Great time travel

Chapter 134: No War in Lingnan

In fact, Xu Xiake, who has always been low-key, got involved with "Australians" because of the troubles caused by the gang of scholars who went south to Donglin, Qiongzhou: that day, the police in Sanya mobilized to surround the inn and arrested them. When the "Donglin Tourism Group" headed by Fang Yizhi was a group of stunned young scholars, Xu Xiake and his brother Xu Zhongzhao happened to live in the same inn, dressed as scholars, and spoke with the same Jiangnan accent. He also suffered a disaster, and was arrested together as a suspect—although he actually had no friendship with Fang Yizhi...

(It is said in the history books that Xu Xiake seems to know Zhang Pu and is also a good friend of Huang Daozhou, but he has little contact with other Fushe celebrities. Because the status of the two parties is too different, if Fang Yizhi and Zhang Dai are the "Top Ten Princes of the Capital" Xu Xiake is just an ordinary farmer who is a top dandy with all-hands and eyes. Moreover, Xu Xiake is much older than these celebrities in the late Ming Dynasty, there is a difference of about 20 years, so naturally he can't get along.)
Next, after some interrogation, Brother Xu Xiake, who confessed truthfully, finally cleared himself of his suspicions, but his true identity surprised a group of time travelers from ear to ear—everyone basically read it in the Chinese textbooks at school. I have read "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes" by this fellow!
Therefore, Xu Xiake and his clan brothers were respectfully invited out of the detention center and moved into a high-end sea view room in the "Sanya Veteran Cadre Sanatorium".Then a group of inexplicable people came to ask him to sign and take a group photo, and then he was kindly received and given a banquet by the "Australian Song Emperor" (retired former President of the country), and then there was a group of "Australian Confucianism" ( Xu Xiake, who has long been despised by the mainstream public opinion of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, was flattered for a while.

——In the eyes of modern people, Xu Xiake's popularity and gold content are definitely far better than those of Fang Yizhi, Mao Pixiang, and Qian Qianyi.

Next, the hospitable "Australians" even entertained them on a big iron boat, visited the exotic scenery of Taiwan Island and the Ryukyu Kingdom, and personally experienced the tropical seascapes of coral islands in the South China Sea. Xu Xiake, who had never been outside the country, had his eyes wide open for a while, and his writing and thinking were like a spring, and he wrote many proud articles.And those "Australian Confucian scholars" also admired his articles, and even planned to let them advance money to publish Xu Xiake's travel notes over the years into books and spread them all over the world (many chapters of "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes" circulated in modern times have been lost), which made Xu Xiake very happy Tears of old age—one of the highest pursuits of traditional Chinese scholars is to "write books and create biography"!

In addition, Huamei, East Coast, South Africa, Australia and other republics have also invited Xu Xiake to travel and write articles, so that when promoting their own territory, they can come up with some high-grade masterpieces—if they can organize It would be nice to publish a few masterpieces such as "Xu Xiake Visits the Five Great Lakes", "Xu Xiake Visits Tierra del Fuego", "Xu Xiake Visits the Great Barrier Reef", "Xu Xiake Visits the Ancient City of Machu Picchu", "Xu Xiake Catches an Ostrich" and so on.

However, there is no permanent feast in the world.Although I am very grateful to the "Australians" for their warm invitation, considering the family and children who are still in their hometown in the south of the Yangtze River, Xu Xiake still did not accept the invitation from the "Australian Song Dynasty Court", but proposed to bid farewell to his hometown with his clan brother Xu Zhongzhao , reunited with loved ones.The "Australian" also showed great generosity in this regard, not only generously donating travel expenses, but also specially sending someone to escort him to Guangzhou.In addition, he was given a badge of "Honorary Member of the Huameng Writers Association" - Xu Xiake automatically made it into the "Hanlin Bachelor" of the Australian Song Dynasty based on experience, so this old donkey was moved to tears, feeling that he was Being treated like a national scholar, I simply don't know how to repay him.

However, no matter how independent he was and how far he stayed away from political affairs, Xu Xiake was still a member of the scholar-official class in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Xu Xiake certainly felt complacent and radiant over the past year's miraculous experiences and gracious hospitality.However, the great ambitions of the "Australian Song Dynasty" for the land of the Central Plains also made him deeply worried about the fate of his homeland and homeland.

If we say that when Xu Xiake just set off from his hometown in Jiangyin and went south to Qiongzhou, he just regarded the "Australians" entrenched in Qiongzhou as a group of novel and interesting "foreign visitors".Then by the time he set foot on his way home, the entire land of China had already been turned upside down by the Australians.

