The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 62: The government says we are rebelling, we better really rebel! (Please read and collect!)

Just as Constable Zhang San was scolded and sent out, Mr. Huang Shijie and Captain Zhang Dingxiang came running in excitedly.

"Governor, I heard that someone from the Imperial Envoy Sai Zhongtang has come?"

"Governor, has Mr. Sai agreed to recommend me and Huang Ziying?"

Huang Shijie and Zhang Dingxiang have been working like crazy these days to raise money and recruit people for their militia. All the opium dens, gambling dens, brothels and shops in Daozhou City, no matter how reckless or powerful their backers were, were harassed by the two of them, their militia and the letter of credit from Governor Wang.

In short, it looks like they are trying their best to make money, but they will stop after this.

Mr. Huang did a good job in organizing the group. In a short period of time, he had increased the number of members from 300 to 1,200. Although 200 people were assigned to escort hundreds of family members and servants to Changsha, there were still thousands of people left in Daozhou City!

Even though Zhang Dingxiang was not very successful in winning over Yu Mieqing's old subordinates, the Green Camp soldiers there were all organized and refused to form militias. Moreover, over the past two days, more than a dozen of Yu Wanqing's subordinates had returned one after another, one of whom even had the rank of guerrilla, a much higher official than Zhang Dingxiang.

However, a militia of more than a thousand people was enough. Huang Shijie and Zhang Dingxiang both felt that Sai Shang'a would definitely be able to recommend them to a higher-ranking official.

But Wang Kuiyi's words disappointed them greatly. "Ziying, Zhang Bazong. Sai Zhongtang already knows your loyalty to the court. He praised you two highly in his letter to me, and said that as long as we hold on to Daozhou, he will recommend you in a memorial!"

"We still have to defend Daozhou?" Huang Shijie's face turned pale. "General Yu's two thousand elite Green Camp soldiers were all killed. How many of us are there?"

"Fuck, what kind of imperial envoy is this? What kind of chief military official is this? How can he be so confused?" Zhang Dingxiang cursed directly, "Governor Wang, we can't listen to him!"

Wang Kuiyi waved his hands quickly, telling the two militia leaders who were cocky just because they had some soldiers to shut up: "Don't be impatient, Sai Zhongtang is not an unreasonable person, he just wants us to hold on to Daozhou for a few days. He has ordered General Xiang and General Liu to lead 5,000 troops to rescue Daozhou. Now the reinforcements are on the way. Within five days, General Xiang's vanguard Zhang Guoliang's troops will arrive!"

"Five days, this..." Huang Shijie was a little tempted. It would always be good to be able to defend Daozhou.

However, Zhang Dingxiang still shook his head: "Governor Wang, the people in the city have been unsettled these past two days, and the Taiping army has split into two groups and is coming."

When Wang Kui saw that Zhang Dingxiang was the only one who was determined to escape, his face darkened and he spoke in an official tone: "Here is Sai Zhongtang's letter, Captain Zhang, are you going to disobey his orders? Sai Zhongtang also said in his letter that the Taiping rebels went south to enter Guangdong and communicate with foreigners. If we cannot stop the Taiping rebels in Daozhou, they will collude with the Westerners in Guangdong and may even ask the British soldiers to help them. Then the whole country will be in chaos.

Can a small captain like you shoulder this responsibility?"

ah.
Are the Long Hairs colluding with the English?

Are they that awesome?
Huang Shijie and Zhang Dingxiang were both dumbfounded.

One of them had a family business in Guangdong, and the other had even participated in the First Opium War and knew too well how powerful the English were.

This long-haired man, is he supported by the English?

The English guns are so powerful. It seems Daozhou cannot be defended!
Captain Zhang San, who had just escaped from the Daozhou government office not long ago, had changed into casual clothes and, along with two of his men, walked through the Daozhou city, where a storm was about to come, sweating profusely, and turned into an inconspicuous alley.

At the entrance of the alley, there were already a few men with braids on their heads, wearing short jackets, revealing two tanned, thick arms full of tendons. These men also had two Taiping swords openly stuck in their belts. Their eyes were particularly fierce, and it was obvious at a glance that they were all carrying the red sticks of life!
But Captain Zhang San was not here to arrest anyone. He only raised his right thumb and extended the other three fingers, gesturing at his chest. Then he took out a white paper fan and opened it with a snap. The red sticks immediately made way for him and saluted him with their fists.

