"Welcome the king to the north, the world has finally restored the glory of my Han family, pass the order, gather the righteous division, and clear the Eight Banners!"

Fenzhou Mansion was already in chaos at this time, and all careerists jumped out when the Qing court collapsed, they did not really support the Fu Han Army, just to be able to seek more benefits at this special time.

Among these people who jumped out, there were both the landlords and old wealth of Shanxi, as well as the local officials of Shanxi, they gathered together, played the banner of welcoming Wang Shi, and directly launched a rebellion, among which the leader was Murong Sheng, the magistrate of Jiexiu County, Fenzhou Prefecture, with the support of the local gentry, entangled thousands of people's bravery, eyeing Taiyuan.

Murong Sheng was not born on the right path, but an official who was bought by donations, originally the Qing court sold officials for a fictitious title, and he didn't sell them very much, but since the Qing court sent a large number of people to raise military salaries last year, the actual shortage of officials in Shanxi has been sold cleanly, and it can be said that except for the governor of Shanxi, everything else that can be sold has now been exchanged for silver.

In this case, almost all the officials in the prefectures and counties of Shanxi are bought by those officials, and in order to get back the money they spent on buying officials, they not only ruthlessly exploit their own people, but also move other thoughts, such as now after the Northern Expedition of the Fuhan Army has established a victory, they have begun to think about changing the dynasty.

"If there is chaos today, how can we sit idly by?"

Murong Sheng stood in front of everyone, he was wearing a cloth robe, his scalp was shaved blue, his braids hung down behind his head, the whole person looked very excited, and his face was even more excited and red.

"I'm waiting to be a righteous teacher, and there is no way! We have to go to the braid first, go to the braid, and we can become our own people in the Fu Han Army in the future! In the new dynasty, we can continue to be masters! ”

Murong Sheng lifted his braids, took the scissors handed over by the entourage, rested the braids on the edge of the blade, and then looked at everyone hesitantly, and then cut off the braids in his heart.

Everyone gathered around him, with all kinds of thoughts, but their faces were full of honor, and they also cut their braids together, waiting for Murong Sheng to launch a righteous uprising, in the words of the book, what is it called 'the world gathers to respond, win food and follow the scenery'.

Of course, Murong Sheng also understood in his heart that his role was just as a leader, and for those wealthy gentry, it was impossible to really do a good job of bowing down to the ear, if something really went wrong, it was nothing more than a different .......

This is enough for Murong Sheng, after he gathers these volunteers, if he can make some contributions, he can also occupy a position in the new dynasty, not to mention anything else, it is not a problem for the emperor of the new dynasty to give a Fenzhou prefect.......

Enough, that's enough, whether it's Murong Sheng or other landlords and gentry, what they want is always to maintain their status, no matter how the court changes, it will ultimately depend on them to govern Fenzhou.

Of course, if you want to fight the righteous army, you have to kill a monkey to sacrifice the flag, which is used to declare the justice you uphold. And for this, Murong Sheng and the other Jiexiu clans knew very well in their hearts that the most suitable ones were naturally those merchants, and the most critical monkey among them was the Jiexiu Fan family.

The so-called Jiexiu Fan family, is one of the eight famous Jin merchants in the world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, its ancestor Fan Yongdou had been in the late Ming Dynasty in Zhangjiakou business, often in and out of Liaodong, to provide military supplies and intelligence for the Manchu Dynasty, and later after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and called the emperor, Fan Yongdou was also given preferential treatment by Shunzhi, and set up a banquet in the Forbidden City to personally summon him, taste the court clothes, and enter the ranks of the "imperial merchants".

In addition, the Fan family also made a lot of contributions to the Qing court, such as Fan Yongdou's grandson Fan Yubin, who made great contributions during the Kangxi expedition to the Dzungaria.

At that time, the cost of transporting military rations was very huge, and the merchants who transported it to the front line often couldn't make ends meet, and at that time, the Fan family, as an imperial merchant, had to bear this heavy responsibility, and Fan Yubin, based on his many years of business experience, thought that he would not lose, so he asked to sell military rations at his own expense at a price lower than two-thirds of the official price per stone of rice, which was approved by Kangxi.

Later, Fan Yubin traveled thousands of miles in the desert, did not work officials, did not disturb the neighbors, and the deadline was coming, enough to make up 1.44 million taels of silver, and also replenished more than 1 million stones of military rations, saving Emperor Kangxi more than 6 million taels of military expenditures, and even at that time, there was an urgent shortage of copper materials, Fan Yubin also invited himself to go to Japan to buy copper catties, thus solving Kangxi's problem.

