Yuanjiang County has been destroyed, but Yue Fei and Zhang Jun still haven't relaxed. They have just discussed this issue, so they know better than anyone else that it is too easy to break into this small southern county. It is not worth mentioning. The key is not to let the two bandit leaders escape.
Already.
Once you escape and get into Dongting Lake, this matter will never be over.
But soon, news came that excited Yue Fei and Zhang Jun, as well as all the officers and generals, and even the surrendered generals.
"Xiang Zhong intends to lead his children, and the fake Chu officials will surrender?" On the slope serving as a command platform somewhere outside the city, Zhang Jun, who had already revealed his identity and sat on the main seat, was greatly excited for a moment. "Go and tell me quickly.
As long as he surrenders properly and helps the imperial court to protect the water villages, cities and islanders in Hunan, I will protect his heirs as the privy envoy of the current dynasty!"
The messenger did not dare to neglect and left in a hurry. Although there were confusions about the sudden appearance of the so-called Privy Envoy, requests for Yue Fei's documents to act as guarantee, and other messy things, the overall situation was here, so after several exchanges, the decision was finally made.
Good news, Zhong Xiangzhen is about to surrender.
The public sentiment is encouraging, this is really encouraging, because Zhong Xiang's surrender is great news to everyone present.
For high-ranking officials like Zhang Jun and Yue Fei, this means that the stability of the Dongting Lake area after the chaos has reached a new level. At least no one can easily cause chaos from the perspective of Shinto shamans and priests; for the officers and soldiers,
Although the military honors will be slightly reduced, it also means that there is no need to continue fighting in the possible spring floods. The remaining Xiangjiang River Basin in Hunan is likely to be spread; and for the local fishermen, lake residents, and water bandits who surrendered
, which means that they do not have to pay any moral and human price for their surrender.
However, in the end, Bi Jin, as Yue Fei's close captain, went to get someone and hurriedly entered the city, but did not turn back easily for a while. Not only that, but a little while after Bi Jin entered the city, the city that had already calmed down suddenly became noisy and disturbing, as if
Something happened, which made many people, especially the newly surrendered locals, panic.
However, the noise and disturbance quickly disappeared. It must have been forcibly suppressed by the troops of the imperial camp. And not long after, everyone saw countless soldiers surrounded by dozens of people dressed in strange but obviously embellished clothes.
The captives with golden belts and jade came in and completely relaxed.
"What's going on?" Wang Gui frowned and asked from a distance when he saw Bi Jinxian approaching to report.
Bi Jin did not dare to neglect, he leaned over directly and reported carefully: "Yang Yao didn't want to surrender. He also kidnapped one of Zhong Xiang's sons and tried to escape. He was captured, but something happened suddenly. The imperial minister who followed him
In order to stabilize the situation, Ban Zhi directly broke both of his legs, which is a bit unseemly at the moment..."
Wang Gui turned back to see Yue Fei, and Yue Fei turned back to see Zhang Jun... Moreover, after hearing the news, Yue Pengju knew that his mission to the south was over, so he was naturally happy to let the Privy Councilor take over.
Zhang Jun was just slightly startled, then raised his hand directly: "It doesn't matter, bring them together. Why bother about being decent or not? It's nothing more than surrendering or not. If he doesn't surrender, he will be dealt with face to face."
That’s it.”
From Yue Fei down, everyone nodded together. This is indeed the truth.
As a result, Bi Jin went to the rear to pick up people, and Zhang Jun also negotiated with Zhong Xiang and his family first.
It is said that Zhong Xiangren was in his middle age. Once he was defeated, he lost all his heroic spirit. When he saw Zhang Jun, he just cried and cried. He first took off the clothes of the fake king of Chu and presented him with his seal. Then he promised to recruit the privy envoy to surrender to Xiangshui in Hunan.
The remaining strongholds in the basin... things went so smoothly that everyone was a little bored.
"I see that you are so honest and value the lives of your children more than your own. You are just like an ordinary rich man. Why would you rebel?" After repeating that he would definitely save the other party's children, Zhang Jun couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw the other party.
Be curious.
"My husband doesn't know. I really have no choice. It's not that I want to rebel, but that I have to rebel because someone is holding me back." After the rope was removed and his clothes were stripped, Zhong Xiang made sure that his children could survive.
