Great time travel

Chapter 62. South China Sea Railway Journey ([-])
In addition to the Xu Xiake brothers who are determined to go to Sanya to see the scenery of "The End of the World", there are also some scholars from various backgrounds who also plan to go to Sanya. The "Australian Song Dynasty Taishang Emperor is here" to seek wealth and wealth - in the past few years, the "Australian Song Kun Thieves" just sent Wen Desi and Ma Qianju all the way to Lingao. The "sinners" who were expelled and dispatched were similar to the "prisoner army" who served as cannon fodder in ancient times. They were able to sweep across the Pearl River, bombard Guangzhou, and sneak attack Fujian, causing chaos in the south of the Five Ridges and panic among the people.Now it is the "Emperor of the Song Dynasty of Australia" who came in person with the Imperial Army, which is even more distasteful.

Although I heard that the "Emperor of the Song Dynasty of Australia" left soon, and at last there was no royal driver to conquer Daming in person, but he left the Supreme Emperor to sit in Qiongzhou, established the "Sanya Tour", and called the "old Song survivors" from all over the world to discuss the big plan No matter how you look at it, you still have the appearance of plotting against the territory of the Ming Dynasty... If the "loyal men" like yourself can go deep into the enemy's lair without hesitation, spy out one or two confidential military information, bring them to Guangzhou or Nanjing to dedicate to the Ming government, and get some If you are favored by a "Master of the Ming Dynasty", you may be able to become your own step up, and promotion and fortune are just around the corner!
Looking at the current state of the imperial court with water and smoke in all directions, according to the superficial knowledge of these scholars, the establishment of slaves in Liaodong, the bandits in the northwest, and the chaos in the south cannot be ended in a short while.The so-called chaos in the world and the rise of powerful and powerful people are the time for our generation to make contributions!
Of course, there were also a few scholars who saw that Daming was about to die, and there was a sign of chaos in the world, so they had other thoughts - as the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in.Some of them have even inquired about the way of "entering the establishment to become a cadre" in Lingao County, but the terrible treatment of having to shave their hair and starting from a small official really discouraged you self-esteemed scholars.Fortunately, although the small officials of the Australian Song Dynasty here in Lingao are inferior to others, but the "Supreme Emperor of the Australian Song Dynasty is here" in Sanya, there may be some royal relatives, important ministers and officials who can discern talents...

It's just that even if he intends to join "Ausong" in his heart, he still has to put on a face of righteousness and unparalleled loyalty on the surface-isn't that what everyone sings in the opera?Even if those servile slavish and soft bones are taken in by the king, they are often looked down upon because of lack of integrity, and they are never expected to be reused, and there is even a risk of being unloaded and killed.On the contrary, those loyal ministers and national scholars who behaved with iron bones and righteousness can be favored and valued by the king of the enemy country, and enjoy the "national scholar-level" treatment of three visits to the thatched cottage and respectful corporals!

In short, this group of untouchable, naive, reckless and pretentious scholars, with all kinds of thoughts, foolishly came to play amateur spies.At the beginning, this group of people was a little nervous, for fear of being questioned and censored by the gangsters.Unexpectedly, those thieves didn't seem to take them seriously at all, and they easily bought a train ticket to Sanya, and immediately relaxed greatly, and even had the energy to criticize others.However, because Xu Xiake, the "shaved hair and fake hair" who was criticized by them, never responded, several scholars who thought they were very moral had been talking to themselves for a long time, and they felt quite boring, so they changed the topic and started Discuss possible recent moves of the "Kun Thief".

"...You guys have also seen it these days. The Qiongzhou prefecture is really fierce and full of smoldering flames. All the barbarians from all over the world have been snatched here by the Australian and Song thieves. My little brother is at the pier As you can see above, there are hundreds of giant ships alone, and there are at least ten thousand red barbarian cannons on board. Flying boats! The imperial navy in the southeastern provinces are definitely not the same enemy! If the imperial court does not take precautions early, I am afraid that another catastrophe will happen again!"

"...Yeah, the wolfish ambitions of the Australian and Song thieves are already clearly revealed! Otherwise, why would the king be there to inspect in person, and the emperor stationed to supervise the battle? If these ungrateful things are allowed to win the world, I really don't know what they will do. the people!"

