Chapter 125 Chapter Forty-seven is not a sour Confucian

The sun was shining brightly, and another day passed in the blink of an eye. The Xianyang Liu family did enter the city on the 5th, but later they took Nanyin and went straight to the land of Liaodong, donating a large amount of food and grass for the labor force. Chu Qiao didn't know what Yan Xun was planning, but instead of waiting in the turbulent Tang capital, why not go to Liaodong to look for Yan Xun. In the early morning of this day, Chu Qiao bought dry rations for the horses, and ate noodles with Liang Shaoqing on the street. After eating and drinking, Liang Shaoqing raised his head and said, "Xiao Qiao, when are we leaving?"

"I'll leave right away, you can do whatever you want." While talking, Chu Qiao put down the bowls and chopsticks, and took out the money bag to pay the bill. "Don't be kidding," Liang Shaoqing said with a smile: "If you go to my house alone, my father will not let you in." Chu Qiao sighed helplessly, feeling that her endurance had gotten better these days, she turned her head slowly, and asked in a very calm tone: "Who told you that I'm going to your house?" "Do you still need others to tell me? I understand in my heart." Liang Shaoqing blinked his eyes, and there was a touch of emotion in his eyes: "The young man who saved us before has feelings for you, I can see it."

Her body suddenly turned cold, and she shivered violently. Chu Qiao was stunned, unable to speak immediately. "Don't talk nonsense." After a long time, she reprimanded in a low voice.Liang Shaoqing sighed: "Don't deny it, but don't worry, I won't mind. Although he seems to have a good family background and some status, don't you still choose to leave with me? Xiao Qiao, I understand your intentions, you have suffered a lot during these days." The man was still immersed in his own exclamation: "Although my parents may not agree with your family background, as long as I insist, they will definitely compromise. Although our family is a rich family in the local area, my parents are not stubborn people. My mother is a very good person, you will definitely like her. Huh? Xiao Qiao, what is your expression? Why do you seem to be crying? Are you moved? Ah? Where are you going? I haven’t finished eating yet. , wait for me..."

Then, just as Liang Shaoqing chased up from behind, out of breath, he saw a group of men with sticks in their hands staring at them, slowly walking over. "Little...Little Joe..." "What's the matter?" Chu Qiao frowned slowly, and said in a deep voice. "I count one, two, three." "What else?" "one……" "Hey, hey, I said nerd, won't you be in trouble again?" "two……" "Who are those people over there?" "Three! Run!" As soon as Liang Shaoqing grabbed Chu Qiao, the two turned around and started to run wildly. The people behind also cursed and chased after seeing her.

Chu Qiao's face turned red with anger, and she shouted, "Who are those people?" Liang Shaoqing looked weak, but he ran so fast that even Chu Qiao struggled to follow: "My enemy!" "FUCK!" Chu Qiao yelled. This bastard has more enemies than herself. If this continues, no one will believe her even if she climbs up and shouts "I am Yanbei Chu Qiao". Liang Shudai obviously knew the streets and alleys of the Tang capital very well. He ran out of more than ten alleys and finally got rid of the pursuers.Chu Qiao was so depressed that she wanted to kill someone. She was a modern spy and a rebel leader, but she was chased all over the street by a group of people with hoes, shovels and sticks. If this news got out, her reputation would be ruined for the rest of her life!

"Nerd, let me tell you, let's break up immediately, and if you dare to follow me again, I will break your leg!" Liang Shaoqing was taken aback, panting and said, "Don't be like this, I'll be worried if you go alone." Chu Qiao was really angry: "I will be unlucky if I follow you!" "no!" Liang Shaoqing was in a hurry, and suddenly threw away the sage's teachings he was thinking of, stepped forward and hugged Chu Qiao from behind, and shouted: "Don't walk!" Chu Qiao struggled, but she didn't break free, and said angrily: "You idiot, let go!"

"Not loose!" "Don't let me hit you?" Liang Shaoqing was extremely virtuous this time: "It's not easy to beat to death!" However, just when Chu Qiao was about to give this guy a hard throw over his shoulder, a black shadow slammed onto her head, and her eyes were suddenly pitch black. The idiot was still hugging himself tightly, and in this brief moment, the best time to fight back had passed.I only felt the strength in my body increase sharply, and it seemed that a large number of people rushed up from the air, pressing the two of them tightly below!

"Head! I caught that kid! There is another accomplice!" In an instant, Chu Qiao was in despair. This battle-field fleeing dragon who had crossed the entire southern blockade of Daxia, escaped hundreds of pursuits and sieges, and even escaped from the siege of tens of thousands of central troops in Biantang, finally Once again with the help of Liang Shaoqing, he fell into the trap. "Bang bang!" After two muffled sounds, Chu Qiao and Liang Shaoqing were poured out. This place seemed to be a dark vegetable cellar with a huge space at the bottom, but there was only a narrow exit at the top, and there were already many people inside.The ladder was pulled up, and if you want to climb up, you can only be a spider-man along the wall that falls at 30 degrees.Chu Qiao asked herself that she didn't have spiderman's tentacles, nor did she have life-saving spider threads in a critical moment, so she should not do such a difficult homework.

