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Chapter 979 Chapter [-]

The cold water drops fell from the eaves, and when I turned around, the rain fell in the yard.Everywhere in the prime minister's residence, the adults who came here are still talking.The servant who brought the tea and poured the water cautiously walked past.

Since the news of the war in the Southwest came, the members of the Jun Society have been meeting privately for several days in the residence of the Right Prime Minister in Lin'an.

For everyone in the Lin'an courtroom, including Li Shan, the war in the southwest has essentially been an unexpected "disaster".Everyone had already accepted the status quo of "changing dynasties" and "Jin Kingdom conquering the world" - of course, there is a more roundabout and more persuasive statement verbally about such cognition - the battle situation in the southwest is this great chaos. Accidents in the middle.

People thus have to think about things that they would no longer want to think about.

There are reasons for the establishment of the small court in Lin'an, and reasons for Jiangjin. For everyone, there are many narratives: For example, the staunch Jinjiang people agree that there must be a king in 300 years. It cannot be stopped, and people can only accept it. While accepting it, people can save more people and avoid unnecessary sacrifices.

It can be deduced from this that although the Jurchen has conquered the world, the rule of the world from ancient times to the present can still only rely on Confucianism, and even in the context of the collapse of the world, the people of the world still need the salvation of Confucianism. , "My generation of Confucian scholars" can only bear the burden of humiliation and spread Taoism.

Of course, such a statement is too lofty. If it is not talked about among "like-minded" comrades, it may sometimes be ridiculed by people who are ignorant of current affairs. It is also Zhou Zhe's incompetence in governing the country from Zhou Yong, the Wu Dynasty has weakened to this point, and the Jurchen is so powerful, we have no choice but to fight with the snake and retain the Taoism of the Wu Dynasty.

As for why Zhou Junwu is not respected as the emperor, it is also because Zhou Zhe and Zhou Yong's car mirror are in front. Zhou Yong's son is hot-blooded but stupid. It is even more difficult to revive: In fact, if he did not respect the orders of the court, he still proclaimed himself emperor in Jiangning, and restructured the army stubbornly during the period, and the forces that would have gathered under the orthodox command might have been more, and if not for him With extreme behavior, there are probably more people who can survive in Jiangning.

In fact, when I think about it, so many people have taken refuge in the courthouse in Lin'an. Isn't it the fault of Zhou Junwu's reorganization of the army in Jiangning, Zhenjiang and other places?He completely relegated military power to the top, dismantled the power of the original lineage of many aristocratic families, and expelled the middle and upper-level generals who originally represented the interests of various families in Jiangnan. The emperor did not understand tradeoffs, and he was stubborn to such an extent that he looked different from Zhou Zhe and Zhou Yong, but the level of stupidity was similar.

He proclaimed emperor in Jiangning, but in the end he left the people of Jiangning to break through, causing hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangning to be brutally killed by Jurchen.He relied on the help of everyone to break through the siege successfully, but after that, he only favored Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other generals in the army, and abandoned the interests of many big clans... Zhou Junwu has already betrayed his relatives and separated from his relatives, and the Taoism of the Wu Dynasty is like a candlelight, and this Taoism is preserved. How many of these people can understand their painstaking efforts?

In any case, the people of Lin'an embarked on their own path, and there are many reasons and very good reasons.If there are no incidents, everyone can believe in the invincibility of the Jurchen, realize their own powerlessness, and the correctness of "have to do this" is self-evident.But as the battle report from the southwest reached us, the worst situation was that everyone felt guilty and embarrassed.

If the Jurchen is not so invincible, what are you doing here?

Southwest let the Jurchen shriveled, how should I choose?Adhering to the Han Taoism and reconciling with the Southwest?You have already sold so many people here, will they really give you face?How should we define the orthodoxy that we adhered to at the beginning?

