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Chapter 459 Nine Questions Nine Persuasions
In the courtyard of Zhang's house on Chayuan Street in Luoyang City, Tong Shoushan led Bao Jiqiang into the main room, and after they sat down, someone brought them hot water.

Tong Shoushan asked directly: "Can you find out when the intruders entered the city? Where are the other brothers, but you can find out!"

Bao Jiqiang drank a few sips of hot water, and felt that his body regained a lot of strength immediately. He sighed first, and then said: "Although looting has been banned in the city, there are thieves everywhere, and the investigation is extremely strict. , It is not easy to move around.

The subordinates have not yet visited the residences of the other brothers. Presumably, they must have found temples, Taoist temples, or suitable houses to hide in, so as to observe the movements of the bandits.

However, I heard from the thieves outside that the intruder was going to enter the city after lunch, and now the people in the city are pasting notes with the word "Shun" or "Shunmin" on their doors to show their obedience to the intruder. .

The subordinates made the decision without authorization, and also took some notes like this from the street, and asked Master Tong to decide whether we should post these notes. "

Tong Shoushan said without hesitation: "Here, why not post it? I will post it right away."

He took the notes and took two of them with the word "obedient people" and handed them out to a sergeant and pasted them on the front and side doors. The sergeant turned around and went out with the notes.

Bao Jiqiang reported again: "Master Tong, we just read the Anmin notice posted by the bandit soldiers at the procuratorate office outside. What is it called "Nine Questions and Nine Persuasions"? Words of rebellion by the hungry."

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The "Nine Questions and Nine Admonitions" notice posted by Chuang Jun in Luoyang City was drafted by Li Yan, a literati who was newly attached to King Chuang after he entered Henan. powerful.

Its content is almost completely written according to the meaning of Chuang Wang Li Zicheng, and it also uses the tune of the blind words that Henan people are most familiar with. It asks nine questions to the common people and persuades the poor people to do nine things. .

For example, one of the questions is why there are a few people with a lot of land, all of whom are richer than princes, while many ordinary people are poor and have no land to stand on?
The second question is why those rich and powerful households with vast fields do everything possible to evade taxes and pass all the taxes and exorbitant donations on to the common people, and the court and the government don't ask any questions?

The third question is that the common people are heavily burdened and have raised soldiers for the imperial court. Why does the imperial court allow officers and soldiers to rape women everywhere, loot property, burn houses, kill good people and pretend to be meritorious, and deliberately harm the people?

Four questions: Why are treacherous officials in power in the imperial court, eunuchs use their affairs, and corruption is rampant everywhere in the localities, and bribery is commonplace, which makes the people fall into dire straits, but the emperor turns a deaf ear to it?

Five questions why the imperial court uses imperial examinations, and the officials and eunuchs are often those who are either stupid and useless people who don't know the difference between wheat and millet, or flattering villains who are not as good as dogs, while real talents and gentlemen do not enter the road? ...

Li Yan asked a series of nine questions in his "Nine Questions and Nine Persuasions", one of which directly pointed out that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty all made their nephews kings, occupied countless fertile fields across the country, and rode on Domineering over the heads of the people, how much land will be left in the whole country in a few generations?
The nine questions he raised can be said to be asked heartily, and they deeply hit the bad governance of the Ming court at that time.

Immediately after Jiuwen is Jiuquan.

In his proclamation, Li Yan advised the poor people to quickly follow King Chuang, not to pay food, not to be on errands, not to be the fish of the government and the cattle and horses of the rich and powerful.

The second is to persuade the people to follow Chuang Wang, wipe out the officers and soldiers, kill those local tyrants, and eliminate harm for the people.

The third is to persuade the common people to follow Chuang Wang, kill corrupt officials, remove dirty officials, severely punish lawless eunuchs, and avenge the people's grievances...

The last persuasion was even more powerful. It turned out to be to persuade the common people to follow King Chuang, break into Beijing, seize the Ming Dynasty, and establish a peaceful world with clear politics.

When Li Yan wrote the "Nine Questions and Nine Persuasions", he almost scrutinized word by word, and then scrutinized, until finally he wrote it, which is really catchy.

What's even more rare is that every sentence in this proclamation is easy to understand and commonplace, not only easy to sing among the people, but also every question is straight to the heart of the common people, and the nine persuasions are also persuasive. superior.

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However, Tong Shoushan didn't care about it, and only heard him say: "I can't control these things now, you have been wandering outside for a while, and you are more familiar with the outside world than our people here, take a breath first, You will also put a note on the hat later, and then take the two brothers together to welcome King Chuang into the city."

As he spoke, he handed another note to Bao Jiqiang, and said: "60 people came in from the left post, and it is estimated that the number from the right post is about the same.

Now the war horses are all left outside the city, and the search in the city is so strict that it is inconvenient to go out of the city for a while, so you can only hide in the city. You go out this time to welcome the King Chuang into the city, and observe the roads and vacant houses in the city. "

Tong Shoushan also drank a few sips of warm water, and continued: "The second thing is to try our luck to see if we can meet other brothers who have entered the city, so that we can communicate and take care of each other.

As for the proclamation you just mentioned, you can only wait for an opportunity to go out at night to see if you can get a copy in your hand, so that you can take it back to show the commander in the future. "

Bao Jiqiang nodded and said, "Okay, let's go out now, and mix in with the crowd going out of the city earlier, so it's easier to hide!"

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The twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month in the 13th year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty was a catastrophic day for Luoyang City and the officials, gentry and wealthy households in the city, but it was a joyous day for others.

Chuang Wang Li Zicheng is still the same as before. He is wearing a blue cloth arrow jacket, a sheepskin cloak, and a half-worn white felt hat that northern farmers like to wear. There is a red tassel on the top of the hat. .

Previously, Li Zicheng had been reported that the people in Luoyang City would welcome him outside the south gate of Luoyang City, but they did not expect that hundreds of poor people would come to the north bank of Luohe River to welcome him.

Moreover, the small streets along the banks of the Luo River were full of people from the city, and even both sides of the main road leading to Luoyang Nanguan were full of people who came to welcome him, the King of Chuang.

There is an incense table not far away, and hot tea buckets and porridge buckets are prepared for the soldiers under King Chuang's command to quench their thirst and hunger, as a sign of welcome.

Chuang Wang Li Zicheng led his personal troops along the road without stopping, heading to the south gate of Luoyang and marching slowly.

Wearing a flowered horse sword on his waist, he rode forward slowly on his beloved oolong horse, constantly looking at the people on both sides of the street who came out of the city to welcome him. Hang a gentle smile.

Chuang Wang Li Zicheng has gone through more than ten years of hard work, including many ups and downs and setbacks. Today, he is fortunate to enter Luoyang, the historical city that was once the capital of the Nine Dynasties, and many people in the city are so welcome. How could he Can you not be excited!
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