The two of them were talking when they suddenly heard the sound of footsteps and suddenly shut up.[]
The young man named Zhao looked around and saw Chen Ke retreating into the cabin, and quickly followed him. The two of them leaned side by side behind the door. When a group of patrolling soldiers passed by, they both couldn't help laughing at what they had just done.
After what happened just now, when they returned to the deck, the two of them felt much closer. Chen Ke smiled and said: "This little brother, you are also a member of the boat, right?"
"Run the boat?" The young man surnamed Zhao said in confusion: "What do you mean to rub the boat?"
"Pretend, you can really pretend..." Chen Ke laughed and said: "This is a grain ship, it does not carry people. If you show up on the ship, isn't it just a compliment?"
"That's right..." The young man surnamed Zhao nodded and said, "I am indeed a freeloader."
Chen Ke leaned his upper body on the railing, stretched out beautifully, took a breath of the cool lake breeze and said, "You must be a child of a wealthy family."
"How do you know?"
"Haha, at this juncture, if there is no connection at all, it is impossible to get into the official boat."
"If you really are a child of a wealthy family," the young man named Zhao said very keenly, "why should I hide from others?"
"One thing more is worse than one thing less," Chen Ke flexed his muscles and said: "One thing less is worse than nothing."
"Hahaha..." The young man named Zhao laughed in a low voice. No one had ever spoken to him like this since he was born.
The two chatted happily for a few more words. Chen Ke made an appointment and said, "I have to go back."
"What's the rush? It's still early."
"I still have companions who are waiting to show off," Chen Ke said with a smile, "If you want to chat, you can find him."
"Forget it." The young man named Zhao shook his head and said, "It's time for me to go back."
Chen Ke curled his lips and said secretly, the noble boy is so sick.
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When he came out for some fresh air the next night, Chen Ke met the young man named Zhao again.
"What a coincidence." The young man smiled at him.
"Hey..." Chen Ke said with a smile: "Unfortunately, on a ship, the time to relax is limited, so encounters are inevitable."
"That's right." The young man smiled and said, "It's a pity that we have to disembark tomorrow."
'Uh...' Chen Ke couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body. He really wanted to hold up a lantern and shine a light on this boy's face to see if he was a pretty boy like Cheng Dalang.
The two of them chatted about each other, and naturally they talked about the current war. The young man shook his head and sighed: "I really can't understand why the 200,000 soldiers and horses on both sides of Guangnan were killed by a little Nong Zhi.
Gao, it’s really embarrassing to kill them so badly that they can’t be defeated.”
"Oh, your perspective is very high-ranking," Chen Ke said with a smile: "But why can't you be killed and defeated?"
"We have an absolute advantage in numbers, and we are not fighting in the field but defending the city. We face the enemy in the best way, how can we be completely defeated?" Although it was dark and he couldn't see his face clearly, the young man must be angry.
"War is not a game of cards. You may not win if you are good at cards." Chen Ke shook his head and said: "Although Nong Zhigao only had five thousand people, on the eve of the rebellion, it was said that a fire burned his lair to ashes. He told his subordinates
He said that all the savings of the entire tribe had been burned by the sky fire, and the food taken out was not enough for the whole tribe to eat for ten days. If they want to survive, they can only break Yongzhou City, occupy Guangzhou, and establish their own country, otherwise everyone will die.
It's gone!" This was all told the day before yesterday by the man who looked like Shao Yong. He used it to speculate and sell it now.
"I've heard about this too," the young man sighed.
"Does it look like the overlord of Western Chu's ruined cauldron?"
"You mean..." the young man said with wide eyes, "Nong Zhigao started that fire himself?"
"No need to ask." Chen Ke sat on the railing, shook his head and smiled: "Even if you want to marry a wife, you have to prepare a month in advance, not to mention it is a rebellion, man, without several years of careful preparation, who dares
Shout out the word 'anti'?"
"You are right. The day after the fire, we could set off to fight Yongzhou." The young man believed it and nodded: "It is definitely not an accident, but man-made."
"Well, just because of his determination to break the boat." Chen Ke nodded and said: "At least in terms of determination, he is already above the vast majority of people in the Song Dynasty!"
"You are trying to make others' ambitions destroy your own prestige..." The young man shook his head and said: "Southerners have always been weak and powerless. The imperial court has already recruited the elites from the north to go south. When the time comes, Nong Zhigao will naturally reveal his true colors."
