Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 342 0337 [The Betrayed Hero] (add more for the penguin boss)
Lizhou City, the state government.

After listening to the more detailed report, Zhu Ming thought about it for a moment and shouted, "Guantian."

"The students are here!"

Lei Guan, a student of Tai Tai, has changed his name to Tian Wendao, and his name is Guantian.

Zhu Ming said: "Lizhou is dilapidated, the people's livelihood is dying, the people are displaced, and bandits are rampant in the mountains. One person must be left to take charge of the civil affairs. Do you dare to take this position?"

"Why don't you dare?" Lei Guan straightened his back.

Zhu Ming ordered: "You have no experience in governing the people, and the local officials are dying or fleeing, so you must search for scholars as much as possible. If it is not possible, recruit some local people who are familiar with the country and arrange for the scattered people to return home. I will leave some army rations. You need to organize the people to plant grain. These two months are just right for wheat planting. Keep some soldiers, and those who disobey will be killed."

"Students, remember." Lei Guan accepted the order.

Zhu Ming said again: "The year of the tortoise."

"The students are here." Fu Yuanheng stepped forward.

Zhu Ming instructed: "You follow the partial division to capture Wenzhou, stay there as the prefect of Wenzhou, and remember to be kind to the Qiang people. According to Mr. Shi, there are many Qiang people there, and they are often bullied by Han officials. A little kindness can appease you. After Wenzhou is stabilized, you will be transferred back to another important task."

"Yes!" Fu Yuanheng took the order.

Wenzhou is Wenxian County, the place where Deng Ai smuggled into Yinping, which belongs to the west gate of Lizhou.

Occupying Wen County is purely for the purpose of consolidating Lizhou, and has nothing to do with the Chengdu Plain.Not everyone has the ability of Deng Ai. The mountains there are not to mention marching, even if you travel on foot with modern mountaineering equipment, it is difficult to climb over.

"General!"

"What's the matter?"

"Wu Tong brought the bandits to vote, and they have already arrived outside the city."

Zhu Ming stood up abruptly, his angry expression turned into a smile in an instant: "Haha, invite him into the city quickly, I want to receive him personally."

The thieves under Wu Tong's command were arranged to operate independently outside the city, and he brought a few confidants into the city swaggeringly.

Zhu Ming went all the way to greet him outside the state government office, took Wu Tong's hand and said, "Relying on the general to break through the state city, Huang Deyu was so frightened that he returned to the army to rescue, otherwise I would still be stuck in Chaotian Gorge and unable to get through."

Wu Tong was flattered, and then smiled triumphantly: "We heard that King Zhu rebelled, so we simply brought the town soldiers to rebel, and killed those dog officials and rich people. From now on, if the king wants to conquer the world, we will be the first to rise to the top and take care of sending the king to Tokyo to sit on the emperor's seat!"

Zhu Ming laughed loudly: "If I were the emperor, General Wu would be the founding prince!"

"Our life is sold to the king!"

Wu Tong knelt down, and from the bottom of his heart, he already regarded Zhu Ming as the wise master.

Until now, he doesn’t feel that there is anything wrong with him, he thinks that rebellion should be like that, and he thinks that Zhu Ming is the same as him.

Zhu Ming quickly helped Wu Tong up, and said: "I heard that there are still many good men who have gone to various mountains to build green forests. I like to make friends with good men. The general sent someone to call them, and everyone can lead the army and become a general."

"Leave it to me!" Wu Tong patted his chest and said, and began to imagine the life of a prince in the future.

Zhu Ming arranged for him to stay in an empty mansion, and sent a few servants to take care of him, and sent him a lot of goods, wine and food.

Wu Tong was eager to show his ability, and also eager to recruit more subordinates, and sent his henchmen to rush to various mountains at full speed.

Zhu Ming sent the vanguard to take over the unguarded Zhaohua City and Jiameng Pass.

