Song Dynasty

Chapter 117 The annoying and disgusting Lu Benzhong ([-])
When Lu Benzhong first came to see him, Kong Yanzhou didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was just a messenger sent by Wang Shen to ask for peace.

Mr. Kong accepted all the presents as they were ordered. As for this battle, I have the upper hand now that I have a strong army, so why would I give up.

Immediately tore up Wang Shen's condescending letter and told the old man in front of him to get out.

However, what he never expected was that instead of rolling back to Huanggang in embarrassment, this old Suan Ding moved into his Chinese military camp openly, talking and laughing with the civil servants inside, and dictating government affairs.

At this time, Kong Yanzhou felt that something was wrong, and after asking, he realized that this old man Lu turned out to be a big shot.There were two prime ministers in his ancestors, and his disciples and old officials were all over the world, and the Lu family was a prominent family in Huaiyou.The clerks and officials of the Chinese Army Xingyuan are all locals, and almost everyone can be related to the surname Lu.When it came to ranking, everyone would call him Mr. Lu and serve him as a junior.

This Lu Benzhong belonged to Wang Shen, but now he sits high in Kong Yanzhou's camp, reading files and documents at will in the government affairs hall.It can be said that the entire Kong Yanzhou army is like a woman who has taken off her clothes, completely open to others.

Seeing this scene, Kong Yanzhou immediately wanted to kill someone.But after thinking about it, this old dog really can't be killed.If he killed him, he would become an enemy of the group of civil servants and scholars under him, as well as the entire local scholars, and the consequences would be huge.

It seems that someone has to be sent to take him away.

At this time, Lu Benzhong took the initiative to find Kong Yanzhou, proudly presented his family tree, talked about the glory of his ancestors and the power in the local area, and said with a sneer, General Kong probably thought that the old man was Wang Shen's aide, really. The joke of slipping the world.Wang Shen is a defense envoy of Huangzhou. He is a young martial artist of the seventh rank. The old man is Wailang, a member of the Shangshu Province, and the emperor's close attendant. Because the Jurchen invaded, he was not allowed to live in Huangzhou. Wang Daosi had to behave in front of the old man.The reason why I came to see you, Kong Yanzhou this time, is because I can't bear to see the people of Qi and Huang prefectures suffer from wars again, so I just want to say it together, and the second is to make excuses, so that I can go back to my hometown to have a look when the Jurchen withdraw their troops and return to the north.I know about you, Kong Yanzhou. You used to be an official in the Great Song Dynasty, but now you are reversed. It is uncertain when you will be recruited again in the future.At that time, everyone will be officials in the same dynasty.Most of the officials under your command are the juniors of the old man's protégés, and they are all incompetent. The Qizhou government affairs have been messed up by them, and the old man can't ignore it.By the way, find me a room to settle in. Also, if there are beautiful women, send two of them here for my benefit.

After all, he walked away proudly with a flick of his sleeves.

Kong Yanzhou and the generals under him were so angry that they almost gritted their teeth. Immediately, someone drew a knife and wanted to chop this poor old man into meat paste.

It was Kong Yanzhou who remained sober, yes, things are impermanent.It is common for a bandit like him to rebel today and be recruited tomorrow.This Lu Benzhong's background is really too big, and his reputation is very famous. If he is killed, it will cut off the way to be recruited in the future.

Forget it, bear with it.

Of course, the Xingyuan Government Affairs Hall of the Chinese Army can no longer ask him to come in.

However, after two days, Lu Benzhong came again, dragging a newly-appointed magistrate of Guangji County together, cursing, saying that the yamen is full of idiots, and they can't even provide the data and figures of Qizhou's products and fields.Others get smarter the more they read, but the more you read, the more pedantic you become.And... Also, how did you draw the mountain and river defense map of Qizhou? It's not right at all.

General Kong, the old man really can't stand it anymore, I have to do this myself.

Acres of property involves how much family background you have, how much money you can collect in the future, and how many civilian husbands you can recruit. As for the defense of mountains and rivers, it is even more important.To be honest, after occupying Qizhou, he was about to decide with Wang Shen, but Kong Yanzhou didn't even have a decent map in his hand.

At that moment, Kong Yanzhou became interested, and even said that Mr. Lu had worked hard, so I will send the two girls to your house right away.

After two days of checking the materials, a detailed map and a piece of field data were sent to Kong Yanzhou's desk.

Kong Yanzhou was surprised when he saw it.Now I rode a fast horse to conduct field surveys, and the topography and features I saw were exactly the same as those on the map.Only at this time did he realize how powerful Lu Benzhong was, and he had to admit that the old man was a rare genius.He has traveled all over the world for many years, and he holds a high position. He has never seen any kind of person.But in terms of civil affairs, it seems that no one can beat this old man Lu.

