Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1218: In the last years of Ji Han, the world is restless

Under the scorching sun, Wang Kan was sweating profusely as he boxed in the yard. The punches and kicks were quite powerful, and the wind occasionally blew up, which amazed Zhao Ying who was watching.

After Wang Kan finished his round of punches, Zhao Ying picked up a towel from the chair next to her, walked over, handed it to Wang Kan, and said, "Classmate Wang, those friends of yours said you knew martial arts. , it turns out it’s not nonsense, it’s true, I just saw you boxing, you weren’t very fast, but you seemed to be very powerful.”

Wang Kan took the towel, wiped his face, and said with a smile: "Squad leader, you still have a good eye. The boxing set I just used has its origins. It's called Chen-style boxing. It specializes in long and short strength, and long strength is stored in the soles of the feet. , the short strength collapses the lower abdomen, and when it is transferred to the fist, it is like a torrential river, with endless strength. It is rumored that it was created by the founding king of the Great Yan Dynasty. It has been spread to this day, at least 800 years ago. It is all National quintessence."

"It's nonsense to say that you are fat and have asthma." Zhao Ying didn't have the slightest reserve of a girl, and her white face suddenly tensed up, "Okay, let's get down to business, I came here today to ask you, Xu Fang came to see you Pass you?"

"Why, he didn't get enough last time, so he came to me and wanted to eat two fists?" Wang Kan put down the towel, and when he heard the name, he showed an unhappy look.

Zhao Ying frowned: "Look at you, it's a good thing you didn't remember the fight last time, and you still want to beat someone up again? How did you reflect at home these few days? Do you still want to go to school?"

"Actually, I really don't want to. If my parents hadn't forced me, I would have gone to a deserted forest to practice kung fu." Wang Kan muttered softly.

Zhao Ying glared at him, and then asked: "Can you tell me the truth, you really haven't seen Xu Fang?"

"I really haven't seen him. Why, he is missing?" Wang Kan also became curious.

"Then don't ask. Really, it's just such a small thing. I have to wait for you for a long time. It's a waste of time." Zhao Ying fanned the wind with her hand and glanced at the sun. "Okay, then you can continue to reflect on it. I'll go back. ”

"I'm sorry for making you wait all afternoon. Actually, I'm not good at martial arts and I don't dare to speak during boxing. Otherwise, if I let out my breath, my training will be in vain." Wang Kan scratched his head, "Let's do this. How about I treat you to dinner as an apology?"

"That's pretty much it." Zhao Ying said, walking out of the yard, "Which restaurant are you going to? Are there any good restaurants near you?"

"Don't go out. I've eaten all the food around here, so it's just average. I'll cook it myself."

Wang Kan and his family live in a village in the city. It is said that they will be demolished in a year or two. The surrounding residents are worried and are adding various constructions. The originally rented store has also been paid for. It is really nothing decent. of hotels.

Zhao Ying nodded after thinking about it.

Wang Kan hurried back to the house to tidy up a bit, watched Zhao Ying enter the house, and said with a smile: "You sit down first, I will go to the kitchen, my parents don't come home at noon, this lunch has long been used to it, and it is very fast."

"I didn't expect you to have such a skill, which impressed me with admiration." Zhao Ying sat down and glanced around. All she saw were ordinary furnishings.

Her family moved into a residential building two years ago, but they used to live in a bungalow in a courtyard, so they were no stranger to Wang Kan's family environment.

There is a cement floor, wooden tables and chairs, a large TV with a back, and a transparent tea machine with a tea tray on it, six glasses upside down, and the top covered with a white cloth.

If anything, it's the craft shelves that are used as partitions to separate several rooms, and they are filled with volumes of books.

"Scholarly family, you are disrespectful and disrespectful." She couldn't help but say.

"Hey, they all belong to my dad. He is just a historian of the people. He doesn't build socialism well all day long. He just wants to go home and read." Wang Kan wore an apron and walked out of the kitchen and glanced at the wall clock. , came to the TV, reached out and pressed it to turn on the TV, then picked up the remote control and switched to China Channel [-] with a beeping sound.

There are a few children inside, reciting eagle language on the stage.

"I didn't expect you to be so studious and watch Pandora's Eagle at noon." Zhao Ying was very surprised. She knew that this program was broadcast six days a week, all after twelve noon.

"I'm not interested in these chirping birds. The only one I'm familiar with is the pigeon language, coo coo coo." Wang Kan turned up the volume while performing, and then threw the remote control to Zhao Ying, "Our rooftop I raised a cage of pigeons, which I used to feed, but now I am too busy practicing boxing and have no time. I have been keeping pigeons for several months, and now my dad is in charge. Fortunately, I haven't starved to death yet."

"You are really good at talking nonsense!" Zhao Ying caught the remote control and was about to change the channel when she was stopped by Wang Kan.

"Don't change, turn up the volume. I'm mainly listening to the lecturers who are waiting for me. The performance starts at 45 minutes."

Zhao Ying put down the remote control and said with a smile: "What? It turns out that I was reading the forum of various scholars. It's quite easy to learn. Why did you say it so unpleasantly? It's not appropriate to say it in front of girls."

"Girl? Where are they?" Wang Kan pretended to be looking for it. Waiting for a roll of his eyes to respond, he smiled and said: "I only looked at it recently. At other times, I don't listen to their serious nonsense. It's nothing. It's okay. It's like I'm watching from the sidelines. No matter where the forum is, stories are told, but I like to hear the latest stories." He turned around and walked back to the kitchen. "What story?" Zhao Ying asked, but the whirring sound of the range hood came from the kitchen and she did not answer.

