The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

"Gu Erdai" was originally a pseudonym of Tu's family.When this girl was young, the Tu family entrusted her to the palace. Later, she became the second wife of Lord Liu Pingzhong, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and took charge of the green forest affairs for the Jinyiwei.The Lao family's aunt was indeed surnamed Mei, she was Tu's cousin, she was very talented, and she sent Tu's family to Beijing for education early on.In those few years, the Lao family was too proud, and Lao Fu and his official career could not be moved smoothly.Another son of the Mei family was elected, and he became Mei Hanlin later.Tu's body is in Jinyiwei, so everything is cheap.So he helped his cousin get a capital household registration, and then passed his cousin Mei as Mei Hanlin's first sister to Lao Fuhe's younger brother.The Mei family is unable to bear children, so it is inconvenient to marry into Lao's family, so she only does things cheaply in the outer house.Many years later, the Tu family sent Mei Hanlin's son to Liu Dengxi on a business trip to show their sincerity in cooperation.Therefore, the matter was kept secret, and even Liu Dengxi's confidant Jia Xu didn't know about it.

Xu Hong, the former general of Jiangxi, rebelled and made bandits everywhere in the province. Tu and Mei took advantage of the situation and opened Changfeng Pavilion.Today's old man Lu and his predecessor are both sons of Liu Pingzhong's family.At that time, Mrs. Mei had firmly grasped Lao's family, and Mrs. Tu was very satisfied, and handed over Changfeng Pavilion to her to take care of.As everyone knows, Mei Shi is a power-loving person.With the help of the Mei family, they secretly placed their confidants and emptied the Tu family.Tu believed her and never guarded against her.

After the four generals messed up the capital, the commander of Jinyiwei made Liu Pingzhong take the only stinking move in his official career-to say he was sick.I never thought that Feng Ziying would lead troops to surround and kill Liu Dengxi.Once this father-in-law died, it would be difficult for the Supreme Emperor to make a comeback.It was too late for Liu Pingzhong to be loyal to King Yan, and Feng Ziying had already made great contributions.

As the saying goes, a shedding phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken.Now that Liu Pingzhong has lost power, life will be difficult.Tu and Liu Pingzhong had a son.Taking advantage of the fact that the kings had just arrived in the fief and had no time to take revenge on Liu Pingzhong, the Tu family and the Tuomei family repaired the Xuanchun Temple, and asked their son to hide in the temple disguised as a Taoist priest, and sent a batch of important files along the way.Soon, Liu Pingzhong and Mrs. Tu died of illness one after another. Only God knows whether they really died of illness.Mrs. Mei took over her cousin's powerful position in the green forest, but she was not satisfied because she had to be controlled by Liu's nephews; Taoist Liu was naturally even more dissatisfied with being ostracized by him.Both of them felt that everything left by Mrs. Tu should belong to them, and they seemed to be at odds with each other.Therefore, Daoist Liu surrendered very freely afterwards-even if he didn't surrender, he didn't have much authority in his hands.

After seven or eight years of suffering, the Mei family finally got the chance.King Yan replaces Xie Jing, the prefect, and the new prefect Su Tao is a nerd.She then wanted to support her apprentice Lao Yanci to take the position, and she hid behind the scenes.People are not as good as God.Mr. Mei, the cousin's nephew, took the risk of sending an urgent letter from the Taiwan government, telling Jia Cong and others to visit his husband Su Zheng when they returned to the south from Shu, and Xu would abduct Yang Guotai.Mei hurriedly resorted to all kinds of means to protect the big plan, and finally overwhelmed even [-] bandits, and finally the bamboo basket fetched water in vain.

Such an ambitious and powerful lord as the Mei family would naturally not be able to survive. Before the three-day deadline given by Jia Cong, Taoist Liu coaxed him to Xuanchun Temple with a letter, and died of a sudden illness that night.Taoist Liu went to persuade old man Lu to surrender as a man of the Liu family.The old man was very loyal to Mrs. Mei, and he didn't want to listen.In the end, it was Li Tao who came forward and persuaded Mei's abandonment of Changfeng Tower, including his surname Lu, as abandoned soldiers, and finally persuaded him.

