Da Ming Tai Shi

In the middle of the night, the chief envoy of Guangdong Province, Si Yamen, had a weird and depressing atmosphere.

Including Jiang Zhengxun, more than a dozen chief officials of the provincial yamen all sat upright and kept silent. Chen Jinghe, who was at the top, couldn't see his face clearly, only the occasional candlelight passing by to lift a veil of mystery.

When Yu Qian walked in, ripples appeared on the lifeless surface of the pool.

And it was Yu Qian's words that shook the water.

One catty of rice, one hundred Wen!

This is an unbelievable price, and it is also a price that can overthrow any dynasty in an instant.

In all dynasties, when food prices rose to this level, it meant one thing.

It's time for the common people to rebel!
But there is no doubt that the fault of the rebellion will never be blamed on the people.

"Everyone, our country's money and the people's money have all been swept away by the Arabs. The court will soon be unable to hold on, and the people will soon be unable to survive."

Chen Jinghe spoke tremblingly, but the trembling was not fear, but rather.

excited?

"Nanjing has not issued any instructions so far. I only heard that Nanjing University organized a large-scale demonstration last month. The slogan is, drive all the Arabs out of Zhongzhou!"

Looking across the room, Chen Jinghe paused for a few seconds on every face.

"We can no longer wait for Nanjing's instructions, we must make a decision now."

In the suppressed and suffocating silence, Jiang Zhengxun finally spoke.

"What does Fantai mean, that we in Guangdong have taken action against the Arabs?"

"That's right." Chen Jinghe said in a quiet voice, "The railway must be nationalized, and prices must be stabilized. If you want to accomplish these two things, Guangdong must no longer have the voices of Arabs."

While talking, there was a knock on the office door, and everyone present stood up almost subconsciously, including Chen Jinghe.

The latter took a deep breath and sat down again.

"Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a civil servant from the Guangzhou government walked in with a hurried expression.

"Fantai, gentlemen, there was an armed fight at Sanli Bridge. Hundreds of people stormed a food store here to rob food and set fire to it. The guards of the food bank fought with weapons, resulting in seven deaths and 31 injuries."

Fighting?

It's a riot!
Chen Jinghe's breathing became heavy, he got out of his seat, walked to the middle of the officials on both sides and said.

"Everyone, time is not waiting for us. Should we wait for the people to rush into the office of the chief envoy, or will the disaster be diverted to the east? A decision must be made early."

"Nanjing that"

"Wait for Nanjing's instructions, and our heads should fall to the ground."

A group of people looked at each other with big eyes, and they all saw each other's struggle and hesitation.

Misfortune to the east is a good way to say it, but a bad way is to accompany the common people to riot, or even, to rebel!

At this time Yu Qian stood up.

"Sent a letter to the Guangzhou Guards outside the city, saying that there was a riot in Guangzhou. To ensure the safety of the crown prince, troops were sent into the city."

"Issuing a notice to the people, today's current situation is caused by the Manuel Chamber of Commerce and the Medici Chamber of Commerce. The Guangdong Chief Envoy Si Yamen always puts the people first, and will never be a minion to protect these two chambers of commerce. .”

All the officials twitched their faces.

This is the imperial court blatantly targeting the Arabs.

"When a catty of rice rises to [-] Wen, all legal ethics, public order and good customs, and rationality and emotion all cease to exist."

Chen Jinghe said in a deep voice: "The imperial court must not take the blame for the Arabs, and must not allow the riots to turn into rebellions. Therefore, we must stand with the common people instead of being treated as enemies by the common people."

In just a few minutes of speaking, more and more government officials brought more bad news.

In various parts of the city, more and more people began to spontaneously organize to attack the Arab chamber of commerce.

Hit, smash, grab, burn!

"Fantai, Jadam sent someone here."

"He asked our yamen to immediately send people to protect the legitimate interests of their Arab chamber of commerce from being damaged."

Chen Jinghe sneered: "A request?"

After waving his hands disdainfully, Chen Jinghe asked again in a deep voice.

"Time is running out, everyone, give me an answer!"

"This is a notice to the people, send it out, or not send it out!"

Jiang Zhengxun was the first to stand up, gritted his teeth and said.

"My subordinates, support Fantai's proposal, deploy troops into the city, post notices to the people, and blockade the entire Guangdong, divert disasters to the east, follow the example of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, and completely eliminate the forces of heaven!"

"The lower officials and others seconded the proposal."

With a sound of agreement, a smile appeared on Chen Jinghe's face, but this smile appeared so sinister and bloody in the room flickering with candles.

"Yu Qian, let's do it."

"Yes."

Following Chen Jinghe's order, Guangzhou Guards entered Guangzhou City overnight. At the same time, notices to the people with the official seal of the chief envoy's office were posted all over Guangzhou City, and then the whole of Guangdong!
The port area was once again blocked, but this time, there were no workers or common people who would make trouble in the yamen.

Because of them, they are all busy snatching supplies from the Arab Chamber of Commerce.

There are hundreds or thousands of large warehouses, and there are countless and vast oceans of various materials.

The fire burned almost half of Guangzhou city.

There was chaos everywhere, and there was shouting and killing everywhere.

The folk customs in Guangdong and Guangxi are tough, especially in the fifteenth century. You must know that in this place for hundreds of years, there have been dozens of incidents of storming the government offices of prefectures and counties and capturing court officials alive.

Tang, song, yuan and Ming dynasties did not cause headaches for the people of Guangdong and Guangxi.

But now with the support of the imperial court, at least with an attitude of acquiescence, the people's long-suppressed anger has all been vented.

Chen Jinghe stood quietly by the window, looking at the flames reflecting half of the sky outside the window and sneered.

"Eight years ago, I said that one day, sooner or later, I would hang those capitalists. Today, it's time for them to pay off their debts."

"There are now more than 50 Arabs in the entire province of Guangdong. This number has doubled compared to when the Yuan Dynasty went south to destroy the Song Dynasty."

"The rivers and rivers in Fuzhou and Quanzhou are blocked, and the blood is flowing." Chen Jinghe recited a pale record in the history books: "Just a few dozen words are 10,000+ human lives."

"Ting Yi, we have no choice."

"Tonight is our only chance. The more we make trouble and kill more, we can truly open up a new world."

"Seize power!"

Chen Jinghe clenched his fists and squeezed out these two words from between his teeth: "Although Guangdong is not as popular as the Central Plains, Guangdong is richer than the world! We have countless factories and complete manufacturing, and we have a firearms bureau." There are more than ten factories in the Ordnance Bureau, and there are various hoarded war supplies.

As long as we move, we can pull up an army of 20 people at any time, fully armed and fully weaponized! "

No one expected that the Sanliqiao incident would become the trigger for the eradication of Arabs throughout Guangdong, and it would also prompt Chen Jinghe to take the first step to seize power by force.