Although the Ming army under Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan, who went north to Nanzhili, was able to rely on the water division to crisscross the Yangtze River and get many responses from the gentry and common people of Nanzhili, they could not occupy the land prefecture and county, and the Qing court had the existence of river defense, and it was difficult for those anti-Qing people who were committed to the Ming army to provide them with sufficient material supplies.

In addition, as soon as the army entered the Yangtze River, Kan Mingshi, a general of Weiyuan who had just been appointed, sent his deputy general Wu Ding to Zhenjiang to contact the anti-Qing people, but was detected by the Qing court. Next, starting from Wu Ding, Ma Guozhu, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, followed this line, and He Wangsheng, who was active in Danyang, and Ping Yitong, who was active in Wuxi, and the potential anti-Qing forces adjacent to Nanjing, which had been developed by the two of them, were quickly wiped out, and only a few people such as Yang Shengyuan, Zhang Chongfu, and Yao Zhizhuo were spared, among which Yao Zhizhuo was just a change of death.

The case of He Wangsheng and Ping's reunification and restoration of the Ming Dynasty broke out, and the Qing court wantonly arrested anti-Qing people, and many anti-Qing people in Nanzhili who originally planned to fund the Ming army also had to choose to stop fighting and first protect themselves.

Around April, after severe torture, Ma Guozhu beheaded Wu Ding, Kan Mingshi, Wan Ershun, Wu Minglie, Huang San, Ping Yitong, Ping Xin, Yang Da, Wang Laipin, and Chen Huaizhong. Lu Yiguang and Huang Wenye committed suicide. With Yao Zhizhuo's return to Nanzhili, the original "was unyielding and died." Before he died, he left a cloud of "Desperate Words": "The father is loyal, and the son should be filial piety." A thousand years of one, worthy of the name of teaching. ”

In August, after the Qing court determined that there was no longer any way to dig out more potential anti-Qing activists from the mouths of He Wangsheng and others, they disposed of the remaining key criminals. Among them, He Wangsheng and Leng Yingxiang were beheaded, and Zhao Chengfu, Jiang Zhilong, Lu Zhixuan, Wu Kui, Qin Lu, Dong Huankui, Wu Junfu, and Gu Yangchong were hanged. Li Wu "100 rods, 3,000 miles". The executed person's "wives and concubines and children were given to the families of meritorious servants as slaves, and their property was incorporated into the officials, and their parents, grandchildren, and brothers were all resettled in 2,000 li."

In Nanjing in August, He Wangsheng and others were escorted to the execution ground, and a group of 10 people, some beheaded, some hanged, to put it bluntly, were hanged. He had a meritorious name and official position in the Ming Dynasty, and he was about to be executed, and the prison officer asked according to the usual practice that He Wang Shengguo had a song "Desperate Words" to stay.

"Let go of his hands and send the pen and ink up."

Unless there are exceptions, scholars can be given preferential treatment, at least the last words of this life can always be said. The little official put the pen and paper away, and He Wangsheng did not hesitate, and immediately took the pen and dipped it.

The sad song generously said that Tianxiang returned to the emperor's hometown.

Since then, ten people have left the Forbidden City and worshiped the Emperor Gao underground. ”

After writing it in one stroke, He Wangsheng threw the pen away, and his own little official picked up the desperate poem with both hands and sent it to the prison officer. Then, He Wangsheng didn't need to tie it anymore, straightened his waist and closed his eyes.

The executioner understood that the scholar had finished what he wanted to say, and the hour had come, and the prison officer had read the fateful poem, dropped the sign, and saw a flash of the sword, blood splattered, and at the same time as the head fell to the ground, the wisps of loyal souls went straight to the filial piety tomb as he wrote in the poem.

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The case of He Wangsheng and Ping's reunification and restoration of the Ming Dynasty broke out, and the land south of the Yangtze River was in turmoil, and the anti-Qing people were in danger, and there was very little support for the Ming army in the north.

Nanzhili, or the Jiangnan Rusi in the mouth of the Qing court. Heading west into Jiangxi, it has been nearly two years since the large-scale anti-Qing rebels were put down here. In Jiangxi, and even in southern Jiangxi, the people who formed a village to protect themselves and the small-scale anti-Qing rebel army still existed on the land, but when the "Jiangxi Four Great Kou" was exterminated by the Qing army, the Qing court quickly changed its policy strategy here, and changed the suppression and suppression to the resumption of production, which also inevitably suppressed the outbreak of dissatisfaction among the people.

In Ruijin County, Ganzhou Prefecture, the old mansion of the local talent Tao potential countryside is full of lights and joy. In February last year, the dust settled on the family affair, and by this time even the son had it, and the popularity of the family became stronger and stronger.

When the child is full moon, the father-in-law, mother-in-law and uncle in the county town have arrived, and a group of relatives are teasing the child, and the festive atmosphere wanders in the meantime.

