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Chapter 1163 Chapter [-]
"...This time in Jiangning City, there are three missions, which is the most special, because only these three have the right of righteousness. Regardless of whether Gao Tianwang wants it or not, you have to choose one to cooperate with..."

The autumn sky light came in from the window, and some leaves fell on the terrace outside. In the room, Zuo Xiuquan skillfully poured tea and pushed the tea to Gao Chang.

"It is not surprising which three are these. The Black Flag in the southwest defeated the Jurchen dignifiedly on the battlefield, and the righteousness and strength are all there; the majesty in the southeast, inheriting the orthodox mantle of the Wu Dynasty, the strength was damaged, but the righteousness One is the most dignified and upright; the third is that Dai Mengwei, who allied with Liu Guangshi, did not inherit the orthodox monarchical righteousness of the Wu Dynasty, but the Confucian righteousness that was based on the so-called old Confucianism in the southwest and was born out of the actions of fighting against the black flag to eradicate Confucianism. Today, many Confucian children who can't stand the black flag and can't find hope in Fujian will fight side by side with him."

"Since ancient times, in order to achieve great things, righteousness and strength are indispensable."

"The Fair Party itself also has great righteousness. Your righteousness is originally the word fairness. This is a name that countless rebels throughout the ages will naturally use. With the results of the Southwest Black Flag's discussion on human rights, Fairness Wang Hewen made it even more. It has deepened a bit, but in general, you are all making notes for yourself by using the rhetoric of the black flag. It is a pity that you have been trying to hold this righteous name all the time. One is He Wen, and the other is the book club. , Now that He Wen has attracted the book club, he has nothing to fear, and you can no longer use this righteous name."

"If you don't have this status, you have to go outside and borrow it. Today, of the three forces, the people in the world are most optimistic about the black flag. If Ning Yi is willing to send someone over and say that I am optimistic about you and cooperate with you, I believe in the king. I can't refuse such a temptation. Unfortunately, things are not so simple."

Zuo Xiuquan took a sip of tea.

"Everyone is not a child, and General Gao must understand that the most important thing in the cooperation in this world is often to get what they need. The good things in the hands of Hei Qi are wanted by everyone in the world, but how many people can get the things in their hands? How about getting into the black flag? General Gao, you are good at leading troops to fight in the fair party, but in this world, there are a few people who can fight better than the Jurchen and the black flag. General Gao, what you have in your hands, Ning Yi, Look down."

In the room, the old man's words were calm, Gao Chang looked at the smoke and dust outside the window, while listening, he tapped his fingers on the table, but at this time he turned his head and looked over: "In this way, does He Wen have what Ning Yi wants? Things? Could it be that your little emperor in the southeast has it? I know, he is not stingy with you, just for the favor from many years ago?"

Zuo Xiuquan smiled, and then answered without much hesitation.

"Over the years, Ning Yi has wanted a lot of things. On the one hand, he established a black flag, forged ahead, put forward the concept of 'four people', opened up people's wisdom, established human rights, promoted things, and promoted business. But on the other hand, the general knew that people outside had doubts about his actions. Dai Mengwei said that he was strong and easy to break, and Wu Qimei had a lot of bad comments, and even those who admired him, such as you and me, were unavoidable. have doubts about it.”

Gao Chang said: "However, he has already defeated the Jurchen."

"He defeated the Jurchen and can show the world his strength." Zuo Xiuquan said, "But even so, what Ning Yi is beyond the reach of heroes in the world is that he is still wary of himself."

"Oh?" Gao Chang frowned.

Zuo Xiuquan smiled.

"In the eyes of outsiders, Ning Yi acted resolutely and was unparalleled in his dominance. Back then, when Zhou Zhe acted rebelliously, he went to court and slashed the emperor with one sword. Since then, the world has been overturned. But if you analyze it carefully, since the murder of the king, he He chooses the most extreme path, but he never wants to hinder other people’s paths, and he is even happy to see people who are interested in exploring other paths.”

