Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 310 0305 [27 people]

A total of 84 Tai students were arrested together in the prison of Kaifeng Prefecture.

There are only 27 deportees left.

The remaining 57 people, facing the punishment of expulsion from school, relented at the last moment and promised to go back to school obediently and stop making trouble.

They were not tortured in the prison, but they were hungry and full, and now they are already weak and weak.Reciting "Song of Righteousness" for a long time also made my voice hoarse, and even drinking water hurts.

The official of the Kaifeng government government used a carriage to transport them to the inn outside the city, dragged them into the guest room, and warned: "The ministers will take care of their health here. Within ten days, they must leave the boundaries of Tokyo. Don't let them go again." I'm in trouble!"

No one answered, no energy, no energy to speak.

The Yaqian official went to the store again and said, "These are righteous men, you should take good care of them."

"I can save it." The shopkeeper nodded and bowed.

In a blink of an eye, the Yaqian official disappeared.

The shopkeeper sighed and told the waiter: "Let the cook cook some porridge, use good rice to cook."

What happened in front of Xuande Gate has already spread outside the city.

Now that the uprisings are not over, the capital is short of grain, and rice has risen to 2000 a stone.People at the bottom are all starving, who doesn't hate traitors?
Even the officials in front of the yamen just now had a more difficult life.

As long as they fight against the treacherous party, the common people will admire them as righteous men.

When the porridge was no longer so hot, the store owner took a few staff and went to feed the porridge to the students himself.

Chen Dong was weak, his throat hurt, and he felt like being cut by a knife when he drank the porridge.Barely filling his stomach, he fell into a drowsy sleep that lasted until the next day.

After waking up, at least he regained some energy and walked around a few rooms. Chen Dong was surprised and said, "Why are there only twenty people left?"

Wei Liangchen smiled wryly: "Naturally, I retreated in front of the battle. The students in the upper house, there are only you and me left."

Chen Dong's voice was still hoarse, and he yelled angrily: "Fan Juemin, where is Fan Juemin? You swear that you are not in harmony with treacherous ministers, why would you be afraid of being expelled from the imperial school!"

Lei Guan, a student from Neishe, said sarcastically: "Fan Juemin is excellent in learning, and he will pass the imperial examination next year. How can he persevere to the end, and don't even want to be a Jinshi?"

"Zhang Jushan! Where's Zhang Jushan?" Chen Dong searched everywhere.

Nothing, not at the inn.

Chen Dong staggered back to his room in a daze, and all his roommates flinched.

These roommates can survive the prison, but they give in when they are expelled from school.

The 27 people who persisted until the end were depressed in the guest room.Some even began to cry, not because of their own experiences, but because they were unable to change the situation and were betrayed by their classmates and friends. Their grief was uncontrollable.

The spirit of Kuang Fu Sheji disappeared in an instant!
In this way, the 27 expelled Tai students lay in the inn for two days in a daze.

Their servants came one after another to persuade their husband to return home early.

There are also people without servants, such as Chen Dong.His family was just a small landlord, and he had the opportunity to study in the Taixue only after being cultivated by the clan.

Several people came to say goodbye, Lei Guan from Neishe said: "Brother Shaoyang, I am discouraged. I will no longer be an official in this life. I just want to go back to my hometown to live in seclusion and study. It is a blessing in my life to know you, so I am leaving. I hope you will cherish it a lot!"

Chen Dong questioned: "The world is in great turmoil, and you are still from Jianning. Fang La's remnants have already captured Jianning. Where did you go back to your hometown? Could it be that you are going to vote for Fang La?"

Lei Guan said with tears: "I received a letter from my family a few days ago, and my whole family has fled to Fuzhou. Although my parents are safe, many members of my family have been separated, and I don't know how many will survive. I wish I could eat the meat of the traitor raw and drink the traitor Especially that Zhu Xi, Fang La's rebellion was caused by his exploitation, and such a crime can still be promoted. I have long been determined to die when I was sent to prison. Now that Gou is alive, I don't want to think about anything. Please go to Fuzhou to reunite with your family."

Chen Dong himself was also very depressed. At this moment, he had to cheer up and encouraged everyone: "The more arrogant and domineering the treacherous party, the more we scholars will not be able to kill our ambitions. One day we will be able to calm down the demon atmosphere in the world!"

Wei Liangchen slumped on the chair: "We have been expelled from the Taixue, and we have a deadline of ten days to leave Tokyo. Besides returning to our hometowns to study, where else can we go?"

"Go to Guizhou!"

A student from the foreign dormitory of Taixue suddenly made a sound.

This person's name is Fu Yuanheng, from Wu County, Suzhou.His family's family property, which was looted by the rebels for several generations, has been turned into a passing cloud.

Fortunately, the whole family ran away ahead of schedule and headed north with some floating money.

Tong Guan led an army to recover Wu County, and Fu Yuanheng's family returned home immediately.Unexpectedly, his family, as a local big family, was blackmailed by soldiers under Tong Guan's command, and the little floating wealth that was left was also robbed.

In Fu Yuanheng's heart, officers and soldiers are the same as bandits, and Tong Guan is no different from Fang La!

More than half of the 27 Tai students who persisted until the end came from Zhejiang, Jiangnan and Fujian. They hated the traitor party to the extreme.

Fu Yuanheng said: "Mr. Zhu is in charge of Guizhou. Why don't I follow him? I will pay homage to Mr. Zhu and study hard. If Mr. Zhu can't recover, we will live in seclusion in Guizhou to study. If the new king succeeds, Mr. has recovered, and I will return to Tokyo to sweep the world!"

"Good idea!" Chen Dong clapped his hands and praised.