If you don't reconcile, and you turn to the Jurchen without hesitation, can you still stand up to the emptiness and humiliation that you call yourself, and bear the burden of humiliation?Can you still say it?The most important thing is, if the southwest comes out of the mountains one day, can you handle it on your own side?
When faced with a powerful enemy, choices are made well.But now that the Southwest has shown the same powerful muscles as the Jurchens, the people of Lin'an feel somewhat uneasy and embarrassed in the cracks.

Regarding the views of the Southwest, everyone in the Jun Society discussed for a few days. Some of the views were reserved, and they tried not to let some sharp things touch each other's self-esteem. On the other hand, they were also waiting for the people above them to give come up with a more authoritative statement.On this day, with the light rain falling in the residence of the right prime minister, Gan Fenglin, who had asked Li Shan a few days ago, also quietly came and summoned several brothers to speak in the small study.

"There is one thing that I will look at today before the brothers and sisters. This is the teacher's new work."

Gan Fenglin spoke and took out an article, and the rest of the people were refreshed: "Oh? But it's about the Southwest?"

In the past few days, Wu Qimei has been collecting news from the Southwest with several confidant disciples, and has constantly confirmed various specific matters of this information. Although he did not speak a few days ago, everyone knew that he must be worrying about this matter. With an article, it must be the way to deal with it.Someone took the lead and said with a smile: "Teacher Xiongwen, the students have a sneak peek."

The senior brother held the article in his hand, and the crowd gathered around him. First, they looked at it with rapturous expressions, and then they frowned, or tilted their heads in doubt, or chanted words.A person with insufficient concentration is discussing with the person on the side: What is the interpretation of this article?
Li Shan then turned his head suspiciously, and saw that the paper was full of splendor, but the title of the writing was "On the Death of the Second Emperor of Qin".

Qin Chao's situation is similar to the one before him?He was puzzled. The first senior brother who read the article passed the article to the people around him, and he was also confused: "It's like a rafter's brush, but the teacher is holding this magnificent article at the moment, what is the purpose?"

After everyone read the articles one by one, they were more or less touched, and they discussed each other. Some people felt the taste: "Qin Zheng, you should be talking about the Southwest..."

"Actually, it's similar to the first prince, Junwu, who is stubborn and self-willed. It can be strong for a while, but it won't last long. What do you think..."

Everyone talked for a while, and after a while, Wu Qimei also came and gathered the people of Jun Society in the rear lobby.The old man was in good spirits. He first greeted everyone cheerfully, and after he invited tea, Fang Zhuren sent a copy of his new article to everyone.

Many people looked at the article and showed a look of doubt. Wu Qimei only spoke after everyone read it:

"In recent days, all of you have been disturbed by the war in the Southwest. When the old man heard about the situation in the Southwest, he was a little surprised, so he sent Fenglin, Jiaji and others to confirm the news, and then inquired about the situation in the Southwest in detail. Today, there are some things It can be confirmed that at the end of last month, in the mountains in the southwest, the black flag bandit army led by Ning Yi set up an ambush by taking advantage of the location, and defeated the Jurchen West Road Army Baoshan King Wanyan Xiebao led the elite Jurchen, Wanyan Xiebao was Ning. Yi was cut in front of the battle. This battle reversed the situation in the southwest."

The old man said these situations frankly, and in the solemnity of everyone, he just smiled: "This kind of news is beyond my expectations. Now it seems that the battle situation in the entire southwest is unpredictable. These few days, I asked Fenglin, Jiaji and the others why Southwest was able to win, and how did Southwest develop in those ravines over the past few years? I'm ashamed to say that many people don't even know about it."

"...So the old man also called some people. The traders who have been in contact with the Southwest in the past few years, these days, the eyes are still staring at the Southwest, the visionary people who have not relaxed, like Li Shan, he is one of them. One, he had a close relationship with Li Dexin back then, and he did not forget to understand the situation in the Southwest... The old man asked everyone for advice, so he learned a lot of things. Everyone, for the Southwest, you have to cheer up. "

The old man nodded and said earnestly, "You have to cheer up."

