In the southwest, a busy autumn has passed, followed by a lively and abundant winter. In the winter of Wu Jianshuo's ten years, on the Chengdu Plain, people who had experienced a bumper harvest gradually settled down, and got used to the novelty and tranquility brought by the Huaxia Army with apprehension and curiosity.

At the turn of summer and autumn, the huge disaster relief at the turn of summer and autumn cooperated with appropriate propaganda to establish the specific image of the Huaxia Army, the relatively strict and relatively incorruptible law enforcement team flattened the restless fluctuations in the market, the medical team walking around solved the original difficult to solve the pain of some poor families, and the arrangement of veterans sitting in various villages and towns brought a certain amount of iron and blood and killing, and correspondingly, it cooperated with the Huaxia Army team to eliminate many hooligans and bandits by thunderous means. Occasionally, although the medical team of the singing troupe walks everywhere, every place they go will attract onlookers from all over the village.

Some new workshops were set up in various places, some homeless or poor idlers were housed, and trade between several large cities resumed in the summer, and in the winter there was a lot of new sight.

After the Jurchens approached, the major clans and warlord systems of the Wu Dynasty had felt tremendous pressure, and they were secretly contacting the Huaxia Army to buy more weapons - naturally there was also the credit of the Huaxia Army's lobbying everywhere - the tacit understanding between the two sides had been established in the summer, and by the end of the summer, a large number of iron ingots, ores, miscanthus salt, and other materials that had been embargoed had entered the area where the Huaxia Army was located, in exchange for newly produced and better quality iron cannons, mines and other weapons.

In addition, luxury goods and daily necessities such as perfumes, glassware, mirrors, books, and clothing produced by the Huaxia Army also began to open up the external market on a large scale along with this blind arms business. Some businessmen who followed the guidance of the Huaxia Army to establish various new industries in line with the principle of seeking wealth and danger have also recovered the cost of investment at this time.

In November of this year, a team of more than 500 people set off from the distant Tubo Dayang tribe, and arrived in Chengdu after more than half a month's trek. At the same time, there was also a team from Miaojiang in the southeast and arrived in Chengdu, which was the representative of the 29th Army of China, led by Chen Fan, who had not been seen for a long time.

The "No. 1 Martial Arts Conference in the World", which belonged to the Huaxia Army, was held in Chengdu in December of this year.

This is the first large-scale sports meeting held by the Huaxia Army - originally similar martial arts competitions often exist in the Huaxia Army, but this time the conference is not only participated by the internal personnel of the Huaxia Army, but also the representatives of the green forest, Jianghu people and even the big clans of the Wu Dynasty who came from the outside world. Of course, on the Wu Dynasty side, for the time being, no official person dares to participate in such activities.

There are deeds about rivers and lakes and green forests, which were still "copied" by Ning Yi more than ten years ago, and publicized them everywhere through the storytellers of Zhuji. For the various "martial arts conferences", the people who listen to the book yearn for it in their hearts, but naturally it will not really happen. Until now, Ning Yi expanded the martial arts competition activities within the Huaxia Army and began to publicize and open it to the whole people, which caused a huge wave near Chengdu for a while.

Within the radiation range of hundreds of miles of the Chengdu Plain, on the territory that still belonged to the Wu Dynasty at this time, a large number of green forest people came to sign up, and people said that they wanted to kill the sharp spirit of the Huaxia Army, and said that they participated in this conference, and called on everyone to go north to resist Jin. When the snow fell, the entire ancient city of Chengdu was already crowded with outsiders, and the inns and restaurants that were originally quite abundant were already overcrowded at this time.

Although the sports meeting was huge, Qin Shaoqian and Chen Fan, who respectively controlled the two ends of the Huaxia Army at this time, came over in person, naturally not just for this kind of fun. The war in the south of the Yangtze River continues, and the Jurchens want to destroy the Wu Dynasty in a war with a resolute will, whether the Wu Dynasty drags down the Jurchen Southern Expeditionary Army or the Jurchens drive straight forward, the eleventh year of Jianshuo will be the threshold of the change of the situation in the world. On the other hand, Liangshan was besieged by more than 200,000 troops, and Jindi was also carrying out stubborn but tragic resistance.