With Old Man Lu, Li Tao, and Taoist Liu, everything will be easy.Together with them, the two brothers of the Liu family contacted the bandits, arranged ports and large ships, and prepared to send the remaining more than 3 bandits to Jilong Port, Taiwan.It was originally a pirate port, and there were many ships going everywhere.Liu Daoshi will lead the bandits from there to emigrate to North America by sea ship.Although he was about to leave his homeland, at any rate there was no Mrs. Mei to stop him, Taoist Liu was full of ambition and asked what was going on in North America.

Jia Cong gave him a map of North America, pointing and telling him: "This is the western end of North America, and there are very few Westerners. Because of the discovery of a large gold mine, the immigrants sent by King Yan are all here - our Ningguo Mansion and People from Xining Palace are also assigned here. But you don’t go. It’s useless to go. The gold mine is heavily guarded by Gan Lei, and the people are all new immigrants. They are poor and have nothing to grab.” He also pointed to the east of North America, “ This is New York, and this is Philadelphia, the largest city in North America. It was captured by General Jarvis sent by King Yan last autumn. Most of the Westerners live in the coastal areas. Some people have houses and land, which is the most suitable for you. Carry out murder, arson, robbery and other professional work. Don't worry, Jarvis will help you if necessary." Liu Daoshi nodded repeatedly.So he studied the map in prison.Jia Cong ordered the yamen servant to light a candle for him, and he would give it to him no matter what time of day he wanted.

The Lao family held a big funeral for her because of her gratitude for Mei's contribution to rejuvenating the family.In the blink of an eye, the first seven days came, and Su Cheng changed into plain men's clothing, and went to offer his condolences under the name of "Mr. Zhang".Lao Yanhe greeted him personally.Su Cheng stood in front of Mei's spirit and did not kneel down, but tilted his head and looked at it for a while.This move was extremely disrespectful, and immediately someone from the Lao family spoke out against each other.Lao Yanxiao knew that she was the magistrate's daughter, so he didn't dare to offend her. Instead, he ordered the person to "not be rude", and turned around to apologize to Su Cheng.

Su Cheng smiled and waved his hands: "Those who don't know are not guilty, and you can't blame him." He looked around at the filial sons and grandsons in sackcloth and filial piety, and sighed, "If you are sold, you are the ones who count the money. It is you."

Lao Yanxiao was taken aback for a moment, and Lao Yanhe hurriedly asked, "What does Mr. Zhang mean by these words?"

Su Cheng made a filial piety to Lao Yan: "Mr. Mei is dead now. Mr. Lao might as well check the accounts of various properties in the family. If you don't have a good accountant, you might as well borrow some from other houses. What about the Xiong family, the Luo family, etc. of."

Lao Yanxiao's heart skipped a beat, he cupped his hands and said, "I beg Mr. Zhang to clarify."

"I'm just guessing." Su Cheng said, "This old lady of the Mei family is the best at evading the art. She even has the ability to evade the commander of Jin Yiwei. What are you Lao family? Even though you see a big business, you don't know the truth. Whoever eats the meat will drink the soup." After speaking, he smiled slightly, turned around and left.After walking five or six steps, she suddenly turned around to look at Mei's spirit, and sighed, "After all, she is a woman with high abilities. It's a pity that there are even better hands among the strong ones. You are unlucky to meet Master Su." Fang Zhen gone.Everyone watched her disappear and looked at each other.

