Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Fang La turned out to be a servant in the family of Fang Youchang, the owner of Qixian Village, Qixian Village, She County, and he was from a low background.

However, Fang La has a bold personality and likes to make friends. There are many talented people in his family, so he already has a certain status in the world.

One day, Fang La went to the stream to clean his hands. In the water, he saw himself wearing a flat crown and a dragon robe, so he used this to tell people that he was blessed by the emperor.

This makes people feel that Fang La is extraordinary, and they are more willing to make friends with Fang La. Even the original leader of Manichaeism, Wang Gong and Lao Buddha, valued Fang La very much and often invited Fang La to listen to his sermons.

Later, Wang Gong and Lao Fo accidentally saw the "Tui Bei Diagram" which is said to have been created by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. He ordered the astronomer Li Chunfeng and the fortune teller Yuan Tiangang to predict the fortune of the Tang Dynasty.

There is a prophecy in the "Tui Bei Tu": Add one point to ten thousand, and you will be honored at the end of winter. Crossing the Zhejiang River, you will find your mark in Wuxing!

Ten thousand plus one point is the word "square".

The end of winter is the "twelfth lunar month".

Fang Lazhong's "Tui Bei Tu".

Therefore, these first two sentences mean that Fang La proclaimed himself emperor.

The last two sentences, "Crossing the Zhejiang River and showing signs in Wuxing" are relatively simple. They refer to Fang La's sphere of influence in the Zhejiang River area, which was probably Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period.

Everyone knows that "Tui Bei Tu" can be called a strange book. Those who can be included in "Tui Bei Tu" are all extraordinary people, and their nature is naturally extraordinary.

Therefore, Wang Gonglaofu believed that Fang La was a very talented person, so he resolutely passed on his position as the leader of Manichaeism to Fang La.

Since Fang La became the leader of Manichaeism, he recruited heroes from all over the world to strengthen Manichaeism, followed Manichaeism's teachings, and prepared for the uprising.

After years of hard work by Fang La and the Manichaeans, they finally prepared all the matters for the uprising. All they had to do was find an auspicious day, and Fang La would raise his voice and officially start the uprising.

But at this critical moment, two changes happened!

The first change was that Fang Baihua actually rebelled first!

After hearing the news, Fangla and the Manichaeans were stunned!

They couldn't figure it out, how could Fang Baihua start the uprising first? ! ! !

Could it be that Shuibo Liangshan wanted to seize the territory in the southeast?

Fang La quickly sent someone to Jiangzhou to ask Fang Baihua, what on earth do you want to do, you damn girl?

Before the people from Fang La's faction left, Fang Baihua (actually Jiang Hongfei) sent Dai Zong to Qingxi County, Muzhou, to explain to Fang La and others that Fang Baihua came to seize Jiangzhou on Jiang Hongfei's order, but because Zhao Ji and his ministers were greedy The people in the southeast were oppressed, the taxes and servitude were heavy, and the people were dying. Because Zhu Meng conscripted Huashi Gang in Wuzhong, the people were resentful, everyone was confused, and they all wanted to rebel. So they raised Fang Baihua and worshiped Fang Baihua as a saint. , Fang Baihua’s passive uprising succeeded.

"Fang Baihua" emphasized that she did not use the banner of Shuibo Liangshan, but only said that she was the biological sister of Shenggong Fangla.

For Fang La and others, this is a blessing in misfortune - at least, this can also be regarded as their uprising.

But to be honest, Fang La and others still feel a little bored!

——The first person to revolt has a great bonus to reputation. However, this achievement did not fall on Fang La. This must have an impact on Fang La's reputation.

But the matter has come to this, and Fang La and others really can't say anything.

After all, when Jiang Hongfei sent Fang Baihua to lead the Liangshan Army to seize Jiangzhou, he was actually helping Fang La.

The key point is that the people in Shuibo Liangshan did not revolt in their own name, which showed that they did not want to compete with their Manichean sect.

Therefore, for this big oolong, I can't blame the people of Shuibo Liangshan. If I really want to blame them, I can also blame Fang La and others for being too clumsy.

