After a period of silence, Li Fugui finally spoke: "How about adding a year to the treaty?" In just 30 years, within 30 years, the two countries will compete peacefully and strive to improve the people's livelihood. The two countries are one and the same, and if there is a difference in the policy of governing the country, they will temporarily separate each country and do its own thing, and in the future, there will always be a distinction between the advantages and disadvantages, and then the local people will be allowed to choose freely, and I believe that all problems will be easily solved. ”

Hong Chengchou thought for a while and said: "Nianfeng is too optimistic, we still have to think more about future changes." ”

"The future will be left to future generations to solve, but I firmly believe that we will definitely be a family in thirty years," Li Fugui smiled faintly, stared at Hong Chengchou with his eyes and continued: "Mr. Hengjiu, at present, only you can quickly pacify the south, we support what you do, the money, food, and weapons are ready, General Zhao Ji also went to Wuhu to incorporate the Green Battalion Army, we have only one request, the south can be a unified and prosperous country, but it is absolutely not allowed to seek hegemony from the outside, so as not to kill each other!" ”

"Mr. Hengjiu, this is the best way to solve the current crisis, and you must stand up for the sake of the people of the two countries to avoid war and enjoy peace forever." Wu Yu persuaded.

Hong Chengchou thought for a long time, raised his head and said: "To pacify the south, you need to command the army, you return Zhang Tianlu to me." ”

"Zhang Tianlu has a lot of blood debts, and he must arrest Fufa," Na Mu'er flatly refused, then clapped his hands a few times, and said in a soothing tone, "This is also for your good, and it is also a hidden danger for the arrogant and domineering generals to stay, but please rest assured, we have selected a general for you." ”

Several military attachés entered the big tent, and Namur introduced to Hong Chengchou: "General Wu Sangui is your old subordinate, General Shang Kexi is the king of Zhishun of the Qing Kingdom, you must be familiar with it, the other two are Geng Jimao, the son of Geng Zhongming, and Sun Yanling, the son of Sun Long, both of whom are young and promising generals. ”

Wu Sangui and others were ordered to be stationed in Yongping, and soon, they received an order from Miyun to complete the army, and the soldiers were gone, these guys were idle and panicked, Geng Zhongming was more greedy, and secretly sheltered some fugitive Aha as house slaves, but he was unexpectedly denounced, and the Manchurians hated this kind of thing the most, and they demanded that it be strictly handled according to law, and this guy was so scared that he hanged himself. After a major fatal incident, Li Yu remembered that Dolgon's "Fugitive Law" and "Supervision and Arrest Regulations" had not been abolished, and hurriedly ordered the law to be amended, but Wu Sangui's gang was not easy to arrange, so he simply sent them to Hong Chengchou to seek an errand.

"My lord, I can see you at the end!" Wu Sangui knelt down in front of the old Shangguan and burst into tears, and Shang Kexi also hurriedly pulled Geng Jimao and Sun Yanling to kneel down together.

Hong Chengchou looked up to the sky and sighed, pulled up Wu Sangui and the others, and then turned his head to Wu Zhu and said, "Luyou, you can also help me!" ”

Wu Xian shook his head: "I am from Yangzhou, Jiangbei, and it may be inconvenient to go to Jiangnan to serve, please forgive Mr. Hengjiu." ”

"Luyou, go back to Datong, both the Senate and the House of Representatives have reserved seats for you, and the president intends to designate you as a senator for life." Li Fugui said sincerely.

"Thank you, President, for me, I'd better go back to my hometown at this age, and besides, I still have a Federalist to run." Wu Xian waved his hand and replied.

Li Fugui and Na Mu'er laughed, Wu Xian's federal party was a mess, and only now it has developed three or four hundred party members, which is not even as good as the small peasant party and the workers' party.

As soon as the day dawned, there was a crowd of people outside the palace, and there was a lot of noise, the gentry came together, holding the tablet of Confucius and weeping bitterly, and their families and tenants kept chanting slogans such as "Datong people get out of the side wall" and "expel the northern captives and return my mountains and rivers". The gentry became more and more energetic, and their courage became bigger and bigger, and they even instigated the family members and tenants to storm the palace gate, and also took advantage of the chaos to throw stones, and the Datong army lined up with their bare hands to block in front of the palace gate, and from time to time someone covered their faces and fell.

