Yongzhou is located on Pingshang Road in the Great Sui Dynasty, and it was the first emperor who took the word Pingshang. The literal meaning of this is the simplest, because this was once the country of Shang and then it was destroyed by him. However, if the Sui Dynasty went through the second hundred years smoothly, then the people of Pingshang Road might forget the meaning of the word Pingshang.
But not yet.
It was only twenty years since the Great Sui eradicated business, and people in their twenties and thirties at that time are now at the age when they start to nostalgia, and once something is lost, people often remember the benefits of this thing. For example, a lover, when you let go of the hand that you have held for so many years that you hate, maybe in the dead of night, you will curl up in the bed and cry humblely to remember the beauty you lost.
Often at this time, that beauty will fully occupy a person's heart.
The same is true for the people of Pingshang Road. Young people under the age of 20 have not experienced the great war. Their impressions of the Shang Dynasty all come from the memories of their fathers after dinner. But in the memory of the old man, the Kingdom of Shang is a beautiful place comparable to heaven.
To put it bluntly, this kind of affection can be called nostalgia, but to put it bluntly, it is hypocrisy.
When the Shang Kingdom fell, the country had already rotted to the point where it was difficult to clean up. Otherwise, no matter how elite the army of the Sui Dynasty was, it would not have been so powerful. How many people in the Shang Dynasty waved the flag and shouted for the Sui army? How many soldiers of the Shang Dynasty defected? How many merchants lined up to welcome them back then
In just twenty years, people's hearts have changed.
Because the common people found that the happiness they were expecting did not come as expected. Although the Sui Dynasty gave many preferential policies to the people in the southwest, it was impossible for any court to achieve absolute fairness and justice. Therefore, there must be some extremists jumping out to recall the subjugated country that once hurt tens of millions of people. In their mouths, everything in the Sui Dynasty was rubbish, and everything in the lost Shang Dynasty was beautiful.
When there are many such people, there will always be a doctor who specializes in treating such people. Cut off the sickness with his own scalpel, and cut off the head by the way.
This doctor is called Luo Yao.
Some people call him Luo Butcher, while others call him Luo Manzi.
But everyone had to call him General Luo!
In Ruyi County, Sui'an County, Pingshang Road, the first rebellion against the rule of the Sui Dynasty broke out seven years ago under the secret planning and collusion of a person who changed his name to Chaser. If this kind of thing succeeds, it can be called an uprising, and if it fails, it can only be called a rebellion.
This man named Chashang is a person with the potential of a magic stick. He has been secretly active in Ruyi County for three years and persuaded a large number of people to join the Ruyi Sect he founded. Even the county magistrate and county magistrate of Ruyi County became his disciples, and gave him a large amount of gold, silver and jewels as well as two beautiful concubines.
Seven years ago, the arrogant businessmen thought that they could stand on the opposite side of the Sui Dynasty. So he called on the people to pick up everything that can be called weapons in their hands, such as dung forks, hoes, iron pots, rolling pins... At first, thousands of faithful believers of Ruyi Sect first captured the county, and then the disciples of Ruyi Sect began to wantonly Propaganda says that chasing businessmen is the reincarnation of the real man.
What is Mr. Right
How can the people believe that he is the right man
Simple.
Chasing the businessman asked people to dig out a stone with big characters carved in the river, and writing a few words on the stone that he was the right man could fool a large number of people. Then he pretended to be a ghost and claimed that he could be possessed by the Ruyi ancestor, and he deceived a large number of people by saying some so-called prophecies. Immediately afterwards, he made people publicize that he was actually His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who had been hiding his name since the demise of the Shang Kingdom, so he deceived a large number of people.
As for what is Ruyi Patriarch, only the devil knows what it is. However, in the description of chasing merchants, even Dalun Mingwang has to pay homage to the Ruyi ancestor.
God's prophecy.
Royal blood.
These have always been the most convincing things for the foolish people. They are even more convinced than the emperor who has exempted them from money, food and taxes for seven or eight years. When he felt that he had controlled Ruyi County and could expand the "land" outwards, he did not hesitate to pursue businessmen. He immediately appointed the magistrate of Ruyi County as the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of the County as the Marshal of the Army and Horses, and called on the followers of Ruyi Sect to gather and form army.
At that time, there was a lot of noise about this matter.
The simplicity of General Luo Yao's handling of this matter made people feel sad.
Luo Yao, who was practicing handwriting in the study at that time, heard the report from his subordinates. He didn't stop but wrote a whole poem of Qijue before putting down the pen in his hand. He asked his subordinate Ruyi County where? His men unfolded the map and pointed it out to him. After looking at it, Luo Yao picked up the Langhao that he had just practiced calligraphy and circled the location of Ruyi County on the map, then pointed to that circle and said a word indifferently.
"Not here anymore."
As a result, 20,000 Zuovan Jingjia marched into Ruyi County, not only did not leave a single person, but also did not leave a chicken or dog. After the army went in, they killed everyone they saw, so who cares if they are traitors or not? The proud leader of Ruyi Cult, Zhui Shang, and his prime minister and generalissimo were so frightened that they abandoned their congregants and fled in embarrassment. The so-called Ruyi County rebellion was put down by Zuo Qianwei within three days.
Killed 167,329 traitors.
Since then, the Ruyi Sect has disappeared, but occasionally I can still hear that the chasing merchant appeared in a certain place and continued to promote that he was the one appointed by the gods. However, this person has a long memory because he has suffered a lot, and he will never stay in one place for more than two days. He thinks he is grand, but he continues to live like a clown.
