Chapter 208: Debate
Zhu Long, Lu Zhishen, and Shi Wengong all entered the room, and Bian Xiang and Lu Fang went to the lobby of the restaurant to be on guard, and if an official messenger came, they could also find out in advance.
"Lord, brother, where are you going?" Wu Song asked suspiciously.
Lu Zhishen said: "Brother, do you remember when I told you about Brother Shi Jin of Shaohua Mountain?" I will go and invite him to join him, and my lord will go with him. ”
Wu Song persuaded: "My lord, I wish the family army to be like a cloud, all of them are good hands, why bother Corporal Lixian to come here and ask you to go in person?" ”
Zhu Long smiled: "I'm not just for Brother Shi Jin, I also want to walk around, meet the heroes of the world for a while, and see if I can collect some and strengthen my Zhu family's army." I don't know what happened to the Wu Song brothers looking for Ye An? ”
"Some people have seen such a person, as if he was working in a carpenter shop, but Jeju City is so big, there are many carpenter shops, and I don't know if I can't find it for a while. Otherwise, I will hand over this matter to the old grandson of the shopkeeper, and I will go with you, I will be in charge of the camp and it is my duty to protect the lord's safety!" ”
Zhu Long shook his head and said, "After finding Ye An, you will send him to Liangshan and hand him over to my third brother." Then you will go back to Zhujiazhuang and protect your wife, which will also be one of your responsibilities in the future, understand? ”
"My subordinates understand!" Wu Song nodded, Zhu Long handed over his wife's safety to himself, this is a great trust, and he is determined not to live up to the trust of his lord.
At this time, it was dark, Zhu Long asked the shopkeeper Sun to arrange a table of banquets, send them into the room, eat, drink and chat, and stay in the store at night, Zhu Long and Lu Fang have a room, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song have a room, Shi Wengong and Bian Xiang sleep in a room, not to save money, or the guest room is not enough, but to walk the rivers and lakes, you must be cautious, and the two people have a care together.
Early the next morning, the five Zhulong said goodbye to Wu Song and went west along the official road by the Guangji River.
They will pass through Xingren Mansion to Tokyo, then pass through Xijing Luoyang, pass through the Cuihan Ancient Road, enter Huazhou, and then arrive at Huashan.
The road stretches for nearly a thousand miles, and it has to pass through political centers and military centers such as Tokyo, Luoyang, and Tongguan, and I don't know how Song Jiang led an army of 7,000 to come and go freely, all the way into a no-man's land, what a nest!
Zhu Long was only five people, and he didn't dare to be too ostentatious, except for the great monk Lu Zhishen, who changed their outfits.
Zhu Long wore deerskin boots, mink robes, and a bearskin hat, dressed as a wealthy merchant from the north.
Shi Wengong, Bian Xiang, and Lu Fang pretended to be guards, wearing cowhide boots on their feet, sheepskin jackets, bearskin hats on their heads, and black sheathed knives around their waists.
Only Lu Zhishen is still dressed as a monk, with cloth shoes, a cyan straight jacket, a hat, and a water-mill Zen staff, which looks dazzling.
In normal times, they would have been able to enter Tokyo by boat, but now that it is winter, the river is down, and the wind and water are against the wind, so there are basically no big boats on the river, only a few small boats hired by private people, which do not take them.
As they walked on the road, they thought that the heavy snow would close the road, the weather would be bitterly cold, and business travel should be cut off, and pedestrians should be scarce, but on the contrary, there were many cars and horses on the road, full of goods, and they all went in one direction - along the canal to the southwest.
Lu Zhishen and the others were puzzled, and they all asked Zhu Long what was going on?