However, while Fang La and others felt a little bored, they also saw clearly that the situation for the uprising was really good. The people in Shuibo Liangshan did not want to revolt, so they were forced to do so.

It happened that the second thing happened at this time.

This matter is that Fang La's original employer, Fang Youchang's family, sued Fang La.

It was common for Fang La to idle around all day and not pay attention to work. He only made friends with rogues and even interacted with Manichaeism, a secret organization that was designated as a demon sect by the Zhao and Song Dynasties. The key point was that Fang La always said that he was destined to be the emperor.

Even a fool can see that Fang La is preparing to rebel.

And the rebellion will kill the nine tribes.

Fang Youchang's family and Fang La have not yet released their fifth server. If Fang La rebels, their family will definitely be implicated.

So Fang Youchang asked his second son Fang Xiong to report to Chen Guang, the magistrate of Qingxi County, that Fang La was going to rebel.

Qingxi County is such a big-ass place, and Manichaeism is deeply rooted here.

Soon, Fang La learned about the actions of Fang Youchang's family.

At this point, Fang La had no other choice but to rebel immediately.

So Fang La gathered his followers and killed Fang Youchang's family. He led the crowd to revolt in Qixian Village, She County, calling for a crusade against Zhu Meng, and killed all the officials and their minions on sight.

The people were suffering from plunder and extortion by officials, and as expected, they responded everywhere.

Within ten days, Fang La also gathered tens of thousands of people, with followers like clouds...

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The Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army were the main armies of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

In addition to these two armies, the Zhao and Song Dynasties also had a rural army.

——Although the Zhao and Song Dynasty always wanted the rural army to be on par with the Tang Dynasty's imperial troops, after all, they were only half farmers and half soldiers. Their overall combat strength was still zero and they were not useful, so they could not be included in the regular army.

Not much to say about the Forbidden Army. It was an absolutely regular army of the Zhao and Song dynasties. Except for the more important border defense towns in the west and north, most of them were stationed in the Gyeonggi area to guard Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Here in the southeast, there are not a few forbidden troops at all. The largest number here are actually Xiang troops.

The Xiang army is the garrison of various prefectures and counties, equivalent to the local army.

The tradition of the Zhao and Song dynasties has always been to eliminate the old and weak soldiers with low combat effectiveness from the Forbidden Army into the Xiang Army.

Therefore, the Xiang army has no combat power at all. It is mainly used to supply various chores, such as repairing the Yellow River, transporting supplies, etc.

Another tradition in the Zhao and Song dynasties was to recruit hungry people, refugees and criminals to serve as soldiers.

For soldiers, the Zhao and Song court also tattooed their faces and backs of hands.

Also tattooed were criminals, government craftsmen, and slaves.

It can be seen from this that tattooing as a soldier can actually be regarded as a shame, which is equivalent to excluding soldiers from the citizen class.

This also makes soldiers no longer want to protect their homes and country.

It is worth mentioning that starting from Zhao Kuangyin, all the emperors of the Zhao and Song dynasties were afraid of military rebellion.

Therefore, the Zhao and Song courts were always on guard against generals commanding too many troops.

For this reason, the Zhao and Song Dynasties used the governor of the capital and the road to divide the affairs, balancing power with the enemy and not controlling each other.

This resulted in a situation where generals and officers were in separate camps, and it also resulted in soldiers not knowing the generals and generals not knowing the soldiers.

Coupled with layers of corruption, grain plaques and utensils are decaying.

In addition, there has been no major war and peace in the southeast for almost two hundred years. It has been too long.

So much so that the armies in the southeast don't know how to fight at all.

Therefore, upon hearing the news of Fangla's uprising, Chen Guang, the magistrate of Qingxi County, and the officials and gentry of Qingxi County were frightened and panicked!

——They knew very well that it was simply unrealistic to suppress such a rapidly growing uprising with the few nearby soldiers.

Chen Guang and other officials and gentry in Qingxi County were in a panic. They huddled in the city all day long and asked for help from the superior officials one after another.

But Zhang Huiyan, the magistrate of Muzhou, had no idea. He could only send Zhang Yuan, a prisoner from the west of Zhejiang Province, to the capital to ask for help...

