Thanks to Mr. Jin Yong’s The Deer and the Cauldron, Tiandihui’s reputation is much better than his real image. Basically, later generations of Chinese people know more or less about the history of Tiandihui.

In Jin Yong's novels, the Tiandihui was founded by Chen Jinnan, a general under Zheng Chenggong, in order to drive out the Tartars and rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the Tiandihui was founded in the 26th year of Qianlong's reign. The founder was not Chen Jinnan, but the wandering monk Zheng Honger.

, but the purpose of the Tiandihui is to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, which coincides with the story of The Deer and the Cauldron.

Of course, although the Tiandihui has a political veneer, its essence is still a gangster. Therefore, buying and selling people, fighting, assassinating, and robbing are the main tasks of the Tiandihui.

When Zhao Fuxiang was young, he didn't study hard, so he liked to read martial arts novels, especially The Deer and the Cauldron, which had a lot of protagonists and wives. Among them, Wei Xiaobao became Zhao Fuxiang's idol when he was a child. Of course, when he got older, he knew that he wanted to hug his wife and concubines.

It is unrealistic to have groups of wives and concubines. Although Zhao Fuxiang has tried hard, he is a small town cultural website manager and cannot ignore the law, so keeping wives and concubines in groups has become Zhao Fuxiang's obsession. But now it is better.

It's probably because God took pity on him and gave him such an opportunity, that is, time travel.

After traveling to this era, although the problem of wives and concubines is no longer a legal issue, no one will come to you as a concubine if you don’t have money. But if you want money and power, you must develop your own power. The slow-moving environment of the Ming Dynasty is simply not possible.

It is not suitable for industrialization. If you want to provide unlimited manpower for industrialization, the political parties of later generations are a good means. But the illiteracy rate in the Ming Dynasty reached 99%, so the underworld is organized, has goals, and can quickly gather a large number of people.

It became Zhao Fuxiang’s first choice.

The terms of equality, unity and friendship between brothers in the Tiandihui are very attractive. In addition, Zhao Fuxiang provides a certain amount of food. It can be expected that this organized underworld will definitely shine in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Fuxiang copied the Heaven and Earth Society in The Deer and the Cauldron, and of course removed the clause about resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and changed it to infinite loyalty to the chief rudder. Zhao Fuxiang did not want to be a wedding dress for the sunset of the Ming Dynasty. As for the chief rudder, of course he was Zhao Fuxiang himself

, there is a military advisor below the chief rudder. This position belongs to Kong Shouzhen, and below are the incense masters of each hall. In view of the current limited scale of the Tiandihui, only one incense hall has been established, which is the Qingmu Hall, the first of the last five halls. The incense master is responsible for his duties.

It’s Meng Decai.

Meng Decai, the newly promoted incense master of Qingmu Hall, did not know that he would become a powerful figure in the future. At this time, he was still worried about whether he would have enough to eat.

"Mr. Zhao, no! Chief helmsman, how will we provide for our meals?"

Zhao Fuxiang frowned when he heard what Meng Decai said, and said unhappily: "Old Meng, your status is different now. You are an organized person. Don't look at problems with the thinking of farmers in the past! You must keep pace with the times and be transparent.

Do you know that you can look at the essence by looking at the phenomenon? Why do so many of you still starve to death every day? Don’t blame others and wait for what you want! Use your subjective initiative to solve the problem yourself!”

Meng Decai was stunned for a moment when Zhao Fuxiang said such great principles. However, it is easy to talk about great principles, but they do not solve practical problems. Meng Decai was about to ask when Kong Shouzhen smiled and said: "Master Meng Xiang, he is responsible for part of what the chief rudder wants."

Food, but you still need to solve most of it yourself!"

After hearing this, Meng Decai smiled bitterly and said: "Chief rudder, military advisor, I am stupid, old Meng. Can you please explain what we should do?"

