On the way back, Zhou Huaian could not help but sigh secretly as he watched those fully clothed figures that appeared from the street one after another and disappeared into the darkness after saluting himself.
The deputy envoy Lin Yan was more bold and presumptuous than he wanted, or in other words, he expected to go further; Zhou Huaian thought he wanted to win over himself and keep the patrol team, better than to calm the chaos outside. Meng Kai was fighting in court or secretly wrestling; but he didn't want him to have done this kind of thing during this period of time.
As the No. 2 person in the left-behind division, he didn't know when he had already started to secretly communicate with the court; you know he was going to be Huang Chao's nephew; but Zhou Huaian thought that it was Huang Chao's end in history. In the Battle of Tiger Wolf Valley, the legend that he cut off Huang Chao's head to contribute to it was not so surprised and shocked.
Huang Chao might not have imagined that he had placed the general in the situation and his nephew of blood in his rear. As a means of double insurance, they would actually become competing for power and gain and cannot tolerate each other, so that one party secretly connected to the court. result. But it also made Zhou Huaian once again come to the crossroads of life choices.
Then in the office, a group of subordinates who were summoned overnight, with various expressions and thoughts, under the brightly lit lights, looked at one of the things that Zhou Huaian brought back, and made unexplained tusk or loud noises. Shouting, one after another exclamation.
Because, this is a real edict from the imperial court, yes, it is the surrender document issued by the imperial court; although it is not a book for the canonization and granting of all things in the "seven imperial orders", or it is the country that promulgated it. The first class of the major system of book production, but at any rate, it is also from the full-featured hall stickers of the book province of the political affairs hall, as well as the attendants, the servants of the Huangmen, and the attachments and stamps of the affairs;
Raising his hand is a Yan (Zhenqing) who walks with a pen in a dragon and a snake style." The next door said:
Forgive the sins of death, Zhe Wang Yixun; record the old chants, there are national classics. In the land of Nanling, where the king's traces are, they are united and fierce and chaotic. However, the other Shishu, righteousness is more permanent, and the punishment is forbidden, and it is better to go through washing.
The people of the Yuan and Yuan dynasties, bandits and banquets, lingering and worrying, eating and forgetting fatigue. The division and brigade are toiled hard, do not order to be attacked, to control by scheming, and to be conceited. The Muhua followers take advantage of the opportunity to be effective, with no blood and no expense.
The twelve states of Guang, Gang, Chao, Shao, Xun, Duan, Xin, En, Chun, Qin, Taki, Feng and Gao can be exempted. . . "
Anyway, the main meaning of these last chapters is: Xi Ling Seng Yuanxuan robbed the thief leaders in Lingdong, lost his way back to the cliff and reined his horse, and took the initiative to abandon the secret to serve the court;
For this reason, the imperial court also gave a series of titles, official status, and ranks including Jin Wuzhong Lang, Chaoxun Defensive Envoy, and Zhiqingyuan Military Envoy at the end; it looks like it is about the power and territory he belongs to. As well as the position among the rebels, the results of special research and understanding.
Looking at the text and content with such a visual sense, Zhou Huaian just remembered that in this period of the end of the world, it was also an age of weird and reckless figures appearing one after another; the result of the drastic decline of the authority of the court, It is an opportunity for various local figures to come forward.
As long as you can pull a team of people to occupy a place, and continue to recognize the imperial court’s nominal integrity; even if you are a peasant army that can’t survive to resist, or if you can’t stand the mutiny and kill your boss’s military background, Or they are bandits and pirates who are pulling up the mountain by themselves, or they are powerful armed forces in the name of defending the land and protecting the border, or even armed refugee groups; basically there is the possibility of being recognized and recruited by the court afterwards;
Of course, the premise is not to claim the king as early as Huang Chao and establish the Yuan regime. That is the bottom line of the imperial court that cannot be compromised and tolerated; otherwise, even the generals under Huang Chao will have many examples of successful recruitment and other encounters. The earliest one is. Criticism is undoubtedly the people of Bi Shiduo who are called "Harriers", and the most famous among the later generations is undoubtedly who is known as "Meng De Rebirth", and who also likes to be married to the wife of the emperor and the prince Zhu Wen's classmate;
In the earlier Pangxun Rebellion, there was also a benchmark for "killing, arson, and being recruited" by the people in the world. He was born in a small school in Xuzhou and now the official pays Xia Sui Yinjiedu envoy, and the prosecutor Shang Shuyou shot him. Zhuge Shuang.
