Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 576: Reinforcements knock on the door, the end of Duke Yansheng
On a horse-drawn carriage heading from Fuyang to Huainan Coal Mine.

"Master, have you heard? The imperial court has transferred all the students from Dongshan Higher Education District and all levels of prefectural schools to Jiangbei to organize immigration."

"Ok!"

"It is said that there are still not enough people. His Majesty ordered the recruitment of civil and military officials, as well as the children of wealthy merchants to come to Jiangbei to help with immigration."

"A temporary errand?"

"Yes. Your Majesty's intention is to train the young people."

"Your Majesty is holy."

Jiang Chun continued to close his eyes and leaned against the carriage in deep thought.

He dared to openly show goodwill to the chief officer of a field army today, and he was not afraid of the court's fear. He saw that Zheng Hean was a criminal and would not live long.

Even if it reaches your Majesty's ears, there will be no bad consequences.

After this move.

He gained the friendship of the 2nd Legion.

Many officers from northern Anhui would have a vague fondness for me because of this. On the surface, it seems to have no effect, but no one can predict what will happen in the future.

……

In short, make more good friends!
In the future, strive to join the ranks of the imperial nobility and escape the dangerous situation of being rich but not noble.

Jiang Chun is willing to spend money.

After all, even if he doesn't spend it, his prodigal son Jiang Yu will help him spend it.

Everyone in Hangzhou knew that Mr. Jiang was a well-known spendthrift boy. He spent 22 taels a year and supported more than a dozen streets and hundreds of shops by himself.

Leading a new consumption trend in Hangzhou.

If Jiang Chun had made money slower, this company would have gone bankrupt.

Thinking of this,

Jiang Chun suddenly opened his eyes:

"You just said that the court asked the children of each family to come to the north to help with immigration?"

"Yes."

“No threshold?”

"Yes."

"You, go to Hangzhou right away and call that rebellious son over."

"What if the young master doesn't want to?
"Bring a few people with you. If you don't want to, just tie them up. You are a rebellious son."

……

The junction of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui.

Provide porridge on site and recruit immigrants.

A young man with oily hair and powdered face waved a fan:

"Fellow villagers, if you can't survive here anymore, just go outside the Great Wall. Each of you will be given 50 mu of land, and you don't have to pay grain for five years."

"Those who are willing to sign up, come quickly."

Everyone was stunned and dazed in the wind.

Leaving your hometown?

Who among the Han people would not be scared after hearing these four words? The killing power is second only to "no descendants" and "digging up ancestral graves".

……

Looking at this embarrassing scene, the officer next to him couldn't help himself.

Standing on the grain cart, shouting:

"A tree that is moved will die, but a person who moves will live."

"Fellow villagers, what's the point of you staying here? You don't have enough to eat, you don't have warm clothes, you're just struggling, what's the point?"

A middle-aged man who looked like a well-educated man held up a bowl of porridge and said with courage:
"My Lord, it is hard to leave your homeland."

The officer sneered:

"No matter how good your hometown is, how many acres of irrigated land do you have?"

Everyone was sad.

"My fellow villagers, there is good black land outside the Great Wall. If you go there, you will be given 50 mu of land. In the first year, you will have a good harvest and you can eat as much as you want. For five years, the court will not take a single grain from you."

"It's too cold outside the Great Wall. We're afraid we won't be able to endure it if we go there."

"The court will give each of you a new set of cotton-padded clothes, free of charge."

……

The officer was from the south, and he suddenly remembered that he had seen very few trees along the way, all of them were bare.

Then he said:
"Outside the Great Wall, there are forests everywhere. You can cut down as much wood as you want and bring it home for firewood. There are countless pieces of wood to burn. What a carefree life!"

The middle-aged man asked:
"Does this forest have an owner?"

"Yes! It used to belong to the Eight Banners masters, but now the dynasty has changed and there is no one left."

The crowd finally came alive.

The officer struck while the iron was hot and said loudly:
"Those who arrive first will get the land first. Those who arrive later will get the land later."

"You guys are still dithering here. The smart Shandong folks have already set out on the journey. The journey is short, so they will divide the land first when they get there."

moment,

The crowd rushed forward, scrambling to sign up.

