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After Zhang Qianshan was driven to Guangxi by Zhu Jinglun, he rebelled again by recruiting and surrendering, and in a short time he pulled up a rabble. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Later, it was Hou Jin who was responsible for entering Guangxi, and how the two hooked up together, Hurd couldn't say clearly.

It was only after the news of Zhu Jinglun's assassination spread that people were panicked for a while, mainly because of the uncertainty in the officialdom.

Chen Zhiting couldn't control the situation at all, and the Qing army also had some moves, Zuo Zongtang would not let go of this opportunity to oppress Fujian on both sides of Jiangxi and Zhejiang. Even deployed heavy troops in Nan'an Mansion, which was separated from Nanxiong, so that the Ming government was tired of coping and felt that the troops were seriously insufficient.

The worst thing is that rumors are flying all over the sky, and some people are rumored that Zhu Jinglun is dead.

Chen Zhiting's ruling experience is still shallow, and he suppresses rumors everywhere, but he doesn't know that rumors can't be suppressed at all, and the more he suppresses them, the more powerful they will spread.

The most important thing is that Chen Zhiting is not popular, and without Zhu Jinglun's full support behind him, he will not be able to get the support of Fang Shan and Hou Jin at all.

Fang Shan behaved very wisely in it, when the rumors spread, he immediately consulted Chen Zhiting, under the pretext that Fujian was under too much pressure and there were signs of instability in the army, he asked to go to Fujian to take charge, and then pulled himself out of the chaos in Guangzhou, and at the same time completely threw a chaotic situation to Chen Zhiting.

Is there any sinister intentions in this, Zhu Jinglun has no doubt at all, there are political struggles in all dynasties and generations, he is not surprised, and he does not try to suppress it, but Fang Shan, the fortune teller, is still a little too ruthless, this is to roast Chen Zhiting on the fire.

Although Zhu Jinglun's administration in Guangdong could not win the absolute support of the gentry class, they were mainly motivated by a knot in their hearts and out of a sense of loyalty to the monarch, rather than because they were dissatisfied with Zhu Jinglun's administration, so there were no seeds of rebellion brewing internally, and Guangdong's economy was relatively stable, and it did not cause local rebellions.

Zhu Jinglun has never broken the existing rural order, under the patriarchal system, rebellion is very difficult, unless there is a natural disaster, or Hong Xiuquan's incitement, otherwise it is difficult to have a rebellion, the previous Great Hongguo uprising, the Tuke fight, has long released the pressure almost, Zhu Jinglun's suppression of bandits in the whole province has also indirectly helped the patriarchal society to return to stability.

This is the reason why Zhu Jinglun dared to go abroad, he was not a dumbfounder, and dared to leave such a big foundation and go on a first visit.

But he didn't expect that the most unstable thing was the government he built, especially at the top, and there were some unexpected situations for him.

In short, Zhang Qianshan didn't know how to hook up with Hou Jin, and then Zhang Qianshan wrote a letter to Chen Zhiting in a panic, telling him that his daughter, Zhu Jinglun's concubine, was already pregnant with Zhu Jinglun's species, and he hoped that Chen Zhiting would be loyal to the Zhu family, and if the child in his belly was a boy, he wanted Chen Zhiting to protect this child from the throne.

Although Chen Zhiting's performance at this time made Zhu Jinglun feel dissatisfied, he was very relieved in his heart, because Chen Zhiting agreed to Zhang Qianshan's request, and then Zhang Qianshan returned to the army from Guangxi, and he led tens of thousands of troops into Guangzhou, obviously he fooled Chen Zhiting.

After Zhang Qianshan led his troops into Guangzhou, Hou Jin soon returned to Guangzhou with the soldiers of the Dahong Army and the Baoke Regiment under the pretext of stabilizing Guangdong, and the two joined forces to control Guangzhou's government affairs.

Under the pretext of maintaining stability, they wantonly purged dissidents, let Chen Zhiting arrange for their selected officials to take up positions, and dismissed some officials who had a bad relationship with them, or who they looked down upon, or who refused to join them, or even put them in prison.

Hurd told Zhu Jinglun that the two even asked Hurd to hand over all kinds of taxes directly to them, Hurd has been in China for a long time, and he understands the truth that a good man does not suffer immediate losses, and he cleverly handed over the official treasury to the two of them. This time he was able to escape from Guangzhou City, and the excuse was that a foreign payment was about to arrive in Kowloon, and he needed to come to receive it.

"Did you kill someone?"

All signs are developing towards a coup d'état, and Zhu Jinglun wants to know where the situation has become, and if it reaches the level of murder, it will be irreparable.

