Chivalrous Song Dynasty

The so-called raising money and food has always been apportioned by the imperial court to the states, each state to the counties, and the counties to each household in the territory. In fact, wars are fought with the blood and sweat of the people, and the fat and anointing of the people. The most hateful thing is those officials The people's fat and people's anointing that has been collected will not be used in wars, but will only be left to their children and grandchildren to eat, drink and have fun.

Although a small number of common people can understand that if foreign wars cannot be won and foreign races invade, the lives of the common people will only be more difficult, so they will not resist paying money and food, but taking rice out of their own pots is a matter of Anyone who put it on will feel distressed, especially those who are already too poor to get rid of the pot, and may even leave their homes and sell their children because of this.The past experience of Pan Jinlian's family is a vivid example.

At least the people in Yuncheng County were overjoyed when Bai Sheng was exempted from the county's money and food, and from then on they regarded Bai Sheng as a figure who was born in ten thousand families and worshiped him.

The officer's legs went weak when he heard this. This is a collection order issued by the imperial court. Never before has a city or a region dared to resist paying. Is this going to confront the court?

But he won't say these things to Bai Sheng, he just needs to go back immediately and tell Zhang Shuye what Bai Sheng said. He believes that even Zhang Shuye will not oppose Bai Sheng. Being able to report Bai Sheng's refusal to pay money and food to the imperial court, maybe Bai Sheng has the ability to not be sanctioned by the current emperor, this has nothing to do with being a small official.

At three o'clock in Haishi, the two daughters, Bai Sheng and Pan Yan, came outside the city to visit the grave of Yan Poxi's deceased mother first. Last fall, Yuncheng County Magistrate Shi Wenbin used public funds to bury Yan Poxi's mother generously, so Yan's mother's tomb is very high-end The atmosphere is upscale.

Death is the most important thing, and Bai Sheng knelt down beside Yan Poxi and kowtowed three times. After all, if he and Li Qingzhao hadn't lived in Song Jiang's house, Yan's mother would not have died that night.

Yan Poxi was so moved by Bai Sheng's actions, she turned around and threw herself into Bai Sheng's arms, crying bitterly.

Her crying was not all because of the sadness of mourning for her deceased mother, but because she was flattered by Bai Sheng's behavior.

Bai Sheng was willing to kowtow to his dead mother with her, what does that mean?This shows that Bai Sheng regards her as a close relative, otherwise, Bai Sheng would not have accompanied her to the grave.

Bai Sheng also knew that Yan Poxi might have misunderstood his intentions, but at this moment, he couldn't push her out of his arms, so he could only caress her back and let her cry in his arms for a while.

Leaving from Yan Mu's graveyard, the three of them came to the mass grave outside Anle Village together. Compared with Yan Mu's graveyard, the graves of Bai Sheng's present parents are shabby and tight, and they are by no means low-key, luxurious and connotative. , That's why Bai Shengcai planned to let Tao Zongwang, the nine-tailed turtle, rebuild the tomb in the future.

According to etiquette, Bai Sheng kowtowed nine times to his parents, then knelt on the grave and talked about Bai Qin.Of course, the second daughter of Pan Yan also kowtowed nine times with him. This kowtow has to be done. If she kowtows, she may marry into the Bai family in this life. If she doesn't kowtow, there is no hope at all.

After the sacrifice, the three of them were about to go to Liangshan when they saw Zhu Dian rushing back. Bai Sheng couldn't help but be amazed at his speed, excluding the time it took to get on the boat from Zhugui's Nanshan Hotel to the Golden Beach and up and down the mountain. From Anle Village to Nanshan Hotel, the only way is to fly.

"Villager, the subordinates did not go up the mountain"

Zhu Tong explained his speed in one sentence, and then explained the reason why he didn't go up the mountain. The reason was that Song Jiang had already taken Liangshan soldiers to Jeju City yesterday.At this time, only the old, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and the pregnant were left behind on Liangshan. In short, they were recruited soldiers and horses that had been approved by the court, but they were not afraid of being wiped out by the officers and soldiers.

Now that all the leaders and troops have left Liangshan, who will Zhu Dian give orders when he goes up the mountain?So he only asked Zhu Gui at the Nanshan Hotel to find out what was going on, and then rushed back immediately.

Chapter 884 The Unavoidable Zengtou City

"What does He Xuantong eat?"

When Bai Sheng heard that the troops from Liangshan had moved directly under the order of the Jizhou government, he couldn't help being a little annoyed. Even if Song Jiang wanted to seize power, he couldn't ignore the existence of He Xuantong, right?