"When the Southwest War was imminent, the Huaxia Army was the most in short supply. In Lao Niutou, a group of people who made Ning Yi's rebels, like a fair party, had to divide fields and land. Ning Yi silently took the consequences and let them explore. The failure was also sent by Ning Yi to clean up the mess in the past, and even record the failure of the division of fields and land."

"Ning Yi killed the monarch, his friend Li Pin used to assassinate him in the past, and he was forced to explore New Confucianism by his words of destroying Confucianism, and tried to focus on Confucianism and Mencius on the basis of truth. Since then, Southwest has been in several During the exchange, I even sent a few carts of books to Li Pin, all of which were the result of the Huaxia Army's discussions on Neo-Confucianism."

"The Jurchen West Route Army was defeated, and the world was determined. He sold technology to the rest of the forces, and he also sold ideas. He helped a lot to the new king of Southeast Asia, to Jindi, and the female phase of the anti-Jin Gonggong. He helped a lot, even to Dai Mengwei. , he is not stingy with the flow of technology and ideas. Why? To the outside world, one day he swept the world, and all these things were his, but at the same time, there was a word that was not said in the middle..."

"Ning Yi's uprising is to save this China. If one day his uprising fails, others can...."

The aroma of tea filled the air, and Gao Chang turned to look at Zuo Xiuquan.

"...There really are such people in the world?"

"The old man is dull and ignorant, but his uncle Zuo Gong Duanyou can even break with Qin Siyuan when his temper gets up, but it is not a domineering figure who can be convinced by murder."

Gao Chang slowly took a sip of tea, and while he was laughing, he said slowly: "I thought Zuo Gong came here today to convince Gao to form an alliance with the Southeast. You respect Ning Liheng so much, so you are not afraid that Gao will yearn for it and switch to To the southwest, is it a dog and horse?"

"If General Gao is willing, the old man really wants to suggest that you cooperate with He Wen, vote for the Southwest, and then carry out reforms, eliminate the redundancy in the army, and clean up all kinds of nepotism. If it succeeds, then the world will have one more strong army, and more. make a way."

Gao Chang squinted his eyes: "This is what Zuo Gong said from the bottom of his heart, or is he satirizing Gao, why can't he understand it."

"There are both heartfelt words and sarcasm." Zuo Xiuquan said calmly, "If the army can be completely wiped out, the military law can be used to suppress people, and orders are prohibited, then it will naturally become a strong army like the black flag. But throughout the ages, it is so simple. People really can’t think of the truth? Just like fairness, equality, equalization of land, and great harmony, people thought about these things 2000 years ago. Why Confucius is called the most holy teacher by us is because he was the first Clearly stated the concept of Datong, but who did it? Who can do it?"

Zuo Xiuquan's smile is also helpless and ironic: "This world will never give in to your beautiful ideas. To this day, Ning Yi is still cleaning up military discipline over and over again. His Huaxia Army also has a lot of corruption every year. People were found out because the Huaxia Army was fighting in adversity from beginning to end. Ning Yi presided over the operation of this matter with his authority. Is Ning Yi's authority still useful when he comes more and more? One day he died, how many people can still be found out in this year's purge?"

"In the southeastern court, there are also useful troops. General Yue's Beiwei and General Han's Zhenhai are now forcibly supported by His Majesty's authority and the consciousness of the two generals, and no other civil servants are allowed to intervene. Power. These things can't last... As for General Gao, where does your authority come from? Is it because of military discipline? Is it because of the army under your command, everyone recognizes you?"

The old man shook his head and poured a cup of tea for Gao Chang: "Your authority does not come from the millions of people under you, but only from the dozens of people under you, the dozens of generals, and the subordinates of each of them. There are dozens of people, and the deduction is like this, millions of people. If you want to kill one pass, change this rule, it is actually good. People have the ambition to improve, and everyone should cheer for it... General Gao, Did you change it?"

