In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 351 Cousin Zhu Yuanzhang

Wang Shixian was anxious and scared. He hurriedly looked outside the door. When he came back, he stamped his feet and said, "What the hell, don't hurt me. You have no soldiers and no power."

"Lu Chengdong is willing to help us." Someone said directly: "He sometimes guards the city gate."

Lu Chengdong's father was born as a slave in Wanyan Zhongde's family. He later became a soldier with Wanyan Zhongde and was very trusted by Wanyan Zhongde.

At present, there are only [-] households. The Jin Kingdom is now drastically reducing the military power of Han generals. Those with more than [-] households will hand over military power. Lu Chengdong is counted as one hundred households, and he is Wanyan Zhongde's confidant, so he still has military power. The key is that he sometimes takes turns guarding the city gate. .

Wang Shixian looked a little suspicious: "This guy is Wanyan Zhongde's confidant. Aren't you afraid that he will pretend to agree on purpose?" It's just fishing.

"He is also a Han, and he also wants to live. If he is blocked in the city by the Song army like this, everyone and his whole family will starve to death."

"That is, there is a way to gather troops and horses to fight the Song army. It is better to go out and die on the battlefield for such a coward to starve to death in the city."

The brothers would rather fight to the death with the Song people on the battlefield than be blocked in Nanjing city and the whole family starve to death.

Now that the Jin Kingdom has reduced their military power, they cannot go to war, and there is not enough rice and food at home, no one is willing to sit back and wait for death.

Wang Shixian was still hesitant at this moment, mainly because he had no soldiers and was unsure.

"What are you still worried about, Commander-in-Chief? Brothers are willing to support you." Everyone was aggressive and insisted on Wang Shixian's stance.

"Lu Chengdong only has more than 100 people, what can he do?" Wang Shixian said: "It's not sure how many of them are willing? How many people do you have together?"

"There is also a food restriction in the army. The Han army sergeants each have half a catty of rice and half a catty of millet per day. How can they eat enough? Don't you want to feed your family?"

"The Jurchen soldiers have a pound of rice and a pound of millet. They obviously don't regard our Han army as human beings. At this critical moment, if the imperial court does this, how can we brothers not rebel?"

Everyone said that the court was unfair.

Wang Shixian advised, "We are not short of food now, so we should endure it for a while."

But how to survive?Even if the summer sowing continues now, it will still be half a year before the autumn harvest, and the city will probably be starved to death.

Everyone tried to persuade Wang Shixian for a while that day, but Wang Shixian still couldn't make up his mind.

The main reason is that there are not many people who can be trusted and there are not enough soldiers and horses available.

Also, even if we have soldiers and horses, how can we counterattack?
Among the five people at the scene, there was only one captain, who was idle at home like Wang Shixian. There were also three captains from a hundred households, who were still in the military camp for the time being. They had some military power, but even if you had 500 people in hand, you would have to open the city gate. The Song army outside can come in.

Now that the Song army is not attacking the city, how can it cater to the Song army?
Everyone saw that Wang Shixian had always been dissatisfied with the lack of people, so they planned to win over more Han generals and Han troops.

Wang Shixian is very anxious and advises you not to do this in such a grand manner as it will be easy to be discovered by the superiors.

Of course, the less people know about rebellion, the safer it is.

Then he persuaded and persisted, I heard that the Mongolian army will send troops in June, and the Song army will not be able to take care of itself by then, and we will be able to regain the lost territory, and naturally we will have food.

Wang Shixian decided to delay it for a while and lied.

The five subordinates really believed it, and they decided to wait for another month.

After leaving Wang Shixian's house, the five of them took grain and rice and returned to their respective houses.

Tang Peng and Wang Xiaotian, one of the five, lived on the same street. When they were approaching home, Tang Peng angrily threw the grain in his hand into Wang Xiaotian's hand.

"What's wrong, Brother Tang?"

"Your family has a larger population than mine, with more children and elderly people. You eat first." Tang Peng said, "I still have some food left over, so I can last for a while."

"Brother Tang." Wang Xiaotian looked touched and wanted to refuse, but Tang Peng forced it into his hand and turned away.

After Tang Peng returned home, he went directly to his backyard, then looked around, picked up a bamboo pole from the ground, crossed a piece of white towel, and hung it on a tree on the west side of the yard.

I don’t know how long it took, but there was a knock on the door in the backyard.

"Who?" Tang Peng asked in a deep voice behind the door.

"I am cousin Zhu Yuanzhang." A voice whispered outside the door.