Hurd shook his head: "Not yet. Those who have been dismissed from office will be locked up at most. Now they are under the banner of defending the Zhu family, and they don't dare to kill people. ”

Zhu Jinglun nodded, as long as there was no killing, there was room for things to turn around.

"The telegram has reached Fuzhou, right? Send a letter to Fuzhou and ask the black dog to bring the Wukeng Army to secretly return to help. ”

The telegrams are in the hands of the customs, because those who know the telegraph are currently the telegraphers trained by the customs, so they can ensure secrecy.

But Zhu Jinglun thought about it and denied it: "Forget it." He may not believe a telegram, nor will he dare to believe it. In addition, where is Fang Shan, he is even more suspicious. Send a report to let Fuzhou Customs help collect ships, how many will be collected. I wrote a secret letter and asked them to send it to Fuzhou, and when the time came, they asked them to come by boat as soon as possible. ”

Zhu Jinglun corrected his decision after thinking deeply, this should be the fastest response and will not delay much.

As for Hurd: "Robert, you go back to Canton now." I believe in Chen Zhiting, you can secretly tell him the news of my return, so that he should not act rashly and protect himself. Then you wait for the news, before I go back to Guangzhou, I will inform you, and when the time comes, you just need to help me drag my father-in-law and Hou Jin down. ”

Zhu Jinglun's weightless layout filled Hurd with confidence, and he believed that Zhu Jinglun had the ability to eliminate this possible coup d'état.

When Zhu Jinglun's personal confidential secretary Huang Sangong rushed to Fuzhou five days later with Zhu Jinglun's superstition, Heigou and Fang Shan rushed to Kowloon as soon as possible.

Fang Shan knelt down in front of Zhu Jinglun with an ecstatic look, saying that something big would happen to Zhu Jinglun if he didn't come back.

Of course, something big will happen, this guy ran to Fujian and stayed with the black dog, it may not be without Zhang Qianshan's intention to win over Hou Jin, once Zhu Jinglun has an accident, they can unite to divide one side.

But on the other hand, Fang Shan's rush to Fujian also played a great role, he was able to unite with the black dog at this time to stabilize the situation in Fujian, no matter how you say it, it is a great achievement, and it is not so easy to fight with Zuo Zongtang.

But at the same time, his ability to deal with things also made Zhu Jinglun sigh, because he almost made himself invincible, once the Ming Dynasty collapsed, he could divide Fujian, if Zhu Jinglun was fine, he would still be a great achievement, and he did not get involved in the swirl nest in Guangzhou to protect himself, no matter what, he would not lose.

This is a clever method, and sure enough, politicians have to be good at playing with people's hearts, and fortune tellers have a natural advantage in this regard.

The black dog also knelt down to plead guilty, he took out a large number of letters, which were written to him by Zuo Zongtang, and wooed him, and before Fang Shan rushed to Fujian, Zuo Zongtang had already sent three waves of messengers to lobby the black dog, and the heads of the three waves of people were all hung by the black dog at the door of his barracks.

He has already proved himself with his actions, and now he has handed over all these letters to Zhu Jinglun, saying that he is guilty.

Zhu Jinglun noticed very early that the black dog planned to be foolish and loyal to him, this is a person with low intelligence, but a person with low intelligence may not have wisdom, he can become a gang leader among the Tan people, but not only by virtue of morality, he has a natural sensitivity to the overall situation, for example, he was the first to actively respond to Zhu Jinglun's rebellion, this is the wisdom of the little people, they know that they can't succeed, so they are willing to firmly fix their future on the big people they think can succeed.

"What are you guilty of, get up quickly!"

Zhu Jinglun personally helped the black dog up.

After inquiring about the situation again, the black dog said that when he left, the Wukeng army was already loading, and Fuzhou was also a commercial port, and there were many ships coming and going, especially the flying clippers transporting tea, but it was impossible to transport the entire army at one time, and it was probably possible to transport a brigade.

For Zhu Jinglun, one brigade is enough, if he can't use his prestige to stabilize the overall situation, it will be for nothing to come to an army, because if there is a civil war, it will have to be the action of the whole army.

But he didn't believe that his army would betray him, his army was not a warlord army like the Hunan army, it was not a feudal army that only listened to one person, the army implemented a regular financial system, the regular finance department paid the army, the personnel department for the promotion of officers, and the logistics department for logistics and supply, these departments were all independent civilian departments, and they were not under the command of the military commander at all, so the soldiers did not depend on the officers, and the officers did not depend on the commanders, so why should they follow the commanders to rebel if they were not attached.

Of course, this is only relative, if Zhu Jinglun really died, the rebellion would still be there, because they were looking for a new order at that time.

But Zhu Jinglun is not dead, the reason why they are attached to the officer's rebellion is not valid, they are likely to be just deceived by the chief officer, Hou Jin and Zhang Qianshan have been fighting to protect the Zhu family, and it can be seen that their own prestige is not enough for them to be supported.

