Chapter 401: The Road to Escape
On the way to Qianlong's escape, officials who escaped when the Chinese army had not yet blocked the West Gate kept coming, and it didn't take long for the group to know the news that the capital had all fallen into the hands of the Red Flower Society.
"My money!" , He Shen let out a sad cry in his heart, and he almost fainted to the ground in front of him, but he didn't expect that his hard work for decades of accumulation, this time it was all cheap!
"Your Majesty, now is not the time to be sad, it is still close to the capital, let's continue to hurry!" , Fukangan's family property has been confiscated once after Fu Heng's death, and the relative loss is less, so the degree of sadness is much lower than that of others, and he quickly recovered from his grief and persuaded him.
Since the north is now occupied by Prince Zhuang, Qianlong did not choose the route of going west to Taiyuan from Datong with Cixi to the west, but chose the route of going south to Baoding Mansion, entering Shanxi from Zhengding Mansion, and then from Shanxi to Xi'an. After rushing overnight, the group finally reached the first target - Baoding Mansion.
"Your Majesty, the prefect of Baoding is already waiting fifty miles outside the city!" , and Shen Mo held the silver ticket in his sleeve, and his mood was slightly better.
"Do you have anything to eat?" , Qianlong was in a hurry when he set off, he only cared about bringing his wife and children, and he was eating dry food to live all the way, and he couldn't stand it for a long time!
"The prefect of Baoding offered a donkey meat feast, and asked His Majesty to taste it!" , To be honest, He Shen can't stand it anymore, the level of catering at his home is higher than that of the imperial dining room, and he is tired of eating this dry food!
"Good, good! Such a loyal servant will be rewarded in the future! The two of them immediately summoned the prefect of Baoding, and the prefect of Baoding directly brought the most famous chef in Baoding City, packed up a few tables of exquisite wine and food in the wilderness outside the city, and immediately sent it in as soon as he heard Qianlong's summons.
If you want to say that our officials in the Qing Dynasty can't do anything else. But this kung fu of figuring out the intention and greeting the boss is first-class, and Qianlong, He Shen and others who ate this meal are in a good mood! The prefect of Baoding took the opportunity to present these cooks and a batch of excellent ingredients to Qianlong, in exchange for the title of a viscount and the glory of dazzling eyes. As for the cooks, who cares about their opinions? These people had to follow the team all the way to Xi'an, and some of them have never been able to return to Baoding since.
After taking a rest in Baoding, I didn't know that the lord of the house was eagerly retained. A group of people with the grain and grass collected from Baoding continued to Zhengding Mansion, to Zhengding Mansion Qianlong's face darkened, although the Zhengding prefect also came to the city fifty miles outside the city to greet, but one did not have a good banquet, two did not warm the bed of the beauties, only a vigorous to tell the local barrenness, caused Qianlong and He Shen and others are a belly of fire.
So he didn't bother to stay here, and went directly through the city, as for which prefect was dismissed from his official position shortly after Qianlong arrived in Xi'an. However, when the Chinese army reached his hometown in the future, he escaped because he was white, but it was the prefect of Baoding who was tried and executed because of his tyrannical expropriation.
From Zhengding Mansion through Jingcheng and Niangzi Pass to Pingding Prefecture in Shanxi, this time the battle was much bigger than before, and Shanxi governors, Taiyuan prefects and other Shanxi officials came to greet them.
After tasting the delicacies of Shanxi, Qianlong remembered, "You are all in Taiyuan, so what about Taiyuan's defense?" Who will resist the rebellious army? ”
The officials looked at each other. I muttered secretly in my heart, if I don't come, even if Taiyuan can hold it. The top on your head may not be able to keep it, even if I come to Taiyuan, I may not lose it, and I will definitely come to greet you under the trade-off. In the end, it was the governor of Shanxi who stood up and explained, "Your Majesty, I am the army and the people of the three Jin Dynasty, and Taiyuan City is solid." That Zhuang rebelled and saw that he couldn't do anything, and he had slowly receded! ”
"Humph! The soldiers and civilians of the Sanjin Dynasty have worked hard! Qianlong snorted coldly, this Taiyuan can be defended by the concerted efforts of the army and the people, so if the capital can't hold it, I am incompetent?" I'm tired, you wait! ”
Hey. What's going on here? Until where Qianlong came out, the governor of Shanxi and others still hadn't figured out how to offend Qianlong today! In the end, when I met my master, I realized that I had said the wrong thing today, and suddenly his regretful intestines were almost green!
With this encounter, Qianlong didn't want to go to Taiyuan, and after entering, he would definitely remember that the capital was sad, not to mention, there was still Prince Zhuang's army outside the city, what if the city was broken?
From Taiyuan to the south, a few days to Taigu County, Taigu Zhi County from afar to meet the afterluto, this county has a large Cao family, heard that His Majesty's jade toe descended on Taigu, it is a great honor, willing to take out his own yard for His Majesty to rest.
"This Cao family followed our Aixinjue Luo family to do business when Emperor Taizu was the emperor, so give them this grace!" , Qianlong also knew the reputation of this family.
When they arrived in the big courtyard of their house, with various arrangements, Qianlong and He Shen smacked their tongues again and again, and couldn't help but have a new concept of the rich man of the Cao family.
After Qianlong went back to the room to rest, He Shen turned left and right in the courtyard, the more he looked at it, the more uncomfortable he became, his grandmother's labor-management family business all belonged to the Red Flower Society, you rich people are good, and you still occupy tens of millions of family wealth! No, I'm not having a good time, and you can't be better! Thinking about it again, the Cao family just sent a thousand taels of silver to themselves today, and He Shen's depression finally reached its peak.
After Qianlong rested, he skillfully advised, "Your Majesty, we were in a hurry when we left the capital, and we couldn't take much gold and silver with us. ”
"He Aiqing said this very much! What are your ideas? When Qianlong heard this, he not only nodded again and again, this recruitment is a very expensive thing, if there is no money, I am afraid that even Xi'an will not be able to keep it.
"Your Majesty, look, this Cao family is rich in the sea, and it is rumored that his family's family property is as much as tens of millions of taels! It's better to persuade their family to donate to the imperial court! The reason why the Cao family was able to make a fortune was because of the grace of the previous emperors, and now is the time for them to repay their kindness! Presumably they won't refuse! He Shen said while secretly looking at Qianlong.
"Well, I'll leave this matter to you!" , Qianlong knew that this matter was a little unpleasant, so he threw it to He Shen.
"Slaves obey!" , He Shen immediately received the order to go down and find the head of the Cao family, the Cao family did not expect that they had suffered this catastrophe from the saint, and with a slight hesitation and a wave of his hand, the accompanying guards pounced on him like hungry wolves, and the Cao family's cash was swept away after the Cao family was tortured, and the shops everywhere also changed their surnames to He. (To be continued......)
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