lady, please calm down

The ninth day of September is the Double Ninth Festival.

At dawn, the whereabouts of the Huaibei Army were discovered for the first time in the northwest of Lin'an City.

When daylight dawned, the Huaibei forward, which only had about 3,000 people, approached Sanli Lin'an arrogantly.

Tolerable or unbearable!
The Quzhou officials who came to Qinwang, together with the militiamen brought by the Muzhou squire, totaled more than 20,000 people. Seeing that there were few people in Huaibei, or wanting to take advantage of the opponent's unstable foothold to win the first victory, they took the initiative to gather from the south and west of the city.

However, the subordinates ordered to go out from many gates. The Xiang army, the militia, the government servants, the servants and the civilians who were brought here did not know the generals and the generals did not know the soldiers. More than 20,000 people were crowded together in a chaotic manner, without any order.

The prefect of Quzhou, Chen Shizhong, ordered the assembly, but not even a simple formation was completed until the end of Sishi, more than an hour later.

At first, the Huaibei forward officer parked leisurely in the distance, just watching a show, but after waiting for more than an hour, he finally lost interest.

After a shrill sound of trumpets, two thousand of the three thousand horse troops immediately marched forward.

King Qin Lin'an's two provincial soldiers were unable to complete the simplest military formation arrangement until the Huaibei horse army launched a charge.
One side is chaotic and clumsy, the other side is agile and sharp.

The result can be imagined.

Just like the key battle of the Jin Kingdom to destroy the Liao Dynasty, the Battle of Hubu Dagang, the Jin army used 20,000 light cavalry to defeat the Liao Kingdom's 500,000 horses. The Liao Kingdom had hundreds of corpses lying dead, but the Jin Kingdom only lost more than a thousand people.

This is the case in the cold weapon era. The superiority of troops is far less important in encounters than imagined.

The first is military discipline, the second is the indomitable momentum, and the third is the belief in victory that "I am the best in the world" developed after winning hundreds of battles.

Most of the soldiers from the two prefectures experienced battle for the first time, and the stubborn bronzes bumped into the strongest king when they came up. No matter how stubborn you are, it's useless.

They lined up for two hours and fought for half a quarter of an hour.

He couldn't even last half a quarter of an hour.

Because it was located in the south of the Yangtze River, what the Lin'an Dynasty lacked most was war horses. Naturally, these ragtag groups of local officials and gentry did not have such high-end things as the horse army.

In the entire Lin'an Dynasty, there were only 6,000 horse troops stationed in Lin'an City.

However, the fighting outside the city was devastated, and Lin'an City had no intention of going out to provide support. It watched helplessly as the Huaibei forwards captured officials and squires from both governments in the wilderness.

At the end of the afternoon, Lin'an West gradually calmed down.

In the morning and afternoon of the next day, the main force of the King of Jin's army arrived at Lin'an City. At the same time, the Qi Navy's Shi Dalang Department, who had not been seen before, reappeared in Qiantang Bay and returned to his old place.

But compared to the last time, the atmosphere in Lin'an City was even weirder this time.

Last time, although the navy blocked Qiantang Bay, the opponent was unable to land and attack the city. Although Lin'an civil and military forces were nervous, they were not too afraid.

But this time, the Jin King's army in the west of the city camped for ten miles, assuming a posture of destroying the country in one battle.

However, compared to the panic-stricken officials, the usually timid common people seemed less afraid. After all, King Jin's army had attacked several cities, but they had never heard of massacres, indiscriminate killings, or looting.

The scholar class had the most complicated moods.

The education they have received since childhood is to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic. In this way, it is time to advance and retreat together with the country.

However, in recent years, there have been frequent misfortunes in the country, and Huainan and Jiangning have been lost one after another. Now even the accompanying capital Lin'an is besieged by the Qi army, and there is a rage in my heart that has nowhere to vent.

However, let them hate King Jin, but they can't hate him anymore
If the Supreme Emperor Anfeng is recognized, the King of Jin came to conquer on the emperor's order. The Holy Supreme Lord Lin'an was a human son and started a war with his father, so there is no reason for it.