Other figures of the same time, such as Yang Xingmi, who was formerly of Southern Tang Dynasty separatist in the southeast, was an authentic Huaiyang local peasant who was born as a rebel. Qian Miao, who occupied Wu Yue, was born as a small tycoon, who was known as the Caizhou ogre. Qin Zongquan, who once proclaimed the emperor in the northern half of the wall, was responsible for killing the chief official.
Even later, Ma Yin from Nanchu was only a carpenter. Gao Jixing from Nanping was born as a slave of others. Liu Zhiyuan from the Northern Han Dynasty was simply named Shatuo Hu; Liu Qian from the Southern Han Dynasty was born in a merchant family;
It’s just that Liu Qian and Zhou Huai’an suddenly remembered something. As the ancestor of the Southern Han Dynasty, Liu Qian, also known as Liu Zhiqian, came from a family of small merchants who moved to Fujian. Later, he joined the army in Guangzhou and became a small school in order to pursue Huang Chao’s north. It was probably during this period of time that I was left and accumulated meritorious service.
Could it be that this butterfly wing that accidentally entered him accidentally fanned him to an unpredictable corner of history and life trajectory
To say that the only special Shu king built, it is the ordinary general who has only begun to prosper after worshipping Quan Tian Lingzi as his adoptive father. It can be said that most of them had their pattern and development after the foundation laid at the beginning of their fortunes, and then through the ratification and grant of the imperial court.
Regardless of the imperial court's motives and position, it is clear that this kind of story is qualified to repeat itself.
At this moment, Zhou Huai'an only felt that it was fortunate and helpless and full of complex feelings. You said that I just planted some fields and made some foundations in the peasant uprising army, how could I get the court's attention. .
And after having this university ratified by the court, it seems that he is only one step away from the goal he set out at the beginning and is within reach; as long as he publicly presents this thing and announces his acceptance. Perhaps in the Five Dynasties, there was no such a regime as the Southern Han Dynasty, and it was replaced by a new country named after his own surname.
However, Zhou Huaian calmed down quickly. This thing is not so easy to accept, or the words and sentences on the above contain some malicious and intentional intentions; because it also means the identity and the past of the rebels. The idea is completely broken, and a large-scale merger, and even continuous infighting, is completely inevitable.
Fortunately, after the training and running-in during the Expedition to Annan, I have more or less the corresponding credentials and confidence; otherwise, if I continue to be in the same situation, I am afraid that once I take this thing out, my subordinates will explode Wo and there was a disturbance on the spot.
But now with Annan’s example of persuading advancement and psychological preparation, they are not so easily excited, questioned, and shaken.
In fact, these subordinates from the Sanjiang Army were also quite jealous or extremely jealous, and with faint expectation and enthusiasm of inexplicable and unclear way, they looked around this stuff, and from time to time they gave out gasps and gasps. Sigh
It's like surrounding a fire that burns itself all the time, or a poisonous snake that will jump up and bite at any time; there are also conflicts and struggles in people's eyes, or they are turning something blankly. Different thoughts.
"At least I am selfless in this matter, and I have nothing to say to others..."
After silence and loss of voice, Zhou Huaian took the initiative to speak to a group of trusted followers.
"There are also people who I believe in. What do you think about it, and what you think, even if it's a good idea..."
"Hey, this is the document issued by the dog court. It looks much better than Annan's persuasive stuff..."
"Unexpectedly, Lin Yan is also a two-faced three-sword thing. It is really a waste of Huang Wang's cultivation and trust..."
"If there is anything to say, I immediately chopped down the dog boy who betrayed the rebels..."
"Head, no matter what you think, we just listen to you and you just..."
"Yes, it's okay if we just follow the tube head..."
For a while, the atmosphere in the account became eager and impetuous, and in the end only an almost unanimous voice remained.
"What you say is what you say... Anyway, it's right to believe in the head..."
At the same time, in the audience, Chai Ping, the third-ranked soldier in the army who supposedly had the strongest reaction to this, seemed to be incredibly shocked and shocked. His face was pale and his lips trembled but he said nothing. Don't send. It wasn't until Zhou Huaian turned his gaze on him that he felt a little bit awkward and weak:
"No matter how the virtual brothers decide, please look at the past affection and give those old brothers a way out..."
