Great time travel

174 Chapter [-]
"...There is no more trouble now, brother Mi! Brother, I just made an agreement with the leader of the gangster, Zhao Yingong. Within a month, the gangster will send rice, wheat and miscellaneous grains to Shanghai County and Chongming Island by sea boat. 30 shi, [-] shi of table salt, some knives, guns and firearms, to solve my urgent needs."

Seeing that everyone was there, Zhang Pu found a chair and sat down. While ordering the servants to make tea, he said lightly, "...in order to obtain these armaments and fodder, the imperial court has to pay 80 taels, cash on delivery. At present, the imperial treasury in Shanghai naturally does not have so much silver, but the Songjiang Xu family (the descendants of Xu Jie, a famous minister in the Jiajing Dynasty, and the number one local tyrant in Songjiang in the late Ming Dynasty, but has nothing to do with Xu Guangqi) is willing to donate 40 taels of silver. It’s probably enough to collect some from other gentry families. If it’s not enough, you can use the population of refugees to offset the price..."

"...Hey, the current situation is difficult. I'm afraid I have to be a human trafficker again." Fang Yizhi lowered his head and considered the family background of the Shanghai court for a while, then couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, "...Brother Tianru, you What else have you negotiated with Zhao Yingong? Why don't you tell me about it!"

"...After a lot of hard work on behalf of my brother, the gangsters also agreed to withdraw the Hainingwei rebels who had taken refuge in them from Jiaxing Mansion and retreat to the territory of Hangzhou Mansion. In this way, the imperial court can occupy Songjiang, Jiaxing, Suzhou, and Huzhou The land of these four prefectures can barely deal with the Qing captives entrenched in Jinling." Zhang Pu continued, looking around the room at the same time, and found that there seemed to be someone missing, "...Eh? Where is the eldest son (Zhang Dai)? ? Is he not there?"

"...He is with Miss Yu in the backyard! My little brother just heard the sound of the piano over there." Fang Yizhi replied casually.

——The Miss Yu that Fang Yizhi mentioned is Yu Xiaoyu, a famous prostitute in Hangzhou, and also an old friend Zhang Dai, a dude, met by the West Lake when he was living in Hangzhou. Returning to the city of Hangzhou, where he had been away for a year, he found that the city he had lived in for many years had become completely different and strange. Basically all of them have gone out of business.And the Zhang Family Courtyard in Hangzhou City (Zhang Dai’s hometown is in Shaoxing), was also set on fire in the riot on the eve of the city’s destruction, and it was turned into a ruins.Those old acquaintances are also almost all gone at this time.

Just as Zhang Dai was wandering around the familiar yet unfamiliar streets of Hangzhou, he recognized the haggard-looking girl Yu Xiaoyu at the head of the selling fish bridge...

It turned out that just last spring, during the chaos of the Australian thieves attacking Hangzhou City, the brothel where Yu Xiaoyu lived was also ransacked by thugs and hooligans in the city, and was set on fire in the end, even the old bustard was beaten alive die.Fortunately, when Yu Xiaoyu saw that the situation was not good, she rolled up her package and hid in a secret cave. She stayed like this for a few days, until the Australian soldiers entered the city to suppress the riots, and the market returned to calm before she slipped away quietly. When he came out, he took the little money he had saved and temporarily rented a house to settle down.

Although she escaped the war disaster, most of the gentlemen in Hangzhou city were scared to flee by the thieves, and no one can sing with her in poetry and wine. , also cut off his livelihood, can only sit and eat.And those talented scholars and celebrities who had been in contact with her basically either fled or died after Hangzhou changed hands. For a while, there was not even a single person who could turn to her.On the contrary, there was a little gangster leader who once wanted to confiscate her, but how could the arrogant Yu Xiaoyu think highly of a vulgar warrior?What's more, this guy is dark and thick, and has no talent at all. Yu Xiaoyu scolded him a few words from the scriptures, but he didn't catch it.In the end, Ms. Yu had no choice but to take out the scissors, pointing at her chest and sternly reprimanded her, saying that as long as the boss took another step forward, she would kill herself immediately, and that was the way to drive back this toad who wanted to eat swan meat.

After this, Yu Xiaoyu was panicked for a few days, but the little gangster leader seemed to have a good stomach, so he didn't take any revenge on her afterwards.However, Yu Xiaoyu has never been able to find a new benefactor who is willing to pay a high price for a laugh. I heard that there has been a turmoil outside, and she dare not go out of the city as a weak woman. After a year of sitting and eating, Yu Xiaoyu's previous savings have been exhausted , jewelry and dresses were pawned one after another... In the end, he couldn't even pay the rent, and was kicked out by the landlord, living on the streets, desperate——Yu Xiaoyu, who considers herself a talented woman, neither wants to go to those in the city of Hangzhou who are still doing poorly. The low-grade brothel, the tender body served those traffickers, vulgar warriors, and refused to enter the "purification camp" of those Australian thieves, shaved their hair and moved to those overseas countries that were said to be infested by cannibals... So the whole Day wandered at the head of the fish selling bridge in Hangzhou, trying to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river.

However, at this moment, she met Zhang Dai... Zhang Dai, who finally saw an acquaintance, was very excited immediately, and hurried forward to rescue him. With a sentence "the water is too cold", she dispelled Yu Xiaoyu's idea of ​​jumping into the water, and then sent him to the hospital. She took her back to the residence of the Ming Dynasty mission, and found a few servants to serve her food and daily life.Such a timely gift of charcoal immediately moved Ms. Yu's heart, and after a short while, the two of them reunited once again, like glue, they spent the whole day in harmony with each other, saddened by spring and autumn, recalled the romantic past, wealth and hustle and bustle, and lamented the prosperity of today Dispersed, desolate and dilapidated...

