Yu Juren did not lie to Bai Guangde and his son. In fact, the landlords and gentry in the four counties of Jiaodong were conspiring to counterattack the land reform decree. A battle between the government and the people was about to begin.
On July 15th, Guo Yu, a first-class police officer from the Ninghai Prefecture Public Security Police Department, accompanied his parents to the Chenghuang Temple in the northwest of Ninghai Prefecture to offer incense. Today is the Ghost Festival, which is also the Buddhist Bon Festival. According to the customs of this year, people have to burn incense at the Chenghuang Temple and pay homage to their ancestors when they return home. In the evening, they have to put out river lanterns and pour a bowl of syrup. Outside the home, support those homeless ghosts who have no owners.
Different from the spooky atmosphere of the Zhongyuan period in later movies and TV dramas, July 15th in the north of the Qing Dynasty was not only a festival for ancestors and gods. Because the Jiaodong area is the birthplace of Chinese mythology, there are many temples and Taoist temples. In addition to going to the Chenghuang Temple to burn incense, there are also social operas, Yangko and lion dances in the surrounding area. Especially outside the temples and Taoist temples, there is a big market, which is extremely prosperous and lively. .
When Guo Yu got off the mule cart and followed his parents to the gate of the City God's Temple, he found a large group of people outside the gable on the left side of the gate, pointing at something similar to a notice posted on the wall. Because of his career, Guo Yu instinctively felt that something was going on.
"Dad, Mom, there seems to be something going on over there. I'll go over and take a look."
"Hey, be careful."
Seeing his parents walking into the City God's Temple with support, Guo Yu came to the outskirts of the crowd. He stood on tiptoe and leaned forward to look around, and saw a guy in a long gown reading something loudly. Because the people around him were too noisy, he listened attentively for a long time. He didn't hear clearly until the other party read it for the second time, and his heart suddenly pounded.
"...In the land of Dengzhou, there are many people who are poor and poor, so we and other poor people are embarrassed by food and clothing, so we have no choice but to do this. However, since this dynasty entered the customs, the emperor has used us to protect the old and the young. Just like the kindness of a child, he repeatedly collected grain for free, and cut off the canals and transported them by sea to provide relief to the people who were hungry. All the children, old and young, in the province were grateful and joyful. The gentry from all over the country, the Dun people, are good neighbors, and they are enlightened. The people are simple and honest, and everyone is at peace. Destiny. Now there is the King of Zhao in Beihai. He has established a farmers' association and stopped the gentry's way of accepting their opinions. He divides the fields in an attempt to buy people's hearts through invitations. He stops lending money and cuts off the common people..."
"shut up!"
As Guo Yu shouted loudly, the person who was reading Jie Tie was startled and stopped immediately, so everyone around them turned their attention to Guo Yu.
"Young students, what are you calling me! I read it very well."
"That's right, I haven't finished listening yet."
"Keep reading!"
Facing such a scene, it was a lie that Guo Yu didn't feel angry; although he was now a police officer of the Ninghai Prefecture Public Security Police Department, and he was a gangster in his twenties, but what if there was someone in the crowd? Guys with bad intentions will inevitably suffer big losses.
Thinking of this, Guo Yu reached out and pulled out the standard revolver issued by the security police from the holster at his waist. The people around him were shocked when they saw this. They shouted and backed away, immediately giving up a three-foot radius of open space. Immediately afterwards, Guo Yu handed the gun to his left hand, took out something from his arms with his right hand, stretched his arm straight out, and shouted: "The Public Security Police Department is handling the case, get out of the way!"
It is human nature to watch the excitement without taking things too seriously, regardless of whether it is ancient or modern, Chinese or foreign. When they heard the words "Public Security Police Department", the crowd of onlookers immediately burst into an uproar. Although they took a step or two back, those standing opposite him could not help but look at what Guo Yu was holding in his right hand.
