Monument Yangmen

Chapter 634
Many people think that rebellion is a mental job.

In fact, as far as the rebellion itself is concerned, it is a job that tests courage.

The people rebelled because they were unwilling to be oppressed heavily, and finally took the risk, risking their heads, leading like-minded people to overthrow the bureaucrats who oppressed them.

Therefore, in many documents of common people's rebellion, we can clearly see a series of words such as "officials force the people to rebel" and "kill officials to rebel".

It's a matter of guts.

After being oppressed, bold people will take risks and fight for a future with their fists.

The timid will only become more and more humble under heavy oppression, and finally be oppressed to death, living like a slave for a lifetime.

The nature of the rebellion of officials is actually no different from that of ordinary people.

It's just that their ambitions are greater. They feel that the person riding on their heads is always forcing them to bow their knees, forcing them to kneel at his feet, and even forcing them to do things they don't want to do.

Ever since, they wanted to pull the person above them off and sit on them to bully others instead of being bullied.

It's also a matter of guts.

After a bold official is oppressed by the man above him, he will try his best to pull him down.

Such people are generally called traitors.

Timid officials will be oppressed for the rest of their lives, and even if they raise their heads occasionally to do something, they will be stepped down.

Such people are generally called loyal ministers.

The above four types of people abound in Song Dynasty.

So rebellion in the Song Dynasty is a very common thing.

According to historical records, in the Song Dynasty's 200-year history, there were as many as 400 rebellions.

In other words, on average, there are two rebellions per year.

It was indeed not easy for Da Song to survive so many rebellions.

Yang Qi also had this thought, but when he thought of Lao Yang, he quickly strangled the thought to death.

What Yang Qi didn't expect was that he no longer had the idea of ​​rebellion, and his subordinates looked eager to try instead.

It seems that everyone who follows him will be blackened.

Loyal and upright loyal ministers also began to slowly transform into rebels.

For example, Kou Zhun, before following Yang Qi, had been loyally preparing for the well-being of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. After following Yang Qi, he began to encourage him to rebel.

There is also Lu Duan who accompanied Yang Qi to pick up people. Before he followed Yang Qi, he was really running up and down for the Song Dynasty, and he worked hard. After following Yang Qi, he began to imply Yang Qi in his words rebel.

Yang Qi even felt that maybe one day, his subordinates would really put a yellow robe on him and support him as the throne.

"Hey~"

Yang Qi on horseback sneered alone.

There must be a way to the front of the mountain.

See you later.

It is too early to worry about this issue now.

Yang Qi's team to pick them up was not huge, only a hundred people, but it seemed very dense.

Yang Qiyi was dressed in white, with a golden crown symbolizing his status as a marquis, and a black bear fur coat.

Lu Duan was wearing a green shirt and a bearskin coat, and followed closely beside Yang Qi.

Behind the two of them, Peng Pai led the scarecrow and laid out the guard of honor belonging to Marquis Yang Qi.

Gourd, copper hammer, axe.

This symbolizes that Yang Qi is a Marquis of Wu and also the Marquis of the founding of the country.

The Yang character flag fluttered in the wind, attracting passers-by to look sideways.

When Yang Qi was in the Northwest, he seldom displayed his guard of honor.

One, because I am too lazy to use it.

Second, because in the northwest, few people are qualified for Yang Qi to greet him with a guard of honor.

But today, Yang Qi held a guard of honor to welcome Xiang Minzhong and his party from Bianjing City, which shows respect for him.

Of course, this move inevitably has the suspicion of buying people's hearts.

But how could Yang Qi care about other people's opinions?

He just wants to buy people's hearts.

When Yang Qi's guard of honor arrived at the south gate of Datong Prefecture, Xiang Minzhong and his party from Bianjing had not yet arrived.

Yang Qi and Lu Duan, leading the greeters, waited at the gate of Datong Prefecture for an hour.

Xiang Minzhong and his party arrived late.

The imperial guards who supervised them had already withdrawn at the border of Datong Mansion.

Now escorting them to Datong Fucheng is the Datong Army under Yang Qi's command.

When the team headed by Wang Hu arrived at the gate of Datong Fucheng.

Yang Qi took the initiative to greet her.

From a long distance away, Yang Qi cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have seen you, my lords, and you have come from a long way, I feel very honored."

Wang Hu, Xiang Minzhong and the others dared not take it seriously.

They bowed together to salute Yang Qi.

"See Huhou..."

They are also smart people. They came all the way on this trip. Three or five people got together and discussed with each other, and they also understood their own situation.

They can't go back to Bianjing City, and [-]% of them will work under Yang Qi's command in the future.

So in front of Yang Qi, they didn't dare to put on airs.

