Chapter 100: The Controversy over Purification
After Song Xing finished speaking, it was like a hurricane blowing through the apricot forest, instantly causing countless unbelievable exclamations and scolding.
The low-level disciples who didn't know the truth scolded Song Xing, and several elders who knew about it looked at Song Xing in surprise, not knowing how he knew this big secret.
As for Qiao Feng, after being stunned, he was furious: "Song Yinzhang, I respect you as a person, why are you so open-mouthed?"
Qiao Feng grew up in the Great Song Dynasty since he was a child, and all the education he received made him identify with the Great Song Dynasty from the bottom of his heart, and when he became an adult, he joined the beggar gang to fight bloody battles against the Western Xia, and he was even more proud of his identity as a citizen of the Great Song Dynasty.
Suddenly heard that Song Xing actually slandered him as a Khitan, and he was immediately shocked and angry.
Looking at the angry Qiao Feng, Song Xing said calmly: "Eight years ago, you broke through the three problems set by Wang Jiantong for you, and made seven great contributions to the beggar gang. β
"Since you took over as the leader of the beggar gang from Wang Jiantong, the beggar gang has been in full swing, and its prestige is close to Shaolin, the largest faction in today's martial arts, whether it is prestige, martial arts, or personal morality, you are the most impeccable gang leader since the establishment of the beggar gang, but even so, a woman's words and a letter, these people will turn against you, why?"
Qiao Feng was stunned for a moment, and then Elder Xu said loudly: "That's right, that's why I'm here today, we are against you, not because of personal grudges, but because you Qiao Feng, from beginning to end, is not a Song person, but a Khitan Hulu!" β
Next, as in the original plot, several monks from Zhiguang appeared on the stage, slowly bringing the blood eucalyptus of Yanmen Pass back then, revealing a shocking martial arts tragedy.
After Qiao Feng listened, his face turned pale and he said angrily: "No, no! You are talking nonsense and fabricating such a nonsense to frame me. I am a dignified Han Chinese, how can I be a Khitan Hulu? I...... I ......"
Suddenly, his arms were parted, and he grabbed Zhiguang's body and grabbed his chest with his left hand.
Shan Zheng and Elder Xu shouted together: "No! "Come forward and grab someone.
Qiao Feng was extremely fast, and with Zhiguang's body, he dodged away.
Elder Xu shouted, "Qiao Feng, Master Zhiguang is admired by everyone in the rivers and lakes, you must not harm his life." β
Qiao Feng's blood swelled up, and he said loudly: "Master Zhiguang's personality, I also admire, you want to remove my position as the leader, then that's it, I gave it to others, why did you make up these words and slander me?" β
Although he said that he didn't believe it, his hoarse voice had revealed his inner struggle at the moment, if someone else said this, Qiao Feng would have to fight with him, but this was from the mouth of Master Zhiguang.
Zhiguang once made a great wish, crossed the ocean, went to the wilderness overseas, collected different species of bark, and cured countless people infected with miasma in Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangzhou.
He fell seriously ill twice because of this, and his martial arts were all lost, but benefiting the people is not shallow, and he is a character that Qiao Feng really admires.
Qiao Feng is not an ordinary person after all, after the initial irritability and anger, he quickly calmed down, let go of Zhiguang's acupoint, and said: "What is the truth, I can't listen to your words, what is the truth, Qiao Mou will definitely find out." β
Elder Xu was planning today's matter in order to bring down Qiao Feng in one fell swoop, and when he saw this, he immediately showed the letter written by Xuan Ci to Wang Jiantong, and then as expected, he was deceived by Zhiguang and destroyed Xuan Ci's signature, making things confusing again.
After Song Xing helped Qiao Feng clear the suspicion of killing Ma Dayuan, he watched the development of the situation without saying a word.
The fact that Qiao Feng is a Khitan cannot be erased, which is also the fuse for Qiao Feng to secretly quit the beggar gang in the original plot.