Wei Liangchen also came to his senses, and stood up from his chair suddenly: "Whoever wants to go to Guizhou, stand by my side. If you don't want to go, don't force it, and we will still be friends from now on."

In an instant, more than half of the remaining ones stood there, hesitated again and again, and made a decision.

A lot, 27 people will go to Guizhou.

Expelled from Taixue, they have no way out.Even the qualifications for the imperial examination were lost, because they were not allowed to enter Beijing again.

Either go back to the hometown to study in seclusion, or go to Guizhou to follow Zhu Ming.

The only hope is to wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne.

At that time, Zhu Ming will inevitably be recalled to the capital to serve as an official, and they can also follow Zhu Ming back to Beijing.Even without taking an exam, he was directly awarded an official position by the new king.

There are still people who have not recovered, and everyone continues to stay in the inn.

Friends came to visit every day, including Chen Dong's roommates.

Fan Zongyin, courtesy name Juemin, was the youngest prime minister in the Song Dynasty.Standing in front of Chen Dong at this moment, he kept bowing his head because of guilt, and only said: "Take care, gentlemen, and see you again someday. I... If I am admitted to Jinshi, I will speak up for justice and never join forces with traitors."

"Hehe, I hope you don't break your promise again." Chen Dong smiled coldly.

The initiators of beating drums and knocking on the que are Chen Dong, Fan Zongyin and Zhang Yu.Both Fan Zongyin and Zhang Yu were subdued, and were frightened by the expulsion from school. Zhang Yu was even more ashamed to meet again, so he only asked Fan Zongyin to bring a letter.

Fan Zongyin bowed to everyone: "Farewell, gentlemen!"

At nightfall, Qin Hui came to the inn in the dark.

Qin Hui has been the headmaster of the state school for several years without moving his home, relying on his own strength to pass the Maoke No. 1 exam, and was directly promoted to Taixue Zheng.

As a teacher, he did not participate in the drum beating and knocking on the que before. Today he came to visit his classmates.

"When will brother Dao Bi leave?" Qin Hui asked.

Wei Liangchen said, "Let's leave tomorrow."

Qin Hui took out some silver collars: "Be careful all the way."

"Thank you." Wei Liangchen said.

Wei Liangchen, Qin Hui, Fan Tong, Duan Fu, and He Ruo, these five people used to study together and slept in the same dormitory.

In history, all five of them became prime ministers, but their choices were completely different.In order to get promoted and make a fortune, Fan Tong clings to Qin Hui without any scruples; Wei Liangchen draws a clear line with Qin Hui, and is relegated from place to place and dies of illness in office.

Qin Hui asked where he was going again, and Wei Liangchen said he was going to Guizhou.

Hearing this, Qin Hui immediately said: "I am also an old friend with Chenggong. I haven't seen you for many years. It's really embarrassing. Let me use my pen and ink."

Qin Hui wrote a letter and asked Wei Liangchen to take it to Zhu Ming.

The content of the letter is nothing more than reminiscing about the past and saying some words of admiration.

The next day, all the people left the capital together, counting their entourage, there were 43 people in total.

A light snow fell, and the north wind howled bitterly.

Arrive at Zhengyang Town, Yingshang County by boat, and then change boats to Lu'an.

It's freezing cold, but it never snows heavily. There may be another natural disaster in the coming year.

Every time they dock at a place, they must go to the city and recite "Song of Righteous Qi" at the school gate.He also told about Zhu Ming's deeds in Beijing, and how they were expelled from the capital by the traitor party after beating the drums and knocking on the que.

Along the way, the local teachers and students were all in awe.

Even if there are traitors among the prefectural and county officials, they turn a blind eye to this.Why bother yourself?If you get involved with these angry young students, you will inevitably be infamous for the rest of your life.

"Song of Righteousness" quickly spread in Henan and Hubei. Even the bandits in Hubei (Southwest Jinglu Road) heard about their deeds and were unwilling to rob these students.

There are so many thieves in Hubei, and there has been a famine for two consecutive years, and the imperial court is still pumping food to Tokyo.

There is only one uprising leader missing, and there will be a large number of responders at that time, a bit like the situation in Shandong a few years ago.

Song Jiang's troops are still running around, leading the officers and soldiers by the nose.But in the face of multi-party encirclement and suppression, the area of ​​their activities is getting smaller and smaller. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before they are wiped out.

Fang La has already left the mountainous area of ​​Zhejiang, and did not go to Fujian, but crossed the mountains to Jiangxi, and captured Fuzhou by surprise.

Before he could gain a firm foothold, he had just wiped out the frontier army of the miners' uprising, and immediately went south to pursue them.Fang La fled to Nancheng in a hurry, then moved to Nanfeng, crossed Baizhang Mountain, and went to Jianning to join the Fujian rebels.By the way, the Taiping Yinchang and Kandu Yinchang were looted on the way.

Officials and troops from all walks of life encircled Jianning, with a strength of 20.

Fang Laben planned to go to Taining, but was ambushed by general Liu Guangshi. The second prince Fang Bo and Prime Minister Fang Fei died in battle.

Tens of thousands of rebels defended Jianning, and failed to break through the encirclement many times.

But the combat effectiveness of the rebel army has become significantly stronger.Fighting thousands of miles, crossing mountains and rivers, fighting all the way, has trained tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and under the blessing of Manichaeism, they are not afraid of death.

On New Year's Eve, Tong Guan hurried to the front line of Jianning and ordered to reward the three armies, and a decisive battle will be fought on the first day of the new year.

But on the night of New Year's Eve, the gates of the city were wide open. Taking advantage of the officers and soldiers celebrating the New Year, the rebels took the initiative to fight out.

After a night of melee, the rebel army was defeated and fled in all directions.

Fang La led thousands of elites into the mountains, and ran away again.

(End of this chapter)