Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 118 Yan Wo Gong Has Been Promoted Again

"Military orders from the head of the town!"

In the house of Liu Lu, a big family in Jiaxing, Li Yuchun's soldiers ordered him to donate 1 taels of silver and ten thousand stones of grain within one day.

Liu Lu is a native of Fujian, a maritime merchant, and also runs a grain business. Before that, he was annoyed by the fake Chen Wu asking him for salary, so he secretly sent someone to surrender Li Yuchun, and led Li's troops into the city in the middle of the night. He sent someone to open it.

He also shaved his hair early today.

He also took the initiative to donate 1000 taels of silver to Li Yuchun as a tribute, but he didn't expect that the donation would be spread to him again, and it was so much.It was several times more ruthless than when the fake Chen Wu opened his mouth before.

"Boss, did you make a mistake? We are righteous gentry, and we took the initiative to surrender, and even opened the city to lure you to Lucheng. And I have already given 1000 taels of silver to the chief town."

As Liu Lu said, he immediately took out a piece of silver for the soldier, about two taels.As a result, the soldier stuffed his money directly into his waist, and then still pointed his nostrils at him and said, "You are righteous gentry, of course the Chief Town Lord also remembers that, so he sent me to pass on a polite message to you."

"Master Zongzhen also knows that Mrs. Liu's family is the richest man in Jiaxing, so 1 taels of silver is nothing to worry about, not to mention that your family is the largest grain merchant in the city. It is not difficult to get [-] shi of the grain in your granary. .”

"Master, Mr. Liu is just a businessman. The world is chaotic and business is difficult. How can there be so much money? The 1000 taels for the town were all made with great difficulty. As for the grain in the grain store, That’s all suppressed by Ben.”

The soldier rolled his eyes impatiently.

"Don't be ashamed, take it as true master's knife is a vegetarian, and you haven't accused you of being a thief. Is it true that you gave the thief a few thousand taels of silver and a thousand stones of grain?"

"My lord, they were all looted by the rebel army."

"Fart your mother, don't think that I don't know that you idiots will fall on both sides when the wind blows, and you want to step on two boats. The military order of the chief town is here, 1 taels of silver and [-] shi of grain are nothing. few."

Liu Lu was also in a hurry.

Why is Li Yuchun not following the rules? How could he do such a thing.

He was a hero to greet him, but now he is being robbed to death.

"Master, please forgive me."

"Go away."

Liu Lu hurriedly asked his son to fetch another silver. This time, he put 50 and two big ingots in front of him. With such a large amount of silver, the servant couldn't help but be amazed.

Although Li Yuchun treated his servants well, but usually only two taels of silver a month, and more money was obtained through robbery.

But last time in Zhujiazhuang, they lost only a pair of underwear. Although they made some money in Haiyan County and Pinghu County, it still hurts to think about what they lost.

50 taels of silver is really tempting.

This guy was also bold, and he accepted it without hesitation.

As for whether to do things after collecting money, in fact, these people are also very slippery.

"How about this, I am also an old man in front of Mr. Zongzhen, I will talk to Mr. Zongzhen for you later, if you can't afford 1 taels of silver for a while, you can give half of it first, and half of the grain first. "

"Master, please do me a favor. I really can't afford so much. Why don't I write a list for the master, and you can find other families in the city? For example, Tu Xiangmei, Li Yuxin, Xu Shiqi, Qian Ping, etc., they They are all thieves who took the lead in the rebellion, and each of them has a lot of wealth, if the general master asks the general town master to confiscate all their families, he will definitely get a lot of money, and besides the floating wealth, they still have a lot of land."

"What do we need the fields for? Do we need soldiers like us to cultivate the land?"

Liu Lu cheered up, "Master, do you think it's okay? The master of the town will copy the land of those houses, and then I will buy it."

"Didn't you say you have no money?"

"I'll ask someone to borrow it, how about borrowing money to buy it?"

The soldier deliberately pretended to be in trouble, but refused to speak.

So Liu Lu asked his son to fetch another ingot of silver ingot, which was 50 taels again.

Now the guards readily agreed.

"Liu Yuanwai is so polite, and I, Lao Li, can't see that it's wrong. I will take care of it for you, but you still have to pay for some money and food. In this way, we Take a risk, you will get 3000 taels of silver first, and then send [-] shi of grain to the barracks."

"Oh, sir, I really can't afford so much at the moment."

"Then add 2000 taels of silver and another thousand shi of grain."

Liu Lu was very distressed. This year, there was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and the price of grain rose sharply. Half a meter of grain cost two coins, and a thousand shi of grain would cost 2000 taels of silver.

"Master, what do you think of 1000 taels of silver plus five hundred shi of grain?"

The soldiers were impatient, "Are you embarrassing me?"

"Then 1000 taels of silver plus a thousand shi of grain?"

For the sake of the two ingots of silver ingots, the soldier finally suppressed his anger, "You first ask someone to send the 1000 taels of silver and one thousand shi of grain to the barracks with me, and the remaining 2000 taels of silver and two thousand shi of grain, You hurry up and prepare."

"Definitely, thank you sir."

Almost at the same time, Ding Yishan, Chen Hongfan, and Wang Risheng, the traitors who joined the captives to welcome the Tartars last night, were also forced to donate by Li Yuchun's own soldiers.

They don't care whether they take the lead in joining or not, or even cooperate with the outside world, Li Yuchun only remembers that they are the richest in the city, and every family has offered a high amount of money donations.

In the end, the various families bargained and bribed the soldiers, so they barely lowered the figures, but there was still a lot of blood.

Several families could only flatter them superficially, scolded them secretly, and even regretted it a little.

