In the middle of the night, the entire city of Fushun was shrouded in darkness.

The ancients followed the principle of 'doing it at sunrise and resting at sunset', but due to the lack of lighting means, people went to bed very early. Except for a few lazy soldiers on the streets, only the time-telling man walked up and down the streets. Everything was peaceful.

Gu Yuanwei and Yang Jian didn't know where to go, and Zhou Qingfeng didn't bother to care. He turned his bedroom into a study, lit candles and was busy until late at night every day, which made Wang Kunpeng, who was used to going to bed early, very uncomfortable and yawned.

"Mom Zhang, go get a supper." Zhou Qingfeng pushed open the window of the study and shouted out.

Wang Kunpeng suddenly became energetic, and asked with a happy face, "What are you going to eat tonight?" ”

After getting along for a few days, Wang Kunpeng understood that the young master in front of him was a person who could enjoy it very well. The young master gets up at six o'clock in the morning every day, has breakfast at seven o'clock, has another meal at noon and night, and has a supper at night. Since Wang Kunpeng knew that he could also eat without paying, he came early every day. In order to eat supper, he will even live next door to Zhou Qingfeng.

You must know that the food of the common people in these years is extremely poor, the staple food is millet, it is impossible to eat rice and white noodles openly, and even oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are luxuries. For example, if you want to drink hot soup when you are marching and fighting, you need to cook it with vinegar cloth - what is vinegar cloth? It's a cloth soaked in vinegar, and if it's luxurious, you can add a little salt. When you need it, you can use this thing to cook soup and rice, and this is considered a delicious meal.

Eating this stuff every day, who would want to be a soldier to fight? The ancient army looted the common people at every turn, and a big reason was that the treatment was too poor, and there was no sense of honor when the soldiers were hungry, and they were no different from bandits, or even worse than bandits.

Zhou Qingfeng naturally didn't eat so badly, he shouted to the servant woman to make supper, and after a while, meat porridge was delivered. Wang Kunpeng was overjoyed with the hot meat porridge, and drank most of the bowl after blowing twice. After drinking, he came to persuade Zhou Qingfeng again, "Young master, this is a family, and thrift is the way." Three meals a day and meat are too luxurious. ”

"Don't eat it." Zhou Qingfeng was flipping through the book in his hand, and casually reckoned Wang Kunpeng.

Wang Kunpeng sneered and could only shut up.

Speaking of which, this Wang Kunpeng is not bad, and Zhou Qingfeng is very satisfied with him. He found that after Zhou Qingfeng collected stories about the geography and humanities of the mountains and rivers around Fushun, he actually found several books and donated them. Zhou Qingfeng realized that this kid couldn't be admitted to Tongsheng for Mao, because he was idle and did what Zhou Qingfeng wanted to do at the moment.

Regarding Fushun, about the border passes, about the slave chieftains, about commerce and trade, about military affairs, and about the people's feelings, Wang Kunpeng actually dabbled in them, but some details were not grasped enough, such as the map drawing was quite bad, but the overall was already commendable. At present, what Zhou Qingfeng has to do is to read it in detail, and transcribe it into simplified Chinese, expand it, and refine it.

is interested in compiling miscellaneous books, and Wang Kunpeng's road to the imperial examination is naturally difficult. However, with the book compiled by Wang Kunpeng, Zhou Qingfeng had a general understanding of the surrounding areas of Fushun in a short period of time.

Now think about it, only give people three taels of silver a month, about 1,500 soft sister coins, this salary is considered to be Zhou Qingfeng's big advantage. However, Wang Kunpeng felt that he had taken advantage of Zhou Qingfeng, because he could eat and drink enough every day.

"Brother Wang, what do you think of the Jurchens?"

"A bunch of barbarians."

"What about the Jianzhou Jurchen?"

"Stronger barbarians."

"What about Nurhachi, the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens?"

"Nurhachi?" Wang Kunpeng was stunned, and after pondering, he replied, "This person is another Wang Gao. ”

"Who is Wang Gao?"