It was a shield-shaped metal plate about half the size of a palm, shining brightly under the sunlight, with a five-pointed star surrounded by wheat ears and gears embossed on it. What is extremely eye-catching is that the five-pointed star is painted red, and there is a golden word "police" above the gear.
Well, I bet the young man in front of me is really a security policeman from the Military Control Commission! The guy who wanted to reveal the post before saw that the situation was not good, and disappeared into the crowd with a sudden movement.
"Stop!" Although Guo Yu yelled loudly, there were too many people watching the excitement around. By the time he reached the gable, the guy had long disappeared.
Guo Yu then carefully peeled off the sticker from the wall and put it away. After saying something to his parents who were kowtowing and burning incense, he hurried back to the Public Security Police Station in Muping City to report. When he saw the director sent from Beihai Town, he reported the incident in detail, and finally added: "Director, this matter must be related to that person."
A group of landowners are inseparable from loan sharks! "
The director of the Ninghai Prefecture Police Station was sent from Beihai Town. This person's surname was Qi Mingbingwei, and he was a sergeant at the Fuldan City Police Station. He nodded after listening to Guo Yu's words and said in a kind tone: "Go and call Sergeant Cao. When I come back from the military control meeting, we will have a meeting to analyze it first."
Sheriff Cao is Cao Guifu, and Guo Yu solved the case of the "Lao Gua Thief" with him. Although Qi Bingwei has rich experience in handling cases, he has only come to Jiaodong not long ago. In addition, he is a naturalized citizen and is not familiar with the local customs and customs of Jiaodong.
What Guo Yu didn't know yet was that, including the one he found, Ninghai Prefecture had found at least ten anonymous postings in and outside the city this morning, with roughly the same content; some were posted in temples and Taoist temples outside the city. In addition, some are posted in the streets, bell towers and drum towers in the city.
"Jietie" originally refers to official documents, which existed in the Northern Song Dynasty and were used until the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The "Jianwenlu" of the Ming Dynasty said that all secret memorials and those who were asked to reply were called Jie Tie.
Beginning in the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, Jiejie was gradually used among the people. Among them, those that were distributed privately without a signature, or pretended to be someone else's name, were called anonymous Jiejie.
This thing can be regarded as the earliest "self-media" in China. However, due to the different political environment and social atmosphere in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the role of anonymous postings in political and social life is also different; either it is to frame enemies and report with hatred; It is to expose lawlessness and frame up blackmail; and then it is to gather people to resist officials.
By the late Qianlong period, there were two anonymous disclosure cases that had the greatest influence in the Qing Dynasty: The first was the "Manuscript of the Pseudo Sun Jiagan" that was widely circulated throughout the country in the 16th year of the Qianlong Dynasty. The author was never found, and the Qing government had to hastily close the case. Secondly, in the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign, someone falsely accused someone of enmity and posted anonymous disclosures on the doorposts of the duty room outside Donghua Gate, the red fence of the North Pond outside Xihua Gate, and the north wall outside the Shenxingsi Gate. , a sensation in Beijing.
It has been two years since Beihai Town governed the four counties of Jiaodong, and this is the first time anonymous posts have appeared. When Qi Bingwei reported to Li Bi, the director of the Military Control Commission, with several seized posters, the latter couldn't help but become furious.
Li Bi had served as an official in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and knew what anonymous postings were about. The key is that the timing of its appearance is too coincidental. If it doesn’t come sooner or later, it has to wait until the Hungry Ghost Festival, when people move the most intensively, to appear, which is bound to have a psychological impact on the people at the bottom.
You must know that at this time, the Northern Navy in various parts of Jiaodong is attacking across the board, aiming to completely liberate the entire territory of Dengzhou Prefecture, and even plans to advance its troops to the Yehe and Xiaogu rivers. If the rear is unstable, not to mention it will affect the operations of the front troops, he, the director of the Military Control Commission, might also be blamed by the superiors.
