It was late at night, and Jiangsu Governor Mu Tianyan, who had just returned from the Humble Administrator's Garden for entertainment, was sitting in the brightly lit lobby of the Jiangsu Governor's Office, with Jiangsu Fubiao Chinese Army Staff General Zuo Yuanyang. The two discussed the matter of arresting the "True Third Prince of Zhu" Wang Yongkang.
Just this afternoon, Mu Tianyan's boss, Governor Ma Hu of Jiangsu Province, received the imperial certificate from Jiangning on a fast horse. The constitution also specifically states that you should take as many live animals as possible! He also said that if the third prince Zhu was indeed real, he must treat him with courtesy to show the emperor's great kindness!
It would be a bit difficult to catch someone alive and the emperor's grace would be so great.
However, Mu Tianyan, who is currently caring for the governor of Jiangsu, is a capable official. Just look at his name and you will know how capable he is - I admire Tianyan!
In order to give his son a good name, Mu Tianyan's father really went to great lengths and changed his last name! Mu Tianyan's ancestor, whose surname was Murong, "Gusu Murong", was also an emperor. This can be changed. Mu Tianyan's father is really filial.
But the effect of changing your surname is so good!
Mu Tianyan. When the emperor sees these three characters on the list of tributes, he will be deeply impressed!
Although Mu Tianyan's father wanted to name him the face of Emperor Tianqi, Emperor Xiao Mazi and the previous Emperor Shunzhi still admired this name very much.
Therefore, Mu Tianyan's official career was much better than that of ordinary Han officials. His Jinshi ranking was not high, but he was released as the magistrate of Qiantang County in Zhejiang Province in the second year after high school. He passed both the selection and alternate examinations without giving much money. After that, his official career was smooth sailing. He was promoted as soon as his salary was full. He passed the election in seconds and was replaced quickly. He became the chief envoy of Jiangsu in just over ten years after joining the official position. There were three years left among them because of the death of his good father. Become a dutiful son.
Of course, Mu Tianyan's meteoric rise was not just due to his good name, he also had abilities. He was particularly good at catching rebels. When he was the magistrate of Qiantang County, he killed dozens of rebels who were entrenched in the mountains and forests. Later, when he was an official in various places, he could always catch some rebels who opposed the Qing Dynasty. However, there were times when things went wrong. When he was an official in Fujian, he was sent to Dajuan Island on the other side to trap Zheng Jing - to trick Zheng Jing into surrendering! But Zheng Jing is "Jing", otherwise could he be called "Zheng Jing"? Moreover, his grandfather Zheng Zhilong, the richest man in the world, was deceived by the Qing Dynasty and eventually killed. How could he be deceived again?
But this failure did not affect Mu Tianyan's official career. Not long after, he was promoted from Xingquan Road, Fujian to the chief envoy of Jiangsu! According to the usual practice, a Taoist priest must first be promoted to the position of chief envoy and then to the chief envoy. But Mu Tianyan jumped one level, and jumped directly to Jiangsu, the most wealthy place in the world, to be the chief envoy. It is really a huge blessing. ah!
In order to repay "Ma's kindness", Mu Tianyan also went all out. After getting Ma Hu's constitutional card today, he went "deep into the tiger's den" and made an appointment with Wang Yongkang Ming'er to come to the governor's Yamen to play mahjong.
"Zuo Shenrong," Mu Tianyan tapped his fingers on the case table proudly, and ordered to a strong man in his thirties with a curly beard in front of him, "that Prince Zhu San has fallen into my trap. As a plan, he will come to the governor's Yamen tomorrow morning for an appointment. I will detain him at the governor's Yamen! You will lead five hundred soldiers into the Humble Administrator's Garden and capture the wife of Prince Zhu San. Prince Zhu's wife is Wu Sangui's. My daughter is quite strong and seems to have some skills in martial arts. She may resist with weapons, but you still have to try to catch her alive.
In addition, Wu Sangui also sent a commander named Wu Yuanyi with dozens of soldiers to protect Prince Zhu. You'd better catch them all! Lest they escape from the Humble Administrator's Garden and contact Prince Zhu's party members. "
Speaking of Prince Zhu's party members, Mu Tianyan couldn't help but frown.
There must be some accomplices of Prince Zhu, and there are quite a few of them! Otherwise, where did all the anti-writings during this period come from? During this period, seven prefectures in Jiangning, Suzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang, Zhejiang, Yangzhou, and Huai'an successively reported the discovery of an anti-book called "The World is Public"!