Li Yuchun was forcing donations everywhere in Jiaxing City, and when the whole city was forcing people to shave their hair, his military adviser Zhuge Kongming, escorted by a team of personal soldiers, had already rushed all the way to Hangzhou.

I was intentionally left out in Shuaiya for a day, and my father-in-law Yan sat on a cold bench and drank cold tea all day.

The next day, I finally saw Boluo.

After some detailed talk, Mr. Yan successfully left a good impression on Boluo.

Later, I went to visit Zhang Cunren, the pseudo-governor of Zhejiang Province, and Tian Xiong, the pseudo-governor of Zhejiang Province. Zhang Cunren was originally the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. , Later, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was changed to the right to participate in politics. He once sent a letter to recruit Wu Sangui to surrender.

He entered the customs with the Qing army, conquered Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong, and fought all the way to Hangzhou, where he was promoted to governor of Zhejiang.

Tian Xiong was originally the commander-in-chief of Huang Degong in the Yongwei Battalion. After Huang Degong died in the First Battle of Wuhu, he and Ma Degong hijacked Hongguang and his concubine to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Beijing arranged for the Boluo squadron, and ordered Luck Dehun to be the general of Pingnan to command the Eight Banners in the south of the Yangtze River, while Tian Xiong and Zhang Cunren were in charge of Hangzhou, and Tu Guobao, Wu Zhaosheng, and Li Chengdong were in charge of Jiangsu.

When Mr. Yan visited Tian Xiong, he deliberately looked at his neck quietly.It is said that when he took Hongguang to the Qing Dynasty, he carried Hongguang on the battlefield and ran to the Qing army. Hongguang angrily bit his neck and bit off a large piece of meat.

Then, the wound never healed and festered.

He peeped and found that one side of Tian Xiong's neck was bandaged all the time, and there was even a faint festering stench.

Compared to Boluo who was quite polite to Yan Wogong, Zhang Cunren and Tian Xiong, the two traitors, were much more formidable towards Yan Wogong, who was also a traitor.

Fortunately, my father-in-law Yan's posture is very low, quite obsequious, and has no integrity.

In the end, the two of them couldn't help but change their attitudes towards him under this flattery. After all, the two of them were only military generals, and they were no match for Yan Wogong, who was born in Juren, in terms of eloquence.

Especially under Yan Wogong's flattery, let alone.

Anyway, when Yan Wo announced his resignation and left in the end, they all delivered it to the door in person, and they held hands as if they were confidantes.

After Bo Luo heard about it, he couldn't help but feel that Yan Wogong is really talented and loyal. After all, even Zhang Tian and Zhang Tian recognized him, so this person is definitely a big traitor.

So Boluo wrote a letter of recommendation to Beijing with a swipe of his pen, recommending Yan Wogong as the recruiting envoy of Zhejiang. The Hangjiahu sub-road patrol and sea patrol, the Kadu Procuratorate has the title of imperial envoy, and specially ordered the governor Zhang Cunren to give his king's order flag, one flag and one order to Yan Wogong, so that he can do things cheaply, and was ordered to appease all parts of Zhejiang .

Yan Wogong has become a local official from a juren who has not been an official in the Ming Dynasty. The Hangjiahu sub-road patrol and sea patrol are originally a real power position, let alone the right-handed imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate In addition to the title of deputy envoy of the procuratorate in Zhejiang Province, plus the banner of Wang Ming, and the title of recruiting envoy, let alone a lieutenant like Li Yuchun, even the chief soldiers of the newly established towns in Zhejiang can be said to be under his supervision.

As for the recruitment of officials and gentry from all over Zhejiang, the power is even greater.

Yan Wogong was naturally grateful in every possible way, saying that he would actively recruit the former Ming civil and military officials who were still resisting everywhere, and offered another strategy, saying that to win the hearts of the people in Zhejiang, the imperial examination should be reopened, so that the hearts of the gentry could be won.As long as the gentry belonged to the Qing Dynasty, the local people would naturally follow suit.

Zhang Cunren was very satisfied with this proposal, and immediately asked him to write a memorial, and then signed it himself, and presented it to the Beijing court in the form of two joint signatures.

"Mr. Yan, Commander Boluo is about to return to Beijing, and Luke Dehun Baylor will not come for a while. This Zhejiang area has to be guarded by me and Commander Tian, ​​but we are both military generals, and we always have experience in governing a place. Insufficient, the officials surrendered here in Zhejiang are all good and bad. There is a puppet Lu Jianguo in the south who is stubbornly resisting, and a fake Yiyang Wang Jianguo is rebelling in the north. We have a heavy burden. We have a great talent like Mr. Yan , our burden will be much lighter in the future.”

"I have handed over the western part of Zhejiang to Mr. Yan."

"Master, please rest assured. Since the imperial court trusts Yan so much, then Yan can only do his best and die. He will definitely appease Zhexi and not let Master Yan worry about it."

"You came from Jiaxing, how do you evaluate Li Yuchun?"

"He acted rudely and without plan, but he dared to fight. Now that Jiaxing is not popular, it is not all bad for a brutal general like Li Yuchun to fight for a while. When it is about time, change to another ruler. If the minister succeeds, the people will feel at ease and the place will be settled.”

"Hahaha, that's a good evaluation, but from the point of view of the headquarters, Mr. Yan is the only official in charge. Well said, first let that reckless Li Yuchun make a fuss, and kill those guys who have a future in mind. If you are scared, Mr. Yan will come to clean up when the time comes, and if you show me a little favor, you will be safe."

The two laughed and hated seeing each other late!
(End of this chapter)