"In the past, the governor of the right guard of Jianzhou, the Manchu name was Xitara. Agu, the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the maternal grandfather of Nurhachi. Decades ago, this person once attacked Fushun, plundered and killed soldiers and civilians, and even invaded Liaoshen, which was a catastrophe for a while. Later, he was captured by Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong, and sent to Beijing to be taken prisoner and divided into the city.

After this man's death, his son Atai also rebelled again, and Nurhachi's grandfather and father were mistakenly killed by the Ming army during the counterinsurgency. Nurhachi started his home at that time, and it was heard that he had only thirteen armor and more than fifty soldiers. Now more than 30 years have passed, and the Jianzhou Jurchens have 60,000 strong troops, nearly 500,000 Dingkou, and are the strongest force among the Jurchen tribes in the north.

The Jurchen Ministry has been disturbing for hundreds of years, fighting and killing. But now except for the Yehe tribe in Beiguan, there is no one to compete with Nurhachi, and in time, maybe all the Jurchen tribes will be taken by him. Nurhachi is a real hero. ”

Speaking of Nurhachi, Wang Kunpeng's expression was inexplicably complicated, "We are bitter cold in eastern Liao, and we don't have the gentleness and weakness of the south. People living in Liaodong are accustomed to going straight to the ground, and the heroes they respect are also heroes who are famous on the battlefield. But now I am looking for Liaodong generals, and I can no longer find heroes like Li Chengliang who dared to fight, and the weak and incompetent people are everywhere, but it is the Nurhachi ....... ”

"Li Chengliang is very powerful?" Zhou Qingfeng expressed doubts.

"Of course." Wang Kunpeng said loudly, "When Ning Yuanbo was alive, he was powerful in Liaodong, which slave chief in the north dared to make a mistake?" Even the princes of Joseon had to be respectful. It's a pity that now the officialdom is corrupt, eunuchs are rampant, and the people are struggling to make a living. I was worried that Nurha's strength was so great that no one could control it, and it was the poor who were unlucky. ”

"Nurhachi is powerful?" Zhou Qingfeng asked again.

Wang Kunpeng could only smile bitterly: "Don't mention Nurhachi's ability to lead troops to fight, he dared to run to attack the enemy's walled city with only a few dozen subordinates in his early years. The most surprising thing about this slave chief is that he is also quite scheming, which is rare among the Jurchen tribe.

In his early years, the imperial court canonized him as the 'Dragon and Tiger General' and helped him subdue his grandfather's old subordinates. After that, he proclaimed himself 'Wise Baylor', also known as 'the lord of the Jurchen State Jianzhou Wei Guan Yi people', and then called 'the king of Jianzhou and other places', and later simply called 'Kundulun Khan'.

The ancients said that 'only weapons and fame, not dummies', but the imperial court completely gave up all the power in the north. This guy has won the hearts of the people step by step, and his prestige among the Jurchen tribe is extremely high.

The Jurchen tribe lived by fishing and hunting, and its people were unreasonable, fierce and barbaric, and extremely difficult to control. But they just obeyed Nurhachi's orders, and they did whatever the Great Khan said.

In contrast, our officials of the Ming Dynasty have such high prestige? The guerrillas of the Fushun Thousand Households could not control their men, and the fugitive military households preferred to serve Nurhachi as a clothed slave than stay. Because it is better to be a slave than to be a soldier. ”

Wang Kunpeng is the late Ming Dynasty version of the angry youth, when it comes to the balance of forces between the enemy and us, he is full of complaints. When he talked about the extremely powerful Jurchen tribe in the north, he scolded the Ming Dynasty officials for being corrupt and incompetent, but when Zhou Qingfeng talked about 'if the Jurchens attack the Ming Dynasty', he said nonchalantly: "Nurhachi is probably crazy to dare to attack my Ming Dynasty." ”

"Brother Wang, you have been saying that the Jianzhou Jurchen is strong, why aren't you afraid of him coming?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.

