In Tianjing City, not far from the Shence Gate, in the Chai Xin Yanan Pavilion, Cheng Xueqi, the eleventh commander of the left side of the palace, led more than 20 personal soldiers, dressed in the clothes of the people in the city, and was stuck in the hall. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Cheng Xueqi was originally a native of Nanxiang, Tongcheng, Anhui Province, last year in northern Anhui suffered a major drought, famine everywhere, the people were not able to make a living, plus the Taiping soldiers captured the Tongcheng area, Cheng Xueqi and other four or five thousand Tongcheng young and strong, joined the Taiping Army, and became the soldier of Hu Yixuan, the prime minister of Chunguan at that time.

Cheng Xueqi followed Hu Yixuan to fight in the north and south of Anman, captured Luzhou City, and made many military exploits, he recruited troops in his hometown Tongcheng and Lujiang in the township, and had 500 elite soldiers, and was promoted to the 11th command of the left of the palace. After the chaos in Tianjing, he followed Hu Yixuan to lead the troops to abandon Luzhou and rushed back to Tianjing, but he didn't expect that Hu Yixuan actually had a conflict with the brother of the king of heaven, the newly sealed king Hong Renda, and then was framed for colluding with the king of the south Feng Yunshan to rebel, and was indiscriminately put into prison by the king of heaven, and was directly beheaded after the song was beaten.

Although Cheng Xueqi led the troops into the military camp in the city from other city gates at that time and was not implicated, he was deeply favored by Hu Yixuan, and he was still inexplicably sad and indignant!

For the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, he has been completely disappointed. He was ready to find an opportunity to return to his hometown and leave Tianjing with his fellow villagers. But it didn't take long for the food shortage in Tianjing City to begin to rise. One of his fellow villagers from Lujiang reported to him that there were hundreds of villagers in Tongcheng and Lujiang in the Chai Xin Yawai Men's Hall next to the Shence Gate, and there was a shortage of food, so Cheng Xueqi took some food from the army from time to time to help everyone.

A while ago, King Nan's captive army besieged the city, and he was ready to take advantage of the opportunity of the city to go out of the city with these fellow villagers.

Today is the appointed day!

"Commander, great, good news!" The side door in the men's hall was suddenly pushed open, and a thin young man of seventeen or eighteen years old rushed to Cheng Xueqi's side in a hurry, his face full of excitement.

"Yu Ting, what happened to make you so excited?" Cheng Xueqi asked.

"Lord Commander, you've been staying inside the hall and don't know what's going on outside!" The lean young man said excitedly, "The King of Heaven has returned to heaven!" The King of Heaven has returned! ”

"What!? Are you telling the truth? Cheng Xueqi stood up, grabbed the lean young man with both hands, his voice trembled, and asked excitedly: "Yu Ting, what you said is true?" So Hong Xiuquan is really dead? ”

"It's true! The streets and alleys in Tianjing City have spread, and martial law is no longer in Tianjing City, and the soldiers of the Capture Army started from the south of the city, beating gongs along the way to publicize the policy, saying that it was to resume normal activities, and the Capture Army opened porridge shops in various halls in the city for everyone to eat, and to ensure that no one starved to death! Ruchang didn't understand the details, so he ran back and wanted to report to you. The lean young man said with a fluttering eyebrow.

"What eyes are in the sky!" Cheng Xueqi's eyes widened, he thought of Hu Yixuan, who took care of him and brought him well, and the important minister of the Heavenly Kingdom who was fighting and bleeding abroad, but died tragically because he was framed for resisting Hong Renda, and couldn't help muttering: "Protector, your revenge, the king of the south has avenged you!" ”

The lean young man's face was also condensed, obviously thinking of the tragic death of the Protector.

Cheng Xueqi turned his head to the lean young man who claimed to be Ruchang and said, "Yu Ting, tell my brother in detail, what's going on?" What about Hong Renda, who is a bully and evildoer, how to deal with King Nan? ”

The lean young man explained in embarrassment: "Lord Commander, the King of the South, accompanied by the original Wing King of the Heavenly Kingdom, the Marquis of Xingguo and others, led the troops into the Tianjing City. There was basically no resistance along the way, and the Taiping soldiers of the heavenly kingdom surrendered one after another! Today, King Nan entered the palace of the Heavenly King again and accepted the surrender of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan. I heard that Hong Xiuquan set a trap in the Golden Dragon Palace, wanting to blow up King Nan and die with everyone, but fortunately, he did not succeed. As for what to do with the two brothers, Hong Renfa and Hong Renda, I don't know. But they all surrendered to the King of the South! ”

