"Gu Erdai" was originally a pseudonym of the Tu family. When this girl was young, the Tu family sent her trustee to the palace. Later, she became the second wife of Liu Pingzhong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and was in charge of green forest affairs for the Jinyiwei. As expected, the aunt of the Lao family was named Mei. She was Tu's cousin. She was extremely talented, so Tu was sent to Beijing to be educated early. In those years, the Lao family was too proud, and Lao Fu and his official career were smooth and could not move. And the Mei family also had a son who passed the imperial examination, who was later Mei Hanlin. Tu was in Jinyiwei, so everything was easy. So she helped her cousin get a household registration in the capital, and married her cousin Mei to Lao Fuhe's younger brother as Mei Hanlin's sister. Mei was unable to have children and was inconvenient to marry. When he joined Lao's family, he only acted for convenience outside his home. Many years later, Tu sent Mei Hanlin's son to work for Liu Dengxi on errands to show his sincerity of cooperation. Because of this, the matter was kept secret, and even Liu Dengxi's confidant Jia Xu didn't know about it.
Xu Hong, the former Jiangxi general general, rebelled, causing bandits to spread all over the province. The Tu family and the Mei family took advantage of the situation and opened Changfeng Pavilion. Today's old man Lu and his predecessor were both sons of Liu Pingzhong's family. At that time, the Mei family had firmly controlled Lao With the family in hand, Mrs. Tu was very satisfied and gave her the care of Changfeng Pavilion. Little did she know that Ms. Mei was a power-loving person. With the help of the Mei family, she secretly planted her confidants to exclude Mrs. Tu. Mrs. Tu trusted her and did not take precautions.
After the four generals rebelled against the capital, the commander of the Jin Yiwei made Liu Pingzhong take the only bad move in his official career - claiming to be ill and unable to come out. Unexpectedly, Feng Ziying led troops to surround and kill Liu Dengxi. Once the father-in-law died, it would be difficult for the Supreme Emperor to make a comeback. And Liu Pingzhong wanted to be loyal to him again. It was too late for King Yan, and Feng Ziying had already made great achievements.
As the saying goes, a phoenix that has lost its feathers is not as good as a chicken. Now that Liu Pingzhong has lost power, life will be difficult. The Tu family and Liu Pingzhong have a son. Taking advantage of the fact that the kings had just arrived in the fiefdom and had no time to take revenge on Liu Pingzhong, the Tu family and the Tomei family cultivated Xuanchun. He asked his son to hide in the temple disguised as a Taoist priest and delivered a batch of important files. Soon, Liu Pingzhong and Tu died of illness one after another. Only God knows whether they really died of illness. Mei took over the work of her cousin. However, he was not satisfied with his powerful position in the Green Forest because he had to be controlled by many nephews of the Liu family. Naturally, Taoist Liu was even more dissatisfied with being ostracized by him. Both of them felt that everything Tu left behind should belong to themselves, and they seemed to be in harmony with each other. Later, Taoist Liu surrendered very easily - even if he didn't surrender, he wouldn't have much power in his own hands.
After seven or eight years of hard work, the Mei family finally got the chance. King Yan replaced the prefect Xie Jing, and the new prefect Su Tao was a nerd. She then wanted to support her apprentice Lao Yanci to rise to power, but she hid behind the scenes. God's fate is not as good as the fate of others. Mr. Mei took the risk to send an urgent message from Taiwan, informing Jia Cong and others who returned from Shu to the south and would visit his husband Su Zheng, and Xu Hui would abduct Yang Guotai. Mrs. Mei hurriedly used various means to protect her plan, and finally even 40,000 bandits pressed down on them, but in the end the bamboo basket was in vain.
It was natural that such an ambitious and powerful leader as Mei could not survive. Before the three-day deadline given by Jia Cong, Daoist Liu sent a letter to Xuanchun Temple, where he died of a sudden illness that night. Daoist Liu carried the Liu family's men. As a person, he went to persuade Old Man Lu to surrender. The old man was very loyal to the Mei family and was unwilling to listen. In the end, it was Li Tao who came forward and persuaded the Mei family to abandon Changfeng Tower, including his surnamed Lu. , finally convinced.
