All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 233 It’s better to meet by chance

"Brother Zhang Wu, Brother Zhang Wu~~~"

In the slums of the southern city of Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhang Wuge, the second sergeant of the Zuoxiangxu Camp, a Japanese soldier belonging to the Palace Front Division who had gone to bed early, was awakened by a burst of hurried shouting outside the door.

"Erlang Fang?" The voice calling him sounded very familiar. It was Erlang Fang from the same capital.

Brother Zhang Wu hurriedly stood up and came to the window to greet, "Is there a funeral in anyone's house? I'm coming right over."

After saying that, he turned around and went to get his suona.

The identity of the Imperial Guard was just a part-time job for Zhang Wu Ge, and its only benefit was that he could receive a meager amount of money and food that was enough to starve his entire family to death.

His real job is to play the suona during weddings and funerals.

In order to survive, the imperial guards of Bianliang City tried all kinds of jobs, and were the best in the city at playing various musical instruments and singing.

"Nothing evil!"

Fang Erlang outside the window shouted anxiously, "Don't hold the suona, hold your whistle and come out quickly, something big has happened!"

Brother Zhang Wu was completely confused. He comforted his wife and children who were woken up, picked up his whistle and walked out the door.

Before going out, I felt uneasy, so I turned around and took my eating utensils, the suona.

Wait until he went out and came to the street outside.

Only then did I realize that the entire street was full of people!
Countless torches illuminate the streets brightly under the night sky.

"What's going on?" Brother Zhang Wu was extremely surprised and asked quickly, "Could it be that the young master of Cao Yuhou's family is fighting with others in the brothel and wants to open it? How much money do you want?"

By the end of the Song Dynasty, the imperial guards had already become the exclusive preserve of the generals.

On weekdays, they had to build houses, plant crops, and do manual labor for their masters. To put it bluntly, they were slaves.

When the sons of generals were jealous of each other and caused trouble, they would usually call on their own soldiers to start the fight.

If they win the battle, they will be rewarded; if they lose the battle, they will also be given money for medicine, which can be considered as extra income for the soldiers.

"Bullshit Cao Yuhou!" Fang Erlang looked excited, and the pimples on his face seemed to be glowing under the light of the fire.

"They withheld our food and wages, and treated us like cattle and horses." Fang Erlang shouted loudly, "Today is the day they will die!"

Many people around immediately echoed the voice, shouting so loudly that the entire slum seemed to shake.

Brother Zhang Wu was stunned. "Are you crazy? If Cao Yuhou knew about this, he would either kill you or expel you from the guild. You will no longer receive any food or salary!"

"Kill me? I'll kill him first!" Fang Erlang shouted loudly, "Brothers, we joined the United Society before, and now we are officially starting a rebellion! We must take back everything the court and the government owe us over the years!"

Yang Zhi and others had already been secretly making preparations in the city, and through associations they had attracted a large number of imperial guards who were living in poverty.

On weekdays, they are treated to good food and wine and get money. When they start a rebellion, they promise benefits and deceive people, and they immediately have a lot of followers.

However, this time Fang Erlang's shout was only responded to by the hundred or so people who joined the Unity Society, and the momentum was obviously much weaker.

Brother Zhang Wu understood all this, this is going to be a rebellion!
The imperial guards, who lived in poverty, sometimes rebelled, but that was only to demand pay.

Normally, the imperial court would issue a sum of money and food as appeasement, and after dealing with the ringleader, the others would take the money and food and go home.

But rioting for pay is one thing, and it is different from rebellion!
He subconsciously wanted to refuse to join, but at this moment, a heavy sound of footsteps came from the street corner.

Everyone turned around and saw a team of more than a hundred soldiers coming towards them.

"Hiss~~~"

Seeing the full-body heavy armor on the soldiers, Zhang Wu, who had some experience, took a deep breath and said, "Infantry armor?!"

