What? What? Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou both turned against each other... I didn't expect them to be so loyal to the Ming Dynasty! Then, if the Qing Dynasty withdraws from the customs, what will I do? Will everyone be executed?
Sun Zhixian opened his mouth wide in surprise, and his heart twitched violently, as if it was about to pop out of his open mouth!
"Well, then Beijing City is now..." Sun Zhixian took a few deep breaths of cold air and then managed to spit out a few words.
"Beijing is now a hell on earth!" Zu Kefa sighed, "The Tatar Dorgon is really not a thing! He has been going the opposite direction since August. First, he enclosed the land... The three areas around Beijing Hundreds of miles of fertile land were occupied by the Tatars, and the original farmers who were assigned to their Eight Banners soldiers were all surrendered as slaves. Those who refused to surrender were immediately driven away, and they could only carry seven days of rations!
Hundreds of thousands of people lost their property in one fell swoop and left their homes to beg for food along the way. Countless people starved to death along the way... When I went south from Beijing, there were so many people dying of hunger lying on both sides of the official road! "
"Why, how could such a thing happen..."
"It's not over yet!" Zukefa's eyes turned red as he spoke, "There is also room occupation! Han people are no longer allowed to live in Beijing!"
"What? Han people are not allowed to live...What does this mean?"
"Just drive away all the Han people!" Zukefa gritted his teeth and said, "The inner city is all occupied by the bannermen. The two yellow flags live in the north of the city, the two white flags live in the east of the city, the two red flags live in the west of the city, and the two blue flags live in the south of the city... ....The Han people who originally lived in the inner city, regardless of officials or civilians, were all moved out! Their properties were confiscated, and most of their furniture was also confiscated and distributed to the bannermen who moved in!
As for the outer city, it was for the Han officials and servants in Beijing to live... Most of Sun Shilang's family also rushed to the outer city. "
"What?" Sun Zhixian took a breath, "This is more vicious than Li Zicheng!"
"Of course!" Zukefa gritted his teeth and said, "Li Zicheng only wants money, while the Tatars want houses, land, people, and lives... They won't give us Han people a way to survive!
By the way, there is also an order to shave your hair! Not to mention the area around Beijing, it is all the territory of the banner people. If they are either banner people or Bao Yi, they will definitely have to shave their heads. But in September, Dorgon ordered all Han men in Beizhili to shave their heads and change clothes. Anyone who didn't shave their heads would be killed without mercy!
This is called keeping your hair but not your head, leaving your head but not your hair! As long as you are a male and have not become a monk, you have to shave your head and grow a golden pigtail just like you and me! "
"This is too urgent..." Sun Zhixian shook his head repeatedly. He was in favor of shaving his hair. However, the bandits have not yet been defeated and Can Ming is still entrenched in Shandong. A sudden shaving of his hair might cause unnecessary trouble. Resist!
After all, the idea of "the body's hair and skin are influenced by its parents" had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the late Ming Dynasty!
"So there was a rebellion!" Zukefa said. "Dorgon was also too complacent. There was chaos internally. He wanted to send troops to attack Shanxi... He even asked our Guan Ning Army to take the lead and fight the rogue bandits. ! But how did he know that the Ming court had already negotiated peace with the bandits and worked together to deal with the Tatars!"
"What? The Ming Dynasty made peace with the bandits...how is this possible?"
"If it's impossible, why did I come to Yangzhou?" Zukefa stroked his beard, "I originally led troops to attack Guguan together with Ping Xibo. As a result, the rogue bandits made peace with the court, and then took advantage of Datong to attack with surprise troops. Xuanfu, killed Duke Xushun Shen Zhixiang, and came to defend the country with troops. Dorgon had no choice but to mobilize the Eight Banners soldiers from Jingxing to fight back against Xuanfu. So Ping Xibo and my adoptive father seized the opportunity to rebel and fight against Xuanfu. The Zhending Prefecture and Baoding Prefecture were captured with lightning speed! Those people who were driven out from Beijing and around Beijing, as long as they could pick up swords and spears, all came to join the army...Now Ping Xibo and My adoptive father’s army already has 200,000 troops, and all of them have a blood feud with the Tatars!”
"But the Eight Banners soldiers are so fierce..."
"Haha," Zukefa sneered twice, "When there was a piece of stone, one hundred thousand Eight Banners soldiers and fifty thousand Guan Ning's troops could defeat up to sixty thousand rogue bandits. Didn't they also defeat them all? In the end, four of them escaped. Wan, how vicious do you think they are?