The Lao family immediately began to check the accounts.This investigation doesn't matter, co-authors of their family's various properties, regardless of farms, shops, and workshops, have all been emptied by the Mei family.The shopkeeper and accountant are all sent by the Mei family, trying their best to make money.It is clear that I got two thousand profits, but there are only five hundred in the account.As Su Cheng said, the Mei family ate meat, and the Lao family ate soup.Seeing that the Mei family does not have much property, they have already enjoyed the money of the Lao family for 30 to [-] years.Lao Yanxiao's father suddenly fell ill.Mrs. Lao burst into tears: "This woman wronged me for my bad character. You just don't believe it... From my father to my son, you just don't believe it..." The Lao family became a mess.

On the other side, Old Man Lu, Li Tao, Shorty and others persuaded other bandits and thieves to immigrate to North America according to the green book in their hands.If you really don't want to leave, there is a tea shop opposite Changfeng Building, you can still do green forest business, and you don't have to pay taxes to the magistrate.

One day Su Cheng heard that Jia Cong and his wife had gone to a tea shop, so he dressed up as a man and ran to join in the fun.After entering the door and looking around, I couldn't help smiling.On the two walls of this tea shop are big sea charts, and there are routes to the sea marked with a Chinese ink pen.There are many small red flags drawn on the sea chart, and it is marked under the map: the place where the red flag is placed is a rich and big city, and there are many beautiful women with money.Next to the chart is a list of seaports that can go to North America, as well as ticket prices and approximate sailing times.Above the counter of the shopkeeper Liao Shouping hangs a slogan with two lines of characters as big as a bucket: No government, no emperor.North America, a paradise for green forest people.Su Cheng twitched the corners of his mouth, her uncle was known to Sima Zhao's heart.

Jia Cong was sitting on the table gesticulating and talking to others, while Chen Ruijin silently hid diagonally behind him, with the appearance of "my aunt doesn't recognize him".Then I heard Jia Cong say: "If you say a thousand words and ten thousand words, the most powerful thing is still two lines." He pointed to the slogan and said, "Without the government, there will be no officers and soldiers to catch up. There is no emperor...Everyone, we are the most powerful on the green forest road. What are the good benefits?"

A green forest man asked: "What?" Su Cheng recognized at a glance that this person was Liu Xiaoqi with a beard.

"Fair." Jia Cong said solemnly, "Since ancient times, the imperial court has been unfair. People are divided into three classes, the emperor, the emperor's relatives, the emperor's subordinates, and grassroots people who have nothing to do with the emperor. We are the lowest grassroots people. They are justified whether they are right or not in front of this kind of people. They rob us of our money and take our wives and daughters, and some nobles even take away our sons. We not only have to endure it, but also have to give it to them happily. Our wives and children are not to be cherished when they are in their hands, but after playing for three days, they will get bored, and they will be dismissed casually, and if they are unhappy, they will be killed, which is only right and proper."

Everyone fell silent.After a while, Liu Xiaoqi said in a deep voice, "It's true. It's just that others dare not say it."

Jia Cong said: "The biggest advantage of Green Forest is that we don't take the emperor's family seriously. We are rebels, and we don't admit that the emperor is inherently superior to us. Their lackeys, we call them Chiziyaoyingpao grandson. We don't Willing to give us money, properties, wives, daughters and children for free. If the emperor dares to set our minds on us, we dare to fight him!" He slammed the table down heavily.

Liu Xiaoqi led the applause, followed by applause.

Jia Cong went on to say: "However, we did not live a good life because of this. The reason is very simple. The emperor said that we are inferior to him, and we deny it, so what should we do? Fight. Can we fight officers and soldiers? If you can fight well, the officers and soldiers will have firearms in their hands from now on. How many times can we green forest people win? You should know that if you lose, you will die. If we die, we will die. After 18 years, we will be a hero again. What about the living relatives? White-haired parents, long-haired children, green-haired wife, can the emperor's family spare them?" Everyone was dumbfounded.Jia Cong pointed to the slogan again and said, "In the east of North America, the Westerners have killed all the local natives. The Western officers and soldiers are busy dealing with King Yan's army, and have no time to deal with the bandits. And there is no emperor there at all."

Liu Xiaoqi said: "Not now, what about 30 or 50 years from now?"

