"Duke Chen Meng, go to the banquet of King Wei, and finally come back?"

Chen Zun, who was over 60 years old, had gray hair and returned to Maoling drunkenly. When he returned it to his old house, the fifth reunion, he found that an old friend had already been waiting here. The old man was not waiting in the house, and just sat on the steps outside the mansion and hammered his old legs.

Chen Zun rubbed his eyes and was immediately overjoyed. He hugged him and burst into tears.

"I never thought that after this chaos, I could see you Zhang Bosong again!"

Zhang Shu (sǒng) was the grandson of Zhang Chang, the "Beijingzhao" and was the number one person in the political and educational department in Wang Mang's regime. He wrote a lot of flattery articles for Wang Mang, and thus was named a marquis. When the fifth republic entered Beijing, he did not kill him as a traitor. When the house was confiscated, he found that he was actually a clean official, so he left it alone.

A few months ago, when the Fifth Lun evacuated Chang'an, Zhang Shun resolutely followed and ran to Chiyang, Weibei to settle down. He expected that the capital would be particularly cold this winter. The Chang'an neighbors who laughed at him must have regretted it and shivered. Of course, it is not ruled out that many people still expect Wei to rescue him...

His old friend Chen Zun also had a tragic fate. As a famous Confucian hero in Guanzhong, Chen Zun quelled the rebellion for Wang Mang and was named a marquis. He served as a local 2,000 stone three times. Finally, because he was drunk, he was in a widow's house at night, and his post was deteriorated and his salary was cut off.

A few months ago, he was enlisted by Wang Yi, the Grand Sikong of the New Dynasty, and followed the army, hoping to use his reputation in Guanzhong and Guandong to imitate Zhou Yafu's campaign for Meng. As a result, Wang Yi was defeated in Kunyang, and Chen Zun had to escape under the escort of his disciples and ran around. At least, after rushing to Hedong in the autumn, he defected to Dou Rong, who had met once.

Dou Rong is now almost the bottom of the Wei officials' despise chain, so he dared not accept the former new official, so he sent him back to Guanzhong. He never thought that when he arrived in Maoling, he became the guest of honor for the fifth reunion and also granted Chen Zun the title of "Guanglu Dafu".

Chen Zun and Zhang Shu are old friends. Zhang Shu is knowledgeable and well-versed, and is honest and frugal. Chen Zun is indulgent and obsessed with drinking, but they are quite kind. Now, the two old men who have lost everything will meet again, and they are deeply moved.

Zhang Su came here, naturally, not just visiting friends: "Meng Gong, tell me, what about the banquet of King Wei?"

Chen Zun knew that Zhang Xun was not happy, so he asked what the King of Wei said to him, so he said, "The King of Wei is polite. Now that the Wei army is on his side, he still takes time to see me. He talks about his ancestor Yang Ziyun's "Wine Precepts". I also loved this article very much back then."

"What else?"

"I heard that when I was young, I escorted the Shanyu back north and asked about the Huns."

Zhang Shu continued to ask: "What else?"

Chen Zun showed the seal on his waist: "As the Guanglu official, I will travel to Weibei for the King of Wei, appease the right people from all over the country, and warn everyone that those who were executed and burned were colluded with Liu Bosheng and Wei, and the other surnames were all in their own place, so that they should not believe the rumors."

"That's right." Zhang Xun glanced at him: "With your reputation as Chen Menggong, you should be used as a card to soothe people's hearts."

Chen Zun smiled bitterly: "Don't be too happy too early. If Wei wins and loses fifth, we will either have to flee to Hexi and Hedong with him, or we will stay and wait for Wei to fall. You and I are the Marquis of King of Xinmang, and we will run for the King of Wei. Once Wei enters Guanzhong, you will be safe, but I will definitely die."

Zhang Shu asked back: "Who said that the fifth relationship will be defeated?"

Chen Zun lowered his voice: "Many Haoyou think so. Although the King of Wei was burning the thirty-three destruction tickets, he hit all Haoyou in Guanzhong."

"The King of Wei still cares about their faces? It's not that I underestimate them. They are useless in winning or losing."

Zhang Xun sneered: "The King of Wei's suppression of dissidents is not a random killing, but a specialty. Those thirty-three powerful families are either old people in the former Han Dynasty, who are greedy and greedy. Anyway, they are difficult to subdue. It is better to kill them to eliminate future troubles; or they have too many disciples and threaten the King of Wei, so they simply use the banquet to catch them all in one place."

"There are many big families in Weinan, but since they have defected to Liu Bosheng and are hostile to Wei, they directly sent soldiers to eliminate them. Now there are only a few families who are fighting stubbornly. The rest of the people who are destroyed and flee, leading the Wei family troops to advance east."

"As for the remaining people, they are either like Maoling Ma, Geng and Qiongcheng Hou's family, who are prominent officials in the Wei court and have no reason to cause trouble."

"Either the manpower is small and even the county soldiers cannot beat them. As long as King Pyer of Wei and others make a promise for him, the burning coupon will not burn to his own head, and he will be lucky."

