At the end of June, the Fu Han army marched all the way, and the four divisions were divided into three directions, and Ning Yu led the Governor's Mansion Janissary Brigade, as well as the first and fourth divisions, along the direction of Jiangning Town, Banqiao and Dasheng Pass, all the way to the core of Jiangning.

In addition to this road, there are two other roads to outflank from the periphery and cut off Jiangning's contact with the outside world, of which the third division, under the leadership of Cheng Ming, attacked all the way along Hezhou, Qiaolin and Jiangpu in Jiangbei, so as to cut off the support of the Qing army in northern Anhui, and can also attack Jiangning from the direction of Yanziji.

The last way was the newly formed Fourth Division, led by division commander Qian Ying, in the direction of Lukou, Longdu and Jurong, thus cutting off the Qing army in the direction of Zhenjiang and Changzhou, and turning Jiangning into a lonely city.

Jiangning City has become a rumor, everyone's morale has become very low, everyone does not think that Jiangning City at this time can still hold on under the offensive of the Fu Han army, everyone is waiting for the Fu Han army to enter the city.

In this environment, Governor Fan Shiyi is also a little dilemma, although he now has 60,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but the combat power of these people is so low that it can almost be equated with nothing, and the silver in his hand is not enough, so it is very difficult to train a strong army.

Therefore, in order to be able to hold on, Fan Shiyi no longer cared about eating and eating, and directly asked the soldiers to organize the young people in the city with knives and guns and catch up with the city wall. But how can the young people who are summoned in this way be willing to use their lives?

Of course, the situation in the city is becoming more and more chaotic, and Ning Yu will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity, the shadow and military intelligence department had planted a nail in Jiangning a few months ago, and now it has also been activated, distributing small leaflets everywhere in the city, which are all about the relevant policies of the Fu Han army, such as the Fu Han army strictly abides by battlefield discipline and will never disturb the people and loot.

In this case, the atmosphere in Jiangning City became more and more ambiguous, but for Fan Shiyi, there was no better way, on the one hand, he sent someone to find Yang Zongren, so that the other party could quickly recruit troops to support, and on the other hand, he invited all the big households in Jiangning City to the governor's yamen.

The governor's yamen of Jiangning City, which was originally rebuilt by the palace, was very luxurious and grand, if there was a grand event in the past, there would often be lights everywhere, and it was very lively, but now under the pressure of the soldiers, the whole mansion is like Jiangning City, full of a feeling of dead silence.

The gentry in Jiangning City were all invited to the banquet, but they looked at the green battalion soldiers inside and outside here, holding shotguns in their hands and swords hanging from their waists.

Of course, this is impossible, just after the gentry gathered at the governor's yamen, the soldiers outside completely blocked the road, of course, in the name of protecting everyone's personal safety, in order to avoid being assassinated by the villain.

In this strange atmosphere, the governor's yamen also began to deliver the food like flowing water, and everyone was preoccupied, with a wry smile on their faces and a glass to drink, a good feast, but it was like eating a mourning banquet.

Taking advantage of the fact that the governor Fan Shiyi had not yet arrived, the gentry began to whisper in the audience, and the big guys greeted and talked to each other, for them, the current situation was like a mountain crushing over, but the people present had no way to resist, they could only wait for the situation to change, in order to keep peace.

Governor Fan Shiyi held the cup and glanced around at everyone, but he already had a bottom in his heart, and he clapped his hands. I saw the subordinates in the house, carrying two baskets of goods and goods, and stepped forward.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's banquet is by no means for my own governor, and the governor will accept these gifts you have given, but the governor will never accept them!"

Everyone looked at the governor with a righteous and awe-inspiring face, and some couldn't believe their eyes, there are still officials who don't accept gifts in the Qing Dynasty these years? Not to mention this kind of banquet and gift-giving, it is very common, even the emperor will not say anything if he knows about it, after all, this is an unspoken rule that everyone knows.

However, looking at the upright Governor Fan Shiyi, many people were a little confused, so they had to watch the Governor's performance in silence.

Fan Shiyi didn't speak again, but sat down and glanced at Wu Cunli, the governor of Jiangsu, which seemed a little meaningful.

But at this time, Wu Cunli, the governor of Jiangsu, felt that he was sitting on a nail, and he was uncomfortable, and when Fan Shiyi looked at him, Wu Cunli was almost scared, not that he was born timid, but he was really bitter and couldn't say it.