Tang Peng quickly opened the door and saw a strong man with a big bag on his shoulders.

"Yuan Zhang." Tang Peng hurriedly welcomed him in.

Zhu Yuanzhang grinned, plopped the big bag down on the ground: "There are thirty kilograms of rice here, cousin, you eat first."

"Thank you Yuan Zhang." Tang Peng's eyes flashed with emotion. He also walked outside, looked around, and then came in and closed the door.

The two of them are cousins, but in fact they are not relatives at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang is the shopkeeper of Zhu's Rice Shop in the city. This rice shop has been open in Nanjing for six or seven years. In addition to selling rice, millet and other grains, it also sells a small amount of seasonings.

Tang Peng went to help his wife buy seasonings several times, and then he met Zhu Yuanzhang.

Since the Song army entered the Central Plains and the Jin Kingdom lost a large amount of territory, the imperial court closed down all rice shops. Rice from private rice shops could only be sold to the court at low prices. Zhu Yuanzhang's rice shop was also closed.

The price of rice is so high now because it is speculated on the black market.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have hidden a lot of rice in private, and even gave some to Tang Peng.

Later, Tang Peng learned that Zhu Yuanzhang was a spy of the Song Army.

He accepted the rice and grain from the Song Army, and he couldn't tell the story of his suffering. In the past, he would probably have reported it, but in this environment, he definitely had to leave a way out for himself.

"What did Wang Shixian say?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked after coming in.

Tang Peng smiled bitterly: "Wang Shixian doesn't dare. He gave birth to six sons. He is not afraid, but he is also afraid that his sons will suffer."

"If he follows the Jin Kingdom to death, his whole family will die as well when the Song army comes in." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

"The main reason is that I am not sure. There are not many people available in the city." Tang Peng said.

"There are more than 2 troops in Nanjing, and your Han army accounts for almost half. How can there be not more?" Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Now we just need a leader. As long as someone takes the lead, the other Han troops will follow."

Tang Peng thought for a while and asked: "Can we contact the outside? We can find a way to open the city gate and the Song army from outside will come in?"

"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Nanjing City is now tightly closed and cannot get out at all.

The only chance to go out is during the summer sowing, but they are not necessarily called during the summer sowing, and there will be golden soldiers guarding them.

The key point is that Zhu Yuanzhang did not want the Song army to enter the street fighting, so he wanted to incite civil strife in the Jin Dynasty.

The two discussed it again, and Zhu Yuanzhang left quickly.

Tang Peng was still thinking about Zhu Yuanzhang's words. There must be a leader in this matter. There were many Han troops in the city.

The problem is that the Jin court still distributes a small amount of rice grain, so for the time being, all Han armies can tolerate it.

A few days later, several Han troops under Tang Peng came to the door and delivered ten kilograms of rice and five kilograms of millet.

The rice was still old rice, with a strange smell.

But there is no way, this is already considered a favor from the court.

A general like him at the level of [-] households can still send out more every month.

If the subordinates bring it to the army, starting from next month, the generals, commander-in-chief and below, who are idle at home will not be given rations.

Tang Peng was furious at first, and then his eyes lit up: "What about commander-in-chief and above?"

"It seems that it will also be reduced." The subordinates said: "Now the priority is to supply the soldiers in the camp, and those who are idle will be reduced and not issued."

There was a hint of joy in Tang Peng's eyes, and Wang Shixian probably couldn't stand it.

Wang Shixian's family has a wife, two concubines, and six sons. His parents are also there. There are eleven people in the family. Let's see if he has enough to eat.

Tang Peng rolled his eyes and suddenly said angrily: "Forget about those who are idle at home. Our soldiers in the camp have half the daily food than the Jurchens. How can we feed our families with just that little?"

Several subordinates were stunned at first, and then nodded, but the expressions on their faces seemed to be natural, they were Jurchens.

"They are all Dajin soldiers, why are they treated differently?" Tang Peng said angrily.

All the sergeants looked at each other, and after a while someone murmured: "Who told us we are Han people?"

"Are the Han people inferior to others?" Tang Peng asked: "When the Song army came to fight, they called us Jin people, but now we are called Han people?"

Several people were speechless again and didn't know what to say.

"Brothers are equally loyal to the country and protect Dajin, but they suffer injustice. I really feel that we are not worth it."

"Hey" several people lowered their heads and sighed, not daring to say anything.

While Tang Peng was encouraging his subordinates, Wang Shixian was going to Wanyan Zhongde's house.

