Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 306 0301 [Prison in Dali Temple]

This trip to Beijing did not pass through Chengdu.

Board a ship in Jiazhou, sail along the Yangtze River, and continue to travel by water.

Ju Ming's daily diet is in charge of the whole process.

Li Yan is too lazy to care about it, as long as Zhu Ming doesn't run away, he can be sent to Tokyo safely.

He had to go back quickly, because his godfather Yang Jian often fell ill, and he might die someday.If he was not in the capital, and some sixth child took the opportunity to take the position, wouldn't he be at a loss?

Therefore, Li Yan hurried on the road, constantly urging the boatmen, and did not have time to get off the boat to blackmail the local officials.

"Jiangling is ahead, Mr. Xiang can come out to get some air." A guard soldier said standing outside the cabin door.

Li Bao opened the door and cupped his fists: "Thank you for reminding me."

"No need." The soldiers of the Forbidden Army bowed their hands and retreated respectfully to the side.

Ju Ming looked good, ate and drank well, and actually gained two catties.

He walked to the deck and looked at the scenery on both sides.Followed by more than a dozen imperial guards, carrying knives and bows to prevent them from escaping.

In a blink of an eye, we arrived at Jiangling, and the wharf was full of people.

The grain and tax of the entire Sichuan must be transported to Jiangling for storage, and then the transfer envoy on Jinghu Road will be responsible for transporting thousands of miles to Tokyo.

Tong Guan is still expropriating Fangla, and Sichuan has been taxed again this year, and countless grains and grass have been shipped to the southeast to suppress bandits.

Jiangling Fucheng, where Jingzhou City is located.

On the opposite bank is the Great Lake Swamp, which extends to Shishou County. This lake disappeared hundreds of years later.

Despite the prosperity of Jiangling Prefecture, the suburbs are sparsely populated.A large number of mountains and swamps could not be reclaimed, and the imperial court emigrated many times to reclaim wasteland, and the people fled after reclamation, just like Jingxi South Road, they could not keep people.

Zhu Ming was not allowed to disembark, so he turned to the guards and said, "Who borrowed weapons for fun? The bones are almost rusting."

The imperial guards looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and an officer presented his saber.

Ju Ming stood on the deck, wielding his sword, exercising his muscles and bones.After the official ship was replenished, he returned the knife to the officer, and went back to his room to sleep.

The official ship passed Jiangxi in a blink of an eye, and Jiangxi was not peaceful.

Liu Jiujun raised troops in Longchuan County, Xunzhou, went to Huizhou along the Longchuan River, and easily broke through Heyuan County on the way.

But when he arrived at the city of Huizhou, he found that he was prepared. Liu Jiujun's attack for several days was fruitless, so he turned around and rushed to Meizhou.Facing the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers, Liu Jiujun plundered Meizhou, and then plunged into the mountains at the junction of Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian.

Liu Huasan had been wandering in Qianzhou (Ganzhou) for two years, but was still unable to capture Qianzhou City, and instead was beaten by officers and soldiers and hid in the mountains.

In the early winter of this year, some elite frontier troops came in pursuit of Fang La, and they walked in the waters of the Ganjiang River.

Liu Huasan could not resist the frontier army, so he fled south to join Liu Jiujun.Jiangxi and Guangdong bandits, with a combined force of more than 3 people, fled towards Fujian.

Fang La's goal is also to go to Fujian!

Tong Guan's Forbidden Army was divided into three parts, one returned to Huainan to block Song Jiang, the other suppressed Fang La's remnants in Liangzhe, and the other bit Fang La's main force to pursue.

Don't look at Fang La's end of the road, there are more than 20 Fang La's remnants in the Liangzhe area alone.But they didn't listen to Fang La's orders, and only obeyed Fang La in name, and a mess of loose sand was easy to break.

The frontier army and the forbidden army went south, and the rebel army in the north of Jiangxi revived.

There was a miner named Huang Qijia, who led many miners and kiln workers, and fled in the mountains of northeastern Jiangxi. Zhu Ming's father-in-law's hometown was almost ransacked.