"Hehe, elites..." Chen Ke's evaluation of the Song Army's combat power was all obtained from the textbooks of his previous life. He shook his head with disdain and said with a smile: "There are no heroes in the world who made Zhao Yuanhao famous. I think all of you who fought fiercely in the northwest at that time
My husband is nothing more than mediocre."
Hearing him mention the northwest battlefield, the Song army fought with ten times the strength and a hundred times the financial resources, but was defeated by Zhao Yuanhao, who was not very powerful in combat... That was recognized as the most powerful Western army. The young man was speechless.
After a long while, he said in a low voice: "Li Yuanhao has worked hard for three generations, and his strength is far beyond the imagination of the Chinese people. How can Nong Zhigao compare with him? If you don't believe it, just look at it. As soon as the commander-in-chief sent by the imperial court to suppress the rebellion arrives,
When the Nong bandits are destroyed."
"Who did the imperial court send south?" Chen Ke asked curiously.
"This has been known to both the government and the public for a long time, so it's okay to tell you." The young man pondered for a while and said: "One is Yu Wuxi, the magistrate of Tanzhou, and the other is Yang Ledao, the judge of the third division... Well, have you heard of these two names?
?”
"The first one is probably the one in the 'Qingli Four Admonitions'." Chen Ke said uncertainly: "I've never heard of the latter one." Yu Wuxi's name is Yu Jing, and Wuxi is his nickname.
His profession is to be an official. During the Qingli party struggle, Cai Xiang wrote the poem "Four Sages and One Unworthy", praising Fan, Ouyang, Yin, and Yu as the "Four Sages", and Gao as "Unworthy". One of the lines in the poem is "The head of An Daosheng is cut off"
, A rainbow of air spreads across the sky. Chen Jing has words of humiliation in his heart, and he does not avoid Xiao and ax when he raises his voice, which is to praise Yu Jing.
This poem was later written and sold by people, and became famous far and wide. Even the Khitan envoy heard about it and bought a manuscript of the poem and posted it in the Youzhou Pavilion. Yu Jing became well-known at home and abroad.
After becoming famous, Yu Jing continued his efforts...or intensified his efforts, and gave advice to the emperor mercilessly. It is said that when he was emotional, he spit on the emperor's face without knowing it. Such a pioneer general of the Qingli New Deal failed when the New Deal failed.
Later, it was naturally implicated. It stood aside for many years, and now it is activated again during the national crisis.
Chen Ke naturally did not dare to doubt the personality and reputation of Mr. Yu Jing... But it was a war now, so what was the purpose of sending a spokesman? Did he expect to convince people with reason, or use his poisonous tongue to scold Nong Zhigao to death?
?
Fortunately, the young man quickly solved his doubts. The answer lies in the deputy commander Yang Tian and Yang Ledao - Yang, Yang of the Yang family.
The young man told Chen Ke that Yang Tian was the grandson of Yang Ye's brother Yang Chongxun and the cousin of General Yang Wenguang. Because of this relationship, although Yang Tian was a genuine Jinshi, he could never do his job well... It's not that he didn't pay attention to his work, but that
Whenever there was a rebellion, the imperial court would transfer him to put down the rebellion.
Nine years ago, the Yao people rebelled on Jinghu South Road. Although the scale was not as large as this time, the difficulty was the same... As soon as the fighting started, the Yao people were killed in front of them! Because the Song army was all gone in the blink of an eye, and Tangtang was killed.
The coach was left hanging there. In order to avoid insulting the honor of his ancestors, Yang Tian had no choice but to jump off the cliff. Fortunately, the cliff was not deep and the grass was thick, so he escaped with his life.
Yang Tian was worthy of being a descendant of the Yang family generals. In this desperate situation, he ended the rebellion two years later. So when a similar situation happened again this time, the first thing the court thought of was him.
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Chen Ke understood that Yu Jing, a sentimentalist with strong political skills, came as a political commissar. Yang Tian was in charge of military command. It sounded like a very reasonable combination, with both experience and reputation. But he still had questions: "Why bother?
It’s so complicated. I heard that Prime Minister Ming and Prime Minister Wen just put down the Beizhou Rebellion, not to mention Prime Minister Han, Mr. Yin, Mr. Zhang and others who led troops in the northwest in the past. Why not send them? "
"Hey..." The young man smiled awkwardly and said, "Maybe you don't need a knife to kill a chicken." In fact, it is because in this era, the only areas that the imperial court can effectively rule are north of the Yangtze River. South of the Yangtze River, especially
The Lingnan area, just like Sichuan outside Jianmen Pass, was beyond the reach of the Song Dynasty. The imperial court did not dare to send a powerful person there. If a Southern Han Dynasty appeared again, it would be great fun.
