Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Lizhou City, state government office.

After hearing the more detailed report, Ju Ming thought seriously for a moment and shouted: "Look at the sky."

"The students are here!"

Tai student Lei Guan has changed his name to Tian Wendao and his courtesy name is Guantian.

Ju Ming said: "Lizhou is in ruins, people's livelihood is withered, people are displaced, and bandits are rampant in the mountains. One person must be left to preside over civil affairs. Do you dare to take over this position?"

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

Ju Ming ordered: "You have no experience in governing the people, and the local officials are either dead or fleeing, so you must try your best to find scholars. If it doesn't work, recruit some locals who are familiar with the country and arrange for the people scattered in the countryside to return home. I will leave some behind. For military rations, you need to organize the people to grow food. These two months are just suitable for growing wheat. Leave some more sergeants, and those who disobey will be killed."

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

Ju Ming added: "The Year of the Turtle."

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

Zhu Ming ordered: "You will follow the partial army to capture Wenzhou and stay there as the governor of Wenzhou. You must remember to make friends with the Qiang people. According to Mr. Shi, there are many Qiang people there and they are often bullied by Han officials. Just treat them a little kindly." Appease. After Wenzhou is stabilized, I will have another important task to transfer you back."

"Yes!" Fu Yuanheng accepted the order.

Wenzhou is Wen County, where Deng Ai sneaked into Yinping and belongs to the west gate of Lizhou.

The occupation of Wen County was purely to consolidate Lizhou and had nothing to do with the Chengdu Plain. Not everyone has Deng Ai's ability. The mountains there are very difficult to climb even if you are hiking with modern mountaineering equipment, let alone marching.

"General!"

"What's the matter?"

"Wu Tong came to surrender with the bandits and has already arrived outside the city."

Ju Ming stood up suddenly, with an angry expression at first, and then instantly turned into a smile: "Haha, please invite him into the city quickly, I want to receive him personally."

The bandits under Wu Tong were assigned to a separate camp outside the city. He led a few of his confidants into the city in a big way.

Zhu Ming walked to the outside of the state government office to greet him. He took Wu Tong's hand and said, "I relied on the general to conquer the state city. Huang Deyu was so frightened that he returned to the army for rescue. Otherwise, I would still be stuck in Chaotian Gorge and unable to get through."

Wu Tong was flattered, and then smiled proudly: "We heard that King Zhu was rebelling, so we led the country soldiers to rebel and killed those dog officials and rich people. From now on, if the king wants to seize the world, we will be the first to ascend and take care of the king. Send him to Tokyo to sit on the emperor's seat!"

Ju Ming burst out laughing: "If I were the emperor, General Wu would be the founding prince!"

"We will sell our lives to the king!"

Wu Tong knelt down and sincerely regarded Zhu Ming as his master.

Until now, he doesn't feel that he did anything wrong. He thinks that rebellion should be like that, and he thinks that Ju Ming is the same as him.

Zhu Ming quickly helped Wu Tong up and said: "I heard that there are many good men who have gone to various mountains to work in the green forests. I like to make friends with good men the most. The general sent people to call them here, and all of them can lead troops and become generals."

"Put it on me!" Wu Tong patted his chest and began to dream about his future life as a prince.

Ju Ming arranged for him to stay in a vacant mansion, and sent several servants to serve him well. He also sent him a lot of goods, wine and food.

Wu Tong was eager to show his abilities and recruit more subordinates, so he sent his confidants to rush to various mountains at full speed.

Ju Ming sent the vanguard to take over the undefended Zhaohua City and Jiameng Pass.

After taking Jiameng Pass, Deng Chun and Li Jinyi led five thousand elite troops to cross Jiameng Pass and go south along the Jialing River. Shi Yuangong personally led the way, taking the route used by the Northern Song Dynasty to destroy Hou Shu, detouring from Su Xiaodao to the back of Jianmen Pass.

Only a fool would attack Jianmen head-on!

Before Wu Tong could recruit the bandits from the mountains, Jiang Chengwu came wearing filial piety.

Jiang Chengwu bowed and said: "Jiang Chengwu, a scholar from Zhaohua, pays homage to Mr. Zhu!"

"Please take a seat."

Ju Ming was a little speechless about the Jiang family and his son. Without the diamond, he would not have taken the porcelain job. Now the whole Lizhou was in a mess.

But the actions of the Jiang family and his son were indeed beneficial, helping Ju Ming to open up Chaotian Gorge faster.

Ju Ming looked at the mourning clothes on his body and asked casually: "Has an elder in the family passed away?"

Jiang Chengwu looked sad and replied: "After my father led the troops to occupy Jiameng County, he was depressed all day long because of regret and self-blame. He was also complained and insulted by his old friends in the army, so he hanged himself from a beam because he couldn't think about it."

"What he did..." Ju Ming didn't know how to evaluate it.

A very ordinary village school teacher, with some ability but not much, who gets into trouble but cannot pass his own moral standards.

He probably suffered a mental breakdown when he committed suicide.

Jiang Chengwu bowed his head and remained silent. He actually regretted rebelling, but since he had done it, he had to persevere.

Ju Ming asked: "How is the situation in Jiameng County?"

Jiang Chengwu raised his head and said: "Everything is stable and there is no war."

