A boy of sixteen or seventeen years old was studying seriously.
Standing next to him was a straw man. It seemed that the straw man was his book boy. On the forehead of this straw man, the boy's name was Zhu Xi.
"Wealth and honor are things that are outside the body. If you want them, you may not get them. Even if you get them, they will not be of any benefit to your body or mind..."
As the young man read, he suddenly became very angry. He picked up a bamboo whip and hit the straw man, scolding: "Zhu Xi, you are harming people again! How can wealth be of no benefit to the body and mind? After wealth, you can build bridges and pave roads, and you can provide relief to the victims.
, you can build buildings to collect books, you can donate money to run schools. If everyone does not seek wealth and honor, but all pursues justice, who will sell the silk of the weaver Sannon?"
The more the young man talked, the angrier he became. He simply stood up and beat the straw man wildly: "I'll beat you to death, you're a pest, for making you mislead others!"
The straw man had a note with "Zhu Xi" written on his forehead and was beaten so hard that he could not open his mouth to argue with the boy.
"It's not good, it's not good!"
A domestic slave shouted outside: "King Zhao Tian of Jiangxi is coming to kill, and Hangzhou is gone!"
There was a panic everywhere, and the mother asked the house slave to pack her things and wanted to go to a more remote countryside to escape.
The young man came to the courtyard with a whip and shouted: "Don't panic, I have inquired, Jiangxi soldiers will not kill indiscriminately, nor will they rob frivolous wealth. You can just go about your business and wait for the land to be divided and the slaves to be freed."
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The mother actually stopped panicking and asked the servant to put the things back in their place.
This mother had studied the Four Books and Five Classics, and it was her mother who taught the boy the Four Books.
The young man's name was Mao Qiling. He was a scholar at the age of thirteen and ranked first in Hangzhou Prefecture.
He's good at everything, but he's a bad guy.
Because of his bad mouth, he was killed many times later. He spent his whole life on the run, either offending this or that.
Mao Qiling held a whip and walked quickly towards Xiaoshan County.
Xiaoshan County and the capital city of Hangzhou are separated only by a river. Hangzhou on the other side has been taken, and the situation in Xiaoshan is rife. The county magistrate and Baoding Bo are deploying city defenses.
Mao Qiling came to the city and shouted: "I am Mao Dake, let me in quickly!"
A soldier recognized his identity and immediately hung him up in a basket.
Mao Qiling found his clan uncle: "What are you still defending, uncle? Hurry up and surrender the city. Don't use the mantis as a chariot. The Ming Dynasty has long been lost."
Mao Youlun was furious: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you! Is there a count who is a thief in the Ming Dynasty?"
"My uncle is reluctant to part with the position of earl, for fear that it will cost the lives of the whole family," Mao Qiling said, "If Hangzhou can't be defended, how can Xiaoshan County be able to defend it?"
The county magistrate Zhou Zuoxin came over and scolded: "This guy is deceiving the public with his evil words. Please catch him and put him in jail quickly!"
Mao Qiling was undaunted and said to the county magistrate: "The county magistrate is from Guizhou and his family has moved to Nanjing. Why not consider it for his family? Since Mr. Zhao has sent troops to Zhejiang, he will definitely attack Nanjing and will also attack Guizhou in the future. The county magistrate
My family in Nanjing and my clan members in Guizhou are all looking forward to my surrender."
"How can it be unreasonable," Zhou Zuoxin said, holding his sword, "It is a matter of loyalty to the emperor to eat the emperor's salary, and as the magistrate of the county, how can you subjugate thieves? You, Mao, have been favored in your family, but you want to become a thief!"
Mao Qiling said: "The people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least. Now that the people of Zhejiang are living in poverty, what do the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Emperor mean? You are reading the books of sages in vain... Oh, by the way, this sentence has been deleted by Taizu
, I guess the county magistrate has not read it. The county magistrate should dismiss the country warriors and go home to read Mencius again. I have the original version here, which is not the book deleted by Taizu."
