Begging, as the name suggests, begging for life to protect oneself in troubled times, its tragic and tragic situation can be seen.

The basic composition of the beggar army is the Han exiled peasants, although some of them were not peasants before, but former state officials, scholars, and soldiers, but on the one hand, they accounted for a small proportion of the displaced people, and on the other hand, when they joined the ranks of the displaced people, they actually lost their previous status, broke away from the original organizational system, and participated in agricultural production, and also became part of the exiled peasants.

The beggar army is similar to other outcastic groups, with generations of leaders mostly inherited from the same clan.

During the reign of Zhao in the Central Plains, the beggar army was forced by the situation, in order to protect itself, and was once forced to temporarily compromise with the Zhao, but its national resistance struggle has not been extinguished, and they rose up to resist the brutal rule of the Hu people at every opportunity.

The Book of Jin records, "Le Po Chen Wu in Hanoi, was Zhan, was twelve years old, and ordered Ji Longzi." "Ran Zhan is Shi Min's father.

There were many beggar armies that compromised with the Zhao court, but now only two of them remain, Shi Min and Li Nong, and the rest have either been completely disbanded and reduced to Li Shu, or they have been attached to Shi Min and Li Nong's department and become their soldiers.

"General Li, I don't know what you're looking for me right now?" Shi Min obviously didn't want to be too polite, so he asked straight to the point.

Li Nong waved his hand and said, "Lord Weiwei, you don't have to be too polite, if you are too polite, you will be born." Your father Shi Zhan and I are old friends, and your grandfather Ran Long once called me a nephew. ”

Seeing Shi Min's rather surprised look, Li Nong was afraid that he would misunderstand, so he hurriedly said, "Oh, please don't mind, I don't mean to be big." ”

"What, General Li came to me today, just to catch up on the past?" Shi Min smiled dumbly.

"No, no, no."

Li Nong was silent for a while, and said, "I have some misunderstandings with your father, but these things have passed and are not worth mentioning. Lord Weiwei, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, and you are an old man, so you really shouldn't be too angry. If you don't mind, please call me Boyi. ”

Hearing this, Shi Min glanced at Li Nong in surprise.

According to Shi Min's understanding, Li Nong is certainly not a dead brain, but he has been influenced by the Confucian idea of loyalty and patriotism since he was a child.

What a qualified dogleg.

In history, when the sons of Shihu were killing each other, when Ran Min rebelled and overthrew the brutal rule of the Zhao State, he naturally won over Li Nong, and also got the support of the beggar army belonging to Li Nong's lineage.

But Li Nong was completely coerced by Shi Min!

Of course, it's hard to say whether the heart is voluntary or not, after all, Li Nong was killed by Ran Min after that.

Now Li Nong actually took the initiative to show favor to him?!

Has the sun come out in the west?

But people give face like this, you can't slap your face, right?

Shi Min then bowed his head and said: "Boyi, I have already performed the coronation ceremony, and I have the table word, the word Yongzeng, you will call me Yongzeng in the future, okay?" ”

"Good!"

There are a lot of titles about Shi Min, but there are only a few elders who can call him by the nickname "Thorn Slave", and there are also Shi Hu's sons, and Li Nong is obviously not qualified. And ancient society was extremely etiquette-oriented, so you can't let people call it by their name, right?

In this way, there is the existence of table characters.

Of course, Shi Min has an official body and a noble title, but such a title is too raw, and it is inconvenient for Li Nong to show favor to him Shi Min, so it is more appropriate to call Shi Min directly.

Li Nong said again: "Yongzeng, don't hide it, I came to you this time to discuss important matters." ”

"Please."

"Just now in the mourning hall, what the prince has done must be obvious to all. Although the crown prince is domineering and domineering on weekdays, he is unstoppable, but at the funeral of Duke Qin, he actually did such a nonsense, desecrated Duke Qin's corpse and did not say anything, and insulted Duke Qin verbally in front of so many people, and took down a cadre of Duke Qin's cronies! As if he had no scruples, wasn't the prince afraid that the king would severely punish him? ”

Looking at Li Nong's rather grim expression, Shi Min said lightly: "You're right, Shi Xuan has no scruples now. ”

"Oh, it seems, you seem to know something unknown."

"Unknown? No, no, Boyi, you think too highly of me, and you underestimate the degree of fanfare of our Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Just this morning, I received a report from my subordinates, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had sent his cronies to woo the generals in the army everywhere and promised heavy benefits. Even in the direction of the East Palace, there is a movement of various troops and horses beginning to assemble! ”

"This ...... Are you saying that the prince is going to rebel? Seizure of power by force? Li Nong couldn't help but be dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.

Shi Min smiled slightly and said, "Boyi, if you don't believe it, you can find any of your generals now, and I believe you can ask the answer you want." ”

"The prince has eaten the gall of the ambitious leopard, right? Who gave him the courage to do such a crazy thing? ”

By now, Li Nong was basically convinced that Shi Tao was killed by Shi Xuan.

"Shi Xuan has no choice." Shi Min shook his head and said, "Once the king finds out, Shi Tao was killed by him, do you think with the king's temperament, will Shi Xuan be spared?" ”

Naturally not! You must know that the former crown prince Shi Di rebelled, and was directly entered into Jianzhang Palace by Shi Huyu and brutally killed. Now things are almost the same, Shi Xuan not only killed his Shi Hu's beloved son, but also intended to rebel, kill his father and usurp the throne, how can the brutal Shi Hu tolerate it? !

Hearing this, Li Nong was silent for a while, and then said, "Yongzeng, how do you think we should act?" ”

"Do nothing, wait and see."

"Wait and see? Yongzeng, I am afraid that if this situation continues to develop, we, the generals with heavy troops, will not be able to stay out of the situation. Not to mention that we are waiting to watch the fire from the other side, the king kills Shi Xuan, after the rebellion is quelled, will we be blamed, just Shi Xuan's hundreds of thousands of East Palace guards are enough to be not underestimated! ”

Li Nong said in a deep voice: "Shi Xuan's rebellious behavior is indeed too hasty and unprepared, but with more than 100,000 East Palace guards, as well as the soldiers and horses that I don't know he can gather, he still has the strength to fight!" If so...... Shi Xuan successfully usurped the throne, and we did nothing, so what can we do? ”

"In this way, isn't what you mean by waiting to see what happens?"

Hearing this, Shi Min couldn't help but smile lightly: "What, do you have the idea of switching to Shi Xuan's camp?" ”

"Not really."

Li Nong sighed faintly and said, "Eat the king's fortune, share the king's worries." In any case, if the society is in trouble, how can we stand idly by? ”

Pedantic!

Shi Min directly gave Li Nong a two-word comment in his heart, and said quietly on the surface: "Boyi, I advise you to extinguish that heart." When two tigers fight, one will be injured! Whether you want to help the king quell the rebellion, or help Shi Xuan usurp the throne, move the army first, and you will lose. ”

"Yongzeng, what are you thinking in your heart, can you tell me frankly?"

"Wait and see."

“……”