In terms of martial arts, Lu Junyi was the only one who could beat He Xuantong in Liangshan, but Lu Junyi was not with the leaders of Liangshan at this moment, but took Yan Qing back to Hebei Daming Mansion.

It would be impossible to say that Gongsun Sheng helped Song Jiang take down He Xuantong, because He Xuantong and Gongsun Sheng were old friends, both of them belonged to the Taoist sect, and they were true "dao friends". This friendship even surpassed the friendship between Gongsun Sheng and Chao Gai.

Gongsun Sheng and Song Jiang did not know each other at first, but he was introduced to Song Jiang through his relationship with Chao Gai, and his relationship with Chao Gai was only for the purpose of seizing the accomplices formed by the birthday gang.

Compared with such a relationship, Gongsun Sheng will definitely not help Chao Gai and Song Jiang win He Xuantong, not to mention that there is a Kunlun faction who is famous in the Western Regions behind He Xuantong. too serious.

Therefore, it is impossible for Song Jiang and his group to play hard against He Xuantong.

But it is precisely because of this that Bai Sheng is angry with He Xuantong. Since Song Jiang and others dare not play hard games with you, why don't you prevent Liangshan soldiers from escorting grain and grass?Before I left, I handed over all the military power to you, He Xuantong, but you couldn't control the situation in the end. This is too ineffective!

In any case, He Xuantong is the second brother who swore to him after all, and his anger is just anger at him, not any resentment. The most urgent task now is to catch up with Liangshan's team and take them back under his command, otherwise how can he go to Yanjing to rescue Emperor Tianzuo? ?Do you only rely on three or five people to fight against the hundreds of thousands of cavalry from the Kingdom of Jin?That's impossible.

Not to mention that there are martial arts masters in the Jin Kingdom's army, so what if there are no masters?It is possible to kill in and out of tens of thousands of troops, but if you say that you can kill hundreds of thousands of Jin Kingdom's troops by yourself, that is just talking nonsense, even tens of thousands of pigs will have to be killed for ten and a half days Isn't it a month?

Since ancient times and even later generations, there has never been a miracle of a single person fighting an army.Therefore, he had to rush to Yanjing with his own soldiers and horses, not to escort food and grass for the Song army, but to march forward lightly to help the Liao Kingdom.

As for the war launched by the Song Dynasty to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, Bai Sheng did not feel any surprises. In another time and space, it was about this time. Guan led Song Jiang's Liangshan army to Yanjing and fought a war of taking advantage of the danger with the Khitan people, and won a complete victory.

Bai Sheng was not worried that the Song Dynasty would destroy the Liao Kingdom. Whether it was Cai Jing or Tong Guan, they would receive bribes from the Liao Kingdom, withdraw their troops immediately, and return all the captured cities of the Liao Kingdom.

What he was worried about was the Kingdom of Jin. The Jurchens would not be as benevolent as the Great Song Dynasty. As long as conditions allowed, they would definitely destroy the Liao Kingdom, and would never leave any room for the Khitan people to survive.

After all, this life is different from another time and space. The people of Jin Kingdom in this life started the action of chasing the Central Plains prematurely because of their great enmity with Bai Sheng, which accelerated the process of swallowing Liao and destroying Song. The development of the situation in time and space is optimistic.

So the three of them and Zhu Dian took a team of cavalry and rushed to Jeju Prefecture overnight. Yan Poxi and Pan Jinlian were no longer the weak girls they were when they traveled from Shandong to Henan. After gaining a strong inner strength, riding horses was already very familiar to them. thing.

At dawn, a group of people arrived in Jeju City, but they failed to discover the existence of Liangshan soldiers and horses.

According to Zhu Ting's report, during the period when Bai Sheng led Li Jun and others to Jiangnan, Liangshan recruited troops step by step, and the team had expanded to as many as 6. If [-] people came to Jeju Prefecture, they must not be stationed in the city. They will set up camp outside the city, but at this moment, not only is there no continuous camp outside the city, but there is no one person or horse.

Where did Liangshan's soldiers and horses go?

Bai Sheng called open the city gate, entered the city, and ordered the servants to call Zhang Shuye out of bed. Zhang Shuye was the boss, but who was Bai Sheng?This is a great god who can't be offended, so he can only come out obediently to meet him. What surprised him the most is isn't Bai Sheng dead?Why did it pop up again?Always check to see if it's true or not.

Putting on the official uniform in a hurry, and came to the court to meet each other, only to find out that it was really the fake Bai Sheng, and immediately apologized.

