Zhurou

Chapter 94 Brother and Sister
Zhao Mingzhi visited Jingzhao Mansion for a few days, but he still found it difficult to piece together Pei Yong's face.

Due to another dispute with the vassals, this person transferred from Fengxiang to Qinzhou. In fact, he has not been in the city for several months, but his sense of presence is still so strong that it is frightening.

Needless to say among the army.

Zhao Mingzhi originally wanted to inquire about the restaurants near the camp, but the soldiers here are completely different from those in other states and counties, and they are very tight-lipped.

She sat and guarded for several times, but found nothing. She asked Xiaoer and the shopkeeper, and she only said a few superficial words.

Then go to that restaurant to sit and listen, or listen to questions in the streets and alleys, but the merchants and peddlers are all very concerned about Pei Yong's movements, and they are all prepared long ago, intending to follow his movements.

One day, Zhao Mingzhi even heard an old man imparting his experience to his nephew.

"If Jiedu sends troops to Xuzhou, and then leads them south, we will follow him while the situation is still uncertain, and go to the capital to buy property first."

The junior was very puzzled, and asked for a while: "At this moment, everyone wants to sell the property in the capital but can't. They just want to change the property in Shuzhou, Ezhou, and even Tanzhou and Jianzhou. Why is uncle taking advantage of the fire?"

The old man said: "When did Jiedu lose a battle? If he is willing to send troops, Xuzhou will be saved, and the capital will naturally be rescued. As long as he is behind, many industries will return to their original state, but it will only take a while, so cheap , how can you not pick it up?"

"If he doesn't save Xuzhou, what about Caizhou?"

"Then it's likely to send troops to Xiazhou. The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. Attacking Xingqing Mansion is no better than going east to Xuzhou. It will take three to five years. It will be difficult to have results. Then there will be long-term business deals. At that time, we will act according to circumstances. yes."

"Is it necessary to mobilize troops? Maybe they won't stay where they are?"

"Then I have no choice but to pick up some cheap goods from the feudal clan, and the only money I can earn is the money between my teeth." The old man said, "But you have been here for a long time, haven't you noticed that the prices of wood and refined iron in Jingzhao Mansion have risen?" It’s so bad, is there any small fluctuations in other grains?”

"What does this mean?"

"The war in Qinzhou has long since ceased, and the feudal vassals have just taken advantage of the slope to surrender, but the price of timber has more than doubled in just two months, and no major projects have been done nearby. Tie saw that most of them are making weapons and have grain... You! You should pay more attention to it, otherwise, with such eyesight, how will you earn a living in the future?"

The words of the old man are what many people think.

Besides the merchants, in the various academies, and in the tea shop near Nazhou School, the scholars were discussing something else: when the domain was stabilized, when would Pei Yong send troops to Xiazhou.

Everyone seemed to agree that once the Xingqing Mansion made a massive attack and captured the capital, the Di people would go south to attack Caizhou.

And such an action will definitely lead to the emptiness behind the Xingqing Mansion, so Pei Yong will take advantage of the emptiness to enter, take the opportunity to go north, encircle Wei and save Zhao, and then go south to Caizhou under the name of "Qing King's Side", or coerce the emperor to command the princes, or Separate emperor.

Whenever this point is mentioned, the scholars often disagree, which will cause a lot of controversy.

Some people insisted that the Son of Heaven could not be wrong, even if the Great Jin fell into the current situation, the Supreme Emperor "has contributed a lot", but since his surname is Zhao and he is of the blood of the Taizu, of course he can only be "blinded by traitors".

As a subject, Pei Yong was targeted many times in the past, almost confiscated his military power, and he was taken to Beijing to punish him. Maybe it would be difficult to get out after entering, but it is not good to have any resentment.

He should present the facts, reason, and tell the world about his grievances.

If it really doesn't work, "I'm not afraid of being smashed to pieces, and I want to stay innocent in the world."

Besides, thinking again, why did the Supreme Emperor target the Northwest line like this in the past?There must be a reason.

The so-called flies do not bite seamless eggs, if Pei Yong did it cleanly and clearly, how could it cause misunderstanding?

But now that the Supreme Emperor is trapped in Xiazhou and the new emperor is temporarily living in Caizhou, as a subject, he should obey the orders of the new emperor.

The imperial court told him not to send troops, not to go to Caizhou, there must be considerations by the imperial court, it is not good to disobey the order, if he disobeys the order, he will either coerce the emperor in the future, or expose himself, and he will end up in the "rebellious officials" in the history books.