Gao Chang looked out the window and remained silent.

Zuo Xiuquan changed the water and made tea.

After a while, Gao Chang smiled sarcastically, and he looked at Zuo Xiuquan: "Could it be that He Wen really wants to change?"

"How can the old man say this accurately?"

Gao Chang thought for a while: "I heard that in the southwest, Ning Yi and He Wen had a holiday, and although the Fairness Party rose in the name of the black flag, but in the past two years, He Wen's fear of Ning Yi was not a fake. Can they really join forces?"

"...It turns out that General Gao is afraid of this."

"No matter what, some things are always to be done, but before you do them, you can know yourself and your opponent, and you will be safe in a hundred battles. It's always good to be able to figure it out."

Zuo Xiuquan pondered for a moment: "He Wen went undercover in the southwest for the Wu Dynasty back then. He was suave and eloquent, and he won the heart of Ning Yi's righteous daughter. Later, the matter was revealed. Judging from Ning Yi's care for his family, he did not It's time to have a good impression of He Wencun. But on the other hand, when it comes to Ning Yi's pattern, he doesn't seem to stick to this when it comes to these major events. Therefore, He Wen's words are true or false, and there are possibilities. "

"The relationship between Duke Zuo and Southwest is very close, have you seen someone from Southwest this time?" Gao Chang stared at Zuo Xiuquan.

Zuo Xiuquan laughed: "The alliance has not been discussed yet, and General Gao has inquired quite a lot of information."

Gao Chang smiled and said, "You don't need to answer Zuo Gong."

Zuo Xiuquan poured the tea: "The legendary black flag envoy, the old man has not seen it yet. But in my opinion, how General Gao chooses does not depend on whether the black flag comes or not, it only depends on whether you want to change your way of life... Or just choose to die."

"...If there is no black flag, He Wen does this, he is already dead." Gao Chang's face was cold.

Zuo Xiuquan smiled.

Gao Chang looked at him: "Since the old man asked me to choose Southeast, what can you give me? Except for the righteous name of Lao Shizi."

"Isn't it enough to have a righteous reputation? General Gao should not be underestimated."

"As you said, Dai Mengwei also has a reputation for righteousness, and he will be in Bianliang recently."

Zuo Xiuquan laughed: "What is General Gao's ambition in life?"

"Ok?"

"The old man has been in the city for nearly a month, and he came here for the Southeast. After carefully looking at the five fair parties, the final choice was to formally negotiate with General Gao. Naturally, there is a reason..." Zuo Xiuquan laughed, " He Wen was an undercover agent in the Wu Dynasty. After returning from the southwest, he encountered a corrupt official. After he was released from prison, he happened to be in the south of the Yangtze River after His Majesty ascended the throne. His Majesty borrowed the fleet to turn to the southeast, and these refugees were left behind, and the Fair Party was born since then."

"Hmph." Gao Chang sneered, "You also know what your little emperor did in the first place!"

"For this matter, Your Majesty has always felt guilty to this day. Therefore, to the Fair Party, several times he proposed to transport food for disaster relief, but He Wen refused." Zuo Xiuquan sighed, "Of course, it is meaningless to explore all aspects of this matter today. Your Majesty has reason to run, He Wen has reason to make trouble, but no matter what, He Wen can't accept the southeast court. He and Zhou Shang are most likely to choose to join forces with the southwest..."

"Zhou Shang?" Gao Chang frowned, "Zhou Shang is a lunatic."

"Ning Yi too."

"..."

Gao Chang tilted his head.

Zuo Xiuquan spoke calmly.

"After removing He Wen and Zhou Shang, there are only three generals Xu, Shi and Gao left, but to be honest, Xu Zhaonan and Shi Baofeng have aspirations to become emperors, no matter whether they are fanciful or not, they are ambitious people, and they are the same as Dai Mengwei. On the side, I am afraid it is more suitable."