If you don't recognize An Feng, the king of Chu will not cause trouble for no reason. After all, we, the Zhou Dynasty, betrayed the alliance and attacked Huaibei first.

Therefore, after a few days of fermenting in my heart, this anger mixed with humiliation became even more uncomfortable, but I couldn't find an outlet.

Fortunately, on the tenth night of September, Mr. Chen Bokang pointed out a "clear way" for them.

In fact, a wartime curfew has been implemented in Lin'an City since the seventh day of September.

However, Emperor Zhou had a history of abandoning the city and fleeing to Shu. In order to prevent his majesty from abandoning millions of soldiers and civilians, all the scholars gathered at Li Zhengmen outside the imperial city.

The great Zhou Dynasty was very kind to the scholars, and they developed the habit of arrogance and pampering among the scholars early on. Furthermore, the last time the scholars were imprisoned for crying in the temple, and finally Quan Xuquan was released, this undoubtedly strengthened their sense of superiority.

Therefore, the curfew order turned a blind eye.

On the tenth day of September, the army outside the city was pressing down, and more than a thousand scholars had gathered in front of Li's main gate in the city. In order to prevent civil unrest, and after the court failed to appease it, it ordered Xiaohuangmen to go out and announce an edict, asking everyone to disperse by themselves before midnight tonight, otherwise there would be consequences. conceited.

This "results at your own risk" sound somewhat familiar, reminding everyone of the Xuandemen Incident in Qi State many years ago.

Hearing such a naked threat from Xiaohuangmen, Gu Yuntang, the leader of the scholars, couldn't help but became furious. If there were not soldiers outside Li Zhengmen to maintain order, Xiaohuangmen would have been beaten to death on the spot.

But in the afternoon, the scholars calmed down and began to feel uneasy.

After all, who is not afraid of life and death?
In the evening, people's hearts were already in a state of confusion, but everyone from Mei Yaomei suddenly appeared at Li's main entrance.
After expressing their views on advancing and retreating together with everyone, the will of leaders such as Gu Yuntang was re-firmed.

First of all, after taking the initiative to go to prison last time, Mei's family has an extraordinary status in everyone's hearts, and they have already regarded them as one of their own.

Secondly, young scholars cannot bear to be provoked the most. Although the Mei family did not explicitly say that they will be provoked, but a girl is here. If we are afraid and run home, we are still very men!

During the conversation, everyone learned about the "flood in Xiuzhou" from Master Mei.

"The King of Jin went all the way south and never heard of any heavy casualties in a certain city. Even the civil and military generals who resisted him were captured and could receive medical treatment for their injuries. The King of Jin said, 'Everyone is his own master.' They disarmed and released them, but they didn't expect that the people of Xiuzhou would be killed by the local guards."

When Mei Yao talked about this, she looked sad and pitiful.

Everyone around was stunned. The Huaibei Army went south and didn't kill many people. The most serious casualties among the people were actually caused by their own officials?
Moreover, it has not been able to stop others!
Stupidity is more unacceptable than badness.

The news that Xiuzhou was flooded quickly spread among the scholars, and some scholars whose hometown was Xiuzhou burst into tears.

Gu Yuntang and others were silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "Master Mei, what does Huaibei look like?"

Mei Yao thought for a moment and replied: "As you all know, the slave family comes from Qi State. It would be biased to evaluate it by slaves."

"Mei, everyone, just say, there are no outsiders here."

"Then I will tell you what I saw and heard in Huaibei."

The surrounding area immediately fell silent. Mei Yao and the other scholars sat cross-legged and said slowly: "Huaibei is a paradise where the old are provided for, the young are educated, the poor are helped, and the young are all able to make a living. The government and the people are integrated, and the army and the people live in harmony."

Xu Shi described Huaibei so perfectly that several audience members showed disbelief. One person said: "How could there be such a place in the world?"

Mei Yao was not annoyed at being interrupted, and said with a smile: "The slave family has not stayed in Huaibei for a long time. Maybe it is biased, but after Mr. Lu and Mr. Yi An went to Huaibei one after another, they took the initiative to stay and wanted to come there. There must be something attractive about it.”

