Seemingly seeing his shock, Ma Hongxing laughed out loud with evil humor.
"Don't you know, Mr. Shen? Comrade Jingfu joined the Fuxing Society a long time ago. I calculated that as far as I know, he should have joined the Fuxing Society when he was teaching at Yuelu Academy and Chengnan Academy in Changsha. What exactly is it? I don’t know the situation, so you can ask him yourself.”
When he was in Changsha?
Wasn't that more than three years ago?
He...he has been working for Mingguo for so long?
I've been...always working with a Ming country's Xizuo?
And he personally pushed this masterpiece to the top of the power of the Hangzhou court?
I asked a Ming Dynasty expert to do the Ping Zhangjun state affairs of the Song Dynasty?
What did I do?
At this moment, Shen Gai thought of many things.
From the time Zhang Shi secretly approached him and encouraged him to launch a palace coup, to the time he insists on staying in Hangzhou and not go with them, the sense of disobedience he has repeatedly felt in the past few years is all connected together, and the ultimate answer to all questions All point to Zhang Shi's identity as a craftsman.
So all problems are solved.
The doubts that he had suppressed in his heart but did not want to delve into or couldn't delve into were instantly answered.
It's time for Shen to realize.
It turns out that Zhang Shi was not one of his own from the very beginning.
From the beginning, Zhang Shi was a craftsman sent by the Ming Dynasty.
From the very beginning, he fell into the trap and was complacent, thinking he had everything under control.
Little did he know that everything he did and everything he did were under the supervision of Ming Guo Xingzuo.
No wonder he always felt that he was helpless and powerless when facing the Ming Dynasty. So, there was still this kind of relationship involved?
The enlightened Shen Gai figured out a lot of things that he couldn't figure out in the past, but when everything was reasonably explained, he felt that it might be better for him to die without knowing it all.
At least he wouldn't feel such intense frustration and shame.
"Zhang Jingfu has been lying to me and deceiving me all this time, until now?"
He looked up at Ma Hongxing, hoping to get the answer that made him extremely desperate.
Ma Hongxing satisfied him.
"Yes."
"…………"
Shen Gai was silent for a long time, having nothing to say.
It turns out that what Zhou Linzhi and Ge Shou said were right.
A high-ranking official of the imperial court, a privy envoy, and the second-in-command of the Hangzhou imperial court were actually willing to retire with the country. This felt wrong, at least from their point of view.
But Shen Gai thought of Li Ruoshui back then, and was unwilling to believe that the integrity of the entire court had been corrupted to this extent, so he actually believed in Zhang Shi and his willingness to divorce his country.
He had spent most of his life plotting and planning, but in the end he was defeated by this thought, and he couldn't even escape.
How ridiculous...
Shen Gai fell into deep regret and frustration.
During this period of time, more than 30 households and more than 150 large vehicles that followed him have been captured. Everyone, including everyone, has been inspected, and those who dare to resist have been killed. No mercy, methods like thunder, no mercy.
Zhou Linzhi was frightened, his face was pale, and he did not dare to say a word. He squatted on the ground with his family and was being watched.
Lu Yongyan was severely frightened and could not breathe. His already weak body could not bear it. He died of heart palpitations on the spot. A bunch of concubines knelt aside and cried silently, not daring to speak out.
Then very suddenly, there was a burst of noise from the northeast of the city, which attracted Shen Gai's attention.
"It looks like it's already started."
Ma Hongxing, who was squatting next to him, smiled and said: "Since you are leaving tonight, tonight is the time to close the net. However, from our point of view, we still think it is better for you to leave later. In that case, we can directly cooperate with the main force of the army." If we win Hangzhou, there will be less risks, but it doesn’t matter.”
Shen Gai turned his head and looked at Ma Hongxing in shock.
"What...are you going to do?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
Shen Gai did know what happened very quickly.
To put it simply, on this night, all the bureaucrats in Hangzhou City were wiped out.
Zhang Shi not only mobilized his own city defense troops to carry out the task of killing all the people in the city, but also invited the Ming army to garrison outside the city.
Zhou Zhi led the Ming garrison to launch a sneak attack at night. With the spirit and tactical execution ability of a lion fighting a rabbit, Zhou Linzhi's 20,000 troops were reduced to a puddle of mud in two sticks of incense, and then quickly surrounded the city of Hangzhou. All channels to the outside of Hangzhou City were cut off and a blockade was established.
Not only that, Zhou Zhi also detached a force to raid Hangzhou Port, blockaded Hangzhou Port from land, and assisted the navy in its operations.
The Donghai Navy of the Ming Army raided Hangzhou Port as planned, blocked the waterway in Hangzhou Port, and captured all the ships inside and outside Hangzhou Port. More than 500 ships of various sizes were found among which Hangzhou bureaucrats were preparing to transfer property.
These ships were the bulk of the property that the Hangzhou dignitaries tried to transfer. Ships were very capable of carrying items. They transferred a large amount of valuables to the ships early in the morning, marked them, and prepared to take them away disguised as merchant ships.
All the private troops and warships of Hangzhou bureaucrats who tried to resist inside and outside Hangzhou Port were eliminated by the Ming army. More than a thousand armed resisters were killed successively, 17 warships were sunk, and more than 30 were captured. A total victory.
Then the Donghai Navy blocked the entire Suzhou Ocean, not allowing ships to enter or exit, and launched a blanket search for all ships in the entire waters, never letting anyone escape.
In the city of Hangzhou, Zhang Shi's troops launched a precise scalpel-style attack on all the dignitaries and bureaucrats of the imperial court according to the list made in advance. Each troop was responsible for one household.
The action force, led by Fuxing members, raided the mansions of bureaucrats and dignitaries at night, carried out precise attacks on them, eliminated all resisting private soldiers, nursing homes, and all family members who took up arms to resist, and launched a carpet-based search. Don't let anyone go.
The entire overseas retreat of the bureaucrats was personally planned by Shen Gai. During the operation, the bureaucrats were divided into several groups and acted in batches to ensure their own safety and confidentiality, and to be careful not to cause panic inside and outside Hangzhou.
And when all their actions are completed, Zhang Shi will begin to blockade Hangzhou City and use military management to manage Hangzhou City and eliminate the possibility of unrest among the people.
He figured it all out pretty well.
However, all this was Zhang Shi's plan. According to the list, Zhang Shi accurately destroyed these powerful bureaucratic families one by one, caught them all, arrested them all, and left no one alive.
Of course the bureaucrats put up a fierce resistance, but how could their private soldiers be the opponents of the professional army?
Several senior officials maintained a relatively large number of thugs with strong combat effectiveness in the mansion. They tried to protect the senior officials from breaking out of the siege, but also caused heavy casualties to the besieging troops.
However, with Zhang Shi's order, the reserve team was also thrown in to resolutely suppress those who tried to resist. They must defeat them regardless of any losses.
In a pure force showdown, Zhang Shi won the final victory. The residences of these high-ranking officials were also captured, all the private soldiers were killed, and the family members were comprehensively arrested.
Overnight, the entire original ruling class of Jiangnan Kingdom was overturned and defeated by the Renaissance forces headed by Zhang Shi. The Renaissance took over the political power in Hangzhou and completed the occupation of Hangzhou city.
None of the dignitaries of the Hangzhou imperial court or the high-ranking military officers who were scheduled to escape were left on the list. They were all taken down and made prisoners under strict supervision.
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