This is not just a small-scale exchange of anti-book secretly hiding at home, but thousands of copies printed and distributed everywhere! Some people even printed some excerpts into notices and posted them everywhere.
What's more, someone even made up a song about "Yingming King" and sung it everywhere. The ballad seemed familiar to Mu Tianyan. What it said: "The morning seeks promotion, the evening seeks harmony. It is difficult for Han'er to survive these days. Open the door early to pay homage to King Ming. King Ming comes to divide the fields."
Is this King Yingming or King Yingchuang?
The people in the Jiangsu Prosecution Office went crazy because of this group of rebels who had suddenly appeared, and they were arresting people everywhere. But the people arrested were all illiterate poor people, and they themselves didn't know what the contents of the books and leaflets they distributed were. All they know is that someone pays them to do things. As for the mastermind behind the scenes, that’s difficult! Because the clues discovered by the Jiangsu Prosecution Office all pointed to the "people in the northern army"!
Many of the green battalion soldiers in Liangjiang are more or less former government soldiers or rebels, and some of them are relatively close to Wu Sangui!
And since Ao Bai had already voted for Wu Sangui, even garrisoning the Eight Banners could not be said to be completely without problems.
How can the Jiangsu Inspectorate investigate this?
In fact, even Zuo Yuanyang, the general of the Jiangsu Fubiao Army who is currently discussing with Mu Tianyan to arrest the third prince Zhu and his party members, is not completely reliable. Although he is a flagman, he is Zuo Liangyu's grandson. generation. He was still a child when he followed Zuo Menggeng and defected to the Qing Dynasty. Who knows whether he will accept it or not?
"Fantai, don't worry! I have sent people to surround the Humble Administrator's Garden. Even a fly can't escape from the custody." Zuo Yuanyang seemed quite reliable at the moment, and he patted his chest and assured. , "As for the little girl named Wu, she is a prostitute after all. No matter how good her martial arts skills are, how many can she beat? I am a low-level custodian and I will arrest her for you."
Mu Tianyan nodded: "Okay! Zuo Shenrong, tomorrow is the time for us to make contributions! Work hard. If this thing is done, the commander-in-chief and the deputy general will not be a problem!"
When it comes to "deputy general, commander-in-chief", Mu Tianyan's eyes also shone with anticipation and excitement. This time, the capture of Wu Sangui's son-in-law and the third prince Zhu is not only a great achievement, but also a certificate of honor!
If there are no accidents in Ming'er's arrest, he will be the emperor's "one of his own", not to mention the governor and the governor can be expected.
But according to the natural law of "God does not bring what he wishes", if nothing unexpected happens, there will definitely be an accident!
The first surprise is that Wang Yongkang is also afraid of Prince Zhu! This was really unexpected. Although the big shots in Liangjiang's officialdom already knew that he was the Third Prince Zhu, he himself was kept in the dark.
No one told him this!
Moreover, Wu Yuanyi, the bodyguard sent to him by Wu Sangui these days, also reported to him that there have been suspicious people around the Humble Administrator's Garden, and people suspected of being Prince Zhu San wanted to kidnap him!
Well, although this Wang Yongkang is worthless in Wu Sangui's eyes. But Wu Yuanyi, his sister and Wang Yongkang's wife all think he is pretty good.
This guy is good-looking, literate, and listens to his wife. He is also good at sociability. He is very familiar with people in the officialdom of Liangjiang and Suzhou scholars. He is quite good at doing business and making money - despite his The signature of Wu Sangui's son-in-law, can this business still be a loss?
In short, this Wang Yongkang has many advantages, but he cannot be captured by Prince Zhu's people.
So when she went out today, Mrs. Wu asked her brother Wu Yuanyi to take thirty strong servants to protect Wang Yongkang and went to the governor's office.
Well, a large group of fully armed servants came to the governor's Yamen to protect Wang Yongkang.
And although the "very reliable" Zuo Yuanyang had a banging chest last night, he was out of control this morning. After learning that Wang Yongkang was bringing a large group of bodyguards to patrol the Yamen, he did not immediately send He went to inform Mu Tianyan, but based on the original plan, he assigned the task of surrounding and attacking the Humble Administrator's Garden to his subordinates - he just had to complete his task and don't care about anything else.