Zhang Xun commented: "So the fifth reunification seems to be acting fiercely, but its hidden danger is not in the war, but only in the aftermath. If you don't rely on Haoyou to govern the local area, who should you use? You can't let his soldiers take charge of the business?"

Although people at that time said that Zhang Shu was more knowledgeable than his grandfather Zhang Chang, and although he was not as good as political affairs, he still had some knowledge. So he thought that scholars in Guanzhong should not be in a hurry to be indignant. After the battle was over, it would be their turn to appear.

Chen Zun nodded: "Bosong sees so clearly that you should do this Guanglu doctor."

Zhang Xun waved his hand quickly: "I wrote a lot of flattery and flattery for Wang Mang, praise the talismans, and have a bad reputation. People in Chang'an scolded me, "I want to be a marquis, but I will fight hard, so it is better to make a mistake." The King of Wei did not kill me, because he was kind, but he would rather let Wang Long and others write articles than use me a word again...but..."

He actually sighed and said, "The King of Wei and Wang Mang are really similar."

Chen Zun was funny, why didn't he see: "Where does it look like it?"

Zhang Xu said: "Jushentian, and Jundan, Wang Jujun also knew where the evil was in the late Han Dynasty, but Wang Mang was not practical. His Wangtian system restored the well fields and wanted to let the local people divide the land by themselves. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"It's the fifth relationship, who acts decisively, pragmatically but not simplistically. You see, the land obtained by these thirty-three families will be given to the soldiers under their command? I think he will have some means sooner or later on."

However, at present, it is too difficult. Wang Mang has completely ruined the monetary system, and the people have returned to the barter stage in the Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period, and grain and cloth are hard currency.

Zhang Shu said: "However, the biggest difference between the two is that the fifth reunion has a soldier who is loyal to him. After this incident, this loyalty is probably even greater!"

...

Zhang Shu, who was clear about the bystander, had lost everything and had no connection with the land and related interests, could see clearly, and he was sure to do so.

Tens of miles west of Maoling, thousands of soldiers on the front line of Liquan Township learned that the King of Wei had acted vigorously and followed the example of Wu'an to divide the land, and cut the thirty-three noble lands in Weibei and divided the main soldiers in Guanzhong forty to fifty acres.

The land coupons he had made were sent to them by Zhang Yu who was ordered to come here, and the army was immediately happy.

"I haven't lie to you?"

Qin He and others were all there, but the soldiers looked like "being as I expected" and said this to the poor soldiers who were so happy that this was also the promise of the Fifth Reun to everyone when he raised an army in Hongmen.

At the same time, they were shouting in their hearts: "It's a loss! These new recruits can all divide the land in Guanzhong, but our fields are far away in Wu'an, Wei County. I don't know if they will go back in the future. I just hope that the magistrate said that the King of Wei promised that the eight hundred soldiers and officials could change the land in the future and could be implemented earlier."

Qin He and others were mostly old soldiers of Zhu Tufeng, all of whom were loyal to the King of Wei. This time, there were also men of the superiors, Zhang Yu and others, who came down to hold a meeting for them and asked them for a meeting. Seeing that the bull that was blown out was fulfilled, the officers had to spare no effort to help the soldiers "remember the bitterness and think about the sweetness."

So in this cold twelfth lunar month, the people have been removed from the solid walls and clear fields, and only soldiers are left in Liquan Township, and there will always be similar conversations by the bonfire.

The people brought by Zhang Yu were able to speak and understand the words and said to everyone: "You guys, when you were slaves and tenants, you couldn't eat enough or wear warmth, but you had never lacked food and clothes since you followed the King of Wei?"

The soldiers nodded, and the military officer said again: "The promised gold was issued when it first entered the capital."

Everyone laughed, some of them had been holding the golden cake in their arms for half a year, and tooth marks were also covered with...

"Now, you have even the fields!"

The brand new wooden deck was held in everyone's hands. This was a difficult task that Jing Dan and Ren Guang took two months to complete.

Wang Long is right, those who conform to the rules and regulations and have different bonds are trustworthy. Those who have families and countries will have enough soldiers and food to the people, and trust is the most important of them.

But in the heart of the fifth reunion, the real credibility is not the usury bonds set by the rich and the son-in-chief family and the poor, but the contract of equal land!

Zhang Yu and others asked back: "Do you say, does the King of Wei make up for his words?"

"Count it!" The camps spoke in unison, and the bonfire made the golden cakes in their arms burn and warm, and the wooden shaved sweat, fearing that they would make the engravings on them. They were not like insatiable powerful people, and they were easily satisfied. This didn't count, what did they count?

Zhang Yu took the opportunity to raise his arms and said, "There was an old saying in the past that Ji Bu Yinuo is worth hundreds of kilograms of gold. But now, how much is the King of Wei worth?"

"I gave us gold, and gold was sent twice, with a total of more than 100,000 pieces, which is more than 100,000 kilograms. How many cattle and horses can be crushed to death."

