Gao Dengtai, Ma Yingjiao, Shu Guoxin, Ren Zhicai, officials, gentry, and Ma Yingjiao's five sons walked into the dim city gate cave under the Ningguang Gate of Luzhou City.

The next treacherous scene must be thrilling!

No one expected it, including Shu Guoxin, Tan Sigui and Ma Yingxue, who planned this operation, that the Ningguangmen incident would soon be magnified into a bloody political revenge in the Luzhou area.

First, the bloody purge of the Tusi soldiers in the city of Luzhou. The Ma father and son have all died under the Ningguang Gate, but their death did not save the fate of the Ma family in Luzhou. In the afternoon of the same day, Luzhou Wei was surrounded by blood-red Tusi soldiers and caravans, and all of them were disarmed.

That night, more than 500 Luzhou Wei officers and gentry in the city, who had a close collusion with the Ma family, were detained by the Tusi soldiers on more than a dozen large boats on the Tuojiang River. In the middle of the night, the river wind suddenly rose, and a large ship suddenly caught fire. The fire took advantage of the wind and spread rapidly. More than a dozen boats were chained to each other, and as a result, all the people on them burned out.

On the morning of the second day, more than 100 Tusi soldiers, under the leadership of their leader Gao Hanguo, armed with forged official documents of the Zhizhou Yamen, fraudulently opened the city gate of Naxi County, which was located 40 miles upstream of Luzhou. The Tusi soldiers swarmed in, first rushed into the county government and kidnapped Naxi Zhixian and other officials, occupied Simen and the whole city, and then arrested the whole family of Xiucai Ren Zhicai and the seven or eight families of gentry, old and young, totaling more than 200 people, tied them all to the riverside and beheaded them for public display, and all family property was confiscated.

Naxi was originally a small city, but after this catastrophe, the gentry in the city were wiped out, and the seeds of reading were killed. It wasn't until the third day that the royal palace guards arrived, and they took advantage of the Tusi soldiers in the city and deterred them with soldiers. Only then did the Tusi soldiers withdraw from Naxi County.

Nana Xizhi County is a bloody official. Seeing that Wang Fu Zhuang Ding expelled the Tusi soldiers, he knew that the people of the county were not superior, so he left a testament and handed it to his family to send to the provincial capital. When Tan Sigui and others arrived after receiving the report, in addition to a zombie with eyes and tongues, there was also the bronze seal of the main hall wrapped in yellow silk on the desk.

Before killing the officials and gentry of Luzhou Wei, the Tusi soldiers began to clean up themselves. Because of robbery and indiscriminate killing, the two Tusi soldiers were publicly beheaded by the Tusi leader Gao Dengtai on the city gate tower. The rest of the dozens of Tusi soldiers were shirtless and used horsewhips. All of them were drenched in blood, and they were scary to look at.

Later, there were several versions of this Luzhou upheaval. There is an official official version, several folk conspiracy versions, and a version full of positive energy.

The most popular among the people is, of course, the conspiracy theory version. The plot points of this version are much the same:

The Tusi soldiers did not want to live in the bitter cold land of Tianquan for a long time, conspired to rebel, and repeated the story of luxury. Tusi took advantage of the achievements accumulated in the Yazhou Rebellion and the Jiangkou War, and bribed officials at all levels in Yazhou, Sichuan, and even the imperial court, and obtained the appointment of Luzhou judge for the children of the clan.

However, Luzhou Wei commanded the servant Ma Yingxuan to take advantage of the opportunity of sacrificing thieves to slaughter the city, and had become the emperor of Luzhou City, and was very dissatisfied with the newly appointed civil officials of the imperial court. Beside the couch, let others sleep soundly. So both conspired to take advantage of the opportunity of the new official taking office and the other party's lack of vigilance to try to uproot the other, which is the root cause of the conflict between the two sides.

As the saying goes, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and may have suffered a loss at the beginning of Tianquan Toast, and the local gentry chose a side to stand on the side of Ma Ying. Tusi not only hated Luzhou Wei's ruthlessness, but also coveted the property of the local gentry, so he killed Luzhou Wei's officers and local gentry.

Of course, the conspiracy theory version is just a local folk rumor, and there is no real evidence to support it, so when a few respected local gentry who were lucky enough to escape heard the rumors, they immediately refuted this nonsense. A few rumor-mongering fart people were seized by the government and smashed their butts because of this.

The official version can be found in the transcript of the Sichuan Governor Liao Daheng and the Governor Liu Zhibo jointly leading the Imperial Court, and also in the later imperial court's final punishment of the matter.

