothold there, the credit for the coming day will not be comparable to the younger brother. ”
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, and I don't want to take much credit. But hopefully, don't miss the big thing of the marshal and Lu Shumi. ”
"Marshal? Dude saw the marshal? ”
"Well, this time I'm heading to Youzhou. Go behind enemy lines. Life and death are unpredictable, so before leaving, Lu Shumit took me to meet the marshal, and the marshal toasted me and saw me off. ”
The old storyteller listened with envy on his face and said, "When we first came out, we only practiced it secretly. It is a great honor for my brother to be received by the marshal! If I can also get this honor, don't talk about Youzhou, let me go to Liaodong. I have no regrets! ”
That night, the two handed over new jokes and new news, and the next day they instructed their disciples to give posts to Zhe Deran, Zhao Pu, Bai Chengfu and all the heroes in Shuozhou, saying that there would be a new joke the day after tomorrow.
When the eldest apprentice heard this, he was excited and curious when he saw that all the big people from all walks of life in Shuozhou were coming, and after telling the junior disciples to work, he came to ask the master to talk about the big book.
"You are blessed, your uncle and I have a big book to talk about this time, and when the time comes, you and your junior brothers will have to open your eyes, prick up your ears, and look at the demeanor of your master and uncle!"
The two of them rehearsed for two days, and then asked the disciples to prepare a big field, and all kinds of copycat storytellers rushed to hear the news, and although the entrance fee was doubled, the seats in the circle were still snapped up.
Of course, the best seats are reserved for the powerful such as Zhe De and Bai Chengfu.
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On this day, the Shuozhou bookstore was full, the two storytellers used the way of cross talk, first came to a familiar Anxi Tang Army's Eastern Expedition as the opening, after the warm-up, transferred to the meeting held in Qinxi, what was born before the meeting, what rumors were in various places, why did Yelu come to the house, what news came from Luoyang, and even half-speculatively analyzed who had a conspiracy and who responded to what, and only then opened the national meeting, and the final focus naturally fell on Zhang Mai's remarks.
The meeting of Qin Xi itself is quite tortuous, it is not only current affairs, but also involves conspiracy, the biggest celebrities in the world - Zhang Mai, Shi Jingjiao, Yelu Deguang three "sons of heaven", Yang Yi, Xue Fu and other famous generals, Feng Dao, Han Yanhui, Zheng Wei These famous ministers - all included, this paragraph of ancient speaking, the audience listened to it with relish, and at the most ** time, it was even more excited by Zhang Mai's bold words!
Zhao Pu paid attention to the changes in the surrounding people's feelings, and said in his heart: "Zhao Wei Yan Dynasty, there have been many heroes since ancient times, and after these few months of hard work, the people's morale has risen greatly, and the people's hearts are available!" ”
In the past few months, the indoctrination of storytellers has been pushing the boat down the river, telling stories, but subtly strengthening the national pride and Huayi distinction in this region.
Zhe Deyan had a little more recognition of Zhang Mai, the leader, and said in his heart: "The marshal has such a mind, no wonder he can run rampant in the world!" I was fortunate to be with such a lord, but it was not in vain! ”
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After the "opening of current affairs" on the Qinxi National Conference, in two or three days, a wave of public opinion tide was set off in the whole Shuozhou, but this trend only lasted for a few days, and another news came: the Khitan side was ready to cede Shuozhou back to Shijin.
When the news broke, Zhe Deyan and Zhao Pu were shocked, and the people of Shuozhou were caught in contradictions.
After all, no matter how hard the storytellers of Tiance tried, they only came for a few months, and Daidi has been a part of Hedong since ancient times, and since the weekend, it has always been one with the Fenshui Basin, many generations of people are ancestors from the Fenshui Basin, and many families in the Fenshui Basin are from Daidi, and the two sides are inseparable from the economy, geography, culture or bloodline. For the people, it is logical.
And although Marshal Zhang held high the banner of Huaxia and declared that Huaxia was a family, he was too far away in western Qinxi after all, and for the people of Daidi, it was an unattainable existence, and it was far from replacing the feeling of belonging to the Jin land.
Despite this, many people in Shuozhou have agreed with Zhang Mai's ideas, and feel that Sha Tuoshi's actions are really not worthy of being the lord of the world, and they are not happy to return to the Jin Dynasty - although this trend of thought may be difficult to turn into Shuozhou's action to resist the return to the Jin, but in just a few months, this has achieved this result. Lu Jialing would be proud if he knew.
