And in the territory of Suizhou, south of Chengdu.
In the rain and snow, the Jialing River winding between the mountains and gorges is like a big green-grey snake lying and hibernating, converging the power and momentum of the roaring and rushing past.
On the shore, many trackers who walked barefoot on the mudflat with their bare backs and ants slowly dragged several river boats upstream. And not far away, the Meizhou defensive envoy and Nishikawa attack envoy Gao Renhou, who was also missed by people, was also wearing a bamboo hat and holding a mount, trekking in the rain, snow and mud with most of the soldiers.
"You haven't contacted Deputy Envoy Yang yet..."
Half a day later, Gao Renhou, who stopped to rest in Fangyicheng, the prefecture, faced a minister.
"The subordinates are incompetent. The Shaoqi team went through Anyue from Puzhou to the county roads in Le, but failed to track the traces of Deputy Envoy Yang. In the end, it was only when it was heading west to Jianzhou that a few left behind were discovered. Soldier"
This muddy minister said with ashamed expression on his face
"In that case, he is wholeheartedly yearning to save Chengdu... He has fought shoulder to shoulder and has been in the same robe for many years. Is this how his generation can't believe me..."
Gao Renhou sighed deeply at the left and right.
"Then where should we go... Deputy Envoy Yang took away the most vigorous Erlang in the army in the name of clearing the way..."
A Shenji battalion could not help but feel panic and worried.
"Of course our army's itinerary has not changed... Yang Maoyan wanted to go to the rescue and let him go."
Gao Renhou is rare and flatly crossed his eyebrows.
"Continue to follow me in the Dongchuan Reason of Zitong, take the enemy's key points and attack them, and the crisis in Chengdu will naturally be solved. Then we can deal with the Dongchuan rebels who are eager to return to the army with flaws. Wealth and fame are at your fingertips; but I don’t know if you are willing to work hard together with me?"
The dozens of Huangtou Army, Shenji battalion generals, Chengdu generals, and even the group training envoys of Meizhou and Jiazhou present at the scene faced each other for a few breaths, and then responded with uneven voices:
"The only way to look at the horse's head is..."
"Wish to get rich and honorable..."
However, at this moment, the inside of Jinguan City, which was shrouded by night, was already a suffocating silence as the curfew was fighting and fighting. Most of the scholars and civilians are hiding in closed homes, restless and awake at night, waiting for the dawn and the fate they may encounter.
As for those flower workshops where guests were weaving and singing night by night, the gates were also cold and pedestrians disappeared; those Jiao'e who stood on the tall buildings with smiles and greeted the guests are even missing, accidentally in the flashing portal. The sound of silk and bamboo also sounded full of sadness and ominous taste.
However, in the midst of this darkness, some people lighted lanterns and walked out of these flower workshops near the Jinqiao Gate, and then they gathered together again and again. And the dim lights that were extinguished by the wind reflected the reflections of the swordsmen in their hands.
It was like a long gleaming dragon under the night, and finally arrived at the gate of Jinqiao that had already been opened from inside. Then someone shouted in the darkness: "Get rid of the traitors, Lord Lang Qing, it's here now..."
Immediately these shouts in unison turned into short and fierce shouts of fighting inside and outside the gatehouse and the corridor. The outside of the city was also ignited one by one with the pre-prepared lighting methods, and the fire brightly reflected the hordes of Dongchuan Armed Forces who were already waiting a stone's throw away.
With the increasing movement in the gatehouse, these armored soldiers rushed out of the column with many daring soldiers holding sledgehammers; iron cones and chains. Then they were seen crossing the filled moat, rushing to the thick and heavy city gate with dense copper nails, and struggling to hammer the iron cones into the door panel.
Then there were the bulls and horses that had been prepared, and under the loud spur, they pulled the iron chain to the left and right; at this time, the top door bar and cross bolts inside were finally taken off.
Therefore, only a moment later, the roaring Dongchuan Armed Forces rushed into the city of Chengdu with the horrified expressions of the defenders who rushed over the city and under the scattered woods and rocks that fell hurriedly. .
—I am the dividing line —
In the city of Jiangling where the wind and snow are gradually disappearing, Zhou Huaian, who is on a routine day in the government, is also in the Tuyu Hall, dealing with daily affairs and new situations that are constantly emerging.
"Hu Cao reported that there are about 3,168 people in this batch of Xinkou imported from Huainan, among them 1,000 and 57 are young men, 1,565 are young women, and the rest are all Belonging to children..."
"As usual, young men are placed in the newly opened village on Shannan Road, and volunteers are recruited from them to open up villages in Yuzhou; women are arranged to go to the workshops of the logistics departments of various places, and children are classified into nurseries and boy camps by age. ..."
"Thanks to the governor, among the group of people who have moved from inside the Guan, a small number of them are monks from the Chang'an jungle of various colors..."
"Compared with ordinary literacy personnel, we should deal with it as usual. There is no need to directly arrange to go to various temples. First gather together to study and observe for a period of time... Just beware of spies and people with ulterior motives..."