Cao Dingjiao, the former co-ordinator of Busan Town, scolded and climbed the palace wall, and shouted at Zhang Chuanjie: "Dashuai, how can there be a reason in the world for being a soldier to be bullied by the people, the brothers have been injured more than 20, and they can't bear to want to do it!" ”

"Don't do it, otherwise military law will be engaged," Zhang Chuanjie shouted loudly, and then said with a grumbling belly, "It was said above, if you don't scold back, you can't fight back, let the brothers put on iron armor and wear face protection, and you have to hold back me if you grit your teeth, damn, I've never been so!" ”

"It's because your hands are too soft, they used to be more honest than sheep." Li Shutai also had grievances, and his Eight Banners patrolling along the street were actually injured dozens of people, which was a joke to say.

Zhang Shi'an was holding his clairvoyance to watch, turned his head and glared at Li Jiantai: "Don't complain, take your people back to Xiaguan Wharf, and throw Jiangning City to these chaotic people." ”

Li Shutai left in a huff, and Zhang Chuanjie lowered his voice and asked Zhang Shi'an, "Can your people do it?" ”

"Hu Chunshui has brought in hundreds of Cao Gang experts, there is no problem in dealing with the chaotic people, just wait and see the excitement." Zhang Shi'an smiled faintly.

After a while, there was another flow of people, and the chaos in front of the palace gate was even more chaotic - the supporters of Datong arrived, most of them were untouchable people, thousands of people lined up and strode forward, and soon collided with the crowd of gentry, both sides pushed and shoved and shouted at each other, but they were afraid that the other party would be too strong to make a move.

It was almost noon when there was a burst of shouts of "well-dressed beasts, despicable and indecent", "Gangchang scum, disaster to the country and the people" - hundreds of Qinglou women suddenly appeared, the gentry were stunned, but their opponents were vigorous, rolled up their sleeves and waved their fists, almost fighting with the family and tenants.

Hu Chunshui was mixed in with the untouchables, and Liu Liangchen quietly squeezed over and asked, "Old Hu, the brothers of the Cao Gang have arrived, do you want to do it?" ”

"Don't be busy yet, wait for the signal from the palace," Hu Chunshui shook his head, and casually pointed at the women who were shouting, "Why are these fans here, aren't they intent on causing trouble!" ”

In the Wenhua Palace, Li Huai listened to Liu Zongzhou and Cai Maode's chatter with a cold face, and these two people came to pester him early in the morning, and they couldn't shake it off.

"Those people are mad, and they want the world to be in chaos in order to profit from it, so they will force you to make a move by any means, endure it, you must hold back!" Liu Zongzhou said earnestly.

Cai Maode smiled bitterly: "There is a deep grudge between Huayi, and the northern captives killed the gentry and people in front of the public, which is the best excuse for rebellion. ”

"The Qing court wantonly kills indiscriminately, they are honest and obedient to the people, we treat each other tolerantly, but we are slandered as northern prisoners, these vicious people are too hateful, our soldiers endure it again and again, and they are beaten to the point that they don't fight back, is there such a Hu Lu in the world?" Li Huai said angrily.

"The Qing court killed the people indiscriminately but treated the gentry preferentially, and you did the opposite, so you must pay the price." Liu Zongzhou replied lightly.

Li Huai waved his hand, slowly stood up and said, "Since the southerners don't know what to do, then let's go, and I will immediately order all the troops to go out of the city." ”

"No, you can't go," Cai Maode trembled, jumped up and grabbed Li Huai, "You guys are gone, what should I do in Nanjing?" It's going to be a big mess! ”

"Then I can't take care of it, the soldiers can't be beaten in vain!" Li Huai replied coldly.

"Hold on, you must hold back!" Liu Zongzhou said again.

was arguing, a noise suddenly came, the guards ran in to report, there was a fight outside, several people were startled, and hurriedly ran out.

Yang Wan and Wang Xiaoliu are too rampant today, and they want to disgust the gentry master, not only insulting people but also exposing their privacy on the bed, of course, decent people are stripped naked and angry, and they can't reason with these girls, so they simply go up and beat people, however, the rich women Yang Wan and Wang Xiaoliu are not easy to provoke, and immediately send the bodyguards around them to fight - a group of women caused a bloody case, people on both sides were prepared in advance, someone took the lead and immediately the guys, thousands of people beat together, bricks and stones flew in front of the palace gate, sticks were waving, and the screams were endless.

If you don't do it, Zhang Shi'an had no choice but to order the arrows to be released, and the Cao Gang brothers who were ambushed around saw the signal and immediately joined the battle group with sticks, and the gentry's families and tenants were caught off guard and soon defeated.

Liu Zongzhou and Cai Maode climbed the palace wall, and saw the gentry screaming and fleeing in all directions, and couldn't help but feel heartache, Liu Zongzhou pointed at Li Huai and shouted angrily: "This must be your ghost, stop immediately!" ”

"It's obviously southerners who are infighting, what do we have to do with it!" Li Huai said.