"You brought some scholars with you?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Jiang Chengwu said: "Those rescued in Zhaohua County are all scholars of this county."

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

"Yes." Jiang Chengwu felt a little better. At least he could make up for his sins in the future.

…

Jiachuan County.

Lin Chong led his troops outside the city, and Zheng Hong came with the army to persuade him to surrender. He also took Huang Mengqing with him, who had taken refuge 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 in the city is in charge?"

Wu Kangguo, the principal of the county school, stood on the city tower and angrily shouted: "You are a thief who despises the emperor and your wealth!"

Huang Mengqing said: "Although Mr. Zhu rebelled, he did not kill the people, and he treated them kindly along the way. Open the city gate and don't resist needlessly. Otherwise, when you attack the city, your sword will be blind, and you don't know how many people will die."

Wu Kangguo was furious: "Even if we are all destroyed, I will not surrender the city!"

Fatty Zheng stepped forward and shouted: "I am Zheng Hong, brother-in-law of Xianggong Zhu. When Xianggong Zhu learned about the righteous deeds of the people in Jiachuan County, he greatly appreciated you. To show his sincerity, he sent me personally to persuade him to surrender. Enough people have died in Lizhou. , Mr. Zhu doesn’t want any more casualties.”

"It's useless to talk more, let's fire arrows!" Wu Kangguo roared.

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

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

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

Several rich men quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look at Wu Kangguo.

Wu Kangguo asked: "Do you want to surrender?"

One of the rich men took up the courage and said: "Mr. Wu, the reason why we fought so hard to defend the city was because of the indiscriminate killings by the bandits. This Zhu Xianggong is quite famous. I have also read his articles, and I think he is not a man who kills indiscriminately." For the sake of the people in the city, still... still..."

"He is a traitor, how can he be called a virtuous person?" Wu Kangguo became increasingly angry and looked at the other people guarding the city, only to find that everyone was avoiding their eyes.

Wu Kangguo felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, feeling chilled all over.

The people who had supported him in defending the city a few days ago and fought against the thieves regardless of life and death were now disobedient.

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

There was actually a rich man who said, "Mr. Wu, I'm really offended."

After a while, the city gate opened wide, and Wu Kangguo was tied up by the people and came out to surrender.

The county school principal was scolding him all the time at first, but gradually he felt it was meaningless. He looked at the people with helplessness. These were the people he was protecting to the death. He thought he was a hero who could turn the tide, but now he has become a clown who is in the way.

Fatty Zheng went to the city to appease the people, and also came forward to reward the people who had done meritorious service in defending the city.

In an instant, people's hearts and minds returned to Jiachuan County. People praised Zhu Xianggong for his benevolence and righteousness.

Wu Kangguo witnessed this change throughout the whole process, and felt that he had seen the most ridiculous thing in the world, and his whole outlook on life was completely subverted.

He was escorted to Zhoucheng to see Ju Ming, who personally untied him.

Wu Kangguo snorted coldly: "Pretentious!"

Zhu Ming said: "Don't worry, I'm not advising you to become a thief. I respect you for protecting the people of Jiachuan. All the county officials have fled, and you are the only one left to defend the city. You are actually the pillar of the country."

The common people joined forces to betray him, but the rebels came to praise him. Wu Kangguo felt more and more ridiculous that this world was ridiculous.

He didn't bother to call Ju Ming a traitor. He took life and death lightly and didn't think anything else. He walked to the side and sat down to have tea. He said quite bachelorly: "Kill me or let me go. Just say it, don't go around."

Zhu Ming smiled and said: "Mencius said: To win the people has a way, to win their hearts, you can win the people. To get their hearts has a way, gather with them what you want, and don't do anything to them. I'm afraid you have some thoughts on these sentences. Do you understand?"

Wu Kangguo couldn't help but shook his head: "What the people of Jiachuan County want is to live. What they hate is not to live. I insisted on holding on, and they wanted to live, so they naturally tied me up and presented me to the city. I am just a fool, how can I expect them to be loyal to the emperor? Serve the country?”

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

Wu Kangguo was suddenly speechless and didn't know how to answer.

Ju Ming said: "Lizhou is dilapidated and lacks people to govern the people. If you are willing to stay, change your name and become the magistrate of Zhaohua County. If you are not happy with your job, you can leave at any time. If you don't want to stay, just leave by yourself."

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

His background is similar to that of Bai Sanlang, just a rich country man.

Han Chuang studied hard for more than ten years and was lucky enough to pass the Jinshi examination, but was thrown into the position of county school principal. Even if he escapes back to Tokyo now, even if he is not punished by the court as a fugitive official in a thieves-occupied area, he will probably have to wait for several years and be so poor that he can't even pay the rent in the capital.

After returning to the capital and wasting time, he would rather stay here to govern the people. Wu Kangguo preferred the latter.

But this is a thief!

Wu Kangguo felt very annoyed and said angrily: "Let me think about it again."

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

"What's the show?" Wu Kangguo asked.

Ju Ming said: "The bandits who killed innocent people indiscriminately in Lizhou and Zhaohua and dispersed into the mountains to become thieves are almost back. They want to follow me to conquer the world, but I dare not use these people, so I can only send them away. See the Lord of Hell."

Wu Kangguo stood up suddenly: "How can you miss such a good show!"

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