The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

The First Champion Chapter 408

"What's the report?"

The visitor took out a letter from his pocket and said, "This is Zhang Xunyan's autographed letter, and I want to give it to Shaozai for review."

A personal guard brought it up, unfolded it, and handed it to Yang Lin.Picking it up and reading it, Yang Lin smiled and said: "After all, Zhang Shuye came from an official family, so he didn't see the problem very thoroughly. The chaos in the south of the Yangtze River didn't happen in a day, but it was a long-term illness. If you change it slowly, it may not take a hundred years." If you see results, you should stop and suffer from it.

I have [-] elite soldiers in Bianliang, which can be said to be piled up with money. After a long period of practice, it's time to take them out to see how the edge is. "

"Come here, take care of me with pen and ink."

A letter was sent to Bianliang, and 1 of the [-] banned troops rode out of Kaifeng Mansion on horseback. The swords and flags were like forests, and the armor was cold and iron. The majestic appearance made Kaifeng people talk about it.

Yang Lin was in Dali, and it would take half a month at the fastest to send the letter to Bianliang. After this letter was sent out, plus the marching time, it was already a month later when the imperial guards from the Beijing camp arrived in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the city of Hangzhou, the sky is full of chaos, and the streets are full of scholars leading the common people to make trouble.

The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River mobilized the scholars in the clan, and then spent money to bribe some common people, and surrounded the patrol office.

Many Xiang soldiers were ordered to take off their armor, mingled among them, and were responsible for booing.Countless people were coerced into joining the torrent. At first, the crowd restrained themselves, they just besieged the government office and shouted to punish corrupt officials.

The common people got the rumor that the imperial court sent the ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River to patrol here, in order to abolish the soldiers, collect heavy taxes, and recruit a new army.However, the Jiangnan Patrol Office and Duwei's Mansion were determined to deduct the military pay from the people in Jiangnan, adding five miscellaneous taxes out of thin air.

This is all speculation, and those with a little bit of brain don't believe it, but when many people follow the trend, they unconsciously give up their brains.

Many shabby households in the south of the Yangtze River had the most fun after receiving the money.

Zhang Shuye looked at the chaos outside from the tall building, he was so angry that he wanted to pack up his troops and go out to quell the chaos.

Yin Muhong grabbed him abruptly, and only said that it was not the time. Zhang Shuye was stunned: "Is it not the time to make trouble?"

Yin Muhong sneered, and said: "Look at these people, they are all strong young men with little experience and no status. If no one supports them, how dare they take a step closer to the government office?"

He stayed by Yang Lin's side for a long time, and he and Yang Lin had already mastered the trick of "dead from public anger".

In his eyes, these people's methods are like children's nonsense, so it's embarrassing to play tricks on them.

Zhang Shuye thought about it carefully, and felt that it made a lot of sense, and then he became even more angry: "If there is a mastermind behind the scenes, it will be even more despicable."

Yin Muhong smiled and said: "Let's not rush to make a move. Such a small scene is not enough to draw out Thunder's tricks. Let's get used to them for a while."

"Get used to them?"

"That's right, let them jump for a while first."

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At Maoshi, the sky was still gray, the wind was strong, and there was no one on the streets outside Hangzhou.

An old soldier on the city tower boiled a pot of shochu and enjoyed himself with two dishes of side dishes.

These Xiangbing soldiers worked hard all day long, and each of them carried the military pay of seven or eight people on their backs. They did the work of seven or eight people, but the income was only worth one person.

The others were all collected by the generals and officials. This is the origin of the so-called more than 130 million soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty. My soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty are not fat, but puffy.

Suddenly, a bright light came from a distance, seven or eight cavalry approached quickly, the old pawn was startled, there was a battalion stationed on the tower tonight, but this so-called battalion actually only had three people, the other two bastards were still there sleep.

He kicked the snoring young junior next to him, and said, "Get up!"

The three of them stretched their necks from the top of the city tower and looked down, only to see seven or eight people behind them, and there was no large army.