After capturing Jiameng Pass, Deng Chun and Li Jinyi led [-] elite troops to cross Jiameng Pass and follow the Jialing River.Shi Yuangong personally led the way, taking the route of the Northern Song Dynasty after the destruction of Shu, and detoured from Su Xiaodao to the back of Jianmen Pass.

Only a fool will attack Jianmen head-on!

Before Wu Tong could call back the bandits in the mountains, Jiang Chengwu came here in hemp and mourning.

Jiang Chengwu made a bow and said, "Jiang Chengwu, a scholar of Zhaohua, pays homage to Mr. Zhu!"

"Please sit down."

Zhu Ming was a little speechless to Jiang's father and son. If you don't have diamonds, don't do porcelain work. Now the whole Lizhou is in a mess.

But the actions of Jiang's father and son are indeed beneficial, helping Zhu Ming to get through the Chaotian Gorge faster.

Zhu Ming looked at the filial piety clothes on him, and asked casually, "An elder in the family passed away?"

Jiang Chengwu looked sad, and replied: "After my father led the troops to occupy Jiameng County, he regretted himself and blamed himself, and his spirits were depressed all day long. He was complained and insulted by his old friends in the army, and he hanged himself when he couldn't think about it for a while."

"I did this..." Zhu Ming didn't know how to comment.

A very ordinary Mr. from the village school, a little bit capable but not great, and he can't pass his own morality when he gets into trouble.

It is estimated that when he committed suicide, his spirit had already collapsed.

Jiang Chengwu bowed his head and remained silent. In fact, he already regretted rebelling, but since he did it, he had to bite the bullet and persist.

Zhu Ming asked, "How is the situation in Jiameng County?"

Jiang Chengwu raised his head and said, "Everything is safe and there is no war."

"You brought some scholars away?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Jiang Chengwu said: "All those rescued in Zhaohua County are scholars from this county."

Zhu Ming said: "Bring all the scholars back and help the prefect restore the people's livelihood in Lizhou. You have to clean up the evil you have done yourself!"

"Yes." Jiang Chengwu felt a little better, at least he can make up for his sins in the future.

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Jiachuan County.

Lin Chong led his troops to the outside of the city, Zheng Hong came with the army to persuade him to surrender, and brought along Huang Mengqing, who had defected halfway.

"Go and shout." Zheng Hong said.

Huang Mengqing rushed to the bottom of the city and shouted: "I am Huang Mengqing, the commander of the Lizhou Xiang Army. Who is in charge in the city?"

Wu Kangguo, the principal of the county school, stood on the gate tower and scolded angrily: "You eat Junlu, and you actually follow the thief!"

Huang Mengqing said: "Although Mr. Zhu rebelled, he didn't kill the people, and he treated the people kindly all the way. You open the city gate, don't resist pointlessly, otherwise the sword will have no eyes when attacking the city, and I don't know how many people will die."

Wu Kangguo was furious: "Even if everything is destroyed, I will not surrender the city!"

Fatty Zheng stepped forward and shouted: "I am Zhu Xianggong's brother-in-law, Zheng Hong. Zhu Xianggong admired you all when he learned of the righteous deeds of the people in Jiachuan County. To show his sincerity, he sent me to persuade him to surrender. Enough people have died in Lizhou, and Zhu Xianggong doesn't want any more casualties."

"It's useless to talk too much, shoot the arrow!" Wu Kangguo roared angrily.

There are also some people in the city who can shoot arrows, and they are bows and arrows brought by the children of rich families.

However, after Wu Kangguo gave the order, not a single arrow was shot.

Wu Kangguo scolded angrily: "Why don't you shoot arrows?"

The rich men hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to look at Wu Kangguo.

Wu Kangguo asked, "Are you planning to surrender?"

One of the rich men summoned up his courage and said, "Mr. Wu, the last time I worked hard to defend the city was because of the indiscriminate killing of bandits. This Zhu Xianggong is quite famous, and I have read his articles. I think he is not a murderer. For the sake of the people of the city, it is still...or..."