Seeing that this guy was so unscrupulous, Zhao Fuxiang was very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, it was unrealistic to expect the farmers of the Ming Dynasty to have any subjective initiative. Zhao Fuxiang had no choice but to patiently explain: "Lao Meng,

There are more than 30,000 of you, do you know why you were always bullied in the past?"

Meng Decai thought for a while and said: "We are foreigners, and the locals bully the foreigners!"

"Outlanders? There are tens of thousands of you. How many people are there in the Boat Gang? There are only a few hundred at most? Why can I bully you? Haven't you figured it out yet?"

Meng Decai was filled with grievances when he mentioned this matter. He also knew that there were only a few hundred members of the Boat Gang, but they were related to the government. Although the number of refugees was large, how could they dare to fight against the government?

"Chief helmsman, there are not many people in the boat gang, but they have the support of the ambassador on the dock. Several of our brothers were beaten to death by them and finally nothing happened."

Zhao Fuxiang chuckled and said: "Now is different from before. I have already established a relationship with Mr. Cai, a fellow magistrate of the prefect's Yamen. Just go ahead and do it. I will support you if anything happens!"

Meng Decai had suffered from being unable to establish relations with the government before, but now he heard what Zhao Fuxiang said and said with great joy: "Please rest assured, chief rudder, I know what to do now!"

Zhao Fuxiang saw that Meng Decai was enlightened and said with a smile: "Okay, you go ahead and do it. If you have any questions, come to me!"

Meng Decai took the people away happily. Zhao Fuxiang and Kong Shouzhen wanted to discuss the candidates to invite the rich families in the city.

Although Qiongzhou Prefecture is not a big city, there are indeed many local literati families. Hai Rui's Hai family, Qiu Jun's Qiu family, and Tang Zhou's Tang family are all large and influential families in the local area.

In addition to these, there are several officials who have become officials, elected officials in the countryside, as well as presidents and leaders of various industries, totaling more than 20 people.

After the list was finalized, Zhao Fuxiang asked Kong Shouzhen to start writing an invitation in the name of Zhang Wenming. The content was very simple, that is, he hoped that everyone would come to the Guangdong Building in five days, that is, on the tenth day of February, and sit together to discuss solving the problem of refugees outside the city.

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When Kong Shouzhen heard that Zhang Wenming was going to be named, he hesitated and asked: "My boss, Zhang Wenming is not on good terms with me. Is it appropriate for me to write the invitation?"

Zhao Fuxiang laughed: "Lao Kong, why are you hesitating? I asked you to write this, and Zhang Wenming already agreed at the time. What are you afraid of?"

Hearing what Zhao Fuxiang said, Kong Shouzhen had no choice but to nod and agree. Zhao Fuxiang thought for a moment and then said: "And Zhang Wenming himself, also write him a letter and invite him to participate!"

"My boss, it is not difficult to invite Zhang Juren, but according to his character, he will definitely stir up trouble when he comes!"

Zhao Fuxiang also knew Zhang Wenming's bitchy character, but he had no choice but to refuse to participate under his banner. He really couldn't convince the public!

"Write it. If you don't write it, let him know that something must happen. But I guess this guy won't come. If he does, just take it one step at a time!"

Following Zhao Fuxiang's instructions, Kong Shouzhen stayed at home and started writing invitations, while Zhao Fuxiang went to Cuiyun Tower to relax. After all, we traveled a lot this day, and our official Zhao was still very tired.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Fuxiang was sleeping soundly with the bitch in Cuiyun Tower in his arms when he heard a loud knock on the door outside. Less than an hour after Zhao Fuxiang fell asleep, he heard a knock on the door outside.

He scolded: "Your grandma, why are you knocking on the door so early?"

Fan Jian, who was in the outer room, quickly put on his clothes and went out to open the door. After a while, he heard Fan Jian running in panting and shouting: "Master, something serious has happened!"

Zhao Fuxiang was startled by Fan Jian's words. He quickly stood up and asked, "What happened?"