Pressing the gourd and raising the ladle, some elite frontier soldiers had to go north again to suppress the bandits, because Huang Qijia threatened the money making field.

In Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places, the total number of rebels exceeded 30!

But most of them have no combat effectiveness, and lack of armor, and they will be defeated when they encounter elite officers and troops.

Han Shizhong and Wang Yuan chased into the mountains and beheaded more than two thousand people in the first battle.

The rebel army was defeated and retreated, and Liu Huasan and Liu Jiujun began to fight among themselves.Liu Jiujun clamored to join Fangla, and Liu Huasan insisted on fighting guerrillas in the mountains, and the two fought back and forth, but they ended up fighting.

Liu Jiujun traps and kills Liu Huasan, surrenders with his head in hand, and accepts the court's call for security.

The rebels on the Liangzhe Road also surrendered on a large scale.Those who would rather die than surrender fled into the mountains one after another. Zhejiang, which is full of mountains, is enough to spend a long time.

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Huaiyin.

Song Jiang's navy left in defeat, returned to conquer Suqian and Xiapi, and then went straight to Xuzhou by boat.

Xuzhou had been prepared for a long time, and Song Jiang was difficult to conquer, so he went to rob the 36 prison and seized a large amount of iron and money.He also recruited thousands of blacksmiths from Xuzhou, captured Pei County, collected ships, and built armor.

Tong Guan's Forbidden Army came late, and Song Jiang once again fled and attacked Guangji Military City (Dingtao) after hearing the news, and took Xingren Mansion (Jiyin) with the opportunity.

This place is less than two hundred miles away from Tokyo.

The capital was terrified, and the monarchs and ministers were terrified.

Zheng Juzhong recruited all the forbidden troops and Xiang troops to go to Xingren Mansion to conquer Song Jiang.

Seeing that he was about to be pinched from front to back, Song Jiang turned around and ran away by boat, and fled into Liangshan Water Park again along the Guangji River.

Immediately, the soldiers divided into two groups, plundered along the way by boat, and ran away immediately after being robbed, playing hide-and-seek with the officers and soldiers.

To this day, Song Jiang has not caused much trouble.

The maximum number of troops was less than [-], and the minimum number of troops was only two to three thousand, and the occupation of the city never exceeded a month.The officers and soldiers were in a hurry to chase him, so he cut off his tail to survive, and dropped the newly recruited miscellaneous troops as bait.

When Zhu Ming passed Guangji by boat, the place he saw was a mess.

Residential houses outside the city were burned to the ground. The people were first looted by Song Jiang, and then exploited by officers and soldiers. There were homeless people everywhere, and even rich households in the city went bankrupt.

"Go back to your hometown and have a look." Zhu Ming urged.

Li Bao was also a little worried, and said: "I will go back to my hometown first, and if there is nothing wrong at home, I will rush to the capital to follow my husband."

Zhang Tong said, "Brother Li, help me to visit the Zhang family."

"Okay!" Li Bao clapped his hands off the boat and left with his brother-in-law.

In fact, the Zhang family and the Li family are fine.

Song Jiang always marched along the river and would never leave the river too far.Once the situation is not good, immediately take a boat and run away. In order to put people on the boat, all the looted goods can be thrown away.

No matter how lacking in strategic planning Fang La has his own uprising program, and has also established a bureaucratic system.

And Song Jiang is a group of rogues, whoever grabs it counts.

The official ship left the border of Shandong, and the eyes were full of devastation. Some land in the Gyeonggi area also began to be abandoned and grow grass.

Li Yan didn't disturb anyone, and quietly sent Zhu Ming to Dali Temple to be imprisoned.

I lived in a single room. Although it was moldy and smelly, I was not abused, and even the food in the prison was not bad.

He lived there for several days without anyone coming to interrogate him.

On the ninth day, the jailer finally invited Zhu Ming to be interrogated.

Dali Temple Minister Li Bozong came out in person. He was a little old man in his 50s. When he met him, he bowed his hands to Zhu Ming and said, "Please sit down!"