Everyone nodded, and some looked at Li Shan, envious of him being praised by his teacher.

Just listen to Wu Qimei: "Now it seems that in the next few years, the southwest may become the confidant of the world. Who is Ning Yi, and what is the black flag? After inquiring and verifying in detail, and reading a lot of information, I came to a conclusion."

While he was talking, Gan Fenglin held out a large stack of paper. The papers were new and old. Thinking about it, they were all collected information. It was half a person's head high on the table.Wu Qimei patted on the paper.

"Why did the Southwest fight like this, and who is Ning Yi? First of all, Ning Yi is a ruthless person. In fact, you all know many things here. You have heard more or less before. Low self-esteem, but the more inferior the person, the more cruel and untouchable! The old man doesn't know when he learned martial arts, but after he practiced martial arts, he has a lot of blood debts on his hands!"

"Back then, when he was backed by Qin Siyuan, in charge of the Secret Investigation Division, and managed the affairs of the Green Forest, he had countless blood debts on his hands. From time to time, there would be righteous people in the rivers and lakes assassinating him, and then dying at his hands... This is a reputation he had in his early years. In fact, if he is really a gentleman, how could he have such a grudge against people in charge of Lulin? The Liangshan bandits had a deep grudge against him, and they once killed Jiangning and his home, and Ning Yi also killed Liangshan. The power of the Prime Minister's mansion slaughtered nearly half of the bandits in Liangshan, and the blood flowed into rivers. Although a dog bites a dog is not a good person, but Ning Yi's two-word criticism of cruelty can't be wrong."

"Secondly, Ning Yi is a cunning person." Wu Qimei tapped her fingers on the table, "Everyone, he is very smart and should not be underestimated. He originally came from a school, and then his family was thrown into a family of superfluous merchants, perhaps because of this Money and things have desires, and they are extremely talented in business."

"We don't mention small things. We only mention that in the 11th year of Jinghan, the world suffered disasters. There were floods in the south and droughts in the north. There were no crops in many places, and the people were in dire straits. At that time, Qin Yuyuan was on the right. He should be in charge of disaster relief in the world. For this convenience, he mobilized the world's grain merchants to sell grain into the disaster-stricken areas. He is a great business man, and in the name of the prime minister, he unified the deployment of grain merchants and unified grain prices. Anyone who did not follow his command was suppressed, and even the government personally Come out to deal with it. That year, until it snowed, the price of food could not go down, how many people died of starvation in the Central Plains, but he helped the right minister's mansion and made a lot of money!"

Wu Qimei tapped her fingers hard, and someone in the room stood up: "I know about this. When I talked about disaster relief, it was actually sold at a high price!"

Someone said again: "That's right, I also have an impression of Jinghan's 11-year disaster..."

"If it weren't for this catastrophe and the country's strength was greatly damaged, it is hard to say whether the Jurchen would go south..."

Everyone was talking about it, and Wu Qimei pressed her palm down.

"This is only a matter of the past. Even in the past few years, Heiqi lived in the southwest mountains and was still doing business with various places. The old man said that Ning Yi is a business genius, and the things shipped from the southwest are actually in your hearts. Don't say anything else, let's talk about the book, the Southwest Jiangjing Shizi Collection is extremely beautifully printed. It is not only neatly typed, but also exquisitely packaged. But what? The same book, the Southwest's asking price is ten times, hundreds of times, or even more than the average book. A thousand times!"

"Southwest classics are not much sold and the prices are high. A few years ago, this old man turned into an author criticizing this. We must be careful about this. They are just books. Even if they are beautifully decorated, can the words of the sages in the book be wrong? All kinds of beautiful and promiscuous texts, all kinds of vulgar and boring texts are carefully decorated, transported to the Central Plains, and sold to the south of the Yangtze River. Arty people flock to it! These things are turned into silver money, and when they return to the southwest, they become the guns of the Black Flag Army. gun."

