subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Zhu Wen, who was in the rear team, suddenly received Huang Chao's order to march to southern Fujian. Although he didn't know the reason, he could only follow the brigade to march to southern Fujian.He wanted to go to the Lin'an Society to meet Dong Chang, Qian Liu and their subordinate Hangzhou Badu, but the military order was difficult to violate, so he had to give up.

Although the journey to southern Fujian is only less than a thousand miles away, most of the roads along the way are rugged and difficult.Tens of thousands of rebels crossed the mountains to open roads and build bridges. The hardships on the road cannot be described in words.

Due to the rough and difficult roads, sometimes it is impossible to walk a hundred miles a day. It is still the twelfth lunar month and it is the middle of winter. Fortunately, it is in the south and the weather is not as cold as in the north.Zhu Wen laughed at himself: "That's probably what happened when the Red Army marched thousands of miles, climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands."

Fortunately, the journey was not far away. After ten days of difficult travel through the mountains, the army arrived in Fujian.Because the army had been trapped in the mountains for many days, they first captured the two county towns of Nanping and Gutian as soon as they arrived in the plains.

After resting for two days, the army continued to go south, and the army was divided into several groups.Shang Rang led Li Tangbin to attack Longxi and Yongtai; Meng Kai attacked Changle and Lianjiang; Zhu Wenwen and Hu Zhen attacked Minqing and Houguan; Ge Congzhou led an army to attack Futang (now Fuqing City) in the south.

Huang Chao's prediction was good. The troops in southern Fujian were weak, and most of them were old and weak. It only took three days for all the troops to report victory.As a result, Fuzhou became an isolated city. Except for the east, the west, south and north became the sites of the rebels.

Both Zhu Wenwen and Huang Chao planned to use Fujian as the long-term base of the rebels, so they naturally imposed strict restrictions on the rebels.Every time a city was captured, a decree was promulgated in the city, strictly prohibiting the rebels from plundering property, and tried to comfort the people in the city, especially the scholars.For a time, the reputation of the rebel army was greatly shaken, and many people enthusiastically joined the rebel army. Even those stubborn scholars were also very "knowledgeable about current affairs", and many people served as the staff and secretary of the rebel army.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year in the sixth year of Qianfu, all the rebels came out and broke through the city of Fuzhou in one fell swoop.After entering the city, Shang Rang, Meng Kai, Zhu Wen, Hu Zhen, Ge Congzhou and others followed Huang Chao's order, strictly restrained their respective armies, and appeased the people in the city, and then welcomed Huang Wang into the city.

Due to the rapid expansion of the number of rebels and the loss of several generals in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, Huang Chao's two younger brothers, Huang Kui and Huang Siye, also moved from the former underground workers to the front of the screen, each leading an army, with the same status as Shang Rang and Meng Meng Kai is equal.In this way, Huang Chao indirectly deprived Shang Rang, Meng Kai and others of part of their power, avoiding the situation where Huang Chao was unable to check and balance Shang Rang and Meng Kai.

The residents of Fuzhou city were relieved when they saw that the rebel army had strict discipline after entering the city and did not act recklessly.

Since Huang Chao himself is also a scholar and has taken the imperial examination, but failed repeatedly, he treats those scholars who are underappreciated with courtesy.If there are indeed great talents, they can be hired as appropriate.

It seems that Huang Chao really wants to develop in Fuzhou for a long time.Zhu Wen also took the initiative to discuss with Huang Chao some policies to calm the people, including encouraging farming, developing production, building water conservancy, and even proposing a policy of equal land distribution.Regarding the first three items, Huang Chao nodded in agreement. As for the equal distribution of land, Huang Chao thought it would be difficult to implement.

Zhu Wen sighed secretly. He also knew that under such great historical conditions, he was not allowed to make such a breakthrough reform, and what Huang Chao thought was reasonable.After all, the power and influence of landlords and wealthy businessmen are still relatively large, and it is not a joke to stir up civil uprisings.

