Chapter 372: The Road to Life

As soon as Zhao Jingxian said this, these cronies all knelt down and shouted: "Daotai! ”

Zhao Jingxian is a real ruthless character, although he is still in the flow now, he has already made up his mind: "If I want Zhao Jingxian to live, there is only one way to live, that is, to tie me up and send me to Liu Juehu!" ”

He sighed: "The reason why I lost to Liu Jiehu is that I just undercounted, foreigners naturally hope that the trade between Huzhou and Shanghai will be unimpeded, but this unhindered trade method, in addition to solving Liu Juehu, it is also a way to solve me Zhao Jingxian, miscalculated, miscalculated, ......."

He is right, it is now time for raw silk and tea to go on the market, and Zhao Jingxian is doing this, naturally cutting off his own financial route, not only cutting off the financial route of countless silk merchants, but also cutting off the financial road of Shanghai Ocean people.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Yongyi can respond to the incident in Huzhou City, and Zhao Jingxian has been operating in Huzhou for many years, but he still can't resist Wang Yongyi's ascending height.

This is the so-called people are not as good as heaven, but the believers didn't understand this truth, they just knelt on the ground and couldn't afford it, Zhao Jingxian continued to scold: "If you want to have a glimmer of life, you are to tie me up and send me to Liu Juehu!" ”

"That's a willow house!" The group of cronies kneeling on the ground were all Wang Yongyi's closest people, so someone said: "Daotai, that's Liu Juehu!" Why don't we take advantage of the chaos and flee to Shanghai! ”

"I am a man of my word in Huzhou Mansion, what can I do if I flee to Shanghai!" Zhao Jingxian is very heroic when he speaks now: "It is precisely because he is a willow family that he does not dare to touch a single hair of me Zhao Jingxian, this is the only ray of life, hurry up!" ”

He urged, "If I fall into the hands of someone else, it will be a dead end!" ”

These cronies all cried, but they tied him up according to Zhao Jingxian's orders.

"Wang Yongyi surrendered from the city?" Qu Jie applauded repeatedly: "Very good, very good, we have taken this Huzhou Mansion!" ”

Next to him, Juton added: "Although it is taken down, the aftermath is quite difficult!" ”

Whether it is Jiaxing or Huzhou, these two provinces are so fat and oily, not to mention, just the export of lake silk, according to the statistics of Shanghai Customs, Shanghai's annual export of raw silk is about 22 million silver, and of the 22 million taels of silver, the re-export of lake silk accounts for about 55 percent.

That is to say, not counting domestic sales, the export of a single Husi alone will exceed 10 million taels of silver a year, not to mention other trade volumes, just a Huzhou Mansion, as long as it is well managed, it can feed the entire Hongjun.

Historically, Huzhou's silk merchants continued until World War I, when the Japanese invented rayon and sold it back to China on a large scale.

But the situation in Huzhou Mansion is very complicated, you must know that after Zhao Jingxian's defeat, not to mention anything else, the guerrillas in Huzhou Mansion alone are as many as 10,000 people, and there are also traditional guns and boats.

Therefore, Qu Jie immediately said: "Find Wang Yongyi, we have to grasp the aftermath with both hands, not only do we set up the township officials, but also use Wang Yongyi and these people!" ”

Although Wang Yongyi is not from Huzhou, he now represents the interests of the local nobles in Huzhou Mansion, and the head of the regiment next to Zhu Dun also added: "Division Commander, now that Huzhou is down, can the merchant ships blocked by the waterway be released!" ”

"It's time to let it go, it's time to let it go!" Qu Jie immediately replied: "That's naturally going to be released!" ”

But Zhu Hailan, the female head of the group, spoke: "Don't rush to do this matter, we have to ask for instructions!" ”…,

She is now a rather weak regiment commander, but in this Huzhou Campaign, the infantry regiment under her command performed well and finally consolidated her position.

But in general, even her infantry regiment does not have an official number now, and is waiting for Liu Chang to issue her an official number from Hangzhou Mansion, so she also pays special attention to expressing herself: "You know, this waterway card is a huge profit!" ”

"Set up a card?" Qu Jie already understood a little: "Head Zhu can remind me, now is the season of silk tea trade, as long as you set up a bayonet, it is not a problem to collect three or four hundred taels of silver a day, you have to find a reliable cadre!" ”

In history, the Taiping army set up cards in Hangjiahu to collect taxes and benefited a lot, such as Shengze Town, which was assigned to Xiushui, Jiaxing, where the township official Shen Zeshan collected taxes, and could receive four or five hundred taels of silver a day, but the tribute to the Taiping Army was only two or three out of ten, and those that fell into private pockets were seven or eight out of ten.

Although Qu Jie is a mediocre material, he also knows that such a tax card is definitely a source of money, and reliable cadres must be sent, and Zhu Dun also understands his mistakes: "That's right, how did you forget such a large amount of money!" ”

As he was talking, there was good news over there: "Someone has captured Zhao Jingxian, a dog thief!" ”

"Zhao Jingxian?"

Liu Chang immediately obtained the news of the capture of Zhao Jingxian from Huzhou Mansion, but for a prisoner of such weight as Zhao Jingxian, Qu Jie did not dare to call the shots, so he reported this together with the matter of setting up a tax card.