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Such a big place can't be filled in 50 years. Westerners have only filled it in for 150 years. The bigger the place, the better the green forest people can hide. After 500 years, the world has long been a different place." Looks good." Everyone couldn't help but look at each other and whisper to each other.Jia Cong said again, "It's cheaper if you don't want to be a thief. There is no government office there, so there is no tax. Every grain of rice you plant is your own; every penny you earn is your own. Westerners can rob, and the government has not collected taxes, what is it if it is not heaven?" He cupped his hands and jumped off the table.

The green forest people in the tea shop started talking about it.Jia Cong walked up to Chen Ruijin and smiled, "Not bad."

"It's okay." Chen Ruijin glanced at the person opposite.This person was Taoist Liu, and Jia Zongte brought him out of prison to listen to his speech.

Taoist Liu said: "Mr. Jia is indeed born with a good tongue, Liu admires it."

"you are welcome."

Taoist Liu thought for a while and said, "There is something unknown about Liu. My Taoist temple claims to hide it very well. How did you find out?"

Jia Cong put his arm on Chen Ruijin's shoulder with a smile and said, "My daughter-in-law discovered a suspicious point. There were two pigeons released from Changfeng Tower, and they both flew north, while Mrs. Mei lived in the south of the city. My wife felt that Mrs. Mei might not be Changfeng. The owner of the building is the biggest. So I provoked Mrs. Mei, didn't she go to see you overnight?"

"So she was being followed." Taoist Liu nodded.

"I also have a question. Who wrote the poem that Li Tao gave me that day? It was really good. I tried to test Mrs. Mei for half a day and she refused to tell me." Jia Cong said, "I want to publish a collection of poems for that person. Well, it’s sure to sell well.”

Taoist Liu burst out laughing, cupped his hands with a look of pride between his brows, and said, "Thanks to Mr. Jia for his love, I wrote that."

Jia Cong clapped his hands and laughed: "Sure enough, it was written by a man, and the recipient of the letter is indeed a literati! Mr. Liu, do you want to be a contracted poet of our Zhonghua Book Company? The remuneration is negotiable!"

Taoist Liu laughed again: "Mr. Jia is really interesting."

Jia Cong said seriously: "I'm serious. Why don't Mr. Liu take a look at the contract we signed with the poet?"

"Alright."

That night, Daoshi Liu signed a contract with Zhonghua Book Company to sell his poems to make money.Just still living in the cell.

The rest is weeding.Because the old beard cleaned Xie Jing's bottom, the nails left by Xie's family in Jiangxi were pulled out one by one.The Mei family has been helping the Mei family behind the scenes for decades, and they have often been involved in the bandits attacking the city.Without waiting for the Lao family to take revenge, Su Tao seized the important people first.Their family is a big local family with a large population.Su Tao originally wanted to get rid of the chief culprit and pardon the rest.Su Zheng said: "When you first came to office, if you are kind-hearted and soft-hearted, there will be troubles in the future." Su Tao then sentenced the Mei family to be exiled to North America, and those who participated in the banditry would be executed.On the day of the beheading, the three floors inside and outside the Caishikou were surrounded by people. Nanchang hadn't been this lively in decades.

When the large group of bandits went to sea, Li Guopei, the commander in chief, was clearing Luo Xiaoshan.Hearing the news, he was overjoyed and said to his military advisor Wan Zhang: "After this trip is over, we can go back to Nanchang Mansion, and the rest of the gangsters will talk about it slowly."

Wan Zhang hurriedly congratulated him, and thought again: "General, since the bandits are gone, what about us?"

Li Guopei made it clear.The bandits were gone, and he became an ordinary soldier.Now that there are wars everywhere, it is really aggrieved to be a general soldier.King Yan had already sent troops to both ends of North America, so he probably wouldn't send himself out so soon.Nai Dao: "Master Cong from the Taiwan government hasn't left yet. Go back and ask him if there is any war to fight."