The apology is because in his opinion, Liangshan belongs to Bai Sheng, not to Chao Gai and Song Jiang, but when Bai Shengjian is alive, the Jizhou government bypasses Bai Sheng and directly gives orders to Chao Gai and Song Jiang, which is tantamount to revealing Bai Sheng's reverse scale.

Of course, he still wanted to push the responsibility to the top, "It's all the fault of Taiwei Su. It was Taiwei Su who brought the news that something unexpected happened to you."

Bai Sheng was a little surprised, how did the court know what happened on the empty island so quickly?He didn't think that Zhang Shuye was lying to him, so he asked, "How did Su Yuanjing know about this?"

"It was said by Lin Lingsu's apprentice."

"Lin Lingsu still has apprentices?"

"Yes, his apprentice's surname is Guo Mingjing, and now he has succeeded Lin Lingsu."

Lin Lingsu had a very prominent position in the court of the Great Song Dynasty. His position was replaced by someone. This news is definitely heavy news among middle and senior officials, so it must be known.There is a new celebrity around the emperor, but you don't know it. If one day he neglects or conflicts, wouldn't he even know how he died?

Bai Sheng was not as nervous about such things as other officials, he just wanted to know what Song Jiang was doing with his troops.After asking, I found out that Chao Gai and Song Jiang took the initiative to invite Ying and took people to fight Zengtou City.

When he first heard the news, Bai Sheng was very surprised. In another time and space, Chao Gai attacked Zengtou City because the God of the Dangerous Way, Yubao, robbed Duan Jingzhu of the Zhaoye Jade Lion and gave it to Zengtou City. Gun stick teacher Shi Wengong is tantamount to openly provoking Liang Shan's dignity in the underworld.

However, this lifetime Zhaoye Jade Lion has long been given to Bai Sheng by Wanyan Wulu. At this moment, this divine horse just happens to be staying in the stables of the Jeju government office. It has not been stolen by Duan Jingzhu, and of course it will not be stolen. He was kidnapped by Yu Baosi, and Yu Baosi had already been recruited by Song Jiang and joined Liangshan in advance, so why did he go to attack Zengtou City?

Could it be that Chao Gai didn't die in Zengtou City?So hurry to die?

Zhang Shuye gave the answer, because Zengtou City relied on its large number of people, and had top masters Shi Wengong and Su Ding sitting in the town, and never took the officials of Qingzhou Prefecture seriously. He obviously hoarded a large amount of food, but refused to donate it, and even beat the officials who went to urge the food. His behavior was as bad as treason.

The government of Qingzhou couldn't deal with Zengtou City, so they brought this problem up. Zhang Shuye, who was also the transshipment envoy of the East-West Road in Beijing, had no shirked responsibility. Just in time for Song Jiang to come to show his hospitality, he told Song Jiang about it.

Song Jiang immediately patted his chest and said, what's the point of a small Zengtou City?Immediately, he took the initiative to invite Ying to go to the conquest, and when he was sleeping, someone gave him a pillow. Of course, Zhang Shuye was happy to push the boat along, so he encouraged Song Jiang to take Liangshan soldiers to Zengtou City.

Chapter 885 Zengtou City

The so-called Zengtou City is a fixed market located in the southwest of Lingzhou. Although it is relatively close to Lingzhou, it is under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou.

Twenty years ago, Zengtou City was originally a small village, even smaller than Bai Sheng's hometown, Anle Village.But since a Northeast businessman named Zeng Nong migrated here, he turned it into a market for business. After 20 years of development, the village has become a very large-scale market, which is extremely prosperous.

The trade in Zengtou City is not limited to agricultural and sideline products, it is also a distribution center for military supplies, and its main business items are military horses.There are many bandits in the Shandong area, and the bandits are most particular about coming and going like the wind, so these bandits are the biggest customers of Zengtou City.

As we all know, the Song Dynasty is a country that lacks horses. Where can the military horses come from Zengtou City?This starts with Zeng Nong's identity.

Zeng Nong is a Jurchen.When Zeng Nong was young, he was a ginseng visitor in Changbai Mountain. He dug up ginseng and sold it in the Song Dynasty.Ginseng is a precious medicinal material that can hang people's lives, so it is very expensive. My aunt asked for a lot of money to buy it, and the princes and nobles bought it for collection in case of emergency.Therefore, Zeng Nong accumulated a considerable fortune in just a few years.

Zeng got rich, and the matter reached Wanyan Aguda's ears. Wanyan Aguda found Zeng and asked him to move to the Song Dynasty. The initial task was to buy tea and other daily necessities for the Jurchens, and then transport them to Liaodong.