On the other hand, someone stood by Pei Yong's side, only saying that the emperor is immoral, what does it have to do with all the people, does the emperor make a mistake and ask the world to account for it?
The so-called "the overturned water is the tears of the common people, you don't know if you don't reach the cross flow".

Now that everyone knows about it, why do billions of people have their families destroyed and their wives and children scattered, and why do they ask that faint person to arrange for him to die?

It's rare that there are soldiers and evidence in the northwest, and two powerful financial resources, who can save the common people in the world. Is it necessary to watch the lives of the people suffer for the selfishness of that one person?

If you have the ability, you can naturally help.

As for the court of Caizhou—of course it must be on the side of the Qing emperor!
The new emperor is young, unlike the one in Xiazhou, it is normal to be deceived by others. Since Jiedu is a virtuous minister, isn't it the right way to support the new emperor and clean up the traitors?

As for the so-called "children's eyes" on His Majesty after being powerful, then there is no need to worry about it.

Mingjun should know how to employ people, and he can subdue Pei Yong, so it won't be the turn of others to talk-is your surname Zhao?
When that day really comes, there will also be people from Yushitai who will go to death to remonstrate.

According to the current situation, if Pei Jiedu hadn't made a move, there would be no question of whether there would be an imperial examination this year.

In the end, it's mostly nothing.

Only once, someone suddenly mentioned the former in a vicious way: "The monthly salary of the prefectural school, if it is originally set by the imperial court, is only [-], and there is still a quota for the number of people. Doubled the number, and expanded the number of students to all government schools, if according to what you say, everything follows the imperial court, why don't you return the scholarship you received in the past two years?"

Hearing this, the former was naturally depressed, and retorted angrily: "Could it be that Pei Yong gave up the money himself? Of course it's the public bank in the mansion, it's for the imperial court and the emperor's blessing, why should I not take it?"

"The Imperial Court and the Emperor Fuze have four hundred articles. According to your ranking, they are not in the top three hundred. How can you get your share? Retire all of them and come talk to us!"

"Who are you, if you have the ability to call Pei Yong... Pei Jiedu to come and talk to me!"

So the two sides began to push and shove, almost rolling up their sleeves and starting a fight.

Naturally, the words of a few pure and vigorous young people cannot be taken seriously.

However, after hearing these few days, Zhao Mingzhi felt that there was a fact that was strange--most of the people in Jingzhao Mansion seemed to have unreasonable trust in Pei Yong, and everyone believed that as long as he took action, there would be no unsolvable war.

Along the way, people in other places heard that Di Bing was coming, and everyone panicked. Even the Wenjiazhai in Dengzhou was obviously a bandit. In order to avoid Di Bing, people didn't know how far away they were. , Even the wealth that has been prepared for a long time is not robbed, let's talk about it after running away.

But Jingzhao Mansion is very close to Di Bing, but the people are not afraid of it. On the contrary, when it is mentioned, everyone is angry, and no one is afraid of fighting, and even wants to fight.

Zhao Mingzhi naturally asked Mu Xiang about such a strange thing.

But the man said: "Miss, let's guess, how many brothers and sisters are there in the maidservant's family?"

Zhao Mingzhi guessed, "Could it be three people?"

Mu Xiang replied: "There were four people, all of them died."

Zhao Mingzhi was stunned for a moment, and just about to speak, Mu Xiang said again: "It happened many years ago, now when I talk about it, I don't feel as sad as before—my parents, elder brother, and third brother were killed by Di thief, and my second sister and I Because they are women, after being taken away by Di thief, my second sister did not save her life, and I was the only one who escaped at night, but was robbed by bandits halfway..."

When she said this, her tone was still calm: "At that time, the second head of the household was still in the camp of Jingzhao Mansion. He led a group of people passing by and rescued a group of women and children."

"The rest of the people have their own homes, but my parents are not here, and I don't want to get married. I just want to go north if I have the opportunity, but I can't go to the battlefield in person, but I can sew a stitch and a meal for the soldiers. It’s better to have a meal.”

"Jingzhao, Fengxiang, Qinzhou, and Qingyang are directly facing Xingqing Mansion in the north. For many years, there are countless people like my family. When the girl first arrived here, she naturally didn't know it. After staying for a long time, she will understand the clue."

"In the past, the court refused to pay attention to it, and just sat and watched the people die. If Pei Jiedu hadn't taken over, and the Xingqing Mansion went south last time, this place was the first to encounter it. How could we have the stability we have now, and how could we not believe it? he?"

(End of this chapter)