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Zhe Delan found Zhao Pu and the core personnel, including the two storytellers, and said: "This group of people in Shuozhou is the internal soldiers placed in Daidi by my Tiance Datang, and the north is Huan and Ying, and the south is Yanmen, and it will be one day. Once our Tang army is in the north of Jin, we will start an incident again. Come inside and out. The restoration of the whole generation is only in the palm of the hand, but if this team is not guaranteed, and then attack the generation in the future, it will be external pressure. The Khitan move is intended to provoke, and the intention of discord is very obvious. The present form shì. If Xiao Shili comes by himself, with the current morale and morale of Shuozhou, even against the epithelial room army, he can fight against the city! But if Taiyuan sends someone to take over, the people of Shuozhou are afraid that it will be split into two pieces! Even if our faction can prevail. But let's kill each other, but we will only let the Khitan side see the joke. What are your best plans for this urgent matter? ”
Zhao Pudao: "According to the news I got earlier, Shi Jin's West Road army has been stationed in Yanmen Pass, if they come to collect the land by the army, if there is no full support from the people of Shuozhou, our rabble alone is tantamount to a mantis arm as a car." In order to protect Shuozhou, it is necessary to start from two sides, one is the echoing support from the side of the Eilechuan, and the other is that General Cao will come forward to negotiate and exert pressure on the Khitan with the authority of the state to force the Khitan to retract its fate. ”
Zhe Deyan said: "I'll send the human road to Ping'an City, Yunzhou ......."
Zhao Pu said: "I'll go!" ”
"Good! There you go! Zhe De said: "Before you come back, I will definitely try to keep Shuozhou!" ”
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At about the same time that Zhe Delan was discussing with Zhao Pu and others, Yanmen Pass also received news from the Khitan.
This time, Shi Jin went north to the west of the army, the commander was Shi Jingjiao's adopted son Shi Chonggui, the deputy marshal was the general An Chongrong, and the vanguard was the fierce general Yao Yuanfu.
In the army of the Shi Jin Dynasty, not everyone was as afraid of the Khitan as Sang Weihan, and the Yan Zhao warriors among them were even more powerful, whether it was Yao Yuanfu or An Chongrong, they were all typical Jin heroes, and the strong men who had been killed from one war after another were not very awe-inspiring for the Khitan. Especially after the defeat of the Khitan at Tiance, these people admired Zhang Mai and Yang Yi in their hearts, but also despised Yelu Deguang and had the intention of seeking a war.
If it weren't for the three orders from Luoyang not to provoke the Khitan, An Chongrong Yao Yuanfu would almost have instigated Shi Chonggui to wave his army and forcibly collect it.
At this time, hearing that the Khitan was willing to return Shuozhou, which was closest to Yanmen Pass, Yao Yuanfu smiled and said: "The Khitan is really stingy, hasn't it been reported that I mainly return the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures?" We have been in Yanmen Pass for so long, and they are only now willing to hand over a Shuozhou, is this planning to return the land from state to state, county to county? ”
An Chongrong said: "It's not stingy, let's hand over Shuozhou first, but because there is an anti-Hu team in Shuozhou, this Khitan move is called driving the tiger and devouring the wolf." It is necessary for us to fight with Shuozhou first, so that they can reap the benefits. ”
Yao Yuanfu said with a smile: "That little bit of people in Shuozhou can also compete with us?" You don't have to stay behind (Shi Chonggui) and General An to go out, give me 3,000 people, and I'll go out of the customs to collect it. ”
They are all from Hedong, and they know the hearts and geography of the people in Jindi well, and they are deeply involved in the major surnames in the Daidi, and they can't hide how many troops there are in Shuozhou, how the people's hearts, morale, and combat power are.
Shi Chonggui said: "Tiance has been almost invincible since the beginning of the army!" Even the light of Jerod is folded in their hands, and we must not be reckless. Lest you miss a big thing! ”
Yao Yuanfu said: "If it was Xue Fu in Shuozhou, Yao would not dare to boast about this Haikou, but now the people gathered in Shuozhou are all rabble gathered by the Fuzhou family boys, all of them are the soldiers and civilians of my Jindi, they are gathered to resist the righteousness of the Khitan, but when we go, what reason do they have to rebel against us?" Hmph, I'll be everywhere then. I'm afraid that before I fight, half of them will run to my side. ”
He thought about it for a while, and smiled at An Chongrong: "If General An is willing to go, he doesn't need to fight, just shouting at the city wall is enough, just killing chickens with a knife." ”
It turns out that An Chongrong is a native of Shuozhou, he is a famous general in Hedong, and his prestige in his hometown Shuozhou is particularly high, and he is the pride of Shuozhou people! Moreover, his family power is intertwined in Shuozhou, if he leads the troops to take Shuozhou. There is both righteousness and nostalgia, if the army also has an advantage, how can the fathers and elders of Shuozhou have the determination to fight him?