Another scholar stroked the stainless steel pillar beside him with a full face of compassion, and said, "...Look at this colorful iron house, and this railway that is hundreds of miles long, it is all made of fine iron. I don’t know how much manpower and money was wasted! The rulers of Australia and Song Dynasty are so generous and extravagant, the gentry and common people in Qiongzhou will suffer from them! If we can’t make a plan early to stop such arrogant thieves, the southern half will inevitably The lives are in ruins! Only by doing our best to spy on the enemy's situation can we share the worries of the imperial court, relieve the misfortunes of the Li and common people, and eliminate this great trouble for the people of the imperial court!"

All the scholars and Confucian scholars deeply agree with this, in their opinion, a place like Lingao where torture and law are brutal is really not a place for superior people like them to stay.Not long ago, there was a new young master who just molested a girl in the street, and he hasn't slept with the girl yet!He was taken away by the yamen, and it was useless no matter how the family spent money to manage it-that is a scholar with a reputation!The Australian Song Yamen actually said that everyone is equal before the law... Bah!How dare such an ant-like pariah have the same status as the gentry?It's really bad manners, which is tolerable or unbearable.

As for this bustling market, it's nothing more than an illusion. Before the bandits ransacked Guangdong, killed several big pirates, and took away a large amount of property, all of which were piled up in this small Lingao.How can this Lingao market not be rich?Look at those flashy street lamps, running water, and railways—it’s simply a waste of money!It looks good to outsiders, and it is used to confuse ignorant people-it is no different from Emperor Sui Yang who wrapped the tree with silk in Luoyang.

——All in all, in a feudal society with extremely strict hierarchical concepts, the landlord class will feel uncomfortable as long as they see the working people living well, even if it does not harm their own interests. Keep things for your own enjoyment, instead of paying tribute to your superiors to squander!Poor mud legs should obediently swallow the chaff and eat vegetables, and a batch of them will starve to death every few years!How can you have delusions about eating meat and drinking alcohol?
There are not only conceptual constraints, but also economic considerations—because according to the ideas of the gentry, buying land and collecting rent is the safest way to operate.In ancient Chinese society, land was always the property with the strongest ability to preserve value. It did not require complicated knowledge or expend a lot of energy to have a stable income.Even in the event of war, as long as the land deed is hidden, and the land deed will be handed out after the world returns to peace, the government will accept it regardless of whether there is a change of dynasty. .

Although the agricultural capitalist operation method of running a farm may be able to earn more profits, it is troublesome and energy-consuming after all, and there is also the risk of business failure, bankruptcy and loss of money.How can it be easier to release land to collect rent and transfer all risks to the tenants?Just like in modern society, if someone inherits a company to do business, it is definitely much harder and the risk is much higher than inheriting a house to collect rent.

But there is a premise for this easy way of living, that is, the only way out for all the tenants in the world is to honestly farm for the landlord.If the most humble tenants have a better way of life, live a peaceful and happy life, drink and eat meat all day long, can they still work as cattle and horses for the landlords and lords with peace of mind?Even if they still planted crops for the gentlemen, they would have to eat a large part of it themselves, and would they still have leftovers to hand over to the landlords?

To put it simply, for Lao Cai, the landlord under the tenancy system, in order to ensure the cheapness of labor, it is an unforgivable sin for poor mud legs to live too well!Therefore, whether it is a capitalist or a socialist system, if you want to develop the economy and realize industrialization, you must eliminate the landlord class in order to release a large number of rural laborers bound to the land. After the elites "transferred" to Taiwan, they also had to learn from their old enemies, implement land reform, forcibly deprive the land of Taiwanese landlords, and kill more than 1 Taiwanese landlords on charges of crimes, so that Taiwan's economy has a basis for take-off. Otherwise, The situation in Taiwan today may not be as good as that of the Philippines... Then, perhaps because of the reincarnation of cause and effect, the forces of the descendants of Taiwanese landlords in the past organized the Green Party, which launched a counterattack decades later like a "returning the homeland group"...

In the same way, even if it is just to maintain this extremely cruel system of exploitation, landlords and rich people have to make most of the poor mud legs in the world struggle to death, and they have to come up with a set of theories to justify their own ingenuity. It is backed up by arrogance and cruel exploitation.Under such a long-term and persistent inversion of black and white, over time, an extremely deformed social concept has been created-the four words "people will eat each other" are naturally unforgettable to the refugees in hell.But for officials and gentry, it is just four words, no different from "moral decline" and "immorality".Compared with Emperor Hui of Jin who said "why not eat minced meat", they may have a little more common sense, knowing that meat is more valuable than chaff.

