It's been September, and the news of Xianfeng's death has just come over, and Zhu Jinglun is also a little puzzled. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But this is definite news, it came from Hong Kong, and Hong Kong got the news from the embassy in Beijing, and the Hong Kong government published a newspaper expressing condolences.

But there was no news here in Guangzhou, which made Zhu Jinglun a little puzzled.

"My lord, do you want to tell Mukdenne the news?"

After receiving this news, Fang Shan was extremely excited, his side rebelled, and the emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty died, is there any better news than this, it is estimated that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will definitely set off firecrackers when they receive this news.

But Zhu Jinglun wouldn't, he shook his head: "Tell the soldiers who know, keep the secret, and suppress the news." ”

This is a card, you have to wait until the most critical time to play, in order to have the best effect, you can't just take the king directly in a small three.

But Fang Shan needs Mukdenne to give in too much, although the first two times Mukdenne succumbed to Zhu Jinglun's pressure and jointly wrote a letter to Beijing with Zhu Jinglun, but the other party will definitely not willingly cooperate with Zhu Jinglun, and want to control Guangdong, either Zhu Jinglun will continue to recruit troops and buy horses, or he can get the allegiance of these powerful people like Mukdenne.

Using Xianfeng's death can indeed hit Mukdene's will, but it is unlikely that he will be able to succumb.

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "Don't worry." Soon he will come to me and beg me. ”

Fang Shan was puzzled: "Is there any other news?" ”

Zhu Jinglun shook his head: "I heard that those Eight Banner masters have started to sell their sons and daughters?" ”

In the Daoguang Xianfeng period, there have been serious problems in the livelihood of the Eight Banners, the number of banners has grown, the Eight Banners army can not be fully absorbed, often a soldier has to feed eight people, so the life of the Eight Banners at the bottom is getting worse and worse, despite the ancestral restrictions, but there are still bannermen secretly doing small business to subsidize the family.

But they are still living a much better life than ordinary Han people, at least in the situation of selling children and begging, it is not their turn. However, their military salaries can no longer be completely guaranteed, deducting things is common, and paying half salaries has become a regular practice.

But since Zhu Jinglun started to make trouble, they couldn't even get half of the salary. So later, even these Eight Banner soldiers and Yu Ding, who did not have a number of soldiers, also made trouble, but they came late, Xin'an County Yong got the first batch of military salaries, and then the largest one was divided by the Green Battalion soldiers, and when they got up to make trouble, they were already smashing those yamen who had no oil and water, so on average, a Eight Banners soldier couldn't even get a tael of silver.

Zhu Jinglun has been in Guangzhou for a month, and the poorest banner people have long been unable to afford to eat, and their relatives and friends are not rich, so there is a situation of selling sons and daughters.

This is just the beginning, after the Xinhai Revolution, the banner people, only called a miserable, at that time the biggest livelihood of the banner people, the good is to set up stalls on the street, the rest is begging, wandering, singing, prostitution, can't accept the status quo suicide, but even worse is those who were captured by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of the Eight Banners full of cities, Hong Xiuquan was unceremoniously all slaughtered, in Nanjing alone slaughtered tens of thousands, the whole of South China died at the hands of the Taiping army no less than 200,000 banner people.

Of course, Zhu Jinglun can't do such a thing as slaughter, in his opinion, there are no useless people, and he plans to make good use of these banner people. But I felt that the opportunity had not yet arrived, and now that I have begun to sell my sons and daughters, Zhu Jinglun feels that the time is ripe.

"Remove the flag camp."

Zhu Jinglun said.

Fang Shan hesitated: "Disarm? What if they make a fuss? ”

Zhu Jinglun had always been very wary of these flag men before, and even did not let Hou Jin and other officers attend his wedding, just for fear that these flag men would make trouble.

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "They haven't planted it for a long time." If he dared to make trouble, he would have been killed under the leadership of Mukdenne, and he couldn't wait now. They don't dare to make trouble when foreigners come, and I now have more than 20,000 soldiers in my hands, and they don't dare to make trouble either! ”

Fang Shan shook his head and said, "When there is no food to eat, what can't be done?" ”

He was still not reassured.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "You are still a fortune teller, why do you not understand people's hearts so much?" They can't afford to eat, so dare they come to me and ask me for money and food? Now they don't dare to make trouble, that's because I sent troops to guard the flag camp, and they don't have the courage to eat guns. Then what about me disarming, do they make trouble? ”

Fang Shan said: "Of course it will be troublesome." ”

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Fang Shan was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted: "Mukdenne! ”

Zhu Jinglun smiled: "Let's give the order." ”

Those banner people can't survive anymore, their emperor owes them rice and grain, but Zhu Jinglun is a rebel, since they don't have the courage to suppress the rebellion, they have no courage and reason to ask Zhu Jinglun for money, so who will they look for? There is only one high-ranking official in the city, and that is Mukedene, the general of Guangzhou, who is usually the general of Guangzhou who takes care of their money and food, and justifiably wants to ask the general of Guangzhou for money and food.