After about an hour, a ray of light suddenly appeared on the top, and the people inside quickly covered their eyes, only to hear a bang, and a lot of things were thrown down, and the people inside rushed forward to grab it. It's a pile of moldy steamed buns. There is no way to go to the sky, no way to go to the earth, the frustration in Chu Qiao's heart can no longer be expressed in words, she rubbed her temples depressedly, leaned against the wall, but found that the wall was slippery, and she felt a penetrating sensation as soon as she leaned on it. The cold air hit her, she frowned, and straightened up with her knees hugged.

"Bang bang", Liang Shaoqing patted himself on the shoulder, his face could not be seen clearly in the dark, and he could only hear a man's voice whispering in his ear: "Little Qiao, lean on me and sleep." Chu Qiao was very angry, but she was too lazy to lose her temper with him. She sighed helplessly, then slowly closed her eyes, buried her head on her knees, and waited quietly. "Little Joe, are you angry with me?" Do you still need to ask?But fortunately, I finally have a little self-knowledge.Chu Qiao didn't even bother to lift her head, she was ready to rest for a while, wait for the opportunity, and then escape from this evil place.

"Don't be angry, I will definitely save you out." Just pretend you didn't hear it. "Hey, but that's fine, if you don't get arrested, you have to leave again." Liang Shaoqing muttered, but Chu Qiao was a little moved when she heard it, and she cursed secretly in her heart: You idiot.But that trace of anger gradually dissipated. "Little Qiao, it's cold, let's talk." Chu Qiao didn't speak, but listened, and hummed lightly.There was the sound of eating steamed buns and chewing loudly all around. These people seemed to have been here for a long time, gobbling one by one, as if they had been hungry for a long time. "I heard a few days ago that Bian Tang is going to fight, and Yanbei is going to fight, and Da Xia will also join. Is it true?" Chu Qiao was taken aback for a moment, thought for a while and asked, "Who did you hear that from?" "That's what everyone on the street says." "Oh?" Chu Qiao raised her eyebrows slightly: "Then what do those people think, who do they think will win, and who do they hope to win?" "Needless to say, Daxia will win naturally. After so many years, how has Daxia ever failed on the battlefield?" The girl curled her lips slightly: "That's not necessarily true. Didn't Daxia just lose in the battle of Zhenhuang a while ago?" "Hey, you only know one thing and don't know the other." Liang Shaoqing sighed: "Great Xia has many soldiers, big trees with deep roots, a century of founding, millions of mercenaries, thousands of miles of fertile fields, countless fertile fields, and thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. There are tens of millions of people, a steady stream of soldiers, and Hongchuan is orthodox. Although Yanbei can take advantage of it because of internal ignorance, Yanbei's advantage is only temporary. The power of the king and the royal family sent troops to the north, how can Yanbei resist? To be honest, if Daxia hadn’t just wiped out the power of the Muhe clan before Daxia, do you think Yanbei could fight against Daxia’s imperial guards? It’s just a joke.” Chu Qiao was taken aback for a moment, but she didn't expect these words to come from this nerd, and said with interest, "Why do you say that?" Seeing Chu Qiao speak up, Liang Shaoqing immediately became complacent, and talked freely: "Mu He's influence in Daxia is very deep. At the beginning, he could almost fight against the other six families of the Elders' Council with his own strength. After pulling out this power, , There are a large number of vacancies in various departments in the central government of Daxia, and some departments are even temporarily paralyzed. The Ministry of Military Affairs, the Senate, the Picket Court, the Law Court, the Military Law Department, and the Beijing Public Security Bureau are all vacancies. It was other aristocratic families who were actively vying for these official positions, but the royal family was unwilling to let go, and the result of their respective scrambles was that the officials everywhere were still unable to make a conclusion, and the forces were vacillating back and forth in the multi-party scramble. Therefore, when the civil strife broke out, , the empire was unable to make accurate and powerful defenses and counterattacks, let alone quick deployment and responses. This is one of them." Chu Qiao was even more surprised, and said, "What about the second one?" Liang Shaoqing said: "Secondly, the aristocratic family saw the royal family eradicate the Mu He family like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and gave birth to a heart of sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and deliberately allowed Yanbei to grow bigger." Chu Qiao was taken aback for a moment: "What do you mean?" "Little Qiao, do you know how many years the elders of the empire have existed?" Chu Qiao frowned slightly: "It is said that it rose at the same time as the empire." "Yes, when the country was founded, apart from the Zhao family, there were nineteen clans in Daxia, all of which were the old clans of Pero Zhenhuang. After the founding of the country, because the power of the Pero clan was far higher than other clans, so respect The Pero family is the king. Pero Zhenhuang admired the culture of the Eastern Land, and later changed the country’s surname to Zhao, which is now the Zhao family. However, after the founding of the country, no matter whether