A total of 84 students were arrested and sent to the prison of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Only 27 were expelled from the list.

The remaining 57 people, facing the punishment of expulsion from school, relented at the last moment and promised to return to school obediently and not make trouble again.

They were not tortured in the prison, but they were hungry and fed, and now they were weak. reciting "Song of Righteousness" for a long time also made my voice hoarse, and even drinking water hurts.

The officials of the Kaifeng Prefecture used a carriage to transport them to the inn outside the city, dragged them into the guest room, and admonished: "The ministers will recuperate in this place, and within ten days, they must leave the boundary of Tokyo, and don't make it difficult for me again!" ”

No one answered, no strength or spirit to speak.

The official went to the shopkeeper again and said, "These are righteous men, and you must take care of them well." ”

"I can save it." The shopkeeper nodded.

In the blink of an eye, the official disappeared.

The shopkeeper sighed and instructed the man, "Let the cook cook some porridge and cook it with rice." ”

What happened in front of the Xuande Gate has already spread outside the city.

Now that the uprisings from all walks of life have not been settled, there is a shortage of grain in Beijing, and the price of rice has risen to 2,000 wen and one stone. The people at the bottom are starving, who doesn't hate the traitorous party?

Even those officials just now had more and more difficulties in their lives.

As long as they oppose the traitorous party, the common people will admire them as righteous people.

When the white porridge was not so hot, the store took a few guys and went to feed the porridge to the students in person.

Chen Dong was weak and weak, his throat was tingling, and he felt like he had been cut by a knife when he drank porridge. He barely filled his stomach, fell into a deep sleep, and slept until the next day.

After waking up, he finally recovered his spirits and walked back and forth to several rooms, Chen Dong was surprised: "Why are there only more than 20 people left?" ”

Wei Liangchen smiled bitterly: "I have retreated from the battle." The students in the upper dormitory are the only two left, you and me. ”

Chen Dong's voice was still hoarse, and he yelled angrily: "Fan Juemin, where is Fan Juemin? You swear that you don't stand with traitors, how can you be afraid of being removed from the name of Taixue! ”

Neishesheng Lei Guan sneered: "Fan Juemin has excellent academic knowledge, and he will take the Taixue exam next year." How could he persevere to the end, not even the fame of Jinshi? ”

"Zhang Jushan! What about Zhang Jushan? Chen Dong searched everywhere.

Nothing, not in the inn.

Chen Dong staggered back to his room in despair, and all his roommates flinched.

These roommates were able to endure prison, but they relented when they were expelled from school.

The twenty-seven people who persevered to the end gathered in the guest room in a depressed mood. Some people even began to cry, not because of their own experience, but because they were powerless to change the situation, and they were betrayed by their classmates and friends, and their grief was difficult to suppress.

Kuang Fu Sheji's spirit is gone all of a sudden!

In this way, the twenty-seven expelled students lay in the inn for two days.

Their servants came one after another to persuade their husbands to return to their hometowns as soon as possible.

There are also those who don't have servants by their side, such as Chen Dong. His family is only a small landlord, and only after being cultivated by the clan can he have the opportunity to study in Taixue.

A few people came to say goodbye, and Lei Guan said: "Brother Shaoyang, I have been disheartened, and I will no longer be out of office in this life, but I just want to return to my hometown to study in seclusion." It is a blessing in my life to be able to meet you, so I will leave. I hope you will cherish a lot! ”

Chen Dong asked: "At the time of the great chaos in the world, Your Excellency is still from Jianning. Fang La's remnants have already captured Jianning, where can you return to your hometown? Is it to go to Fang La? ”

Lei Guan said with tears in his eyes: "I received a letter from home a few days ago, and my family has fled to Fuzhou. Although his parents were safe, many of his people were separated, and I don't know how many survived. I can't wait to eat the flesh of the traitors and drink the blood of the traitors. Especially Na Zhu Mian, Fang La's rebellion was caused by his exploitation, and he could even be promoted for such a crime. When I went to prison a few days ago, I already had the will to die. Now that he is slugging for his life, he doesn't want to think about anything, just to go to Fuzhou to reunite with his family. ”

Chen Dong himself was also very depressed, and he had to cheer up at this moment and encourage everyone: "The more arrogant and domineering the traitorous party is, the more we scholars will not be able to dissipate our ambition, and one day we will be able to calm the demonic atmosphere in the world!" ”

Wei Liangchen slumped in his chair: "We have been removed from Taixue and have been given ten days to leave the Tokyo boundary. In addition to returning to their hometowns to study, where else can they go? ”

"Go to Guizhou!"

A student from the Taixue Wai suddenly spoke.

This person's name is Fu Yuanheng, a native of Wu County, Suzhou. His family's fortune had been looted by the rebels for several generations, and it had been reduced to smoke.

Fortunately, the whole family ran away in advance and went north with some floating wealth.

Tong Guan led the army to recover Wu County, and Fu Yuanheng's family immediately returned to his hometown. But he didn't think that his family, as a local clan, was blackmailed by Tong Guan's corporals, and the only remaining floating wealth was robbed.

In Fu Yuanheng's heart, the officers and soldiers and the thieves are the same, Tong Guan and Fang La are no different!

More than half of the 27 students who persevered to the end were from Zhejiang, Jiangnan and Fujian, and they hated the traitorous party to the extreme.

Fu Yuanheng said: "Mr. Zhu is in charge of Guizhou, why don't I follow?" Worship under the door of Mr. and take his studies seriously. Mr. can't recover, so we will study in seclusion in Guizhou. If the new monarch succeeds to the throne and the husband recovers, I will go back to Tokyo and sweep the tide! ”

"Great idea!" Chen Dong clapped his hands and praised.

