Chapter 4 The general trend has been achieved
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As soon as Li Cun and the others came to the core area, that is, the area where the core personnel of the uprising led by Fang La were located, Zhang Shi took Fang Geng's head off his waist and raised it high, and said loudly: "The thief Fang Geng has been killed by my brother Li Cun in Xuzhou, and now I will dedicate my head to the thirteenth brother!" ”
As soon as Zhang Shi said this, the people around him immediately looked at Li Cun and Zhang Shi.
Shao Shi walked to Fang La's side and whispered to Fang La about what had just happened at the gate of the Qi Garden.
It was Fang Geng who grabbed Fang La into the granary and locked him up.
On weekdays, the most disagreeable with Fang La is also Fang Geng, who has always looked down on Shang La.
Even Fang Youchang sent Fang Xiong to denounce Fang La, but it was because he was instigated by Fang Geng, who wanted to be an official.
Therefore, if Fang Youchang's family has a person that Fang La hates the most, that person must be Fang Geng.
It's a pity that Fang La and the others just rushed into Fang Youchang's house, and Niu Meng and Fang Geng, who saw that things were not good, immediately escaped over the wall, and the dozen or so people who were ambushed outside the wall failed to stop the brave Niu Meng and Fang Geng.
This made Fang La hateful!
But in order not to lose a big deal because of a small thing, Fang La could only watch Fang Geng escape.
To Fang La's surprise, Fang Geng was intercepted and killed by Li Cun.
This made Fang La have a good impression of Li Cun, a new friend he had just met in a hurry.
Moreover, Shaw Brothers also deliberately said to Fang La that Li Cun is strong in martial arts, and Fang Baihua is not Li Cun's opponent, implying that Fang La is a talent who can help him fight the world.
Therefore, after taking Fang Geng's head from Zhang Shi and handing it over to his cousin Fang Jing, Fang La immediately grabbed Li Cun's hand enthusiastically, shaking and saying: "Villain Fang La, if there is no son and a virtuous brother to save with all the heroes, he will die of a fate, and he will also affect his family. I only hate Fang Geng's house, I made something out of nothing, and I want to harm my family, if this revenge is not avenged, it will be difficult for my brother to sleep and eat! Fortunately, the virtuous brother avenged this great revenge for his brother, and he will repay him one day for his brother! ”
Being grabbed by a man and shaking his hand made Li Cun, a straight man, very uncomfortable, so he pulled out his hand without a trace and hugged his fist: "Brother Thirteen is the second brother Zhang's best friend, how can Li Cun not do his best?" ”
Zhang Shi is a splash, but he is a splash who mixes badly.
This is not because Zhang Shi is not working hard enough, on the contrary, Zhang Shi has been trying his best to get ahead.
But Zhang Shi's father was a thief who was assigned to Qingxi County, and later returned to his hometown after completing his sentence, so he married an old and decrepit secret prostitute in Qingxi and gave birth to Zhang Shi and his brother Zhang Chao.
is an outsider, his parents are from a very poor background, and Zhang Shi is naturally timid, which will inevitably make people look down on Zhang Shi.
In fact, even Fang La looked down on Zhang Shi.
But in order to maintain his bold image and have a certain city government, Fang La smiled at Zhang Shi every time he saw him, and even took the initiative to talk to Zhang Shipan for a few words.
And Zhang Shi didn't know whether he couldn't see Fang La's true attitude towards him, or pretended not to see Fang La's true attitude towards him. Anyway, Zhang Shifeng said that he had a relationship with Fang La. If there is a disturbance here in Fang La, Zhang Shi is the first to come over to help every time.
Fang La couldn't easily drive away Zhang Shi, who responded positively to him in everything, so he could only pinch his nose and let Zhang Shi swagger and cheat everywhere in his name.
In other words, Zhang Shi is actually not Fang La's cronies.
It was the rescue of Fang La before, and it was Zhang Shi who accidentally heard the news that Fang La was arrested by Fang Geng, and took the initiative to pull Li Cun, who was drinking with him, to find the fat on the top in order to make a name for himself.
And Fang Fei thought that it was better to have two more people than two less than two people to save people, so he brought Li Cun and Zhang Shi's.
In other words, if Zhang Shi is on Shuibo Liangshan in "Water Margin", at most, he will be in the general status of Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu, and he will not even have the qualifications to sit in the top spot, that is, the likes of small leaders.
Therefore, seeing Li Cun lifting him up in front of so many people, Zhang Shi was extremely grateful to Li Cun!
At the same time, Zhang Shijiang's waist was straight, and his face was even more red, and he had a sense of raising his eyebrows.
Seeing that Li Cun did not forget to raise Zhang Shi at this time, Fang La said secretly: "This person does not forget his roots, he is a person with affection and righteousness, and he has a good martial arts, which can be used as an arm." Then he turned to Zhang Shi and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang Shixian, thank you and Brother Zihou Xian for helping your brother avenge this great revenge." ”
Zhang Shi waved his hand again and again: "What is the thirteenth brother talking about, the younger brother was taken care of by the thirteenth brother in the past, and it is incumbent on him to do some small things for the thirteenth brother." ”
Fang La patted Zhang Shi's shoulder: "Good brother." ”
Soon after, one or two thousand villagers were recruited to the lacquer garden by Fang Hao and others, and Fang La saw that the people were almost here, so he said to everyone: "Everyone, wait a minute, you can come when you go." ”
After finishing speaking, Fang La took Fang Geng's head in Fang Jing's hand and walked towards the high platform.
