I want to embrace the moon for nine days

Chapter 90: The past in the world, the beginning of an era

Uncle Zhang and the others had been traveling for a long time before arriving at the tea shed. After arriving in this town, they were exhausted and it was getting late, so they decided to rest here for the night.

The three of them found a hotel to stay in, went up to the second floor, and gathered in a room first, waiting for dinner.

Li Chaoyang went out for a short while. After returning, not long after, dinner had been delivered, but there were still a few pieces of paper sandwiched in the dinner tray.

Su Hanshan glanced at it and found that the words were vague. In the ordinary greetings, there seemed to be random use of poetic idioms with unclear meanings. He already knew in his heart that it was probably some kind of specific code word.

He now knows that Li Chaoyang comes from Fuyao Mountain, and Fuyao Mountain is one of the two largest gangs in the Southern Song Dynasty. They have people all over the country, operating tea, silk, medicinal materials, orchards, maritime business, and connecting martial arts, business roads, and folk countryside. news-clever.

Su Hanshan originally thought that Li Chaoyang must have exaggerated when he talked about his gang, and it would be more than five points to believe him.

But when Li Chaoyang first arrived in this town, he was obviously not very familiar with it. He had to ask someone to find the hostel. Just now, he was able to contact someone and send him so much information in less than a cup of tea. .

This method made Su Hanshan look askance.

"You probably don't know the origin of Fuyao Mountain."

Uncle Zhang smiled and said, "Fuyao Mountain was not a gang at first, but an academy founded by a minister during the reigns of Huizong and Gaozong."

"The minister's name was Li Chunnian. He cared deeply about his family and his country. During the reign of Emperor Huizong, he saw that the world was in decay, the Liao Kingdom was about to be destroyed, and the Jin Kingdom was powerful. He proposed reforms to Huizong in order to nourish the people and strengthen the country, but Huizong ignored him. "

"It was only during the reign of Emperor Gaozong that he was finally reused. He implemented the boundary law in various places, re-measured the land, found out the hidden fields and houses of the officials, gentry and wealthy families, and removed those things that should have fallen on them but were instead The taxes passed on to ordinary people will be put back on track."

"At the beginning, the imperial court used several places for him to try it out. Seeing that it was really effective, it gave him strong support and allowed him to send people to build fish scale maps in various places. The big ones include mountains and rivers and roads, and the small ones include people's fields and houses. The acres are wide and narrow. Draw them one by one so that the east and west are connected, and the north and south are aligned, so that each one has its reality, and then the ten of them are combined to form a map of one capital, and all the capitals are combined to form a map of one county."

"In this way, those farmers whose fields have been usurped and unable to afford taxes can finally put things right."

Su Hanshan said in surprise: "Gaozong, Zhao Gou? Can such a thing be accomplished at that time?"

Li Chaoyang was interpreting the code words, but when he heard him address Zhao Gou directly, he couldn't help but look up at him.

Zhang Boze laughed: "Yes, so after several years of doing this, Li Chunnian noticed that some people continued to occupy land and distort laws. The old maps were no longer consistent with reality. There were even people who wanted to directly tamper with the local maps. .”

"So he proposed to send someone to review, and then... he was demoted by Gao, Ha, Zhao Gou and Qin Hui."

Uncle Zhang snorted, "After Qin Hui's death, he was promoted again and then demoted soon, but among his descendants, there were truly shrewd people."

"Relying on the benefits brought by the initial implementation of the Jingjie Law to the people in various places and the relationships left in various places, his descendants gradually turned Chunnian Academy into Fuyao Mountain, from the mountain of the academy to the mountain of Fuyao Mountain. host."

"When Fuyao Mountain was passed to Li Qiumian, firstly, he himself was extremely talented, and secondly, he caught up with the relatively good situation for more than ten years, so the power he developed was far greater than that of his predecessors in the past. "

When Uncle Zhang said this, he took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and said with a smile, "When Li Chaoyang introduced you, the part about his family was the part that could best guarantee the truth. The other parts, although because of the information they had, Due to limitations, it cannot be extremely detailed, but there are not too many empty words and exaggerations.”

