Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 116 I planted this tree

As soon as Guan Ziyang and his party got off the boat, a beggar rushed up, hugged Li Bin's feet, and shouted: "Master, please do me a favor and give me some food."

After all, this is not Jiankang City, and beggars can be seen everywhere. Li Bin raised his foot, but the beggar hugged him tightly, but he didn't let go at all.

Holding a scepter in his hand, Luo Ding was about to step forward to open the way for Guan Ziyang with an angry expression on his face.

Seeing this, Qing Chan stepped forward to stop her, and she took out a few copper coins from her bosom: "Brother Luo, don't do anything, I'll do it."

Qingchan leaned down and threw a few copper coins in front of the disheveled beggar: "Little beggar, the money is here, don't get in the way, these army brothers are bad-tempered masters."

The beggar grabbed the copper coins, let go of Li Bin's feet and stood up.

Only then did I realize that this beggar was more than eight feet tall and burly, so this strong man actually became a beggar?

When everyone was puzzled, the beggar pushed back the hair that covered his face, and laughed twice.

"How many uncles are from Jiankang? They are generous. I have been begging for three days at the pier, and I finally met a fat sheep."

Qin Zhuan pulled out the saber from his waist: "Bold, little thief, you are tired of living, and you don't want to see if you can offend the masters!"

The beggar ducked back: "Hey, I brought a real one with me! It's so scary!"

"Clap"

After clapping two palms, fishermen, boatmen, and tourists dressed as scribes not far away all leaned towards this side with unkind faces.

Luo Ding immediately stood in front of Guan Ziyang and Qing Chan. He held up his scepter and shouted: "The governor of the Beifu army, the censor of Jingkou, the envoy Chijie, Mr. Guan is here, who dares to make mistakes! Doomed!"

The beggar folded his arms: "We are waiting for you!"

There was no more nonsense, the other five people came towards Guan Ziyang with bare hands.

The three of Luo Ding greeted the dozen or so members of the loyal army who were accompanying them, and went up to meet them.

At the beginning, Guan Ziyang really thought the other party was a small thief, but when the two sides started fighting, Guan Ziyang noticed something was wrong. These are all three-rank masters!
How could it be a bandit blocking the way!

"Bang bang bang."

But for a moment, several loyal and brave soldiers were beaten to the ground.

When Luo Ding, Qin Kuan, and Li Bin saw that the other party was stubborn, they met each other's eyes and rushed forward.

The man in sackcloth, who hadn't made a move on the opposite side, took a step first, striding forward with his arms straight.

He clenched his fists tightly and opened them slightly at the side of his body. His hands were clumsy and heavy in the shape of 'jie'.

When attacking, raise your arms flat, never bend your elbows and wrists, turn your fists left and right, and beat up and down.

Both arms are always in a straight line, like a zombie.

Although Guan Ziyang looked at him a little funny, the twisting of his waist and hips produced an incredible force.

With one against three, he actually forced his three lieutenants to fall back and forth and retreat steadily.

Guan Ziyang wondered in his heart: "This guy is only in the middle of the third rank, but with the blessing of this weird martial skill, he actually has the strength of the first rank."

Moreover, with his self-armed strange fist, he vaguely feels that he has the great way of heaven and earth!
Through the secluded environment!
Guan Ziyang stepped down and leaped high. If he didn't make a move, his three lieutenants would probably be in danger of being injured.

He had just crossed the river, and he was beaten up when he met him face-to-face. If it got out, he, the governor, would be the one with a dull face.

Guan Ziyang kicked in the air, the big man in sackcloth yelled loudly, swung his arms round and beat down, hitting Guan Ziyang's leg.

The two took a step back at the same time.

"The body of the common people has such a cultivation level. No wonder it can stand out among a group of smeared sissies in Jiankang. It has some skills!"

Guan Ziyang also clasped his fists slightly: "Your Excellency's cultivation is not ordinary, and his boxing skills are even more exquisite. I don't know what is the purpose of stopping us today?"

Now Guan Ziyang has innate qi and innate essence. With the blessing of the two kinds of inner qi and Dao heart, his skill is already at the peak level of the first rank. Anyone who can match him with a move must not be an unknown person.

That's why Guan Ziyang wanted to ask the other party why he came!

"Without him, this Jiangbei land is not a place where soft-legged shrimps like you nest in the south of the Yangtze River can come. You want to gather refugees, it's just a dream, where are you going to go back to..."

He came here to rebuild the Beifu army, so Guan Ziyang would have no mercy.

"Since that's the case, then I'll see and see. How can this Jiangbei man dare to speak so brazenly!"

Guan Ziyang mobilized his inner energy and sacrificed the profound meaning of Tai Chi!

"Look at your profound meaning, or mine?"