This time, Li Zicheng sent 100,000 troops, Datong Army sent 30,000 troops, Guan Ning Army sent 50,000 troops, 150,000 rebels, and the New Army to overcome difficulties sent 20,000 troops to march west from Dagukou, and may have recovered Tianjin Wei... .... With an army of 350,000 and a three-pronged attack, the Tatars will not survive! "
He looked at Sun Zhixian and smiled coldly: "Long Fu, although you are an envoy, what will you do once the Tatars withdraw from Beijing?"
"I, I, I..." Sun Zhixian was really scared now.
He was imprisoned in Yangzhou these days. Although he had no access to information and no freedom, and he could not even see Jin Zhijun, he still regarded himself as Su Wu and acted like a loyal dog of the Qing Dynasty - because he knew very well that as long as the Qing Dynasty As long as the Qing Dynasty does not fall, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasty will not dare to do anything to him.
But now the Qing Dynasty is about to be defeated and flee the country... Can a traitor like him survive?
Zukfa's mission had been completed. After saying these words, he cupped his hands, stood up and left.
Before Sun Zhixian could react, Zhang Tao and Wu Xiang walked in with smiles. Seeing the pale-faced Sun Zhixian, Wu Xiang said to Zhang Tao: "Zhang Qianhu, I tell him first. If it doesn't make sense, you can torture him later."
Sun Zhixian shivered when he heard "torture". He was no longer a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty, but a traitor...
"I am Wu Xiang." Wu Xiang smiled and sat down on a chair opposite Sun Zhixian, while Zhang Tao stood beside him.
Seeing Zhang Tao, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, standing there, Sun Zhixian, who felt guilty, did not dare to sit any longer. He also stood up tremblingly and saluted Wu Xiang: "I have seen the Lord Protector."
Wu Xiang chuckled: "Qiansui Master asked me to ask you, do you want to live?"
"What do you say to the Lord Protector?" Sun Zhixian said bravely, "I am an envoy after all. When the two countries are at war, I will not kill the envoy..."
"But you, the envoy, were ordered by the Tatar Regent to instruct the remnants of the eunuchs in Nanjing to commit rebellion and murder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty! This is a heinous crime!"
What? Sun Zhixian was stunned by Wu Xiang's words - How could you unjustly accuse a bad person like this?
Wu Xiang smiled: "Sun Zhixian, as long as you are honest and obedient, Qiansui Master can treat you as an envoy without asking about your ten evil crimes. If you are disobedient, haha... Zhang Qianhu has many things." The method can make you admit to the heinous crime, but it will be very difficult! Zhang Qianhu, don't you think so?"
Zhang Tao smiled and said: "Yes, it's going to be Ling Chi... Sun Zhixian, don't be afraid, I will cut it gently with a knife!"
...
On the bank of Qinhuai River, Baimen Pavilion.
Zhu Cixiang, the crown prince of Fujun in the Ming Dynasty, was meeting with someone here at Kou Baimen at this time. What he met was not a beauty, but a talented man, an old talent in his fifties and almost sixty years old, and a notorious eunuch talent.
The talented man's name was Ruan Dacheng, and he was a close friend of Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying. Today's meeting was caused by Ma Shiying, who came to Beijing to report on his work, and recommended his good friend to become an official.
Zhu Cixiang is now the "Prince of Donglin". During this time, he is preparing for the Donglin Conference and wants to become the backstage boss of the Donglin Party through the Donglin Conference.
It is very inappropriate to meet a famous eunuch in public at this time, let alone promote this eunuch to an official position.
But Ruan Dacheng still wants to see him! Not only to give Ma Shiying face, but also because Zhu Cixiang really wanted to reuse Ruan Dacheng.
Ruan Dacheng was not good at being an official, so he became an eunuch from Donglin. He failed to achieve the official status and even caused a scandal. Historically, he followed Ma Shiying and resurrected, and he fought with the Donglin Party, making the already bad situation worse. In the end He also defected to the Tatars and became a traitor... But Zhu Cihong knew that this man had a great talent and could be put to great use!
He was a famous playwright in the late Ming Dynasty and wrote many opera works handed down from generation to generation! This is a very useful talent. If you use it well, you will become a famous anti-Qing literary and art worker!