His mouth was so damn stinky that Zhou Zuoxin was so angry that he drew his sword and wanted to hack Mao Qiling to death on the spot, regardless of Baoding Uncle Mao Youlun's dignity.
Mao Qiling was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, and the soldiers did not dare to stop him because he was the count's nephew and a child prodigy who ranked first in the Taoist examination at the age of thirteen.
The originally very serious battle to defend the city suddenly became comical, with the magistrate chasing the prodigy on the city wall with his sword.
As for the child prodigy Mao Qiling, he was still talking nonsense when he ran for his life: "The county magistrate calms down, a gentleman will talk but not take action. If the county magistrate is unwilling to admit it, he can argue with Wan Sheng, how can he go to war like a warrior?"
"Kuansheng, if I don't kill you, the morale of the army will be difficult to stabilize!" Zhou Zuoxin became even more angry.
Baoding Uncle Mao Youlun sighed. He also wanted to surrender, but he was afraid of being tried and confiscated by Zhao Han. He had done a lot of bad things in recent years.
At this moment, more than ten boats came across the river.
Although only a few hundred Datong soldiers landed ashore, the Xiaoshan defenders felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and some local warriors were already thinking about escaping.
The county magistrate Zhou Zuoxin and the count Mao Youlun quickly ordered a tight defense and did not bother to pursue Mao Qiling.
Mao Qiling still held the bamboo whip used to beat "Zhu Xi" in his hand. He used the bamboo whip as a sword, raised his arms and shouted: "You must not be stubborn anymore, want to survive, want to divide the land, want to be free."
If you have any body, gather towards me and surrender the city with me!"
"Asshole!"
When Mao Youlun heard this, he was really murderous. He ordered: "Tie this thing that can't be carried, gag it, and throw it into the prison!"
Mao Qiling shouted to the soldiers who came to capture him: "Don't you want to live?"
The soldiers looked at each other in shock, then suddenly turned around and became Mao Qiling's bodyguard, wanting to protect the man who took the lead in surrendering.
Many local warriors also gathered towards Mao Qiling, and in a blink of an eye they occupied a large section of the city wall.
Mao Qiling shouted again: "Mr. Huang (Xu Ying) sent people to distribute "Datong Collection" everywhere. Even if you haven't read it, haven't you heard the truth? The world is unified, everyone can live a good life!"
This time, Zhao Han was able to easily defeat Zhejiang. In addition to his strong military strength, there was another important reason, and that was that Xu Ying had done a lot of propaganda work.
"Datong Collection" was everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and countless low-level scholars returned to their hearts.
Even upper-class scholars like Mao Qiling had a few who believed in the Datong theory. Every time the army arrived in a city, there would be scholars who would persuade the officials to surrender, and the local chief officials would descend on their donkeys and surrender.
"The world is unified, wear clothes and eat!" Mao Qiling shouted, holding up a bamboo whip.
"The world is unified, dress and eat!"
"The world is unified, dress and eat!"
The soldiers and warriors around him also shouted, so more and more people chose to defect.
Not long after, the poor scholars in the county also came to respond. They gathered in the streets and forced the magistrate to surrender.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Zuoxin threw his sword and sighed: "That's it, that's all, surrender if you want!"
Mao Youlun stood unsteadily, sat down, and murmured: "I'm dead, I'm dead this time."
Mao Qiling and the scholars quickly took control of the city walls and opened the gates on all sides.
He walked up to Mao Youlun and said: "Uncle, I went to Hangzhou and asked Mr. Huang (Xu Ying). Although you have many bad deeds in the past, you are not guilty of a capital crime. As long as you cooperate honestly with the land allocation, you can be released after one year of mining.
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Mao Youlun gritted his teeth: "You are so filial and considerate of your uncle so thoughtfully!"
