Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 407 Said Song Jiang 【Subscription】

Haozhou is Fengyang, the hometown of later Zhu Hongwu.But now here, it is just a very common one among the many military states in the Song Dynasty.

Since it was captured by Song Jiang, the number of people inside and outside Haozhou City has been constantly losing. No matter rich or poor, high or low, some people regard Liangshan Army as bandits.Even after Song Jiang invaded Haozhou, he strictly abided by the military regulations of Liangshan Army, did not burn or kill, did not loot, did not harm the local ordinary people, and kept his hands on the local gentry and wealthy households.Some people just think like this, what can you do to them if you press the cow's head and don't drink water?

A wink was thrown at the blind man, so no one appreciated it.Let Song Jiang and the leaders of his army be anxious.

"I would have set my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch." Song Jiang mourned.

However, when all the people who want to leave have left, Haozhou will become stable.

Nowadays, the people here seem to have gotten used to the Liangshan Army's rule.Outside the city gate, there were already some ordinary vendors, who set up tents in various places, and started a market with the city gate as the center, and there were monkey performers, word-testing and divination, and the noise was endless.A sound of hawking and yelling attracted countless people to stop and stop.

As for the city, it has regained half of its former liveliness.

Whoever called Song Junwu from Huainan West Road was useless for nothing. After such a long time, he failed to organize a decent counterattack and fight back to Haozhou City.Don't blame the people for being ruthless.And they are forgetful.

Once there is peace in this situation, business will inevitably prosper.Many shops facing the street in Haozhou City have opened, among which the shops selling salted fish, canned food and ironware are particularly prosperous.

The former is a major output of the Liangshan Army today.From the hands of Lu Qian.He gathered people from the coastal fishermen to collect seafood, pickling salted fish was the first, making surimi enema was the second, and canning was the third.

The latter is not packaged in tin cans or glass bottles, but clay pots with low cost.

Cooked with salt, onion, ginger and seafood, filled in clay pots of similar size, the principle of heat expansion and contraction is simple and sealed, and the cans that can be stored for a long period of time are freshly baked.

These things are not worth a lot of money on the coast, but in the inland, the price has risen.

What's more important is that such a large amount of sea goods can greatly make up for Liang Shanjun's meat needs.Even though it costs money to make them, the cost is much smaller than the cost of pork, mutton and poultry.It is also very beneficial to Liangshan Army.

Salted fish, surimi enema and canned food were originally military supplies.But in Lu Qian's eyes, such a positioning is a big waste. Around last year's festival, he ordered some to be placed in the inland market, because the price is much lower than that of meat, and the sales are very good.In this way, the salted fish, surimi enema and canned food have naturally entered the private market.

Now this month, salted fish and surimi enemas are rare in the inland.Canned food is a rarity all over the planet.It has been on sale for four months, so there is no need to worry about sales.In some places along the coast of Shandong, seeing the benefits, sporadic food factories have already appeared.

Facts have proved that wealth is very attractive.You don't care who is in power, money can make people obey.

This kind of scale is mostly a workshop model, but it also represents a kind of "hope".

The shops in the city that sell metal utensils such as iron pans, sickles, shovels, shovels, scissors, kitchen knives, and axes are even more busy.

Lu Qian, who owns the two coal and iron bases of Laiwujian and Liguojian, is the first-class rich man.And holding such high technology as a windmill and a hydraulic forging hammer, isn't it galloping freely and invincibly in the 'mall'?
The arms supervisor changed his mind from swords, guns and armor to civilian affairs, and his advantages were unparalleled.

Lu Qian knew nothing about smelting technology, so he couldn't push China's smelting industry to a new level in one fell swoop; however, he was able to integrate various mines and smelting workshops, cooperate with a large number of prisoners of war in his hand, and use manpower to bring the smelting industry under his command to a whole new level. The production of iron and steel has been pushed to an astronomical figure in today's eyes.

Even out of ten catties of iron, seven or eight of them turned into armor.The rest are sold in the market, and high-quality ironware is highly praised by the people.

However, the latter are more sold in the land of Qilu, and buyers have to show their credentials.Haozhou was under the rule of "Qi State" and belonged to the military-controlled state, and very few high-quality ironware were shipped there. This kind of alternative hunger marketing is also called "Qi Iron" and is more respected by the people in Haozhou.