At the same time, Qin Shaoqian came over from Dayang for another matter.

In May this year, Lu Mingfang confirmed the whereabouts of Qin Shao and his concubine Wang Zhanmei and their widow in the north, and he went to Liaoyang to save the mother and son, and then arranged for the two to go south. At this time, the Central Plains had fallen into a monstrous war, and Wang Zhanmei, who was weak after more than ten years of suffering, could not bear the long journey, and the whole process of going south was very difficult, stopping and stopping, and sometimes even arranging for the mother and son to recuperate for a period of time.

On the way south, he passed through Liangshan, which was constantly resisting with the benefit of Shuibo, and later met the troops of Liu Chengzong and Luo Ye who were wandering in the southeast of Bianliang. Wang Zhanmei fell ill several times, during which she hoped that the escort of the Huaxia Army would leave her behind and send the child south first, so as not to change on the way, but the child was unwilling to leave his mother, so he stopped and walked, and finally arrived in Chengdu at the end of November of this year.

Qin Shaoqian came to see the mother and son.

After the city of Taiyuan was broken, he was taken captive to the north, and for more than ten years, no one asked about what happened to the mother and son. Naturally, Lu Mingfang and other staff in the north had an investigation, and after Ning Yi saw it, he sealed it.

Wang Zhanmei, who arrived in Chengdu, was only in her thirties, slightly younger than Ning Yi, but she was already full of sparse white hair, her scalp had obviously been injured in some places, and the left eye was only white-I thought she was blinded, and she also had a scar on her face that was twisted out by a knife, her back was slightly carried, her breath was extremely weak, and she had to stop and gasp for a while every few steps.

As for the child who followed her, he was thin and thin, with a little bit of Qin Shaohe's square cheeks back then, but because of his thinness, his face bones were prominent, his eyes were huge, his eyes were often cringe and vigilant, and his right hand only had four fingers - the little finger was chopped off.

Seeing this mother and son, Qin Shaoqian, who has been as resolute as iron over the years, burst into tears almost immediately. However, although Wang Zhanmei has experienced all the hardships, her heart is not dim, and after crying for a while, she even joked: "Uncle's eyes and I really look like a family." Later, he dragged the child over and said, "The concubine has finally brought him back, the child is only a small name stone, and the big name has not yet been taken, it is an uncle's business...... can bring him back safely, concubine for the rest of his life...... Worthy of the prime minister......"

The child with the nickname Stone is twelve years old this year, perhaps because he has seen the struggle in Liangshan and the Great War in the Central Plains along the way, and there are many people in the Huaxia Army who have come out of a difficult environment. He grew up in the place of the Jurchens, in the early years, these hardness must have been suppressed in the bottom of his heart, at this time he gradually woke up, Ning Xi Ningji and other children occasionally played with him, he was quite restrained, but if it was a martial arts competition, he saw that his eyes were attentive, and after a few days, he began to follow the children in the Huaxia Army to practice martial arts. It's just that his body is thin and has no foundation, and in the future, whether it is his mind or body, if he wants to make achievements, he will inevitably have to go through a long process.

For Ning Yi, among the many major events, there is also a small thing that comes with Wang Zhanmei's mother and son.

After Liangshan became the center of the war, Master Li, who was forcibly sent by Zhu Biao, Lu Junyi and others, followed the southward team of the mother and son, and also came to Chengdu in this winter.

The previous situation was in turmoil, Shishi and Ning Yi had an old relationship, more or less good feelings, and the good people in the outside world regarded the two as a couple, and when Shishi Li followed Lu Junyi's team to travel around, under Su Tan'er's laissez-faire, this rumor spread more and more.

This rumor protected Master Li's safety, but it also blocked the outside world from communicating with her to a certain extent. At this time, Master Li arrived in Chengdu, and Ning Yi was a little embarrassed in addition to business.