Zhu Long had been pondering this for a long time, and said with a smile: "It must be that the local officials gave gifts to the powerful people in Beijing!" ”
"Ahh Lu Zhishen said indignantly: "These corrupt officials and corrupt officials, looting the people's fat and ointment, and pleasing their bosses, really deserve to be killed!" Lord, let's rob them! ”
"The world is as black as a crow, even if you rob a family, what can you do. Only by overthrowing the corrupt Song court, rebuilding a new dynasty, strictly enforcing law and discipline, severely punishing corruption, and establishing a good system for the operation of the country, may be better. ”
"Maybe it could be better?" Lu Zhishen said indignantly: "Can't you kill all these corrupt officials and corrupt officials? ”
Zhu Long sighed and said, "What if you kill them all?" You're not going to re-recruit officials? Isn't it necessary for officials to govern the localities, collect taxes, arrest thieves, resist barbarians, expand territories, and promote kingization, all of which are inseparable from officials? ”
"Then we will only recruit good officials in the future!"
Bian Xiang laughed and said, "Great monk, bad people don't write 'I'm a bad person' on their foreheads!" ”
Zhu Long said: "Why is this so, the so-called traitors are loyal, they are all dignified, speak righteously, work hard for officials, and eat and clothe at night, if you see them, you will definitely think that they are all Qing officials, good officials." ”
"Is there no way? But the Sprinkle family heard that there are also all Zheng Ying Dynasty, when the world is peaceful! ”
"The rise and fall of the world is only in the emperor, if the emperor is a pro-virtuous minister, far from the villain, and the proper use of people, the world is naturally peaceful, and the people are happy. But the emperor was born in the deep palace, grew up in the hands of women, most of them have a perverse temperament, are not like ordinary people, and do not know the suffering of the people, the disadvantages of the eunuchs, how many Ming monarchs are there tonight? ”
"Is there no way? Will this be the case forever for generations? Lu Zhishen said again, quite frustrated.
Zhu Long suddenly raised his head and said with a firm gaze: "No, one day, our children and grandchildren will come up with a good way to solve this problem." ”
On the third day, they entered the territory of the Guangji Army.
The Gwangje Army is in the middle of the Gwangje River, up to Heunginfu and Tokyo, down to Jeju and Yangsanbo, as the name suggests, its role is to protect the Gwangje River. In order to avoid trouble, they did not go into the city and continued on their way, resting in a small town.
The town is called Yamaguchi, which sounds like some Japanese criminal organization, but it really got its name because it sits in front of a small mountain pass.
"Guest
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Official, come in! Small shop room clean, good price, no bullying, free breakfast ......"
The town is by the canal, it is very prosperous, there are a lot of inns, and now the business travel in Layue is scarce, so the store is extraordinarily hospitable, walking on the street, are warmly greeted, if it is not for Zhu Long and his party are burly men with knives and horses, it is not good stubble at a glance, these shop children are going to pull people.
Find a very grand inn to live in, let Xiao Er take care of the horses, Zhu Long and they sat down in the lobby on the first floor, served wine and food, and ate and drank.
Zhu Long sat on the top, Lu Zhishen sat opposite him, Shi Wengong sat on the left side, and Bian Xiang and Lu Fang sat on the right side.
The five people are all big stomachs, mutton soup, steamed buns, pancakes, chicken, beef, and goose meat, piled up on a full table. They drove all day in the wind and snow, hungry and cold, Zhu Long didn't pay attention to his identity, rolled up his sleeves and tore them with his hands, only felt that they were eating very happily, and the others were even more wolf-gobbling.
"Poof!"
Suddenly, someone laughed, Zhu Long and they all looked for prestige, only to see that outside the two tables, a middle-aged scribe and a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl were sitting at a table, and it was the girl who laughed, as if they were laughing at Zhu Long's eating appearance.
These five people are a group of killing gods who have killed countless people, and their bodies are very evil, and they suddenly glared at a little girl, although it was a subconscious move, but they also frightened her, their faces were pale, they were stunned, and the chopsticks in their hands fell to the ground. Even the scribe was startled, and hurriedly got up and said, "The little girl is stubborn, please forgive me!" ”
Zhu Long waved his hand and said, "It's okay! ”
Seeing that the little girl was frightened, he showed a warm smile and said, "Don't be afraid, little girl, uncles are all good people!" ”
The little girl hurriedly hid in her father's arms.
