Chapter 401: The Momentum of the Prairie Fire
Qufu is only 50 miles away from the capital city of Yanzhou, it is the hometown of Confucius, the master of all ages, and is a holy place in the hearts of the people of the world, and it is known as the "Jerusalem" of the East in later generations. &1t;/p>
It is said that the title of Confucius's eternal master is not boasted, and the respect he receives is unimaginable, no matter how the dynasty changes, no matter who is in power, he is respected as a saint, and the tree is an example for literati. &1t;/p>
Since 195 BC (the twelfth year of Han Gaozu), Han Gaozu Liu Bang canonized Confucius's eighth grandson Kong Teng as the enshrined monarch, since then the eldest grandson of Confucius has a hereditary title, after a thousand years, the title has been changed repeatedly, until 1o55 (Song to the second year) was renamed Yan Shenggong, once changed to Feng Shenggong, and then changed back to Yan Shenggong, and later generations have been following the title since then, until the Republic of China in 1935 (the 24th year of the Republic of China), the title of Yan Shenggong was discontinued, which lasted more than 2,000 years. &1t;/p>
Even in today's China, although the descendants of Confucius no longer have titles, Confucius himself is still respected as the master of all ages, and it is estimated that he will continue to be respected, and it is not impossible to live in 10,000 years. &1t;/p>
If there is one person who is really immortal, this is probably Confucius, and even his descendants have benefited from it, and the Confucian family has become the first family in Chinese history that has endured for a long time and has risen from generation to generation, which has amazed people all over the world. &1t;/p>
However, Qufu, the holy city in the minds of the literati, was broken ten years ago, that is, in the sixth year of Zhengde, by Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi, who rebelled in Hebei, and the entire city was destroyed, including the Confucian Temple. The current Qufu City was rebuilt by Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde. &1t;/p>
Besides, after Zhao Quan and the others left Yanzhou, they rushed to Qufu non-stop, but Zhao Quan's destination was obviously not Qufu, but Surabaya County, which is located in the northeast of Qufu. &1t;/p>
Surabaya County is under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou Prefecture, bordering Jinan Prefecture, to the north is Xintai County of Jinan Prefecture, and then to the north is Laiwu County, and now Wang Tang is leading the thief army to attack Laiwu County. &1t;/p>
In the evening, Zhao Quan and his entourage appeared at the foot of Nishan Mountain in Surabaya County. &1t;/p>
Nishan is only a few dozen miles away from the county seat of Surabaya, but there is a group of horse thieves entrenched here, named Meng Lun and Zhao Zhi. This gang of horse thieves was small in number, entrenched on Nishan Mountain, guarding the danger, coming and going like the wind, roaring in the mountains and forests, and the officers and soldiers did not take them at all. &1t;/p>
Multiply...... &1t;/p>
Zhao Quan and others were riding horses on the mountain road, when suddenly an arrow shot out from the dense forest on the side of the road, and then a horse team rushed out head-on, with bells hanging around their necks, making a terrifying jingling sound. &1t;/p>
Zhao Quan and the others unhurriedly ordered their horses to meet each other, and the horse team that rushed out also slowed down, and the two horse thieves approached with a smile, and said loudly and arrogantly: "Senior brother, Senior Sister Xue, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" ”&1t;/p>
The two horse thieves were the thieves Meng Lun and Zhao Zhi, Zhao Quan smiled and said: "Senior Brother Meng, Senior Brother Zhao, don't come to harm?" ”&1t;/p>
Meng Lun laughed and said: "Haha, why don't you be harmed, Lao Tzu, this horse thief should be alive and well, senior brother, this is going to be done?" ”&1t;/p>
"Let's talk about it when we enter the cottage!" Zhao Quan said in a deep voice. &1t;/p>
So the two groups of people formed a group and rode up to Nishan. &1t;/p>
It is worth mentioning here that Zhao Quan has been active in Shandong, Henan, and Hebei provinces in the past few years, and in addition to preaching and spreading believers, he will occasionally instigate some people to make trouble, and then occupy the mountains nearby to become thieves, relying on fighting houses and robbing houses to provide for himself, and become a fighting force that can be called upon in the future. And Meng Lun and Zhao Jing led such a group of horse thieves, both of whom were White Lotus disciples. &1t;/p>
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On August 24, the sixteenth year of Zhengde, the county seat of Surabaya was still shrouded in pre-dawn darkness. In the south of the city, a team of soldiers in charge of guarding the city gate patrolled listlessly, the spears in their hands were lazily carried on their shoulders, and some even dragged them directly on the ground. &1t;/p>
At this moment, more than a dozen strangers in night clothes suddenly appeared in the dark alley, and the patrolling Bing Ning was all overturned before they had time to react. &1t;/p>
Rumble...... &1t;/p>