In the past, the Fan family was famous in Shanxi, not to mention Murong Sheng, a small prefect, even the Fenzhou prefect had to be careful in front of the Fan family, otherwise a fold would make the Fenzhou prefect lose his official position, so it could be called majestic.

But how wanton it was in the past, how much backlash it will suffer now. In the hearts of Murong Sheng and those people now, using the Fan family to sacrifice the flag can not only play an inspiring role, but also occupy their property.

........

"Dog traitor! Kill him! ”

"The Fan family is willing to be a minions of the Qing court, it is really hateful and shameful, and it should be killed to thank the world!"

In front of the school field in Jiexiu County, it was already full of people at this time, among these people were the former enemies of the Fan family, and the villagers instigated by Murong Sheng of Zhixian County.

Fan Yubin is in his fifties, his hair has turned gray, he is shirtless, and he is tied to a wooden tag with several big red characters written on it, in addition to his name 'Fan Yubin', there is also a big blood-red character - 剐.

Behind Fan Yubin, there were dozens of people from the Fan family, all of whom were depressed, and they were also tied tightly, and some wooden signs were also tied to their bodies, indicating the means by which their names had been disposed of.

Fan Yubin lowered his head and walked forward, and the volunteers on the side looked at Fan Yubin with a sarcastic look......

"Bang-"

A large stone instantly hit Fan Yubin's mouth, and in an instant, several teeth were smashed out with blood, accompanied by the angry scolding of several people.

"Dog traitor, I didn't expect you to Jiexiu Fan's family to have today, the spirit of the ancestor and father in the sky, you should rest in peace!"

Fan Yubin only felt that there was a sharp pain all over his body, he endured it patiently, and tried to open his eyes and take a look, only to see that most of those who scolded angrily did not know him, and he couldn't help but have a wry smile on his face, is it still important whether it is an enemy now? Who doesn't want his Fan family to die?

From Fan Ming, the great-grandfather of the Fan family, to his grandfather Fan Yongdou, to his Fan Yubin, the family history of the Jiexiu Fan family is like cooking oil on fire, reaching its peak for a while....... When Yongzheng sent people to Shanxi to raise funds last year, his Fan family also took the lead in donating 1 million taels of silver, and he was in the limelight for a while.

It's just that now that the Fu Han army has hit Shanxi and Zhili, his Fan family has been doomed from that moment on, even if Murong Sheng doesn't catch or kill him, his Fan family won't live next year....... That's it, after all, dust to dust, dust to dust, Fan Yubin closed his eyes, he didn't want to think about these things anymore.

On the fourteenth day of the third month of the third year of innovation, more than 80 members of the Jiexiu Fan family were executed by Murong Sheng in the Jiexiu schoolyard, and then Murong Sheng swore to go out and led more than 1,000 troops to besiege Xiaoyi County, breaking hundreds of Qing troops........ 67

.........

Tongzhou, in the camp of the Qing army, there was a solemn atmosphere at this time, and everyone's faces were pale, with a bit of despair.

Emperor Yongzheng sat in the tent in armor, his eyes were closed, and his face was as red as blood, which was the reaction of knocking too much medicine.

"Back to the emperor, Ning Thief was reluctant to negotiate peace, and even claimed that he wanted me to surrender unconditionally in the Qing Dynasty before he could continue to talk....... The minions really had no choice, so they drove them back, but the minions also investigated before they came back, and the Chu rebel army was only afraid that it had been assembled in Tianjin, and it would soon come to attack the Beijing division......."

Xu Yuanmeng knelt on the ground, with a little embarrassment and shame on his face, he did not complete the task assigned by Yongzheng, whether it was peace talks or dragging the footsteps of the Fuhan army, it seemed that it had not been realized.

Yongzheng opened his eyes slightly, Xu Yuanmeng's news was not unexpected, and the reluctance of the Fu Han Army to talk about it at the moment was entirely because they felt that they could eat the Qing Dynasty steadily, and they didn't even have to pay any price, and this was their confidence to help.

Of course, the reason why the Fu Han army can have such a feeling is also because since the Northern Expedition, the Qing army has almost no resistance power, whether it is Shandong or Zhili, it has not even defended the city....... More routs and surrenders, wave after wave of routs, wave after wave of surrenders!