"There is also land, each person is divided into forty or fifty acres, not too much? But the three armies combined are tens of thousands of hectares! How many days and nights does a person have to circle the tens of thousands of hectares of land? His legs are broken!"

As he was talking, Zhang Yu, who had a script in his belly, thought of his life experiences with Zhu Di, couldn't help crying.

"In order to fulfill this promise, the king saved money. There was no decoration on the carriage, and he drove a mare and did not build a palace. When he was in Liyang, he was crowded with the official office of the classics. Now that the queen and eldest son have arrived, he will temporarily use the Han Dynasty Xiaoliu Palace."

Although it is due to personal aesthetics and values, the fifth reunion can compete with Wang Mang in simple manner. But the biggest difference between the two is that the fifth reunion is not a small gift for the people below, including fiefs, food, gold cakes, fields, and all kinds of real benefits. If they are defeated tomorrow, can these things be saved?

What's more, since the powerful have a different intention, he urgently needs to help grow and build a class that firmly supports him!

Infected by Zhang Yu, Qin He and others were also moved and went to the campfire and said, "Although we are military officials, we are all poor people, just like the soldiers who raised the army in Hongmen. They have been beaten by their masters for so many years, and are not treated as humans."

"In the manor, we are donkeys and oxes, and we are exhausted."

"In the Pig Tufeng bravery, we are horses, and we drive forward and die."

"All of a beast anyway!"

His voice was a little angry, and he swallowed even more: "Only King of Wei thinks I am an individual!"

On the outside of the bonfire, there were also some Wuling tenants who were recruited to transport food and fodder and acted as civil servants. They listened from afar, watching the soldiers shed tears, and were surprised and quite longing. The fire was reflected in their eyes, flashing.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost over, Zhang Yu took a sip of wine and stood up: "As today, there are a few emperors and dozens of kings, those who may have noble bloodlines or powerful power. But only the King of Wei can open their eyes to us poor people, so that we can have food, drink, gold and land, but if we call Wei clan Longyou, the green Han will first come in..."

"It will be taken back!"

He suddenly pointed at the tenant farmers outside the bonfire: "Even if you have just been burned down, a written-off bond will be restored! The profit will be increased, and the rent will crush you to death, and you will crush your children, grandchildren and great-grandson to death!"

"You guys, can you tell them to succeed?"

This sentence scared everyone, and was filled with anger: "No!"

Their roars shook the night sky and spread far and far on the Weibei Plain!

There were also brave tenant farmers who approached and asked Qin He and Zhang Yu, "Supreme officials, the King of Wei's soldiers are so good. Can we also serve as soldiers? If we become soldiers, can we divide the land?"

"Of course!"

Zhang Yu pointed to the south bank of the Wei River in the distance: "The powerful Weinan has fought more than a dozen families, and although there are fewer land, it is enough for tens of thousands of people to divide it."

"In the world outside of Guanzhong, Jiuzhou only occupied one state, and there were eight states left. We were still waiting for us to fight for the King of Wei. We didn't even have to make great contributions. As long as we were willing to endure hardships, we were afraid that we would not be able to get the land in the end?"

After this sentence, it was clearly the extremely cold twelfth lunar month, but the soldiers seemed to have a fire in their hearts!

The fire was called hope, which was a luxury that had never been in the dark since the end of the Han Dynasty. Wang Mang claimed to be a restructuring, but he always tried to make trouble in the temple without implementing it, and never directly affected them.

The tenant farmers who had just been voted by King Li of Wei and sold their bonds hoped to truly join the army and own their own land. Their number was tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. Even if the tenant farmers who were not directly disbursed were happy to see the arrogant and unlucky power.

The soldiers who have become small peasants since the Hongmen resurgence have increased and decreased in the number of more than 40,000 people. Seeing that the promise of the King of Wei was fulfilled, they were happy and trusted him more. They were either thinking about driving away the Wei soldiers who were invading the future to live a peaceful life, or looking at the officers holding their heads up, they wanted to take a step forward.

Qin He and other military officers who were already small landlords wanted more and better land and built a fort to play in the future. That was their greatest luxury in life.

As for people like Zhang Yu who have already entered the upper class of Wei, they also have their own dreams.

"I want to be a marquis, too!"

This is no longer just the fifth relationship and one person’s heart.

But the hearts of millions of people!

...

In Haochou County, a hundred miles northwest, Wei Cui led the cavalry of six counties to occupy this place. Hesitated between raiding Wuling and restraining the Wei army, and the scouts sent to Liquan Township to investigate, and gave their rewards pale faces.

"How are the Wei army prepared?"

"Fine food and fodder, strict vigilance, morale..."

"How is the morale?" Wei Cui asked, weren't the powerful people coming from Weinan saying that the fifth rebellion was against the law, and the hearts of the people were in chaos, and everyone was sharpening their knives and ready to welcome the king's army?

The scout raised his head and said carefully: "The voice of loyalty to the King of Wei shook the four fields, and its energy can swallow mountains and rivers!"

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ps: Updated tomorrow's old time.
Chapter completed!