Just when Fang Yizhi mentioned this matter to Zhang Pu, Yu Xiaoyu's sound of playing the piano came from the backyard. Zhang Pu could only hear the mournful sound of the piano, which was full of mourning for death, and he couldn't help but sighed.Xu Fuyuan, who had a more staunch temperament, clenched his fists and said angrily:

"...Now that the northern captives and the southern barbarians are fighting each other, and the four towns in the south of the Yangtze River are in ruins, what face do we have to call ourselves a gentleman? The Jianzhou barbarians are racing to enclose land in the south of the Yangtze River, slaughtering Suzhou, and killing the people in the south of the Yangtze River. It is certainly extremely cruel. But the overseas kun thieves who stole Hangzhou, are they not poisoning the people? This time when they went south to Hangzhou, they met old friends of the same year. I am entrusted with the emperor's life, not only can't expel the thieves, but I also want to bow my knees and beg for mercy... This is really... a great shame!"

"...Brother An Gong, the bandits have sharp firearms and are very difficult to control. We can only plan slowly and not act recklessly!" Hearing that Xu Fuyuan seemed to oppose the negotiation of peace and trade, Zhang Pu was afraid that he would get angry. This messed up the matter, so he had to jump up quickly to appease the people, "...this gangster confuses the hearts of the people. He spares no effort to use his ingenious skills to occupy the land of my ancestors. However, he doesn't respect Confucius and Mencius, and he doesn't hold imperial examinations. I will definitely not have the support of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the people of the Ming Dynasty are prosperous and the monarch and the people are united, the thieves are nothing more than ants trying to shake the big tree. Even if they are rampant for a while, they will be wiped out in the future..."

While Zhang Pu said something that he didn't even believe, he couldn't help thinking about all the things he saw and heard that frightened him these days.

After many days of observation, he found that the gangsters entrenched in Hangzhou, although it is said that they were just partial teachers who did not receive much attention along the way, were well organized and well-managed. Although the soldiers killed and looted extremely badly during the war, they never plundered people's property on weekdays. They were more like officers and soldiers than the current Ming soldiers and horses. I really don't know how they were trained.

What's worse is that according to some proclamations and rumors that Zhang Pu collected privately, it seems that the various governance methods of these thieves seem to be omnipresent, but there is no Confucianism or holy religion. shadow!What does this mean?It shows that the Kun bandits don't really want to use these Confucian scholars, at least they don't intend to let them occupy high positions in the court of the Kun bandits!It is really intolerable!Scholars of my generation are born to be high officials!How can you thieves not give us high officials and generous salaries?There has never been such an absurd thing in all dynasties!
What's more, the daily language used by these Australian thieves is vulgar, and the articles and announcements are all in vernacular, which is really disgustingly vulgar!No matter how many times those great Confucians denounced them, these brazen thieves still refused to mend their ways.The scribes used have neither literary talent nor dignity. Even if there are a few prodigal scholars, they seem to be possessed by demons, forgetting all the teachings of the saints!This is simply turning barbarians into summers!
Over the past few years, seeing the turmoil and disintegration of the Great Ming Dynasty, Zhang Pu has already had a vague premonition of the future fate of the Ming Dynasty, and even wrote such a quatrain in his notes: "...the mountains and rivers are eternally beautiful, Zhou Ding often changes people. Zhu Ming loses his deer, let's see who gets it?"

However, if the Jiannu Tartars are allowed to win the world, everyone will just keep their braids as slaves together. After enlightening those barbarian chieftains who love holy learning and letting them hold imperial examinations to promote culture and education, the scholars in the world may still have a chance to stand up .But if these thieves who don't respect scholars at all take over the world, I'm afraid that the Chinese inheritance and the sage's orthodoxy will be ruined!Fortunately, these thieves are short-sighted, have a small structure, and lack strength, so they are satisfied with winning Hangzhou and stop moving forward.Otherwise, in the face of the attack of the two thieves from the north and the south, the entire Jiangnan scholar community may be destroyed...

Hey, where can I find a virtuous corporal, who treats the gentry generously, who does not collect taxes or conscripts, and who also has great martial arts skills? Traitors and warriors, let the scholars of the world feel proud? !
Just when Zhang Pu was thinking about it like this, a few accompanying aides Qing Ke hurried over and whispered something in his ear.An unbelievable expression appeared on Zhang Pu's face, and Fang Yizhi asked upon seeing this, "...Brother Tianru, what happened?"

The next moment, Zhang Pu gave him a shocking answer: "... just now, a Ming army entered the city through Fengshan Gate!"

"...What? Could it be that our court has already defeated the thieves and regained Hangzhou?" Xu Fuyuan immediately looked happy, but then he realized that this is impossible—the army in Shanghai is more powerful than anyone else. Clearly, if they really have the ability to regain Hangzhou, why would they be sent as envoys?

As a result, everyone's faces immediately became solemn, and Zhang Pu's next explanation made their thinking even more confused, "...It is true that the Ming army entered the city, but it was the Emperor Chongzhen who was deposed." They didn’t come in, but they were under the banner of envoys like me. I heard that after the deposed Emperor Chongzhen died of illness in Chizhou, the deposed empress Zhou, the rebellious minister Wen Tiren and the deposed prince Zhu Cihong moved to Huizhou. Established a puppet court, and now they are sending envoys to Hangzhou... What happened, could it be that the Huizhou puppet court has no regard for face, and wants to join forces with the Kun bandits to plot against our dynasty?"

Hearing Zhang Pu's conjecture, all the famous Jiangnan scholars in the room turned pale for a moment... But in fact, they were just scaring themselves.

——In fact, this is just a time-wandering, mentally exhausted traveler who is returning to the organization, and Ye Luo returns to his roots...