In fact, even Emperor Yongzheng no longer had the confidence to fight, just after Song Kejin surrendered, he had already arranged the Eight Banners in the Beijing Division and began to prepare to pack up his belongings and evacuate from the capital, but it was a pity that the Liaodong corridor to Shengjing, which was the closest to Shengjing, was completely occupied by the Fu Han army, so the Qing court could only choose to detour to Xifengkou.

If you want to go outside the pass from Xifengkou, it is relatively farther, so it is impossible to withdraw all at once, especially now that it is winter, for the Qing court, they must hold on until the beginning of spring next year, so that they can take all the Eight Banners and the wealth looted from the Beijing division to Shengjing.

Therefore, the army led by Yongzheng must stick to the front line of Tongzhou, and must not allow the Fu Han army to advance or even encircle the Beijing Division, otherwise on that day, not only the Qing Dynasty will be completely gone, but even the Eight Banners will be completely gone.

Must fight! At least to block the enemy outside Tongzhou.......

Yongzheng's head felt painful, in today's complex situation, he can't make a mistake, but how to fight is not a simple matter.......

"Your Majesty, Chu Wei is very short away from Tongzhou, once they are sticky, I am afraid that it will be very passive in the future, why don't the emperor take a part of the army from Xifengkou first....... As for the minions and others, they can lead the remaining army to hold Tongzhou. ”

Xu Yuanmeng's words are still very reasonable, he doesn't think that the emperor will have any effect if he stays here, like Xibao and some generals in the army are enough to stay here, if the emperor dies in Tongzhou, what will it be?

Back then, Kangxi dragged his old body and wanted to recruit in person, which almost caused a huge storm in the court, except for some thoughts under the table, the main thing was to worry about one point, what if the emperor died on the road? Or if he died in the hands of Chu Yi, or more seriously, he was captured alive by the Fu Han army?

These are all questions, but they are questions that cannot be left unthinking.

Yongzheng shook his head slowly, he had already made up his mind in his heart, he would definitely stay in Tongzhou in this battle, in order to have only one thing, that is, to re-accommodate the hearts of the Manchurians.

In the previous years, Yongzheng offended too many Manchu and Mongolian people, in order to carry out sufficient reforms, so as to avoid the Qing Dynasty to this day, but unfortunately compared with the Han army, the Qing court was really on the verge of death, and could no longer create the miracle of the three feudatories, so that the country completely collapsed.......

Therefore, Yongzheng's idea is very simple, since there are many complaints about him within the Eight Banners, then stay in Tongzhou to fight, if he can win, he will naturally be finished, if he can't win, then he will not continue to live, and when the time comes, he can also use his death to re-bridge the division within the Eight Banners.

"I won't go, and I can't go."

Yongzheng had a bit of solemnity on his face, and took a breath gently, "Living to my age, I can see everything in the people, no matter what the reputation is in the future, I Yinzhen is willing, but I can't become a deserter no matter what....... Chongzhen didn't become a deserter back then....... I can't even do it! ”

The ministers' faces were silent, and they had vaguely guessed the most serious situation, that is, the emperor was so strong that he planned to fight the Fu Han army in Tongzhou....... But in this case, how are they going to run?

Not everyone can die calmly, Yongzheng's heart has been filled with despair, so he can be regarded as a well-deserved death for the sake of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, but other people's thoughts are not like this, they still have a lot of free days, and there are concubines who have just married and have not been born for a long time........ Only there is no benevolence to the Qing Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, you should focus on the overall situation!"

"Your Majesty, victory or defeat is just a common thing in soldiers, how can you put the country into a battle?"

"Your Majesty, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood......"

........

The ministers began to persuade, but Yongzheng became more and more silent, and even a little lonely, he looked at these courtiers in front of him very sadly, maybe these people's statements are very reasonable, but what is the point?

The Qing Dynasty is almost gone, what's the use of saying this?

"I have made up my mind, there is no need to persuade me again, since the Ning thief wants to decide my life and death in the Qing Dynasty in a battle, then I will naturally not show weakness!"

Yongzheng's attitude was a bit categorical, his finger pointed at the Bali Bridge on the map, and said in a low voice: "Since you want to guard Tongzhou, then guard the Bali Bridge!" ”

On December 15 of the third year of Yongzheng, Emperor Yongzheng stood in front of the ministers of the Qing court, his figure looked very thin and thin, but it gradually coincided with the shadow of eighty-one years ago.

At this time in the capital, hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners who were about to evacuate the Beijing Division, their expressions were a little dazed and helpless, as if the eighty-one years since the Beijing Division were just a dream that had not completely woken up.