However, when Li Bi reported the situation to Kong Shaoan, who had just arrived in Dengzhou Prefecture, the other party told him in a telegram that there was no need to make a big splash and that he could investigate secretly. Show your enemy's weakness first, then wait for the opponent to reveal all their cards before taking action.
In Kong Shaoan's view, posting a post is not painful for Beihai Town. As long as the peasant associations in various places are organized and have the leadership of work teams, the rural gentry landlords will not be able to fight against them. Now the opponent's intention is to build momentum, and the next step will be to "show off the real guy".
He was curious about what cards these people would play. In his opinion, the landowners could only engage in food wars or merchant strikes. Nowadays, everyone in Jiaodong knows that Beihai Town has plenty of food, and playing tricks on it is simply asking for death. Furthermore, only Shouguang and Weixian counties in Shandong Province suffered from floods this year, which had little impact on the entire grain market. As for the market strike, Kong Shaoan is not afraid anymore. The Beihai trading companies spread across the four counties are not just decorations!
So what will it be? Kong Shaoan thought hard for half a night to no avail, and finally gave up. Whatever you like, the sky won't fall anyway, so let's focus on reception and land reform.
Time soon came to the end of the seventh lunar month, and Zhao Xin, who was based in Bacheng, planned to return north by boat.
The new imperial examination in Beihai Town was about to start on the tenth day of August. Both Wang Zhong and Yu Deli sent telegrams asking him to go back no matter what. Cangshan layman Yuan Mei and three-and-a-half-year-old Zhao Yi arrived with more than a dozen students taking the exam, and they were eagerly waiting to see him. Besides, after he leaves, Wang Yuanfang will come back soon.
The general framework for the future development of West Java has long been drawn up, and whoever comes after will just follow it.
Just follow the drawn up procedures. Agriculture is nothing more than rice, pepper, oil palm and rubber; mining is mainly limestone, volcanic ash, sulfur ore, lead and zinc mines in the Wandong area; in addition, Sumatra's oil is also waiting to be developed by Beihai Town.
However, just as he was about to leave, several uninvited guests from Guangnan still delayed his trip.
It turned out that in mid-September last year, Ruan Guangping, the leader of the Xishan Dynasty who had just reached his forties, suddenly suffered a stroke and hiccupped within two days. The successor Ruan Guangzuan was only ten years old, and the government was controlled by his uncle Pei Dexuan. It was the time when the young master was in doubt. Nguyen Phuc Anh was overjoyed when he heard the news, thinking that this was a God-given opportunity to send troops north. So when the monsoon came in March this year, he personally led the troops to go out and mobilized a large number of land and water troops to surround Quy Nhon House where Nguyen Quang Binh's eldest brother Nguyen Nguyen was stationed.
Lord Ruan, who felt that his arms were thick, did not ask Bei Haijun for help this time. As the saying goes, "Eating people with soft mouths and short hands with others", in order to be able to confidently ask Beihai Town to get the ancient town of Hoi An back, he was prepared to handle this war by himself.
It is said that it has been almost three years since the North Korean navy occupied Hoi An. Although it is a temporary loan, it still attaches great importance to it due to its unique geographical advantages and the majority Chinese community. Zhao Xin decided from the beginning to make it a free port, exempt from tariffs.
As an important stop on the Western Needle Road, Hoi An is located near the international trade routes from Northeast Asia to Southeast Asia, and from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. It is an important maritime transportation hub. It is connected by shipping routes to many ports in East and Southeast Asia. It can reach Guangzhou, Ryukyu, Japan, and Anping Port to the north, Java to the south, Siam to the southwest, and Luzon and other places to the east.
The superior geographical location, convenient maritime transportation conditions, active maritime trade policy, and the strong military deterrence of the North Korean Navy quickly attracted Chinese businessmen from all over the country. Today's Tang Street in Hoi An has once again restored its prosperity more than a hundred years ago and has become a transit point for maritime trade in Southeast Asia. The passenger and cargo terminals are crowded with boats and oars, and the warehouses are filled with goods arriving and ready to be shipped. Datang Street is full of people wearing clothes ranging from red to purple, and fish, shrimps, vegetables and fruits are rushing in the morning and evening.
