Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 510 Influence, Liang Zi of Zuo Town

Luoyang is in complete chaos. The local Luoyang defenders were either annihilated by the Chuangjun, or surrendered and became the Chuangjun. When the begging army first entered Luoyang City, it was better anyway, but Zuo Liangyu congratulated him immediately. The idiots Renlong came, they didn't want to grab anything anyway, and didn't want to get too close to them, so Song Qingshu simply withdrew from Luoyang City, and right after that, it became a paradise for the rebels.

But after all, it is an important place for Fu and Fan, and it cannot be taken away. Moreover, Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and the others also want to enjoy it. No rebels dare to go in the center of the rich area near the Fuwang Mansion. If they go there, they are looking for death. Here, It can be regarded as the last commercial and prosperous area in Luoyang.

Taiweixuan on Jingkou Street is considered a time-honored brand in Luoyang City. It has been in the silk and satin business for at least a hundred years. Unfortunately, this time it was also attacked by soldiers. However, it is not unreasonable to use it here. , after the Chuangjun was rejected, many big family members who escaped came back again, and the treasures that could not be taken away at home were almost swept away. Fire once.

The city is undergoing massive construction work, Lu Mansion, Liu Mansion, and Zhang Mansion are all re-purchasing. In the early morning, the gate of Taiweixuan is full of servants from all the mansions, but it is already high in the sun, and this old shop has not yet opened. It wasn't until some impatient servants knocked on the door that the door opened a crack, but a middle-aged man with a horse face whom he didn't know walked out impatiently.

"Knock what, knock what? It's early in the morning, don't you know it's busy inside?"

"Hey, do you know who I am? Do you do business like this? Believe it or not, I will seal your ghost shop!"

Although they are all servants, these people who came here are also slaves of big families. The words of the horse-faced man couldn't help arousing public outrage in the crowd, and someone immediately threatened, who knew that looking at such an arrogant face, this horse On the contrary, the face-faced man became even more domineering.

"Sealed Lao Tzu's shop? It's a big tone. Do you know who is the owner of Lao Tzu's shop? Old man Fu Wang, you can seal it for Lao Tzu to see, and report the name of your mansion! Go back to Lao Tzu and report to Grandpa Fu Wang , don't you come running?"

The first level of officialdom crushes people to death. In the land of Luoyang, no matter how big the family is, no one is bigger than King Fu. At this time, he can't care about face. The slave who uttered wild words just ran away. Not only was he unlucky, but the truth spread to King Fu's ears, and the family he served would also be unlucky if he disrespected the king.

After yelling for a long time and still not yelling back, the horse-faced man couldn't help but spit unhappily, and immediately waved to the gathered crowd: "It's all gone, all the fuck is gone! Let's count the books today!" , no more business!"

The crowd waiting outside was really dispirited, and they dispersed suddenly. It was nothing to wait for all morning. The recent war broke out, everyone was out of stock, and all the housekeepers and servants were sad. !It would be strange not to be beaten to death if the dignified scholar and talented man were to wear coarse cloth and short skirts like the inferior people.

Among so many people, the Lu family is one of them. In history, when Li Zicheng entered the city, Lu Weiqi, who was the most powerful soldier to encircle and suppress, was almost the first to be arrested and killed. But in this life, there are more cavalrymen with scarred faces outside the city. However, a large group of powerful Luoyang nobles were escorted and escaped, and Lu Weiqi was one of them.

These days, Luoyang is in chaos, and his house is burned down. The former military department of this Neo Confucianist is already upset enough. At noon, Lu Weiqi is writing a letter to a friend in Nanjing, and the bursts of shouting and cursing come from It was heard from outside the courtyard that he picked up a pen and wrote two typos in a row. The old-fashioned pedant finally couldn't help but left the study angrily.

"It's unreasonable, you all read the books of sages and sages, shouting and cursing at each other, like reckless people in the market, how decent it is!"

The one who was scolded was Song Qingshu's "poisonous friend". He accompanied Little Chili Pepper when he came out to play. The third young master Lu who met him was scolded for a while. with.