"Master, I don't know what the specific matter is. It's just that Mr. Kong just sent someone to tell you that something big happened, and asked the master to go back quickly!"

After listening to Fan Jian's words, Zhao Fuxiang cursed: "Fan Jian, Fan Jian, you have been with me for so many days and you haven't learned to be steady? If the sky falls, there will be a tall man to hold it up, so why are you anxious!"

Fan Jian was scolded by Zhao Fuxiang and did not dare to reply, so he lowered his head and said: "The person who sent the letter said it, the villain is just repeating it!"

Zhao Fuxiang didn't believe that anything big could really happen. It was probably because Kong Shouzhen couldn't take charge of something, so he sent someone back to discuss it with him. Maybe it was because his subordinates spread rumors and it became a big deal.

Zhao Fuxiang sighed, it seems that it is not easy to be the leader of a force. He only leads such a small team and has so many things to do. If he conquers the world and becomes emperor, won't he be exhausted to death?

Zhao Fuxiang stood up and asked Fan Jian to come in and help him get dressed. He looked at the beauty on the bed, sighed and said, "Little beauty, my master will be here to love you tonight!"

Zhao Fuxiang got dressed and took Fan Jian back home. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Kong Shouzhen and Meng Decai rushing to the door. When he saw Zhao Fuxiang coming in, Meng Decai knelt on the ground and shouted: "Mr. Zhao, the chief helmsman! Help!

Be a villain!"

Seeing this, Zhao Fuxiang also had a premonition that something was not good, especially when he saw Meng Decai covered in blood. Zhao Fuxiang asked Lao Yu to close the door, and then asked: "What happened?"

Meng Decai was so frightened that he trembled all over and couldn't express what he meant. Kong Shouzhen hurriedly said from the side: "My boss, something big happened! Last night, Meng Decai led his men to kill all the leaders of the boat gang!"

Zhao Fuxiang frowned after hearing this. Yesterday, he asked Meng Decai to do his own thing. What he meant was to kill a few people from the Boat Gang. Anyway, he had Cai Sichun as his backer, so there wouldn't be any big problems!

"Aren't just a few people dead? It's not a big problem!"

Kong Shouzhen said: "It's not a matter of a few people!"

When Zhao Fuxiang heard what Kong Shouzhen said, he felt that the problem was serious and asked: "What? Are many people dead?"

Kong Shouzhen sighed and said: "It's not just a few people, but hundreds of people from the boat gang, kill them all!"

Zhao Fuxiang was also shocked when he heard what Kong Shouzhen said. He grabbed Meng Decai by the collar and asked, "Are there really hundreds of people?"

Kong Shouzhen on the side continued: "Not only the boat gang, the entire Dongcheng pier was burned down last night, and the shops on the pier were looted by the refugees. Preliminary estimates are that thousands of people died! The incident was too big last night, so the commander ordered the Yamen

Everyone was alarmed, and a thousand battalions were sent to suppress it, and hundreds of refugees died!"

After hearing this, Zhao Fuxiang's eyes went dark and he almost fainted. Fan Jian beside him quickly helped Zhao Fuxiang sit down and massaged his back and front for a while before Zhao Fuxiang regained his breath. After regaining his breath, Zhao Fuxiang looked at

Meng Decai scolded: "Meng Decai, you bastard! You are too courageous. I only ask you to kill a few people. It would be better for you to wipe out the boat gang from top to bottom and take so many lives. What do you think?"

what to do?"

Meng Decai was also so frightened that he trembled all over. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, saying: "Please save the little man's life, the chief rudder. Now the government has issued a message asking us to hand over the leader. If the chief rudder does not save the little man,

People, villains can’t live anymore!”

Meng Decai's words contained a hidden threat. If you, Zhao Fuxiang, refuse to help me, when the government arrests me, I will say that it was you, Zhao Fuxiang, who instigated it!
Chapter completed!