my days with tyrants

In Guangzhou city.

"What's all the fuss about?
Let me tell you, King Dingyuan's 20 troops have arrived in Guilin.

It takes less than half a month to go down the current.

The sky in Guangzhou has not yet fallen, and your majesty’s empire is still as strong as an iron barrel. Don’t think that you dare to rebel once Yang Feng arrives outside the city. You need to know that Yang Feng is only flesh and blood. Let’s see if he dares to attack the city these days. ?When that [-]-kilogram cannon is shot down, let alone a human being, he will be shattered even if he is made of steel and iron. Do you want him to capture Guangzhou?

Daydreaming!

A group of troublemakers.

If you dare to make trouble again, we will all fight with guns! "

Qian Shi, the governor of the Grand Dudu Mansion and the admiral of the patrol camp in the capital, Guo Ang, rode his Indian horse and pointed his whip at the poor people in front who were grabbing rice.

Although there has been no attack outside and there is plenty of food in the city, it is impossible to expect profiteers not to hoard it. After all, such an opportunity is rare, just to use food to drain the money of the people in the city.Therefore, these profiteers deliberately create food shortages, and then use continuous price increases to make a fortune for the country. Originally, the price of rice was actually only one guan note or two to three hundred copper coins at most, but now it has skyrocketed to ten guan notes or one thousand copper coins.After all, under this situation, it is impossible for the treasure notes to maintain normal currency value. Besides, the banks are closed. The original bank employees ran away before the siege, and there is no place to exchange the treasure notes.

So copper coins became hard currency.

As for gold and silver, in fact, they were not mainstream until the large influx of silver in the late Ming Dynasty.

Not even currency.

Just for large transactions or as a store of wealth.

The price of rice has skyrocketed, and people in the city cannot afford it. If this continues for a long time, they will naturally grab rice.

Fortunately, it had just begun, so Governor Guo could still suppress it.

"Captain, the little ones are starving to death!"

"Please give me a way to survive, Commander-in-Chief!"

……

The unruly people in front of him knelt on the ground and shouted.

"You all have hands and feet, why don't you go to work? Even if you don't go to work, you have a family and a job, how can you still starve to death? If you can't do that, you can still become a soldier and go to the city wall to fight for the court. I will naturally take care of your food, no They go to work but don’t want to be soldiers, and they still have the nerve to say they will starve to death. They are indeed a bunch of unruly people!”

Governor Guo shouted.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry behind him moved forward, and each of them picked up their whips and began to drive away these unruly people.

Several unruly people still wanted to resist, but Governor Guo immediately pulled the trigger toward the sky.

"Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be killed!"

he shouted.

The cavalrymen immediately drew their short muskets.

The unruly people had to disperse in confusion.

However, in the chaos, Guo Ang saw a familiar face...

"Take down these unruly people. If I don't chop off a few of your heads today, it seems you are not following the law seriously!"

He pointed his riding whip and shouted.

The cavalrymen immediately stepped forward and pushed them to the ground while they were struggling and crying, and then quickly tied them up. The other unruly people ran away quickly. The shopkeeper of Midian ran out and thanked Governor Guo profusely. He waved his hand casually, after all, this store was actually opened by his in-laws.He led his cavalrymen, escorted the captured unruly people, and returned to his patrol camp under the silent gaze of the people on the street. They were actually equivalent to the military police in the city. They were mainly responsible for the stability of the city, hunting down spies and suppressing the unruly people.There are a total of [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. They are all military households in Guangzhou City, that is, the various guards in Guangzhou are in the city, and they are not the warriors guarding the city.

So they are all young and strong.

However, the equipment is poor, that is, the three hundred cavalry have short muskets, and the infantry is still cold weapons.

Jianwen didn't dare to trust military households anymore.

Therefore, firearms are given to Semu. After all, the latter are old and weak and can only use firearms on the city walls, while military household soldiers have cold weapons. In this way, even if the military households are mostly young and strong, it will be difficult to defeat Semu. This will ensure that the military households will not rebel and open the city gate.

After returning to the patrol camp, his cronies took the captured thieves to prison, but quietly brought the man to his back office.

"How is it outside?"

Guo Ang asked the man simply.

This is the servant of the Hua family. He followed Hua into battle when he was young. Although he is a servant, speaking on the battlefield is more effective than commanding.

Of course Guo Ang, who has been working under Hua Mao for many years, knows him.

"Captain, Wang Bi died of illness in Hengyang. My master is in Nanchang anyway, and most of the imperial camp is following him. Huang Zicheng retreated to Ji'an with ten thousand color eyes. In addition, the armies of Wei Guogong and E Guogong have also crossed the Huaihe River, and the Sichuan and Guijun troops led by He Fu have also to Wuchang.

But this is the news from before. Judging by the days, Duke E's army is estimated to have arrived in the capital. "

said the latter.

After saying that, he handed over Huaying's letter.

"Wang Bi died of illness? He was as strong as an ox, so why did he suddenly die of illness? Was he poisoned by Han Guan and Hu Mian?"

Guo Ang sneered.

Everyone knows this, they are all relatives and friends, no one knows who!
Seeing that the building is about to collapse, Guangxi military leaders such as Han Guan and Hu Mian will not continue to mess around with Wang Bi!

"I don't know about this young one, but my Major General guesses that it won't be long before Han Guan and others will surrender."