"Father, you don't know that Lu Liu is an idiot who has more success than failure! Let him go shopping for brocade today. He ran half the city, but he couldn't do it. After a while, King Fu succeeded to the throne. Father must be invited to attend, wouldn't it be ridiculous if our Lu family couldn't even provide a decent official uniform?"

The Lu family also suffered heavy losses when the army invaded, and the wealth they had managed for several generations was in vain. Hearing Mr. Lu San's excuse, he waved his hands helplessly: "Forget it, now that the country is in crisis, it's okay to be frugal." Be more frugal, old six, if you really can’t do it, go to the clothing store on the East Street and buy one directly, and you can pay the price!”

Who knew that this time the butler Lu Liu was crying again: "Master, the garment shop on the East Street is also closed today. I heard that the weaving at the Daixian County has been taken over by Prince Fu, and they are currently ordering. Account, it will not be sold outside in the short term!"

"This song thief, hehe, there is still today, but what about father's official uniform?"

Song Qingshu in Daixian County is a signboard. Song Qingshu respects business, Yangming's philosophy of mind, and the Taizhou School. Although many powerful officials in the north waved their flags for him, the Neo-Confucians who occupy a major position in society say that Song Qingshu is definitely a heresy, a scum, Many people must allude to Song Qingshu when they write an article, quite like the murderous spirit of Confucius who killed Shaozhengmao.

But Song Qingshu was unlucky, and even the lives of these scholar-bureaucrats were affected. Unknowingly, all these years of food, clothing, housing, and transportation have all been related to him. The horse-drawn carriage, the food is precious salt, precious candy, and the clothes are Songji ready-made clothes, shoes, and even the jewelry that the eldest girl married. They are all Burmese gems from Jiaduobaojin shop. King Fu took over so suddenly, everything is messed up .

His third son was still worrying about the official uniform, but Lu Weiqi's face suddenly froze. After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly made a strange decision.

"Third brother, prepare some pork, sheep, wine and food immediately, and go to become a labor force in the Huai army barracks!"

"Father, shall we serve that villain surnamed Song as an army?"

"If you are told to go, go quickly, where is there so much nonsense?"

Seeing Lu Weiqi getting angry, Lu San was really terrified, he didn't dare to fart, and went down in desperation to get ready.

However, more than an hour passed while Lu Weiqi was restless, and Mr. Lu San actually brought something when he went, and something else when he came back, and went back to the mansion unluckily.

"Father, don't mention it, the Huai army withdrew two days ago! Go and rush to nothing, and there is only one empty camp left!"

However, this result did not seem to exceed Lu Weiqi's expectations. Sitting on the study, rubbing the scroll in his hand, after a while, the old antique suddenly sighed heavily.

"Let Lao Liu pack up his things, and you go to the government to issue a guide. In the past few days, our family in the Lu Mansion will go on a trip to Yingtian!"

"Ah? Father, our field..."

"Let you go and go!"

He was scolded in despair again, and Lu San sadly urged him to go to Luoyang Mansion in a carriage again, but what made him even more depressed was that the people who opened the way here even started to line up!

The scholar-bureaucrats of this era are indeed quite old-fashioned, but it does not mean that everyone is a fool, especially Lu Weiqi, who was also the former minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War. This time Luoyang was captured, and many people have seen a hint of the end.

Luoyang’s urgent calls to Shaanxi came one after another. Lu Weiqi participated in it personally, but until the last city fell, Zuo Liangyu did not come. Instead, the Huai army and the Dai army came to rescue one after another. Lu Weiqi had faintly noticed What is the connection and transaction with Song Qingshu? I also want to verify this in the letter to my friends in Nanjing.

But now, the begging army left without saying hello, and Song Qingshu's properties in the north changed hands to Zhu Yousong. Lu Weiqi obviously felt that there was a rift between King Fu and Lianghuai, or even a direct conflict. He came all the way to help, but you, Lord Fu, didn't thank you, and even seized his property. Next time, would Song Qingshu still want to come?
Counting on Zuo Liangyu will definitely not count on it. Once the army captures Luoyang, it will win the second time. By then, they, the elites at the top of Luoyang's food chain, will definitely be the first to be eaten.

