"Who's to say it isn't."

The county did not doubt that he had him, and even if he showed a helpless look. However, it inevitably caused unnecessary panic, and the county Cheng still revealed to Li Yu that the Qing court was in a hurry for 800 miles, and ordered that he would send Prince Zheng's son Jierharang to lead the Eight Banners Army to the south.

"Hey, Beijing to Fujian, thousands of miles away. Don't say that it's to Fujian, only to Hangzhou, I'm afraid it's next year. ”

Having said that, the county did not say anything. However, Li Yu was still concerned about the affairs of the Fujian official Green Camp, and even if he remembered that Li Yu seemed to have some intersection with Feng Junrui, the deputy general of the Fuzhou city guard.

"Don't worry, since you have already repaid Feng Thief's share of the money, you will be fine."

There is a connection, it's nothing, Li Yu is a scholar, a very famous talent in Lanxi and even Jinhua, and now he is also a hot figure in Hangzhou.

At the beginning, in the countryside, he also made friends with local scholars, including Li Zhifang, the magistrate of Jinhua Prefecture, Ji Zhenyi, the magistrate of Lanxi County, Zhu Fengtai, the magistrate of Kaihua County, Quzhou Prefecture, and Zhu Zhixi, the young Zhan Shi and a bachelor of Zhan Shifu who is now serving in the court. After coming to Hangzhou, from the governor Xiao Qiyuan and Qin Shizhen, to the prefect Zu Long, Wen Qizhi, and even other local officials and gentry in Hangzhou have good contacts.

The communication is so extensive, if you really want to be implicated, I am afraid that the entire Zhejiang officialdom will be earthquaked. What's more, Feng Junrui is far away in Fuzhou and Li Yu is in Hangzhou, how can such a long distance be involved in the rebellion, this originally doesn't make sense.

Dajia appeased him, and seeing that Li Yu's expression was relieved, the county Cheng seemed to remember something: "Moreover, the matter of Fujian officialdom has not yet been decided, and it is still difficult to say who is right and who is wrong." ”

"Aren't those things obvious, what else can there be?"

Li Yu obviously didn't understand this, but he didn't say much. This matter is not important to him, it is determined that Feng Junrui will not implicate him, and the tension of the past few months has finally come to an end, and he suddenly has a spring of thought, and he picked up the Hui Mo sent by Zhu Fengtai some time ago and studied it.

Li Yu was noncommittal, but the county Cheng seemed to be in high spirits, and even pretended to be mysterious and said: "Do you know, Fujian has been affected. The expression was as if he were telling a secret.

"Mmmmmm......" Li Yu continued to study the ink, but his mind was full of those thoughts that had just suddenly opened up, and he couldn't wait to write them down on the paper immediately.

"So, it's hard to say." His expression was sad: "Who is right, who is wrong, who is loyal, who is traitor, which is so easy to close the coffin." ”

The mood of the county is not quite right, Li Yu put away the eagerness of creation, and looked at the county again, it is still the same as usual, but there is less cynicism in his expression, and more worry about the hearts of the world.

"Well, isn't Zhejiang also affected by the disaster this year?"

This year, Zhejiang's five prefectures of Hangzhou, Ningbo, Jinhua, Quzhou, and Taizhou, as well as 21 counties including Qiantang and Haimenwei, have been hit by drought. Li Yu heard this matter from the county some time ago, and now he heard that Fujian was affected by the disaster, and he really can't understand the doorway.

"Have you heard that Hangzhou's commercial tax will not be collected this year?"

"It seems like no."

"Have you ever heard that the garrison of the Eight Banners has stopped its business debt?"

"I don't think so."

Leaning over, the county man approached Li Yu and looked directly at him: "Because, this is Zhejiang, and there is Fujian, it's as simple as that." ”

Xiancheng's words were full of undoubtedness, and Li Yu subconsciously straightened his waist. Looking at it again, it is still the same as usual, still less cynical, more worried about the hearts of the world, and it seems that there is still a sense of great mission of some saint disciples.