After lunch, the child slept carefree after feeding. The female dependents were gossiping in the back house, and the father-in-law, uncle and Tao Qian chatted in the front hall. They are all scholars, and what they are talking about is nothing more than the imperial examination.

"This year, both of you are famous, can you have the confidence to go to the department?"

My father-in-law is already a man, and now he is also a local squire. His eldest son and this son-in-law are both talented, the eldest son's homework on weekdays, how much knowledge he has in his stomach, he knows best, and when asked here, it is more about Tao Qian, especially this son-in-law was promoted in the Longwu Dynasty back then, he is quite expectant, otherwise he will not be willing to give his daughter to others.

At this moment, seeing that my father-in-law asked, my uncle calmly replied, it was nothing more than that there were still many deficiencies, and I needed to be more diligent in the past half a year. In this way, Tao Qian simply replied with a similar answer. Don't say anything modest or immodest, just talk too much, and then it will look frivolous if you are slapped in the face.

Probably this is the answer, people have long expected it. In fact, if he also answered the same way before the township examination, he failed several times, and no one would say anything, but later he really won, and if he was lucky, others would think of the past, and they would feel that he was humble and polite.

He sees the temperament of his son and son-in-law, and he is very satisfied at the moment, but he does not forget to tell him about his studies. Tao Qian knew that his father-in-law had great hopes for the two of them, so he simply took out two questions that he was confused about when he read on weekdays, which happened to scratch the itch of his person.

"The old man is very optimistic about the knowledge of the virtuous son-in-law. However, the major events of the imperial examination must not be neglected, there is only half a year left, and we should seize all the time and study hard. If you can win the lift, you will be used for a lifetime. ”

"The father-in-law is reasonable, and the son-in-law has been taught."

After staying at Tao's house for two days, my father-in-law's family set off to return to the county seat. When parting, Tao Qian suddenly remembered something, so he mentioned it to his father-in-law.

"Father-in-law, my son-in-law made an appointment with a few friends in Ningdu some time ago, and he may not be at home for most of the last month."

"Oh."

Scholars are a circle, and it is inevitable that they will meet in a situation such as a poetry meeting, first, to enhance friendship, and secondly, to improve their knowledge. I didn't care about this move, but I just told Tao Qian to go early and return early, so as not to delay the matter of studying and taking the exam.

"By the way, don't get too close to those Confucian scholars who complain all day long and say that the court is not. You will be able to be an official in the future, and you must take into account the views of the imperial court. ”

"What my father-in-law said is that the son-in-law must share the weight."

For this son-in-law, Juren is still very satisfied. After the instructions, the family returned to the county seat by carriage, and Tao Qian's family accompanied his wife and young son for two days, and he also embarked on the road of meeting friends as scheduled.

Ningdu County is directly north of Ruijin County, about a distance of more than 100 miles. Tao Qian only took a powerful little guy, but this is not the first time, the road is familiar, and he is still a scholar, but he arrived in Ningdu County without any danger. It was necessary to enter the county seat, he met with a local scholar, talked for a day and then refused to stay, and went to the Cuiwei Mountain ten miles northwest of the county seat alone to visit.

There were already people waiting for him on the mountain, three brothers from a sect, one Wei Jirui, one Wei Li, and one Wei Xi, all of whom were from Chengguan in Ningdu. In later generations, these three people became the three Wei of Ningdu, and they were very famous relics in this place in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

"Youlao three have been waiting for a long time."

"It's okay, it's okay, I haven't congratulated Yue Xing on the joy of getting a son."

Tao Qian's words come from Fan Zhongyan's "The Story of Yueyang Tower" in the sentence "The sun and stars are shining, and the mountains are hidden", and the three of them congratulated them, and also prepared gifts, saying that they would bring them when Tao Qian returned to his hometown, and they would count them with full courtesy. Tao Qian couldn't put it off, so he had to thank him. However, this time of back and forth, Wei Li had already sent a subordinate back, and when he came back, there were six more characters dressed as scholars.

These six people, Peng Shiwang and Lin Shiyi are from Nanchang, and Li Tengjiao, Qiu Weiping, Peng Ren, and Zeng Can are natives of Ningdu.

There is a legend in later generations, saying that it is the Qing army entering the customs, and the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty heard that the nine of them are clever and clever, and have the ability to stabilize the country, and they can beat Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen, so they sent people to invite them to go out of the mountain to assist the government. As a result, when the messenger arrived, the nine people pinched their fingers and counted them, and asked them to take a scoop of water and extinguish a candle with a bright flame, and clearly told the people that the "clear" water extinguished the "bright" candle, which was the will of heaven that could not be violated, not only refused to go out of the mountain, but also persuaded the messenger to stay with him, so as not to lose his life.