Nan Bohang suggested next to him: "Check, Zhao Jingxian resisted our army in Huzhou, and caused me to go down to the city, the crime is extremely heinous, and he should be punished!" ”

Liu Chang didn't see it that way: "It's a weighty captive, although the crime is extremely evil, but you have to ask if you are willing to surrender, if you are willing to surrender......

He was thinking about the historical Zhao Jingxian, in which the Taiping army did not break through the Huzhou capital until May 1862, and their entry into Zhejiang was almost 1860, that is, Zhao Jingxian defended Huzhou for two years.

The offensive and defensive battles in Huzhou during this period, and the resulting famine, can be said to be the main reason for the devastating loss of Huzhou's population, and Zhao Jingxian after being captured is very interesting.

He refused the surrender of the Taiping army, but did not seek death like ordinary Qing officials, but was placed under house arrest by the Taiping army for a year, until the fall of Suzhou, and did not officially seek death and commit suicide.

According to the people of the time, if he was martyred on the day of the destruction of Huzhou City, he would be perfect, but he only killed himself a year after he was captured, when the defeat of the Taiping army was decided, and it seemed that he had the mood of waiting to see the success or failure of both sides.

Therefore, Liu Chang feels that although this Zhao Jingxian is extremely evil and openly resists the Hongjun, it seems that he can also be used by me, especially if such a villain changes his position, the propaganda effect is absolutely amazing.

And someone has already suggested later: "You can set up a card to collect taxes in Huzhou, and this is called Li Jin on the side of the Qing Demon!" ”

From the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period to the Republic of China, Li Jin can be said to be the economic basis of local finance and warlord politics, the initiator is Lei Yijie of the Jiangbei camp, he claims to be the "chief culprit", referring to his own creation of Li Jin, and now the Jiangnan camp and the Hunan army are in their own statistical areas to set up cards to collect taxes.

Liu Changzhi didn't do this before, Guanjian is Wen, Chu and Tai, the three prefectures are not prosperous for trade, and the two prefectures of Ningshao already have customs revenue, but the appropriate establishment of tax cards in the two prefectures of Hujia to collect goods tax will completely solve the economic problems of the Hongjun.

It's just that Liu Chang was taken aback: "Eldest sister, didn't I let you rest for a few more days?" How is Tinglan's mood? ”

..., Speaking of Shi Tinglan, Yang Changmei lowered her head and said softly: "I am Ao past, but her suffering has just begun, but you men are busy with military affairs again, so you have time to care more about her!" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chang nodded, he knew that he was not a competent husband, but at this critical moment in front of him, he really couldn't spare much time, he hugged Yang Changmei: "By the way!" ”

Yang Changmei looked very strong: "Let's still talk about the problem of Huzhou, right?" ”

She didn't want to lead her sad topic, but Liu Chang asked, "Are you familiar with Zhu Hailan?" ”

"Ninth sister and her sister?" Yang Changmei said: "We have been through hardships together, at least she survived, very good!" ”

No matter how many ups and downs Zhu Hailan has experienced, but she survived, this is enough, but Liu Chang's next words surprised her: "Can Zhu Hailan be the head of the regiment?" No, she's not a good fit. ”

Liu Chang told that this was already a foregone conclusion: "In the old department of Dongwang in Huzhou, it has been organized into regiments and battalions, and the surplus personnel are then incorporated into each regiment and battalion of the First Division, Qu Jie said that Zhu Hailan is more suitable." ”

"The old department of the East King?" Yang Changmei has already understood: "You didn't break them up? ”

"Nope!" Nan Bohang interjected: "Hangzhou Mansion and Jiaxing Mansion are also preparing to adapt according to this principle, of course, it is impossible to make a brigade!" ”

For the Hongjun, the number of the brigade is extremely precious, and up to now, including the newly established reserve brigade, there are only four numbers at the division and brigade level. It is impossible to organize the old department of Dongwang into a whole brigade when a large number of old troops have not been expanded, and Liu Chang continued: "I want to ask for your opinion on the reorganization of Hangzhou Mansion, who is more suitable?" ”

"Including myself?" Yang Changmei already understood what Liu Chang meant: "I'm not suitable, I'm Yang Niangniang, I'm Yang Wanggu, not Yang Tuan, if I want to recommend it, I recommend the Hongjun cadres for the main job." ”

Yang Changmei's answer was expected by Liu Chang, but Liu Chang then asked a question: "What do you think of He Wenqing?" ”

"Let him come?" Yang Changmei was taken aback: "He is not the basic cadre of our Rainbow Army. ”

"That's right!" Liu Chang replied to Yang Changmei: "It is precisely because he is not the basic cadre of our Hongjun that I want to ask for your opinion." ”

He Wenqing is indeed not a basic cadre of the Hongjun, he is a native of Zhuji, Shaoxing Prefecture.

There are two extremes in Zhuji County, one is Bao Lishen of Bao Village, and the other is He Wenqing, who took the initiative to join the Hong Army after the Hong Army entered Jinhua, made great contributions in the Battle of Ningshao, and soon served as the commander of the independent battalion.

But Yang Changmei didn't expect Liu Chang to let He Wenqing lead the old department of Dongwang, and she quickly asked a question: "Hangzhou Mansion is also an infantry regiment and a large battalion?" ”