"Why do ambitious people choose Dai Mengwei?"

"Because of Liu Guangshi, you can replace him. But it is very difficult for you to replace Your Majesty with the Southeast."

Gao Chang fell silent.

"As for General Gao, you like to drink big bowls of wine and eat meat in large chunks. You have been with dozens of friends, and you have become famous for a lifetime. When it comes to things like murder and production, you have fewer bad deeds. Even if they happen, most of them are in On the battlefield, these things have been understood since ancient times, so speaking, General Gao, you are more commensurate with His Majesty in the southeast. If you can form an alliance, you will be the third marshal with Yue Shuai and Han Shuai in the future. In times of embarrassment, you led millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River to return to the Wu Dynasty first, which is of great value to the southeast, as long as you do not seek to usurp the throne, General Gao, you will have good results in the future."

Zuo Xiuquan poured tea: "Look, things in the world are like this, some things are good to say, but what people want to take, see what suits them. The road to the southwest is very powerful, and it makes people look up. , but even Ning Yi himself knows that the risk is extremely high... Dai Mengwei's side, you may be able to become emperor after killing Liu Guangshi, but the princes rise together, and the ambitions are all here... Your Majesty's side is the safest, Your Majesty You are young and strong and determined to forge ahead. You are not a tyrannical ruler. You have an army in your hand, and you can give help in the snow at the right time. Moreover, you can take this opportunity, even if you do not make thorough reforms, you can ruthlessly clean up the military discipline. According to the experience of the old man for many years, this is What can be successful in the world is often not the most radical, nor the most conservative, but precisely the right one, the moderate one wins.”

He pushed the teacup towards Gao Chang: "This is the way that suits you and me, think about it."

In the distance, smoke and dust drifted away.

Gao Chang held the teacup and looked over there.in silence.

……

The beacon smoke caused by the arrest of members of the book club filled the city.

It was close to noon, near the competition venue in the center of the city. Groups of people watching the competition came out of the venue and gathered on the nearby streets.

In just two or three days, the atmosphere in Jiangning City has become chaotic and restless.

On the one hand, the lively contest is still held in the city, and it has already reached the schedule of the semi-finals.On the other hand, the chaos caused by the pursuit of the members of the book club has erupted in hundreds of cases in the city, and some even spread to the competition venues for a while, and even temporarily interrupted the competition.

In the chaos that started suddenly, most of the people who were arrested and killed first were members of the Fairness Party. As for the foreign business travelers and knights, they were less affected for a while.Therefore, watching the chaotic outbreaks, as long as they haven't affected themselves, some people even have a strange feeling of watching the fairness party lively.

At this time, the morning competition was over. People who came out of the competition venue, business travelers, or knights carrying swords, walked to the largest street nearby while talking, and then saw a shelf standing on the square.

There were countless cries of grief.

In the eyes of everyone, groups of prisoners were escorted by prison carts.The prisoners were constantly crying and shouting, and after a while, everyone understood what was going on.

The subordinates of Zhou Shang, the "King of Yama", cleaned up the members of the reading club and executed the [-]-[-] killing order. Every one hundred members of the "King of Yama" must find at least one traitor of the reading club, and they can report each other. ,expose.And it took less than two days from mass arrest to execution.

There are not many people under the command of "Yan Luo Wang" who can read and write. Most of the people arrested this time are such people.And there are a few people in the prison van who are constantly shouting injustice, and these few people actually don't even know a word.

The business travelers and people from the green forest gathered at the surrounding streets were all staring at the execution scene.

In a corner of the street, a girl named Qu Longjun wrapped in her dirty clothes was also watching this scene from a distance, looking for any companions in the "small courtyard" among these prisoners, she was anxious. Constantly stomp.