What if the hungry people are about to starve to death?Adhere to the teachings of the sages, starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a major matter, so you should do "An An starve to death".

The thieves fed the hungry people who were about to starve to death?It's just a small favor, how can it be as big as our kindness to educate the people?Since you can't support yourself, you should follow the sage's teachings and die with peace of mind. How can you shamelessly commit yourself to a thief?It is true that there is no king and no father, and the shame of the ancestors deserves death!
Although you have never read a book, you have to be like Boyi and Shuqi not to eat Zhou millet and starve to death in Shouyang Mountain, so that you have backbone!
——In short, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty have always liked to use the standards of saints to demand others, but at the same time they are only willing to enjoy the treatment of saints... because in their cognition, the world should revolve around them, if If something violates this cognition, it means that this thing should not exist!
"...Hey, the lowly people dare to challenge the gentry. Ever since the thieves came, the people in Lingao have been bewitched by them into inhuman beasts. They don't know what duty is!" A scholar clenched his fists. He roared in a low voice: "...to turn barbarians into summer and poison the people! What a crime!"

"...Yeah, these weird tricks like trains and boats look like monsters, and they must be things that harm the country and the people. When Master Wang recovers this place in the future, all the evil things must be wiped out. Destroy it, and then kill all the traitors who have been deceived, so that Qiongzhou can be restored to a bright and bright world."

"...Hehe, heroes see the same thing! From my point of view, after the royal master of the imperial court crosses the sea and conquers Lingao, he must slaughter the city for seven days! Kill and burn this demon city and ghost land! Open up all the fake hair that has no father and no king, and then drive the Ausong hair bandits back into the sea!"

A Confucian scholar with a few scars on his face and body, who seemed to have been taught a lesson by the fake police officer, raised his thumb and gritted his teeth.

In short, according to the above-mentioned way of thinking, several scholars have drawn up countless crimes for "kun thief" and "false kun".It's a pity that no one is flattering and flattering, and this is the territory of the thieves after all, so I dare not shout loudly, for fear of sending myself to a prison and squatting in a dark room.

So, all the scholars had to flatter each other, and then they found a place to sit down, and some of them drank herbal tea, some of them drank herbal tea, and some of them gnawed fruit.

However, what they don't know is that just a few feet away from them, there are several real "pillars of the imperial court" who were ordered to sneak into the thief camp...

sex

"...It's rare! It's really rare! Unexpectedly, in the hinterland of the enemy's nest where the thieves are entrenched, there are so many righteous men who are thinking about the kindness of the court! Although it is a bit rash to pretend to be shocking here. The heart of a child is still worthy of admiration..."

On another iron bench in the waiting room, another elegant, heroic young master with a square scarf on his head, a lake blue silk straight gown, powder-soled soap boots on his feet, and a Korean folding fan in his hand is squinting his eyes. Looking at the impassioned "loyal men" around me, listening to their words of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, "...It seems that no matter how the world changes, the grace of the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty is still there. Even in Lingao, the lair of the gangsters, there are still many loyal and righteous men who have not been bewitched and have a heart for Daming. With such people's support, even if Qiongzhou's gang of thieves gather and attack menacingly, as long as the court can unite sincerely and take precautions early , maybe things can be especially good here in Lingnan..."

——Of course, those scumbags who were lured here by the thieves to work as minions after they had a full meal were basically not human in his eyes.