This team of soldiers is wearing the famous infantry armor.

A full set of infantry armor consists of 1825 armor plates and weighs more than kilograms.

The soldier, covered from head to toe in iron armor with only a pair of eyes exposed, brings an extremely strong deterrent effect.

There is no doubt that these infantry armors were all transferred from the armory by Chen Ran in the name of the Privy Council.

Nominally they were sent to the southeast battlefield, but in reality, once they left Nanxun Gate, they were all sent to their own military camps.

Originally, the three yamen of the Imperial Guards had the authority to supervise these matters, and should not have allowed Chen Ran to cover up everything.

But who made Gao Qiu's entire family be slaughtered by Lin Chong?

Gao Qiu, the most capable and active one, died. The generals of the imperial guards were busy competing for the vacant position of the Palace Commander left by him. The infighting among them was so brutal that no one would pay attention to what the Privy Council was doing.

It can be said that Chen Ran’s successful uprising in Tokyo City was essentially due to the internal strife within the Song court.

Not only the civil officials were fighting among themselves, but the military generals, even the eunuchs, and the concubines in the harem were fighting among themselves!

Everyone was busy fighting among themselves, and no one really cared about military or political affairs.

Chen Ran arranged everything smoothly, and it was not until he started the rebellion that people noticed it.

Behind this group of heavily armored soldiers came a large group of sergeants, escorting large carts onto the streets.

A lieutenant under Yang Zhi jumped onto a carriage filled with boxes, holding a tin horn and shouting, "Brothers! The court is unkind and the officials are incompetent! The world is in turmoil and the people are living in misery."

After a proclamation-like opening speech, the captain went straight to the point, "Brothers who are with us to rebuild Taiping, each of you will receive 50 strings of cash as resettlement allowance!"

The soldiers came forward and opened many large boxes.

Inside were all strings of copper coins, each string weighing seven hundred and seventy copper coins.

There were also piles of silk, two pieces of silk were worth one string of money.

"After it's done!" The captain's roar hadn't ended yet, "Every household will get the salary they've been deducted from the army over the years! The chief said that every soldier in the imperial army will get 30 years' salary!"

The Song Dynasty adopted a recruitment system, and the soldiers' livelihood depended entirely on military pay. Under this system, the court and the generals exploited them crazily, and had long pushed the soldiers to a dead end.

The anger they had suppressed for many years was quickly ignited in front of the yellow copper coins.

"The leader said!" The captain's encouragement had not yet ended, "No one of the generals who oppressed our brothers will be spared!"

"Brothers, come and get the money, and follow us to get revenge!!!"

This wealth was originally intended to be sent to the southeast as military pay and rewards.

Chen Ran took advantage of his position and deliberately delayed the time of sending them out. When the uprising started, he took them all away and used them as start-up funds to recruit local imperial guards.

In Chen Ran's opinion, anything that can be solved with money is not a big deal.

The city of Bianliang is home to all the wealth in the world. After taking it, it would be easy to pay the military pay for not only thirty years, but even a hundred years.

As for the destruction of many generals.

On the one hand, these parasites that are sucking blood from the Song Dynasty really deserve to die.

Furthermore, they still have appeal among the imperial guards, so in order to avoid trouble, it would be most convenient to deal with them directly.

The final reason is, of course, that these generals have accumulated enormous wealth over the past hundred years.

Kill them and the wealth will naturally be available to you.

It's not just the generals, but also the royal family, court officials, wealthy businessmen, etc.

Since this corrupt Song Dynasty is about to perish, let's just clean it up thoroughly!

He saw many neighbors rushing to the carriage to take money and silk, and watched them hand over the property to their families. Then they took the swords and spears handed over from the cart, and joined the rebellious team with a roar.

Brother Zhang Wu felt his heart beating faster, his breathing became rapid, and it felt like something was about to jump out of his chest.

