Chapter 254 The idea of home and country

The Western Army, with hundreds of thousands of people, flying flags and horses, marching towards Tokyo.

Chu Tianya, together with his 100,000 Jin army brothers and countless fleeing Hedong people, "successfully" stayed in Luoyang.

If you have to use a few words to describe Luoyang, Chu Tianya can only think of these eight words now - the Holy Land of China and Peony Flower City.

The former is Luoyang's impression in his mind, and the latter is his first feeling after stepping into Luoyang County.

With the Song Dynasty, the social atmosphere is mainly gentle and leisurely. In the pre-Tang Dynasty, the place of Luoyang Pass, which was deeply influenced by the military gate valve of Guanlong, has become a famous place in the Song Dynasty. There are countless tower palaces and ancient scenic spots. Coupled with the gorgeous poetry of Luoshui, a good imperial foundation has become a soft and gentle "peony flower capital".

The arrival of Chu Tianya is like a reckless and unrestrained wild man breaking into a quadrangle courtyard where only women live. Some people are panicked, some people grit their teeth, and some people rejoice to celebrate.

Luoyang's old life atmosphere and all the patterns were all disrupted in an instant.

Luoyang's original county guards, generals and other officers and generals all lost their power. At the beginning, Meng De was furious and captured the Hu Prison Pass. If it hadn't been to appease people's hearts, none of these people could stay, and they would all die.

If you don't say it's between brothers, there is such a tacit understanding. Many people can't figure it out. Meng De dares to "force the key" to offend all the people in Luoyang, including all the noble officials and old forces here. He killed a lot and arrested more people in prison. The first thing Chu Tianya did after entering Luoyang was to let go of these people who were arrested and call them in front of them one by one to appease them - how can these people who have died not been grateful?

Chu Tianya also gave them a favor. Among these people, those who used to have official positions are still given an idle position for them to hang up; it is the general who is still included in the army to give them the same official positions, and adopt the principle of voluntary is not forced. As for some other local tycoons and well-known officials, they all appeased them one by one and promised to protect their lives and property.

At this time, anyone with a little brain suddenly realized that Meng De did evil in the front, and Chu Tianya was grateful to the back. This promotion, punishment and reward made Chu Tianya easily win a large number of people's hearts in Luoyang.

Hit it first, touch it, grab it, and then return it - this kind of clumsy trick often appears when adults tease children, but the superior is used on the people, and it is also tried again and again. This simple and obvious trick contains profound power. It's easy to say, but not everyone can use it.

Looking at those grateful officials, generals and gentry people, Chu Tianya and Meng De smiled at each other.

It is the art of curing chaos. Especially in such troubled times, you first show the strength that is strong enough to dominate the life and death of others, and then give small favors to people. The rest of the things - just wait to enjoy their loyalty and worship!

Luoyang has been the transit hub of the Central Plains Dynasty since the Sui Dynasty, and it is still the same in the Song Dynasty. Food taxes and goods in various places are first transferred to Luoyang through the Grand Canal of Sui and Tang Dynasties, and then to Bianliang, Tokyo. Therefore, it is difficult for Luoyang to be poor.

Chu Tianya sent people to count the Luojun treasury and found that there were a large number of rusty copper coins and moldy cloths. I don't know how many years it has been sealed here. Maybe there are relics from the previous dynasty. As for the official granary, there is more food, which makes the mice here fatter than cats.

Although the 100,000 Jin army is a little distressed by the abandoned Qingyunbao and Qixingzhai, this sadness is not worth mentioning when they see the bright flowers and countless money and grain in front of them.

Chu Tianya asked Meng De to supervise the treasury granary. For example, he put the whole Luoyang's money into the left pocket and all the grain and grass into the right pocket.

Because of the feat of attacking the Hu Prison Pass, Meng De is now a black-faced Yan Jun in Los County. When the Jin army first arrived, the local tycoons and nobles in Luo County were panicked from the bottom of their hearts. When they fell asleep, they were trembling. They were afraid that this group of strong people who got up and rushed into their homes in the middle of the night to grab money and food. Once again, I heard that Meng De is the cruel man who is in charge of the money and grain in Luo County. All the local rich people in Luo County feel ** tight - what are you waiting for? Hurry up and filial piety! If you don't make a good noise, they will come to the door, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!

Therefore, there is no need for Chu Tianya to issue any "grain collection notice" at all. Guanzhongluo County went from the county to the countryside, but there were still so many residents who stored grain in the warehouse that did not dare to hide it. They quickly sent some filial piety to the Jin army and ask for preservation.

Even so, Meng De still killed a lot of people.

The Jin army occupied Luo County, which is said to be "the strategic transfer of the soldiers and horses in the east of the autumn of the war", which is not good to say - in the words of some people with hatred, it is better than "Dong Zhuo Ran Jinghua" in those years, and it was the robber who killed Luoyang Zhanshan as the king.

The old rules and order have been broken, and naturally some people are unwilling to lose their interests. There are some bold people who want to escape or resist, and there are also some pedantic people who speak rudely and demagogic. What Meng De did was to kill.