However, even though he never regarded those pariahs as human beings, the young master also knew that if these ant-like pariahs refused to starve to death obediently, but started to make a fuss, then they could also take the lives of these superior people .However, the gangsters have been doing charity and helping refugees on the mainland these years. For the naturalized people who shaved their hair and threw their hair, most of them have "the grace of saving lives".
But the ordinary people are ignorant and ignorant, and they are most easily deceived by selfish favors. The thieves have been calling the wind and rain on the coast these years, winning every battle, and they have laid down so many territories. The sinister intentions are really thrilling!
With such thoughts in mind, the young master's heart became a little heavier.He was born in a scholarly family, in addition to reading poetry and books, he also traveled around the world, and dabbled in the market and officialdom. Although he is young, he is already a well-informed young talent with both civil and military skills.These days, what he saw and heard in Lingnan and Lingao gave him a strong impression that the power of the Kun bandits was far beyond the imagination of the court.And their harm to the Ming Dynasty is probably more serious than the Eastern captives who repeatedly entered the customs and overwhelmed the imperial court.If there is any more collusion between the inside and outside of the treacherous ministers, I am afraid that even Jiangnan Paradise will fall into the flames of chaos... Just as he was thinking like this, his pupils shrank suddenly!
——I saw a Ming military general wearing bright armor and a bright red cloak, surrounded by several "Girl Bandit" soldiers, striding into the station.Beside this great Ming military general, there are also a few Japanese warriors with short stature, sabers hanging from their waists, and clogs on their feet. They are chatting and laughing with the general in a foreign language (Japanese)... Watching the general walk into the station Suddenly, all the soldiers and "gentleman" stationed in the station immediately turned serious, and hurriedly stood at attention and saluted him.And the flight attendant on the train hurriedly opened the door, laid out another red carpet, and sent a servant to blow the horn to welcome this person and the Japanese guests to board the first-class compartment of the train—even though it was not yet time for departure...

"...Young Master, is that...the Huang Pingman who swept the invincible opponents in Liaodong back then and killed the old slave chieftain (Nurhachi) alone (Huang Shi used to be the vanguard general of Pingman, so he got this honorary title. Unless it was a time of cursing in the ancient high society , otherwise you will basically not call him by his first name)?"

Seeing this, a middle-aged scholar who looked like a staff member couldn't help leaning into his young master's ear and asked in a low voice——in the fifth year of Chongzhen, Huang Shi, the general soldier of Fujian, had a close collusion with the Lingao "Kun thief" Things are no secret in Lingnan...

"...It is the thief of Huangshi! In the past in Fuzhou, I once had an acquaintance with him..."

The young master nodded with a sad face, "...Hey, you are a beautiful woman, how can you be a thief! These vulgar warriors who don't read poetry and make friends with eunuchs really have no loyalty! This person Huang Shi is still the same as before. The pillar of the imperial court praised by the first emperor of Tianqi! Unexpectedly, he has become a traitor and traitor who colludes with foreign enemies and wreaks havoc on the Ming Dynasty! Not only did he collude with Japanese pirates and thieves, but he also harmed the court territory, and even openly haunted the territory of the thieves... What a pity. Lin Zhugong didn't count him as an eunuch at the beginning!"

Speaking of this, his face suddenly changed, "...not good! The yellow bandits are traveling to Sanya with Japanese envoys at this time. Could it be that the Taishang Emperor of Song Dynasty in Naao summoned him to give him an opportunity to lead the Funing Army? Raising troops to create rebellion, cooperating with the Kun bandit sailors and Dongying Japanese pirates, and invade Fujian and Guangdong? In this way, not only the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong will be in danger, but even the land of fish and rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will suffer from military disasters!"

"...Since that's the case, Brother Mi, I've brought a lot of martial arts experts with me on this trip, but the yellow thief doesn't have many guards. Do you want to..."

Another young scholar who was traveling with him also came over, said in a low voice, and at the same time made a slashing gesture, "...It can be regarded as following the example of this thief who sneaked into Liaoyang alone in the past and killed the old slave chief with his bare hands. Get rid of this serious trouble in one fell swoop..."

"...You mustn't do it! Although Huangshi is despicable and despicable, he has experienced many battles and is a master of martial arts. Even Liaodong Jiannu has never had a match. Even if we all go to battle together, we may not be able to win His subordinates can please him. So it's better to have a long-term plan..."

Hearing these ignorant raves, the leaders of the authentic "imperial agents of the imperial court", Fang Yizhi, a well-known Tongcheng scholar with the nickname "Secret", broke out in a cold sweat immediately, "...it's not me, Fang Mizhi of Tongcheng!" Reluctant to part with this seven-foot body, but Mr. Muzhai and the masters of Donglin instructed us to sneak into the Qiongzhou bandit cave ("Donglin giant" Qian Qianyi, courtesy name Shouzhi, name Muzhai), is for the gentlemen of Donglin and The imperial court spied on the enemy's situation from top to bottom to prepare for the countermeasures, instead of imitating Jing Ke who assassinated King Qin! If we are all lost here, who will report the military situation to the princes in the court?"

"...Uh... I've been taught. Brother Mi's words are very true. It's really Meng Lang who is down here..."

Then, amidst the different thoughts and hidden ghosts of everyone in the station, the announcement to inform passengers to get on the train finally sounded...