But in Song Xing's view, although the identity of the Khitan people is extremely unfavorable to Qiao Feng, it is not to the extent of fatality, and the beggar gang is not completely unacceptable to Qiao Feng, and Yeluqi, the twenty-first generation leader of the beggar gang in the late Southern Song Dynasty, is also the identity of the Khitan.
In the original plot, Qiao Feng secretly withdrew, in addition to the fact that the disciples of the beggar gang couldn't accept the news for a while, it was more that Qiao Feng himself couldn't accept the fact that he was a Khitan, and the result of Quan Guanqing Elder Xu and others coveting the position of the gang leader, which contributed to the trouble.
In the real history of the Song Dynasty, although the beggar gang hated the Khitans at the moment, the beggar gang really fought the most, in fact, it was the Western Xia.
During the reign of Taizong and Zhenzong, it was the most intense and frequent period of military conflicts between Song and Liao, and the two sides fought countless large and small battles, the Song army had two large-scale northern expeditions, and the Liao army had five large-scale southern invasions.
When neither side could help the other, the two sides signed the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and the Song and Liao were about brotherly countries, non-aggression against each other, and maintained a peaceful situation for a hundred years.
After Song Zhezong took power, he used the new law, described the merits of Shenzong to expand the territory, restarted the battle of Hehuang, and collected the Qingtang Dynasty, which was the period when the Song Dynasty's national strength and military strength were the strongest.
Zhezong was committed to fighting the Western Xia, in order to avoid being attacked on both sides, and continued to maintain a peaceful situation with the Liao State, so far there has been no large-scale war between the Song and Liao for nearly a hundred years.
Apricot Forest is a turning point in Qiao Feng's fate, and his Khitan identity is certainly the main reason, but it is more mixed with the competition for power between the beggar gang and the clean clothes faction.
The origin of the beggar gang was in the late Tang Dynasty, when warlord disputes caused many peasants to break away from land production and become beggars, and the beggars at the bottom joined together for self-preservation, and the prototype of the beggar gang was born.
At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the economy was prosperous and the whole society was relatively wealthy, which could support a large class of beggars, and the beggar gang gradually stabilized in the form of a gang at this time.
The initial members of the beggar gang were almost all beggars with nothing, and as the gang grew, it needed a tighter system to control the loose gang power.
Of course, this was not something that illiterate beggars could design, so the beggars began to accept some other class forces in society, intellectuals, small landlords, and petty bourgeoisie, and arranged important positions in the gangs because of their economic conditions and social resources.
These new classes, after not being able to enter the elite class and becoming the power of the imperial government, need the protection and blessing of the gang, and are willing to join the beggar gang with their family business.
The new class dominated the beggar gangs, which naturally led to the impact and suppression of the old power groups, so that two different forces gradually emerged within the gangs.
The Dirty Clothes Sect and the Pure Clothes Sect with high social status composed of the lowest and poorest disciples at the bottom of the society, the two factions used their clothing to indicate their faction affiliation, and the two factions fought openly and secretly in the gang many times.
Qiao Feng, who was born in a peasant family, was a disciple of the Dirty Clothes Sect before he became the leader of the gang, and he even liked to drink with the low-level disciples in a big bowl, and he was extremely prestigious among the low-level gangs.
This is Qiao Feng's strength, and it is also his biggest disadvantage.
He is bold and fair, although his prestige is extremely high, but he has never deliberately cultivated his diehards.
Although many high-level leaders of the Dirty Clothes Sect sincerely admired him, when it came to vital interests, and when they learned of Qiao Feng's Khitan identity, most of the high-level leaders chose to abandon Qiao Feng.
Qiao Feng is open-minded, close to the bottom of the Dirty Clothes Sect, and acts fairly, and the disciples of the Dirty Clothes Sect who have made meritorious contributions will also be promoted to the top position, which will cause even more dissatisfaction among the top leaders of the Pure Clothes Sect.
