At the end of the summer of that year, the city of Linzi, which rarely experienced foreign wars but experienced countless coups, once again ushered in a civil strife.

It has only been several years since the Tian Dynasty Qi, which Hu Feizi called a farce, and the continuation of the dispute between the Tian brothers, which was already full of contradictions, finally kicked off.

In Linzi City, the armor soldiers gathered, and the huge Linzi City became chaotic and noisy.

The giant city that began to be built 450 years ago is full of the magnificence of sweating like rain and rubbing shoulders one after another as Yan Ying said.

The north and south are nearly nine miles long, east of Zishui, west of the water, this is the main city of Linzi.

And in the southwest of the main city, there is a small city with a length of two or three miles, and the north of the small city is embedded in the main city, which is where the garden palace of Qi is located, and it is also the residence of the Marquis of Qi.

The castle built according to the rules is very distinctive, with the same structure as Shangqiu Castle, and the palace is separated from the main city, not in the center of the city, but in the southern part of the city.

The widest base has nearly 20 meters of city walls, all of which are built with the plate construction method of rammed earth, and the wide "ring tu" adjacent to the city wall, that is, under the ring road under the city wall, is a dense pottery drainage outlet, as early as 450 years ago, when the drainage system was completed.

It's just that on the side close to the water, what flows out of the drain is not sewage, but red blood.

The palace chamber was in the southwest, also close to the water, and a battle had just ended here, when a group of armor warriors captured the west gate of the great city closest to the palace.

In the distance, there was a squeaky sound of wheels rolling, and several bulky bronze cannons were being pushed forward by a group of shirtless men.

The leader of the armor who had just captured the West Gate saw this group of people pushing cannons, and shouted, "You want to help the unrighteous king?" Or do you want to help Ning Min's son? ”

The heart of the leader of the people who pushed the cannon said: "It's not a good bird, and I don't want to help anyone." ”

But he shouted: "The prince exalts righteousness and says: The people are miserable, and the unrighteous king is punished and the people are peaceful." ”

"We have been fighting hard for a long time, and we are here to help Ning Min's son!"

The leader of the armor was overjoyed, knowing that the few gunners in the city were mostly skilled fighters, because the orthodox nobles would not learn anything other than cavalry and chariot warfare, and the real commoners could not learn these methods.

Since he is a skilled fighter, he naturally takes money to sell his life, so he says, "This will make you rich." Ning Min's son has an order, and all those who help the righteous will be rewarded! ”

The leader of the gunners said, "I am not coveting your reward, how can I sell righteousness?" In the past, Zi Mozi traveled to Yue, and the fiefdom of 500 miles was not righteous in the city, although I was not in time, but I was not a righteous person who sold it for the sake of a mere husband's land. ”

"If it weren't for the order from above to tell me to help Tian Yan, hmph, today I would have to bomb the palace first, and then Tian Yan's mansion!"

I can't say these words in my heart, but in order to be able to trust these people, I said, "Although we are puppets, we also know what is right and what is wrong." ”

"Ning Mingongzi said that whatever the people want, the sky will follow. Now the people of Linzi are determined and don't want to fight anymore, but the prince and the marquis are not punishing Gongzi Wu for their own selfishness, the Mo family army is approaching, Linzi is in danger, and the people are suffering, but the prince is angry because Ning Mingongzi is angry because of Qi Sheji's words to punish Gongzi Wu, and he first sent someone to kill Ning Mingongzi, and we are indignant. ”

"The husband is also righteous, is it for money?"

The righteousness he said was awe-inspiring, which was in line with his identity as a martial artist.

Although the technical fighters are mercenaries, but it will take them until the middle and late Warring States to become the elite force of the Qi State, and the technical fighters at this time are still a group of people with the status of market rangers, and there is still a trace of chivalry in their hearts, but they are not the group of full-time mercenaries who give money and sell their lives in the middle and late stages.

When the leader of the armor heard this, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "True warriors! ”

Then he asked the leader of the gunners to ascend the gate tower, light the smoke of the bonfire, and set up a flag to show that the gate had been occupied.

The gate tower of the city wall, which is the commanding height of the castle and the most easily observed place in the castle, is where the flag is erected to inspire people.

The so-called son of Ning Min is the crown prince Tian Yan.

At that time, Tian's generation Qi, Tian He's number: "Benefiting the people and protecting the people", after directing and acting in a farce, he was forced to take the position of Lu Loan.

Before being officially canonized by Zhou Tianzi and given the title, Tian He's identity had always been a civil official, a civil protection official and the like, and he did not dare to call him a marquis.

And benefiting the people and protecting the people are also the legitimate names of his ascendancy.

It wasn't until later that he gained the title and officially replaced Jiang Qi's sacrifice, and then he became the Marquis of Qi.

It's history, and it's all experience.

So Tian Yan painted a gourd in the same way, calling himself "Ning Min", and calling himself Ning Min's son, for this legitimacy.

Before ascending to the throne, they need the righteousness that "what the people want, the heavens will follow".

And after ascending to the throne, it is natural to need the righteousness of "canonization by the Son of Heaven and guarding one side".

Although it is a simple title, it is not used casually, and there is no difference in the ears of the people, but it is very carefully distinguished in the ears of the nobles and nobles.

The word "Ningmin" speaks of the ritual of the Zhou system, the so-called responsibility of the local officials, to secure the country, and to Ning Wanmin.