Innovation is not an invitation to dinner, and it is impossible not to die. Meng De sang his black face to the fullest. Chu Tianya opened and closed his eyes most of the time, and occasionally appeared at the right time to sing a white face pardon or save one or two people.

In this way, Meng Dewei shocked Luo County and became a black-faced Yanjun who could stop children from squeing at night, and Chu Tianya became the omnipotent Guanyin Bodhisattva. Even within the Jin army, some people are "quirely complaining" about Meng De, believing that his behavior has gone too far, which has affected the image of the Jin army.

What they don't understand is that 80% of the image of the Jin army comes from the image of Chu Tianya, the lord in the hearts of the people. Meng De overtolds it again, and there is no injury at all. Moreover, tens of millions of people say that Meng De is wrong in front of Chu Tianya, and it will never change Chu Tianya's gratitude and trust in Meng De.

This is the tacit understanding and trust between Meng De and Chu Tianya. No one can replace or change it.

The original official team of Luo County, Zhang Xiaochun, with the original Taiyuan officials, gradually took over the government affairs of the whole county. Soon, Chu Tianya, Zhang Xiaochun and others set up a "Henan Xuanfu Division" following the example of Hedong Xuanfu Division. Chu Tianya served as Xuanfu envoy - declaring the Weiling and Fusui border and protecting the generals and supervising the military brigade, and becoming the highest military and political officer of Luo County. Zhang Xiaochun, Yao Gu and the major leaders of the Jin army all served as civil and military officials in Xuanfu Department respectively.

In fact, it is equivalent to a self-apclaimed governor. Everyone knows in the current Luo County, where the ban and law of the court besieged by the golden soldiers still work, and only the regulations of Chu Tianya will work. Chu Tianya is already the uncrowned king of Luo County, and only the layer of window paper "loyalty to the Song Dynasty" has not been broken.

There are some bold and brainless local squires who advise him to "be the king immediately" and "stay in the palace" for the purpose of flattering with Chu Tianya.

Chu Tianya is needing such a few scapegoat to "righten his name". These people have paid the price for their ignorant affairs - parade to the public and be cut in the market.

At the same time, Chu Tianya sent people to guard the palace and did not allow anyone to step in without permission. He only lived in the Yamen house of Xuanfu Division or the army's handsome tent, and did not make any trespass. At the same time, he stepped up the rest of the soldiers and horses, rectified the armor, and sent troops and recruited people to build fortifications along the Yellow River. He trained the soldiers and horses day and night, and the horses on the river bank were endlessly lit.

The Jin army and the people who fled thousands of miles got a few days of rare rest and recuperation. At this time, not long after leaving, the Western army sent people back to urge food and fodder. Chu Tianya understands what they mean very well. Among the breeders, they can ask for these people. To put it bluntly, they still can't trust Chu Tianya. Among them, there may also be the meaning of the court and the official family.

So, Chu Tianya was generous once - let Yao Gu lead 20,000 Taiyuan officers to escort 100,000 stones of grain and grass to Tokyo for help. And he took Chu Tianya's letter to the official family and vowed to be loyal to Luoyang and not let Zong Hannan take the next step.

Although 20,000 soldiers and horses are a little less, for the Tokyo court, which is a sick enemy, it is like grabbing another life-saving straw after falling into the water, which is at least a strong psychological comfort.

At this time, the kings and rebels of the Song Dynasty from all over the country rushed to Tokyo. In the hinterland of Tokyo, most of Zongwang crossed the Yellow River one after another, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Song and Jin gathered here. The battlefield of this unrivaled battle is still inevitable to move from Zhending and Taiyuan to the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Chu Tianya can only sigh: the wheel of history is too powerful. Although I tried my best, I still haven't completely changed his trajectory. The only gratulatory thing is that I successfully escaped with 100,000 brothers and countless people, left the death place in Taiyuan, and had a chance to take root in Luo County.

Compared with being defeated by the enemy in the back of Taiyuan, in Luoyang, at least you can stay by the mountains. No matter how fierce the cavalry of the State of Jin is, they can't swim the rapid Yellow River or climb the dangerous tiger prison.

It can be attacked and retreated to defend. The mountains are dangerous and fertile for thousands of miles, and the money and grain are firmly rooted in their hands. This is Luoyang's advantage over Taiyuan.

In the past, although 100,000 volunteers were brave, they could only occupy cottages like Qingyunbao and Taihang Mountain. No matter how they whitewashed and pretended, they could not wash away the thin bones of the mountain thief's ringing horse. Now in Luoyang, there are cities and people, just like a country. Everyone in the 100,000 Jin army has an unprecedented sense of down-to-earthness and sense of existence - in the past, they were wandering around and waiting to die, but now they really have the idea of home and country.

The idea of home and country, four simple words, people who used to live in Luo County or Taiyuan City every day may not know its meaning. But for the 100,000 Jin army, these four words are no less than those who have cultivated immortals and Taoism have finally refined into gold and achieved positive results - finally from a mountain thief to a famous normal person!

As a result, the Jin army, which had just "escaped thousands of miles", not only did it become a mass of scattered sand, but also had unprecedented cohesion, and its morale and fighting spirit rose!

Along the Yellow River, it is murderous.

The source of all this is the invisible and intangible thing - the idea of home and country.