Before, people were afraid of losing out when the atmosphere was dull, and now people are rushing to sign up because they are still afraid of losing out.

Vibrant~
……

Black smoke billowed in Kaifeng city.

2 days ago,

Henan Governor Liu Yong received a long list of anonymous people, and kindly noted that these people were ready to open the city gates when the Wu army attacked the city.

Liu Yong, who was in a state of panic, immediately urged his confidant Fu Biao to arrest people according to the list.
first instance,
These people confessed even after being tortured.

Looking at the insane confessions, Liu Yong went crazy. He personally led his troops to first kill the gentry and merchants, and then kill the suspicious generals in the city.

Internal strife gradually evolved.

It is easy to kill officials and gentry, but it is not easy to kill generals.

Kaifeng became a battlefield, with the Green Camp fighting the Green Camp, the Qing army fighting the Qing army, and the Censor fighting the Governor.

……

Six miles outside the city, the Wu army arrived.

Take your time and set up camp on the spot.

In the central army tent,
The two gentlemen knelt on the ground and begged.

"Sir, please send troops to take Kaifeng as soon as possible to defend our people, kill the tyrants, and uphold justice."

"How can the cavalry attack the city? When the infantry arrives, I will naturally attack the city. Don't worry, take them down and have some wine and food."

Wusimai wore iron armor inside and a green woolen robe outside.

He stared at a copy of the Complete Tang Poems and couldn't put it down, not turning a page for half a minute.

……

for a long time,

He walked out of the tent and looked at the falling snow.

Look up and read:

"The general cannot control his horn bow, and the protector general's iron armor is too cold to wear."

When he recited the poem, his expression was solemn, his words were clear and he even made no mistakes.

After all, fish have a memory of 7 seconds, and it takes almost seven steps to walk from the big case to here.

Seven-step poem
His talent is comparable to Cao Zijian, and his martial virtue surpasses Xin Jiaxuan.

He glanced at them out of the corner of his eye and saw that the Torghut soldier standing guard a few feet away had a look of awe in his eyes. He was satisfied and walked back to the tent with the square steps he had just learned.

……

In Kaifeng City, the sound of gunfire rang out all night.

The next day,

The city gate was opened.

Wu Simai then reluctantly beat the drum to gather his troops, and it took him half an hour to finally charge into Kaifeng.

Chopping melons and vegetables with unstoppable force.

Kill from the west of the city to the east in one breath.

"Commander, the Henan governor has been caught."

The kidnapped Liu Yong had blood on the corner of his mouth, but he was still frantically spouting various theories, trying to whitewash the Qing Dynasty as orthodox and himself as a loyal martyr.

Wusimai was furious.

He chopped the man in half with a diagonal blow, and only then did he feel relieved.

"I hate it most when people talk to me about stereotyped essays."

"Poetry is the right path, and eight-part essay is a crooked and evil path."

The surrounding cavalrymen agreed.

There was no way around it. The light cavalry corps only knew how to shoot eagles with a bow, and its illiteracy rate ranked first in the entire Wu army.

……

Only one out of ten gentry in the city survived, and all of this was attributed to Liu Yong's killing.

It is true that most of them were killed by Liu Yong.

The dozen or so gentry who had managed to survive knelt in the snow, holding the combat boots bought by Wu Si, and cried bitterly.

This situation and situation,

Wu Si Mai recited another poem:
"We meet on horseback and don't have paper or pen, so please tell them you are safe. You should remember your duty and behave yourself. Otherwise~"

"Understood, understood. We will definitely change our ways."

The house-raiding team took over these people and questioned them separately.

Now the treasury is empty, and His Majesty is desperate for money. They are under great pressure and don't want to miss a bad guy.

……

In Shandong,

Hu Zhihuang's troops drove out wolves and devoured tigers, and used the knives of the refugee rebels to kill gentry and powerful people in various places.

but,

He could not sit idly by and watch the refugee rebels grow stronger, so he would often take action to attack the rebels.

Before leaving, His Majesty had already instructed us to be like a knife and continuously defeat the large-scale rebel army, breaking them up as much as possible without killing too many people.