With Old Man Lu, Li Tao, and Daoshi Liu, everything is easy to handle. The Liu brothers, together with others, contacted the bandits, arranged ports and ships, and prepared to send the remaining more than 30,000 bandits to Taiwan. Jilong Port. It was originally a pirate port, with many ships going to various places. Liu Daoshi will lead the bandits to transfer to large ships from there to immigrate to North America. Although he is about to leave his homeland, at least there is no Meishi to respond to him, Liu Daoshi Instead, he was complacent and asked what the situation was like in North America.
Jia Cong gave him a map of North America, pointed at it and told him: "This is the western end of North America. There are very few Westerners. Because of the discovery of the big gold mine, the immigrants sent by King Yan are all here - our Ningguo Mansion and
People from the Xining Palace are also assigned here. But if you don't go, it's useless. The gold mine is heavily guarded by Gan Lei, and the people are all newly arrived immigrants. They are poor and have nothing to grab." He pointed to the east of North America, "
This is New York, and this is Philadelphia, the largest city in North America. It was captured by General Jarvis sent by King Yan last autumn. Most Westerners live in coastal areas. Some of them have houses and land, which is best for you.
Carry out your own duties such as murder, arson, robbery and so on. Don't worry, Jarvis will definitely help you if necessary." Liu Daoshi nodded repeatedly. He then studied the map in prison. Jia Cong ordered the yamen to light it up for him.
Candles, no matter what time, he will give them to you if you want them.
The Lao family held a large funeral for Mei in gratitude for her contribution to the family. In the blink of an eye, Su Cheng changed into plain men's clothes and went to express condolences under the name "Zhang Daguanren". Lao Yanhe personally greeted her.
came out. Su Cheng stood in front of Mei's soul without kneeling down, and tilted his head to look at it for a while. This move was extremely rude, and someone from the Lao family immediately reprimanded her. Lao Yanxiao knew that she was the daughter of the prefect, so he did not dare to offend her, so he ordered
The man "don't be rude" and turned around to apologize to Su Cheng.
Su Cheng smiled and waved his hand: "He who doesn't know is not guilty, so you can't blame him." Then he looked around at the filial sons and grandsons wearing sackcloth and mourning, and sighed, "You are the ones who helped count the money after being sold."
Lao Yanxiao was stunned, and Lao Yanhe hurriedly asked: "What does Mr. Zhang mean by this?"
Su Cheng expressed his filial piety to Lao: "Now that Mrs. Mei is dead, Mr. Lao might as well check the accounts of various properties in the family. If you don't have a good accountant, you might as well borrow some from other houses. What about the Xiong family, Luo family, etc.
of."
Lao Yanxiao's heart skipped a beat, and he cupped his hands and said, "Please give me a clear explanation from Mr. Zhang."
"I'm just guessing." Su Cheng said, "This old lady of the Mei family is the best at the art of evading others. She can even evade the commanding officers of the Jin Yiwei, so what does your family mean? Although the family seems to have a great business, I don't know what's going on.
Whoever eats the meat will drink the soup." After saying this, she smiled slightly, turned around and left. After walking five or six steps, she suddenly turned around and looked at Mei's spirit, sighing, "After all, she is a very capable woman. It's a pity that she is even more powerful.
If you have a strong opponent, you will be unlucky if you meet Mr. Su." Fang Zhen left. Everyone watched her disappear without a trace and looked at each other.
The Lao family immediately began to check the accounts. This check was not important, as their various properties, including farms, shops, and workshops, had been taken over by the Mei family. The shopkeepers and accountants were all sent by the Mei family, working hard to make money. It was obvious.
Of the profit of two thousand, there is only five hundred in the account. It is true as Su Cheng said, the Mei family eats meat and the Lao family eats soup. Seeing that the Mei family does not have much property, they have already been enjoying the money of the Lao family for twenty or thirty years.