"The disaster is really different in Fujian and Zhejiang." The county man has a resolute face and looks into the distance.

"Just because it's Fujian?"

"No, to be exact, it is the land of three prefectures and one prefecture, which is close to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, as well as Xinghua, Yanping, Fuzhou and Funing on the coast."

"Just that coincidence?"

"That's what a coincidence!"

"However, aren't Tingzhou Mansion and Chaozhou Mansion also bordering it?" Since knowing that Chen Jinnan is Chen Kai, Li Yu has made up for his geographical knowledge of Fujian and Guangdong.

"Qi Fan, you are asking knowingly!"

"I ......"

"Who is the official of the Tingzhou prefect, and which governor yamen is under control?"

"This ......"

"Chaozhou Mansion is the territory of Guangdong, besides, it has been under its hands for many years, and now it is in whose hands?"

"Uh......"

"To make it clear, Tingzhou Mansion is the jurisdiction of the Yamen of the Southern Jiangxi Governor, and Chaozhou Mansion is the territory of Chen Kai, and it is impossible for those two places to be affected." Speaking of this, the county paused to give Li Yu time to think: "So, why are only those state capitals affected?" ”

"Because of Zhaofu Yin?"

"Wrong, big mistake!" The county Cheng took up the case, and the roots and green tendons were protruding, and he already looked like he was going to beat someone: "Tong Fujun said that there is money to be recruited, but it is all deducted from the Fujian officials and green camps, and the local businessmen and gentry are persuaded to donate a part. With these, Xu Degong, the chief soldier of the Jingnan Domain, was replaced. ”

"Is that okay?"

"What's not to do!" The county raised his arms: "The world is all under the emperor, and the Tong family is a relative of the emperor, known as the Tong Half Dynasty." Besides, have you ever heard of how much money there is? ”

"How many?" It was rumored in the officialdom that Fujian was leviing the money, but no one knew the specific amount. Even if Li Yu is so well-traveled, he has never heard of it.

"One hundred and six hundred and six hundred and four hundred and fifty taels of silver, an average of less than ten thousand taels a month!" The county Cheng said impassionedly: "Political envoy Zhou Bu said that Fujian officials did not levy even a penny more money!" ”

"Didn't have a penny?"

"Absolutely not!"

"So?"

"It's all a disguise! A pretense used to confuse Zheng and Chen! ”

"Is it a disguise?"

"Bear the burden of humiliation, and the officials of Fujian have paid a lot for the imperial court." The county Cheng's expression was deep, thoughtful, and then he immediately said step by step: "Qi Fan, imagine it, if the officials in Fujian don't say that they have collected a lot of more money, don't behave greedily and shamelessly, and don't let Haikou think that they have filled their pockets, then rest assured, can Zheng Yi sit down and talk to the imperial court?" ”

"Oh my God!" Li Yu was shocked, shocked by this grand truth, there was silence in the study, and the two looked at each other speechlessly.

"The Governor's Yamen is playing a big game of chess." It is still the same as usual, there is still less cynicism, and more worry about the hearts of the world, this time not only the great sense of mission of the saint disciple, but also the brilliance of the wise, shining so that Li Yu can't open his eyes a little.

"Liu Zhijun and Tong Fujun are infinitely close to victory in this war."

"This ......"

"Hmph, Fuzhou is lost, right."

"Yes, the provincial capital has lost its ......" subconsciously replied, Li Yu suddenly stopped, and suddenly realized the deep meaning of these words.

"Fuzhou is lost, then Zheng Cheng will inevitably be stationed in Fuzhou. But they can't ignore the territory in Guangdong, so they can only rely on Chen Kai's house. When they were appeased earlier, Liu Zhijun and Tong Fujun had already created a gap between the two, originally the Zhongzuo Institute was close to Chaozhou, and the two could still contact frequently to eliminate contradictions, but now one is in Guangdong and one is Fuzhou, thousands of miles apart, and the Zheng family will have to split in a short time! ”

"This, this is all right?" Li Yu, who had always been regarded as a genius by others, suddenly felt that his brain was a little insufficient, and after thinking for a while, he tentatively said to the county Cheng: "However, the city is still lost." ”

"Qi Fan, do you know how many people were killed and injured in order to gnaw these cities with a million-strong army of Haikou Kou?"