A few people saw that it was a child who was ignorant, so they didn't take it seriously, and continued to eat and drink.
"Brother Chen, Brother Zhou, this shop looks good, how about we stay here!"
"What Brother Li said is very true! Come on, drive the car to the backyard! ”
Suddenly, a few more people came outside, three scholars, dressed luxuriously, followed by four or five scholars, and there were more than a dozen servants outside escorting three carriages under the leadership of the shopkeeper, rushing to the back yard.
The three of them picked a table and sat down, and the scholars sat down at the table next to them.
Soon after the wine and food came up, a few glasses of old wine were eaten, and the three scholars began to talk loudly, from the court, to the northwest, and then to the hottest topic of the current government and the opposition - Lianjin to destroy Liao!
The scholars pointed out the country and promoted the words, as if as long as they went out, the foreign enemy would immediately bow down and the sea would be peaceful.
Lu Zhishen and the others listened interestingly, and they all pricked up their ears. Zhu Long smiled slightly, as if he saw the little old man in the park discussing international news, what is the United States not good, *** is going to step down, Europe does not listen to the boss, little Vietnam also dares to occupy my South China Sea, why hasn't the motherland sent troops to attack, Taiwan independence is so rampant, why haven't you recovered Taiwan, fight, recover by force, it's a big deal to kill tens of thousands of people, it's a big deal to start over, by the way, if there is a war, we have to buy more gold and put it at home, and the stocks will be cleared!
"Our Great Song Dynasty is just around the corner to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Great Liao is about to perish, the shame of Tanyuan and the shame of the Gaoliang River must be washed away, we can comfort Emperor Taizong and Emperor Zhenzong in the spirit of the sky! I'm going to be strong......"
Poof!
Another sarcastic laugh rang out.
Several scholars glared angrily, and Zhu Long hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!" ”
It may be that seeing that Zhu Long and his group are not easy to mess with, several scholars did not entangle, snorted coldly, and continued to talk.
Among them, the scholar surnamed Li said angrily: "If it weren't for Fang Lana's rebellion, the envoy Tong would have recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun!" ”
Wang Shusheng continued: "These rebellious ministers and thieves should be killed!" ”
Zhou Shusheng said bitterly: "Now there are more and more thieves who are making trouble, not to mention other places, we have Zhulong in Shandong to make a rebellion, defeat Dongping Mansion, loot Lingzhou and Gaotang Prefecture, kill Gao Lian, the governor of Gaotang Prefecture, and Li Cheng, the governor of the Daimyo Mansion, put Cheng Wanli, the prefect of Dongping under house arrest, and kill Dong Ping, the head of the soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, for the disaster, sooner or later it will become a big disaster for the imperial court!" ”
"I wish the dragon and dog thieves, messing with my Shandong, it is really hateful, we should run around Tokyo and call for the imperial court to send an army as soon as possible to exterminate this fang......"
Boom!
Lu Zhishen slapped the table suddenly, glared at the three scholars, and said angrily: "If it weren't for you corrupt dog thieves who forced the heroes of the world to have no way out, who would rebel?" Look at you, you don't plough the land, you don't spin, you don't work hard, you don't divide the six grains, but you have fine clothes and food, you have a car when you go out, and you have meat when you eat, where do you come from? It has not been taken from the mouths of the people! ”
The three scholars were snatched away by Lu Zhishen's momentum, their mouths opened wide, and they were speechless in surprise.
Shi Wengong, Bian Xiang, and Lu Fang also glared angrily, and the entourage of scholars hurriedly surrounded them, and the atmosphere instantly became tense, and they would start to move at any time.
"The gentleman doesn't move his mouth, instead of fighting and insulting Sven, how about everyone sit down and debate?" The middle-aged scribe, who had not spoken, suddenly got up and became a peacemaker.
