Chapter 100

Song Guo snubbed Polasu and Zong Han, that was to cut the face of Jin Guo, it was the face of Yan Agu, where could Ah Gu bear it, if it wasn't for the fact that he was separated from Song by the ocean and did not border each other's territories, he was afraid that he would immediately lead a large army to attack Song Guo and give Song Guo a little color.

And Cang Fei was very happy when he learned of the failure of the Song-Jin alliance in the Intelligence Division.

Although he was not afraid of the union of the Song and Jin countries, he was still very happy to be able to face the two powerful countries at the same time.

At the same time, he also felt contempt for the short-sightedness of the Song State, and he knew very well the thoughts of the Empress Dowager of the Northern Song Dynasty, which was nothing more than a fear of the revenge of the Qin State, and hoped that the Jin State would resist the Qin State alone, so that the Song State would have time for peaceful development.

Cang Fei scoffed at this, the Song Kingdom has long been difficult to return, this is not something that ordinary manpower can change, and institutional reform is needed, but it is a pity that the Queen Mother is dying of old age and has long lost her ambition to forge ahead.

Then Zhao Xu has ambition, but he is too young to take power, and he is controlled by the Queen Mother, in fact, Cang Fei knows that even if there is no reason for the Queen Mother, it is not easy for Zhao Xu to reform and become strong, and there is a chance that he will fail.

When a country is founded, a system will be established, and whether the country can develop stably depends on how the system is.

Since the Song Taizong cup of wine released the military power, the physique has changed from the five dynasties and ten countries of heavy military and light literature, to heavy literature and light military, although the country is rich, but the military strength is not strong, so the wealth is more than ten times that of the Liao State, but in the military it is often a failure, which is unbearable.

The system created may be effective at first, but after a period of time, it will gradually decay, and the country will gradually decay, and it must be reformed.

If the reform can be successful, it may be able to achieve ZTE, but once it fails, the consequences will be very serious.

Historically, Zhao Xu carried out reforms after the death of the Empress Dowager. The result was a failure, the complete decline of the Song state, and later the rise of the Jin state, which destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Gaozong Zhao Gou fled to Lin'an and established the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Song State was continued, but the Central Plains fell into the hands of foreign races.

This Zhao Xu may be ambitious, but he is not the real hero. Cang Fei didn't regard him as a real enemy, but instead fought him with a bone, and he was jealous.

A Taizu who created the Jin Kingdom, this is not a fierce man who can be ignored, so the Jin Kingdom is the target he is most eager to destroy, if he didn't want to follow the plot, get close to Yelu Hongji, and get the opportunity to build a country, he is afraid that he will give priority to killing Wanyan Aguta, how can he let Wanyan Aguda have the opportunity to establish the Jin State.

Sent from the Jin State. After crossing the sea to the Song State, the relationship between the Qin State and the Jin State deteriorated seriously.

Since Wanyan Aguda no longer concealed his hostility towards Daqin, Cang Fei did not have to hide his intentions.

The Qin army and the Jin soldiers often have friction at the border, although there are no big battles, but the small battles are unconscious, which makes people feel that the wind and rain are coming.

However, not long ago, the Qin State fought with the remnants of the Liao State, and the consumption was very amazing, and it has not eased up for the time being. Cang Fei was unwilling to launch a large-scale war against the Jin State so soon, so as not to consume the country's heritage too much and make the people feel dissatisfied, but he also hyped up the Jin State's aggression at home. Demonize the Kingdom of Jin.

This was a pre-war propaganda measure, in fact, the same was true of the Jin State, constantly telling about the crimes of the Qin State, telling about the cunning and untrustworthiness of the Han people, and striving to make every Jurchen person hate the Han people and hate the Qin State.

It's just that the national strength of the Jin country is limited. Now it only occupies the eastern part of Liaodong, and most of the area is the mountainous area of Changbai Mountain, which seriously affects the development of the Jin State, and its strength is not enough to compete with the Qin State.

In this way, the two countries remained in a semi-war state.

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Junshan!

Wu Changfeng, the new leader of the beggar gang, held his first meeting.

The Elder Chuangong, the three major elders, and the helmsmen and helpers of the various countries who divided the rudder all rushed over on a large scale.

In the open space, Wu Changfeng stood in the center, looking at the gangs around him, not half happy in his heart, but a sad feeling.

There are fewer people!

After a series of events such as Ma Dayuan being killed, Qiao Feng leaving, Bai Shijing committing suicide, Quan Guanqing rebelling, and Elder Xu dying of illness, the number of members of the beggar gang was reduced by a quarter, and when he took over the beggar gang, many gangs lost confidence in the beggar gang and left the gang one after another, and the number of people decreased sharply again.