He just didn't know that these days he was busy with meetings, sports meetings, and receptions in all aspects, so that Juan'er would "arrange it casually" with Wang Zhanmei and others. In mid-December, at the scene of the martial arts competition in Chengdu, Ning Yi saw her again, her eyebrows were quiet and graceful, followed Wang Zhanmei and others, and looked at her with a smile on the other side.

After greeting Wang Zhanmei, this old friend couldn't hide, Ning Yi smiled and bowed his hand, and Master Li poked his head out: "I want to get a job with you." ”

"Huh?"

"In the past few years, following Brother Lu and Brother Yan, they have traveled everywhere, and I have been in contact with everything in terms of intelligence and connections. Brother Ning, there is a place where I can do things, arrange one for me. ”

Her words were calm, but it was this "Brother Ning" that made Ning Yi a little trance-like, vaguely, in Bianliang City more than ten years ago, she always wanted to help this gang with a warm mood, including the disaster relief, including the tragic defense of the city. Looking at the other party's eyes at this time, Ning Yi nodded: "I'll spare time in a few days to discuss it well." ”

"Okay." The teacher smiled and said no more.

On December 18, it was already approaching the New Year, and the news that the Jurchen Wushu had crossed south and headed straight towards Lin'an came urgently, and exploded in front of the eyes of Ning Yi, Chen Fan, Qin Shaoqian and others. After a few more days, a lot of news from Lin'an came one after another, pushing the whole situation into an embarrassing state that they had never thought of before.

By 25 December, Ning Yi, Qin Shaoqian, Chen Fan, Pang Liu'an, Li Yi, He Zhicheng, and other high-ranking members of the Huaxia Army met before the morning meeting.

"There's no need to celebrate the New Year, you don't have to go back for the New Year." Chen Fan was muttering, "If it goes on like this, the Lantern Festival won't have to be over." ”

"It's like no one can afford to invite you to eat Lantern Festival." Watermelon glanced at him.

"What I'm saying is that I can't go back to accompany Qian'er. You dogs and men kiss me together, and you don't understand what it's like for us to be away from home. Chen Fan looked at Ning Yi and Watermelon.

Ning Yi looked down at the information and said, "You dogs and men kiss me and me together, and you don't understand the feeling of a man who wants to go home and kneel." ”

His words were calm and stern, but after he finished speaking, everyone couldn't help but laugh. Qin Shaoqian's face was calm, and he moved the stool back: "Fight, fight, fight." ”

Everyone was in a commotion, naturally it was impossible to really fight, and after laughing and laughing, their faces were also a little worried.

For the sake of the situation in the Wu Dynasty, the whole meeting has been extended for several days, and now, the situation is changing every day, so that the Huaxia army can only watch quietly.

A great chaos was brewing in Lin'an—and even in the Wu Dynasty, and no one could grasp the direction in which it was going.

The beginning of the matter began with the first court meeting after Laba.

On the tenth day of December, it snowed in Lin'an City, and this day was a routine court meeting, which seemed ordinary and ordinary. At this time, the war in the north is still anxious, and the biggest problem is that Wanyan Zongfu has dredged the canal channel, stationed the sailors and heavy troops near Jiangning, and has prepared to cross the river, but even if it is critical, the whole situation is not complicated.

The members of all the factions above the court: Zhao Ding, Lu Yihao, Qin Hui, Zhang Jun...... And so on, there is no intention of starting a dispute at the moment, war is of course a first-class event, and there are not many things in the Wu Dynasty for thousands of miles and approaching the end of the year. At the end of the time, the last topic was the pacification of the southeast civil unrest, the personnel of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War stated one after another, and after the matter was finished, Zhou Yong above asked: "Is there anything else?" ”

At this point, someone stepped forward.

This is bad news. Zhao Ding's spirit tightened. Generally speaking, the court has its own procedures, and most of the things that want to be played in the court have to pass the prime minister first, and there are naturally others, which are usually party disputes, political disputes, desperate performances, and are also extremely taboo, there is no subordinate who likes to stab things in the head without greeting, he glanced back, and he is a new imperial history.

