The people's hearts can't be seen or touched, but they can feel that after Zhao Jiajun crossed the river, Zhou Xi felt the tolerance of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, and even welcomed and loved them.

This is what King Langya and his party did not have when they arrived in Jiangnan.

Sima Rui went south for two years, and most of the local gate lord clans accepted him, but the ordinary people generally did not feel it, and even many people were resistant and disgusted.

Zhou Xi knew why, these northerners moved south in large numbers, and many southerners had better business, so they were welcomed; But more southerners found that since the northerners moved south, they had less land and more work, but their income did not increase.

Moreover, in order to prepare to resist the forces of Jiangbei, Wang Dun and Sima Rui recruited a large number of soldiers in Jiangnan this year.

In some places, those who cannot be recruited are directly sent to military service.

At this time, although it has not yet reached the point of boiling public resentment, there are many complaints among the people, and since the unification of the Qin and Han dynasties, the Chinese people have an obsession engraved in their blood for reunification and peace.

Although many people are illiterate, they firmly believe that if there is to be peace and stability on both sides of the Yangtze River, they must be reunified.

When Sima Rui arrived, Zhou Xi did not feel the urgency of the people, Wang Dao acted moderately, willing to give more benefits to the southern scholars, and he did not feel the support for Sima Rui from the scholars.

Like him.

So when he felt the urgency of the people after the Zhao family army crossed the river, as well as the obedience of the heads of the various gate lords to Zu Ti and the yearning for Zhao Hanzhang in Luoyang, he made a decision in his heart.

The Zhou clan is the leader of the Jiangnan Shi clan, and he has the largest number of troops and the largest military power in the Jiangnan Shi clan.

His choice directly affected the clans of the various gates in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhou Xi followed King Langya on the boat in the front foot, and the heads of the back foot Jiang, Lu and other families also packed up their things and crossed the river, far behind their team to Luoyang.

The northern scholars who fled to Jiangnan, as long as they still have the strength to spare, are also burdened to keep up, because they don't know what the road ahead is, so they leave their families in Jiangnan temporarily.

There were also some scholars who fled due to the war, and they also took this opportunity to blend in with the team, and cheekily asked for some support from their old families to help them return to Luoyang together.

Everyone knows that Zhao Hanzhang is thirsty for talent, and Luoyang has a recruitment exam, so even if the scholars are down, they are still full of confidence, and feel that as long as they arrive in Luoyang and let Zhao Hanzhang see their talents, they can get ahead.

Therefore, after King Langya and Wang Dao crossed the river, they found that the line following behind them was getting longer and larger.

Sima Rui couldn't help but lift the curtain and look back, the official road was long, the trees on both sides were verdant, and at a glance, the pedestrians following behind were occasionally mixed with horse-drawn carts, mule carts, donkey carts and ox carts, and from time to time there were people riding horses galloping through the grass under the official road, rolling up dust all over the sky, and he couldn't see it from a distance.

Sima Rui saw such a large-scale migration for the second time, the first time was when he fled south, when a large number of Shi people followed him.

But at that time, everyone's face was full of anxiety and fear of the unknown, and even he repeatedly questioned his choice and seemed hesitant.

But now, the people who followed him all had yearning expressions on their faces, their eyes were bright and staring ahead, and they were unswervingly moving forward.

Even if there was a guarded Zhao family army between them, he could still feel the hope and high spirits emanating from them.

Sima Rui's eyes were red, and he was devastated, and after lowering the curtain, he sat upright, but his shoulders and back still couldn't help but collapse, and he leaned lightly against the wall of the car.

Sima Shao, who was holding a book and reading it carefully, felt his father's depression, so he put down the book and lifted the curtain to look out.

At a glance, he understood, lowered the curtain and said to his father: "Father should be happy, our power is not enough to make them peaceful and happy, now that the burden is lifted, the pressure is gone." ”

Sima Rui thought about it and felt much better, "Yes, it's just that the prosperity of the family will depend on you in the future." ”

Sima Shao bowed, "Father, don't worry, I will do my best." ”

Sima Shao's calmness gave Sima Rui great confidence, he exhaled and looked at him with relief and trust, okay, now his pressure was completely gone.

The Zhao Jiajun, who guarded Sima Rui and his party, did not stop the people who followed the team, and occasionally when there was an accident, they would also allocate a part of their forces to maintain order.