But where did Mukdena find money and food for them, those banner people who couldn't eat would drive Mukdenne crazy, forcing him to come to Zhu Jinglun in the end.

A willing General of the Eight Banners has huge political interests for Zhu Jinglun, who is not yet capable of controlling the entire Guangdong.

Similarly, a group of Eight Banners who have no food to eat has greater political interests for Zhu Jinglun, as long as it is operated properly, it is better than recruiting 100,000 troops.

Flag camp, also called Manying, Qizhai and other names, there is no city wall, usually only set up some barricades, sentry posts to block the people, now it is to block themselves, Zhu Jinglun's soldiers guard behind the barricades and sentry posts, cannons, rifles are ready. But it did not prevent them from entering and leaving, only to prevent the banner people in the flag camp from rebelling, and there was only one requirement, that is, they should not carry weapons in and out.

Therefore, the banner people can still go out to buy daily necessities, but the poorest group of banner people are really hungry, and three families sold their daughters to the green building outside the city, as a result, Zhu Jinglun immediately let go of the defense line and evacuated the army from the flag camp.

Before, because Zhu Jinglun's army was outside, no one dared to rebel, Ding Zhuang of the family armed himself with bows and arrows, big knives, and spears, guarded his own home, and agreed in series that once the other party attacked the flag camp, everyone risked death to protect the family, but the other party not only did not fight, but withdrew.

After the pressure of survival was lifted, the banner people immediately felt the heavy pressure of life on them, their first thought was to find the imperial court to ask for money and food, the elderly ran away, Mukedenne was still there, it should have been the Eight Banners General to give them food, so the next day, someone went to Mukdenne where to urge, but where did Mukdenne give them silver, he himself has savings, but that is his belongings, he can afford to give one or two bannermen, and even pay tens of thousands of bannermen, he also paid for a while, But the problem is that once he uses his own money to pay the banner people, he must continue to pay it, otherwise these banner men will eat him alive, and now the virtue of the flag man Mukdenne is very clear.

So he can't start with this, he is alone, and he doesn't dare to send a single son.

But the banner people who didn't get paid were full of righteous indignation, they thought that the banner people should be paid, and they should eat the money and food of the Aixin Jueluo family when they were soldiers for the emperor, and this understanding made them feel that their actions were legitimate, and if the legitimate requirements were not met, there would be anger in their hearts.

After a series of private connections, on the third day, a large group of flag men gathered outside the general's mansion, shouting for the general to pay them.

Mukdenne's countermeasure was to send someone to Zhu Jinglun, hoping to make up a month's military salary for the bannerman, but Zhu Jinglun said that he couldn't help, saying that the money was greedy for the elderly.

On the fourth day, the bannermen gathered more and more, they were all relatives, and they had lived in the city of Guangzhou for two hundred years, but Mukedena was a general from Beijing, and there was no love for it, since the other party did not know each other, and the bannermen gathered again, it was inevitable that there would be those who made trouble, and they began to slam the door.

Mukdenne asked the guards to guard behind the gate, and at the same time asked the minions to climb the wall to ask Zhu Jinglun for help.

Zhu Jinglun's army went immediately, and after firing a few shots into the sky, he went up and shouted, telling the banner people not to offend the general's mansion, and if they dared to commit a crime, they would be killed!

Seeing the neat rifle formation, the flagmen were frightened, and after less than a quarter of an hour of confrontation, they left one by one with their heads bowed and full of anger.

Their anger was definitely not given to Zhu Jinglun or these soldiers of the Xin'an Army and the Wukeng Army, it was all recorded on Mukdenne's head.

Now Mukdenne has no way to retreat, he has already taken the city into the flag traitor in the eyes of the banner people in the city, and he can only rely on Zhu Jinglun's protection, otherwise the Guangzhou banner people will tear him apart, will burn down his general's mansion, and will rob him of his savings for many years.

The way the foreigners ruled the whole of China through the Qing court and let the Qing government be a tool of their interests, Zhu Jinglun felt that he could also use it.

Mukdene, who had just gotten rid of the danger, rushed over to thank Zhu Jinglun as soon as possible, and gave him a generous gift, a silver ticket of 10,000 taels. If this money is given to those flag men, they can eat for many days. It's like the money from the Empress Dowager Cixi to repair the courtyard can give the people a lot of tax exemption.