But He Yong of Yushitai never said hello, Zhao Ding glanced at He Yong, and the other party was also full of seriousness and puzzlement.

The name of this new imperial historian is Chen Songxian, forty-five years old, and he has been on the list of the imperial examination for half his life, and later the operation of all parties remained in the court. Zhao Ding was not impressed by him, and sighed, usually this kind of old man who has been in the camp for half his life is relatively peaceful, and it may be for something big to take such a risk, but it is more of a dizziness.

Listening to it, Chen Songxian followed the southeast Zhao'an and said that there was nothing new, such as the current situation is critical, but the net of the chaotic people can be opened, as long as the other party is loyal to the country, we can consider the things that were forced to rebel over there, and the court should also reflect - everyone will say big words, Chen Songxian said freely for a while, the reason is getting bigger and bigger and more vain, others are about to start yawning, Zhao Ding was shocked, in those words, there was something bad flashed over.

“…… Now the Jurchen is powerful, destroying the Liao State and swallowing the Central Plains, just like the sun in the sky, to fight against it, it is necessary to have the will to cut off the head, but for the gap between the enemy and me, I have to open my eyes and see it clearly...... At such times, all available forces should be united......"

Speaking of this sentence of "unite", Zhao Ding suddenly opened his eyes, and Qin Hui on the side also raised his head suddenly, and then glanced at each other, and then looked at Chen Songxian. These vaguely familiar words are clearly from the Chinese army's inscriptions. They listened for a while, only listening to Chen Songxian.

“…… Now, there is a southwestern force, although it has old disagreements with us, but in the face of the Jurchen menacing, it actually has the intention of retreating and cooperating...... Ladies and gentlemen, the situation on the battlefield, you all know clearly, the Jin Dynasty is strong, and the Wu Dynasty is really weak, but in the past few years, the national strength of our Wu Dynasty is also catching up. Correct...... How can I survive these few years, but I can't help but pretend to be naïve again, my lords-"

"Shut up! Rebels and thieves—"

Chen Songxian was shouting to himself, Zhao Ding turned around, picked up the wat board in his hand, and smashed it on the other party's head!

In an instant, there was a mess in the court, Zhao Ding's scolding, and someone rushed up on the side, and He Yong, the minister in the imperial history, had already turned red, and at this time he had knelt down in the scolding: "Ignorant child, you are dizzy, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know that there is such a disheartened and rebellious person in the imperial history platform, the minister does not notice, and the minister is guilty!" Please immediately remove this official position and go to prison for strict investigation......"

Another person shouted: "Your Majesty, this fang must be a bandit in the southwest, you must not fail to investigate, he must be a bandit, and now he dares to come to disturb my dynasty......

All kinds of roars mixed together, Zhou Yong stood up from his seat and stomped his feet to stop: "Stop!" Stop it! What a system! Stop-" He shouted a few times, seeing that the scene was still chaotic, he grabbed a piece of jade Ruyi at hand and threw it down, smashing it on the golden steps: "Stop it!" ”

In this way, everyone stopped, and Chen Songxian was hit by Zhao Ding on his forehead, and at this time it was bloody, Zhao Ding returned to his place and wiped his mouth and began to plead guilty. In recent years, the officialdom has been up and down, and it is not one or two who are crazy for fame, and now this Chen Songxian is obviously one of them. Half a life, but now I can go to the court, and I hope to ascend to the sky with remarks that I think are brilliant but are actually extremely stupid...... This thief, this is the end of his career.

Zhou Yong began to curse above: "You ministers, how can you still look like a member of the imperial court...... Alarmist is alarmist, I want to listen! I don't want to watch fights...... Let him finish, you are ministers, he is the imperial history, even if he loses his mind and goes crazy, let him finish-"

Chen Songxian held the blood on his forehead, knelt on the ground suddenly, and began to state the suggestions for reconciling with the black flag, what "extraordinary things should be done in extraordinary times", what "the lives of ministers are small, and the survival of the Wu Dynasty is a big matter", and what "the princes of the court are all pretending to be deaf and dumb". He was already angry, but his mouth became more direct, Zhou Yong watched from above, and until Chen Songxian finished speaking, he was still angry.