"It's true that Mr. Lu can't get rid of the dirt in his eyes."

"That's right, brother Yan Qing went to Huaibei the year before last and didn't come back! He mentioned Huaibei in his letter last year, which is pretty much what everyone Mei said!"

Immediately, several people came forward to support Mei's words with their own experiences.

Mei Yao added: "If you have the opportunity in the future, you can go and take a look for yourself."

There were several sighs all around. Since the year before last, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been strictly guarding the Huaihe River boundary. People who don't know how to go there can't go there at all.

Gu Yuntang thought for a moment, then suddenly asked a little shyly: "Master Mei, everyone says that you are the confidante of King Jin. Among the few inscriptions and tributes by King Jin, two of them were written by you. Mei Tell me, what kind of person is King Jin?"

The scholars were also gossiping, and dozens of pairs of eyes immediately looked over.

Their interest in the pink and crimson color of these men and women is no less than their interest in national affairs.

The world loves stories about courtesans and heroes, but Mei Yao knows that she and the King of Chu have nothing to do with each other. However, she has never really clarified the scandal over the years.

First of all, her relationship with the King of Chu was ambiguous and difficult to understand. For her, it was an extremely important layer of protection!
Just the title of 'King Chu's confidante' was enough that no one in Qi and Zhou would dare to force her to do anything they didn't like.

Secondly, this will also help her improve her quality and popularity.

This time, after hearing Gu Yuntang's personal question, Mei Yao couldn't help but lose consciousness for a moment, then smiled bitterly and slowly replied: "Prince Jin, he is a great hero in this world."

What happened in front of Li Zheng's gate naturally spread to the palace.

As a king, it was indeed a bit humiliating to be blocked at the doorstep by more than a thousand people to prevent him from escaping.

When Chai Su, the prefect of Lin'an, reported the news of Mei Yao's appearance among the scholars to the Zhou Emperor, the latter immediately became angry, "It's this woman again! I was kind and didn't kill her last time, but I didn't know how to repay her! She's an old man. Anyone who interferes with my affairs in the Great Zhou Dynasty must be the mastermind of Qi State! Master Chai, send someone to hang her to death!"

Chai Su hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you absolutely must not do this!"

"What's wrong? I can't kill a singer?"

Emperor Zhou became even more angry, but what Chai Su said next made him wake up instantly, "Has your Majesty forgotten that during the peace talks with Anfeng at the beginning of the year, the other party asked for the release of this woman by name. There have been rumors in the outside world that this woman and Jin "The king has a lot of connections"

Speaking of the King of Jin, Emperor Zhou already understood what Chai Su meant. We can't fight, and we have to negotiate for peace in the end. If you kill his woman, wouldn't that create difficulties for the peace negotiation out of thin air?

The entire Great Zhou Dynasty was filled with an air of cowardice, which was inseparable from the personal personalities of Chai Ji and Chai Chong.

Now that the Huaibei army has arrived at the city, if it were some heroic king, he would probably use thunderous means to mow down the scholars outside Li's main gate, and then hunt down and kill everyone who might have an affair with Huaibei, in order to show a last-ditch fight and eliminate any chance of luck for the entire city's soldiers and civilians.

But Emperor Zhou was obviously not such a person, and the current atmosphere in Lin'an City did not allow him to do this.

When you are preoccupied with peace negotiations, you will be tied up in everything and look forward and backward.

Seeing that Emperor Zhou had stopped speaking, Chai Su carefully asked again, "Your Majesty, do you still need to forcibly disperse the scholars tonight?"

"Dispel! Must be dispersed!"

To show that he was not intimidated by a singer, Emperor Zhou's voice was cold and stern.

Chai Su hesitated to speak, and finally bowed deeply and retreated out of the palace. But as soon as he reached the door of the palace, Emperor Zhou who was sitting on the throne suddenly called out again: "Master Chai."

"We are here." Chai Su quickly stopped and walked back to Emperor Zhou, waiting for the latter's instructions. However, he saw that Emperor Zhou had a sarcastic look on his face. He hesitated for a few seconds and then said: "Clear the place at this time. You can bring a few people from the palace." Maid, if everyone insists on leaving, let the maids take her away. Don't hurt her, and don't let the servants get their hands on her, so as not to betray the King of Jin."

