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What Chen Jialuo saw on the list of prisoners was no one else, it was Li Ba, the former prefect of Funing, who called the relevant personnel to ask and knew that this Li Ba was now serving as the prefect of Xinghua, and when the Red Flower Society attacked Xinghua, he personally raised his sword to direct the defense on the city wall, and was hit in the head by a cannonball and fainted before he became a prisoner.

"Where are the others now?" Chen Jialuo asked while thinking about how to persuade him to surrender.

"This Li Ba has now been transported to the prisoner camp in Fuzhou City to wait for screening and screening!" The visitor replied, "In the first few days, he insisted on seeking death and was stopped, and these days can be regarded as peaceful, but when we ask him, he either scolds or does not answer, which is very different from those officials who beg for surrender." ”

"Divide those officials into two groups, the Manchus, the Mongols, and the people from the city of Fuzhou will be locked up together, and the rest will stay where they are," Chen Jialuo got up after speaking, "Take me to meet that Li Ba!" ”

When they arrived at the prisoner camp, they followed the staff to the cell where Li Ba was being held, but they saw that the cell was quite neat, with a table, a chair and a single bed, and Li Ba was sitting at the table holding a book and turning a page from time to time. Chen Jialuo commanded softly, "Open the door, I'll go in and talk to him!" ”

"The chief helmsman, this person", the staff was just about to persuade two sentences, but after thinking that the chief helmsman of his own house was a first-class master, Li Ba, a scholar, could not cause him harm at all, so he took off the key and opened the door, and sent someone to send chairs, snacks, tea and other things, until Chen Jialuo sat down opposite him, Li Ba was still unmoved, as if nothing had happened.

"Governor Li, long time no see!" , Chen Jialuo glanced at the book cover, but it was Zhu Xi's article, "I still remember that the last time I met Governor Li was on the embankment of Tongshan Creek." I didn't expect this meeting to be here! ”

"Oh?" , Li Ba raised his head and saw Chen Jialuo shaking his head and smiling. "Who should I be, it turned out to be Master Luo. But now it seems that this is not your real name, right? ”

"Under Chen Jialuo! He is the helmsman of the Red Flower Society. Chen Jialuo clenched his fists and arched his hands, "The previous name change was to hide people's eyes, and please don't blame Governor Li!" ”

"I didn't believe the news of the Fuding rebellion at the beginning, thinking that with Yan Zhixian and Master Luo, who cherish the people like him, he couldn't do such a thing that trapped the people and dangerous places, but now it seems that the old man has lost his eyes!" , Li Ba sighed.

"It was Chen and the brothers in the association who couldn't bear to see the people suffer. That's when I stepped forward! Chen Jialuo retorted along with his words, "If it weren't for the imperial court's exploitation, not many people would have responded even if Chen had been exposed!" ”

"Humph!" , Li Ba wanted to refute, but he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, it could have been better a few years ago, but since the crime was discussed, the officialdom has become more and more unscrupulous, and in the end he can only argue with himself. "Today's saints and saints are just corrupt officials and bad things like Heshen! Don't look at the Red Flower Society, which is now powerful, but the imperial court has a great righteousness after all. As long as He Shen is dismissed, meritocracy is appointed, and a good general is dispatched to lead the army to conquer, and the fate of the Red Flower Society can be imagined. ”

"Governor Li is also a person who has been an official for a long time, is the current court just a bad thing for Heshen?" , Chen Jialuo sneered, this kind of emperor is good, it is okay to blame the ignorant people under the deception of traitorous ministers, and it can only make people laugh in vain if they say it in front of a clear-eyed person.

Li Ba thought about all kinds of great joyous deeds since Qianlong's accession to the throne. couldn't help but shake his head, "The son doesn't say anything about the father." The only way we can be courtiers is to do things loyally, I don't know why the chief helmsman came this time? If you want to persuade you to surrender, you don't need to say it! ”

"Oh? Why? Chen Jialuo asked. Could it be that Governor Li plans to be loyal to the Tartars? ”

"One minister doesn't care about two masters! Although Li is not talented, he doesn't want to leave the name of the second minister in the history books! Li Ba replied slowly.

"It seems that Governor Li is planning to sacrifice his life to leave a good name in the history books? Although I don't read much, I also know the reputation of Prime Minister Wen of the Great Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty Pavilion! Chen Jialuo said this, "I just asked Governor Li to teach me, when Mengyuan perished, which Han people were admired by future generations because of their martyrdom of Mengyuan?" ”

When the Great Song Dynasty fell, Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu and others sacrificed their lives for the country, and were admired by thousands of people in later generations.

"How can Meng Yuan's tyranny be compared to my Qing Dynasty?" , Li Bayu insisted on stubbornly, "Since the entry of the Shunzhi Lord, I have reformed the maladministration of the previous dynasty in the Qing Dynasty, and set up a rule that no more endowment will be given, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and their lives are much better than those of the previous Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Oh? Could it be that the Ten Days of Yangzhou, the Three Massacres of Jiading, the Hair Shaving Order, the Land Enclosure Order, and the Sea Ban Order are all fake? Chen Jialuo refuted sharply, "Never give more? What is the subsidy received in the previous months? As for the better life of the common people, on the one hand, hundreds of people died in the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, vacating a large amount of land, and on the other hand, the introduction of high-yield species such as sweet potatoes." Chen Jialuo cited facts one by one to refute the glorious achievements of the Qing Dynasty, and Li Ba's eyes became more and more dim.

After sitting in Li Ba's cell for an afternoon, although Chen Jialuo had clearly told Li Ba about the Manchu Dynasty's vigilance and exploitation of the Han people, he naturally had no less knowledge as an official, and slowly believed Chen Jialuo's words, but because of his stubborn character and the face of the literati, he was reluctant to agree to Chen Jialuo's persuasion.

"Mencius said, the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light!" , Chen Jialuo reluctantly resorted to the final plan, "I look at the previous behavior of Governor Li, there is no doubt that he is a person who loves the people, you might as well go to my Red Flower Society to take a walk and see how the lives of the people are different from those under the Qing court before making a decision!" If Governor Li still refuses to belong at that time, I, Chen Jialuo, will let Governor Li leave! ”

Chen Jialuo's plan finally touched Li Ba, and after thinking for a while, he slowly nodded and agreed to Chen Jialuo's suggestion; Chen Jialuo was overjoyed, and immediately found Wu Sihua as a guide to take Li Ba to visit around, Li Ba studied Confucianism quite deeply, and met Wu Sihua, a famous disciple, immediately became affectionate, and constantly asked him various questions, Wu Sihua these times according to Chen Jialuo's instructions to integrate Confucianism and the process of industrialization, some novel and extremely practical views greatly shaken Li Ba's inherent concept. In addition, the scene of the people living and working in peace and contentment and thriving in the territory of the Red Flower Society made him greatly admire the governing ability of the Red Flower Society, and finally surrendered to the Red Flower Society after three months. (To be continued)

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