Thinking back to the fact that I am mortal and lifeless, I burst into tears for a moment, and couldn’t help but raise my sleeves to cover my old face. “For generations, our Zhong family has been doing community business in Dongting Lake relying on the name of the Great Sage. We harvest grain and money in good years, and collect money in disaster years.
When the crops are harvested, money is given out; when the harvest is prosperous, the harvest is collected; when the harvest is poor, the harvest is paid out... For generations, the business of this society has been excellent, but after Jingkang, the court demanded too much, especially last year's tax increase.
The increase in gifts came from the entire Jingxiang community. The entire Jingxiang community was impoverished and fell into our community. It meant that everyone was unable to make any progress. They were about to go bankrupt, so they were picked up by those people and made chaos.
...Ms. sir, I really didn’t mean it..."
Moreover, Zhang Deyuan certainly knew that Zhong Xiang was deliberately pretending to be cowardly, and there were many veils in his words.
Not to mention anything else, this person's rebellion was indispensable because of his witchcraft and Taoism and his ambitions after Jingkang. At that time, this guy began to rely on force to expand his association and train soldiers and horses in Dongting Lake.
Now, people have begun to spread rumors about the king of Chu and other gods... It's just that after Zhao Guan's family escaped from Huaishang, they went to Nanyang, and then came the news that Fan Qiong was buried alive in Xiangyang, which somewhat made this half-hearted person react.
The thief lost many of his ambitions and became trembling with fear.
However, some things are really difficult to recover. Since Zhong Xiang touched the red line after Jingkang, it means that if he does not rebel, the imperial court will be stable and will deal with this great sage.
This is one of the fundamental reasons for Zhong Xiang's rebellion.
Then, the society's business went bankrupt and they had to reverse the routine.
Of course, in the final analysis, this guy is unlucky... After all, with the scene after Jingkang, who doesn't think that the Song Dynasty is about to end? There are so many ambitious people, and a lot of them have crossed the red line, so I dare to ask
What's wrong with the Great Sage if he wants to be the King of Chu?
However, isn't this Song Dynasty continuing in one breath and jumping up and down again? This seems embarrassing.
"Why……"
Zhang Jun thought clearly about the internal and external aspects of the matter in an instant. He felt that this person was ridiculous. He was the only one who wanted to use this person to recruit and surrender dozens of strongholds in Hunan. He simply sighed and then comforted him. "What you said makes sense.
, it can only be said that the general trend is like this, and no one can do anything about it. You must know that the official once meditated with the monks of the Daxiangguo Temple in Tokyo. He said that if a speck of dust in this general trend falls on an individual, it will be a big mountain.
You're just unlucky."
These words are really Zen-like. Grandpa Grand Sage, who had killed countless monks, felt like being beaten when he heard this. He was also sad to the core and cried bitterly for a while.
However, Grand Sage cried even more sadly, but Zhang Deyuan, the Prime Minister, was too lazy to pay attention because his attention was already attracted by another person brought by Bi Jin - a man who had the ropes removed from his armor.
The dignified man's legs were completely weak. He was just dragged up the slope, but he still looked up and looked up. Then he gritted his teeth and glared at the surrounding generals. As far as he could see, everyone except Wang Zuo probably felt that
In the past, the people of Lizhou were wronged and showed no fear of foreigners. However, after those who surrendered, almost no one dared to look at them.
There is no doubt that this person is Yang Yao, who was planning to kidnap Zhong Xiang's son and escape, and he is also the real military leader of the Dongting Lake rebels.
But Yang Yao looked around, and when he saw the stripped Zhong Xiang crying and crying, he couldn't bear it anymore, his eyes were almost bloodshot, and he was shouting hoarsely:
"Zhong Xiang! If you die, you will die! Are you crying so much?!"
In his words, Yang Yao no longer called the other person Wang Ye, or Great Sage Grandpa, but he was dragged all the way and only spoke to this person... It can be seen that this person is half-hearted towards Zhong Xiang, but half resentful.
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Of course.
You must know that grandpa actually meant his father these days. Zhong Xiang sold insurance through a society in Dongting Lake, and insurance is undoubtedly a great cause. Therefore, all the hundreds of thousands of people who joined their society called
He was called Grandpa, and with the specific religious overtones and the addition of the word Great Saint, in all senses this Great Saint Grandpa was equivalent to the godfather of Sicily in later generations.
It's just that all the mafia groups in Sicily combined may not be as big as Dongting Lake, let alone have the ability to leap onto the stage of history.