Mao Qiling said with a smile: "As a nephew, you must think about your uncle. If your nephew does not persuade the soldiers in the city to surrender at the critical moment, your uncle will definitely die, and it will also affect the entire Mao family! Of course, the second cousin will die.
It’s settled, he has a murder case on his hands, and if he doesn’t kill him, the people will not be angry.”
Kong Zhenyun stood outside the city, looking at the open city gate, feeling particularly uncomfortable.
As the leader of the Southern Sect of the Kong family, he wanted to play his role. Unexpectedly, every time the troops came to the city, the defenders in the city surrendered before he could persuade them to surrender.
Can't you be tougher and wait until I persuade you to surrender?
Alas, there is no place for heroes. Kong Zhenyun shook his head and sighed, and returned to Hangzhou by boat without any interest.
"Dr. Kong!" An officer called to Kong Zhenyun.
Kong Zhenyun asked: "What's the matter?"
The officer said: "There is an order from the main town. If we capture Xiaoshan County, we don't have to go back to Hangzhou and go directly to Shaoxing Prefecture by boat."
Kong Zhenyun pointed to the soldiers who were entering the city: "Just these few hundred people are going to attack Shaoxing?"
The officer smiled and said: "If Dr. Kong persuades us to surrender, we will definitely be able to win easily."
Not long after, officials and civilians crossed the river to take over the newly occupied Xiaoshan County. Zhao Han didn't even bother to detach farmers and soldiers to defend the city, and directly let the civilians defend the city. Anyway, they had obtained many ships in Zhejiang, and there was no need to let them transport grain.
Too many civilians.
After handing over the city, Kong Zhenyun immediately went to Shaoxing with his army. With only 500 soldiers, he didn't know whether he could capture it.
Zhang Tieniu's partial army, combined with Xu Du's rebel army, has now occupied the entire Jinhua Mansion, and has also come to the east to capture Zhuji.
In only twenty-four days, Quzhou Prefecture, Jinhua Prefecture, and Yanzhou Prefecture were all occupied by the Datong Army. Hangzhou Prefecture and Shaoxing Prefecture were temporarily occupied by half.
One-third of Zhejiang has the surname Zhao.
Next, Liu Zhu led a partial division south to attack Chuzhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture. Zhang Tieniu led a partial division to attack Taizhou Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture.
As for Zhao Han himself, he led his army to Huzhou Prefecture.
After capturing Huzhou Prefecture, we can attack Southern Zhili.
On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Fei Ruhe's Dongyuan Army is fighting all the way east. Dongliu, Guichi, Tongling, Wuhu, Dangtu...Nanjing!
Due to the shortage of ships, Fei Ruhe could only march by land at first, and all the food and grass had to be carried by civilians.
The large ships in Zhao Han's army turned back at Guangxin Mansion and had now reached the Yangtze River. Fei Ruhe's military supplies and baggage could finally travel by water.
The Jiangxi Navy also detached half of it to ensure smooth waterways because there were officers and soldiers in the navy in Nanjing.
A pair of crab claws, sending troops from two directions, attacking from the north and the south, and conquering the entire south of the Yangtze River.
The booking period is three months!
Mao Qiling took the Xiaoshan scholars across the river to meet Zhao Han.
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Zhao Han was very happy and praised: "Dake is really a young hero, one person can conquer a city!"
"The general town's prestige spreads throughout the south of the Yangtze River. His late birth is just to take advantage of the situation." Mao Qiling said modestly.
Of course Zhao Han knew who Mao Qiling was. "Sikuquanshu" contains 52 kinds of his works, which is the most personal works included in "Sikuquanshu".
Having just flattered Mao Qiling, Mao Qiling's bad-mouthed habit recurred: "Everything about the administration of the town is good, but it goes too far towards the landlords. Wan Sheng feels that each of the gentry and landlords should have at least forty acres of land."
, twenty acres of land is simply not enough to make a living. If the main town is like this, it will lose the loyalty of many landowners."
"Take your time." Zhao Han was not angry, he just smiled and dealt with it.