The word Ningmin comes from here.

The head of the magistrates is Situ.

In the past, Shun was Yao's Situ, and finally "Yao was old and had no virtue, so Shun imprisoned Yao in Pingyang and took the throne." ”

Therefore, calling himself Ningmin means announcing to the nobles that he wants to emulate the matter of "Shun imprisoning Yao in Pingyang", and he has to do this in order to stabilize the country and calm the people.

The twists and turns in this are not for the people of Linzi, but following his uncle's name of "benefiting the people and protecting the people", he named Ningmin is also to gain the support of the people of Linzi.

Yesterday, after refusing to enter the palace to discuss politics, Tian Yan immediately rode along the most prosperous central bazaar where the north, south, east and west converged, as his uncle Tian and Dai Qi did, under the arrangement of the strategists.

Standing on the carriage, he kept telling the people: "Now that the Mo family wants to negotiate peace, there will be no need to fight soon, and your relatives will also go home." However, the condition proposed by the Mo family was because the slaughter of Wucheng had to be punished by Tian Wu before peace could be negotiated. ”

"In the rebellion of the three prisons in the past, Duke Zhou killed his brothers for the stability of the world. Although I don't have the talent of Duke Zhou, for the sake of the people of Linzi and the society of Qi, I have to persuade the king to punish my brother. ”

He kept saying that the people applauded.

Originally, the hearts of the people had already thought that this was not the time when the people congratulated each other when the war first started last year, thinking that the Qi country would be strong again, but after two major wars, the main force of the Qi country was lost, relatives were captured, and the autumn harvest was imminent.

Then, just like the scene directed and acted by Tian He back then, someone suddenly came out to "assassinate", saying that he was on the order of the king, and said some deliberately incitement words, such as "The son of the king, above one person and under ten thousand people, how can he be compared with the untouchables of Linzi?" Even if the untouchables of Linzi City are dead, the king will never kill his son."

After the farce was performed, as it was back then, someone immediately took the assassin away, and many "people" knelt in front of the car and persuaded: "Son, please return, and if you continue to go to the palace, isn't that a way to your own death?" ”

Tian Yan said angrily in the car: "In the past, Bigan did not hesitate to die in order to persuade the king. How can I let Linzi suffer from war for the sake of my own safety? Get out of the way, I'm going to advise you. ”

Again and again, some "people" shouted: "The king has no virtue." Don't you hear that 'if you touch me, you will take revenge if you abuse me'? The only husband is threatened by the flood, and it is our feud. Is there a warrior who is willing to follow me to punish a single husband and protect his son? ”

The emotions of the people themselves have been stirred up, and at this time, someone took the lead, when even dozens of people stood up and said: "I am willing to follow the son and punish the only husband together!" ”

At that time, Tian Yan also sighed that he was a courtier, and some people among the "people" persuaded: "How can a single husband have a courtier?" Only sons! Since he felt that the peace of the 100,000 Linzi people was not as good as his son, then where did he come from the subjects? ”

After repeatedly evading this, Tian Yan raised his arms and shouted, calling himself "Ning Min" and asking someone to release the news.

first spread several major crimes of Tian He, and then imitated the orders in the Mo family's "City Guarding Technique", saying: "This act of righteousness is for the sake of the people." ”

"Whoever dies by righteousness, I will support his wife."

"Those who kill indiscriminately will die, those who injure the people will be punished, and those who use the strong to bully the weak and the young, and those who raise fire to cause chaos, and those who commit adultery with women will be cut off!"

"Whoever climbs the palace wall first will be closed for thirty miles. Officials, heroes and those who plan to break the palace wall are all given public rides. Men have meritorious deeds, people are second-class, women are given 5,000 dollars, men and women are brave and abuser-like, people are given 1,000 dollars, and they are three years old, and they have nothing to do with it, and they do not pay taxes. ”

After the issuance of the order, which was obviously prepared, he ordered the soldiers around him to tie red cloth on their arms, hold two flags, and write "Ning Min" and "Zhu Dufu" to maintain order.

The state of Qi has always been a system of integration of peasants and soldiers, especially Linzi, which is the capital, where the people can fight and have their own organizations.

In this way, the people were quickly organized to maintain order near the main city, and the nobles of his original faction continued to join in, and Wadawa's cronies fought fiercely in the city.

Tian Yan also took out the property in his house and distributed it among the people, so as to prove that his slogan of "women give 5,000 money, men, women and children bravely punish those who abuse them, and people give 1,000 dollars" has the financial ability to realize.

With the elite armor private soldiers around him as the main force, he gathered the people in the city, and soon formed a powerful rebel force centered on the market at the intersection of the east, west, north and south main streets.

Subsequently, he punished several "indiscriminate killers, those who hurt the people, those who bully the weak and the weak with the public, raise fire for chaos, and rape women", which shocked the prestige and convinced the people.

At least, it seems that the people are convinced.

But in fact, most of the people in Linzi were not infected by this farce, they just felt that it was indeed a good thing to make peace early, just like when Wei and Zheng rebelled against Jin and Chu were expelled from the monarch by the people, what a fucking etiquette and righteousness, but the people felt that they would be retaliated against if they continued to fight, so it was better to get rid of the monarch.

It's not that the people of Linzi lack sensibility, but from the rebellion of the five sons to the Tian dynasty, the ugly farce is staged in Linzi City every few years, even if it looks good, there is always a time when you get tired of watching it.