When Ma Dayuan was alive, he had a square and upright personality, gentle and humble, and could mediate between the two factions, as soon as Ma Dayuan died, Elder Xu, Elder Chen, Quan Guanqing and other leaders of the Pure Clothes faction were ready to take the opportunity to make trouble.
At this time, a suicide note left by the former gang leader Wang Jiantong about Qiao Feng's life experience just gave Qiao Feng a great opportunity to bring down Qiao Feng.
Wang Jiantong, the leader of the previous generation of Pure Clothes Sect, chose Qiao Feng to succeed him as the gang leader, but he was not necessarily willing, at the beginning, Wang Jiantong may not be willing to pass on the beggar gang leader to Qiao Feng, so he set difficult and numerous conditions.
Although it made it more difficult for Qiao Feng to obtain the position of the gang leader, the disadvantage was that every time Qiao Feng solved a problem, his authority and reputation in the gang would be more important.
Until all the tasks were completed by Qiao Feng, Wang Jian informed that the position of the gang leader would be passed on to anyone other than Qiao Feng, which would cause extreme dissatisfaction among the gang and cause an imbalance of power, and it would be impossible for the successor to be the gang leader to get rid of Qiao Feng's status and control.
Elder Xu, the patriarch of the Pure Clothes Sect, was already dissatisfied with Qiao Feng being in charge of the Beggar Gang, but he did not dare to openly confront him, Qiao Feng had a very high reputation in the gang, and a large number of dirty disciples at the bottom of the Beggar Gang regarded Qiao Feng as a god.
Once the Pure Clothes faction and Qiao Feng's forces merge, they will inevitably suffer, but once the truth about Qiao Feng's identity as a Khitan is revealed, then the situation will be different.
If you know that your gang leader is actually a Khitan, then the two internal factions can share the same hatred, first remove or even kill Qiao Feng, and then cleanse the high-level forces of the entire Dirty Clothes Faction, and then the Pure Clothes Faction can take charge of the power center of the Beggar Gang alone.
Qiao Feng left Luoyang General Rudder to go to Jiangnan to investigate, which was a godsend opportunity for the coup d'Γ©tat of the Jingyi faction, and the wealthy Jiangnan was the sphere of influence of the Jingyi high-level, so when Qiao Feng arrived at the apricot forest where the spring breeze hit people, there was already an undercurrent.
The Pure Clothes Sect used the suspicion of Ma Dayuan's death as a basis to accuse Qiao Feng of protecting the Murong family, until Elder Xu Quan Guanqing showed the last letter of the Wang Gang Leader, which changed the situation and forced the Dirty Clothes Sect Elders to side with them.
As the largest faction in the world, the beggar gang is the leader of a Khitan, which is a shame for the entire gang and should have been kept secret.
Elder Xu probably wanted to expand the results of bringing down Qiao Feng and disgrace the entire Dirty Clothes Sect, so he actually found Zhao Qiansun, Zhiguang and others who participated in the robbery and murder of Qiao Feng's parents back then, and invited Haoqiang Shan Zheng from Shandong as a witness, determined to make the news that the gang leader was Hu Ren.
His purpose is not only to depose Qiao Feng, but also to make the Dirty Clothes Faction shameless to compete for the next gang leader, and the Beggar Gang will completely fall into the hands of the Pure Clothes Faction.
Combined with the plot before and after Tianlong and the information held by the six doors, Song Xing quickly deduced the cause and effect of this incident.
Things have developed to the present, although Song Xing has strongly intervened in it and cleared the suspicion of Qiao Feng killing Ma Dayuan, but on the whole, it is still in accordance with the plan of the Pure Clothes faction.
Bai Shijing's killing of Ma Dayuan was an accident, but Qiao Feng's Khitan identity was revealed, and the high-level beggar gang basically began to stand on Elder Xu's side, although many of the low-level beggar gang disciples still supported Qiao Feng, but they who had no right to speak could not play a decisive role.
So Song Xing has been waiting for a variable, and this variable was actually sent to Song Xing by Elder Xu himself.