After saying this, Chai Ping felt that something was completely shattered and shattered in his heart, but he could no longer use those self-deception reasons to bridge it.
When he said these words, he even squeezed his fists and did not dare to look up at Zhou Huaian's eyes, for fear that he would waver or make any unsuitable actions, which would cause unpredictable consequences in this scene.
It was because he remembered that when Huang Wang was besieging Guangzhou, he had revised the book to Zhedong Observatory Cui Zhu, Lingnan East Jiedu Envoy Li Yu, and asked for the posts of Tianping Army Jiedu Envoy and Guangzhou Governor, but the imperial court refused to give it. With a humiliating rate, I confessed to the old things.
After taking down Guangzhou, Huang Wang once forced the captured Lingdong Jiedu to make Li Ningcaobiao ask the court again. He didn't want Li Ning to ask for an official, but he insisted: "I will receive the grace of the country on my behalf. It's broken, the watch can't be grass." Then it is the hanging head of Huang Wang.
Therefore, now that the imperial court's letter of envoy to make a vow is really in front of him, even he, who feels that he is deeply bitter and antagonistic, can't help but feel a little moved and can't help thinking, if he can get this. After becoming official, what kind of benefits and conveniences will one have, and what can be done.
"Xiao Chai, what do you mean by this? What do you think of me..."
However, he saw Zhou Huaian sinking his face suddenly and sternly screamed at himself with a distressed expression.
"Or I can safely ignore you. The minds and pursuits of countless rebel soldiers and people use the road paved with their tired bones and blood and tears to redeem my fame and future, or sell it at my own expense. A good price for glory and wealth..."
"My intention to find a way out for the suffering people in the world has never changed,"
"Everything is still the same thing, I can take what I want only by my ability, and I don't need to rely on other people's charity;"
"It doesn't matter if it is the gentry who persuades Annan to advance, or the court who maintains a cannibalism... it doesn't make any difference to me."
Speaking of this, Zhou Huai'an, who played the role, sighed with disappointment and helplessness.
"What's more, this thing is simply a distracting policy that contains evil intentions and is intended to upset the morale of our army..."
"If I accept it indiscriminately regardless of good or evil, I will be placed in the head and follow the soldiers wherever... And how will I face the friendly neighbors in this city..."
"Is it really going to be the last game so that they can use their heads to make contributions... Or to force the local military and civilians who follow our slogans and ideas to force them to accept? Have we become the same stuff as imperial lackeys."
"Once on this road of no return, no matter what we do afterwards, in the end we will only get confused or lose our strength. It can be said that the court is in the middle of the calculation of the two peaches and the three men..."
"No matter how greedy for fame, fortune, wealth and honor, or seek to stay at ease for a while, you won't be so stupid... How did General Wang and King Huang quarrel with each other and parted ways, and the hearts of the people were scattered. In the end, Huang Mei was defeated and died..."
"The teacher of the past can be vividly remembered. How can anyone still have luck and hope for the imperial court's old tricks..."
After being reprimanded by such a righteous remark, the silent Chai Ping could not help but feel ashamed and unexpected, but he was relieved to remember the words and meanings of Huang Chao's diplomatic representative before the army left. I feel a little bit ashamed and filthy secretly.
"Please also let me lead the team and take down Lin Yan's servant overnight, in case the night is long and dreamy."
Then he volunteered to make up for it.
"No, no, not for the time being, I also hope that you can continue to keep your secret words one or two"
Zhou Huaian, who just finished playing the role of a determined revolutionary, slowly waved his hand.
"So that I can give up on the snake for a few days, so that I can hang out all its connections behind the scenes..."
"Otherwise, if you keep these signs and relationships, it will always be a big trouble in the long run..."
"understood.."
Chai Ping cheered up again.
"I will take people out of the city and return to the barracks to suppress the situation and wait for the follow-up..."
"It's so good..."
Zhou Huaian looked at him with some approval. At least he recovered his calmness and reason, and he could still rely on and use his life.
"By the way, those who are not too tight have been taken away, so as not to undoubtedly miss the clues and the wind... It doesn't take long, maybe it will be revealed in a few days" (end of this chapter)