The ancients of the capital said that they were most attached to their hometown and ancestral graves, but there are three unfilial acts, and having no descendants is the greatest. If the family is wiped out, no matter how much land, no matter how luxurious the ancestral hall, what is the use?

Song Qingshu didn't expect that in just three days, Lu Weiqi, who gave him a headache, and Luo Yihui, who represented the forces of Neo-Confucianism, followed his ass and went to his lair.

Song Qingshu didn't expect that some people don't want to go alone, at least they don't want to go alone!

Going back this time, Song Qingshu almost withdrew all the shops from Dai County to Ruzhou when he started his business, and even the ticket office withdrew from the operation in this area. How did the Shanxi ticket office fail in later generations?It’s just frequent wars and frequent breakups, loss of a lot of silver, no profit and need to pay unknown amount of arrears and bankrupt one after another. Safety is the biggest threat to the operation of ticket offices. In the next few years, the Northland will be a mess. In fact, even if Zhu Yousong didn't seek to seize it, Song Qingshu already had the idea of ​​retreating, but this time he was forced out by Zhu Yousong.

Following the large team of the begging army, there were also a large number of shopkeepers and shopkeepers who retreated, dragging their families and carrying soft goods, dragging the logistics team of the begging army's rear team like an ant queen. Can.

It was also these people who were dragging the beggar army, who used to march fifty to eighty miles a day, but now can only travel forty miles a day.

I was really high-spirited, and I meant to go in a desperate way. I didn't stop in Ruzhou. Song Qingshu had an attitude of going back and forth. Tens of thousands of people marched directly into Lushan in a horizontal team, planning to follow the road to Dabie Mountain from Runing Mansion. , return to Lianghuai.

See you in April, spring farming is the season for all things to grow, but on this road, the place is dilapidated, and there is not even a village to drink water. After walking for the fifth day in a row, the army had to be in Lushan Camping at a nearby mountain spring, if you go any further, you still won’t be able to reach the village or the store, and if you go any further, you won’t even be able to drink your saliva.

More than 2 civilians surrounded the luggage and set up a car formation. Thousands of family members of the guys who returned were surrounded inside. Many people have also made a fortune over the years, and their quality of life has improved, but they wear gold and silver. Yes, they made a fire and fetched water to prepare dinner, and some family members ran around, causing the two battalions of beggars and the main army to keep yelling.

But the busy crowd didn't pay attention. In the opposite mountain, a telescope was greedily looking into it.

"Tsk tsk, this idiot of Song Dynasty didn't know how to scrape the land in Lianghuai. He is really rich. Mom's is wearing new cotton armor, chain mail, and that cannon. Marshal Zuo is right, give this The assholes are wasted."

The person who spoke was actually an officer general wearing a general's robe. He stared through the binoculars at the bare buttocks of a shopkeeper's concubine who came out to relieve his hand for a few minutes, drooling, and the general turned his head viciously just now.

"As soon as the sun goes down, we will do it as soon as the sun goes down. Keep your hands and feet clean. Women can't stay after playing! Isn't he famous for being a fool? Doesn't he know how to share? This time in Zuo Town, we will teach them how to behave!"

Listening to his evil laugh, the other dozen or so officers and generals in the back also nodded excitedly.

"Litou, don't worry! We've done too much of this!"

The night gradually darkened, and the Qihuo army's rear camp became quiet after the dinner, but at the beginning of the month, a torch suddenly appeared in the dense forest of Mount Lu, and immediately turned into thousands of torches.

"Crush the king and seek revenge! Idlers stay away!"

Amidst the high-pitched roar, a group of black-clothed cavalrymen roared down like goblin beasts. The originally quiet rear camp became noisy again in an instant. Amidst the frightened shouts, women, children, and the elderly seemed headless. Flies running around like that...

(End of this chapter)