Jin Maohu was very moved when he saw such a scene, Haozhou is so lively, it is not too much compared to Yangzhou today.Song Jiang was very happy to see Yanshun.The two parted from Dizhou, and it took more than a few months in a blink of an eye. Time really flies, and time flies.

"Brother was so miserable when we parted, but now it's only been a few months, but he is already full of vigor and vigor. Didn't my brother really forget about the Song Dynasty and want to give his life to the Liangshan land bandits?" Yan Shun looked at Song Jiang with a blushing face. Light, open your mouth without hiding it, and directly express your intention.

Song Jiang jumped at these words, "Brother, what are you doing here in Haozhou? Instead of talking about the friendship between you and me, you hurt my family's face. Could it be that you are a lobbyist at the official's house?"

He has been serving the Liangshan Army for quite some time. Although he has never set foot in Lu Qian's inner circle of power, due to his relationship with Chao Gai and Hua Rong, he is very aware of some of the past achievements of the most mysterious intelligence department in the Liangshan Army.

Thoughtful people tend to think about things in the dark.Song Jiang is such a person.

Ever since he heard about the Intelligence Department, he was the first to think of the Imperial City Department.To vote in his situation is already inferior, how could he gain Lu Qian's trust?If it were him, he would have buried his eyes in the army.Guaranteed that there are people who have been bribed by the spy department among the close relatives and followers.

Didn't Yanshun hurt him by talking like this?

Seeing the change in Song Jiang's expression, Jin Maohu couldn't seem to be lying, and his heart skipped a beat: "Brother Gongming, don't you really want to turn against that thief Lu Qian?"

He is very proud, but living in the rivers and lakes, if he can't tell the truth from the fake, it's a lie.

Yanshun looked at Song Jiang's frightened and angry face, looked up and down, it didn't look like he was lying.Immediately like a pot of cold water topping.

"Fortunately, I still vouch for you in front of Xianggong Lu, saying that you are only thinking about the Song Dynasty. You were forced to surrender to Liangshan by the evil thieves in the king's army, and you had no choice but to join the thieves. Xianggong Lu really values ​​you and allows you to be a state." The position of Defense Envoy. I was dancing with joy, always thinking that I would be able to get together with my brother again in the future, drinking wine and eating meat with big bowls like before. I never thought..."

What Yanshun said was sincere, his eyes were bright.Song Jiang felt a little guilty immediately when he heard the words.He said silently: "Brother, Ning doesn't know what happened at this moment and that moment?"

Although Liang Shanbo swept Qilu back then, the imperial court was still powerful, and the Western Army's powerful suppression was the imperial court's respect no matter what.Song Jiang was so unwilling to work for Liangshan because he thought that Lu Qian was just a momentary fire.

But now the world is in chaos, giant bandits rebel against the king everywhere, Tianhu from Hedong, Wang Qing from Huaixi, Zhongxiang from Dongting, Fangla from the south of the Yangtze River, Luqian from Qilu, all of them divided the huge country of the Song Dynasty into pieces, just like a world Looks like a mess.

Even though the officers and soldiers are now attacking the north and south against the king, and news of success is spreading frequently, as a member of the Liangshan army, he also has his own channel for news.When Yanshun arrived in Haozhou, Lu Qian had already conquered Tokyo City for many days.Moreover, Liu Kai and his son who stayed behind in Tokyo were murdered by their own people, and the inside story is frightening.

Song Jiang liked the former, but was a little suspicious of the latter.But still believe most.Such a thing was done by the Intelligence Department, so Lu Qian has no reason to hide it.This means that Song Jiang's favor for Zhao Song has decreased a lot.

It just so happened that Yanshun came to recruit Song Jiang at this time... the timing was wrong.

"This Lu Xianggong is really good at calculating."

Song Jiang and Yanshun broke up unhappy.But the latter hasn't given up hope yet, and never turned around and left, letting Song Jiang find someone to stay.When Song Jiang entered the flower hall again, he saw Song Qing shaking a fan to fan the wind.

"That's right. It's a good plan. Just one move can turn the situation in Huainan around." In order to persuade Song Jiang, Yan Shun made Lu Yirou's words clear. It is undeniable that there is some truth in it.But he also overestimated the attractiveness of Zhao Song's official cap at the moment.

In the past, Song Jiang boasted that his talents were not met, and that he could not stretch his ambitions.From the bottom of his heart, he wanted to be an official, wanted to stand out and shine on the lintel.Because although he is not regarded as a similar figure by literati and inkmen, he is a very "orthodox" literati and doctor in his heart.There is no traditional Chinese literati who does not want to be an official.After all, "self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace" is one of the fundamental ideas of Confucianism.