Seeing this, some scholars with hard bones, or who were not willing to help before, simply came up to Zhao Jiajun to ask for help.

The guards and soldiers thought about it, and let them eat with the guards, two meals a day, and they ate whatever the soldiers ate, and if they camped at night, they would also give them some bedding, and allow them to be stationed around the army.

There are more and more scholars who come to take refuge, but Pingyi is not taken in by anyone, if he can't tell his family's origins, can't memorize a few pages of genealogy, or looks good in clothes, he won't help.

Even so, more and more scholars were taken in by him.

Then, when approaching Luoyang, one night, there was a sudden screaming sound from the quiet camping periphery, and then there was a noise, but soon the noise dissipated, and there were eight more corpses on the ground.

In the dark night, torches were lit one after another, and the heads of various families who were sleeping not far away sent people to inquire about the situation.

Pingyi wiped the blood on the knife on the corpse in front of the visitors, and smiled with them: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the rebel thief King Dun sent assassins to murder King Langya, and we took it down." ”

"Go back and tell your master that the traitors have been killed, let them sleep in peace," after speaking, he said to the frightened scholars: "Don't worry, I have received the news of the assassin's rebellion before, rest assured, if you have not participated, our general will definitely not be implicated." ”

A scholar looked ugly and asked, "Did you know before that they were going to rebel among us?" ”

Pingyi glanced at him and said, "This is a military secret, are you sure Lang Jun wants to investigate?" ”

The scholar was silent.

Ping Yi waved his hand and asked people to drag the corpses down, and then said to everyone: "It's not early, everyone rest." ”

As soon as Pingyi left, someone immediately proposed to leave.

The soldiers did not stop them, except for the eight fake soldiers who were holding knives and wanted to assassinate Sima Rui, they really didn't implicate anyone, and they didn't even check, and they seemed to be very convinced that there were no assassins among them.

But they believe it, but the scholars don't believe it.

Yes, they feel that there are assassins among them, even if Zhao Jiajun is not implicated, but they will inevitably hurt the innocent when they fight and kill, and tonight there was an accident, and they injured two people on their side.

One saw the Assassin and the soldier slashing at each other, and as he fled in a hurry, he fell on all fours, breaking his head; One was frightened and kicked the Assassins, and was then besieged by two Assassins.

Although the scholars all practiced the six arts, and the scholars present knew some martial arts, but the other party had weapons, and they were ......

Except for a very few who still kept their own swords, the swords of the rest of the scholars were mortgaged for food as early as when they were in Jiangnan.

So the soldier who kicked the assassin was a little badly injured and was slashed twice.

Pingyi was very sympathetic and grateful to them, and did not leave them alone, but carried people to the camp for treatment.

The unrest here did not affect the ordinary people at the back of the line, and most of them ended without hearing the movement.

And the warriors closest to the camp knew about it, and they were as silent as chickens, and they waited with fear, and when the day came, the team set off as usual.

Zhao Jiajun did not take the opportunity to arrest the assassins, nor did he blackmail them.

The warriors who followed were silent for a moment, and when they saw that the guards in front of them were far away, they hurriedly packed their luggage and followed with their families and entourage.

The people behind had already stepped on the grass and crossed them, and they still looked at them with disdain, "The scholars are squeamish, and the guard camp is gone, and they have just woken up." ”

"It's just that I can't afford to stand in front of the road, delaying our walking."

Judges: ......

These people have fled to Jiangnan one after another in recent years, but they have not been able to run the next family business in Jiangnan for many years.

Most of them worked as tenants or long-term laborers for the gate lords, in order to earn a small remuneration to survive, and life was very hard.

I heard that in the land of Jiangbei, as long as you go back and settle down, you can get land and seeds, and you can also rent farm tools with the county government, and the interest is very cheap, and those who are a little brave want to go back.

In the past, there was no chance, but now when the opportunity comes, I just roll up the baggage and leave.

Some people moved back with their families, because they were poor and had little luggage, so they made all the food at home into dry food and left on their backs;

Some people divided one or two children, and several villagers united in one place and went north together.

They didn't think as much as these nobles, but they just felt that this was an opportunity to live better, so they did it.

The people at the bottom are never lacking in courage, they are like weeds, even if they are about to dry up, as long as there is a drop of rain and dew, they can regain their greenery and work hard.

In the past, ordinary people did not dare to walk in front of these nobles, but during this time, Zhao Jiajun's tolerance for them made them feel that they could.