Just from the scene outside the car window, it can be seen that Guangzhou has completely become the domain of Australians, and Fujian has long since changed its name.Then, according to what Xu Xiake read from Australian newspapers, in the early spring of this year, their Northern Expedition vanguard had penetrated deep into the south of the Yangtze River, swept half of Zhejiang, and entered the provincial capital Hangzhou in one breath. , is only one step away.

But at this time, the Ming court was a scene of collapsed buildings and disintegration—the capital and the entire Northern Zhili had fallen to the Liaodong Tartars, and Shandong and Shanxi seemed to be falling soon.The demons of Wenxiangjiao are still raging in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, and the Northwest and Central Plains are full of bandits.What's more terrible is that the confrontation between Emperor Chongzhen and Emperor Yonghe further involved the remaining power of the imperial court in internal friction and further accelerated the disintegration of the country.

However, for scholars with great ambitions, this troubled world certainly means the danger of losing their lives, but it also means opportunities to soar into the sky.For example, by Xu Xiake's side, Xu Zhongzhao, his closest clan brother, kept nagging along the way, "...brother, to be honest, you really should stay with the Australians to seek an official career! With all due respect, you have wasted most of your life before, and your family business has also suffered a severe decline. Although you have gained a little reputation by traveling in mountains and rivers, it is really useless. Now it is rare to find a wise man You have blue eyes, why don’t you seize this opportunity quickly? Wait, don’t you think the officials given by the Australians are too small? Or do you think the Australians can’t win the world?”

"...Brother Zhong Zhao, what are you talking about? I, Xu Hongzu, am I such a greedy person?"

Xu Xiake looked down at the "Honorary Member of the Writers Association" badge on his chest, couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile, "...he has no fame in his lower body, and his family background is not ordinary. Difficult, at most, I can only be a staff cleaner for others. The Australian Song Dynasty court can treat the old man like a guest, and award him the title of Hanlin Bachelor. I heard that when the Australian and Song army attacked Zhejiang, they killed a lot and treated the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River very cruelly. If I join the past, will it harm the family's reputation?"

"... Hey, right now is the time when the heroes are competing for the throne and the dynasty is changing. How can anyone who wants to rule the world not wantonly kill them?"

Xu Zhongzhao stretched his waist disapprovingly, "...Back then Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a cup of wine, and taught his descendants not to kill scholar-bureaucrats. He should be regarded as a rare benevolent master! But before he sent troops to break the Southern Tang Dynasty and attack the Western Shu, Isn't it still killing people's heads?
Besides, I think Guangzhou is very peaceful here!I didn't see how the new court slaughtered the Lingnan gentry at all!It can be seen that most of the gentry in Zhejiang are wholeheartedly resisting the heavenly soldiers of the new dynasty. They want to die by themselves, so naturally they can't blame others.Throughout the ages, whenever there is a change of dynasties, how can there be people who will not die without fighting?If you are really worried about your clan and family business, you should join the new dynasty as soon as possible, so as to obtain the protection of the Australian and Song army!

Brother!Don't hesitate!Conglong needs to be early!In this chaotic world, what is a mere face?You have never received the salary of Daming, and you do not have the fame and title of Ming, even if you want to be a relic of the current dynasty, it seems that you are not qualified, right? "

Seeing that his clan brother Xu Zhongzhao followed him to enjoy a year of courtesies and hospitality in the Australian territory, and he had already called Daming the "former dynasty", Xu Xiake couldn't help feeling more entangled.It's just that he was entangled, but he knew in his heart that what Xu Zhongzhao said was the truth.Even if Xu Xiake himself has no intention of official career and doesn't care about the title of Conglong Hero, he still has to think about the future of the Xu family under the rule of the new dynasty!

What's more, based on what he has seen and heard in the past year, the Australian's breadth of mind and military wealth are unimaginably huge, and all kinds of amazing skills are even more appalling.Once they really made up their minds to compete in the Central Plains, this Ming Dynasty would definitely be hard to resist.

Moreover, to be honest, if the world falls into the hands of the Australians, it may not be a bad thing for Wanmin.

"...Yes, thank you, Brother Zhong Zhao, for reminding me. Even if the world rises and falls, and everyone is responsible, we are just mere grassroots people. I'm afraid we don't have the ability or the thought to help the Zhu family's royal family to keep the country and society. gone."

