The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 104 Yan Baoyi, Slave without Compilation

"Reverse! Reverse!"

"The city has been breached! The Longhairs have entered the city!"

"Kill the Qing monsters! Go to heaven!"

"Boom boom."

"Clap clap clap!"

Noisy and chaotic shouts rang out everywhere in the small city of Chenzhou, accompanied by the roar of artillery fire and the sound of gunfire like frying beans.

The city of Chenzhou, which was under attack from all sides, couldn't even withstand Xiao Chaogui's first wave of offensive and was broken. Now the Taiping Army that had rushed into the city and the disciples of the Tiandihui who had revolted in the city were engaging in street fighting with the Green Camp soldiers of the Chenzhou Camp and Chen Qishu's militia.

The Green Camp soldiers and militia of Chenzhou could not hold out for long. In an hour or two at most, this capital city would belong to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The city of Chenzhou, like the city of Daozhou, was a center of Tiandihui activities in southern Hunan. The sisters Xu Yuegui and Xu Xianggui were the daughters of the big boss of the Tiandihui in Chenzhou. The Recruiting Army Hall of Hong Daquan and Jiao Hong also had a branch in Chenzhou and recruited many disciples.

Moreover, there are many privately-opened mines in Chenzhou Prefecture, most of which have been closed in recent months due to man-made disasters and war disasters. In addition, the Xiangjiang River and Chenshui River were blocked by the Qing army, and the road to Guangdong in the south was also blocked by the Qing army from Guangdong, and the road to Jiangxi was also blocked.

As a result, two or three thousand miners, boatmen, and dock workers also gathered in Chenzhou City, relying on the Sanshiliuxiangtang of the Xiangnan Tiandihui for support, waiting for today's internal and external cooperation to capture the city in one fell swoop.

Chen Qishu, the leader of the militia in Chenzhou, had long been on good terms with Huang Shijie in Daozhou. He naturally knew how Daozhou was lost, and he also knew that Chenzhou could not be defended, so he had already made preparations to escape.

He asked his family to leave the city with their belongings early, and let his most reliable militia take control of Chenzhou's east gate and the dock on the Chen River. Several large wooden boats belonging to the Chen family of Chenzhou were moored at the dock.

Since the Taiping Army had no navy on the Chen River, they were unable to stop the ships from leaving.

So Chen Qishu and Sun Enbao wanted to leave, and the Taiping Army could not stop them. But Sun Enbao knew that he could not leave, and when the whole city of Chenzhou was "rebellious", he had already returned to the government office he "rented" in a daze.

Most of the clerks and runners in the government office had disappeared - most of them were followers of the Tiandihui and had no reason to die for the Qing Dynasty.

There were no gentry gathered in the government office. Everyone knew about Daozhou's affairs long ago, and the Anti-Scripture was also spread everywhere in Chenzhou. Those gentry either ran away or joined forces with Chen Qishu. Even those who joined Chen Qishu were not naive enough to think that Chenzhou City could be defended, so most of them and their families packed up their belongings and went to the provincial capital, leaving only the strong men in the family to Chen Qishu.

Sun Enbao's "family member" Sun Fugui did not run away. Instead, he took a few "real family members" of the Sun family and his lawyer to wait outside the yamen, waiting for Lord Sun to come back so that they could escape together.

The reason why he didn't run away first was not because he was so righteous, but because it was a mission entrusted to him by his master. It was also his life!
His surname was not Sun, but Yan. His ancestors were all bondservants of Prince Zheng's family. His ancestors had followed Dorgon to fight for Beijing!

Unfortunately, he was just "following" and had no merit. Later, he was assigned to the house of Prince Zheng, the owner of the banner, as a bondservant, and served there for more than two hundred years.

Although they were bondservants of the lower five banners, they were, after all, slaves directly under the Prince Zheng's Palace. Therefore, the Yan family bondservants had a very comfortable life during the Qing Dynasty, even better off than those ordinary bannermen.

If there is anything unsatisfactory, it is that it is not easy for the male members of the Yan family to get married. The daughters of the Baoyi family have to serve their masters. When a girl is sent in, she will be at least 25 years old when she is released. Some are even 30 years old. Most of them are still withered, but they are still very popular. It is impossible to marry a girl into the family in a sedan chair without spending a lot of money.

After all, these female baoyi who were released from their masters were all legitimate baoyi! Only by marrying them could this baoyi family be passed down.

Otherwise, if he married a Han woman outside the city, Prince Zheng's Mansion and the Governor's Office would not recognize it.

After all, bondservants also received a fixed amount of money and food!

Therefore, the children raised by bondservants outside the home could only become civilians. The lucky ones could find a job in their master's home without a formal position, while the unlucky ones had to make a living on their own. Yan Fugui was a lucky bondservant without a formal position, which was considered a "slave without a formal position", so he was sent to be a family member of Sun Enbao, the "official insignificant".

