Qian Song

Chapter 4
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As soon as Li Cun and others came to the core area, where the core members of the uprising headed by Fang La were located, Zhang Shi untied Fang Geng's head from his waist and held it up high, saying loudly: "The thief Fang Geng It has been killed by my brother Xuzhou Li Cun, and now I dedicate the head to Brother Thirteen to avenge my hatred!"

As soon as Zhang Shi said this, all the people around looked at Li Cun and Zhang Shi.

Shao walked up to Fang La, and whispered to Fang La what had just happened at the gate of the Qiyuan.

It was Fang Geng who took Fang La into the granary and locked him up.

On weekdays, the person who has the most trouble with Fang La is Fang Geng who has always looked down on Fang La.

Even Fang Youchang sent Fang Xiong to report on Fang La because he was instigated by Fang Geng, who wanted to be an official.

Therefore, if there is a person in Fang Youchang's family that Fang La hates the most, that person must be Fang Geng.

It's a pity that just as Fang La and the others rushed into Fang Youchang's house, Niu Meng and Fang Geng, who saw something bad happened, immediately jumped over the wall and escaped decisively. Fang Geng.

This made Fang La hate it!

But in order not to lose the big because of small things, Fang La could only watch Fang Geng escape.

To Fang La's surprise, Fang Geng was intercepted and killed by Li Cun.

This made Fang La very fond of Li Cun, a new friend whom he had just met briefly.

Moreover, Shaw also specifically told Fang La that Li Cun's martial arts were strong, and even Fang Baihua was no match for Li Cun, implying to Fang La that Li Cun was a talent who could help him conquer the world.

Therefore, after taking Fang Geng's head from Zhang Shi and handing it over to his cousin Fang Jing, Fang La immediately grabbed Li Cun's hand enthusiastically, shaking and saying: "Little Fang La, if you have no son Brother Houxian rescued all the heroes, and he would die unexpectedly, and his family would be hurt. Today’s kindness is deeper than the sea, and I will be deeply moved! I only hate Fang Geng, who made something out of nothing, and wanted to harm my family. It’s really difficult to sleep and eat! Fortunately, the virtuous brother avenged this big revenge for my brother, and my brother will avenge it in the future!"

Being grabbed by a man and shaking his hand made Li Cun, a straight man, feel very uncomfortable, so he pulled out his hand without showing any signs, and clasped his fists: "The thirteenth brother is the best friend of the second brother Zhang, why doesn't Li Cun try his best?" reason?"

Zhang Shi is a rogue, but he is a very bad rogue.

This is not because Zhang Shi didn't work hard enough, on the contrary, Zhang Shi has been working hard to get ahead.

But Zhang Shi's father was a bandit who was sent to Qingxi County to join the army. Later, after serving his sentence, he returned home shamelessly, so he married an old and lustful prostitute in Qingxi, and gave birth to Zhang Shi and his brother Zhang Chao.

He is originally a foreigner, his parents are of very poor background, and Zhang Shi is naturally timid, which will inevitably make people look down on Zhang Shi.

In fact, even Fang La looked down on Zhang Shi.

But Fang La, in order to maintain his bold image and have a certain degree of power, smiled at Zhang Shibao every time he saw Zhang Shi, and even took the initiative to chat with Zhang Shi.

And Zhang Shi didn't know whether he couldn't see Fang La's true attitude towards him, or he pretended not to see Fang La's true attitude towards him.Anyway, Zhang Shifeng talked about his friendship with Fang La.If there is any trouble in Fang La's place, Zhang Shi will be the first to come to help every time.

Fang La couldn't drive away Zhang Shi who responded positively to everything, so he could only pinch his nose and let Zhang Shi use his name to bluff and cheat everywhere.

In other words, Zhang Shi is actually not Fang La's close relative.

It was when Fang La was rescued before, Zhang Shi accidentally heard the news that Fang La was arrested by Fang Geng, and in order to make a name for himself, he took the initiative to drag Li Cun, who was drinking with him, to find Fang Fei.

And Fang Fei took Li Cun and Zhang Shi with him because it was better to have two more people than two less for saving people.

To put it another way, if Zhang Shi was on the Shuibo Liangshan in "Water Margin", at most he would be in the same position as Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu, and he might not even be qualified to sit in the top spot, that is, the little boss ilk.

Therefore, seeing Li Cun promoting him in front of so many people, Zhang Shi was extremely grateful to Li Cun!

At the same time, Zhang Shijiang straightened his waist, and his face was even more red, with a feeling of elation.

Seeing that Li Cun did not forget to praise Zhang Shi at this time, Fang La secretly said: "This man does not forget his roots, he is a man of love and righteousness, and he is also good at martial arts, which can be used as an arm." Then he turned to Zhang Shi and said with a smile: " Brother Zhang Shixian, thank you and brother Zi Houxian for avenging this big revenge for my brother."

Zhang Shi repeatedly waved his hands: "Brother Thirteen, what are you talking about? In the past, my younger brother was often taken care of by Brother Thirteen, so it is my duty to do small things for Brother Thirteen."

Fang La patted Zhang Shi on the shoulder: "Good brother."

Not long after, another one or two thousand villagers were recruited to Qiyuan by Fang Hao and others. Fang La saw that they were almost here, so he said to the crowd: "Everyone wait a moment, Xiao Ke will come as soon as he goes."