Hu Zhihuang always kept this in mind and actively participated in the fight.

Anyway, the entire Central Plains and Shandong were in chaos.

Who killed whom?

Who robbed whom?

It was a confusing account that could not be sorted out. The main force of the Wu army marched slowly and cleared the way as they went.

A small number of soldiers were assigned to urge the voluntary immigrants to head eastward, with their destination being Haizhou Port (Lianyungang) in Jiangsu.

……

The Northern Expedition took the form of war, but its real purpose was wealth and immigration.

As a cross-border person,

Li Yu understood the logic here very well. He couldn't do anything unless he smashed everything to pieces.

No one would be willing to immigrate as long as they can have some thin porridge at home.

If he does not commit ruthless killings, the "preliminary industrialization", "decentralized small peasant economy", "industrial and commercial colonization" and "new Chinese civilization" that he wants to promote will all become a bubble.

Never underestimate the destructive power of the gentry!

Never underestimate the ignorance of some common people!

Never underestimate the deep roots of millennia-old traditions!
If you can't bear to smash it,
Once the empire is formed in the future, these three millions of superimposed, half-new and half-old empires will turn back into feudal dynasties at a speed visible to the naked eye.

……

So what if he is the emperor?
How many miles can the emperor see? How many steps can he walk? How many account books can he flip through?

In history, most emperors were not much different from clay statues of Buddha in temples.
Li Yu knew all this very well.
Therefore,
Neutrality, indifference, rationality and cruelty are necessary steps.

If seriously ill patients want to recover, they must undergo surgery, and the side effect is serious damage to their vitality.

Let it hurt.

Can't avoid~
If you don't act ruthlessly today, someone else will act ruthlessly for you in the future.

Rather than dying in large numbers at the hands of princes, foreigners, and all kinds of unspeakable monsters in the future, it is better to die now in this thousand-mile smoke of war.

If 1 people die now, 100 million people will be prevented from dying in the future.

……

of course,

These high-level matters have nothing to do with most of the ministers.

Wu Simai stood on the historic Kaifeng city wall, gazing at the Yellow River in a trance, muttering:
"I don't want to be in the military, civil service is the right path."

He turned around and asked the guards:

"Do you think I look like a civil servant?"

Several Torghut soldiers shook their heads:
"Not like."

"look carefully."

"Still not."

"roll."

The guards, who were hit several times, left with their tails between their legs. They were all Torghut people who surrendered in Jiangxi.

Given the current situation, you can safely and boldly incorporate them into the army.

The Torghut cavalry performed particularly actively on the battlefield in Henan. Only in this way can their tribes in the far northwest gain more in the future change of dynasties.

……

Qufu, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong.

Kong Xianpei, the Duke of Yansheng, was panicking from the bottom of his heart. His brother-in-law Yu Shihe was also frowning.

"Brother-in-law, did you really send the surrender letter to the south? Don't lie to me."

"Really! This is the third one."

"Then why didn't you respond?"

"How would I know? This doesn't make sense."

"Could it be that Emperor Wu doesn't want you as the Duke of Yansheng?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. The messenger must have been killed by refugees on the road. Yes, that must be the case."

Yu Shihe was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down.

"My dear brother-in-law, please send someone to deliver it quickly."

……

A quarter of an hour later, Kong Xianpei came with a dozen surrender letters.

"so much?"

"Yes, a full 30 cards. Send 30 couriers to increase the probability."

"Brother-in-law, you have to encourage the messenger's enthusiasm."

"10 acres of land per person."

Yu Shihe was disappointed with his failure to make good use of his talents:

"Not enough! Add more, three times, no, five times."

Kong Xianpei trembled with heartache:
"A bunch of poor bastards, this is too extravagant, isn't it?"

"My dear brother-in-law, it's already late, just give 10 times the reward! A big reward will always bring courage."

……

The harsh sound of the gong rang out again.

"Oh no, the thief is here again."

Smoke and dust billowed outside Qufu City.

Yu Shihe secretly groaned. This smoke and dust that covered the sky was definitely not a good thing. It was either a large number of cavalry or tens of thousands of infantry.