"How many?"

"Seven or eight out of ten!"

"So much!" Seven or eight out of ten of a million, that's seven or eight hundred thousand. This number is enough to scare Li Yu into a bad place. Taking a deep breath of air, it was easy to soothe his spirit, who knew that the county immediately asked Li Yu again: "Do you know how many losses the officials and soldiers of the imperial court have?" ”

"Much, how much?"

"The Raising Standard, the Fu Standard, the Left Town Mark, the Right Town Mark, and the City Guard Association of Xinghua Prefecture, Yanping Mansion and Funing Prefecture all took advantage of the victory and turned in, and the losses were minimal. The real sacrifice was still the green battalions stationed in the counties, who firmly completed the task of defending the city and fighting the enemy. ”

Speaking of this, the excitement faded away, and the face began to gradually show a decadent color. Subsequently, the county Cheng said bitterly: "It is because of the disaster in Fujian that there is not enough food in the local area, otherwise these armies will not take advantage of the victory to turn in!" ”

"Yes, as you mentioned earlier, Fujian was affected."

"It's not terrible that Fujian was hit by the disaster, but what is terrible is that Chaozhou had a bumper harvest last year and this year." Thinking of the sentimental rumor, the county man muttered: "Fujian was hit by the disaster, and the county officials tried their best to provide relief, but after all, food was limited, and many people simply fled to other places. However, in the past two years, Chen Kai has tossed out a method called rice and fish farming in Chaozhou, which has made the yield of local rice in Chaozhou exceed 1,000 catties. ”

In later generations, ordinary rice exceeded 400 kilograms, and super hybrid rice could break through the 1,000-kilogram mark. But at this time, even in the Taihu Lake area, where the land is the most fertile and suitable for rice cultivation, the average yield of rice per mu is about 300 kilograms. The yield per mu is 1,000 catties, such a figure is really unimaginable for Li Yu.

According to Admiral Yang and Liu Zongzhen, the Haikou siege was first filled with human lives, but the officers and soldiers had a resolute will to fight, and they did not retreat in the fight to the death, and the corpses of the Haikou were all over the field. Originally, it was not unthinkable to defend the city. However, at this time, Chen Kai's gang brought a large amount of grain from Chaozhou, and Haikou knew that the famine in Fujian was serious, so he simply drove the hungry people to the city, arranged Hongyi cannons, first loaded with gunpowder, and then loaded with rice. The hungry people outside the city and the hungry people inside the city saw that the pirates were wasting food so much, and they must have something to eat, so they simply joined forces with the outside, so that the officers and troops could not continue to ensure the defense of the city walls......"

"That's what Admiral Yang said?"

"Of course!"

Using grain to undermine the morale of the Qing army, and at the same time dividing the military-civilian relationship in Fujian, which was originally "as close as a family", the county scolds those Fujian people for their ingratitude, ignoring the morality and friendship that the Qing court and Fujian officials have nurtured for many years, but instead acting for the tiger, which is really incorruptible and shameful.

The people of Fujian turned to serve the Ming army in order to be able to eat, which seemed shameless to them, but in the final analysis, it was Chen Kai who was full of tricks, although the Qing army was good at fighting, but where had they seen such tactics. What's more, since Chen Kai's debut, Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi, Jingnan Wang Geng Jimao, the former governor of Zhejiang and Fujian Chen Jin and Fujian Governor Zhang Xuesheng, and even the former Liangguang Governor of the Ming Dynasty Du Yonghe, so many big names have been calculated by him - this is like a race, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, the important thing is that so many star players can't compare to others, and they naturally lose more justifiably and deservedly.