If he was a "big bond servant" with a "regular post", he could not be sent to Sun Enbao's side!
Letting the bondsers of Prince Zheng's family work for a Han prefect is a violation of social status!

The bondservants were higher in rank than the Han civil servants who came from the official imperial examination system!
However, the assignment of being the head of the household around "Guan Baidang" is a lucrative job that is coveted by all the "slaves" in Beijing. This lucrative job is also called "carrying a belly", which probably refers to the worms in the stomach of "Guan Baidang"!
With them watching, those "official corrupt officials" had no choice but to embezzle as much as possible and repay their debts honestly. Otherwise, if they were to report their evil deeds with evidence, they would be exiled to the army or even have to go to the vegetable market!

However, there is one thing that "being pregnant" is afraid of, that is, the official will die in the line of duty. If he dies in the line of duty, he will be a loyal hero of the Qing Dynasty. The masters in the capital can only consider themselves unlucky and take the bad debt, and cannot force the family of the loyal hero to sell their houses and land.

Otherwise, all the Han officials in the court would be disheartened, and someone would leak the news to the emperor, and the master would be in big trouble.

But the masters can’t just sit there and suffer losses! So the deficit after the “officials” died in the line of duty had to be borne by the “belly” and their families.

In order to buy the position of prefect of Chenzhou, Sun Enbao owed a large sum of money to the Prince Zheng's Mansion! He hasn't paid back much yet. If he dies a loyal hero, all the debts he owed will fall on Yan Fugui, and Yan Fugui will have to pay with his life!
Because he simply didn't have the wealth to fill this hole.

The interests of the masters of Prince Zheng's Mansion cannot be harmed. If Yan Fugui cannot make up the difference, the "clan" of Yan Baoyi will have to use their savings over the years to make up the difference.

How could the Yan family, who had lost a fortune, let a useless extra-official bondman go? Wouldn't they want him to die as a token of apology?

Yan Fugui's wife and children are all being held in the Yan family, the bondservant. If he doesn't go back and die, his mother, wife, and children will be gone!
The Baoyi masters of the Yan Baoyi clan really don't care about the life of a clan member like him who is kept outside.

Speaking of which, it's not easy for him as an extra-staff servant!

So when Yan Fugui saw Sun Enbao coming back in a daze, he rushed over happily, grabbed Sun Enbao's official robe, and almost cried with joy: "Sir Sun, you are back, hurry up, or the Taiping Rebellion will invade!"

Sun Enbao suddenly looked at him with a cold look that Yan Fugui had never seen before, and uttered four words: "Why don't you do it!"

Yan Fugui was stunned, and two strong men from the Chen family came forward, one on the left and one on the right, twisted his arms and pulled them back, making him scream in pain: "What are you doing? What are you doing?"

Chen Qishu just said coldly: "Kill you! Don't struggle, just cut it with one knife."

"Kill me?" Yan Fugui was incredulous. "Mr. Chen, are you crazy? Do you know who I belong to? Lord Sun, why don't you..."

Before he could finish his words, a member of the Chen family militia took out a dagger and put it on Yan Fugui's neck, then looked at Chen Qishu. Chen Qishu nodded heavily, and the man pulled hard, and blood gushed out.

Yan Fugui was terrified and tried to cover the wound with his hands, but his arms were still twisted. Finally, he had to raise his head and stare at Sun Enbao with his eyes bulging like dead fish, wanting to ask why, but he couldn't say anything.

At this moment, the only people that came to his mind were his newly married wife, his one-month-old son, and his gray-haired old mother.

"It's gone, it's gone, all gone." Yan Fugui was no longer able to speak. He just kept repeating these words in his mind until the very end.

Sun Enbao watched him slowly die before his eyes, and suddenly laughed: "Sun finally did something to help the people get rid of harm. It feels good!"

As he said this, he walked into his hall with a big laugh, sat upright behind the desk, picked up the brush, took a piece of letter paper and wrote a "last letter", then handed it to Chen Qishu along with his official seal: "Go quickly, don't let the Taiping Rebellion catch you! Remember, if you want to be an official of the Qing Dynasty in the future, do it with honor. Don't learn from me, who did some shabby things and bought a position. In the name of being an official, I am actually a scabby dog ​​of the bannermen's relatives!

Nineteen years of hard study. Nineteen years! I studied hard every day, never taking a moment to rest. Even on my wedding day, I did not forget to study. It was not worth it! It was not worth it!

While he was writing his will and talking, someone had already hung a rope on the beam of his yamen, and placed a chair under the rope. Chen Qishu helped him onto the chair, watched him put the rope around his neck, and heard him say "OK", then he kicked the chair over and sent Sun Enbao off.
(End of this chapter)