"Everyone, Ning Yi has a nickname outside, called Heart Demon. This person has a deep understanding of what is wrong in the human nature. Although he was in the southwest in the early years, he used all kinds of strange things to disturb the people of Jiangnan. , he even sold the guns and guns of the general to the army of the Wu Dynasty. The army of the Wu Dynasty bought his guns and guns, but they felt that they took advantage of it. When others talked about the attack on the southwest, the various armies were soft-handed, how could they get them? Shoot the gun! He corrupted our army of the Wu Dynasty little by little. Therefore, this person is cunning and must be guarded against."

"Third!" Wu Qimei increased her voice, "This person is crazy and can't be rationalized. One is that he brutally murdered the king, so that our Wu Dynasty, our Central Plains, and our China fell, which is unreasonable! And he After killing the king, he actually said that it was for Huaxia! Name his army the Huaxia Army, which is shameful! And the second crazy thing is that he actually said that he wants to destroy my Confucianism and Taoism!"

When he said this, he looked at the crowd for a while.Laughter came from the room: "This is really crazy."

"It is said that not long after he said this, Xiao Canghe was besieged by the world, so he was not scolded enough back then..."

"Destroy my Confucian Taoism, after I heard it back then, it was not uncommon to scold him..."

When Ning Yi declared war on Confucianism because of Li Pin, it was not long before the discussion and criticism in the world. First of all, this was because Xiao Canghe did not take many substantive actions in this regard - such as meeting a Confucian scholar. Killing one - Xiao Canghe was besieged by the world later, and ran to the southwest in a dreadful manner, without taking any extreme actions.Secondly, it is also because everyone has too much confidence in Confucianism and Taoism. It is still feasible to kill the emperor. A lunatic called to destroy Confucianism.

If everyone is too serious about this matter, it is easy to feel that they are fools and lose.It's okay to mention it occasionally and scold it.

Having said this, Wu Qimei also sneered, and then said solemnly: "Although this is the case, but don't be careless, everyone. This person is crazy, and the fourth item that leads out is tyranny! What is tyranny? Southwest Black Flag faces Jurchen, It is said that they are not afraid of death, and they follow one after another. Why? They all came because of tyranny! It is also the reason why this old man wrote this article these days!"

When the old man said this, someone in the room had already reacted, and his eyes lit up: "So it is..." Several people suddenly realized, including Li Shan, nodded slowly.Wu Qimei's eyes swept over these people, quite satisfied.

"Why can the Black Flag Army confront the Jin Army head-on? The old man asked many people and checked some previous news. The whole thing may have to start with Fang La... Fang La made a riot back then and made a slogan, 'It is equal to the law, no The so-called equality is one of the reasons. In the past, Fang La made chaos in Hangzhou, which is now Lin'an. Ning Yi happened to be in it. We later learned that Ning Yi's many help in killing the king later It all comes from the remnants of Fang La's chaos."

The old man stood up: "Now the commander-in-chief of the battle of Changsha, Chen Fan, was a disciple of the bandit leader Fang Qifo, and many of the Emiao Jiang troops he led came from the so-called Ba Saber Battalion back then, and the Ba Dao Battalion's troops The leader is now one of Ning Yi's concubines. Back then when Fang La revolted, Ning Yi fell into it. Later, when the revolt failed and the city was destroyed, he said that Ning Yi had also made a contribution to our dynasty, but in fact, at that time, Ning Yi has already taken over the mantle of Fang La's uprising."

"He was inspired by this 'equality of the law'. After the monarch was killed, he also talked about equality in the Huaxia army. What did he call equality? There is nothing wrong with his murder of the king! He used the banner of equality and said that since everyone is equal, then if you live in a big house, your family has land and land, it is not equal, and there is such a reason , he was in the southwest, killed a lot of squires and nobles, and then confiscated the property of the other party's family, so that they were equal."