The topic became more and more serious, and it was getting late, so the two stopped going on, clasped fists and said goodbye, and went back to their rooms without asking each other's name.
The next morning, the official ship arrived at Hengyang Pier. Chen Ke and others couldn't wait to get out of the warehouse, but they were stopped by the official who took them on board and said: "There are noble people who want to get off the ship. You wait first."
"Noble, what noble?" Chen Ke's heart moved, and he looked out due to his height. He saw dozens of well-dressed men guarding a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar. Behind the middle-aged man, closely
There was a man and a woman, the woman was wearing a white gauze veil, the man was well-proportioned and tall, probably the one he had talked to for two consecutive nights.
The young man seemed to have realized something. He turned around and saw a handsome face with Chinese characters. He also saw Chen Ke, bared his teeth and smiled at him. Then he followed the middle-aged man and boarded the toilet they carried.
Sedan.
"This family is quite grand..." Song Duanping said, "They must be in business."
"It's not like that." Chen Ke shook his head and said, "It's more like a son of a high official."
After a quarter of an hour, they were finally able to disembark.
As soon as I entered Hengyang City, I realized that it had become a military city. This important town on the north-south thoroughfare gathered a large number of troops who had retreated from the Liang-Guang Road, as well as newly arrived troops from various places. It was close to various transportation departments.
They are also working hard to transport military supplies to this city.
So it is easy to imagine that the whole city is in chaos. The streets are filled with large cars, packed to the brim with water. The smell of livestock excrement makes people hide their noses. Under the eaves and in the shops, they are crowded with disheveled officers and soldiers.
, drinking and playing around with money, noisy and messy, and dirty words flying everywhere.
Or else people say, "When they are organized, they are soldiers, but when they are not organized, they are bandits." This is absolutely true. Along the way, Chen Ke and the four of them saw several incidents of robbing people's property and beating people. Fortunately,
The four of them looked like they were poor and unruly people, so they inquired about the Hengyang County Government along the way and did not encounter any trouble.
"Finally we're home!" Everyone could not help but let out a sigh of relief. Chen Ke stepped forward and said to the old guard guarding the door: "My father-in-law, is this the Hengyang County government office?"
"It turned out to be the case, but it is no longer the case for the time being." Seeing that he was tall, the old police officer replied honestly: "Now he is the station of the Jinghu South Road Transfer Envoy."
"Where has the county government moved to now?" Chen Ke asked.
"You're in there too, what are you doing?" the old policeman asked, alert.
"I want to find Chen Daling."
"Chen Daling..." The old policeman widened his eyes and said, "Who are you?"
"I am his son."
"Ah..." The old police officer's expression changed at first, and he was about to speak when officials came out of the yamen. He suddenly became very nervous, winked at Chen Ke repeatedly, then raised the stick in his hand, and drove them away while shouting
Said: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, who cares about your trivial matters at this time!"
Chen Kedun felt something strange. Wulang was about to have an attack, but he held him firmly and dragged him away.
"What do they do?" the official stopped and asked the police officer.
"A few of the children have lost their money and need to report it to the official." The messenger opened his eyes and told lies.
"Oh, you don't even look. How can the government have time to help you catch the thief?" The official shook his head and said, "Take them in to prepare a case." After that, he hurried away.
"Hush, it's so dangerous..." After the official left, the messenger breathed a sigh of relief and said urgently to Chen Ke: "Leave quickly, let people know that you are here to find Chen Daling, and you will be finished!"
"Why?" Chen Ke and others were immediately confused.
"Don't hang around here. My house is in the fifth house across the street. There is a doorkeeper on the door. The key is on the edge of the door. You go to my house and wait for me." The messenger ordered repeatedly and hurriedly urged.
:"move……"
"You tell me what happened to my dad first, and then I'll leave." Chen Ke frowned tightly.
"Something happened, and I'm in jail." The policeman was almost crazy with anxiety: "If you don't leave and attract the law enforcement officials, then you will accompany your father to jail!"
Chen Ke finally calmed down and left the Yamen with the three of them. Following the police officer's instructions, he found his home, found the key and opened the door.
Entering the house, Song Duanping said in panic, "Is Uncle Chen okay?" Although Wulang didn't ask, he still looked nervous.
"Amitabha..." Young monk Xuanyu clasped his hands together.
"Let's wait until that person comes." Chen Ke shook his head and exhaled, "I didn't expect that I came to the right place."