And another accident, of course, happened in the business store close to the Jiangsu Governor's Yamen.
This business building is very large and can accommodate hundreds of people! The most intimate men of Chen Yonghua and Chang Mingyue, as well as the people led by Wang Dapao, were called over one after another yesterday afternoon and hid in the business building to settle down. Just waiting for the moment of riot to come!
And now, it's time!
The 100 or so martyrs were waiting quietly in the courtyard of the commercial building. They are all strong men, most of whom are in their thirties. Some of them are veterans of the Yanping clan brought by Chen Yonghua; others are subordinates of Chang Mingyue and Zhang Eryi, and they are older. Many of them are older. Everyone is already "running for four"! These people were carefully selected, and almost everyone had a blood feud with the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty only ruled the southeast for more than 20 years, and just ten years ago, soldiers with the surname Guo came from across the sea and into the river. , almost overturning the situation.
The people of that generation who had a deep hatred against the Qing Dynasty are still alive today, and some even occupy the mountains, forests and islands to continue to resist the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, everyone was dressed in red cloth robes and red headscarves, and their eyes were shining with the light of revenge!
The third prince Zhu Cijiong, who had already put on a yellow cloth robe and a red hood, walked out of the house, followed by Chen Yonghua, Chang Mingyue, Wang Zhongyi (Wang Dapao) and He Tianran with a big beard.
Except for He Tianran, everyone else wore yellow robes and red scarves. He Tianran wore a Manchurian cloth mask and a gun helmet. His beard and braids were dyed white. , his eyebrows have also been dyed white - he is also an "actor" like the third prince Zhu, and he is going to play the role of Grand Master Aobai Ao!
Prince Zhu and "Obai" just stopped on the steps of a hall, with three yellow flags erected behind them.
One flag was embroidered with a big Chinese character "明", and there were two lines of small characters on both sides, which read "Drive out the Tartars and restore China" and "Equalize the land and create peace"!
One flag was embroidered with the six characters "The Third Prince Zhu of the Ming Dynasty".
There is also a flag with the words "Obai of the Ming Dynasty" embroidered on it!
Well, the third prince Zhu and Obai actually stood together and wanted to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty together!
Isn't it surprising that you said this? Surprised or not?
Prince Zhu was so surprised that he was almost speechless. He pursed his lips for a long time before he managed to make a sound: "You are all loyal loyalists of the Ming Dynasty! It was the Ming Dynasty that failed you and the people of the world. No one can do it." He regards the people of the world as the masters of the world, and does not regard himself as a guest of the world, so that he has Jiashen Tianqing!
Originally, the Ming Dynasty failed to govern the world well, so it was natural for the country to subside and change its surname. But the difficulty of Jiashen is overwhelming and the world is destroyed! When you are full of benevolence and righteousness, you lead animals to eat people, and people will eat each other, which is called the destruction of the world!
After the Qing Dynasty settled in Beijing, they already had the world, so they just had to be the emperor of China. Even if you build a family like my ancestors, are you afraid that you won't be rich for three hundred years? But they decided to destroy our world. They shaved heads, changed clothes, moved borders, and massacred. They killed countless people over the past 20 years, such as Yangzhou Ten Days, Jiading Three Massacres, Guangzhou Seventy-two Days, and Nanchang Massacre. The Massacre of Chaozhou, the Massacre of Anping, the Massacre of Sichuan. How many prosperous towns were reduced to white ground! How many rich lands are almost barren. Even today, the areas outside the boundary along the southeast coast are still being massacred by Qing soldiers from time to time! With all these things, he simply regards everyone in the world as enemies!
Should the Manchu and Qing court rebel against it? "
"It's against! It's against! It's against!"
The people in the courtyard had a blood feud with the Manchus. If they dared to come to Suzhou, they would turn it upside down. At this time, they were incited by the heartfelt words of Prince Zhu. Of course, everyone was outraged and wanted to fly away immediately. Beijing hits the Forbidden City.
At this time, Chen Yonghua, the commander-in-chief of the "Pingjiang Riots" stood up and raised his right hand. The people below fell silent. Everyone looked at the helmsman of the Jiangnan branch of the Tiandihui.