it is military power or political power in the court, the other nineteen sects are It occupies an important proportion, and even the royal family dare not confront it head-on. It was not relieved until the appearance of Pero Zhenhuang's grandson, Pero Hehe. Pero Hehe is a majestic and powerful emperor. After decades of hard work, the power of the royal family has finally been gradually established. Later emperors followed suit and entrusted feudal lords, which became the traditional habit of Great Xia.” Liang Shaoqing paused for a moment, then sighed: "However, no matter what kind of policy, in the process of slowly implementing it, its inherent defects and disadvantages will be exposed. For example, such a system of enfeoffment will not only gradually enlarge the power of the vassal Power, let the aristocratic families hold together in order to survive. They can fight among themselves, but they will never kill them all, because they know that once the power of the clan declines, it will be their own demise. Therefore, this time the royal family showed such great strength. The power destroyed the Muhe clan with thunder, so how can we not let the other clans be afraid? Otherwise, just the family armies of the Zhuge clan and the Wei clan would be enough to save the collapsed building of Zhenhuang, but why didn't there be any evidence that night? move?" The man's voice gradually deepened, and he said in a low voice: "They are sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. I hope that Daxia and Yanbei will lose both sides, so that the royal family will continue to rely on the clans, and the clans will take the opportunity to swallow Yanbei. He will get his own land, so it's not that Yan Bei is too powerful, but that the power of the royal family has touched the interests of a third party, and the clans have deliberately indulged them, so Yan Bei has a chance to get this land. This is the second." Chu Qiao said unconvinced: "What you said may not be completely correct. I heard that when the war first broke out that night, the leaders of the clan were all in the inner city palace, and they couldn't go out of the city to summon the family army." "Do you think there is only one leader of each big family?" Liang Shaoqing smiled and said: "Let me tell you this, our family is just an ordinary family. But except for my father, the uncles, uncles, and uncles and brothers in the family all have the right to speak. Once the head of the family is gone, There must be other people in the family who can take on important tasks. Each family is a small empire, with a monarch, a council of elders, a finance department and an armed force. Among the remaining six major families in the empire, Zhuge A school that is evergreen, although it has never been as beautiful as the Muhe family, it has never declined, and they have been in charge of the empire for three hundred years, do you know how much their net worth is?" Chu Qiao shook her head, but suddenly the other party couldn't see her shaking her head, so she quickly said, "How big is it?" "The financial resources of Zhuge's family may be dozens of times greater than that of Huai Song, the wealthiest of the Three Kingdoms." "how is this possible?" "Why is it impossible?" Liang Shaoqing said: "The country collects taxes, but it has to enshrine the salaries of officials in the court, to feed all the officials, big and small, to manage rivers, to support the army, and to pour money from the national treasury in every disaster year." Other countries buy food and grass to appease the victims. On the contrary, the aristocratic family can not only receive salaries from the state every year, but even the family army is supported by the state. The nobles do not pay taxes, do not pay grain, and occupy the most fertile land for nothing. Monopolize the economic lifelines of various empires, and after three hundred years like this, you can only get in and out, so how much money will you have?" Chu Qiao whispered secretly, and then heard Liang Shaoqing continue: "My father said that the biggest drawback of the empire is not the separation of powers, nor the mercenaries of the vassal kings, but the collection of wealth by the aristocratic families. Wealth is gathered in the hands of a few people. Great trouble, but the empire has no way to shake them at the moment. If one is not good, it will be backlashed. The family is not like a vassal king, so Daxia would rather fight ten Yanbei than dare to move a family, because the vassal kings are all powerful. It is independent, and it is still a matter within the royal family. Once the aristocratic family is in a hurry, they can rallied and oppose it. At worst, they overthrow Chongli. Anyway, there are so many vassal kings in the Zhao family, it is not a big deal to help a puppet come to power. .” "Listen to you, the power of the empire is in the hands of the aristocratic families." "It can also be said that way." Liang Shaoqing nodded and said: "But most of the aristocratic families are relatively low-key, they are like the rocks on the bank of the river, and the princes and royal families are like the flowing water in the river. Calling the wind and calling the rain, but have you ever seen a river that is always rushing? The water will eventually go east, and political figures cannot last forever. Although the reefs are silent, they are extremely firm. They develop silently, accumulating a lot of wealth from generation to generation Wealth. Therefore, the rebellion of the vassal kings is always earth-shattering and known to the world, but the rebellion of the aristocratic families is subtle, changing