Lao Yanxiao's father fell ill immediately. Mrs. Lao burst into tears: "This woman wrongly accused me of having bad horoscopes, but you just don't believe it... From me to my son, you just don't believe it..." The Lao family became a mess.
On the other side, Old Man Lu, Li Tao, Chaizi and others used the green forest books in their hands to persuade bandits from other places to immigrate to North America. If you really don't want to leave, there is a tea shop opposite Changfeng Building, and you can still do green forest business, so there is no need.
Pay taxes to the prefect.
That day, Su Cheng heard that Jia Cong and his wife went to a tea shop, so she also dressed up as a man and ran to join in the fun. After entering the door and looking around for a few times, she couldn't help but smile. There were pictures of the sea hanging on the two walls of the tea shop, and they were marked with ink pens.
route to the sea. There are many small red flags drawn on the chart, and it is marked under the picture: The place where the red flag is placed is a prosperous city with many rich and beautiful people. Next to the chart is a list of seaports that can go to North America, with ticket prices and approximate sailing time.
Shopkeeper Liao Shouping hung a slogan with two lines of words as big as a bucket above the counter: No government, no emperor. North America, a paradise for Green Foresters. Su Cheng twitched the corner of her mouth, her uncle Sima Zhao's heart was known to everyone.
Jia Cong was sitting on the table gesticulating and talking to people. Chen Ruijin was hiding behind him silently, looking like "my aunt doesn't recognize him." Then he heard Jia Cong say: "You can tell a thousand words and ten thousand things, but the most effective one is still
Two lines of words." He pointed to the slogan and said, "Without the government, there would be no officers and soldiers to catch the police. Without the emperor... Everyone, what is the best benefit of our green forest road?"
A green forest man asked: "What?" Su Cheng recognized this person at a glance as the bearded Liu Xiaoqi.
"Fair." Jia Cong said sternly, "Since ancient times, the court has been unfair. People are divided into three, six, nine, and nine levels: the emperor, the emperor's relatives, the emperor's subordinates, and the ordinary people who have nothing to do with the emperor. We are the lowest level ordinary people, among the first three
Whether they are justified or not, they are justified. They rob us of our money and our wives and daughters, and some nobles with broken sleeves even take away our sons. Not only do we have to endure it, but we also have to give it to them happily.
Our wives, daughters and sons were not cherished in their hands, but they got tired of playing with them for three days or so, so they threw them away casually, and beat them to death if they didn't like them. It is only natural."
Everyone was silent for a while. After a long while, Liu Xiaoqi said in a deep voice: "That's true. It's just that others don't dare to say it."
Jia Cong said: "The biggest advantage of Green Forest is that it doesn't take the emperor's family seriously. We are rebels and don't admit that the emperor is naturally superior to us. Their lackeys, we call them Wings Yao Eagle Claw Sun. We don't
We are willing to give away our money, property, wives, daughters and children for free. If the emperor dares to take our ideas, we dare to fight him to the death!" He hammered the table hard.
Liu Xiaoqi took the lead in cheering, followed by a chorus of cheers from below.
Jia Cong continued: "However, we did not live a good life because of this. The reason is very simple. The emperor said that we are inferior to him, but we don't admit it, so what should we do? Let's fight. Can we beat the officers and soldiers? Even if we occasionally did it earlier
Those who can beat us. From now on, officers and soldiers will have firearms in their hands. How many times can we Green Foresters win? Remember, if we lose, we will die. If we die, we will die. Eighteen years later, we will be a hero again. Living relatives.
What? With white-haired parents, young children, and wives with green temples, can the emperor's family spare them?" Everyone suddenly became speechless. Jia Cong pointed to the slogan again and said, "In the east of North America, the Westerners have killed all the local natives.
The Western officers and soldiers are busy dealing with King Yan's army and have no time to deal with the bandits. And there is no emperor there at all."
