Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 499 False Dao Destroying Guo
In order to promote commerce and collect more taxes, martial law is rarely enforced in Guangjing City, so now that there are more soldiers and servants on the streets, the common people can easily sense the tension in the air, and there is a lot of discussion in the city.

Wang Yan took the opportunity to spread the news that the imperial court was arresting the Qing court who spread the prophecy, and it was completely confirmed that he was framed by others, so that no one would use the prophecy to talk about things in the future.

For King Gui and his gang who framed him, Wang was very angry. After having Yuan Pengnian arrested, he thought for a moment, and then ordered his soldiers: "Go and invite Mr. Gu here!"

Now Chen Bangyan is in Zhangzhou, Li Suiqiu is good at logistics, Xia Wanchun and others are busy with the imperial examination, Gu Yanwu introduced by his uncle left a deep impression on him, so Wang Yan wants to discuss with him.

Not long after, Gu Yanwu hurried into the study, saluted and asked, "Master, did you catch Yuan Pengnian?"

Wang Yan waved his hand and told him to sit down, "It's not that fast. I'm here to discuss something with my husband."

"Xianggong wants to talk about King Gui?"

Wang Yan nodded, "Originally, the three families have already set the rules, and they can only compete with each other after they take down Nanjing, but this time, King Gui's faction made people spread prophecy to kill me. The previous rules, originally The cabinet doesn’t intend to abide by it either. Furthermore, His Majesty has worried me enough to support Sichuan and Shu right now. If King Gui is added, the cabinet is afraid that the aid to Shu will fail, and the backyard will catch fire instead. I don’t know what you think about this, sir!”

Gu Yanwu stroked his beard lightly, then smiled and said: "It's easy! Resisting the Qing Dynasty is a great righteousness, and aiding Shu is a must. If you want to prevent chaos in the rear, you only need to send Guangjing Nearby, all the people who are not under the control of Xianggong are recruited, and then the confidant generals are ordered to guard, so that Guangjing can sit back and relax."

As long as there is no army, no matter how hard it is for eunuchs, civil servants, or emperors, they will not be able to make any big waves.

Wang Yan calculated that only Lin Cha, who escorted King Tang to Guangjing, and the soldiers of the Tang King's clan in the vicinity of Guangjing were not under his control, and the rest were all his troops.Taking away those two teams, Guangjing will basically have no problems.

"What about King Gui?"

Gu Yanwu smiled, "It's the same. Currently, the anti-Qing is the largest. In the name of the imperial court, Xianggong summoned the army belonging to King Gui to gather at the front line. Then the army entered Guizhou from Guangxi by false route. When they passed through Guilin, they immediately broke out and sent troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty." King Gui is under control."

"Is this a false way to destroy Guo?" Wang Yan's eyes lit up, he pondered for a moment, stood up, and called his guards, "You immediately send someone to notify the guards of the gates and show the gate to this pavilion. If Yuan Peng leaves In [-], this pavilion will take them to the end."

Yuan Pengnian got into the carriage, drove out from the back door of Linjiang Tower, and drove towards the west of the city. The lantern of Linjiang Tower was hung on the carriage.This is a very common situation in Guangjing City. Most of the restaurants send drunk guests home.

Guangjing's commerce is developed, and there are a lot of rich and powerful people, but there are few places for consumption. Apart from brothels, restaurants, and theaters, there are no other places to go, so there are so many restaurants. Horse-drawn carriages are also very frequent.

This kind of carriage usually does not attract interference, but tonight was a bit special. The carriage was stopped by a patrolling yamen servant within a short while.

"Who is in the carriage, and where are they going?" asked the head catcher.

Yuan Pengnian in the car froze with fright, and the shopkeeper who accompanied the car felt relieved that it was not an officer, but a police officer from Guangjing Prefecture. He quickly took out a few pieces of silver and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu from Sanyuanfang drank too much. Let's send him back home."

The head catcher took the broken silver, weighed it in his hand, and glanced at the carriage.
With a wave of his hand, he led the guards who were watching the night away, and the shopkeeper saw them walking away, so he quickly told the staff: "Go!"

The man urged the carriage and left quickly. After a while, the carriage stopped by the river, and the shopkeeper swayed on the bank with a lantern. Not long after, a small boat hidden in the darkness responded with a lantern and rowed towards the bank. .

Guangzhou City has sixteen gates, large and small. Now teams of soldiers are patrolling the city, and the gates are naturally strictly checked. Soldiers are standing in front of every gate, and every pedestrian entering and leaving the city must be monitored. If there was any abnormality, he was immediately stopped by the soldiers for questioning.

It is basically impossible to go out from the city gate, but there is also a water gate in Guangjing.
The Pearl River is connected to the moat outside the city of Guangjing, and the moat passes through the water gate and enters the city to connect with Liuhua Lake. Although large ships cannot enter, there are still many small cargo ships entering the city through the water gate every day.

To the south of Wuling, Guangzhou is a metropolis.The three rivers meet in front of it, and the giant sea surrounds it.The mountains and rivers are clear and beautiful, the weather is open and open, the provincial capital of the world, the language is majestic, and there is nothing to give up outside Jinling.

The size of Guangjing is already huge, and now the population is increasing rapidly. In addition, the troops stationed outside the city consume a lot of supplies and food every day, so the water gate is extremely busy. Yuan Pengnian's boat drove for a while and came to the vicinity of the water gate. Seeing that the shore was densely packed with ships, there were nearly a thousand ships, all of which were small cargo ships with about a hundred materials.

There is a narrow waterway among the densely packed boats, which is mainly for patrolling official ships. Yuan Pengnian's boat did not line up according to the rules, but went directly to the middle waterway.

In the cabin, he was very nervous, wondering if he would be able to leave the city in the face of the soldiers' interrogation?But the little eunuch who followed was full of confidence and seemed confident.

On the head of Shuimen City, the banks are full of soldiers, and there are patrolling official ships on the river. A petty official on one of the official ships is registering to inspect the goods on the ship and check the tax invoices, when he suddenly sees a small boat, Without queuing, he quickly returned the tax stamp to the owner, and then returned to the boat to intercept the boat.

On the official ship, several soldiers stood at the bow with long hooks, trying to hook the boat and pull it over for questioning, but two soldiers shouted from the shore: "There is an order for a hundred households, this boat does not need to be inspected. Let them out of town!"

One hundred households in Shuimen were from Chaozhou, named Zhou Jie. When the Qing army invaded Guangnan and ravaged eastern Guangdong, his family fled to Guangjing. Their hometown was burned down by Qing soldiers, so the family settled down in Guangjing.

Originally, he still had some property in his family, and his military salary was enough to support the whole family, but his father was unwilling to be lonely, so he borrowed some money from others, and partnered to buy a boat to go to sea. As a result, the luck was not good, there was a storm, and he died. , the ship sank, and I owed a debt.

This made the life of Zhou Jie's family immediately plunged into difficulties, and the family couldn't even get rid of the pot. However, at this moment Pang Tianshou appeared, helped him settle his debts, and bought him off.

A few soldiers just hooked the boat, and they were stunned when they heard the words. The small broken boat didn't look like any dignitaries were inside, but since Baihu let go, the leader, Xiaoqi, quickly ordered, "Remove the hook!"

Yuan Pengnian was so frightened that his heart was pounding, the servant bowed his hands to the city, and then went back to the cabin, waiting for the boat to sail out of the water gate, but at this moment, a thousand households led a group of soldiers in a hurry The horse climbed up the city wall, and a team of flying fish suits by the river also quickly chased after them.

([-] o'clock in the next chapter)

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