On September 14 of the first year of Kaiqing, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce.

Three interrogation rooms were prepared inside the temple, for which more than sixty people were forced to vacate their quarters. Fortunately, the weather is cool, and it is not unbearable to lay on the floor outside. In the brightly lit room, more than 40 captured fishermen were called in for interrogation.

The man who was called in first was brought back after a while. When the others saw that this man was actually full of beards and tails, they gathered around him and asked. The guard left and couldn't help but whisper, "The officials there asked me what my surname was and where I lived, and I said that my name was Zhu Guobao, and I was from Jiangnan West Road." ”

This person is actually named Wang Ming, and his family lives west of Huangzhou. The captured fishermen already knew each other better, and everyone was stunned. Wang Ming whispered: "Those people asked this, I am afraid that they will write a notice when we are convicted. We can't afford to be fooled. Whatever names you remember, use them. When he asked where he lived, he said that he had been coerced. But don't say that we are from Jinghu North Road. Don't say that we are Han people from the north. ”

After listening to Wang Ming's words, the group of fishermen woke up like a dream, and they were extremely impressed by Wang Ming's insight, and whispered again and again: "Understand, understand!" ”

In three rooms, more than a dozen people were interrogated in each room, and the first round of interrogation was completed in half an hour. The basic confessions of these people were quickly sent to Zhao Jiaren. He looked at the first one very seriously, frowned slightly when he saw the second one, and became furious when he saw the third one, and slapped the table violently. After seeing the fourth part, Zhao Jiaren laughed angrily. After that, I no longer look at the content of the confession, but directly and quickly look at it.

Among the more than 40 confessions, five claimed to be Zhu Guobao, four claimed to be Dong Wenbing, three were called Dong Wenyong, and three were called Dong Wenzhong. There are also six self-proclaimed Wang Donglu. Although the names of the others are different, they basically say that they are from Huaixi or Jiangnan West Road.

Zhu Guobao, Dong Wenbing, Dong Wenyong, and Dong Wenzhong are all generals of the Mongolian naval army, and the three brothers of the Dong family are locked up in Hanyang City. Zhu Guobao fought with Zhao Jiaren. As for who Wang Donglu is, Zhao Jiaren is not clear at this time. But I think it's probably a general in the Mongol army.

The subordinate who sent the confession yawned while covering his mouth with his hand, and looked at it puzzled. It can be seen that fighting during the day consumes a lot of energy, and interrogating prisoners at night is beyond everyone's energy.

Zhao Jiaren took out three of them from his confession and claimed that he was from Jinghu North Passerby. "Call these three out and imprison them in the temple. Others...... Hum! ”

The subordinate yawned again, he didn't know what Zhao Tidian was going to do with the others.

Zhao Jiaren said indignantly: "The others were carefully tied up and put outside the courtyard to guard carefully!" "It's only mid-September, and although there aren't many mosquitoes, it's not impossible. Let those guys suffer outside, Zhao Jiaren also felt a little better in his heart.

"Aren't you interrogated?" The subordinates were overjoyed, and before starting the interrogation, Zhao Jiaren was in a posture of interrogating all night.

"No trial. Except for the troops who kept vigil, everyone had a good rest. Zhao Jiaren said very unhappily.

The subordinates went out to do errands, and after a while, the subordinates ran in and said regretfully: "Mention it, only two people answered." ”

"It doesn't matter. When two men answered, they brought two in. "Zhao Jiaren has given up trying to fight against the wisdom of the people, and the cost is too great. The end of the Song Dynasty is not the 21st century, and the 21st century has a variety of equipment and statistical tools to count the people, but even so, there are still various problems. As for Song Mo, he could only smile at it.

After the matter was done, Zhao Jiaren fell asleep. He originally felt that the strict hukou system was a constraint on the people's development, but now Zhao Jiaren feels that his antipathy to the system has dissipated by more than 90 percent. If there is no strict hukou system, how can we know how many people the country has and what those people can do?

In the case of the Southern Song Dynasty, for example, the Mongols could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, and the number of troops in the Southern Song Dynasty was far inferior to that of the Mongols. The Central Army in the true sense of the word is the army with the 'Dianqian Division' in front of the number. These central armies are said to have numbered only 70,000 men. The rest of the troops were recruited by the various generals. If there is a strict household registration system, the Great Song Dynasty can at least engage in a compulsory military service system.

Thinking about various things in his head, Zhao Jiaren felt drowsy. Before going to bed, his last thought was that if he could lead the Great Song Dynasty, he must cancel the system of tattooing soldiers with characters. In the Great Song Dynasty, 'thorn matching' means 'thorn character distribution to a certain place', and it is generally sent to the army. 'Thieves with troops' is a very popular curse in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the Great Song Dynasty's view of soldiers. Therefore, none of Zhao Jiaren's subordinates were willing to serve as soldiers......

It was another death battle with the Pu family, and another nightmare of the whole family being killed. Zhao Jiaren woke up from the nightmare and saw a glimmer of brightness on the window paper.

Turning over and sitting up, Zhao Jiaren breathed evenly, allowing his fiercely beating heart to restore a calm heartbeat, while comforting himself.

As long as the Battle of Ezhou can end as it has in history, Jia Rudao will become the prime minister. At that time, those who have made great achievements will be promoted, and they will be better dispatched. At that time, Zhao Jiaren had only one request, to become the governor of Quanzhou. He already has a powerful fleet, and with the status of Quanzhou Zhizhou, the Pu family will definitely be uprooted! When the day comes, the nightmare that has been haunting him will finally be torn apart by Zhao Jiaren himself.

Reason finally suppressed the fear brought by the memory, and Zhao Jiaren pushed the door out. It was already the early morning of September 15, and the clouds were fluttering in the eastern sky, and the light of the morning sun shone down through the cracks in the clouds, and the sky was full of light.

In the open space outside the door, the group of Great Song prisoners were tied up with ropes, and they all looked languishing. Zhao Jiaren instinctively gave birth to some simple class feelings in his heart, after all, he was a person who grew up in New China, and he still felt that the working people were the greatest. In a moment of annoyance, Zhao Jiaren was able to give an order with some anger. But after seeing this result, Zhao Jiaren still felt uneasy in his heart.

He said to the guards, who had already changed shifts: "You send these people from outside to the city now. ”

"Yes!" The subordinate in charge of the guard said that he was a little weak.

Zhao Jiaren stared at his spiritless subordinates, and saw that those guys subconsciously stood up straight.

"Are you tired?" Zhao Jiaren asked.

"Yes!" The subordinate replied a little weakly.

"I'm also tired. So I sent them to the city quickly, and then I was ready to move to the city. Zhao Jiaren said with affection.

"Can you move to the city?" The subordinates finally had some spirits. The temple environment can't be considered very bad, maybe living in the city, Zhao Jiaren's subordinates are still very happy.

"I've already found a place to live in the city, ...... I'm moving there today." Zhao Jiaren suddenly felt very tired. Then his own brain raced to find reasons for himself. A month ago, just after the end of the training of the troops, they rushed all the way from Jiaxing Province to Hanyang. The next step is to fight again. In addition, there was basically no real holiday and rest in the previous two months, and the troops are now in urgent need of repair. Once you move to the city, you can rest under the protection of the city walls. If it can be repaired for half a month, the troops will be able to recover from exhaustion.

Such reasons popped up one by one, and Zhao Jiaren was persuaded by himself. Anyway, Zhao Jiaren's only boss, Jia Yidao, was already in Ezhou City at this time, and Zhao Jiaren decided to give himself and the troops a few days off.