Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 118 Hair shaving order, the south of the Yangtze River is boiling
On August 25th of the Yiyou Year, Zheng Zhilong welcomed the King of Tang and his party, and entered Fuzhou in a mighty manner. The next day, he embraced the King of Tang as the Emperor. The mansion was named Tianxing Mansion, and the Longwu regime was established with the former Fujian chief envoy as the residence.

Zhu Yujian ascended the throne as the emperor of Shufan, and his bloodline is far away from that of Guifan and even the King of Lu, which makes his status slightly insufficient. In addition, he was still trapped in Fengyang Prison a year ago, and he lacked a confidant team around him. , Even with the help of Wang Yan and others, his strength is still insufficient, so he has to rely on the Zheng family who welcomes him to Fujian to ascend the throne.

After Zhu Yujian ascended the throne, in order to win the hearts of the people, Zheng Zhilong was granted the title of third prince of Pinglu Hou Jin with the title of Grand Master, and the title of Taibao. Civil servants such as Di, Huang Daozhou, Huang Mingjun, Chen Zizhuang, Su Guansheng, etc., all worshiped as university scholars, and the number of people who joined the cabinet was rare in all dynasties.

One day after attending the grand ceremony, Wang Yan went to the military and civilian garrison outside the city, when he was about to go outside the camp, he met two people on his way, both of them were dressed in rags and looked like beggars.

The two were emaciated, obviously they hadn't had enough food for many days, their hair was disheveled and they couldn't see their original appearance, they walked towards the barracks with wooden sticks, Wang Yan looked at them and couldn't help being amazed, but felt that one of them was very familiar, so he strangled them Hold the reins and make the sitting horse come to a sudden stop.

Those two people who looked like beggars also noticed Wang Yan, but they didn't retreat like ordinary people when they saw the official.

Seeing this, Wang Yan's guards had already stepped forward with a knife, ready to stop them, but at this moment they saw Wang Yan get off his horse, leap over the guards with a few strides, and hurried up to meet the two beggars, exclaiming in surprise: "Liu Shun, Yunpeng, why are you two here?"

These two beggars were Liu Shun, who protected Wang Yan from escape, and King Yilong, King of Hundred Households in Jinyiwei.

On that day, Wu Bangfu mobilized Jinyiwei to attack government offices in various places in Nanjing City, set fire to the government buildings, and caused chaos in the city. The two people who thought they would die were lucky enough to escape. Be a beggar and hide.

Not long after, the two escaped from Nanjing, but they could not find Wang Yan's trace. Liu Shun suggested that Wang Zhilong go south with him to catch up with the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou, and then discuss countermeasures.

At that time, the secret agents of the Qing army were all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the two dared not say anything. They walked thousands of miles, relying on begging all the way, and barely reached the south of Zhejiang. Then they heard that Wang Yan supported the Tang king in Wenzhou to supervise the country, and then brought the army and civilians into Fujian. Hastily chased after.

"Young Master!" Liu Shun heard Wang Yan's voice, and immediately saluted with tears, "Shun thought that he would never see you again!"

"Hou Ye!" Wang Zhilong saluted and bowed.

Wang Yan stepped forward quickly, and quickly helped Liu Shun up, seeing how he caressed him, he couldn't help feeling sore, he wondered how much he had suffered all the way to Fujian.

"When I was in Nanjing, I asked someone to inquire about the news of the two of you, but I didn't know about it. I thought you two had died because of me. I felt sorry for you. I didn't want to see you again today. It was actually God's protection, so that I would not be lost. You two too!" Wang Yan said emotionally.

In the year of Jiashen, Wang Yan started in Shandong. Many of the old men from back then disappeared after experiencing many changes, especially the battle of Yangzhou, and after Li Taizhen died in Wusongkou with [-] children, the old brothers who followed Wang Yan from Qingzhou at first , there are very few left, and Liu Shun's weight among these people is particularly important, even much heavier than Wang Wei's weight in Wang Yan's heart.