"Hong Xiuquan still claims to be the king of heaven in vain! It's a sinister villain! They are all like the Hong's brothers! Cheng Xueqi said with some anger: "Fortunately, the capital is returned to the king of the south today." However, since the sky has changed now, Yu Ting, why don't we go back to our hometown for the time being, let's see what happened to Hong Renda and them in the city first! ”

There was another sentence he didn't say, but the lean young man knew that his commander was a man who was unwilling to be lonely and willful, and if he was really willing to return to his hometown to do farm work, he would not follow Hu Yixuan, the protector of the country, to fight everywhere on the spot. Presumably, he saw that the capital was occupied by the king of the south today, and he had always heard that the king of the south was wise and martial, and he must have wanted to go to the account of the king of the south to make a contribution!

Not only is he so, but he also thinks so! The lean young man secretly thought to himself: The big man is determined in all directions, how can I, Ding Ruchang, stick to the countryside and hoe the land for a living? Think about yourself, when he was a child, his family was poor, his mother died of illness when he was less than a year old because he had no money to see a doctor, and a few years ago, there was a famine in his hometown, and his grandmother and father both starved to death, leaving him to do odd jobs everywhere and barely survive. What is this, that is, what those who read said, only when you suffer hardship can you become a master!

So, this lean young man named Ding Ruchang replied: "Lord Commander, my subordinates listen to you!" We persuaded our brothers to stay in Tianjing City and return to the King of the South! ”

"Brother Yuting, if the national capital no longer exists today, you and I will be brothers in the future, you can call me Brother Cheng or call me Fang Zhong!" Cheng Xueqi replied.

The two were chatting, and there was a burst of gongs on the street outside the museum, and Ding Ruchang said happily: "Lord Commander, here!" The propaganda team in the captive army came to publicize. ”

The two hurriedly led the crowd, squeezed out of the hall door, and stood on the side of the street to watch.

I saw nearly 20 soldiers of the captive army, holding a few gongs, shouting on the street: "Brothers and sisters in Tianjing City, whether you were slaves of the Manchu Qing Dynasty or people of the Kingdom of Heaven, you are now the people of the Chinese Empire!" His Majesty the Emperor has a decree: First, to ensure that all brothers and sisters in Tianjing City have food to eat and will not starve to death! His Majesty ordered that from now on, a porridge shop will be opened in each men's and women's pavilion camp, with two meals a day, and rice porridge will be served nearby, with a limit of three bowls per person! ”

"Second, all brothers and sisters, re-register their identity information with the Registrar of the Empire at the porridge shop. According to everyone's enthronement information, if there is a house in the city, the house will be returned, and if there is no house, a house will be arranged! Starting next month, the brothers and sisters will no longer have to live in the men's and women's camps! You can all go home! ”

Hearing this, because the people in the camp are all strangers from Tongcheng and Lujiang, although there is no house in Tianjing City, a small part of them cheered loudly, because they have wives and children in the city, and they have been assigned to the women's hall, and according to the will of His Majesty the Emperor, they can be reunited with their wives and children!

And the onlookers who came out on the street jumped for joy because most of them were locals in Tianjing City!

It's been two years, because of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's separate library system for men and women, they haven't been reunited with their families to live together for two years, their husbands and wives can't see each other, and they can't take care of their children.

Now the wise and martial King Nan, no, it should be the new emperor of the Chinese Empire, and the abolition of this inhumane male and female branch library system is indeed a great joy worth celebrating!

"Three, Your Majesty announced that the Chinese Empire's captive army has recruited 30,000 new elite soldiers in Tianjing City! All strong men over the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty can go to the recruitment office set up by the empire in the square outside the Celestial Empire Palace and sign up for the army! Oh, I forgot to tell you, the Imperial Capture Army may not know that the weapons used are all muskets and artillery used by foreigners, and they are invincible! The original generals of the Taiping Army can be given priority to be directly selected as officers of the captive army. Moreover, as long as he becomes a soldier of the empire, his family can enjoy the treatment of military dependents, the fields in his hometown can be divided into an extra share, the grain tax can be reduced by half, in addition, there is a military salary every year, especially after three years to become a volunteer soldier, it is even more generous! ”