It's over, it's over.

Man may make many plans, but they are no match for God.

Just as Kong Xianpei and Yu Shihe were preparing to escape on horseback under the protection of their private soldiers.

Someone happily reported:
"They are reinforcements from the prefect of Yanzhou."

……

"Open the city gate quickly!"

Looking at the Yanzhou prefect knocking at the gate, Kong Xianpei became suspicious and pulled someone over.

"Ask him what he's doing here?"

The servant stuck his head out of the battlement and shouted:

"Mr. Prefect, why are you in Qufu? How is Yanzhou?"

The knight beside the prefect of Yanzhou whispered:
"Just say that Yanzhou was lost and you broke out. You want to join forces with Duke Yansheng to jointly defend Qufu."

Questions and answers.

Kong Xianpei felt that there seemed to be no problem, so he ordered the city gates to be opened and the drawbridge to be lowered.

……

The prefect of Yanzhou had just left the city wall.

Kong Xianpei hurried over:

"Yanzhou was not defended? Did the heavenly soldiers come?"

The prefect stepped aside in embarrassment.

Two knights stepped forward and took out bright yellow silk:

"There is an imperial decree that the country is about to collapse, and Duke Yansheng is the treasure of the country and must not be lost. Therefore, we are sent to escort Duke Yansheng."

"Duke Yansheng, I'm sorry."

Two strong knights flanked him, one on the left and one on the right.

……

The private soldiers of the Kong family also became anxious and wanted to rob their master.

A row of Eight Banners cavalrymen in cotton armor drew their swords in unison, each of them fierce and fierce.

Shout:

"The imperial guards of the Qing Dynasty are here. Which barbarian dares to come up?"

After just one encounter, a large number of Kong Mansion's private soldiers retreated with smirks.

I have shown such courage just now, and I am worthy of my master. That's enough. We in the Confucius Mansion do not like to use swords and guns, so stop when you are done.

Kong Xianpei was stunned for a moment:
"Where are you taking me? Where?"

"West Hunt!"

"I'm not going! I'm not going!"

The leader patiently explained:
"My Qing dynasty will always respect the Duke of Yansheng. But if you fall into the hands of the Wu army, I'm afraid they will not spare you."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. For thousands of years, which emperor dared to disrespect my Kong family? Let me go."

……

The leader looked around the crowd and asked:
"Who is Mr. Yu? Your father, Grand Secretary Yu Minzhong, has a letter of entrustment for you."

Yu Shihe secretly thought that something was wrong and quietly hid in the crowd, but he was betrayed by the looks from his teammates around him.

There was no choice but to move forward.

"Master Yu?"

"Yes."

A knife pierced the abdomen.

The arrogant Master Yu collapsed in disbelief, blood gushing out. He died with his eyes open, unable to understand, unwilling to accept.

The Eight Banners soldiers easily carried Duke Yansheng out of the city.

The prefect of Yanzhou stood there, laughing as if possessed by some strange spirit:

"It's over, it's over, hahahaha~"

……

Thousands of tenants rushed to the master's magnificent mansion. There was no hierarchy, no master, and no order.

Everyone was snatching valuable things, even Kong's private soldiers joined the snatching sequence.

Qufu was in chaos.

grab!
This is a dispute among the Kong family.

The number of aristocratic families that have survived for thousands of years is difficult to count. At least half of these tenants have the surname Kong.

……

Rescue Duke Yansheng - it was Concubine Xiao's suggestion and Yongyan's instruction.

If you want to gain a foothold in Central Asia, you need something intangible besides force.

You can discard the bottles and jars, but you must keep the vase of Yanshenggong!

As for the claim that the Eight Banners soldiers killed Master Yu without authorization, it was Concubine Xiao who secretly instructed it.

When Xiao Xiaoqi was a skinny horse in Yangzhou, she once met Yu Shihe. At that time, she was a commodity waiting to be sold. Unexpectedly, the nobleman Yu Shihe did not like her, but redeemed another woman with whom he had a bad relationship.

What a shame.

Kill him to vent your anger.

(End of this chapter)