Without further ado, back to the present, not to mention that the Great Sage Grandpa had already lost his temper. After hearing this, he just covered his face and cried non-stop. However, Zhang Jun, who had an out-of-character personality, felt a little moved in his heart... He had already been introduced by Yue Fei.
We know that this Yang Yao is the real leader of the rebels. He is a capable person. He even studied for a few years in elementary school. In addition, the court has already made a conclusion. From Zhong Xiang down, there are different levels, so this Yang Yao may not be useless.
...In other words, Zhang Jun developed a love for talents for no reason.
"Yang Yao, are you willing to surrender?" As soon as he thought this, Prime Minister Zhang was not polite and blurted it out directly. The words that were originally just a story became more sincere.
Of course, Yang Yao had expected this question, but before the soldiers on both sides put him down, he held his neck and yelled at Zhang Jun who was sitting in the middle: "Yue thief! You lackeys of the court, let the officials take it away first."
We have enough food and clothing, and a bunch of Hebei dogs killed our Dongting Lake brothers, how dare we come to surrender?! Do you think I am such a boneless person?"
Apart from mistaking Zhang Jun for Yue Fei, these words were unexpected by everyone. He was the "Hebei Dog" in Yue Fei's tribe. After so many things, he no longer felt anything about the insults of a dying man.
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Zhang Jun was also not angry, and just sneered in response: "Yang Yao, what you said makes no sense. There is a war in the north. It is a national war, and it is a matter of life and death for the country. It is not just Jing Xiang who has added land tax? The southeast has also been added.
Commercial taxes, Bashu even advanced a whole year's finance, taxes and land taxes... Do you know? Even I donated my property at one time... Everything I did was to protect the Central Plains and Guanzhong, and then regain Hedong and Hebei.
Just like when a family encounters difficulties, the whole family saves money and food together..."
"Bullshit!" Yang Mo was thrown to the ground, with his lower limbs paralyzed and only his elbows supporting his body, and he continued to curse. "Who is the same family as you?! We are from Jingxiang, and your Yue family army is from Hebei.
We are the fishermen and farmers who cannot afford to eat, and you are the dignitaries and prostitutes! What does it have to do with us to protect the Central Plains? What does it have to do with us in Hebei and Hedong? We are being asked to work hard for no reason.
Are you squandering all the rations I get for the year on you?! Even if you Hebei people ask us for help, you should act like asking for help. How can you be so careless about our life and death?!"
Zhang Jun sighed, just glanced at Yue Fei and didn't bother to defend himself, just because Yue Pengju was a little unworthy.
How did Yang Yao know this? He just yelled and cursed to himself: "Besides, how virtuous you nobles are, do you just think that we are stupid geese? The money and food we collected at the expense of our lives are not enough for you in the palace."
How many of those who had a drink were actually used in the military? Do you really think that we have never seen what it is like to be an official... You said you donated family property, that's because you know that you won the war.
Those who are marshals can bring back ten times the amount, but what about us? Will we get half the money from Hebei?"
When Zhang Jun heard this, he lowered his head and looked at the weird and fake clothes confiscated beside him. He also looked at Yue Fei, who was trying his best to care about the people of Hunan and Huxi, but at this time, the veins in the corners of his eyes were throbbing. He was no longer patient.
Just waved his hand: "Drag it down and chop it down, spread it all along the Dongting Lake!"
The surrounding soldiers rushed up to drag him, but Yang Yao was not afraid at all. During the dragging process, he held his neck and yelled at Zhang Jun with all his strength: "Yue! Even if my grandfather died, he only died for Dongting Lake Township.
There are people in Dongting Lake who remember me, and I will be able to become a god and a saint in Dongting Lake in the future! But you bastards who are officials and only know how to suck the blood of the people and drink the anointing of the people, who will remember you in the future?! Who will?
Remember you?!"
A moment later, without any disturbance, Yang Yao was directly beheaded amidst shouts and curses.
So far, the two thieves leaders have surrendered and died. Nearly half of the so-called forty village rebels have been eliminated. The rest is just a matter of spreading the message next, or destroying the city and plundering the village. The overall situation is
Can't make waves.
But after this incident, Zhang Jun no longer had any interest in pretending to be a Confucian general. He just pointed out the matter to Wang Gui and asked him to take the subordinates to deal with it quickly, while he sat still where he was.