".,yes."

You are so careful about a singer who is rumored to have an affair with King Jin, what a fart in this fight!

At the beginning of Youshi.

In the Chen family's house in the original Huainan Jinglue, Chen Bokang sat in the study and read and reread a letter with only a few lines.

The content of the letter is shocking and straightforward, "Go to Wan Qixi, overthrow Qin Huizhi, and become Chen Gongxiang."

Compared with the frightened ministers and His Majesty in the court, Chen Bokang was the calmest. After a deep conversation with Chen Chu at the beginning of the year, he knew that the latter was not ready to swallow half of the south of the Yangtze River.

The reason is what he asked at the beginning, "How can we feed the 40 million people in Jiangnan?"

Huaibei's trade can feed the three million people in Huaibei, but it is a drop in the bucket if it is used to feed the seventy million people in the whole country.

Therefore, in Chen Chu's plan, it was necessary to first go north and then south. After taking over the fertile black soil thousands of miles outside the pass, he would then move to the south of the Yangtze River and move a large number of landless farmers in the south of the Yangtze River to the rich product outside the pass.

This time the army went south, although the momentum was great, it was to extort money to relieve the Huaibei economy, which was under huge pressure.

However, although Jiangnan can continue to have the surname Chai, the officials must be purged and replaced with a group of officials who obey orders or have a good relationship with Huaibei.

Chen Bokang reached an agreement with Chen Chu in Anfeng. Today is the first step for the former to implement his plan.

After thinking quietly for a few moments, Chen Bokang placed the secret message on the candlelight. Seeing that the paper turned into ashes, he took an old servant and got up to go out.

After the Anfeng peace negotiation, Chen Bokang had nothing to do when he returned to Beijing. His Huainan Road had become the jurisdiction of the Supreme Emperor. Both the Emperor and the Prime Minister of Qin were taboo about the ambiguous relationship between him and the King of Jin, so they did not dare to use it anymore. .

But he was able to stay at home safely, precisely because of his relationship with the King of Jin, who kept him in Lin'an without him, so that if there was another conflict with Huaibei in the future, he would be able to come forward to resolve it.

On the street, residents hurried to their homes as the curfew was approaching.

At two o'clock in the morning, Chen Bokang came to Li's main gate.

Last year, Chen Bokang had been detained for a period of time before Shizi was taken into custody. Speaking of which, both parties had shared the joys and sorrows.

Furthermore, this was also the first former important minister to come to visit everyone. The scholars couldn't help but excitedly gathered around him, expressing their emotions in a variety of ways.

In fact, until now, the resentful scholars did not know who to blame. They intuitively felt that there was something wrong with the court, but the pressure from Prime Minister Qin and the emperor prevented them from targeting the two of them.

Seeing the excitement around him, Chen Bokang silenced the crowd of more than a thousand people with just one sentence: "There is a thief in the court!"

Everyone once thought that Chen Bokang was talking about the Prime Minister of Qin, but unexpectedly Chen Bokang continued: "Since your Majesty went south to hunt, he has worked hard to achieve great ambitions, and he can be called the Mingjun of Zhongxing! However, there is a thief who, in order to covet the power of heaven, encouraged the Prime Minister of Qin and deceived the king. Go up, privately mobilize troops to invade Qi! This man has secretly occupied the high position of Dali Temple Minister. He has neither talent nor virtue. He broke the alliance and broke the contract. He fled back in panic in Huaibei and brought the war to the south of the Yangtze River. It is because of this man! Get up!"

'Encourage the Prime Minister of Qin to deceive the emperor and mobilize troops secretly. '

On normal days, few people would believe this, but privately deploying soldiers and horses is unrealistic.

But the already passionate scholars just wanted to find an outlet to vent their emotions. Furthermore, Wan Qixi was certainly involved in the embarrassing Zhou army's northern invasion.

