Changsha City had nine gates more than ten years ago, from north to east to south to west: Xiangchun Gate, Xinmenmen, Xiaowu Gate, Liuyang Gate, Huangdao Gate, Derun Gate, Yibu Gate, Chaozong Gate, Currency Gate.

A few years ago, when Hong Chengchou was stationed in Changshao and passed through the five provinces, he ordered people to block the new doors and currency doors, and there were only seven doors left. Among them, Xiangchun Gate is commonly known as the North Gate, the Zodiac Gate is commonly known as the South Gate, the Derun Gate is commonly known as the Little West Gate, the Yibu Gate is commonly known as the Great West Gate, and the Chaozong Gate is commonly known as the Caochang Gate.

At noon on this day, Hong Chengchou, who was dressed in a first-class official robe, accompanied by all the members, came to the south gate, looking at the Miao peak outside the city, his brows were a little worried.

"If the pirates enter the army, they will inevitably set up a large camp at Miaofeng, and then they can be condescending with red-clothed cannons to attack Changsha......"

"Sima doesn't need to be like this, although that thief said that he was defeating Nanchang, but his soldiers suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but the fighters were even more discounted, so he must not be able to attack Huguang again!"

Jiang Yingtai, who is a fellow acquaintance of Changsha, listened to Hong Chengchou's worries and hurriedly said with relief.

"When the whole army comes to attack next year, the newly recruited soldiers can be used, and then a battalion of soldiers will be stationed at Miao Fengfeng, condescendingly, building an earthen city to defend it, and Changsha is a horn for each other, so Changsha City can be worried."

Jiang Yingtai was originally from Xing'an Zhi County, Guangxi, and when he passed through Changsha at the end of his term of office a few years ago, he was retained by Hong Chengchou, and he has been highly used by his side over the years.

"Hui Zheng, what this official is worried about, is it Changsha, but the overall situation of this Huguang!"

After a long sigh, Hong Chengchou pointed outside the city and said.

"When he entered Huguang that year, the official tried his best to lobby the gentry of Huguang, but he repeatedly ran into a wall and was given a cold reception, and a large number of Huguang people refused to enter Huguang. It can be seen that the remnants of the former dynasty among the gentry in Huguang were still in serious resistance, and this was the social basis on which the anti-Qing forces depended for their survival, and it was also the fundamental reason why it was difficult for the ruling forces of the Qing Dynasty to penetrate deep into Hunan. Only by diluting and even eliminating the resistance of the Huguang gentry, there ......is hope for "cleaning up people's hearts", which is also the premise that my Qing Dynasty can gain a firm foothold in Huguang.

As the economic strategy of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou has been stationed in Changsha in the past few years, and has never gone to the southwest, but in the past few years in Changsha, he has been doing everything possible to win the hearts and minds of the Qing Dynasty.

For him who descended to the Qing Dynasty, he came to Changsha at an old age, not for high-ranking officials or titles, he was worried about whether the Qing court could be deeply rooted in the roots, firmly control the whole of China in his hands, for the first day of the traitor, he swore in his heart that he must destroy the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will not be destroyed, he is a traitor, only the Qing Dynasty entered China, he Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty is in accordance with the mandate of heaven, and because of this, he will come to the Yangtze River at an old age, passing through five provinces, in order to break the stubborn resistance of the small court of Yongli.

Although it is a strategy of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou does not lead the troops, and he does not need to lead the troops, after all, there are countless soldiers and generals who can fight well in the Qing Dynasty, but those people don't know that people's hearts are more important, so from the first day he came to Huguang, he paid great attention to winning the support of the Huguang gentry. He spared no effort to divide and disintegrate, sparing no effort to say that Xiying and Chuang Ying were "thieves", thus breaking the support of some local gentry for those people, and economically, they also gave some areas with fierce anti-Qing activities a little benefit, and issued an edict exempting money and grain, so as to establish the "orthodox" image of the Qing Dynasty little by little.

In the past few years, his strategy has been quite effective, and some of the gentry who were originally inclined to the Ming court have now become neutral, and the Huguangshi people, who had been actively providing information and materials to Li Dingguo and Kui Dongzhong, have now made a posture of escapism: they neither support the Manchu Qing nor the anti-thieves, and even more so, some of their sons and nephews began to participate in the Qing court's scientific expeditions, and even entered Hong Chengchou's shogunate to give advice to the southwest of Fuzhen.

“…… For example, the Zhang brothers and others, the reason why they are willing to join the curtain as bureaucrats is not because I have the mandate of heaven in the Qing Dynasty, but for the sake of local stability. ”

Popularity!

This is the reason why Hong Chengchou is worried, the hearts and minds he has spent more than four years winning may fall short, and the reason why he understands this is because even he himself knows "where the righteousness is".

"Let's not forget that most of the gentry in Huguang themselves rely on the remnants of the people, even those who have already entered the scene, and it is very likely that they will secretly collude with the thieves, so the good situation is very likely to be ruined in one fell swoop......"

When he said this, Hong Chengchou's face looked very ugly, for him who had been appointed since the day he descended to the Qing Dynasty, he had been appointed to "help the Qing Dynasty enter the Central Plains", according to the current situation If it continues, it is very likely that he will bear the name of "traitor" for life, even after his death, he is ashamed of the world, how can he not be sad for him who has worked hard for the Qing Dynasty for so many years, and sees that the Qing Dynasty is about to become Chinese orthodoxy and will become a bubble?

"Sima is too worried, in the past few years, Sima Yuhu Guangjin gentry can be said to be reinvented, and they should repay Sima's kindness ......"

Don't say that Hong Chengchou himself doesn't believe this, but Jiang Yingtai, who said this, doesn't believe it himself, and from Sima's words, he doesn't know the meaning of his words, not what those people will do, but what those people might do.

They are very likely to collude with the thieves, this is the most worrying place, once they collude with the Nanchang thieves, when the Changsha shogunate is for the Nanchang thieves, how can there be a secret?

What's even more worrying is that even if everyone knows this, Hong Chengchou can't make any drastic moves, because he can't be sure who will collude with the thieves, and no matter what means he takes, it will only lead to the destruction of the already weak trust between the two sides.

"Repay the favor...... I hope so! ”

After a long sigh, Hong Chengchou continued.

"Actually, although the current situation is very bad, it is not conducive to my Daqing, but for my Daqing, it is not that there is no way to break the situation, but it is just ......"

After a slight pause, Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment before continuing.

"I just don't know if this strategy will succeed, and besides, ......"

Looking at the north, Hong Chengchou said to Jiang Yingtai.

"Actually, the key to this matter is, in the final analysis, in Jiangbei......"