Jia Ding said.

"Your Hua family is doing well. I am trapped in the city and feel uneasy every day. King Guangze is bewitched by those treacherous people and cannot listen to good advice at all. No matter how much he is in power, it is useless to persuade him. If he does not kill all those treacherous people, Guangze will After all, King Ze was still confused by it. In fact, the ruler should bring a large army into the city and explain this to King Guangze face to face. If there is anything else you can't explain to your aunt, nephew or close relative, your master will not dissuade him. If the ruler is willing to When it comes to attacking the city, it will be easy for those old and weak men to conquer Guangzhou."

Guo Ang sighed and said.

The servant smiled slightly. "Captain, if that's the case, why don't you open the city gate yourself?"

He said.

"Well, King Guangze has treated me with great kindness. I should be grateful as a man. Besides, King Guangze is the grandson of Taizu after all. We don't know the right or wrong of becoming emperor, but the bloodline of Taizu cannot be changed. If I betray King Guangze Why face Taizu?"

Guo Ang quickly said with an upright face.

"What if someone in the city rebels and murders King Guangze?"

The servant smiled and said directly.

"Well, well, if someone really rebels and murders King Guangze, then of course I will swear to the death to avenge King Guangze and then plead guilty to the ruling party."

Guo Ang also said with a smile.

"The little one is done."

Jia Ding said.

Guo Ang waved his hand to signal him to leave first, but as soon as the servant left, he called a close aide.

"Quickly, spread this news in the city immediately, and spread the news that His Majesty wants to surrender."

He said rather eagerly.

"Captain, shall we also arrest a few people who are spreading rumors?"

Said the confidant.

"Uh, yes, only the one who has been caught is certain."

Guo Ang said with a smile.

Indeed, only those who are caught can prove that it is true.

Of course, there was no need for him to spread the news. Jianwen already knew about it at this time, because Huang Zicheng's secret message to Jianwen had also arrived. Although Huang Zicheng didn't know yet that Wang Bi had died of illness, the secret message for Hua Rong's defection had arrived.At this time, most of the areas around Guangzhou had been cleared, but the line from Meiling to Shaoguan was still under the control of the Jianwen Dynasty defenders. Huang Zicheng's secret message could just go to Shaoguan and then pretend to be merchants and go down the river.

Guangzhou was indeed surrounded, but Yang Feng did not restrict entry and exit; it was just that entry and exit were not allowed within the city of Guangzhou.

So the messenger only needs to go to the city to identify himself.

Royal Palace.

"Your Majesty, the only solution for now is to leave the city and take the blame."

Qi Ge Lao cried and said.

Of course, Huang Zicheng wanted them to break through and go north.

This shows that Mr. Huang Ge is still very naive. How can he still break through in this situation?

"You promised me that you would take back the country for me, but now you want me to surrender without mercy?"

Jianwen sat there obviously very decadently and said.

Mr. Qi Ge...

Mr. Qi Ge seemed to be forced by him.

The old minister of Qi Ge was peacefully dismissed from his post and was enjoying his old age at home. It was he and Fang Xiaoru who went to force him to start an army with him. However, it was meaningless to talk about this at this time. They were already losers.It is impossible to break out of the siege, let alone break through to Ganzhou. They can't even break through to Sanyuanli now. They will either stick to it until the imperial army attacks the city, and then die in the chaos...

Definitely.

Even if the little princess really didn't want to kill Jianwen, Yang Feng and the generals would kill him.

understand.

It would be embarrassing to keep him, and there might be hidden dangers. People like him would be killed, but the little princess couldn't kill her nephew, and the queen couldn't order her uncle to be killed. In this case, those sensible generals It will be solved naturally.Let him be burned to death in the palace and be beaten to death by stray bullets. All kinds of death methods are arranged. Even if some ignorant people capture him, he can end up falling into the water while riding on a boat.

In fact, even if he takes the initiative to accuse, there is still a possibility of falling into the water.

And it's very possible.

But now he has no choice.

He could only take this step. Besides, he could save his children if he fell into the water. He had a son, but if Guangzhou was captured, his son would also die in the rebellion.

"Your Majesty, I must die to apologize."

Mr. Qi Ge said slowly.

He definitely couldn't surrender, and even if he surrendered, Ling Chi would inevitably die, so he might as well end it himself.

However, he had already made preparations. The clans that followed him had long been placed as officials in various places by him with various official positions or even new identities. The one in Guangzhou was just him, not just him, Huang Zicheng's clan This is also the case, everyone is not stupid. In a situation like theirs, they cannot gather together. If they fail, they will be blamed.

Jianwen just cried there.

Qitai didn't say anything else. In fact, they were both sober, so only Jianwen and him knew about this secret message.

Don't dare to leak the news.

At least not until Jianwen contacted the outside world to surrender.

After all, those lustful warriors cannot surrender.

If Jianwen chooses to surrender, I can't say what they will do.

Mr. Qi Ge lay on the ground, quietly took a few steps back, then stood up, looked at His Majesty the Emperor who was still crying, and sadly exited the palace, which was also named Qianqing Palace.His Majesty the Emperor behind him suddenly let out a howl full of grief, anger and unwillingness. Mr. Qi Ge sighed and walked silently outside the palace.They didn't know that at this time, His Majesty's favorite concubine Semu had quietly left the palace through the back door.