"He's done! I said it, let him finish! Hit? What it looks like! You look like my prime minister! My Minister! The Jurchens are coming! Let's take a look! After he said this, he stood up suddenly: "Retreat!" Give me all back and reflect! ”

Regarding the reconciliation of the black flag, it was revealed, and Zhou Yong walked away angrily. The rest of the courtiers glared angrily at Chen Songxian, and when they walked out of the Jinluan Palace, He Yong grabbed Chen Songxian: "You will be at home tomorrow, you will be guilty!" Chen Songxian was righteous and awe-inspiring: "The dynasty is in danger, and Chen's death is not a pity, but it is a pity that he is short-sighted." "Be generous and go back.

Chen Songxian's words are not negotiable, Zhao Ding and others are already thinking about whether the other party is connected with the Black Flag chaos behind their backs, and they are thinking about sending the other party to prison. Something that everyone didn't expect happened the next day. On this day, Zhou Yong took the initiative to hold a court meeting and summoned everyone from home: "I thought about yesterday's events......

Zhou Yong looked at everyone and said that he wanted to consider Chen Songxian's proposal.

Suddenly, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were persuading, Zhao Ding, Qin Hui and others all knew that Zhou Yong's knowledge was very shallow, and he was afraid in his heart, and it was understandable that he was in a hurry to go to the doctor. Some of the ministers began to talk about unification, and some began to put themselves in Zhou Yong's shoes to analyze, Ning Yi killed the king, if he can be forgiven, the most worrying thing in the future is the emperor, who will respect the emperor? Therefore, anyone can propose a compromise with the Black Flag, but the Emperor should not have such an idea.

Zhou Yong was hesitant and indecisive, but he just refused to dispel such thoughts.

At this time, Zhao Ding and the others realized that something was wrong, and they had been dealing with Zhou Yong for ten years.

On the twelfth day, there was no court meeting, and everyone began to test and exhort in the palace. Qin Hui, Zhao Ding and others each visited the eldest princess Zhou Pei, and Zhou Pei also entered the palace to admonish. At this time, public opinion in Lin'an City had begun to float, and various forces and clans also began to put pressure on the palace. 、

Thirteen did not have a dynasty, and by the time the court meeting was held on the fourteenth day, Zhou Yong seemed to finally realize the huge backlash and pressed the topic to his throat.

It was not until the afternoon of the sixteenth that the scouts rushed the news that the Wushu cavalry had crossed the Yangtze River, and Zhou Yong summoned Zhao Ding and others to start a new round of resolute requests, asking everyone to start considering reconciliation with Black Flag.

This time, the emperor stiffened his neck and hardened his heart, and the turbulent discussion lasted for four or five days, and the courtiers, Confucians, and gentry of various families gradually began to express their positions, and some of the generals of the army began to write books. At this time, Wushu's army was already on its way south, and Jun Wu hurriedly ordered a 170,000-strong army to the south to intercept it.

Twenty-two, Zhou Yong has been in the court with a group of ministers for seven or eight days, he himself does not have much perseverance, at this time his heart has begun to be afraid, regret, just for more than ten years, he has never been offended, he still has a little fire in his chest at this time. The persuasion of the crowd continued, he crooked his neck on the dragon chair without saying a word, and in the Jinluan Palace, Hou Shao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, straightened his clothes, and then gave a long stroke: "Please think deeply, Your Majesty!" ”

After he finished saying this, his feet suddenly exerted force, and his body rushed out. The guards in front of the palace suddenly pulled out their weapons - since Ning Yi killed the king, the court has strengthened its defense - the next moment, only to hear a loud bang, Hou Shao crashed into the pillar on the side, and there were red and white things flying all over the ground.

Everyone was stunned, Zhou Yong stood up tremblingly, his body shook, and then he spit out with a "wow".

Finished......

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