In the officialdom of Jiangsu, Wu Cunli, the governor of Jiangsu, is definitely a very legendary figure, he was promoted to the governor of Jiangsu when Kangxi was fifty-five years old, and he can be regarded as a powerful and powerful person, especially because he was very appreciated by Kangxi, and he also wrote a poem to praise Wu Cunli.

"I have been in Wu for 12 years, and my literary style is outstanding and can be passed on. Yu Huai often remembers the poor and the poor, and he is diligent and virtuous. ”

This poem is known to everyone in Jiangsu officialdom, but this good official who is so appreciated by Kangxi is actually a complete actor, and his wanton corruption in his tenure as governor of Jiangsu has finally seen the light of day.

This is also due to the household debt, so that Wu Cunli is trapped in the prototype after all, in the inventory of the household department, it was found that there was a deficit of 210,000 taels of silver in the Daoku, which made Fan Shiyi very happy, on the one hand, he explained the reason to Emperor Yongzheng, on the other hand, he took this handle to threaten Wu Cunli, the purpose was to let him cooperate with his actions this time.

Wu Cunli has been the governor of Jiangsu for five years, so the connections between the upper and lower levels have long been sorted out, and most of the people present have walked through Wu Cunli's relationship, and Wu Cunli is naturally their backer in the officialdom, so Fan Shiyi plans to do the opposite, using Wu Cunli as a knife to force the gentry in Jiangsu to comply.

The effect of this move is naturally excellent, Wu Cunli slowly got up, looked at the gentry, and said: "You can come here today, the old man is very happy, but when he thinks that the thieves have arrived, the old man's heart hurts, and the eyes of Huguang are still vaguely in sight, but now it is the turn of the land south of the Yangtze River. As soon as he finished saying this, his eyes turned red.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the rebellion of Fan Chu, many provinces of my Qing Dynasty have been tragically poisoned, there is no cooking smoke for thousands of miles, and white bones are born in the wild, those scenes have appeared in front of the old man's eyes for a long time, and the old man is really ashamed!"

The people also wailed with the governor, but while they forced out a few tears, they had already raised their vigilance in their hearts, and it turned out that if the old thief did such a thing, he must be deceitful.

Wu Cunli stopped crying, looked at everyone slowly, and said in a low voice: "Now that I, Jiangning, have been deeply encircled, but there are less than 60,000 soldiers in the city, and the weapons and armor are even more tattered and rotten, and there is no silver to inspire morale. ”

Wu Cunli said very touchingly, while Fan Shiyi kept watching coldly, and no longer spoke, as if he was watching a group of clowns perform.

As soon as everyone heard this, the stone in their hearts was put down, and it turned out that they were asking for money! As long as it's not fatal, it's negotiable. At that moment, there was a wealthy Zhou family in Jiangning City, and a person came out and said: "My lord, to fight against rebellion, we are naturally duty-bound, my Zhou family is small, and I am willing to give five hundred taels of silver!" ”

When the others saw this scene, they also began to talk nonsense, what are your five hundred taels, my three hundred taels, discuss and discuss, and finally calculate a total of eight thousand four hundred taels of silver.

Wu Cunli was a little anxious when he saw this scene, and when he wanted to continue to say something, Fan Shiyi waved his hand to stop, he slowly stood up, but his expression was very serious, he looked at this group of people who didn't know anything with slightly compelling eyes, and sneered.

"The silver money you gave me Fan Mou is 100,000 taels of silver, but the silver you paid for the Qing Dynasty is only 8,400 taels!"

Fan Shiyi's voice was a little chilly, he stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction outside the city, and said loudly: "It's there, it's there!" Chu Regent's army is coming, and my Jiang Ning is now in danger, if the city is broken, do you think Chu Rey will be as easy to talk as an old man? They will only kill you one by one with assassination, and rob you of all your money! ”

"Now the current situation in Jiangning, this governor doesn't need to say much, you also know what is going on in your hearts! The emperor asked Bendu to come to Jiangnan, not to make a fortune with you! Jiangnan, we have to hold it, if we want to hold it, we have to have silver! ”

"If you don't give the governor money, then don't blame the governor for being ruthless and unjust!"

Everyone in the audience fell into a death-like silence, of course everyone understands what the current situation looks like, but it is absolutely impossible to expect them to give the Qing Dynasty a funeral, with silver in their hands, even if they join the Fu Han Army, they will have a little more confidence, right?

