big song poppi

Chapter 520 0517 [If I want to rob, I won’t rob a poor guy like you]

However, his rocket-like promotion speed is not uncommon under Zhao Ji's rule.

Li Bangyan, Cai You, Bai Shizhong, Wang Fu... everyone is like this, even more exaggerated than him.

After all, Kou Zhongwen was still a fifth-rank magistrate of the state, while Li Bangyan was an imperial student from a mere outside residence, all the way to Shangshu Zuocheng.

The student from outside the house is not even considered a candidate, he is just a white person.

In Zhao Ji's view, Cai Jing is already old, deaf and blind, and obviously has less than two years to live.

It's time to find someone to take over from Cai Jing and continue to help him make money, take the blame, and cooperate.

Originally, Zhao Ji felt that Qin Hui was a promising talent, but he soon discovered that this person was extremely ambitious and aligned with the new emperor Zhao Kai, so he immediately abandoned him, but for Tong Guan's sake, he did not demote him.

Kou Zhongwen's performance made him very satisfied and he could try to cultivate him.

After all, after arriving in Fujian, money will be needed whether it is building a palace or repairing a garden.

Li Wenqing glanced enviously at Kou Zhongwen who was kneeling on the ground, with great anticipation in his heart.

Zhao Ji was a little displeased with this person. Just looking at his face, he felt dull and boring.

For a moment, he couldn't help but miss the happy couple Li Bangyan and Cai You. Without them around, he always felt a little boring.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji continued to order: "Li Qing was promoted to the magistrate of Quzhou and was granted the title of Longtuge."

Li Wenqing was stunned at first, and then felt extremely disappointed.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Although he was promoted from Tongpan to magistrate, and was given the post of Longtuge to be made, he was still far behind Kou Zhongwen's minister of household affairs and minister.

Suppressing the disappointment in his heart, Li Wenqing knelt down and kowtowed: "I thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Ji ordered: "Kou Qing will hand over the errand as soon as possible and be on duty at the entrance."

"I accept your order!"

Kou Zhongwen's heart was agitated at this moment. After thanking him again, he stood up and left.

The two of them walked out of the palace. Li Wenqing adjusted his mood and said in a flattering tone: "Congratulations to Kou Zhizhou, ah no, I made a mistake. I should have congratulated Prime Minister Kou. Duke Lai Guo is the famous Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, and now Prime Minister Kou has entered the cabinet. The appearance can be said to be extremely honorable and will surely be praised by future generations and become a good story.”

"I hope Prime Minister Kou will give you more support in the future."

He was not stupid and immediately hugged Kou Zhongwen's lap.

Kou Zhongwen was extremely pleased by the flattery and laughed loudly: "Haha, Li Zhizhou is polite. You and I are officials in the same dynasty. We should support each other, so there is no talk of support."

"That's what Kou Xiang said."

Li Wenqing quickly agreed.

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The edge of Qianligang Mountains.

Wang Yan led a thousand elite Xuzhou troops, marched day and night, and finally arrived in Quzhou.

After walking all night, everyone was exhausted.

Wang Yan was sitting on a tree trunk and taking a nap.

At this moment, Zhang Yichen reported: "General Wang, the soldiers of the scout camp captured more than ten civilians."

"bring it here."

Wang Yan opened his eyes suddenly and ordered.

Not long after, a dozen people in ragged clothes were brought to Wang Yan.

Each of these people looked frightened, and some children were so frightened that they cried loudly, but the women tightly covered their mouths, for fear of upsetting these Qiu Ba, and using their heads in exchange for military glory.

Seeing this, Wang Yan comforted him in a gentle voice: "Folks, don't be afraid. I am a sergeant of the Qi State. I am here just to ask you a question."

Hearing this, the fear in the eyes of the people did not diminish at all.

Zhang Yi reminded in a low voice: "General Wang, I'm afraid they won't understand what you said."

"Forget about this."

Wang Yan slapped his forehead and smiled bitterly.

The so-called Mandarin has different pronunciations for ten miles. Not everyone can speak Mandarin, especially these rural people, who communicate in local dialects on weekdays. The farthest place I have been to in my life is probably the local Kaihua County. There is no chance and no It is necessary to learn Mandarin.

