Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

There were a total of eighty-four imperial students who were taken into the Kaifeng Mansion prison together.

Only twenty-seven of those who were delisted and expelled remained.

The remaining fifty-seven people, facing the punishment of being expelled from school, relented at the last moment and promised to go back to school and stop causing trouble.

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

Kaifeng government officials used carriages to transport them to an inn outside the city, dragged them and forced them into the guest room, and warned: "My husband will be recuperating here, and he must leave Tokyo within ten days. Don't let him go again." I’m in trouble!”

No one answered, no one had the energy or energy to speak.

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

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

In the blink of an eye, the official disappeared.

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

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

Nowadays, the various uprisings are not over, the capital is short of grain, and the price of white rice has risen to 2,000 yuan per shi. The people at the bottom are starving. Who doesn’t hate the traitorous party?

Even those government officials just now are finding their lives increasingly difficult.

As long as they oppose the traitors, the people will admire them as righteous people.

When the porridge was no longer so hot, the store owner took a few waiters to feed the students the porridge in person.

Chen Dong was weak, his throat hurt, and he felt like he had been cut by a knife when he drank porridge. He barely filled his stomach, fell into a drowsy sleep, and slept until the next day.

After waking up, he regained some energy and walked back and forth between several rooms. Chen Dong was surprised and said: "How come there are only about twenty people left?"

Wei Liangchen smiled bitterly: "I retreated in the face of the battle. As a student of Shangshe, there are only two of us left."

Chen Dong's voice was still hoarse and he yelled angrily: "Fan Juemin, where is Fan Juemin? You have sworn to be at odds with the treacherous ministers, how can you be afraid of being expelled from the Imperial Academy!"

Lei Guan, a student in the inner house, sarcastically said: "Fan Juemin is excellent in knowledge and will definitely pass the Imperial Examination next year. How can he persevere to the end and not even want the title of Jinshi?"

"Zhang Jushan! Where is Zhang Jushan?" Chen Dong looked everywhere.

Nothing found, not at the inn.

Chen Dong stumbled back to his room in despair, and all his roommates flinched.

These roommates could withstand prison, but relented when they were expelled from school.

The twenty-seven people who persisted until the end gathered in the guest room in low spirits. Some people 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. They were overwhelmed with grief.

The enthusiasm to help Sheji disappeared all of a sudden!

In this way, the twenty-seven expelled imperial 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 those who do not have servants around them, such as Chen Dong. His family was just a small landowner, and only after being nurtured by the clan did he have the opportunity to study at Imperial College.

Several people came to say goodbye. Neishe Sheng Lei Guan said: "Brother Shaoyang, I am disheartened. I will no longer serve as an official in this life. I just want to return to my hometown to live in seclusion and study. It is a blessing to be able to meet you, so I said goodbye." I hope you will take good care of it!"

Chen Dong asked: "It is a time when the world is in chaos, and you are still from Jianning. The remnants of Fangla have already captured Jianning. Where can you go back to your hometown? Are you going to join Fangla?"

Lei Guan said with tears: "I received a letter from home a few days ago. My whole family has fled to Fuzhou. Although my parents are safe, many members of the clan have been separated. I don't know how many of them will survive. I can't wait to eat the flesh of the traitors raw and drink the traitors. The blood of Zhu Meng. Especially that Zhu Meng, Fang La's rebellion was caused by his exploitation, and he could be promoted for such a crime. I was in prison before, and I had already had the will to die. Now that I want to save my life, I don't want to think about anything, just 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 encourage everyone: "The more arrogant and domineering the traitors become, the less we, the scholars, can squander their ambitions. One day, we will be able to put an end to the demonic atmosphere in the world!"

Wei Liangchen slumped in his chair: "We have been expelled from the Imperial Academy and have ten days to leave Tokyo. Besides returning to our hometowns to study, where else can we go?"

"Go to Guizhou!"

A foreign student from Imperial College suddenly spoke up.

This man's name is Fu Yuanheng, a native of Wuxian County, Suzhou. His family's property, accumulated over several generations, was looted by the rebels and turned into smoke.

Fortunately, the whole family ran away in advance and headed north with some extravagant wealth.

Tong Guan led his army to regain Wu County, and Fu Yuanheng's family immediately returned to their hometown. Unexpectedly, his family, as a local wealthy family, was blackmailed by Tong Guan's soldiers, and what little wealth they had left was also robbed.

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

More than half of the twenty-seven Tai students who persisted to the end were from Zhejiang, Jiangnan, and Fujian. They hated the traitors to the extreme.