An Chongrong smiled and said, "Let me lead the troops to fight Shuozhou?" That's where my ancestral grave is. Aren't you afraid that I will be poked in the back by my father? ”
Yao Yuanfu smiled: "Then I'll go, to the edge of your ancestral grave." By the way, I will put two pillars of incense on you. ”
Ahn Chongrong smiled. Turned to Shi Chonggui and said: "Stay!" The strength of Shuozhou is not enough for our army, but the Khitan is too insidious to come to such a hand, and we can't be used by him. Although the Tiance Army and our army are their own masters, their Marshal Zhang has a good saying, we Chinese children. Don't attack each other! Shuozhou is holding high the anti-Hu banner and gathering troops, if we go to Pingan, it is equivalent to helping the Khitan to get rid of trouble, and if it is passed out, it will only be laughed at by the heroes of the world. ”
Shi Chonggui said: "What does General An mean not to collect Shuozhou? Then how can I explain to my father! ”
"Shuozhou is going to be collected." An Chongrong said: "But please stay and allow me to ride alone." When I say that my father will surrender to the city, if I fail, it will not be too late for a large army to advance at that time. ”
Shi Chonggui exclaimed: "Riding alone? That's too much, isn't it? ”
"Riding alone, it's really big." Yao Yuanfu said: "It's best to bring twenty or thirty horsemen, in case the broken boy is angry and angry and assassinates." ”
Shi Chonggui was a little stunned, and An Chongrong smiled: "It's okay." ”
Yao Yuanfu said to Shi Chonggui: "Stay at ease, with the foundation of An's family in northern Jin, General An will be fine when he goes." That Zhede Yan is a descendant of Fuzhou, he doesn't have much foundation in Daidi, but he reluctantly unified the tribes with the power of Tiance, and met General An in Shuozhou, don't say it's him, even if his old son comes, he can only retreat! ”
Shi Chonggui said: "But Shuozhou is a place where he has been operating for a while after all, and I am worried about General An's safety." ”
Yao Yuanfu said: "The anti-Hu coalition forces in Shuozhou come from all over northern Shanxi, and almost all of the coalition brains are our old acquaintances. The folding boy didn't have a strong Tiance military horse to enter, how could he organize it by himself? Without reorganization, it will be difficult to be strict with the generals' orders, and if the generals are not strict, General An will be fine. The largest in Shuozhou is Bai Chengfu now, but you also know the friendship between Bai Chengfu and General An, even if you are a little cub...... General An, when he was a child, he traveled all over northern Shanxi, he should have been to the house to kowtow to you, right? ”
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Just when the northern Jin Dynasty was using the strategy, a force under the Taihang Mountain had already left Yizhou and crossed the border between Liao and Jin that had been agreed upon.
The Khitan scouts stepped forward to test, and the incoming army showed their banner and said: "This is the middle road army of the Great Jin Dynasty to take over the sixteen states of Yanyun in the north, and the white horse and silver spear are high and the Zhou general is headed." General Gao was ordered to enter Ulju, and you and the others retreated to avoid fighting. ”
After the scout returned, he soon brought back a message, saying: "General Xiao Shili has a military order in Ulzhou, your country Marshal Du has not yet arrived, and the alliance between the two sides has not yet ended, please General Gao first stop in the field, and when our Yelu Shuogu and your country Marshal Du are handed over, the defenders of Ulzhou will naturally withdraw, and we will wait for the handover." ”
In the main tent of the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment, Gao Xingzhou, who had reached middle age, stroked his beard and said nothing after listening to the message, and a young general with light yellow hair on his mouth came out next to him and said: "Dad, I think the Khitan people are clearly trying to cheat, you give me a hundred horses, I will take the gate of Ulzhou, see who can stop me with these Khitans!" ”
Gao Xingzhou shouted: "National affairs, you have a yellow-mouthed boy to intervene!" Go down! But he ordered someone to reply to the Khitan envoy, and he led his troops to station thirty miles outside the city of Ulzhou, and sent people to Yanmen Pass to report the news.