He is also the coach of the East Route Army!
Your Majesty cannot make mistakes, and no one dares to criticize Prime Minister Qin for the time being.
It's all his grandson's fault!
If you hadn't caused border troubles, how could our government have lost Huainan, how could we have lost Jiangning, how could Xiuzhou be flooded, and how could the Huaibei army have come to the city!

You have caused a lot of trouble, but now you are doing well, but you are hiding at home claiming to be sick!

Bah~
Seeing that all the scholars were blushing, as if they were about to explode at any time, Chen Bokang sighed with emotion, made a group salute to all the juniors, and said sadly: "This thief in the country will never have peace! This is an old man's dereliction of duty. Now, I have made up my mind. I want to go to the palace and tell you the ten grave sins of this beast. Please make your decision!"

Before he finished speaking, someone immediately shouted: "I am willing to go with Mr. Chen!"

"Let's go together!"

But Chen Bokang's expression changed and he said seriously: "Don't mess around!"

Then, he changed back to a look of care and hope, looked around the crowd, and said painfully: "You are all the pillars of the country in the future. You are still young. Don't get involved in this matter to avoid being retaliated by Wan Qixi later. I am just a commoner, and my age It’s too late. We don’t have much time left to serve the country. Let’s just throw out this passion and bring down Wan Qixi, the traitor who is causing harm to the country!”

Although Chen Bokang is old, he has a slender face and an upright look. He looks like a loyal minister!
At this moment, his words contained care for the younger generations, as well as his determination to die together with his minister Wan Qixi. Coupled with the extremely contagious and impassioned speech, it brought tears to the eyes of the scholar.

At this time, I heard a clear girl say in confusion: "Master Chen, you are a veteran of the court, why do you call yourself a commoner?"

When Chen Bokang heard this, he smiled sadly, "I have been idle for many days since I came back from my mission at the beginning of the year. I have been without an official position for a long time."

It was Mei Yao who spoke just now, but her brows furrowed, and her words were obviously filled with anger, "Master Chen, but Wan Qixijin's slanderous words only take away the official position of the old master?"

Chen Bokang sighed silently, but did not answer. Then he bowed his head again and said earnestly: "When you have greatly served the country, you must not act randomly and disturb His Majesty. I am gone."

After saying that, Chen Bokang straightened his clothes and strode towards Li's main entrance.

The remaining scholars looked at the old man's back and felt a huge anger in their hearts that was about to burst!
Why do sycophants always succeed and cause trouble to the country, but they also force loyal and upright ministers like Mr. Chen to risk their lives!

It makes people want to question the emperor face to face. Do you know who is loyal and who is traitorous?

But the crime of trespassing into the palace will be punished by the nine tribes!
The last bit of reason kept them from messing around.

At this moment, he saw everyone, Mei, suddenly walking towards the west. Gu Yuntang subconsciously said, "Master Mei, where are you going?"

But he saw Mei Yao turning around and bowing delicately, "I want to go to Lord Wanqi's house and ask him a few things face to face."

Gu Yuntang was startled and immediately said: "I'll go too!"

"Let's go together!"

"Old thief, I was just going to meet him for a while!"

This time, the voice was much more justified than the previous one when he said he wanted to enter the palace with Chen Bokang.

You don't dare to enter or exit the palace at will, but I dare to break into your Wan Qixi residence!
In the passionate atmosphere, the scholars acted quickly and decisively, and Wu Yangyang immediately rushed towards Renshoufang, where Wanqixi's mansion was located.

When the soldiers outside Li Zhengmen saw the scholar leaving on his own, they were still secretly praising Mr. Chen for his solution. The stubborn man who refused to be persuaded to leave was dismissed by Mr. Chen with just a few words!
A quarter of an hour later, more than a thousand scholars arrived at Renshoufang.

Before Master Wanqi could figure out what was going on at the door, he was pulled out and drowned in the crowd.

Some calm scholars even tried to dissuade them, "Don't hit people, don't hit people, we are here to reason!"

But the scattered voices of reason were quickly silenced by countless angry looks.

Once people join a group, their IQ will be severely reduced. In order to gain a sense of group identity, individuals are willing to abandon right and wrong and use their IQ and crazier behaviors in exchange for a sense of belonging that makes people feel safer.