The imperial court had just received a letter and wanted to cut his monthly ration by [-]%, which made Wang Shixian furious.

After all, he was also the commander-in-chief of the Gonglong region. He once controlled nearly a quarter of Shaanxi's territory and was barely considered a prince.

Now that he is left idle at home, his monthly ration will be cut by [-]%.

The key is that they don't have military pay yet.

The Kingdom of Jin now uses grain in lieu of wages, and all levels are only given grain but not wages.

Even if the salary is paid, it is not enough to buy food now.

As a result, Wanyan Zhongde was not at home and was discussing matters in the palace, but Wang Shixian met the Bolushulu Lou family who also came to Wanyan Zhongde.

The Lulou family of Bishu is a Jurchen tribe, and they are hereditary and seek to conquer.

He is also Wanyan Zhongde's confidant and has always been unhappy with the Han people.

When Wanyan Zhongde left the Gonglong area, Wang Shixian was appointed as the replacement commander-in-chief. The Lu Lou family was very unhappy. Historically, he was not promoted to commander-in-chief until Wanyan Shouxu fled to Caizhou, so his official position was higher than that of Wang Shixian. Low.

"What do you want to see the commander-in-chief (referring to Wanyan Zhongde) for?" Bolshu Lulou asked directly.

"Why has my monthly ration been reduced by [-]%?" Wang Shixian asked dissatisfied.

"Chi" Bolushu Luloushi smiled, with a somewhat dismissive expression. He looked Wang Shixian up and down. Wang Shixian was quite annoyed by the look, and felt that Bolushululoushi was deeply discriminatory towards the Han people.

"Wang Shixian, you are free at home and don't have to go to the battlefield. How much food do you want to get?" Bolushulu Loushi sneered: "We Jurchen warriors have to go to the battlefield to fight with the Song dogs." "It's not me who wants it. At home—" Wang Shixian was furious: "I would rather die on the battlefield than starve to death in the city."

"Go and talk to His Majesty." Bishu Lulou said with a smile.

"..." Wang Shixian was speechless.

"Look back at the people in Nanjing City. Many people's homes have no food. If you can still have something to eat, you have to thank your majesty and thank me, the Kingdom of Jin -"

Boss Lu Lou's room made sarcastic remarks, which made Wang Shixian's face livid, but he did not dare to get angry. Finally, Boss Lu Lou's room said directly: "There are many Song troops in Nanjing who are hiding carefully. Your Majesty also has a purpose. The former Han generals don't want to Feel free to move around, no parties with three people together.”

"Wang Shixian, you have nothing to do. Don't come out casually in the future. It would be bad if the brothers are accidentally injured -" After saying that, Bolushu Lulou walked away directly.

The Lulou family of Bishu was jealous that Wang Shixian had usurped the position of commander-in-chief of the Gonglong region. At this inappropriate time, he said inappropriate words, which completely angered Wang Shixian.

There must be a reason why the Jin court kept him idle at home.

Wang Shixian was appointed as the commander of thousands of troops. He put down the Tian Duan rebellion in his early years. He was appointed as the defense envoy of Longzhou and was appointed as the governor of Gongzhou Prefecture. He then assisted Wanyan Zhongde in recruiting troops and horses in the Gonglong area. It can be said that the soldiers and horses in the Gonglong area were brought out by Wang Shixian. Yes, this is why Wanyan Zhongde was asked to take over as the commander-in-chief after he left.

Later, in order to strengthen the walls and clear the country, Wang Shixian led tens of thousands of troops and their families in the Gonglong area eastward. Some stayed on the Tongguan line, and some came to the Central Plains. In the end, more than 3 people followed him into Nanjing.

After that, the Jin Kingdom divided into three cities, and some went to Zhengzhou, and some went to Chenliu. There are now more than 2 troops in Nanjing, of which at least [-] or [-] are Han troops from Gong Long.

Others dare not stand out because they don't have the ability. Wang Shixian's standing up is different. He joined the army at the age of 15 and became a captain of thousands. He has a lot of followers.

After he returned to his house, he immediately sent someone to find Tang Peng. Tang Peng was overjoyed, and then Tang Peng and the other five people began to wander around Nanjing in the name of Wang Shixian.

Wang Shixian was very cautious and found a dozen trustworthy old subordinates, all of whom were old brothers who had been with him for more than ten years.

In mid-May, the west gate of Nanjing was opened, and Jin Bing led thousands of civilians out for summer sowing.

It's actually a bit late for summer broadcast, but there is no way. Jin Bing is trapped in Nanjing City. He first broadcasts in all places where he can broadcast in the city, and then it is his turn to broadcast outside the city.