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In Youzhou City, Yelu Shuogu thought to his deputy Xiao Mian: "Gao Xing is thoughtful, and Du Chongwei's side is also fast." ”
Xiao Miansi said: "The price of our delivery of Yanyun is to ask Shi Jingjiao to fight Zhang Mai and drag Xue Fu's hind legs, but Shi Jin's army, two roads are in Hebei, one is in Hedong, and the east road is far stronger than the west road - what is this!" Are you here to fight Tiance, or are you here to fight us! ”
Yelu Shuogu nodded and said, "Send someone to tell Du Chongwei and tell him to hurry up and use troops to the west, I will not return an inch of land to the Han people until I see them fight a decisive battle with Tiance." Send cavalry to patrol the border again, and those who dare to violate the boundary, kill! ”
Xiao Mian thought: "Wouldn't this be too tough again?" If we force Shi Jin to start a war with us, we won't be able to stop them from attacking with Tiance's two families. ”
"Shi Xiao'er doesn't dare!" Yelu Shuogu smiled heroically: "Once a person's backbone is bent down once, it will be difficult to harden again. Shi family children, don't have the guts! ”
"Shi Jingjiao will definitely not dare." Xiao Miansi said: "I'm just worried that I will be reckless and angry. ”
"There are no weak soldiers under a strong general, and there are no strong generals under a weak king." Yelushuo said: "Since Shi Xiao'er doesn't dare to mess with us, the person he sent must be someone who won't mess around." ”
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Xiao Mengsi immediately sent an envoy to admonish Du Chongwei, and at the same time rode lightly to patrol the border.
Du Chongwei's army has been driven to Zhenzhou, he left and right two generals, one is Fu Yanqing, the other is Jing Yanguang, both are famous generals from the Jiangmen family, the vanguard Shi Gongba's cavalry has approached Yizhou, scouts across the border to investigate, was shot dead by the Khitan five horsemen, Shi Gongba sent someone to report, the return of the cavalry almost and the Khitan messenger entered the camp at the same time.
After listening to the threat of the Khitan envoy and the battle report from the front, Jing Yanguang said angrily: "We came to take over Youzhou, and as soon as we entered, we were shot dead by five horsemen, is the Khitan going to war with my Great Jin!" ”
Du Chongwei was taken aback, and hurriedly invited the Khitan envoy out, and scolded Jing Yanguang and said, "General Jing, what are you doing!" Before setting out on the expedition, His Majesty instructed us not to fight with the Khitan! What is a mere five horsemen! It is also Shi Gongba's recklessness, and he has not yet negotiated clearly, why he crossed the border. ”
Jing Yanguang was displeased, and said: "Don't say that we are allies with the Khitan now, even if it is an enemy country, it is normal for scouts to cross the border." And our five horsemen were killed, if we don't retaliate, I'm afraid that the military spirit will not be available from now on! ”
Du Chongwei's face sank, and he said, "Is the lives of the five pawns important, or is the alliance between the two countries important?" Now that we and the Khitan are talking to each other, how can we act recklessly, if we miss the national situation, let alone those five pawns, even if you are General Jing, you can't explain to Your Majesty! Doesn't General Jing know what forbearance is for the country! ”
These words were already extremely harsh, and although Jing Yanguang was not angry, he still didn't dare to say it again.
Fu Yanqing is a middle-of-the-road figure, and staggered the topic: "But the Khitan wants us to attack Tiance, otherwise we won't get an inch of land, how is this good?" Do we really want to cross the northern pass of Taihang Mountain and go to Xue Fu to fight a decisive battle in Xue Fu through Daodai? ”
Du Chongwei waved his hand and said, "Our army is here to ensure that Shun Lì recovers Youzhou. Xue Fu's side, the fight is to fight, but we don't need to drive over from our headquarters. Let Gao Xingzhou attack by the way. Write a letter to Yelu Shuogu, ask them to get out of the way, prepare food, and then give Gao Xingzhou an order to make meritorious service in Eilechuan. Hmph, last year, the prestige of the sweat and blood cavalry regiment was greatly enhanced, Gao Xingzhou didn't say anything, in fact, all of us knew that he was not convinced, just had this opportunity, let them touch it, and see whether the sweat and blood cavalry is powerful in this world, or the white horse and silver spear are stronger! ”
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