"Open the city gate, and the imperial guards of the Beijing camp will handle their affairs."

The old pawn led the two of them tremblingly down the stairs and opened the gate of Hangzhou.

"You three are the only ones defending such a huge city?" The visitor looked incredulous.

The person who came was the leader, it was Liu Qi. After he was entered into the imperial army of the Beijing camp by Yang Lin, he became a big hit. He was already in command of the Ma Jundu, with more than 800 horses under his command.

The old pawn bared his teeth and said with a smile: "Our three families have guarded the city for generations. Both of their fathers are dead. Now it's their turn. The little old man still has a few days to live, so he will guard the city for my useless son. sky."

Liu Kai shook his head secretly, what kind of bird army is this, it is simply absurd.Is there no discerning person in Jiangnan?Even if he neglected his duties on weekdays, he didn't even know how many people to send as scouts in this troubled time?

Just such a mob, what's going on?

After a farce-like dialogue, seven people controlled three soldiers and took Hangzhou North City into their hands.

After the dawn broke, the people who had rested overnight and regained their energy poured into the streets again.

This time they were not so honest, and there were frequent chaos. Most of the shops and workshops in Hangzhou City chose to open their doors at this time.

Behind them are some Jiangnan gentry, and many of these shops are their industries.

Anyone who goes to the streets to make trouble can get some little cloth, oil, salt or food from here.

Slowly, there were more and more people, gradually filling up the patrol mansion.On the streets on both sides of the road, in the luxurious restaurants, groups of nobles in brocade clothes, surrounded by red and emerald greens, beauties serving wine in unrestrained fashion, and occasionally leaning on the railing to look at their masterpieces.

What they eat is delicacies from mountains and seas, and what they play is the head of the courtesan. The scum left between their teeth is enough to make the rioters below drive them. It's nice to have money

Someone started throwing stones on the door, and the smashed gate was full of holes. The excited crowd was mobilized by the people who were in charge of booing. Some of them were bold and foolish, and started throwing stones into the yard.

Someone set fire outside the courtyard wall, and the situation gradually became uncontrollable.In the smoggy government office, many members of the Duwei's Mansion were injured, one was even cut open by a stone, his forehead was covered with blood, and he was carried into the backyard for treatment.

Yin Muhong in the small building looked at all of this, and a sinister smile suddenly flashed on the corner of his mouth: "Fire the fireworks!"

With a bang, a huge sound resounded in the sky. After Liu Qi on the tower heard it, he ordered to go down and open the city gate.

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The city gate of Hangzhou was wide open, and the army that had been waiting here all night entered in a single file.

On the ruins of the 60 imperial army, the number of selected soldiers and horses has been reduced by ten times, but the cost of soldiers has not been reduced in the slightest.

Yang Lin promoted his policy of elite soldiers for the first time, which changed the style of redundant soldiers in the Song Dynasty for a hundred years.

Whether it was [-] Jurchen soldiers who overthrew Daliao, or Song Jiang who took Kara Khan lightly, they all proved the truth that soldiers are more expensive than elites.

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and the horseshoes stepped on the bluestone road in Hangzhou, giving off the smell of burnt stones. Every knight was covered in armor and wore a mask on his face, and a solemn and murderous aura rose into the sky.

This group of people and horses are all tall and big. Not only are the people carefully selected, but even the horses are selected from countless war horses.Running into the city of Hangzhou, it was like a torrent of cold iron, which suddenly increased the chill of early winter.

The flag was waved, and the knights scattered to several main roads in Hangzhou like a stream, heading towards the patrol office.

In less than a moment, the cavalry had converged to this square, and the boiling crowd fell silent.

The overwhelming crowd couldn't breathe, the aroused emotions cooled down instantly, and their boundless anger disappeared.

The rioters looked at this group of iron-like cavalry with fear in their eyes. These people were already a head taller than ordinary people, and they were covered in armor. They rode tall horses, as if they were heavenly soldiers.