Chen Yonghua said: "Ma Hu, the governor of Jiangsu, has taken away more than half of the Qing soldiers in Suzhou. Now Suzhou is empty. It is our chance to cause trouble in Pingjiang Mansion and establish the name of Tiandihui and Prince Zhu San in one fell swoop! Remember, our The purpose is just to make a big fuss, not to occupy the city, nor to plunder property. So after dark, we will split up. If we can get out of the city, we will go out. If we can't, we will hide in designated places in the city. When the storm is over, we can go back to the city. Ruixintang is waiting outside the Suzhou branch, and someone will contact you!
Do you know what to do if you are unfortunately caught? "
"I know! Finish it yourself!"
The person below answered without hesitation.
Chen Yonghua nodded and waved his hand: "The riot begins, let's go!"
Following Chen Yonghua's order, a hundred or so righteous men picked up the guy, raised a banner, and walked out of the store gate. After a while, a group of red heads and yellow robes appeared on the bustling Hulong Street, which was lined with shops between the Jiangsu Governor's Yamen, Changzhou County Yamen and the Fubiao Central Military Staff Office. With a sword on his hip, he also carries a banner and carries the "blame" for the rebels.
Yes, that's it. Under the banner of "Third Prince Zhu" and the characters "ao" and "明", Da Ming Dafang went to the governor's Yamen. While walking in line, he scattered leaflets and sang ballads!
"The morning seeks promotion and the evening seeks harmony. It is difficult for Han'er to survive these days. Open the door early to pay homage to King Ming. King Ming will come to divide the fields."
The street was quite lively at this time, with merchants traveling from north to south and ordinary people wandering around. They were dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
What's this for? Singing opera?
Some people who don’t understand still ask!
"What are you talking about? What are you singing about?",
"We are rebels! We are the people of the third prince Zhu, and now we are going to attack the governor's office and kill the dog officer Ma Hu!"
Someone actually answered!
"What?"
"Rebellion, rebellion"
"It's just you guys? Too few?"
"Oh no, the Third Prince Zhu is rebelling! The Third Prince Zhu is here!"
"Prince Zhu San has entered the city, run away quickly!"
"Prince Zhu San has so many officers and soldiers that he can't defeat him. It's important to escape for your life!"
Immediately, people from Suzhou started to boo!
It doesn't matter if we are all coaxing together, there is still a "Prince Zhu" on Hulong Street! It's Wu Sangui's cheap son-in-law Wang Yongkang. At this time, he was riding a horse and walking slowly on the street under the protection of Wu Yuanyi and a group of servants.
Wang Yongkang heard someone shouting in Suzhou dialect, "The Third Prince Zhu is rebelling! The Third Prince Zhu is here!" He quickly turned around to look, and at a glance he saw a large flag with the character "ao" fluttering in the wind and a man wearing a yellow bunting under the flag. The visor is an old man with a white beard riding a tall horse.
Seeing this scene, Wang Yongkang immediately thought of "Obai"!
He looked closely and saw the "Zhu San Taizi" flag behind the big flag with the character "ao"!
Did Obai and Prince Zhu rebel together?
Wang Yongkang has also heard some rumors about Ao Bai defecting to Wu Sangui these days, and of course he doesn't believe it. How could Ao Bai hang out with his father-in-law Wu Sangui? His father-in-law was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty who supported the military and respected himself. What could Obai do by seeking refuge with him? Fight against the Qing Dynasty together? This is impossible!
And the psychological pressure this matter caused to him was considerable. After all, if this matter really came true, his good life would be over, and he might even have to move his head!
So when he saw "Obai" and the third prince Zhu getting together, he immediately thought that he could clear the grievances of his father-in-law, Lao Taishan, so he didn't care whether Ao Bai and the third prince Zhu were true or not, and he didn't find out. How many people are there in this group of suspected rebels? They started to boo together: "Obai and Prince Zhu. They rebelled together!"
His shout immediately attracted the attention of "Obai", that is, He Tianran. He Tianran followed the sound and looked over, and saw Wang Yongkang, the dog official!
Wang Yongkang is wearing the robe of a military attache, with a sapphire crown on his straw hat, and there is a group of green soldiers around him. This is probably the Chinese Army Staff General who is the governor of Jiangsu Province!
What a coincidence! Capture the thief and capture the thief king. As long as he is killed, the Qing soldiers in Suzhou City will be leaderless!
Thinking of this, He Tianran was not polite. He yelled "Wow!" before raising a musket to Wang Yongkang and pulling the trigger, firing the first shot of the "Pingjiang Riots"!
(End of chapter)