Fu Yuanheng said: "Mr. Zhu was put in charge of Guizhou, why don't we follow him? Join him and study seriously. If he cannot recover, we will study in seclusion in Guizhou. If the new emperor succeeds to the throne, we will study in seclusion in Guizhou. Sir, I can recover, and I will return to Tokyo to clean up the mess!"

"What a great idea!" Chen Dong clapped his hands and praised.

Wei Liangchen also became energetic and stood up from his chair suddenly: "Those who are willing to go to Guizhou, please stand by my side. Those who don't want to go, don't force me. We will still be friends from now on."

In an instant, most of the remaining ones stood over. After much hesitation, they made a decision.

A lot of them, twenty-seven people are going to Guizhou.

Being expelled from Imperial College, they had no way out. They even lost their qualifications to take the imperial examination because they were not allowed to enter Beijing again.

Either return to his hometown to live in seclusion and study, or go to Guizhou to follow Ju Ming.

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

At that time, Ju Ming will definitely recall him to the capital to serve as an official, and they can follow Ju Ming back to the capital. Even without examination, he was directly awarded an official position by the new monarch.

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

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

Fan Zongyin, courtesy name Juemin, was the youngest prime minister in the Song Dynasty. He stood in front of Chen Dong at this moment, lowering his head because of guilt, and only said: "Take care, gentlemen, and see you one day. I... If I am admitted to the Jinshi, I will definitely speak out for justice and never collude with the treacherous party."

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

The initiators of drumming and percussion were Chen Dong, Fan Zongyin and Zhang Xi. Fan Zongyin and Zhang Si both gave in and were frightened by being expelled from school. Zhang Si was even more embarrassed to see each other again and only asked Fan Zongyin to bring a letter.

Fan Zongyin bowed to everyone and said, "Goodbye, gentlemen!"

As night falls, Qin Hui arrives at the inn in the dark.

Qin Hui had been the principal of a prefecture school for several years without moving away. He won the first place in the Maoke examination based on his own strength and was directly promoted to Taixue Zheng.

As a teacher, he did not participate in the previous round of drumming and percussion. Today he came to visit his classmates.

"When will Brother Daobi set off?" Qin Hui asked.

Wei Liangchen said: "We will leave tomorrow."

Qin Hui took out a few silver collars and said, "Be careful along the way."

"Thank you." Wei Liangchen said.

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

Historically, all five of them became prime ministers, but their choices were completely different. In order to get promoted and make a fortune, Fan Tong clung to Qin Hui without any scruples; Wei Liangchen, however, drew a clear line with Qin Hui and was demoted and demoted before dying 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 an old friend of Chenggong. We have not seen each other for many years. I am really sorry. Let me lend you some pen and ink."

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

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

The next day, everyone left the capital together. Counting their entourage, there were a total of forty-three people.

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

Take a boat to Zhengyang Town, Yingshang County, and then change boats to go to Lu'an.

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

Every time they docked somewhere, they would inevitably go into the city and recite "Song of Righteousness" in front of the school. He also told about Zhu Ming's deeds in Beijing and how they were expelled from school by the traitors and driven out of the capital by beating drums and knocking on the que.

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

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

"Song of Righteousness" spread rapidly in Henan and Hubei. Even the thieves and bandits in Hubei (Jingxi South Road) heard of their deeds and were unwilling to rob these students.

There were so many bandits in Hubei, and there was a famine for two consecutive years, and the imperial court was still sending grain to Tokyo.

There is only one uprising leader missing, and when the time comes, there will definitely be a crowd of people who should respond, a bit like the situation in Shandong a few years ago.

Song Jiang's troops were still running around, leading the officers and soldiers by the nose. However, in the face of encirclement and suppression from many parties, the area where they operate is getting smaller and smaller. If this continues, it is only a matter of time before they are destroyed.

Fang La had already left the mountainous areas of Zhejiang and did not go to Fujian. Instead, he crossed the mountains to Jiangxi and captured Fuzhou by surprise.

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

Officials and soldiers from all walks of life surrounded Jianning, with a strength of 200,000.

Fang La originally planned to go to Taining, but was ambushed by General Liu Guangshi. The second prince Fang Bo and the prime minister Fang Fei were killed in the battle.

Tens of thousands of rebels were trapped in Jianning, and many attempts to break through failed.

But the rebel army's combat effectiveness has obviously become stronger. Fighting thousands of miles, crossing mountains and rivers, fighting all the way, they have trained tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and with 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 fight a decisive battle on the first day of the new year.

But on New Year's Eve, the city gates were wide open on all sides, and while the officers and soldiers were celebrating the New Year, the rebels actually took the initiative to break out.

After a night of melee, the rebels were defeated and fled in all directions.

Fang La took thousands of elites and fled into the mountains, only to run away again.