So, Song Gongming is not reckless.

In Water Margin, he was determined to recruit people, not only to be an official, but also to realize his ideals.

And since he had no intention of becoming emperor, being recruited as an official of the Song Dynasty was undoubtedly the best choice.

Scholar-bureaucrats are willing to be officials, and only heroes want to be emperors, while savages like Chao Gai only want to be kings of mountains, for a while.

Song Jiang's growth background, inner conflicts, and behavioral conflicts are intertwined with his lifelong long-cherished wish, all of which can be said to be a portrayal of the mentality of a scholar-bureaucrat with life pursuits.

In a sense, rather than saying that Song Jiang was loyal to Zhao An, it is better to say that Song Jiang never rebelled.What he adheres to in his heart is the Confucian idea of ​​"loyalty to the emperor and patriotism".In the context of Water Margin, Song Jiang's loyalty and love can only be cowardly.

For people like Li Kui, the reason for the rebellion was to have meat to eat and wine to drink, with a big scar on their head, and death is not a pity.As for Song Jiang, the purpose of the rebellion was to attract the attention of the imperial court and to return to the official career/right path with a higher attitude.For this goal, in Song Jiang's heart, death is also not a pity.

It can be said that there is an essential difference between Song Jiang and his reckless brothers.Those imperial generals who were bowed down by Song Jiang were somewhat similar to him.

His tragedy is that he was obviously born as a lowly official, but he became a feudal traditional scholar-bureaucrat with Confucian ideals and ambitions.As a result of fate, he was forced to take a non-mainstream path of serving the country. His rebellion was never for rebellion.

Lu Qian has always hated Song Jiang, and what he hated was Song Jiang's set of ideas.But Song Jiang, in his eyes, is by no means the outright selfish person in the eyes of some people in later generations, let alone a shameless and despicable person who purely used his brother's life to dye his official hat red.

He hated Song Jiang's thoughts extremely.This kind of thinking can feel the strong rancid smell of Neo Confucianism without smelling it.Mr. Shi was from the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty.At that time, Neo Confucianism had already grown in popularity. In the battle for hegemony at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, such as Zheng Yu, Wang Han, Yang Weizhen, Shen Menglin, and Teng Kegong, Han scholars and officials who were loyal to the Yuan Dynasty, that is, Lu Qian’s respect for Song Jiang’s Neo Confucianism. Disgusting reason.

Song Jiang's unwavering adherence to the route of recruiting security is out of his inner thoughts.Lu Qian thought that this person was like a feudal patriarch, and he thought he had the responsibility to be responsible for his brothers.No matter how these "brothers" were deceived and abducted, or how he got them with hypocrisy, they were his younger brothers. He had to take responsibility for his elder brother and firmly believed that his "cognition" was absolutely correct.This is a belief that bestows on every brother his greatest ideal—to serve the country, to shine a light on the lintel, and never allow anyone to destroy it.

According to "Water Margin", since Song Jiang really didn't intend to be the emperor, it is in the best interests of the Liangshan collective to recruit security.Of course, it is hard to say whether it is in the interests of each individual. Many military officers received worse positions after enlisting Fang La than before going up the mountain, such as Hu Yanzhuo and Guan Sheng.Lu Junyi and Chai Jin, who were rich and powerful before going up the mountain, lost their family business after going up the mountain. Isn't it funny to change to a low-level official position in the end?However, for Liangshan as a whole, this is the best way out.

Song Jiang "sincerely" thinks about Liangshan's collective interests, because this interest is consistent with his philosophy of life.For this, he can send any one of them (including himself) to die at any time.

Isn't this kind of "selflessness" not a kind of extreme "selfishness"?

The Song Jiang that can be used is the Song Jiang in "Water Margin", which is a fixed literary image.But it is by no means the current Song Jiang.

Now Song Jiang is a real person.It is a person in a different social background.

Even if it is still "loyal to the emperor and serve the country", the loyal king may no longer be Emperor Zhao, and the country he serves may no longer be the Song Dynasty.

"The Western Army is indeed elite, but why don't Liangshan's soldiers wait for nothing?" Song Jiang put his hands on his lower abdomen, his eyes blurred, "Since he can win once, why can't he win the second time?"

(End of this chapter)