When Fang Jie heard Luo Yao calmly put an end to the Ruyi Sect rebellion, the ship had just entered the Pingshang Road. The one who told him about this past was Ye Jinnan, the left front guard Sipinlang. No one is more familiar with the massacre in Ruyi County than Ye Jinnan, because he was one of the participants back then.
And the story that came out of his mouth plainly is the most real and exciting.
Those five words were always lingering in Fang Jie's mind, and they were still floating in his mind after hearing the story.
No more here
How tough is a person to say these five words so calmly? More than 160,000 people were killed, and the pile of dead bodies could be as high as half of Mount Mangdang. But can you say they don't deserve to die? Can you say they are innocent? You can call Luo Yao a butcher and a barbarian, but you can't sympathize with those who were killed.
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"It's only on the Ping Commercial Road here, and it's still seven hundred and sixty miles away from Yongzhou City."
After telling the story, Ye Jinnan took a sip of tea, looked at the water surface cut by the big boat and murmured: "I didn't expect the life to pass so quickly. Thinking about it, it seems like yesterday that I was ordered by the general to go to the imperial capital." , In the blink of an eye, several months flew by. But I finally came back, Mr. Fang, you have come to Yongzhou, and my errands have been completed."
Fang Jie smiled, looked at the map and asked, "Can't the waterway go straight to Yongzhou?"
"No, we should go overland when we disembark in Anlai County. If we go fast with about 500 miles left, we can reach Yongzhou City in three to five days. I have already sent someone back to report the letter, and the general has sent someone to prepare for the imperial envoy."
Ye Jinnan said: "Originally this river was directly connected to Yongzhou City, but when the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, the navy of the Sui Dynasty went south from the Luoshui River. The water diverted and flooded tens of thousands of mu of grain fields, turning the north of Yongzhou into a swamp, but the emperor of the Shang Kingdom did not expect that the general led his troops to cross the swamp abruptly, and the tens of thousands of troops lost 30% , but took advantage of the merchant's carelessness and went directly to Yongzhou."
Fang Xie could understand why Luo Yao was so decisive. The river diverted and flooded tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. It was impossible to wait until the water receded within a few months, and it would take a lot of time to go around. But being able to understand does not mean that Fang Jie agrees. Thirty percent of the elite died in the swamp. This shows that Luo Yao's heart is not only for the enemy, but also for his own people.
But thinking that he could even kill his own son, what's the point
"At that time when Luoshui was diverted, the Shang people in Yongzhou thought that our great Sui soldiers would be stopped. It is said that the emperor of Shang even gave a banquet for his ministers. Some loyal ministers said that if countless people were drowned, they would be blocked. He should not have celebrated when he defeated the Sui army, but instead was strangled to death by the order of the Shang emperor. How could such a stupid emperor and such a corrupt court be able to stop the elite troops of the Sui Dynasty?"
Ye Jinnan said proudly: "Although I didn't participate in that war, there are still many old veterans in the General's Mansion. I once heard from them that the left front guards covered in yellow mud suddenly appeared in Yongzhou Outside the city, the Shang people were all shocked. They didn't expect the Sui people to be so brave and decisive, and the defenders on the city wall were so frightened that they couldn't even draw their bows."
"Actually, the army was exhausted after crossing the swamp, so there was no ability to attack the city immediately. I didn't expect that the people of the Shang country would be in chaos first. The ministers of the Shang country in the city were divided into two factions. They sent people to fight. The main battlers were all generals, so it became easier after the fight. They sent troops to kill all the ministers who surrendered, and then prepared to call on the people to go to the city to defend."
"But at this moment, one incident caused the troops of the Shang people to be in a mess."
Ye Jinnan said: "The emperor of the Shang country was planning to quietly send the queen and his two sons out of Yongzhou when the whole city was mobilized. This was discovered by the Shang army patrolling the city and his two sons were taken away." Next, the queen was forced to commit suicide. The emperor of Shang was furious and ordered to kill several generals who were leading the battle. The people in Yongzhou city were in chaos immediately, who would have the heart to help such an emperor defend the city?"
"As a result, the army of the left avant-garde was about to attack the city, and the Shang army on the city wall raised a white flag. It took almost no effort to conquer Yongzhou City, but it encountered some difficulties when attacking the imperial city. This army killed those generals who drove the queen to death. The total number was only two thousand, but they never retreated. Not only that, but the emperor of Shang also had many barbarian capable men and strangers around him."
"However, the general personally led the troops forward, and the forbidden army that had gone up to the emperor was wiped out before long."
Ye Jinnan drank the tea in the cup: "I heard from the veteran that the general killed one person in one step in front of the Shang Kingdom's palace, and even killed more than 20 expert guards of the Shang Kingdom's royal family. He even killed him with a single punch." Eighth-rank talisman master... eighth-rank talisman master, I have never seen a single one in my life."
Fang Jie had heard some of these past events.
But it is not as intuitive and clear as what Ye Jinnan said.
He has heard too many things about Luo Yao, and every time he hears it, he feels different in his heart.
Anlai County.
In a ruined temple that has been abandoned for a long time, a group of people knelt on the ground to worship a man in a linen robe. The man was about fifty years old and tall. Wearing plain clothes on him, there is a sense of immortal elegance. His hair hung down over his chest.
His hands overlapped in front of his lower abdomen, palms facing up. The left hand is superimposed on the right hand with the thumb facing the palm to form a circle.
His face was very fair and his eyes were bright.
"I am the envoy chosen by the gods and the last royal family of the Shang Kingdom. The man who changed his name to Murong Shame shamelessly stole my country and people, and betrayed the great Shang Kingdom. Now I am back... just like the experience The phoenix burned by the fire will never perish. My will will turn into rain and dew on the world, so that everyone can see the world clearly."
He let go of his arms and opened his arms: "Follow me, you will have eternal life."