Chapter 165 The Start of the Water Margin Project (1)
"Deng Long, the golden-eyed tiger at Baozhu Temple in Qingzhou Erlongshan on Jingdong East Road, likes to kill innocent people indiscriminately, Yanshun, the golden-haired tiger in Qingfeng Mountain, loves to eat people's hearts and livers, Wang Ying, the short-footed tiger, has defiled the bodies of many good women, and Zhou, the little bully in Taohuashan, We have some dealings with the escort agency in our market town. It is a small village in nature, but it does not raid and borrow food from neighboring towns. The forest dragon Zou Yuan from Dengyun Mountain in Dengzhou, the one-horned dragon Zou Run, his uncle and nephew, and Yang Lin Brother, Brother Shi Yong is an old acquaintance. They only have ten people under their command. It is not so much about cutting grass and cutting paths, but just gathering together for gambling. When arguing with others, they only want to have too many people and cannot help anything big. By the way, there have been recent incidents. What kind of kingly person is wandering around and doing many evil things..."
When Shi Xiu was talking, he glanced at Xiao Tang doubtfully. Today, Xiao Tang summoned Yan Qing, Xu Guanzhong, Bian Xiang, Sun An, Zhu Jing and others to gather together, but only asked Shi Xiu to introduce He 1 to everyone. Regarding the situation of Bei, Jingdong and other green forest strongmen, I don’t know what the big brother’s intentions are.
Seeing Xiao Tang indicating for him to continue speaking, Shi Xiu cleared his throat and continued: "Bao Xu, the mourning keeper of Kushu Mountain in Lianglu Prefecture, Hebei Province, had fought several times with the county government officers and his methods were very vicious. But I have never heard that the lives of any good people were harmed. As for Zhaozhou praising Xiaomengliang's golden tripod in Huangshan, Saijiao praising Huangyue; Dingzhou's Qingxichuan blue-backed owl Sun Qi, Xiaoshan Shenniu Geng, Silent Langjun Lengning; Flying Yun Zongwu on the grass in Baiyangdian, Hejian Prefecture, Wu Su with an iron head and a pup with iron seals, Chi Fang with an iron seal... Some of them occasionally have small evils, but they only have two or three hundred people, so we don't take them seriously. inside."
After listening to Shi Xiu's words, Sun An, Bian Xiang and others also looked at Xiao Tang. After annihilating Zhang Di's bandits in southern Hebei, three or four out of ten strongmen in the north and east of Hebei were either killed or killed. Either they have surrendered, or they have surrendered to Xiao Tang's command. With Xiao Tang's current prestige and momentum, the strong men in the surrounding areas would not dare to go to Zongcheng County, Daming Prefecture, or the Xiaojiaji area to cause trouble, so Xiao Tang summoned them to come and hear about the good and evil in the green forests and grasslands of Hebei and Jingdong. What was the reason?
Xiao Tang closed his eyes slightly and muttered: "Since the thieves in Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain in Qingzhou are the most evil...Brothers Sun An and Bian Xiang, this time Wang Jin, the instructor of the Forbidden Army, is here to avoid them. I am temporarily staying in Xiaojiaji due to misfortune, so I can ask Coach Wang for more advice on how to practice Xiangyong. When I have achieved some success in the training of soldiers, I would like to ask brothers Sun An and Bian Xiang to lead Xiangyong to fight. Deng Long, Yan Shun's cottage!"
After hearing this, Shi Xiu, Sun An, Bian Xiang and others' expressions changed. Sun An frowned and said: "But young master...the thieves from Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain did not provoke us, besides, Jingdong East Road The Qingzhou Command Department and the Inspection Department are responsible for the suppression of bandits and thefts. Isn’t this an act of superstition by us?”
Xiao Tang opened his eyes and said loudly and forcefully: "My bodyguard company from Jizhen now travels between Jingdong, Jingxi, Hebei, and Hedong. If we want to suppress that group of thieves, we can always find a reason. And Qingzhou Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming, I will take care of Huang Xin's side in Sanshan Mountain, there is no need for Brother Sun An to worry. What's more, those two mountain thieves have been doing evil for a long time, and now it's too late to get rid of them."
Sun An and Bian Xiang looked at each other. Although eradicating the strong men on the other side of the two mountains could be regarded as punishing the evildoers, there was no state military commander to dispatch troops. They could only use the local braves in the market towns to cross the state and government to attack. The green forest bandit's cottage is consuming one's own strength for no reason, but what does it gain?
Zhu Jing looked at Xiao Tang intently, and suddenly said: "Brother Xiao is mobilizing troops like this, not just to win over a few green forest leaders, so that he can relieve his officials and collect rewards, right?"
"What are you talking about? I, Xiao Tang, am now in the officialdom, and I have to use those dog heads to seek rewards?" Xiao Tang took a long breath and said leisurely: "If these thieves who have done all the bad things are not eliminated, then those who have been framed by the traitors will have no choice. How can the loyal and brave warriors who have fallen into the grass have a place to stay?"
Although Yan Qing was just listening quietly, he was a quick-thinking person who knew everything from beginning to end. When he heard this, his face suddenly changed slightly and he said: "Brother Xiao, you want to suppress a group of strong people and then support a group of strong people." ?In the past, we had no close friendship with the heroes in the world, and we could not interfere with any major events. But since the eldest brother is a soldier and a prisoner, isn't this behavior..."