It's just that Fan Shiyi's attitude at this time is very clear, either give money or die, there is no other choice. This makes the big guys a little unsure of what to do, no matter what, they have at most a group of family members in their hands, how can they fight with the Qing army? But just pay the money like this, and it will never work in my heart.

Time flows slowly, but for everyone, it seems that it has been a long time, and finally someone can't bear the pressure in their hearts, but they choose to increase it.

"The old family has no floating wealth, and I can't take out more silver, but this help to raise the army is also to bless us and other peace, and the old man has to make a lot of effort in his feelings, and my Xu family is willing to give two thousand three hundred taels of silver to share the worries of adults!"

The others looked at the situation again, and couldn't help but sigh, but at the moment, they didn't dare to really hard top, so they had to raise the donation of silver one by one, but it didn't increase too much, just from a few hundred taels to two or three thousand taels, but even so, it also increased the amount of silver to more than 30,000 taels.

The head of the Zhou family's face was black, he looked at these people and sneered, and then said slowly: "Lord Governor, my Zhou family is indeed not enough silver taels now, and these five hundred taels are really less, so the old man will donate another five hundred taels, and another two thousand stone rice grains to Lord Xiantai for military rations!" ”

Two thousand stone rice valley is a lot to say, but in the current situation, saying it is more like humiliating Fan Shiyi and Wu Cunli, so not only is Fan Shiyi's face full of anger, but even Wu Cunli's eyes are a little colder when he looks at him.

The power of the imperial court from the first rank is not something that a small family can resist, Fan Shiyi almost roared out in an angry voice.

"Come on, take it!"

The soldiers outside soon poured in, and the first one of them took the lead, and punched the head of the Zhou family, smashing him directly to the ground, and then being tied upside down on the ground.

"Let go, Fan Shiyi, I am a close confidant of Lord Long Keduo, you treat me like this, wait for me to write to Lord Long, ask for your dog's life! Let me go! You people will not die well! ”

Wu Cunli sighed softly, and he whispered in Fan Shiyi's ear: "My lord, just teach this scoundrel a lesson...... After all, he is also a close confidant of Long Kedo, and it is not good to be too ....."

But before Wu Cunli finished speaking, Fan Shiyi walked forward quickly, pulled out the saber of the guards on the side, and slashed it hard, but he cut out a big hole in the head of the head of the Zhou family, and he didn't care about the blood splashed up, so he slashed down again, cutting off half of his head.

This bloody scene shocked everyone, and many people even collapsed directly on the ground, and the feces and urine were scared out, making this space smelly and smelly.

"Roncodo? The old man is waiting! ”

Fan Shiyi prides himself on being a coquettish son from the Fan family, how could he have been afraid of a Long Keduo who relied on the new monarch to ascend to the throne? What's more, even if Yongzheng is here now, he will only praise him for killing well! Not killing is not enough to witness people's hearts! Not killing is not enough to defend Jiangnan!

"This person has repeatedly blocked the actions of this governor, and he thinks that he is a traitor, and he is really an unforgivable sin! Someone came, carried the body out of the house, and the soldiers arrested all the family members, interrogated them strictly, and confiscated all their money! ”

Either don't do it or never do it. Fan Shiyi quickly planted a spy charge on the other party, and arrested the other party's entire clan, and the property naturally belonged to Fan Shiyi, and the action was extremely ruthless. Just one night, the Zhou family, a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, disappeared.

After having such an example, this time there was no need for Fan Shiyi to teach hard, and everyone didn't want to become the second soul under his Governor Fan's knife, so they simply mentioned the silver again. This time, he really took out his own blood, in order to save his life.

You say a word to me, this silver is like flowing water poured in, the big guy this time donated is no longer a thousand taels, but directly ten thousand taels counted, in addition to the silver taels, there are some people who are indeed not enough silver, so they donated rice grain to replace, but the rice grain is not the so-called two thousand stones, but are ten thousand stone scale. As for other medicinal herbs, horses, and even family members, they were all sent out.

After such a final integration, there were as many as 350,000 taels of silver, more than 100,000 stones of rice and grain, and there were countless other medicinal materials and other things, which made Fan Shiyi relieved and put back these gentry who had been scared into quails.

It's just the smell of blood in the air, but it never goes away.