At this time, Wang Yan hurriedly asked the two of them to take them to wash and rest first, and after eating, he invited the two to meet in the tent.

Wang Yansui inquired about the situation when the two went south, but was shocked to hear that the Qing court once again issued an order to shave their hair, and forced the Han people to change the thousands of years of tradition with the barbaric means of "keep the head but not the hair, keep the hair but not the head".

Wang Zhilong belonged to a hundred households of Jinyiwei. When he went south, although he fled all the way to avoid the pursuit of the Qing army, he was still able to get a lot of news through some channels.

After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, when the northern captives entered the pass, Dorgon ordered the counties along the way to shave their heads and keep their braids. However, after entering Beijing, they encountered fierce opposition from the Han officials and people. The people in the scribes also seemed to rise up, and Dorgon was forced to take back his order, and issued an edict: "There is no distinction between the people who surrendered to the former, so they were ordered to shave their hair to distinguish obedience and rebellion. Today, I heard that people's opinions are very popular. It is not necessary to give culture and education to fix the heart of the people. After self-indulgence, the subjects of the world still tie their hair as usual, and they all follow their own convenience."

Dashun and Hongguang courts were destroyed by the Qing court one after another. Dorgon believed that the world would be stable, so he once again issued an outrageous order that all men in the world should shave their hair and change their clothes. It's like farting.

For thousands of years in China, when did China force other ethnic groups to change their customs and habits? Before the ancestors of the northern captives rebelled, they were the subjects of the Ming Dynasty for generations, accepting the title and official position of the Ming Dynasty. My Han emperor forced the Jurchens to grow hairnets Does the towel follow the Han system?
Since the northern captives entered the customs, they have beaten out the Manchu and Han families, and regarded themselves as orthodox in China. However, the barbarians are barbarians. Their actions are clearly inferior to their bones. They are afraid that the Liao and Jin in the past will be assimilated by our Han people, and they will shave their hair and reform Where is the slightest intention to integrate into China?

"Clothes and clothes are the belief of our nation. The behavior of the northern captives is to destroy China!" Hearing the news brought by Wang Zhilong, Wang Yan's expression was extremely gloomy. The whole clan of captives cannot be eliminated!"

"When the official went south, I heard the news from the former Jinyiwei Department that some scholars in Jiangyin gathered in front of the Confucian Temple and declared that their heads could be cut off, but their hair must not be shaved." Wang Zhilong also said with a somber face: "The gentry in Jiaxing seem to have raised their resistance. Qingyi Banner, Kunshan, and Wusong are also unstable, and above Taihu Lake, Lord Chen and Lord Wu have gathered thousands of troops to attack the state capital occupied by the Qing army."

"In this way, Duo Ergun's implementation of the hair-shaving order is indeed a miscalculation!" Wang Yan frowned slightly when he heard this, and thought for a while, "If the land occupied by the Qing court is turbulent because of the hair-shaving order, my Ming Dynasty will take the opportunity to raise troops and fight with you." With the reunion of volunteer soldiers, it is possible to recover Nanjing!"

"If the imperial court really raises troops and seizes the opportunity to restore Jiangnan, I think it's feasible!" Wang Zilong said: "I also got news that the prefectures in eastern Zhejiang that had been appeased by the Qing court also rebelled and returned to justice because of the order to shave their hair. In the land of Ningbo, the officials sent by the Qing court were all killed by the gentry, Fang Guoan and others seem to have the intention of supporting His Royal Highness King Lu who fled to Taizhou to fight against the Qing."

After hearing Wang Zhilong's words, Wang Yan's expression changed greatly, he stood up abruptly and said to the two of them: "Liu Shun, Yun Peng, you two quickly follow me into the city, pay homage to Your Majesty, and explain what you just said!"

(Thanks to Danshui Ranger, it's just an egg, shyion's reward, and Wu Yishan, brother ranger's trick, the author wrote it down first.)
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