"Pity the officials and generals who hold on to the city, most of them fight desperately until the city is broken. For example, the magistrate of Fuqing County, known as clear as water and clear as a mirror in the local area, buy meat once a year to honor the old lady, is called Hai Qingtian in the world, deeply loved by the people. This time, Haikou used Diao people to break the city, and the county knew that he had no fists and no courage, so he simply cut himself in the county government to repay the king's kindness. Who knew that those pirates came too quickly, and they saved him from hanging to a coma. ”

"Loyal and righteous people are admired by others. When Wang Xiuqi, the marshal of the Haikou who attacked Fuqing, heard this, he immediately went to the county government to persuade him to surrender, and took out the official position of the prefect of Fuzhou Prefecture. said bitterly that he didn't sleep all night, but you know what's going on, the magistrate pointed at Wang Xiuqi and scolded, and even rushed to the wall several times to kill him on the spot. Wang Xiuqi couldn't persuade him, but he felt the loyalty of Zhixian County, so he still let the Zhixian family go and sent someone to escort them out of Fujian. ”

According to the county Cheng's narration, the deeds of Fujian's loyal ministers and righteous men were placed in front of Li Yu one by one, and he could only hear him sigh.

Of course, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, some who will not retreat, some like Feng Junrui, and some corrupt officials who still want to exploit the people in the face of such a once-in-a-lifetime disaster in Fujian. Among them, Changle County, which is adjacent to Fuqing County, where the officials of the Green Camp are really too angry, and the Ming army directly pulled them out to be executed after breaking the city, and it is said that even the bones are tooth marks on the next day after the corpse is thrown, which shows the boiling of its public resentment.

"Hey."

Sighing sincerely, before the county could continue to speak, there was a knock on the door, and the family rushed to say that the uncle was here, and the lady asked the master to return to the house as soon as possible.

"It's time to say goodbye."

The county man covered his face, and Li Yu saw a dark tear between his fingers. When he stood up again, the feelings of worrying about the country and the people, the strong sense of mission, and the brilliance of a wise man all dissipated, and the whole person had re-become the somewhat cynical and fearful county magistrate that Li Yu was most familiar with on weekdays.

"According to the music and Tang Bao of the feudal marshals in Fujian, I almost forgot that I am actually an official in Zhejiang, not Fujian."

As soon as these words came out, Qiantang County, who "ate inside and out", couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, but Li Yu was there first, and then he figured it out, and he laughed so much that he couldn't take care of the ground ink on the ground.

Madame spoke, and the county didn't dare to stay for a long time. It's just that before leaving, he specially instructed Li Yu, saying that what he said today should not be transmitted to the ears of a third person, so as not to offend people unnecessarily.

"Since you have said this to you, I can trust that you will keep your mouth shut. In the meantime, it's a bit redundant. ”

"This is the right thing to do." expressed his affirmation, Li Yu went to deliver it in person, but when he walked to the gate, he couldn't help but ask again: "That, they are like this, can they pass the test?" ”

"Why not?" With a slight smile, the county took out a silver ingot from his sleeve, threw it in the air in front of Li Yu, and took it again: "With this, are you still afraid that you won't be able to pass the pass?" ”

The county man boarded the carriage in a dashing manner and disappeared at the end of the alley. In the next few days, Li Yu's mind was always chaotic, and the original inspiration that came like a tide was gone, and the new work "Jade Scratching Head" did not change a word for a few days, and it was originally planned to be released during the Chinese New Year, but now it seems that there is no drama.

A few days later, Li Yu walked down the street, intending to seek some inspiration from the life of the city. How do you know that just in time to do things at the yamen, a team of officials under the leadership of the warden rushed into a shop, arrested everyone, and said that they would also raid the house. He didn't dare to see more of such a mess, and was about to leave, but he saw the county Cheng in the restaurant diagonally opposite, and stepped forward to talk about it, only to know that it was the Qin governor who suspected that there were local merchants who were colluding with the Ming army in Fujian, so he wanted to take some businessmen who had business dealings with Fujian back to Yamen for questioning.

Hearing this answer, he followed the gaze of the county Cheng, and the jackal, tiger and leopard-like officials were tying up the shopkeeper and the guys of the shop, pasting a seal on the door of the shop, and escorting these people in the direction of the yamen.

"yes, the war isn't over yet."