Especially the capable vigor of this skinny old man, who vaguely has the demeanor of Grandpa Zong Zezong back then.Kong Yanzhou respected and feared such a person, and felt that it was dangerous to put him in the shaft.

However, before he could speak, Lu Benzhong began to scold those civil servants again, saying that his juniors were all trash.Seeing that the weather is getting hotter day by day, the soldiers are about to change into summer clothes.But until now, the number of troops, the size, the amount of clothing materials needed, and the labor required have not yet been calculated. Is it possible that everyone is still wearing winter clothes on the battlefield?No, the old man really can't stand it anymore, this matter has to be taken care of.

As soon as Kong Yanzhou heard this, he immediately cupped his hands and said, since Mr. Donglai has the heart, Kong Yanzhou is grateful, so he entrusted him with everything.

In this way, Lu Benzhong not only went in and out of Kong Yanzhou at will, but also ran into the barracks from time to time to give orders, and then used the name of Kong Yanzhou to spray the generals who led the army to the blood, which can be said to have thoroughly investigated Kong Yanzhou's army. , and then took four beautiful maidservants from him.

After a few days of work, it can be said that the entire civil service system is only followed by Lu Laotou.Not only that, he also accepted Kong Xian as a student, and went in and out of Kong's house all day long.

At this time, Kong Yanzhou was shocked to realize the seriousness of the problem.This man surnamed Lu has unknowingly snatched all the civil affairs power in Qizhou, if he is allowed to develop like this.At that time, when Lao Tzu's army asks for money, food, and supplies, won't it depend on the face of this old killer?

The worst thing is that Lu Benzhong once again intervened in military affairs. Today he said that this kind of training is not good, and tomorrow he said that you will never be able to beat Wang Daosi on the battlefield after training like this.

Next, he said that he had lived in Huangzhou for a while and knew the Sizhou Army very well.Then he bragged about Wang Shen, bluntly saying that Kong Yanzhou's sergeants looked unhappy, their morale was shaken, and they had no confidence in winning the next battle.

When Kong Yanzhou discovered this, he was so angry that he just wanted to vomit blood: I just won Qizhou, and my surname Wang was beaten so badly that I didn't dare to come out in Huanggang City. Why do I feel like I have suffered a big defeat?

The old man talked about the two peace talks in front of Lao Tzu all day long, shaking the morale of the army, and intervening in military and political affairs.You can't kill, you can't drive away, it's really a hot potato!
Today, even my son was influenced by him to come to be a lobbyist, straight mother thief!
When I go to Huangzhou, I have to send people to kill all the civil servants. If I can't kill old man Lu, I can't kill you?Anyway, Qi and Huang prefectures are very poor, so I will go to Ezhou after I rob this place.In the future, this group of scholars will be useless, and they will kill Fang Xiaomou's hatred in one go.

Yes, I'm going to slaughter all his descendants in front of Old Dog Lu, and I don't know what the expression of Lu will be like then?
Thinking of this, Kong Yanzhou felt a burst of joy in his heart.

They ran for more than ten miles along the Ba River and surveyed the terrain.Seeing that the peach blossom flood would not end for a while, he had no choice but to return to Qishui.

The terrain of Qishui is dangerous. Next to the county seat is a hilly area called Chashan, with Ba River to the west and Qishui to the east. Now he has set it as the base camp. When all the troops are assembled and the pontoon bridge over the Ba River is built, they can cross He attacked Wang Shen.

These days, tens of thousands of people have come over one after another, and the open space outside the entire county town is filled with tents, filled with a murderous atmosphere.

As soon as he returned to the city, Liu Fu, the number one general under Kong Yanzhou, came over and asked, "General, spring plowing is just around the corner, so many soldiers and horses gathering together may affect the farming season, why don't you disperse the soldiers and go to the counties to cultivate fields so that we can be self-sufficient. "

When Kong Yanzhou heard this, he became angry: "disband the farmland, who told you that a certain one wants to farm the fields? A certain one will send troops to Huangzhou soon, and go to Ezhou after taking Huangzhou. They need food and food, people and people there, so just grab the capital. That's right, you are soldiers, not farmers. Straight lady thief, you are drunk and confused."

"The fight is still going on. Didn't the two sides shake hands and make peace?" Liu Fu was puzzled.

Kong Yanzhou noticed something was wrong and shouted, "Say, what's going on?"