"Of course, this person has a deep understanding of human nature, and he won't make a big deal about these equality matters, but secretly and carefully investigate the scandals committed by the big families. Breaking the law is the same crime as the common people, and the property of the big family will be confiscated. The Huaxia Army acts on such a basis. In the army, it is also strictly equal. Everyone in the army is generally hard, and everyone has no money left. Where did the money go? All of them will be used to expand military resources.”

"It's placed in the courtroom, it's called a martial arts—"

"Using equality, confiscating everyone's property, using Jurchen to use the threat of the world, to make everyone in the army fear and fear, forcing everyone to accept this situation, so that they dare not run away on the battlefield. Everyone, the fear is gone. Go deep into the hearts of the people of the Black Flag Army. Governing the country with the law of governing the army, extorting excess wealth from the people, strictly implementing a tyrannical government, removing the joy of the people, and increasing the fear of the people, these things are the so-called - tyranny!!!"

Wu Qimei's voice was deafening.When everyone arrived at this time, they all understood.

"Qin Shihuang used military force and was able to unify the six countries. What is the reason? Because of his tyrannical government and strict law enforcement, the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty, because of his tyranny. But Qin II died, why? People are afraid of its tyranny and stand up to resist, so Qin died because of its tyranny. In the final analysis, it won't last long."

"Since the incident, the Black Flag Army has always been surrounded by enemies on all sides. Everyone is afraid, so they all fought hard. From Xiaocanghe to the southwest, they won consecutive battles and were born out of fear. Whether we like Ning Yi or not , This person is indeed a hero of a generation. He has fought for ten years. In fact, his path is similar to that of the Jurchen? Today, he repelled the attack of the Jurchen all the way. But will this last long?"

Wu Qimei shook her head: "No. In adversity, if you squeeze people too much, if you get a good situation, then you can't get through. Ning Yi is cruel, cunning, crazy, tyrannical... Such demons may be brutal for a while, but Looking at the history of the millennium, can such a devil succeed?"

He smiled: "The southwest is thousands of miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention that the battle situation has not yet been finalized. Even if the Southwest Black Flag really resists the attack of Zonghan's army, the vitality will be greatly damaged. What's more, after defeating the Jurchen , the fear of the Black Flag Army has dissipated. In the next few years, no matter what the reward is, the tyrannical people will be attacked by the tyrannical deeds. Even if we can see that they are strong for a while, but the next thing is to fall. At that time, the thousand-year history of this matter is recorded, and there is no other result."

"I have been sorting out matters concerning the Southwest, Ning Yi, and the Black Flag Army, and I have been working on it for the past few days. Since then, I have made public the tyranny of the Black Flag Army. With these things, all the princes of the Wu Dynasty will be able to see it. After clearing the situation in the world, Ning Yi's 'it is equal to the law', the old man believes, but no one dares to join in the fun. The old man will also repair the book and discuss this matter with a few humerus adults in the Wu Dynasty. , the black flag is fierce for a while, and it will not last for a long time, you don't have to worry too much. But you must also learn from its strengths and learn from yourself..."

The drizzle was still falling outside. Wu Qimei said this, and the hearts of Li Shan and others had already warmed up. Only after the teacher's statement did they truly see the context of the world's affairs.That's right, if it wasn't for Ning Yi's ferocity and tyranny, how could the Black Flag Army have such brutal fighting power?But what can you do with combat power?If the road of the former prince Junwu can really go through, all the princes of the Wu Dynasty can also become brutal people.

But this kind of thing can't last long.Even the Jurchens have gone downhill now, should they refer to Confucianism for governing the country?
At this moment, Wu Qimei's words dispelled the fog in everyone's heart, like a bright light, pointing out the direction for everyone.Back home that day, Li Shan and others also began to write articles, and began to discuss the tyranny within the Black Flag Army: promoting equality, exaggerating fear, depriving private property...

In the following half month, the shaping of the brutal image of the Huaxia Army spread among the Wu Dynasty along with the battle report from the southwest.

(End of this chapter)