"Tch, you're still trying to pass it off!" Zhao Ying curled her lips, just in time to see Pandora's Eagle Language start to play the ending subtitles, "Isn't this the beginning..."

Soon, many figures flashed across the screen, and accompanied by antique background music, the forum began.

In the not-so-large studio, the audience sat neatly and applauded to welcome a middle-aged man in Mao suit who came forward.

The subtitle below gives an introduction: Yan Kuozhang, a famous expert on Chen studies, the chairman of the Chinese Chen studies council, and a teacher at the Yongding Affiliated College of the Imperial Capital.

Then the screen turned, and a 3D animation appeared. The first thing that appeared was a map of the Central Plains, accompanied by a mellow voice-over: In the last years of Ji Han, natural disasters continued, which brought about constant uprisings and rebellions in various places, which made the Ji Han court go away. We have reached a watershed in history.

On the map of the Central Plains, flames began to appear in the corners, slowly gathering towards the center.

"Above the court, due to the successive experiences of harem interference in politics and eunuchs' exclusive power, the gentry group gradually became stronger by cutting off eunuchs, forming a pattern in which ministers were strong and the emperor was weak, and the imperial power was suppressed;"

"However, within the gentry bureaucracy, the contradiction between the north and the south has not been bridged. The power struggle between the two sides has gradually intensified, making Ji Han's political situation gradually chaotic;"

"At the same time, the refugee armies in various places are gradually growing, constantly weakening the central government's control over the localities, and making the officials of the borderlands in various places gradually have different ideas, and the whole world has gradually entered a chaotic situation..."

As the voice-over ended, the screen transformed into a studio again, and Professor Yan was smiling at the edge of the podium.

"Hello everyone, everyone, we talked about it yesterday. Due to the impact of the Little Ice Age, natural disasters continued in several northern states and people were displaced. Once these people have no food, no shelter, and they cannot see tomorrow, what should they do? What? I saw some friends laughing. It seems they know our tradition, so they must be rebelling."

He nodded slightly, and his expression gradually became serious: "But rebellion requires losing your head, and it is not just physical work. How to rebel, where to go, and how to deal with these are actually all knowledge. You don't have certain management skills. Ability, background, and popularity can't achieve success. As we said in previous issues, the Jihan dynasty was built on compromise. When the country was founded, many things were not done thoroughly, which left hidden dangers. In the end, as it developed, knowledge and martial arts were certainly respected, but what was more important was rank and popularity. This was also the case for rebellion. So we can see that in the last years of Ji Han, those who finally became successful had almost all of them had a good background. Even rebellion is no exception.”

He paused, and a bust of a person appeared on the screen. It was an artistic photo.

"Look at this person," the professor pointed at the screen behind him, "his name is Wang Mi."

Then a few lines of text appeared on the screen, listing the person's identity and background.

Wang Mi, a native of Donglai (now Laizhou, Shandong), was the grandson of Wang Qi, the prefect of Runan...

"This man was a big bandit and terrorist at that time. What had he done? In the summer of 309, several northern states, such as Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, suffered from severe drought. He led his people to attack cities and seize territory, burning and killing They looted, arrested many officials and clerks, skinned them, tortured them in every possible way, and often left provocative letters saying that these people were corrupt officials and would not regret their death. If given the chance, they would kill their whole families. Isn’t that terrifying? "

Someone in the audience nodded.

"Because of him, several states in the north were restless, and the imperial court turned gray with worry. They carried out several encirclement and suppression campaigns, but they were able to defeat Wang Mi's troops, but they couldn't capture the people. If you can't capture the people, there will be trouble later. It's not as big as that. As mentioned just now, Wang Mi came from a noble family. He was actually a son of the ruling class. As I mentioned in previous issues, this family and the gentry had a monopoly on knowledge at that time. Ordinary people could only be ignorant and did not know the words. How could they tell the difference? "Come on, okay, this is a smart man, and the children of aristocratic families study literature and martial arts, how can this compare?"

"This is actually a way to maintain the rule, but the problem is that the path to promotion and fortune has not been set up. If the ruling group is dissatisfied and divided, they will beat themselves. Wang Mi is such a person. History books say he can Judging, mastering the art of war, this mastery of the art of war is amazing, if you can’t beat him to death, he will entangle a group of people again after a while, causing trouble for you, it’s not reckless, history books say that he has a "strategy in his chest" and uses his brains in war... …”

At this time, someone raised his hand and asked: "With so many soldiers and horses in the imperial court, how can we be afraid of him gathering men again?"

"That's a good question," the professor nodded, "The imperial court has a lot of troops. The problem is that these troops cost money all the time, and they have to spend money on food and clothing. It is even more troublesome to mobilize them, and Wang Mi is here Where? At the junction of several states, we are fighting in a place where you can’t clearly understand each other. Today I fight Yanzhou, and Qingxu’s army is laughing at it. Tomorrow I fight Xuzhou, and the Chinese army in the Central Plains is silent. You want to coordinate with each other? But who is in charge? It’s not easy to handle. In the end, Wang Mi was beaten more and more, and what happened in the end? He died!"

This came so suddenly that everyone couldn't recover for a while.

Even Zhao Ying in front of the TV was stunned and had the same questions as the audience on the TV.

"Dead? How did you die?"

At this time, Wang Kan came out with two plates of food. As he walked, he said, "You really know how to beat around the bush. How did Wang Mi die? He wasn't scolded to death by Emperor Chongsheng!"

(End of this chapter)