A preacher loudly announced the guilt of these people on the stage:

"...These people who can read and write are usually arrogant and swaggering, and look down on us illiterate people... What kind of book clubs are they forming, and they join forces in private to speak ill of our fair party and say that there are problems with our fair party... They just feel that we illiterate people do not deserve to be equal to them. They want to become masters, officials, landlords, own private land, raise tyrant slaves, and marry many wives... such people , you've seen it before. But today, we're going to tell them we're equal—"

Whispering in the crowd.

On the attic a little further away, "Heavenly Kill" Wei Yunwen was watching this scene with great interest. After a while, someone reported something in private. Then, "Measure the Sky" Meng Zhutao appeared in the attic. in front of the window.

"The crime of the book club doesn't seem like that, right?" Meng Zhutao listened for a while.

"Who cares?" Wei Yunwen smiled.

"I happened to be passing by, so I came to join in the fun." Meng Zhutao also smiled slightly, "However, killing people like this may cause problems."

"Brother Meng, didn't you kill him?"

"A lot of people have been killed, but I also know that a lot of unjust killings...you guys are the most outrageous. What's the benefit of killing like this?"

"One hundred and one smashing, with such a lot of pressure, I will definitely find someone." Wei Yunwen smiled, he looked down, and tilted his head, "As for the book club, my brother recently had an idea, I don't know if it's right or wrong, Brother Meng, do you want to hear it?"

"Tell me."

"One hundred and one slaps, Wei does not know how many unjust killings. But under such circumstances, if he dares to come to Wei to speak for the reading club, no matter how reasonable he is, Wei thinks, then Most of them are members of the book club." Wei Yunwen's eyes slowly turned to Meng Zhutao next to him, "Brother Meng...do you think it makes sense?"

"...I originally had my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon illuminates the ditch." Meng Zhutao's eyes turned cold, and then he turned to look at Wei Yunwen, "Bite me."

"Hahahaha..." Wei Yunwen laughed, "Just kidding, just kidding, how could Wei dare to use Brother Meng to operate, but... There were six people who came to persuade me before, and now they are all down."

Meng Zhutao looked at the scene downstairs. The executioner had prepared a big knife. The first group of people were sent to the execution ground, crying and scolding constantly.He turned around: "Farewell."

Wei Yunwen looked at him: "Brother Meng, we are a group this time, right?"

"You and your boss are both sick."

"This world is sick." Wei Yunwen smiled and whispered.

Meng Zhutao was about to leave, and then, out of the corner of his vision, he saw the banners belonging to the "King of Fairness" and "Long Xian" surging from the streets not far away.

"It's going to be a war." Wei Yunwen said not surprisingly, and then said, "Call someone."

A huge confrontation is about to unfold in this square.

Among the forces of the Fairness Party, "King of Heaven" Gao Chang, "King of Wheels" Xu Zhaonan, "King of Ping" Shi Baofeng, "King of Yama" Zhou Shang and other parties have all issued orders to clean up the book club.At noon on September [-], He Wen, as the "King of Fairness", began to issue orders to the entire Fairness Party site not to indiscriminately kill members of the Fairness Party, especially the members of the "Reading Club". As soon as an order was sent out to the entire Jiangnan, it began to directly "roughly" interfere in the internal affairs of the remaining four factions.This is something that has never been done before.

In the afternoon, in the north of the city, the mansion where the fair king Hewen was, and countless lobbyists and persuaders were also rushing in.

Many people still don't know what He Wen's plan is. In terms of political struggle, this recent approach is too rude and too abrupt. In many people's eyes, it may be more like a reversal is brewing, but even if there is In reverse, this approach has also approached the bottom line of tolerance of the other four parties.

Can't do that.

In the afternoon of the same day, Xu Zhaonan visited He Wen.

That night, Shi Baofeng visited He Wen.

On the second day, Zhou Shang visited He Wen.

Since then, there have been several rounds of conversations between people.

At the same time, the sun rises and the moon sets in the city.

Under the inconspicuous bridge hole, a woman's life is gradually leaving her body, and the two young people run for a few rounds in the chaotic city...

(End of this chapter)