Yang Qi stepped forward and excitedly held Wang Hu's hand, "My lord Wang is able to go to the northwest in person, I am inexplicably grateful."

There was a bright smile on Wang Hu's face, he held Yang Qi's hand instead, and said sincerely: "It is a great honor for Wang to be greeted by Huhou in person. From now on, my Wang family will live under Huhou's family. , and I hope Hu Hou will support you a lot."

"cut!"

Wang Dan was like a proud peacock, with his head up and a look of disdain.

The smile on Wang Hu's face was a little stiff, and he really wanted to turn around and slap Wang Dan.

Nothing in sight!

Yang Qi was not angry because of Wang Dan's disdain, he pretended not to hear, and still greeted Wang Hu with a smile, "Your Majesty Wang is serious, please enter the city quickly, I have already arranged a banquet to clean up the dust for you all."

"Please!"

Sent Wang's family to enter the city first.

Yang Qi greeted Shen Lun's family and Lu Duan's family successively.

When it was Xiang Minzhong's turn, the two looked a little embarrassed.

After several days of running around, Xiang Minzhong's face became more wrinkled. For a man in his forties, he looked more like a man in his fifties.

"Brother Xiang, I felt a lot when we saw each other again in Bianjing!"

Yang Qichang sighed and said with emotion.

Xiang Minzhong squeezed out a smile with difficulty, and said softly, "Yes! When I saw you in the past, you were still a dandy in Bianjing City, but I was already in the imperial court.

When we meet again, you Huhou has become a vassal, but I almost became a prisoner.

Life is impermanent, and I never expected that I would end up where I am today. "

Yang Qi patted Xiang Minzhong's shoulder and encouraged him: "Brother Xiang, don't be discouraged. The northwest region is vast and there are millions of people. There are always opportunities for Brother Xiang to show his ambitions."

Xiang Minzhong nodded, hesitated for a moment, and asked a doubt that had been bothering him.

"Huhou, Xiang has always had a doubt in his heart, and I implore Huhou to give me some advice."

"go ahead!"

"Why did the imperial court suddenly send me, Brother Lu, and Brother Wang Xian to the northwest? Does Huhou know the inside story?"

Xiang Minzhong stared blankly at Yang Qi, eager to know the answer.

"Brother Xiang, what you said is wrong. When you go to the northwest, this is a promotion, not a distribution."

After a pause, Yang Qi said again: "As for why the imperial court sent you to the northwest, I know the answer to this question."

"Why?"

Yang Qi grinned, "Because I sent documents to the imperial court and asked them to send some civil servants to help me manage the four northwestern mansions."

"Clap clap clap!"

Yang Qi patted Xiang Minzhong whose pupils were dilated, and smiled even brighter, "Then, the imperial court sent you to me."

Xiang Minzhong stared at Yang Qi tremblingly, gritted his teeth and said, "So you are the one who started this incident?!"

Xiang Minzhong suddenly jumped in front of Yang Qi, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Why are you trying to harm me?"

Yang Qi let Xiang Minzhong stare at him angrily, and said calmly, "Why did I ever harm you?"

"If it wasn't for you, how could I be dispatched to the northwest by the whole family?"

Roared at Min Zhong.

Yang Qi sneered: "You are an official of the Song Dynasty, and I, Yang Yansi, in the eyes of the officials of the Song Dynasty, is a rebel with ulterior motives. I am a rebel, and I want to kill you, an important minister in the court? If the court disagrees, I can kill you." your turn?
I asked the imperial court for someone, and the imperial court could refuse, but they did not refuse, and instead sent you to the border of my Datong mansion in person.

If the imperial court wanted to protect you, why did it do this? "

"The imperial court?!"

Xiang Minzhong already believed Yang Qi's words, with tears in his eyes, "The three of them, why did they do this to me? What did Xiang Minzhong do wrong?"

Yang Qi looked at Xiang Minzhong with pity.

"You didn't do anything wrong, they were the ones who did it. And you are just the price they paid for their mistakes."

Xiang Minzhong stared at Yang Qi with red eyes.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Do you know about Wang Chao's victory at Tongtai?"

Yang Qi asked back.

Xiang Minzhong nodded, "This incident is well known in Bianjing City, and even the entire Song Dynasty."

"That's good……"

Yang Qi smiled lightly and said: "Then, I can tell you that the person who actually killed the fifteen generals of the Liao Kingdom was my fifth brother. The person who really took down Tongtai Pass was also my fifth brother.

And during this battle, the Xiong Jian army under Wang Chao never left Waqiao Pass..."

Xiang Minzhong was shocked: "Wang Chao impersonated Yang Yande's military achievements?"