"I am a descendant of the Imperial Guards! My ancestors conquered the Northern Han Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty! They were the heroes who founded the country!"

With tears in his eyes, Brother Zhang Wu roared and smashed the suona in his hand to the ground, "I am a member of the Wu family. I should hold swords and guns, not play the suona!"

Brother Zhang Wu gave the thirty strings of cash he had received to his wife and children who had chased him out. With red eyes, he told them to go home, shut the door and never come out.

He immediately took a long-handled knife and started to line up with the others while roaring.

Thousands of imperial guards, who used to make a living as craftsmen and were of low status and despised by everyone, followed Chen Ran's troops and rushed out of the slums.

Their first destination was the residence of their former general, Cao Yuhou!

All the grievances and anger that you have ever suffered will turn into raging fire and burn everything to ashes!
As more and more imperial guards were encouraged and coerced into joining the uprising, the entire city of Bianliang seemed to come alive, like a volcano erupting violently.

As the person who ignited the volcano, Chen Ran had already walked along the Imperial Street and arrived in front of the Xuande Tower.

Xuande Tower is Xuande Gate, which is also the main gate of the Song Dynasty Imperial Palace.

What I never thought was that I would meet my boss's boss here.

"Prince Zheng?" Chen Ran was slightly surprised when he saw Zheng Juzhong being escorted here. "It's so late, why don't you rest in your house instead of coming to the imperial city?"

“Traitor, traitor!” Zheng Juzhong, whose long-winged hat had been knocked off, revealing his gray hair, stared at Chen Ran with bloodshot eyes, “I was really blind to let you, a traitor, enter the Privy Council!”

Chen Ran smiled. "In the eyes of Prime Minister Zheng, I am a traitor. But to the people of the Song Dynasty, I am their savior."

"Of course, you won't believe anything I say, and I don't bother to say anything."

If it weren't for Chen Ran, the Jin people would have marched south a few years later, leaving corpses and blood everywhere, and the people of the Song Dynasty would have suffered unspeakable pain.

But no one knew this except himself.

Zheng Juzhong naturally didn't believe it. He stretched his neck and shouted in the direction of Xuande Building to warn, "There are traitors, there are traitors~~~"

Chen Ran did not try to stop him, but just said with a smile, "It is better to meet by chance than to meet by chance. Since we have met, then follow me into the palace and take a good look at what kind of person the emperor of the Song Dynasty is!"

As he was speaking, the thick door of Xuande Gate slowly opened with a sharp creaking sound.

Zheng Juzhong was stunned. "How is it possible? Why do we need to open the door? Are all the guards in front of the emperor blind? There are so many soldiers blocking the way and they can't see?!"

"Prince Zheng." Chen Ran rode forward and entered Xuande Gate. "The Song Dynasty has long been rotten to the core!"

The so-called Imperial Guards are the emperor's royal guards.

It is divided into 24 squads, namely the marching squad, the left squad in front of the palace, the right squad in front of the palace, the inner palace guard squad, the golden spear squad, the silver spear squad, the bow and arrow squad, etc., collectively known as the various guard squads.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, it was composed of the bravest and most powerful warriors around Zhao Da.

When attacking the Northern Han Dynasty's Jinyang City, these imperial guards even dared to climb up the city with their bare hands.

But times have changed, and more than a hundred years later, the Imperial Guards have become a joke among the military men.

The funniest thing is that in order to reduce the burden of wearing armor when on duty, these imperial guards actually hired craftsmen to polish the armor plates to an extremely thin level.

In this way, it will be much easier to be on duty.

The Imperial Guard became a place for the children of military families to gild their reputation.

These young masters are good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. As long as you are willing to spend money and get close to them, things will naturally fall into place.

The city of Bianliang had been peaceful for too long, and everything had become rotten.

"Master Lu."

Chen Ran told Lu Zhishen, "Bring Mr. Zheng with you, let's go meet the Emperor of Song!"

(End of this chapter)