After a moment of silence, Xu Xiake finally nodded, acknowledging the correctness of Xu Zhongzhao's opinion, and felt his mouth was a little dry, so he dug out a bottle of herbal tea from the small rattan box under the seat, pulled out the cork and took a sip. He went on to say: "...Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, and there are treacherous officials in the court, and the people are not safe. I have been walking all the way for the past two years, and I can only see that there are countless hungry people everywhere in this Ming Dynasty, even in the rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River. So, on the contrary, here in Australia, the life of the common people can be called happiness and prosperity... Maybe the destiny is really going to be transferred!"

"...What my virtuous brother said is very true. In the world ruled by the Australians, not to mention those rich cities, even if it is a remote country, the people can have food and clothing without worry. This year, Brother Yu left Australia with you In many places under the rule of man, I have seen with my own eyes that even prisoners and criminals can have enough food and clothing, and I have never seen people who died of cold and hunger (death from illness and exhaustion is another matter).”

Speaking of this, Xu Zhongzhao's tone became more and more embarrassing, "...you are telling me, how can the two capitals and the thirteen chief secretaries under the great tomorrow have such a good place? Don't talk about orthodoxy, what is the destiny. The people of the world What I look forward to most is just a peaceful life? Who is the emperor and what does it have to do with the people? Australians have a clear distinction between public and private, and they believe in reason. It’s better than before. If Australians really sit in Longting, maybe the whole country and counties will be as prosperous and prosperous as Lingao? Then why not?”

"...Oh, what you said is right... This is indeed the truth. Why not let the Australians take the lead? Daming is probably at the end of his life."

Xu Xiake shook his head, "...But, I am waiting in my hometown in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, I still have family members to take care of. If I rashly defect to the new dynasty in order to seek fame and salary, where should I put these relatives? It must be arranged in advance. , so as not to bring disaster to them!"

Next, he took out a letter from his sleeve and put it in front of Xu Zhongzhao, shaking it, "...After returning to Jiangnan this time, you and I will pick up our family members and go to Hangzhou to join the Australian army! I have Qiongzhou here As long as you go to Hangzhou and meet Mr. Zhao Yingong, who is in charge of political affairs there, you will definitely be taken care of and appointed! Even if the martial arts in the army may not value your writing skills, but I have traveled in the mountains and wilds of the southern provinces for many years, and I know all the mountains, rivers, roads, customs and customs of southern Anhui, western Zhejiang, and southern Zhejiang like the back of my chest! If the officers and soldiers of the new dynasty leave the coast and enter the inland in the future, then there must be someone who will let me make suggestions Useful place!"

"...Alas, I never thought that my virtuous brother would have made a fortune. Brother Yu was really worrying for nothing before!"

Hearing Xu Xiake's plan, Xu Zhongzhao turned his worries into joy in an instant, "... also, at this time of great revolution in the world, instead of staying in the official government poetry club to play and write, and be a close minister who searched for chapters and excerpted sentences, and sang praises, what better way to do it?" It’s better to work hard to earn a few military achievements before serving in the army, and it will be more face-saving to say it in the future, so that you won’t be regarded as a lucky person! Sure enough, you are a good brother who thinks carefully! Brother Yu is ashamed of himself..."

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After eliminating the previous estrangement and entanglement, the two of them relaxed, and after a while, they reclined on the soft pillows and took a nap on the sofa of the carriage—now the two are old Not small, in the Ming Dynasty they were regarded as grandparents.Although Xu Xiake has developed a pair of iron feet and a good body through the long-term travel and traveling career, it also accumulated a lot of hidden diseases for his body.

Xu Xiake hadn't had a rest for a long time because he was exhausted by boats and cars and upset.As soon as he felt relaxed now, the soft sofa and the stable carriage made him fall asleep quickly.It wasn't until the sun was setting and the sky was getting dark that Xu Xiake woke up leisurely. He just looked out of the car window and found that the carriage had bypassed the city of Guangzhou and was heading straight for the mountains in the northern outskirts of the city!

Xu Xiake, who was very confused by this, hesitated for a moment, then immediately opened the car door, stopped the coachman and the entourage, and asked what was the meaning of this?And the lieutenant of the public security army who accompanied the retinue replied very politely, "...You two distinguished guests don't know something. Now Guangzhou is undergoing large-scale construction projects, and it is very noisy everywhere. It may not be conducive to rest. Therefore, our chief has ordered us to Arrange two distinguished guests to stay at the Changliu Taoist Temple in the north of the city..."