The moment Guan Ziyang sacrificed the profound meaning of Tai Chi, the man in sackcloth suddenly felt a chill in his heart. This little baby has also reached the realm of Tongyou.

The opponent is already a big realm higher than him, and has the same profound meaning as him, so he is absolutely invincible.

The oncoming black and white Tai Chi picture, his pupils gradually enlarged, he raised his arms, and slammed down hard at the same time, hitting the Tai Chi Profound Truth.

With a sound of 'dong', the man in sackcloth fell backwards like a kite with broken strings and hit the ground.

This man in sackcloth was the second head of the Qinggang village, the second tiger, Guan Ziyang made an understatement and suffered internal injuries.

In addition to his kung fu, strategy has always been his forte. The opponent's profound art is not only far superior to his own, but also the state of internal strength is far beyond his own.

Although he was backing down in his heart, Guan Ziyang seemed to have some leeway and didn't want to kill them.

So he opened his mouth and said: "Guan Langjun is good at kung fu, he is reckless, the country will not change, the green water will flow forever, let's go."

Guan Ziyang sneered and said, "Come whenever you want, leave whenever you want? Your Excellency doesn't think much of me."

Suddenly, he slapped out his palm, and went straight to the man in sackcloth who was lying on the ground, and the one-eyed man behind him jumped out.

"Guan Gongzi, come down to learn and learn, Your Excellency's brilliant move!"

He stretched out both paws, tilted his body, and stopped in front of Guan Ziyang. Guan Ziyang turned his palm and turned to attack the one-eyed man.

Guan Ziyang didn't use any of the profound meanings of Tai Chi, it was just a simple three palms, there was nothing fancy at all.

It was easy for the one-eyed man, but his 'Heart-Putting Black Tiger Claw' took the light and agile route, and Guan Ziyang forced him to take three palms.

"Bang bang bang".

Guan Ziyang spit out overwhelming internal energy from his palm, and the man with big eyes fell backwards, right next to the man in sackcloth, with a mouthful of blood spurting out of his mouth.

Seeing that Guan Ziyang did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

The three men behind him hurried forward and helped them up with all their might.

The man in sackcloth clasped his fists and sighed helplessly: "I don't know Mount Tai with my eyes. Thank you, Mr. Guan, for your mercy. As long as you let us go, there will be a report in Qinggang village in the future."

Qinggang village, is it really a bandit?

At this time, Luo Ding leaned into Guan Ziyang's ear and explained: "This Qinggangzhai is a well-known force in Jiangbei. A small group of barbarians attack!"

"It's just that they never come to Jingkou and other places. I don't know why they embarrass us today..."

When Guan Ziyang heard this, hey, this is not a very loyal man.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

Guan Ziyang smiled and said: "It turns out that he is a righteous man from Qinggang Village. It's easy to talk about it. You can leave on your own. I won't make things difficult for me."

The five men looked at each other, they couldn't believe it, the other party was clearly sure of winning, yet they let them go so easily?

At this time, Guan Ziyang said again: "Just before you leave, please tell me where I offended you, so that you can reflect on yourself."

The man in sackcloth spat and said, "You didn't offend Qinggang Village, but you were ordered by the imperial court to come to Jingkou and other places to gather the refugee army. Everyone knows that you offended all the refugees."

Guan Ziyang said in surprise: "The refugees were forced to leave their homes by the barbarians. Their lives are already in dire straits. Isn't the imperial court's rebuilding of the Beifu army also for the northern expedition of the barbarians and to subdue the Central Plains? How can you offend them?"

The one-eyed man chuckled dryly and said, "That sounds good, which time did the imperial court send the Jiankang Central Army? It was just a show! That bitch Chu Suanzi rebuilt the Beifu Army, and he thought we were all fools? Said it was the Northern Expedition , isn’t it to fight against Sima Huan!”

Guan Ziyang thought in his heart: "These people are right. The first priority of the court to form the Beifu Army is to fight against Huan Wen!"

But this old boy Huan Wen just wanted to usurp the throne under the banner of the Northern Expedition...

"It seems that I want to form the Beifu Army, it seems that there are many difficulties!"

Guan Ziyang cupped his hands again to several people, and said: "You righteous men, you seem to value Sima Huan very much?"

"That's natural. Whoever makes the Northern Expedition is the hero of the refugees! Although our Qinggang village is lush and green, there are eight hundred or not a thousand souls of barbarians under our hands!
Huan Da Sima's Xifu soldiers were strong and strong, and they defeated Cheng Han, and beat Li Shi, a Di man, to the point of annihilation.
In recent years, he has written several times to request the Northern Expedition, but was rejected by that bitch Chu Suanzi. Instead, he sent a boy named Yin Hao to pretend to be the Northern Expedition and show off to the Han people all over the world. He really deserves death! "

After hearing this, Guan Ziyang felt helpless, the truth of history is indeed a fan of the authorities!
It is now 353, and Huan Wen has not yet started the Northern Expedition. When the heavy responsibility of the Northern Expedition really falls on Huan Wen, he will only make meritorious service and subdue the Central Plains as a supplement.