Wei Liangchen also came to the spirit, and suddenly stood up from the chair: "If you are willing to go to Guizhou, stand on my side." If you don't want to go, you won't force it, and you will still be friends in the future. ”

In an instant, most of the remaining ones stood over, hesitated again and again, and made a decision.

There are many of them, and twenty-seven people are going to Guizhou.

was removed from Taixue, and they had no way out. They were not even qualified to take the imperial examination, because they were not allowed to enter Beijing again.

Either go back to your hometown to study in seclusion, or go to Guizhou to follow Zhu Ming.

The only hope is to wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne.

At that time, Zhu Ming will inevitably be recalled to the capital as officials, and they can also follow Zhu Ming back to Beijing. Even, without exams, he was directly awarded an official position by the new monarch.

There are still people who have not recovered, and everyone continues to stay at the inn.

Friends came to visit every day, including Chen Dong's roommates.

Fan Zongyin, the word Juemin, the youngest prime minister of the Two Song Dynasty. He stood in front of Chen Dong at the moment, kept bowing his head because of guilt, and only said: "Take care, gentlemen, we will meet again one day." I...... If I am admitted to the Jinshi, I will definitely speak up and never be in the same league as the traitorous party. ”

"Hehe, don't break your promise again." Chen Dong smiled coldly.

The initiators of the drumming and knocking are Chen Dong, Fan Zongyin, and Zhang Si. Fan Zongyin and Zhang Si were both convinced, and were frightened by their expulsion, and Zhang Si had no face to see each other again, so he only asked Fan Zongyin to bring a letter.

Fan Zongyin waved at everyone: "Farewell to all the kings!" ”

It was about to fall into the night, and Qin Hui came to the inn in the dark.

Qin Hui has been the principal of the state school for several years, and he has not moved his nest, and he has won the first place in the Maoke examination with his own strength, and he was directly promoted to Taixuezheng.

He didn't participate as a teacher when he beat the drum and knocked on the drum before, but today he came to visit his classmates.

"When will Brother Daobi leave?" Qin Hui asked.

Wei Liangchen said: "I'll leave tomorrow." ”

Qin Hui took out a few silver collars: "Be careful all the way." ”

"Thank you." Wei Liangchen said.

Wei Liangchen, Qin Hui, Fan Tong, Duan Fu, He Ruo, these five people used to study together and slept in the same dormitory.

Historically, all five of them have been prime ministers, but their choices are very different. In order to be promoted and make a fortune, Fan Tong clinged to Qin Hui without any scruples; Wei Liangchen drew a clear line with Qin Hui, and was demoted and degraded to death in office.

Qin Hui asked where he was going, and Wei Liangchen said that he was going to Guizhou.

Hearing this, Qin Hui immediately said: "I am also an old friend of Chenggong, and I haven't seen him for many years, so I'm really embarrassed." And borrow pen and ink for use. ”

Qin Hui wrote a letter and asked Wei Liangchen to bring it to Zhu Ming.

The content of the letter is nothing more than reminiscing about the old days and saying some words of admiration.

The next day, they left Beijing together, and their retinue numbered forty-three.

A light snow fell, and the north wind howled.

Take a boat to Zhengyang Town, Yingshang County, and then change ships to Lu'an.

It's freezing cold, but it never snows heavily, and there may be some natural disasters in the coming year.

Whenever they landed at a place, they would inevitably go into the city and recite the "Song of Righteousness" at the entrance of the school. He also told Zhu Ming's deeds in Beijing, and how they beat the drum and knocked on the que, and were expelled from school and driven from the capital by the traitorous party.

Along the way, the local teachers and students were all in awe.

Even if there are traitors among the officials in the prefecture and county, they turn a blind eye to this. Why bother yourself? If you get involved with these angry young students, you will inevitably be infamous for a lifetime.

"Song of Righteousness" quickly spread in Henan and Hubei, and even the thieves in Hubei (Jingnan Road) heard about their deeds and were reluctant to rob these students.

There are really many thieves in Hubei, there has been a famine for two consecutive years, and the imperial court is still pumping grain to Tokyo.

There is only one leader of the uprising, and there will be a large number of responders, a bit like the situation in Shandong a few years ago.

Song Jiang's troops were still wandering, leading the noses of the officers and soldiers. However, in the face of encirclement and suppression by many parties, the area of their activities is getting smaller and smaller, and if this continues, it is only a matter of time before they are destroyed.

Fang La had already left the mountainous areas of Zhejiang, and did not go to Fujian, but crossed the mountains to Jiangxi, and captured Fuzhou by surprise.

Before he could gain a firm foothold, the border army, which had just exterminated the miners' uprising, immediately pursued it south. Fang La hurriedly fled to Nancheng, then moved to Nanfeng, and then crossed Baizhang Mountain, and went to Jianning to join the Fujian rebels. By the way, the Taiping Silver Farm and the Kandu Silver Farm were looted halfway.

The officers and troops of all walks of life surrounded Jianning, and the number of troops reached 200,000.

Fang La originally planned to go to Taining, but was ambushed by the general Liu Guangshi, and the second prince Fang Bo and the prime minister Fang Fei were killed in battle.

Tens of thousands of rebels trapped Jianning and failed to break through many times.

But the fighting power of the rebel army has become significantly stronger. Fighting thousands of miles, crossing mountains and rivers, fighting all the way, he has trained tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and he is not afraid of death with the blessing of Manichaeism.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Tong Guan hurried to the front line of Jianning, ordered the three armies to be rewarded, and fought a decisive battle on the first day of the new year.

But on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the gates of the city were wide open on all sides, and while the officers and soldiers were celebrating the New Year, the rebels actually took the initiative to kill.

After a night of scuffle, the rebels were defeated and fled in all directions.

Fang La, with thousands of elites, actually ran into the mountains, and ran away again.

(End of chapter)