As for whether the Song army would come to snatch the harvest or set it on fire, they couldn't care less, because they had to consider that if the Mongolian army attacked the Song Dynasty, they would have time to harvest the autumn grain.

Now all the hopes of the Jin Kingdom are on the Mongolian army to attack the Song Dynasty, but the Mongolian army's attack on the Song Dynasty has not come yet.

At that time, Wokuotai and Wanyan Shouxu left after reaching an agreement, and they agreed to attack the Song Dynasty with all their strength in the coming spring.

It's almost summer now, the Mongolian army has not moved yet, Wanyan Shouxu is scolding his mother in the palace every day, Zhao Yurui is not trustworthy, Wokuotai is not trustworthy, and there is no good person outside.

When the Jin soldiers went out for summer sowing, the Song army did not come to fight. The Jin Kingdom became more energetic. After Nanjing sent a large number of sentries and cavalry, it then mobilized tens of thousands of civilians to go out for summer sowing.

In just less than a month, tens of thousands of acres of grain fields were sown outside Nanjing City in the summer. Although it was a small number compared to the grain fields outside Nanjing City, the Jin Kingdom had chosen the fields closest to Nanjing City, with the best soil quality and the easiest to sow. Yes.

They didn't dare to go to other places further away, because it was easy to sow seeds but difficult to manage, and it was impossible to open the city gates and run so far in the future.

However, some incidents occurred during the sowing. Many peasants wanted to take the opportunity to escape to the territory controlled by the Song army. The Jin army went on a killing spree, and the peasants finally did not dare to run away.

After the summer sowing was sown, the people in Nanjing did not know how many acres had been sown outside. The Jin army claimed that they had sown millions of acres and there would be food for the autumn harvest. And don't be afraid of the Song army's attack. The Mongolian army would attack the Song Dynasty immediately.

So after the summer broadcast, the people in the city calmed down for a while. Although the propaganda had some effect, the reality was that there was still a shortage of food.

There is no more grain for sale in Nanjing City. All is traded privately on the black market. The price of grain changes every day.

By mid-June, a bushel of rice or millet had become worth five guan of copper coins.

Some people have begun to sell their sons and daughters in exchange for food. Human life is really not as valuable as rice.

Since the beginning of June, rumors have spread in the city that the Jurchens do not care about the life or death of the Han people. Only the Jurchens of the Jurchen nobles have a food supply. They can't finish the food and then sell it on the black market, while the Han people want it. Almost to the point of starvation.

Indeed, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Jurchen tribe in the city are still not short of food, and they all have extra food.

There were originally some grain fields in the city, and these grain fields were in the hands of Jurchen nobles and major landowners.

In addition, the court's food distribution also gave priority to Jurchen nobles and royal officials, so those who had food could not finish it, and those who had no food had to sell their children, forming two extremes.

In addition, some people sell grain for five guans on the black market, which proves that some people have more grain than they can eat.

One day in mid-June, Tang Peng and others were in the camp when suddenly the sound of assembly horns was heard outside.

Today is another day when food is distributed every five days.

The Jin Dynasty's imperial court went from monthly hair, half-month hair, then ten-day hair, to five-day hair now.

Tang Peng was only a hundred households, and his monthly ration was slightly more than that of an ordinary sergeant.

As all the troops gathered in the square, Tang Peng looked up and saw that this was his Hundred Household Camp. He was currently one of the few Han Army Hundred Households. Most of the other camps were now occupied by Jurchens. , and even many Jurchen commanders were held by Jurchens. For example, there were four Jurchen commanders in his camp.

"Damn it, are you going to do it once a day from now on? Are you annoyed?" Wang Xiaotian appeared next to him with a curse. Wang Xiaotian was a captain of ten men, and both of them were soldiers of Wang Shixian.

The corner of Tang Peng's mouth twitched slightly. Of course it would be troublesome to do it every few days, but there was a reason why the court changed it like this. In the past, everyone would get a lot of rice once a month, and they would eat like crazy in the first few days. By the middle of the month, After a month, I started borrowing food from everywhere.

Now it is changed to once every five days, which is equivalent to controlling the supply. After everyone gets the food, they will not gorge themselves on it because you don’t know when you will suddenly run out of food.

"Something's not right today." Tang Peng also suddenly realized that today was different.

In the past, a thousand-household team would receive food together, and the battalions on the left and right of their battalion would receive food at the same time.