"He is a rebel, what kind of reputation can he speak of?" Wu Kangguo became more and more angry, and looked at the other city guards, but found that everyone avoided their eyes.

Wu Kangguo felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he felt chills all over his body.

A few days ago, the people who supported him and defended the city, regardless of life and death, fought against the thieves, but now they are disobedient.

Wu Kangguo was furious, and roared: "You still want to tie me up and surrender?"

A rich man really said, "Mr. Wu, I really offended you."

A moment later, the gates of the city were opened wide, and Wu Kangguo was tied up by the people and surrendered.

The head of the county school scolded him all the time at the beginning, but gradually he felt that it was meaningless.He looked at the people with nothing to love in his life. This is the people he desperately guarded. He thought he was the hero who turned the tide, but now he has become a clown who gets in the way.

Fatty Zheng went to the city to appease the people, and even came forward to reward the people who defended the city for their meritorious service.

In an instant, the hearts of the people turned to Jiachuan County, and the people in Jiachuan County praised Mr. Zhu for his benevolence and righteousness.

Wu Kangguo witnessed this change the whole time, and he felt that he saw the most ridiculous thing in the world, and his three views were completely subverted.

He was escorted to Zhoucheng to meet Zhu Ming, who untied him from the rope himself.

Wu Kangguo snorted coldly: "Pretending to be hypocritical!"

Zhu Ming said: "Don't worry, I'm not trying to persuade you to be a thief. I respect your Excellency for protecting the people of Jiachuan. The county magistrates have all escaped, and you are the only one left to guard the city. You are indeed the pillar of the country."

The common people betrayed themselves together, but the rebels came to praise him. Wu Kangguo felt that this world was ridiculous.

He didn't bother to call Zhu Ming a traitor anymore, he was indifferent to life and death, so don't think about it if he doesn't do it, he walked to the side and sat down to drink tea, rather bachelor said: "Kill me or let me go, just say it, don't go around."

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Mencius said: If you have the people, you have the way, you have the heart, and you have the people. If you have the heart, you have the way, get together with them as you want, and don't do anything that is evil to you. I'm afraid you have some experience with these words, don't you?"

Wu Kangguo couldn't help shaking his head: "What the people of Jiachuan County want is to live. Those who hate can't live. I insist on sticking to it. If they want to live, they naturally tie me up and sacrifice me to the city. They are just foolish men and women. How can they be expected to be loyal to the king and serve the country?"

Zhu Ming asked: "Why do they want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country? Is it to thank the emperor for his exorbitant taxes? Or to repay the imperial court's excessive taxes?"

Wu Kangguo was at a loss for words, not knowing how to answer.

Zhu Ming said: "Lizhou is dilapidated, and there is a shortage of people to govern the people. If you want to stay, you can change your name and surname to be the magistrate of Zhaohua County. If you don't feel good, you can leave at any time. If you don't want to stay, just leave."

Wu Kangguo thought about it and became distraught because he actually wanted to stay.

His background is similar to that of Bai Sanlang, a rich man from the countryside.

Han Chuang studied hard for more than ten years, and was lucky enough to pass the Jinshi exam, but was cast as the principal of the county school.Now even if he fled back to Tokyo, he would have to wait for several years even if he was not punished by the court as a fugitive official in a thieves-occupied area. He was so poor that he couldn't even pay the rent in the capital.

Whether to return to the capital to waste time, or stay here to govern the people, Wu Kangguo is more inclined to the latter.

But this is a thief!

Wu Kangguo felt annoyed, so he said angrily, "Let me think about it again."

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "Come with me to see a good show."

"What good show?" Wu Kangguo asked.

Zhu Ming said: "The bandits who killed innocent people in Lizhou and Zhaohua indiscriminately and scattered into the mountains to become thieves have almost returned. They want to follow me to fight the world, but I dare not use these people. I can only send them to see the king of hell."

Wu Kangguo stood up abruptly: "How can such a good show be missed!"

(Thanks to the leader of Frostfang Claw for the reward, O(∩_∩)O~)

(End of this chapter)