Therefore, seeing that the nobles in front of them did not move, they couldn't help but overtake them directly, and then quickened their pace and followed closely behind Zhao Jiajun.

Pingyi did not close the news of the assassin's assassination, so not only the scholars who lived close to him knew, but Sima Rui, the person concerned, also knew, and soon, even the ordinary people in the team knew.

Sima Rui specially approached Pingyi to inquire about this, and Pingyi comforted him and said: "Don't worry, the king, we have already received the news and have made arrangements, as long as they make a move, we can kill him immediately, and we will definitely not hurt the king." ”

Sima Rui: "...... Did you get the news earlier? ”

Ping Yi raised his chin slightly, and said proudly: "Our General Yuan has woken up, he is well-informed, I received the news before I left, Wang Dun sent assassins to assassinate the king and Wang Assassin Shi, and wanted to frame our general." ”

Sima Rui believed that this was something that Wang Dun could do.

He was a little angry, so he ran to Wang Dao to scold Wang Dun together.

Director Wang was also very angry when he learned about this, and the people who had always been gentle and elegant couldn't help but scold with King Langya.

This was not a secret, and soon there were rumors among the common people, who scolded Wang Dun as if he were their father's killer.

framing Zhao Hanzhang to kill King Langya and destroying stability and unity is like cutting off their way of life in their hearts, isn't it like killing their father and enemy?

There was a scolding in the team, and King Langya also heard it, and his face was complicated.

Because of the assassination, so many people scolded Wang Dun, and many people consciously checked the people around them, and even some righteous people organized people to patrol in the mixed team, and there was a great chance that the assassins would appear again, and they could kill the assassins without the soldiers taking action.

It was the first time for King Langya to face such love, to be honest, he was still very moved, but it was a pity that they loved him so much because of Zhao Hanzhang.

"Wang Dun villain, dare to frame General Zhao!"

This is the most cursed that King Langya has heard in the past two days.

Therefore, it is impossible to say in my heart that it is not complicated.

The team cursed all the way to the outside of Luoyang City, and there were already officials waiting outside the city gate, and after receiving Sima Rui, Wang Dao and Zhou Xi, they were about to enter the palace, "The general and His Majesty are waiting in the palace early in the morning." ”

Sima Rui keenly found that the "Great General" was still ranked before "Your Majesty".

Wang Dao and Zhou Xi looked at the open space on both sides of the city gate, where there were ten tables each, and there was a steaming porridge shed not far away.

The two couldn't help but ask the messenger who came to greet them.

Zhao Xin smiled slightly and explained: "The general knows that there are many remnants who follow the king back to their hometowns this time, so he asked the Luoyang County Ya to prepare in advance to ensure that every returning remnant can be properly settled." ”

Pingyi sent back the letter, and the remnants who followed their group back were about 20,000 people, which was a great migration, and as time went on, more and more people caught up from behind.

The letter was sent back to Jiangnan in two copies, which was transmitted by radio; One is sent to Beijing by fast horse.

Zhao Hanzhang received the telegram first, and immediately sent a telegram to Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, where they passed, telling them to do a good job in the return of the remnants and to make good arrangements.

Intangible cultural heritage people, but originally from Jiangnan and Jiangdong, but want to settle in Jiangbei, must also be treated equally.

On the way, most of the people from Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou chose to return to their hometowns to divide their fields after feeling the friendliness of local officials.

Those who are far away from their hometowns in Sanzhou, or those who escaped from the Sizhou area, choose to continue to follow.

When the news came back to Jiangnan, there were more and more remnants who decided to return to their hometowns, and they were few and fast, so there were many people who caught up with the large army, so that when they arrived in Luoyang, the ordinary people in the team did not decrease but increased.

Zhao Zheng took an iron horn to avoid the ranks of the scholars, and walked in front of those ordinary people, and the two officials cleverly brought a table and helped him to stand on the table.

Standing at a table more than a meter high, he was finally seen by everyone.

He held a loudspeaker and shouted: "Fellow villagers, I am Zhao Zheng, the county commander of Luoyang County, and I am here to settle you on the order of the general!" ”

The sound sounded half a mile away, and the originally noisy and restless crowd quieted down, and people's hearts were a little calmer, staring at Zhao Zheng with blank eyes.

Two chapters together into one chapter, see you tomorrow

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