Cai Maode raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Shi'an not far away, and said with a sneer: "Datong people have never had the habit of suffering, what is Zhang Shi'an doing, I don't know?" ”

"In order to set the record straight, our army will withdraw from Jiangning City and act immediately!" Li Huai waved the order, Zhang Chuanjie agreed, and left triumphantly.

As soon as the Datong army left, Jiangning City immediately lost control, and the untouchables who had lived by digging dung, fishing, and serving prostitutes for generations had already been numb, and suddenly had a chance to vent, and the pent-up anger in their chests became more and more intense, and they chased and beat the gentry along the street and did not understand their hatred, and rushed into the palace to smash them, and some people took the opportunity to agitate - there are unjust debtors and owners, and they went to Emperor Zhu to settle accounts, and the mighty flow of people flocked to Xiaoling.

The Manchurian volunteers stationed in Xiaoling have withdrawn, and the common people are coming in a murderous spirit, and the officials guarding the tomb do not dare to stop them, and they have watched Emperor Taizu being ravaged - these people are simply crazy, not only destroying Emperor Taizu's palace and mausoleum, but also setting a fire after nightfall.

"Tyrant, you also have today, Lao Tzu wants to leave you stinky for 10,000 years," Hu Chunshui gritted his teeth as he looked at the raging fire, and waved his hand to his subordinates, "Brothers, put up the stone stele." ”

Under the reflection of the raging fire, a stone tablet was erected in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's mausoleum, with four big characters written on it: "Lonely husband and thief".

The gentry still can't take care of Emperor Taizu, and they are also burning their butts - Jiangning City is out of control, and the ruffians and hooligans immediately jump out to make trouble, and the merchants in the city seem to have been prepared. The ruffians could not afford to provoke the merchants, so they turned their attention to the gentry, ransacked dozens of houses in one night, and killed people, so that the old men fled one after another.

Wuhu, Datong Iron Cavalry into a mess of the Green Camp Army camp, the drum sounded several times, the Qing soldiers came out of all directions like ghosts - what a hard life, after the United Asia Company and the Northwest Development Company completed the recruitment and took away 10,000 people, the porridge factory was also closed, the Datong Army was willing to give food, but it had to spend money to buy or take things in exchange, the Qing soldiers first lost their money and weapons, and then stole the equipment in the army for food, and all the property was looted and had to starve, and now they are shaking when they walk.

Zhao Ji boarded a broken car and shouted: "Brothers of the Green Battalion, tell you good news, I have a good partner for you with the grace of the Federation, as long as you are obedient, you will have food, and you will be paid military salaries in the future." ”

Qing Bing was so excited that he burst into tears, and knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, the hard days were over, and it didn't matter who he was doing.

Zhao Ji waved his hand and continued: "However, I want to warn you, don't go against us in the future, otherwise you will be even more unlucky, and the one who will be called by name will stand up." ”

"Li Chengliang, Li Benshen, Tian Xiong, Ma Degong......" The military officer read out the list aloud, and dozens of officers of the green battalion walked out of the queue nonchalantly.

After the Titang official counted and verified the criminals, his face turned and he shouted angrily: "Where are Tian Xiong and Ma Degong?" Don't play tricks, I know they were still in the camp yesterday, don't dare to show their heads, right, the officers and soldiers of the department stay, if they don't come out, don't want to leave. ”

There was a commotion in Tian Ying and Ma Ying, and after a while, Tian Xiong and Ma Degong were dragged out by their subordinates.

"That's right, tie up this group," Zhao Ji nodded, and shouted with a big wave of his hand to the green battalion soldiers, "All line up at the door, there will be meat buns to eat immediately"

The green battalion soldiers cheered and rushed to the gate of the camp.

Hong Chengchou had 200,000 troops to rebuild the Jurong camp, and suddenly the market soared, and the gentry who escaped from Nanjing City came to take refuge, and even the fame of those places in the south also put down their bodies to visit, but what surprised them was that Hong Chengchou's soldiers were more like a group of hungry ghosts, except for eating and having spirits, they were sluggish at other times, not only did there be no armor and guns in the army, but even knives and spears were rare, and the vast majority of people were holding wooden sticks - the Datong Army was so hateful, it actually tortured the green battalion soldiers, no, now it is our soldiers who torture like this, The gentry's anger has come up again.

"Datong is too deceitful, Hong Hengjiu, you can return to Guangzhou, ask the emperor for the Northern Expedition, and restore the mountains and rivers to shame the snow." Huang Daozhou really wanted to pull some strength for his old club, the Tang Dynasty.