"But there are people who can speak Mandarin. Don't worry, I won't ask in vain. I'll give you a piece of dry biscuit for the answer."

Seeing no one said anything, Wang Yan took out a few pieces of dry biscuits from his waist.

For a moment, the eyes of these people suddenly lit up, and even the child stopped crying. He stared at the dry biscuits without blinking and swallowed his saliva.

At this moment, a thin young man in the crowd said tremblingly: "I went to private school for two years when I was young, and I know some Mandarin. Feel free to ask, military master."

Anyone who has gone to school can speak Mandarin. Since the publication of "Guangyun", the Four Books and Five Classics, poems and songs have all been based on "Guangyun". Children will unknowingly speak Mandarin in the process of literacy and hyphenation. .

Wang Yan asked: "Are you a citizen of Quzhou?"

"Yes, we are from Daxi Village, Kaihua County."

The young man said, staring at the dry biscuits.

Wang Yan smiled slightly, handed over a piece of dry biscuit, and continued to ask: "How long have you been in the mountains?"

Taking the dry biscuit, the young man immediately stuffed it into the child's hands and replied: "To be honest, Master, we just escaped into the mountains the day before yesterday."

Wang Yan handed over another piece and then asked: "Quzhou has a humid climate and rice is harvested three times a year. Why do you want to be a fugitive?"

"Alas." Thanks to the two pieces of dry biscuits, the young man felt that the other party was not an unreasonable person. He couldn't help but let down his guard and sighed: "The military master doesn't know something. The south has heavy taxes, let alone one year." Three crops, even five crops a year, are not enough for the government to collect taxes. It is already very difficult on weekdays, but a few days ago the government suddenly increased taxes, saying it was a military tax, and each household had to pay per head. , one hundred coins per person.”

"Reward military tax?"

Wang Yan sneered: "These dog officials of the fake Song Dynasty really do anything to make money."

The young man said with a bitter look on his face: "The government tax collector said that if you don't pay, you will be arrested and work as a civil servant for the Victory Army, and you will do corvee work to offset the tax. At the moment, the summer grain has not been harvested, and there is no food left at home. We are living on wild vegetables and fruits. , we had no money to pay taxes. We were forced to flee into the mountains at night and became fugitives. "

"Shengjiejun?"

Wang Yan was suddenly startled, and his tone of voice couldn't help but raise a few degrees.

The soldiers on the side had their eyes shining brightly and their breathing was rapid.

Wang Yan grabbed the young man's hand and asked: "Is it really true that the victory over the Jie army is true?"

The thin young man was startled and stuttered: "I...I also heard what the tax collector said, but I didn't take it seriously."

Wang Yan was overjoyed. You must know that the Shengjie Army was Tong Guan's personal guard. He had been stationed in the northwest and Nanjing Road with Tong Guan before. How could the local people in Quzhou know the name of the Shengjie Army?

If the Shengjie Army is here, then the pseudo-Song emperor must be here too.

Overjoyed, Wang Yan stuffed the remaining five or six pieces of dry biscuits into the young man's arms and asked, "Do you know where the Shengjie Army is stationed?"

"Sir, I can't do that. I really don't know."

As the young man spoke, he pretended to return the cake.

"It's okay if you don't know. I'll just treat it as your reward."

Wang Yan waved his hand and then ordered: "You don't have to wait in the mountains for a long time. After a while, the Qi army will regain Quzhou. Don't miss the summer harvest."

The young man looked at the dry biscuits in his arms and said hesitantly: "Master, won't you rob our fields?"

Wang Yan was stunned: "What do I want with your fields?"

The young man replied: "I heard from Qin officials that when the Qi army came, not even a blade of grass would grow, and they would seize houses and fields."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi laughed loudly: "Don't listen to that bullshit Member Qin's nonsense. Even if we want to rob, we won't rob poor people like you."

Snapped!
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Yan raised his hand and slapped him on the back of the head, scolding him: "You are talking nonsense, who do you want to rob?"