If it was said that it was to promote trade tax-free at the beginning, the monarchs and ministers of Guangnan would understand, but then when the market prospered, why didn't they collect taxes? I'm really anxious to death if I don't earn a lot of money.
Guangnan had tried to send tax collectors before, but they were driven away by Zhong Huai, the acting magistrate in charge of Hoi An at the time. Although Nguyen Phuc Anh and his ministers did not even dare to fart about this, it still pierced a thorn in their hearts and made them want to take Quang Nam Province as soon as possible and get Hoi An back.
However, what Ruan Fuying didn't expect was that although Ruan Guangping died, the senior officials and ministers of the Xishan Dynasty who could fight were still alive and kicking, especially Pei Dexuan, the grand master who controlled the government.
How do you say that? I can't afford to offend Bei Haijun, and I can't afford to offend you!
After receiving a letter from Quy Nhon Province asking for help and confirming that there was only the Quang Nam Army and no Northern Navy support, he immediately dispatched four generals: Pham Cong Xing, Nguyen Van Hun, Le Trung and Ngo Van Chu to lead 17,000 infantry and 80 war elephants. They went to support by land, and then sent navy general Deng Wenzhen to lead the navy with more than 30 warships to aid Quy Nhon.
The Guangnan Army was really moving. They were beaten into pieces as soon as they fought. Ruan Fuying finally understood that even without Ruan Guangping, Xishan Chao could still defeat him; so he withdrew to Binh Thuan Mansion with his tail between his legs, not daring to provoke him again.
On the other side, although the Xishan Army won a great victory, they did not capture much loot; tens of thousands of people went on an expedition, and their journey could not be in vain. Pei Dexuanxin said that Ruan Guangping was dead anyway, and he no longer had to worry about brotherhood. So he instructed Fan Gongxing and others to lead troops into Quy Nhon, seized all the treasury, and disarmed the Quy Nhon garrison.
Ruan Yue, who had been drunk all day long, was so angry that he vomited three liters of blood. The culprit who single-handedly planned the "Jiading Massacre" came to the end of his life. As soon as he died, Pei Dexuan confiscated Quy Nhon Mansion in the name of Ruan Guangzuan. The small court of Quy Nhon, which had existed independently for six years, perished immediately. At this time, only the Taishan Dynasty and Quang Nan Dynasty were left in Annan.
Ruan Phuc Anh was defeated, but he knew that it would not be long before the northeast monsoon came, and the Taishan Army would definitely move south again; after all, the two sides had been fighting back and forth like this for several years, just like pushing Pai Gow.
The problem is that Ruan Phuc Anh is unwilling to give in, especially when he learns that "King of North Sea"
After arriving in Bacheng and defeating the Dutch, they sent an envoy led by Prince Nguyen Phuc Kinh and went south with a congratulatory form written by himself. They met with Zhao Xin in the name of the foreign ministers and asked Beihai Town to send troops to help him in his northern expedition.
"Ruan Phu Ying, the young minister of Annan Kingdom, kowtows in fear and sincerely. I would like to extend my congratulations to His Royal Highness King Zhao of Beihai Town, long live long live. May the sun and moon shine brightly in the sky, and all nations will look up to the virtue of coming. The universe will be united, all living beings will bear the blessing, and culture and education will be born." As for the equipment, the power is rising and the demonic atmosphere subsides. The subjects support each other and the sea is full of joy, but my highness..."
In Zhao Xin's office at the Military Control Commission, Zheng Huaide, who was the minister of the East Palace of the Guangnan Prince's Palace, held up a congratulatory form and read in an ups and downs, impassioned way.
However, such flattering articles sounded like nothing to Zhao Xin, so he set his sights on the young and handsome Ruan Fujing and looked at the young man with interest.