Speaking of this, Yan Qing swallowed back the words "raise bandits with self-respect". What benefit would raising a group of green forest bandits in Qingzhou bring to Xiao Tang in the officialdom? What's more, how could Brother Xiao make this A way to pursue powerful people?
Shi Xiu asked in surprise: "Brother, do you want to be like the official Xiao Xuanfeng Chai Jinchai, recruiting heroes from all over the world to protect the heroes who are facing lawsuits? But he is far away in Henghai County, Cangzhou, and They are the direct descendants of the former dynasty who hold the Iron Scroll Alchemy Book. As the saying goes, a Taoist tree attracts wind. Now we are under the eyes of the Zhao Guan family. A good guy like Coach Wang can be kept anonymously in our Xiao family. Why bother to support a group in private? Green forest strongman?"
"I don't want to imitate Chai Daguan and recruit men from all over the world, nor do I just want to recruit a few good men..." Xiao Tang smiled slightly, and then he calmed down and said seriously: " We can shelter a leader Wang today, but how many heroes can we hide in the future? Do we just teach them to hide their heads and hide their tails for the rest of their lives, wasting all their abilities?
There are Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Meng in the court... Now there are also Gao Qiu and other traitors who are disrupting the government. Although I have the intention to revive Chaogang, after all, people are talking lightly at the moment. Can I stop Chaogang from being corrupted? Or two things to say. If there comes a day when I can only survive by following the way of a villain, then it is better to establish another order in the world so that those loyal, brave and brave people who have been framed and persecuted can also show their talents. The order of fists and feet. If Heaven really has no way, then act on behalf of Heaven!"
"What!?" Shi Xiu was stunned for a long time, and then said in shock: "Although there were many treacherous people in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, my eldest brother first gained the respect of Liang Shijie, and now he is also honored by Zhao Guan's family. The opportunities he will have in the future will be extremely valuable. If the news of a serious crime of banditry is accidentally leaked, your future will be ruined, or your life will be lost! Brother, what are you trying to do!?"
"Sanlang, you and I are both close brothers. You should also remember that I once told you that my ambition has never been to become a general or a marquis." Xiao Tang sighed deeply. Ever since he saw Lin Chong, he planned to start Made such a plan.
With Xiao Tang's current power, of course he cannot compete with powerful ministers such as Cai Jing and Gao Qiu. Heroes like Lin Chong will most likely be persecuted by Gao Qiu and forced to go to Liangshan. But according to Xiao Tang's idea, he does not want to let Lin Chong surrendered to Liangshan.
After Wang Lun and Chao Gai passed over the position of leader of Liangshan Village, Song Jiang, who was bent on recruiting peace, would no doubt choose to join the imperial court. If so, he would inevitably return to the tragic ending of the original work. The wealth and life of all Liangshan heroes are still there. In the hands of powerful traitors such as Cai Jing and Gao Qiu, some were killed, some committed suicide, some were dismissed from office, and some lived in seclusion... A few years later, when the Jin cavalry went south, Most of these heroes who could have served the country have disappeared long ago. This is a result that Xiao Tang does not want to see.
Before the Jingkang Disgrace, when the Jin Army crossed the Yellow River, they could only find a dozen small boats carrying six or seven people. However, it took six days to cross the Yellow River in batches. During this period, the Song Army had already fled. After crossing the river, the Jin Army generals sighed
He said: "There is no one left in the Southern Dynasty. If there are only one or two thousand people, how can we make it across?"
What's more, Song Huizong Zhao Ji wanted to abandon the capital overnight and flee south. Li Bangyan ordered the soldiers guarding the city "not to offend" the Jin soldiers who were besieging Bianliang in Tokyo. Loyal ministers and generals such as Li Gang and Zhong Shidao were deprived of military power by Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty, and the generals rebelled.
The heavy responsibility of the city was handed over to the magic stick Guo Jing... These various ugly behaviors have caused the fertile soil of China to be devastated and left a mark of shame on the hearts of every Song Dynasty person.
All Xiao Tang has always been thinking about is reversing this catastrophe, no matter which way. Starting from the officialdom and the court alone, Xiao Tang may not be able to defeat Cai Jing. Gao Qiu and other power-savvy experts can only fight against the court.
, and it would even consume the national power of the Song Dynasty internally before the Jin people went south. Therefore, Xiao Tang chose to try to increase his power in both officialdom and Jianghu at the same time, so that he could become strong enough to change the destiny of this country.
As for Liangshan... all the cottages can be demolished and rebuilt by Xiao Tang, and he can secretly plant his cronies to strengthen the Jianghu forces, but for now only Liangshan cannot do it. Even if Xiao Tang takes away the first village leader of Liangshan
The white-robed scholar Wang Lun, but if it were Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Ruan Shixiong and other eight people, they would still go to Liangshan according to their original trajectory, and then they would lead Song Jiang to join a gang and bring a group of cronies to surrender, just as Shi Xiu said: "This
If word of a serious crime leaks out, his career could be ruined, or his life could be at risk." With so many people under the eyes, the risk of exposing Xiao Tang is too great.
The people Xiao Tang has been summoned for secret talks are all his confidants whom he absolutely trusts. However, a general in the army who is about to be rewarded by the government is now saying that he will pull up several copycats to be the "mastermind behind the scenes". This is indeed a bit shocking.
Xiao Tang also had to know what his brothers thought of his shocking plan.
"Young Master, you really do what you say, and you really don't break your promise." While everyone was astonished, Bian Xiang suddenly burst out laughing: "If you are stupid and your country is immoral, but you can't figure out the sewage, you really will