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The mansion that Zhao Ji gave to Wang Fu is located on the north bank of the Bianhe River in the west city of Bianliang City. It is the most famous mansion area in Bianliang City, with an elegant environment and beautiful scenery.

Moreover, Zhao Ji made it clear that the decoration, additional appliances and expenses for Wang Mian's new residence and the housewarming ceremony would all be provided by the Kaifeng Mansion.

When Wang Fu finished renovating the mansion, Zhao Ji personally inscribed a plaque on the front entrance of Wang Fu's mansion with the words "The wise govern the country".

In addition, Zhao Ji also wrote plaques for Wang Fu in nine other pavilions and halls.

On the New Year's Day when Wang Fu moved to his new house, Zhao Ji also ordered the palace band to play music for Wang Fu's move. The motorcade moved forward in a mighty manner, and the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, lined up to watch, creating a sensation.

It can be seen from this that Zhao Ji has high expectations for Wang Fu.

Once Wang Fu became enlightened, he held a banquet at home for many days to entertain guests and friends.

On this day, Wang Fu held a grand banquet at home again, inviting his friend Mei, the Minister of Etiquette, to serve, and four or five beautiful singers were waiting on them.

Just when they were drinking and enjoying themselves, a servant came to report that Zhang Yuan, the prisoner in the west of Zhejiang Province, had something important to see him.

Wang Fu didn't want to see him at all.

But Mei Zhili said: "The lower official heard that there has been a riot in the southeast recently. Zhang Tidian may have something urgent to report. It would be better for Wang Xianggong to see him."

In this way, Wang Fu ordered people to bring Zhang Yuan in.

After Zhang Yuan came in, he immediately reported in a panic: "Ms. Wang, something bad happened. Fang La and Fang Baihua, brothers and sisters from Qingxi in Muzhou, gathered to rebel. Now Jiangzhou has fallen into the hands of thieves, and Muzhou is also in danger. Please pray. Wang Xianggong quickly sends out an army to save me from the southeast!"

Seeing Zhang Yuan's panic, Wang Fu was very angry and reprimanded: "The mob makes trouble, which doesn't happen once or twice a year, but you make a fuss. As an official, you should be calm when faced with danger..."

After scolding Zhang Yuan sternly, Wang Fu turned around and raised his glass to Mei Zhili with a smile: "How about my singers? They are all from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They are thin horses from Yangzhou. He Shengruo takes a fancy to them." Okay, just pick one."

Mei received the gift but did not appreciate it, and said with a displeased face: "My husband is the prime minister, and he should share the worries of the world. Now, Fang La and Fang Baihua brother and sister are poisoning the land of Wu. The scars have not been healed. This is not the time for singing, dancing and feasting!"

After saying that, Mei Zhili put down his wine glass and stood up to say goodbye to Wang Fu!

Wang Fu looked at Mei Zhili's back and said coldly: "I don't know how to praise!"

At this time, the chamberlain Zhang Di suddenly came to announce that Wang Fu would enter the palace to meet the emperor.

Wang Fu did not dare to neglect, and immediately got up and went into the palace to see Zhao Ji.

Seeing Wang Fu coming, Zhao Ji asked straight to the point: "The flowers and fruits collected by the imperial court from central Fujian have doubled. Why?"

It turned out that Dazai Yu Shen said to Zhao Ji: "Guan family, the imperial court currently collects a lot of flowers and fruits from central Fujian, which has become a nuisance to the people. It needs to be reduced."

The so-called Minzhong flowers and fruits actually mainly refer to lychees from Fujian.

Zhao Ji asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Flowers and fruits in central Fujian disturb the people. How do you explain this?"

Yu Shen explained: "In the second year of Xiangfu, the imperial court ordered 60,000 dried lychees per year, an increase of 83,000 last year. For fresh lychees, there were 100,000 in the fourth year of Chongning, and an increase of 100,600 last year. All were turned over. That’s twice as much. When the land is exhausted, it may disturb the people.”

Zhao Ji thought to himself: Why does the court want so many lychees? Let Zhang Di pass the message to Wang Fu and ask Wang Fu to come over and explain.

