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Hearing Tong Tuchang ask this, Tong Dafang knelt down with a grunt, and cried: "My lord, it is also helpless for the lower officials to surrender to the Manchu Dynasty!" At that time, the Zheng family surrendered, Emperor Longwu opened the city and fled for his life, and there was no way to resist if a magistrate wanted to! ”

Seeing Tong Dafang like this, Tong Tuchang shouted: "Can't resist? Then you can't die on the festival? The prefect of Fuzhou is dead, can't you? Haven't you been deeply favored by the emperor? ”

Tong Dafang scolded Tong Tuchang in his heart: You really don't have a backache when you stand and talk, you try to commit suicide!

"But my lord, there are old mothers and young children in Xiaguan's family, what should they do if Xiaguan dies!"

"I don't care about this, what should you do with these demoted officials, you have the Holy Decree of His Majesty the Emperor!"

Seeing that Tong Tuchang didn't care, he was likely to be cut by the emperor, and Tong Dafang, who felt like he was going to die, climbed two steps, hugged Tong Tuchang's thigh and cried: "My lord, it's the villain who is afraid of death!" You see that it's all for the sake of the family, save the villain! In the future, the villain will be a cow and a horse for the adult! You are my father, I will be your son, father, save your son! ”

Seeing Tong Dafang like this, Tong Tuchang sneered in his heart, this guy was trying to find a reason just now! It's not a word from my uncle and nephew to die or not, I don't know if the catastrophe is coming, what's the use of talking about some objective reasons? But what this guy said just now is in his heart, this guy is afraid of death and has no bottom line, and he is still a demote, and if he is used by himself, it can be regarded as increasing the power of his uncle and nephew.

Tong Tuchang waited for Tong Dafang to cry for a while, stretched out his hand to help him, and said, "Why are you crying when Lord Tong is quite old?" Stand up and talk again! ”

"Godfather, you promise to be my godfather's son, get up!"

Tong Tuchang was also made to cry and laugh by him, so he only nodded and said, "Okay, get up and talk about it!" ”

Tong Dafang listened to Tong Tuchang's agreement before standing up.

Tong Tuchang took a closer look at Tong Dafang, in his thirties, he looked good, and a long beard floated on his chest, but this guy had just finished crying, and his beard was covered with snot and tears. Tong Tuchang looked disgusted and said, "Don't say anything else, you go to the back to freshen up, then there is a look of the same knowledge?" ”

Hearing Tong Tuchang say this, Tong Dafang was overjoyed, this is ready to protect himself, Tong Dafang hurriedly ran to the back to fetch water to wash his face, and then came to the lobby to listen to his newly recognized godfather's teaching.

Tong Tuchang looked at Tong Dafang, who was standing respectfully in front of him, and asked, "You said that you let this official protect you, how do you want to protect it?" ”

Tong Dafang summed up in his heart, isn't this nonsense, it's best to get promoted and make a fortune, and at the very least, you have to save your own life!

Tong Dafang hurriedly knelt down and said, "Godfather, my son just wants to go home and retire in peace!" ”

"Humph! That's all there is to it? How can this official protect you? ”

Hearing Tong Tuchang say this, Tong Dafang was overjoyed in his heart, godfather has something to say, it seems that his official position can still be kept!

"It would be better if I could keep my son's official position!"

"From Liupin attached to Guo Zhi County, my Tong family has not had such a low official position! Since you recognize me as your godfather, your godfather will naturally promote you, are you satisfied with the prefect of Fuzhou? ”

Tong Dafang heard his godfather say this, he was really happy, he really couldn't imagine it, even the previous unlucky godfather Tong Guonai only promised to get a Zhizhou by himself, but he didn't expect this new godfather to be so generous, and he directly became a four-grade prefect, which is a five- or six-level promotion.

"Then the son thanked Daddy!" After Tong Dafang finished speaking, he kowtowed again and again, and raised his head to see Tong Tuchang noncommittal, just drinking water from a teacup. Tong Dafang reacted immediately, after all, he is also an official, and he has to show loyalty when people give benefits.

"Don't worry, my son has been a godfather all his life, whatever the godfather says, my son has absolutely no hesitation!"

Tong Tuchang is waiting for this sentence, his uncle has many henchmen in the court, but they are all his uncle's people, and these people don't look down on Tong Tuchang at all. Uncle Tong Yangjia is fifty-four years old this year, and it's hard to say how many years he can live, so he has to cultivate his own power.

Tong Tuchang nodded again and again when he heard Tong Dafang's loyalty, and said: "Godfather promotes you, but you still need to work hard yourself, this Fuzhou riot is an opportunity, you have to work hard!" ”

Tong Dafang hurriedly swore that he would never live up to his godfather's expectations.

As soon as Tong Tuchang sent Tong Dafang away, Yuan Pengnian, a scholar and politician of Fujian Province, came to visit with the few remaining officials. Yuan Pengnian is a seven-year jinshi of Chongzhen, the word Jiemei, a member of Huguang Public Security, and Zhu Hongsan's hometown. Yuan Pengnian and Li Chengdong are good friends, and they have persuaded Li Chengdong many times before anyway, but today they were even more overjoyed after knowing the news of Li Chengdong, and they came to see Li Chengdong early. At Li Chengdong's place, he learned that Emperor Shenwu of Guangdong had also sent an envoy to see Tong Tuchang in order to protect his official position.

In dealing with Yuan Pengnian, we can't use the means of beating and intimidating, and this kind of high-ranking provincial officials will be wooed.

Yuan Pengnian is different from Tong Dafang, Tong Dafang has only been in officialdom for a few years, and he is not familiar with the officialdom's way of and half-talking. But Yuan Pengnian is different, as soon as he heard Tong Tuchang tactfully mention that his uncle was the prime minister, and he was also the emperor's old ministry of Huguang, Yuan Pengnian, who was a native of Huguang, immediately joined Tong Yangjia's camp.