"Our army now has food to eat or is it owed to Datong on credit, please ask Mr. Shi Zhai to ask the Guangzhou Imperial Court, how much food and salary can be provided? You can't fight without food or pay. Hong Chengchou was not fooled, and replied with a faint smile.

The Shaowu court is so poor that it jingles, where can I get the food, the zodiac didn't know how to answer on Monday, the former Lu Wang's court right to the imperial history Zhang Huangyan immediately said: "The lord can set up a new emperor to unite the people's hearts, where the king goes, the people will eat pot pulp to welcome, why worry about the lack of food!" ”

"You might as well say let me rob it, didn't you do it like this before," the ignorant and fearless junior is not worth paying attention to, Hong Chengchou said sarcastically, turned his face to everyone and said, "You are all generous people, and you have a lot of money and food at home. ”

The gentry immediately changed their faces and bowed their heads and remained silent, and after a while, Qian Qianyi whispered: "I don't have any money to wait, so let's donate to the people, or we will make peace with Datong and ask them for money, and I won't treat them as northern captives in the future." ”

Hong Chengchou sneered and waved his hand, and the scribe behind him stepped forward to read the "Treaty of Nanjing" to everyone.

"The northern captives are rampant, they dare to rob the territory of our Celestial Empire, they can be killed but not humiliated, and we will fight to the death with their blood to the end!"

"Since Emperor Taizu launched the Northern Expedition and expelled Hu Lu, I will guard the country and die as the king, I would rather break the jade than make the whole tile, how can we bend our knees."

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When the gentry heard this, they immediately became angry, waving their fists and shouting and killing.

"That's enough, if you don't measure yourself, you will bring disaster upon yourself, the old man is not discussing with you today, but announcing that this treaty must be signed," Hong Chengchou slammed the table and stood up, pointing to the door and yelling, "If you don't agree, get out immediately, see you on the battlefield if you have the guts!" ”

"Hong Hengjiu, we would rather die than leave a stench with you for 10,000 years!" Huang Daozhou sneered and turned his head to leave, and Zhang Huangyan and the other old troops of King Lu immediately followed.

Almost all of the people left behind have a clear record, and the first time this kind of thing is a little painful, there will be pleasure after two more times, it is better to get acquainted, Gong Dingyu and others respectfully saluted Hong Chengchou and said: "We are only from the order of adults!" ”

At this time, a young scholar walked in, Hong Chengchou introduced: "Fang Guangchen, the word Tingxian, is the son of Fang Yizao, the former governor of Liaodong, who has been trained in Liaodong for many years, and has old friends with General Wu Sangui. ”

Fang Guangchen bowed deeply to everyone and said: "Teachers, I have been to Datong for two years to study, and I know a little about its reality and reality, thinking that the strength of Datong lies in industry and commerce, and the weakness of the Ming and Qing dynasties lies in the emphasis on the foundation and the suppression of the end, so our south must also vigorously develop industry and commerce to enhance its strength, and we will never confront Datong if the time is not ......."

"The businessmen are greedy and shameless, and they used to be honest, but when the Qing soldiers entered Nanjing, they sold themselves to take refuge, and they must have participated in this Nanjing civil uprising.

"We don't even have a national name, what are we talking about developing industry and commerce, forget it, Lord Hong still sent troops into Nanjing first, those chaotic people are really hateful, and it is not enough to kill the people!"

The gentry were talking nonsense, Hong Chengchou ignored them, and waved Fang Guangchen to continue.

"The country name is just a disguise, it's not a big deal, we support the Yongli court of Zhaoqing, continue to play the banner of the Ming Dynasty, but we have to learn Datong 'respect the emperor, build another country', if the emperor comes to Nanjing, let him stay honest in the palace, dare not come better, we will be independent of the national government, who dares to disobey the order will send troops to the 'Qingjun side'!"

Everyone suddenly realized, and then laughed, Fang Guangchen continued, "Merchants are mercenary, and they really can't be relied on, so we don't do Datong to protect private property, it's good for businessmen to take refuge in the Qing court, traitors and thieves should be severely punished, just confiscate their private property, industry and commerce will be all official from now on, and the imperial court will have a lot of money, and you can gather China's strength to do great things." The troublemakers in Nanjing are also easy to deal with, we are merciful, not one of them is killed, all rushed to Shanghai and Chongming, where it is a poor place anyway, so let the troubled people go to Datong to ask for food. ”

The gentry applauded, this Fang Guangchen is really a talent, he can think of such a bad idea.