After hearing this, Wang Fu quickly sorted out and explained the court's purchase and distribution of lychees, and finally said: "The court collects Minzhong flowers and fruits, and the people of Minzhong make money from the fruits. This is beneficial to the people, how can it disturb the people?" ? This is a detail in the peaceful and prosperous times, why should officials bother to study it deeply? "

Wang Fu glanced at Yu Shen again and said calmly: "There are many important affairs in the country. The Dazai only cares about the flowers and fruits in central Fujian and does not want to share the worries of the officials. What's the point?"

Yu Shen was single-handedly promoted by Cai Jing and was Cai Jing's right-hand assistant in governing. Cai Jing went through many ups and downs in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and Yu Shen followed Cai Jing through many ups and downs.

Because Cai Jing did not support the plan of allying Jin to destroy the Liao Dynasty and regain the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Zhao Ji thought that Cai Jing was old, so he forced Cai Jing to become an official and let Wang Fu, who strongly supported the plan, succeed Cai Jing in power.

And Yu Shen is just an excessive prime minister.

Who doesn’t know that the reason why Zhao Ji still retained Yu Shen and promoted him to Dazai was because he asked Yu Shen to cooperate with Wang Fu and transfer all Cai Jing’s power to Wang Fu?

Yu Shen felt the aggressiveness of the young and energetic Wang Fu. Wang Fu could take the matter as small as collecting lychees and criticize him as a great prime minister. Zhao Ji didn't care about Wang Fu, so he would definitely behave in a bad way in the future in the court. It was difficult, and Cai Jing's power was almost entirely transferred to Wang Fu. Yu Shen felt that it would be better for him to voluntarily give up his position as Dazai and leave the court, a place of right and wrong.

Therefore, the next day, Yu Shen took the initiative to tell Zhao Ji: "The official, the veteran has reached seventy. He is too old. Please ask the official to approve the veteran's appointment."

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said, "Aiqing is very concerned about Southeast, so you can go and serve in Southeast."

The next day, the imperial court officially issued an edict, and Yu Shen was sent to Fuzhou with the title of Shaofu and Zhenjiang Jiedushi. At the same time, the imperial court also issued an edict to appoint Wang Fu as Shaobao, Dazai and minister.

Wang Fu officially became the prime minister of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, with power over the government and the public, just like Cai Jing.

Some people may wonder, since Wang Fu knew about the rebellion in the southeast, why was he still so casual?

In fact, carelessness is just an illusion.

Wang Fu's purpose was to suppress the rebellion in the southeast, and he did not want it to affect the plan to jointly implement the plan to destroy the Liao Dynasty and regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.

You know, Wang Fu has been preparing for this plan for more than half a year. Now the troops going north have been assembled in Daming Mansion. They only need Zhao Ji to give the order and the army will go north.

The key is that recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun has been a dream of the Zhao and Song Dynasties for nearly two hundred years. Zhao Xu, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, even ordered: The king who regains Yanyun! ! !

Wang Fu wanted to rely on this unparalleled achievement to prove that he was more outstanding than his predecessor Cai Jing, and that he was the best prime minister in the history of Zhao and Song Dynasty.

In addition, as Wang Fu and Zhang Yuan said, in which year did there not be some rebellions in the Zhao and Song Dynasties? Why all the fuss?

In other words, Wang Fu did not expect that the rebellion in the southeast would have such unprecedented momentum.

Therefore, Wang Fu suppressed the rebellion in the southeast.

but--

Although Wang Fu suppressed this matter, it does not mean that Wang Fu ignored it.

In fact, on the contrary, Wang Fu had strictly ordered Chen Jianli, the envoy of the two Zhejiang roads, to immediately dispatch troops and generals to suppress the rebellion of Fang La and Fang Baihua.

After Chen Jian received Wang Fu's order, he immediately sent Cai Zun and Yan Tan, the military supervisors, to lead 5,000 elite forbidden troops to Qingxi, preparing to attack the base camp of the Layi Army in Xia, and then go north to regain Jiangzhou...

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