The heavy city gate slowly opened, and the roaring horses' hooves sounded like thunder, completely shattering the pre-dawn tranquility, dozens of horse thieves drove their horses to the Surabaya County Ya, and hundreds of thieves flocked in behind...... &1t;/p>
In an instant, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and fires burned all over the city, women and children cried, and men were busy fighting the fires, and the whole small city became a pot of porridge. &1t;/p>
There is no garrison in Surabaya County, and the security and defense of the city are usually maintained only by hundreds of officials and militias, and it is now dawn, which is the time when the defense is the weakest, and the city gate is secretly opened, and the horse thieves take the opportunity to enter, and the officials and militia who are on duty are slaughtered in an instant. &1t;/p>
When the morning sun emerged from the horizon, the Surabaya County government was also broken by fierce horse thieves, and the officials died and fled, and even the Surabaya county order was killed on the spot. &1t;/p>
This gang of horse thieves should be instructed internally, and they came to the door to "name names" from every household on the road, and arrested all the officials and gentry in the city to control them, so far, the entire Surabaya county town completely fell into the hands of horse thieves. &1t;/p>
At about nine o'clock in the morning, Zhao Quan stepped on the blood all over the ground and marched into the county hall, only to feel the passion in his chest, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh and said: "Princes and generals, would you rather have a kind?" ”&1t;/p>
Qiu Fu, Sun Cai, Meng Lun, Zhao Zhi and others around Zhao Quan were also excited, it is no wonder that they can easily take a county seat, it is like picking up something, these guys are a little fluttering. &1t;/p>
At this moment, Xue Bingxin walked in with a blood-stained long sword, and said with a cold face: "Senior brother, someone is robbing and raping the people in the city, this wind can't last, Meng Lun Zhao Jing, hurry up and restrain your subordinates, otherwise don't lock me up." ”&1t;/p>
The main force attacking Surabaya County this time was naturally the horse thieves under Meng Lun and Zhao Jing, but these guys were all bandits who did all kinds of evil, and they had no discipline at all. &1t;/p>
Meng Lun said disapprehantly: "Senior Sister Xue, it's no good, who is willing to follow us to do the business of losing their heads, it's okay, let them vent enough and stop." ”&1t;/p>
Xue Bingxin couldn't help but say angrily: "Nonsense, don't you want the people's hearts? ”&1t;/p>
Zhao Quan frowned, nodded and said: "Senior Sister Xue is right, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, burning, killing and looting are unpopular, Wang Lun Zhao Jing, you go out and restrain it." ”&1t;/p>
When Wang Lun and Zhao heard this, they had no choice but to walk out of the county government and get back on their horses to restrain the bandits who were doing evil everywhere under their hands. &1t;/p>
In the afternoon, Zhao Quan had people post notices throughout the city, and opened the granaries to release grain, calling on the people to join the rebellion. The attraction of money and food was still quite great, and the displaced people who had no livelihood, and some local ruffians, and prisoners joined one after another, and by the evening thousands of people had gathered. &1t;/p>
"The catastrophe is coming, the heavens and the earth are dark, the sun and the moon are dark. When the world is in chaos, Maitreya Buddha is born, Huang Tian is dead, and the sky should stand ......"&1t;/p>
Zhao Quan's writing style in personally concocting this article is obviously much more clever than Wang Tang's, but Zhao Quan also kept an eye on it, and did not sign his name on the text, but in the names of Meng Lun and Zhao Jing. &1t;/p>
Originally, Maitreya Sect Lu Mingzhen did not plan to move this year, and planned to quietly accumulate enough strength to do it again, but Wang Tang acted without authorization, and also played the banner of Maitreya Buddha's reincarnation, so Zhao Quan could only respond immediately, or once Wang Tang was defeated and captured, the arrangement of this sect for so many years would be ruined, so it was better to fight. &1t;/p>
On August 25, the Nishan horse thief Meng Lun Zhao Jing captured the county seat of Surabaya, officially announced the rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, at the same time, the mining thief Wang Tang led his troops to capture the county seat of Laiwu, wantonly slaughtered the officials and gentry in the city, and opened a warehouse to recruit troops and horses, and the thieves under his command grew like a snowball. &1t;/p>
On the same day, the bandits Pan Jinliang in Yixian County, Yanzhou Prefecture, and the Le'an bandits in Qingzhou Prefecture also announced a rebellion and attacked nearby prefectures and counties. In addition, there is a Yellow River in Henan, and miners near Baoding, Hebei Province have also risen up...... &1t;/p>
All of a sudden, thieves from Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, and Shandong provinces rose together, and they were like sparks burning the prairies, and the entire Ming Dynasty was shaken. &1t;/p>()
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