Tong Tuchang was very happy to send Yuan Pengnian away, and accepted Yuan Pengnian and Tong Dafang, so that Fujian would become the sphere of influence of his Tong family. Tong Tuchang hurriedly wrote a letter to his uncle Tong Yangjia, and told him about the few officials he had just subdued, hoping that his uncle could operate and let Yuan Pengnian be the governor of Fujian, so that the Tong family would be a general. As for agreeing to Tong Dafang's position of prefect, Tong Tuchang didn't mention it at all, Zhu Hongsan gave Tong Tuchang a lot of power to ask for it, and he could appoint a four-grade petty official like the prefect himself, and what he said to Tong Dafang just now was just to scare him.

Although Tong Tuchang's character is not very good, his ability is still very good. Under his rule, order was slowly restored to the city of Fuzhou, and those who fled out of the city slowly returned to the city. Just when Tong Tuchang was governing Fuzhou City, Li Chengdong was not idle and began to send troops to recover the prefectures and counties around Fuzhou. Now the rule of the Manchu Qing in Fujian is very weak, and many counties have just changed their brands, and the officials are still the officials of the original Ming Dynasty. When these guys heard that Nanming was calling back, they immediately changed their tune and replaced themselves with the Ming Dynasty's government to continue to be officials. Therefore, in less than half a month, in addition to Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in the hands of Zheng Chenggong, as well as Jianning Mansion near Zhejiang and Jiangxi, all five prefectures and one prefecture in Fujian Province were all passed down, and if Zheng Chenggong's two prefectures of Zhangquan were counted, the entire Fujian fell into the hands of Nanming again.

Tong Guonai did not dare to take the main road after escaping from Fuzhou in makeup, and took a few escorts through the mountain road, and finally escaped Li Chengdong's pursuit after several days and nights. When Tong Guonai was resting, he thought that he could not stay in Fujian for a long time, and only by rushing to Jiangning as soon as possible could he report the news to the governor of Jiangnan, Lord Hong Chengchou, and only Lord Hong could send rescue troops to exterminate the rebel Li Chengdong.

Tong Guonai, who decided to come down, did not dare to go to eastern Zhejiang, at this time eastern Zhejiang was full of rebellious armies, and the coastal areas of Zhejiang were still the sphere of influence of the Guangdong Navy Division. Jiangxi is even more afraid to go, the military newspaper said that Jin Shenghuan only occupies Nanchang, but the road is difficult to travel, who knows where Jin Shenghuan hits now, it is better to be careful. Therefore, Tong Guonai decided to take Jianning Mansion, enter Quzhou Mansion through Xianxia Ridge, and enter Huizhou Mansion in Nanzhili, this road is quite safe.

Tong Guonai met his brother Luo Chengyao when he passed through Gutian County, Lao Luo is also a treacherous person, after escaping from the Fuzhou camp with hundreds of people, he did not follow the official road through Funing Prefecture to enter Zhejiang, but chose to pass through Jianning Mansion like Tong Guonai, so the two met in Gutian County.

Looking at Tong Guonai, who was like a lost dog, Luo Chengyao had the heart to kill him, if this guy hadn't come to him to get Li Chengdong, would he be able to become what he is now? The most annoying Tong Guonai himself is still not angry, and he has not killed Li Chengdong when the majority of the troops have it, so that Li Yuanyin ran out for help, resulting in a failure.

Tong Guonai was overjoyed to see Luo Chengyao, Luo Chengyao at least had a few hundred guards, Gutian was thousands of miles away from Jiangning, and it would be much safer with his hundreds of guards.

In order to envelop Luo Chengyao, Tong Guonai stepped forward enthusiastically to say hello.

"General Luo, I didn't expect you to escape too, congratulations!"

Luo Chengyao can't help it, now that he has betrayed Li Chengdong, it is even more impossible for Nanming to accept him, now there is only one way out for the Manchu Dynasty, and he has no background on the Manchu side, and Tong Guonai in front of him is the only choice for the thigh.

"Lord Governor, the last general is really incompetent and has not completed the tasks assigned by the adults, please punish him!"

In order to gain Tong Guonai's trust, Luo Chengyao took all the responsibility on himself, and strived to tie himself and Tong Guonai together.

Tong Guonai was very happy when he saw Luo Chengyao so much, and he was happy that this guy knew how to do things, and took the lead in taking the blame, so that his responsibility would be much lighter when he returned to Jiangning. Naturally, I won't forget him when I'm fine.

Tong Guonai stepped forward to help Luo Chengyao, patted him on the shoulder and said: "General Luo, hurry up, I can't blame you for this matter, although you didn't contain Li Chengdong's army, but this official is also responsible." But General Luo, don't worry, when I arrive in Jiangning, I will truthfully report the situation to the imperial court, I believe that the regent is eloquent and strategic, and he will definitely make you guilty and make meritorious contributions! ”

Hearing Tong Guonai's silent letting himself carry the black cauldron, Luo Chengyao couldn't help it, who called himself unfounded in the court.

"Lord Futai, the life of the last general depends on the adult!"

"General Luo, don't worry, we will definitely fight back, General Luo, who is familiar with the situation in Fujian, will still be of great use at that time, I hope General Luo can kill Li Chengdong on the battlefield with his own hands!"

Luo Chengyao thought that his wife, concubines, and children were all in Fuzhou, and according to Li Chengdong's murderous character, his family would definitely not escape death. Now hearing Tong Guonai say this, Luo Chengyao gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely kill Li Chengdong and his son alive in the future!" ”