According to the transcript, the reason for the civil and military conflict in Luzhou was that Luzhou Wei commanded the servants and horses to take the test and was rampant and had been robbing merchants on the river for a long time. The new Luzhou judge, Gao Dengtai, made decisions for the people and upheld justice, which led to the rebellion of Ma Yingjiao. Ma Yingxian's father and son held Gao Dengtai hostage with a sharp blade, but they were coincidentally rescued by a scholar from Jiading Prefecture who passed by Luzhou and a Zhuang household from the Shu Wangfu. Because the leader was injured, the Tianquan Tusi soldiers were ferocious, and they imprisoned the Luzhou Weiwu people, and killed several wealthy gentry such as Ren Zhicai, a scholar in Luzhou who colluded with Ma Yingxue.

The fire on the Tuojiang River was found to have been committed by a detained Luzhou Wei officer on board. In order to escape, he used his teeth to remove the lantern from the canopy, and tried to use the candle flame in the lantern to burn the rope that bound him behind him. As a result, the rope did not burn, but the canopy of the ship was set on fire, which in turn caused a fire that killed and injured more than 500 people.

The recital not only describes in detail the entire process of the Luzhou Rebellion, but also attaches three attachments:

The first is the posthumous form of Naxi Zhi County in the upper reaches of Luzhou. In the testament, Naxi Zhixian exposed the various illegal acts of Luzhou Wei in collusion with local lawless gentry, denounced the fierceness of the Tusi soldiers, praised the benevolence and righteousness of Zhuang Ding of the Shu Wangfu and the merits of pacifying the Tusi soldiers, and then expressed his loyalty to the court with the longest length and the deepest feelings;

The second is a copy of the submission of Hejiang Zhixian in the lower reaches of Luzhou. The copy of the submission is extremely short, with only a few sentences. There are words such as "the soldier is as anxious as fire" and "the people are shocked every day". Hejiang knows the county road, and in order to be just in case, he has moved the county government to the famous Tianwei Shenjian City (old Luzhou City) more than 60 miles northwest of the county seat. This place was originally a famous city in the Southern Song Dynasty against the Yuan Dynasty, and it is as famous as Hechuan Diaoyu City. The city is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, surrounded by water on three sides, and the city is built along the top of the cliff, which is very dangerous, and can ensure the safety of the people of a county.

The last one is the plea of Luzhou Judge Gao Dengtai.

In this compromise, Gao Dengtai reported in detail to the Yamen of the Second Taiwan Third Division in Sichuan on the causes and consequences of the Luzhou Rebellion, and told how Yang Jie, a scholar from Jiading Prefecture, sued the sedan chair at Ningguangmen; When he was inquiring about the case, how he was held hostage by Ma Yingxuan with a sharp knife and injured; In order to save him, how did Yang Jie rise up and kill Ma Ying's father and son; How did dozens of Tusi soldiers mutinied that night under the instigation of the two leaders, and killed Ren Zhicai, the gentry of Naxi, who colluded with Ma Yingxian, and others; How did Shu Guoxin, a man from Luzhou, lead the palace Zhuang Ding to suppress the mutinous soldiers, behead the people who instigated the mutiny, and the rest of the people were whipped according to the law of Tusi, etc. In the end, Gao Dengtai pleaded guilty to the imperial court for his mishandling, and claimed that he was now exempt from the crown and seal, and waited for the court officials to bring the will to reduce the guilt in Luzhou.

In the recital of the Sichuan Fu and the Second Taiwan Imperial Court, the determination of responsibility and the handling opinions are very clear.

They believe that the civil and military dispute in Luzhou is essentially a dispute between good and evil. The positive one is Gao Dengtai, and the evil one is the horse test. Good and evil are not separated, and the government cannot be relaxed. Ma Yingxuan was afraid of crime and held the official hostage with a sharp blade. Gao Dengtai's handling of Luzhou Wei was completely correct, but because he could not control the Tusi soldiers well, it resulted in a tragedy of hundreds of dead and wounded, and caused disturbance to the local officials and people. However, Gao Dengtai did not show favoritism or protect his shortcomings, and decisively killed the leaders of the mutiny, which also showed his loyalty to the imperial court and his ability to control the native soldiers.

Sichuan Fu and Ertai also exposed the black history of Ma Yingjiao's father and son in the transcript. said that their family was to blame, karma. The father of Ma Yingjiao was suspected of having a relationship with the anti-thief extravagant Chongming, but because he died suddenly of illness and the front line was very tight, he escaped the investigation and punishment of the imperial court. Ma Yingxian's father and son took the lead in jumping off the river and fleeing when the thieves attacked the city, causing the army to be in turmoil, the city of Luzhou was defeated, and tens of thousands of officials and citizens were martyred; Since then, the father and son of the Ma family have acted recklessly, rampaging the river, looting passing ships, and even the grain ships of the government and the Zhuang Ding of the Shu Wangfu will not let go. If they don't obey at all, they will kill people and sink the river, destroy the corpses, and destroy the traces. Jiading Prefecture scholar Yang Jie's family of three died at the hands of Ma Ying's father and son, and there are no bones. Ma Rulong, the youngest son of Ma Yingjiao, was particularly brutal, and once raped officials and relatives in public on a river boat, and he especially liked to give birth to pregnant women and roast fetuses alive, which was an out-and-out "cannibal demon".