First, now that he said this, others would definitely not believe it. Now Huan Wen still holds a very high status in the hearts of the refugees.

This made Guan Ziyang into a difficult situation, but if he wanted to gather the refugee army, the people in Qinggang village would definitely not be able to move.

Immediately he said loudly: "Few righteous men do their own thing, and they will see people's hearts for a long time. After three to five months, you will see what kind of person I am, Guan Ziyang!"

Guan Ziyang waved his hand, said that there will be a while, and left the ferry with his entourage.

Seeing that Guan Ziyang and his party really left just like that, the injured Erhu and Leopard looked at each other in blank dismay. ,

"Could it be that the governor of the Beifu Army is really recruiting troops for the Northern Expedition?"

In any case, it was a fluke for the few of them to win their lives from Guan Ziyang's hands. It was really unexpected that a 17-year-old boy from the common clan had such high martial arts attainments.

I'm afraid that Dalong, the leader of their Qinggang village, may not be his opponent.

They supported each other and staggered along the direction Guan Ziyang left.

"Er Hu, hurry up and send a letter to the head of the family, and tell him to be more careful. This Guan Ziyang is not easy to mess with. Moreover, I don't think he is the eagle claw sent by the court to deal with the refugees, as the head of the house said."

Erhu nodded, hummed, and stopped talking. He had already started to worry about how to use words in the letter to the head, so as to express the shock they had brought about by intercepting Guan Ziyang this time!
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Two days later, Xijiabao in Jingkou.

After all, this important town in Jingkou was still the territory of the Xi family, so Guan Ziyang's first stop was naturally the Xi family.

When talking about the Xi family, we have to mention Xi Jian.

Since the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty and the establishment of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Gaoping Xi family was not a high-ranking family in the gentry class. Xi Jian's rise began when he moved south.

After Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty, was destroyed by Shile, Luoyang fell. Xi Jian did not cross south immediately, but united with the clan and more than a thousand families of the nearby township party to protect the Zoushan area.

Appointed by Sima Rui, who was still the king of Langya at that time, as the governor of Yanzhou, he gathered tens of thousands of refugees in three years.

Afterwards, he was forced by Shi Le to travel to the south, and he was surrendered to Hefei in 322. At this time, it has been 11 years since the fall of Luoyang.

Xi Jian was stationed in Hefei as a refugee commander, but he did not cross the river. Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty recruited Xi Jian.

Therefore, although he himself was an official in Jiankang, he continued to maintain contact with the refugees and traveled frequently between Hefei and Jiankang.

Until the Wangdun Rebellion, apart from Tao Kan, Zu Yue, Xi Jian, Huan Yi and other strong feudal clans, the Eastern Jin Dynasty's imperial army was weak and lacking food and grass.

In 324, Emperor Ming conspired with Xi Jian to fight Wang Dun with the power of the exile Shuai, and finally won a complete victory.

Most of the refugee marshals are not high-ranking, and they are incompatible with the Eastern Jin regime and the gentry of the dynasty. Only Xi Jian's family background is well-equipped, and he is also a descendant of blood.

And other vagrant commanders attached to the state of Jin have been exposed to various political forces in the north for a long time, although it is a form of spying in order to survive.

They were indifferent to the Eastern Jin regime, maintained political independence, and were even domineering and domineering.

Even patriots like Zu Ti are like this.

And Qinggang Village is probably one of the refugee army...

Therefore, Xi Jian actually started his business by doing these things of killing and stealing goods. Later, after gaining a firm foothold in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and preserving his power, he began to aim at the Northern Expedition in order to develop.

The land of Jingkou gradually became the forbidden area of ​​the Xi family.

The Xi family is not considered a high-ranking gentry, and their family's martial arts knowledge is mediocre, and Xi Jian's descendants have not produced many decent talents.

Xi Jian also knew this very well, so he left a strategy of "retreating" for his descendants.

It neither helped the imperial court to take the initiative in the Northern Expedition, but did its best to protect Jiankang from being invaded by the strong vassals and Beihu.

Let Xi's family become the emperor of Tu in Jingkou.

Guan Ziyang came to the door today, although it was in the name of a visit, in fact, he also meant to listen to the mouth of the Xi family.

He wanted to recruit troops in other people's territory. Although he held the title of inspector censor, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Guan Ziyang was here for the refugees.

The attitude of the Xi family directly determines the progress of Guan Ziyang's formation of the Beifu Army!
(End of this chapter)