Su Hanshan frowned slightly and said, "If this is the case, the martial arts power in the Southern Song Dynasty must have been too huge."

Although Fuyaoshan is one of the two largest gangs, there is also Kuanggutang, which is even more powerful.

In addition, there are the 42 major alliances of escort agencies mentioned by Li Chaoyang, the Sixteen Strange Sects of Lingnan, the Seven Sects of Sichuan and Sichuan, the Fourteenth Village of Xiangjiang, many gangs in the East China Sea and South China Sea, etc., there are too many to mention.

If the numbers of these gangs are not too exaggerated, then if people in the martial arts world are thoughtful, they can raise more than a dozen powerful rebel armies at any time.

How did the Southern Song Dynasty maintain its power? Didn't it think about controlling, suppressing, or recruiting in the early days? "The huge power of martial arts is mainly due to two reasons."

Although Uncle Zhang had lived in seclusion for some years, he had a transcendent status in the martial arts world and had extensive knowledge, and he was very knowledgeable about these things.

"First of all, it's because the Mongolian cavalry went on conquests, and many khanates were constantly fighting. For example, in the years after the fall of the Jin Kingdom, most of the Jin Kingdom's territory was destroyed, and ordinary people were unable to travel far."

"But those in the martial arts world who can achieve a large scale will not like places that are too turbulent. Many forces have tried to go south. They can just change their names and become a sect of the Song Dynasty."

"There were even people from other small countries who fled the war and poured into the south by sea, water, etc. Some stayed in the Song Dynasty, and some went to Dali. That is to say, the Annan Kingdom was full of miasma and the jungle was too dense. Otherwise, I’m afraid a large number of people will move there directly.”

"The second reason is mainly martial arts."

"More than a hundred years ago, even the so-called master-level figures in the world, if they did not seek to escape and were alone on the battlefield, fighting two to three hundred swords, shields, spears and crossbows with elite soldiers, they would definitely be seriously injured, or even die on the spot. "

"But in the past hundred years, with the discovery of completely new martial arts methods, only those who have crossed that level can be called the master state."

"The deeds of a strong master using the strength of one against a thousand to pierce the military formation can be found in all countries. This has happened more than once."

"The status of those who practice martial arts has been greatly improved. There are naturally many people in the world who are willing to practice martial arts and insist on practicing martial arts. Even if the court really wants to control them, it will be much more difficult."

Su Hanshan came to his senses.

Because he was in the Southern Song Dynasty, he still subconsciously connected this world with the situations in his previous life.

But in fact, the world is in the early stages of transition to the Chu Dynasty.

Even with the powerful fighting power of the upper echelons of the Great Chu Dynasty, in addition to successfully expelling the sworn top sects such as Xiji Buzhou Palace at the founding of the country, later on when facing those martial arts holy places, they only granted them territory and kept them incompetent. It's just a tacit understanding of not asking.

However, the territory of the Chu Dynasty was really vast, so they could maintain their status without interfering with each other after the rewards were granted.

Now in the Southern Song Dynasty, the warriors happened to be in a budding stage where they could not ignore ordinary soldiers, but their status was already involved in the upper class.

As a result, so many people fled the Mongolian front and gathered in the south, which led to more frequent fights between them.

"All right."

Li Chaoyang had figured out all the code words at this time, put down the charcoal, picked up the pieces of paper he had scribbled on, and said with a serious face, "Our trouble is far greater than expected, and it's not just Leng Youming." It’s the right person.”

"Ok?"

Su Hanshan and Uncle Zhang stopped talking and listened carefully.

"The news that I found the old man, as well as our route of action, has been leaked. Most of the people secretly sent by the mountain master to respond were intercepted by Kuang Gutang."

Li Chaoyang had a sad expression on his face and explained, "They have set up several entrances to the thirteen halls on the main roads to Lin'an Mansion. Several people have already been dispatched."

"When these people move, the surrounding martial arts forces, like sea sharks that have smelled the smell of blood, also start to move!"

(End of this chapter)