? Jishui County is on the east bank of the Ganjiang River, but its essence is on the west bank.
? Li Banghua sailed past the county seat by boat, and saw that there were many soldiers on the tower. Obviously, the magistrate of Jishui County had recruited brave men to defend the city.
"It's okay, it's okay, the rebels didn't attack the city." Feng Zhang, the county magistrate, was terrified, watched the thief boat leave, and sat down limply.
A Confucian scholar said: "The auspicious water is over."
"You have to be killed to come back." Another Confucian scholar clenched his fist and said.
These two are clan brothers, one is Zhou Ruibao and the other is Zhou Ruixu.
Zhou Ruibao was also the magistrate of Sichuan last year. Due to the severe drought in the area, he led the people to build ponds and weirs, and dug wells to fetch water to alleviate the drought. All the food was used for disaster relief, so naturally he couldn't pay taxes, so he was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown.
Zhou Ruixu used to be a county magistrate in Zhejiang Province. Due to his outstanding political achievements, he was commended by Chongzhen, and he was promoted four times to be a doctor of Wenxuan Division. Of course, his teachers and classmates helped a lot, otherwise this promotion would be too outrageous. It's a pity that my buttocks are still hot, and I suddenly received bad news, and hurried back to my hometown for the funeral.
The two brothers came to visit the magistrate of Jishui County together when they learned about the bandits in Luling, and connected with the gentry of the county to recruit bravery from the county.
At the beginning, the gentry in Jishui County were still watching. But when the summer harvest came, most of Luling County rioted, terrified the gentry in Jishui County next door.
Today, they have recruited more than 1,000 village braves.
The country gentry who participated in the recruitment all brought their money and food, and moved their families to live in the county town, leaving only minorities and domestic slaves in the village.
"Brother Chang, you have to contact the governor to suppress the bandits!" The person who spoke was named Li Chun'an, the son of Li Rixuan, the prime minister of Dali Temple, and also the grandnephew of Li Banghua.
Zhou Ruixu said worriedly: "Governor Li is currently suppressing thieves in Duchang. I'm afraid he won't be able to go south until the beginning of spring."
Next to him was a scholar named Li Musheng, the son of Li Yuanding, the head of the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry of Officials, and also the nephew of Li Banghua.
There are a lot of scholars here, for the son of Luo Wanjue, the elder brother of the prefect Shi Fengyuan, and so on. There are also those who escaped from Luling County, such as Hu Yilong's brother in the incident, etc. Those who have family members who are officials in the court will not easily compromise.
?They took more than a thousand village braves, supported them with their own food, and defended Jishui County by virtue of the danger of the Ganjiang River.
Until the evening, before the rebels came to attack the city, the crowd finally dispersed, leaving some soldiers on duty to guard.
The next day, news came that the rebels were sweeping the villages and towns, and the leader was Li Banghua!
Everyone was silent, Li Banghua was a thief, it was too unimaginable, they all thought it was fake news.
In front of the brothers of the Li family, many gentry did not dare to speak out, so they got together in private and scolded the eighteen generations of Li Banghua's ancestors.
Li Musheng quietly approached Li Chun'an: "Brother, my uncle has become a high-ranking anti-thief official, why don't we go and follow the thieves too."
"Asshole!"
Li Chun'an yelled: "Your father, my father, are both officials of the court. If we follow the thief, father will go to prison. You are going to be a disloyal and unfilial person!"
Li Musheng said with a bitter face: "If we don't go back to our hometown, all the property will be divided among the rebels."
"What about dividing the land?" Li Chun'an sneered, "The money and food have been brought out. As long as there are people in the court, are you afraid that there will be no land in the future?"
Li Musheng sighed and said: "The rebels are fierce, I am afraid the governor will not be able to wipe them out, so what should I do then?"
Li Chun'an scolded: "Don't talk nonsense again, can bandits Zhao still take over the country?"
Li Musheng remained silent. His family had the most property, which was tens of thousands of acres of land, which was saved by several generations!
Gucun, Li's family.
"Kneel down!"
Li Tingjian was trembling with anger, pointed at his son with a cane and yelled.
Li Banghua knelt down obediently, and said to his subordinates: "When you go to work, divide my field first, and tie it up if anyone blocks it."
Li Tingjian was dumbfounded, and said with a shocked face: "You traitor, have you been poured into the soup? You are nothing more than a traitor, and you even brought the traitor to divide your own land!"
Li Banghua sighed and said, "Father, do you still remember how grandma was buried?"
"At that time, my family was poor, and everything was kept simple," Li Tingjian sighed. "The children and grandchildren were incompetent, so the elders could only be buried in straw wrapped in straw, hiding from the neighbors in the village. But after you became rich, you chose a place with a good geomantic omen to make your elders look good. Relocating and burying once can be regarded as worthy of the ancestors."
Li Banghua asked again: "Father, do you remember that there were only a few acres of land left in the family back then? Now there are more than a thousand acres."
Li TingIn a panic, he didn't choose his way, and couldn't find where his boat was.
Huang Yao ran into a group of enemies and fled frantically along the bank. He didn't care about the soldiers under his command, so he sped up with his long legs and rushed to the enemy's back alone.
"kill!"
Huang Yao yelled to embolden himself, and shot the enemy in the back.
The townspeople were so frightened that they didn't know how many pursuers were behind them, they all ran forward in the dark with their heads covered.
"The boat is over there!"
By the moonlight, Xiang Yong shouted.
"kill!"
Huang Yao chased after him and stabbed another one.
The villagers panicked and climbed into the boat, only to see that Huang Yao was alone. But they didn't dare to fight back, because there were more pursuers in the distance.
"kill!"
Huang Yao poked the third one.
"Pull me up quickly!"
"I haven't boarded yet, so don't sail."
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, it's about to flip over."
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There were six small boats here, and in a panic, only two managed to escape back to the other side.
Many Xiangyong simply jumped into the water and escaped. Huang Yao stood on the bank and stabbed two more to death.
? In the early morning of the next day, Li Banghua came in a hurry and saw the burnt houses and the corpses of the tenants, and stood there silently for a long time.
"Can the dead be counted?" Li Banghua asked.
Huang Yao replied: "The thieves raided six villages at night. They did not rob money and food, but murdered and set fire. None of the people we brought were injured or injured. But the farmers in Jishui County, including children, a total of 358 people were killed. Kill. The thieves ran fast, we only killed 21 and captured 6 alive."
Li Banghua sighed: "Oh, this kind of thing will happen sooner or later." </div>