Yue Fei wanted to supervise the establishment of the military camp, but Zhang Jun shouted to his face and stopped him. Everyone knew that Wen Yiwu was going to speak, so they all retreated. Even Bi Jin, a pro-school student, also sneaked down the slope.
But what's interesting is that while the others ducked away, facing Yue Fei, who was obviously affected by Yang Yao's scolding and was a little depressed, Zhang Jun chatted for a while and didn't know how to speak.
Let us also say that Yue Fei suddenly stopped in Hubei and stayed still for a long time, which triggered unanimous attacks from the government and the public, and finally triggered a political uproar, and even attracted dignitaries to go south to supervise the war... But if you look carefully, this thing seems to be a seamless thing from the outside.
, but inside they are two things of completely different nature.
The former one refers to Yue Fei's early procrastination behavior, that is, he suddenly changed the plan to suppress the war last winter, then made various weird actions, and did not take action until the spring of this year.
This matter is a purely military incident, and Yue Fei's strange actions are essentially based on the principle of military confidentiality and are actions made for effective combat - officers and soldiers cannot defeat water bandits, but people who understand military affairs can probably
I understand, but it’s hard to say it in public. Firstly, it’s for fear of leaking military information, and secondly, it really affects morale.
Therefore, in order to paralyze the enemy, he had to paralyze his teammates first, and made a change in military strategy under considerable pressure and accusations. But now suddenly, with a sudden move of thunder, Zhong Xiang's chaos was brought to an end. After the incident, it was revealed that although some people still thought it was Yue Fei.
Looking for reasons, but more people will believe Yue Fei's judgment and plan.
Among them, not to mention that Yue Fei, as the highest-ranking commander, had no reason not to use the secret fold system to ventilate the Zhao family and leave a way out for himself and the imperial army.
In other words, there is no risk in the previous matter, because it is a reasonable military decision made from a military perspective by a commander with exclusive authority based on objective military conditions. There is no problem in either procedure or core thinking.
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However, there is another thing, that is, after the beginning of spring, Yue Fei's delay in the spring plowing season becomes very subtle.
Because this is not a military issue, it is a serious political issue related to political ethics, moral evaluation, and various gains and losses... Whether this matter is before or after, as long as it is spoken out, it cannot be easily solved.
of.
if not?
The emperor and the prime ministers may be able to recognize Yue Fei's judgment from an overall perspective and a utilitarian perspective, and recognize that he has preserved more and better spring plowing activities from an overall perspective, but the problem is that the people of Hubei and the officials of the Three Routes,
As well as the Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism that escaped from the rebel areas, will they also recognize it?
If they knew the truth of the matter, they would only hate Yue Fei to the bone...because what does the overall situation have to do with them? What does Hunan have to do with Hubei?!
Didn't Yang Yao just curse from the bottom of his heart? What does Hebei have to do with Jingxiang?!
Of course, one of the incredible things here is that Yang Yao, who has always resented Jing and Xiang's increase in gifts because of overall needs, will never know that Yue Fei, who was scolded by him, had previously maintained the greatest care for the people of Dongting Lake from the overall perspective.
Goodwill and ease, especially the people in Hunan and Huxi, whom Yang Yao cared about the most, benefited the most.
In fact, Yue Fei is not a fool. Judging from his actions, he obviously wanted to withstand the pressure at the beginning. Anyway, when the time came, he said that he was not sure to convince Huang Zuo, the most core figure, out of military considerations.
It had to be postponed until after spring plowing.
Rationally speaking, this is the most appropriate and correct way to deal with it - it is only because of military needs that we have waited until now, and we have not waited an extra month for so and so to consider, and anyone can choose the right one.
However, isn’t this an unbearable depression?
Isn’t this a desire to understand?
Therefore, Yue Pengju couldn't help but explain everything to the Prime Minister Zhang Deyuan, which was equivalent to explaining the whole story to the Zhao Guan family in Tokyo... Until now, how could Zhang Jun and Yue Fei not know that the Zhao Guan family had Yue Fei's military plans?
Under such circumstances, they even took the initiative to send people to supervise the battle. One was naturally out of respect for the political rules of the court, but the other was obviously because the Zhao Guan family had doubts about Yue Fei's long-term immobility.
However, this guess can only be said to be unfounded. Zhao Guan's family is indeed suspicious, but it is not out of some suspicion that the courtiers are embarrassed to talk about, but because he firmly does not believe that Yue Fei can't handle this in a winter and a summer.
I thought Yue Fei had encountered some kind of trouble other than military matters.