Therefore, Zhu Jinglun planned to return to the city suddenly, and then raise his arms and shout, and directly control the overall situation, the soldiers of this brigade are going back to deter Xiaoxiao and just in case, and they will only be used to control the city gate and control the main roads and confidential departments, not to prepare to go back to fight directly.

A few days later, the clippers arrived at Kowloon Harbor, and Zhu Jinglun's telegram was sent to Guangzhou, and Hurd acted accordingly, inviting Hou Jin and Zhang Qianshan to a banquet under the pretext of his birthday.

When Zhu Jinglun's ship arrived at the city of Guangzhou, their banquet had not yet dispersed.

The city gate was under martial law, and Zhu Jinglun got off the boat, and there was only a boatload of soldiers, but they raised the Zhuzi flag and rushed to the city gate with Zhu Jinglun in their arms.

The defenders of the city gate stopped drinking, and Zhu Jinglun stepped forward alone, feeling that he was like Napoleon at this time, believing that his soldiers would not shoot at their emperor.

Two soldiers protected him, went to the city gate, and shouted at the city:

"Who is your head? Tell him to come to me, I am your emperor, and I am back! ”

There was no need to wait to see the officers, and after the soldiers looked carefully, they immediately shouted: "It's the emperor, the emperor is back, open the city gate quickly, the emperor is back!" ”

Being able to hear the cheers on the city wall, Zhu Jinglun smiled.

Fortunately, on the city wall is the second army of Xin'an, most of them are the children of Xin'an County, Zhu Jinglun has been an official in Xin'an for a long time, and many of these children have seen Zhu Jinglun before they became soldiers.

If it was the rabble collected by Zhang Qianshan from Guangxi to guard here, Zhu Jinglun would have to encounter a lot of trouble.

Of course, it was also because he learned that it was his own cronies who were defending the city that he dared to walk into the city gate like this, otherwise, he would not have taken this way, not that he was afraid of death, the rifles and even the artillery in the city might not kill him, the key was to startle the snake, and the situation would be difficult to control.

Where will it be like here now, go directly into the city, see the officer inside, and announce that from this time on, without his orders, the army does not need to listen to anyone, including Hou Jin, the great commander.

Then the order was passed down, and the most effective troops in the city, the Xin'an Second Army, immediately gathered at the city gate, and soon occupied the important places in the south of the city.

The landed Wukeng Army had already rushed to the Yamen of the Guangdong Customs to arrest Hou Jin and Zhang Qianshan.

In the process of arresting the two, there was almost a conflict, because Zhang Qianshan had a problem, and the guards never left him.

A brigade of Wukeng troops surrounded the yamen of the Guangdong Customs, Zhang Qianshan immediately sobered up, after figuring out the situation, especially when he learned that Zhu Jinglun came back alive, he knew that his attempt had failed, and all his plans were based on Zhu Jinglun's assassination, otherwise he knew very well that he would not be able to move Zhu Jinglun's foundation at all.

Now that Zhu Jinglun is back, he knows that no matter what it is, he doesn't have the slightest chance, so he explained to the officer of the Wukeng Army with a smile that he was also waiting for his son-in-law to come back.

Not only did he not resist, but he gave orders to his men to withdraw from the city immediately.

I hope to cooperate in exchange for Zhu Jinglun's forgiveness.

But Zhu Jinglun doesn't seem to have any intention of forgiving them.

The guards held Hou Jin and Zhang Qianshan in front of Zhu Jinglun and pressed their heads to the ground.

"My father-in-law, and my good brother! What should I do with you? ”

Zhang Qianshan was pressed to the ground and shouted loudly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Your Majesty, you misunderstood me, we are in-laws." ”

Hou Jin didn't speak, he knelt on the ground obediently, his head touching the ground, obviously he was guilty in his heart, and he was not as thick-skinned as Zhang Qianshan, and he couldn't wipe his face and shout injustice.

Zhu Jinglun waved his hand: "Lock it up first." It's not about being locked up in prison, it's about looking at their homes. ”

A possible coup d'état was quickly snuffed out, and Zhang Qianshan's rabble was transferred to the east, where soldiers from the Wukeng Army and the Xin'an Second Army were in charge of guarding, and the lives of the ordinary people in the city were hardly affected.

But the matter is far from over, Zhu Jinglun will first release the officials who have been dismissed and imprisoned by Zhang Qianshan and Hou Jin, and then let them return to their original positions, and what to do with those officials who have taken refuge in Hou Jin and Zhang Qianshan, this still has to be thought through.

Zhu Jinglun did not intend to be liquidated in blood, because this was not a real rebellion after all.