"Yes! The three prime ministers in the court all knew about this matter. But they chose to remain silent and acquiesced to this matter. Since they falsely claim my military merits in the northwest, they have to pay a price.

And you are the price they pay. "

Xiang Minzhong stared, red-eyed, gritted his teeth and said, "Why didn't I know about this?"

Yang Qi said quietly: "How could they make such a nasty thing public."

"hateful!"

"Hateful!"

Xiang Minzhong sternly said: "It's their fault, but I have to bear it to someone. It's really hateful!"

Yang Qi patted Xiang Minzhong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Look at it, it's not terrible to make mistakes, but the terrible thing is that you can't correct your mistakes. This matter is far from over. When you see Wang Chao's ending, maybe You'll feel better."

"Wang Chao's ending? What do you mean?"

"You are also a Beijing official after all, so you can't see through this doorway?"

Xiang Minzhong hesitated for a moment, and said, "You mean Liao people?"

Yang Qi rolled his eyes, "Otherwise? As far as I know, the Liao people's mission is already on its way to the south."

"Sigh~"

Xiang Minzhong gasped, "Liao people are not easy to deal with."

"What the heck! Who told them to be greedy. Let's go to town!"

"Don't go!"

Yang Qi was stunned, "Why?"

Xiang Minzhong wiped away his tears, and said with a straight face, "I am a minister of Song Dynasty, how can I enter the city of thieves."

"Hey!"

Yang Qi was laughed at by Xiang Minzhong, "Did I say what I just said in vain, or did you act with me just now while crying, and you actually wanted to talk to me?"

Xiang Minzhong stroked his beard, and glanced at Yang Qi lightly.

"What do you think?"

"Old boy, you actually acted with me. You almost cheated me."

Yang Qi glared at Xiang Minzhong angrily, "The imperial court sent you to me, and you will be my people from now on."

"Peng Pai, tied up!"

Peng Pai stepped forward, without saying a word, directly tied Xiang Minzhong with a rope.

Xiang Minzhong didn't resist at all.

Let Peng Pai tie him up.

Then naturally followed Yang Qi into Datong City.

In the eyes of many people, Xiang Minzhong's approach was a bit superfluous.

actually not.

It is precisely this point that reflects Xiang Minzhong's cleverness.

From meeting Yang Qi to entering Datong City, everything Xiang Minzhong showed was acting.

He is leaving a way out for himself.

He wanted to tell the spies lurking in Datong Prefecture that he was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han in Xiang Minzhong.

In the future, if the imperial court pacifies the four northwestern prefectures.

Xiang Minzhong will become a contemporary Su Wu.

Everything he did under Yang Qi's command was to endure humiliation.

Yang Qi also saw through Xiang Min's deepest thoughts, so he followed Xiang Min's thoughts and asked Peng Pai to tie him up.

As for who Xiang Minzhong plays under his command, Cao Ying's heart is in Han, Yang Qi doesn't care at all.

Talent is rare, let's talk about it after using it.

If he really wanted to be a second-five boy, Yang Qi would throw him to the southern country and ask him to teach the barbarians in the mountains.

After Yang Qi brought Xiang Minzhong to Yang's mansion.

Cao Lin had already prepared a banquet and was waiting for them.

"Still let me go?"

As soon as he entered Yang's residence, Xiang Minzhong said to Peng Pai.

Peng Pai looked at Yang Qi, and Yang Qi nodded.

After Xiang Minzhong released the restraints, he led his wife, children and mother to sit at the table and started eating.

If you don't eat it, it will be gone.

The family of the Wang family, the family of the Lu family, hundreds of criminals, family members of Shen Lun's family, nearly a thousand people, sitting at the table eating and drinking, the scene is very spectacular.

As for waiting for Yang Qi, the master?

They didn't even think about it.

After eating the clear soup all the way, the water was low, so I just took this opportunity to open the meat.

People who have been in the officialdom for several years are all old fritters at the dinner table.

Hypocritical etiquette, that is a performance in front of people.

After people, who cares?
Since Yang Qi is willing to accept them, he will use them.

As long as they still have value to use, Yang Qi will not say anything even if they are a little rough.

Cao Lin was obviously used to this kind of scene. Accompanied by her servant girl, she shuttled among the women's family members, urging wine and chatting, laughing and joking, helping Yang Qi to win people's hearts.

Yang Qi looked at the officials and their families who were eating like beggars in the courtyard, with a bright smile.

"It's like a tiger with wings added!"

　Thank you for the reward of 'Love and Naihe' for a thousand book coins!Thanks to 'Shang Qingzi, Changing Clouds and Flowing Waters, and Wang Xu' for the reward of one hundred book coins!Just one more tonight!Something is wrong!Make up tomorrow!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)