After speaking, Fang La took Fang Geng's head from Fang Jing's hand and walked towards the high platform.

After standing still on the high platform, Fang La held up Fang Geng's head, weeping and said: "Little Ke Fang La, he has no grudges with Fang Geng in the past, but he framed me for fame and fame, and wanted to harm my family. If you don't punish him, how can you eliminate this endless hatred!"

Fang La smashed Fang Geng's head at the heads of forty or fifty trees, and then said angrily: "The whole world is the same..."

Li Cun heard that what Fang La said was the same as before, and he thought: "His speech on rebellion should be carefully prepared, and there may not be a second one."

This level of brainwashing is okay to fool these ignorant and empathetic southeast people. For Li Cun, who has been baptized by the information explosion of later generations, let alone heard it once, it is the first time. There will be no touches.

So, after listening casually, Li Cun focused his attention on the core members of the uprising around him, and then shouted "No!" Who is around?"

Zhang Shi looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him and Li Cun, so he replied in a low voice: "Most of them are from the Fang family, and some are close friends of Brother Thirteen."

Without Li Cun asking again, Zhang Shi pointed to an old man as thin as a bamboo pole: "He is Fang Fei, the patriarch of the Fang family."

This was really beyond Li Cun's expectation - Li Cun always thought that Fang Fei would be a fat old man, but unexpectedly he was a thin old man.

Zhang Shi pointed to two men in their 40s, one thin and one fat: "That's Fang Wu and Fang Qi, cousins ​​of Brother Thirteen. famous."

"That's Lu Balang Lu Mai, Brother Thirteen's best friend, and a good martial artist."

"That's Guan Sunzhong, that's Fang Shizong, both of them have learned sticks."

"..."

After listening to Zhang Shiyi's introduction, Li Cun knew that more than half of these core members must be relatives of Fang La, and they were blood relatives within the three clans.

And the other half of the core members, or like-minded with Fang La, often discuss the feasibility of the uprising with Fang La, or they are coerced by Fang La because of their loyalty to save Fang La's life, or simply like Zhang Shi, they want to rely on the uprising to win the war. A fame and wealth are not reconciled to an ordinary life.

In short, these core personnel are all related to Fang La, and Fang La is also the link between them.

It's no wonder Fang La became the leader of this rebel army.

The land annexation of the Northern Song Dynasty for nearly 200 years made households like Fang Youchang (that is, bureaucratic landlords and bully landlords) occupy 90.00% of the wealth and land. Also because there are always unpaid exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, they have accumulated debts that they will never pay off, as if falling into a quagmire, sinking deeper and deeper, always struggling on the verge of death. The usual creditors take over, and they themselves have to become the private members of these creditors. The creditors quarrel and trade at will, and there is really no way out.

And because Zhao Ji is extravagant and licentious, and loves flowers and stones, the former prime minister Cai Jing and the current prime minister Wang Fu presided over the Suzhou-Hangzhou Yingfeng Bureau in order to keep the power in their hands. .

The officials of the Yingfeng Bureau headed by Zhu Xi, holding chicken feathers as arrows, heard that some common people had stones, exquisite flowers and trees, or other precious treasures, so they brought soldiers into the house and pasted it with a yellow seal. Even if it is a tribute to Zhao Ji, the people should take good care of it.If there is any damage, you will be charged with "disrespect", fined lightly, and jailed severely.Some houses were requisitioned with tall flowers, trees and stones that were inconvenient to carry, so the soldiers demolished that house and destroyed the walls.Those officials and soldiers took the opportunity to blackmail the families who had been confiscated for Huashi, and they were often ruined. Some families sold their sons and daughters and fled everywhere.

What's more, all the flowers, trees and stones that should be favored by the bureau, no matter how big or small, are carried out in high mountains and ravines, or in deep water and torrents.

In addition, where the fleets transporting flowers and stones passed, the local people also provided money and grain and civilian labor. In some places, bridges were demolished and cities were damaged to allow the fleets to pass.

This is one of the reasons for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty-Hua Shi Gang.

The disturbance of Huashi Gang spread to the vast areas south of the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River, especially in the Zhejiang and Zhejiang regions.

This heavy burden is finally passed on to the people, especially the destitute who rely on selling their labor to survive, making them miserable.

Moreover, the Northern Song Dynasty has always issued a call for peace to those rebels who made a lot of trouble, and then spent money to support them so that they would stop making trouble and suppress other rebels.

This undoubtedly gave the rebels a ray of hope, and made them think: if they succeed, they can become the dignitaries of the new dynasty;Both left and right are much better than this life that can't see the sun now.

It is precisely because of this that, with the stimulation of Fang La and others killing Fang Youchang's family, and after listening to Fang La's bewitching, the key point Fang La also used the "Tianfu ultimatum" to use ghosts and gods to create momentum for the uprising. The key point Fang La also proposed How could it be possible for these people who have suffered from exploitation and oppression not to actively respond to the slogan of "robbing everyone's wealth and distributing it to raise the crowd"?
"good!"

"good!"

"good……"

Amidst the voices of full support one after another, Fang Fei lowered his voice and said to Li Cun and other core personnel: "The general trend has come, hurry up and recruit brave people!"

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(End of this chapter)