Liu Fu: "Just today, Wang Shen sent someone over to propose marriage again, saying that he wanted to marry the general's daughter and be your son-in-law. Mr. Lu was the matchmaker. The old man said that the general had agreed and accepted the dowry. , I will send the young lady to Huangzhou on an auspicious day. Everyone in our army knows about this, and everyone will come to congratulate the general later! Since Wang Daosi is the general's son-in-law, everyone is a family There is no need to fight this battle. Besides, Mr. Lu also said that after the two armies stopped fighting, he will go to the court to recruit us."

During this period of time, after Lu Benzhong's preaching, the image of Wang Shen's invincible Hu Ben has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.The lieutenant general Kong Yanzhou thought for a moment, yes, this is the truth.In Jiankang, even the Khitans and the Jurchens were cleaned up, and the head of a strong man like Ba Lisu was chopped off. How could we be his opponents.

It's all right now, everyone has become a family, and finally there is no need to fight.

Not only the others, but even Liu Fu heaved a long sigh of relief.

"What!" Kong Yanzhou yelled angrily.He is treacherous, and he immediately understood that this matter must have been caused by Lu Benzhong.The surname Lu is imitating the allusion that "everyone knows" when Liu Bei went to Soochow to marry Sun Quan in the Three Kingdoms.If he wants to seek peace through the marriage of the two families, even if the peace talks fail, his soldiers will not be able to be ruthless when fighting with the Sizhou Army on the battlefield.

Hehe, it seems that the surnamed Lu is indeed on Wang Shen's side, and came to Qizhou to disturb our army's morale.If I really dare not kill him, at worst I will not be recruited in the future.This Song Dynasty does not keep the master, but has his own place to stay.Don't stay anywhere... Cough, this way of recruiting security really can't be broken.

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In fact, the Song Dynasty has always had a tradition of recruiting bandits and bandits from all over the country.In real history, people such as Kong Yanzhou and Li Cheng rebelled and then surrendered, surrendered and sentenced again, and repeated several times.Every time, no matter how fierce the fight with the Song army was, as long as the imperial court came down with a decree and promised to be a high-ranking official, they would happily agree.Every time he is recruited, he will be promoted to a higher level. The so-called murder and arson is recruited, and the murder and arson gold belt.

Otherwise, what else can I do? Being a bandit for a lifetime is not an option. Is it possible to vote for the Jurchen in the north and be a slave to others.Although the rogues were cruel and ruthless, the Song Dynasty stood at the cultural pinnacle of this era, and the Han nationality had a strong national self-esteem.In their view, although the Jurchens are powerful, they are nothing but barbarians.Surrender them to be traitors, I can't afford to lose this person.

In real history, the reason why Li Cheng and Kong Yanzhou completely turned against the Song Dynasty was because Liu Yu established the puppet Qi regime in Henan.After all, on the surface, the puppet Qi can be regarded as a regime established by the Han people, and there is no psychological burden to vote for him.

Therefore, the puppet Qi was still very confusing in the early days of its establishment, and it also recruited a group of outstanding figures such as Li Cheng and Li Qiong.

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Thinking of Lu Benzhong's proud face and his disdainful eyes, Kong Yanzhou felt short of breath.As a warrior, he naturally understands the energy and disgust of the civil servants of the Song Dynasty.

This Lu Benzhong is going to annoy and disgust me to death?
Sitting down angrily, Kong Yanzhou shouted to Liu Fu: "Zhiniang thief, where there is something, pass the order, it's all rumors. If anyone in the army dares to spread rumors and believe rumors, who disturbs our army's morale, they will all be killed! "

"It turned out that the general refused to agree to this marriage. That's easy. The last general will go and tell the sergeants."

"Stop talking nonsense, get out, I swear to destroy Wang Shen. If there is him without me, and if I don't have him."

When Liu Fu retreated, Kong Yanzhou remembered something again, so he summoned an old family member and asked, "Does XX have any daughters, and how many?"

"The master is fierce and fierce, so naturally his offspring will prosper." The old family was sweating, and the master of his family was so confused that he didn't even know how many daughters he had. The concubines are all confused!

Up to now, there are more than thirty concubines in his house, and it seems that there is still a tendency to expand further.

He hurriedly replied: "Master has one son and six daughters."

"I know about the first son, isn't it the little bastard Kong Xian?" Kong Yanzhou asked again: "Who are the other six daughters?"

"Master's eldest daughter is born to the Mei family; the second daughter's mother is the Lin family; the third daughter is born to the Xu family..."

"Don't talk so many useless things, tell me, which of my daughters is Wang Shen going to marry?" Kong Yanzhou interrupted the old family and asked.

"It's the second young lady born of the Lin family." The family replied: "The second young lady's fang list has the word 'Lin', and she is 14 years old this year."

"Lin, who is Lin?" Kong Yanzhou asked again.

(End of this chapter)