The scholars did not want to fight, although there were many of them, the other party was fierce and vicious, and the fierce eyes were terrifying, and they were all ordered by their fathers to bring a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry into Beijing, and to honor the officials of the court, and there was no room for mistakes.
Zhu Long didn't want to have nothing to do, so he asked Lu Zhishen and the others to sit down.
"What is there to argue, shouldn't the rebels and thieves be killed?" Zhou Shusheng didn't have a good airway.
The middle-aged scribe nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, the rebellious ministers and thieves should be killed."
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! He looked at Zhu Long again and asked, "What does this brother think?" ”
Zhu Long faintly felt that the middle-aged scribe seemed to be very interested in this topic, just like the host guiding them to speak, he thought for a while and said, "I want to ask, what is a 'chaotic minister and thief'?" ”
Zhou Shusheng said righteously: "If you don't abide by the way of the monarch and the minister, and bully the monarch, you are a chaotic minister!" If you don't keep the way of your father and son, you are a thief! ”
Zhu Long said with a smile: "As far as I know, Fang La and Zhu Long are ordinary people, naturally they are not chaotic ministers, how Fang La's parents are, I don't know, but Zhu Long treats his father to filial piety, known as the first filial son in Shandong, naturally not a thief!" ”
"That sounds like it makes sense!" The middle-aged scribe looked at the three scholars with puzzled eyes.
Li Shusheng sneered: "At any time, the people in cloth clothes must not commit rebellion, gather troops to resist the government, and cause trouble to the place!" ”
"Well said, no one can break the law of the country!" The scribe clapped his hands and praised.
Zhu Long did not argue, and said loudly: "Plant a millet in the spring, harvest 10,000 seeds in the autumn, there is no idle field in the four seas, and the farmer is still starving to death!" ”
His voice became somber: "Pengmen didn't know Qiluoxiang, and he wanted to hurt himself by asking a good matchmaker." Who loves to be romantic and stylish, and sympathizes with the frugal makeup of the times. Dare to praise the ten fingers for their skill, and do not draw the eyebrows long. I hate to press the gold thread year after year, and make wedding clothes for others. ”
The people in the lobby listened, and even the shopkeeper and the junior boys in the hall could feel the indignation in the poems, as if those farmers with sad faces had a bumper harvest after a year of hard work, but the grain was taken away by the government and the landlord, and the family was hungry. Those peasant girls who raised silkworms and weaved fine silk, but they could only wear coarse linen clothes.
"Alas!" It's not just who sighed.
Zhu Long seemed to be angry, and said sharply: "Shuo rat Shuo Mouse, no food for me!" Three-year-old girl, don't care about it. The dying woman is a paradise. Paradise and Paradise, I have what I have.
Rats and rats, no food for me! Three-year-old girl, Mo I Kende. The deceased woman is suitable for the country. Happy country, happy country, I am straight?
Rats and rats, no food for my seedlings! Three-year-old girl, Mo I am willing to work. The deceased woman is suitable for the suburbs. Le Jiao, Le Jiao, who is the eternal number?"
Zhu Long didn't argue, but just recited these famous passages that were well known to women and children, and let the scholars argue with the sages!
Those scholars are all strong-mouthed, of course they are not convinced, if they want to quote the scriptures, Zhu Long is not as good as a primary school student in them.
They were about to refute, but Zhu Long walked to the counter, picked up a pen, wrote the word "飯" on a blank piece of paper, brought it to the scholars and scribes, and said: "The truth is all in the text, and the sages have told us!" ”
In the puzzled eyes of the scholars, he used his palm to cover the word "food" of "飯", leaving only one word "anti".
"Without 'food', the people will 'rebel', governing the world, thousands of truths, all kinds of learning, in fact, there is only one, that is, let the people have food. When the stomach is full, a fool will rebel! Even if there are Chen Zhangjiao's gangsters who make trouble, who will follow it? ”
Dear, this chapter is over, happy reading! ^0^