Take it step by step, you won't be fat if you eat even one bite, take your time, Zhu Wen thought.

It has been more than a month since I arrived in Fuzhou. In the past month, Zhu Wen has been so busy that he has been dealing with various disputes, punishing those bullies who have committed many crimes, including those brothers who did not observe military discipline. They have also been sanctioned by military law.

The busy official work finally came to an end, and Zhu Wen wanted to take a good tour of Fuzhou City with Huang Ying.Just as he had this idea, Huang Ying just pushed the door open and walked in.Huang Ying came to see Zhu Wen almost every day these days, but seeing that Zhu Wen was busy with business, Huang Ying had to help with some things, and had almost no chance to spend time with Zhu Wen alone.

As soon as Huang Ying entered the door, she said: "Busy people, why do you have time to stay in the study alone today? Hmph, you don't have anything to do and you don't even mention looking for me!"

Zhu Wen smiled and said, "I was thinking of looking for you, and you came in. I don't know if this counts as a tacit understanding?"

Huang Ying giggled and said, "Ling, how big are you? You are not serious with a smooth tongue. Then tell me what you want to do with me?"

"Of course I went out to play, what do you think I'm looking for you for?" Zhu Wen said with a smile.

As soon as Huang Ying heard that she was going out to play, she immediately regained her spirits. After all, Huang Ying is only a 19-year-old girl with a lively personality. Who doesn't like to play? "Where are you going?" Huang Ying asked.

"How do I know? Ever since I entered Fuzhou City, I haven't stopped for a moment. You should know better than me what places to visit inside and outside the city." Zhu Wen said.

Huang Ying smiled helplessly: "You are busy with official duties every day, don't I accompany you every day? How much more leisure can I be than you?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, Zhu Wen said with a smile: "Then let's just wander around, wherever we go, it's better than staying in this broken yamen."

Huang Ying curled her lips and said, "Broken yamen? How many people do you know want to enter this shabby yamen for a small job? Let your boy be the lobby of this yamen and you still call it a broken yamen? If you didn't meet my aunt and grandma , maybe you are still your chef in the streets of Songzhou City!"

Zhu Wen smiled and said: "If I don't come, how can you, a greedy cat, eat such delicious meals often? You don't know that gratitude even invites credit!"

Huang Yingxiao narrowed her eyes and said, "You shameless guy, don't think that you will dismiss me after a few good meals, but because of my old man's kindness to you, I will punish you to cook for the rest of your life." Eat it for me..." After finishing speaking, there was another burst of "giggle" coquettish laughter.

Zhu Wen shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Oh, life is hard, I really don't know when my ancestors didn't accumulate virtue, let me find a girl who can't cook, and she can say a lot of truth plausibly, I really want to reason and have nowhere to say..."

Huang Ying clapped her hands, and said with feigned anger: "What did you say? With you like that, it's good enough for a poor cook to find a wife. How dare you pick and choose?"

Zhu Wen laughed with a "ha", and said: "You finally admitted that you are my wife. You said this, and I didn't force you. Let me go, my wife, and I will take you to the streets... "

Only then did Huang Ying realize that she had said something wrong, and wanted to refute, but felt sweet in Zhu Wen's heart when she called her "wife-in-law" affectionately, and she blushed for a while and didn't speak.In fact, Huang Ying has always regarded herself as Zhu Wen's future wife, but she has no public name. In her mind, it is only a matter of time before she and Zhu Wen get married. Not a trace of anger.

The two went to the street, and asked the local residents about the interesting places in Fuzhou City. The man saw that Zhu Wenwen and Huang Ying had extraordinary looks, and they were obviously not ordinary people. Explained the scenery of Fuzhou City.I recommended Minshan (Fujian Wushishan, Minshan in Tang Dynasty, Daoshan in Song Dynasty) as a small hill to them, and told them about the scenic spots and historic sites on the mountain.

The two thanked each other, and followed the man's instructions, all the way to Minshan (Wushi Mountain)