Zhang San put away the white paper fan in his hand with a snap, picked up his robe and walked quickly into the alley. Several of his followers followed him quickly, guarding him as he flew into a broken courtyard.

There were many strong men squatting in the yard. When they saw Zhang San coming in, they all jumped up and looked at him with burning eyes. Zhang San looked around and asked in a low voice: "Where is the deputy hall master?" One of the men with blue dragon and white tiger tattoos on his arms stepped forward and bowed: "Military Advisor, the deputy hall master is meeting with the thirty-six incense masters."

Zhang Sanda laughed a few times, and strode towards a large house with a closed door. Without knocking, he pushed the door open and walked in. Inside the door was a very deep and wide hall with many benches. Dozens of people sat on the benches, all with their backs to the door. Only at the deepest part of the room was there a table and three chairs facing the door, on which sat Jiao Hong and two curvaceous women.

There were many candles in the hall, but the lighting was still not very good. Jiao Hong and the two women did not see the person clearly. One of the women even asked loudly: "Ming is back, Qing is against Ming, mother is earth, father is heaven, where are the friends outside who can guide us?"

Zhang San shouted, "Sister Yuegui, it's already this hour, why are you still talking about secret codes?"

"Is it Military Advisor Zhang?" The woman was stunned. "Why are you here? Are you from the government?"

Zhang San strode in, saying, "That corrupt official Wang Kuiyi said that our Tiandihui brothers were going to rebel!"

Jiao Hong slammed the table and shouted angrily: "He is right! We are going to rebel!"

The woman called "Sister Yuegui" also said loudly: "That's right, the Taiping Army of 100,000 will soon attack Daozhou, and our 36 incense masters are also gathered here. If we don't rebel now, when will we rebel?"

"Right!" The other woman also slammed the table and said sternly, "Let's go for it. The worst that can happen is that we'll be cut to pieces. Eighteen years later, we can be a good couple again!"

Zhang San had already walked to the side of the table, on which was placed a flag with the words "Marshal of the Three Armies". In the darkness on both sides, there were several strong men holding sticks as high as their eyebrows.

The two women looked very similar, both in their twenties. They both wore embroidered red satin jackets on their upper bodies and red pants for easy movement on their lower bodies. They also put on a little bit of makeup, and looked quite pretty.

These two are a pair of sisters. The older one is named Xu Xianggui, the wife of Jiao Hong, and the younger one is named Xu Yuegui, the wife of Hong Daquan. Their father is named Xu Zuochang, who, like Hong Xiuquan, was also a low-level scholar who could not pass the examination to become a scholar. However, Xu Zuochang did not go to "worship God", but joined the Tiandihui and became the leader of the Tiandihui in Chenzhou. His two daughters married Jiao Hong and Jiao Liang (Hong Daquan), which was considered a good match.

Jiao Hong, Jiao Liang (Hong Daquan), Xu Xianggui, Xu Yuegui, and their military advisor Zhang San, who was armed with a white paper fan, had been planning to welcome the Taiping Army into Hunan to join the rebellion. Jiao Liang (Hong Daquan) went to Guangxi to make contacts in person, while the other four secretly contacted various Tiandihui incense halls in Daozhou to accumulate strength and prepare for the uprising.

However, when the Tiandihui rebels, things are always a bit chaotic, with a bunch of hall masters and incense masters getting together and talking at the same time. They won't make up their minds until the government notices and comes to suppress them immediately.

Zhang San probably felt that the atmosphere at the scene was not tense enough, so he added: "Sister Xiang Gui is right! Wang Kuiyi, the corrupt official, has ordered the group training camp to arrest us. If we don't resist, I'm afraid we will really be killed!"

Now all the "36 incense masters" in the hall were in an uproar.

"Reverse, reverse!"

"If you rebel, you will die! If you don't rebel, you will die too. It's better to rebel!"

"Rebellion! Overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

"It's not about overthrowing the Qing dynasty and restoring the Ming dynasty, it's about welcoming peace, killing the Qing demons, slaughtering the evil gentry, opening the city gates to welcome peace, and when peace comes, we'll divide the land!"

Seeing that the time had finally come, Xu Yuegui shouted, "Bring up all the silver that the Peace Angel, Mr. Luo, gave to our heroes of the Tiandihui! Divide the silver first, then rebel! Every member of the Tiandihui who participates will receive three taels of silver! After the mission is accomplished, there will be another three taels!"

(End of this chapter)