"Master Yixin requested that a new Buddhist academy be established in Lumen Temple, Xiangzhou, in order to emulate the Honghua story of the original source in the mountains."
"Accurate, but according to my order, wherever Zen, Lvzong, Pure Land, and Tiantai belong, you can choose to select a well-studied person and list it as a branch... Except for the original houses and venues that need to be repaired and expanded, they are not allowed. Any other products will be placed again, and no external offerings and worship will be accepted. All expenses will be compiled into a book and then specifically allocated..."
"The report from the Runzhou Defense Zone by boat. This month, there are 137 scholars in Yuejiangdong Road. Now the several guest houses are overcrowded? Request to expand the premises..."
"That's right, the treatment still maintains one dish and one soup, six-person single-storey dormitory; anyway, there are still empty houses that have been ransacked. However, the monthly recruitment quota should be reduced as appropriate to create the illusion of shortage as much as possible to encourage competition... Then take turns to arrange for people to go back and speak out..."
Zhou Huaian immediately gave instructions.
"We should also break up them as much as possible and arrange them separately to avoid getting together and doing things in a group. In addition, we should contact some odd jobs in writing, and organize regularly to go out for visits and on-site education. Don't let people have the opportunity to think and think. ..."
Speaking of this, Zhou Huaian didn't hesitate, but he remembered that there has always been a saying or speculation in the history of later generations;
It was the wars from the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. In fact, it was also the long-term game, confrontation, and see-saw between the aristocratic political groups that refused to withdraw from the stage of history and the emerging groups of unfamiliar scholars.
Therefore, behind many major events and disturbances including the separatism of the vassal and towns since the Mid-Tang Dynasty, there have been a large number of scholars with a long-term unambiguous background of the common people, who have served as a potential driving force and a steady stream of talents from beginning to end.
In other words, this is a kind of instinctive and spontaneous rebound from the middle and lower-class scholars who have emerged as the society progresses and the population base and surplus resources increase. They have an instinctive and spontaneous rebound from the family clan who naturally dominates and monopolizes the ascending channel and the way to enter. ；
After all, when the clansmen in the clan records gradually controlled and monopolized the political resources of the center, they could only invest in the forces of the local separatist vassal to seek their future.
And when this way of up and down flow was completely blocked and blocked, the peasant uprisings and blind riots that had originally emerged in an endless stream were joined by a large number of literati, and began to focus on goals and demands. A reborn transformation occurred.
And as these peasant uprisings were gradually destroyed and torn apart, after the last fig leaf that the court's righteousness and authority could maintain, those vassal towns that were deeply constrained by the framework of name and righteousness naturally lost some of the last restraints and shackles. Restricted, and officially entered the chaotic battle of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Perhaps for most people and soldiers, this is a painful era of constant nightmares and endless struggles; for those high-ranking champions, it is also the despair of falling into the dust from high and high clouds, disintegrating and disintegrating, and torn to pieces. The end.
However, for the many poor family scholars who have been suppressed by aristocratic families since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, as well as the warriors of the same humble background standing on the table, it is a game to break the shackles and fly freely and indulge the upper and lower limits. The era of carnival feast.
After all, the productivity and social life patterns from the ancient times to the present day have not been known how much progress and development has been made; but the families born out of the backward era, and the political resources and ways of ascending under their control, are tenacious. Refusing to withdraw from the stage of history; giving way to the emerging and landlord and scholar-bureaucrat class.
So there is the continuous division and chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the unceasingly cleansing up and destroying the foundation of old things, while exploring and trying out between ignorance and ignorance, more suitable social classes and more advantages Political system
So in the end, in the suffering and tears of countless people named "Simulation of the World, Returning to the World", the Song Dynasty, which was "the scholar-official and the emperor and the world", gave birth to a deformity that was overkill and had congenital deficiencies and acquired weakness. child.
And now, Zhou Huai'an will stand alone in front of this historical trend/wheel that has not yet been fully formed, hold on to the neck of the future fate called the general trend of the world, and deflect it to another brand new and more new one. Go up the rough road.
Fortunately, he is no longer alone, but has a vast territory and population full of opportunities and possibilities, a new type of army composed of many followers, and officials at all levels trained by a new education system. The basic regime constituted by plate.
Since Zhou Huaian has given them a common long-term goal and expected steps to achieve, they must also continue to improve and expand around the core concept that has been initially self-consistent in order to maintain synchronized victory and leadership in the field of thought. The advantage lies.
Therefore, the scholars who were attracted by the Taiping vows by these accidents can be said to be one of them and must find a way to keep them; as long as they can stay, the Taiping Army will have the means and time to hold these different demands and ideals. The intellectuals gradually reversed and transformed.
Time always flies quickly. When Zhou Huaian walked out of the Dudu's Mansion eagerly and eagerly, he couldn't help but start to see the waiting female guards in the concierge.
It turns out that this afternoon was the day when I met Yaoer to watch the new play. (End of this chapter)