But Mukdenne can give money to Zhu Jinglun, but he can't give it to his compatriots, because Zhu Jinglun is a hungry wolf, and his compatriots are a group of hungry wolves, a wolf can be fed, and a group of wolves can't be fed at all, so he can pay tribute to Zhu Jinglun, but he can definitely give money to his compatriots. Therefore, the Empress Dowager Cixi would rather be with friends than with house slaves!

This is a common problem of a system in which a minority rules over a majority, and neither Mukhdena nor Cixi is capable of solving it unless they are willing to abandon it.

Of course, according to the rules of officialdom, gifts must be asked for by others, and Zhu Jinglun also has to do things when receiving gifts.

Mukdenne hoped that Zhu Jinglun would always send troops to protect his general's mansion, because he knew that once Zhu Jinglun's troops withdrew, those people would attack his mansion even more violently.

"Alas, it's not a way to go on like this for a long time."

Zhu Jinglun sighed.

Mu Kedenne didn't know, and secretly hated in his heart and said, It's not your business, when the imperial court starts to deal with these things in Guangdong, Mukedenne will be relieved, but now he can only rely on Zhu Jinglun's protection.

But now Mukdene had to follow Zhu Jinglun's words and say: "But isn't it, isn't it impossible?" ”

Zhu Jinglun pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "It's not that there is no way, but I don't know if the general is willing to listen to it." ”

What else could Mukdena say, he could only say: "I am sure that Lord Zhu will teach you." ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "I don't dare to teach you. These bannermen were all paid as soldiers, but no one asked them to be soldiers now. If the general thinks it is appropriate, he is willing to accept them as townspeople, what do you think? ”

Mukedena was a little confused by Zhu Jinglun's leapfrog thinking, and the Eight Banners were brave? This has not happened in the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years.

Zhu Jinglun continued: "My soldiers, of course I will find a way to raise salaries for them, but it is taboo to pay the Eight Banners army of the imperial court. Shogun, don't you think so? ”

Mukedenne understood, Zhu Jinglun was determined to accept the bannermen in the city as his subordinates, but what could he do, the court has so far ignored Guangdong, and he, the general, doesn't know what happened, why did Qi Ling send troops to attack the city, he hasn't figured it out yet, Zhu Jinglun is guarding everywhere, and Mukedene is reluctant to abandon the looting for so many years, and he quietly goes out of the city alone, everything is extremely passive.

Zhu Jinglun wanted to recruit the Eight Banners soldiers, which made him feel very unpleasant, he felt that he was slapping the face of the court by doing this, but he didn't know what Zhu Jinglun's purpose was in doing this, if you want to talk about war, this group of Eight Banners masters is really not as good as a peasant who farms in the countryside, at least the peasants are more obedient than them.

I don't want to think about it, anyway, isn't it just a flag recruiter to be a soldier, who to be a soldier is not a soldier, as long as those big-headed soldiers are willing, what does it matter to him Mukdenne, as long as those people can get military salaries, don't trouble him in the future.

So Mukdenne arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhu is really kind-hearted, he can give the banner people a bite to eat, and General Ben is here to thank Lord Zhu for those poor flag people." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and bowed.

Zhu Jinglun waved his hand: "The general's words are serious, they are all people of the court, who has no food to eat, and they can't bear it in their hearts." In this case, then the official and the general will issue a notice together, telling these banner people that they can serve as soldiers and eat food, and there is no limit on the number of soldiers, and as many people want to become soldiers. ”

The Eight Banners Army has a number of soldiers, and not every banner man's children can enter, and if there are no soldiers, they can't eat soldiers' salaries, and they just receive a share of money and food, which is not enough to eat at all. During this time, because of the war, the city of Guangzhou was still expensive, and a large part of the banner families were on the verge of bankruptcy.

It's just that Mukdena and Zhu Jinglun want to issue a notice together, is there anything more ridiculous than this?

Mukdenne was once again blindfolded, and then his head shook like a rattle, he was a dignified eight-banner general, and issued a notice to let the flag man serve as a soldier for the anti-thief, which will be investigated by the court in the future, and he will not be alive.

Seeing Mukedena shaking his head, Zhu Jinglun shrugged: "I gave you the method, whether you listen to it or not depends on the general's meaning." Drop-off! ”

Mukdena was thus thrown out.

But soon there was a word in the banner camp, Zhu Jinglun wanted to give the banner people a way to live, but the Eight Banners General did not agree. (To be continued.) )