"General, don't blame me, that's not what I meant."

Zhang Yi shrank his neck and explained with a smile.

Yue Fei was strict in managing the army. When his Xuzhou army attacked the Song Dynasty, he did not interfere with the people of the south in the Qiu Dynasty.

Once a soldier commits adultery or plunders, he will not be leniently spared.

"Humph!"

Staring at him fiercely, Wang Yan turned around and said, "Relax, Your Majesty the State of Qi cares about the people. When we regain Quzhou, not only will we not rob you of your other fields, but we will also divide your fields and reduce taxes."

Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, Wang Yan stopped talking, waved his hand, and let these people go.

After they left, Zhang Yi said happily: "The general guessed right, the Puppet Song Emperor is indeed in Quzhou. However, there are five counties in Quzhou, but I don't know which county the Puppet Emperor is."

Wang Yan took out the map from his arms and deduced: "The puppet emperor of the Song Dynasty escaped from Hangzhou and was obviously going to Fujian. Therefore, it is impossible to take a detour to Kaihua, Changshan and Longyou counties, so only Xi'an County and Jiangshan County are left. , With the arrogant, extravagant, and dissolute temper of the dog emperor Zhao Song, he would definitely not settle in a remote county like Jiangshan."

He had been an official in Zhao and Song for many years. How could he not know Zhao Ji's virtues?

Zhang Yi frowned and said: "The Pseudo-Song Dog Emperor will definitely not stay long, and this place is more than 150 miles away from Xi'an County. Can we make it in time?"

They are a rare soldier, and everyone is equipped with armor. Although it is not heavy armor, it still weighs thirty or forty kilograms. Adding weapons, crossbows, arrows, dry food and other baggage, the load can be fifty or sixty kilograms.

Even if he traveled day and night to Xi'an County, he was exhausted. How could he fight against the seven thousand victorious troops who were waiting for work?
You must know that the Shengjie Army was one of the most powerful armies in the Song Dynasty and was Tong Guan's last resort.

At the moment, Wang Yan had two choices. One was to make a surprise attack on Kaihua and Changshan counties. There were almost no troops stationed in these two counties, only government archers. They could definitely win them in a surprise attack, but Emperor Zhao and Song would flee immediately after hearing the news. Go to Fujian.

However, conquering Quzhou was also a great achievement.

Cooperating with the navy in Hangzhou, they attacked from the south and the north, and captured both Zhejiang and Zhejiang roads.

The second is to attack Xi'an County and capture Emperor Zhao Songgou alive. Once successful, it will be a huge achievement, and the rest of the Song army's defense line will collapse instantly, and the entire south can be captured without any effort.

The difficulty is that there are 7,000 victorious troops stationed in Xi'an County, waiting for them to work.

One thousand against seven thousand, and the victorious army is an elite division, so the chance of victory is not good.

For a time, Wang Yan was in a dilemma.

Seeing the hesitation on his face, Zhang Yi advised: "General, wealth and honor are found in danger. If you miss this opportunity, I'm afraid you will never get it again in this life."

Wang Yan frowned and said: "The Shengjie Army was formed by the elite recruited by Tong Guanyu from the Western Army. It is by no means comparable to the ordinary Song Army. The weapons are also not weak. The continuous rain has made our firearms useless, and there are so few." If you fight too much, the chance of winning is less than 20%!”

He once served under Zhong Shidao, the strategic envoy of Jingyuan Road, and was very aware of the combat power of the victorious army.

"General Wang, I know you are thinking about your brothers, but who of you doesn't have your head in your belt? You wouldn't join the army if you were afraid of death!"

"That's right, if a person dies and a bird looks up to the sky, he will not die for tens of thousands of years!"

"None of the brothers present are afraid of death!"

"General, I beg you, go to Xi'an County to catch the fake Song Dog Emperor!"

"..."

More than a thousand soldiers spoke one after another and gave advice in various directions.

Looking around at the crowd, Wang Yan gritted his teeth and saw that everyone was looking at him expectantly: "Okay, let's go to Xi'an County!"

"The general is mighty!"

Everyone looked excited and shouted in unison.

(End of this chapter)