Now it is one-third less than when he took over the beggar gang, which is the reason why he is incapable and difficult to support the beggar gang.

The beggar gang is a looser gang that is mostly made up of beggars, but certainly not all of them.

There are also many kinds of beggar gang disciples, there are pure beggars, and there are also Jianghu people who know martial arts and voluntarily join the beggar gang, and even those who are originally wealthy and just want to help the poor.

Of course, the beggar gang is very strict in absorbing disciples, ordinary beggars are not receiving, they can only be peripheral members, the core members basically know martial arts, according to the number of cloth bags, a bag of disciples is the lowest, the eight generations of disciples are the highest, and then there are the four elders, the two elders of Gong Gong and law enforcement, and the two gang leaders.

According to the degree of wealth, it is divided into clean clothes and dirty clothes.

The families of the Pure Clothes Sect are relatively wealthy, but they are famous in the beggar gang, and they think that the people in the beggar gang are heroes and heroes, so they will join them and want to make a career.

It is also because of the financial support of these people that the beggar gang will do many important things, guarding against the invasion of the Great Song Dynasty by the Liao State, Western Xia and Tubo, and exterminating the leftists in the rivers and lakes.

The dirty clothes faction is mostly from poor families, and even real beggars, who usually live by begging, they are usually beggars, but when there is something in the gang, they resume their identity as Jianghu people and participate in the affairs of the gang.

After the decline of the beggar gang, both the dirty clothes faction and the clean clothes faction were severely impacted.

Among them, the blow to the Pure Clothes Sect was the most huge, they joined the Beggar Gang because they hoped to do some good things for the righteous path, contribute to the righteous path of martial arts, and at the same time be able to make a name for themselves, but the power of the beggar gang was greatly reduced, and their reputation was damaged, which made them disheartened, and felt that it was not worth it to continue to follow the beggar gang, so they left one after another.

Although the beggar gang is a gang, and the conditions for joining are also very difficult, it is very simple to get out of the beggar gang, after all, there are many rules of the beggar gang, and many people may not be able to withstand it. Just pretending to be a beggar is difficult for many people to accept, so many people leave the beggar gang every year, but at the same time, new people will be recruited to replenish.

But with the current situation, people who are willing to join the beggars gang in this troubled waters. It is very few, and all personnel are constantly decreasing.

With the departure of the Clean-Clothed Faction, the Beggar Gang has been depleted of their financial resources, and the Dirty Clothes Sect can no longer get financial support from it, and they can only spend most of their time begging. The world of martial arts training and participation in the affairs of the gang decreased, and even couldn't bear it anymore, and left the beggar gang.

Under such a blow, the beggar gang deteriorated and fell into a trough completely, if it weren't for Elder Chuangong, Wu Changfeng and the other three elders, as well as other core gangs, who still stuck to the beggar gang, I am afraid that the beggar gang would really fall apart.

But. Wu Changfeng knew that it was not a way to go on like this, and changes must be made in order to restore the reputation of the beggar gang, the confidence of the gang, and restore the prestige of the beggar gang in the past.

"Brothers of the Beggar Gang, I have summoned you here today in the midst of my busy schedule, because I have an important matter to announce! Everyone knows that our Beggar Gang has encountered difficulties one after another in the past two years, and the reputation and strength of our Beggar Gang have been dealt a serious blow. Thankfully, the brothers are still united, and this is what keeps our beggars stable. ”

"But you should also know that there are still many brothers in the gang who can't bear it anymore and leave. Brothers. If you look around, you can see that many of my friends are no longer there, and I apologize for that. It's me Wu Changfeng who is incompetent, unable to satisfy the brothers in the gang, and unable to revive the beggar gang. Wu Changfeng bowed to the surrounding gangs again and again.

The beggars are indeed dissatisfied with him. After all, compared to Qiao Feng, Wu Changfeng is too "incompetent", but when he sees him like this now, he can't get angry, and his heart is full of helplessness.

"Gang Leader Wu, you don't need to be like this, since we people are still staying in the Beggar Gang, we regard the Beggar Gang as our home, we all know your efforts, the Beggar Gang has become like this, it is not your problem, we are all responsible, you don't have to blame yourself too much. "Elder Chuan Gong said.

He is the most qualified person in the beggar gang today, although his martial arts are not high, but as an elder, most of his disciples have received his teaching, even if he teaches the most basic martial arts, he can be regarded as half a master.