Today they are the only one who came out, the Hundred Household Team. There was no movement from other battalions, but someone from the next battalion heard the sound of the horn and was watching them.

"Qianhu, why are we the only ones distributing grain today?" Tang Peng looked at the grain truck with a smile.

"Come one battalion at a time." The Jurchen Qianhu said coldly: "Get in line and get ready to receive food."

Everyone had no choice but to queue up.

Someone in front of me started scolding me just after receiving it. Why is it so harsh?

This time it was a five-day ration, four kilograms of millet per person, and there was no more rice.

Less again, cut again this time.

The Qianhu cursed, "All the superior officials have been cut off, and I have lost my job, but you are still talking nonsense."

There was a sudden roar of curses all around.

After a while, a Han man came to Tang Peng with the grain and handed it to Tang Peng: "Hundred households, take it."

A trace of emotion flashed in Tang Peng's eyes.

This man is single and has no family members in Nanjing City, so every time he gets food, he will give it to Tang Peng, who will then distribute it to brothers who need food and have a large family.

"Keep some for yourself. There is less and less food in the camp." Tang Peng pushed back and asked him to keep some for himself.

"It's okay. I can go to my brothers' homes to have a meal together." The other person pushed back.

The two pushed each other several times, and suddenly Tang Peng signaled Wang Xiaotian to accept it first, and then looked forward.

There was already a quarrel ahead, with more and more people asking why there were so few?There is not enough food at home.

The thousand households had no choice but to say, don't worry, the Mongolian army will attack the Song Dynasty soon, and we will send troops outside the city to rob the Song people of food.

Suddenly someone shouted: "We are all ten-captains, why are there so many more Jurchens than us?"

Then someone shouted again: "We are all brothers in the camp, and the Jurchen soldiers have more leaders than us. Don't they treat us as human beings? Don't we fight? When we go to war with the Song army, we are all at the forefront." "

"Is it fair?" someone in the crowd yelled.

A stern look flashed in Tang Peng's eyes, and he pushed aside the crowd and moved forward.

Wang Xiaotian quickly followed and threw away the grain in his hands first.

The man who had just delivered the food was confused, but he followed him involuntarily.

"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet, don't make any noise, the imperial court also has its own difficulties -" Tang Peng comforted him while sticking to the thousands of households.

That Qianhu brought a group of people, so he was a little panicked, but when he saw Tang Peng coming up, he quickly said: "Hurry up, calm down the brothers."

Are you talking about brothers now?Why don't you talk about brothers when you give out food?Tang Peng calmly came to his side and suddenly asked loudly: "I have brothers who have five or six people in their families. If they finish all the food in one day, what will happen in the next four days?"

"That's right, do you want to starve us to death?" The scene started to quarrel again.

The Qianhu's face changed slightly, and he was about to say something.

Unexpectedly, he saw Tang Peng move in front of him, lunge, and stab his heart with a knife.

"Well" Qianhu stared at him in disbelief.

Wang Xiaotian rushed up from behind and stabbed another Jurchen Tenth Commander in the back with a knife, and then yelled: "The Jin people won't let our family live, and we won't let them live either. Let's fight with them."

"Fight it." Someone in the crowd shouted one after another.

Many Han soldiers were stunned and had no time to react.

But there were Jurchens in the crowd, and when they saw Tang Peng stabbing someone, they reflexively shouted: "The Han people are rebelling——"

The Jurchen soldiers who followed those Qianhu came and rushed forward with weapons to kill the Han people. Now, most people might not have wanted to resist, but the Jurchen soldiers had already rushed up to kill people with weapons, so everyone had no choice but to resist first.

The scene was chaotic. Some Han people fled in all directions, some Han people gathered around Tang Peng, and some Han people went back to get weapons.

"Go back and steal the guys and fight them." Tang Peng gave the order, and the surrounding area suddenly dispersed, and everyone rushed back to get weapons.

The other Hundred Household Camp not far next door didn't know what was going on here, but everyone saw the Jurchens and Han people having sex.

After a while, a Han man ran nearby and shouted at them: "The Jin people want to save food, and they want to kill all the Han troops. If they rebel, if they rebel -"

"Fuck." The Han people in the camp next door were shocked and angry. The hundred households here were Jurchens. No matter how they called them, it was useless. The Han people quickly picked up weapons and started to fuck the Jurchens.

Then more and more Han people joined in, and then the shouts were heard everywhere.

Soon, the roar of Han people could be heard throughout Nanjing.

In order to save food, the Jurchens wanted to kill all the Han troops.

Inverted.

(End of this chapter)