That's why Zhang Jun was released.
"Pengju, don't worry about the unintelligible words of some thieves." After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Jun finally spoke to persuade him.
After Yue Fei heard this, he sighed heavily after a long time: "How could the general not know that Yang Yao is only short-sighted, but the road to destroying the Jin people is so long and arduous. If everyone in the world is short-sighted, it will inevitably make people a few people."
Very impressed."
Zhang Jun nodded repeatedly, feeling a little emotional, but trying his best to cheer up: "That being said, our career is the legacy of thousands of generations, why should we care about this?"
"It's not just like this." Yue Fei still stood there and shook his head. "To be honest with you, Prime Minister, if Yang Yao was a traitor who committed evil without scruple, I wouldn't even look at him, but he still has some confidence after all.
The... Prime Minister, I have to say something unpleasant today. No matter what the court says, but according to the thoughts of the local people, it is impossible to say that after thousands of years of rain and wind, there will really be a statue of Yang Yao on Dongting Lake.
God's position, and I, Yue Fei, am probably just a thief who has been passed down for thousands of years."
Zhang Jun opened his mouth to speak, but he just smiled bitterly.
Situational talk can always be said. For example, during the Song Dynasty, these people could not repeat themselves for thousands of generations, but they are just scene talk. Some things are just so realistic.
For example, let’s take the Dongting Lake obscenity ritual. For many years in the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, any serious person has not dealt with it. But has it really been stopped? Now that Prime Minister Zhong is so cowardly, one day the people will suffer disaster again.
I was so anxious that I had no choice but to carry out Yang Yao, who would rather die than surrender, and treat him as a new great sage.
As for Yue Pengju, unless he is as capable as Yun Chang, and the Emperor Taishang Daojun keeps conferring titles on him after thousands of years, otherwise, just speaking of his reputation in Dongting Lake, he may not be as decent as Yang Yao
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To put it bluntly, how difficult is it for a person who travels eastward to accomplish a feat that has been passed down for thousands of years with a mere mortal body?
"Peng Ju."
His heart was spinning, and for a while, the spring day actually felt like a sad autumn, but Zhang Jun still spoke quickly. "No matter what, you avoid spring plowing after spring, I have three words for you..."
"My lord, please speak." Yue Fei also managed to cheer up.
"First of all, I am the privy envoy of the current dynasty, and I am supervising the war with the angels. I really feel that there is nothing wrong with your handling, and there is no fault in the so-called workmanship."
"Thank you sir."
"Secondly, I know your difficulties. I will never say much about this matter. I just want to say that you need to train Huang Zuo. You have been enduring it until today. I am forcing you to send troops, and it is still dangerous... You
Cooperate and don't refuse, because once the matter is discussed, even if it is just a discussion, it will cause an uproar, and even civil and military disputes will arise again. Even if the officials and the central government protect you, there will inevitably be disputes at the top and bottom."
"Fei Ben had this intention." Yue Fei sighed softly.
"Three things, no matter what, you must trust the official family. I know that you have not been with the official family for a long time, and you may be a little uneasy in your heart, but the official family committee trusts you as much as the Prince of Yan'an County... And this time when I go back, I
When you take responsibility, you must report it clearly to the officials in private. But please rest assured Pengju, as long as I am here, I will definitely explain your painstaking efforts to the officials. And in the end, the officials are really better than you think.
Be more powerful and wise."
What else could Yue Fei say, he could only nodded heavily.
In February, the grass in Dongting Lake grew and warblers flew, and then the spring rain continued. Zhang Jun finally entrusted Yue Fei with the finishing work, and then hurried back north to have a brief discussion with the officials. When he arrived at Jiangling Mansion, he naturally
It was inevitable to stop and have a brief exchange and explanation with Ma Shen, Hubei's military envoy... After listening to Zhang Jun's words, Ma Shen only said that the rebellion would be put down, but did not comment on Yue Fei's explanation of standing still.
However, it was in Jiangling Mansion that Zhang Jun got the latest newspaper - he noticed the latest relevant trends in the Zhao family of Shenwu Yingming.
It was agreed that within one month, Xuande Tower's "practical move" to verify the existence of air pressure had to be postponed due to poor equipment. However, the wise and powerful Zhao Guan family had no choice but to host a banquet in person and negotiate with Huan Guo and others to persuade them to speak out again.
Kuangyan Lu Benzhong spent half a month to refine the equipment.
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