Undoubtedly, Lin'an scholars fell into this crazy situation at this time.

The young talents who were originally elegant and courteous have now turned into street gangsters, beating everyone and throwing things when they see them.

Rushed all the way to the back house.

Wan Qixi, who was having dinner, had no idea what was going on. When Gu Yuntang and others rushed in, Wan Qixi subconsciously shouted: "You are crazy! I am Wan Qixi, the Minister of Dali Temple!"

It has to be said that after being in power for a long time, the majestic demeanor that burst out in moments of crisis still made the scholars hesitate.

It happened that the father of one of the scholars knew Wan Qixi, so Wan Qixi felt the danger. Seeing several people at this moment, he said hurriedly and seriously: "Xiaosheng, I have known your father for many years, why did you come to my house?" make trouble!"

Not to mention, the scholar named Xiao Sheng saw all his classmates looking at him, and his face instantly turned red, as if meeting this thief was a great shame and humiliation. He took a step forward and roared: "You traitor who is causing harm to the country, don't try to build relationships with me. You and I are incompatible with each other!"

In order to show that he was sworn in with the 'evil', Xiaosheng raised his hand and slapped Wan Qixi on the face, sending the latter's webbed head flying.
At this time, the three sons of Wanqi's family, who were sitting at the same table, naturally refused to comply. They rushed up and punched Xiaosheng.

But Wanqixi's hat was gone, her bun was messed up, and her face had lost its majestic image.

"Go! Eliminate thieves for the country, even if you die, you will have no regrets!"

Gu Yuntang shouted, and the last trace of reason disappeared.

Youshizhong, the last half hour before curfew.

Chai Su, the prefect of Lin'an, led a large number of government officials to rush to Renshoufang. Ordinarily, ordinary public security fights should not alarm the prefect.

But this time, it was Dali Temple Qing Wanqixin whose family was attacked by scholars.

When Chai Su arrived, Wan Qixi had been dragged to Chang Street outside the mansion, and Gu Yuntang, Xiaosheng and others were surrounding him and kicking him.

Poor Mr. Wanqi, he has never been so humiliated in half his life. He was lying on the ground with a bruised face and a bruised face. He couldn't move. He didn't know whether he was really beaten to death or he was pretending to be dead.

Chai Su quickly ordered someone to stop the scholar, and when he took a closer look, he saw that Master Wanqi's chest was still rising slightly, and he felt relieved.

But then, the policeman who rushed into the courtyard first to check it out said with a horrified look on his face: "Sir, someone has died. Master Wanqi's second and third sons were beaten to death."

Upon hearing this, Chai Su raised his head in astonishment and looked at Gu Yuntang and others with a gloomy look, "You dare to beat and kill the imperial official, do you really not want to live anymore?"

Gu Yuntang was also shocked when he first heard about the human life. Didn't we just say we wanted to talk to Wan Qixi to argue with him? Why did he kill someone?
But then, Gu Yuntang's heart changed, and he raised his head and said: "We will eliminate thieves for the country, even if we die, we will have no regrets!"

Chai Su was so angry that he laughed, feeling it was absurd. Nowadays, the enemy troops outside the city are watching eagerly, but there is no sign of the soldiers and civilians working together to fight against the foreign enemies in the city. There are even vicious cases of scholars beating and killing the heirs of high officials!
At this time, he suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the soldiers at the rear. Chai Su looked up and saw a plume of thick smoke rising from the back house of Wanqixi Mansion, followed by an open flame that was several feet high.

Echoing the setting sun in the west.

The fire burned so fast and fiercely, someone must have set it deliberately.

Looking at the jubilant and cheering scholars, it is obvious who set the fire!

"What's wrong with you! You are all people who have read poetry and books, but you are all like bandits, crazy and crazy!"

Chai solemnly stamped his feet and roared, and then shouted to the government officials with red eyes: "Hurry up and call the Fire Dragon Bureau to put out the fire. The houses in Renshoufang are in a contiguous area, so be sure not to affect the whole city!" (End of this chapter)