Chapter 52: The King of Horses and the Robbers (Part II)

"Forget it, it's not clear to say so, I'll take you to the King of Horses Club to see you."

Looking at Xu Yu's still somewhat ignorant eyes, Dong Yan stroked his forehead helplessly.

"That's a good feeling."

I can't hear anything just by listening to it. You have to dig deep into it yourself to make a plan.

Moreover, Xu Yu is also interested in this throughout the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty; The huge group that survived the encirclement and suppression of Emperor Wenjing, Emperor Wu, and Emperor Xuan is also very interested.

You must know that the Han Dynasty is one of the most powerful dynasties in Chinese history, the most heyday of Emperor Wu, and the era of Emperor Xuan has more "one Han as five Hu" and "those who commit strong Han will be punished even if they are far away." ".

Under the displeasure of the encirclement and suppression of such two powerful emperors, the rangers were not completely exterminated, and it is conceivable that the vitality and combat effectiveness of this group can be imagined.

"Do you know how the Ranger came about?"

Speaking of this, Xu Yu couldn't help but show off the knowledge he had seen in the book in his previous life like Dong Li.

"How did it happen?"

Although he has lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty for more than ten years, Dong Li really doesn't know about the rangers.

"Hehe, don't look at the current rangers who don't seem to have much power, they are synonymous with stealing chickens and dogs, and anyone can bully them. You must know that in the early Han Dynasty, rangers could even influence Liu Bang's decision.

Like Ji Bu in the early Han Dynasty, he was originally Xiang Yu's subordinate, but after being caught by Liu Bang, if it weren't for the great ranger Zhu Jia at that time asking Xiahou Ying to intercede, Ji Bu would have been killed by Liu Bang a long time ago.

Also, Ji Bu's younger brother Ji Xin is also a big ranger, and later killed a person and was wanted by the imperial court. Even Yuan An, a court official at the time, personally came down to save him.

Who is Yuan An? The officialdom evergreen that has gone through the two emperors of Wenjing and has not fallen. Such a person can no longer be described as powerful. Even he was willing to take the risk of shielding criminals to help Ji Xin escape, which can be imagined that the ranger group in the Western Han Dynasty was powerful. ”

Xu Yule said happily, with a trembling expression as if he was the big ranger in the story.

"No, it won't. Since the ranger was so strong at the time, why is he so depressed now? ”

Dong Yan opened his mouth wide, he may not know who Yuan Ang is Time has passed for too long, but Ji Bu and Liu Bang have lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty for so long, and if they don't know, they will be brainless.

"Hey, hey. This has to start with the social situation at that time. Generally, after the people at that time split up, if the family was more prosperous, it would be fine, and the parents could also share each child, but if they were not rich, generally all the family property had to be left to the eldest son.

This means that if there are more children, then except for the eldest child, the other children will have to start from scratch and be self-reliant when they become adults. But if you think about it, at that time, it was not enough to do the affairs of your own family, where were there so many things to do for those who came out of the family.

This led to a family with many sons, and the second son either sold himself to those powerful people as domestic slaves, or went to be a ranger and became a role that everyone shouted at. With a minion on one side and a ranger on the other, the result is naturally obvious. The group of rangers cannot be extinguished no matter how much they pounce. ”

Looking at Dong Li's eyes full of curiosity, Xu Yu's psychology was greatly satisfied, and he couldn't help but tell what he knew.

"And the reason why the group of rangers is getting smaller and smaller is not unrelated to the extermination of the sons of the Liu family from generation to generation. During the time of Emperor Wenjing, only the typical, and when Emperor Wu, due to the weakening of all the feudal states in the Han Dynasty, the extinction of the extinction, the greatest enemy of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, was also defeated.

The centralized power was unprecedentedly strong, and Emperor Wu's eyes were set on the unstable groups within the Han Dynasty, and the powerful merchant rangers were killed one after another, like mowing grass.

Today, after the efforts of successive Han emperors, the ranger group is basically gone. Even so, the Horse King Society and the Bandit Society still took advantage of being on the border and survived. Otherwise, I guess it would have been extinguished long ago. ”

Xu Yu complained as he spoke, and he didn't know whether he was complaining about Liu's son of heaven or the decline of the ranger.

"It's a pity."

Dong Yan said with some regret.

"It's a pity."

Xu Yu said disdainfully. He knows what Dong Li is sorry for, modern people have been influenced by Jin Daxia's martial arts novels, and they always have longing and yearning for the group of chivalry, but when it really arrived in the Han Dynasty, the dynasty with the most peak development of rangers, did he know that "Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban." "It's not just talking.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the Horse King Society and the Robber Society first. ”

Dong Li smacked his lips, and there was always something unfinished. But the urgency of time calmed him down and began to discuss the matter of the two gangs with Xu Yu.

"You know them better. Where do you think we should start? ”

Xu Yu scratched his head, a little blind.

"It's impossible to get in with a sledgehammer."

Xu Yu followed again, and then scratched his head with a wry smile, after practicing martial arts, he felt that his IQ had dropped a lot, and he always wanted to use violence to solve the problem.

"I really want to hit it with a sledgehammer."

Dong Yan also smiled bitterly.

"Are you serious?"

Xu Yu stopped smiling and said incredulously:

"Aren't you afraid of exposing your identity and being blamed by the old lady?"

"But the crux of the matter is that even if we want to get in, we can't find where anyone is?"

Dong Yan rolled his eyes and said speechlessly.

"That's right. Although the heroes of Lintao acquiesced to their existence, if they were too unscrupulous, they would have been destroyed long ago. ”

Xu Yu said suddenly.

"What then?"

The two looked at each other and said in unison. Then they looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

This can be regarded as a weakness of the two, although the knowledge is not low, but it is a little difficult to deal with practical things.

"Why don't we go far away every morning when we train in the future?"

After thinking for a long time, Xu Yu tried to speak.

"Why?"

"Didn't you say that robbers would like to rob horses? Both of our horses are good horses. And they are alone, how can they let go of such a big temptation? ”

The more Xu Yu spoke, the more open-minded he became, and finally clapped his hands suddenly.

"That's right. Ever since I heard Lu Qi talk about this bandit meeting, I was thinking about why we rode out of the city every day and why we weren't robbed. But the thought was only fleeting, and I didn't have time to think about it. Now that you're saying that, I'm just reacting, and it's a good opportunity. ”

Dong Li's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly.

"Hehe, let's go with a sledgehammer next time. Go far away and learn, they will definitely be fooled after a long time. ”

Xu Yu smiled, and the smugness on his face couldn't be concealed.

"It's fine, but you have to be careful. After all, they are all people who lick blood from the knife edge. ”

Dong Li couldn't get used to Xu Yu's appearance, so he hurriedly hit it.

"It's up to you to say that."

Xu Yu glanced at Dong Li. He's not a fool, the robbers will say it's a bunch of horse thieves, how could he not be careful.