After standing still on the high platform, Fang La raised Fang Geng's head and sobbed: "Xiao Ke Fang La, he has no grudges with him Fang Geng in the past and no enmity in the near future, but he framed me in order to win fame and fame, and wanted to harm my family, people and gods are angry, and if you don't punish him, how can you eliminate this endless hatred!" ”
Fang La smashed Fang Geng's head at the forty or fifty heads, and then said angrily: "The world and the country are the same......
When Li Cun heard this, what Fang La said was the same as before, and he thought: "His rebellious speech should have been carefully prepared, and there may not be a second one." ”
This level of brainwashing, fooling and fooling these people in the southeast who have no knowledge and empathy, is okay, for Li Cun, who has been baptized by the information explosion of later generations, not to mention that he has heard it once, even if it is the first time he listens to it, he will never be touched in any way.
So, after listening casually, Li Cun focused on the core members of the uprising around him, and then shouted "Can't!" "Does Ann have this reason? While looking for a gap to ask Zhang Shi beside him: "Who are you around?" ”
Zhang Shi looked left and right, and saw that no one paid attention to him and Li Cun, so he lowered his voice and replied: "Most of them are members of the Fang family, and some are close friends of the thirteenth brother. ”
There was no need for Li Cun to ask again, Zhang Shi pointed to an old man who was as thin as a bamboo pole: "He is Fang Fei, the patriarch of the Fang family." ”
This was really a bit unexpected by Li Cun - Li Cun always thought that Fang Fei would be a fat old man, but he didn't expect it to be a thin old man.
Zhang Shi pointed to two men in their forties, one thin and one fat: "That's the cousin of Fang Wu and Fang Qi, the thirteenth brother, who has read books, and is said to have studied military books and war strategies, and is very famous here in Qingxi." ”
"That's Lu Balang Lu Mai, the best friend of the thirteenth brother, and he is strong in martial arts."
"That's Guan Sun Zhong, that's Fang Shizong, they have all learned sticks."
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After listening to Zhang Shiyi's introduction, Li Cun knew that more than half of these core members were Fang La's relatives, and they were blood relatives within the three clans.
And the other small half of the core members, either like-minded with Fang La, often discussed the feasibility of the uprising with Fang La, or were coerced by Fang La out of righteousness to save Fang La's life, or simply like Zhang Shi, who wanted to rely on the uprising to fight for fame and wealth and was unwilling to be ordinary for a lifetime.
In short, these core personnel are all related to Fang La, and Fang La is also the link between them.
It is no wonder that Fang La will become the leader of this rebel army.
The land annexation of the Northern Song Dynasty for nearly 200 years made the upper households like Fang Youchang (that is, bureaucratic landlords and bully landlords) own 99 percent of the wealth and land, while the poor got up early and worked hard all year round, and in the end not only did they not have a penny left, but also because there were always endless harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes that they could never pay off, they accumulated debts that they could never pay off, as if they had fallen into a quagmire, sinking deeper and deeper, and have been struggling on the line of death. They themselves have to become the private subordinates of these creditors, and they are scolded and sold by random creditors, and they really can't see a way out.
And because Zhao Ji was arrogant and lascivious, and loved flowers and stones, the former prime minister Cai Jing and the current prime minister Wang Huang, in order to keep the power in their hands, presided over the Suzhou and Hangzhou Ying Feng Bureau, specifically asked for strange flowers and stones, etc., and transported them to Bianliang City, Tokyo, to curry favor with Zhao Ji.
The officials of the Ying Feng Bureau headed by Zhu Mian took chicken feathers as arrows, and heard that the common people had stones, flowers and trees that were more delicate and chic, or had other treasures, so they brought soldiers to break into that house and pasted them with a yellow seal, even if it was a tribute to Zhao Ji, they asked the people to keep it carefully. If there is even the slightest damage, they will be charged with "great disrespect", a light fine, and a heavy prison sentence. Some of the families were requisitioned with tall flowers, trees, and stones, which were inconvenient to carry, so the soldiers demolished the houses and destroyed the walls. Those errand officers and soldiers also took the opportunity to extort and extort the families of those who were expropriated from Huashi, and some families sold their sons and daughters and fled everywhere.
In addition, all the flowers, trees, and stones that should be favored by the bureau, no matter how big or small, or in the high mountains and ravines, or in the deep water rapids, are carried out in every possible way regardless of the people's strength.
In addition, the local people had to supply money valley and civil servants wherever the fleet of ships carrying flowers and stones passed, and in some places they even demolished bridges and chiseled castles in order for the fleets to pass.
This is one of the reasons for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty - Huashigang.
The disturbance of Huashigang has affected the vast areas such as Lianghuai and the south of the Yangtze River, and the two Zhejiang regions are the most severe.
This heavy burden is eventually passed on to the people, especially the destitute who live by selling their labour, making them miserable.
Moreover, the Northern Song Dynasty has always issued a call for those rebels who made a lot of trouble, and then spent money to support them, so that they would no longer make trouble and suppress other uprisings.
This undoubtedly gave the uprising a ray of hope, and made the uprising think: it is done, and it can become the power of the new dynasty; If you are defeated, you can also accept the recruitment of the old dynasty. Left and right are much better than the invisible life now.
It is precisely because of this that with the stimulation of Fang La and others to kill Fang Youchang's family, and after listening to Fang La's demagogy, the key Fang La also used ghosts and gods to build momentum for the uprising under the pretense of "Heavenly Talisman", and the key key Fang La also put forward the slogan of "robbing everyone's wealth and scattering to raise people", how could these people who suffered from exploitation and oppression not respond positively?
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Good ......"
In the midst of the full echo of this fluctuation, Fang Fei lowered his voice and said to Li Cun and other core personnel: "The general trend has been achieved, quickly recruit the brave!" ”
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