In fact, it is true that these nine people are brilliant, but the nine sons of Yitang are actually just a local literary society in the nature of a poetry club, but they have no ability to stabilize the country and be clever at all, and even Peng Shiwang once gave Shi Kefa a bad idea that even the virtuous and incompetent supervisor couldn't stand it. And their existence as remnants, it is naturally impossible to say that the 'clear' water extinguishes the 'Ming' candle, especially among these nine people, not only Lin Shiwang changed the name and surname of the Ming Dynasty clan, but also two people who personally participated in the anti-Qing movement in Jiangxi, so it is even more impossible.

This legend is limited to legends, and even nine times out of ten it was deliberately made by the local government of the Qing court through their talents. At this time, the legend had not yet been generated, and Tao Qian naturally knew who they were. In fact, since the last time he came over, the Wei brothers had already mentioned these like-minded friends. Their literary reputation in Ningdu is quite famous, and there are many poems that are nostalgic for their homeland and hostile to the Qing court. Even, some of them are still secretly doing things to contact the anti-Qing Dynasty, but their reputation is not obvious.

A few months ago, Tao Qian contacted the Wei brothers through a new member he had developed in Ruijin, and met twice before and after, confirming that these people had the will to resist the Qing Dynasty, and Tao Qian used an article that Chen Kai passed on to him through Kuang Lu as an introduction, and only then did he have today's meeting with the other six people.

"I heard the Wei family brothers say that Yue Xing has a heroic article, can you have a view with the six of me."

Li Tengjiao was the eldest of the nine of them, and when it came to it at this moment, the other five, even including the Wei family brothers, were also full of longing. Speaking of which, the Wei brothers actually haven't read the original text, but Tao Qian told some truths, and the three of them are already like treasures. At this point, even the breathing was a little heavier.

"Hundreds of miles along the way, during which there are many checkpoints in Luying and Fu County. The text is indeed not brought with me, but it is remembered in my mind, and I don't know if you are willing to hear it. ”

After all, they and Tao Qian have been friends for a short time, so it is normal to be a little guarded. Lin Shiwang nodded, and everyone did the same, after closing the doors and windows and making sure that there was no one outside, Tao Qian began to recite the article written by Chen Kai himself and named "On Protracted War".

"In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Jiashen, Dongyu entered the customs and swept the land of the Central Plains ......"

It is called a protracted war, and the resistance against the Qing Dynasty and the resistance against Japan are also wars against foreign aggression, but the actual situation is different, Chen Kai did not plan to copy it all, not to mention that even if it is copied, he may not remember it. Since this article is intended to be written for those who have the intention to resist the Qing Dynasty, it is necessary to retell the destruction of Chinese civilization by the Manchu Qing Dynasty over the years.

Shaving, easy to wear, enclosure, and charging, plus the size of the slaughter everywhere he went, there are details and strategies, this Yitang Jiuzi is not unheard, but it is not as detailed as Chen Kai knows. In particular, the massacres that occurred on the land of Jiangxi, the massacres of Nanjiang, and Nanchang, as well as the massacres of Guangxin and other prefectures in the three provincial capitals, more gentry were killed, and from a class standpoint, they were more able to resonate with them.

Explaining this, Chen Kaidang even mentioned the anti-Qing movement over the years:

"At the beginning of the second year of Yongli, Li Chengdong and Jin Shenghuan raised Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces anyway, and the righteous man Jingcong; At the end of the year, the Shanxi marshal Jiang Jiao also relied on Shanxi anyway, and the Qin and Jin officials and the captives confronted each other across Taihang. However, in less than two years, the three marshals died and the clan was wiped out, and the land under his jurisdiction was also owned by the court......"

In the sixth year of Yongli, Wang Shi launched a comprehensive counteroffensive against Sichuan, Huguang and Guangxi provinces, and the great victory of Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Chenzhou, and the feat of the king of Xining broke the myth of the invincibility of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in one fell swoop. However, Baoning, Baoqing, Wang Shi was defeated, and the battle of Hengyang was not fully completed, and today, the victory of all the southern Huguang and the whole territory of Sichuan and Guangxi has been wiped out, and even fierce generals like the King of Xining have been defeated in Zhaoqing Mansion......"

"At the beginning of the Liao Incident, the dynasty brought a million, Jiubianxiong controlled the northern captives such as the boys, and the east aided the vassal country, although the soldiers of the Japanese country could not be the soldiers, and the captives were only tens of thousands of Zhenyi banners; At the beginning of Hongguang, there were also four towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the sharp soldiers of Chu Town, the sailors of Fujian, and the captive divisions were only Manchuria, Mongolia, Han army and a few green battalions in the north of the Eight Banners; Today, the Imperial Court has most of the world, and the dynasty is just Yungui in the southwest and islands in the southeast. ”

"How did it come to this?!"