Wang Kunpeng said very confidently at this time: "No matter how strong Nurhachi is, he is just a slave chieftain, even if he dominates the Jurchens? It's always no better than millions of people in Liaodong. I hope that he will call, so as to wake up the ministers of the DPRK and China to reform themselves.

After all, my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, sufficient soldiers, and abundant products, which is much stronger than the barbarians who even have to buy hoes from us. If Nurhachi dares to come, he will win a battle or two at most, and when my soldiers gather and the famous generals go into battle, he will definitely be able to kill his clan and turn his bones into ashes. As I said, he is another Wang Gao. ”

After listening to Wang Kunpeng's tirade, Zhou Qingfeng was speechless for a long time at the candle flame in the house. He really couldn't refute the other party's point of view, because in terms of power comparison, the Ming Dynasty was indeed far superior to the boar skin. It's a pity that the world has made a big joke for the Ming Dynasty, and the wild boar skin has not been defeated since the start of the army, and has been pressing the Ming Dynasty to fight.

And the Ming Dynasty was like a 'clay-footed giant', and he couldn't teach the boar skin a lesson until he died.

Even if it is the 'Ningyuan City Defense', which is known as the 'Great Victory', the wild boar skin can come as soon as he wants, and he can leave as soon as he wants, and the losses are pitiful, and he slaughtered tens of thousands of people on Juehua Island, and the Ming army has nothing to do about it - he was blocked at the door of his house and beaten violently, just because he was not rushed in by the enemy to kill him, and afterwards he boasted of being a 'great victory', Zhou Qingfeng was really amazed by the cheekiness of the Ming Dynasty doctors.

Now except for Zhou Qingfeng, no one takes Jianzhou Jurchen seriously. Even Wang Kunpeng, who is a native of Liaodong, feels that the wild boar skin will only come when he has a problem with his brain - but the wild boar skin will really come over. Not only did he fight, but he and his son also destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

For more than 300 years after that, the Chinese were slaves who could not get up on their knees. Even in the new century, many people are still kneeling in their hearts even though they are standing in their bodies - Zhou Qingfeng scratched his head, but he didn't know how to start? It's not easy to change history, he is just a little kid who came to the end of the Ming Dynasty now, and he has no power.

Thinking of the word 'power', Zhou Qingfeng's mind was finally freed from the feelings of sadness and sadness. He asked Wang Kunpeng, "Brother Wang, do you know how to do magic?" ”

"Magic? I don't understand. Wang Kunpeng smiled and said: "I am poor and have to rely on storytelling to make a living, so do I have extra money to study law?" ”

After messing with Gu Yuanwei's master and apprentice for a long time and not seeing them continue to teach him to practice, Zhou Qingfeng was actually a little anxious in his heart. He even wondered if his cheap master was deliberately delaying this matter in order to better control himself. In order not to hang himself from a tree, he naturally had to think of another way.

"What if you have money? Where can you learn if you have the money? Zhou Qingfeng asked.

"If you have money, you naturally want to go to a famous teacher. It's just that it's not easy. Wang Kunpeng still shook his head and said: "Students want to find famous teachers, and teachers also want to be high-level apprentices." No monk would accept a man of my ordinary origin. After all, they are all apprentices, and the monks prefer to accept the children of the eunuchs, at least the rich families are preferred. For example, I can only read and eat. ”

This is not unreasonable, and the view of the family has existed since ancient times. Like China, which is not bad, it will be even worse if you are given a bloodline theory abroad. The bottom has been the bottom for generations, and there will never be a day.

However, Zhou Qingfeng was not reconciled, and asked again: "There is no way to learn by yourself?" ”

Wang Kunpeng immediately said happily: "Yes, but it's the same as if there is or isn't." ”

"Why?"

"The biggest problem in ordinary people's cultivation is that the chaos of spiritual power is like stagnant water, and they need the help of the master. If you can get through this difficulty, there will be many ways to practice. ”

It's true? Hahaha...... Zhou Qingfeng was suddenly happy - Lao Tzu had already passed this difficulty.