the dynasty silently." Chu Qiao had no choice but to look at Liang Shaoqing with admiration, and sighed: "What you mean is that this war is either not fought, or as long as there is a war, Yanbei will be defeated." "No," Liang Shaoqing nodded and said, "We will definitely fight, and Yanbei will definitely lose. The previous battle with Daxia may have its own winners and losers, but once the clan sends troops, it will be a sign of Yanbei's demise." Chu Qiao nodded slowly, and then said: "You are right and very reasonable. I didn't expect you to say such a thing." Liang Shaoqing chuckled when he heard the words, scratched his head and said, "I usually read books, and when I went on study tours, I often debated with the students." "But you overlooked one point." Liang Shaoqing was taken aback, and quickly said, "What have I overlooked?" "You have calculated the power of the imperial family, the power of the vassals, the power of other countries, and the power of the clans, but you have neglected the biggest one." "Who?" "People." "People?" "Yes," Chu Qiao nodded and said, "The people with the largest number of people, the ones who occupy the most fields, and the ones with the most potential power are the common people." Liang Shaoqing waved his hands and smiled, "Don't be joking, people? You might as well say that slaves are better. They have no freedom and no weapons. What do they use to fight? Hoes? Besides, do you think the people will be bold enough to support Yanbei? Something that has never happened before.” Chu Qiao's eyes became sharper, and she said slowly: "Why is it impossible? Liang Shaoqing, you were also captured as a slave, you should know the mind of slaves best, they are not stupid pigs and dogs, not without brains wood, they are people, like you nobles, thinking people. They also want to live, have their own land, own their own house, own their own family, why should they make pigs for others They may not dare now, but that is only because they have no such hope. Once a regime blatantly plays the banner of the people, what do you think will happen to these people? They will take up arms to protect their own interests , or continue to bend down to lick the nobleman's toes?" Liang Shaoqing was stunned. This topic was never discussed by his students. It was dark in front of him, but he seemed to see some light. "The people are the foundation, and the interests of the people are the orthodoxy of the world. What the people want is the orthodox way, nerd, sooner or later, you will see how much power the angry people have. Before this power , what family, what clan, what imperial family, will be as vulnerable as a dead tree in September." The whole cellar fell silent, Liang Shaoqing's breathing was a little short, and he repeated the words "people-oriented" repeatedly, as if he had gone mad. At this time, there was a burst of crying suddenly, and gradually, the crying became louder and louder, and those people who had just frantically snatched steamed buns stopped, and they looked towards this side, although they couldn't see anything, they seemed to be There was a fire burning in their hearts. "This girl, will we really have our own land?" An old voice sounded slowly, trembling with excitement.In the darkness, Chu Qiao no longer concealed her identity as a woman. When those people heard her voice, they naturally recognized her as a woman. Hearing those cries, Chu Qiao only felt an indescribable grief and indignation in her chest, she nodded heavily, and said firmly: "Yes, I will definitely, it is in Yanbei, as long as you get there, you He is his own master." "Yanbei... Yanbei..." Some people are silently reading, they are like travelers who have seen a lighthouse at sea, silently looking in the direction of the northwest. There, there was heavy snow and constant wars, but on that snow-white land, a new political power was slowly rising, holding the banner of the people, shining on the people in the darkness. "Little Joe, I know who you are." A firm voice suddenly sounded in her ears, Chu Qiao was startled, only to hear Liang Shaoqing say word by word: "You are a believer of the Datong Guild, right?" Chu Qiao smiled and said, "No, I don't believe in Datong." "Ah?" Liang Shaoqing was taken aback, and frowned: "But your statement is very similar to Datong." "Yes, it is very similar, but mine is more realistic." Chu Qiao smiled and said: "I just hope that the poor can have their own land, clothes to wear, houses to live in, places to complain when they have complaints, and places to talk about suffering. For the interests of some people, if you kill someone, you have to pay with your life, if you owe a debt, you have to pay back the money, that’s all.” Liang Shaoqing was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "I'm sorry Xiao Qiao, I can't go with you anymore." Chu Qiao was taken aback, and asked, "What did you say?" "I'm going to Yanbei, I can't go with you anymore." "Are you going to Yanbei?" "Yes," the nerd said in a deep voice, "Although I don't know if what you said is true, but I want to go and have a look." Chu Qiao smiled immediately, and patted him on the shoulder: "I hope to see you in Yanbei." "You want to go too?" Liang Shaoqing was overjoyed and said quickly, "That's great, let's go together." "No," the girl slowly shook her head, "I still have important things to do." At this moment, the lid on the top of the vegetable cellar was snapped open, strong light shone in, and a woman's voice sounded indifferently: "Bring out all the people inside." Chu Qiao was taken aback when she heard this, because the voice was so familiar!