Liu Xiaoqi said: "Not now, what about thirty or fifty years from now?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "It will take thirty or fifty years to fill such a big place. The Westerners have only filled a little bit of it after one hundred and fifty years. The bigger the place, the better the Green Forest people can hide. Three to five hundred years later
, the world has long been a different look." Everyone couldn't help but look at each other and whisper to each other. Jia Cong said again, "If you don't want to be a bandit, it's easy. There is no government there, so there is no tax. Every grain of rice planted is
It belongs to you; every penny you earn belongs to you. There are Westerners to rob, and there is no government to collect taxes. What is it but paradise?" He cupped his hands and jumped off the table.
The Green Forest people in the tea shop started talking about it. Jia Cong walked to Chen Ruijin and said with a smile: "Not bad."
"It's okay." Chen Ruijin glanced at the man opposite him. This man was Liu Daoshi, and Jia Congte took him out of prison to listen to his speech.
Liu Daoshi said: "Mr. Jia is indeed gifted with a sharp tongue. Liu admires him."
"You're welcome."
Taoist Liu thought for a moment and said, "There is something unclear about Mr. Liu. My Taoist temple boasts that it is well hidden. How did you find out about it?"
Jia Cong smiled and put his arm around Chen Ruijin's shoulder and said, "It was my wife who discovered a suspicious point. Two pigeons were released from Changfeng Tower, both flying towards the north, and the Mei family lived in the south of the city. My wife felt that the Mei family was not necessarily the Changfeng family.
The biggest boss in the building. I then provoked Mrs. Mei with words, didn’t she go to see you overnight?"
"It turns out she was being followed." Liu Daoshi nodded.
"I also have a question. Who wrote the poem that Li Tao gave me that day? It was really good. I tried Mei for half a day and she refused to tell me." Jia Cong said, "I want to publish a collection of poems for that person.
Well, it’s guaranteed to be easy to sell.”
Liu Daoshi suddenly laughed and said with a slightly proud look on his eyebrows: "Thanks to Mr. Jia for your love, I wrote that."
Jia Cong clapped his hands and laughed: "As expected, it was written by a man, and the recipient of the letter is indeed a scholar! Mr. Liu, do you want to be a signed poet of our Zhonghua Book Company? The remuneration is negotiable!"
Daoshi Liu laughed again: "Mr. Jia is really interesting."
Jia Cong said seriously: "I'm serious. Why don't Mr. Liu take a look at the contract we signed with the poet?"
"That's fine."
That night, Liu Daoshi signed a contract with Zhonghua Book Company and sold his poems to make money. However, he still lived in the cell.
The rest is to clean up the weeds. Because Old Hutou cleaned Xie Jing's bottom, the nails that the Xie family left in Jiangxi were removed one by one. The Mei family has been helping the Mei family behind the scenes for decades, and the bandits attacked the city.
Without waiting for revenge from the Lao family, Su Tao seized the important people first. Their family was a large local family with a large population. Su Tao originally wanted to kill only the chief culprit and pardon the rest. Su Zheng said: "You just arrived.
In office, if you are kind-hearted and soft-handed, there will be trouble in the future." Su Tao then sentenced the entire Mei family to be exiled to North America, and those who participated in the banditry were executed. On the day of the beheading, there were people on the three floors outside and outside the Caishikou, Nanchang.
It hasn't been this lively in decades.
When a large number of bandits went out to sea, the commander-in-chief Li Guopei was clearing out Luoxiao Mountain. Hearing the news, he was overjoyed and said to military advisor Wan Zhang: "We can go back to Nanchang Mansion after this trip is over, and we will talk about the rest of the gangsters later."
Wan Zhang hurriedly congratulated him and thought: "General, the bandits are gone, what about us?"
Li Guopei immediately understood his intention. With the bandits gone, he became an ordinary general soldier. Now that wars are going on everywhere, it would be frustrating to just sit back and serve as a general soldier. The King of Yan has already sent troops to the east and west ends of North America.
He was afraid that he would not be sent out again so soon. He said, "Master Cong from the Taiwan government has not left yet. Go back and ask him if he has any battles to fight."