The beggar gang is full of fear of Bai Shijing, the elder of law enforcement, because Bai Shijing has always been ruthless and enforces the law impartially.

As for the Elder Chuangong, they have great respect, not only is Elder Chuangong half of their master, but also has excellent moral integrity, and never participates in the open and secret battles in the gang.

Compared with the beggars, the Elder is like a pure teacher, who only cultivates people and does not ask for anything in return.

As soon as Elder Chuangong's words came out, the tone was basically set, and Wu Changfeng and everyone couldn't bear to blame them anymore, so they all spoke comfortingly.

Wu Changfeng felt comforted in his heart, and said immediately: "You don't blame me, I am very grateful, but this helper, I can't do it anymore." ”

As soon as his words came out, everyone else was stunned.

"Gang Leader Wu, this matter is not a joke, if you don't serve as the gang leader, then who will do it?" Elder Chen Guyan Chen said.

"It's just that, in fact, everyone knows that it is not suitable for anyone other than you to be the helper. Elder Xi said.

The other gangs also persuaded one after another.

The beggar gang members thought that Wu Changfeng knew that they were dissatisfied with him, so they wanted to resign as the gang leader.

At this moment, Elder Song walked out.

The others were silent when they saw this.

Elder Song is the head of the four elders, he has a high position in the beggar gang, and he is dedicated to the public, when he elected the gang leader before, he was the first choice, but he insisted on resigning, and the position of the gang leader would fall to Wu Changfeng.

Elder Song bowed his hand to everyone and said, "Elder Wu has discussed this matter with me, and now I will say a few words." This is our incompetence, I deeply regret it, I have joined the beggar gang since I was a child, and I regard it as my home, and I am very heartbroken to see the beggar gang like this!"

"The reason why Gang Leader Wu wants to resign from the position of Gang Leader is not because he is dissatisfied with you, but because he is bent on thinking about our beggars! You should also know that Gang Leader Wu and I have been to Qin State before, when Emperor Qin Cangfei was returning victoriously, the Liao State was destroyed, and the other Khitans were all included in the Qin State. ”

"Gang Leader Wu and I were thinking at the time, now that the Khitans have been included in the Qin State and have become the people of Cangfei together with the Han people of the Qin State, the struggle between our two clans can be regarded as over. Our beggar gang is now in crisis, and there is no one who can convince us sincerely, and I am afraid that it will get worse and worse, so after we discussed, we all want to ask Qiao to be our helper again, I don't know what you brothers think?"

After listening to Elder Song's words, the beggar gang members were collectively silent and looked at each other.

Some people pounded, others frowned......

"Gang Leader Qiao is naturally a hero, but he is a Khitan, and we are Han, this is ......," Chen Guyan hesitated.

Elder Xi said: "The Liao Kingdom has been destroyed, and the hatred between us and the Khitans should not continue to continue, which will be detrimental to the two races. ”

"But after all, he is a barbarian, not my race, and his heart will be different!"

"That's not necessarily, Qiao Gang Master I Hero, after he left the beggar gang, he lived in seclusion at the foot of Shaomu Mountain, lived with his adoptive parents, and had a good relationship with Shaolin. ”

"That's right! He didn't recognize his biological father, but together with his adoptive parents, it can be seen that he has a heart for the Han people, and we should give him a chance, which is also a chance for us beggars. ”

......

There are different opinions, and so on.

Finally, Elder Chuan Gong said, "In that case, it is better to vote, and those who are in favor of asking Qiao to help the leader succeed to the throne stand on the left, and those who disapprove go to the right, and we will act on the side with more people." ”

The crowd thought it was appropriate and started voting right away.

When everyone stood still, they found that more than eighty percent of the gang members stood on the left and supported Qiao Feng to return to serve as the gang leader.

There is no doubt that Qiao Feng is still very authoritative among the beggars, which is convincing.

Of course, there are also reasons why the beggar gang is in crisis now, and the beggar gang can no longer bear the decline of the beggar gang, and they are unwilling to live like this day again, and they want to raise their heads in front of other martial arts colleagues.

Wu Changfeng and Elder Song glanced at each other, and there was joy in their eyes.

And the other beggar gang disciples have a glint of joy in their eyes, even the beggar gang disciples who stand on the side of the opposition are also like this, they oppose Qiao Feng as the gang leader, not because of selfishness, but because of different ethnic reasons, they are worried that Qiao Feng will be unfavorable to the Han people, but they all agree with Qiao Feng's skills, and know that if Qiao Feng returns, the beggar gang will be revitalized. (To be continued.) )