Because of this, Sichuan Fu and Ertai resolutely disagreed with Gao Dengtai's resignation, and suggested that the imperial court should reuse such good officials who do not avoid knives and arrows and dare to do things.

They said that Luzhou is close to Yongning, and Yongning is the old nest of luxury Chongming. If Luzhou Wutian is fully guarded, I am afraid that Yongning will be unstable again; Tianquan Tusi made great achievements in quelling the chaos at the beginning of the year, and thousands of elite soldiers are currently stationed in the provincial wall (YUAN). If he knew that the imperial court had approved the resignation of the second son of the Gao family, maybe those simple and upright local soldiers would not be able to think about it for a while, and they would have to "alarm Zongfan".

In the end, Sichuan Fu and the imperial court punished Gao Dengtai for a year according to Ertai's suggestion. But for the father and son of the Ma family, even if the person is dead, he must clearly declare his guilt, take away his position and official rank during his lifetime, and "discipline with righteousness"! As for Ren Zhicai and other Ma clans, they will be convicted according to Ma's law!

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After receiving an urgent report of 800 miles from Luzhou, it was the seventh night of Zhu Pingjin's return to Chengdu. At this time, he was talking with Master Shu at night, and finally finalized the details of the copywriting for tomorrow's recruitment list.

When he received the urgent report, he was of course shocked.

It was Tianquan Tusi who burned hundreds of people and killed Ren Zhicai and other gentry, but the person who stabbed the horse to death to take the test was Yang Jie, a Jiading Prefecture recruit of Tan Siguilian, and it was Wang Sanniu and the soldiers of the caravan who killed more than a dozen people in Ningguangmen.

If this matter is not handled properly, the imperial court will not only punish Gao Dengtai and Tianquan Tusi, but also implicate the Shu Wangfu and Zhu Pingjian, so he immediately found an excuse to terminate the conversation and kept Master Shu in the palace.

Dealing with the matter in Luzhou is essentially crisis public relations.

Gao Antai must have been recruited overnight. His 700 Tusi soldiers were stationed at the north gate of Chengdu, and they must be immediately mobilized and put on guard, putting on a loose appearance on the outside and tight on the inside, so that the government and the citizens of Chengdu could vaguely feel the restlessness of the Tusi. Gao Dengtai also had to write a letter immediately, asking his eldest brother Gao Jitai to immediately send troops to Yazhou, and Chen soldiers were outside the state city. If two thousand troops are dispatched, it is called ten thousand.

Gao Dengtai and his Tusi soldiers also want to create a little momentum in Luzhou. The two counties of Hejiang and Jiang'an, and even the artesian well in Jiangbei (now Zigong City), had to send troops to walk around. The governor of Yazhou, Wang Guochen, and officials from all over Sichuan called to the province at the same time, which would make Sichuan Fu press the yamen have some scruples.

Naxi Zhixian, who witnessed the massacre and did not cooperate with Tusi, had to be secretly executed, bribed or even sent people to pretend to be his family members to submit a testament.

Shu Guoxin, the initiator of the Luzhou turmoil, was immediately recalled to Chengdu. He should be an eyewitness to the incident, and on behalf of the gentry and people of Luzhou, he should present his feelings to various yamen in the province, tell the situation at the time of the incident, and take the opportunity to completely discredit the Ma family father and son.

The native soldiers of the Gao family performed extremely poorly this time. Not only to rectify, but also to kill several. But if you slap you, you have to give a candy to eat. The more painful it is, the sweeter the candy becomes.

Liao's attitude is key. Without the support of Liao Daheng, Liu Zhibo alone could not bear the responsibility of messing up Sichuan and the provincial capital.

It's time to meet Mr. Liu, a relative of Liao tycoon, in person, Zhu Pingjin thought. Regarding the report to the imperial court, it is necessary to listen to the opinions of Liao Tycoon through Mr. Liu, a close confidant of Liao Tycoon.

Thinking of this, Zhu Pingjin summoned Li Sixian, who had unloaded the soap bureau's errand, and asked him to serve Master Shu in person to sleep. Master Shu couldn't leave the palace at this time. Zhu Pingjin did not kidnap him, Zhu Pingjin was worried that when he heard that his eldest son had committed a heinous disaster in Luzhou, his old and frail heart would go into arrest on the spot.