"This matter is inconsistent with the system." Dali Temple Shaoqing Nie Yu said.

Nie Yu is a member of Zheng Juzhong. He has no hatred for Zhu Ming. He just follows the procedure and prevents Zhu Ming from sitting for trial.

This old man, who lives in Daming Mansion, Hebei Province, disappeared during the Jingkang period, and his brothers had no time to escape.In the face of repeated looting by bandits, officers and soldiers, and gold soldiers, although the Nie family hid in Tibet to save their lives, the family property accumulated over the years was robbed.

Li Bozong was Cai Bian's disciple.

Although Cai Bian and Cai Jing are brothers, they have different political views.

Relying on Cai Bian's relationship, Li Bozong was promoted to Dali Temple Minister. He was not suppressed by Cai Jing, but he was not taken care of by Cai Jing.

Li Bozong said: "Ju Ming was just dismissed, he is still a Beijing official, so there is no need to force him too much."

Nie Yu no longer objected, he just reminded him, and if there was any problem, he could push it to Li Bozong.

"Thank you," Zhu Ming said, "I don't know how to address you two?"

Li Bozong reported his name and mentioned Cai Bian, Zhu Ming immediately understood the way this person came.

Nie Yu also mentioned Zheng Juzhong and winked at Zhu Ming.

Li Bozong began to formally interrogate: "Who ordered "Zhi An Shu"?"

Zhu Ming replied: "It is the duty of a minister to persuade the emperor and reprimand the treacherous officials. Why should anyone instruct?"

Li Bozong asked again: "Why talk about the foundation of the country?"

Zhu Ming asked back: "The position of the East Palace has long been decided, and the foundation of the country has been established, so how can there be any talk about the foundation of the country?"

Li Bozong asked again: "Why do you criticize King Yun?"

Zhu Ming said: "I am not criticizing King Yun, but admonishing each other with etiquette. Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, and the emperor's teacher, how can they be crowned princes? It is also a prince and an emperor's teacher. Is it in line with ethics? Your Excellency Would you worship your own son as your teacher?"

Nie Yu couldn't help sniggering, quickly clenched his fist to cover his mouth, and pretended to cough: "Ahem, stop talking nonsense!"

Zhu Ming also said: "Your Majesty has a lot of things to do every day. If you can't personally sacrifice, of course you can ask someone to act as a proxy. The person who performs the sacrifice can be a clan, a relative, a servant, or an important minister, but it cannot be the King of Yun. The East Palace is still alive. Since the crown prince sacrifices to the emperor, how can the king of Yun intervene in it? This is also impolite!"

Dali Temple Cheng carefully recorded, not missing a single word.

Li Bozong asked again: "The "Zhi An Shu" mentions six people, either as servants or important ministers. Why do you slander them as the six thieves?"

Zhu Ming said: "Which one of the serious crimes listed in the Memorial is fabricated? Since it is a fact, how can there be slander?"

Nie Yu couldn't help but said: "After all, he is an important minister of the court. Even if his administration is wrong, he shouldn't be called a thief. What's more, the Duke of Lu (Cai Jing) is running the country. How can you call a good minister who has made great contributions to the country a thief?"

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Today, all the rulers say: 'I can open up land for the ruler and fill the treasury.' What is called a good minister today is what was called a traitor in ancient times."

These are the original words of Mencius. As soon as these words came out, Li Bozong bowed his hands to Zhu Ming in awe.

"Speak carefully!" Nie Yu quickly reminded.

Because of the original words of Mencius, there is another sentence below: "The ruler does not have the way of the country, does not aspire to benevolence, but seeks to be rich, and he is rich."

Zhu Ming quoted Mencius's words, not only calling Cai Jing a traitor to the people, but also insinuating that Song Huizong was Jie Zhou.

After a casual interrogation, Li Bozong announced the end of work and divided the interrogation records into two.One was handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, and the other was sent to the emperor.

Song Huizong took the time to read it, and laughed angrily: "How dare you say that I am 'Fu Jie', I will never repent, and order the Ministry of Punishment to go to Dali Temple for interrogation!"

(End of this chapter)